Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Editorias printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of the author. This must be noted in ail reprints. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1972 News Phone: 764 0552 Iilher's arro ance0 BOBBY FISHER is a punk. He demanded ice in his water, and got it. He demanded more money, and he got it. He demanded exclusive rights to his hotel swimming pool and tennis courts (even when he wasn't using them), and he got it. He has complained about the chess table, the con- trast of the squares, the lighting, his chair, the movie cameras, the television cameras, the food in his hotel and an endless list of other trivialities. The beauty of this daily calamity is that everyone is so horrified at the possibility of Fisher actually with- drawing from the tournament that nobody dares to coun- ter' him. Who would risk going down in history as the person to break up "the chess tournament of the cen- tury." Fisher has obviously perceived this fear and is hav- ing a high time making everyone bow down to his inces- sant demands. As the boy prodigy of 13, he said "I like to see 'em squirm." So Fisher's arrogance goes unchallenged and un- matched in its magnitude. Not surprisingly, most of- ficials in Iceland are dazed by Fisher's endless lists of demands. But they know Fisher is playing a strong hand. He demonstrated that when he forfeited the second.game to dramatize his objection over movie cameras being used to film the match. Fisher could neither see nor hear the cameras, but he said he "knew they were out there." MEANWHILE, poor Boris Spassky has a future that looks dimmer each day. Spassky has assumed an admirable role. An international grand master at 18, he has used his position of fame to remain politically aloof. He has refused to join the Communist Party-a daring move for a public figure in the Soviet Union. At 35, he is now witnessing his own downfall, how- ever, and the pressure is being turned on in Moscow. Izvestia, the Soviet government newspaper said "Mil- lions of admirers of the world champion are hoping that Nixons a bit nuts too! By ANITA CRONE DEMOCRATIC vice presidential nominee Sen. Thomas Eagle- ton's surprise announcement that he had voluntarily committed himself to a hospital for rest is a severe blow to the chances of the Democratic ticket in the Novem- ber election against President Nix- on. Yet the announcement cannot be tsken in a vacuum. One in every three Americans suffers from some sort of mental disorder - but only one in 10 are severely or func- tionally incapacitated. Mental illness takes many forms, and the unfortunate fact is that many people never realize that they are mentally incapacitated or unfit to carry on a normal everyday existence. Take for instance the President. Meglgmania is a severe form of mental illness. Before his election, Mr. Nixon repeated again and again that he wanted to be presi- dent. He had few programs to of- fer to the American people - simply an overwhelming desire to BE THE PRESIDENT. AND ONCE elected, we f i n d another disorder. It appears that the President likes to play with bombs and fire - the psychitrists call is pyromania. Time and again, with his orders, the President has destroyed and burned private property - p r i- marily in Southeast Asia. Most notable has been the napalming of suspected Communist outposts in South Vietnam. The current administration has also shown a penchant for lying- whether it is compulsive or not is something that this laywoman will leave for the psychiatrists to de- cide. The first instance of this type of mental disorder manifested itself when the Columbia Broadcasting Compulsive liar? Known pyromaniac? Meglomaniac? system aired photographs of Amer- ican ground troops in Laos and Cambodia, while Secretary Rogers, the administration spokesman de- nied that they were there. Another instance of this malady is the current bombing of dikes in North Vietnam where the ad- ministration hasudenied that they are doing any such hombing. IT IS ALSO questionable as to whether the administration is as mature as our country's leaders should be. Special advisor Henry Kissinger likes to make secret mis- sions all over the world, amazing Unfit for office? the country and giving rise to a new national past time - Looking for .Henry. If it weren't such a matter of national security, the games of the administration might be funny. If a lay person were to go out and bomb people at random, the courts might be lenient enough to let him off for reasons of insanity. B u this is not. a lay person - it is a man who holds the reins of power. Anita Crone was the arts editor of The Daily last year. The liberation' of Lois Lane after two days, of rest creative and sporting Spassky, however admirable accomplish A ND NOW THAT it win the fabled m regret that the outcc mined more by a sides Fischer, rather thant One can only hop Fischer can return to his eccentricities and Today's Staff... News: Jim Kentch, Ca Editorial Page: Alan LE Photo technician: Gary he will manage to re-establish his By DIANE LEVICK strength." METROPOLIS is remaining reasonably cool, an Faster than a speeding bullet, .ment in his position. able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, more powerful than appears the arrogant Fisher will a locomotive. It's a bird it's a atch, serious chess buffs can only iend LoisnsSuperman'sgirl ome of the contest will be deter- Lois Lane, once the prim, pro- how of psychological weapons from per newspaper reporter of Super- true championship chess form, man comics, has turned quasi- e that the match will end soon so feminist .But times really haven't changed much. his life of isolation, and cope with In the August issue of Lois neuroses out of the public view. Lane, Ms Lane sports a longer, sleeker hair-do than in older days --RALPH VARTABEDIAN and wears revealing nightgowns and mini-skirts. She. even lives in a four-man-woops! four-wo- man-apartment with one black rlo Rapoport, Paul Travis roommate. ,enhof I Unfortunately, however, she and Vinhanf her roommates have an obnox- y V iIa n iious habit of calling each other .- "honey" in a catty manner. And one of the "girls," who doesn't look a pound overweight, is diet- ing to fulfill that all-important male ideal of the "desirable wo- man." Lois, the conscience of woman- hood, warns her roommate Mar- sha to snack on celery. "Oh nuts! you're a MEANIE," coos Marsha. In another right-on groovy, hip feminist comment, Lois tells a troubled roommate, "Kristin! We women have to stick together . . . if you've got trouble you'll feel better sharing it with a friend!" No longer is Lois a reporter for the Daily Planet. She and mild- mannered Clark Kent now work for WGBS in Metropolis. But Lois still believes in the age-old stereo- Wr Styped strong man-hero myth. "You're a weakling, Clark! No smuscles! If you built up your strength, you'd get some, cour- age, Clark!" she tells Kent. Then she proceeds to oggle over a giant The Editorial Page of The Michigan Daily is open to any- one who wishes to submit articles. Generally speaking, all articles should be less than , 1,000 words. statue of Superman's bod. Lois' feminism isn't even skin deep. When a taxi driver fails to tail the villain and says, "I'm sorry, lady! I lost 'em!" Lois re- plies indignantly, "Don't call me 'lady,' call me Ms.!" And in the final scene, where Lois is, of course, rescued by Superman, the male chauvinist leers, "Aha! You admit you need my help?" as he holds her limp body. "Only sometimes, darling," she purrs. If the reader can't tell that Lois is the world's most super- ficial feminist from 'just reading the comic, he or she should turn the page to the Letters to the Editor. One reader complains of Lois' "inane cliches". The editor ans- wers: "What's the matter, kid, have you fallen for Lois or some- thing? There is only one way to do things, and that's the man's way! Can you imagine women in key roles of history? "How can any girl in her right mind refute what I've made plain? Forget Women's Lib, if we gave them the world, they'd ruin it!"