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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1983)
Thursday, June 23, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3 Rich is Better” evokes aughs, sit-com quality by Robert McGlohon Battalion Staff Rctor Robert Wenck de- bes his play as a sit-com, sort e nothingItH “Laverne and Shirley.” an apt description. ual supponjn the Wednesday night pre- iperiorit)iit;:rof “Rich Is Better,” he and >erpetuatetRt of four conveyed that and are sltipi essence that has kept sit- s and ifwoJtj 11 t * ie Nielson’s for so long. ’i fn mPn Kxieption: unlike “Laverne ' HI fShirley” and other such uoa ( , ■ nesS| laughter was not were j t was authentic, infec- mderlul (!::^; an( i frequent. and some* , T „ „. , , , eYfpIl ci lf ®ch Is Better is produced ■Memorial Student Center IC 111 1 D‘ nner Theater and re weak it* playing nightly through • , 'JpaiBay. tually,there« e p i ot is one of misunder- t belie! than* n gj the vehicle is the one- probably' ;r . through hThe play turns on a year old Ri< h Gino, wary of gold dig- persistinoij*| told trusting Nona, his c h as a M :e ’ diat h e t s P° or — a lowly nl nmlnnf 11 worker for the corporation h as thaiiB ctua ^ owns. I welve nd actions a in a coni, reality. r e’ll even gel |ilths into their marriage, that lie comes home to roost, cackling and howling all the way. The catalyst is Pam, Gino’s executive secretary. She’s not privy to the deception. Pam, however, comes to Gino’s cheap apartment in a poor neighbor hood to deliver the “Dallas Pap ers” for signature. Gino isn’t home. Nona is. They’re off. What follows is a comedy of errors. “This man is a saint,” Nona tells Pam, who is now in on — and doesn’t approve of — the deception. “Honesty ... that’s what makes all relationships work.” As Gino tries to preserve his deception, in the face of the ever increasing contradictions, lie builds upon lie. Eventually, even Pam’s foot doctor is snared by the cover-up. Gino tells his wife that Pam is ashamed of her job as a forklift operator. What’s wrong with that, Nona asks. “It’s very dusty in the ware house,” he replies, “so all the forklift drivers have to chew tabacco.” Lines such as these brought guffaw after guffaw from the audience. Four Texas A&M students make up the cast. Brenda Dolan is Nona. Peck Phillips plays Nino. Dave Polakowski is the foot doctor. And Susan Ander son, fresh from New York Uni versity’s Theater Arts Depart ment, does an excellent job as Pam. Behind the scenes were Don na Gough, Randy Lemmon, Fran Tindall, Carla Proctor and Jennifer Perry. “Rich Is Better” was by no means perfect. There were the dry spells inherent in a sit-com; there were three Italians in the play but not one Italian accent; and there were the other small problems inevitable with an amateur production. ; But it was a definite success. The audience never stopped laughing, at least not for long. And that, after all, is what com edy is all about. Susan Anderson as Pam and Peck Phillips as Gino in the Memorial Student Center Dinner Theater’s production of “Rich through June 25. staff photo by Eric Evan Lee Is Better.” The play will run S Council hears reports by Scott Griffin 1 /Battalion Staff 1/ fTjhe College Station City * heard the final report Hesday on the Hotel/Motel budget allocations for 1983- ^ n 1 !! H pd is expected to vote on the ner sail; ra(e at j ts meeting Thursday ire 300111% twice as n]*e largest allocation in the ects the iiilglt is approximately idiansbei !5|)00, which will go to the ge and inlet*unity center for operating Ilses, parking, lighting and e always bT enL vare of trikT The second largest alloca tion, $79,000, will go to the debt service fund. The Chamber of Commerce will receive about $75,000 from the tax, which is $25,000 less than its share last year. Responding to reports that the chamber wasn’t pleased with the allocation, Mayor Gary Hal ter said, “I can assure them that it was not our intention to cut back on the chamber’s funding.” The College Station Indust rial Foundation is next in line with a $65,000 allocation, while the Brazos Valley Arts Council will receive $30,000. The Stage Center Project allotment is $20,000. The money will go to the construc tion of a theater. The rest of the allotments are as follows: •$5,000 to the Athletic Feder ation •$5,000 for the city’s history project •$2,500 for fireworks •$2,067 for emergency funds job is mal t their tribal| m. :hieftodayii iinmer said, combinatioi Ixplosion rips through mine v y is seeking II intboutwi® 1 • . • .1 » lurdcr conviction stands luiRF^Va" 1 —An^xplo- McClure Mine No - ^ officials from 8 ripped through a mine at Rnchfield Coal Company’s ^ . . . ™ r ’ 1 uesday night and ollicials said word on any casualties. said Wednesday. The explosion occurred late to 10 miners usually worked in the section. There was no immediate EPA files against A&M United Press International HOUSTON — The Environ mental Protection Agency has proposed $26,500 in civil penal ties against Texas A&M Univer sity for allegedly violating toxic substance regulations. An EPA complaint charges Texas A&M’s College Station utility section improperly stored transformers and capacitors containing toxic polychlorin ated biphenyls, also known as PCBs. The EPA proposed penalties are for three related violations in the storage of PCBs. Under EPA regulations, the penalties are called proposed penalties because Texas A&M has an opportunity to answer the complaints before the penal ties become final. A Texas A&M spokesman said the university is aware of the problem and plans to take steps to correct it. 9 505 university, suite 805 846-4771 veronica, lynell, cindy, p.j., marylin A as seated, ne y put I75, Swimi :f since JUnited Press International lUSTIN — A state appeals people A Wednesday upheld the hniit fill murder conviction and T sentence of a man who a former co-worker during rjbbbery of a San Antonio ivenience store, ie Texas Court of Criminal Is said it could find no re- He error in the trial of Wal- williams, who was present A ctoKthe slaying occurred. Wil- jeonfessed in two written pients his involvement in bbery-murders on Feb. 9, Hat two separate conveni- . Jitores in San Antonio, to electtli%] ien p () ii ce arrested Wil- rced In®*about an hour after the mcils and* ic presidetj Keeler, cl and elect< he first /ote. 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