I i 0 0 0 THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOKwith ANDREW GROSSMAN O CA JIII2?,Ld $ A look at the big news events this week and how important they really are. Conveniently ranked from one to 10. Weneda, anar 3, 00 -Th Mc iga aly< 7 CONT'd: Turns out Christianity and public education don't quite mix 2B HEAVENLY'U' The University didn't always eschew reli- gion. There's more than one reason why you should be glad they do now. 3B THE JUNK DRAWER Find out what you should be talking about at that party this weekend. And what you shouldn't. 4B WHAT'S IN A WORD? What the handwriting of major campus figures says reveals about their personali- ties. 8B MOVING IN Getting an apartment with your boy- friend can pose a lot of problems - even if your boyfriend isn't one of them. 0 4 0 5 AD-LIBBING The trial of former Cheney chief of staff "Scooter" Libbyfor leakingthe name of a ClA operative started this week. Libby tried to 10 paint himself as a scapegoat ina case that has 0 washington on the edge of its collective seat while the rest of the country yawns. DECIDING ON THE DECIDER Congress and Bush clashed last week over troops in Iraq. Congress says the power of the purse gives it the right to limit troop deploy- 10 ments by limiting funding. Bush says he's the commander inrchief - and the decider. BYE, BYE BARBARO The defending champion of the Kentucky Derby was euthanized Monday, eight months after he fractured his right hind 10 leg at the start of the Preakness Stakes. 5 1 "MY NAME IS TED, AND I AM A TERRORIST" The University's chapterof the Young Ameri- cans for Freedom hosted a lecture bythree 10 men who they claimed were once terrorists. It's unclear whether the speakers had been through a12-step program. HEIR BALL Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited the States last weekend. The pair went to a middle school basketball game in Harlem, where the 10 Prince attempted two one-handed free throws. He aired the first, but sank the second. DAKOTA TERRITORY "Hounddog," a film released at this week's Sundance Film Festival, stars12-year-old star Dakota Fanningas a rape victim. we don't 10 really know what to say. 0 RELIGION From page 2B having their students to translate portions of the New Testament for Monday's lesson. The Students' Christian Association was one of the largest student organizations. Seeking adequate space, it built and used Newberry Hall on State Street, which now houses the Kelsey Museum of Archeology. Nonetheless, the University's rules weren't completely effec- tive at enforcing Christian wor- ship among students. The role of the monitor, who would check church attendance, was eventual- ly neglected. Attendance dropped off. A survey of students shortly after the Civil War showed that only 40 percent of students in the Department (later renamed a College) of Literature, Science, and the Arts were members of a church. Among those souls who were studying law - and who arguably stood in greater need of salvation - the membership rate was only 16 percent. Student behavior in chapel was less than sanctified at times, with noisy students throwing objects ranging from apple cores to hymn books during services. On one occasion, a horse was brought into the chapel. Whether to preserve their dignity or simply to get more sleep - morning chapel was held at 5:30 a.m. or 6:30 a.m., depend- ing on the time of year - profes- sors tended to avoid the services. The rule making chapel atten- dance mandatory was repealed after 1871, although daily chapel services continued on a voluntary basis until 1895. By the later years of the 19th century, state universities were more numerous, and they gener- ally no longer faced the same level of criticism they had for their lack of sectarian ties. (Even private col- leges like Harvard and Yale were de-emphasizing their religious backgrounds by this time, after all.) Still, Christianity retained a firm hold on our campus. At Sunday morning services with the Students' Christian Association on May 15, 1892, for- mer University President James B. Angell gave a sermon titled "Christianity and Other Reli- gions Judged by their Fruits." He defended a thesis that seemed perfectly obvious in its time and perfectly archaic today. "I do not see how an impartial man," Angell said, "can observe the fruits borne by non-Chris- tian systems and those borne by Christianity without recognizing the immense superiority of Chris- tianity as an actual working force among men." 02 rule 10: Starting a Face- book.com group does not count as activism. rule 11: If your e-mail signature is longer than four lines, you're taking yourself too seriously. rule 12: If it's 10:59 and your class ends at 11:00, wait 30 seconds. You don't have anywhere better to be. - E-mail rule submissions to thestatement@umich.edu. PERSON OF THE WEEK ROBERT DRINAN ------------- Rev. Robert Drinan, who died this week, was the first priest to serve as a voting member of Congress. He may also have been the last - papal decree that clergy cannot hold public office cut his tenure as a representative from Massachusetts short in 1981. He made good use of his 10 years in Washington: He helped abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, opposed the draft and supported public funding for abortion. He also wrote the first resolution to impeach Nixon - not for Watergate, but for the president's role in the bombing of Cambo- dia. Sometimes church and state mix rather well. Newberry Hall was built by the Students' Christian Association, then one of the largest student organizations on campu God and man at Michigan BEER From page 6B In Ypsilanti, Rene Greff, one