Wbe Sirbigau Da lg MICHAEL ROSENBERG Roses Are Read Hale of IwD /qjs hey are the best of students, they are the worst of students. The question is, who is the t and who is the worst? Which group is superior in every way to its counterpart? I am talking, of course, about in- staters and out-of-staters. And your answer depends on which group you belong to. Socially, the two groups are much like early civilizations - you are only supposed to talk to your own I pie. If you talk to someone from other tribe, it is considered consorting with the enemy, and members of your own tribe are liable to beat you with sticks or make you do keg-stands, one of the two. I, myself, an out-of-stater. How- ever, as a public service, I have hopped over the Great Wall of Social Boundaries and actually spoken to a few in-state students to compile this list of.. . *ifferencos between in-staters and out-of- staters: * Out-of-staters keep from paying attention in class by talking to each other at roughly the same decibel level of a DC-10. * In-staters, offended that out-of- staters talk so loudly in an academic vironment, tell the out-of-staters to t up. Then the in-staters go back to doing the Daily crossword puzzle. * Out-of-staters wonder why the Michigan football team hasn't won a national title since they enrolled here. * In-staters wonder why the Michigan football team hasn't won a national title in their lifetimes. Out-of-staters wonder why anyone would want to live in Bursley, which is so far away from all the cool npus hangouts. In-staters often choose to live in Bursley because it is so far away from the hangouts that out-of-staters think are cool. Out-of-staters procrastinate by sending e-mail to their friends at distant universities, friends they would otherwise never bother contacting. In-staters procrastinate by Vding e-mail to their friends at distant terminals in Angell Hall. Out-of-staters get away from the stress of school by going to Rick's. In-staters think Rick's was created as kind of a minimum security prison for out-of-staters. Out-of-staters wonder why Michigan is so boring. In-staters wonder how boring out-of-staters' home states must be out-of-staters to come to Michigan go to school. Out-of-staters think the Wolver- ines' biggest rival is Ohio State. v In-staters think the Wolverines' biggest rival is Michigan State. * Out-of-staters think Michigan State is a high school. In-staters go on road trips because they know that wherever they o, they will end up meeting new ople and seeing new things. Out-of-staters go on road trips because they know that wherever they go, they will end up in a bar. In-staters hide their annoyance and slowly nod their heads while out- of-staters give 30-minute diatribes on sports, politics, sex, etc. * Out-of-staters wonder why in- staters never have anything worth- while to say about sports, politics, x, etc. In-staters show people where they are from by pointing to a certain spot on their hand. Out-of-staters show people where they are from by talking with a loud, obnoxious accent. * In-staters think they are getting a great education for the money. Out-of-staters think they are getting an education to make great ney. In-staters think the 15-year-olds with green hair who hang out on State St. and South U. are little punks. N Out-of-staters think the 15-year- olds with green hair who hang out on State St. and South U. are typical Michiganians. x ti,( :4 , 1Y - _. . " s ti;i ,, r~ + : .:x ti..d. n .. .. r K'... frt' ARbOR FiLM FEsTIVdl 1 99% spoiliqkrs c Aiviiy ra r it's that time of year again in Ann Arbor. Most of us would be willing to describe this week as a jolt back into reality, having the brisk Michigan wind smack us in the face after those crazy spring breaks to Cancun, Florida, Arizona or the Bahamas. Now, we must trudge to class and throw ourselves back into the piles of work that we ditched last week for the sand, surf and sun. Many in the Ann Arbor community, however, spent their vacations here in town. Instead of being buried in the sand, countless volunteer students and community members have buried themselves in the most important stretch of a year-long project: The Ann Arbor Film Festival. That's right, folks. This week the spotlight is on East Liberty at the Michigan Theater, where the 34th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place. This year's event, lasting from March 12-17, features 93 16mm films created by various independent and experimental filmmakers around the United States and throughout the world. The films of this year's program, ranging anywhere from one minute to 96 minutes in length, include many genres-from animation, documentary and narrative to experimental and personal documentary. As is the case every year, the films are judged by an Awards Jury of three recognized members in the na- tional and international film community. This week, Ann Arbor welcomes another impressive list: Craig Baldwin, an experimental filmmaker from San Fran- cisco, who was recently featured in "Independent Film- maker" magazine, Christine Panushka, an experimen- tal animator who teaches at CalArts in Los Angeles and Robb Moss, a personal documentary filmmaker who teaches at Harvard. The Awards Jury, in town for the week, watches the screening with the audience at the Michigan Theater. At the end of the week, a total of $10,000 worth of awards (donations from individuals/businesses and grants) - Best of the Festival Award, the Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker and the Lawrence Kasdan Award, to name a few - are presented to various filmmakers. The awarded films are then announced and shown at three separate screenings on Sunday, March 17. Ultimately, the Festival is intended to be an alterna- tive to commercial cinema. Founded in 1963 by film- maker/artist George Manupelli at the University's School of Art, the Festival has, in the past, showcased the works ofsuch then-budding artists as Brian DePalma, Andy Warhol, George Lucas and Yoko Ono. For interested students and residents of Ann Arbor, the activities and films of the Festival go above and beyond the price of admission. Pay six bucks for a single ticket, $10 for an entire evening or purchase $35 ' series tickets for the entire week. Forget spring break in Cancun ... this week, the entertainment is all in Ann Arbor. And did you know that the Festival offers much more than the films themselves? Each member of the Awards Jury will share their works and experi- ences with the community in the afternoon seminars scattered throughout the week. Performers, such as Dance Professor Peter Sparling, will provide enter- tainment on various evenings. Many artists have even donated their works to the Festival's Silent Auction to be held in the theater lobby of the balcony level (here, people can bid on art and business services on the break between shows). Behind the creativity and energy of the program is festival director Vicki Honeyman, whose voice jumped with pride and excitement as she detailed her Festival as the ultimate creative expression. "We like to integrate all kinds of art -so we have all kinds of artists and dancers perform on stage. A lot of artists also decorate the Michigan Theater and transform it from what it is to this really cool piece of art. Our Festival is just a lot of fun." Honeyman has certainly brought more than her creativitytothe Festival. Knowing about the project, it is nearly impossible to overlook her months and -h o AbOV fRoM RNtG R0 R see FILM FEST Page 6B . .,_ . _ ,_ MEET THE CAST .. . AbOVE (LEFT TO RighT): AiSON LATENdRESSE, V. _ E?.n... e . .. -: rt L-n \ /: - Ar-%/rA- l I