Page Four Friday, May 1 1, 19~73 PaeFu,..aMa ,17 i Summner Daily S mmsrI JTI' undlolof Il2 1 I(IIGAN DAILY Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan A glimpse through art at the soul of 'the enemy' Friday, May 11, 1973 News Phone: 764-0552 Resi1dency ruling I I may prove costly WE ARE IN AGREEMENT with Washtenaw County Cir- cuit Judge William Ager for what we consider a cor- rect judicial decision in striking down the current Uni- versity residency requirement for out of state students.E At the same time, however, we are gravely con- cerned that the practical effects of the ruling, if it is upheld by higher courts, could force an undue increase in college expenses for many lower and middle class in- state students. Many of these students even now are at- tending the University by the skin of their financial teeth. The residency requirement declared unconstitutional defines state residency as living in the state for six months without full-time attendance at the University, limiting individuals to a maximum of three hours credit. Ager in effect countered this by ruling that whether or not a person is a full-time student is irrelevent to their residence status. 'tHE IMPLICATIONS are only too clear. If the ruling stands. there are almost 8.000 out-state students who will be eligible to file for residency, and under such sta- tus, could each nay $700 per semester less in tuition to the University. This means that the U' could lose as much as $12 mittins nor year. Given such fiaures. the Univercitv. faced with such a massive loss of income. wolld undoubtedly have to re- sort to additional tuition increases (bevond the five to seven percent increise already nronosed for fall.) Currently, no unisions are being made which would effectively heln to offset increased student financial bur- dens which could be created by this ruling. The Univer- sity's Financial Aid denartment is already straining its resources at current levels of need. and would find it dif- ficult to help meet additional needs. "THE RULING is being appealed and the issue may not - be settled for many months to come. We can only hope that in that time period, the State or Federal gov- ernment will study the situation and be prepared to meet increased in-state student needs that may arise from this ruling. ROE tESSEM iRRI~OFR~I P~iE5 . NgEdiditr MARAiY. EERN . uvdioriN#INlgP e Edtord DAN BoRUS Sports EditorEn r DAVEBURENNNight Editor nHSoA r'esPAo AKS suEditor GORDON ATCHESONA,' Night Editor LAURA BERMAN A-t. Night Editor KAinY RICES.......AtiNigt Ediioi HE COLORS struck me when I walked into the Union gallery Wednesday night for the opening of Medical Aid for Indochina's (MAI) Vietnamese art exhibit. Strange oriental prints fairly danced across the walls, glowing with life in joyous hues striking a violent contrast to the drab, dis- mal, dispairing Vietnam depicted in years of evening news broad- c asts. The opening- the first eventain afoor-dav series of "Vietnam Week" cultural happenings - at- tracted a respectably sized and di- verse audience of the young, the old, the serious and the just plain :urious. Various MAI representa- tives, both local and national, flit- ted around, eager to discuss and explain the exhibit and what they are trying to do. chris parks The bulk of the exhibits - prints in the traditional style - were col- lected in Vietnam specifically for the special American tour which began here this week. Other items were on loan from anti-war activ- ists who collected them on tours af Hanoi shd North Vietnam. Pete Seeger donated a long single-string- ed instrument -and Noam Chomsky lent out a small lacquered vase. ALTHOUGH EACH stop on the show's tour will feature a small auction, it is not expected to be a money maker. The primary aim, according to the organizers, is to educate. They hope that through exlaosure to Vietnamese art, Amer- icans may become acquainted with neoole they had known for years "nly as "the enemy." The collected prints and other assorted objets d' art are from a very distinct culture - clearly oriental but just as clearly n o t Chinese or Japanese. Vietnamese art is something al- together different. There is little -if the thin, pale delicacy of tradi- tion-l Chinese painting. T h e s e paintings - especialy the tradition- al prints - are almost incandes- cent. Color explodes in outrageous hties o yellow, red and gold. rhe bloes have a startling purplish cast and the greens, u4 strength unfamil- iar to those used to western art. THE PRINTS seem to surge with life. Warm, fleshy characters abound in renderings which em- ahasize motion. Two prints show pudgy, sumo-style wrestlers. Oth- ers show couples fighting and var- ios processions and ceremonies. And everywhere are animals - a reflection, so I am told, of the pantheistic Vietnamese culture which holds that animal souls and Daily Photo by TERRY McCARTHY "THE ORGANIZERS ... hope that through exposure to Vietnamese art,- Americans may become acquainted with people they had known for years only as "the enemy." human souls unite in a universal soul. The animals even look like peo. ple. Tigers, pigs, dragons - all have the same warmth and person- ality as the human characters. Often the use of animals is sym- bolic. A brilliant-orange p r i n t depicts a sow with piglets - sym- bolic of good fortune. A marching rooster, stunning in bold reds and golds stands for honor and glory and a peacock in dazzling blues and purples peace and properv. Many exterior influences merge to give the exhibit considerable di- versity. Social and political protest is a theme in several - a reflec- tion of the Vietnamese long his- tory of foreign rule. One delightfully hums-tus print depicts a wedding march with mul- tihued mice presenting a mouse- bride and assorted gifts to a cor- pulent, reclining cat. Tlie cat, ste are told, is a sarcastic symbol of the corrupt Chinese feadal lords to whom the peasonts (the mi. s) must pay tribute. ALTHOUGH THE, prints strock me as the strongest and :iost in-- pressive part of the exist other forms and styles of Vietnamese art abound. There -are a number-of bamboo scrolls - a strange melium which projects a shadowy, almost ghast- ly sensation. Tiny colonial-period paintings of street scenes and architectur show a strong French influence. And the stridently political modern posters, although they lack the charm and humor of the traditional prints, share their unique sense of color. The display continues througis Sunday with special presentations of various aspects of Vietnamee culture. It's something you shotuld see - a bright flower in the imiddle of a bomb crater, with an effect some- what akin to that of the marals one occasionaly sees on the walls of ghetto buildings -- remnants of summer art projects. ITS AWFULLY hard to'e apa- thetic about the, slaugihter of a people once you've glimps-d their soul. This exhibit offers a peek at the Vietnamese soul -- happy, joy- ous and vibrant. And that, i guess, is the whole point. SUE SOMMER .. Asst. Night 1;aiLor 72ASvcbQ c~Dfu v, i1 A T/;( j Cow r-IPT r( V6. AL& tYDL) YORC THj O XS -rHC( 0 tJG W(T3L6) 1H O,' £011 LjM WHO OS tT. AUO'AY KVUH. I PbLA' CAMo, kHC,-1 A ThS-. 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