The Michigan Daily-Saturday, December 10, 1977-Page 3 4 ;E IW M~ AL .AI Gimme shelter Something's missing from the back of Bursley Hall. Residents out North Campus way are wondering what happened to the blue, wooden bus shelter, whose flier-festooned walls provided them with reading mate- rial and shielded them from the raging elements while waiting for the Bursley-Central Campus shuttle. It seems the shelter was removed Tuesday by industrious University work crews who were making way for a bigger, sleeker, plastic version. But all the snow has hindered plans to lay foundations for the see-through shelter, says Building Director Tod Hanson. If the weather doesn't warm up by Monday, Hanson says he'll ask for the blue shack back. When last seen, the bus shelter was aboard a flatbed truck, headed south on Huron Parkway. Computers continued Their wails resounded through the North Campus Computing Center. At NUBS, they moaned and cursed. The Michigan Terminal System (MTS) was still sick late yesterday after conking out Thursday morning. And, not surprisingly, would-be engineers, computer scientists, and statisticians were sweating over uncompleted computer programs and unsympathetic profs. Even a part flown in from Chicago Thursday couldn't resurrect MTS to life. Late yesterday afternoon, computing cen- ter staffers were hoping some southern comfort, in the form of a hard- ware part from Atlanta, would arrive by evening. Weather warnings Condition Red! Condition Yellow! Red Alert! Those are the weather advisories local officials use to warn residents of snow conditions. But come Wednesday, conditions will change because the Washtenaw County Snow Emergency Council says the reds are too confusing. The new warn- ings are condition traveller's advisory, condition yellow and condition red. Depending on what your condition is, the traveller's advisory means drivers should use caution - yellow means drivers should venture out only in emergencies and red is when they call in the National Guard. Sawmill bites the dust A sawmill used by the School of Natural Resources to train students in logging and milling operations burned down yesterday morning. Foot- prints and tire tracks were discovered near the site of the gutted building in Stinchfield Woods near Dexter, and SNR officials say the possibility of arson hasn't been ruled out. Dexter fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze that destroyed the 9,000 square foot sawmill, built in 1940. " Happenings.*. ... use up a minimum amount of energy today over at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 306 N. Division, where the Ann Arbor Ecology Center is conducting a "Home Heat Conservation Workshop" from 9:00 to noon the rest of the day, keep warm. " On the outside . . "This is winter," our weatherperson says. Who are we to argue when the high will be a lowly 13, the skies will be cloudy and the snow will be; scattered. Alas, the low will touch the deep-freeze depths beyond zero today when it hits -3. Long live long-johns. U.S., Mexico swap prisoners One-acts provocative & unusual By MARK BEYER T o WIND UP 1977, the Back Alley Players and the Actors Ensemble are presenting Three One-Act Plays. The shows offers uncommon theatrical styles, moods, and characters. Al- though "Job Security," "The Indian Wants The Bronx," and "The Toilet',, Three One-Act Plays Schorling Auditorium, SEB. December 7,8, 9and 10 -8:00 p.m. "Job Security" By Martie Charles Ella ......................Kayjona Jackson The teachers..... Fran Washington, Marva Bartell, Billie Scott, Babette Wilson Ron "OJ" Parson, Director. Back Alley Players, Producers *s* * "The Indian Wants the Bronx" By Israel Horovitz Gupta ........................ Thomas Greene Joey............................B. David Green Murphy... ..... .................... Tom Stack Daniel Kanter, Director The Actor's Ensemble, Producers "The Toilet" By LeRoi Jones Foots... ..................... Ron Parsons Farell........... ............David Farell David Grier, Director Back Alley Players, Producers have their uneven spots, they are pro- vocative and entertaining. Ella; (Kayjona Jackson), is trapped in a bureaucraticly corrupt inner city high school in "Job Security." A rebelli- ous young black woman, Ella is driven toward the brink of insanity by her abusive and apparently ignorant teach- ers. Jackson, in her first performance with the black, male Back Alley Play- ers, portrayed the tormented Ella with great realism. During a tantrum she had, and when she stood meekly in her pretty white dress, smiling coyly and offering lethal bon-bons to her teachers,' she was especially believable. The final scene has Ella's teachers eating pieces of poisonous candy. As they writhe and retch to their deaths, Ella stands singing proudly to the audi- ence the song so well known to school children, "My eyes have seen the Glory of the burning of the school." The stage is dominated by an eerie New York City phone booth as the second play begins. Grupta, (Thomas Greene), one of the three characters in "The Indian Wants the Bronx," is standing alone by a bus stop. The only light comes from the phone booth. Murphy and Joey, (Tom Stack and B. David Green), enter singing "Baby, You Don't Care." As the thiree wait for the