local staff photo by Octavio Garcia The news hit the floor Aggie fans assumed their “I don’t re” position Saturday night by holding The Battalion across their faces to block view of the SMU basketball players being introduced. The Aggies won 85-77. rtylvimmers and runners get lorkout in March biathlon Both are] :al Sockf by Dena L. Brown intCoM Battalion Reporter OnOaiBan you swim 20 laps and t-ned itsdlen run 6.2 miles? iakingiiBf so, you should consider en- publiciiring the College Station Parks nd Recreation department’s sj annual biathlon, which will larch 5 and 6 at Thomas r|<. in College Station. Jl he biathlon is sponsored by ltd Beer from Miller breweries id local competitive swim participants will swim 1,000 leiers in the Thomas Park pool, V• ■BnHMMSHGSHBIQHMKIMBHHfl! Battalion/Page 5 January 24, 1983 4c 4^ 4: | Back to School Special I * * Lecturer urges art appreciation by Melissa Adair Battalion Reporter The person who doesn’t like art probably doesn’t understand art, Dr. Peter Guenther, art his torian, said Saturday night. Guenther’s lecture in Rudder Forum was sponsored by the MSG Arts Committee in con junction with the “Modern Mas ters” exhibit in the MSG Art Gal lery. Guenther said most people who go to an art exhibit enjoy it as long as they recognize what each of the paintings represent. However, when people see a painting they don’t recognize, they often don’t like the painting because they don’t understand it, he added. Many people look at paint ings expecting to see a replica of something they already know. But, he pointed out, many great books and great paintings are totally abstract. Guenther, a University of Houston art professor, special izes in iconology, the study of artistic symbolism. “Art is a part of life and if we don’t knovy about the history and the meaning of art, we are in trouble,” he said. Guenther said art historian Paul Klee explained art well when he said, ’Art doesn’t repeat the visible, it makes visible.’ In order to really see a painting, people must learn to be patient and keep an open mind to any thing. • “The most boring picture in the world is the Mona Lisa, that is for the first two hours,” Guen ther said. “But after that you can begin to really see and under stand it.” “To make ourselves open to art doesn’t mean we’ll always skip happily out of an exhibit, hut hopefully we’ll leave a little wiser,” he said. The “Modern Masters” ex hibit from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation consists of 11 paintings from various late nineteenth-century artists. The Blaffer Foundation brings art to areas that usually don’t have access to such paint ings. Jane Blaffer Owen, daughter of the late Sarah Campbell Blaf fer, said her mother believed that art often is appreciated most at a university. The exhibit will be in the MSG gallery until Feb. 5. * * * * * -* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ■K - * * * * * * * * ■¥r * -X- * -X- * •X- -X- -X- * •X- * * •X- ■X- -X- -X- ■X- * Cane Swag... -x- Only *29* 2551 Texas Ave. S. Fort Shiloh Place 693-7856 College Station ■iEpBMiia * * * * * * ■X - •X- -X- * •X- -X- •X- -X- *************************** COMIN’AT YA! Pizza Delivery Now NORTHGATE Introducing Speedy 30 Minute Delivery FAST and FREE from your Northgate Pizza Hut® restaurant TRY US! Call 260-9060 Sunday-Thursday 5:00 p.m.-12 midnight — Friday 5:00-1 a.m. Saturday 11:00 a.m.-1 a.m. — Sunday 11:00 a.m.-12 midnight Limited Delivery Area Northgate and A&M Campus' RfcGGi HHut Welcome Back Ags $ 1 00 OFF PIZZA ANY LARGE OR MEDIUM SIZE LIMIT 1 COUPON PER PIZZA PHONE 260-9060 OFFER GOOD THRU JAN. 29, 1983 501 UNIVERSITY DR. I J