Thursday, September 6, 1973 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY . Y, It, I LOOKING FOR A VIABLE LIFESTYLE ALTERNATIVE? CO-oils THE BETTER WAY There are students and community co-ops at U-M and hundreds of other campuses across the U.S. and Canada. To find out more about co-ops, come to' NORTH AMERICAN STUDENT COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION LEARN THE BETTER WAY Literature and information on the co-op movement, how to start co-ops, etc.: NASCO . . Students of Cooperation-4th floor, Michigan Union-663-0889- RKPILZZA # 769-8030 s Crisis counseling available to women By SUSAN SOMMER The Women's Crisis Center is prepared to counsel women on rape and problem pregnancy. But its all-purpose s e r v i c e s can assist the men of Ann Arbor as well as the women-if the men aren't scared off by the center's name. Located in St. Andrew's Church on North Division St., the Crisis Center has telephone and walk-in peer counseling with trained vol- unteer counselors to dispense concern or information or what- ever combination is required. "We don't push any alterna- tives," says Leslie Horst, a Crisis Center counselor and organizer. "We help sort out feelings which is the first step along the road towards making decisions." With questions ranging from "What contraceptive m e t h o d should I use?" to "How do I get a low-cost lawyer?" the center has also developed an extensive referral service. It is the center's goal to be a "true community agency" which accounts in part, according to Horst, for its off-campus loca- tion. THE WOMEN'S CRISIS Center was organized in the fall of 1971, when an alarming increase in rape incidents drew concerned community women together. Coordinators say the only re- quirement for counselor training is that the applicant be a wo- man. High school and college stu- dents, straights and gays, pro- fessionals and housewives are all equally needed and welcomed. Training consists of an -inten- sive weekend-20 hours-of dem- onstrations, simulations a n d theory sessions, all designed to sensitize the trainees to others' feelings. Any screening necessary occurs as part of the training process. In addition to counseling, cen- ter staff members are concen- trating efforts on a rape educa- tion project which will culminate in a free publication, dealing with facts about rape, ideas for defense and sources of support for victims. Organizers hope to distribute 20,000 copies to com- munity women. ALSO AFFILIATED with the Women's Crisis Center is Fem- inist House, a coordinating center for such women's groups as the Gay Awareness Women's Collec- tive and the Women's Community School. Proving to be a model for crisis centers as far removed from Ann Arbor as Anchorage, Alaska, the Women's Crisis Center staff finds energy in their "dreams" for the future. "Many hope someday to have one location of their own, a multi- purpose center with medical and counseling services and feminist activities all available," says + Horst. Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY I Campus pinbal I 0 0 0 4 MIlCMBODY, a study in, futility IDI YES fyou Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY at National Bank & Trustfl COMPANY OF ANN ARBOR Member FDIC Come bank with us- Campus Office: William at Thompson. / Subscribe tc The Daily This fall, though, and probably for some time to come, the Wo- men's Crisis Center remains in St. Andrew's Church with one room to call its own, but with a - number of volunteers to call the community's. ....0 By MARTIN STERN "It's fun to play. Sort of like your whole lifestyle. Sometimes you have it, and sometimes you fuck up." These words of wisdom, spoken by Art Rouse, a local pinball ad- dict, more or less sum up local sentiment over Ann Arbor's fast- est growing sport: pinball. A year ago there were only two pinball halls on campus. There are now at least seven, and they're usually crowded: Tom- my's Holiday Camp, Cross-Eyed Moose, Pinball Alley, Summer of Forty, Too (upstairs), Dragon Inn, and Lew's Cellar Arcade (at two locations). Why the upsurge in popularity of pinball machines? No one real- ly seems to know. "NOTHING'S SO special about pinball. You just try to beat the machine," says Preston Grant, "O an employe at Tommy's. "It's weird that anyone would play- you don't get anything substan- tial back." The pinball machine, for those of you not in the know, is, as de- fined by Webster's Third Inter- national Dictionary, an amuse- ment device "that consists of a glass topped cabinet in which a ball propelled by a plunger rolls down a slanting surface among an arrangements of pins and tar- gets with each contact between ball and target scoring a num- ber of points indicated by a sys- tem of electric lights." Furthermore, when the ball reaches the bottom of the slanted surface, the player can- try to hit it back up with the assistance of button - manipulated flippers. Some players also attempt to gently shake the machine to af- fect the ball's path. David Hamilton, another pin- ball fan, has been observing the game and its players and be- lieves that interpreting the popu- larity of pinball is "a study in futility." "IT'S NOT SO much a chal- lenge as watching yourself ac- complish something so worth- less," Hamilton comments. "It seems like you're making some sort of progress . . . you watch yourself begin accumulating, but you never win." The futility of losing often leads pinball players to ex- tremes, such as violently shak- ing the machine, which will us- ually "tilt" it and shut it off,' adding to the futility. Many pin- ball >players also express their frustrations by cursing the ma- chines. Mike Luve, manager of Lew's Cellar Arcade on State St., does- n't really think that pinball is so popular, but rather that "people have lots of free time and mon- ey to spend, and want something to do. And beating the machines r is something to do." LUVE ALSO believes that the pinball arcades are popular be- cause "they're a good place to. get a date." One girl, he says, leaves all the time with a dif- ferent guy on her arm. Whatever the reason, however, the pinball halls do seem to be the place to hang out. So, if you have free time and like futility, friendships, and flippers, Ann Arbor has a place for you. 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