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…The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, January 16, 1991 - Page 3 Soviets tighten control over breakaway Baltic republics r RIGA, U.S.S.R. (AP) - Soviet commandos stormed a Latvian police academy and seized weapons from cadets yesterday as unrest surged through the Baltics. In Moscow, Mikhail Gorbachev clashed head-on with a hot-tempered military hard-liner who demanded the Soviet president take even harsher measures against the breakaway re- public...…

…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 16, 1991 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 I NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief DAVID SCHWARTZ Opinion Editor 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. S i i I :...:.:..... }.. . Drunk on oil It...…

…ARTS Wednesday, January 16, 1991 The Michigan Daily Page 5 Ethnic folk-pop hits big 'at Ark by Greg Baise Nowadays it's easy for musicians to embody the many pluralities of culture and integrate them into their music; basically, all one has to do is grow up in America, watch a lot of television and occasionally listen to the radio. 3 Mustaphas 3 didn't grow up in America. They probably didn't watch a lot of television in their Balkan youth...…

…Page 6-The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, January 16,1991 ThE MCf GANDALY CLASSIFIEDS ' Line ad 2.25/tine for first day,' $75/linefor each additional, consecutive day DEADLINE is 11:30 am one business day prior to publication. Payment Pre-Payment is required when placing anad. Personal checks from Ann ' I Arbor area banks, business checks, cashier's checks & money orders will be accepted. NO I ERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted from out I of town adv...…

…Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily SPORTS Wednesday, January 16, 1991 Ice Hockey vs. Bowling Green Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Page 7 Barrowman earns yet another honor by Ken Sugiura Daily Sports Writer Friday, he set another world record. Monday, he became a finalist for the Sullivan Award. Before the week is through, Mike Barrowman could receive the Nobel Prize. "Everything's all ha...…

…Page 8- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, January 16, 1991 BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK Big Ten season begins as expected* by Phil Green Daily Basketball Writer With Ohio State and Indiana opening up the Big Ten season 4-0, there haven't been too many early surprises in the conference. Aside from Iowa's upset of Michigan State, things have gone according t form. Even Michigan's 0-4 start wa slightly expected. "I'm more disappointed than sur- prised," W...…

…Jr i .r rnla ti Vol. CI, No.74 Ann Arbor, Michigan -Tuesday, January 15, 1991 Tuyright ©iy h ily Soviets .kill 14 Baltic citizens U.S.S.R. (AP) - President Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday said a l6cal military commander decided to Oise force in the breakaway republic of Lithuania, where an assault by Soviet troops on Sunday claimed 14 lives. "The manner of defense was de- cided by the commandant," Gor- bachev said of the assault. "I learned ...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, January 15, 1991 Last-ditch attempts for peace flounder Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said today he lost hope for peace in the Persian Gulf after talks with Saddam Hussein, and Iraq's lawmakers pledged to support Saddam with their blood. "Unfortunately, I don't see any more reasons to be optimistic. I don't see any reason to have real hope," he said today after meeting wit...…

…The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, January 15, 1991 - Page 3 Anti-war activism brews on campuses by Melissa Peerless Daily Higher Education Reporter As today's deadline for Saddam Hussein to pull out of Kuwait ap- proached with no sign of a gulf ci- resolution, many American col- e campuses were abuzz with stu- dent activism. Throughout the country, student groups, community organizations, and university faculty have been planning protests, rallies...…

…Page 4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 15, 1991 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief DAVID SCHWARTZ Opinion Editor x W i t i 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. / / N. ~on ,From the= Daily Dying ...…

…The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 15, 1991 - Page 5 Carving ice, ic e The fourth annual Gifts of Art ice n sculpting demonstration was held :.yesterday in the University ' Hospital courtyard. The event, Sfeatured 12 area chefs and culinary ' ...arts students carving exotic ,'.. creations out of blocks of ice. Steve Clawson (photo at left), a K chef at Couzens residence hall, carves a fish out of a block of ice. Clawson feared yesterday...…

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…ARTS Tuesday, January 15, 1991 The Michigan Daily Page 7 *Bergmain by Jen Bilik I once invited someone to see a Bergman film with me, and after I told her the name of the movie, she said, "I didn't know she was in that," confusing Ingmar with his fellow Swede, Ingrid. No, Ingmar Bergman had nothing to do with Casablanca, and seems now to be largely forgot- ten by young viewing audiences. A pity, because the male Bergman (they're unrelated ...…

…Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily Wrestlers drop two matches, lose Cluff _SPORTS Tuesday, January 15, 1991 Ice Hockey vs. Bowling Green Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena 0 8 Pagef + . __ Mixed results Women look improved, but drop two of three , ,; 4- --' -44 4. by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Writer The Michigan wrestling team suffered three losses this weekend; two in the National T...…

