The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 13, 1985, Image 7

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a new coordinated marketing pro
gram to attract new businesses. Over
12,000 companies were identified as
targets for this marketing effort.
Brady said the community has ev
erything to attract expanding busi
nesses — strategic location in the
state, air and highway transporta
tion, several industrial parks and the
resources of Texas A&M.
“All we have to do is market the
community,” he said.
Jones stressed the importance of
the community battling any revenue
loss resulting from a decline in Uni
versity enrollment.
“The final outcome of the eco
nomic situation will depend on
whether or not the community can
stimulate other kinds of growth lo
cally through the addition of new in
dustry to offset the loss of University
revenues,” he said.
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By TRENT LEOPOLD
Senior Stuff Writer
The Saint Louis Symphony Or-
:hestra has won two Grammy
iwards this year, and last night in
Judder Auditorium the 101-mem-
icr orchestra showed Texas A&M
ihy.
As Music Director and Conductor
.eonard Slatkin stepped onto the
tage at 8 p.m. the lights were turned
ip and the Memorial Student Cen-
er Opera and Performing Arts So-
iety’s 13th season was under way.
Slatkin, an American-born and
Imerican-trained conductor, waved
lis baton and the symphony’s ver-
ion of “The Star Spangled Banner”
mild be heard in the halls of Rud-
ler Tower.
After "T he Star Spangled Ban-
ler” Slatkin paused to briefly con-
erse with John Korrnan, the asso-
iateconcertmaster.
Then Slatkin, who appeared con-
ident and happy to be on Rudder
tage, masterfully conducted the or-
hestra as they played Antonin Dvo-
ak’s Overture, “Carnival,” Op. 92.
he piece took about 10 minutes
nd upon its conclusion the audi-
nce gave the orchestra a warm
ound of applause.
The orchestra stood and Slatkin
cknowledged principal oboe player
eter Bowman.
Bowman left the stage for the
ext piece — Aaron Copland’s ballet
Billy the Kid,” but that didn’t mean
te excellent oboe playing was over,
larc Gordon’s oboe performance
uring the piece was superb and he
)o was acknowleged by Slatkin at
te end of the ballet score.
Slatkin’s baton at times pierced
he air like a knife and at other times
lided through the air like a but-
:rfly. The percussion, timpani and
iolinsall were coordinated perfectly
iroughout the piece, proving that
latkin was in complete control.
Slatkin elected to present the en-
ire ballet score, which lasted for
about an hour, for the sake of narra
tive continuity.
After a brief intermission, Slatkin
returned to the stage with no musi
cal score in front of him and the
symphony commenced playing Piotr
llyicli T chaikovsky’s “Symphony No.
4 in F Minor,” Op. 36.
The first portion of the four-part
iece sounded perfect, although
latkin seemed to think the violins
were getting too loud at times.
At the beginning of the second
oart of the piece, Slatkin handed his
jaton to associate principal cello
player Savely Schuster. He didn’t re
trieve the wooden stick until the fi
nal part of the piece.
Instead of using the baton during
the third part of the piece, Slatkin
simply raised a finger or an eyebrow
to let the orchestra know what he
wanted.
Carl Schiehler quickly cleaned the
air tubes on his horn during this
third part of the piece.
Slatkin opted to use his baton for
the final part of the piece, although
he probably didn’t need it. After all
he needed neither a score nor a ba
ton for the piece and he still was un
der control.
At the end of the Tchaikovsky
piece, the audience applauded. Slat
kin appeared as though he wanted
to conduct more. When the audi
ence f inally came to their feet, some
one shouted, “More.”
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Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Texas Motor
Vehicle Commission, using the
itate’s new Lemon Law for the first
;ime, on Thursday certified a Chrys
ler, a Dodge, a Buick and a Chevy as
lemons and ordered the manufac
turers to give refunds.
“The message is the commission is
determined to enforce the law as we
believe the Legislature intended it to
be enforced. We are going to see to it
that the manufacturers live up to
Itheir responsibilities,” said Chair
man Robert Hoy of El Paso.
The 1983 Legislature approved
the law as a last recourse for new car
owners who face continued prob
lems. But a court challenge by
Chrysler held the law in abeyance
until April of this year.
I Under the law, purchasers can
seek refunds if the car has been in
the shop for a total of 30 days or
more during the warranty period.
The law covers only new vehicles.
On Thursday, the commission or
dered four refunds and continued
one case. In a sixth case, the commis
sion denied a refund but kept the
case open to look at new problems
with the car.
“We want to get the message out
to the manufacturers and to the
dealers that there are problems and
these problems need to be promptly
attended to,” said Hoy, an auto
dealer who sells Mercedes-Benzes,
Volvos, Volkswagens and Subarus.
General Motors sent a lawyer
from Detroit to challenge refunds
recommended by commission hear
ing examiners. In a Longview case,
the commission voted 4-2 to order a
refund on a 1984 Century with a
persistent coolant leak.
“There was no more than one
cubic centimeter of liquid on the
ground,” said CM lawyer Dennis
Helfman.
The car’s problems fell far below
the “substantial impairment” re
quirement set in the Lemon Law,
Helfman said. He predicted the
commission’s decision could lead to
“horror stories” involving customers
who want refunds because of minor
problems.
Hoy said, “I think there is a point
passed which the consumer is just
not obligated to continue to go back.
If you don’t draw the line some
where, you spend the life of the car
going back one more time to give
them one more shot.”
In one CM case, the commission
ordered a refund to Bill Hiller,
whose van is on its third engine since
he bought it in Amarillo.
“The anguish and the hardship
on my health owning such a vehicle
is incomprehensible,” Hiller, who
didn’t attend the meeting, said in a
letter to the commission.
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that using the death penalty keeps
others from committing murders.
Attorney General Jim Mattox,
who has witnessed nine executions,
on Wednesday said he doesn’t be
lieve the death penalty prevents
crime.
“The fact is, it probably does not
serve as a general deterrent to other
individuals. I think there are very
few people involved in the criminal
justice system who believe it is an
overall deterrent to criminals as a
whole,” Mattox said.
White said that doesn’t matter, be
cause the death penalty fits the
crime.
“It doesn’t have to, in my
judgment, be proven in any event
because I think it’s an appropriate
punishment for the crime that has
been described by our law,” the gov
ernor said.
White also shrugged off com
plaints from other death row in
mates and death penalty opponents
who claim that as executions in
Texas are becoming so common, the
public isn’t paying attention.
The lack of publicity “may very
well diminish the deterrent effects”
of the death penalty, White said.
“But just because someone doesn’t
read the newspaper or watch tele
vision doesn’t forgive them from be
ing punished for capital crimes.”
On other subjects, White told his
weekly news conference:
• He will support efforts to broa
den the state Open Meetings Act to
include television cameras. Earlier
this week, the attorney general is
sued an opinion saying government
officials can’t bar tape recorders
from their public meetings but can
prohibit videotaping.
• Most state government agencies
should have few problems comply
ing with federal court rulings that
say state employees must be paid
overtime for work in excess of 40
hours a week.
Greek
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and the money pays for the type of
services provided for the organiza
tion. Every recognized organization
should pay its fair share. In the case
of fraternities, we are flexible in the
area of house funds, which is money
used for paying rent or saving to
build a house.”
But some fraternities don’t want
the University scrutinizing their fi
nances.
David Giunto, president of Sigma
Phi Epsilon, said the chapter has its
own system of banking, controlled
by its national council, and that one
more control would strangle the
members.
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