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TIT WOULD HAVE been, as the media have now
repuated too many times, a dream ticket. Unor-
thodox, unprecedented, and unconquerable. A for-
mer governor for president and a former president
for vice president.
We can only say, thank God it didn't happen.
Thark God Gerald Ford will not run with Ronald
Reagan. At least with George Bush as a running
mate, there is still a slight chance Reagan will not
be elected president; with Ford, Jimmy Carter and
John Anderson could just as well have conceded
defeat.
It's hard to believe that only a few months ago,
political pundits were still shaking their heads,
prophesying that Reagan was unelectable. How'
could the experts have predicted, however, the
wildly erratic whims of the American people?
Ronald Reagan, with his appeals to an in-
creasingly conservative, increasingly jingoistic
America, is a terrifyingly strong candidate for
president, especially when set against the inept,
indecisive Carter. Whether Ford chose not to run
with Reagan, or Reagan chose not to run with Ford,
we can now breathe a little easier knowing that
Reagan does not yet have a free ticket into the
White House.
Advertising for
a tuition hike
TODAY, IN ALL likelihood, the Regents will
approve a thirteen per cent tuition hike.
That means come September, in all likelihood,
some students will be forced to decide they can no
longer afford to attend the University.
The tuition hike has been advertised by the ad-
ministration as inevitable; it is maintained that the
high quality of education at the University will
decline if more funds are not generated through a
tuition increase.
That advertisement, while not actually untrue, is
certainly somewhat misleading. It is correct to say
that, given drastically ,'decreased state ap-
propriations and skyrocketing inflation, a thirteen
per cent increase is necessary to at least maintain
the status quo.
But what is not generally announced by the ad-
ministration is another fiscal option that could
eliminate the need for huge tuition hikes-a
narrowing of the focus of the University.
This narrowing option is certainly not a pleasant
prospect-it involves' wholesale, cutting of entire
programs or even schools.
But what the Regents should consider is what
hurts more: the brief, albeit intense, pain of am-
putating an entire program, or the slow financial
bleedj g of studentsto supporta University.that
has grown too large for its own good.

LETTERS TO THE DAILY:
Da*ly'blasts enj*oyable play
To The Daily: things I most enjoyed bore the mystical, foggy chase scene was
As the thunderous applause brunt of Ms. Gadon's scorn. For beautifully done and left me
finally began to fade on Wed- example, I found I had no dif- feeling quite disoriented, even as
nesday night, my friend and I ficulty picking up on the strong I sat securely planted in my seat.
turned to one another and sexual overtones of the play. I My one objection to the direc-
chuckled, "Well, let's see The can only guess that Ms. Gadon tion and staging was that the
Daily blast this one!" Imagine my has seen too many X-rated fairy -attendants spent a bit too
amazement on Friday when I movies lately and is no longer much time and energy rotating
opened the paper and learned satisfied with mere innuendo. I, the' tree stump. It was a very
how grossly I had un- my friend, and, apparently, the clever idea (particularly as a
derestimated the Michigan majority of the audience, reser- device to move sleeping charac-
Daily's prowess. ved our greatest enthusiasm for ters onto and off the stage), but
I am referring, of course, to the the portrayal of Bottom. At times they did get a bit carried away.
review of the Michigan Reper- the interpretation may have Still, I hate to even mention such
tory Theater's production of "A verged on slapstick, but then this a minor fault in what was overall
Midsummer Night's Dream." I is not meant to be a somber play. a highly entertaining production.
have seen a number of plays pr- As for Oberton's "unfairy-like" I would encourage anyone inter-
formed at the Power Center, as tantrum, the personification of ested in spending a delightful
well as a number of productions scheming meditation which evening at the theater to ignore
of this particular play, and in my presently emerged from beneath (as usual) the Daily's review and
opinion, the performance on that billowing cape brought the to hasten over to the Power Cen-
Wednesday night was among the house down. Who is Ms. Gadon to ter box office.
best in either category. In- say what is or is not 'fairy-like' , -Agi Kiss
terestingly, some of the very behavior, anyway? Finally, the July 17

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