Page-Four THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursdoy, September 9, 1971 Page -Four THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, September 9, 1971 USED TEXTBOOKS UP TO '/s OFF ULItICHi'S ANN ARBOR'S FRIENDLY BOOKSTORE 'U' housing: It ain't much but it's home By SARA FITZGERALD "All I want is a room some- where," sings Eliza Doolittle. In most cases, that room is the basic requirement of University students, but within that frame- work there are many variables. The University provides a wide range of housing situations to suit the needs of its students. By far, the most popular place for freshmen are the dormitories. Though they range in age and gone coed, some to the extent of alternating male and female rooms on one corridor. Restric- tions on women's hours have been removed, and during the summer even the bar on cohabi- tation in the dorms was lifted. Dorm security measures have been stepped up over the past year, in an effort to curb the small number of voyeurs in the girls' dorms. As a result, some dorms will be instituting key and WHAT'S NEW ON THE' LITERARY FRONT? r Check the Largest "Stock of General Books in Town WANEKS master charge tPE."TfFeU tiK APO UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE 316 S. STATEST. All of them require residents to put in a few hours of work a week, either cooking meals or cleaning up the house. Oxford housing, the University co-ops, includes several houses designated as language houses. Residents at these co-ops attempt to put their knowledge of a lan- guage to work, talking in French, German, or Russian, and holding special parties and film nights. International House in the Ox- ford complex provides a home for both American and foreign stu- dents, interested in living in cosmopolitan atmosphere. The ICC co-ops are run more flexibly than the University houses and provide a wide range of living conditions. Some, such as the purple - painted Minnie's House, house about 20-30 stu- dents, in old renovated houses.. Another 250 students live in the ten house complex that makes up North Campus co-op. Arranged in a courtyard, thehhouses pro- vide their own kitchens for stu- dents to cook in, though the co-op as a whole eats in two dining clubs. As co-op living becomes in- creasingly popular, ICC is cdn- tinually looking for buildings for new co-ops. This year, for in- stance, the Washtenaw Co-op will take over the building which for- merly housed the Delta Phi Ep- silon sorority. The fate of Delta Phi Epsilon is indicative of the problems that have racked fraternities and sor- orities over the past few years. Though a-small core of students still choose to go "Greek," the declining memberships h a v e forced many houses to close down. However, if you want to get to know a group of about 40 people really well, want a little more structure to your living situation (for example, rush parties and after-football game parties) and living quarters which are semi- luxurious, a frat or sorority may be the place for you. And if you want just the latter advantage, many frats and sor- YOUR PET'S BEST ~~FRIEND next to you) ANN ARBOR PET SUPPLY complete supplies for any pet including orities are opening theii' doors to boarders, now that their mem- berships are going down. As the University only pro- vides housing for about 8,000 of its students,. a large number of people end up living in apart- ments. Apartment - living, while offering the freedom to choose who you want to live with, as well as what and when you want to eat, has some disadvantages.. Not only must one learn to deal with Ann Arbor landlords, one must also take part in the "apartment hunt", a January ritual which finds apartment and house dwellers chasing all over Ann Arbor looking for the per- fect spot - and finding them dis- appearing right under their "eyes even in early February. And if you can't get excited over any of these possibilities, don't worry. People have been known to live on couches in the Union. Ann Arbor dope scene: 'The grass is greener', If you've never tried mari- juana, chances are you'll try it soon. If you smoke it often, you'll probably find that it is better and cheaper in Ann Arbor. Figures on the number of pot- users in the area can never be exact, but the general concensus of those aware of the situation is that some 85 per cent of Univer- sity students have tried mari- juana or hashish at least once, and nearly 50 per cent use it with some regularity. Thus, although marijuana is an illegal drug and although the possession of it under state law is punishable for up to 10 years in jail-pot is everywhere in the University community.' From University dorm rooms to weddings in the Arb, and from impromptu parties on the Diag to dances at the Union, joints, pipes and students float freely. Where are the police? The po- lice are rounding up those fool- hardy souls who light up in front of the UGLI without notic- ing the man in blue nearby, or those who are stopped for a driv- ing violation only to have a rou- tine search produce half an ounce of weed, or those who live and smoke in politically-oriented com- munes which naturally tend to come under suspicion by the of- ficials. But a locked door and com- mon sense will keep the average pot-smoker from the law. Also. Businessmen supply pot users Eating a la dormitory tropical fish gerbils turtles cats birds dogs amphibians reptiles and more 761-4785 architecture styles from Tudor- design Stockwell to neo-penal South Quad, the dorms all provide the opportunity to get to meet new students. While dormitory rooms are usually decorated in early-blecch, they do provide some special fa- cilities - libraries, snack bars, pinball rooms, pingpong tables, study and sewing rooms - that other University facilities don't have. All but three of the dorms have pass card systems in the fall to prevent outsiders from entering the dorm unescorted. After one year, many students, tired of "quaddie-burgers" and a bathroom shared by 20 people, want to branch out of the dorms. Many of them choose to enter co- operatives. There are three types of co-ops on campus, those run by the Uni- versity, those runs by the Inter- Cooperative Council (ICC), and those that make it on their own. the smart marijuana user makes sure he knows the people he smokes with as police informers are not uncommon on campus. Even at fraternities of after- game beer parties where beer and pretzels once reigned su- preme, pot and "munchies" have generally taken over. And even businessmen have jumped into the scene, supplying the "stoned" generation with hundreds of styles of pipes and rolling papers to choose among, all available at local pipe stores, drug stores, or 'head' shops. Marijuana prices range with the quality and amount in cir. culation throughout the year, but prices are generally $10-$I5 for an ounce. Hashish averages about five dollars a gram. A.3 a general rule, it's always a good idea to know the person you buy from. 1200 Packard n _ _ _