0 -w- w S U w .lmW. lkbL I - -.dmmmd wopp w COVER STORY Continued from Page 9 There are several different reasons why Black students join pre- dominantly white greek organiza- tions. One Black student in a pre- dominantly white fraternity said he feels that belonging to a white or- ganization would be more beneficial to him when he enters the business world and would provide him with more connections than a Black fra- ternity. Troy Johnson, an LSA sopho- more and member of Tau Kappa Epsilon - a predominantly white organization - said he considered joining both Black and white orga- nizations and, instead of joining ei- Cher, he decided to help found Tau Kappa Epsilon, which at one time had as many as eight Black mem- bers. Johnson said that the white community affords more social op- portunities. "There's four bars on this campus - Rick's, Charley's, Dooley's, and the Nectarine. The Black community goes to the Nec- tarine when they have designated' 'Black' nights or to Dooley's on a given night, but as far as visiting them on a regular basis, the white community takes advantage but the Black community ignores it." Johnson cited differences in music and social habits as probable rea- sons Blacks don't frequent certain places. Black greeks, however, don't feel they are missing anything. "The ideals, to me, of white greeks are not the same as Black greeks," Chin said. Many Black greek organizations are in a "catch 22" when, it comes to affiliating themselves with pre- dominantly white greek regulating organizations such as the Pan- hellinic Association or the Interfra- ternity Council. Many Black greeks feel that to join IFC or Panhell would be beneficial but are reluctant to join because they would have to give up their traditions - primarily the rush functions. There is also a feeling among some Black greek leaders that to join IFC or Panhell would "take away from the BGA." BGA stands for Black Greek Asso- ciation, an organization that works to unite and coordinate Black greek activities on campus. Laura Michaelson, an LSA senior and president of Delta Delta Delta - a predominantly white sorority - said the Panhellinic Association regulates and organizes their rush functions. Joseph Hart, vice presi- dent and IFC representative of Beta Theta Pi - a predominantly white fraternity - said that the IFC "organizes and coordinates" rush functions. The Black greek organi- zations have different rush traditions and feel they would have to give up some of them by joining the IFC or Panhellinic Association. "They seem to be really confused about our pledge process," Chin said. Referring to the Black pledge process, Heckstall said, "We don't usually speak to [other] people when we pledge." Heckstall also said that many whites may think it unusual to see several people "all dressed alike out in public." One Black fraternity - Alpha Pi Alpha - has an affiliation with the IFC, and Hart said, "We would en- courage any Greek house to come to the meetings." Members of both Black and white greek organizations agreed that nat- ural separation may not be deliber- ate but rather a reflection of how different types of people, not just greeks, interact with each other. "It's a sad situation, but I think it does have to do a lot with racism on campus. Maybe it also has to do with the fact that they feel as a group stronger separately," said Laura Peters, an LSA sophomore and a member of Chi Sigma - a- predominantly white sorority. "It's not like we don't like them and they don't like us - we each just do our own thing. It's reflec- tive of the institution and society we live in, in particular, the envi- ronment of Ann Arbor and U of M," Taylor said. "It's more like an institutional sort of thing." Both sides agree that a better un- derstanding of the customs and tra- ditions of the other is necessary. "I know a little bit which is helpful for my house... but there definitely needs to be much more across- sorority awareness of what each does. We don't have enough under- standing of what they do and there needs to be more," Michaelson said. Two years ago LSA seniors Re- becca Blumenstein and Jeff Ruther- ford recognized the natural segrega- tion among Black and white greeks and decided to work with Black Greeks to strengthen levels of interaction. Several Black and white greeks organizations got together and formed PASS, the pepper and salt shakers. PASS members decided against throwing a dance but found com- mon ground in work and service. The group organized a car wash in- volving support from several members of the University and Ann Arbor community. "We emerged with a respect for each other," Blu- menstein said. 