Page 6-The Michigan Daily/New Student Edition-University-Thursday, September 10, 1992 Hash Bash brings thousands to A2 to fight for legalzaion by Mblissa Peerless MTS lets students Daily NSE Editor. April showers bring Hemp Power. At least to Ann Arbor - the site of the annual Hash Bash, a pro-mari- juana legalization rally held on the Diag the first Saturday in April. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) sponsored Ann Arbor's first Hash Bash on April 1, 1971. During the past 21 years, Hash Bash has grown to be a large-scale event drawing thousands of faithful mari- juana activists from across the country. "I came here from Columbus just basically to get high," said Chad Sanders, a junior at the Ohio State University. "The legal issues are not that important to me at all. I just heard it was a really cool party so I wanted to come." But Adam Brook, secretary of the University's chapter of NORML, said Sanders has the wrong idea about Hash Bash. "We are trying to take the party image out of the event," he said. "Our rally is a legitimate gathering of people with a common political goal who want to make a serious statement to our country's leaders. We want to legalize marijuana be- cause it is extremely useful to our society for a tremendous number of things." Brook added that NORML itself is now referring to Hash Bash as "the hemp rally" and is encouraging all participants to do the same. The annual Hash Bash agenda consists of speakers from the University and Ann Arbor chapters of NORML and High Times Magazine, a national publication which supports the legalization of marijuana. Last year's Hash Bashers also heard from Chef Ra, an activist run- ning for the U.S. presidency on a pro-legalization platform. "We are here together because we care about each other and the one thing that will save the planet -- hemp," he said. "The fiber, the fuel, the food, everything is there." But at least one group of people in Ann Arbor does not join with Ra in extolling the virtues of marijuana. The University Department of Public Safety (DPS) sent 10 officers to patrol the event, with backup from the Ann Arbor Police Department, the Washtenaw County Sheriff and the Michigan state police. Officers arrested 40 people on charges of marijuana possession, carrying concealed weapons, alcohol violations, and selling items on University property without a permit. The number of arrests was up from approximately 25 in 1991. Police enforced state laws which mandate $100 fines or 90 days in jail. Sanders said he was surprised to hear what the penalty was for mari- juana possession. "I thought Ann Arbor had a $5 fine," he said. "My friends used to come to Hash Bash and smoke weed right in front of a cop. Then they would get a ticket, hand him a $5 bill, and take the ticket home as a souvenir of the weekend." University police operate under state law - which prescribe the stricter penalties - rather than City of Ann Arbor law. However, Ann Arbor residents voted to increase the fee for mari- juana possession to $25 in spring 1990. callby by Emily Fries Daily Staff Reporter Go and get an MTS acc the first day of school this fal ask, just do it. Take your stu to the Computing Resource and tell the person at the fro "I'm here for an MTS accour What's MTS? Right now, it's less impo you to know what it is than , can use it for. MTS allows you to sen tronic mail all over the world ipate in computer bulletin and conferences, and have access to high level compu gramming utilities. All you need is an acc computer, and a modem. If' in the dorms, you don't ever modem, because the dorm ro hard wired into the Univ computer network. MTS stands for Mi Terminal System. MTS was the first multi-user compu tems. Prior to the develops systems like MTS, compute only able to run one program user at a time. This meant t level computers were only a to a few people. Many people can use MT same time to read electron enter information into conf4 or run technical programs. Unless you are an Engi student, you will probably a the electronic mail and 1 board features of MTS. Electronic mail is sort regular mail, and sort of like an answering machine. A have an account number, serves as their electroni "address." This address incl individual identifier, as wel name or number of the coml which your mail is stored. 0 your mailbox is your name, name of the MTS computer. computer You compose letters on the com- puter, and then transmit them. The ount on main computer routes the message 1. Don't and sends it to the appropriate elec- dent ID tronic mailbox. You can send mes- Center sages to other people at the nt desk, University as well as to people at nt." other schools. Many colleges and universities rtant for across the country have similar sys- ,hat you tems. So tell your friends at other schools to get electronic mail id elec- accounts. t, partic- You can save money on your boards long distance bill by communicating remote over electronic mail. E-mail is faster ter pro- than regular mail. Messages are transmitted to the receiving mailbox ount, a you live n need a MTS allows you to oms are send electronic mail all ersity's over the world. ichigan s one of within minutes. E-mail is cheaper ter sys- than phoning. The cost of your ac- ment of count is already built into tuition. If mrs were you are not using E-mail, you are not n by one getting your money's worth from the hat high University. vailable Your MTS account also gives you access to computer bulletin S at the boards. There are bulletin boards- ic mail, or conferences - for many special erences, interests. You participate by writing your ideas on a topic and by re- neering sponding to other people' s only use comments. bulletin MTS saved me my junior year. All of my friends had gone to of like England for the semester, leaving me having alone in Michigan. It was too expen- Il users sive to call and letters took two or which three weeks to cross the ocean. Lc mail Luckily, they discovered E-mail udes an there and told me to get set up here. 11 as the It wasn't like they