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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1979
''Ballet’s show enthralls crowd
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by NANCY ANDERSEN
f~]Battalion Staff
L'vv/?i| A fairy tale came to life on the
judder Auditorium stage Tuesday
Hit. Giselle, performed by the
‘-’ywilloni uston Ballet, charmed a well-
ssed, near-capacity crowd,
he performance, sponsored by
[C Opera and Performirrig Arts
jiety, was a romantic tale of the
tile.
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tinue to
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but
classic boy-meets-girl variety.
In the first act, Giselle, a Bavarian
peasant girl, meets Loys, a villager,
and the two fall in love after a flirta
tious hide-and-seek dance. What
Giselle doesn’t know is that Loys is
really Count Albrecht, a titled noble
— and an engaged man.
Even though she doesn’t know his
true identity, Giselle’s mother dis
approves of the match, preferring
Hilarion, a local forester. In the face
of Giselle’s rejection, Hilarion inves
tigates Loys, discovers the truth and
reveals it to Giselle. In her grief, she
runs the count’s sword through her
self.
The second act curtain came up on
a green-tinged, fog-shrouded forest
filled with the ghosts of young girls,
the Wilis. These girls, jilted by their
RS teaches taxes
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Sp local teenagers
Jm ended
By DEBBIE NELSON
Battalion Staff
liddick onj Area high school students are learning how big of a bite Uncle Sam
vestmeitHkes out of their paycheck before most of them have paychecks to to be
bitten.
I In 24,000 high schools nationwide, students are learning how to fill
out tax forms through “Understanding Taxes,” an Internal Revenue
Service-sponsored course, Charles G. Bailey, Austin IBS public affairs
ucer said Tuesday.
This year, five million students are being taught basic tax informa-
lon through the course, the oldest educational program the IRS has.
■ederally funded, the tax course supplies teaching materials and films
ti> schools. The material is incorporated as part of existing courses,
Bailey said.
Bryan High School has used the IRS material for over eight years, in
okkeeping, business careers, and distributive education Courses,
ssistant Principal Mary Thornton.
Fifteen percent of Bryan High’s 1,965 students are currently enrol-
d in one of these electives.
A&M Consolidated High School teaches tax information as part of its
msumer math class. Assistant Principal Sandra Parker.
Also in effect for eight years, enrollment in this course runs from
)-90 students a year — 7.8 percent of Consolidated’s 1,082 students.
The tax section of these courses teaches basic information on prepar-
ig a 1040 form, such as when to itemize deductions, how to list
ividend and interest payments, and how to compare the advantages
Tiling single or joint tax forms, Bailey said. Students get practical
experience in filling out tax forms and learn briefly how the tax system
orks.
Although every prospective taxpayer probably needs this informa-
|on, there is no required tax course.
High school students, Bailey said, get a basic knowledge of other
subjects, but most of them graduate without knowing how to file an
come tax return. Increased use of the IRS course may change that.
Review
fiances, have the power to make men
dance to their death. Led by
Myrtha, their queen, the Wilis initi
ate Giselle.
When the count comes to lay flow
ers on Giselle’s grave, Myrtha com
mands him to dance. When he tires
Giselle tries to help him, but to no
avail. Nearly exhausted and about to
die, the count is saved by the rising
sun, which overpowers the Wilis.
Suzanne Longley, dancing the ti
tle role, floated across the stage. She
would strike a pose and hold it,
seemingly forever. The audience
stopped the show with applause
nearly every time she danced.
Another crowd pleaser was Wil
liam Pizzuto, dancing the part of
Count Albrecht. Originally cast in a
minor role, Pizutto was filling in for
injured Kenneth McCrombie. His
haughty air did justice to his role and
his high leaps were exciting.
Another standout was Deidre
Grohgan, who performed two roles.
Her finest performance was as
Myrtha, the regal and beautiful
queen of the Wilis. As a village girl,
Grohgan was also very good.
As a first-time ballet goer, I was
enthralled by the performance. The
seemingly effortless grace which
masked all the sheer physical
strength involved was amazing.
Also, ballet is more than just
dance. The dancers never speak, but
their motions and facial expressions
are so expressive that it’s as if they
did. Another language was the music
played by the Houston Ballet
Orchestra, which set the mood,
ranging from carefree happiness to
mourning.
Nuclear trash
may not cause
safety threat
Nuclear waste storage prob
lems are solvable, and this may
provide the United States with a
short term energy source not de
pendent on foreign oil and gas, a
specialist visiting Texas A&M
University said.
Nulcear energy can thus meet
energy needs until other sources
are developed, said Dr. John O.
Blomeke, specialist in radioactive
wastes management.
“There are tangible problems
in handling and disposal of
radioactive wastes and with pro
liferation of radioactive materials,
but they can be attacked, re
solved and storage can be done
safely,” he insists.
Blomeke charged that the
problems are mostly political in
nature, and can be solved politic
ally.
He said that continued reliance
on other energy sources will soon
leave the United States in short
supply.
Blomeke, in charge of waste
management at Oak Ridge Na
tional Laboratory in Tennessee,
is at Texas A&M for a week of
lectures, seminars and confer
ences in the nuclear engineering
department.
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beautiful decor, choose from over 80
menu items, get free refills on tea and
coffee and pay only between
$3.00 — $4.00 with no gratuity?
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imilar beef grades
wry in tenderness
efore that big cut of steak landed
in a plastic tray at the market, it was
jibably evaluated and graded at a
Icking plant by USDA meat grad-
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IBut Texas A&M University meat
bientists indicate there is almost as
much variation within grades of
beat, as between grades,
i On occasion, you will find a steak
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I as a steak from a higher grade, ” said
j i Dr. Thayne Dutson, a Texas A&M
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” *Heand other researchers at A&M
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when it is eaten than marbling in the
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grading.
As a result of varying chemical
reactions from animal to animal, car
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explaining why there is variability in
tenderness within one grade.
Methods have been developed to
reduce these variations in tender
ness. The Texas A&M Science De
partment has developed a technique
whereby jolts of electricity speed
chemical breakdown of the muscle
and increase the tenderness of the
meat by 15 to 20 percent.
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