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March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 39

…S Honda goes to any length to make improvements. In the new Civic Hatchback, about 5 inches does the job nicely. The longer wheelbase adds a lot more room inside. You'll find the front legroom extends to over 42 inches. That's over half as tall as the average person. There is extra foot room for those of you in the rear seats. More cubic feet behind you in the cargo space. And a new 4-wheel double wishbone suspension system helps give a little...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 41

…alition support for Jesse Jackson. Often, however, alternatives devote much space to international issues. Last fall Free As- sociation produced a 233-inch, two-part se- ries on Central American death squads. Former Perspective editor Mark Guma says readers respond "because finally there's a sort of nonhysterical voice on the left." Yet critics charge-often fairly- that the subjective journalism is out-and- out advocacy. "I think you have to t...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 42

…E A T II Teachers With Lots of fessor at any given col- The most popular pro- lege may teach poetry. Or political science, or phys ed. The subject doesn't matter; the spirit of the teaching does. What students look for is a demonstrated com- mitment to them. NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS asked its reporters at a dozen schools to search out faculty whose packed classes have become campus legend. The professors they wrote about were, on the surface, very...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 43

…David Grove, the first anthropology professor to win his school's award for Liberal Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching, says he learned his craft by example-bad example. "I had a horrible teacher who stood in the front of the class and read his notes, even read his jokes!" Grove promised himself that when he taught, it wouldn't be like that. It isn't. At his class at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, he frequently aban- don...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 44

…T COS the 13 different ways the sound "sh" can be written: i 6 shoe sugar ocean issue nation schist pshaw suspicion nauseous conscious chaperone mansion fuchsia International Paper asked John Irving, author of "The World According to Garp," "The Hotel New Hampshire," and "Set- ting Free the Bears, " among other novels- and once a hopelessly bad speller himself- to teach you how to improve your spelling. Let's begin with the bad news. If y...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 45

…cemetery millinery distillery monastery confectionery stationery (as in paper) Here's another easy rule. Only four words end in -efy. Most people misspell them-with -fy, which is usually correct. Just memorize these, too, and use -ify for all the rest. remember it myself. You add -able to a full word: adapt, adaptable; work, workable. You add -able to words that end in e- just remember to drop the final e: love, lovable. But if the word end...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 46

…E DS at the end of the semester, complete with fried grasshoppers. For his larger lecture class, Grove developed a computer pro- gram that lets students create their own digs. "You get more interested, you do more reading, you listen more attentively," says 1987 graduate Kevin McLaughlin, assess- ing the effects of Grove's technique. "And you learn more." Keeping his students awake in class is only a part of Grove's commitment. "Many teachers...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 47

…If you think the best way to pay for college is to put it off for a few years and join the military, you're half right. Because with the New GI Bill, you can join the Army National Guard and earn over $15,000 for college. But best of all, you serve part-time, as little as two days a month and two weeks a year. Which means you can go to school full-time. Right now. On us. So the question you have to ask yourself is not, can you afford to go to ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 48

…The tape begins with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. "So you're feeling full of life today," a soothing voice says over the bombastic music. "Let's march along life together, from womb to tomb ... Your mother always said you were a good egg-you were a good egg there in the ovi- duct. You remember the battle: the sperm traveled past the epididymis .. . " This is a biology class? You better believe it, says Prof. Marvin Druger of Syracuse. "You hav...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 49

…TM Sale he Tindy'1000 SX ... or just $899 with a CM-5 Color Morii- 3 5 tor! Now it's more affordable than ever to 10 11 12 get a true PC-compatible computer. The Tandy 1000 SX is incredibly easy to use. _E5 16 17 18 19 And since it even comes with its own 22 23 24 25 26 DeskMate II personal-productivity soft- 29 30 31 ware, you can put the 1000 SX to work from day one. DeskMate II gives you six popular pro- grams on one disk. An easy-to-follow...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 50

…How to stand out in a crowd. The American Express" Card gets an outstanding welcome virtually anywhere you shop, whether it's for a leather jacket or a leather-bound classic. Whether you're bound for a bookstore or a beach in Bermuda. So during college and after, it's the perfect way to pay for just about everything you'll want. How to get the Card now. College is the first sign of success. And because we believe in your potential, we've made...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 51

…a 0 MULTIPLE -lC HOICEwI A Stress Mess * at Stanford Forget those minor wor- ries about exams and pa- pers. The students who used to live in Stanford's Roble Hall know about real, knee- buckling stress-as in San An- dreas Fault. Their 70-year-old dorm was found to be seismical- ly unsafe during a routine testing last December, and all 296 occupants were quickly moved out. Roble-now known as "Rubble Hall"-is the only Stanford dorm to be eva...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 52

