The Highacres Collegian
Hot Diggity Dog End of a Year,
Bogining of an
By: Kim Bending
You’ve tasted the rest, now taste the
best. (Ha, ha, ha!) Okay, so maybe not
the best...maybe not even good, but it
keeps calling us back time and time again.
I’m referring to the one and only Top Dog
in Wilkes Barre.
For those of you who have never been
fortunate enough to visit this establishment,
let me give you an idea of what it’s like.
As a friend so eloquently said, "It’s the
epitome of tackiness in restaurant
etiquette." At first glance, and for that
matter second glance, its far from a clean
eating environment. It’s rather dark, it
smells kind of funny and the food is not
very good.
So it would lead you to wonder what
keeps drawing us back. Could it be the
fact that everything on the menu is
thirty-nine cents? Could it be the arcade
right in the restaurant? Or could it be the
friendly service? To be honest with you,
we don’t even know, but we love it and
frequently recommend it to others. So,
give it a try. What have to got to 105 e...?
(Except your lunch.)
By Randy Levin
Whether your campus has a modest population of 5,000 or
a "Small City" of 24,000, every school has a common
problem—apathy and lack of attendance for student
activities. Perhaps your college newspaper has even
carried editorials written by a frustrated activities
chairperson trying to fight the apathy.
Allow me to
present a totally
different
perspective on
activities. Did
you know that
the college
circuit is the
second highest
paying venue in
show business?
Generally
speaking, many
solo performers
that appear on
your campus
from musicians
to comedians to
jugglers-are
making
anywhere from
$40,000 to
$lOO,OOO + per
year. No one
makes that kind
of living unless
he is good.
These
performers aren't
just starting out.
In fact, many are a step away from major commercial
success.
Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkgl and Robin Williams are just
a few of the many performers that went from the college
circuit to stardom. Imagine seeing them before they were
Just think about that the next time you see a poster
advertising an act that you never heard of. Even if that act
doesn't become the next Billy Joel or Robin Williams, at
least you'll see a great show. And you can t beat the price.
During break or over the summer, you and your friends
may travel half an hour to a club. Pay a cover charge,
possibly with a two drink minimum, buy munchies and
before you know it, you've dropped $50.00 to see the same
performer you could have seen for free on your campus.
8, Campus Activities Today, Nov/Dec 1992
I began this year the day before
classes started. The arrival of two
devastating hurricanes, Andrew in
Florida and the little known Lester
in Southern California and Mexico,
lengthened my stay in Arizona with
flashflooding and heavy winds.
One might say that these two
storms were an omen for what was
to come. The semester began as
many had before, new faces and
new attitudes. My missing the
orientation started me off as an
outsider, but I didn’t intend to stay
that way. I found that people
seemed to be afraid to talk to me.
When I mentioned this fact to
sophomores, they dismissed it as
being away from home for the first
time.
The campus was hopping this
year with the club sponsored
activities; some of the more
successful events included Casino
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Here is another point for your consideration. The students
on the activities committees do not merely pick“up the
phone, call an agent, and book a performer. They volunteer
their time to go through a very long and sometimes tedious
procedure. First'there is the paperwork. The budgeting,
selecting, negotiating and contracting a performer follows.
Then there is all the leg work of promoting, advertising and
fulfilling many requests of the performers' contract. Let's
agreement that college is more than just academia. Social
learning is equally as important as is any course of study.
But to fall into the same routine of parties, beer blasts and
( bar hopping is unfair to yourself, the activities committee
desperately trying to bring you a show, and the performer
who traveled 2,000 miles to play to six people.
Give activities a chance. They are designed and selected for
you. Five years down the road, wouldn't it be fun to turn
on the TV and say to a friend, "See that guy? I saw him at
my school before he made it big."
Riwih/ Irvin is n comedian on the campus circuit with over 600
college performances in the last ten years. From New York City,
Randy's credits include several television commercials ,
appearances on cable and network programs and film work.
By: Stephen O. Mazlum
night, Halloween Dance/Comedian
and the Talent contest.
The weather this year; if it had
a theme would be "Stay inside!"
Two floods, Two massive snow
storms, and a fog that was like the
proverbial pea soup. And it all
started with two hurricanes, one on
each coast.
This year was racked with
scandal as the Student Government
elections were being campaigned.
One candidate dropped out as a
fierce battle ensued between the
remaining candidates. After the
voters chose their new leader, the
fences were promptly mended.
So here we are, looking at what
we did and saying we want more.
There are a few more weeks left
this year, and a few more activities
to go. And for the freshmen there
is next year. What memories will
we make?
~not forget travel
arrangements,
hotel reservations.
and any
miscellaneous
needs of the
performer. In the
outside world,
this job
description would
bring an excellent
living and the title
of producer,. On
your campus, it. is
one of your peers
spending
countless hours to
try and bring
entertainment to
you.
What thanks do
they get? Hardly
anyone showing
up to events and
everyone saying
"how come
nothing is ever
going on here?"
We are all in