Summer Daily Sunnr Edilion of TiI1 MiKCHIGAN DAILY Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Friday June 22, 1973 News Phone. 764-0552 Porno laws unjust Learning Exchange: a way to learn and teach various skills By TOM DRAGOSAVAC fAVE YOU ever wanted to learn the fine art of high-diving off bridges? Or perhaps the more subtle art of tapping telephones? Did you ever wish you could blow erotic smoke-rings? have you ever simply gotten sick of the oft-en- slaving cyclops that perhaps dom- inates your living room and an uncomfortable chunk of your day, but don't see readily available al- doesn't?) that you want to help another learn for perhaps barter, or money, or just for the pure joy of sharing and relating; if there is some subject, topic, or activity (anything at all) that you'd like to learn more about or how to do; if you'd like to find someone who shares a certain interest of yours or people to do your thing with; if any of these things, then the Learning Exchange can help you. months or so the Exchange has been growing have come to welt un- der $100. THE FILE NOW has over 350 people who have called in about 190 topics. The variety is impres- sive. A brief sampling includes people who want to teach African culture, Ann Arbor lore, beer-mak- ing, brick-laying, computers, de- coupage, editing, first aid, hula, IN A 5-4 vote to redefine pornography, the Supreme ternatives? Don't call your psychia- Toe iearnsng Exchange consists legal self-defense, macrant Court yesterday' struck a rather unfortunate and trist. Call the Learning Exchange. of just four things: a telephone, a occult, making money onr unjust blow to individual freedom. The decision, by se- offer.iig-making, and a v verely restricting the amount of pornography protect-- 've......... On the other hand, ther able under Constitutional law, can only prove to be an- To tats these learning resources that we col- people seeking teachers fi other sort of unwelcome censorship. lectively have and individually lack peoplepainting, pottery and ceri Under the new definition, material does not have toW i C peopl cybernetics, car driving, cc be proven utterly without redeeming social value to be must have a way to get touch with each electrical work, gymnastics pornographic, but rather must be shown to, as a whole, other. The Learning Exchange exists in Ann chic powers, sailing, tattoo, lack "serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific Arbor to facilitate this contact. craft, and country violin. value." As such, even much legitimate media is perhaps People have already beenn doomed to be tagged "pornographic." ead to pur , ae few mechanics, ballet, bee-key W E OPPOSE censorship of any sort. It is interesting to Ann Arbor is a very large world file box, a pittance, and a few book-binding, chess, croct note that censorship against pornography began with a relatively small population. volunteers. You call. A volunteer several languages, folk si years ago to shelter the individual from "damaging ex- The range and diversity of skills, answers and gives you the name varieties of music and art, knowledge, interests, and pastimes and number of person or persons sage, mushrooms, photography posure" to material that could arouse "prurient interests." to be found in this cosmopolitan lit- who share your cup of tea or com- chology, science fiction, t After all, sex at one time was culturally acceptable only tle town (that we fondly call our plement your desire. If by some water-skiing, yoga, and cr for procreation, and it was thus the duty of the society "community") is, no doubt, quite chance no one has previqusly call- writing. People may be looki to protect its citizens from anything which might en- impressive. The problem is in the ed to teach the art of erotic you. courage (horror.) an enjoyment and appreciation of phrase. "to be found". smoke-ringing, your name, number, The Learning Exchange pu To tap these learning resources and interest are filed in the ex- in touch. You make your ow human sexuality. that we collectively have and in- pectation that the person you are venient arrangements. Some However, we're in 1973 now, and sex has finally been dividually lack, people must have looking for will call, as you have ers charge. Most don't. Som taken out of the bedroom and into brighter light, where a way to get in touch with each done. You remain listed until you ple want to teach or lean it can be better viewed as a normal human activity, other. tell them you're moving or other- groups. Some wish to pursue wise ask that a card of yours be activity that requires a grout whether for procreation or enjoyment. Indeed, sex could THE LEARNING EXCHANGE removed. It is free. ers seeks a one-to-one siti even be said to have redeeming social value in of itself, exists in Ann Arbor to facilitate The only expenses of the Ex- The Learning Exchange is Subsequently, pornography should thus be accepted this contact. It is a free educational change are for 3x5 cards, the phone everyone, young, old, town, by our society as just another outlet of our sexual appre- and interest matching service to extension, and (the big one) the Just dial 662-5189 between ciation. No one should be force to be exposed to porno- helt people pursue their self-moti- materials for spreading the word 10 any night but Saturday. graphy, but by the same token, no mature person who vated (versus institutionally sanc- Office space is donated by the The Exchange is ardevice 1 wishes to view the same should be