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Dances, movies, plays: an event-filled summer THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1978 -e By FLA VIA KRONE ly fc Battalion Campus Editor n- Two dances, 65 movies and two inner theatre productions will eadline a schedule of evening mtertainment programs at Texas V&M University this summer. Tnnight the Grove kicks off the ■ summer session with a dance eaturing the four-man Houston in “Southbound. 0 j Students with I.D. can dance 1M rom 8:30 p.m. to midnight free. t | r Ion-students must pay $1. A con- Hion stand will sell snowcones, Hcorn and peanuts for 25 cents Hi and soft drinks for 30 cents. Hire dance will be held at the Srove outdoor theatre at the west n ;nd of the drill field. In case of rain th (hedance will be moved to DeWafe in Fieldhouse. as fWednesday the Grove will show of hus Christ Superstar the first of its fifeduled movies. The Grove will :how movies every night of the iuimner session except during the Inal exam periods. All movies will begin at 8:45 p.m. The gate opens at 8 p.m. Students with I.D. can see the films for free. Non-student adults must pay $1. Children 12 and under pay 50 cents and children 5 and under will be admitted free. This summer. Grove movies will range from John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath to the kinky sci ence fiction “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” In rainy weather, films will be shown in the MSG. Students should call Student Programs at 845-1515 for rainy weather room numbers. In addition to the movies will be two dinner theatre productions be ginning with “Butterflies are Free” July 5 through July 8. Directed by assistant professor of English Lawrence Leach, the play by Leonard Gershe deals with a blind boy’s fight to win his indepen dence by living alone in New York City. The play will open on July 5 with a non-food night. Tickets for the non—food night are $2 for students and $3 for non-students. Tickets for the July 6 through July 8 dinner-theatre productions are $4.95 for students and $7 for non students. Dinner begins at 6:45 p.m. and curtain time for all shows is at 8 p.m. in Memorial Student Center Room 201. Auditions for the two male and two female roles in “Butterflies are Free” will be held tonight in Rud der Tower Room 510 at 7 p.m. Stu dents interested in working backstage are also invited to attend the auditions. Rehearsals for the play will begin Wednesday. A Second Summer Dinner Theatre production, “Pajama Tops” will be presented Aug. 2-5. Directed by Roy O’Valle, this comedy by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert is a spin-off from the French farce “Moumou.” Auditions for “Pajama Tops’ have not yet been announced. fJew students are processed during freshman orientation Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr Don Rohel, assistant student programs coordinator, discusses the lineup of movies that will be shown at The Grove this summer. 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(CLOSED MONDAYS) ORDERS TO GO AVAILABLE — 846-1891 Page 3 £1 By KAY WALLACE "Which way is Zachry?” m‘When can I buy football tick- I?” W'What do you mean I can’t have mle visitors during the confer- mce?” Hi he trauma of new freshmen — it Hy happens once. ■Texas A&M University is assisting imoming freshmen by holding 13 orientation conferences this sum mer. ■During the two-day program held on campus, new students and their Hrents will be welcomed and pre- Hred (perhaps braced would be a ■tter term) for the next four years. ■Parents attend a program that imiliarizes them with A&M and the Banges they can expect as semes ters go by. ■ “How can we get our student’s ■hdes?” is the most often-asked Hestion by parents. Dr. Lee Milli- kin, assistant director of the Academic Counseling Center, said. i|His answer? The student merely signs the release form handed out during registration, Dr. Millikin ex plained. Freshmen take a battery of placement tests during orientation that will help determine their academic standing and potential goals. Next they meet with advisers from the college they will be enter ing. Advisers help students select first semester courses based on their test results and individual goals. Most freshmen will choose a major, but the academic counseling center makes provisions for those students who either do not have a specific major or desire to change their orig inal major. Students who do not select a major are placed in a general studies program. The program includes basic courses which are often re quired in almost any of the prospec tive colleges. Approximately 300-350 incoming freshmen will attend each of the 13 sessions, Millikin said. A special session was held this past weekend for freshman who will be attending summer school. A final count of 107 incoming freshman at tended the conference and will reg ister for summer classes today. Millikin said the majority of in coming freshmen do attend one of the conferences and have the advan tage of being more familiar with the University. In addition, freshmen who attend orientation pre-register for the fall semester whereas those who do not attend will have to wait until the last Friday of late registra tion week to register. Freshmen conferences primarily furnish academic information. To prepare for student life, Millikin said, the freshmen are invited to at tend the YMCA-sponsored P’ish Camp in August. In the meantime, most questions and frustrations are fielded. “VVhaddaya mean I can’t live on campus? The University regulations say I have to. ” Well, almost. 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