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Page 12 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979 Not boring, but bed may put you to sleep United Press International WASHINGTON — In the wake of the water bed, which flooded the market a few years ago, the United States Patent Office has issued Pa tent 4,055,866 on a new kind of bed for insomniacs. Frank Evans, a psychiatrist trained at Yale and Harvard and with research experience at the Na tional Institute of Health, has in vented what he calls a “bedder” to help many of his patients get a good night’s rest, according to Intellec tual Property Owners, Inc., a non profit group dedicated to preserving the U.S. patent system. Evans’ creation consists of two- by-two-foot stretch nylon bags filled with about 25 pounds of tiny plastic beads. Compared with the water bed, Evans says, his bedder weighs less and doesn’t “ripple” or continue to shift once the user has settled in. Play filled with society hypocrasies ‘Threepenny Opera’ fun, not slapstici u. United Press I Brazos Valley WORLD OF BOOKS Shoppe, Inc. -A- A A. 3 volume set containing the complete works of Shakespeare with illustrations. NOW Reg. 60.00 45°° Culpepper Plaza 10-8 Mon. & Thurs. 10-6 Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 693-2676 By PEGGY C. McCULLEN Battalion Reporter If for no other reason than to see a realistic hooker on stage, spend an evening with the Aggie Players in Rudder Theater viewing “Threepenny Opera. ” It is amusing, but not slapstick comedy. For the more questioning mind, social messages can be detected in the antics. More than a chuckle will be found in the pursuit of a super-thief by a king of the pauper society. The only problem is, the king’s daughter is in love with the bigamous criminal. The musical is full of opera-range lyrics, sung by a number of vibrant voices. Mrs. Peachum held on to a high B flat that would shatter Ella Fitzgerald’s crystal. Even Mackie the Knife, who was still singing when he was jailed by his best friend, the commissioner, could be clearly heard without the help of a microphine. And those hookers. Naughty, naughty, naughty. From the gutter to the sophisticated call girl, the second oldest profession in the world was well shown by these ladies. The streetsinger (Coaxer) aroused more than understanding from her audience. The crooked businessmen, who wear purity but exhibit the eyes of the devil, draw strong parallels to society which utilites the face of poverty for monetary gain. The beggars, who look so pathetic, will siphon a tear from the coldest of hearts. Participants pity poor but pretty Polly Peachum when her new found lover (who marries a different woman every time he changes outfits) goes away and she laments his arrival in prison, only to meet face to face with one of his women and sing a battling duet with claws exposed. The musicians, playing actual manuscript music used in the off- Broadway production of “Threepenny Opera,” thoroughly cover their parts under the direction of Anna Marie Guffy. Overall the play is full of laughter and songs with underlying themes which expose hypocrisies of any society that defines the good guy and the bad guy. But in this play, it’s hard to tell which one is which. EBELES SAK1 is the main 1 'ations peaceke mth Lebanon. Our negotiatioi ides take much ol Ivid Grorining o: In. battalion. Bin weapon.” The United IN ice in Lebanoi ployed along t mi the Mediteri ! n border last Aj een Christian n ian guerrillas \ my withdrew af in in March. evi Tt is more blessed to give than to receive” is the theme sung by Mr. Peachum (Chuck McDaniel) in “Threepenny Opera.” The Aggie Players will continue the play’s produc tion through Saturday night. Tickets are |1 for students and $3 for non-students. Ticketi may be bought at the MSC box office or at the door. Battalion photo by Lynn Blmt ATTENTION BOSTON TICKET HOLDERS Variety show forms due Friday Refunds for the Boston concert scheduled on February 11 begin Monday, February beginning at 9:00 a.m. at MSC Box Office. By TRACY WILLIAMS Battalion Reporter Get out the top hat, cane and dance shoes. The variety show is back at Texas A&M University after a 10-year absence. Applications for auditions must be turned into the Student Programs Office (216 MSC) by 5 p.m. Friday. A non-refundable $5 fee is also re quired for auditions, which are set for March 2-4. The variety show is scheduled for March 23. “The show will act as a forum in which talented students, faculty and staff of A&M can perform,” said Dorothy DuBois, chairman of the MSC All University Variety Show Committee. "And it will provide an evening of entertainment for the Refunds will be given until March 9. Although the MSC Town Hall Committee had no control over the cancellation, we wish to extend our apologies for your inconvenience. Gambling, racing, cancan girls all found on MSC Casino night hal By SALLY DREYFUS Battalion Reporter Where at Texas A&M University can crap tables, blackjack, horse rac ing and casino girls be found? At Casino 79 in the Memorial Student Center. Anyone