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Ninety-six years of editorial freedom
Special Issue
Copyright 1986
TheMichigan. Daily
Ann Arbor, Michigan - Summer, 1986
Twenty Pages
SPECIAL ORIENTATION ISSUE
A Michigan cheerleader tries to get a rise out of a huge Michigan Stadium crowd last fall.
ffers more than academia
Daily covers
campus life
available in every dorm mailbox, as
By KERY MURAKAMI well as dropped off in stacks all over
Welcome to the University of campus.
Michigan. Some will accuse us of being
Here you will meet brilliant politically to the left. But the Daily is
professors who teach fascinating divided by classes (though we may of-
courses. You'll also meet teaching ten skip them). There is, of course,
assistants who barely speak English. the news staff. Made up of the pushy
Your mind will be opened to a and arrogant, the news staff will
variety of different ideas, and you'll report everything from the latest
find yourself questioning many of student-administration power
your previous beliefs. You'll also en- struggle to what kind of jello the
counter racism and sexism. Greeks decided to jump into to raise
You'll have fun and meet in- money for charity this year.
teresting people. You'll also toil alone Then there's the opinion page staff
in the library, your mind and body - those in the ivory tower - who tell
wrenched by the coffee you poured into you what to think about the jello.
your nervous system. There's also the arts staff to analyze
The good. The bad. And the UGLi. the conceptual, esoteric artsy stuff.
You'll find it all five mornings a week The strangest, however, is the sports
in your completely student-run cam- staff, which often seem to be obsessed
pus newspaper, Michgan Daily. by issues like what Bo Schembechler
We work out of the second floor of eats for breakfast.
the Student Publications Building,- The Daily's most famous role,
our minds glazed by University however, is the same role that
bureaucrats, our bodies wasted away brought University administration
from atrophy, and our GPA's slipping and the Board of Regents in the early-
into academic probation. We're tear- 1970s to discuss, "What to do about the
ning to be journalista by being jour- Daily."
nalists. "We keep the administration on
And we're free. After several years their toes, because they know we're
of not being able to sell enough watching what they're doing," said
papers, we decided last fall to give Eric Mattson, the Daily's editor in
them away. The papers are now chief.
football tickets
a mn1ust for students
By SCOTT G. MILLER
What is the one piece of advice given most often to incoming freshmen
as they depart for school?
It isn't to remember to do the wash once a week. It isn't to avoid the
culinary delights offered in the dormatories. It isn't to remember to call
home.
"Make sure to buy football tickets" is the plea from parents and
relatives to Michigan freshmen. Most will listen to their parents' advice.
They should. Nothing rivals Wolverine football.
Imagine a sunny September Saturday. The birds are chirping, the
leaves are beginning to change colors, and the Maize and Blue are ready
to change opponents' colors to black and blue.
Football Saturday has arrived. On this day, Ann Arbor becomes
galvanized before and after the game and paralyzed during the contest.
I will never forget walking to the 1984 season opener against the defend-
ing national champion, Miami. It was my first Wolverine home game.
The excitement built with every step I took down State Street. As I turned
the corner to Hoover Street, I joined sea of people - a human wall.
While making it tough to get to the games, that large group of people
adds immeasurable to the football experience. Attending a game, one en-
ters a subculture composed of 106,000. When new fans take their seats,
they are forced to make a subconscious decision about what type of fan
they will be. Michigan rooters offer many role models.
By Noelle Brower
and Beth Fertig
E NTERTAINMENT.
the word is as diverse as Ann
Arbor itself.
It has so many interpretations, that
one page cannot possibly do justice to
such a vital, thriving part of the
University community. We are The
Michigan Daily Arts page and enter-
tainment reporting is our business.
It is an often amusing, yet serious
debate among Daily staffers whether
Ann Arbor is actually a city or a town.
Usually to those who hail from that
rather large, noisy city on the East
coast, Ann Arbor is a town. To others
from the local environs, Ann Abor is
nothing less than a city. And so the
debate goes on. But regardless of Ann
Arbor's status, it remains to all a
olace of cultural enlightenment that
ffers a cornucopia of things to do.
Whether you just want to,get out of
the dorm or crave some particularly
(entertaining) release, we're here to
help give you some ideas. Okay, so.
maybe you can't drink. Legally. But
you can still go to the bars and have a
good time, either by dancing to discs
or watching your favorite local or out
-of-town band.
And there's always several films
showing on campus and at area
cinemas. And performances by
regional or touring dance and/or,
theatre groups. And restaurants. And
record stores. And bookstores. And
the Diag. And all of Ann Arbor and the
thousands of people to watch and
meet.
Ann Arbor is what you make of it;
nothing more, nothing less. You never
have to be without anything to do
here. The opportunities are endless.
Look forward to a more elaborated,
20-page version of our suggestions in
the Entertainment supplement of the
New Student Edition, published at the
end of the summer. And the topic will
continue to be covered throughout the
academic year on the Daily's Arts
pages.
The following is a list of entertain-
ment possibilities that would be worth
looking into during your stay in town.
Enjoy!
Bars and Clubs
pq 't ,et the 21 year-old drinking
age scare you. Entrance to almost all
local bars can be obtained at age 18.
Drinking is another story.
For blues and rock/pop, The Blind
pig, Rick's American Cafe, and the
Nectarine ballroom are always in the
running for a good show, either on the
dance floor itself or by sitting back
and watching the "other" show of the
cool poseurs doing their thing
(posing).
The Blind Pig, with its laid-back at-
mosphere, has become a clear
favorite of campus dwellers. It is a
steady provider of live music, this
past year featuring nationally-
renowned artists such as Green on
Red, Game Theory, Robyn Hitchcock,
plus countless local bands and
musicians.
The Nectarine Ballroom, on Liber-
ty, and Rick's, on Church, are not
such frequent hosts, but both are also
open as night spots; the former as a
dance floor/bar, the latter as more of
a place to just hang out and socialize.
Rick's is big with the many frater-
nities and soroities on campus and
regularly serves the pink and green
crowd whereas the Nectarine is cool
for those big on just being, cool.
The Ark, located on South Main
Street, is a haven for visiting and local
folk and jazz musicians. In past years
See ENTERTAINMENT, Page 17