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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Thyrsday, December 7, 1972
Page Eighi' THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thi~irsday, December 7, 1972
TALKS ON MEDIA
Critic speaks at 'U'
(Continued from Page 1) criticize anything and any
Amendment may not provide the maintained Bagdikian. "The
one,-
re-
protection we
he added.
"The press
once thought it did," sponses of an informed public" are
more capable of preserving free-
should be able to dom and justice than those of "the
MEDIA CRITIC BEN BAGDIKIAN answers a question follo
FIT FOR A KING:
SGC life pleases e
(Continued from Page 1)
The establishment would be located
dope proposal was "weird." appropriately enough in the UGLI
"Everybody took it more serious- Multi-purpose Room and operate
ly than I did," he says with a grin. under the now defunct Office of
"There were hours of debate and Student Affairs. A vice-president
even a cheering section in the gal- in charge of vice would head the
lery. If they had their heads to- operation.
gether they wouldn't have even Hornstein says he would continue
considered it." to keep his eyes open for oppor-
"I was in the right frame of mind tunities to serve the students that
at the time, though I was stoned elected him.
when the motion came up," his "I represent a large body of
Highness recalls, addingwthat re- students on campus - those that
grettably, he came down before think SGC is fucked," he says,'
the end of the meeting. laughing. "I have a great respon-
Hornstein also discussed the Bull- sibility to serve those people. Who
shit Party itself. From its inaus- knows, I might even accomplish
picious beginnings the party has something in the meantime."
grown to an official University or- Living up to this responsibility,
ganization with forty registered of- will be difficult with the present
ficials. make-up of SGC, according to
The Emperor said that his or- Hornstein.
ganization was based on feudal "All the members are off on
rather than bureaucratic principles. their little ego trips," he says.
"On the official registration form "Really though they're just a
they have all these blanks labelled bunch of lousy politicians who re-
'president', 'vice - president' and fuse to compromise. They make
'secretary'," he says. "They as- their little motion sand have de-
sume that your organization is go- bates, but they don't talk to each
ing to be patterned after a bu- other; they talk at each other."
reaucratic hierarchy. We had to Hornstein declared that a change
alter the form a little." of scenery would do SGC some
The Bullshit party not only has good. "I really think that the meet-
an emperor registered with SGC ings should be shifted to a local
Student Organizations Board, but bar," he says. "I'm going to make
King, Queen, Chief Sribe and Court a motion to that effect. We could
Concubine, as well. Hornstein hints --
that some of these people did not
volunteer their services and are
u n a w a r e of their prestigious
'offices.
Many of his subjects have gotten
into the spirit of the Bullshit party
motto, "A cheap publicity stunt
is better than none," according to
"I've gotten a lot of suggestions
on SGC proposals f r o m my 9am to 1{Op
friends," he says. "One was for an 9 am to 5 p
SGC nude ski resort in the arb." 1 2 am to 5F
Hornstein said anotoer friend had
suggested an SGC massage parlor.
most benevolent dictator."
'1 Bagdikian admits that a "ma-
1lm 1 ouDPS laise" is felt by the American pub-f
lic towards the news media and
agrees that "most of the media aret
ulated lousy because they don't printj
thingsthat are valuable to theI
individual." He stated, however,
Cand obeying regulations said that the government attacks onv
Wilde. 'All the other organizations news coverage, which were aimed
go along, get into debt and get out at those media dedicated to respon-c
of debt on their own names." sible reporting and serious cri-
Friends of Newsreel is the only ticism, were misplaced.C
film group staging any kind of co- "The main targets of the gov-
ordinated protest against the pro- ernment's criticism were the tele-t
posed licensing plan. They are cir- viison networks, the New York
culating a petition urging rejection Times, and the Washington Post,"
because of "repressive and pos- Bagdikian said. "The networks
sibly illegal aspects." were attacked because they are soP
Daily Photo by DENNY GAINER Representatives from other Uni- powerful;" and the New Yorkt
wing his talk yesterday. versity film groups indicated that Times and the Washington Post
they favored some sort of regula- were singled out because they have
tion, but were not sure of the the "largest and most knowledge-
Board's specific proposal. able staffs in international and
The proposal requires a licensed national affairs" and "are read by
film group to provide the Board most of the important embassies,
n e ro r with a confidential list of all offi- congressional leaders," and govern-
cers and members of the group. It ment officials in Washington, het
malso requires groups to submit explained.
rent the second floor of the Domi- their film schedule six weeks be- Bagdikian's speech was spon-t
nic's and advertise in the papers. fore the beginning of each term sored by the journalism depart-,
SGC would pay for all the drinks and to submit to possible investi- ment.t
consumed by members and spec- gation by SGC-authorized personnel -__
tators." at showing sites.
