Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1981)
THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1981 Page 5 Up Local officers at 7:30p. c :N SCIENCE; d i department wli 7:30 p,m. inlK I’D SURVIVE"; SC by the Dep#- Varied crowd hears Metheny group By LAURA HATCH Battalion Reporter The Pat Metheny Group re- ■ vived a jazz-starved audience ■ Saturday night at Rudder Theater ■with 214 hours of nonstop music. All ages gathered to hear the CEt WillconJuti r Water Heatinj. Oakwood Miii a 607 Rudder, or Weekend in® M SERIES; •: ssible Presides I Bolton. r ill elect officers® * : ets at 7 p.m. in first floor forts: Review group’s rendition of the music of Donna Summer, the Beatles and Asleep at the Wheel. People came dressed in every thing from T-shirts to ties, jeans to dresses, bare feet to high heels. This conglomeration of people and music set the tone for the evening. The group can’t really be classi fied as a jazz group, Metheny said in an interview after the concert. “Nobody knows what we are—we don’t know what we are,’’ he said laughing. “We’re impressionistic,” he said. “We re like reporters in an abstract way.” They show what the world is like in these times through their music, he said. The group, booked by MSC Arts and MSC Basement, came on stage in darkness and the music began immediately as the lights rose in purple and red. The first number lasted about 10 or 15 minutes, and the rest that followed lasted just as long. Finally after 30 minutes, Metheny stepped up to the mic rophone to welcome the audience and to introduce the five-piece band. Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos was featured as he played both melody and rhythm on a South American instrument called a berimbau. The audience sat entranced as a single green light silhouetted the percussionist bouncing to the rhythm that he created. Strange noises whispered into the mike by Metheny completed a quickly forming jungle mood. As the music evolved into a strong Caribbean beat, keyboard player Lyle Mays joined in on synthesizer with a bright, brisk melody. By the final phase of the piece the entire band had joined in. The crowd, having caught a bit of jung le fever themselves, responded with whistles, screams and shouts. Metheny, dressed in faded jeans and tennis shoes, humbly said, “Thank you,” and cranked up the next number. Bringing the audience back to civilization, the group played a swing blues tune that sounded like intermission music. But with bass player Steve Rodby’s solo, the number didn’t stay that way for long. Keyboard solos by Mays were entertainment in themselves. With his back to the audience the entire show, all that could be seen was his electrified mop of hair jerking back and forth to the accented beats he played. The higher his fingers moved up the keyboard, the further toward them his head would lean. Numbers ranged from really tight jazz to loose experimental music with no set pattern at all. One unnamed tune consisted of Metheny’s jamming on the guitar. The rest of the band played notes and rhythms which sounded like a traffic jam. With red lights flashing across the stage, the bass player took over on solo. Then Vasconcelos startled the audience with a sudden shout and a bang on the cymbal. Squealing notes from the synthesizer and Metheny’s guitar brought the song to a close. Ex-editor backs aggressive journalists By COLETTE HUTCHINGS Battalion Reporter Journalists must take it upon hemselves to cause trouble, the ■outgoing editor of the Texas lObserver told about 65 people at (the Friends of the Texas A&M | University Library meeting Fri- ay at Texas A&M. Rod Davis, 33, the former edi- |torofthe bi-weekly journal of poli- :ics and society who resigned from he publication Feb. 28, said un less a journalist is abrasive, Aggressive and challenges author- ; jty, he’s not doing his job. Deliberately “baiting” officials t news conferences and trying to ;et information out of people hose business is to conceal infor- nation, Davis said, should be part f a journalist’s job. Davis said the lack of criticism and analysis of the news is a seri ous problem in the media today. Using the conflict in El Salva dor as an example, Davis said the reports are following the state de partments’ view without criti quing it. “I have not seen one good report sympathizing with the lef tist point of view,” he said. To report only what happened and not thinking out what hap pened is not good journalism, he said. At that point a lot of journal ists can be replaced by computers, he added. “Many journalists are sym pathetic with the status quo and think the way to move up is to play the game,” Davis said. This moving up is not being a journalist, but a manager, he said. HON: Meebi!’ ii rrs at 7:30 p." DUCATI0N: i the A&M ( lice. : INTERS: 30 p.m. in 6076 S: A Distant Tr | Student Cenie.j s free. in 413 Harrind rRACTORS: \lj C Auditorium. Voducts represtij , VNCLl '!|Hubert receives appointment Vest AssociateGl '"“‘'nito UT centennial commission -st floor by 2 pi Journalists live on an edge of jeopardy if they’re doing their jobs, he said. Davis said he thought under cover reporting was a good way to get information that ordinarily would not be disclosed in an inter view. He said, for example, in cover ing an industrial health story, get ting information from the manager of the company about the physical condition of the workers is diffi cult. By going undercover, Davis said, the workers may tell you something the managers won’t. “What is the deceit in this,” he asked, “is it fooling the ill-health workers?” Journalists should be irritative to management, Davis said. He said when a reporter is given a potential story he should ask the interest of the management, editor “why do I have to do this?” Davis said. “Thinking of yourself A journalists’ self-interest in as on the team won’t get you any- society is not identical with the where,” he added. AGGIES! Do Jewe lSSOCIATIOA Military Science n. in the MSC. :ers at 7 p.m. | Dr. Frank W.R. Hubert, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, has been appointed to the jUniversity of Texas at Austin Centennial Commis- Ision, which will make an assessment of the institu tion during the 1981-83 period marking its first 100 Bears. j Appointments to the 176-member commission were made by the University of Texas System Board WRegents. Board Chairman James L. Powell called commission “a group of outstanding individuals representing a cross-section of citizens of Texas and the university’s alumni who have distinguished themselves in their business and professional lives and who have demonstrated a continuing interest in the university.” The commisssion will hold its first meeting March 29-30 on the UT campus. In its final report, the commission will recommend priorities and direc tions for the institution’s future. 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Biyan (212 N. Main) and Culpepper Plaza BASKS PIZZA SPAGHETTI LASAGNA FRIED CHICKEN AND SPUDS INTRODUCING: Aggieland Spuds Super baked potatoes with super fixings! Try our: SOOPER SPUD ITALIAN SPUD AGGIELAND SPUD You’ll find our delicious fried chicken at our daily noon buffets and Tuesday and Sunday evening buffets. DON’T FORGET!! Pasta’s Monday Night 990 Pitcher Every Monday 7 p.m. to 10p.m. There's no pizza like Pasta's Pizza! We guarantee it! 807 Texas Ave. 696-3380 Engineering Graduates B: Elects ofe; ictures from tin) floor MSG. ; "Styles That 3l( ;!at lla.m. a(M .vard-winningif e. cted at 10 a.ni. ktei futut lore the peoplti iblicans, theffl^ 1,u I iCfii I scribe iiD y to en follow ?e deliM low calo r { ?ods in -jiing Cuiil HOW I LOST 55 POUNDS AND NEVER FELT HUNGRY 55 “It really works! The beauty of it is that It’s completely natural and you don’t ever feel hungry. I’m a believer in Nutri-Medic.” (Jen • LOSE 30 LBS. IN 40 DAYS... WRITTEN GUARANTEE. • COMPLETELY PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF. • EXCLUSIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM KEEPS YOU SLIM • FAST, SAFE AND NOW MORE AFFORDABLE THAN EVER! CONNIF GASDON RFFORF M ! ! *m\ 1 , mi % OFF For new patients CALL NOW 846-1727 in Bryan/College Station NUTRIT MEDIC MEDICAL WEIGHT l()SS C EIMCS CLINICS LOCATED fl NATIONWIDE Join Valero in San Antonio Valero Energy Corporation is involved in refining, chemical processing, pipeline operation, exploration and production and related energy programs. Valero will be on campus recruiting Engineering Graduates on March 30,1981, For more information see your placement office. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F -JU VALERO W ENERGY CORPORATION