16 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Life and Art MARCH 1988 a 16 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Life and Art. MARCH 1988 Prison bus home to one thrifty student By Jorn E. Kaalstad The University Daily Kansan U. of Kansas Keeping utility bills low is no problem for Hugh Bogle. He doesn't have any. He doesn't pay rent either. Bogle, a sopho- more civil engineering major, has been living on campus in a blue school bus since Christmas. The bus, which he bought from a Neb- raska prison, is sparsely equipped by normal living standards. It contains a small desk, an old furnace that he never uses, and a Coleman stove. Bogle said he spends about $25 to $30 a week for food, mostly on soup and other canned products. "I cook every- thing in the can because I hate cleaning up," he said. "Usually I eat soup cold; it tastes the same as warm." Sleeping in an unheated bus can be a chilling experience as temperatures creep below freezing. But Bogle, who served three years in the U.S. Army be- fore coming to Kansas U., said, "I'm happy as long as I don't have to sleep out in the rain." At night, Bogle cuddles up in his green army sleeping bag. "The sleeping bag keeps me warm at night but it's sometimes hard to get out of it in the morning," he said. His bus is now parked in the yellow- zoned parking lot east of the computer "I'm happy as long as I don't have to sleep out in the rain." center. Bogle takes a shower every morning at the nearby gymnasium, which furnishes a towel and soap. The computer center, open all night, pro- vides him with a bathroom and water. Bogle bought the bus for $300 to sleep in it because, he said, he was tired of commuting the 20 miles from his pa- rents' house. Besides, by living on cam- pus, he saves $5 on gas for commuting and a lot of time, he said. Compared to the cheapest living alternative on cam- pus, Bogle's arrangement is a steal. Scholarship halls are the cheapest housing, costing $1,720 for the academic year. But money is not the only reason Bogle lives in the bus. "I don't like to live with other people," he said. "In the bus I - don't have to listen to drunk roommates or somebody living upstairs banging on the floor." At the beginning of this semester, Bogle parked the bus at a free camp- ground at Clinton Lake. "I get bored with the same place after a while. I kin- da bounce around," he said. Bogle said he planned on living in the bus until he graduated. Student musician mixes books, tracks in home studio By Daryl Gray University Press Lamar U., TX Gary Reynolds has something at his house that you can't find in just any home: a fully-equipped, eight-track re- cording studio. Reynolds, a senior com- munications major, has been playing, writing and recording music since he was 14. Walking into Reynolds' studio is4 like walking into a music store. Equip- Los Lobos basks in newfound musical success. ment is everywhere. "I've been slowly collecting this equipment one piece at a it time for the past three years," Reynolds Los Lobos hts, flsaid. "I started with the eight-track record- ing machine and a mixer. I already had a lot of other accessories. I borrowed $3,200 from my dad to buy it, and it's almost paid off. I'm adding new equip- ment as I get the money. By John Pecorelli ever expected to make it. "I can't explain how great it is to have The Daily Utah Chronicle "It's not so much we expected it," all this (equipment). I'm very proud of U. of Utah he said. "But we've been working so it," Reynolds said. "For years all I could Los Lobos is an American success hard for many, many years that, do was write and play, now I'm working story-living proof that hard work overall, we expect anything to hap- on my recording skills. and determination are still worth pen. If it does-great! If it doesn't, "It's frustrating, though, because I something after all. Forming nearly well, we'll have to work much harder."W 20 years ago in East Los Angeles (a largely Mexican-American commun- The name Los Lobos directly ity), the band eked out a living play- translates to "The Wolves." And ing bars, dances, weddings, bapt- while Lozano insists that the name__ Gary Reynolds don't have the time to record everythin I write. If I could be up here eight to ten hours a day, maybe then I could. Get- ting a song on tape takes twice as long when you have to engineer all the con- trols and everything," Reynolds ex- plained. Over the years, Reynolds has written enough poems and songs to fill 10 spiral notebooks. "I was an English major for a while because I wanted to write shor stories, but then I figured that I didnW - have to have an English degree to write," he said. "Now I'm a communica- tion major so that even if I never make it in music, I'll be able to work in an area close to music. I would like to open a recording studio as a business or man- age other bands. "Right now I have 28 songs.recorded that are all new, and I'm putting together tapes of the four best songs ar sending them to record companies, Reynolds said. "I have a local radio sta- tion helping me out too." The place Hugh Bogle calls home.