16 LOTHE NATIONAL COLLE* NEWSPAPER ' r Dollars and Sen OCTOBER 1989 " OCTOBER 1989 Li ri it Ai Ari Ai A i i i e-o .r- iLir-!Air.r-%A r-%r- r-s w V U_ THE NATIONALOOLLEGE NEWSPAPER IW Real world Author abroad Booming boxers North Texas art students A U. of Oregon student Two students manage a willingly work overtime at makes it easier to tour successful tie-dyed campus advertising agency. Europe on a tight budget. sportswear business. Page17 Page17 Page18 Name game Professor offers advice to help students remember names on a large campus. Page 21 Students create new music catalog I I R -01 -ko 0 T-, Money stinks By Johnelle Lamarque " The Daily Reveille Louisiana State U. .I recently heard an announce- ment for a 1969 class reunion that made me wonder what American college students were like 20 years ago, when I was still slurping down strained carrots and enjoying it. I thought of a passionate era, almost too passionate and revolu- tionary. But a decade that cared. It seemslight years away fromtoday's somewhat conservative and utili- tarian tendencies. Has the passion and fire of the '60s and early '70s been quenched? Some say there areno more caus- es worth fighting for with such vigor. Others argue that the causes are in distant countries or social groups, and don't directly affect the average Americanacitizen. It might be that our senses have beennumbed-or perhaps dazzled is abetter word-by the dehuman- izing lure of money, power and indulgence. Imet a guy Saturday night whose goal in life was to be a millionaire by the age of 35. His major is International Trade and Finance, not because he thinks it will be an exciting and rewarding career, but because he will make loads of cash. I wonder if he even knows what's involved in that type of work -but I don't think he cares as long as it makes him rich. He even said he had no problem doing illegal things to make his money. He saidhe wanted to be amillion- aire because once you have money, everything else falls in place - or so he thinks. The only "thing" he includedin"everything"waspower. "What more could you need?" he asked. I hope this is an extreme situa- tion, but the point is this poor guy didn't consider the fact that a woman could easily marry him in search of her MRS. degree and for See MONEY, Page 21 Baseball cards pay ,for his education " By Jeff Smith "Every year, starting in The Daily Eastern News the early '80s, we'd Eastern Illinois U. buy about 12,000 cards, sort them, get Tad Schmitz has put a new twist on about 15 complete the old pastime of collecting baseball sets andsellthemfor cards. about $20 each. I ,- The Eastern Illinois U. junior trades make about $3 f the cards for tuition. to $4 per set Schmitz, who has been selling cards profit." with his dad since he was five, said the Schmitz cards pay for half his education. and his Although he could sell enough to pay for f a t h e r = all his bills, he chooses to "age" part of have a his investment for bigger payoffs in the system - future. that he" Schmitz turns the cards into bills in calls"card- three ways: by selling complete sets of liquidity." cards, individual cards and a combina- "I'll call my dad and MIKE tion of both at card shows. tellhim Ineed some money to go The shows, where serious and out, and he'll go and sell some cards to Schmitz keeps his car lightweight collectors shop for cards collectors in town and put the money in ment where it's cool, be from among a large group of collectors the bank," Schmitz explained. uninsured and susceptib and dealers, represent a quick money The two have collected every card The more expensive ca maker, Schmitz said. made since 1971, and Schmitz estimates 1963 Pete Rose Topps roo "We sell doubles of old cards and make his entire collection would"fillmore than at $250, are locked in safe about $400 profit at three to four shows half a dormroom."Itincludes a few cards "I love that '63 card," Sc a year," he said. He usually sets up shop made by Bowman, a company that print- a Reds fan." at a couple of shows each summer, one ed baseball cards on the back of cigar and Schmitz said there's on in the fall and one during Christmas cigarette boxes from 1948-55. "A couple trading cards that's oft break each year. I found in a shoe box," he said. "That's "When you sell cards, it's He also sells complete sets of cards. how I started collecting." - no taxes involved." E RITTER, STATEPRESS, ARIZONA STATE U. ds in his base- cause they are le to damage. rds, including a kie card valued e-deposit boxes. hmitz said. "I'm .e big reason for