2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 1, 1997 NATION/WORLD ART Continued from Page 1A coffee or packs of cigarettes." Later on, through connections with art shows and gal- leries on the East Coast, Materson met his wife, Melanie, who initially helped him display his works in stores in Albany, N.Y. Materson's work later turned from sports logos and classic pieces to personal, autobiographical art depicting his life. Materson said this approach is the heart of his artistry. "A big part of my experience is about sharing the story," he said. "You can see images of redemption in my work." Materson's work is currently displayed in Kerrytown's Bruise Gallery. Joshua Moyer, the proprietor of the shop, ini- tially got in touch with Materson through his ithher. who taught Materson at Grand Valley State University. Materson only recently began showing his pieces in Ann Arbor. Previously, his work was featured mostly in New York's Soho and other art hot spots. The illness of Materson's mother brought him to the Ann Arbor area, and when he learned of Mover's gallerv. he decided to display his Rose Bowl piece, which he says is appropriate given the Wolverine's recent success on the football field. "Ann Arbor is a really special place to me," Materson said. "Ann Arbor is ... Ann Arbor. Hey, it's the cerebral city -- it's the Berkeley of the Midwest." The artist will not be traveling to Pasadena, but added he would exchange a piece of his art for a plane ride and a ticket to the game for both himself and his wife. If you think you're pregnant... C I us-we listen, we rare, PROBLEM PREGNANCY HELP. Any time, any day, 24 hours. Fully confidentiaL Chu.Uaum. (tu..2aat+t &h..- 1OT& WARM-UPS Continued from Page 1A left his company few options. "We know what navy and maize is and it's important for us to get it right, but we had an extraordinary situation with that product," Morris said. "When we recognized this problem, we imme- diately offered substitute product ... and immediately began reproductions of the navy-and-maize warm-ups." Although the new warm-ups will be shipped to Ann Arbor next week, they may not arrive in time to satisfy Michigan men's swim coach Jon Urbanchek. "If they can't give us maize and blue, then we'll go with someone else," Urbanchek said. "There's other compa- nies who would have them to us tomor- row. We shouldn't be begging." LSA junior David Stephens, a mem-- ber of the men's swim team, said the damage of the blue-and-white warm- ups has already been done. "Everyone thought it was pretty lame because our pictures in the media guide are white and blue,"Stephens said. Michigan women's swim coach Jim Richardson said his team got the blue- and-white warm-ups because they aren't as visible as other varsity teams. "We know where we sit on the totemi pole," Richardson said. "Nike wants football and basketball because they're on TV Swimming is not on TV' LSA senior Dwayne Fuqua, president of the Student Athletic Advisory Council, said Michigan athletes deserve to be outfitted in maize and blue. "It's not just a color to us - it's a lifestyle," Fuqua said. "I think Nike disrespected us. I think they just under- mined the amount of respect that's deserved by the maize and blue." But Morris said Nike takes great pride in its association with Michigan athletics. "We recognize that many sports teams at the University of Michigan have a very rich tradition," Morris said. "We respect that tradition and hope to contin- ue by providing the very best in footwear and apparel for Michigan teams." Urbanchek said Nike promised to outfit the men's swim team in maize and blue after it sent the team blue-and- white warm-ups four years ago. "We didn't even specify the color, we assumed it would be maize and blue like they told us," Urbanchek said. "We thought it was a mistake for sure." Seyferth said that despite the mis- take, the University is working to develop its relationship with Nike. "It's evolving, it's growing," Seyferth said. "We're not where we want to be, and they're not where they want to be." Until Nike sends the teams the new warm-ups, the athletes, coaches and fans will continue to be thrown off by the blue-and-white warm-ups. Potts said the warm-ups will confuse fans when swimmers stand on blocks to receive awards. "People in the stands would think 'Oh look, Penn State swept one, two and three," Potts said. "Michigan is a distinct color to any- one, except for Nike," Urbanchek said. "They must be colorblind." GOP decries Reno's approach to counsel WASHINGTON - In an advance attack, Republican leaders predicted yesterday that Attorney General Janet Reno would recommend against nam- ing an independent counsel to investi- gate President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore and charged that she would use a legal technicality to justify that decision. Reno met with top aides and leaders of her campaign finance task force for two and a half hours yesterday after- noon at the Justice Department. Asked as she left the building if she had made any decision, she replied, "no com- ment." But she added, "I'd look at Tuesday," when asked when her deci- sion might be disclosed. Aides indicated that, as is her prac- tice at pre-decision meetings, she asked questions but didn't volunteer her bot- tom-line thinking. