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November 24
Around town
Turkey Trot set for Thanksgiving
Several hundred people are expected to get a running start
on Thanksgiving Day by participating in Texas A&M’s 13th
annual Turkey Trot.
The traditional 3.2 mile run/jog/walk — depending on
individual preferences — begins at 8 a.m. in front of G.
Rollie White Coliseum.
Starting at G. Rollie White Coliseum, the course runs to
Jersey Street on the south edge of the campus, east to Texas
Avenue, down the East Main Drive entrance to the campus
and back to the coliseum.
There is no entry fee and certificates will be awarded to all
who participate. Locker rooms will be open for use and
souvenir T-shirt transfers will be available for purchase.
Alpha Zeta sponsoring turkey sale
Alpha Zeta, the agricultural honor society, is having its
annual smoked turkey sale now through the end of the
semester. The turkeys will be available for Thanksgiving.
The prices are $15 for 9-pound turkeys and $18 for 11-
pound turkeys. Proceeds from the sale help fund scholar
ships for agriculture students and to finance the annual
Agriculture Convocation. If you are interested in ordering a
turkey, please contact any Alpha Zeta member or call 846-
4539 or 846-9238.
Campus crusade to hold conference
Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational
Christian organization founded by Bill Bright will be spon
soring a Christmas Conference in Fort Worth on Dec. 29
through Jan. 3 for any college students who are interested.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Make your Mark.
Make it Hard to Erase.” Speakers such as Bill Bright, Josh
McDowell, Haman Cross and others will be explaining to
students how they can have an impact on the world around
them for Christ.
Bright, president and founder of Campus Crusade, has
written several best selling books and a television special
called “The Secret of Loving.” Cross, administrator of De
troit’s Afro-American Mission, has become a popular speak
er on college campuses.
Other speakers for the conference include Dan Hayes,
regional director for the southern United States, Dick Pur
nell, traveling speaker for Campus Crusade, Mary Graham,
the national women’s coordinator for the U.S. Field Minis
tries and Dr. Lane Adams, vice-president of the Internation
al Christian Graduate University.
Students will be staying in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
downtown Fort Worth. For more information contact Kathy
Ellis at 696-6793.
Amoco Inc. announces 1982 grants
The Amoco Foundation, Inc. has announced that its 1982
grants to Texas A&M University will total $90,116, almost
twice what it was in 1981.
The foundation, financially supported by Standard Oil
Company (Indiana), said this year’s grants are: $20,000 fora
chemical engineering faculty grant; $11,560 for a doctoral
fellowship in petroleum engineering; and $11,206 for a
doctoral fellowship in chemical engineering.
Also, $5,500 for a master’s fellowship in geophysics;
$5,500 fo a master’s fellowship in industrial hygiene; $5,000
for faculty awards; $5,000 for minority engineering and
scienceprogram; $4,300 for minority scholarships in geoph-
syics; $4,300 for petroleum engineering scholarships;
$3,000 for mechanical engineering scholarships; and $3,000
for chemical engineering scholarships.
Also, unrestricted grants of $5,000 for petroleum en
gineering; $2,500 for mechanical engineering, $1,500 for
geophysics; and $1,250 for geology.
If you have an announcement or interesting item to submit
for this column, come by The Battalion office in 216 Reed
McDonald or call Tracey Taylor at 845-2611.
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Omar’s howls left over from 50’s
by Robert McGlohon
Battalion Staff
Omar and the Howlers played
Rumours Tuesday night. They
looked and sounded like mid
dle-aged leftovers from the ’50s.
Kent “Omar” Dykes, the
band’s guitarist, looked some
what like an over-the-hill Fon-
zie. Bruce James, on bass, was
dressed in cords, a button-down
shirt and one of those old-
fashioned hats that Clark Kent
might wear. Gene Brandon,
Omar’s drummer, sporting a
bright orange jump-suit, black
beret and three-day beard,
looked as if he were trying out
for a part as a wino in an off-
broadway production.
The group was entirely un
impressive on first sight. That
impression didn’t improve with
time.
They played a very basic, un
imaginative and boring brand of
R&B. Their selections were un-
distinguishable. It sounded as if
they had but one song in there
repertoire — with 50 versions.
All three were competent
musicians, but they lacked that
spark that is so essential to a
good band. Repetition was the
theme of the night. Song after
song had the same cord pat
terns, the same bass runs, the
same beat. Their songs seemed
to just go on and on and on and
on and on ... y
The night wasn’t a total loss,
however. The far from capacity
crowd was responsive and
seemed to enjoy the band.
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seemed ready to take off. They
just never made it.
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ecuted a drum solo towards the
end of the first set, butjust never
let go. He stayed with one beat
and one drum and the crowd
was on the edge of its collective
seats waiting and waiting for
him to soar — but he stayed
grounded.
The material was there and
they had the talent — it just
wasn’t employed.
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