188 -The Ochigan Daily Weekends ga4Fne- Thursday, Sept ber 25, 1997 A weekly guide to who's where, what's happening and Swhy you need to be there ... The Michigan Daily Xekent Magazine - thclay, September 25, 199- 3B THE LEGACY OF RIVALRY Rivals instill the pride and tradition of football spirit thursday CAMPUS CINEMA The Full Monty (1997) A comedy about a group of friends who try to form a one-of-a- kind strip act. Mich. 7 p.m. Ponette (1997) A French film about how a young girl deals with the loss of her mother. Mich. 9 p.m. MUSIC Chicago Symphony Orchestra Covers Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Mozart. Hill Auditorium. 8 p.m. $20-$55. Young Musician's Showcase Call 662-1080 for a slot. Gypsy Cafe, 214 N. 4th Ave. 9- 11:30 p.m. Saint Ashley Livonia rock band is supposed- ly a mix of The Smiths and The Doors. Cross Street Station, 511 W. Cross St., Ypsilanti. 485-5050. Jeff Hamilton Trio Jazz drummer plays with pianist Larry Fuller and bassist Lynn Seaton. Bird of Paradise. $15. THEATER Fall Dances A traditional Ann Arbor show that displays various styles of dance. Performance Network, 408 W. Washington. Pay-what-you-can. 8 p.m. 663-0681. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Orpheus Productions presents Edward Albee's shocking, volatile drama. Riverside Arts Center, 76 N. Huron. Tickets $10 ($9 for students). 8 p.m. 971-5545. ALTERNATIVES Carol loyd Lloyd, director of The Writing Parlor in San Francisco, will be talking about the new book "Creating a Life Worth Living: A Practical Course in Career Design for Artists, Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life." Borders. 7:30 p.m. Free. Richard Tillinghast University professor to read from his new collection, "Today in the Cafe Trieste." Shaman Drum. 8 p.m. Free. fr'day CAMPUS CINEMA Polli iary (1955) A Japanese comedy about antics of a police force in a rural town. Nat. Sdi. 7 p.m. Free. The Blue Kite (1993) A Chinese film about a Beijing family and its experience with the political and social strife in 1950s and '60s China. Angell Aud. A. 8 p.m. Free. MUSIC Chicago Symphony Orchestra See Thursday. George Winston World-famous pianist rolls into town. Mich. 8 p.m. $18.50-$30. Imperial Swing Orchestra Hip lounge band from Ann Arbor. Blind Pig. 996-8555. Botfly East Lansing funk rockers make another pilgrimage to Tree Town. Cross Street Station. 485-5050. THEATER Fall Dances See Thursday. Tickets $12 ($9 for students). 8 p.m. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? See Thursday. Tickets $10 ($9 for students). 8 p.m. ALTERNATIVES Fernando Coronil A reception celebrating publi- cation of "The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela." Shaman Drum. 4-6 p.m. Free. Mark Parrish Former University swimmer and author of "Paths to the Olympics: Maize and Blue to Olympic Gold' will be joined by other swimmers to talk about the Olympic experi- ence. Borders. 7:30 p.m. Free. saturday CAMPUS CINEMA Ivan The Terrible, Part I (1942) Eisenstein's epic about the legendary 16th-century czar. Nat. Sci. 7 p.m. Nostalgia (1983) Director Andrei Tarkovsky's film about a Soviet musicolo- gist who visits Italy to research the life of a famous Russian composer. Nat. Sci. 9 p.m. MUSIC Al Di Meola Is there anyone more respected on guitar across as many musical genres? Michigan Theater. 8 p.m. $20 and $30. "Chamber Music with Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra" Schumann and Beethoven selections. Rackham Auditorium. 8 p.m. $22-$36. Howling Diabios Detroit rock 'n.' roll., Blind Pig. 996-8555. By Nicholas J. Cotsonika Daily Managing Sports Editor Perhaps no school in the nation has more football rivals than Michigan. This week, it's Notre Dame. In a couple more, it's Northwestern. Later on, it's Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State and - the most hated of all - Ohio State. They roll in and roll out, jugger- nauts that knot our stomachs, raid our brains and, whether they win or lose, add immensely to the way the game is played. Some argue that rivalries are outdat- ed, saying that the entertainment explo- sion of the 1990s had made college football Saturdays an anachronism. In the old days, it was vital for school spir- it and sheer sanity that the entire cam- pus united at least one day per week, against a common enemy, to fight for a cause and think about something other than classes for a few hours. A rival only intensified things. Now, you can flip on cable or a CD - or play against Ohio State yourself even, if you have a video game system. Escape is much easier, and in these times when individualism and noncon- formity is valued more than assimila- tion,, wearing the same colors as 106,000 of your closest friends and chanting the same song over and over again seems silly. But it's not. There is a reason why Michigan Stadium, the largest college- owned football stadium in the nation, could not accommodate all of the University's student season-ticket requests for the first time in history, even though the Wolverines have gone through four straight relatively disap- pointing