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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thursday, September 9, 1971
Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9, .1 971
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Traditi
By AL TROPOPAR
Old collegiate traditions, still cherished
in memories of the alumni, are now only
artifacts of a bygone era.
Less than ten years ago, panty raids,
curfews and swirling formal balls ac-
centuated the existence of the average
University student.
Today, however, University women
find that a few pair of jeans fulfill most
of their wardrobe needs, and dormitory
men would only feel silly organizing a
panty raid as the women usually live just
down the hall.
Indeed, some of the most dramatic life-
style changes at the University have come
about through changes in dormitory rules.
Women's hours, for example, once sternly
dictated that all women must return to
their rooms by midnight. Following a
lengthy struggle by co-eds, these rules
dies
were abolished by the Regents not too
long ago.
Even co-habitation is legal in the dorms
now, since the University Housing Policy
Board decided this summer that the rule
prohibiting premartial sexual intercourse
in dorms could hardly be enforced.
Another bastion of college tradition is the
fraternity system, long known for its ritual
and ceremony, but now, dying a slow,
quiet death on campus.
Fraternities and sororities, once the cen-
ter of the University's social life, are now
forced to spend the beginning of each term
looking for new pledges to keep their
grandiose houses filled.
Failing that, many fraternities have re-
cently sought outside boarders to room
in their houses.
The Greeks still remaining, have all but
stopped once popular "hazing" initiation
ard at the
rites, and ceremonies for their new mem-
bers. Now, many of them have concen-
trated their efforts toward aiding chari-
table organizations or working in the
ecology movement.
As the Greek system fades, so go the
once elaborate schedules of parties, for-
mal dances and T.G.'s that formerly filled
students' weekends.
Marijuana also has tended to end the big
parties, its prohibition forcing parties into
private rooms and apartments.
Dating has changed too. Formal dating is
more the exception than the rule on cam-
pus, as students tend to spend time to-
gether throughout the week on the campus
or in the dorms - rather than going on
special dates each weekend.
But if you do find yourself in a dating
situation, don't feel compelled to run out
and buy a new wardrobe.
big U'
In Ann Arbor, anywhere in Ann Arbor,
dress is casual. That means if you g6 to
a play at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater
in a silk sari, you're likely to sit next to a
couple wearing matching Jeans and T-
shirts. The rule here is "Anything goes."
This informality has also been extended
into the classroom, where dress again is
"come as you are." Don't expect the pro-
fessor to address you by your surname
either, and in many cases you'll be asked
to address him by his first name also.
At one time, professors took attendance
(though some still do-watch out for
them), sat their students in alphabetical
order, and often would ignore students
trying to ask questions. Today, free-
wheeling discussions and outdoor classes
are common, and if you skip classes, most
professors won't penalize you.
UAC: Activities geared
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By P. E. BAUER
University Activities Center
(UAC), long reputed to be the
guardian angel of fraternities,
mixers, socials and similar ac-
tivities on campus, is striving to
unburden itself of that outmod-
ed image.1
Instead, UAC sees itself as an
organization through which all
students can work to schedule
any services they want.i
"UAC's, responsibility is to
provide interesting activities for
the entire student population,"
saysUAC president Jeff Kap-
lan, '73. "We're here to give
students what they want."
Judging from the list of ac-
tivities already planned by UAC
this year, mixers and socials are
definitely not UAC's idea of
every University student's list of
most desirable items.
Plans for the next year range
all the way from the national
frisbee tournament which UAC
has tentatively scheduled to be
held here, to the more tradi-
tional §oph Show extravaganza.
One of the most important
innovations in UAC's activity
program this year is the treat-
ment of their concert series. In-
stead of backing the traditional
series of five or six concerts per
year, UAC is joining with other
student groups, including the
Office of Student Organizations,
to stage from 18 to 22 concerts.
Because of the increased
amount of finances involved in
that coalition, officials are hope-
ful that new and better enter-
tainment will be forthcoming.