…W The Michigan Daily- Tuesday, January 15, 1991- Page 9 SOPHOMORE DOWNPLAYS HER KNACK FOR REJECTION Andrew by Albert Lin Daily Basketball Writer blocks historic shot The point guard slowly comes upcourt. Waiting for an opening, she then enters the ball into the post. The center waits, then puts on a move and lets fly ... only to have the ball rudely sent back in her direc- tion. This is a scene familiar to any fan of basketball, and over...…

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…41v Vol. Cl, No. 73 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Monday, January 14, 1991 eCopyright,1991 The Micigan D i Soviet troops hold, WAR LooMS *buildings; Yeltsin rebukes crackdown - VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. (AP) - So- viet troops occupied more buildings in Lithuania Saturday, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin confronted *Mikhail Gorbachev and condemned the military crackdown at a stormy Kremlin meeting. The neighboring Baltic republic df Estonia, meanwh...…

…0 Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 1991 Teach-in explores regional, morality issues by Chris Afendulis Daily Staff Reporter Standing room only crowds gathered in Rackham Auditorium Saturday for the two plenary ses- sions of the University's second teach-in on the Persian Gulf. Three speakers focused on moral aspects, Arab-American perspectives, and understanding Middle East poli- tics in their comments against an impendi...…

…The Michigan Daily -Monday, January 14, 1991 - Page 3 .. . 11 1 * 2. $1 billion state budget cuts to hit Ann Arbor MICHELLE iUY/uany 'Anti-war protest bMona Cavazos of Community High School leads an anti-war march from the Diag to the Federal Building on E. Liberty. Students and local residents ,participated in the march, which began Saturday at noon. i *Federal ruling won't cut minority scholarships, administrators say by Lynne Cohn...…

…S 0 Page 4 -The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 1991 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 ........... NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief DAVID SCHWARTZ Opinion Editor 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. IIULc.CJc. .r... Authorizatio...…

…ARTS Monday, January 14, 1991 The Michigan Daily Froml Russia House dir. Fred Schepisi by Gregg Flaxman n the Glasnost era, with the world ying to adjust to the thaw in su- perpower relations, the spy-game de- volves into a mockery of itself. At least, that's the way director Fred Schepisi's Russia House sees it. In John Le Carr6's best-selling novel, now adapted for the screen, ,#ritish Intelligence, the KGB and the IA are the organs that ...…

…9 ThE-fa-uCGA'W4DMLY CLASSIFIEDS ine flt 2.25/lineforfirst day, .75/line for each additional, consecutive day DEADLINE is 11:30 am one business day prior' to publication.I P-ayment:Pre-Payment is required when ' placing an ad. Personal checks from Ann Arbor area banks, business checks, cashier's checks & money orders will be accepted. NO OA L tonadve Swillbe accepted from out NO REFUNDSWILL BEOMEN LOST CLASS RING- NOVI HIGH SCHOOL 1991. Re...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 1991 - Page 7i Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the *Sixties by A.E. Hotchner Simon and Schuster/hardback Because A.E. Hotchner is an out- sider to the rock world, not a music journalist or a hanger-on, but an au- thor who has written some biogra- pjhies of famous people, Blown Away could have been really bad. He might have tried to draw conclusions *about a youth culture he was too old ...…

…Page 8-The Michigan Daily -Monday, January 14,1991 Cinderella power chords and spandex, right? Ha! Heartbreak Station You are so wrong. So they look like Mercury/PolyGram the stereotypical crotch-pushing ,You thought Cinderella were like metal men with long hair (black or heavy metal, or at least hard rock, blond only), leather, exposed hairless and incapable of more than three chests, loads of guitars, poses and. attitudes. Cinderella sound...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 1991 - Page 9 a . by Peter Shapiro rreak, cest tres Chic , *With rap's hyper-post-modern rep- etition of musical history and "heavy mtetal's" emulation of glam-rock lteroes of yore without even a trace Of embarrassment, the African-Amer- iran blues continuum has apparently run out of steam. This slow and painful death of America's most precious resource is coupled with shit so thick in the "inner ...…

…t, Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Crisler Arena The Michigan Daily No, people angry that Griddes doesn't appear during the winter didn't terminate SportsMonday - it's dust on vacation. So don't fret; all your favorite Michigan sports coverage will be back next Monday. Cagers split two Big Te n contests by Rod Loewenthal Daily Sports Writer A recently slumbering Wolverine women's basketball team awakened Sunday and an un...…

…The Michigan Daily - Monday, January 14, 1991 - Page 11 Women swimmers victorious in Hawaii by Yoav Irom When the Michigan women's swimming team visited the warm shores of Hawaii, they had work, not rest, on their minds. The Wolverines arrived focused on training hard for their meets. Michigan first swam against the Hawaii Rainbows Dec. 30, and came away with an impressive victory. En* route to a 139-66 victory, junior isa Anderson claimed v...…

