David never says die,
The Michigan Daily-Thursday, December 7, 1978-- !e 7
books never close
Daily Photo by ANDY FREEBERG
DAVID KOZUBEI stanqs in front of one of the enormous signs that have become the trademark of his business-David's
Books.
By AMY SALTZMAN
Englishmen make the best books
salesmen, according to David Kozubel,
owner of the recently reopened David's
Bookstore. And to prove his point, the
British born Kozubei-known to Ann
Arborites as David-refuses to let his
somewhat untraditional booktbusiness
die.
It all began in the summer of 1974 in
the cellar of Eden's Food Store on 330
Maynard where, with $500 and big
hopes for the future, David set up his
first bookstore amid the sacks of flour.
THE BUSINESS caught on quickly
and within a month the store moved to a
space on State St. A sidewalk book
stand was set up in front of the
basement store and David would move
the stock in and out every day.
"We only missed three full days out of
the whole year," said David. "I would
never do it again."
At that time David began employing
various gimmicks to , attract
customers.
"One day we would say that anyone
wearing brown shoes would get 25 per
cent off on all new books. A lot of people
really liked this, but it also made some
people pretty mad-particularly the
other bookstore owners on the street,"
David recalled.
But when David moved to the area on
Liberty currently occupied by School
Kids Records and Bass Shoes, these big
businesses began to gain a little more
respect for David and his bookstore.
The gimmicks continued as did the
more for less attitude.
The store, which sold both new and
used books, offered 25 per cent off on all
new books. "This was the lowest rate
ever offered in the United States on a
regular basis," said Rick Doehring, a
former employee of David's Bookstore
who is currently helping David get the
new store off the ground.
AND AS FOR the gimmicks, well,
success didn't spoil David's sense of
fun. "One day we had 40 dancers, dan-
cing around the store and another day
we had a belly dancer. Once the world
chess championship for the longest
time anyone had ever played speed
chess was held in the store, and that got
national publicity," said the bookstore
owner.
As the gimmicks caught on, business
picked up, and David decided to expand
again to doublethe space he currently
occupied. But with expansion came in-
surmountable financial problems-the
store quickly went bankrupt.
After a two and a half year break
spent partly in New York and partly as
a janitor at Univeristy Hospital, David
and his invincible bookstore have
returned to Ann Arbor.
THE NEW STORE, which is located
at 622 E. Liberty above Discount
Records, bears one of the enormous
yellow and black signs of David that*
became a trademark of his busines.
"They were the best known signs in
town," said David, who contends he
was once a shy Englishman. "Kids used
to come up to me and say, 'you're Dav-
id, aren't you."'
David's beard is gone, although the
old sign depicts him with one, but very
little else seems to have changed in the
man or his store. The store's stock is
still comprised of new and used books,
with 25 per cent off on all new books.
The store carries anything from a
new book by Robert Redford to ancient
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PIRGIM
calls off
$5 fine
campaign
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be repealed by Council, but the
referendum must be repealed by
voters.
PIRGIM spokesman Tom Moran said
it would have been "irresponsible" to
continue the push for the ballot
proposal in light of the Council ordinan-
ce, although he ,said PIRGIM could
ave easily gathered the needed
signatures.,
THE COUNCIL ordinance setting a
five dollar fine must be passed on a
second reading December 18, before it
becomes law, but the state legislature
might pass their own stiffer penalty. In
case the state-imposed penalty conflic-
ts with the city's own five dollar fine, it
'is unclear which will take precedence.
The PIRGIM group was aware that
Council was considering the ordinance,
but was concerned that the Council-
passed five dollar fine would be for
illegal drinkers over 19, excluding 18-
year-olds. Mayor Louis Belcher said
yesterday that excluding 18-year-olds
was a possibility considered, but
"we've decided to make a clear break
°t the age of adulthood" - meaning J, -
years old.
In the legislature, State Rep. Perry
'Bullard (D-Ann Arbor) introduced a
bill that would decriminalize drinking
by adults 18-to-21 years of age. The
Bullard bill would impose a $20 fine for
the first offense, a $50 fine for
repeaters, and a $100 fine for the third
offense. Enrollment in an alcohol abuse
program could be required for repeat
-violators.
