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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1982)
SPI-JOAA OA\i U| paiXIPl AA^JLIS • ' ' ' ™ ,1, l „.a i ,y.“":V.r;.',7v'T»“lT>;C2 5 Pull your boots out of the closet Houston going Texan for rodeo A morning parade through the streets of Houston and fire works across the night sky mark the opening of the Houston Livestock Show Saturday. The rodeo kicks off in the Astrodome Wednesday. This year is the 50th of the show, and once again a full two weeks of entertainment for cow pokes and dudes alike is planned. City meets country in the show rings of the Astrohall, where 29,000 livestock entries will vie for honors and probably help break in some city slicker's boots between judging events. The first week of the show is reserved for competition be tween professional breeders and livestock producers from throughout the country. When their awards are all handed out, junior exhibitors from around the state show their animals. which usually represent a year's work for them. The animals aren't the only ones competing; the human ele ment will battle in barbecue cooking, hay-hauling, whist ling, fiddling and horseshoe pitching. The two come together in the rodeo, which has one of the rich est purses in America. This year, 16 performances feature the basic man versus animal events, plus specials like the chuckwa- gon races and calf scramble. The rodeo features a bevy of performers this year: Eddy Arnold, Anne Murray, Larry Gatlin, Merle Haggard, the Oak Ridge Boys, Charley Pride, Mac Davis, The Statler Brothers, Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley, Con way Twitty, Dolly Parton, Kool and the Gang and Don Wil liams. Tickets for the rodeo are $4 and $8. Performers and riders are pro jected on large screens in the Astrodome, so all the seats in the house can be considered good seats, even if they are a little closer to the ceiling than you might like. The screen used is the same size as the Astro dome scoreboard. Besides giv ing a close-up of performers, it shows slow motion and instant replays of rodeo action and taped highlights of judging events and contests around the grounds to the rodeo audience. The carnival midway features 40 rides, attractions and numer ous games to test your skill. The city of Houston officially proclaims the two weeks of rodeoing “Go Texan" Days, and the city participates by turning out in its finest western wear. No matter that the duds prob ably hang in the closet from Feb ruary to February, appearing only briefly each year. Natural foods on club's menu by Pam Barta Battalion Reporter One club at Texas A&M Uni versity probably won't have chocolate ice cream and soft drinks at its meetings. The Texas A&M University Whole Foods Club is interested in sharing information on the nutritional benefits of health foods. Club president Bruce Pace started the organization, which became a recognized student group in October. He said he had been thinking about such a club for the past two and a half years. Pace said he thought there was a need for it, and he saw that other people also had such an interest. One of the club's goals is to get fresh fruit in campus vend ing machines and in the MSG. Pace said they also would like to see labels on the food served at the MSG in order to inform pat rons. For example, he said, many interational students aren't aware or don't understand what's in cafeteria food. This may result in them eating some thing that goes against religious beliefs. Pace said. Relive the The Texas Greco-Roman fes tival is sort of like a Renaissance festival for the times of the Greeks and Romans. Held weekends from May 22 through June 27, the festival is a celebration of the gods of mythology and their lives, held in an oak forest north of Dallas, near Terrell. The gods themselves will be Traces of the club can already be seen in the Memorial Student Center Browsing Library, where its subscription to “Vegetarian Times" is available to the public. “The magazine filled a gap in the browsing library and gives a pretty broad spectrum of diffe rent diets," Pace said. Club members also are trying to reach the community and let people know what is available to them. Pace said. One way to do this is with a monthly newslet ter, the "Brazos Garden Patch." The "Brazos Garden Patch" provides information on nutri tion, dieting, alternative diets. and other such matters that may be of interest to the community. "Information is our main goal right now," Pace said. Next month's issue will cover places to eat in the community. "We're going to address any place that has anything good to eat, like a good baked potato or a good salad," Pace said. The newsletter also includes an "odds 'n ends" section that gives information on nutritional value of popular foods. For ex ample, he said, one pound of popcorn has l,75l calories, 57.6 grams of protein and 347.9 grams of carbohydrates. As one of its short-term goals club members hope to add 20 members to their present five by the end of next month. "I think we can do it; that's a reasonable goal," Pace said. He said the club already has a list of 35 people who have shown in terest in the organization. Some of the long-range activi ties of the club include a bake sale, a vegetable plant sale and the creation of a cook-book. Pace said the plant sale would be an especially good idea for on-campus students, who aren't allowed to have animals in their dorm rooms. The plant would give the students something to snack on while studying. Pace said, as well as add something special to the surroundings. For more information on the Texas A&M University Whole Foods Club, contact Pace at 693- 5989. days of Rome there, roaming the grounds to hobnob with mortals who pay $5.50 to get in. The festival also features artists and craftsmen showing and selling their wares, includ ing jewelry, pottery, wood work, etchings, paintings and weavings. The daring may throw the javelin or fight gladiators, or even have a tug-of-war with Hannibal's elephant. And what would any self- respecting Roman gathering be without food? Stuffed grape leaves, souvlaki, baklava and spumoni, all washed down with your choice of drinks. Entertainment includes wan dering musicians, jugglers and the like, or dramas on stage.