Page Two' THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, November 16, 1971 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY .tesda. No r vemrr 16r 1971'r I Quincy, Booker T: Listening 7ike watching a plant grow' By HERB BOWIE I'm sure all of you have run into.xQuincy Jones' work at one time or another, although you probably didn't realize it. Some of his major achievements have been conducting the Academy Awards Orchestra last year and writing the theme songs for "I r o n s i d e," "The Anderson Tapes" and "The Bill Cosby Show." If none of that impres- ses you, then his new album Smackwater Jack (A&M SP- 3037) probably won't either. Jones' problems are best ex- emplified on "Guitar Blues Od- yssey: From Roots to Fruits," a nothing number on which four guitarists solo in nine distinct styles, progressing all the way from Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix. Well, woop - de - doo, Quincy, who needs it? On this album Quincy has assembled some of the most capable jazz musicians in the world; if they only had a t.v. show to play along to they'd be all set. Remember Booker T. and the M.G.s-a fine, tight instrumen- tal units that helped produce some of Soul's most memorable recordings? Well, Booker has forsaken the M.G.s and his for- merly funky sound for Priscilla Coolidge and, although it was probably a satisfying exchange in some respects, musically it's the most frustrating union since John and Yoko. Blacks end class boycott, present demands to board Booker T. & Priscilla (A&M SP-3504) starts off promisingly enough with "The Wedding Song," a brisk number strangely reminiscent of C,S,N & Y that features Booker's organ and some nifty guitar work by Jes- se Davis. From then on, how- ever, Booker trades in his R&B organ for some gospel-ish piano, with pretty dismal results. List- ening to most of these songs is like watching a plant grow. Which would be tolerable if it weren't for the slowly pulsating tremolos in both Booker's and Priscilla's voices that make the slower stuff all but unlistenable. Stay away from this one at all costs. Earth Quake (A&M SP-4308) is a nice album by a nice San Francisco group of the same name. Their sound consists bas- ically of a guitar or two, bass, and drums. The group pleasantly rocks all the way through the album. The lead vocalist sounds sort of like a cross between Steve Miller and Robert Plant, and the rest of the boys sing pretty har- monies.. The guitarist is good, improvising here and there with- out ever straying too far frorh the song's basic structure. The only trouble is that there's absolutely nothing e x c i t i n g about them. They sound like a band that's been playing other people's stuff in clubs for years and got together a few songs of their own just because they felt obligated to. The result is an al- bum that's pleasant to listen to. and pleasant not to listen to, too. Naturally, the latter's a lot cheaper. a C I adia Calenda Tuesday, Nov. 16 Film- Alley Cinema 330 Maynard "Gate of Hell" 7 and 9:30* State Theater- "200 Motels" 1,3,5,7 and 9* Fifth Forum "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" 7 and 9*1 Campus "Hellstrom Chronicle" 7 and 9* Michigan "Play Misty for Me" 1,3,5,7 and 9:05* Wednesday, Nov. 17 OTHER EVENTS- Union Ballroom Women's Information Fair-11 am-6:00 pm. *denotes events for which admission is charged the vote. However, speaking after yester- day's vote, University Investment Officer George Elgass said a stock voting question would have to be considered "very important" by the entire community, including administrators, for any such ac- tion to be taken. He added that such action would be unlikely. Although the committee's report was praised by most Assembly members present at yesterday's meeting, several said they found nothing new in it. "This report just seems to con- tinue a bias in favor of voting idea in cases of disputes, he sug- gested, is not to vote the Univer- sity's stocks at all. Others criticized the committee's general approach to the problem. In defense, geography Prof. John Nystuen, a committee member. said the committee "didn't con- sider that (the process of assign- ing University investments) an issue." Currently, the University has about $43 million worth of stocks in its endowment funds and $35j million in pension funds. Over 100 corporations are included in its investment portfolio. r I -f r.w)AJCHIGAN One of the most exciting films you'll see this