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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1979
19'
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International center opens in Bizzell Hall
Various offices concerned with
international programs and ac
tivities at Texas A&M University
have been consolidated in the newly
opened International Center on the
first and second floors of Bizzell
Hall.
The International Center, which
houses the offices of the vice presi
dent for international affairs and his
staff, opened Sept. 26, bringing to
gether for the first time in the same
location the departments concerned
with international programs and ac
tivities.
In addition to the Office of Vice
President for International Affairs,
the center also includes the offices of
Dr. Morris Bloodworth, director of
international programs, and Dr. P.
Wayne Gosnell, director of interna
tional services.
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Revival
October 7-12
Featuring
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Bees Knees, a six-man band from Dallas, played to a small
crowd in the MSC Basement Friday night as Aggies made
beelines home and to Lubbock. Battalion reviewer Richard
Oliver, one of the few students who stayed here, says the
others missed a great concert.
Courtesy photo
First Baptist Church/Bryan
Texas Avenue at 27th Street
Ags don’t swarm to Bees Knees
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By RICHARD OLIVER
Battalion Staff
The Bees Knees buzzed into
Texas A&M University over the
weekend, and not too many Aggies
got a chance to see them.
It’s too bad. . .the Bees Knees,
simply, were very, very good.
The six-man band from Dallas
captivated a full house at the MSC
Review
Basement from the first note, and
the patrons let the band know it
with enthusiastic applause after
every instrument solo or song.
The group sounds like a mixture
ofToto, Firefall and Jimmy Buffet, if
such a combination is possible. In
any case, it adds up to good music,
and a good time.
When the group hammered out
its first song of the night, “SJippin’
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Bees Knees, ’’ and their latest,
Honey.”
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opening concerts for such perfe
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“We are really more suitedforllt
college market,” he said. “Wehope
to get more of a national spread, bd
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area.
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