qw ; lqp I I w '-R-- : 1 NW H i "r":::. ::.:XXII. COVER STORY Eating disorders Page 1 This week's cover story takes an in-depth look at the eating disorder bulimia that is reaching epidemic levels at colleges nationwide as well as here at the University. Find out how and why people are prom- pted to starve themselves or even force themselves to habitually binge and vomit. Cover photo by Deborah Lewis. MUSIC Motor City jams Page 3 Find out about one of Detroit's favorite radio station's third annual Motor City Jam. WRIF presen- ts several local favorites as well as the ever-popular Marshall Crenshaw. 'BANDS True hommes Page 4 Take a peek at the angry male quartet Violent Femmes. In an interview featured this week they reveal why they like to project an image of violent feminity. DANCE Habla Espanol? RESTAURANTS B jnfn. kMsw Page 5 The University Musical Society opens its 1983-84 season with the international dance troup Ballet Nacional Espanol Wednesday night at the Power Center. Just because you no habla Espanol doesn't mean you won't enjoy el bailando Espanol. FILM The mystery of Martin Page 6 Will the real Martin Guerre please stand up? In director Daniel Vigne's film of this historical mystery, Gerald Depardieu attempts to prove to his wife, family, and the courts of 16th century France, that he is indeed the real Martin Guerre. THE LIST Happenings Pages 7-10 Your guide to fun times for the coming week in Ann Arbor. Film capsules, music previews, theater notes, and bar dates, all li'sted in a handy-dandy, day-by- day schedule. Plus a weekly feature on your favorite foods.- zreiakas b ounty Page 11 Sunday 'mornings, notorious for hangovers and tired students in search of mounds of delicious food on their day of rest from dorm slop, is sacred at. Angelo's. Located at the corners of Glen and Catherine, Angelo's offers the best in breakfast feasting and guarantees pleasure to the pickiest of eaters. DISCS Vast wasteland Page 12 Big Country produces a melange of lacking guitar riffs on their latest release, The Crossing. Although the group has performed musical magic before, they just can't pull it off in their newest album. BOOKS The roots of feminism Page 13 Gloria Steinem pulls together her thoughts and views on everything from activism to politics to motherhood in this insightful collection of essays. For more on Steinem take a peek at this week's review of her new book, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions.; social pressuresat college, she said. R OLES FOR women today are more complex than they were in the 1960s and 1970s, said Kronberg. Women used to go to college to get their "M-r-s" degrees, but today women have choices, and in most cases must pave their own paths. But for a bulimic who has had her whole life prescribed for her by her family, choices are terrifying. "They are overwhelmed by fears of failure because their families have never taught them to work on them- selves. Their worth as people was always measured according to their achievements," said Kronberg. Sally, and LSA junior, came from an achievement-oriented family that always emphasized dieting. She remembers being a "toothpick" in junior high school, but when her body started to develop, instead of welcoming her feminine curves, her family told her she was fat. Sally (not her real name) had a 4.0 gradepoint average in high school and her father encouraged her to diet and. pursue a career in modeling. After losing weight she landed a top modeling position with a major department store in her home town. "I was the golden girl in my family. I was going to achieve. I was going to be the top model. I was going to be a straight "A" student," she said. After her first year in college, Sally left school to concentrate on modeling, and during that time, she became severely bulimic. Alternating between gorging, vomiting, and starving, her 5 foot 8 inch frame became emaciated at 110 pounds. Everyone told her she looked great-her agent wanted her to lose more weight-but she felt miserable. "It got to the point where I would stay home all day and that's all I would do. Ken Castagna: Head of the University's eating disorder clinic Weekend Friday. September 23, 1983 Vol.1I, Issue 2 Magazine Editors ....................Mare Hodges Susan Makuch Weekend is edited and managed by students on the staff of The Michigan Daily at 420 Maynard, Ann Ar- bor, Michigan, 48109. It appears in the Friday edition of the Daily every week during the University year and