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Thursday, September 6, 1973
THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
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true that you have to be a
genius to go to school there? . '"
And so on .-.
"Is it true that there is some-
thing great going on?"
We were lucky that a bell rang
informing the kid to get himself
outside to fill a tank. He excused
himself, put on his gloves and
went to service an army-green
Econoline van. I was glad that
he had left because I for one
didn't feel like answering the
last question. Still I began to
think ... *
ANN ARBOR, the place, is
rather dull and boring. I admit
somewhat of a jaded prejudice
but still . . . The buildings follow
no architectural pattern and
either conform to the ancient/
scholarly/blah tradition or to the
neo/efficient / institutional/taste-
less school of thought.
While some campuses can boast
that they are "nestled in a bu-
colic cleft between two majestic
Arbor:
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from
nausea
purple mountains," Ann Arbor
is simply nothing to brag about.
It's rather flat and just nothing
to speak about.
Yet I still like the place. Maybe
Some people think that the
Nichols Arboretum is the nicest
place on campus. You can escape
to the Arb and dream that the
trees are part of a gigantic for-
"While some campuses can boast that
they are 'nestled in a bucolic cleft be-
tween two majestic purple mountains,'
Ann Arbor is s i m p l y nothing to brag
about."
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the toothy-mouthed kid came
back and told us that he had
gotten us a ride. The driver of
the Econoline revved the engine
as we piled in.
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JACK WORKED the night shift
for an oil burner company in
Kalamazoo. He was driving only
a short distance, but that was
time enough for him to belittle
and berate the three "hippies"
that he had picked up. We very
quickly became scapegoats for
every problem and obstacle that
Jack had encountered in his 48
years of life.
"Where are you guys off to?"
"Chicago."
" ghy so late at night?"
"Our lungs needed the pollu-
tion."
The same line that twice had
succeeded in making friendships
bombed so badly that it created
a crater-like gorge-between ,the
driver and his three passengers.
After a short tirade of epithets
accusing us. of being anything
from sodomists to commfunists
(there wasn't much of a differ-
ence in Jack's mind), we could
only respond with silence.
"Are you fellas college boys?"
"Yes.''
"Where from?"
"Ann Arbor."
"Just as I thought: a bunch of
freaks . . . what are you doing
so far away?"
We attempted to explain the
nausea, the encroaching walls,
the diabolical dips of the eye-
brows, but were quickly inter-
rupted by a violent but abrupt-
"Bullshit."
Now we were damned as being
ingrates, spoiled snobs, and on
the whole "screwed up."
Again we were silent-and we
stayed that way until we were
dropped off in the middle of no-
where.
.IT WAS STRANGE but even
after the van was long gone we
still had nothing to say. Maybe
we were still stunned by his
tirade. Or maybe were half-
scared that what he had said
was true. Anyway what we had
seen of the real world tonight
had made us appreciate Ann Ar-
bor once again. We would have
given anything to find a magic
carpet that would scurry us back
home. We would even settle for a
warm hole to defrost our splinter-
ing cold bones.
For the time being we didn't
care about Chicago or the real
world; all we wanted was a ride.
An occasional car would slow
down to take a look at us-but
who but a bunch of lunatics or
perverts would be hitch-hiking
that late on that cold a night?
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crashing program solely for cri-
sis cases, not for transients.
However, the organization is
trying to set up a youth hostel
in conjunction with a local church
to deal with the large number
of transients who pass through
Ann Arbor, especially during the
summer.
Unfortunately the Free Peo-
ples' Clinic, now housed at 225
E. Liberty, has temporarily dis--
continued its clinical services
since the fire. It still makes
medical referrals by phone (761-
8952) though, finding services
that match the caller's needs and
budget.
Last but not least is the Com-
munity Center Project, also in
a state of flux since the fire. In
addition to organizing Commun-
ity Switchboard, the Project spon-
sors the Community Arts Work-
shop, designed to help people
realize their own creativity and
sense of worth through art.
Along with the First Methodist
Church, Community Center Pro-
ject runs a food program for
street people and runaways.
it's the people, or maybe because
there is always something to do,
FIRST FOR THE INTELLEC-
TUALY INCLINED:
There are always a myriad of
movies, plays, and concerts to
fill up time. As one student put
it, "It's possible to learn more
outside of the classroom in Ann
Arbor than in . . all you have
to do is devote some time, a
piddling of effort and a nomina-
tive amount of money." Yet he
a d d e d, "Unfortunately most
people waste their heads on
school work or fry their brains in
spare time."
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO
GET BLASTED:
As in any college town, Ann
Arbor has. its share of bars. As
one person waiting to get into a
local downtown bar said, "It's
a good feeling to know that after
a hard week of wracking your
brain you can make an ass out of
yourself and get drunk."
Although there is enough il-
licit mind-benders floating around
town to make alcohol unneces-
sary, some people still like the
socializing aspect of going to
bars. As one said as he quickly
imbibed an entire pitcher of dark
beer, "Most people are just plain
lonely-where else can you go
to meet people who want to have
a good time?"
FOR THOSE WHO GET OFF ON
NATURE:
est, instead of just an occasional
clump; you can dream that you
are the only one within miles,
although there are always people
going traying in winter, or throw-
ing frisbees when it gets warm;
and you can dream that the
Huron river is not polluted. It's
just a good place to split to
when you have had you fill with
school.
We had started to doze when
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