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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1980
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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.
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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
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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.
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iderson, a Chicago native, joined
franco rlidiP^A in July 1979. He traveled to
j. i the South Bronx in New York City as
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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.”
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