were here, but it puter on was nice to be able to "talk" to them n MTS, every day. plus the Don't wait until your junior year. Get your account now. DUGU KAN TER*aily Thousands of people crowd the Diag to fight for the legalization of marijuana at the annual Hash Bash. DPS Lt. Vernon Baisden de- fended the police presence at lash Bash. "If a DPS officer sees a crime be- ing committed in their presence, they can take action," he said. "Marijuana possession is a crime." But one speaker lambasted the police in his discourse. "I'm talking about truth and op- pression that is going on right now, right on this campus for the fascist cops," said Tom Fluke. "They're busting people for saying they can legalize marijuana. Legalize it today, get high tonight." But John Holmstrom, a member of Ohio NORML, said he was in support of the police surveillance of Hash Bash. "Police have their rights, they're; people. They can be where they want to be as long as they don't try to tread on other people's rights to free assembly, free speech, and free expression," he said. "If they want to come here and listen to what we say, that's great." The police and the Hash Bashers will have to start getting used to each other. Because while neither rain nor sleet nor legislation will prevent the annual pro-pot pilgrim- age to Ann Arbor, the police force will not let its plans for a safe, law- abiding city go up in smoke. Intramural sports give 'overlooked' atheletes chance to perform. by Emily Fries Daily Staff Reporter Let me guess - you were the star of your high school track team. Or are you the one who's been able to dunk since age 14? Perhaps the whole school still talks about that amazing catch you made in the bottom of the ninth against Central High. Despite your obvious talent, the recruiters failed to take note of your blossoming athleticism and decided instead to recruit this year's Chris Webber. You find yourself entering col- lege without a spot on a varsity team. What to do? Should you sit in your room and try to gain the frosh 20 pounds all in one week? Maybe you should go to opening football practice and tie Coach Gary Moeller to a chair until he agrees to watch you practice blocks? How about changing your run- ning schedule so that you practice your long jump in the sports parking lot every morning as the track coach is trying to park? Following any of these plans is probably not going to increase your chances of securing a spot on a var- sity team. A method does exist, however, which has worked on occasion. This method is also a great way to meet people, become a popular person on your hall, and stave off the frosh 20 - or at least delay it until sophomore year. It's a lot of fun too. What is this magical solution? Intramural (IM) sports. The University has an extensive IM sports program which operates throughout the year. Between 9,000 and 10,000 students participate every year. Students with all levels of experience can play. There are indi- vidual and team sports. Teams can be single sex or co-ed. An excellent way to get to know people on your dorm hall is to start an IM team. Often, Resident Advisors organize teams; but if your RA isn't on the ball, you and your hallmates can do it yourselves. The only requirement is that everyone on your team be a University student. If the notion of IM sports does not immediately call up the glory of a prime time game against Notre Dame with all of America watching and Brent Mussburger announcing, that is only because you are thinking on the wrong scale. Ask your older brothers or sisters about the game against Notre Dame their sophomore year. Who made the winning catch? What was the final score? Chances are they'll remember the win or the loss and the great party afterwards, but not much about the game or who was involved. Ask them instead about the time sophomore year when their hall got to the finals of IM competition. You'll surely hear excruciating de- tails about each play, the bad calls, the name of the quarterback's girl- friend who was the team's good luck charm. You may hear about friend- ships forged or requests for first dates. IM sports can also serve as a way for you to stay in shape and keep your game ready in case someone on the varsity team ever gets injured or transfers and you are finally given your big break. Freddie Hunter, the captain of last year's Final Four basketball team got his start at the University by playing intramurals. Hunter came to Michigan as you are coming, with dreams and hopes of playing for a varsity Division I team. But the recruiters never came knocking. He tried to walk on, but he wasn't good enough. He didn't sulk in his room and try to break the record for most consecutive days of drinking. He didn't give up basketball all together and become a Hare Krishna. He kept up his game by playing in any IM basketball tournament he could find. He became so good that eventu- ally someone from the basketball team noticed. Hunter attributes his eventual rise to the big game to playing in intramurals. "I was playing Gus Mackers, and I was fortunate that one of the man- agers on the team happened to be at that Gus Macker. He saw me in the dunk contest and he saw me playing with my team (in intramurals) and he gave the word back to Coach Jay Smith," he said. If the tough competition is enough to make players good enough to compete on the intercolle- giate level, imagine what it can do for your game. The competition can be fierce, as rivalries between halls run deep. You will definitely leave IM competition a better player, and you will have had a lot of fun. Even if you don't want to actu- ally play, you can still participate. Student referees are needed for many of the team sports like soccer and football. No prior experience or knowledge of rules is necessary. The IM department teaches you every- thing you need to know. If you ref- eree, you also get paid $5.00 pere game. You'll make some money, get some exercise and learn a lot about the sport you are officiating. 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