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Taking a gander at boycotted eateries
Year: 1998
Place: Ann Arbor, MI
Crime: Breaking regental
bylaw 3.1416, the University's
recently implemented anti-
discriminatory Food Policy. The
bylaw, forbidding one to
discriminate through the
premeditated digestion of certain
foods, has outlawed the
consumption of veal, Domino's
pizza, grapes, and two of the four
basic food groups.
Anyone caught violating this
bylaw is 1) subject to arrest by
the now-deputized Food Police;
2) obligated to attend a brown bag
lunch/roundtable discussion/eat-
in addressing the global
implications of their crime;
and/or 3) subject to verbal attack
by the Revolutionary Workers
League.
Two-time offenders risk
having Corey Dolgon pen a new
song about their misdeeds (yes,
folks, Corey will still be here in
1998). Some convicts have even
been force-fed hommus and been
made to wash dishes at the Guild
House with biodegradable soap
after a beans and rice dinner.
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Yes, you now must watch
what you eat, in addition to your
cholesterol and caloric intake.
Now you have to eat politically
correctly. Tuna is okay now that
they've stopped killing dolphins,
but don't dare drink Folger's
Coffee because that company is
partly responsible for the
oppression of El Salvadoran
peasants.
But we're lunchers, and as
such will try to remain above
politics. To us, politics is
important, but some things are
more important: namely, food.
Lately, some Ann Arbor
establishments have become
embroiled in political
controversies. Our mission is to
evaluate these restaurants on
their own merits.
Drake's
Drake's has been the subject of
controversy ever since owner
Truman Tibbals asked five
women to exit his North
University
restaurant/confectionary a few
weeks ago. The women say he
acted in this way because he did
not want lesbians frequenting his
establishment. Supporters of
Tibbals say he kicked them out
because he is basically a cranky
octogenarian hostile to everyone,
homosexuals and heterosexuals
alike.
Why the five women were
asked to leave is up for debate. It is
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what was going on inside the head
of the aforementioned Mr.
Tibbals. We have just one
question - who dubbed these five
women "The Drake's Five"? Does
this mean they're going to make it
into our history books,
somewhere between the Keating
Five and Chicago Seven? Or are
they planning to go on a world
tour, following in the footsteps of
the Jackson Five and the Fab
Four?
Our theory is that the five
were upset that no matter how
much they ordered at Drake's,
they simply couldn't get their
lunch bill to reach the magic
plateau of $6.00 and thus receive
the free plastic football. Indeed,
prices at Drake's are as low as the
voter turnout for this week's
MSA election. Where else can you
get a buttered bagel or English
muffin for 50 cents, grilled cheese
for 90 cents, a milkshake for $1.35
and, of course, Drake's infamous
limeade for 70 cents?
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Such low prices, combined
with the fact that Drake's has
been a local landmark since 1929,
makes us wonder why we have
never run into a Drake's regular.
Seems everywhere we go, people
have only been to Drake's once or
have been meaning to go since
arriving on campus. Perhaps this
phenomenon is due to the fact
that you can easily make a
Drake's meal at home. Peanut
butter and jelly, tuna fish, and
egg salad sandwiches are
predominant. When a
restaurant's staple is grilled cheese
and limeade (read: water with a
half lime on top), it's hard to
convince yourself it's worth the
trip.
But lunch at Drake's is only
half the story. It is best known
for its wide assortment of candies
and teas and 1950s-ype
atmosphere, which many
Michigan alumni say hasn't
changed one bit.
Full Moon
Shhh. We can't say this too
loudly, but Full Moon's excellent
food, beer, and atmosphere make
it one of Ann Arbor's most
versatile eateries.
Now make sure you read this
quietly, or you may be kicked out
of Full Moon. That's what
happened to a group of patrons
last summer when the
management claimed they were
drunk, raucous, and loud.
Imagine - at a bar no less! These
patrons took umbrage at being
summarily ushered out the door
for what they claimed was a
racially-motivated action.
Consequently, local anti-racist
groups lambasted campus kiosks
in a sea of what we hope was
recycled paper. The flyers accused
the Full Moon of racism and
pleaded for a boycott.
The real reasons motivating
the ejection are as mysterious as
why Consider has 13 editors. But
evaluated on its own merits, Full
Moon more than holds its own
with one exception: it's all the
way over on Main Street.
If you want good nachos,
Mexican food, burgers, and
salads, it is worth the trip. And if
you are a beer meister, Full Moon
is the top establishment in the
area, offering over 100 brands
from more countries than those
allied against Iraq.
Palate pleasers include the
grilled marinated chicken
sandwich - a chargrilled chicken
breast with Anaheim chiles and
Monterey Jack cheese on onion
bread for $5.75, an enormous
chimichanga for $6.95 complete
with Mexican rice and refried
beans, enchiladas for $6.50, and a
veritable bevy of burgers praised
by Bob Seger in an autograph on
the wall.
Two accompaniments come
highly recommended: an immense
plate of "Super Nachos" for $6.50
and the saloon fries (fried potato
wafers with a curious spice) for
only $1.65.
Quality Bar
We better be quiet about
Quality Bar, too. Protesters last
summer and fall grouped it with
its Main Street neighbor, Full
Moon, on their flyers and
placards, claiming the two were
racist.
