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I 1 f I Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1978 ^ Gdl> Aggies prefer rock n roll, poll says j 4103 S. TEXAS AVE. Bryan Place Bldg. Suite 208 846-5018 Saturdays by Appointment 10% DISCOUNT ON STYLES OR MERCHANDISE WITH THIS AD By CHERYL HICKMAN Texas A&M University frequently may be seen as the home of kicker dancing and country and western music. But, according to a recent survey conducted by Town Hall, country and western music is run ning behind rock and roll, progres sive country and easy listening as the type of music most Texas A&M students prefer. Earlier this semester Town Hall sent out questionnaires to 2,000 randomly chosen students from a list prepared by the registrar’s of fice. The questionnaires were in tended to give the Town Hall Selec tion Committee an idea of what musical groups Texas A&M students would like to see next year, said Brooks Herring, a sophomore, chemical engineering major who is the 1978-79 chairman of Town Hall. The survey was composed of two lists of performers: one list for series concerts and the other for special at tractions. There are five series concerts presented each year. These concerts are principally financed through the student service fee which is part of the registration cost. Any student with an activity card can pick up a II Ml Hi ninni PLACE: MSC LOADING DOCK (WED., THURS. & FRI. 10-4) SBISA AREA (WED. 10-4) COMMONS AREA (THURS. & FRI. 10-4) NOTE: NO SUMMER RENTALS OR RENEWALS! ALL UNITS MUST BE RETURNED TO AVOID PENALTIES free general admission ticket from the box office in Rudder Tower. Re served seat tickets carry an additional charge. The artists cho sen for these concerts are those whose fee is $11,000 or less. The series concerts for 1977-1978 were B. J. Thomas, Flash Cadillac, Firefall, Crystal Gayle, and the Ohio Players. There are four special attraction concerts each year. These are totally financed through ticket sales, so everyone must buy a ticket. These performers command a fee of over $11,000. Michael Murphy, Ronnie Milsap, Maynard Ferguson, and Steve Mar tin were the special attractions for 1977-78. The Town Hall Selection Com mittee is comprised of representa- /uptn»mka ii® Eddie Dominguez ’66 Joe Arciniega '74 If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned .. . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme.” Dallas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 TRAVIS BRYAN III WANTS TO BE YOUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY BACKGROUND 31 years old, lifetime resident of Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Married - wife’s name Becky. Two children - Austin (5 years) and Rebecca (18 months). Practicing Attorney. EDUCATION Bryan Public Schools - 1965, Graduate Texas A&M University, BBA - 1969 and Baylor Law School, J.D. - 1972. EXPERIENCE Has made living from full-time general law practice in Brazos County for past SM? years handling cases in all areas of law, including a substantial criminal defense practice. Has tried criminal cases in all courts in Brazos County including felony jury trials in District Court. Completed intensive one week Criminal Trial Advocacy Course sponsored by State Bar of Texas in 1977. Appeared before Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and has criminal experience in Federal District Court in Houston. PERSONAL DATA Member of First Baptist Church of Bryan (teacher of 9 year old boys Sunday School class); Received R.O.T.C. commission from A&M University; U.S. Army Reserve (Field Artillery) in 1969-1977, honorable discharge, Rank at Discharge - Captain; Secretary - Treasurer of Brazos County Bar Association; Served as Bryan City Councilman, Places, 1975-1978; Member of Brazos Valley Mental Health - Mental Retardation Board of Trustees, 1975-1977; National Honor Society and Most Valuable Player award in football, Bryan High School, 1964; Scottish Rite Mason 32°; Member - Viking Club (President, 1977-1978); Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Bryan Noon Lions Club; Aggie Club (Extra Point Member); Sons of Republic of Texas; Brazos County Youth Livestock Association (attorney and incorporator); B-CS Chamber of Commerce; Southwest Basketball Officials Association; Chairman, American Cancer Society Bryan Business Drive - 1973. / PRIORITIES IF ELECTED: 1) Strive to establish a single standard of justice for all regardless of race, financial strength, or political influence. 2) Vigorous prosecution with goal of stronger punishment of law breakers, especially repeat offenders (not against probation in appropriate cases). 3) Open Door Policy - Accessible to citizens and lawyers. Treat persons contacting District Attorney or his office with courtesy and human dignity, even those accused of crimes. 4) Full-time Prosecutor - WORK at job at least 8 hours a day and 5 days a week at the courthouse. 5) Know role as District Attorney in criminal justice system - function as prosecutor and not as policeman or judge. 6) Less plea bargaining; more trials. TRAVIS BRYAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY lives from various MSC commit tees, student government, the Re sidence Hall Association, and fac ulty members. The Executive Vice Chairman of Town Hall is in charge of the committee. This year’s chair man is Kathy Elder. The committee meets twice a year and is responsible for recom mending music artists to Town Hall. James Randolph, a faculty advisor for Town Hall, then starts the pro cess of contacting the agents or booking companies of the artists to see who will be available for the set dates. Herring said contacting people has already begun and will continue through much of next fall. He said it is often very difficult and compli cated to book artists because ‘they’re either not going to be in the area on the dates set up or they’re not on tour. ” Out of all the recom mendations made by last year’s Selection Committee, Town