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local THE BATTALION FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1980 Page Pa — 'Chapter Two,’Wells leave i Aggie audience gasping Field study trip planned by Ag Economics club jff< is !c b etie: don sm not for one part ajt — and they didn’t. ■ Ilk'll most agreehaslefei the I ast century fromlj .vork of the sparsely^ iw needs westernoj® eau. y the western rejeji ■ast |)artly reflectsM ebec native’s view a'; rod also apparent iments that fightwii it support, the past has beenune, trees what theyasW*;. y think he is nowh| , is speech on thenijli*; lower he talked ofi||; ament. •oustitution Ottawa ^ kir the national jojfe ■d in the past on mall-lb . reat tocutoffenetgiiffl world prices. Bite, it popular supports tterous. it, Trudeau will prows i e in his final term.ti®,;; rowing regional voiaH flow of power topr®'? util thependulumffi By RICHARD OLIVER Staff Writer For 2 1 /z hours Thursday night, nearly 2,500 persons laughed, cried and pondered at “Chapter Two” together — and they left emotionally drained, but satisfied. Dawn Wells and David Faulkner, starring in Neil Simon s hit play, ran their Rudder Auditorium audience through a variety of emotions, and drew them stunned but happily to their feet afterwards. “Chapter Two” is Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical story of a man’s struggle to overcome the grief caused by the death of his first wife, and the sudden joy of finding new love. The joy, however, is hard-earned, as the memory of his first wife con tinues to haunt him, severely damag ing the second relationship. Wells and Faulkner brilliantly portrayed the roles of Jennie and George, created by Simon to repre sent himself and his present wife, Marsha Mason. The play begins with George fairly morose, and obviously moody over the loss of his first wife, Barbara. His brother, Leo (Donald Gantry), tries hard to comfort him, introducing him to different girls, trying to find the right one to draw George out of his hole, but to no avail. That is, until Review Leo meets Jennie at a New York dis co. He leaves the phone number with George, and the action begins. George, calling a number he be lieves to be an elderly librarian’s, finds instead he is speaking to Jen- AddVl skeet shooters are Olympic hope fuls By ANGELIQUE COPELAND Campus Staff For a team that is sending two If members to compete for a berth on H the U.S. Olympic team, the Texas B A&M University Skeet and Trap ■ Club has remained in relative B obscurity. Ed Simmons, a junior from Hous- K ton, and Jeff Sizemore, a freshman f business major, will be in San Anto- R nio in May competing with the best H shooters in the nation as they make H their bid for the 1980 Olympic team. |! Simmons is a two-time national col li legiate champion and Sizemore ; traveled with the U. S. team last year ■ competing in world competition in 3 Italy and in the Pan American Games. The United States took the ; gold in the Pan Am games with Size more tying for eleventh place indi- j£ vidually. Both men are members of the A&M Skeet and Trap Club, an extra mural sports club. Skeet comes from a Swedish word ( meaning “shoot,” and involves 25 |targets released from two throwers. One thrower is placed about 10 feet from the ground in a “high” house land the other is located in a “low” house about 3Yz feet from the r ground. There are eight “stations” arranged in a semi-circle between the two houses from which shooters {try for targets released at known angles. At four of the stations, birds • are released from both houses at the same time, at about 60 mph. I Trap is a longer range game with less predictable target flights. There f is one ground-level thrower and five I shots are fired fron five stations. Dis tance from the trap house is gauged according to handicaps given to ■shooters, with the most proficient, ;27 yards from the house. The team will travel to the inter collegiate championships April 23-27 in Peoria, Ill., and Club President George Strickhausen estimated that it will cost around $6,000 to send a team to the meet. In addition to the expense, the Aggie shooters have trouble finding a place to practice. “We presently have to practice at the Bryan-College Station Skeet Club which is over 15 miles from the University,” Strickhausen said. “Not only are we limited in time and place to practice but the Bryan range is only geared up for the Amer ican versions trap and skeet and yet we have to compete with other schools in the international style trap and skeet,” Skrickhaisen said. There may be relief in sight for the clay hunters, if the Texas A&M Health and Physical Education De partment is successful in finding funds for a trap and skeet facility it has developed plans for. The range is on private property north of Bryan and is closed 10 months out of the year. A site has been picked for a $75,000 four-field trap and skeet complex that would have both Amer ican and International capabilities and would be utilized by the physical education classes, the club, intramu ral teams, faculty members and for mer students. The Texas A&M team placed second in American skeet competi tion in 1975 and 1976 and second in International skeet in 1976. The team went on to become the nation al collegiate champions in 1978 with team member Simmons winning the individual championship. The team finished second the following year in international with Simmons again winning the overall competi tion. 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Their meeting naturally leads to romance — with an additional load of soul-searching — and eventually, marriage. The play climaxes when George and Jennie violently confront one another following their honeymoon, as Jennie tries to find the reason for George’s sudden coldness and anger towards her. George’s constant com parisons of Jennie with his ex-wife draws hurt feelings and misunder standings, resulting in a superbly probing exchange between the two. Wells’ brilliant acting here pre sented the focal point of the entire play. Her cries of misunderstanding and injustice left the audience gasp ing for breath as she screamed and raved and literally picked apart George’s persecution. Following the play, Wells said she felt the audience was appreciative. “They were great, I loVed it,” she said. Wells, known primarily for her role as Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Is land,” said she is currently produc ing and directing a documentary on wildlife. * ## AWe d rsail*J Sale * J March 3-March 8 PRIOR TEAS I BLLWS Of bin tilViftG ■HUPKMM 3609 Place H. 29 th - Brvan By LISA MARTIN Campus Reporter Members of the Agriculture Eco nomics Club will spend spring break in California on an agricultural busi ness field study tour. Mark Troutz, trip coordinator, said that 41 members and 2 advisers will be going on the student- sponsored trip. “It provides the best well-rounded learning experience the students can have by seeing the agriculture- related businesses,” Troutz said. “We will be seeing all phases of the agricultural industry and the stu dents can get hands-on experience from the tour.” During the nine-day the group will make 19 stops in different parts of California, Troutz said, including production and marketing of citrus and large farm and feedlot opera tions. The group will visit places such as Sun Maid Growers, Nature Bite Ber ry Growers and the SunKist Be- search Center, where research and testing involving oranges is done. Troutz said a stop will be made California Canners and Grower one of the largest private-label su] pliers and Calcott Limited which is complete marketing system. A tour of a large, integrated pou try operation which is fully automat will be seen along with harvestir and packing operations, Troutz sai< The group will also visit a winery f< wine making and tasting, he said. t Troutz said the trip is offered as two-hour credit agricultural ecom mics class. ■l >-4 spices up any dip! it's zesty! Send for FREE recipe folder ■ciat lokii oftl ha< rou< rant ideli mo ne f. 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