Table of Contents for 16 September 1998
Technology, Faculty
Salaries Drive Tuition Upward
by Lee Bockhorn
Citing needed increases in technology funding and faculty salaries, the University Board of Regents approved a 3.9 percent tuition increase in July. They also approved an additional $30 per semester technology fee for students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
U-M Plans
"Diversity" Theme Semester
by C.J.
Carnacchio
From the moment University students begin Freshman Orientation, to the moment they receive their degrees, the concept of diversity is constantly stressed in courses, special events, and by many student groups. The Winter Term 1999 will continue this focus on diversity with a theme semester entitled “Diversity: Theories and Practices.”
Oh, where do we begin, after such a summer... All the usual (targets) of Serpent’s Tooth just keep giving us easy fodder. In Washington, the priapically preoccupied Pinocchio Presidency continues. Somewhere, Bob Dole is laughing his ass off.
Letters to the Editor
Carnacchio
"Collude[s] With Rapists"
Let’s skip the flowery introduction and the usual lead into the letter and get straight to the point: C.J. Carnacchio’s Campus Commentary from April 22, 1998 titled “Take Back the Night From Feminists” was not about supporting the ideal of a humane utopia and making rape a community issue. It was a blatant attack on women courageous enough to speak out about rape. Women courageous enough to share their stories with strangers, not “accept, even embrace the mantle of victim status.” The mantle that we embrace is that of survivors. Did you not hear Kalimah Johnson lead us in our chant “I am not a victim”? There were no victims at Take Back the Night, only survivors. It is a badge of honor to be a survivor, to have lived to tell.
Letters to the Editor
Mr.
Carnacchio Responds
Not yet available.
From Suite One
U-M's Diversity
Charade Continues
Not yet available.
Commentary
U-M: Stay Out
of Granger Case
The University, already embroiled in a bitter affirmative-action debate, has invited controversy on a second front surrounding its admissions practices. In postponing the acceptance of Grosse Point native Daniel Granger until he is either acquitted or convicted of the statutory rape charges now facing him, the administration fancies itself the guardian of the moral high road. Although they attempt prudence, such measures are undermined by unsound reasoning, hypocrisy, and a blatant disregard for cherished principles.
Send Lawyers, Guns & Money
C.J.'s
"Foulest of Fall" 1998
by C.J.
Carnacchio
Continuing in the tradition of Editor Emeritus Ben Kepple's "Worst of Winter" columns, I proudly present my "Foulest of Fall." The Foulest of Fall consists of Fall 1998 courses which are politically biased, intellectually useless, frivolous, and just plain funny. Before I get into the list, allow me to give any freshman reading this some friendly advice:
Lanterns & Lances
Heroism In an
Unheroic Age
by Lee Bockhorn
Not yet available.
Essay
Freshmen:
Beware the Activist Factor
by Matthew S. Schwartz
This is for the new students, the ones who have not yet experienced the wonderful world in which we live — whose eyes are bright with wonder and excitement, who blindly look upon great institutions with admiration and respect. You are about to hear a tale from the real world, a lesson filled with truth and candor. It may be disheartening, but it will benefit you to learn the truth now rather than painfully stumble into it later, unprepared.
Essay
The Iron Curtin
by Matthew
Buckley
Suffice it to say that Jessica Curtin and I have some pretty big political differences. I am solidly conservative on fiscal issues, mildly conservative on social issues, and near-dogmatic about avoiding arrest. Curtin, a leader of the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), is solidly left (way, way, way solidly left) on social issues. I suspect she is to the left on fiscal issues as well.
National Affairs
GOP Won't
Impeach Clinton
by Jacob Oslick
For the past six years, President Clinton has topped the “enemies” list of prominent Republican activists throughout the country. Their animosity was driven by two main factors: a general dissatisfaction with Clinton’s left-leaning agenda, and political calculations designed to shore up the conservative base. One would then logically think that with Kenneth Starr’s damning ethics report now reaching Congress, and the President’s ineffective, non-apologetic apologies, these forces would be licking their chops to strike the final blow on a wounded presidency. However, such logic neglects the original reason for their anger in the first place: the two conditions mentioned above. Therefore, in the coming months expect Republicans to talk big and do little, knowing strong action will only bolster the Democrats in 2000.
Sports
Gridders:
Reality Check
by Rob Wood
Just when you thought it was safe to go into a season of Michigan football hoping for the best… you get the more traditional U-M season. All of you freshmen and sophomores have finally experienced a Michigan loss in your tenure as official Wolverines. Take it from someone who has been here a while: it will happen again. Maybe not this weekend or the next, but even the most enthusiastic among you must admit that perfection doesn’t come along too often here in Ann Arbor. You may have heard blasphemies about 8-4 seasons and even the nasty rumor that it had been about fifty years since our immaculate Maize-and-Blue warriors won their last national title. While all that was magically dispelled last year with twelve striking displays of perfection, the inevitable can only be delayed for so long. In other words, you can’t win ’em all. In a few weeks, you will begin to understand this more personally — midterms, anyone?
Campus Computing
Angell is the
Devil
by Benjamin
Rousch
It's four o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon. You’re done with classes for the day and you want to check your email. Where do you go? The obvious computing site is Angell Hall, so you go there. You anxiously rove the rows of computers waiting for someone to finish. Someone stands up and you sprint for that section. Alas, she is only going to the printer. Someone on the other side of the room grabs his bag and heads for the stairs and you race for the open computer. You arrive only to find that someone else has beaten you. Well, nothing to do now but go back to the wandering and waiting. After several bruises and a shouting match, you get a computer, and spend a measly five minutes checking your email.
Living Culture: Arts
Welcome to
Living Culture
by Tom Jolliffe
Thank you for visiting the Review’s Living Culture section. The difference between Marmaduke on these pages and a viable arts department is your readership. Like any review of the arts, what we do back here is a hodge-podge of cultural analysis: album, book, and film reviews seasoned with coverage of live fine-arts performances. Completing the repertoire are music editor Chris Hayes’s red-hot interviews with eminent artists. We also dabble in outrageous editing!
Living Culture: Film
Vicious Friends
Amuses
by Matthew
Buckley
Most of us are not action heroes. While occasional physical exertion wont leave us exhausted or devastated, we simply dont do much fighting, bullet-dodging, car-chasing, or most of the other behaviors that make action movies so fun to watch. Most of the time, the pivotal moments in our day emerge in conversations with others. Thats right, just talking.
Living Culture: Music
Hayden Ends
Summer Doldrums
by Chris Hayes
I don’t think I have to tell any of you loyal readers that fall is just around the corner and it is time to get your rock & roll groove on. This is extremely important to me because (to be rude and crude as I am expected to be) shows this summer sucked. However, this fall looks rather promising. With Massive Attack and Getaway Cruiser doing shows very soon, the fall looks good.
Living Culture: Music
Massive Attack
Can't Hurt You
by Julie Jeschke
Tired of listening to the same old Dave Matthews Band or ho-hum, no-imagination alternative crap? Do you want the people in your residence hall to walk by your room, hear what’s on your stereo, and be amazed? Obviously, a huge part of being in college is exploring and trying new things; this especially applies to music. Even if you’re just (sadly) looking for the next bandwagon on which to jump, read on, open-minded music lover. But don’t just passively read—buy the compact discs and buy the tickets. Massive Attack is coming to town.