year Det. News CLINT EASTWOOD Faculty discuss stocks (Continued from page 1) with management," medical Prof. tbe the community attitude to Donald Rucknagel said. A better Shows at 1, 315, 7, 9:05 P.M. (Continued from pag 1) "inmediate steps to identify the needs of non-middle class white students." In reference to the last demand, Lois Owens, the meeting's modera- tor said, "Poor white students are being manipulated very effective- ly. Much of the current racial an- tagonism in the secondary schools is a reaction on the part of non- middle class white students to what tiey-'perceive as catering to black students." '"The schools must promote an equal distribution of services to meet all student needs," she said. . The group also accepted a list of demands prepared by black ed- ucators, which specified more pro- tection tactics and asked for great- er- communications about the dis- ruptions.f "PLAY MISTY FOR MV' ...aRn viation to terror... r OV + -N6S.UAW S OMYCWAW hCHM CNlOLOR Jm] In a continuing exhibi- tion of its dialectic no- ture, the board, faced with a per- renial spilt over Europe vs. America avant-garde vs. Hollywood intellectual vs. entertaining pretentious vs. homespun Rocha vs. Ford heavy, heavy vs. ha, ha boring vs. shallow political vs. escapist art vs. movies, this week indulges half its members with a FESTIVAL OF THE FILMS OF EAN-LUC GOGARD TUESDAY NIGHT UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME 1961 -- Photographed in dazzling color on a wide screen, it is a comedy about a stripper (Anna Karina) who yearns for motherhood. W h e n her boyfriend refuses to help her in this matter (Jean- Claude Brialy) she in- vites their best f r i e n d (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to do so. ARCH ITECTURE AUDITORIUM 4 4 The , educators also requested that Dr. Robert Potts, a human relations ombudsman for the schools, investigate the situation. In addition, they asked that "white students be made accountable" and arrests made. Although the demands were ac- cepted by consensus, not everyone was pleased with the decision to return to school. Only students and their parents were allowed to vote, with three votes providing the dif- ference. Seeking unity, the temporary teachers decided to call off classes at the Community Center, although some parents and students felt that the negotiators' position would be weakened by ending the strike.1 Parents and policemen patrolled the schools yesterday, but no in- cidents were reported. 1 I I m me l / film critic 0 social critic revolution ary 0 Jear-Luc Godard * Cinema Guild this week 0 Nov. 22 I I "This picture in its precision of performance, its sensitivity to the insolubles of human desire in this year of 1971, and its ability to document fully the British placement of these people is like some beau- tifully organized tiara with every jewel magically displayed. One could not ask for a finer piece of work." --Archer Winsten, NEW YORK POST A Joseph JanniPo&,d no f John Schlesinger's Film ~SunBlowdy Suniday" I I I T r- i - -T I S SGC elections open today; ais students vie for seats The School of Music and Department of Art present MOZART'S OPERA TEE MAGIC FLUTE (IN ENGLISH)' NOV. 19,20,22, & 23 MENDELSSOHN THEATRE (Continued from page 1) both: inside and outside the Uni- versity community. Composed of four graduate stu- dents and one undergradaute, GROUP members are John Koza, IMichael Davis, Marty Scott, Bob Nelson and Dale Oesterle. Two students are running on the Community Party platform: .David Hiller and David Burleson. fthe seven remaining inde- pendent candidates, Van Lep- thien and Phil Cherner are run- -nlng on an abolish SGC platform, Graham Moses is waging an "apathy" campaign, and Robert Gairity, Timothy Donahue, Fred Gordin and Dan Martinko are concentrating on increasing stu- dent services and student input at the University. The student electorate will also make decisions on 14 referenda proposals - some of which may have more long-lasting effect than the six votes they will cast for member-at-large seats. The most debated referenda question is whether to -ecall conservative member - at - large Brad" Taylor, '74. Three contro- versal. proposals concerning SGC and college student government funding will also appear on to- day's ballot. In addition, voters will be faced with seven ques- tions on SGC priorities. The other three referenda questions deal with relatively less con- troversial procedural