Miss TAMU tryouts set for Saturday, Sunday by Christie Johnson Battalion Reporter Although the Miss Texas A&M Scholarship Pageant is more than three months away, preliminary tryouts will be held Saturday and Sunday to select 20 candidates to compete for the title. i The pageant, sponsored by the MSC Hospitality Commit tee, will be held Feb. 25. Monica German, contestant coordinator, says participants in preliminary tryouts will com pete in talent and interview com petitions. The talent screening will be Saturday from S a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Student Center. Interviews with each ap plicant will be conducted on Sunday. F ive judges have been chosen to select the 20 candidates for the Miss Texas A&M title. About six alternates also will be selected. Names of the 20 contestants chosen to compete in the pageant will be posted on the Student Programs Office win dow in the MSC from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. German would not say how many contestants have signed up to compete in preliminary tryouts. However, she did say there has been “a very good turnout” of applicants. OFFICIAL NOTICE General Studies Program STUDENTS PLANNING TO Pre-register for the spring semester are urged to come by 101 Academic Bldg. 1st Semester Freshman Only The judges will look for parti cular characteristics among the women they will interview, Ger man said. “(The judges) want someone who’s got their own opinions, strongly believes in those opin ions, and can back them up,” she said. German also said the 20 con testants chosen to compete in the pageant must have potential to compete in the Miss Texas Pageant. The winnej of the Texas A&M pageant automatic ally earns a chance to compete for the title of Miss Texas. “We believe there’s going to be a good well-rounded com petition this year,” German said. “We have so many types of talent and so many types of girls.” Cierman said that in several previous pageants there has been a lack of variety in talent selections performed by candi dates. The talent portion of this year’s pageant will include per formances by French horn play ers and opera singers. German said contestants have been told how to prepare for the interview portion of preliminary tryouts. “They need to know a lot ab out Texas A&M,” she said. “We have also told contestants to sit down, think of some of the ma jor issues that have been going on, and flat make an opinion on the issue.” 2t\ JZ ^ ■mill Special Offer ASK ABOUT PRIVATE PARTY FACILITIES 1037 S. TEXAS AVE. COLLEGE STATION C ' + 696-0032 School. Representatives from Mission to the World Mis, ary Aviation Fellowship and more will be presented it Saturday workshop. Book tables and displays of Chit Ministries will be in the foyer of the church durinj| weekend. Everyone is invited to attend the eventsandt is no admission. mi, FORy Around town Horse show and dance this weekend Free physics movie to show today The Department of Physics is offering a free series of films of lectures by physicist Richard Feynman. Todays presentation, “Probability and Uncertainty,” will begin at 4 p.m. in 145 Physics. In the film, Feynman develops the theory of quantum mechanics and discusses how it applies to the behavior of sub-atomic particles. He shows that the parti cles are of a universal character, and that an understanding of their behavior is necessary for an understanding of how nature works. The film is open to anyone interested, and free popcorn will be available. T he Colony’s Charity Horse Show Dance, bencfitinji Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center, will be held Salmi The “come as you are” party will be held at the Ramadii pool area in College Station, from H p.m. to midnight!, entertainment will include Pete Rodriquiz and Combi; the Community Singers. Tickets will cost $ 10 percouplt; will be sold at the door, at the BVRC and at the Cofen The Colony also will sponsor an English RidingST benefiting the center Sunday at 8:30 a.m. 1 he show * j held at Hunter’s Creek Stable on the East Bypass at HirhH 6. Concessions will be available on the grounds. fhestoB recognized by the Houston Dressage Society and thefe) Valley Riding and Driving Club. Festival of Lights to be celebrated The India Association will present the Diwali or “Festiv al of Lights” Celebration, Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. Diwali is the largest celebration in India. The celebration, which will be held in 201 Memorial Student Center, is a great opportunity to experience Indian classical dance and song by the Anjali School of Dance from Houston and to taste au thentic Indian food afterwards. Tickets are $5 for non members and $4 for members, and can be purchased from any officer or at the door. For more information, call 693- 9412 or 693-2344. Uni TWIh United and Ch 1 Thursda | local c< threaten | No. 3 an r fe halt. Sorority kidnaps leaders for beneni The ' 1 1$^ T w i n s b Tuesday jh> time anc The Alpha Phi Sorority of 1401 Athens Drive will lossofth l ex as A&M adumusu .tuns, let uucts. and swuL-utWA; si a heart research benefit Saturday. I he event * s Chrysle diac Arrest the United Way.” peeled t jf the end From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., members of the sororii ’Bob 1 kidnap local leaders who have volunteered for thegnijp LAW L fundraiser. The participants have set a time and plao| their kidnapping, as well as how much they think tliai ly- a negoti raise as ransom. were rest a M f ace-to-i They will not be allowed to leave the sorority house they have reached their projected bond. The parttr will raise the bond money by calling associates and ft but bond also can lie posted to keep them jailed. Conference on evangelization begins Two-thirds of the money the sorority collects will; Texas A&M Medical School’s lecture fund. I he other* third will go to the United Way. conti The Westminster Presbyterian Church will sponsor a conference on “World Evangelization” today through Sun day. The conference begins at 6 p.m. with a free potluck supper at the church at 3333 Oak Ridge, behind Bryan High To submit an item for this column, come by TheMil office in 216 Reed McDonald. (folZ r4£e.ix