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Achieve Your Maximum Potential Score 996-1500 Test Preparation 1100 South Univers Real and U68 vtieq CEii4ied4 -Sty N i I REQUIRED LISTENING FOR 1988 MUSIC APPRECIATION 101 lNETLH\ Ceap qP sr: , 'Simil ERIKGE New & used records, posters, videos & more! SAT. DEC. 3 ELK'S LODfE. 325 W EISENHOWEP PARKWAY (just west of briarwoodJ) By Mark Shaiman Lt. Frank Drebin is "an L.A. cop so hardboiled that he's a bit cracked." But that's OK - so are the makers of the film, The Naked G u n . The partnership of Zucker/Abrams/Zucker (ZAZ) has already given us Airplane! and Top Secret!, so you know that these guys are a little poached them- selves. Some of you might remember Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Drebin in the short-lived 1982 TV series "Police Squad!" In fact, The Naked Gun is subtitled From The Files Of Police Squad. Unfortunately, there were only six episodes completed, of which just four made it on the air. ZAZ has "a theory that the Nielsen box families somehow became convinced that Leslie Nielsen was related to the Nielsen ratings peo- ple. So they felt it would be a con- flict of interest to write in their di- aries that they had actually watched the show." Anthony Thermopolous, who was head of ABC at the time, felt that "Police Squad didn't work be- cause you have to watch it." With logic that scrambled, Thermopolous should be writing comedy. Still, there may be a strand of ra- tionality hidden in that muddled statement. Police Squad is filled with parody, puns, and double en- tendres that have to be understood before they can be laughed at. This wasn't the usual mindless enter- tainment that TV usually provides, and thus wasn't appreciated. But this same type of humor had already worked quite well in the movie Airplane!, so ZAZ realized that they just needed to extend Po- lice Squad into a feature film. It took them, along with writer Pat Proft, a full year to get the script exactly the way they wanted it, but it was worth the wait. The result is at least as funny as their parody of 1970s airplane disaster films. This time, though, the story re- volves around a police unit and primarily one cop, Lt. Drebin. Leslie Nielsen was asked to star in the film because as director David Zucker said, "He had already played the role on Police Squad, and, be- sides, he was cheap." Fortunately, cost and quality have little relation- ship in this case. Nielsen, who also played the doctor in Airplane!, keeps a straight face even while opposing crooked criminals. His Drebin is a mix of James Bond, In- spector Clouseau, and Maxwell Smart; and like the latter two he never realizes his bumblings. In the movie, Nielsen deals with an evil Ricardo Montalban in a role more dastardly than his Khan in Star Trek IILMontalban described the part of Vincent Ludwig as "one of those preposterous roles they've It's more than just Leslie Ni rdn a phallw Robert Weiss (left), Jim Abrahams (center), and David Zuckeer (right) - the team who gave us "Airplane!" -get their heads out of the clouds and onto the streets of L.A.for this spoof of the cops. u 'I- ------ lar Features Me Some Water I been handing me," but, he contin- ued, "I couldn't turn it down be- cause with the money they are pay- ing me I can make a down payment on a new Chrysler." A leading businessperson in the L.A. com- munity, Ludwig is also a hired as- sassin, and his. next target is the Queen of England who is on her way to town for a visit. Drebin has been banned from the security team for a previous indis- cretion and instead is investigating of the shooting of a fellow officer. Naturally the two cases turn out to be one in the same. Thus Drebin is twice the hero while being only half a wit. And while Nielsen is the only major name in the film - if he is even that - there are plenty of cameos that replace the need for stars. Priscilla Presley (yes, the wife of Elvis) makes her feature film debut as Ludwig's secretary who literally falls head-over-heals for Drebin. Reggie Jackson makes his acting debut as what else, a baseball player, but his character is also an unwit athlet Simps Drebi accide Simps field. Pro 9:30 A.M. TIL 5 PM. O ADMISSION: $2.00 BAMBOE OJOBI, OJOBA BEM, BEM MARIA Tremendous CD Sale is on now! 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