mechan- isms, all aimed at making stu- dent government more demo- cratic. The Brad Taylor recall refer- endum asks if Brad Taylor should be recalled for two reasons: -"His testimony before the House Internal Security Commit- tee (RISC, formerly the House on Un-American Activities Com- mittee) endangers students who have dissented, by petition and -assembly, against the Indochina war;" and -"His SGC campaign deceived students by concealing from them the anti-democratic auth- oritarianism of his politics." Taylor says all of his testi- money before RISC was already public knowledge. He adds if anyone was hurt byhsuche esti- many, "they got what they de- served." Although Taylor's critics have charged him with betraying a mandate of the students which voted in the last election to sup- port the People's Peace Treaty, Taylor has charged that the re- call effort is simply an effort to remove him as a voice of a political minority from SGC. Two opposing referenda on SGC funding have drawn a small leaf- let war to the central campus as those who Wish to increase SGC's allotment from student tuition face those who wish to eliminate it all together. One group wants passage of a referendum increasing SGC's through budgeting by the Ad- ministration or the Regents. Nevertheless, passage would give student leaders a mandate to press for funding changes. On SGC priorities, students are asked to indicate which of the following projects SG Cshould undertake: -"Funding a Women's Crisis Center;" -"Establishing and initially funding a cooperative grocery store;" -"Working to establish local University - community 24- hour child care;" -"Obtaining, t h r o u g h SGC, Inc., federal funds to build low- cost University-community hous- ing, using some student funds as seed money;" - Establishing and funding a large scale paper and glass re- cycling center for the campus;" -Establishing and funding an academic chair (professorial po- sition) to provide for the teach- ing of subjects not normally available;" and -"Financing the compilation and distribution of an in-depth consumer report of stores, hocs- ing, and products in Ann Arbor." Ofrthe three procedural refer- enda, the Consent of the Govern- ed resolution is the only one ser- iously controversial. It demands "that a federation or government may appoint representatives on behalf of a constituency of stu- dents (to University or faculty committees, including those of Senate Assembly), only if such a body is elected by the students being represented and has a dem- ocratically - constituted structure that has been created by vote of the students being repre- sented." The Special Referenda refer- endum asks if SGC should hold referenda elections between reg- ular SGC elections on important issues, which SGC may now do. It is designed to give students a chance to say whether this sel- dom-used mechanism should be revived. The most directly important but least easily understood ref- erenda is the Proportional Rep- resentative Amendment. Through a complex, two-step mechanism See ELECTION, Page 10 $1.50 and $3.00 ($1.50 tickets for U-M students only) Conductor: JOSEPH BLATT Stage Manager: RALPH HERBERT INFORMATION: 764-6118 staing Glenda Jackson IRterFnch MMurrayHead BOX OFFICE HOURS: 12:30-5:00 P.M. November 15-18 12:30-8:00 P.M. November 19, 20, 22, & 23 Closed Sunday, November 21 SPIPTH VoruM DOWNTOWN ANN ARS7N INFORMATION 761-3700 TUES., WED., THURS. 7 &9 7:00 and 9:05 F 75c i Winner of 5 Academy Awards! Mike Nichol's film of Who's, Afra'id of Virginia Wolf from Edward Albee's play, with RICHARD BURTON, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, GEORGE SEGAL, and SANDY DENNIS A dramatic study of private academic lives and their bitchinesses. I I BLACK STUDENT UNION presents ROD RODGERS DANCE COMPANY performing "Dance Poems.. . Black, Brown, Negro Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1971 8 p.m. TONIGHT, TUESDAY-November 16th-ON'LY! auditorium a 35 mm. 7:00 & 9:30 p.m. angell hail still only 75c COMING THURSDAY-Tod Browning's FREAKS Fielding Jest's LAUGH-A-MINUTE Offensive Squad Scores Again! U of M's Campus Humor Magazine Returns ON SALE NOV. 17 ALL OVER CAMPUS *' i~f F Corner of State and Liberty Sts. DIAL 662-6264 OPENS 12:45 Shows at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9:05 FRANK ZAPPA'S R EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY PRESENTS r DONOVAN in concert ,> FRIAY NVEMBER 9 8:39p.m. I - 1 U - 1 - -