restricted from doing tioned) personal growth, expand Guild House at 102 Monroe. The overcome the separation ar their knowledge and skills, pursue E - free for sharing the know so. an interest or hobby. The idea is ces of incorporation, thus becom- skits, and personal exciteme THE SUPREME Court also ruled that local, rather than so simple that it's surprising this ing fertile soil for tax-deductible the people of the Ann Arbor national, standards may be used in defining what is or hasn't been done long before. contributions. Up to now, the Ex- as a community. It is yours, isn't pornographic. In letting a community establish sex- If you have knowledge of a skill change has been financed by sev- hal standards however we usually find that the law- that you've picked up in the course eral small donations. The total Tom Dragosawac is a makesanars motinlenwedusuabythe dvocatminoity o of your meanderings (and who operating expenses for the four Wri/er for The Daily. makers are most influenced by the vocal minority of busybody fanatics who have nothing better to do than to moralize on the behavior of others. It shouldn't beC. necessary for persons to have to justify their own per- O n c r ing car congestion, etc.. sonal interests. If an adult wishes to view material showing people copulating with animals, each other, machines or what- By VINCENT HALE of ten of these automobiles, if you since the city seems to be thf ever, let them. It's inone of our business, and nor should ANY WEEKDAY morning, com- take a closer look, you will see where all these problems iter, bet th m. tn of thebuslnwsso d kco are usyd sg into any major city of but one passenger, the driver. You to a head, the place where it be that of the law. God knows the cops are busy America you will probably notice: may also notice yellow-brown lay- majority of our populationc enough "cracking down" on violent crimes without hav- thousands of automobiles packed ers of smog blanketing the city. gates, the city seems to1 ing to run around arresting guys for watching peep bumper to bumper on the ex- When you finally enter the city most logical of places toc shows. pressways, and in about nine out proper, you will probably also find these problems effectively. e, the refund ariety 9. e are or oil amics, ology, Ie- psy- witch- match- vauto epiog, heting, nging, mas- y, psy- tennis, reative ng for Its you m con- teach- e peo- rn in esome p. Oth- .ation. for gown. 6 and to help ad set wledge, ents of r area, to use. g-uest e place c o m e a large congre- be the combat ~tt~gt that the streets are packed with cars and all the good parking plac- es are taken (unless you are will- ing to pay dearly to park in a lot). More than likely you have read about the severe gasoline shortage which is expected soon, in which the price of gasoline may rise to 60c, 80c or more per gallon and which may necessitate the pol- icy of gasoline rationing (i.e., only so many gallons per custom- er per week). All of these problems, as diverse as they seem, are part and parcel of one "megaproblem" - WASTE. Waste of transportation and, con- sequently waste of gasoline, waste of street and parking space, waste of the time - getting through traf- fic, and waste exhaust fumes, foul- ing the air and clouding the mind. So why do we waste so much? Is it more "convenient" to waste than to conserve? In the short run, perhaps; but in the long run smog, traffic jams, no parking places, sky-high gasoline prices and ra- tioing aren't really all that con- venient. But then there's the status factor, right? Doesn't wasting things impress others with our opulent magnificence, our "afflu- ent" standard of living? Perhaps, but more likely it just makes them want to rip us off. THERE MUST be a workable al- tiroative to this rather suicidal cy- cle of "waste and then suffer the course could be to work together, consequences". The answer of course could be to work together, to conserve what we have. How could we do this? Well, Vincnt Hale is a ,giest writer for The Daily. First of all, we could place at every major point of entrance to the city a tollgate to operate be- tween the hours of, say, 6 a.m. and 12 noon on weekdays. Then for each car with only one occupant, we could charge a 50c "street use tax" or "anti-pollution fee"; for each car with two occupants, a 25c fee; for each car with three or more occupants, no fee; for each motorbike, no fee (a similar plan is currently in effect on the Oak- land-San Francisco Bay Bridge). Then we could set up computer- arranged car-pool operations as are used in the Oakland-Berkley area. You simply feed in your address, time you must be in the city and time you must leave, and you get a list of people in your neighbor- hood who would be interested in forming a car-pool. Or you can demand m-e effi- cient public transportation, and with the help of other neighborhood residents get the city to prosnde low-cost and convenient service to your neighborhood. THE REVENUE gathered by this plan should then go directly to the city, to provide solutions to such problems as inadequate off-street parking, inadequate park systems, or whatever is needed. If nine out of ten people totk the bus or joined a car-pool, there would be no gasoline shortage, few traffic jams, plenty of parking space, much less noise and confus- ion, and very little smog. Also, neighbors could get to know each other as real people rather than as anonymous heads in a traflic jam. Could it be worth a try? t U'~ i~fl' ,ARE WE REAtZY TfC)OPRAT-F?