THE BATTALION
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1981
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By KATHY O’CONNELL
Battalion Staff
The audience waits in anticipa-
ion. An unseen voice instructs the
ighting man to fade the lights out.
he stage grows black, save for a
olitary spotlight shining on a man.
He steps forward. “Ladies and
entlemen, the surgeon general has
etermined that too many musicals
re dangerous to your health ... this
la plotless musical, yet what you
ficentliHsee is dancin’.”
And “Dancin ”’ is what the audi-
mce saw — plenty of it.
“Dancin’,” Bob Fosse’s hit Broad-
ray musical, was presented Satur-
| lay night to an almost capacity audi-
cv wind nc e in Rudder auditorium.
From the beginning, the show
m reminiscent of Fosse’s movie,
All That Jazz.” The prologue,
horeographed to Neil Diamond’s
Hot August Night,” was full of
, jumps and slight touches of
iroticism. Tan and black leotards
leightened the effect.
The one-man “A Manic Depress-
ve’s Lament” brought laughter from
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Today Blues.” In midsong, he stop
ped, peered up at a huge “smiley
face” and asked the audience if they
hated those things as much as he did.
The response was a resounding,
“Yes!”
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Again, the unseen voice spoke.
“Oh, Mr. Manic Depressive ...”
'“Yes?”
“I’ve got some bad news for you. ”
“Great, what is it?”
“Your apartment caught on fire,
and your girlfriend — ”
“Yes?”
“She broke up with you today and
guess who she ran away with?”
“Great, who?”
“Ben Vereen.” More laughter
from the audience.
Probably the most unusual dance
was “Fourteen Feet.” The dancers
“hammered” clog-like shoes onto a
board, stepped into them and began
the dance without moving their feet.
This obviously required a lot of body
control from the dancers. The only
movement came from the hips up.
Also, as the stage blackened, floures-
cent lighting turned the dancers into
bizarre figures outlined in white with
glowing orange eyes.
“The Female Star Spot” brought
laughter and whooping from the
women in the audience as four
female performers sang “Here You
Come Again” and discussed how
their men came crawling back after
an argument. As it turned out, all
four had been dating the same man.
“Why, that son of a bitch!” they
exclaimed.
For the final act, the company
brought a little America to the stage,
with dancing to the songs, “Yankee
Doodle Dandy,” “Dixie” and “The
Stars and Stripes Forever.” It was
enough to make even the most un
patriotic American stand up and sa
lute. Well, if not salute, at least give
a hearty round of applause.
Applause is what they got, for the
company seemed to enjoy dancin’ as
much as the audience did.
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Delegate, host, hostess spots
ipen for February SCONA
By COLETTE HUTCHINGS
Battalion Reporter
Host and hostess applications are
iow being accepted for the Student
nference On National Affairs con
vention at Texas A&M Feb. 11-14.
The topic for the convention,
hich is sponsored by the Memorial
itudent Center SCONA committee,
will be “International Society in
Transition. "
Applications are in the Student
'ragrams Office, MSC Room 216.
Hosts and hostesses escort dele-
|gates around the University and to
the various functions. AH Texas
A&M students are eligible to apply.
TomBeecroft, SCONA chairman,
id that for the first time, five of the
1 total delegate positions are being
it aside specifically for foreign stu-
mts due to “the nature of the con-
srence.”
Interviews for delegates will be
uesday through Thursday.
Beecroft said he estimates 80 dele
tes will attend the conference, in-
luding delegates from 13 U.S. uni-
'ersities and from Canada, Kuwait,
Guatemala and Mexico.
This conference marks the 26th
year of SCONA at Texas A&M.
Beecroft said SCONA was pat-
| teraed after West Point Academy’s
program SCUSA (Student Confer-
sncesonU.S. Affairs.) The other ser
vice academies have similar prog
rams.
“Basically it’s an exchange of
ideas,” Beecroft said.
