Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Off the shelf: Replacing Norton reader By LAURIE HARRIS It's just corrugated cardboard! At least the cover is card- board, but the inside is as inno- vative as its external appear- ance. The book is Student Voices/One compiled by English professors Christopher Reaske and Robert Willson and looks as though it may outdate such in- famous readers as the Norton Anthology. Instead of selecting already established; writers whose styles are well known and imitated, Willson and Reaske have can- vass'ed the country's college newspapers lifting all types of articles by students. Broken down into three sections, Po- litical Action, Culture, and The University, the book aims at present student concerns. 'Rea- ske says. "The Norton Readers shows where composition was a few years ago; ours is where it is now." "In teaching composition," Willson believes, "we shouldn't use Norman Mailer and I. F. Stone as models." Students tend to pattern their own writing styles after these already estab- lished authors. Instead the'edi- tors have decided to have stu- dents evaluate t ,h e i r contem- porary's writing. None of the students have a reputation worth copying, but each is very instructive in 'showing patterns of writing. Most of, the works were chosen for their literary excel- lence, but several interspersed throughout the book are not that good. These are meant to draw comparisons to the other works. But what is good or bad, according to Reaske's and Will son's criteria is not indicated. Each of the passages, which vary '.from excerpted books, .newspaper articles, or campus handouts, are followed by a series of questions. According to Reaske, these questions are tra- ditional and yet the book itself Is unique. Many professors in the Eng- lish department have already *expressed satisfaction. with the book and several major publish-, ing companies are picking up on the idea and printing variations of the book. Student Voices draws from all over the country, with a pre- ponderance from the Daily and the Columbia Spectator where they found the writing to be the best of the other college papers in the country. One of the com- missioned books, patterned after Student Voices/One will be drawn from only one university. But the important factor, ac- cording to the editors, is that the articles catch the mood of a specific year, turning each year into a capsule and Student Voices into an ongoing progres- sion. The book is a singular at- tempt in the expansion of rele- vant readers publishing what students have to say about the contemporary issues. To catch up on what stu- dents believe politically right and left, from all areas of the country, this book can be sim- ply interesting. But on a larger scale its implications show the growing concern for the inclu- sion of students in the writing and development of their own textbooks. If the book is to be re-pro- duced every few years, then Reaske and Willson believe that there must be expansions in all the facets of the book. They must reach into a larger audi- ence perhaps including articles from junior colleges. And they must delve into the widening fields of literary and especially film criticism. Designers: Set it together Ann Arbor Civic Theatre is sponsoring a set designing con- test for the last show of the season, The Brass and Grass Forever, an original musical- comedy written, composed and directed by Jerry Bilik, to be produced May 5-9. Competition is open to any- one, but if a non-member's de- sign is selected, he will be ex- pected to join AACT. The dead- line for designs is Feb. 1, and must include accurately scaled floor plans, elevations and either color renderings or a fully de- tailed model. They must be finished and capable of being implemented without revision or addition. Designs will be judged for their imaginativeness, appro- priateness and practicality, and each must be economically as well as physically feasible. Those interested may pick up a description of the set require- ments, the financial limits with- in which they are expected to 'work and a set of stage blue- prints at the AACT Building, 201 Mulholland, anytime after Dec. 10. For further informa- tion, call Dwight Stevenson at 426-4749 after 5 p.m. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Micnigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second glass postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- sity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mai' Summer Session published Tuesday throrugh Saturday morning. 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