…The University of Michigan Union North Campus Commons January 14 to January 20, 1991 0. Michigan Union Ticket Office "Project Community is, to date, my most rewarding, fulfill- ing, and satisfying experience at U-M." * Project Community is a U-M service-learning course offering Sociology and Education credit. Students attend a weekly 90 minute seminar and choose to spend between two and ten hours a week at a Chemical Dependency, Criminal Ju...…

…iiiuu~ai Vol. C, No. 72 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Friday, January 11, 1991 The Jgan a hMhhaD ' share Congress to *of new students increases by Henry Goldblatt *D aily Administration Reporter As most universities are feeling the brunt of a declining pool of high school seniors and a weakening economy, the number of applica- tions to the University is remaining constant. "We are picking up a bigger part of the market share even though the nu...…

…Page 2-The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 ADMISSIONS Continued from page 1 state of Michigan," Shaw said. The University has revised its re- cruitment strategies for in-state stu- dents over the past few years. "We have focused on the high schools and service centers. We have developed a relationship with high school coun- selors, and we have visited the schools more," Shaw said. Much of the increase can be at- tributed to an incre...…

…The Michigan Daily -Friday, January 11, 1991 - Page 3 City by David Rheingold Daily City Reporter seeks new administrator Ann Arbor City Council mem- bers will meet next week with a consultant who will help conduct the search for a successor to former City Administrator Del Borgsdorf. Borgsdorf resigned Dec. 1 to be- come one of three assistant city managers in Charlotte, North Car- olina. Donald Mason, a previous as- sistant budget admi...…

…0 Page 4 -The Michigan Daily -Friday, January 11, 1991 4 e £id4igau iBaiig EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN I 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 f S0 a 9pg° OSr' a Cdo ls CR I NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief DAVID SCHWARTZ Opinion Editor p r'--l r7 nrvirin- ti Unsigned editorials represent a majority of the Daily's Editorial Board. All other cartoons, fK signed articles, and letters do not necessarily...…

…___ _ T_ RTS The Michigan Daily Friday, January 11, 1991 Page 5 lmmigration wants Green Card I dir. Peter Weir by Mary-Beth Barber He doesn't seem like your typical qoomantic comedy hero. He's over- weight, his hair is longish and un- kempt, his speech is broken and, let's be honest, he has a big schnoz. But renowned French actor Gerard Depardieu, making his American de- but in Peter Weir's Green Card, is as charming and lovable as Richard ...…

… Page 6-The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 S C AS~SIFIED , T E MaIGAN DALY CLASSIFIEDS Ling ad:$2.25/lineforfirstday. .75/line for each additional, consecutive day' DEADLINE is 11:30 am one business day prior to publication. I Payment: Pre-Payment is required when placing an ad. Personal checks from Ann ' Arbor area banks, business checks, cashier's checks & money orders will be acoepted. NO I PERSONAL CHECS will be accepted f...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 - Page 7 re Animation compilations from Expanded Entertainment are getting harder and harder to cover. It's not that they're any worse, but just that ,they're basically staying the same. .It's obviously not one of these "if you've seen one you've seen them all" situations, since the shorts are different every time, and every time there are both gems and duds. But the essentially mixed-bag nature ...…

…Page 8-The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 De Palma does wrong stuff The Bonfire of the Vanities dir. Brian De Palma by Gregg Flaxman t seems ironic that Brian De Palma, whose directorial style is the cinematic equivalent of the most tumid, bloated prose, should have chosen a novel of such pop-journal- istic style as Tom Wolfe's The Bon- fire of the Vanities to bring to the screen. The result of the unlikely confrontation between D...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 - Page 9 'People Dancing!a People Dancing proves with sur- real charm that they are a more than just A Lot of Talk. In their concert this weekend, choreogra- pher Whitley Setrakian (airborne above) continues her innovative combination of text and dance. "A lot of Talk" will be performed Jan- 'iary 11-13 at the Performance Net- Work. The troupe will debut the .conclusion of Mother and Child Were S...…

…Men's indoor track at EMU Invitational Tomorrow, 12 noon T Ypsilanti The Michigan Daily SPORTS Friday, January 11, 1991 Hawkeyes shave Ice hockey vs. Miami of Ohio Tonight and Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena '4 Page 109 w Jeff Sheran Blue, 79-78 Blue drops to 0-3 in Big Ten despite 23 from Calip Hawkeyes press Blue into frustrating loss IOWA CITY - Michigan showed it could sink the basketball from afar in its 79-78 loss to Iowa l...…

…The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 - Page 11 Blue-NU theme: R-E -S-P-E-C-T Aby Matthew Dodge No Contest? Last-place Redskins (2-13-3) skate into Yost by Jeni Durst Wfaily Basketball Writer On the wall of Michigan coach Bud VanDeWege's office is a framed copy of former UCLA coach John Wooden's famed Pyramid of Success. As Wooden recounts the essential steps to winning, he is fond of saying that an athlete should Zalways respect...…