of the owners of Arbor Brewing Com- pany, operates The Corner Brew- ery. It's a new facility, operated by Greff and her husband, Matt. There, in the brewing room, behind locked doors marked "employees only," she gestures to the tanks and machinery as if she's showing tourists monuments in downtown Paris. And it's almost as impressive. In this room, every- thing is sterile and mechanical, but the smell is sweet and a little tangy. In fact, it doesn't smell like beer at all, but more like a freshly harvested field of grain. As it turns out, Corner Brewery mills all its own grain on site. So what does it take to start an operation like this, you ask? Roughly 1.3 million dollars. And that, in a nutshell, is what makes brewing a high-risk busi- ness. So if you're looking to start your own brewery, you'll need not only commitment but some capital to back it up. The payoff, though, is worth it. It won't be long until Greff can begin paying her investors. She expects to accomplish this after three years, but it could be soon- er. Rick Lack reported that Arbor Brewing Company's products have become the second fastest-selling Michigan brand of beer sold by his company, a major distributor in the area. This puts Greff and her husband behind only Larry Bell at Bell's Brewery among Michigan producers. Greff's stunning startup per- formance in the market is due to her company's success on the consumption end of operations. Through her activities at Arbor Brewing Company, Greff built a dedicated community of enthusi- asts. Regular events at ABC like monthly beer tastings strengthen a sense of community among cus- tomers while simultaneously pro- moting a product. These tactics were so successful that no mar- keting was done in advance of the wide-scale launch in June, and current sales show that none was needed. If the beer connoisseur com- munity Greff has cultivated isn't your scene, consider that tastes are changing. In addition to being lucrative, it looks like the brewing industry is also becominghip. or at least younger. Greff, Leopold, and Lack all agree that young people are becoming the new tastemakers for the industry. Modern Brewery Age Maga- zine columnist Bob Wilson noted, "Many of today's consumers are drinking something other than lagers. The major brewers are sell- ing just vanilla, while the 21-34 year-olds are looking for 28 fla- vors." The tastes of this group are not yet fully understood. Sometimes, a producer will stumble on niche in the market purely by accident. Arbor Brewing Company's Bras- serie Blonde ale has become their most popular product since bot- tling began in June. This is a fairly new style to the Michigan beer market, and neither Greff nor Lack were prepared for the demand Michigan consumers would show for a product long considered in America to be the choice of the beer geek elite. "Who would have thought - a blonde," said Lack. One might con- clude, as he does, that in today's market, "It's chic to be a beer geek." So while it may not seem that your LSA degree may not exactly scream brewery entrepreneur, it's worth taking a look at. You may be attaching yourself to one of the few stable industries in a sinking state. And maybe even have a good time doing it. Success, after all, is intoxicating. 0 eligion might not seem like a top priority for the Universi- ty today, that quotation from the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 carved above Angell Hall notwith- standing. During its early years in Ann Arbor, however, the Univer- sity actively promoted Christianity on campus. In those days, higher educa- tion in this country was almost exclusively the domain of private colleges tied to specific Christian denominations. The fledgling Uni- versity, as a state institution, took a different approach. Its philosophy was summed up in a statement of former University President Eras- tus Otis Haven,himself a Methodist minister: "'I maintain that a State University in this country should be religious. It should be Christian without being sectarian." Throughout its early years, the University did its best to reassure Michigan's citizens and church- men that it encouraged Christian- ity despite not being affiliated with a denomination. Its first two pro- fessors were ministers, as were its first two presidents. Daily chapel services on campus were manda- tory for undergraduates, though medical and law students were exempt because of a lack of space in the chapel. Students were required to attend one of Ann Arbor's churches, and there was even a monitor charged with checking on their attendance. These measures weren't wholly successful in reassuring the good Christians of Michigan. Controver- sies arose over the denominational affiliations of men appointed to fac- ulty positions in the 1840s. Former University President Henry Philip Tappan found his requests for funding from the state legislature in the 1850s stymied by the notion Students attending mandatory services were less than reverent. that the University, being nonsec- tarian, was inherently "Godless." Religion was, however, wound into the life of the University dur- ing these years in some interest- ing ways. Until the construction of University Hall in the early 1870s, there was no auditorium suitable for large events like commence- ment ceremonies, which were instead held atlocal churches. Clas- sical languages formed a large part of the early curriculum, and Greek professors found a convenient way to assign homework that couldn't run afoul of the commandment to do no work on the Sabbath - See RELIGION, page 7B Leopold Bros. brewing company makes a delicious and eco-friendly liqueur.