… 00, mendations. That's my job." Does pouring your heart out to a machine really work? Wark concedes that psycho- analysts have been "uniformly aghast at the idea," since a computer can't read anxious laughter or a concerned face. Wark argues that the program helps with minor problems. "We wouldn't want anyone who is in an emergency or cri- sis situation," he says. Most stu- dents who participated seemed to have no problem con- fiding in a co...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 53

… WH KIND OFA GUY WOULD JUSI SIAND THERE WHILE HIS BES FRIEND PP BREATHING? A guy who doesn't know CPR. The sad fact is, more people know how to jump-stan a car than know how to save a life. LEARN HOW IDUMSARIE.LEARN RED CROSS CiR. American Red Cross Space for this message contributed as a public service by Newsweek Inc. …

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 55

… A R Conducting Becomes Her A peripatetic orchestra leader wins wide applause for the way she teaches and wields her baton ust reading excerpts from Kay George Roberts's appointment cal- endar is exhausting. June 1987, New York City: guest conductor at Lincoln Center ... August, Lowell, Mass.: prepare to resume teaching and con- ducting at the University of Lowell's College of Music ... September, Glouces- ter, Mass.: start second season as ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 56

…Earning How to judge morality As an undergraduate at New York Uni- versity a decade ago, Ruth Schwarz indulged her fascination with the study of ethics. A double major in classics and philosophy, Schwarz wrote an honors thesis on Plato's theory of law and justice, then went on to study biomedical ethics as a grad student at the University of Penn- sylvania. Finding a satisfying job after graduation was not easy, however. After several years of...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 57

…FREE INFORMATION FROM NEWSWEEK ON CAMPUS ADVERTISERS Check the appropriate boxes to receive information. Deadline: June 3, 1988 Newsweek Reader Service 1. 0 Federal Aviation Administration - Announcement package including application information. . 2. L Marchon Eyewear- For additional information on Ellesse eyewear. 3. O New York University-1988 N.Y.U. Summer Session Bulletin. 4. 0 Northeastern University, Boston Bouve College - For additio...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 58

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March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 59

…C A of Government Ethics, is one of about two dozen staffers whose principal task is to help enforce the 1965 federal ethics law. It prohibits government employees from ac- cepting gifts, loans or special favors from any party that can be legally or economi- . cally affected by the actions of that em- ployee or his office. Consulting adults: The most common que- ries to Janes come from employees who are leaving their federal jobs and plan to ...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 60

…C L A S S I F I E D S ORIGINAL ENTREPRENEURS WANTED AUSTRALIA WANTS YOU! WATER BALLOON MOVIE POSTERS Earn up to $2500 per semester. Big Pay! Transportation! New SLINGSHOT! Photos, scripts, autographs, We're a young company run by Employment Directory-$2.00. AMAZING! 130 YARDS! 240 more. ALL current films, thou- students. We make coupon Australian International, Box MPH! Greatforfundraisers, tour- sands more. Best selection, books for schools a...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 61

…C A R E E R S RESUMES 'Professional polish': Adviser Reddington, A Execut ive Know-How Mentors mean business Every few weeks last spring, Maureen Dunn commuted an hour and a half from Marymount College's Tarry- town, N.Y., campus to John Barton's office in downtown Manhattan. And Barton, a vice president at Chemical Bank, made the trip worth her while, offering high- powered career advice and helping the 22- year-old senior make job contact...…

March 17, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 112) • Page Image 62

…ART & ETRAIMN MUSIC 'If you can express yourself in other languages, why not do it? Singer-actor Blades Ruben Blaes Bumilding Bridges A new world record from an international pop star "Nothing But the Truth" is a strong musi- cal bridge. It should connect him to his biggest audience yet. Blades was already a well-established salsa star when he left the Latin label Fania to sign with Elektra in 1984. In 1984 and 1985 he released two albums, ...…

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 ...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 1

…0 In Weeken Magazine: Anti-Semitism: Where does political debate overstep the line? " Blues Radio " Lean on Me Sit IUn, Ut4 Ninety-nine years of editorial freedom Vol. IC, No. 114 WCBN board *votes to ire DJ BY VERA SONGWE After a two-and-a-half hour meet- ing, the Board of Directors of WCBN, the University's student- operated radio station, voted unani- mously to fire Henry Hardy as pub- lic affairs director, talk show host, and DJ. WCBN G...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 2

