Thursday, September 4, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY a ,Thursday, September 4, 1975 THE MICHIGAJi N IL t;YP d Reactionary, radical,";"44 rich ' .,.C and poor: A2 hasnt 'f: it all ; irĀ°+ " s 7(y :"n r7. y" : . . : c' (Continued from Page 8) 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 A2 banks: The your place cash to stash 29S. STATf/ C OVER 7 YEARS IN ANN ARBORS WE/MUST BE DOING SOME THING RIGHT!I (Continued from Page 3) g 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. 'N.1 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. 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