en overlooked. straight profit By Theresa Livingston The Daily Egyptian Southern Illinois U., Carbondale Music promotion and marketing have taken a new turn in Carbondale, Ill., where two Southern Illinois U. students distribute a catalog of independent artists called The Independent Music Catalog. "We're not actually a record label. We're more of a source through which independent music is marketed," says Andrew Schoen, founder of the catalog and the Home Recording Co-op, the cat- alog's umbrella organization. Schoen and his partner in the co-op, Michael Beck, screen tapes sent to them from music groups around the country. Tapes which meet minimal sound qual- ity requirements are listed and described briefly. Bands paya $25 fee to be listed in the catalog. Readers of the free catalog are then able to directly con- tact the bands. Schoen stresses that the catalog serves as a distributor of information about independent music, not a cri- tiquing publication. "Every tape gets listened to," Beck says "We don't make judgements on the type of music that goes in the catalog." Schoen, himself an independent musician, started the project about a year ago with a letter to a columnist at Home Musician magazine. Schoen's let- ter asked the columnist whether the cat- alog idea might be profitable. Instead of writing back, he printed the idea and Schoen's address in his column, result- ing in a quick flow of tapes to Schoen. "The response is always growing," Schoen says. "I recently got a request Narrators Continued from page 12 cessful that some of his students demon- strated the AudioVisiontechnique at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May. Marie-Luce Plumanzille and Jean- Yves Simoneau, students from Paris, were chosen from hundreds who audi- tioned to study description under Frazier. After arriving in San Francisco, they had one week to master the skill well enough to describe a 15-minute movie scene to Cannes critics. For Frazier, the Cannes engagement represented the culmination of 14 years of work and brought AudioVision before a new audience. Since Cannes, organi- thing." There have been seven editions of the catalog, which is available from the co- op, the musicians, and various music stores and record stores. The catalog is distributed around the country and pub- lishes four times a year. A wide range of styles and genres are featured. Says Beck, "We have a tape of swing music in the catalog from a retired dentist who does music for a hobby." The October catalog, which had a cir- culation of about 15,000, listed more than 100 groups. The quick expansion of the project recently led the founders to incorporate the co-op and to hire an East Coast representative. The catalog is successful because recording equipment has become more affordable, Beck says. "Forunder $500,you can get the equip- ment to make a four-track recording on the same equipment the Beatles used to make Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The technologicalrestraints are just no longer there." Part of the motivation for starting the catalog was to promote independent music, Beck says. Bands get exposure, and radio and record companies get a chance to learn about independent groups. "With its strict playlist, commercial radio dictates what's available to the con- sumer. In the early '70s, the record com- panies were willing to take a chance on an unknown artist. "Now it's more money-oriented. By making their own mega-stars, the record companies are allowing a lot of music to go virtually iguored. The co-op is trying to change that." zations from Canada and Spain have expressed interest in working with the technique. A feasibility study is being conducted which may result in AudioVision being broadcast on Canadian national televi- sion. "The main thing that came out of Cannes is that we got international recognition," Frazier said. Frazier came up with the idea for AudioVision while working on his Master's thesis in Broadcast Communications at San Francisco State in 1975. His class, partially funded by a grant from the San Francisco Foundation, meets once a week. Students prepare narratives of movie sequences, and cri- tique each other's work. Spy ag is 'vicious' Grad students cite trouble gettingbyon By Scot Macdonald Sagebrush U. of Nevada, Reno Many graduate students at U. of Nevada, Reno are forced to take second jobs in addition to their course load and teaching assistantships. This is a direct result of a lack of stipend funding, according to Vice President of Academic Affairs Bill