Although no solution is reached at
the end of the conference, he said,
future business and political leaders
“gain broader insights” of the prob
lems discussed.
This year’s topic will be the socio
economic problems of the interna
tional society in transition rather
than military problems, Beecroft
said.
Guest speakers Dr. Peter T.
Bauer, chairman of the Economics
Department of the London School of
Economics and Political Science and
Dr. Douglas J. Bennet Jr., an admi
nistrator from the Agency for Inter
national Development in Washing
ton, D.C., will participate in a de
bate titled “Trade or Aid, ” which will
discuss ways to aid poorer countries.
Thomas Holdren, director of the
Institute of Energy and Resources at
the University of California at Berk
ley, will lecture on international
natural resources.
The SCONA budget is $65,500.
Beecroft said some of the money is
donated from the Texas A&M Asso
ciation of Former Students, but the
largest portion of the money is re
ceived through contributions from
companies, foundations and indi
viduals.
Beecroft said summer is the best
time for SCONA members to collect
money from sponsors. However, the
vice-chairman for fund drives quit
last summer and SCONA had to raise
$25,000 over the Christmas holi
days.
Beecroft said the $65,500 pays for
speakers, meals for delegates, con
ference literature and advertising
fees and delegates’ transportation
from other countries.
The public is invited to attend all
lectures and conferences, but may
not participate in them, Beecroft
said.
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First ’81 local rabies cases found
By MELANI BAYLESS
Battalion Reporter
The Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory
in Austin recently confirmed the first
two rabies cases of 1981 in Brazos
County.
Mike Meriage, an investigator for
the Region Six Public Health Office,
helps evaluate the potential out
break of communicable diseases be
tween animals and humans in Brazos
County and surrounding counties.
“We are keeping in contact with
the Brazos County Health Office and
watching the situation closely,” he
said.
The first case, a rabid skunk, was
found on Villa Maria Road Jan. 13.
The second case, another skunk, was
found outside Bryan Jan. 19.
Meriage said rabid skunks are
considered to be a greater threat to
the animal population than to hu
mans.
“If two dogs or cats had turned up
rabid we would be much more con
cerned,” he said. “What we have to
do now is encourage people to get
their pets vaccinated ... that’s the
best way to decrease the possibility
of humans becoming infected.”
The Region Six Office says Brazos
County has averaged three cases of
rabies annually for the last 10 years.
While the peak season for rabies in
skunks coincides with their breeding
and gestation period in March, April
and May, Meriage said that isolated
incidents during other times of the
year were not unique.
He said the warm winter in the
Brazos County area may be a factor
in the two recent cases.
“The problem with rabies is it
looks like a lot of other things. There
is a change in behavior or tempera
ment and symptoms such as stagger
ing, paralysis or foaming at the
mouth may appear as the disease
progresses,” Meriage said.
He said an animal may appear
healthy and seem friendly during the
early stages of the disease, but will
often bite at the slightest provoca
tion.
Rabies is caused by a virus which
affects the central nervous system
and is usually fatal once the infection
occurs.
The virus is often present in the
salivary glands of rabid animals and
excreted in the saliva, so the bite
from an infected animal can intro
duce the virus into the open wound
of the victim.
The incubation period for rabies
can vary in different animals, but it is
rarely less than two weeks or longer
than four months.
In the event of a bite or scratch
from any animal, public health offi
cials advise contacting a physician
immediately and trying to quaran
tine the animal.
The Brazos County Health Office
is encouraging citizens to vaccinate
their pets and report any animals
that are acting strangely.
A spokesman from that office said,
“It is not considered normal be
havior for a wild animal to wander
into a residential or populated area
during the daytime and any occurr
ence of this type should be re
ported.”
Officials encourage parents to
warn their children against petting
or playing with strange-acting or un
known animals.
The County Health Office is pro
viding a booklet entitled “Facts ab
out Rabies” to anyone desiring more
information about the disease.
It can be picked up at their office,
202 E. 27th St., between 8 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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