…-4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 Apples pose no health threat 4 WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials sought yesterday to calm growing public fear over the consumption of apples by children, telling Congress that pesticide levels on apples pose no "imminent haz- ard" to pre-schoolers. Some senators said the uproar dver the use of the chemical Alar on apples and its health effects on small children has produced a...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 3

…CMU retains Indian logos MT. PLEASANT (AP) - Cen- tral Michigan University athletes will remain Chippewas despite pres- sure from the state Civil Rights Commission to drop their Native 4merican logos. The Mt. Pleasant college will embark on a three-year plan to dig- i'ify the way the name is used, said Central Michigan President Edward Jakubauskas. "If misuse of the name still oc- ours under these conditions, then we dhould drop the name, " he...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 4

…a6 OPINION Page 4 Friday, March 17, 1989 The Michigan Daily A history of struggle The following editorial originally ap- peared on November 12, 1987 in An Phoblacht/Republican News T HE CURRENT phase of the war in the Six Counties, which enters its 20th year in 1988 has wrecked many lives. Our people are not to blame for that war, no more than they are responsible for the death and suffering which for- eign interference has brought to ou...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 5

…Pan Am received warning of bomb The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 - Page 5 Candidate goes door-to-door LONDON (AP) - The British Transport Department said it issued two warnings of a bomb plot in the month before Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over Scotland, but the air- line said yesterday the second one came weeks late, by mail. The warnings issued November 22 and December 19, just two days before the disaster that killed 270 people, ...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 6

…Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 CLASIFIED ADS 764-0557 ,POUNDLadies watch in front of Brown Jug on morning of 3/14. Call 995-3574. 'FOUND: Lad's watch found in MLB week of March 6. Call 668-1932. FOUND: Silver earring with green oval stone at Frieze Building on 3/14. Call 663-7217, ask for Pete. LOST GRAY AND MAROON SILK SCARF If found please call Sue 747-4786 MY LIFE ENDS WITHOUT IT! w .,LOST: MEN'S ROLEX Watch, if fo...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 7

…ARTS Friday, March 17, 1989 The Michigan Daily Page 7 Bros.: Dexterity & Dostoevsky in your basement. THE MICHIGAN DAILY is currently ac- * ceptin& applications for Assistant Account Executives in the Classified Department. Stop by our office at 420 Maynard to pick up an application and sign up for an interview, or call 764-0557 for more information. Deadline for all applications is Friday, March 24, at 5pm. SUMMER WORK- DOWNTOWN DE- TR...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 8

…Page 8- The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 Confessional Violent Femmes take 3, 3, 3 for their latest LP BY GREG BAISE THE Violent Femmes have a lot of confessions - naked revelations of lust, religious doubts, and more lust shoot forth from the Milwaukee combo of an avant-garde actor/jazz drummer, an acoustic bass freak- out avatar, and a high school homecoming king. High school homecoming king? That's Gordon Gano, the guy who asked...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 9

…Two Way The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 - Page 9 Cockburn's politics poetic, not partisan BY MICHAEL P. FISCHER Show unites AZ, Detroit dancers BY GRETA SCHNURSTEIN T HEY sit cross legged in a circle, munching on snack food. A sense of quiet anticipation pervades the group. Suddenly a man appears, walking briskly over to the circle. "Where's the chief?" he asks, pausing for a moment. One of the members of the circle nods her...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 10

…Women's Tennis vs. Western Michigan Saturday, 12 p.m. Track and Tennis Building SPORTS Women's Tennis vs. Eastern Michigan Sunday, 2 p.m. Track and Tennis Building The Michigan Daily Friday, March 17, 1989 Page 10 March Stanford upset, Sooners escape BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Siena, after nine games in empty and quiet arenas, made the most noise in the NCAA tournament yesterday. The Saints beat 13th-ranked Stanford 80-78 in the East Regio...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 11

…The Michigan Daily-- Friday, March 17, 1989 --Page 11 'King' Petty makes Ann Arbor pit stop 'M' Gymnasts swing into Big Tens BY JAMES BURGESS Richard Petty, the "king" of American stock car racing, spoke Wednesday to the Society of Auto- motive Engineers before a packed lecture hall on North Campus. The seven-time winner of the Daytona 500, accompanied by racing cohort Dave Brown, answered 40 minutes of questions ranging from how he got st...…

March 17, 1989 (vol. 99, iss. 114) • Page Image 12

…Page 12 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, March 17, 1989 Firm's recommendation dooms Tiger Stadium 'M' in chase for title Grapplers in second as second round nears conclusion DETROIT (AP) - Tiger Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers for 76 years, should be abandoned for a new, open-air grass field, a consulting firm recommended. Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Sports Facilities Group of Kansas City said in their report that a new stadium is prefera...…

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