…Page 12-The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 11, 1991 Fencers hope to foil foes at Ohio State by Ryan Herrington Daily Sports Writer As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. So it is with the Michigan fencing club's three week hiatus from.competition. The Wolverines look to shake the cobwebs off their weapons before their schedule resumes this Saturday at Ohio State. While the team is not looking at this weekend's meet in Col...…

…1£ilg! Vol. Cl, No.71 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Thursday, January 10, 1991 *hpMcight Dly Entree Plus expands Baker, Aziz I meet little with success to Union by Lari Barager Daily Staff Reporter Students are now able to use Entree Plus for meals at restau- rants - including Little Caesar's - in the Union and North Cam- pus Commons, as a result of a re- cent merger between the Housing Division and the Michigan Union. "We've been hearing fo...…

…Page 2- The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 10, 1991 Calvin and Hobbes C.A IM,1Ys WE! TIME la QtAE IN. I CANT, MOM ! TYE QOT To KILL SNOW C AONS ! w INc~ CAN KILL .TNEJ ' ITO~NMROAMW . 9Z40ocL. LET OT, by Bill Watterson MOMS AED REbSO: ARE LIAKE M\ Young hosts media execs. ANI ,. 0 WACR . j ,o O + C r' 71 DETROIT (AP) - New York media executives may have had to set aside some stereotypes to listen to Detroit leaders talk about ...…

…The Michigan Daily -Thursday, January 10, 1991 - Page 3 Lithuanians against Sovie MOSCOW (AP) - The Lithuanian government today urged citizens to protect legislative build- ings after Kremlin troops took up positions in the capital of the se- cessionist Baltic republic. Thousands of Lithuanuans held an all-night vigil near the parlia- ment building in Vilnius, the re- public's capital, after President Vytautas Landsbergis urged citizens to d...…

…Page 4 -The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 10, 1991 EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 420 Maynard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 NOAH FINKEL Editor in Chief DAVID SCHWARTZ Opinion Editor 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. Education reform Engler should push for state-...…

…ARTS The Michigan Daily La terza parte non era Thursday, January10, 1991 Page 5 bellissima The Godfather Part III dir. Francis Ford ,Coppola by Mark Binelli The Godfather Part III has all of the elements necessary for an excellent film: lots of Italian people, lots of Catholic stuff (including the Pope), lots of graphic violence, a gnocchi- rolling scene, poisoned cannolis and for the final act, of course, an evening at the opera. But unf...…

…Page 6 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 10, 1991 CI AS SIFIED ADS74 5 _____ 64-055 T ma-/GAN DALY CLAW11ID eads .2.25/line for first day. .75/line for each additional, consecutive dayl DEADLINE is 11:30 am one business day prior to publication. Payment Pre-Payment is required when placing an ad. Personal checks from Ann ' Arbor area banks, business checks, cashier's checks & money orders will be accepted. NO PERSON'AL CHEWX will be ac...…

…The Michigan Daily -Thursday, January 10, 1991 - Page 7 RECORDS Continued from page 5 on it or on the back of the case, is about a desire to drive a Zamboni machine. "Now ever since I've been oung/ it's been my dream that I might drive a Zamboni machine/ ... all the kids would look up to me." 1 The manager of the local arena won't let him, but how many songs about Zambonis exist in this world? -Annette Petruso The Trash Can Sinatras Cake Go! ...…

…Page 8- The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 10, 1991 From trite to excellent: the best of the rest by Annette Petruso second of two parts "Popular music is a big subject and it needs to be looked at from a variety of angles - otherwise you end up with the three blind men feel- ing up an elephant. One is in the front and says it's a snake. One's feeling a leg and says it's a tree. And I honestly can't remember what the one at the other end ...…

…Men's indoor track at EMU Invitational Saturday, 12 noon Ypsilanti The Michigan Daily *Wrestlers engineer victory over Lehigh TSPORTS Thursday, January 10, 1991 Ice hockey vs. Miami of Ohio Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Yost Ice Arena Page 9 Surprising Iowa next for cold Blue by Josh Dubow Daily Sports Writer The Michigan wrestling team re- urned to the mats for its first meet n a month to face the Lehigh Engi- neers. The Wolverines also h...…

…Page 10-The Michigan Daily-Thursday, January 10, 1991 NCAA Continued from page 1 ovich said. "We'll all survive. There will be greater parity." The increase of the minimum number of varsity intercollegiate sports from six to seven for both men and women for a total of 14 for a university to remain in Division I. Proposal 38 passed. The amendment, along with seven provisions, would reduce ath- letic-related activities to 20 hours per week. In ...…