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EVEN AN UNEVENTFUL EVENING IS
FULL OF SURPRISES AT 'U' HOSPITAL
By Brian Campbell D##~aily Staff Reporter y
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CAMPUS CINEMA
Anni'Hall (1978) Woody Allen's semi-autobio-
graphical romance that set the style of the
decade. Starring Diane Keaton. Mich. 7 p.m.
Long is the Road (1949) The first film about
the Holocaust from the Jewish point of view.
Free. Nat Sci. 7 p.m.
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) John Cusack
stars in this comedy about an assassin who
returns home to Grosse Pointe. to find the
meaning of life. Free. Lorch. 8 p.m.
Uncogked Student Animation Festival High
school and University students display their tal-
ent in animation. Free. Roosevelt. 8:15 p.m.
Kolya (1996) The story of Frantisek Louka, who
is left to care for his estranged lover's son. In
Czech with English subtitles. Mich. 9 p.m.
MUSIC
Art Alexakis Everclear's frontman performs a
solo acoustic show. Clutch Cargo's Mill Street
Entry. 7 p.m. (810) 333-2362.
friday
CAMPUS CINEMA
Blues Brothers (1980) Classic comedy star-
ring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Angell Aud
A. 7:30 and 9:30.
Kolya See Thursday. Mich. 7 p.m.
Secrets and Lies (1996) British drama about a
mother reunited with daughter years after she
has given her up for adoption. Mich. 9:15.
Lost Highway (1997) The latest from David
Lynch paralleling two stories about people,
questioning their identities. Mich. Midnight.
MUSIC
The Friars The a cappella group performs their
"41st Annual Best Concert Ever." Rackham
Auditorium. 8 p.m. $6. 763-TKTS.
Marcia Ball Band Boogie-woogie from New
Orleans. And yes, they WILL have the dance
floor open. The Ark. 7:30 and 10 p.m. $15.
The Cardigans Swedish pop band hits St.
Andrew's Hall. But sorry, it's sold out. Doors at
6:30 p.m.
Ekoostik Hookah Neo-hippie rock from
Columbus. Blind Pig. 9:30 p.m. $8.
Kolya See Thursday. Mich. 7 p.m.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) Humphrey Bogart
private detective classic. Nat Sci. 8:45 p.m.
Lost Highway See Friday. Mich. 9:30 p.m.
MUSIC
U-M Women's Glee Club With the
Harmonettes, the 80-member chorus performs
in a free show. Hill Auditorium. 7:30 p.m.
Bang on a Can All-Stars/String Trio of New
York Instrumentalists play music of living com-
posers. Power Center. 8 p.m. $18-$28. 764-
2538.
Dan Bern
Ark. 7:30
Multi-faceted folk rocker plays The
p.m. $11.
Botfly Release party with guests Merge, Orbit
and Outhouse. St. Andrew's Hall. 8 p.m. $10.
dorothy East Lansing rock originals. Rick's.
9:30 p.m.
Harms Way Local speed metal outfit performs
with Daddy Longlegs, Baked Potato and The
Process. Dominick's. 5 p.m. Free. Second
Harms Way show at Blind Pig at 9:30 p.m.
THEATER
Fiona Apple
Morcheeba.
961-MELT.
Teen-age vocalist performs with
St. Andrew's Hall. 8 p.m. (313)
Wedding Band
See Thursday. 8 p.m.
hile the TV-drama "ER" is
perched atop the popularity rat-
ings, its exquisite plots are high-
ly condensed and oftentimes
distorted versions of real life
emergency rooms, as the show's producers aren't
subject to accuracy ratings.
The University's own emergency room, nestled
below the hospital's main entrance on East
Medical Center drive, didn't bear any resemblance
to "ER" last Friday night.
"They try real hard to make the show realistic,"
said Dr. Joseph Ladika, an internal medicine resi-
dent. "It has gotten better - they do some hospi-
tal stuff- but it's slightly on the dramatic side."
But the University's emergency room, which
didn't harbor any multiple gunshot victims or sur-
vivors of mangled car wrecks on Friday, had its
own kind of dramatic urgency with a perpetual
flow of minor injuries.
It was a little after 6 p.m.
and Dr. Mark Lowell, med-
ical director and attendant A lot
physician in the emergencyI
room for the past five years, ecan"
peered up at the white
markerboard and checked the disease c
status of each patient.
"A one indicates critical therof
condition, two means it's
serious and a three means thewe can p
patient is stable," Lowell
said. the right
Only twos and threes fill
the chart.
The center was calm but A
crowded since almost every
room is full. Lowell notices
that one of the patients had been in the emergency
room for nearly six hours.
"The minimum time for patients is a half hour,"
he said. "If they stay longer than six hours, then
I'm worried."
Lowell asked one of the resident doctors to
check on the patient before he ducked into the x-
ray viewing room, outside of which is a middle-
aged man sat sideways in a bed, hunched over and
having trouble breathing.
Lowell turned from the fluorescent panel and
said the man's lungs are similar to a balloon trying
to inflate in a box filled with fluid.
"We have to remove the fluid without popping
D Generation New York punk rock. The Shelter.
6 p.m. (313) 961-MELT.
Hello Dave Chicago's own acoustic rock.
Rick's. 9:30 p.m.
The Holmes Brothers R&5 and gospel tunes.
Blind Pig. 9:30 p.m. $10.
THEATER
Wedging Band An interracial love story set in
the deep South. Originally premiered at the
Mendelssohn Theater 30 years ago. Trueblood
Theater. 8 p.m. $7. 764-0450.
