w w w w w w w w _W -W _W _w -w- -W -W -W T T MICH.ELLANY FILM The view from the Immoral Majority The University Activities Cei INTERVIEW Frank Cianciola Union director has presided over controversy with U-Cellar and BAM III Frank Cianciola, Director of the Michigan Union, is responsible for all aspects of the programs and facilities at the Union, including Project Community, minority student services, student organization development center, the Major Events Ofice, the student woodshop and the theater arts complex, as well as food service, general maintenance and building upkeep. Cianciola was interviewed by Daily staffer Dave Webster. Daily: Do you find that a lot of students don't know about the services and programs the Union provides? Cianciola: That is something that we have discussed with our board of representatives. And I think that image is not only true for just students. I think faculty and staff, likewise, perceive the Union from their own perspective and they're really not aware of the breadth of program opportunities that are available through this organizational structure. We (the board of representatives) think that there will be more focus given to that this upcoming year. The way we put it was, "What we really need to do is advertise the Union as more than just the MUG." D: You became a controversial figure when the University Cellar moved out of the Union in 1982 and Barnes and Noble moved in. What happened? C: I think that is probably one of the issues that really never was presented completely. When I was recruited in 1980, concepts for the Union renovation were already underway. There was an ad hoc group of students that was interested in the Union. They were the student government types, the UAC types, residence hall types, a variety of people including the then-current officers of the University Cellar. I worked with that ad hoc group of students along with some staff assistants and faculty and alumni input in the development of a master plan for the Union renovation. U-Cellar management and the then-chairman of the U-Cellar board assisted in the selection of the architect, and participated fully in the development of the plans. Through the development of those plans there was every intention of having the University Cellar as part of the final program. D: What changed the plan to include the U-Cellar? C: What happened was there was a turnover in both the staff and the board at the University Cellar. With that turnover some commitments and understandings got lost in the transition. So we got into heavy duty negotiations. When their independent architect came in and met with them independently, they began to talk about what their space looked like, and their anticipated cost of getting in rose. D: Is this when you started looking for another bookstore? C: I thought we had worked out an on-going relationship (with the U- k See INTERVIEW, Page 9 LATELY I'VE BEEN FEELING increasingly uncomfortable about my membership in the Immoral Majority. I'm male, white, straight, and from a predominantly Christian background. In other words, I'm an oppressor. I have worked to destroy my racist, sexist, and anti-gay ten- dencies. I police my thoughts, doing my best to purge my hypocrisy, my unfairness, and my prejudice. But I'm approaching ev- ery issue from a majority per- spective. Being left-handed and agnostic does not provide one with a concrete sense of what it feels like to be a victim of discrimination. Having an adopted Korean sister has given me second-hand experience, as has going out socially with Black women. In both cases, I have received looks which ranged from curiousity to disgust (though my sister has pointed out, I think properly, that the disgust might well stem from revulsion at the notion that a beautiful girl like her would waste her time with someone like me). But this is really the extent of my experience with discrimination. As a "sensitive white liberal" I OFF THE WALL A FIRST! Dec. 3, 1983 at 2:38 p.m., someone told us to be quiet. -Graduate Library Life's a bitch, but so far I'm winning! -School of Education Why don't they let us LEARN? Memorization = brain death. -Graduate Library Wouldn't it be terrible if someday I didn't have money? (in reply) You'd better forget your English major. -Graduate Library No problem is too big or too complicated that it can't be run away from! Even econ. -Angell Hall Did you know that if all the people in China stood on a chair and jumped off at the same time, the earth would be thrown out of orbit? (in reply) That's a physics major for ya. -Graduate Library The devil may care! (in reply) NO, I REALLY DON'T. -Angell Hall am supportive, to a point, of all efforts to guarantee equality to groups which have been discrim- inated against. I pride myself on certain beliefs. I have and will continue to support the Equal Rights Amendment. I certainly would have no qualms about marrying the right woman were she Black, Hispanic, or just about anything short of Sasquatch. I am certain that those who attempt to screen their friends to