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^ Death in Milwaukee In one of the most chilling episodes in American crime, Jeffrey Dahmer admits to 15 murders in Milwaukee. Police discover on July 23 the remains of 11 men in Dahmer's home, many dismembered, including severed heads in a freezer. As the grisly details surface, the town begins to question the culpability of the police force. In May, a naked, bloodied 14- year-old boy was found on a street by police, but Dahmer convinced police the two sim­ ply had a lover's quarrel, and sent the teen back with Dahmer. His remains were found in July. Because many of the victims were black and gay, the city's minority communi­ ties questioned whether police bigotry allowed this crime spree to spread so easily. It's About Time Barbara Brandon becomes the country's first nationally syndicated black female cartoonist in July, when the UPl syndicate purchases her "Where I'm Coming From" strip, which features the lives of seven women. Up, Up and Away STAR TREK ^ Pee Wee's Big Deal Sarasota police arrest Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman, for allegedly masturbating in an adult the­ ater. At first mocked and scorned by late-night talk show hosts and the public, opinion quickly shifted with many ask­ ing why a police force places great importance on such tri­ fling acts. At one rally in New York, a placard read, "To mas­ turbate is human. To spy in a theater is fascist. 1 support Pee Wee." ^ Unbelievable Lipsynching reaches perverse proportions when Natalie Cole tops the charts with a duet alongside her long-dead dad Nat King Cole of "Unforgettable," a Cole senior signature song. "The concept of patriotism will be changed into a glob­ al one. You cannot be good Americans if you feel your­ selves only Americans, just as you cannot be good Russians if you are only Russians and nothing more. The future for all of us is a patriotism of all mankind." —Yevgeny Yevtushenko VITAL SPEECHES OF THE DAY, JULY, 1991 In a move which added to the pecuniary ails of Portland State students, the State Board of Higher Ed. increases tuition by roughly one- third at Oregon's public colleges and universi­ ties on July 26. Yearly tuition figures for resident undergrad­ uates reach more than $2,500. Rubber Soul Paul McCartney debuts his first classical work, "Liverpool Oratorio," at Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. Rumors are quickly squelched that Ringo Starr will replace James DePriest at the Oregon Symphony. Sophist's Choice In early July, the Boston Globe reports that Dean H. Joachim Maitre took 15 passages verbatim from a scholarly journal during a speech at Boston University's College of Communication in May. Announcing the "decline of morality in American culture," Maitre chastised films such as "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Plagiarist." A Supreme Voice While Thurgood Marshall resigned from the Supreme Court in June, his last dissent was released in July. In a rebuke of the conservative court, Marshall wrote, "Power, not reason, is the new currency of this court's decision making. ..Cast aside today are those condemned to face society's ultimate penalty. Tomorrow's victims may be minorities, women or the indigent."