Evaluated on its own merits,
Quality falls short of the Full
Moon in nearly every measurable
category, but it does rank number
one among local restaurants on
one scale: condiments.
You can get ketchup and
yellow mustard anywhere, but
only at Quality can you choose
from among ten trimmings to
grace your sandwich. Among the
offerings: Honeycup mustard,
Mucky Duck mustard, Tabasco
sauce, Grey Poupon,
Worcestershire sauce, Escoffier
sauce, Pickapeppa, and Clancy's
Fancy Hot Sauce.
These condiments have yet to
meet their match. We just have
one question: Why don't more
places serving burgers and other
sandwiches offer the same? Sure,
some will offer you A- sauce,
but what's the problem with
adding some more varieties? They
aren't that expensive, and
preparing a tray doesn't take
much time. Give Quality some
credit here.
In fact, these condiments,
added to a burger, represent the
best bet for a Quality customer.
The burgers are seven ounces of
beef and are well priced at $4.25.
With cheese, bacon, and grilled
onions, they're still only $4.95.
For the health conscious, turkey
burgers are also available.
The remainder of Quality's
menu is a bit overpriced. The
Grilled Chicken Salad Bowl -
fresh mixed greens, sliced grilled
chicken, and julienne tortilla
with a honeylime vinaigrette - is
$5.95 and not very large. The
Chicken Lite Salad is $5.50 and
contains greens with grapes,
small pieces of chicken, walnuts,
cucumbers, and cheddar and
Swiss cheeses with a yogurt-dill
dressing. It, too, is small for the
price, but is healthy and tasty to
boot.
Congratulations to Sports Writer Josh
Dubow for picking the Seattle Mariners
for second place in Tuesday's Daily. It
is heartening to know that someone out
there also realizes how good the Magic
Mariners of '91 will be this year.
people they replaced," he said.
Wolpoff's main argument
against the Eve theory is the
validity of the molecular clock
the geneticists devised to calibrate
the date of the Africans'
departure. Using mutations as a
measure of time, the "ticking"
may not have been as constant as
the researchers believed, he said.
Wolpoff argues that the
random loss of Africans. would
have prevented the inheritance of
mitochondrial DNA, thus
pushing back the date of their
departure. Since these losses are
unknown, the date would then be
indeterminable.
If, for instance, population
growth were steady, in each
generation one-quarter of the
families would have two sons and
no daughters and therefore not
pass on their mitochondrial line.
"That's a big rate of loss,"
Wolpoff said. "But populations
aren't steady, so you might think
that the chances of (the genes)
getting lost are better, and not as
big as one-quarter. But the reality
is that populations have not been
steadily increasing over time.
They've been fluctuating with
increases and crashes," Wolpoff
said.
Despite this argument, exact
population demographics for
early populations are unavailable
and, as Stringer points out, the
vast chains of DNA are much
more extensive - and available
- than human fossils.
"Unfortunately, the fossil
evidence is not large," Stringer
said. "Whereas the gene pool, by
comparison, is relatively infinite
in the amount of data that's
there."
Stoneking adds that further
studies with the molecular clock
have verified the split between
chimpanzee and human
bloodlines split apart 4-6 million
years ago - thus in concordance
with the fossils.
But for many scientists, the,
most valid evidence is hard,
tangible evidence.
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With the aid of two of his fossil friends, Anthropology Professor Milford Wolpoff argues
against the Eve theory. Wolpoff says the skulls' similarity refutes the theory's essential
basis: a recent origin for all human beings.
present, then I guess we prefer to Australia, where he will study
view the fossil evidence as being homo erectus with Thorne.
the accurate rendition of what Others await further studies as
actually took place, because scientists tap into genes stored
that's a snapshot." within the nucleus, where they
Wolpoff said he expects to exist in greater numbers than in
debate the theory next at an the mitochondria. The answer to
symposium sponsored by the the Eve puzzle, some say, lies
Field Museum of Natural there.
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"We still need more
'Unfortunately, the fossil evidence is not large.
Whereas the gene pool, by comparison, is
relatively infinite in the amount of data that's
there.'
.- Christopher Stringer
Paleoanthropologist, British
Museum of Natural History
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"It seems to us - and I'm
speaking for a number of us -
that the real record of human
evolution is the fossil record,"
Wolpoff said. "We know that
this is the only glimpse into the
past we have. We can reconstruct
the past by looking at the present
- and that's a great thing to do.
That's what the geneticists do.
But if fossil evidence contradicts
this reconstructed evidence in the
which will include others such as
Stringer.
But Wolpoff said the theory is
dead - and "doesn't know it's
dead yet."
"It's headless, but it's still in
the process of running around.
It's not going to see the next
century," Wolpoff said.
In the meantime, Wolpoff
plans to do more research of his
own this summer in China and
information from other genes,"
Stoneking remarked.
But whether it dies a slow
death or becomes the accepted
norm, the Eve theory's natural
appeal will probably keep it alive
for at least some time to come,
Frayer said.
"It's sexier over (the concept
of) mundane, gradual evolution
over a long period of time," he
said. "My guess is that it's not
going to go away for a long time."
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