w w w w w w w lqmpr T lqlwp- lqwp T -qw mqw SI NG TONG SING- TONG 355 N. MAPLE DINNER FOR WE NOW THREE SPECIAL DELIVER Sweet &sour pork Mongolian beef ON SUNDAYS Shrimpfried rice with $10 minimum order 3 egg rols $1 Delivery Charge $12.50 DreliverySpecial .VLM 6,NUBE 2 J 14e £tdtgtwn 19 ait MARCH 18, 1988 ,0- w w G Z N W W M AGA ZI N-E PERFORMANCES FRI[DAY "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" - 8 p.m., R.C. Auditorium, East Quad Residential College students will perform Shakespeare's romance. See Review, page 6.. "EVERY GOOD B O Y DESERVES FAVOR" AND "WOLF"- 8 p.m., Power Center The University Project Theater will perform two one-act plays directed by John Russell Brown. Tom Stoppard's "Every Good Boy Deserves Favor," concerns a madman and political prisoner in a Soviet prison hospital. Univeristy professor Nicholas Delbanco's "Wolf" canocerns the adventures of a clock collector. "CHARLOTTE: LIFE O R THEATER? "- 8 p.m., Performance Network, 408 W. Washington. People Dancing presents an evening ofhdancing and drama honoring the life of painter Charlotte Salomon. UNIVERSITY C ON.C E R T BAND , CHAMBER WINDS, AND THE MICHIGAN YOUTH BAND - 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium The two University bands, and the Michigan Youth band will be featured in a night of favorites. CHRISTOPHER PARKENING- 8 p.m., Rackham Auditorium Christopher Parkening, one of the coutnry's leading classical guitar virtuosos will perform works by Granados, Bach, Falla, and others. ARTISTS-8 p.m., Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. Four members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform works from Bachman, Telemann, Haydn, and others. SATURDAY "THE LESSON" AND "TALK TO US" - 8 p.m. & midnight, Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Bldg. The Hill Street players will present Eugene Ionesco's one-act play presenting a frightening and humorous look at education. The theater group's "Talk To Us" will feature skits involving character- audience interaction. "KABUKI MACBETH" - 8 p.m., Michigan Theater Shakespeare's drama becomes transformed with Kabuki magic, including Japanese puppetry and costumes. "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S D R E A M" - 8 p.m., R.C. Auditorium, East Quad See Friday, page 6 review for more details. "EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOR" AND "WOLF"- 8 p.m., Power Center See Friday for details. "CHARLOTTE: LIFE OR THEATER? "- 8 p.m., Performance Network, 408 W. Washington See Friday for more details. 1 cc 'D A T I -mOTORS Quality Care ForYour FineImported Automobile WE OFFER kItC 554 D Phone 003-5544. SAVGS.. MON.-FRI. 9AM-6PM. 1 MAIN STREET MOTORS * 906 North Main Street ' Ann Arbor, MI 48104 77__7 DETROIT CHAMBER SUNG LASSE 340 S. State (Above Tic Divine in his last film, "Hairspray." See Film, Page 5°. BARS & CLUBS THE ARK (761-1451) Friday: Norman Kennedy Traditional ballads. Saturday: Ahmad Jamal Jazz pianist. See Interview, page 10. BIRD OF PARADISE (662- 83 10) Friday & Saturday: Sharon Williams Jazz. THE BLIND PIG (996-8555) Friday: King David Detroit reggae band. Saturday: Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band Regae and calypso THE EARLE (994-0211) Friday & Saturday: Jeri Brown Jazz. HEIDELBERG COMEDY SPORTZ (995-8888) Improvisational comedy. MAINSTREET COMEDY SHOWCASE (996-9080) Friday & Saturday:Mark Sweetman NECTARINE BALLROOM (994-5436) Friday: Top-40 Dance Party Saturday: '' -40 Dance Party Sunday: Mgafuk Dance Party RICK'S AMERICAN CAFE (996-2747) Friday & Saturday: Steve Nardella Rock 'n' Roll Trio Rock 'n' roll and rockabilly. U-CLUB (763-2236) Friday: New Music Dance Party Saturday: Galens Medical Society Party Night TE C PPPEA H OR ONA TION OF PE THEATRE R.C. players offer a novel interpretation of Shakespeare A Best of Ann Arbor Ballot just for you RESTAURANT Sze-Chuan West serves it up hot, succulent, juicy..., COVER STORY The first two years in the Honors College: Are they really worth it? MICHmELLANY 10 THE LUST Whatf going on in Ann Arbor this weekend.1 EDITORS...........Stephen Gregory, Alan Raul FILM EDITOR ..... . ....... ............ ...........John Shea MUSIC EDIT (..... .Beth Fertig CARTOONIST.. .. . .........................Fred Zinn SALES MAN .............Anne Kubek ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER.............. Karen Brown Cover photo by Robin Loznak Weekend Magazine is edited and managed b =, sNia fi of The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Phones: Weekend Magazine, (313) 763-0379; News, 764-0552; Circulation, 764-0558; Display Advertising, 764-0554. Copyright 1988 The Michigan Daily. [FURTHERMORE1 FRIDAY "EVALUATION RESEARCH IN MINORITY COMMUNITIES"- 1:30 p.m., Hussey Room, Michigan League Barbara Bryan Logan, the Martin Luther King/Cesar Chavez/Rosa Parks Visiting Professorship Program scholar, will speak. PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE '88- 9 a.m., School of Publisc Health Institute, 109 Observatory Seminars focusing on "Nuclear Power and Public Health," and "Delvelopment and Health in Africa" are scheduled. BROTHERS - 8-11 p.m., The Guild House, 802 Monroe Street. The alternative for gay social- izing. SAFEWALK - 8-11:30 p.m., Room 102 UGLi, 936-1000. Night-time Safety walking ser- vice. VIDEO NIGHT - 7 p.m., University Chapel, 1511 Wash- tenaw Ave. All are welcome. FREE COMPUTING CEN- TER COURSES - 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Call 763-7630 for more infor- mation. SATURDAY "FIGHTING RACISM AND SEXISM N H-HE 1980'S - 7 p.m., RackL e- Auditorium Angela Davis, author, activist, and organizer will speak. "MEET THE ARTIST - AHMAD JAMAL" -4 p.m., Room 2044, School of Music Composer Ahmad Jamal will speak on his experiences with jazz and probably play a bit. See Interview, page 10. SUNDAY SIGN OF THE TIMES - 2-4 p.m., Michigan Union, Michigan Room Everyone welcome to the Dis- abled Student Services sign lan- guage club. Written by Claudio Mt Sung in English Mendelssohn Theatre March 24.26 a March 27 at Reserved tickets are $9 and $6; spe seating $4 with I.D. For tickets: THE LEAGUE TICKET Michigan League To charge your tick :450 t I I . COVER STORY_ Continued from Page 9 I guess that's a good way to be used." "There are two dimensions here," Shappirio said. "The student who is really looking at the aims of the honors program and - in its poor- est, worst form - those who feel that they were an honors students in high school and therefore should be an honors program here and wear some sort of special badge. That's not what we're here for. But I'm not going to kick someone out of Great Books, either." Kushigian says, "I wish we had a perfect way to predict how theywill perform. You know, test scores are so bad." Peterman says he has a workng student's definition. "There's two types of honors students here. There's the really gung-ho gunner type, for whom the college doesn't really matter so much because they're going to milk the most out of everything. Then there's the kind who just drifts along, who know they could put more into it but just don't." U D~A P[A.,... - - PAGE 2L WEEKEND/MARCH 18, 1988 WEEKEND/MARCH 18, 1988