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ne would exp.ect the lead-up to a war to address two basic questions "Why war?"

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and "Why now?" and to establish national and interna­ tional consensus on the resulting rationale for war. One would, in the case of Iraq, be wrong. The question of why we would go to war with Iraq has been thoroughly entangled with our government's contentions that we are, in fact, already i n a state of war (despite any objec­ tive evidence to that effect), that the definition of "war" is among the things changed completely by the terrorist attacks of last year, and that the declared enemy is evil itself. Based on this logic, the Bush administration ini­ tially denied that it needed to answer any questions whatsoever. The War President, who asserted that his powers i n wartime were complete and unquestioned, had spoken. When questions persisted, the White House counsel issued a statement saying that since Congress had already issued a declaration of war against Iraq after the Kuwaiti invasion ,a decade ago, further congression­ al action was unnecessary a statement that, absurdly, also seemed to indicate the president's authority to attack Vietnam, Korea, Germany, Japan, Ita ly, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Spain, and the southern half of the United States. While this approach developed no consensus whatso­ ever, it nonetheless served the Bush administration bet­ ter than they could have imagined. Instead of the neces­ sity of war, public debate suddenly focused o n the pres­ ident's i ntransigence and failure to follow proper chan­ nels. With attention focused off the ends and placed firmly on the means, and opinion polls showing strong support for an i nvasion only if Congress and the U N were consulted, the administration suddenly acquiesced the U N would be addressed, and congressional advice and consent would be soug ht, they announced. They then proceeded to conduct these consultations in the most pro forma manner imaginable. The president's U N speech consisted of a rehash of Iraq's past misdeeds and an exhortation to enforce the UN's post-Gulf W ar res­ olutions against them, conveniently ignoring a slough of UN resolutions against Israel and others that the US has ignored routinely. It was capped with the promise that the US would act regardless of the U N that is, a bald­ faced admission that Bush considered his presence before them the merest of formalities. "Consultation" with Congress has thus far consisted of sending to Capitol Hill a draft resolution that gives the president carte blanche to use any means he deems necessary to respond to secu­ rity threats throughout the Middle East, and effectively daring them not to pass it iii an election year. So why Iraq, why war and why now? Obviously, answers based on the geopolitics of fossil fuel production or the fact that Saddam Hussein tried to assassi nate the presi­ dent's dad are probably not forthcoming. Nor, it would seem, is any plausible link to the terrorist bombings of Sept. 11, 2001, though incontrovertible evidence exists that Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld ordered his staff to start digging for such a link, however tenuous, mere min­ utes after the atta cks. While we know for certain that

Saddam Hussein has had and used weapons of mass destruction in the past something we know for certain because our own government gave thelll to him back when we were supporting his war against Iran no evi­ dence has been offered that he has and intends to use them now. Nor is any explanation offered as to why Iraq's weapons of mass destruction are any more dangerous to the United States than those possessed by, for example, North Korea, Pakistan and China. The question of why now becomes even trickier. While it's true that war with Iraq has become, i n effect, the OJ Simpson trial of late 2002 the thing that we talk about i nstead of wh at's really happening in the country and while it's also true that the news being forced off the air-

The White House counsel issued a state­ ment saying that since Congress had already issued a declaration of war against Iraq after the Kuwaiti invasion a decade ago, further congressional action was unnecessary a statement that, absurdly, also seemed to indicate the president's authority to attack Vietna10, Korea, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Spain, and the southern half of the United States. waves and front pages by this story uniformly makes the president and many members of his administration look like bumblers at best and un-i ndicted corporate co-con­ spirators at worst, it should be remembered that "finish­ ing" the war with Iraq was on can didate Bush's foreign policy to-do list during the 2000 campaig n. What is more likely is that the atmosphere of terror and the presidential em powerment that has gone with it have given Bush and his administration a context for doing what they intended to do all along. As for the to use a word of Vice President Cheney's choosing "reprehensi­ ble" suggestion that this is serving as a smoke screen for a failed domestic agenda and the economic sham bles it has caused; that would seem to be the sort of serendip­ itous coincidence like cuts in marginal tax rates most­ ly benefiti ng the sort of people who contribute to GOP campaign funds that Republicans have thrived on since time immemorial. Not that any of this should make us any more com­ fortable with, much less supportive of, this war. Nothing the president or any member of his administration has presented thus far has even attempted to answer the basic question of why a "regime change" i n Iraq is worth the life of even one American service person. Until such time as they do, suspicions that the might of the US gov­ ernment, and the faith and trust of the American people, are being hijacked for a vendetta, or a political smoke­ screen, or something even worse can and must be given free reign ...

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Don't invade Iraq Representatives from Iowans for Peace (IfP) recently met with us Congress member Jim Leach.

Our message: Don't invade Iraq. There are non-vio­

lent and moderate alternatives to the Bush-pro­ posed violent overthrow of the Saddam Hussein regime

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says, "that all decisions will be made by big business for the whole country and that eccentrics will slowly fade away. Without creativity the chance to play and the chance to learn of a place on your own diversity and place will not remain alive." The spirit of the word is crucial to this creative play and education. Steve has worked hard, then, to bring to an eastern Iowa audience the words of talented writers and thi nkers who practice the intersections of language, spirit and place. Through the annual Harvest Lecture, he says he tries to help us "see a tie between mystics and artists and the creative process and the workings of the natural world. I think of language' as a wild on-the-spot way to know the world our way." This year, he will do so by evoking voices no longer with us in b ody, at least. Steve says, "I wanted to search for a tradition of successful Midwestern poets/artists who have

e s eaves cared for where they live and have carried that love with them. I think the old (perhaps) wiser (through time) poets have something to teach us all." The first of these poets will be Paul Engle, one of the founding fathers of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop and creator of the UI's International Writing Program. "These two things alone have made Iowa a hotbed for writing," Steve explains. "But Paul Engle's contribution to making Iowa a place to exam­ ine and want to be is remarkable." Next on the program is James Hearst, "a well-known farmer/poet. His hope and courage to go it as a writer in this world of Iowa near Cedar •

Those brief moments when the rustling golden day tips toward chilly, smoky night are unmatched in their power to evoke the shad­ ows of mystery and the possibilities of story. Falls makes him a natural choice as well." Last is William Stafford, perhaps known more for his work in the West, but whom Steve calls "a Midwestern at heart who speaks of the land with reverence. He speaks of place as vital to who we are." Reciting the poetry of Eng le, Hearst and Stafford will be well-k nown figures who are also excellent public readers. Robert Dana, retired professor from Cornell College i n Mount Vernon, will read Engle. Scott Cawelti, professor of English at The University of Northern Iowa and editor of the complete works of James Hearst, will read from the Harvest Lecture subject of his Own What: Readings from th ree scholarship. And prairie poets. Denise Low, profes­ Where: Prairie Lights sor of English at 15 S . Dubuque Indian Haskell Iowa City College in When: Thu rsday, Oct. 17, Lawrence, Kan., and 8pm editor of Kansas University's creative writi ng journal, Cottonwood, will read from Stafford's poetry. As was the case with last year's Harvest Lecture, Steve is also publishing a limited edition companion book, avail' able for purchase by lecture-goers, the proceeds of which will go toward supporting this and future Harvest Lectures. The book reprints poetry of Engle, Hearst and Stafford, with

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The relationship between a college town and its students is always a little rocky. But do recent

developments

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downs on drinking, an attempted ban on porch furniture ...) mean Iowa City

I live on SOllth Johnson Street, a lively bllt IInsightly ndghborhood ofindis­ tingllishable brick people boxes, charred lawn fUrniture and a constant string ofriotolls parties. lin writing this article inside just such a people box. In the course ofmy efforts, a young man came to my ground floor window and yelled something about "forgling." Twice. My IIpstairs neighbors are either tossing dwarves or engaging in some form ofNapt:rvillean tap dancing. An irregular beat of shattering glass forms a sort of counterpoint to the clicking of my key­ board. I can only hope to churn out this article before lin forgled again ... ost cultures and subcultures entertain the myth of a Golden Age, Edenic stories that constitute, in the words of Sir Kenneth Clark, "the most enchanting dream which has ever consoled

has finally lost it and declared war on

mankind." Iowa City is no exception.

its helpless scholars? Garlic Press editor

hearkens back to a clean-cut past in which young people's excesses didn't

emeritus Michael Antonucci talks to city council

members,

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dents ...to find out and wonders if the state of affairs might propel students toward greater involvement.