Bullard's bill is now in the House Civil
Rights Committee. No other resolutions
'dealing with implementing Proposition
b have been introduced.
Americans
flee Iran
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cool down."
Diplomatic sources, who asked not to
be named, said a mass exodus of
foreign workers would deal a critical
blow to the shah and Iran's shaky
-economy. Death threats have been
dommon - but no foreigner has been
killed or seriously hurt.
c MONDAY, POLICE in northwest
Iran shot and killed four Moslem
fanatics in a crowd that was attacking
them with double-edged battle swords,
then killed six more Tuesday during a
riot at the funeral of the four, reliable
sources reported. The sources said
mnany persons were wounded.
} The military government has banned
demonstrations, but street violence has
flared almost every night since the
weekend.
Sources said troops arrested several
,trike leaders, but were keeping a low
profile for the time being in an apparent
mffort to avoid sparking clashes with
4he shah's opponents.
9 The oil workers launched their strike
Monday following calls by Ayatullah
,,homaini, self-exiled spiritual leader
of Iran's 32 million Shiite Moslems and
major foe of the shah.
and obscure autobiographies that no
one has read in 50 years. "I'm not a
literature snob," said David. "I ap-
prove of Westerns, gothics, etc. There
are all sorts of people in the world and
they all need different things."
AND DAVID'S bookstore offers
something for everyone-not only in
reading material. David is also setting
up a "confidential advice" service in
the store, called Mission Impossible.
"Everyone has some problems they
need to talk about," explained David.
"I'll talk about anything and I'll listen
to anything.
"We're going to have thirty fit
joggers lined up single file around State
St., pointing like an arrow to the store;
for an hour and a half they will jog in
place," explained David.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7
EARLY DE PALMA NIGHT
(Brian De Palma, 1970) HI MOM 7& 10:20-Aud A
An early film by De Palina (CARRIE, THE FURY) starring the then unknown
Robert DeNiro. HI MOM stands out for its wit, its ironic humor and its depiction
of the conflicts between blacks and whites against an urban backdrop.
(Brian De Palma, 1968) GREETINGS 8:40 only-Aud A
This comedy about two friends advising a third how to avoid ,the draft is De
Palma's directional debut an4 the first major role of ROBERT DeNIRO.
Tomorrow: Rocky Horror Picture Show has been cancelled and will be
replaced by A HISTORY OF THE BLUE MOVIE & WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY?
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Rinpoche said he fled from Tibet in
1959 during the Chinese takeover. He
quietly spoke of his grief because he
does not know what happened to the 12
members of his family he left behind.
"MY YOUNGER brother and I were
the only two who could escape," he
sighed. "Ever since then I have heard
nothing-it is not possible to know even
if they are alive."
Rinpoche said he suspects the
younger members of his clan may have
undergone Communist indoctrination
and the older ones may have been tor-
tured.
In the years after his flight from
Tibet, Rinpoche helped establish a
monastery for Tibetan refugees in
Buxa, India, and later became the Ab-
bot of a monastery in Bhutan. In 1976 he
came to America to organize a main
center of Tibetan Buddhism in New
York City. Traveling to centers that
request him, the monk is now intent
upon preserving the desire for and the
practice of Buddhism in the United
States.
MEDITATION PLAYS a large role in
Buddhist philosophy, but, Rinpoche ex-
plained, the basic meditation he
teaches-shamatha-is "not
necessarily Buddhism."
"Through meditation one can gain
tranquility and mindfulness," Rin-
poche said, explaining this can ease the
"distraction to the flow of thought" that
is so present in today's society. Accor-
ding to Rinpoche, further benefits of
meditation include increased patience
and decreased aggression.
Dressed in traditonal red robes, the
abbot also spoke on the Buddhist con-
ception of what happens afteradeath,
claiming the "person develops a stage
of awakening."
"This shouldn't be mistaken for
magic and the mystical," the monk
cautioned. "This is reality."
