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1 nsmit pi ( -ens band; •nsarelimii T»inutes4 *t observed e en transu, 'rnentntmil ist be FC( ain ampliif. Vletaphysics, chills rffered in course Ags are concrete-canoe champs THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAY 4. 1976 Page 3 ; who vit, be fined up Jnses »perators iv r one year rst offense By MARILOU WOMACK See films for credit! Thrills, hills, Metaphysics!” read the right yellow posters appearing on ulletin boards around the campus. The signs refer to English course 39A, a three hour course taught by of. Harriette Andreadis. Andreadis says the course is being Ivertised, because last semester nrollment totalled only 20 stu- ents. Next fall will be the third mester the course has been taught A&M. 1 m trying to instill an apprecia- pf how films work and how they feet us,” Andreadis says. She says she believes one reason the low enrollment in the course because people don’t know about >tection alt- sons buyint y noting :er ofAroen id experts; ,e number f the analyze ip J ’ant from;® rs for rets nparisonslq t and warm for the Ik Disabled-student money not available in summer Scholarships for disabled students irovided by the Texas Rehabilitation . , n Commission (TRC) will no longer he S 5 W j ,, nailable for summer sessions start- ng this year. ground soi ibsolete vdf Don Gardner, representative for that a CBs TRC at Texas A&M, said Friday that carforatlieB^ ere vv '^ l )e a change in the philosophy of TRC starting July 1. Gardner said, “our commissioner nd his representatives feel that we are alsobffiBieed to cut back somehow in order to save money, so the college prog ram is one of the programs that is going to be suffering. ” Gardner said that a lack of funds was the main reason for the cut in financial aid. “We have been getting the same ons aboutd amount of appropriations for the past h the FCCi three years and we are probably iboutmisleai serving three times as many people than we did three years ago,’ Gard ner said. “It stands to reason that you are either going to have to run out of money sooner every year or you are going to have to cut funds, ’’ he said. uip your e ma orreiw' ; which disj ig a usedC approved sr -e buying l md try the it if you lit /er ersity View Talso believe that some students n other departments, such as en- ineering students, feel hesitant bout taking an English course. I’d ike to have some engineering stu nts in the class. I feel that they ould present a different viewpoint, ” he added. Andreadis said the classes will be held at night. “We ll see a movie one night and talk about it another. The films for the course cost about a thousand dollars each semester, so I ask the students to donate ten dollars each. The public is also invited and we charge them a dollar,” Andreadis said. The course will require two textbooks and there will be a series of quizzes. The student has the option of doing a project instead of the quiz zes. Andreadis said that in the past, students have chosen such projects as a study of monster makeup, Hi tler’s propaganda films, and Cary Grant’s acting. Some of the films for next semes ter will be: “The Gold Rush”, “Birth of a Nation”, “The Blue Angel”, “Triumph of the Will”, “His Girl Friday”, “M”, and “Citizen Kane.” They will be shown in the Architec ture Building auditorium. Andreadis said advertising for the course was paid for by the combined efforts of the department, the film class students, and herself. By PRESTON JONES Gardner said the commission felt that cutting the hinds only during the summer sessions would not hurt the students as much as cutting them during the fall and spring semesters. The maximum amount a qualified student may receive during summer sessions is $100, while the maximum during the spring or fall is $250 per semester. In order to receive funds, students have to he permanently disabled and there has to he a reasonable expecta tion that they will be able to go to work after graduating. There are presently about 250 students at A&M receiving aid from TRC. Gardner said that Texas has led the nation in the past two years in the total number of people served and rehabilitated through this type of program. Doyle Wheeler, deputy commis sioner of TRC in Austin, said if a person is graduating or if there is severe hardship, funds could be pro vided during the summer. Wheeler also said that all states are having trouble getting binds for rehabilitation scholarships. A hand of civil engineering stu dents and faculty returned to Texas A&M Monday from Kansas as un disputed champions of Midwest concrete canoe racing. Four Aggie students and two pro fessors brought back team trophies, a plaque for the best course time of 3:14.0 and the coveted traveling trophy denoting the Aggies as best concrete canoeist in an eight-state region. Students John Bugge and Phil Goode of Brownsville won the finals of student competition at Kansas State University, heating all comers in the event in the Mideast Region sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The region includes Texas, Arkan sas, North Dakota, Colorado, Kan sas, Nebraska, Missouri and Utah. Bugge, Goode, along with San An tonio students Jim Duderstandt and Robert Worley, and professors Howard Furr and Calvin Woods, trekked to Manhattan, Kan., after winning the ASCE Texas champion ship in April. Duderstandt