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will make a phone cull w h o
will keep an appoint nent. They
make it worthwhile for mc st.
Perhaps freshpeople expect,
in this liberal college and com-
munity, to find an absence of
racial tension. Here Lney will
be disappointed. They'll soon
notice enough the segregated
tables in every dorm dining
room. You won't hear anybody
mention race in nAn Arbor how-
ever long you listen -- people
fear the subject and hope by
ignoring it it will disappear. It
won't.
Perhaps the freshperson ex-
pects to be lonely, to find t h a t
he or she has nothing in common
with anyone here. A, pleasant
surprise awaits you .hen, for
in this great strapping school
of so many and, so many types,
your type will be here too. And
more important, there is some
tolerance and friendship be-
tween the types. Maybe n3t
enough, but some.
SO DON'T let that freshperson
count on anything here, f r his
or her view of the place will
change time and again before
they leave. Perhaps the o n 1 y
constant here is that constant
of change.
Maybe the pride of Amn Arbor
too. However frustrated the
dwellers get with City Council,
with the University administra-
tion, with themselves, they
maintain a fierce pride in this
city, home of the nation s most
liberal dope law, of one of ;he
nation's great colleges, . of a
black mayor, of many bfilliant
people who helve made brilliant
contributions, of a conservative
throng of Republicans and t h e
charging Human Righrs Party,
of much that is good and much
that is bad and more that is
somewhere in-between.
I remembed something Carl
Cohen, professor of philosophy
and member of the Re,3dential
College faculty, told us at orien-
tation last summer. He said,
"You know, some people come
here and they develop a sort of
Ann Arbor-itis. They, come and
they just never want t' leave."
Maybe you won't either.
Pacje Eleven
Free osum er concerts
kilck otth a s.
By TIM SCHICK In the past, the concerts have shows manage to go on. Though
Summertime brings with it been held on sites ranging from I the bands are only paid enough
lots of free time and conse- University owned land to city to cover expenses, there are
quently plenty of things to do, parks including West Park, Gal- more groups willing to play
Ann Arbor hardly being an ex- lup Park and last summer's site than can be fit into the schedule.
ception. One of the annuals, She pointed out that the con-
events in the city during the the old municipal golf course certs provide good exposure for
summer are the free rock con- on Fuller Road. up and coming groups. The ear-
certs. "It comes to the point (each liest concerts were put on by
For the ninth year, free music year) where we can hardly get the now legendary MC5.
was provided every Sunday af- a site," Rippley said. She added
ternoon by t h e Community that CPP has been encouraging FOR THE unexpected prob-
Parks Program (CPP). Thou- the city to construct permanent lems at the concerts themselves,
sands of people in every age facilities which could be used "psychedelic rangers" are on
bracket attended the concerts by other groups as well. hand. They are trained in first-
which usually begin around aid and serve as an alternative
June 15 and run through ONE OF THE problems in to having police officers on the
August. getting a site has been a city site.
HOWEVER, despite the suc-
cess of the concerts in the past,
a constant adversary has been
the city. Each year, said CPP
member Dianne Rippley, the
group must fight for a concert
site.
ordinance prohibiting music in
parks immediately surroiunded
by a residential area. According
to Rippley, an apartment struc-
ture was built adjacent to West
Park after the first concerts
were held there.
Even with harassment, the
"The rangers are encouraged
to stop the sale of 'death drugs'
like downers and quaaludes, aid
in traffic control and serve as
an alternative to police," said
Rippley. "Over the years this
arrangement has proven itself
satisfactory," she added.
Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE if Bob Dylan showed one sunny Sunday afternoon to play at the
regular free concerts held in Ann Arbor. Maybe he would have several years ago, but now
he'd play at Crisler Arena to hundreds of thousands at eight dollars a head.
Briarwood offers
endless shopping
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summer; when it's hct people
usually don't come shopping,"
says another saleswoman..
Nevertheless one 'U' hospital
employee felt compelled to hunt6
out a fan at the maill all thes
while claiming, "I don't usually
care for shopping centers - I
don't come here too much." r
AND ONE Northville elemen-
tary school teacher says a h e
likes the place in sun or rain.
"Why?" "Because there's lotst
of stores and its all inside," she
answers finally."
Besides being a place to shop,
the Briarwood management has
been active in promoting a var-
iety of community events that
are part of what, they call "thet
Briarwood Lifestyle" and seemE
to succeed enormously i: draw-
ing customers out of the wal'F.
