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FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1991
Now To Survive College
LESLEY PEARL
Jewish News Intern
A
11 night parties, into-
the-morning cram
sessions, kegs of beer,
overdrawn checking ac-
counts and a pizza diet -
there is more to higher edu-
cation than lecture.
After learning college
life's lessons through trial
and error, Greg Gottesman
decided to save incoming
freshmen some of the hear-
tache, hangover and oddly-
colored laundry by writing
the book College Survival: A
Crash Course for Students by
Students.
The 22-year-old Stanford
University senior's book is
now in its fourth printing
after only two months on the
stands. However; the stu-
dent bookstores at Wayne
State University, University
of Michigan and Michigan
State University do not yet
carry the publication.
Mr. Gottesman said the
book tends to appeal to high
school seniors rather than
college students.
"The most important mes-
sage I'm trying to get across
is to use common sense," Mr.
Gottesman said. "I know it
sounds obvious, but
sometimes it's not."
Mr. Gottesman's book in-
cludes 24 chapters ranging
from what clothing to bring
to school, Greek life versus
non-Greek life (Mr. Got-
tesman is a member of
Alpha Epsilon Pi), choosing
classes, finding a bank and
campus safety. In the back of
College Survival is a tear out
checklist of necessities for
successful collegiate exis-
tence.
Mr. Gottesman developed
the idea for the book more
-
than two years ago, follow-
ing a family discussion.
"We were talking about all
the typical, freshman prob-
lems I had. There are a lot of
books on choosing colleges
and how to get into college,
but I wondered if anyone had
ever written a book about
surviving in college," Mr.
Gottesman said.
After touring numerous
bookstores, Mr. Gottesman
found that such books did ex-
ist, but were written years
ago and were completely ar-
chaic and outdated.
Having worked as a
reporter and an editor for his
high school and college
newspapers and as a speech
writer for the mayor of Seat-
tle (his hometown), Mr. Got-
tesman felt confident in his
writing skills and took on
the task of informing youth
on university life. However,
Mr. Gottesman is realistic as
to the context in which his
book exists.
"This certainly isn't Hem-
ingway. And it shouldn't
be," Mr. Gottesman said.
"Perhaps a lot of things
seem basic, but if someone
reads the book and thinks
`yeah, good point' I've done
my job."
Through word of mouth,
Mr. Gottesman was able to
contact students all over the
country to write about their
experiences. These anec-
dotes appear throughout the
chapters.
Mr. Gottesman included
individual stories to appeal
to a wide variety of students
- to see the similarities and
differences between life at
Stanford University,
Syracuse University and the
University of Michigan, a
school with a special place in
Mr. Gottesman's heart as
most of his family members
are Wolverines. ❑