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March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 63

… people of destroying them- selves-you deny them the compassion that comes out of tragedy." Blades admits that music like this creates a marketing problem-"It isn't your tradi- tional format-oriented album," he says-but he has hopes that it will gain mass acceptance. "The promise that it holds is, it could be a breakthrough-not just for a Latin artist doing his first English record, but for English-speaking musicians as well. Why does every so...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 64

…[-RS & EN ET IM N TELEVISION One Woman, 3-0 Mary Steenburgen gives depth and weight to ordinary roles Here is the secret of Mary Steenbur- gen's extraordinary acting talent: she doesn't just create characters. As she puts it, "I've always had a passion about taking the written word and turning it into a living, breathing person." In nearly every one of her film roles, Steenburgen has por- trayed ordinary women, including her Os- car-winning...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 65

… MOVIES Hollywood on Campus Some schools don't want to make the scene Baton Rouge was abuzz when a major motion picture, "Everybody's All- American," began filming last fall at Tiger Stadium on the Louisiana State Uni- versity campus. Directed by Taylor Hack- ford ("An Officer and a Gentleman," "Against All Odds"), the story of a troubled ex-quarterback stars Jessica Lange, Den- nis Quaid and Timothy Hutton. Most im- portant to Louisiana, thou...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 66

…ARS ETRAIMN BOOKS An 'A' for Neatness Rewriting Hawthorne Someone should tell John Updike not to keep hark- ing back to Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" on our ac- count-he no longer needs to prove he's the last great heir to New England literary tradi- tion. For a neoregionalist like Carolyn ("The Beans of Egypt, Maine") Chute, New England is merely where miserable people happen to live. But Updike still takes seriously those fusty old Yankee ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 67

…d ANU C -f ,, Select One: Q] Citibank MasterCard@ or LI Citibank Visa® Please use ballpoint pen. Print full name First Middle Initial Last Name of School I I ( ( I I I I I I IBac as you wish it to (do not abbreviate) I I I I Bac appear on card Your Address at School Social I I I I I lDate of Mo Day Yr Number and Street 1 1 1 I { Security Number I Birth (lll l if different from permanent address) l i 1 1 1 PraetI I I I III I I 11 11 1 1 CI...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 68

…Why it's easy for students to get a Citibank credit card. As a student, you've obviously been through a lot- lengthy lectures, grueling exams, numerous papers. And Citibank thinks you deserve credit for all that. That's why we've made it easy for you to apply for credit. You don't even need your parents to co-sign. (What other bank makes it that easy?) i All you need is a photocopy of your validated student ID with current enrollment sticker....…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 69

…ART & ETRAIMN Midge surviving Sarah's final letter to him: "And what are your snobby ... neurosur- geon friends going to say when Midge in one of those lurid loose splashy dresses she wears to confuse the weight issue breaks into her shrill giggle and asks the host if there's a little-girls' room ...?" This is spite as a fine art. Secret handshake: Updike isn't above a lit- tle spite on his own behalf. Book reviewers Rhoda Koenig of New York ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 70

…M Y T U R Living in Two Worlds Even though I know education is the right thing to do, I can't help but feel I have it too good BY MARCUS MABRY proclaiming, "We built a proud new feeling," the Around, green cardboard sign hangs from a string slogan of a local supermarket. It is a souvenir from one of my brother's last jobs. In addition to being a bagger, he's worked at a fast-food restau- rant, a gas station, a garage and a textile factory. No...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 71

…Climb higher,faster in the Air Force. As an Air Force officer your career will take off. You'll quickly get management experience that could take years to acquire in civilian industry. As an Air Force second lieutenant, you'll manage people, projects and offices; you'll be in charge, making decisions, shouldering the respon- sibility. You'll belong to an organization dedicated to achievement, innovation and high technology. And as an officer ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 72

…:SE, T 75 noted for na instead of th Nobody has out the origi Gaucho. Gat Gaucho, wer by the Spani lived off smt cattle. What( obviously it'i that makes t what he is. ver figured e word and later rords coined ir outlaws who and robbing origin, N -V IN 1. t <r C e111r e dF NEW YORK, N.Y., 905 Madison Ave - WASHINGTON, DC, 2001 M. Street N.W. - BOSTON, MA, Market Place Center - NASSAU, BAHAMAS, East Bay Street HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Reld ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 73

…A' P LAYING T HE PA TO. For this game, originally a duck (pato) or turkey would be killed, then cut into small pieces and sewn inside a leather ball with straps. Then neighbours and their best horses were rounded up. The rules are simple: First, grab the pato, and then ride away... or at least try to, because It turns into a complete free-for-all. Of course, nowadays they play with a normal ball, after General Rosas forbade the use of a real p...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 74

…No less dazzlingly dressed than Brendan, scantily clad Izabella perches on the corral fence. Meanwhile back at the ranchu... the gauchos get ready for the yerra. It's tough work: The calves are branded, castrated and dehorned in one go, by three or four peones, under the watchful eye of the Capataz. Only for the mucho machos ! R adopted by ednwieltheas, a Indians Brendan wed h aco rmtePm …