Dee Vanderhoef, 63-year-old city council member and mayor pro tern, "stare you in the face" and the "other" Union was the heart of student social life. "There was no way that underage drinking happened in Iowa City when I was a student there," she reminisces. "We went to movies, we played games. At the Union, there were both the sun porches; you had an hour break between classes, and we were frequently there playing cards." " Bones," the "29 year young" proprietor of the Hall Mall's Tobacco Tabernacle, articulates a different vision of a Golden Age, in which Iowa City was an undisputed cultural mecca for Eastern Iowa, when the town was known as the "circus without a tent" instead of the arrest capital of

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the Midwest: "I've been coming to Iowa City

community needs to back the police up on this.

diplomas and transcripts from students with

since I was an early teen-ager because I thought

[Task force member Mike] Carberry said that

unpaid municipal fines.

it was a really exciting place . .. now a lot of that's

the silent majority agrees with that statement." These designated representatives of the "silent

throughout the United States, are frequently a

without coming up to Gabe's and seeing House

majority" quickly shifted their focus, however,

politically somnolent bunch. News of the task force

of Large Sizes or other loc.y bands that I would­

from the alleged prevalence of gangland menace

recommendations made it to the students, howev­

n't have got the chance to see if I hadn't been

to discussions of the student problem. Matt

allowed in. Go back to Iowa City circa 1982-

Blizek, vice president of the Universiry of Iowa

Thompson, in an email to the JCNews list­

it was some of the best years. If I was that young

Student Government, believes that an anti-stu­

serv jokingly exhorted those outraged by "this

again, I'd probably say 'I'm getting out ofIowa.'

dent bias was inevitable, given the council­

big smelly pile of legislation" to bring their

determined constitution of the task force.

"torches and pitchforks." While students left

culture and some personal freedoms that weren't

"When they put this task force together (and

their farm implements at home, they did bring

taken for granted, and now they're all getting

who knows what the driving force behind that

symbols that they considered even more power­

swept away."

was), one token student, Nick Klenske, got to

ful: their kegs and their couches. About 100

be on," Blizek laments. "They really should

student protesters turhed out April 30; the mO,s t

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Somewhere between these two opposed visions lies a set of antagonisms between competing busi­ ness interests, disparate income levels, between established residents and transient dwellers. The uneasy relationship between a large university population and the surrounding community that it spawned and sUStains may not encompass the entire dilemma. Regulators consistently empha­ size that they wish to crack down on errant behav­ ior, regardless of the miscreants' age or enrollment status. It's undeniable, though, that regardless of the lines of battle, university students are caught . in the crossfire.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

If the antagonism between older property own­

ers and younger renters is indeed a war, the Neighborhood Housing Relations Task Force is the elite commando unit for those who envision a •

quieter, more regulated community. [Editor's

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24.] On Oct. 21, 2001, the Iowa City City Council passed Resolution No. 01-353, which set up the task force. The driving force behind its . establishment was the Neighborhood Council, a group of neighborhood representatives who detected, ,

according

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Hansen,

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Wetherby Neighborhood group spokesman, "cor­ rupting forces polluting their neighborhoods"

(11/07101 N H RTF minutes, available via www.icgov.org). The Wetherby Neighborhood

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being curtailed. I couldn't fathom my youth

Iowa City was the last bastion of a little bit of

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creative recreated a mock living area near the

Most cultures and subcultures entertain the myth of a Golden Age, Edenic stories that constitute, in the words of Sir Kenneth Clark, "the most enchanting dream which has ever con­ soled mankind. II Iowa City is no exception.

front steps of the civic center. Students handed

have included more students, because if there's a

May 4 editorial on the task force's "shotgun

nuisance ordinance, of course, us students are

approach" as "the kind of approach people take

considered the nuisance. "

when they assume they are dealing with their.

out buttons promising a "Couch For Every Porch." They demonstrated that when local burghers set their sights on the party, students would bring the party to them. The furor continued inside the forum, as stu­ dents and non-students alike roundly bashed the proposals. Thirty of the 45 comments pub­ lished in the April 30 minutes denounced the provisions as unenforceable, unconstitutional, discriminatory, and just plain stupid. Task force chair Hillary Sale concluded the meeting with a sneer at the assembled students, recommending that they obtain their information from a 'source other than the

Daily Iowan.

Presumably, she was not recommending they read the

Iowa City Press-Citizen,

which issued a

Steve Kanner, the council's Green Party mem­

adversaries, not with their neighbors. " The task

ber, claims that he pushed for student represen­

force partially capitulated (or fine-tuned,

tation, and that he had to fight tooth and nail

depending on your p,erspective) by withdrawing

for the solitary token member: "The student

the couch, keg, party permit, and diploma-

body president, we barely got him on; it took

withholding from its final recommendations.

,

me something like 10 times saying, 'Let's get the

The council members with whom I spoke

student body president.' I wanted more rental

eagerly distanced themselves from the aban­

representation on there and the majority didn't

doned recommendations. Irvin Pfab forthright­

want to do that."

ly admits that the dropped items were "hare­

(For those keeping score,· the task force was

brained ideas that never really had any chance,"

includes an area, south ofK-Mart, with pockets of

made up of three neighborhood council repre­

defending the process as a "brainstorming ses­

low-income housing.The original impetus for the

sentatives, three tenants reps, three landlord

sion. " Connie Champion saw the limits on par­

task force may thus have been the bogeyman of an

reps, one member named by the Association of

ties as a "real infringement on people's rights."

Iowa City gang crisis, and some members' may

Realtors and the at-large chair.)

Thompson, in our interview, expressed some

have expected a crackdown on minorities and the

In the inaugural meeting, Tim Walker, repre­

hope that the struggle had been concluded or

poor instead of a crusade against drunken frater­

sentative of the Northside Neighborhood

had at least reached a turning point: "After the

nity hooligans. Bob Thompson, local musician and activist,

Association's

bashing that [task force members] got at that

drew this exchange from the task force's meeting

Group,

public forum, they were probably a little bit

directly refers to students as a frequent source of

gun-shy.» Still, some disturbing points made it

friction. In April, when the task force members

into the final recommendations unscathed.

