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"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. His interest in pyramids
rivals his interest in live music,
and his ambition is to perfectly
blend the two.
"My ultimate goal is to build
a very large concert hall in the
shape of a pyramid," Bennett
says.
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