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“Dance in America” begins its fifth sea
son as part of “Great Performances” with
“Two Duets,” choreography by Jerome
Robbins and Peter Martins. It will be seen
Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. on KAMU Channel 15.
PBS HIGHLIGHTS
KAMU Channel 15, the local PBS station, will
celebrate its 10th birthday Feb. 15 with a live celeb
ration.
Beginning at 1 p.m., it will include a mini-parade
by kindergarten children from Bryan, College Sta
tion, Hearne, Snook and Somerville; interviews
with the children talking about their experiences
with public TV; and the renaming of a Texas A&M
University street to Sesame Street, to commemo
rate the 10th season of the children's show
“Sesame Street.”
The celebration will be broadcast on KAMU.
There will be a tour of the station’s facilities follow
ing the broadcast.
At 7 p.m. Feb. 15, there will be a half-hour prog
ram with highlights of programming on Channel 15
from the last decade, hosted by Mel Chastain,
KAMU general manager.
Presently KAMU begins broadcasting at 2:30
p.m. each day. Starting Feb. 15, it will start broad
casting at 7:30 a.m.
KAMU is located on UHF Channel 15, and VHF
Channel 12 on the cable.
Anyone wanting a schedule of programs for the
coming month can call 845-5611 and one will be
mailed free of charge.
The Legend of King Arthur— Feb. 16,6 p.m. The
days of Camelot are revived on public television
“Once Upon a Classic” brings the legend of
King Arthur and his kingdom of Camelot to
public television with “The Legend of King
Arthur” beginning Feb. 16 at 6p.m. on Channel
15.
with “Once Upon A Classic’s” presentation of “The
Legend of King Arthur.” It will be shown in eight
half-hour episodes. During a dark age of turmoil
and war, Arthur becomes the king when he is a
young man. When several nobles refuse to accept
him as a ruler, he leads his followers in battle
against the opposition. When the kingdom is finally
united, Arthur begins his reign over a new age. (30
minutes)
Footsteps — Feb. 16,5 p.m. Returning to PBS for
another season, “Footsteps” focuses on everyday
situations and problems facing parents. Joining
drama and documentary, each episode centers on
what the child is feeling and how parents cope with
universally experienced emotions and self-doubts.
Step-parenting, sibling relationships, values, hos
pital illnesses, child-abuse and behavior problems
are some of the challenges dealt with in this sea
son’s programs. Three fictional families dramatize
each situation. At the conclusion of each dramati
zation a celebrity couple, who are parents them
selves, will provide narration for a brief documen
tary summarizing and focusing on the theme of
each program. (30 minutes)
Un Ballo in Maschera — Feb. 16, 7 p.m. “Live
From the Met” presents this libretto by Giuseppe
Verdi. It is based on the assassination of Gustave
III, King of Sweden. Verdi was forced to take this to
Rome when Neapolitan censors rejected it. The
Rome censors required only that he change the
locale of his opera to outside Europe, so Verdi
moved the action to pre-revolutionary Boston. (180
minutes)
Okavango — Feb. 18,7 p.m. The colorful wildlife of
a unique delta in a remote area in the Botswana
Republic of southern Africa is the subject of this
documentary. It touches on the industrial and agri
cultural pressures which are beginning to encroach
on the delta, but mostly focuses on the creatures
that live there. Baby warthogs playing “king of the
castle,” Carmine bee-eaters nesting the banks of
the river and elephants sauntering at leisure are
just a few of the scenes portrayed. (60 minutes)
American Short Story — Feb. 18, 8 p.m. This
weeks selection is “The Greatest Man in the
World,” a satire by James Thurber. A garage
mechanic with an unsavory past becomes an inter
national hero when he pilots a small plane around
the world without stopping. (60 minutes)
The Best of Brazilian Television — Feb. 18, 9
p.m. In the first live television broadcast from Brazil
to the United States, Americans can catch a glimp
se of Brazil and its people. Hosted by actress Can-
dice Bergen, it features Brazilian life, art and cul
ture. (90 minutes)
COLLAGE
Snowball triggers gunfire
. Snowball fights are familiar scenes on many campuses this time of
year, but at Oregon State University, a recent snow battle nearly
ended in tragedy. Delbert Dean Jones, who has been charged
with recklessly endangering the life of another, apparently grew
angry when his car was pelted with snowballs thrown by a group
of fraternity members. He stopped and jumped out with a rifle in
his hands, firing a shot in the air, witnesses say. As he paused to
reload the weapon, he was taunted by onlookers and then fired
the second shot toward the group. One of the shots grazed the
back of a snowballer, tearing his clothes. The student who was hit
says Jones was aiming at him and plans to press charges, if given
that option. Collegiate Medlines
Party costs job for coach
... An altercation at a post-season celebration cost the coach of the
Cupertino, Calif., De Anza Community College football team his
coaching position only weeks after he had led the squad to a
number two national ranking. Chuck Elder, who had a 26-5-1
record in his three years as head coach, has been reassigned to a
full-time teaching position for “unprofessional actions at a private
residence,” athletic officials say. Elder and his team were at a
player’s home, celebrating an 11-0 season and a Bay Bowl vic
tory, when an invited guest, who attended another school, re
portedly raised the coach’s ire by telling him “you were lucky to
win.” Elder then left the party, but was followed outside by the
student, who allegedly began hitting the coach. Elder says he did
not return the attack but did wrestle the student to the ground.
Collegiate Medlines
Who makes more money?
When the Central Michigan University student paper published a
list of faculty and staff salaries, the school’s office of information
retaliated by publishing a list of salaries paid to the newspaper’s
focus
THE BATTALION
Policy: Focus will accept any stories, draw
ings or photographs that are submitted for
publication, although the decision to publish
lies solely with the editor. Pieces submitted,
printed or not, will be returned upon request.
Deadline is 5 p.m. the Thursday before pub
lication.
Contributing to this issue were: Roy
Bragg, Tricia Brunhart, Paul Childress,
Steve Clark, Doug Graham, Geoff Hackett,
and Todd Woodard.
Editor: Rhonda Watters
On the Cover: Almost every kind of war
game imaginable could be found at Warcon
’80, held by the Texas A&M Gromets Club
last weekend. For a story and more photos,
turn to pages 4-5. Photos by Steve Clark.
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