College Tribune | February 3rd 2009
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Bohemian odyssey hits Belfield The original manuscript scrolls of Jack Kerouac's popular and critically acclaimed novel 'On the Road' is coming to UCD. Referred to as "the bible of the post-war Beat Generation in America", it counts Bob Dylan as one of its well known fans. The story is almost entirely autobiographical and portrays the author's fascination with jazz, women, sex and the American landscape. Kerouac's seminal novel has come to be known as "the archetypal 'roadtrip' tale". The manuscript has been on a public tour across America since being bought by a private collector in 2004. The scroll will be launched on Tuesday 4th of February during an evening attended by the Minister for Arts, and subsequently housed at the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies in Belfield House. The arrival of the scroll at UCD was a combined effort of the Institute, the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, The Irish Times, UCD School of English, Drama and Film,
■■ Karina Bracken UCD Foundation and UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland. The exhibition will be open to the public until February 27th and entrance is free. Visit www. ucdclinton.ie for more details.
Arts Ball postponed Societies feel the pinch as ticket sales decline The Arts Ball has been postponed due to the fact not enough tickets have been sold, according the Arts Soc auditor Johnny Cosgrove. The ball was due to take place in the Burlington Hotel February 4th, but is said to happen at a later date in February in a different location. Cosgrave claims that many students were very interested in attend-
ing the ball and that it was the price of the tickets that dampened the sales. “There’s a huge amount of interest in it and there’s a great buzz about it, but people just don’t have money,” he says. He also said that the ball would not be cancelled due to widespread interest, but that the Arts Society committee are going to re-locate the function room in order to make the night more affordable. “I think we need to re-look
■■ Katie Godwin at the way these things are done, that’s why I sat back and said, right I want to make this cheaper”. The tickets which cost over €70 will be reduced considerably in price. This will be less profitable for the society but Cosgrave assures that student interest comes first regardless. “It’s all just for the students, and we’re all in the same boat. “Last year was completely different, college was really different as far as money goes,” he said. He believes that these type of events will be changed in future due to recessional times, stating “the next six months are really going to define how we do things” But Cosgrave claims that it isn’t just his society experiencing a downfall in ticket sales since last year. “I was talking to the auditors of some of the other societies and they feel the same. We just think that this year, organising these events has been a lot harder, and really it’s because we are all just economic victims”. Arts Society have taken all contact details of those who bought tickets and who booked tables and will be emailing those concerned confirming the rearrangement of the event. Students can hold on to their tickets and it will be valid for the next ball or they can be reimbursed in full.
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