compiled and released their initial set of 31 rec­

Particularly concerning were recommendations

ommendations, they' overtly expressed their

Sale outlined in an Aug. 19 memo to the ciry

desire to regulate student behavior, recom­

council: " . . . direct Ciry Manager to direct police

minutes that might, partially illuminate the group's initial motives: " [Task force member Jerry] Hansen said that after the Wetherby drive-by shooting, anyone who was pulled over for a routine traffic violation had their car searched. He noted that this cut down on drugs and violence and would like to see more enforcement like this . . . Hansen went on to say that racial profiling is unavoidable and that the

vaguely

TranquilirylSafery

Or wellian-sounding

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mending the city ban the ominous presence of

to issue citations in disorderly house occur­

upholstered lawn furniture, require permits for parties of over 30 people, and adopt a keg per­

rences more frequently, and, where appropriate, on the first call. . .consider increased patrols of

mit ordinance. Unsubtly, they urged city staff to

neighborhoods experiencing disorderly house

coordinate with the universiry to withhold

and criminal complaints. For example, foot,

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patrols in near-town neighborhoods between 2-3 AM [and] utilize the municipal infraction process to cite properties in violation of zoning and housing codes." W hile ordinance-speak is always open to interpretation, one might tentatively translate this language as "crack down on band practices," "arrest more students stumbling along South Johnson Street," and "push the police to perform functions traditionally performed by less intimidating city personnel." Blizek feels similar trepidation, noting that " ...[ w] e had kind of mixed feelings about increased patrol of the student areas (such as South Johnson), foot patrols and actually walking around in there. They used some fancy wording, but it was pretty clear they meant student areas, where there are going to be parties and things like "You can almost that ... [T] his is a good idea in principle, but only if these offi­ not afford not to cers aren't just walking up and drink. It's cheaper down the street breaking up parties or harassing students." than water. " The task force presented its -City council final recommendations, conve­ member Connie niently enough, on Aug. 19, when most students were more Champion concerned with moving couch­ es than rallying around them, and while the maligned Daily Iowan still slumbered. The timing of the meeting was not lost on Sale, who described it as "an ideal time of year to pass this." In her snippy conclusion to the April 30 forum, Sale had urged the attendees to come to regular meetings to obtain better information. This injunction, however, was apparently forgotten over the long summer months. The task force expressed its desire that its future incarnations conduct meetings privately, to avoid concerns over litigation when it begins to name names of specific violators. [Editor's note: The council. recently directed the city manager to appoint a new committee, which will not have open meetings.]

Hang me in a bottle

The task force recommendations, with their heavy-handed anti-party recommendations, sho�d logically have no more avid supporter than Mike Porter, the 34-year old owner of the Summit and One-Eyed Jake's. After all, if students can't party at home, they're more likely to go down­ town and party in his bars. He can't, however, support the task force members in good conscience or even figure them out. ''I'm not sure what the housing task force is really doing," Porter con­ fesses. "They said they're concerned about their property values. Well, the students are what make thei� property values so high. I don't know what . their big issue is." The nascent political mobilization unintentionally sparked by the task

force's exrremism might please him more. Porter has spearheaded past efforts to register students and encourage them to vote in council elec­ tions. He's going to continue this process, actively working with the UI student government to get registered young voters to the polls for the next city council election. He'd better. Voting students defend his business interests, and, given some council members' desire to push the age for bar entrance to 21, those business interests are in some jeopardy. Absent prohibitory regulations, most downtown bar owners seem to be doing well. Bars are plentiful, and alcohol is inexpensive enough that even

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a starving freelance writer can occasionally afford a drink. Champion, an advocate of 21 + entrance ordinances, bemoans the river of cheap alcohol flowing through Iowa City's center: "You can almost not afford not to drink. It's cheaper than water." Blizek analyzes the prevalence of downtown bars as the confluence of economic trends and the university-enforced withering of frat parties: "The bar explosion has mainly happened over the past seven or so years. The two biggest contributors were, one, the Coral Ridge Mall opened up, basically sucking out half the business, and leaving spaces where bars could come and fill it up. There's always going to be demand for a bar. The second big thing was when the Greek houses here on campus went dry, because here you have five or six thousand students who can no longer drink in their own homes." Instead of treating the problem as an economically based one, with solutions ranging from rezoning to limiting liquor licenses, the city colVl­ cil has thus far taken a largely punitive approach to underage drinking, enacting a patchwork of regulations that limit, for example, the number of drinks served to a single customer, and promising to get tough on bars and underage drinking this fall. On his website (http://home.mchsi.com/ �thompbobson/arres{.htm), Thompson diag-

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noses the current trend roward escalating enforcement as the result of the Stepping Up Committee, a "little cabal" of "administrarors and big shots from the University, elected and appointed officials from local and state govern­ ment, law enforcement, and prominent people from the private secror, banded rogether around some impressive grant money" The group formed in 1997 to combat high-risk drinking, relying on funding from the UI, the American Medical Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation of Princeron. The original charter includes every major player in local law enforcement. The group initially gar­ nered $875,000 in grant support, and has brought its financial clout ro bear effectively. Mike McConnell, general manager of the Field House and College Street Billiards Club, admires the organization's efficacy while, pre­ dictably, opposing its goals: "No one has tried positively and successfully ro involve the stu­ dents in a decision. It's been the immoral

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Committee at bay for a little bit." And Champion characterizes her support for a potential 21+ ordinance as, in part, a response ro past lobbying from "Mary Sue Coleman, her . staff and the committee." By regulating the downtown bar scene, many council members enter into strange, unfamiliar territory. Pfab, an outspoken proponent of pushing up the age for bar entrance, freely admits his complete lack of firsthand knowl­ edge of bars or the culture: "I've probably spent

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30 ro 40 hours of my life in a bar, maybe less than that. So, certainly, you're not looking at anybody with any smarts as ro what ro do with this. I apologize. I'm the last person who should be telling these people how ro do this. I don't know a damn thing about it. Maybe we have a reputation of being a party town, maybe. That's what I'm told." Alissa Bernard, on the other hand, is inti­ mately familiar with the bar scene. As a bar­

tender at the Fjeld House, the 22-year-old has interacted with the seething masses of sweary •

undergraduates every work night for the past two years. From her vantage point on the front lines, even the most restrictive ordinances appear futile at best, counterproductive at worst. "We pull maybe 10 or 20 [fake IDs) here a night as it is," she says. "Imagine everyone under 2 1 trying to get fakes; it'd be insane. All it's going to do is spread the problem. At least now it's downtown, concentrated in an area. If they make everything 21, without any kind of alternative, it's just going to go everywhere, risking even more underage drinking and date rapes at house parties, things like that. If a kid

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wants a beer, a kid's going to have a beer; there's just no way around it."

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with the proposed venture. Jann Ream, a code enforcement assistant, cited safety as her primary concern with the Mouse Trap, as " [tlhese are exactly the sort of venues that get out of control in Third World countries." Ream suggested that "they should try to find a way to get a commercial venue." She didn't have any specific suggestions, how­ ever, as to how a group of poverty-stricken musicians might go about renting a separate commercial building and obtaining the permits necessary to provide for their entertainment.

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party in their homes, damned if they try to start entertainment bankroll

options

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and they're certainly damned if they

drink downtown. "I want ro go after the bar owner for sending a patron Out drunk into the waiting arms of the police," Pfab says. His sen­ timent, while not entirely unteasonable, seems to beg the question of who sent the police into the Pedestrian Mall at 2am and encouraged them to fill quotas by issuing tickets for public intoxication. A few statistics' (mined from Thompson's website) shed some light onto the legal perils faced by a student or young person

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couple batches of reissues skidded into my

mailbox

recently

L ike,

Om igod!