Tentatively scheduled for ap-
pearance, among others, is the
"Grateful Dead."
Other new ideas include plans
for Spring and Fall Weekends
which may entail a circus on the
Diag along with many other
events.
The Creative Arts Festival
promises to be enlarged this year
to a period of about three or
c o n t i n u e flourishing under
UAC's watchful eye, presenting
a production of "Funny Girl"
this year.
At UAC's Art Print Loan in
the Student Activities Bldg. stu-
dents can rent copies or famous
and not-so-famous masterpieces
for a semester.
UAC itself is an organization
which was born in 1965, result-
ing from a regentaldecision to
unite activities involving the
Michigan Union and the League.
Before that 'time, Union ac-
tivities were largely for men
only, and League programs were
intended to involve only women.
Each organization had a sepa-
rate programming committee.
The Union-League M e r g e r
Agreement in 1965, however,
marked the beginning of UAC,
funding it with 50 cents per
student per semester from stu-
dent fees.
In the past, this money has
been spent on such functions as
Homecoming, Michigras and the
more popular, although less fi-
nancially successful, Ann Arbor
Blues Festival.
Because of the debts incurred
by the Blues Festival on two suc-
cessive years, it was not re-
peated this year.
Although UAC is anxious to
overturn their old image, they
stress the need for student in-
put in order to accomplish their
goal.
"We're no longer a hidden
ivory tower thing. We want to
get out and reach the people,"
says Kaplan. "But we can't know
what people want until they ap-
proach us and get involved."
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four weeks in which UAC will
sponsor festivities ,to provide an
outlet for student talent. Pros-
pects include photo contests,
special music and dance con-
certs, crafts fairs, speakers, and
original drama.
In addition to these new de-
velopments, UAC will continue
offering the services to students'
which it has offered in the past.
The UAC office continues to
be the cheapest place on campus
to have posters made. MUSKET
(otherwise known as Michigan
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The football weekends are dy-
ing out at a time for going to
Saturday night dances and invit-
ing the girl back home up to col-
lege. The dorm life is much freer
than it once was, with only three
of the University's 16 dorms not
yet coed, and most dorms having
24 hour a day visitation policies.
Fraternity rush this year will
be attended by probably less
people than ever before. The fra-
ternity system has become so
bankrupt that many of the houses
are opening to anyone who wishes
to board there.
One of the few untouched as-
pects of the traditional college
life is the buying of books and the
remembering of class schedules,
but even that seems strangely
different from the expectation,
with students buying books at
their own student-run bookstore,
and more and more of them skip-
ping more and more classes.
Classes themselves have chang-
ed, too, with alternative courses
and programs becoming more
and more prevalent.
The student, as always; is be-
sieged by a barrage of clubs and
activities, and this is a familiar
part of the traditional college
life. The Sophomore class puts
on a musical, there are concerts
ranging from the contemporary
to the classical, there are movies
and lectures and exhibits on cam-
pus, and a club for almost every
interest possible.
But, there is a difference here,
too, as the freshman realizes that
many of his friends are shunning
the traditional activities for quiet
evenings of dope smoking and
at-home amusement.
The whole life style of students
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the traditional college life and
activities, the freshman notices
the addition of new factors.
Issues become important, both
campus issues and national is-
sues, and the freshman is beset
with enough leaflets handed cc
on the Diag and in the Fishbowl
to form a confusing kaleidoscope
Most likely, the student will
learn to smoke marijuana-there
are no recent figures, but one in-
formal study estimates that 85
per cent of all University stu-
dents have experimented with
drugs.
He may taste brown rice and
try other organic foods. He may
work on recycling coke bottles;
and he may read or hear news of
the war and the economy that
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There are rallies, marches, and
sit-ins for the student to discuss
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feel, and perhaps see the Univer-
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Arbor police in action.
Perhaps he participates, and
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finish up and enter the tightest
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since the Depression.
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