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Delta CJpsilon Fraternity Texas A&M University The Brothers of Delta CJpsilon announce the Spring 1984 Pledge initiates: Kevin Kirkwood Boyd Richard Wolters Cahill Brian Lewis Daniel Bob Genson Eller Donald Thomas Hanlon Mark John Spillard Hiroyuki Robert Yamaguchi Congratulations from your Brothers and the DG Sweethearts Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, May 9, 1984 Poet sings, lectures By SUZY FISK Reporter Poet Allen Ginsberg sang, played a harmonium, lectured, and read his poetry to a stand ing room only crowd in Rudder Forum Thursday night. The 57-year-old author of “Howl” was a one-man show at the poetry reading. In between the recital of selected poems, he sang and played his har monium, a small reed organ similar to an accordian. The audience gave him a standing ovation for his songs and readings which dealt with war, drugs, peace and homo sexuality. COLD HARD CASH! FOR YOUR USED BOOKS NOW! Loupot’s now offers a 25% Discount on all purchases through Friday May 11. SFLOUPOrSJP L NORTHGATE FREE Customer Parking behind the store SORRY — REGULAR PRICES WHEN PAYING BY CHECK! Ginsberg also gave a lecture Friday afternoon which con tained literary history, mixed in with his personal experiences from the 1940’s to the 1970’s. Ginsberg spoke mainly about the beat movement, or the re turn to nature and revolt against the machine, which oc curred in the late 40’s and early 5()’s. The lecture, like his poetry, was sporadic. He talked about his experience with drugs. He said that between 1947 and 1948, drugs gave him the sense of being a cartoon creature in an existence that could go down a black hole or blow up. Ginsberg said he had never been high until he tried mari juana. About death, he said that death was a charming silence, although he is a little scared to die. “It’s a lot like living;” he said, “ people die every minute.” Ginsberg, who is Buddhist, has one explanation for God. “I think it’s somebody’s idea,” he said. “I don’t know that much about it; all I know is that peo ple talk about him a lot.” Ginsberg First realized he was a homosexual when he was in high school. He said he “acci dently” went to Golumbia Uni versity because he had a crush on a boyfriend who went to school there. When he got to Golumbia University though, he said he found that there was no gay liberation. Ginsberg said everybody that was homosexual was “in the closet.” He said he spent a year and a half at Columbia Univer sity “in the closet,” not being able to tell anybody, and “constantly falling in love with people.” “You know,” he said, “ ‘the love that dare not tell its name,’ by Oscar Wilde.” In 1974, Ginsberg went to teach at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colo. He said he de cided to teach at Naropa Insti tute because the institute would not pay him. This made the sur roundings more like a family community, he said. Naropa Institute is known as the Buddhist contemplative col lege for those who are ded icated to religious meditation. It is also a liberal arts college with programs such as dance, poet- r out \}uH <SaCon 2 fori 11 r Two can come for the price of and ne i Present this Coupon and re- i ceive a 10% DISCOUNT on | the service of your choice -The Professionals Who Care- 260-9030 4403 Tx. Ave. (Next to Luby's) ics, music and Buddhist studies. Ginsberg is a believer of mind expansion, but he prefers it to be called meditation. “It’s becoming more aware of what’s in front of you or what’s in your ordinary mind,” he said. Ginsberg meditates everyday for an hour. “I become more aware of the space around me and sit quietly observing my breath,” he said. However, Ginsberg has mixed feelings about the ef fects of the Vietnam war. He said “if the United States hadn’t inter vened to impose government, they would probably be our al lies now, have economic rela tions with us and be more dem ocratic.” However, he said, by inter vening, the United States “bombed them back into the Stone Age” and drove them crazy. “I think the same thing is happening in Central Ameri ca,” he said. “By constant inter- Pol vention over the last! have unsiablized their! American economy. “Now we’re driving! liberately into the hanfl communists. We $houl| them alone and stop I them.” Ginsberg said the Stales’ policy is forcing! America into alliance! Cuba. IMrhe follov Ginsberg's final siai re p ()l let l to were given in .1 poemabcM Departni in Central America ar>M, l nited Stales' constantiiH{I5£)£MI intervention: ft A red V Mining hitrlxns. 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