bus, they pass the time and their characters develop. As 'the two New York street people feel sorry for themselves and about their position in the ghetto, they play violent games and rough up the East- Indian Grupta. Grupta, who is lost in the city, speaks no English and although he tries very hard he, cannot answer their ques- tions. Greene does his part well and is amazingly convincable in his role. Joey, the fidgity New York Jew, is portrayed effectively by Green. He starts out a little nervous and jumpy but quickly gains control and becomes a young man who doesn't know whether to kill or to cry - and can't do either. Stack's tough guy Murphy is a gem of infantile brutality mixed with macho bravado. His body control looks great on stage as he saunters about looking for a few kicks. "The Toilet" takes place in a shabby men's room, possibly in the same school that was the setting for the first play. Foots (Ron Parsons), a young black high school student, has received a love letter from a white homosexual, Donald Farell. Foots' friends are all crowded into the small lavatory to see him beat up Farell. With eleven people on stage, the story is somewhat lost. It is evident, however, by the end that peer pressure, not desire, has set the course of action. David Grier's performance as Big- shot, a peacock proud bully and the wonderful comic relief provided by Reginald Cathey's Willie Love are both memorable highlights. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVIII, No. 77 Saturday, December 10.11977 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 Maynbrd Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day morning. subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.5o by mail outside Ann Arbor. . .. ,.f ° " , '.k 7 i , i , , s. o ' ;'.: t, *. v+f Ma !2..f, *« " , ' .; ; '" HIGH MAGNIFICATION WASHINGTON (AP) - A million books stored on a single sheet of paper? A movie of uranium atoms in motion? Both are possible with the new electron microscope which can magnify an object (or reduce it) 20 million times. The best optical microscopes, lim- ited by the wavelengths of light, mag- nify no more than 2,000 times and the implications of the new microscope are enormous, says National Geogra- phic. The microscope will enable biol- ogists to spot normal cells changing into cancerous cells and to identify genes that cause hereditary diseases. Perhaps the most unexpected benefit of the electron microscope is demagnifying, says Geographic. The tiny silicon wafers which contain intricate circuits for high-speed com- puters can be produced on a large scale; then ultra-miniaturized by photography through the microscope in reverse, the magazine says. Ballet play Power By PAULA HUNTER T HE ANN ARBOR Civic Ballet will bring their highly successful and elaborate production of Snow White and the Seven Woodsmen to Power Center this Sunday, December 11. Area dance enthusiasts can experience the full ballet either at the matinee or evening performance. Members of the troupe have been rehearsing Snow White since early fall. The work features more than thirty dancers, and was choreographed by Dom Orejudos, assistant director and resident choreographer of the Illinois Ballet Company. This ballet relies heavily on dramatic story-telling; and the dancers must be technically secure as well as strong in the areas of pan- tomime and character dancing. Audiences can expect to witness all the standard elements of a major ballet. The special effects are particularly important to the success of Snow, White. Mrs. Clarence Bissell, costumer, has created many unusual masks and head pieces for the evil members of 4he cast, as well as all varieties of monsters. Although the ballet is particularly suited to children, anyone would en- joy this Christmas program as a welcome alternative to The Nutcracker. TO: Read the Michigan Daily WHEN: Tuesday-Sunday mornings WHERE: Anywhere you like MEXICO CITY (AP) - Sixty-one American prisoners, shouting with happiness, left here yesterday aboard a chartered jetliner for San Diego, Calif., in the first phase of an historic prisoner exchange program between Mexico and the United States. The American men and women, most of them convicted on drug charges, boarded the plane after 36 Mexican prisoners taken from U.S. jails disembarked from the craft and were transported by bus to Mexico City jails. An 18-month-old girl, born in prison to an American mother, frolicked among the prisoners and guards as she waited to begin the journey. SOME 550 police officers armed with automatic rifles were stationed at the airport hanggr where the prisoners were held before going to the plane. Two police helicopters hovered overhead. "This is not a fiesta," said Juan Alberto Antolin, director of the Santa Marta men's prison in Mexico City. "These are prisoners - drug smug- glers and poisoners of the public who are going to another prison." U.S. Ambassador Patrick Lucey nd Mexican Attorney General Oscar lres Sanchez supervised the trans- er of 35 American men and 26 omen to the chartered Texas Inter- ational DC9. The plane picked up he Mexican convicts in Houston, exas, and San Diego before coming o Mexico City. The Americans, first of 234 held in exican jails who are eligible for ransfer under