1993_11 The Daily Collegian November 1993

              Thursday, Nov. 4,1993
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iRoef Bukowski
records his work
Houston—Charles Bukowski,
a poet for the counterculture feed¬
ing on realism and brutal honesty,
recently recorded samples of his
works on tape.
Entitles "Run with the Hunted,"
Bukowski's new release is the first
and only iimehis poems and short
stories have been available in this
fashion. Reader should be pleased.
Some of Bukowski's readers
include hotel lounge piano play- >
\ ers, alcoholics, trailer park inhab¬
itants, prostitutes. New York art¬
ists, Hollywood's mindlessly in¬
doctrinated players, and the stu¬
dents from all over the country
who have dealt with the darker
side of post-pubescent hell. I like
to know'that, even on occasion,
the towering mecca of New York
publishers will release material that
doesn't just cater to the "Madison
County" crowd.
"Run with die Hunted" isafiO-
mintes audio anthology of his pre¬
vious works. Excerpts range from
his childhood in Germany to a
recent stint in Hollywood while
filming "Barfly," for which he
wrote the screenplay.
Poems and short stories include
"Consummation of Grief," "Less
Delicate Than the Locust," "The
' Soldier, the Wife, and the Bum,"
"We Ain't got no money, Honey,
But We Got Rain" and "Are You
Drinking?' Read by Bukowski
himself, the works take on greater
magnitude from the intensity of
his soft, almost calm, voice. This
surprised me as a reader of his
book, because his cutting sarcasm
had made me envision his voice to
be harshly worn and raspy.
One of the best from the tape is
"The Genius of the Crowd":
"Beware tbe average man and
average women/beware their love/
their love is average, seek aver¬
age. ■
"But there is genius' in their
hatred/enough to kill you— to loll
anybody... Not being able to cre¬
ate art, they will not understand
art/they will consider their fail¬
ures ofthe world... Not being able
to love fully/they will believe your
love incomplete ... And they will
hate you ... And their hatred will
be perfect/like a shining diamond/
like a knife/like a mountain/like a
tiger/like hemlock/Their finest
art."
Stunning.
Bukowski's short stories, like
his poetry, also deserve comment.
"Less Delicate Than the Locust,"
. ashort story appearing on the tape,
is a raw analysis of two painters,
Bjorg and George, who "starved
together but now were becoming
famous separately."
The story depicts a typical after¬
noon ofthe two stylish artists while
they patronize a restaurant, drink
five bottles of wine ("rotgut") and
have women gawking at them. If
you have ever di earned about walk¬
ing out of a restaurant without pay¬
ing and then beating up on the
waiter, you'll like this one, also.
Pickup "Run with The Hunted."
Bukowski is one of tbe most in¬
sightful and hardened writers liv¬
ing today. Treat yourself to an ear¬
ful of his sane poetry, or one of his
other 45 books. The misanthropic'
elementofyour brain will no longer
go on fast^ ng.
Freshman donate time
(CPS) NORTH EASTON,
Mass.—Every freshman entering
Stonehitl College this year is re¬
quired to donateaday of their time
to St Paul's soup kitchen, Ac Habi¬
tat for Humanity, a homeless shel¬
ter, or the Old Colony Hospice.
'1 don't know of any other col¬
lege that does nothing like this with
its entire incoming (freshman)
class," saidtheRev.Danlssing, the
founder of tbe Into the Streets"
program.
The two-year-old program is a
mandatory part of freshman orien¬
tation which is scheduled for two
days.
School officials say they cre¬
ated the program to familiarize stu¬
dents with the community of Nonh
Easton and to make them aware of
the social problems that exist in the
world outside of college.   ;
"It's proving to be a very posi¬
tive experience for everyone in¬
volved." Issing said.
Many ofthe students find work¬
ing with the disadvantaged so sat¬
isfy ing that they become perma¬
nent part-time volunteers with the
various community organization,
Issing added.
Donations to schools up
(CPS) NEW YORK—While
conributions by corporations and
their foundations to charitable
causes in the United States declined
in 1992, colleges and universities
can take heart in donations to>higher
education rising a bit in 1992. ,
Tbe Council For Aid To Educa¬
tion estimated that in 1992 higher
education received 70 percent of
corporate educational contributions
at an estimated $1.7 billion. This
figure .is up less than one percent
fromS1.69biliioninl991.
Overall, charitable contributions
declined one percent to $5.9 billion
in 1992, the council said.
Overall, all levels of edcation
received $2.4 billion, a one percent
increase over 1991. Education's
share of total corporate contribu¬
tions is estimated to have climbed
from 36 percent in 1963 to 41 per¬
cent currently,    kf
The council estimated that cor¬
porate contribution^ to education
for 1993 will fall by four percent,
based on preliminary information.
Sakharov archives donated
CPS-The archives ofthe late
Andrei Sakharov, the man the
1975 Noble Peace Prize com¬
mittee called the "Conscious of
mankind," will be donated to
Brandeis University, officials
said.   .
