The Michigan Daily-Sunday, February 25, 1979-Page 5 By- R u- Special Attraction I i Roger scratches the surface This week's good news for graffiti fans is that the warm spell of the last few days has made possible the return of Dr. Diag, the man who brings us so many fine versions of the Greek alphabet. Law authorities vigorously deny rumors that he will resume hibernating for six weeks if he sees his shadow. Speaking of scurrilous rumors, it seems that some astute readers have con- cluded that because I have not reported graffiti from women's restrooms, I must be a sexist pig. Needless to say, this is a base canard: Some of my best friends are women. It is not misogeny,but rather a healthy respect for social mores and the campus police that has kept me out of the ladies' rooms thus far, and I have no intention of prowling therein in the future. However, I would welcome the assistance of any woman interested in this highly intellectual pursuit who might help us fight reports from the National Lampoon that all womens' graffiti consists of recipes and extremely mild oaths.. AND NOW, ON TO the results of the past week's tour of the Hatcher Graduate Library. The Grad, with its hundreds of carrels and miles of stair- ways, is a Mecca for the wielders of the magic markers, and I must recommend that you see if for yourself. For those of an intellectual bent, there is also ap- parently a large selection of books. Starting at the top, I found on the ninth floor stairs an interesting Wall sec- tion in which the graffiti was all either by or for the security guards. Who would' suspect those rascals of writing on the very walls they are paid to protect? The quality was unfortunately not very good, but this was explained in the crisp ex- change: " Why is there no good graffiti up here?" "Lack of oxygen." On the eighth floor there was no writing, but from the Map Room there was a magnificent view of beautiful Ann Arbor. Even on a cloudy day, one can see the stadium, all three quads, all of central campus, and more. It's a refreshing perspective, and the next time you're in the Grad you should take a look: The Map Room is large and uncrowded, and the employees there will surely welcome an occasional sightseer. RETURNING TO THE RATHER less appealing lavatories, I found that there was little of interest on the higher floors as'the whitewashers had paid a recent-visit. (Incidentally, the bathrooms in the Dennison Builing are a rare example of Freudian architecture, in that the mens' rooms doors have knobs and the womens' don't). Above the second floor only an occasionaladvertisement for the Donna Summer Fan Club enlivened things. The stairs, on the other hand, wer'e as fascinating as ever. The sixth floor east stairs feature a vast number of puns on the word "door," none of them par- ticularly funny or worth repeating, and many obliterated by an irrelevant piece of Marxist propaganda that shows as much intelligence and blood-boiling reason as those wonderful Fishbowl orators who remind us that our only duty is to rescue the proletariat victims of China's imperialist-reactionary-proxy wars. The fifth floor offers only "Kilroy Died Here" on the east stairs, but the four- th floor is a veritable cornucopia of vertical plane calligraphy. The following dialogue is only one example: "If you want something very, very badly, let it go free; If it returns, it's your forever; if not, it was never yours to begin with." One wag has added, "What if I want a banana split?" to which another has an- swered , "Then you-and Grand Rapids-must be the epitome of filth and defecation." NOTICE THE PROGRESSION from the trite, cliche morality to hard- nosed realism to bitter, cynical irrelevance and bathroom vulgarity. This is what graffiti is all about. In the east floor firebox is a carton of milk of unknown age: Don't look for it. Descending-both physically and spiritually-to the third floor, the west stairwell.becomes the scene of a very acrimonious "Male vs. Female" debate. The east stairs warn: "Mike Clare, If you don't read this by Friday, October 28, 1972, you are a Twinkee." One can only hope that Mike did not meet an untitily cream-filled demise. THE CENTRAL STAIRS' messages are more current, consisting of various musicological conflicts-"Anyone who supports Pink Floyd must possess the same limited intelligence as our world leaders"-and a proud yet cryptic monument to the now-whitewashed "Ralph Williams Fan Club" series. The second floor marks the end of significant writing in the south wing; only a few messages like "I'm an abortion. What does that make you?" adorn the stairwells. The heavily trafficked bathroom, however, is quite impressive. After being painted last week, it already has two messages thanking the janitors for fresh writing space and a personal note, "Fuck 'em if they can't take ajoke'.. . Shah of Iran." As with last week and the Dennison Building, I encourage those with any in- terest in their fellow students' thoughts to go tour the Grad in person. I've only scratched the surface: There are over five hundred carrels and the old wing still to be covered. I'll be checking them out this coming week, and I'll expect to see you there. William Windom in AN EVENING OF THURBER POWER CENTER SUN. FEB. 25, 7:00 Tickets are available at The Power Center, Sun. 1-7 I WEDNESDAY ISM MONDAY IS "BARGAIN DAY" "GUEST NIGNT" $1.50 until 5:30 TWO ADULTS ADMITTED FOR PRICE OF ONE No-mum1m ADUM MPi., SAT.. SUN. EVE. i .HOLIDAYS $3.50 M.ON..THURS. EVk. $31 ALL MATINEES 52sCHL O 4$.54 ' CHILD O 14 8 .5 Real? Or.. . 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The latest examples of this formula at work saw Muhammed Ali in The Greatest, Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees in Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Chlb Band, and, now, Gabe Kaplan in Fast Break. From the hype it received on radio and television, it seemed as though Fast Break would be cheap, thread- bare, and solely exploitative of its star. Wrong. The movie is plagued with none of these faults. It sets a. pleasant, almost charming tone in its opening moments and maintains that tone throughout. The movie opens in New Yfrk where David Green (Kaplan) is a high school basketball coach. His true ambition, though, is to coach college ball, and he periodically fires off applications to any college that announces a vacancy. At last, he is approached by the president of Cadwallader University, a small school in Nevada, and 'bffered an in- teresting deal: On top of a room and board allowance, Greene receives $60 from the president whenever Cad- wallader wins a game. The hook is that if the coach can arrange to play Nevada State, a top ten team, and win, then he will receive a 3-year, $30,000 per season contract. He accepts the offer and com- bs the gyms of New York in an effort to round up promising talent. AFTER GREENE rounds up four players, including a very talented young woman known as ."Swish," he and his team set off for Nevada. One of the funniest scenes in the picture is when Greene points out cows and other See KAPLAN'S, Page 8 J' k r J m MARSON'S EXHIBITION and sale of ORIGINAL ORIENTAL ART Feb. 28,10-8 Mar. 1,10-6 HOURS Tues-Fri. 9-5 Saturday, 12-5 764 - 3234 *IRYJ FIRST FLOOR MICH IGA N UN ION I U ARTS STAFF ARTS EDITORS R. J. 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