exclude homosexuals will not only fail, they will miss out. Nonetheless, in certain areas, I feel uncomfortable about where I stand, about my opinions, and I am in no position to judge whether my discomfort is the result of unconscious discrimination on my part, or justifiable moral concern. For example, I am bothered by the sex-segregation of the "Take Back the Night" march. I try to be sympathetic to the march organi- zers' wishes to make a women's statement, as it is primarily women who must fear rape when walking alone, but I can't help thinking that sex-segregation in all forms is wrong, and that a united stand against rape, welcoming all who wished to support the cause, would be preferable. Another example: The Michigan Daily ran a photograph of a Black student during the recent protests holding a poster of Malcolm X carrying a machine gun, with the slogan "By Any Means Necessary." This bothered me. While I suspect violence may be necessary in South Africa, my perception of the state of race relations in the United States, and at the University, suggests that protests and non- violent action are necessary. I found the suggestion that violence would be required to resolve the problem of racial discrimination both threatening and disturbing. It made -me feel that if I were to join in the protests, some people would still regard me as part of the problem, rather than part of the solution, which admittedly I may be. See GIE,Page9 April 1 1 10:00 pm U-Club, Michigan Union A Admission $5 'o ~ , M I In ,O n Inly it Sponsored by the University Activities Center in association with t Tim Kazurinsky (with glasses), formerly of Saturday Night Live, stars with David Graf and Leslie Easterbrook in Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol. CornTy cops series is a hit, despite reviews PRINT FROM THE PAST DAILY HL PHIO The last public refuge for women in the Michigan League opened to men in 1962 - but not on afternoons, or evenings from 7-10 p.m. (Saturdays excepted.) The League library went completely coed in the late '60s. THE DAILY ALMANAC By John Shea PIES ARE THROWN. BALLS are busted. Farts are blown. It's the Police Academy series. Somehow it sells. And sells big. Films like this don't get glowing reviews, and what Siskel and Ebert say can make a tangible difference between mere survival at the box office and bashing success. Thumbs down and there goes the farm. Yet, despite each of its first three installments being critically lam- basted, the Police Academy series has survived and then some. Its juvenile antics and low-brow humor has made it one of the most successful series in the history of Hollywood, grossing over $380 million worldwide. The third sequel, Police Academy 4: Citizen on Patrol, was released last Friday. The bad reviews will most likely be inversely proportional to the box office receipts. The stars of Police Academy probably don't keep scrapbooks full of reviews, and if they do, it's only to laugh at them. Steve Guttenberg (Diner, The Bedroom Window) is the star of the Police Academy films; he is not one to put much stock in what the critics say. In a February 13 interview with Daily Arts Editor Seth Flicker, Gutten- berg defended the series. "Not everybody is an intel- lectual, not everybody wants to see The Mission,"Guttenberg said. "There is a lot of people who work for $3.50, they work real hard and they're not interested in becoming educated. I respect those people and I don't underestimate (them). "I really feel for critics who try to review Police Academy and talk about it just like James Beard, the great gourmet, was going to critique an Oh Henry Bar. It's not meant for that; it's just meant to eat and go away and that's it." There is some validity in what Guttenberg says, and now I'm left in the most unfortunate position of having to critique an Oh Henry Bar. Please bear with me. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol is as sweet a candy bar as the series has produced. The rating has dropped from "R" to "PG," so the antics of the Metropolitan Police are now more accessible to the younger crowd. In this installment, Com- mandant Lassard (George Gaynes) is about to retire. Wanting to go out in a blaze of glory, he implements the C.O.P. program, or Citizens on See FILM, Page 9 15 years ago - April 11, 1972: When two newly elected city council members from the Human Rights Party gave the clenched fist salute to the audience at their swearing in ceremony, one well-dressed elderly gentleman stormed out indignantly. "Too much crap for me," he muttered. The two new HRP represen- tatives and a long-haired crowd of about 300 supporters served notice to the rest of the council that proceedings would be more colorful than before. The HRP represen- tatives wore jeans and bright shirts, and remained seated during the invocation and pledge to the flag. A Republican grumbled that the council was turning into "a circus." 8:30 - 9:30 No cover for anyone and $1 drinks wepr ~ ~ . - - - - - - - - TOP 40, and MODE PAGE WEEKEND/APRIL 10, 1987' WEEKEND/APRIL 10, 1987