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Local THE BATTALION Page 3 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980 Author reads new short story ist have!*! e library®! ihindtkela ■es the W ver drei he library: the power e import® t serving Computing any prog ued unintei while Kfl ■e some sni e made to ackout Staff photo by Greg Gammon Author Roger Zelazny entertained science fiction fans with his stories Tuesday night at Rudder Tower. His talk was a presen tation of MSC Cepheid Variable and CRAB Nebula Science Fiction Club. eace Corps has ore thanjobs By BARBARA LYNCH Battalion Reporter Reace Corps/VISTA recruiters Kibe on campus today through Fri day looking for juniors, seniors and pduate students to volunteer for a bne- or two-year commitment in either the Peace Corps or VISTA. Joining the Peace Corps means a R-year stay in a foreign country, primarily teaching job skills. Peace Corps volunteers work in health education, business, agriculture, fisheries, engineering and architec ture, Rolunteers in Service to America, VISTA, focuses on underprivileged - “The personal re wards are so fantas tic, ” Anderson said. “I made friends for life and got to see how other people live. ” icricans. VISTA volunteers teach pie in low-income communities to deal with problems such as rent, poor living conditions and of education. Peace Corps volunteers are paid |put $200 to $300 a month, plus a $125 readjustment allowance a mpnth for a year after their service is ’Sompleted. VISTA volunteers get BOO to $400 a month and a readjust- |ent allowance of $75 a month for a 'ear. One of the recruiters, Marvin iderson, a Chicago native, joined franco rlidiP^A in July 1979. He traveled to j. i the South Bronx in New York City as Vn ' S J uRnants’ rights advocate. He set up skill and K t eac hmg tenants how to be peir own legal representatives in , i Spurt cases dealing with rent prob- inkyou b R and ot her matters, ranco, 1 ®|bMerson was later transferred to ! to his, He Washington, D.C., to work with a ore he left [ 'community organization that pro- iyer, and si; Added technical assistance for tenant ed college; l '’f rou P s who were trying to purchase master’s (lf| >u *' c ' n S s ^ or low-income coopera- ifainio, if , • j r ' “ i acted as executive director tor project because (VISTA) icticewitht^ II see ifyora k you will ATTENTION g any t JCY eedfflwwMi, longer, fiierf** (vie and lend.' hors intent. W 1 and phone nut^ 1 ‘so welcome, d* ts as letters. '/(or, The htl^ sits , College HP mg Texas AMI 1 ^ md examinat»*C' lester, $33.25|i<! ig rales fun^isl , ' , ■ed McDonald on, TX 718B ed exclusive!)'idj s credited to # ^ in reserved. ie Station, TS ilk IU 1 Kownholll MSC Town Hall Option Pass holders! Priority period to purchase tickets for SEALS & CROFT is November 10, 11, 12 Tickets not purchased at this time will be released for sale to the general public. Zelazny spins sci-fi tales By SUE McNEILL Battalion Reporter Students and science fiction fans were first enter tained by personal experience stories and then capti vated by a fantasy story when author Roger Zelazny spoke at Rudder Tower Tuesday night. Zelazny, author of 24 science fiction novels including “Damnation Alley” and winner of six science fiction awards, was presented by the MSC Cepheid Variable and CRAB Nebula Science Fiction Club. Zelazny, garbed in baggy green pants and jacket, a gold shirt, lots of turquoise and leather slippers, auto graphed copies of his books before he lumbered up to the podium to speak to a group of about 50. Zelazny leaned up against the podium, and some times resting his chin in his hand, began a very relaxed talk on what it’s like to be a science fiction writer. He said he started writing professionally in 1962, but had to supplement his income with another job until 1969 when his writing could support him and his family. Zelazny said he enjoys being able to set his own hours Russian emigrant student to speak and to “be free,” but he said his career has not been without its trying moments. Zelazny kept the audience chuckling as he related some of his personal experiences. He told about how one of his novels, “Lord of Light”, was made into a play without his knowing it. He went to an attorney and had the production of the play stopped. “Everyone con nected with the production vanished into the woodwork ... that was my stage debut.” Zelazny went on to tell about how someone at Ber keley in California was impersonating him. He said he found out about it when a friend casually mentioned it at a party,and then found out someone was impersonating him: running up bills, eating free meals and auto graphing books. “Actually,” Zelazny said,“I’d like to meet him sometime. I’m sure we could work something out.” After he finished telling about his experiences, Zelaz ny gave a word of advice to potential science fiction writers, telling them to begin by writing short stories and spare the “emotional investment” involved in writ ing a novel. Igor Tufeld, a student from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, will be speaking in Room 206 of the Memorial Student Center tonight at 7:30. In his speech sponsored by the Hillel Club, Tufeld will be telling about his quest to get permission for his parents to leave the Soviet Union and join him in Jerusalem. Tufeld, 22, says his father has health problems which make it im perative that he be allowed to emi grate soon. Tufeld immigrated from the Soviet Union in 1977. Since that time he has been speaking at univer sities across the country in conjunc tion with the North American Jewish Students Network and their efforts to allow more Jews to leave the Soviet Union. The Network is made up of425,000 Jewish students across the United States and Canada. couldn’t afford to hire one,” Ander son said. His term in VISTA ended last July. Anderson said he wanted to be come a recruiter so he could have some say in who could join the program. “I’ve seen some really excellent volunteers, but I’ve also seen some people who don’t work so well,” he said. “We want people with leader ship abilities, who are willing to work and who are culturally sensitive. This is something I hold close to my heart.” Anderson says the Peace Corps/ VISTA program offers benefits to volunteers after their work is com pleted. Volunteers have career de velopment seminars to help them lo cate new jobs. There is also a job bank that lists numerous opportuni ties, Anderson said. Since the federal government funds the programs, Anderson said that former volunteers are given a job status that enables them to com pete for government jobs without having to take a civil service test. Many employers look favorably on former volunteers because they have proven leadership abilities and tend to be reliable workers, Anderson said. There are other benefits, he said. Peace Corps workers living two “We want people with leadership abilities, who are willing to work and who are cul turally sensitive. This is something I hold close to my heart. ” years in another culture learn a new language, and VISTA workers get a chance to see how other people in the nation live. “The personal rewards are so fan tastic,” Anderson said. “I made friends for life and got to see how other people live. I learned Spanish like a second language because I had to. “I guess the best thing is to know you’ve helped someone.” dyer ^fjop early. Heat t tlje crotob! DOORBUSTER! 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