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81 *130 uo ap^Aui hsrmh | wr-- ?^rr— '~ . • • 1 <Oct. Books "Making College Pay Off for $2.95 Adele Scheele's "Making Col lege Pay Off" is easy to read, probably because the advice she has to offer is hard to put into practice. Most of the information in the book will be lost on college students cramming for tests and burning the midnight oil trying to write those 30-page term papers that they put off until the last minute. The book is really designed for high- school students who haven't faced the reality of college yet. The first 20 pages of the book are devoted to selecting a col lege (or university). If you've made that choice, you can skip to page 21. Scheele then spends the next chapter trying to get you "learn to use college like the real world. Step up and out of the suffocating Sustainer's box and stop pulling the lid tighter down on your own possibili ties." That's good advice, but it only needs to be said once, if at all. Scheele advocates making college a place to experiment and prepare for the real world, rather than trying to escape from it in the halls of academia. One of the first things you can do is establish a relationship with a "mentor" who can help you learn the ropes, establish connections and give you a jump on your peers in your chosen profes sion. Scheele tells how to go about establishing one of these types of relationships and what you should and shouldn't ex pect from your mentor. Next, there's a chapter on a topic that is near and dear to the heart of any college student: "The Double Agenda: Making the Most of Tests and Term Pa pers." There are hints in this chapter on how to use old tests to enhance your chances of doing well on new tests, make projects more than one more hurdle to be overcome in order to get a good grade, make elec tives work for you, get in the right frame of mind before tak ing a test and how to approach oral exams with a positive atti tude. Much easier said than done, but if you're motivated enough to read this book, you may be motivated enough to follow the advice in this chap ter. Scheele advocates not only joining clubs and participating in extracurricular activities, but also taking an active role in them, rather than using these activihes as fodder for padding a resume. Scheele contends that one of the best ways to learn about dealing with people and working within an organization is to participate in student clubs and activities, rather than hav ing to learn these skills cold-tur key in the real world. Chapters five and six cover using interships and part-time jobs as preparation for a future career, and taking advantage of vocational counseling and test ing services and placement of fices once you're ready to take the road to rewards and riches in the world after college. Live music man By WALTER SMITH Reporter If you've heard any live mu sic in town dining the past year, chances are good that you should thank Willie Bennett for it. He is the founder of Pyramid Productions, the first full-time booking and promotional agency in the Bryan-College Station area. "I've enjoyed listening to and watching live music for as long as I remember," Bennett says. He prefers live bands over re corded music because it encour ages crowd participation. "It gets everyone dancing," he says. "Dancing is the next best thing to a primal scream as far as a release. I think it's good for the soul." He got started in his native San Marcus about 12 years ago by arranging occasional con certs. "There wasn't much going on, so I decided I would make something go on," he says. "I went ana found a place that didn't normally have dances or concerts, talked them into it and found a band. I put the two together and have been doing it off and on ever since." Because of his motivation to make live music available to ev eryone, Bennett came to town to fill the void he saw in the Bryan-College Station area. "Other club owners in town and friends said that I was going to lose money," he says. "There had been several at tempts to bring live music to the Bryan-College Station area, (but) every serious attempt had failed." He and a friend, Craig Schul- man, tried for over a year to get the Campus Theater on Univer sity Drive opened for live mu sic. Their main drawback in the venture was their inability to get a liquor license. While he admits that alcohol wasn't nec- cessary to have fun, it was needed to ensure a more stable financial situahon. While he was working on that deal, George and Patsy Graham of Dr. G's in Bryan ap proached him with an offer. They wanted him to book live entertainment for their club on a full-time basis. This is what he had been looking for, he says. Because of his long-time asso ciation with the music world, he has gotten to know all the major bands in Texas on a per sonal basis. He also says that bands which want to play in this area usually know that he is the person whom they need to contact. Regional acts aren't the only source of entertainment. Ben nett keeps track of touring bands by reading various trade journals, and he tries to get them for a show whenever they are in the area. Pyramid Productions also promotes several groups in the out-of-town markets. Four Hams On Rye, a local rockabilly band, will begin touring soon with the help of Bennent. Pryamid Productions will ar range live music for any event. Bennett was responsible for ironing out the details for a re cent Joe "King" Carrasco con cert in DeWare Field House. He also is arranging a return visit by Carrasco, which is slated for Nov. 2 at the La Fiesta Ballroom in Bryan. Bennett's agency name is hardly random. He is a firm be liever in the powers of the pyr amid. 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