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• London Slam Team (perhaps a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear this team in the Classic
City) appears at Blue Sky Coffee (downstairs) Wednesday. April 10, (yes, tonight) at 8 p.m.
Presented by the Athens Open Mike and Jigsaw Pieces poetry people (who keep bringing
good talent to Athens... support them). There will be a suggested donation at the door. David
Oates also hopes for a "battle" between the Athens and London teams.
• Deb Price, nationally acclaimed columnist for The Detroit News, will deliver the second
annual GLOBES Lecture at the Tate Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 17. Her address, titled
"Out in Print: Outing a Gay Voice to a Family' Newspaper," will be followed by a reception and
booksigning for the recently released And Say Hi to Joyce: America s First Gay Column Comes
Out (Doubleday). Price co-authored the book with Joyce Murdoch, her longtime partner and
fellow journalist. Murdoch attended UGA, where she was editor of The Red & Black. The
lecture is free and open to the public. GLOBES is the Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Employees
and Supporters of UGA, an official faculty, staff and student organization.
• Local author E.L. Wyrick will sign his new novel Power in the Blood, a Tammi Randall Mys
tery, Saturday, April 13, from noon-2 p.m. at Book Peddlers in Beechwood Shopping Center.
Wyrick is the author of A Strange and Bitter Crop.
• April 1996 is the First Annual National Poetry Month. The Academy of American Poets has
joined with publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, educators and poets across
the country to establish this annual celebration of poetry. Take a poet to lunch.
• The Georgia Review and UGA's English Department will sponsor a poetry reading by R. S.
Gyvynn Tuesday, April 16, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 265 Park Hall. Gwynn's book, The Drive-In,
was published in 1986 by the University of Missouri Press.
Judy Long
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^“HOW TO Study:—
Scientifically Proven Short Cuts To Better Grades
ATTENDING CLASS
It is never necessary to attend class. You will find the experience dreadfully dull and tiresome, and after
a few minutes, you will not be able to pay attention Some professors will make oblique reference to an
“attendance policy," which ostensibly requires your presence and participation at lectures. Pay absolutely
no attention to this. It is a device used to throw a harsh light on obsequious sissies who do whatever they are
told. If you miss a class, you play catch-up. If you miss two or more classes, you fall behind, and your work
may never recover. This is what you have been striving for. Most professors, if you are habitually absent, will
notice and be impressed. It is a sign that you are important, too.
MATHEMATICS
Why does a child smile excitedly and wave his paper in the air when he has first discovered that
2+2=4? Is this an indication of dementia? It was Plato who, in his “Parable of the Scone,” first demon
strated the reasons why men are better suited to mathematical reasoning than bears. Mathematics can
serve you, and serve you profitably, particularly at raffles. However the discipline remains littered with
nattering and bothersome terms like “arrays," “sets," “groups” and “fields" which seem to render its study
meaningless. Remember that numerals are merely symbolic representations of actual, real-life objects.
The trick in tackling complicated math problems, is to mentally substitute numbers for something more
tangible and exciting, like snakes.
Example #1: When solving the equation 2(x+y) + 3(x-y) = 4(x+y), attempt to conjure a mental
image of hundreds of snakes gathered around a cave. Imagine them as they
prepare to go into hibernation for the winter. There are literally hundreds of them.
Now go have a snack, and get some rest.
BALL JUGGLING
Juggling is an intimate art form. The patterns you can weave in the air with two, three, four or five balls
are beyond reckoning. Some sports foster impatience, frustration and a destructive feeling of competition.
Juggling provides all of this in addition to a staggering sensation of illness and vertigo. Keep a record of
your progress, with your ultimate goal being an early parole. Practice is the only key to perfection.
REMEMBERING LONGER
The first step in improving your powers of memory comes in understanding the unique and individual
manner in which your mind works. Some people remember motion, while others might recall color or
sound. It is said that Napoleon could easily memorize a topical map of Europe, but was constantly confused
as to where he had hidden his harmonica. The Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne could recite long pas
sages from each of the five gospels, and was fond of doing so at sea, where he eventually contracted rickets.
One simple method in helping with memory is to think of someone you met recently. What was he wearing?
Who was he with? Why was he impersonating an owl? Then apply this information to school.
ATTITUDE
Your mind is a powerful thing, filled with trillions of small voices and impulses that dictate the course of
your behavior. Or maybe that's just me. At any rate, a poor attitude can doom you to failure from the outset
of any endeavor. Your “inner voice" is similar to a news reporter, putting a “spin" on events as they occur.
During a difficult test, you may begin to panic. Your palms sweat, your stomach churns; soon this has
become very much like ball juggling.... I forget now the importance of the matter.
EXAMINATIONS (A Final Word)
Examinations are intended to measure how effectively you have studied, so it is critical to develop a
systematic habit of review and preparation. The best place to do this is at a bar.
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You are invited to a signing of
Power in the Blood
A Tammie Randall Mystery
by
Athens author
E.L. WYRICK
Author of A Stange
and Bitter Crop
Sat. April. 13, 1996
12:00-2:00p.m.
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