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performance of Summer and Smoke
Thursday in Rudder Forum.
by Bonnie Langford
Battalion Staff
The theater arts program
almost came through with
another good play, but it suf
fered from its length. The per
formance opening night lasted
four hours. “Summer and
Smoke” is a long play, but the
theater arts production could
use faster pacing to keep it from
being too long.
The sound effects need some
work. The scene with the winter
wind howling has too much
wind, but in contrast the party
scene with the Mexican band
could have been louder.
Wendy Pesek, who played
Alma Winemiller, needs to pol
ish her projection during the
sound effects. She also needs to
face the audience more when
she is delivering her lines. De
spite these problems, she did
present a believable Alma.
She also did a good job of
changing character when Alma
was supposed to become a more
liberal women.
Review
Lab allows A&M faculty,
students to study policies
The portrayal of Dr. John
Buchanon Jr. by Richard
Strayer saved the play. He shone
throughout the entire perform
ance. He came off as the lady’s
man he was supposed to be. The
charisma, body language and
sex appeal were where they
should nave been.
His performance hurt Rebec
ca Hernandez, though. She
played Rosa Gonzales and was
supposed to be the fiery, wild
lover but she couldn’t hold her
act in comparison to Strayer.
The use of Spanish dialect
added to the play, but it too has
potential for greater things. All
of the players spoke the lan
guage with what seemed to be
ease, except for Gay Culbertson
who played Gonzales. His act as
the mad drunken father was
almost comical instead of
threatening.
One comical relief that was
on target was Mrs. Winemiller.
Joyce Hayes did a great job of
keeping the play from becoming
too somber. She managed to
successfully portray a crazy
woman and kept the scenes that
were supposed to be meaningful
from becoming too sad.
A woman that does a believ
able job of changing characters
was Judy Redding. She por
trayed Nellie Ewell as a silly
young girl and then as a mature
young woman.
The period costumes helped
in the character changes, while
also adding to the overall play. It
was obvious that work went into
making these beautiful cos
tumes. ’
If these problems are cor
rected, the play will be the right
choice for the American College
Theatre Festival.
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policy problems by working with
the University’s Public Policy
Resource Laboratory.
The PPRL, which opened in
September on the first floor of
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' 1 and the number of bike racks
by Chris Cox
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rapmpus in response to an in-
531 reuse in need, the director of
n art-ecui ity and traffic with the Uni-
)lyOC ersity Police says.
yhadlSBThe University is exploring
le idea and some sites are being
irediflOnsidered for the new racks,
jrld, lifictor Robert Wiatt said.
TPThere is no specific commit-
lent on where they will go,” he
“did. “Several places are under
II Consideration.”
A study is underway but the
inal decision for placement of
he racks has not been made.
Wiatt said a resolution on the
unding should be announced
oon with sources and sites
inder consideration.
Funding for the project also
5 being explored, Wiatt said. As
oon as the funding is approved,
onstruction will begin, he said.
Waitt said while the funding
lasn’t been approved, the pro-
ect is “extremely optimistic.”
“The cost for the racks, which
could exceed 300, is more ex
pensive than meets the eye,”
Wiatt said. “The cost could run
in the thousands of dollars.”
There also is more detailed
work involved than some people
may think, he said. Landscap
ing, purchasing bike rings, re
moval of trees and drainage all
have to be conside4ed before
final plans are put into action,
Wiatt said.
Harrington Tower, was estab
lished with $180,000 in special
funds from the state.
“The idea has been at A&M
for about 10 years,” Dr. Arnold
Vedlitz, associate dean of the
College of Liberal Arts and
director of the laboratory, said,
“but we’ve just now convinced
the state legislature and the Uni
versity to go along with it.
“The lab is not like a biology
lab,” Vedlitz said. “It’s really a
center or institute that people
can use. We’ll also offer semi
nars or talks on certain topics,
but no academic credit is in
volved.”
University students and facul
ty from several social science dis
ciplines, including political sci
ence, psychology, sociology, eco
nomics and history, can work on
real-life policy problems faced
by public and private sector
leaders at the center, Vedlitz
said.
“The state leaders have ex
pressed the need for assistance
in developing the most efficient
and effective means of serving
the needs of our state,” Vedlitz
said.
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