Hall was able to book only two of the proposed artists, Herring said. Another problem with booking artists is dealing with unforeseeable accidents or illnesses. The Atlanta Rhythm Section was supposed to appear at Texas A&M last November, but the drummer of the group suffered an attack of gout, and the group had to cancel. Flash Cadillac and Meisberg and Walters were substituted. The Selection Committee met April 26th to go over the survey re sults. At that time 1,022 of the forms had been returned and tallied. The top 10 performers selected for series concerts are Jethro Tull, Steely Dan, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Waylon Jennings, Dan Fogelberg, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dolly Parton, The Commodores, Billy Joel, and Michael Murphey. The top 10 selected for special at tractions are Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Beach Boys, Olivia Newton-John, Chicago, Boston, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Willie Nelson, and Electric Light Orchestra. In deciding which groups to rec ommend to Town Hall, the Selec tion Committee first categorizes each group or artist into one of ten types of music: jazz, hard rock, comedy, easy listening, country and western, rock and roll, progressive country, soul, disco, or classical. The members of the committee then try to choose the most popular types of music and artists for each type. The results of the survey indialt| that there is a big demand for rod and roll, progressive country, east listening, and comedy acts will country and western, hard rod, hazz, soul, disco, and classicallafcj behind. The Selection Committee cliost the six most popular types of iniisii according to the survey and recou mended groups for both series ail special attraction concerts. Iftli first choice artist is unavailable,® tacts will be made with second, third and fourth choice artistsinllf same category. For the series®, certs under the category of roclunl roll, the first choice is Jethro T«1 followed by Atlanta Rhythm Sec tion, Leon Russell, Head Eastaai Gino Vanelli. First choice for eaj listening is Dan Fogelberg folW by Billy Joel, England Danandjok Ford Coley and Bread. Willie Ni son headed the list for progressii country artists. Jimmy Buffet aid Crystal Gayle are second and choices. For country and western miisii Merle Haggard is first followedf Dolly Parton, Jerry Reed and Lain Gatlin. The chosen jazz artists ait Chuck Mangeone and Chick Corea For special attraction concerti under the heading of hard rod i rock and roll, Foreigner istk number one choice with Electa Light Orchestra, Kansas, Bosloi Beach Boys, and Heart being ale nate choices. Barry Manilow heai the easy listening list. Numberstaj and three are James Taylor ai: Gordon Lighfoot, respectively, ft progressive country list is headedb Kenny Rogers with the Oak Rii Boys and Linda Ronstadt follow! George Benson is the recou mended jazz artist. The surveys not only gave an ii dication of music trends, but also approximation of how much monti students are willing to spend oi concert tickets. Results to questions included oa the form show that 18 percent oftk students surveyed are willing topa) $3-4 for concert tickets, 55 percea! are willing to pay $5-6, and27pei cent are willing to pay $7-8. The tentative dates for conceit next year are Sept. 29, Oct. 6 20, and 27, Nov. 30, March 2, an April 7. None of these dates been filled except for Oct. 11 wk the Preservation Hall Jazz Bandwl appear in the Auditorium. il V 1 ham com tion ficei part T freq that schi by t hel[ inal dec witl sion T witl the by < Ban out dev typ ope ing! ope pro; C gan abo civi me< and wor cen plu disp F alsc had abo 197 14,: and T trai job: ing exp ger The pre are Will questioned by writing expert anc E leg exp pra tioi ( tha stil cop Te: fica tio: United Press International LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Handwrit ing samples of the late Howard Hughes show that he could not have written the so-called “Mormon will,” a jury was told Monday. Lucille Lacy, a handwriting ex pert hired by four universities and the Boy Scouts of America, gave the testimony in a sworn deposition read to the jury. The Boy Scouts and four universities are among the be neficiaries named in the document. The schools include the University of Nevada, the University of California, University of Texas and Rice University. “It is my definite opinion the three pages of the handwritten w! were not written by the samepei son who wrote the exemplars: known writing,” Mrs. Lacy said, District Judge Keith Hayes rc cessed the trial for the day. The so-called “Mormon will"wi found in the Mormon Church head quarters in Salt Lake City a ft* weeks after Hughes died April! 1976, en route from Acapulca, Mexico, to a hospital in Houston, Utah truck driver Melvin Dut mar, a one-sixteenth beneficiary s the will, said a stranger deliverer the document to his Willard, Utal service station and that he took it E the church office building. e BOOKMART Due to the overwhelming success & popularity the TAMU bookmart is here to stay. If you’ve not heard of the bookmart we apologize for the little bit of publicity that we have had. We are a non profit organization sponsored by student govern ment to bring students the best possible price for their used books. We operate on a consignment basis meaning that you can bring in any type or amount of books that you have. Name your own price and when the book sells we pay you cash We recommend that you sell your books at 60-65% of retail. The book mart adds on 25c to your price per book and uses this to cover its expenses. Anything left over goes to student government to use in student projects. Book mart is set up as a service to the students to get the best possible price you can for your books. ing ha' Open 5 days a week 137 MSC During dead week M-F 9-11 a.m. 3-5 p.m. PAID POL. ADV. BY TRAVIS BRYAN III, P.O. BOX 3775 BRYAN,TEXAS