is available for free at many locations around the campus and city. Weekend, (313) 763-0379 and 763-0371; Michigan Daily, 764-0552; Circulation, 764-0558; Display Adver- tising, 764-0554. Copyright 1983, The Michigan Daily. berg, who treats bulimics at the Human Growth Center in Ann Arbor. After several months of therapy, Sally gave up modeling and learned to adopt a more flexible attitude about her achievements and her body. But even with therapy, change comes slowly. Bulimics view the world in black and white terms. They see them- selves as fat or thin, good or bad. Trying to convince a bulimic, who cringes at words like "average" or I "Chevrolet College Graduate New Car Financing Plan" At Lou LaRiche Chevrolet * Availability of CREDIT * LOW down Payment * Attractive finance RATE CALL DAVE BROWN FOR DETAILS AT 453-4600 bulimia, said she used to spend about $15 a day on food for binges. "Stupid people aren't bulimics," said Kilinski, an LSA junior. "It takes a cer- tain amount of intelligence. It takes something up there to figure it out. You have to be crafty and careful when you are binging and purging because you don't want people to find out." Before she was asked to leave the sorority, Kilinski was throwing up several times a day, but in January she decided to stop, she says, and was able to slowly cut down the number of binges. "It's a very tense situation because you can't tell a bulimic to stop, because they won't," said Kilinski. Bulimics are more concerned with staying thin, than with the damage they are doing to their bodies by vomiting. Excessive vom the esophagus balance, and w when stomach a "I see it s problem," said raise women's come and tell n Victoria Princip media's messa like mannequinE "They must d accepting attitu not pressuring tl tain way. "You can ei though it'sanot to worry if your the morning or "You have a cr Misle is a L c w.rarom m nvssamo. Keep that great GM feeling with genuine GM parts M-14 1-96 'V ,d N Plymouth Rd. 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Sallysaid" bulimia, which causes blood sugar levels to drop, calmed her nerves but it also disrupted her life. If she'd wake up feeling fat the mor- ning after a binge, she would cancel ap- pointments or lunch dates. She became isolated and lonely. Soon the cycle escalated to the point that she was abusing diuretics, laxatives-a half package of Exlax daily-and swallowing a bottle of Syrup of Ipecac to induce vomiting. "I'd wake up on Sunday, go to the store, buy donuts, eat everything when no one was home. I'd have taken laxatives the night before. It was a whole routine," she said. Eventually Sally, who says she now regrets the time she wasted letting her food obsession run her life, sought therapy. She realized that the problem wasn't eating, but the issues under- neathshe was running away from. "Vomiting is a real metaphor for 'life just makes me sick,' "said Kron- "mediocre" not to be so hard on herself can be tedious work, said Kronberg, who plans to set up a hotline from bulimics. Although each bulimic has very dif- ferent individual problems, almost every woman Kronberg has seen repor- ts feeling extraordinarily empty. At a university of 35,000 students, which can seem very lonely and fragmented, the women are worried they don't fit in anywhere. Instead of working on friendships, however, bulimia keeps them isolated and they avoid threatening social situations. Dating men can be especially troubling for bulimics, who often have grown up with little support from their fathers. Bulimia also is an expensive and time-consuming habit. The average binge costs about $8.50, according to a national study by Dr. Craig Johnson at the- Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. Hours are spent planning. and executing abinge often leaving little time left for studying. For women living in dormitories or sororities, it in- volves careful planning to ensure there will be enough time to buy food, binge, and vomit without getting caught. Marilyn Kilinski, a recovered bulimic, who received national media attention last year when she was ex- pelled from the University's Zeta, Tau Alpha sorority for not coping with 'For me, vomiting was almost like going to the bathroom.' -recovered bulimic EVERYTHING IN THE LIVELY A A Publication of The Michigan Daily o S x,-i lt~ \ tr I SWITCH TO LaRICHE lHt VROtET 40875 PtynwthRd., P muo-ion wesn of 1-275 5W\ 7 /~ I( v1IirI 2 Weekend/September 23, 1983 ' For advertising information, call -U .