'80s Pop CuLture Box (Rhino Records) and the first four

Replacements albums ( Restless Records)

and I'm deep

i nto '80s nostalgia, sucked into the pop culture way­ back machine. Yet as I listen to Omigod

a seven-CD set jammed

with '80s radio hits, broadly �urveying the surface of the pop culture landscape

I'm reminded of how hard

it is to capture the "sound" of any period of popular music. What were the '80s for my crew and me as we hung out i n our boring, seedy beach town? Punk rock com pilation

tapes

( Dead

Ken nedys,

Black

Flag,

Butthole Surfers, etc.) and Top 40 radio ( B ryan Adams, Tears for Fears, Soft Cell and Wang Chung). I would guess that I am not alone. What I would like to see i s a compi lation geared toward my crowd. We all made it out of that sad little town and have jobs now. We have disposable income. I'd like to see tra'cks from the first two albums I bought with my own money

Madonna's Like a Virgin and the

Butthole Surfers' Rembrandt Pussyhorse

included i n a

compilation like Omigod. None of us saw any contra­ diction i n listening to these divergent kinds of music, and we could n't even con ceive that there couLd be a contradiction. Kids today do the same thing. First you buy Pink, then you buy Interpol. O r, if you were like me, you bought both at the same time. What I mean to say is, record companies could do a better job of bet­

Michael Stipe. "Tommy Tutone i s like the cute guy you brought home from the bar i n the 1980s," she argues. "You can still see his face but you cannot remember his name. Stipe is the guy you dated. He took you home to meet his parents. Why can't you see the difference?" Which bri ngs me to the p ressi ng issue. Do radio play or record sales suggest anything more than, well, radio play and record sales? In terms of influence and long evity, I thi n k R . E . M :s "South Central Rain" holds u p far better than, say, "867-5309/Jenny"

or at least I

know which one I could listen to 10 times i n a row without jumping out a window. It's fitti ng that R . E . M . doesn't make a n appearance on Rhino's version of the 1980s, because this box set is all about the above­ ground story, what rose to the surface (and what was only as deep as the surface ) . Not that this monstrous, jaw-droppingly lavish seven-CD box set totally neglects the quirk-factor the B-52's

it begins with Devo and ends with

but it does fall short on representing any

kind of underground phenomena. Hip-hop is ba rely rep­ resented. ( Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" and Run-DMC's "Walk This Way" are about it, unless you count Ta co's awful, ass-clenching " Puttin' On the Ritz" as rap.) In terms of record sales, the Replacements were as fa r away as possible from the '80s arena rock of bands like Guns 'n' Roses (though they embodied the raw, rau­ cous rock 'n' roll spirit of Axl's band, one reason why aging Replacements bassist Tommy Sti nson was recruit­ ed into the . new, "improved" GNR). Led by talented

ter capturing the weird and wonderfully eclectic mix­

singer-son gwriter Pa ul Westerberg, the Replacements

tu res of music people listen to in real life.

were a messy punk band that was both stupid and sin­

As I look at the '80s Pop CuLture Box and the

cere i n their early days. The loud-hard-fast " I Hate

Replacements CDs (their first four, released on the

Music" coexisted with "J o h n ny's Gonna Die," a solemn

i nfluential Minneapolis indie label Twin Tone), I thi n k

(and

about the stories they have to tell. The Replacements

Thunders on their debut, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out

are not included on Omigod for obvious reasons: They

the

don't fit the cultural-relevance template used by Rhino

Replacements evolved i nto a slig htly more mature band

for this project. Which raises an i nteresting question:

that was still, well, stupid and sincere (their final inde­

What makes something culturally relevant, "impor­

pendently released album, Let It Be, ranged from the

tant": album sales or, for lack of a better word, soul?

heartbreaki ng

My friend Bunny and I get into these heated argu­ ments about the relative popularity of R . E . M . during .

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a m phetamine rush of "Gary's Got a Boner"). Even after they jum ped ship into the majors, the

the 1980s compared to artists like Bana narama, Culture

Mats never made it big, though Westerberg's ghost can

Club or Tommy Tutone (all of whom, save for Michael

be heard in the songs of numerous artists today, espe­

Sti pe & Co., appear on this Rhino Records box set) . She

cially those stuck with the unfortunate genre label

agrees that "867-53 09/Jenny," the one Tutone hit, can

"emo." The closest t�e Replacements came to having ·

be called to mind by anyone who was alive during the

an i m pact on the mainstream was being referenced ' i n

'80s. Yet, she refuses to equate "knowing" a tune with

the 1980s teen black comedy Heathers, whose di rector

"listening intently" over many wine-soaked evenings to

was a big Mats fa n. In the movie, Winona Ryder's school

,

was Westerberg High and one of the Heathers offhandedly remarked during a key scene, "Color me im pressed, " a direct nod to the best song on Hootenanny. This 1983 album was considered their masterpiece until they followed it u p with Let It Be, which is wide­ ly acknowledged as one of the best albums of the 1980s. Why was it one of the best albums of the 1980s? Westerberg could write a pOll

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ART

'iii! ,:.U:2!!I� Lifi.!�� 'i'••: ilfl1!"1';,. i.,. :II Akar Architecture and Design 4 S. Lilln St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 - 1 2 2 7

Geoffrey Wheeler: Recent Work in Porcelain, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, . 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Arts Iowa City Jefferson Building, 129 E. Washington St., Iowa City 101 Prints from the University of Iowa Print Studios, fea­ turing the unframed work of 14 artists hailing from Iowa and around the world, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walle

The Art Mission

The Forgotten Objects of Design: Fun & Functional. Inventive & Intimate, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Catherine Jones Davies, Kim Hannah, Genie Patrick, Marcia Wegman, Laura Young and Deb Zisko; opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Faulconer Gallery

Kirkwood Community College

Grinnell College, 1 1 08 Park St., Grin nell, 641269-4660

Italian Drawings and Prints from the Castelvecchio Museum, Verona, through Oct. 20. The Frame House & Gallery 2 1 1 N. Lin n St., Iowa City, 3 3 8-0988 Works by Marcel Mouly, the last livi ng student of Picasso, original acrylic work and prints; opening reception Oct. 12, 4:30-6:30pm.

Hudson River Gallery 538 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 358-8488

1 14 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 466-1006

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Wood-fired ceramic and metal sculpture by James Kasper; monoprints by Deanne Warnholtz Wortman; opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503

Iowa Artisans Gallery

Sharon Burns Knutson: Cool New Work, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Classic Images: From the Ansel Adams Archive, through '

Dec. 8.

Coe College

1 1 7 E. College St., Iowa City, 3 51-8686

Marvin Cone and Eaton-Buchan galleries, 1 2 20

part of Gallery Walk.

First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 399-399 -8647

Iowa Killed Buddy Holly

Quad Cities Artists, through Oct. 4

John Andrews (encaustic on aluminum) and Gerald Auten (oil and graphite o n paper), Oct. 25-Nov. 15; reception Oct. 25, 57p m.

Design Ranch Store Corner

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Davenport and Dodge streets, Iowa

Silver. Gold & Foil Imaging 1 966-2002, work by Virginia

Myers, Oct. 4-Nov. 4; reception Oct. 10, 5-6:30pm. (See Words for related event.)

Lorenz Boot Shop 1 3 2 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 339 -1053

Authentic Spaces, photography by Robert Fox; A Bee's Eye View, paintings by Cathmar Prang; Range of Motion, pho­ tography and drawing by David Trawick; Student Viewpoints, work by UI art student Karlee Morehead; open­

ing Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Many Facets Dean Spencer: Movements in Metal. opening Oct. 11; open­ ing reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk. ,

M.C. Ginsberg Obj ects of Art Tony Brown: Acrylic Paintings, opening Oct. 11; opening

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Perverted like a breakfast of oatmeal and hashish, artwork by J.e. Jogerst, plus poetry reading (see Words), Oct. 17, .;. . 6 :30-9pm.

