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local Battalion/Page 3 October 21, 1982 ion |Tower urges better defense give Tom Landryai ng tiiat Democraqi at suprised me the ycracy was an ideali United )led for, died for. it was given tous,|i any member of the modernize its strategic nuc lear capability to deter aggres sion from abroad and protect its foreign interests, Sen. John ives if necessary)ho, >} democracy? I learned that it ra ted to us and ericans? I wonderv ig tfrrough the van or that havebeeti| aith in twooldaxn — “Don’t believe J” and “Never uni •r of human stupi by Brian Boyer Battalion Reporter States must i to uphold the Cons fowe,- t 0 | ( i a Texas A&M a lienee Wednesday night. “The Soviets are outstrip ping us in strategic capabil ity,” Tower said. “It is incum- foreioners thmilil bent therefore on us to mod- d peaceful demonst -nize t,ur strategic nuclear force. . , • i Tower, R-Texas, who has •’ defining the pari | )een serv i n g as chairman of group might beak ^ Senate Armed Services American a memhtt Committee since 1965, said le pinkos and thep the United States also must the othti improve its Navy and conven tional ground forces if it is to compete with the Soviets. “We have too long failed to do what is necessary to mod ernize our field forces — to the extent that now Soviet field equipment is superior to ours,” he said. “Considering the fact that the Soviets over the past 25 years have gone from a coastal navy ... to a ‘blue water’ navy that is capable of challenging Wus—■ our interests everywhere in the world, we must modernize and improve our Navy.” Tower said that improving the armed forces might mean a future reinstatement of the draft: “I feel that there will prob ably come a point in time when we will have to go back to the draft, but the time is not now — because right now, our all-volunteer system is work ing well.” Tower added that the re tention of junior officers in the armed forces and an im proved recruiting program have made the draft less necessary now than it was in 1980. Tower also defended the controversial MX missile sys tem as “a good investment.” The MX system would be a more effective deterrent to aggression than any of the other proposed “schemes,” he said. “We must dedicate our money and our resources to those things that provide us with the best deterrent to aggression. tion by Lynn Falco Battalion Reporter jv Concert ticket prices for groups that perform at Texas MM University are often less than big city prices, MSC Town Hall committee adviser Suzanne Becker says. Big-name groups will usually stop at Texas A&M for very 'Reasonable prices because the cation is excellent for a stop tween big cities. Occasionally, Becker said, groups will call Town Hall at the Jlst minute to make arrange- Bients for a show. Last spring, i the Commodores called nine |days before their appearance. The group was paying $10,000 to $20,000 per day for their ghting and sound system whether they were playing or ; not. They played at Texas A&M I for almost half their normal fee. “We’ll offer groups less money,” Becker said. “Some times they’ll take it, sometimes they won’t.” I She said agencies tend to shy away from colleges because :hey’re afraid their clients will ot do well in a college town. In contrast to big name groups, little-known groups ,>often hold concerts on college Icampuses to help build an audi ence, she said. Bi The committee seldom makes i a profit, she said. Their goal is ibreak even for the whole year. Italian ensemble to perform tonight the best andbrf could withstand ravings,” and ve colleges and[ mechanical engi- f. total lack of sens geology depart sdom, they setif® => buses don’t mil' 1 Musici, an ensemble that arimarily plays music fry Italian .ve ft =d«c»j ^ n “ h y'p n Xi d :; ll Ardi: 1 University to! toriumat | raduate before* n bachelor s dej ^ group, composed of 11 string instruments and a harp sichord, has helped promote appreciation of Italian Baroque music, particularly works by ank card Antonio Vivald However, the "group also performs works by more contemporary composers Gordon Stevenj Class ofl such as Bartok, Britten, Barber and Frank Martin. Twelve students from the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Ita ly formed the group in 1952. I Musici has received awards for its recordings of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and “La Cetra.” Tickets for the concert, which is sponsored by the MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society, are $8.25, $6.50 and $5.50 for students and $9.75, $7.75 and $6.25 for others. Tower talks to student senators by Beverly Hamilton Battalion Staff U.S. Senator John Tower opened Wednesday’s Student Senate meeting with a question- and-answer session about U.S. defense. Tower urged increased de fense spending and discussed publicity about the military, saying the media are trying to make the public skeptical about the defense budget. The senator cited CBS-TV as a media outlet that had presented “errors of ommission, some misinforma tion and some just flat defaults” about defense spending. Tower, R-Texas, is chairman of th^ Senate armed services committee. After the senator’s talk, stu dent senators elected a new vice president for finance, intro duced four new bills and approved three senate appoint ments. Blaine Edwards, a senior business major, was elected vice president for finance to replace R. Scott Straton, w ho previously held the position. Four bills were introduced to the Senate and were referred to appropriate committees for dis cussion. The bills concern ex panded office hours during pre registration and drop-add, a book-exchange program for students, updating the Senate bylaws and recommending ac tion for the Senate legislative study group. Senators approved Senate appointments for Barton De nnis, College of Architecture at- large senator; Dirk Smith, Col lege of Engineering at-large senator; and Jim Rogers, off- campus graduate senator. The Store Worth Looking For CUSTOM SOUNDS 6th £ -I Town Hall seats often cheaper Another factor affecting prices is the number of tickets the concert is expected to sell. The ticket prices for concerts held in G. Rollie White Col iseum, on the average, are based on a 65-percent-full house. The percentage pays for the basic cost of the performance. If the concert group is fairly new or if a concert is later in the semester, the percentage is lo wered. Ticket prices for Friday night’s Motels concert, for ex ample, were based on a 60- percent house. Becker said bringing the Motels to Texas A&M is an experiment, since the group’s rock music is different From the type of music Town Hall usually sponsors. When scheduling concerts and figuring concert prices, Town Hall members take into consideration the part of the semester for which the perform ance will be scheduled. Darryl Heath, Town Hall committee chairman, said that before an act is scheduled for the latter part of a semester, the committee wants to be sure enough tickets will sell. Big-name performers are the only acts Town Hall will bring at the end of a semester because many students are low on money, Heath said. A perfor mer who would sell a lot of tick ets in September may not break even in December. 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