Page 10 THE BATTALION
MONDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1978
GOP invited to Dallas
United Press International
DALLAS — The Republican
Party has been officially invited by
the city of Dallas to hold its 1980
national convention in Texas’ second
largest city.
City council members last week
voted unanimously to extend a for
mal invitation to the GOP but
specified by resolution that no city
funds be expended to meet special
service requirements of the political
gathering.
City officials have estimated that
rental fees and construction re
quirements for converting the Dal
las Convention Center exhibit hall
for party delegates would cost at
least $300,000.
Council members agreed those
costs should be covered through
private fund-raising rather than
through commitment of tax money.
Another Texas city, Houston, is
said to be a top contender — along
with Detroit — to host the 1980
Democratic Party’s convention.
ARS is great,
but too loud
By SCOTT PENDLETON
Battalion Staff
The Atlanta Rhythm Section plays
some of the best music to travel the
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Oct. 31, 1978
CONTEST
12:00 to 1:00 pm
Rudder Mall
AUCTION
1:00 pm til pumpkins
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Register in Student Programs Office
Room 216 MSC before Oct. 23, 1978
Bring your own carving tools
Pumpkins provided
JUDGES
1. PAM PARSONS
2. ZACH GUTHRIE
3. RON BLATCHLEY
4. PAM BEACHER
5. DAVID MOYER
1. DINNER FOR 2 AT TJ’s
2. TWO MOVIE TICKETS
FROM CINEMA I & II
3. PUMPKIN FILLED w/ CANDY
4. PUMPKIN pie
MSC
Sponsored by CRAFTS & ARTS COMMITTEE
MSC Great Issues
Presents
Mr. Brady Tyson,
Foreign Affairs Officer at the
U.S. Mission to the U.N.
speaking on
“The United Nations
and Human Rights
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MSC Ballroom
12:00 p.m. - Wednesday,
Wednesday, October 25th
Admission Free
airwaves.
The performers are superior. The
songs are supreme.
The fact is that ARS has become
one of the country’s outstanding
bands, demonstrating a versatility of
lyric and melody rivaling that of the
Eagles. Yet they didn’t please many
Aggies in G. Rollie White Coliseum
Saturday night. Why?
Because their music was too loud.
Did I say “loud"? My eardrums
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were blistered. Sitting through that
concert was as fun as being nude in a
sandstorm.
What made the concert tolerable
was that the forgettable opening act,
Mose Jones, was even louder. Thus,
ARS was quieter by comparison (or
else I was becoming increasingly
deaf).
ARS opened its act on a soothing
note. While the audience waited for
the stage lights to come up, music
from “Gone with the Wind” played
over the public address system. This
was just the trick to make the audi
ence receptive.
Then the lights came up and ARS
launched into “Sky High.” It isn’t
one of the group’s better known
songs, but then no one ever expects
a hit right off the bat.
Third in the set was *T’m Not
Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight,”
followed shortly by “Champagne
Jam” and “So Into You.”
The audience should have been
dehrious. But even these hole cards
foiled to enthuse the Aggies.
The aforementioned audio level
was most of the problem.
Lead singer Ronnie Hammond
also made a protocol error when he
dedicated the song “Imaginary Lov
ers” to former tea-sip Farrah
F awcett- M ajors.
The relative coolness of the audi
ence wasn’t lost on the band. Dur
ing an early song that was tailing out
in a long instrumental, Hammond
interpreted the quietness of the au
dience as a bad sign. He whispered
to lead guitarist Barry Bailey, who
quickly wrapped up the number.
Hammond also told the crowd
that though the band was going to
obey the onstage rules, (he had ear
lier made fun of the stage rule
against liquor by taking a drink from
a plastic cup and then informing the
audience that it was “Perrier
water”), the audience didn’t have to
be so “nice.” Other band members
were bothered by the audience’s in
ertia.
“I just wished they hadn’t been so
suppressed,” rhythm guitarist
“J.R. ” Hammond mused after the
concert.
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Sunday afternoon at the races
Amateur bikers run well
By PAT DAVIDSON
Battalion Reporter
Bicycles had the right-of-way on
the streets surrounding the Drill
Field Sunday afternoon during the
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The audience certainly wasn’t
“suppressed” all the time. Drum
mer Robert Nix, back from a hospi
tal stay which caused several con
certs to be cancelled, performed a
phenomenal duet with bass guitarist
Lead singer Ronnie Hammond of the Atlanta Rhythm Si
tion performs — loudly — for Aggies.
Paul Goddard. This was the high of their encore, short. After
water mark of the concert; G. Rollie Tall Sally, " which spotligk:
trembled from the stomping feet. keyboard skills of Dean Dat; 11
Nevertheless, ARS even cut the group seemed gladtoqc
“Rocky Raccoon,” the first number stage.
student and faculty bike races spon
sored by the Texas A&M University
cycling team.
Five races were run. The first was
for men experienced in riding, but
EAT THE
HELL
OUT OF RICE KRISPIES
who are not fast, said Rick Denney,
a member of the cycling team. Se
venteen men entered the race,
which was 10 laps around the half-
mile course. Craig Sanders, winner
of the race, said he had never raced
before.
The second race, five laps around
the Drill Field, was for women.
“I just did it for grins,” said Angel
Copeland, who finished first. “My
boyfriend is on the cycling team and
does the serious racing. ”
Copeland, a member of the Texas
A&M track team, said she might
race seriously some next year.
The third race was for faster,
more serious men. It was 12 laps.
“I just did it for laughs, ” said Dan
Harrison, first-place finisher.
“Actually, I’m a tourist and this is
good training,” he said. Harrison is
a reference librarian.
Another tourist. Nor Meyer,
finished second. At 34, he said he
figured he was the oldest partici
pant.
Touring, Meyer said, is self-paced
riding. It can be anything from short
rides to overnight sight-seeing, he
said.
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