& TrUst

102 S.

Cedar Rapids, 398-4956

1 1 0 E. Washington St., Iowa City

Hall Mall, Iowa City

Iowa State

Kirkwood Blvd. SW,

1 2 5 S. Dubuque, Iowa City, 341-4562

Sheryl Ellinwood: Storyboards and African Masks in Fused Glass, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 1 1 , 5-8pm,

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Iowa Hall Gallery, 6301

reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part; of Gallery Walk.

Medical . Education Researcb Facility campus, Iowa City

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a 116-foot-long wall incorporati ng six plasma screenS by artist John F. Simon Jr. (See event;)

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Scholarly Used Books in the Liberal Arts Philosophy · History · Literature Women's Studies ' Psychology An

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Mon-Sat I I am-6pm

2 1 9 N. Gilbert 338-3077

Missing Peace Galerie 620 S. Dubuque, Iowa City, 248-0338

The Smart Rope, works by Michael Sinclair, through Oct. 15; opening reception Oct. 5, 6-8pm • Screen printing by Hilary Williams, Oct. 15-31; closing recepti on Oct. 31, Halloween Masquerade.

The Commons, Mount Vernon

9 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 3 7-3760

Brenda Weiler, Oct. 15, 8pm.

Shara Rowley: Still Life Paintings; UI BFA student; opening

2 5 7 E. Iowa Ave., Iowa City

Alessi: Toois for the Home: An Exercise in the Function of Art and Conveniences & Settlements, Paintings by Brandon Buckner, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 58pm, part of Gallery Walle

RSVP 1 1 4 E. Washington St., Iowa City Scratch board illustrations by Claudia McGehee, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Ruby's Pearl 1 3 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 248-0032

Techno Infused Ritual Art, works by Lizzy Brown, through October.

Salon 1 1 9 E. Washington, Iowa City, 3 5 1-0508 Foil prints by Lois Wiederrecht-Finke, opening Oct. 11; opening reception Oct. 11, 5-8pm, part of Gallery Walk.

Senior Center

Thursday Oct 3

Old Post Office Ga llery, 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220

Coffee

Soul Garden: Artwork by Peggy Poison, recent works in acrylics and foil imaging, through Oct. 5 • Northern Exposure, nature an'd wildlife photography by James P.

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folksinger SONiA of Disappear Fear with Minneapolis song­ writer Barb Ryman, Oct. 18 • French guitarist Pierre Bensusan, Oct. 20, 7pm • Boston singor/songwriter Ellis Paul, with Iowa City singer-songwriter Bob Hillman, Oct. 23 • Australian folk legend Eric Bogle, Oct. 31.

Adagio 3 2 5 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 3 3 9-48 1 1 Jazz Brunch every Sunday with Saul Lubaroff Duo, 11am2pm.

Clapp Recital Hall University of Iowa campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5 - 1 1 6 0 Jeffrey Agrell, horn, and Evan Mazunik, piano, Oct. 8, 8pm • John Muriello, baritone, and Shari Rhoads, piano, Oct. 9, 8pm • Choral Collage: Women's Chorus, Kantorei, Camerata Singers and University Choir, Oct. 11, 8pm • UI Chamber Orchestra, Oct. 13, 3pm • Amos Yang, cello, Oct. 15, 8pm • Kenneth Tse, saxophone, and Rose Chancler, piano, Oct. 17, 8pm • "Fall Festival," Old Gold Singers, Oct. 18, 8pm • Johnson County Landmark Jazz Band, Oct. 19, 8pm • Phi harmonia Chamber Orchestra, Oct. 20, 3pm • Maia Quartet, Oct. 23, 8pm • David Greenhoe, trumpet, and Shari Rhoads, piano, Oct. 24, 8pm • Symphony Band, Oct. 25, 8pm • Christine Rutledge, viola, Oct. 27, 3pm • Annette-Barbara Vogel, violin, and Marcelina Murcanu, piano, Oct. 27, 8pm • LaFosse Baroque Ensemble, Oct. 30, 8pm.

"The Musical Veneto," Elizabeth Hays, harpsichord, and Richard Cleaver, bass vocal, Oct. 5, 7:30pm.

First Presbyterian Church 2701 Rochester Ave., Iowa City Musick's Feast, early music ensemble presents "The Bounteous Baroque," Oct. 5, 8pm, 430-4165 for info.

Gabe's 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 354-4788 Bible of The Devil, Leven, Filthy Jim, Thunderfist, Oct. 3 • Melissa Ferrick, Anne Heaton, Edie Carey, Oct. 4 • House of Large Sizes, The Cells, Wax Cannon, Oct. 5 • Jumbo's Kill Crane, Oct. 6 • Iowa City Free Radio Benefit, Oct. 7 • 25 Suaves, Making Hay, Arnoux, Human Abstract, Noiseboat, Oct. 8 • The G host, The Detachment Kit, The Cost, Faultlines, The EH Experience, Oct. 9 • The GC5, Ta nka Ray, The Branded Ones, The Bare Knuckle Brawlers, Terminus Victor, Oct. 10 • Psychosomatic, Mad Happy, Oct. 11 • The Von Bondies, The Kills, The Bent Scepters, Oct. 12 • Rasputina, The Holy Ghost. Oct. 13 • Flatus, Ziptone Shade, Eight Miles Out, Oct, 14 • Karate, K from Ida, Alto Heceta, Deathships, Oct. 1 5 • The Club Casanova Drag Kings, Oct. 16 • Army of Ponch, The Crush, The Roots of Orchis, Oma Yang, Oct. 17 • The Damned, Tiger Army, Tsunami Bomb, Oct. 18 • The Porch Ghouls, Mr. Airplane Man, Oct. 21 • Party of Helicopters, Hella, Oct. 22 • Pedro the Lion, Seldom, Oct. 23 • Imperial Teen, Evil Beaver, Oct. 24 • Youngblood Brass Band, Oct. 25 • The Movie Life, Brand New, Fairweather, Oct. 26 • Abilene, 31 Knots, Oct. 27 • Virgil Shaw, Oct. 28 • John Vanderslice, Oct. 3 1 .

The Green Room 509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 5 4-4350

Blues Jam Mondays, Jazz Jam Tuesdays Three Times Bain, CD-release party; 1 5 Minutes Late; Nolan, Oct. 3 • Troubled Hubble, CD-release party; The Red Hot Valentines; Beef Wellington; The Amazing Kill-o­ Watts, Oct. 4 • Funk Farm, Sam Knutson & Shame Train, Oct. 5 • Skunk River Bandits, The Trollies, Oct. 6 • No War with Iraq protest. Techno Trance DJs, Oct. 9 • Swivel Hips Smith, Family Groove Co., Oct. 10 • Alto Heceta CD-release party; Little Joe Gould, Time Out Drawer, Nestor, Oct. 11 • Kevi n Gordon, Dave Olson One-Timers, Oct. 12 • Strangefolk, Clean Living, Oct. 15 • Lucky Boys Confusion, Stereo, Lucy Star, Oct. 1 6 • Filli ng Space, Walking Willis, Oct. 1 7 • Liquid Soul, Protostarr, Oct. 18 • Skunk River Bandits, Oct. 19 • Dave Olson singer-songwriter night, Oct. 23 • Racecar Radar, Boy.With.Stick, Tungsten 74, Strange Places, Oct. 24 • Smokin' With Superman, Roots Stems Branches, Oct. 25 • Big Tasty, Euforia, Oct. 30 • The Demolition Doll Rods, Black Milk, My Life Anthem, Oct. 31.