and Worley marked the fastest time of the meet and won their semifinal match, but were dis qualified after changing lanes. The faculty members finished Syria attacks U.S. policy Associated Press BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria at tacked the American peacemaking effort in Lebanon today as Lebanese, Moslem and Christian forces ham mered at each other with tanks, heavy artillery and rockets. The Damascus newspaper Al- Baath, the organ of Syria’s ruling Baath Socialist party, called on all “allied and friendly forces in Leba non “to foil the destructive mission” of President Ford’s special envoy, L. Dean Brown. Brown and the Ford administra tion have been supporting Syrian ef forts to end the war and prevent a leftist Moslem victory that would re duce Lebanon’s former Christian rulers to a powerless minority. But today the official Syrian paper charged the United States with “aim- ing at the partition of the Lelmnon and at foiling the Syrian peace initia tive in that country.” It accused the leader of the Lebanese leftists with “cooperating with the imperialists to materialize the partition.” A:- Otto Can’t be with Mom this Mother’s Day? Send her a big hug with flowers by wire through Aggieland Flowers. And remember to order your corsage or boutonniere for the Boot Dance. Awodtoid / / Fln\A/(zr & FM HEAVY WIN — Texas Aggies Jim Duderstandt and Robert Worley of San Antonio paddle Texas A&M’s concrete canoe to the fastest time. fourth. Worley, president of The Texas A&M student chapter of ASCE, said he plans to contact the society to de termine if any type of national con test is planned. The canoe entered by Texas A&M weighed in at 131 pounds, about half the weight of one entered in Texas competition last year. The canoes, although completely made of con crete, must float when flooded. Kerrville Festival features various singers, workshops Flower & Gift Shop 209 University £5*1 NOW BUYING USED BOOKS LOUPOT’S Northgate - Across from Post Office The fifth annual Kerrville Folk Festival will be presented May 27-30 at Kerrville, Tx., featuring some 200 writers, singers, yodelers and musi cians. The event includes a mixture of traditional and contemporary Texas music, folk, country, Bluegrass, rag time, blues and old time fiddling. Performers Peter Yarrow, Guy Clark, Chubby Wise and Patsy Mon tana will be some of the artists in cluded in the festival, located 60 miles west of San Antonio. Various workshops and contests will also be offered. For ticket, camping, motel and concert schedule information, write Rod Kennedy, Box 1466, Kerrville, Tx. 78028, and enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Led Zeppelin has trouble with versatility By PAUL MUELLER Presence, the long-awaited new album from Led Zeppelin, finally ar rived in the stores last month. 1 am sorry to report that it has not been worth the year’s wait since their last album. Led Zeppelin consists of four members: Jimmy Page, lead guitar; Robert Plant, lead vocals and har monica; John Paul Jones, bass and keyboards; and John Bonham, drums. Their first two albums are classic collections of heavy metal music and electric blues, and they sound as good today as they did when they were released. After this initial blast, the band began to experiment with some new types of music, including ballards, acoustic love songs, and even 1950s-style rock ’n’ roll. Until recently, Led Zeppelin has had no trouble demonstrating its musical creativity and versatility, but judg- Review ing by Presence, the old inspiration is finally gone. It pains me to write such a put- down of this album, since the Zep’s earlier works are among my favorite records. But the fact is that Presence, for the most part, is just not worth the trouble of listening to. Its most obvious fault is that all the songs are too long. There’s nothing wrong with a long song, as long as it doesn’t get monotonous, but with a couple of exceptions, these songs are boring. The other two faults are Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Page’s guitar play ing rarely shows the speed and im agination that made him one of the best rock guitarists in the world a few years ago, and Plant’s once-powerful vocal style has degenerated into a sort of high-pitched whine that’s pretty hard to take for a whole al bum. I mentioned a couple of excep tions. One of these is “Nobody’s Fault But Mine,” probably the most popular cut on the album. Here Page’s guitar finally comes to life, and Plant’s singing and harmonica playing begin to show some of the guts they used to have. Another good cut is “Tea For One,” a slow blues number on which Page de monstrates the blues guitar style that he built his reputation. Whatever it was that caused the decline of Page’s and Plant’s musical skills, it doesn’t seem to have af fected Bonham and Jones. Their playing on Presence is as good as it has been on Led Zeppelin’s earlier albums, and maybe even better. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY TOWN HALL SERIES presents IN AN OPEN AIR PERFORMANCE May 6 12:45-1:30 by the Rudder Fountain Joe McMullen Conductor Sun Theaters 333 University The only movies in town. 846-9808 Special Midnight Shows Friday & Saturday $2.00 per person No one under 17. Escorted Ladles Free ALL SEATS $3. $1 off with this ad. o © NEED EXTRA CASH? 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