The Michigan Daily - Monday, October 2, 1989 - Page 11 Trip to Madison qui by Miguel Cruz The annual Harvest Festival was held in Madison, Wisconsin at the University of Wisconsin campus over the weekend. Supposed to be a huge pot protest, thousands of hippies, '60s retro music, the whole deal. Great, we figured. The ultimate col- lege road trip. So seven of us piled into an Escort and a Bronco Friday around 6 p.m. and headed out. What a bunch of idiots. Our first and biggest mistake: We messed with the Summit, Illinois po- lice force. Nobody in their right mind messes with the Summit, Illinois po- lice force. Eight of the most highly trained criminal justice experts in the nation, and they've got absolutely nothing to do. Those of you planning out your lives of crime may be wondering just where Summit. Illnoi i our crime became a little clearer. Since there is no Summit, Illinois, the police are especially hard-pressed to make quota around the end of the month. "Hey, Ed," I overheard .an officer t -h5 4 - ~ / - I Well, we don't k ow. It's not on say to the desk sergeant, "Lemme Wel. wedotow.htsewernot onhave the radar tomorrow. I gotta get our map. We thought we were inseemoebSudy"unaws Chicago. We'd stopped at this le- seven more by Sunday." Sunday was gendary burrito place off Highway I can only imagine what Billy Dee 55. After eating a brick-sized, $2.25 said the night before. } burrito each, we moaned and groaned "Hey Ed, lemme have the fat bald Then,back to nohere, we're at- guy tomorrow. I gotta get three more tacked by Billy Dee Williams and the by Satuway. the fine that night for Skipper from Gilligan's Island. Anwy h ieta ih o Skiperfromb G ligaks theslanw.being in Summit, Illinois happened Wielding big black sticks, these two to total $150. Convenient, as be- thugs pull the three of us out of the tween the seven of us we happened to Escort. have $152. "We heard a beer can open," the SoWE moved on. We've got no Skipper said to us, eyeing the RC in S Emvdo.W'egtn Marty's hand. His Chicago police money, we said to each other, but, training evidently gave his hearing hey, we're a bunch of intelligent, re- the acuity necessary for telling apart sourceful college students. We'll get the sound of a pop can opening from along. the sound of a beer can opening. Next morning, in Madison, it be- Having sufficiently displayed came clear just how intelligent and probable cause, Billy had at the car. resourceful we are. Bright and early, His investigative skills managed to we hit the blood plasma collection turn up a dusty Bud can buried under center. We'd heard about those the garbage on the floor. Next thing places. You walk in, they stick a we know, it's cuffs and we're in the needle in your arm, you walk away in back of the Summit, Illinois police 10 minutes with a $50 bill. department's handsome squad car. Wrong. It takes three hours. You * Once at the station, the nature of get $10, IF your plasma's acceptable f P 10. J / A s,: e a trip - not likely after those burritos. (But if you've donated before that week, the clerk brightly pointed out, you get a $2 bonus.) And if you don't have a Madison address, they won't even 1 you donate. J k So much for resourceful. So much for getting back to Ann Arbor. BUT THERE was one last card to be played. Phil brought his guitar along. And he's good. So we made a sign, taped it to his guitar case, and the six of us sat around dumbly while he played to the massing Harvest Festival crowds. Boy, were they generous. But you can't put mounds of hash brownies in a car's gas tank (or maybe you can; we didn't try). And most Amoco sta- tions don't take joints or "POT SAVES LIVES" brochures. He finally did get about $9 once the rally was underway . But for seven people to eat and drive two vehicles 500 miles, $9 isn'tia whole lot. As it turns out, seven people can quite easily share a $4 Wendy's Superbar plate. Freshly energized by two hours at the salad bar, emptying the entire thing (what were they thinking?), we set out again in search of funds. A quick collective pocket search turned up a bank card, which Phil in- sisted was for a closed, empty ac- count, and was on a different network (they don't have Magic Line every- where, you know). If you're ever in Madison, check out the Mystical Magic Money Machine. It gave him $20 without a second thought. It's on State Street, by the library. Try your mealcards, your driver's license, scraps of paper. Anyway, it ended up being a great time, once we regained solvency. Picture the Hash Bash from last spring, only twice the size, and with everyone sitting down. Amazing at- mosphere, great live music. Check it out next year. But stay far away from Summit, Illinois. Take the ferry, fly, go through Canada, whatever. 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