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Annual show this weekend
Arts recital
Party time
for seniors
Dance
by Ann Ramsbottom
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M Dance Arts
Society will close out National
Dance Week April 29, with an
evening of ballet, jazz, tap and
aerobic dances.
The annual spring show, en
titled "Gotta Dance," will begin
at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theater.
Dances, to be performed by
members of the society's clas
ses, will feature original
Bands to
The Musician's Club will be
featuring rock 'n roll and new
wave music by three local bands
in the Grove Saturday evening.
The bands. Sticky Fingers,
Keystone and Fusion, will per
form from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
"We hope to make this an
annual event,” said George Gra
ham, faculty advisor to the
Musician's Club. "This is our
way of allowing local groups to
Breeding
by Cheryl Burke
Battalion Reporter
Spring. Wobbly-kneed calves
with huge, soft, innocent brown
eyes. Precariously balanced bits
of snow-white fluff — lambs
bleating, crying for a mother's
teat. Spindle-legged foals fear
lessly racing headlong around
their mothers in sunny pas-
, tures, daring their shadows to
catch them.
It's an age-old image of a
country spring, and here at
Texas A&M it's an image that
even the advances of science ha
ven't changed. The animal sci
ence department's livestock
centers are in the middle of their
breeding and birthing seasons.
dances ot classical choreogra-)
phy from such well-known bal
lets as "The Nutcracker" and
"Swan Lake."
Members of the Dance Arts
Society range from beginning
enthusiasts to well-seasoned
'dancers, said Cynthia Clegg,
president of Dance Arts Society.
"Several of our dancers have
performed with professional
civic dance companies," Clegg
said. "Through the society.
display their wares. We're en
couraging these groups to per
form their original music."
The Musicians Club is made
up of approximately 35 mem
bers, both amateur and profes
sional, who are interested in
music and music performance.
The main purpose of the organi
zation is to promote live music.
The organization also hopes to
be instrumental in helping form
"It's a cycle that hasn't basic
ally changed, even with artificial
insemination and other breed
ing advancements," Louis Mar
tin, manager of the beef cattle
center, says.
All of the 30 Brahman cows at
the beef cattle center are bred to
calve in the spring. All of the
other cows — the Hereford and
Angus — calve in the fall.
The calves are born in the pas
tures close to the center. The
pastures are cleaner than the
stalls, and therefore reduce the
chance of disease and infection.
The new-born calves are careful
ly watched to be sure they nurse
and receive the necessary col
ostrum — the nutrient-filled
first milk. They are tagged,
manv of these dancers have
been able to continue to dance as
a hobby as well as to perform.
"The organization is set up
and run by students," she said.
"Classes for dance are taught by
instructors who have been audi
tioned by the members. This
year all of our instructors hap
pen to be students, though this
is not always the case."
About 150 dancers will per
form in Friday evening's show.
Admission is free.
groups and accumulating equip
ment to loan to different groups.
The Musician's Club is pri
marily made up of rock 'n roll
enthusiasts and several jazz per
formers.
"We don't discriminate,
however," Graham said.
The Saturday evening per
formance will cost $1.00 per
person.
weighed and then left alone to
grow.
Paul Castenson, manager of
the dairy cattle center, says it is
more profitable for the center to
calve in the fall and winter
months to cater to the demand
for milk on campus.
All of the dairy cattle are bred
by artificial insemination. Artifi
cial insemination reduces the
chances of infection and in
creases the chances of fertiliza
tion.
However, artificial insemina
tion is not as feasible in the
sheep industry. It is as costly to
impregnate a sheep by artificial
insemination as it is a cow, and it
is not as profitable. Dr. James
Bassett, professor of animal sci
ence, says.
The spring comes earlier for
the sheep center than for the
other areas in the animal science
department. The lambing began
in early January and lasted only
about six weeks. The center had
a 150 percent crop return on its
35 ewes this year, with several
sets of twins and even three sets
of triplets — a rare occurrence.
Dr. Jack Krieder, associate
professor of animal science, says
the horse center will have a 90
percent reproduction rate this
year from the 54 mares. Stu
dents in a horse production class
supervise the pregnant mares,
and care for the new foals.
Science has made it easier for
breeders to produce more and
healthier animals, but it has not
been able to top nature's own
basic cycle of life.
Well, seniors, it's almost
time to shed the Texas A&M
aura and enter the working
world (or non-working world,
if you can't find a job.)
Next weekend you'll have
to be on your best behavior to
impress your parents during
graduation ceremonies. So
the time to party is now.
If you don't have any pre
vious plans for one last fling,
here is a list of a few events
scheduled in Bryan-College
Station on Friday and Satur
day. Take your pick and hit
the road.
•The Texas A&M Rugby
Team is the hosting the West
ern National Collegiate Rugby
Championships Saturday and
Sunday on the main drill field.
Games will start at 10 a.m. on
both days.
The Tournament will begin
with a match between the
Aggies and Kansas State Uni
versity. The finals match will
start at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The
winner will advance to the
National Finals on May 7, in
Athens, Georgia.
•The Texas A&M business
societies are sponsoring a par
ty Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in
Hensel Park. Admission is
free and open to the public.
•"An Officer and a Gentle
man" will be shown tonight at
7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in
Rudder Theater and Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. in the Audi
torium. "Grease" will be
shown at Midnight at Rudder
Theater. Admission is $1 per
person per performance.
• Sigma Phi Epsilon will be
sponsoring the Seventh
Annual Fight Night, tonight
and Saturday at the Brazos
County Pavillion.
Admission is $4 at the door
and $3 pre-sale. Tickets are
available at Rother's Book
store, Texas Aggie Bookstore
and Tri State Sporting Goods.
The preliminary bouts of
the two-day event will begin
tonight at 6 p.m. and end
Saturday at midnight.
Lunch - Dinner
Late Night Munchies
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