T 0 0 0 22 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Dollars And Sense NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1988 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1988 m Life And Art U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGEI NEWSPAPEI Finally, a senice for all 'Videoccasions' A By Christopher Kientz Round Up New Mexico State U. After eight years of work as a welder, health club manager, social worker, substitute teacher and traveler, Dan Lihosit has decided to settle down. He also decided he doesn't want to work for anyone else again. He wants to be his own boss. Lihosit, a psychology major at New Mexico State U., got tired of being a blue-collar worker, so he went into busi- ness for himself. Since March 1987, Lihosit has been the owner of a new business called, "Live Videoccasions," a production com- pany that makes custom video produc- tions of almost any kind. "For example," Lihosit said, "we can make a 'Videogram' (a videotaped mes- sage) to send to friends or family instead of a dull letter. We just film in the com- fort of your own home, or anywhere you would like." The idea for the video company came to Lihosit when he was filming and traveling on the West Coast. "I met a man filming warships in San Diego with a video camera. I was amazed by the ease in which he filmed the scene. I asked him if I could try it out "I don't care about getting rich. I'm more interested in having the control of my life and business. Of course making the money is also important, but not most important." - Student Dan Lihosit (right) and from that point on I knew what Aind of business I wanted to go into," he said. But Lihosit said he isn't just in- terested in making money. "I don't care about getting rich," he said. "I'm more interested in having the control of my life and business. Of course making the money is also impor- tant, but not most important." Lihosit has made a steady profit and has even expanded his company to in- clude a production unit for educational productions. "I always knew that it was a business s kin Wfscesta 'eecutrd scolan ie eachnefr etr "fQC) "Btrgtnw h aktisstrtd JW 0 V~P -V with a future, but I didn't expect the kind of success that I've encountered. This company will get me through school and givesme a chance for extra income once I graduate. "I would suggest people give it a try," Lihosit said about entrepreneurship. "But right now the market is saturated. Everyone realized how good the video business is." Lihosit offers his Videoccasion ser- vices to students for weddings, parties, sports, school events, and other occa- sions. b. f WW- ©1988 Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Joy Division Without loans, students start own businesses, success stories By Karmen Pfeiffer Dakota Student U. of North Dakota Who says you need a business degree to own your own business? Definitely not several U. of North Dakota (UND) students. Entrepreneurs may find that a busi- ness degree opens doors a little faster, but nothing brings success to them more than hard work, determination and a belief in what they're doing. *Dave Badman opened his jewelry store earlier this year. "At first it was very tough to make a go of it," he said. To fund his store, he did not receive any outside loans or grants, but instead worked "over full-time" as a restaurant manager while finding time on the side to support what he calls his hobby - making and selling original jewelry. The Funk Chic Boutique, owned and operated by UND graduates, Dan Thralow and Kal Diepolder, is another success story. Like Badman, they opened their store earlier this year without grants or loans, mainly because it's a "lot tougher to get a bank loan at a young age." In the Sept. 1988 issue of U. The National College Newspaper, it was re- ported that students Dave Saggau and O) J) Q- U) W' d- Q) H) O1 C) C) O) LU F- .. Late-night pizzas offered ... Bob Foster, a 22-year-old business administration senior at Wichita State U. has opened a late-night, pizza-by- the-slice company called Drago's Pizza. Drago's is open from 9 p m to 2:30 a.m. and serves beef and pepperoni pizza.He started his business ater seeing the popularity of similar restaurants in other cities. After trying out 15 recipes and cutting through red tape, Foster said he spent twice as much as the $5,000 he had originally hoped would be the business's start-up cost "The way I look at it, some people buy a new car, k bought a pizza place." w Mark DeGraffenreid, The Sunflower, Wichita State U., KS Student entrepreneur Dave Badman oper- ates his own jewelry store. Dan Austin began selling and market- ing a homemade brand of mustard. The pair is still going strong. They, too, be- gan their venture without the benefits of loans or grants. "We found a lot of things out there, but nothing for our business," Saggau said. able to help. Cassidy, the president and founder of the National Scho- larship Research Service, has written three books on scho- larships and is considered one of the world's authorities on private sector funding for college educa- tion. Cassidy has compiled the top 10 most unusual scholarships for 1988. Here are the top three: 1. The David Letterman Tele- communications Scholarship. Only creative undergraduate juniors at the talk show host's alma mater, Ball State U., Ind., are eligible. 2. Harvard Radcliffe Scho- larships. Available only to those with one of seven certain last names. 3. G.J. Deppen and Voris Au- ten Teetotaling Non-Athletic Scholarship Fund. This award, offered at Bucknell U. Pa., is for those who graduate from Mt. Car- mel High School in Pennsylvania. Don't mention any high school keggers when you apply for this. one. U. of Nebraska,dOmaha, has its fair share of odd scholarships. The Gundmundsen Scholarship awards $500 to a graduate of a high school in the sandhills of Nebraska. Or win the University Orchestra concerto competition and get a quick $50. Proud ending to a sad story for Joy Division By Matt Kennedy Mirror U. of Northern Colorado In May of 1980, on the eve of Joy Divi- sion's first American tour, lead singer Ian Curtis hung himself in a New York hotel room. In the single swift action of ending his troubled life, Curtis also suc- ceeded in denying Joy Division its potential to become one of the most in- fluential bands of the early 1980s. The newest anthology of Joy Division music, Substance, is a telling testament to his tragedy. This 10-song retrospect of singles shows the transformation of the band from a roughly mixed, shabbi- ly executed musical barbiturate to a sleek moan of industrial despondency that has influenced everyone from The Smiths to the Cocteau Twins. The album contains two singles re- leased from 1977 ("Warsaw," "Leaders of Men") to material from the album Unknown Pleasures (notably "Atmos- phere" and an extended mix of "She's Lost Control") and 1980's masterful "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It is the material from Unknown Pleasures that astounds. Here you get a sense of the promise of Joy Division that was so quickly cut off. AND ON THAT NOTE .. . The tracks on Substance have been upgraded, which improves the already fueled guitar sound. The album's contents are artfully arranged so that the listener whips himself up with the driving, droning guitars of "Warsaw," "Digital," and "Transmission," and then comes down into "Autosuggestion" and the haunting instrumental of "Incubation." Substance is a carefully compiled album and a solid collection of Joy Divi- sion's cutting-edge rock. 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