0 0 The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Best of Ann Arbo Page 6- The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Best of Ann Arbor - April 15, 1993 BE':CONSUMABLES Hash Bash spawns a mash of student i Ahh... there's so much to consume in Ann Arbor. And there's so little time. But students have definite opinions about where they like to eat-very few of the spots on our "best of 'list won by a small margin. So for those of you who are still clueless about where toeatin this town, here's a glimpse of what our readers had to say. Best Coffee/Best Cafe: Espresso Royale Cafe The original, and still the best of Ann Arbor's expanding cafe scene. Even Espresso Royale expanded this year - a plus in the formerly cramped State Street location. Another special treat is jazz night, which is undoubtedly the best night to study here. Best Burgers: Bumpy Burger Blimpy's has taken this category since the dawn of time. This is the only place in the world where it's normal to order a triple, or even aquadruple burger. Best French Fries: McDonalds McDonalds? I think sheer familiar- ity took theprizeon this one. But they're still better than Wendy's. Best Pizza: Cottage Inn Cottage Inn is an Ann Arbor stan- dard, and we like their round pizza - though it is their traditional sesame- seeded deep dish that gets all the atten- tion. Best Hot Dogs: Chicago Dog House When its name changed from Red Hot Lovers, the restaurant could have taken a tumble. But the Dog House still has the tastiest wieners in town - and some tasty cheese fries to boot. Best Wings: Mr. Spots Even though Spots is expensive, these wings are special. And when they say hot, they mean HOT. Best Cheap Beer: Rick's OK, using the word "best" to de- scribe cheap beer is generally an oxy- moron (unless, of course, you're talk- ing about Milwaukee's Best). We pre- fer to call the category "cheapest beer," and Rick's, with its frequent dollar- pitcher specials, clearly takes the prize here. Best Bar Drinks: Scorekeepers The best bar drinks in Ann Arbor used to be even better when Tuesday night was beat-the-clock night. Butthey make a good Long Island Ice Tea under the gun --during Thursday night mad- ness. Best Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt: Stucchi's Oh, here's a surprise. Ann Arbor's homemade kicked Steve's out of town and continues to innovate with new and exciting flavors. This is the only scoop shop we know of north of the Mason- Dixon line that can do well selling ice cream in February. r, Ha Best Chipati: Pizza House Pizza Bob's invented it, but Pizza House perfected it. The Pizza House chipati combines soft, doughy bread with abundant fillings -and the sauce is better. Last week marked the first clear victory of throngs of students over an administration which has spent the bet- ter part of the semester trying to clamp down on the Diag. During Hash Bash, at South University after the NCAA tournament, and even at an open-mi- crophone on the Diag Friday, students and when he moved away, they nailed him with a snowball. Most of the culprits did not look like students, they were probably outsiders, from Ypsilanti or something. Students who go here are accustomed to tolerat- ing born-agains, schizophrenics and pan-handlers on a daily basis, and prob- ably wouldn't react with such hysteria. As a student, or as an administrator, it is natural to view these kids as an intrusion, a vile and damaging element that does not belong here. Would I break the law to keep them away? No. But can I see why these hooligans send chills up the administration's spine? You bet. I can also see why the words South University mean panic to any adminis- trator or business owner in the area.The mini race riots that took place after the championship game were nothing less than sickening. (Of course, the police, who behaved better than usual this year, were pleased. Better that students beat each other up than do damage to Stucchi's.) One by one, vigilante groups would pick out a white kid, or a Black kid, or just some kid, and kick the shit out him. I heard one Black man say "Rodney King, man," as he helped beat up a white kid in front of President Duderstadt's house. AnotherBlack man in his 20s came up to me about five minutes afterward and warned, with an apologetic, friendly smile, "Hey man, I'd get the hell outof here if I were you." I thanked him, but I stayed. Ann Arbor in daylight was quite a different story. At the open microphone last week, students shed their mob men- tality, and resumed to acting just plain mental. At first, a desperate emcee, who shelled out $80 for the mike, pleaded with his fellow students to participate. Finally, one student, who looked like a young Burl Ives, got the ball rolling with a line that can galvanize any stu- dent crowd on campus. "Hello, I'd like to speak against the foreign language requirement," he said. As the debate raged on, another student backed him up. "If I had wanted to learn a language," she said, "I would have been'd learned it a long time ago." Soon the debate turned to free speech. "This is free speech, this isn't a freak show," declared another emcee. Ofcourse, this was before Stoney Burke, the best indication of what Preacher Mike was like before he stopped taking drugs, took the stage. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck," he said. "The right, right, right ... to free speech, fuck you." Stoney's analysis of the Bill of Rights must have stirred the crowd even fur- ther, because debate exploded into top- ics ranging from the inhumane captiv- ity of chickens, "kept in small cages 3 x 5 feet and driven off to the slaughter house," wouldi. when w homicki are so n Ma) maybe can con beating who arc with, ai things c . Jle try1 our 'F12 wouk! aike to than fcy OW studeknts andfacufty of the University of Michigan for your patronage pushed at the boundaries of convention and authority, and flirted with the pos- sibilities of mass intransigence. But Hash Bash and South Univer- sity rapidly deteriorated into something more than just healthy defiance. They became unsettling examples of the ig- norance and violence that students - or anyone else - are capable of com- mitting when society's rules are tempo- rarily suspended. The recent flurry of student barbarism doesn't bring me one inch closer to supporting administra- tion policy, but it does help me under- stand its source. No doubt Hash Bash was the fore- most assertion of student power. For most of the event, I traveled with people who were both absurdly giggly and boisterous, and irrationally paranoid, thanks to a dose of the little weed. But as soon as we reached the Diag, we came upon a circle of about 200 young people, laughing incessantly, and hurl- ing snowballs at a group of preachers, who endured the stoning with true mar- tyrdom. It became painfully clear who the real crazies were. One preacher came up to a group of youths directly in front of me, and gave them the usual stuff aboutheathens and non-believers. Butthekidsjustlaughed, Used CD's, Recor Bouaht-Sold- 3361 2 3. State *Arn Hey Wolverines!'. 250 ... Amer's won the poll for best sandwiches, dethroning Zingerman's. 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