i got to cover stories on a freelance basis while i was in school. i would get a little money for writing the stories and then i hand in those stories as papers to the pinhead b.u. professors. it worked perfectly and i had a great time. >> in the spring of 1969, your friends were accepted to the third year abroad program. you were not accepted at first. >> well, my third year at college at marist college i was playing football and, you know, i kind of thought i might want to stay and not go. but then one of the guys at marist said, you know, you are really not smart enough to go abroad anyway. yeah. so, of course, i went. and once i got to london and learned that there was something different than leavitt town and pay new york. we stayed in youth hostels. but i learned more in that year than in the other preceding 20 years combined. >> you writing your book bold fresh piece of humanity, your core belief you say is that life is a