This fall, Briarwood will hostt
ARTS ADMISSIONC
TAX REPEALED
WASHINGTdN 0P)-The S perr
cent admissions tax on dance,
opera, c h o r u s, theater andr
music performances and read-
ings, painting, sculpture ar.d
craft exhibitions has been re-
pealed in Washington.
According to some estimates,
the amount of money involved
per year is $350,000. Accrding
to Jack Golodner of Advocatesr
for the Arts, many Washingtonr
groups had planned admissions
increases for the coming year
which may not nrw be neces-
sary since the organization can
keep the 5 per cent.
Pittsburgh and Spokane still
impose a city tax. Milwaukee,
Miami,, Cincinnati and Houston
impose a state admissions tax
and Atlanta and Minneapolis,
levy both.
Advocates for the Acts, which
lobbied for the repeal, is a pro-
gram of the Associated Coun-
cils of the Arts, the national
service organization for state
and community arts councils.
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such activities as a Gem and
Mineral Show (Sept. 17-20), the
University's Arts and Crafts
Show (Sept. 22-28), a new car
show, a bicentennial art show of
local elementary and secondary
school talent and San*a Claus.
ALTHOUGH the mall last year
made $3,000 off of Santa Claus
and the art shows, Briarwood
Public Relations woman Fran
Zale assures me: "It won't be
anything commercial, but some-
thing the community can relate
to."
Btt however badly Briarwood
may want the community to re-
late to it as a hub of community
activity, the mall structure as it
stands can never fulfill that role.
Containing too much of every-
thing for everybody, isolated
from residential, entertainment
(except its own movies) and
work areas, bordered by an in-
terstate highway and surround-
ed by parking lots, Briarwold
can only' succeed in drawing
crowds of people - butno com-
munity - to it.
But, although local opposition
got the project off to an ad-
mittedly slow start Briarwood
does seem to be gamning ground
in Ann Arbor.
One employe ho saes in-
creasing numbers of people
flocking to the center explains:
"Main street is kihi of going
down hil and because of the
mall, things will probably start
moving out - tnere's more
parking."
By DAVID BLOMQUIST
During the next eight months, some two or
three thousand dollars will far too quickly pass
through your hands on its way to University,
landlord, or bookstore coffers.
But here's no sense crying all the way to the
bank about it, because, strange as it may seem,
the bank and banking plan that you select to
guard your hard-earned cash between stops may
make the task of parting with it just a little
bit easier.
IN FACT, you can and should expect your
bank to do more for you than officiously order
you to sign on the dotted line and join the queue
forming at the window on your left. After all,
banks are private concerns that - like any
other commercial enterprises - engage in stiff
competition for the tidy profits that big money
managers can rake in.
But before you start shopping around for
financial services, it's important that you de-
cide roughly what your banking needs will be.
Although you shouldn't have to pay for 'pr"i-
leges you never intend to use, you may never-
theless find it worthwhile to take advantage of
some of the specialized (if more ?expensive)
programs sponsored by area banks.
Most students find that a checking account at
either an Ann Arbor or Detroit-area bank is a
virtual necessity, if just to keep track of where
to and how fast the nest egg is diminishing.
(Out-of-state accounts are about as welcome
around town as three dollar bills.)
EACH of the city's four commercial banks
offers a somewhat different checking plan. If
you can maintain 'a $150 minimum balance, for
example, Huron Valley National Bank pro-'
vides a no-service-charge, "free" checking plan.
But if you dip below the magic $150 figure, you
pay through the nose - 80 cents in statement
charge per month and seven cents for, each
check.
The other three city' institutions,- Ann Arbor
Bank and Trust, National Bank and Trust, and
Ann Arbor Trust - offer variations on the
standard "specia" checking service: 25 cents
for each monthy statement, plus 10 cents for
each check.
Banks aso assess an additional fee for im-
printing your name on checks, although some
give new account holders a checkbook and
starter box of checks free. If you're on a tight
budget, be wary of the pretty catlogs that en-
tice you -to buy patterned checks bearing pic-
tures of everything from the Grand Canyon to
Richard Nixon. They're usually double the price
of the good old-fashioned colored safety paper
ones.
ANN ARBOR Bank and Trust and Huron Val-
ley allow checking account customers to use
their "money machines" - compter-operated
cash dispensers that permit holders of spe-
cially coded magnetic identification cards to
make deposits to or withdrawals from accounts
24 hours-a-day.
Students who plan on keeping large quanti-
ties of cash on deposit, however, will probably
find it wisest to open a separate savings ac-
count, either at one of the four banks or at one
of the city's two savings and loan associations
(which usually pay significantly higher interest
rates).
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