interested in being a casino girl, one who assists dealers at their assigned tables, should go by room 216 of the MSC (Student Programs Office) and fill out an ap plication. Deadline for application is Fri day. Mill The Las Vegas style event will be April 20, and tickets will cost $2.50. A ticket entitles the bearer to $3,000 worth of “Aggie money.” “Money” won from gambling can be used to purchase prizes at a 10:30 p.m. auction. Prizes are donated by local area merchants and last year included such things as: a television, a 10- speed bicycle, calculators, free dinner and movie passes and a suite for two at a local hotel. Live entertainment will last all night at the seventh annual Casino and will feature eight cancan girls. “We’ve got something out there for everybody,” Minor Stanley, as sistant chairman for Casino said. Last year about 3,500 people at tended Casino, Stanley said, but this year more are expected. “We ll have more space this year and more people working so it won’t be as crowded,” he said. Casino ’79 will begin at 7:30 p.m. and last until about midnight. Tickets go on sale April 15 in the Commons, Sbisa, the MSC and out side the Academic Building. university community.” Talent is sought in music, dance drama, comedy, magic, juggling and acrobatics. "Basically, other than the written guidelines, the only restriciions placed on the acts are those imposed by the imagination,” DuBois said. Written guidelines state that the in dividual must not have a contract with a professional entertainment agency, nor can he have earned more than 50 percent of his total in come from performances. DuBois said both the audition and the show acts will be judged on showmanship and the quality of per formance. The judges have been chosen from both the Unviersity ial country b Oil will have American indu Shengli is a i plex. It’s reser domestic use, Three pipel and the community, and mostl®” n P[ ete ^ them have performed professix ally, she said. These judges will choose wine for first, second and third places! plaque will he awarded to theS: Shengli ottic ial SHENGLI, Shengli have b an 128 inillic Shengli (Viet importance to Men and wo tons of rice am Shengli and modernization Tsingtao at th year, links the A third com complex is lo< ammonia a ye; place winner, and his names engraved on a plaque in the! DuBois said a similar ^America show was at Texas A&M until ah) 10 years ago. “They just died off, but we k) that this show will get stroni every year. She said that when the showii become stronger, it will be cl into an intercollegiate variety il» feta Indians, with talent from other schools. Woman training for space mission FAMILY SHOE STORES LADIES' SOFT OXFORDS REG. 4.99 SHIPLEY’S DONUT SHOP \Greatest Namel \ InfjgJfufiJ AFTER STUDYING, STOP IN FOR SOME FRESH DONUTS OR A FLAMEBURGER. Our donuts are made fresh all day long Open 6-11 Mon.-Sat. Closed Sunday 3310 S. College 822-4096 PAIR Several Colors This Week Only! = MEN'S GENUINE PIGSKIN CASUALS REG. 13.99 Similar to Illustration PAIR OPEN EVENINGS TIL 9 P.M. SUNNYLAND SHOPPING CENTER 3 1700 TEXAS AYE. 822-5322 PfiY-LE66 FAMILY SHOE STORES Texas A&M University MSC OPAS presents Cosi Fan Tutte In Mozart’s merriest musical, absence makes the heart go wander. A cynical old bachelor, who’s determined to prove that all women are fickle, entangles two young couples in his plot. Texas Opera Thea ter’s performance is energetic, entertaining, and in English. A delightful family evening. Don’t miss it. TEXAS CDPERA THEATER Reg. A&M Student 5.50 4.60 4.40 3.70 3.50 3.00 March 1, 8:15 p.m. Tickets: MSC Box Office United Press International MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dr. Rhea Seddon, one of six women training for manned space-shuttle missions planned to begin next year, re turned home Tuesday night for a brief visit and a break in her rigor ous schedule. The former City of Memphis Hospital surgeon and University ol Tennessee medical school graduate is undergoing training with men and the women at the National Aeronautics and Space Adminii tration’s Johnson Space Center at Houston. Seddon, 31, was one of six women chosen in January 1978 fron 8,079 applicants, among them 1,554 female applicants, seeking tronaut positions. m Her intensive two-year training period ends in July 1980, when Seddon expects to learn if she will be selected as the first America female astronaut to be fired into space as a mission specialist, Seddon, who had a private pilot license before joining NASA, ii now learning to fly T38 trapner jets. The INFANT SPECIALISTS We 11 alleviat os,” said Tim formation offic lore it’s all at Clarence Skye the United ! iw service calk m News Med tablished by t Indians are ings, hut the the sensati Ve’re trying le,” Most of the ucentrated on isebud reser' Dakota ar ate’s second ipid City stal the othei Ciago said Cl to makir HF station an is seeking If you have an infant and want only the best call or comebt and visit us. We'll be happy to show you what we have to offer. Only a few vacancies left. 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