The Michigan Daily - Friday, September 14, 990 - Page 3 ispanic Heritage Month kicks off Iy Ken Walker University students will celebrate 1 ispanic culture this month as a part cf Hispanic Heritage Celebration :990. The celebration will take the fpim of lectures, readings, and per- formances by Hispanic artists and ac- ti ists. 1 The celebration opens tonight at 7,:00 p.m. with a lecture by Puerto lbcan author and activist Piri Thomas in the Michigan Union l4llroom. Thomas will also partici- i3ie in a discussion of Latino issues ib'he Bursley Hall cafeteria on Sun- Wy, Sept. 16, and in a discussion of lis film, "The World of Piri homas/Repetition of Indignities," after its showing at 7:00 p.m. in the Oond Room at the Michigan Union. Other presentations during the rtionth-long celebration include those by Dr. Blandina Cardenas Ramfrez, from the American Council for Edu- cation; artists Nora Mendoza and .am6n Hill; poet Sandra Cisneros; and Puerto Rican activist Juan Mari Bras. 2 Sigma Lambda Beta Fraternity will perform Los Vendidos, a play by Luis Valdez, and a performance wbrkshop will be held with Maria Del Carmen Grupo Espana. Several additional artists will also attend. In a prelude to the coming month, Author Pirn Thomas held a rap session with a small group of students' last night in South Quad's Ambatana Lounge. He read several pieces of poetry, including "Black, V hite, or Shades of Grey", dedicated to him and written by his daughter. ."All colors are beautiful to me," Thomas said in his discussion of ra- cWa discrimination. "What difference dues your color make when you go .tor that hole in the ground? All the worms care about is your flavor - and they will spit out a lot of peo- ple, in that sense." "Thomas, who has written four b6oks, discussed Hispanic enroll- . I,. New marching band director takes the wand by David Rheingold When Notre Dame and Michigan meet tomorrow night, coaches, play- ers, and managers will pace- ner- vously, wring their hands, and look with worry at the action on the field. Gary Lewis will be no exception. But his attention won't be fo- cused on the bone crushing football game. Instead, he will concentrate on the performance of another group of talented young players. The Michigan Marching Band. Lewis, the band's new director, will be leading the band for the first time. "I'm sure it'll be very exhilarat- ing. All this work is fun, but the real fun is when we get to perform... and that's where it really becomes exciting. I'm looking forward to it a great deal," Lewis said. The Oklahoma native, who took over earlier this summer, reassures fans that he hasn't revamped the program. He said the pre-game show will stay essentially the same, and little other than drill designs will change. Taking charge of the 300-member Michigan Marching Band is a big change from Lewis' previous posi- tion as band director at Abilene Uni- versity in Texas. The student body at the Univer- sity almost eclipses tiny Abilene's enrollment, which numbers 4000. But Abilene's band had 185 mem- bers. "The size of the programs were more comparable than you might think," Lewis said. However, he said adjusting to a new geographical region is a big transition. "I'm not sure it has as much to do with the conference as the part of the country," Lewis said. "The pace is a little bit more in- tense, not that there aren't people in the Southwest that are intense peo- ple, but the Big Ten bands have a long tradition of excellence and there's a great work ethic that's al- ready present," he said. Tomorrow also happens to be Lewis' 28th birthday. Although the new director is only a few years older than some of his students, he said it doesn't diminish his authority. "I really don't think about (the age difference). I'm just learning a lot every day. I'll probably learn just as much as the students do and I just try to keep an open mind and never stop learning," he said. Many band members - some of whom have worked with three direc- tors in three years - said Lewis is a good addition to the band. "He's helpful and knowledgeable about marching techniques and play- ing techniques," said LSA first-year student Evan Gordon, who plays the trumpet. "I think he's really cool," agreed first-year trombone player Mike Bartlett. "He's got a lot of enthusi- asm and a lot of good ideas. I guess you could sum it up by saying that he makes us look good and sound good." School of Education senior Pet Larson, worked with Eric Becher a director two years ago and Jerry Luckhardt as interim director lasi year. Larson described Lewis as enthu- siastic. "He brings out a lot more positive things than negative, and that's really important to keep things moving. He's approachable. I found him really easy to talk to when I met him this summer," he said. I'll JOSE JUARE7DailIf Gary Lewis, the University's new marching band conductor, drills the band into shape during practice. ment at the college level in a short interview after his presentation. "After I wrote my book ["Down These Mean Streets," 1967), when I toured colleges and universities ...I felt lucky if I could find three or four of us as students. Now there are hundreds, thousands," he recalled. "But the ratio, among the total sum of students seems the same. We are still at the bottom of the totem pole." University of Michigan Minority Student Services Hispanic Represen- tative Katalina Berdy said 967 His- panic students were enrolled last year in the undergraduate and graduate programs at the University. 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