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Orrin Hatch said Reno could "hide" behind narrow definitions of the law, but that would not obscure the greater need to investigate alleged fund-raising violations by the White House and the Democratic Party during the 1996 presidential campaign. Shoppers search f, cheap retail prices NEW YORK - Shoppers packed the nation's stores and malls in the first days of the holiday buying sea- son, but many went straight for sale racks and bought only when the price was right. Stores that offered deep discounts and low prices fared best over Thanksgiving weekend, retailers "d yesterday. "Christmas time is no different than the rest of the year," said Kurt Barnard, a retail consultant arid president of Barnard's Retail Tren4 Report. "Shoppers want to get more for their money so they favor stores that offer the best prices," Barnard added. - AROUND THE ATIN U.S. toning down rhetoric on Iraq WASHINGTON - Top U.S. and U.N. officials toned down their angry rhetoric against Baghdad yesterday, speaking not of air strikes or Iraqi "human shields" but of using diplomacy to resolve a dispute with Saddam Hussein over weapons inspections and of easing hunger in Iraq. As Iraqi demonstrators accused the West of starving Iraq's children, Ambass r Bill Richardson, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, and U.N. Secretary Ge I Kofi Annan both voiced a willingness to improve the flow of food and medicine to Baghdad as soon as this week. The powerful U.S. force on patrol in the Gulf will remain as long as President Clinton considers it necessary, Richardson said. But he also made it clear that the U.S. priority is keeping the dispute on a diplomatic level, even if it means putting up with temporary Iraqi obstructionism. "We're not going to put any artificial deadlines," Richardson said on NBC's "Meet the Press," when asked how long the United States would tol- erate Saddam's refusal to fully comply with U.N. resolutions. "Our policy has been steady, it's been measured ... we want diplomacy to work." In a later appearance on CNN's "Late Edition" Richardson said that sh the return of U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq, "The situation has eased a lit- tle." AHE SAROUND THE -OL Israel's Cabinet approves withdrawal JERUSALEM - Israel's Cabinet voted yesterday to go forward with a promised troop withdrawal from the West Bank - but set no date and made the pullout conditional on Palestinians doing more to fight ter- rorism. Sixteen Cabinet ministers approved the move, and two abstained. The minis- ters made no decision about the extent of the withdrawal. Critics have said adding conditions gives Islamic militants a chance to scut- tle the pullout by staging attacks in Israel - as they have done in the past, prompt- ing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt peace talks temporarily. Still, Marwan Kanafani, a spokesper- son for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, was cautiously optimistic. "It's encouraging to finally see the Israeli government decide to abide by the agreements that we spent a long time with them to reach," he told The Associated Press. Kanafani said the Palestinians would have to "wait and see" what kind of conditions Israel attached to the with- drawal. U.S. global wanin plan questioned KYOTO, Japan - The chief sci- entist responsible for alerting the world to global warming said yes- terday the Clinton administration's intentions may be good but its ideas for dealing with the threat fall short of what's needed. "The U.S. proposal is a positive s y in the right direction but inadequate- certainly in the long term, maybe even in the short term," Bert Bolin said. The Swedish climate scientist, in an interview on the eve of final negotiations for an international accord to combat global warming, also noted that British climatolo- gists last week projected 1997 wll. end up as the planet's warmest year in more than a century of recd keeping, outdoing 1995. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. i What's I~WE Whether you want to save for your children's education, supplement your retirement sav- ings, buy a new house, or even just start planning a big trip, there's big news. Introducing TIAA-CREF Mutual Funds They provide a new way for TIAA-CREF to help you achieve your financial goals and complement your traditional retirement sav- ings by putting your after-tax dollars to work. And that's not all. 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