Hancher Auditorium UI campus, Iowa City,' S 3 5-1 160 Michele Crider, Oct. 3, 8pm • Marcus Roberts Trio, Oct. 4, lOam • "'sWonderful: A Gershwin Celebration," UI Symphony, with pianist Rene lecuona, Oct. 16, 8pm • Academy of Ancient Music, Oct. 22, 8pm • Kronos Quartet, Sun Rings by Terry Riley, world premiere, Oct. 26, 8pm • Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone; Oct. 30, 8pm.

Izaak Walton League Iowa City, 35 1-3680 The Mayflies of Johnson County, Oct. 19.

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1 2 20 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 399-8600

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Family Weekend Concert: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Oct. 26, 7:30pm, Sinclair Auditorium.

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Fourth Annual Blues/Jazz Concert, Dennis McMun;n & Friends, Blues Combos, Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble, CR Jazz Big Band, Oct. 5, 7:30pm.

Let's Dance Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids, 743-3 262 Party Mix Specialists, Oct. 4, 9pm-lam • Jerry Beauchamp, Oct. 6, 6-9pm • Dale Thomas, Oct. 13, 6-9pm • Mackie Blue, grand opening, Oct. 18, 9pm-lam • The Bandits, Oct. 19, 9pm-lam • Ken Paulson, Oct. 20, 1:30-4:30pm • The Do's and the Dont's, Oct. 25 • The Four of Us, Oct. 27, 6-9pm.

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Robbie Reverb, Oct. 4, 8-10pm • John & Kris McClure, Oct. 5, 1-3pm • Jasmine, Oct. 5 , 8pm • Sheer Bliss, J.J. Alberhasky, Oct. 17, 7:30-9pm • Nancita Wernett, Scotty Hayward, Oct. 20, 7 -9pm, American Sign language, open mic, Oct. 26, 7-9pm.

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3 7 0 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, 3 63-1888 John Anderson, Oct. 12, 7:30pm · Jars of Clay, The Elms, Oct. 17, 7:30pm.

Voxman Music Building Harper Hall, UI campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5-1603 Steel Drum and Percussion Duo, Oct. 4, 8pm • SCI student compositions, Oct. 5, 8pm • Zagreb Saxophone ' Quartet, Oct. 20, 2pm.

1 2 3 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888· ( unless noted otherwise)

Grease, Oct. 4, 7:30pm.

Riverside Theatre Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays a,t 2pm The 2:10 to Tulsa: Walking the Wire, festival of monologues all set in a late-night train station, Oct. 11-13.

Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220 SSRO Fall Performance, writer and director Patti Mott, Oct. 25, 1:30-3pm. ,

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Shows 7:30pm Thurs., Fri. & Sat. and 2:30pm Sun. Cosi, louis Nowra's comedy about a young director of a mental institution who helps residents stage a production of Mozart's Italian masterpiece Cosi Fan Tutte, Oct. 18-27.

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1 20 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 35 1-9529

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Friends oj Old Time Music acoustic jam session Tuesdays, 2 6 E. Market St., Iowa City 9pm; Open Mic, Mondays, 8pm; all shows 9pm unless other­ Iowa City Dance Jam, dance to eclectic music, Oct. 11 & wise noted 25, 8:30pm-12am. Nick Stika, Oct. 3 • Donny Brazile Band, Oct. 4 • Dave Scattergood Friends School Zollo & the Body Electric, Oct. 5 • Joe Price, Oct. 11 • Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition Band, Oct. 12 • Greg 1951 Delta Ave., West Branch, 643-7600 Brown, Oct. 13, 7pm • Alastair Moock and Bob Hillman, . Barn dance, begins at 8pm. Oct. 17 • Mike & Amy Finders Band, Oct. 18 • Wylde Nept, Preservation of Wildlife Dance Band; Nikki Herbst, caller, Oct. 20 • TBA, Oct. 20 • The Blue Band, Oct. 25 • Shade Oct. 18. of Blue, Oct. 26.

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"H ometown Broadway, " with Tim Shew and Kelly Hogan, Oct. 12, 8pm; Oct. 13, 2:30pm, call 366-8203 • "Swing Out!", big band show with Hunter Fuerste and his American Vintage Orchestra, Oct. 18, 8pm • "Hooray for Hollywood," Rob Richards, Disney organist, Oct. 20, 2pm, call 364-6300 • Blast II: Shockwave, Oct. 22, 7:30pm · Cedar Rapids Symphony, Mendelssohn's ReJormation, Takuya Horiuchi, violin, Oct. 26, 8pm, call 366-8203.

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Red Avocado 521 Ea$t Washington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-6088 .

All 6:30·9:00pm Mad River Duo, clarinet and guitar, Oct. 12 & 26.

Sanctuary 405 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-5692 Jazz Jam Thursdays Saul lubaroff Trio, Oct. 4 & 25 • Evan Mazunik Trio, Oct. 5 • Harman & Grismore, Oct. 11 • Equilateral, Oct. 1 2 • Dave Moore, Oct. 18-19 • Brad Townsend Trio, Oct. 26.

Trinity Episcopal Church 3 2 0 E. College St., Iowa City, 337-3333

North Hall, UI campus, Iowa City Global Express, Oct. 20, 6pm.

WORDS Becker Auditorium, UI campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5-0128 Etienne van Heerden, Paul Engle Memorial readi ng, Oct. 12, 8pm • Edward Carey and Elizabeth McCracken, reading, Oct. 18, 8pm.

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Coe College 1 2 20 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 3 9 9-8600 The Taming oj the Shrew, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, Oct. 8, 7:30pm, P.U.B., Gage Memorial Union · Coriolanus, Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, Oct. 9, 2pm, P.U.B.

CSPS 1 1 03 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 3 64-1 580 World premiere of Flow, one-man play written and per­ formed by San Francisco rapper-turned-actor Will Power, with DJ Reborn, Oct. 3-5 and 10-12, 8pm • Metro High School fall theatre production, Oct. 24-25, 8pm • "An Evening with Rob Nash, ' gay playwright, actor and stand­ up comedian from NYC, Oct. 26, 8pm.

Dreamwell Theatre 10 S. Gilbert, Iowa City, 3 3 9-7757 Valparaiso, Oct. 4-5, 8pm.

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KSUI Know the Score LIVE! with Marcus Roberts, Oct. 4, 5pm. · Martha Folts, harpsichord, Oct. 6, 1:30pm · Odd bar Trio, Oct. 11, 7:30pm . Jory Vinikour, harpsichord, Oct. 27, 1:30pm.

The Lyre, written and directed by laura McPherson, Oct. 35, 8pm; Oct. 6, 3pm, Theatre B • The Language oj Angels, by Naomi ]izuka, Oct. 10-12, 8p m; Oct. 13, 3pm, Theatre B • Life is a Dream, by Pedro Calderon, Oct. 17-19, 8pm; Oct. 20, 3pm; 23-26, 8pm; Oct. 27, 3pm, E.e. Mabie Theatre · The Dirty Mop: A Twisted Cinderella Tale by Ralph Hall, Oct. 30-31, 8pm, Theatre B.