seasons. Rivals. We've got a slate full of them, and nothing is more exciting than The Big Game. As quarterback Brian Griese said last Saturday, this week's game against Notre Dame isn't just one between two good teams, it's a "battle between two histories." The Fighting Irish have had Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy and Ara Parseghian as coaches. Michigan has had Fielding Yost and Fritz Crisler and Bo Schembechler. The star players on each side are impossible to count, as are the championships and accolades. Both teams defined and molded their sport in similar ways. They have the largest followings in the nation. Stadiums that look the same on the inside. Colors that nearly match as closely as traditions. What makes Notre Dame-Michigan an intense rivalry is easy to see. It's all about seeing, really seeing something Lisa Hunter Band Folk singer/songwriter is Ann Arbor's own! Gypsy Cafe. 9:30 p.m. $3. THEATER Fall Dances See Thursday. Tickets $12 ($9 for students). 8 p.m. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? See Thursday. Tickets $10 ($9 for students). 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. ALTERNATIVES Jonis Agee Agee will sign copies of her new novel "South of Resurrection." Shaman Drum. 8 p.m. Free. sunday CAMPUS CINEMA Casablanca (1942) Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in the classic romantic mas- terpiece set during World War 11. Mich. 3 p.m. Cabin In the Sky (1943) Musical starring Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong about the forces of good and evil battling for a gambler's soul. Mich. 5 p.m. Alexander Nevsky (1938) Eisenstein's clas- sic about Prince Alexander's defeat of Teutonic ,Knights in 1242. Nat Sci. 7 p.m. Michigan's James Hall crushes Ohio State quarterback, Joe Germaine, last year as he makes a feeble attempt to complete a pass. The Wolverines went on to beat the Buckeyes 13-9, and ruin Ohio State's chance of a perfect season for the sixth time. of yourself in the other school. There has to be that respect, or there is no rivalry. Because of the Wolverines' long legacy of success, everyone wants to make them rivals. Two years ago, when they traveled to Champaign for a road game, Illinois frat boys waved "Muck Fichigan" signs, and sang bastardized versions of "The Victors." They spoke and acted as if it were a real rivalry, although Michigan students can't even name the Fighting Illini's fight song (let alone know the words well enough to write a parody). It was no rivalry game. Rivalries take two. Hoping to see themselves as equals with the Wolverines, the Illini and their fans declared they were rivals but were deflated in the end by a team that had no regard for them. Happens all the time, a by-product of achieve- ment. There is an in-between category. Northwestern, despite its lack of a win- ning tradition, has become a pseudo- rival because of its two straight victories over Michigan. Minnesota was once a true rival, having played against Michigan 75 times and often - though long ago - for the Big Ten and nation-. al titles and the Little Brown Jug. Whether teams like those are rivals depends on timing. But there is no mistake about a real rival, because a real rival is tied to you, equal to you and defines you, as Democrats define Republicans and Soviets once defined Americans. You are what you are, because you are not the other. And so it's no wonder that the biggest rivals of all are those that at some point were you. Colorado played Michigan three times in the past four years and was undoubtedly a rival during that span. Of course, because two of those games ended on the final play, excitement cre- ated urgency. But there was something else. Bill McCartney, who built the Buffaloes' program, coached at Michigan. He was a Wolverine. He left. He is the one you want to beat. Notre Dame is no different this year. Greg Mattison left the defensive coordi- nator position at Michigan last year to take the same job at Notre Dame this year. He was a Wolverine. He left. He is the one you want to beat. And then, there is Ohio State. Schembechler, perhaps Michigan's greatest coach (with many apologies to Yost), learned his craft under Woody Hayes at Ohio State. He was a Buckeye. He left. He is the one they wanted to beat. Schembechler and Hayes wanted to beat each other more than anyone else. They wanted those victories so badly and ran such similarly successful pro- grams, they elevated what had already been a good rivalry because of geogra- phy to an all-out conflict that got per- sonal. Rod Payne, a center and co-cap- tain on last year's Michigan team, See FOOTBALL, Page 20 I A G A Z I N E WeekedI Magazine Editors: Kristin Long Elizabeth Lucas Weekent Magazine Photo Editor: Margaret Myers. Writers: Joanne Alnajjar, Renatt Brodsky, Nicholas J. Cotsonika, Steve Deckrow, Chris Farah, Bryan lark, Aaron Rennie, Joshua Rich, Julia Shih and Prashant Tamaskar. Photographers: Kevin Krupitzer, Brian McLelIan, Margaret Myers and Sara Stillman. Cover illustration by Ted Adams. Arts Editors: Bryan Lark and Jennifer Petlinski.