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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1981 Page 5 ocal nternational reject set for summer % ).tn, ij sthet 137 MS( Progr® lerH ters. igelesj* 'abuse- 1 Stmt 3.U1. in at 8 p, ii By CATHIE FEIGHL Battalion Reporter This summer Texas A&M Uni versity students will participate in the first international service pro ject co-sponsored by the Texas A&M Office of International Ser vices and the Memorial Student ierfli^ Center Travel Committee. The students chosen to partici- iate in the project will be living .nd working in poor and rural areas of the Dominican Republic rom four to five weeks. “We’re going to be living on a sJ ower l eve l — the level of the peo- il Sri Li) jJe — and we are going to work fcountrs md participate and experience hat the third world is all about,” said Dr. Donald Boucher, direc- :or of Intematioanl services, and me of the project initiators. Boucher said the students will rtmentp be performing social services such 1,1 fe as teaching or cooking meals for mall children in an orphanage. Ihey may help construct dwell ings for the poor and give vaccina- jt - lotions; and they may have the M opportunity to work with the Na- ional Forestry Service of the Dominican Republic in trying to improve land growth. Interviews to select the 15 stu dents for the project are being mducted this week by a panel of .SC Travel Committee chairmen md Boucher. Julie Drewry of the V1SC Travel Committee said they aave received more than 20 appli cants so far. They are interested in tudents who want to do service ilm osi projects, and who also have a sin- [YCFSs ;ere interest in other people. Boucher said the idea of the ser- ice project began last October heldai! >vhen students asked why A&M lid not have any project of this ype. He said there are many foreign tudents on the Texas A&M cam- >us getting involved in American ife, but Texas A&M is behind other schools in getting its Amer- can students involved interna- the)||ionally. “The purposes are to enable the student to learn more about a country by experiencing that [country, and to do some project in Punkrock catching on here By Catherine J. Thomas Battalion Reporter Riddle: What has pink hair, shredded clothes, lots of chrome trim and jumps up and down? Answer: A punkrocker doing the pogo. The next question is: what’s the pogo? The June issue of Life magazine says the pogo is a dance that makes the person look like he’s jumping on a pogo stick, except there is no stick. It’s easy to do. Just jump with your legs together, or apart, and flop your arms up and down to a song like “Crack That Whip” by Devo. But punking is more than pogoing. Punkrock is more com plex than it seems. What most people think is punkrock, may really be ska or new wave. Life says ska music is: “bouncier than younger brother reggae, blended witb a strong dance beat” and a Jamaican influence. Examples of ska bands are the Specials, Madness, the Selector and the Beat. The line between punkrock and new wave isn’t quite as distinct. “Both of them are still in transi tion,” Roger Wieting, a disc- jockey for KANM said. New wave is what “fits the transition.” He said, on the other hand, punk is a “heavier form of new wave.” Bands like Blondie, the Cars and the Police are considered new wave because “they’re not screaming about how messed up the world is,” Music Express’s Eddie Potter said. Doug Welch, the manager of Music Express, said about 15 per cent of the records they sell are punkrock or new wave. “They sur pass what we sell of soul, easy lis tening or classical music. It’s a re spectable chunk.” He said the store is expanding its punk-new wave selections three-fold. “It’s really catching on.” The reason for new wave’s re cent popularity, he said, is its re turn “to the roots of rock and roll.” Welch said the music in the ’70s was white men concentrating on imitating black men with rhythm- and-blues. But, new wave is “very white,” he said. Doug Jones, a sophomore poli tical science major and a new wave enthusiast said there is no real punk-new wave scene in College Station. “There’s not even a (night) club, how can you say there’s a scene?” he said. Jones said when the Skunks (a band from Austin) came last semester the big crowd showed there was an interest. “But when there’s a new-wave party in College Station all they play is the B-52s, the Police, the Cars and Devo,” Jones said. New wave has good lyrics, he said, “usually there’s a political, religious, or a life-in-general mes sage in them. “Punk is more of the safety pins and the pink hair,” Jones said. “The Sex Pistols, the Damned and the Clash are some of the more popular punk bands.” To understand punks it is also important to know the history be hind them. Punk started in England around 1976 as a working-class revolt against unemployment and living conditions. These young and usually untrained musicians wanted their own identity. So that’s why punks proudly sport rainbow-colored, closely cropped hair and torn T-shirts. Jones said being a nonconfor mist in College Station has its hazards. “When I pierced my ear people just looked at me like I was strange. After a couple of weeks I took it out.” With punkrock band names like the Vomit Pigs, the Legionnaire’s Disease, the Cramps and the Mydolls, their desire for noncon formity is obvious. Leah Huddleston, a sophomore requested punkrock album for a Photo by Linda Warinner psychology major, plays a customer at Music Express. that country that would contribute to the development of the coun try,” Boucher said. Boucher said they chose the Dominican Republic for the pro ject because of its extraordianary ties with Texas A&M. There are 147 former Texas A&M students living and working in the Domini can Republic, and the Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service has done work there, he said. Students participating will pay their own travel expenses, but the MSC Travel Committee is seeking support for some of the other ex penses. Drewry said the MSC Overseas Loan Fund will be avail able to students in the project. ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH I & STUDENT CENTER | Announce CLASSES FOR THOSE INTERESTED ; in PREPARING FOR CONFIRMATION and or learning more about the Episcopal Church CLASSES MEET IN THE CHURCH Beginning 8:00 P.M., Sunday MARCH 8 906 Jersey, College Station (So. 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