"Right now the only people that Sources say that threats from
come to SGC are former members, film distributors aboutclearing up Subscribe t
people who want money from the the situation began about a year
Council and Daily reporters," he ago, when the city first became
says disdainfully. "With free booze nown as a pecul pace o
there's no telling who will show rent films. At that time, local filmPhone 7
u. groups asked for some action by Ph n
up. SGC, but were told to work things
Hornstein maintained that the out themselves.
plan would have the additional ben-
efit of making members less hos-
tile. "Even (SGC President) Bill
Jacobs mellows out a little when
he's drunk," he adds, smiling im-
perially.
there'*
thru r
Clasaf'd
City health
care group
estabished
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miliar with what can be done about
health care delivery," Ringler said.
He cited fear as another reason
for lack of membership. "Elderly
people are afraid to join because
they think the health care they are
getting now will stop," Ringler ex-
plained.
"We have to get people together
who have exoerienced the turmoil
of going to St. Joseph's," Spears
commented.
C. E. Franz, a city resident re-
cently joined the corporation. She
has spent three out of the last thir-
teen years in St. Joseph hospital
recuperating from open heart sur-
gery.
"I've seen the patient care deter-
iorate. It's really gone downhill.
No one seems to really care about
the patients anymore," Franz said.
WCHHC's main function now is
to construct a set of bylaws where-
by the citizens gain control of the
corporation. Elections for trustees
will be held in February.
Further programs depend on the
action of St. Joseph's hospital. "If
they move, our goal is to provide
ambulatory care for the citizens in
this area, Ringler stated. "If not,
we want to have a community con-
trolled hospital."
D The Daily
gonne Natl Lab, "Nuclear Structure students welcomed.
with Heavy Ion Transfer Reactions,"e m
P&A Colloquium Rm., 4 pm. U of M Ski Club meeting, Dec. 12,
Student Lab Theatre: Original One 7:30 PM, 3540 SAB. Film showing.
Acts,Frieze Arena, 4:10 pm.
International Night: Australian food,
League cafeteria, 5 pm.
Housing Office In-Residence Staff
Positions Informational Mtgs.: W. .
Quad, Dining Rm No. 1, 7 pm.; Bar- - -
bour, Newberry Dining Rm., 8 pm.;.
Newberry, Newberry Dining Rm., 8 pm.;
Residential College, S. Dining Rm., 8
pm.; S. Quad, East Lounge, 9 pm. At-
tendance required in order to be con- .1972 CHRISTMAS 0 GREETINGS 1972
sidered for a position.
School of Music: U Jazz Band, Ed- Give More to
ward Smith, conducter, Rackham Aud.,
8 pm. Christmas Seals
University Players: JeIlicoe's "The
Knack," Mendelssohn, 8 pm.
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MEXAICAN DINNER
followed by Latin American Folk Songs
by Marco Antonio Vasquez and f
I!i slides about Peru shown by
Baldomero Caceres
December 7, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
Ecumenical Campus Center, 921 Church
For reservations call: 662-5529, days; 665-7146, nights
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
DAY CALENDAR
School of Music: Piano Student Re-
cital, SM Recital Hall, 12:30 pm.
Religious Affairs Lectures: Lewis
Lancaster, U-C, Berkeley, "Non-ordin-
ary States of Reality in Buddhist
Trance," Aud. 4, MLB, 4 pm.
Botany Seminar: A. Ellingbor, MSU,
"Genetic Control of Primary Infection
by Erysiphe graminis," 1139 Nat. Sci.
Bldg., 4 pm.
Geology & Mineralogy Lecture: A. E.
Nairn, Case western Reserve Univ.,
"Geological Consequences of Conti-
nental Drift," 1512 C. C. Little Bldg.,
4 pm.
Nuclear Seminar: G. Morrision, Ar-
SUMMER PLACEMENT
212 SAB 763-4117
H & S Pogue Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
College Summer Board Openings. Un-
dergraduate students interested in fa-
shion and merchandising. Personal in-
terviews held Dec. 18-23. Further de-
tails available at this office.
National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration, Houston, Texas. Summer
Program for graduate students with
bachelor's degree in following fields -
engineering, physical sciences, public
admin., bus. ad., related fields. Further
details and applications available.
Student Government Council meet-
ing, Dec. 7, 3X Michigan Union, 7:30
PM, Constituents time 9:00 PM. All
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