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MEDIATRICS
presents-
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
(Robert Mulligan, 1963) Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning
novel by Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, portrays the
racial tensions of a small Southern town during a hot summer
in the thirties. GREGORY PECK won an Oscar as Atticus, the
small town lawyer dealing with the clash between integrity
and prejudiced justice, its effects on the community and on
the minds of his two young children. Winner of three Academy
Awards including the one for best actor for Gregory Peck.
HEW pla
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intercollegiate athletics."
Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke
also seemed very relieved. "I feel that
the Big Ten can live with the
proposals." He went on to emphasize
that "chief revenue producing sports of
football and basketball, which support
mens' and womens' programs, need
special consideration."
THE PROPOSED "policy
interpretation" put forward by HEW
would require immediate equalization
of spending between the sexes for
athletic scholarships, recruiting and
other "readily financially measurable
benefits and opportunities."
Lew Mathis, who has worked on this
case for HEW, stated in a telephone
interview yesterday that this
requirement is for "equal average per
capita spending" for men and women.
He explained that an athletic program
for men, which is exactly twice as
large as the womens' program, should
receive twice as much funding and no
more.
"This is going to define it much more.
I think they'll (the colleges) find it
easier to work with."
CALIFANO SAID the guidelines
ns ruling o
would permit differences in
expenditures on what he called "non-
discriminatory factors, such as the cost
of a particular sport, the equipment
required, or the scope of competition.
In these areas, spending for men and
women may vary somewhat and still
comply with Title IX.
Marcia Federbush, who heads up the
committee that accused the University
of sex discrimihation in athletics,
doubts that the new guidelines will hold
up in court.
"These are intimately intertwined
with public education, and I don't see
how they can be excluded," she stated
yesterday. "It's absurd actually.. . I
don't see how they can do this."
FEDERBUSH HAS been at odds with
the University ever since she made a
formal HEW appeal five years ago. She
expressed no surprise that -the NCAA
officials are pleased.
"NCAA has been crying for this for
years. Of course they have no trouble
with it . . . because they've been
advocating this for years. This is what
Don Canham has argued for in his trips
to Washington, D.C."
Jean King, a local lawyer and
womens' rights proponent, agreed with
Thurs., Dec. 7
Mich. Union
7:00 & 9:15
n sports
Federbush that this new ruling will not
become law.
"FOR PEOPLE LIKE Canham and
Schembechler, this is a temporary
victory," she stated. "I don't think the
jocks will win in the long run."
King sees some very basic problems
with athletics in today's universities.
"The general feeling is that one has to
be a football hero," she said. "I think
it's a terrible way to socialize children.
And I think University of Michigan
football is on top of the list. I think it's
very destructive."
-King compared college football with
the gladiator days in Rome. "When you
look at the Coliseum and Michigan
Stadium - there ain't a hell of a lot of a
difference."
"The Gladiator School of College
athletics is on the way out," she
concluded. "There's a distorted sense
of values . . . and I think society will
eventually agree."'
For the next sixty days, HEW is
inviting public comment on the
proposed guidelines. During this time,
the arguments will be heard on whether
football and basketball should be
included in overall athletic programs.
OH GOD!
(Carl Reiner, 1977) GEORGE BURNS is a smooth, sophisticated
and witty deity who comes down to Earth to straighten put
mankind. Enlisting a too-cute and too-cuddly supermarket
manager (JOHN DENVER-perfectly cast), he makes his task
difficult and amusing. "Fast, ingenious, warm, likeable, funny
and uplifting."-Charles Champlin-LA Times.
Fri., Dec. 8 Nat. Scl. Aud. 7:00 & 9:00
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THE PAPER CHASE
(James Bridges, 1973) A highly dramatic story of a first year
aw student who strives for the approval of an iconoclastic
law professor-god. He also develops a passion for the pro-
fessor's daughter at the same time. By the end of the film,
the student, Timothy Bottoms, decides that a Harvard law
degree can only buy things-not happiness. JOHN HOUSE-
MAN won an Oscar for his role as the hard-assed prof. It's
a must for every student.
Sat., Dec. 9
Nat. Sci. Aud.
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