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"A Tale of Two Cities: Old Master Prints & Drawings in Verona and Chicago," Suzanne Folds McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller & Marion Tituts Searle, Oct. 9, 4:15pm, lawson lecture Hall, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

IC Public Library 1 2 3 Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5200 Panel Discussion on living and Dealing With Mental. Oct. 7, 6pm, Meeting Room A • Iowans for Peace with Iraq workshop, "Divestment and Other Activist Tools," led by human rights activist Rania Masri, Oct. 8, 5pm, Meeti ng Room A • Chivy Sok, UICHR deputy director and a native of Cambodia, will discuss "Freedom in Cambodia," 2002 Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival Brown Bag lunch program, Oct. 8, 12-1pm • "Fantasy and Reality in Contemporary literature," IWP panel discussion, Oct. 9, 3:30pm • Author Shay Salomon and designer Jay Shafer discuss how smaller houses are changi ng lives and the environment for the better, Oct. 9, 7pm, Meeting Room B • Book discussions of First. They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by loung Ung, part of 2002 All Johnson County Reads the. Same Book project, Oct. 9, 7pm; Oct. 25, 12-lpm, Meeting Room A • "learn about New Pioneer Recovery Plan and Member Open Forum," Oct. 10, 7pm, Mee\ing Room A • "The Kitchen Garden," presented by linda Naeve, Second Sunday Garden Forum series, Oct. 13, 2-4pm, Meeting Room A • Brown Bag lunch discussion with Gustav Murin, Oct. 15, 12pm • "Celebrating Clean Water-A M.onitoring Discussion," Rob Middlemis-Brown, district chief, US Geological Survey, will discuss the Clean Water Act and {ocal monitoring work,

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Old Brick . 2 6 E. Market St., Iowa City "Waiting fur the End by the Shore of the Dead Sea: ReUgious Exclusivism Then and Now: by George Nickelsburg, UI Dept. of Religious Studies, Oct. 13, 2-4pm.

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Poets Tara Muhammad Ali, Aharon Shabtai and Peter Cole, Oct. 3 • International Writing ProgramfWriters' Workshop reading, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, 5pm • UI Workshop grad Susan Power, fiction, Oct. 7 • Daniel Mason, fiction, Oct. 8 • Lance Olsen and Harold Jaffe, cutti ng-edge fiction, Oct. 9 • Stephanie Strickland, hypertext poet, Oct. 10 • Deborah Magpie Earling, Native American fiction, Oct. 11 • Mark Spragg, fiction, Oct. 14 • Daniel Weissbort, 6:30pm; Michel Faber, 8pm; poetry and fiction, Oct. 15, 7pm • Brian Jacques, children's author, Oct. 17, 4-7pm • Antonio Jose Ponte, Oct. 16 • Harvest Lecture Prairie Poets, Oct. 17 . Pura Lopez-Colo me, Oct. 22 · Robin Schiff and Lisa Lubasch, poetry, Oct. 23 • John McCain, Oct. 26, 7pm, Buchanan Auditorium • Doug Powell and Matthew Cooperman, poetry, Oct. 28 • Aleksander Hernon, Oct. 29 • Alex Shakar, fiction, Oct. 3 1 .

Shambaugh Auditorium UI campus, Iowa City "Students Against .Sweatshops: Student Activism and the Corporate University," lecture by journalist liza Featherstone, Oct. 9, 7pm.

Shambaugh House UI campus, Iowa City, 335-01213 International Writing Program readings, Oct. 4, 18, 25, 5:30pm

UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 3 3 5-1727 'The Cultured Body: African Fashion and Body Arts: 2002 Obermann Humanities Symposium, Oct. 17-19; keynote, 'The Body and Dress: Joanne Eicher, speaker, Oct. 17, 7pm; call for more info • 'Approaches to Cultural

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Lives Worth Living Oct 26, Pinicon Ridge State Park, Central City, 393-9579. Day-long gathering for gay and bisexual men, co-spon­ sored by Legion Arts, Gay & Lesbian Resource Center and Rapids AIDS Project, 10am-5pm.

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FORECAST FOR OCTOBER 2002

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BY DR. STA R

(March 21-April 19) A mix of progress and delay, hope and impa­ tience, faith and worry await the Rams in October. Limited opportunities for self-expres­ sion and career on the local scene might bring delay and im patience. However, investments, romance, creative projects, affai rs at a distance, and partnership matters will all progress, produce rewards and inspire hope for the future. The wis­ dom of past decisions will become apparent, even as you are allowed to go back and revise them. Overall, lots of stuff will work out very well. You can keep things on fast-fo rward.

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 2 1 ) You recently

essary to dig a little deeper and do a lit­ tle more figuring in areas you thought would allow quick and easy progress. And those in charge will probably continue to give you rea­ son to wo rry-if you are so inclined. However, you will find it easy to go back and revise what­ ever agreements might need revising. You can also expect great leaps forward i n financial and work areas. These highly beneficial developments should provide whatever you need to clear any hurdles. Patience and care will be rewarded.

experienced prolonged pressure to build a more sound, secure and realistic finan­ cial base and you have responded appropriately to those pressures, with beneficial results. You might experience some worry or irritation as the big financial issue raises its head again. And, as you know, some money issues are still unre­ solved. However, October will bring significant progress on a broad range of financial issues, positively affecti ng your economic situation. Family issues may cause worry, but something you do behind the scenes, or within your own mind, will help considerably.

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resolved difficulty might raise its unpleasant little head for a brief encore in October. Perhaps a little left over paperwork, or an annoying com plication i nvolving work and partnership matters, will take up some time. However, a sense of solid progress, of real and sig nificant personal accom plishment, inspiration and renewed initiative will overwhelm worries or concerns. The effo rt and the sacrifices you made to establish a new, more rewarding way of life will be validated and rewarded. There will be some good luck left ov.er for the future, too. CAPRICORN (Dec 2 2-Jan 19) Your work

and financial situations will put a damper on travel plans or any other plans you might have had to expand your hori­ zons. This might not really be the right time for it, anyway. If, despite this restlessness, you are willing to take on a few extra duties or put in a few extra hours at work, even if the boss is being im patient and unreasonable and even if it does get you more than a little bent out of shape, you will find that the rewards are s ubstantial. (Jan 20-Feb 18) Long-term financial initiatives or other new eco­ nomic or banking arrangements will like­ ly put a strain on your already minimal recre­ ational budget. They might come into conflict also. with creative or romantic goals, Adjustments and accommodations will be u navoidable. But positive developments in just about every other area of your life will more than com pensate for any sacrifice. Beneficial changes in October will bring im provements that affect your life fo r years to come. Partnership matters and travel are especially well aspected. Set aside any feelings of insecurity at month's end. AQUARIUS

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(Sept 23-0ct 22) Librans will remain comfortable and secure in their seats, undisturbed, as others complain loudly about how badly the boat is rocki ng. They will see progress in every area of their lives: part­ nerships, business concerns, creative projects, travel. and the expansion of spiritual and intel­ lectual horizons. There will either be outright progress or the resolution of longstanding issues and the removal of once-stubborn obstacles. Do not allow private annoyance or impatience over remaining difficulties to spoil the experience. If you are worried about spending too much, tight­ en the purse stri ngs a little. LIBRA

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gains are firming up, creatiDg a sound foundation for your future. People who caused difficulty in the past are getting their own act together. Positive, long-term financial developments will provide greater peace of mind, too. Problems that, by now, are long-since solved might seem to be returning for another go around. Don't believe it. Those dogs might bark a little, but they are tied up and fenced in. You have more power over those old situations than you realize, should you choose to use it.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) It will be nec­

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) O ctober will be

a month of contrasts. Something i m por­ tant i n your life is very likely to cause some level of im patience and irritation this month. However, the pressure will ease up con­ siderably before worse comes to worst. There will be time to go back and make revisions. On the upside, many positive, long-term trends will solidify, laying the groundwork for future progress. Financial and partnership matters will come together i n very b eneficial ways. Ins piration and motivation will also be very high. Shrug off fears and misgivings at month's end. CAN.CER (June 21-July 22) I understand

why many Cancerians might feel as if they are standing on the edge of an abyss, unable to back away and at risk of falli ng in. In all likelihood, your job or livelihood is the source of any worry. However, the arrangement of the planets this month practically guarantees that your worst fears will not materialize. In fact, they foretell second chances, positive resolutions and wholesome personal adjustments. They also indicate that you will get over a hurdle you have been trying to clear for many, many months. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You will b e feeli ng