The archives, which will be
boused both at Brandeis and in
Moscow, were donated by
Elena Bonner, bis widow. The
archives include his scientific
research, human rights work and -
his personal papers.
"These archives are a living
Measure from one of the greatest
heros of the 20th century, a man
' whose life lifted the spirit of the
world and whose vision and deter¬
mination literally changes the
course of history," said Brandeis
President Samuel Their.
- Sakharov, who was the Soviet
Union's top nuclear scientist, was
the father of the Soviet hydrogen
bomb. He waged a 30-year battle
against the Soviet system and its
human rights violations
The Sakharov Archives cos-
tain documents that were carried
out of the former Soviet Union
between 1978 and 1084, including
die original manuscript ofhis mem¬
oirs, his diaries, letters and per¬
sonal and family documents.
Zen master teaches studying
CPS-Repeat this phrase sev¬
eral times: "Grades do not mat¬
ter. Grades do not matter."
So what if midterms are com¬
ing up and you have two major
papers due. Keep repeating,
"Grades to no matter," reports
J. J. Gibbs, a professor of crimi¬
nology at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania.
Gibbs, author of "Dancing
-With Yoil Book: The .Zen Way
of Studying," suggests that stu¬
dents practice Zen and find "the
zoic" to learn how to score high
grades.
Zen emphasizes (he task at hand,
Gibb writes, and is centered in the.
present moment Using this tool
can remove "impediments" to
study, and when students fully con¬
centrate on their work, they will
discover satisfaction with study.
He offers these tips to get in the
Zenihode: •
•Clear you mind through medi-
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tation and deep breathing.
•Let go of other tasks, times and
places, and make a commitment to
study for a set amount of time.
•Settle into studying and absorb
the material!—' - \
•Dismiss thoughts that are stray¬
ing from the task.
•Study as if it's the only reason
you were put on this earth.   V
^-To live fully "you have to pay
full attention to what you're do¬
ing," be said.
College Bookstores increase sales
(CPS) OBBRLIN, Ohio-the
nation's college bookstores re¬
ported a huge increase-222.4
percen t-i n sales of custom-pub¬
lished or locally produced
.course materials in August
1993.
The National Association of
College Stores reported a l5.6per-
cent average increase in total safes
between August 1992 and August
1993, compared wltrh 14.3 per¬
cent from the previous period.
New textbook sales rose 16.5
percent, a smaller increase t
me 1991-92 accounting period
(19.5 percent), while used text¬
book sales rose 11.5 percent, a
little higher when compared with
1992-92 figures (9.2 percent).
Fees, from page 1
would someone whose parents
make $ 150,000 a year and some¬
one whose parents make
$20,000 a year pay the same
amount," he said. This, he said,
fit into die initial master plan for.
the CSU system.
"Ihe top' one-third of stu¬
dents can come into a CSU or
transfer in. That is die philoso¬
phy behind the master plan-
access to a higher education de¬
gree at a low cost," Gonzalez
said.
However, he does not think
the fee increase will close the
door of higher education for
anyone. '1 don't think it will be
denying access to anyone,"
Gonzalez said.
'■Withincreasa^financialaid
for the students who can't af¬
ford it, there are student loans.
There is no way around it for
students who have trouble com¬
ing up with the fees," be said.
"Look at it this way: What it
breaks down to is about $200 a
month. That's apretty good bar¬
gain.
"What it costs for tuition {on
the CSU level] is so inexpen¬
sive, it's laughable. Relatively
speaking, it's a low, cost,"
Gonzalez said, "the only alter¬
native is to have the state give us
more money. Compared to other
states, what the CSU system is
allocated [by the state govern¬
ment] is a travesty," Gjyizalez
said.
He said the real question is,
however, bow the schools will
survive on the funds given..
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Provost Alexander Gonzalez.
"The students need toshare more
of die cost of their education," he
said. "I sympathize with them, [the
students] but with the situation
we're in, we need more money."
Students who have already
earned a degree and are going for a
duplicate degree may be hit for
more funds before foil 1994.
"A duplicate degree tuition has
already been imposed," Vidoi i said.
"It was imposed retroactively
for thefall 1993 semester, but we're
[the graduaie studies department]
trying to pushit back until the spring
semester. A number of students are _
concerned," Vidoli said.
The increase in fees for tbe du¬
plicate degrees, according to Vidoli,
is $150 per unit
Gonzalez said the studentahave
a right to be upset over tbe pro¬
posed fee increase. "No one likes a
fee increase," said Gonzalez.
"I wish that all the students [at
CSUF] would let their legislators
know that their education is being -
held hostage," Gonzalez said.    ^"*-
"It {education] is in the hands of   .
the state. The legislators will de¬
cide at what level to support higher
education," he said.
Besides being at the mercy of
.the state legislature, Gonzalez
thinks that CSUF students face a
unique problem.
"The biggest problem is that we
are aregional university. This is die
only university for miles. It's not
like tbe Bay Area or Los Angetes. '
Here in Fresno, what are you going'
to do? This is the place," Gonzalez
said.     i