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 76

…iSoY GAUCHO, Y ENTIENDANL ...! <Soy gaucho, y entiendanl6 como mi lengua lo esphca: para mi la tierra es chica y pudiera ser mayor; ni la vibora me pica ni quema mi frente el sol." I'm a gaucho, and this is what I mean: For me the earth is too small... it could be bigger; Snakes don't bite me... nor does the sun burn my face," From -Martin Fierro" by Jose Hernandez. Here's a well dressed gaucho wearing a sombrero with wide brim bent at a bold ...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 1

…Ninety-eight years of editorial freedom Vol. XCVIII, No. 96 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wednesday, February 17, 1988 Copyright 1988, The Michigan Daily .. ., Group of students condemns Assembly By RYAN TUTAK More than 30 students packed the Michigan Student Assembly chambers during the assembly's } weekly meeting last night, blasting MSA for not representing student interests and criticizing the recent rash of assembly seat vacancies. Assembly ...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 2

…4 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 17, 1988 BC assistant director resigns (C..UuueabdfwPal1e ) yesterday. "I have a range of research projects that I have been slowly working on that now I can devote more time to." Larimore, who currently teaches one RC class per term, will also become a full-time RC faculty member. As an RC associate director, Larimore is involved with admissions and recruitment, as well ;as developing educat...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 3

…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 17, 1988- Page 3 Students evacuate MLB after bomb scare By MICAH SCHMIT Late yesterday morning, the midterm history Prof. Gerald Lin- derman's was administering "disinte- grated into 430 little pieces" after the Ann Arbor Police Department re- ceived a bomb threat at the MLB. The 10:30 a.m. threat was made by a male caller who told officers, "I'm tired of all the racism that's go- ing on, there's a bomb...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 4

…4 OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, February 17, 1988 The Michigan Daily 4 Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Steiner remarks reexamined Vol. XCVIII, No. 96 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, Mi 48109 Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Daily. ,Boycott Sports Illustrated MONDAY, THE ANNUAL Spor...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 5

…h n v v, MSA works to create veterans holiday By ROSE MARY WUMMEL concert on the Diag. Tackett said May 7 was chosen as the annual date Vietnam veteran Charles Tackett because then-president Gerald Ford has a dream. pulled troops out of Vietnam on that He wants to see May 7 declared a day in 1975. na tional holiday for Vietnam Tackett, now divorced and living veterans. in the Ann Arbor Homeless shelter, With the help of 30 student said the pr...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 6

…4 Page 6-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 17, 1988 CLASIFIED ADS 764-0557 4 LOST & FOUND LOST: GOLD RING 2-10-88 on Observa- tory, near cemetary. Reward 747-6350. LOST: SET OT TWO KEYS on ring. One marked with 1P31, the other with IJL If found please call Pam at 764-1875. FOR SALE AMIGA 500 COMPUTER. Complete and With software. MAC SE with 1 Drive, mouse, extended key pad. Call763-1812. BI-LEVEL-1 BDRM/made for 2-16 mo. Lease starting...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 7

… Bomb scare disrupts classes atMLB (Continued from Page 3) Linderman was unsure what course of action he would take with regard to the exam; he may design a make up. But, he added, "Students should have a pleasant recess and we'll take up the issue after break." Gina O'Donnell, who was in her French 231 class between 11 and 12, said she was not informed of the bomb threat until after her class had already ended. "There is no way to determine w...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 8

…I ARTS The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 17, 1988 Page 8 Geoffrey olff finds fictionintruth Jennifer BrOstromPost and Newsweek, as well as a literary critic and contributing editor facts" and actual occurrences. for New Times and Esquire. Currently, Wolff is a literary critic and It is Wolff's clear, witty style - a style of writing that is never Art is above all a process of repudiation, whereby the chaotic this- contributing editor fo...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 9

…Wrestling vs. Ohio State Saturday, 2 p.m. SPORTS Men's basketball vs. Michigan State Monday, 9:30 p.m. Crisler Arena Page 9 The Michigan Daily Wednesday, February 17, 1988 '' looks for sweep over Minnesot . 'r i By ADAM SCHEFTER When Michigan journeyed off to Northwestern, Michigan State, and Wisconsin, Bill Frieder warned of the dangers that were in store for the Wolverines. Yet, each time that threat was easily brushed aside. Tonigh...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 10

…4 Page 10--The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 17, 1988 Women's basketball team loses pair to Indiana, Ohio State /' full court ARE! S1 By MIKE GILL The women's basketball team is currently going through the toughest part of its schedule - and it's showing. This past weekend the Wolverines dropped both of their games, losing 71-52 at Indiana Friday night and 87-73 Sunday to Ohio State. nI'm disappointed to lose two games, but certa...…

February 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 96) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, February 17, 1988- Page 11 Adam's Rib BY ADAM SCHRAGER Eastern's shady dealings draw no legal attention Eastern Michigan's Associate Athletic Direc- tor John Nordlinger received a car in exchange for giving out property that was not his. So what? Who cares? That question is so far unanswered. Since the publicizing (Feb. 8 Michigan Daily) of Nordlinger's possible violation of the Michi- gan conflict of interests...…

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