. elevated levels of frustration with your private, personal limitations as you are challenged to delve more deeply into the issues that hold you back. However, as an aid and inducement, the stars plan to fulfill some of your fondest wishes. They will bring a burst of progress on projects you've been working on for some time. Romance, friendship and creativity are especially favored. Toward the end of the month, troubling partnership issues will require close attention. All in all, though, quite a good month for Leo. VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22) Yo u will be

experiencing welcome rewards and suc­ cesses even as you encounter more annoyance over longstanding issues this month. Some of the rewards will be intangi­ ble; some will be tangible. All of them will be quite substantial. Once again, work, career and professional areas appear to be the source of the rewards and. the aggravatio ns. However, the pos­ itives will far outweigh the negatives. When it is over, you will find yourself with a much more solid economic footing in the community. Don't allow worry to affect health or morale.

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Does Iowa City hate you? continued from page 13

to get back to 18 as a drinking age," he muses.

hard to explain that to someone who goes off

"If we're going to consider people adults, we

to college and is told by their parents and

this area and the others studied is that this

give them adult responsibilities, including

friends that it's time to cut .Ioose for four years

allowing them to drink alcohol if they like, or

and just be an animal."

area . . . is the central area of contention in a small/cultural economic clash of interests." In our interview, Thompson summarizes even more succinctly: "It's a war zone between the people who sell ceramic figurines and the bars. The perception of the city government, and 'particularly the police, is that they've bee� given a mandate to do this." Champion spins the data a bit differently than Thompson, disagreeing with his assess­ ment of a powerful police force eager to is�ue fines. In her mind, the police serve a civic func­ tion, arresting only those who draw attention tc? themselves by engaging in problematic behav­ ior under the influence. "Yes, there is a crack­ down," Champion asserts. " But it's certainly not a crackdown on the students. We got a report from the police department . . . one week­ end there were something like 42 public intox arrests. It listed why they were arrested, and it's not just because they were drunk. Three or four of them had fallen down on the sidewalk and ,

could not get up. Four were involved in a rob­ bery. Four or five of them were involved in vandalism. Four or five of them were involved in a fight." Champion directed me to the Iowa City

Police

Department

website

(http://w ww.iowa-city.org/police), to look at the public intox pickups. I lack Thompson's patience with data analysis, but I followed her suggestion, analyzing the most recent weekend, Aug. 16-17. Champion notes that drunks aren't arrested for their drunkenness alone. Her observation is correct

for that matter, other drugs which we should be legalizing. Certainly marijuana. We should legalize." Iowa City's rebirth as the '�sterdam

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unlikely; student mobilization against dracon­

Saturday night. "We've put millions of dollars

ian measures against underage drinking, fortu­

into beautifYing the downtown," she com­

nately, does not.

plains. "It's sickening if you get there on

"Animals in our backyard"

I'm skeptical of any governmental agency that

undertakes a mission to protect individuals from themselves. One argument, however, seems difficult to deny when translated from euphemisms and civic codes: young people in Iowa City can be annoying idiots.

An undergraduate shouting out the window

of his SUV or vomiting on my shoes doesn't

lilt's a war zone between the people who sell ceramic figurines and the bars. The perception of the city govern­ ment, and particularly the police, is that they've been given a mandate to do this." ,

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threaten me, and I don't particularly need the council to intervene and protect me from his presence. 'I 'm crusty enough, though, that he

individuals under 2 1 were picked up over this

will offend my aesthetic sensibilities.

sample weekend. Thirty-seven youths were

Bill Francis, a 30-year-old piercer at the Hall

picked up for simple PAULA. Two were picked

Mall's Atomic Piercings, doesn't fit any '50s sit­

up for public intoxication, without any other

,>om mold of respectability. His head is shaved

associated charges. Three underage drivers were

bald and he has multiple facial piercings. As a

there's no indication that they became intoxi­ cated in a bar.

downtown businessman catering to a heavily

collegiate demographic, students pay his rent and bills. Still, he's lived in Iowa City for eight

Only one underage criminal lent credence to Champion's proposed ordinance: an unfortu­

after a particularly hectic

Sunday. You find where people have vomited, you smell urine, you smell feces. It's kind of sad

years and he's old enough to feel the crust. "I worry, because this is my town," Francis

I'm unsure, though, that an immaculately ster­ ile downtown of glass and high rises appeals much more. Francis envisions a third, considerably more dire scenario. "I think it's going to stay the same, or get worse, on the part of the younger generation, deciding 'you're not going to tell us what to do,"" he predicts. "It's not uncommon in college towns for there to be annual riots. I would say the best thing they can do for the downtown area, from a city standpoint, js just take away anything that's big enough to throw, and just see if you can contain it." There's a certain appeal to Francis' vision of violence. I take some guilty pleasure in the prospect of students responding to an exclu­ sionary process by igniting dumpsters and hurl­ ing a new kind of cocktail special. Ultimately, though,I'm not disillusioned enough withIowa City's local politics to root for this kind of direct action. Short of that, though, even from the most determinist perspective, the economics of downtown commerce and simple mathematics of Iowa City's population seem to dictate The downtown is rife with bars for a simple rea­ son: They make money. Bar owners have the resources to conduct registration drives, and the savvy to "advertise" the political process to their young adult patrons. If pushed far enough, this economically powerful group may well prove too politically powerful to contest. Young voters' willingness to defend their own welfare absent prodding by self-interested busi­ nessmen is less certain. The smug proclama- . tions of the task force may well have been the only trigger that could convince youthful apart­ ment dwellers to, in the words of student and small business owner Leah Galey, "do anything

nate young man who criminally urinated on a

says. "I don't go to school here. I live here. I rely

South Dubuque Street lawn. Perhaps, if the age

on the students, but, at the same time, I

for bar admission were raised, at enormous

begrudgingly put up with them. Some of them

expense to the city's tax base, that innocent

are really nice kids, but a lot of them want to

lawn might have been spared.

corne in and eat away at our town for four or

passion among the young. Iowa City'� universi­

Kanner's stated response to the alcohol "prob­

five years, and then bail. If college kids aren't

ty population gives the town its distinct flavor.

lem" mirrors his response to the task force rec­

If that population were to actually wake up

decriminalization

throwing up all over the place and if 19- and 20-year-old college students weren't getting

from its slumber, a cultural and political renais­

instead of more stringent enforcement. "I don't

drunk and getting into trouble, the city would­

sance might be something other than a venera­

n't be hovering over them all the time. But it's

ble piece of Iowa Ciry myth. "

ommendations,

favoring

think that's the answer. I think it would be nice

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to spend all of those dollars to make it nice."

against restrictive solutions in the long-term.

gious drunks under the age of 21. Forty-three

, charged with driving while intoxicated, but

Dee Vanderhoef encourages me to visualize the downtown

underage drinking, entirely irrelevant. There ior. There were, however, remarkably few egre­

backyard."

of the Midwest with a Really Big Mall" seems

and, in the context of a debate over

were many arrests for egregious drunken behav­

" Unfortunately, they're being animals in our

but sit around and bitch." Everyone claims •

(with varying degrees of sincerity) to be delighted at the prospect of some renewed political

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