Tenants Union continues efforts
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on students. We want a more extended
commitment - people who are in-
terested in a more long-term relation-
Ship with housing," he said.
. BUT FINDING such long-term in-
terest among a transient student
-,population is a problem which has con-
tinuously plagued the organization.
Although few improvements in Ann Ar-
r~bor's housing situation have come
about since_.the TU was created, there
has been a substantial decline in tenant
interest to actively organize against
landlords.
The TU's major organizing effort
o6ver the past year was a small rent
strike at the Cobble Creek Complex on
Stevens Dr. At its peak, 13 of the com-
plex's 300 residents werehwithholding
their rent, but that figure has dwindled
to a mere six residents.
Thie focus of the current generation
of TU members has been on counseling
and dealing with short-term housing
problems. "We do a lot of organizing
over the phone," said Sue VanHattum,
a coordinator who has been working at
the TU for the past two years.
VANHATTUM BLAMES, in part, her
own difficulties with "door-to-door"
organizing, for the TU's current inac-
tivity. But she said it is up to the tenants
to make the first move if organizing ef-
forts are to be successful.
"Ideally we try to get ; tenants
together and try to get them to take
over themselves. If all the tenants get
together and decide they want to do it,
they can change things," VanHattum
said.
But when Sheila Robertson, a former
office manager at the TU, was
organizing Ann Arbor tenants for the
1969 rent strike, the emphasis, she said,
was on going out and getting the tenan-
ts, instead of waiting for the phone to
ring at the TU.
"PEOPLE WERE pretty..... about
rents and housing conditions. It was dif-
ficult to get them to take the first step of
not paying their rent - we had to give
them the power to take that first step,"
said Robertson.
In the meantime, the phone keeps
ringing at the TU and an occasional
bewildered tenant even finds his or her
way into the TU's modest offices.
"I need some advice on subletting,"
said Corinne Coen, a LSA sophomore,
who stood at the entrance of the TU
Monday, suffering from a severe case
of the annual sublet blues.
"I just walked in off the street, it
seemed like the best place tq go for ad-
vice," Coen said.
And in the words of TU member,
Tiedman - "We advise, not lead. It is
up to the tenants to take action."
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alterations are rare," said Richter,
formerly director of the University of
, ,incinnati bands.
Richter said he sees no reason to
change the band's characteristic pre-
game entry and the floating block 'M,'
which is famous to hundreds of
thousands of observers -both in the
'.stands and on television.
:"THAT IS Michigan's stem, and
there are certain things that are
'precious to the alumni and traditions. It
works. I'm not going to change it," said
the 29-year-old Richter.
. Literary College Sophomore Fritz
rHany, a two-year Marching Band
~veteran, said he is "impressed" with
: .Richter. "He's got a good head on his
shoulders. I don't think he's going to
change (the band) a lot. The changes
-will probably be for the better," he
Asaid.
The roughest time for the band will be
'September, when it will have five days
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vocalists leads a group titled Trees.
Second Chance-Imagination plays
some more of that Top 40 disco that we
can't get enough of.
Hill Aud.-The Crusaders in concert.
THURSDAY
April 19
Jimi Hendrix Aud A, 7 and 10:30.
Cinema biography of the late rock pel -
fQrmer, featuring live concert footage
aiid interviews with Hendrix's family
and friends, jAcluding rock biggies Lou
Reed, Pete Townsend, and Eric Clap-
ton.
Rainbow Bridge (Aud A, 8:45 only)
About the decline and fall of the
psychedelic era, as seen through the
music of Jimi Hendrix.
Allegro Non Troppo (Old A&D, 7, 8:30
and 10) An animated musical fantasia
by Italian cartoonist Bruno Bozetto.
,Center Stage-Brownsville (no
longer the Station) is back in town after
'king part in a series of outdoor con-
eerts in L.A. last week.
.-Mr. Flood's - The Steve Nardella
band plays rocking R&B through the
weekend.
:Second Chance-Imagination
Frough next weekend.
traditions
to prepare itself for the first game of
the season and get acquainted with the
new director.
But H. Robert Reynolds, director of
University Bands, told the audience
that the band will be in good hands.
"I called everyone I knew about mar-
ching band directors," Reynolds said.
"There were a lot of people, but very
few who had the qualities we were
looking for."
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