Moscow An original play presented by
Basement Arts, this is a sequel to Checkov's
classic "The Three Sisters." Arena Theater.
Free. 7 p.m. 764-6800.
The Sisters Rosensweig Wendy Wasserstein's
warm, loveable play about three Jewish sisters.
Civic Playhouse, 2275 Platt. 8 p.m. $9 minus
student discount. 971-AACT.
ALTERNATIVES
Nederlands Dans Theater 1i & 1ii Contemporary
ballet company presents a unique performance
combining two distinct groups. Power Center. 8
p.m. $20-$36. 764-2538.
Fat Amy
Lansing.
the balloon;'he said.
While Lowell treats many patients directly, his
role is often supervisor to the resident doctors -
five of whom were working Friday - which
leaves him moving briskly about the emergency
room.
Lowell watched as Ladika stuck a syringe into a
numbed portion of the man's back and drew the
plunger back, extracting the dark yellow fluid as
the man squinted.
More of the fluid was to be removed later.
Taking it all out at once would be too sudden of a
pressure change for the lungs and would do more
harm than good, Lowell said.
Meanwhile, in another room down the hall, a
young man was lying on his back with scrapes and
bruises on his arms and a cut on the side of his
neck, after running into someone on his bicycle.
Dr. Mike Lipscond, emergency medicine resi-
dent, prepared to stitch up the wound.
Modern rock originals from East
Rick's. 9:30 p.m.
THEATER
Wedding Band
See Thursday. 8 p.m.
Moscow See Thursday. 7 and 11 p.m.
The Sisters Rosensweig See Thursday. 8 p.m.
ALTERNATIVES
Nederlands Dans Theater 1I & ill
Thursday. 8 p.m.
See
saturday
The Sisters Rosensweig See Thursday. 8 p.m.
Moscow See Thursday. 7 p.m.
ALTERNATIVES
Art Presentation/Personal Narrative Part of
the "Pasts, Presents, and Futures" Silver
Anniversary Symposium of the LGBPO, at 10
a.m., alumnus Alan Hergott will lecture on his
collection of art. At 2 p.m., alumna Esther
Newton will present "My Butch Career: A
Memoir." Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room.
sunday
CAMPUS CINEMA
The Atonement of Goesta Berling (1924) A
priest falls in love with Greta Garbo, a married
woman. Based on the novel by Selma Lagerlof.
Sheraton. 3 p.m.
School of Assassins (1994) A documentary
examining the workings of the U.S. Army's
School of the Americas. Narrated by Susan
Sarandon. Mich. 5 p.m.
Queen & King (1994) A 70-year old Cuban
woman is forced to choose between her peace-
ful life in Miami or a rugged life with her dog,
King, in Havana. Mich. 7p.m.,
of the time
cure their
Dr solve-
blem, but
oint them in
direction."
- Dr. Mark Lowell
ttendant physician
said.
But he added that it's
While there wouldn't
be any traumatic surg-
eries that night, Dr.
Lipscondasaid that after
having a little experience
in the emergency room,
it's not difficult to devel-
op a blase attitude
toward the more gory
injuries.
"You get used to it
pretty quick," Lipscond
said. "It makes you
scared at first, but then it
doesn't even faze you
anymore."
"I think anybody can
get used to anything,"he
difficult for his children to
get used to not seeing him for several days at a time
- on Friday he hadn't seen them in more than two
days.
Dr. Rebecca Stroh, emergency medicine intern,
said she has grown accustomed to the social
atmosphere of the emergency room.
"I think you get used to the level of criticalness
of people;' Stroh said. "You do something for
someone and you feel good - sometimes the
patient is even happy."
Lowell examined an elderly woman complain-
ing of dizziness. The woman's husband grumbled
in the corner chair about previous doctors' misdi-
agnoses and seemed to expect a panacea from
Lowell. The woman appeared to be healthy and
Lowell politely asked the husband why he brought
his wife to the emergency room this particular
evening.
The husband said he had no place else to go.
Lowell said many people come to the emer-
gency room not because of a specific problem,
but because they can't get help anywhere else.
"We are in a unique position to act as
patient advocate for many different rea-
sons,' he said. "A lot of the time we
can't cure their disease or solve
their problem, but we can point
them in the right direction."
Trying to help the disoriented
woman while mollifying her irate hus-
band appeared to be a diplomatic exercise that
can't be taught in medical school.
Dr. Tom Higgins, emergency medical resident,
believes some medical schools prepare students
Paramedics lift a vehicle accident patient from the g
CAMPUS CINEMA
Secrets and Lies See Friday. Mich. 2 p.m.
Oedipus Mayor (1996)
his destined future and
19th-Century Columbia.
subtitles. Mich. 5 p.m.
One man tries to evade
achieve local peace in
Spanish with English
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M A AZ I NE
Weekend Magazine Editors:
Greg Parker
In a Lonely Place (1950) Humphrey Bogart is
caught in a fierce investigation that threatens
his relationship with his girlfriend and his
sense of stability. Nat Sci. 7 p.m.
Weekend Magazine Photo Editor: Margaret Myers.
Writers: Dean Bakopoulos, Brian Campbell, Brian A. Gnatt and Michael
Photographers: Josh Biggs, Jennifer Bradley-Swift and Jonathan Summer
Cover photograph by Jennifer Bradley-Swift: Paramedics wheel a patient
Graphics Editon Tacey Harris.
Arts Editors: Brian A. Gnatt and Jennifer Petlinsak.