Cathey. Mike Kaplen, a graduate student in history, must supplement his stipend by working15 hours a week at alocalsuper- market in addition to his position as a teaching assistant andnine credit hours. TAs are supposed to work 20 hours a week, but Kaplen said, "I definitely work more than 20 hours a week." The average graduate assistant makes $7,500, Cathey said, while the minimum cost oflivingfor ayearin Reno is a little less than $10,000. The Nevada State Legislature passed a $345 pay increase for graduate stu- dents at UNR and UNLas Vegas in July. However, the increase was considerably less than the $2,445 UNR requested in order to match the national average, low stipends according to Financial Director Ron Sparks. UNR also was allotted 36 new assistantships, bringingthe university's total to about 260. "We made progress, but not what we'd hoped,"Sparks said.UNRis"pretty close to the bottom in the western United States" in the number of assistantships they offer, he said. UNR Graduate Student Association President Kirk Swanson said the lack of funding for stipends hurts recruiting. "We're not competitive with a lot of our neighboring universities. We have diffi- culty attracting even the average stu- dents." Although Cathey thinks UNR is com- petitive, he said if assistantships are supposed to support graduate students, they fail. Like Kaplen, English TA Gaye Simmons also works more than 20 hours a week. She said she runs an entire course, chooses textbooks, teaches, pre- paresforlectures andmarkspapers. She also works part-time at editing and writ- ing jobs and takes eight credit hours. "It's akindofslavelabor,"said Associate Professor Carl Looney. Students misuse research service, UCLA dean says By Steven Shum Daily Bruin U. of California, Los Angeles Some students complete 15-page term papers in a half-hour. This is true of 50 to 70 UCLA stu- dents who buy theses, dissertations and term papers each year from companies which offer research assistance, overnight delivery and half-hour service, said Art Stekel, co-founder of one such company. The majority of students who buy papers from firms like Los Angeles- based Research Assistance are mis- using the service, according to UCLA Assistant Dean of Students Melora A. Sundt. However, Stekel contends that most UCLA students buy only sections of term papers for research purposes. Sundt estimates that 5 percent of theplagiarismcasesherofficeinves- tigates involve suspected purchased papers. See PLAGIARISM, Page 19 By Perrin Aikens . Tulane Hullaballoo Tulane U. Perhaps cruel is too generous a word. The caustic wits who staff Spy maga- zine, New York's nastiest monthly, are probably better described as vicious. Being a target of Spy's attacks is an unenviable position, as the titles of the magazine's features attest. Issues contain stories such as "Why Shouldn't The Mayor Have His Own Dominatrix?" and "I Have Servants Feed Me Like a Circus Animal - Why Shouldn't You?" Spy's most frequent victims are the more pretentious members of the celebrity kingdom. Brat pack actor Judd Nelson, for example, has been selected by Spy as the representative of all that is evil in the world of fame and fortune. Their reasoning is logical enough: how could he play all those obnoxious char- acters so convincingly if he's not obnox- ious himself? And when Nelson and other actors began riding the crest of the current fad ofwearingeyeglasses, Spy described the trend as a prime example of celebrity myopia. Surely, Spy asked, there must be a rational explanation for why Daryl Hannah, Rob Lowe, Bruce Willis and, of course, Judd Nelson, were all forced to don eyeglasses around the same time. Spy rather sarcastically revealed that the trend was not caused by some sort of visual plague, but by the simple fact that the stars believed the glasses made them look more intelligent. Perhapsthemostvicious section of the magazine is its monthly "Party Poops," series of photos from New York soirees and clubs complete with descriptive sub- titles. Recent"PartyPoops"describedthefol- lowing stars: Talking Heads'DavidByrne:"Overage faux-naif... models a white trash aqua- and-sort-of purple tartan ... beneath the structurallyunsound,brontosaurus-like combination of jumbo head and wee lit- tle neck." William F. Buckley and wife Pat: "Former best-selling right-wing author and the giantess andsugar mommy with whom he lives ... reluctantly proffers her artificially bruised-looking face to Glenn Bernbaum." Spy is distributed nationally, and the $2.95 cover price guarantees a good laugh.