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…Thanks to a little redistricting, Ann Arbor has the chance to elect~a Democrat to the House of Representatives for the first time in years. Bill Ford is the man for the job. More than 60 years after A.A. Milne created the character, Winnie-the-Pooh still "just is." Christine Slovey considers the Pooh phenomenon. The Michigan volleyball team took out the brooms gainst archrival Michigan State. Suzy O'Donnell came off the bench to lead the Wol...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, October 29, 1992 REGENT Continued from page 1 difficultitis to find jobs right now and suggested the implementation of a six-month co-op program allowing students to work and be paid to do work relating to the occupational field they want to enter after graduation. "It would open the doors of em- ployment," Nielsen said. He added that a hands-on experi- ence in working would be educational and could also p...…

…Council discusses *ozonation facility by Jonathan Berndt Daily City Reporter The Ann Arbor City Council met as a Committee of the Whole last night to discuss, but not to approve, a $1.1 million contract that would bring the city's water treatment plant into compliance with recently- changed environmental laws. In a letter to the council, City Administrator Al Gatta said the treatment plant - located at 919 Sunset Rd. - needs to add an ozonatio...…

…0 Page 4-The Michigan Daily- Thursday, October 29, 1992 OTe Ltrbign ?&ziul 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 764-0552 Editor in Chief MATTHEW D. RENNIE Opinion Editors YAEL CITRO GEOFFREY EARLE AMITAVA MAZUMDAR Edited and Managed by Students at the University of Michigan Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, signed articles, and letters do not necessarily represent the opi...…

… Field Hockey vs. Pacific Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Oosterbaan Field House SPORTS Volleyball vs. Wisconsin Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Cliff Keen Arena The Michigan Daily Women's kickers stymie EMU, 4-2 by Ryan Herrington Daily S ports Editor Thursday, October 29, 1992 Page 5 'M' takes State Pride Spikers defeat MSU, 15-10, 15-5, 15-13 The Michigan women's soccer team got caught looking beyond its opponent yesterday when it played Eastern Michigan...…

…0 Page 6-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 29, 1992 CI ASSIFIED ADS 764-0557 FOUND: VW car key. Outside CCRB on Washtenaw. Call 930-0028. LOST: Gold ring with amethyst and gold chips on 10/22/92. Reward. 764-9658. FOR SALE FAST TAMIYA RC CAR with magnum jr. controller. 2 extra motors/sets of'tires. Full tool box. Call Kurt 741-0174. HERB DAVID GUITAR STUDIO. Not just guitars. 302 E. Liberty. 665-8001. Repairs. Percussion; harp lessons:...…

…The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 29, 1992- Page 7 Vending machines provide candy, .condoms on some by Jen DiMascio While health care officials are stressing the need for safe sex, many of the nation's colleges and univer- sities have developed active pro- grams to educate and protect students. Schools have initiated a variety of strategies to promote safe sex, ranging from education programs to the installation of condom vending mach...…

…Page 8-The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 29, 1992 ON SIX-GAME SKID, 'M' FIELD HOCKEY TRIES TO STEM TIDE Pacific rolls into Oosterbaan i1 by Brett Johnson Daily Sports Writer And down the stretch they come. After the Wolverines bolted out of the gate to a 2-0 Big Ten record, a 6-1 overall ledger and the con- ference lead, the Michigan field hockey team has fallen off the pace of the top horses. The Wolverines have lost their last six ga...…

… I The Michigan Daily-Weekend etc. October 29,1992 Vote Baby, Vote! 4 4 hat are you so worried Vabout? " my friend Pat asked quizzically. "Clinton's got the election wrapped up. No sweat," he tried to reassure me, as George Bush pleaded urgently for votes on the silenced TV in the corner tuned to CNN. The new Sade CD oozed sweetly out of the stereo, but it still wasn't enough to quell my fears. "I've already got the case of champagne ordere...…

…0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Weekend etc. - October 29,1992 Call the Blues Busters! ,TralI an it to NIOQwhe b~hWo~rt Iht Admit it. For one date or another, we've all been to those look-alike, sound-alike, taste-alike national fun- type restaurant cum bars, i.e., Chili's, TGIF's, Ruby Tuesday's, Max and Erma's, etc. High school was the prime time to take whoever you were "going out with" to those places before hit- ting the 9 o'clock showi...…

…:- The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29, 1992 - Page 3 Country ain't just for hicks anymore by Carina A. Bacon Ever since Billy Ray Cyrus crossed over to the pop charts, country music has been on the rise. Achy-Breaky dance lesson videos are being advertised on TV, and posters of Billy's hot bod are being plastered in rooms everywhere. But is it all just a fad? Are people soon going to wake up and send Billy on his way? Or will co...…

…Page 4-The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29,1992 His Purpleness Prince gives a boon with his new unpronounceable album by Scott Sterling World In A Day" Prince opens this disc with an ass- song into a grov kicking self-introduction, and there's before riding it ou a reason for it. After a handful of vamp. "The Mon releases that were less than spectacu- soulful power-ch lar, the little big man is back with a melodic refrain th m R...…

…The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29,1992 - Page 5 A spoonful of by Bryce Kass helped Groove Sr Lansing's soon-to-be infamous land their first m Groove Spoon is perhaps one of the Lansing at the B Detroit area'smostunique bands. De- which led to gigs scribing themselves as "heavy dates with Bop ( groovin' funk," the band combines seems to be taki dramatic bass-lines with unbelievably realizing his band] rockin' horns, very loud dru...…

… 0 Page 6-The Michigan Daily -Weekend etc. - October 29, 1992 ROL THE LING I P N P CE A 19- WITH AAPD PARU TROL 01 9 0 On Patrol with the Bust Beat It's 11:00 PM and the Ann Arbor Police Party Patrol begins to roll out onto the streets of the U of M campus. This special division watches the areas around fraternities and student houses for minors in possession, open intoxicants and loud parties during the football season. The follo...…

…The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29, 1992 - Page 7 CAMPUS CINEMA ° FILMS OPENING FRIDAY: A RIVER Rufs THROUGH IT Only one new movie coming out this week, but it's supposed to be a really good one. (Hell, all movies are "supposed to be good," but this time, we mean it.) Robert Redford's third directorial effort finally comes to Ann Arbor. The "it" of the title is the wonderful down home country of Montana where normal wholesome f...…

…01 Page 8 - The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - October 29, 1992 A guide to mining your manners by Michael Thompson As relatively unknown as director John Sayles is,. he certainly takes on large themes in his films. "City of Hope" showed the slices of almost 30 lives while still paying attention to important themes of community and morality. Sayles' earlier film "Matewan" is no exception. Matewan (1987). Directed and written by John Sayles;...…