the program, were lown to San Diego's Metropolitan orrectional Institution for process- g. Mexican authorities said a total of 572 Americans are in Mexican jails, 90 per cent of them convicted or awaiting trial on charges involving possession of marijuana, cocaine or heroin. THE WOMEN, dressed in white- trimmed red jackets and blue pants, laughed, shouted and waved as they arrived at the airport. A few moments later the male prisoners, dressed in short-sleeved jump suits provided by the U.S. government, entered the hangar from a heavily guarded bus. A Mexican official stood at a mic- rophone shouting out names and the prisoners stepped forward where police and immigration officials at the boarding ramp checked identifi- cation records and handed the pris- soners an envelope. In the envelope was a note, written in Spanish, saying, "In agreement with the exchange of prisoners treaty, you are permitted to leave the country, having finished in Mexico the sentence you received for crimes committed in national territory." SPECIAL SHOW BOSTON (AP) - A special exhibit called "Prints Of The 1970s" is being held at the Museum of Fine Arts through Dec. 4. The museum says the show "will offer new insights into the recent graphic art olf 35 contemporary printmakers, whose styles range from realism to abstraction." Among the artists included-in the exhibition are Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Helen Frankenthaler, Claes Oldenburg and Robert Rauschen- berg. Cherr-o Huskies ' LANSING (UPI) - Washing- ton Gov. Dixie Lee Ray has wagered a bushel of apples - her state's leading' agricultural product - that the University of Washington Huskies will defeat Michigan's Wolverine's Jan. 2 in the Rose Bowl. Michigan Gov. William Milli- ken, notified of the bet by a phone call from Gov. Ray, countered yesterday by putting up a lug of tart cherries. "This friendly wager demon- strates the confidence we in Michigan have in the Wolverines, whoever they may be pitted against," Milliken quipped. THE WOLVERINES are two touchdown favorites against the Huskies, and Milliken said he could have safely wagered other crops in which Michigan leads the nation besides tart cherries, such as blueberries, dry beans or cucumbers for pickles. "But this year, Michigan's finest export is the University of Michigan football team," Milli- ken said. "I am confident that the team will enhance Michigan's reputation as the leading export state in the nation." SHEEPSKIN COATS and VESTS NOW 50% OFF HOLIDAY GIfT ITEMS Now 25% Off Persian beus of Imports 320 E. Liberty-769-8555 Aid halt threatened by HEW (Continued from Page 1) HEW IDENTIFIED the schools as Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.; Windsor University, Los Angeles, Calif.; Seminary of St. Vincent De Padl, Boynton Beach, Fla.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Semi- nary, New Orleans, La.; Hellenic College - Holy Cross, Brookline, Mass.; St. Mary's Seminary College, Perryville, Mo.; George Mercer Jr. Meiorial School of Theology, Gar- den City, N.Y.; Holy Trinity Ortho- dox Seminary, Jordanville, N.Y.; Taylor Business Institute, New York City; Southeastern Baptist Theologi- cal Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C.; Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, Pa., and Grove City College,. Grove City, Pa. Despite the deferral of any new subsidies approved after Jan. 8, none of the school systems and colleges is in immediate danger of losing exist- ing federal aid. Administration en- forcement proceedings can take a year or more. Oscar Wilde, British author- playwright, was born in Ireland in 1856. CANTERBURY HOUSE presents A CQUES BREL IS AI1VE AND WELL AND LWVIQAI P.RS' a new kind of musical play Saturday, December t0 TONIGHT, at 8 p.m. in the PENDELTON ROOM on the second floor of the Michigan Union. STi cketsavailable at the door, ALL SEATS $2 the too arbor film cooperative TONIGHT! Saturday, December 10 THE PRODUCERS (Mel Brooks, 1968) 7& 10:15-MLB3 ZERO MOSTEL plays the producer. When his accountant (GENE WILDER) shows him how producing a Broadway flop can make more money than a hit, he buys a horrible, hilarious musical called "Springtime for Hitier" One of the funniest movies in recent years, it was Mel Brooks' first movie and one of his best. "Pure lunacy ... uproariously funny!"-TIME. Academy Award, Best Original Screenplay. THE TWELVE CHAIRS (Mel Brooks, 1971) 8:35 only-MLB 3 Mel Brooks has directed this classic Russian comedy in his usual zany, fast-paced fashion. A dying woman confesses separately to her son-in-law and the village priest that she sewed valuable jewelry into one of the twelve dining-room chairs before fleeing from the palace during the Revolution. This set" off an outrageous chase as one person after another learns the secret and dashes across Mother Russia in search of treasure. "THE TWELVE CHAIRS is a complete'joy! Mel Brooks is a major delight in a hilarious role"-Judith Crist. With RON MOODY, DOM DELUISE, FRANK LANGELLA, and MEL "FUN" BROO $S. I SINGLE ADMISSION,$1.50 DOUBLE FEATURE $2.50 .MMM I I redcucedpot i on'(A 0muaf of bear I HAPPY NUsS EWEY DAY 5-7p.mn. mon. thru fri. TODAY at7:15oand 9:34 EL V R! SUN. at 5:157159:15 TIi thetiL'one I ' .. *AM0 muw f =r 2IL 2 UP~E 1