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Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, September 20,1985 BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER OF FHI: SIG MA KAPPA COME., TO THE FRE-YELL PRACTICE PARTY FRI, SEPT. 20AT 830 Location: " i v 200 MONTCLAIR BEHIND THE BOTHER'S ON JERSEY ST. FOR MORE INFO CALL THE PHI SIG HOUSE' 76+-6403 . PH' C0T-|4f RS -Q . NVONTCLAifi NOtASTOAJ Vaudeville Schulman Palace fills once again with song and done By KRIS SHEELEY Reporter During the 1930s, the Schulman Palace Theater on Main Street in downtown Bryan served as the stage for exciting entertainers such as Mary Martin. It also has been known as the city hall, an auditorium and a city jail — the cells and iron bars are still there. And recently it has been used as a theater for Spanish-language mov ies. But tonight, the Palace will return to its colorful past and bring song and dance entertainment to the community with a Vaudeville Re view featuring song, dance and hi larity by StageCenter, a local The ater troupe. Vaudeville stems from entertainment performed between acts of the old-time melodramas. The first act, a salute to vaude ville’s beginnings, includes the songs “Ain’t She Sweet,” “Bye-Bye Black bird” and “Let Us Entertain You.” Robert DeVargas, a senior computer science major, will perform magic during both acts. The first finale will spotlight fa vorites by George M. Conan includ ing “Mary’s a Grand Old Name,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Yankee Doodle Boy”. Medleys of famous Broadway Amy Jensen alternate on pn Tim Saito will solo on thesasi in a blues medley. The show replaces Sla?^ annual melodrama, which moved from this season'sscliti show tunes will lead the second act, such as “Matchmaker” from “Fiddler on the Roof,” “People Will Say We’re In Love” from “Oklaho ma” and “Thank Heaven For Little Girls” from “Gigi.” Other well-remembered musicals represented in the review are “La Cage Aux Folle,” “Hello Dolly”, “My Fair Lady” and “Showboat.” The fi nale will include “Lullaby of Broad way” and “Goodnight Ladies.” “For a non-professional show, it is very professional,” said Lynne Pusa- nik, a graduate student in bioengi neering and a performer in the girls chorus line. “We have been rehearsing since July,” she said. “The performers are all from the Bryan-College Station area — ages range from girls in ju nior high to A&M students to grand parents.” One highlight in the first act is a comical performance of “Listen to the Mockingbird” by Wendell and Rebecca Landmann. "It is one of the most hilarious parts of the show,” Pusanik said. Recently, Bill Schulman family provided the then StageCenter’s performances theater group will be usinj tique drop preserved from ace Theater’s early days business. Wanda Daisa, the director and choreographer for the song and dance snow, also performs. Daisa, an accomplished tap dance artist, will salute World War I with a perfor mance to Cohan’s “Dance.” She also will dance to “Top Hat, White Tie 8c Tails, I Got Rhythm,” which Fred Astaire made famous. Final p< Center’s Vaudeville Revue’ gin at 8 p.m. today and Si Tickets are $5.50 for adults, senior citizens, $3.50 for with I.D. cards and $2.50 dren under 12. Free dessert will be ticket holders before and performance at Maxi’s Other Palate Pleasers acros the Palace Theater. ' Perry Norris is the musical direc tor. The majority of the music will be performed by the Pete Rodriguez Combo, whicn features Pete Rodri guez on clarinet, Gene Adam on gui tar, Dennis Germanis on drums and Steve Schoen on piano. Norris and ! per fne StageCenter are “Tne ter" and “Oklahoma” laterti For reservations or ticla [nation call 693-0050. Ignoring fire alarms endangers lives By LAURIE MATUSEK Reporter Many people are not evacuating buildings when fire alarms are sounded, and one of these days it may prove disasterous, says Elmer Schneider, University chief of po lice. Colleen Cook, head of circulation at the Sterling C. Evans Library, says she is concerned because students are endangering their lives by not leaving the library every time an alarm is sounded. “Both alarms that were triggered last week were actual fire-related in cidents and evacuation of the prem ises was essential,” Cook says. Many students, however, chose to sit and remain inside the entire time the alarm was sounding, she added. According to Health and Safety Officer Harry Stiteler, one of the alarms was activated by smoke stem ming from a burning elevator mo tor. The other was set off by a mal function in a unit releasing freon in the computer section of the Devel opment Foundation on the sixth floor of the library. Schneider considers pranks to be one of the most serious problems the University Police encounter. Last year the most common form of alarm sounding occurred when students would draw the lever at the pull stations located near stairwells and elevators on all floors of the li brary, he says. According the 1985-86 University Regulations handbook, “tampering with fire detection and alarm system equipment is a Class A Misdemea nor, which is punishable by (1) a fine not to exceed $2000; (2) confine ment in jail for a term not to exceed one year; or (3) both such fine and imprisonment.” The common practice of alarm sounding poses great potential dan ger for students who are studying in the library. The more frequently an s M alarm is sounded, the less likely stu dents are to respond the next time an alarm goes off, Schneider says. Not all soundings are the result of E ull station pranks, however. The lawkeye fire alarm system located throughout the library is highly sen sitive and can pick up the smallest traces of smoke, Schneider says. Rex Perrard, a senior political sci ence major, appreciates the sensitive system. “Although it disrupts my studies, I’m glad to know the system really works,” Perrard says. “I feel safer studying in the library when I know I will be protected if an emergency does occur.” Still, there are a few individuals who chose to remain inside, come rain or shine. “Those students who chose to re main are not only putting their lives in danger but also the lives of those people who stay behind trying to en courage them to leave," Sd says. But he says he does non stress the negative aspectofil at ion. “Our main concern is the safety of the individuals! as well as to protect the prop volved,” he says. Gook says that for thoseiai als who follow the properera procedures, finding the exits be an easy task. “Most students use thenn; and the other exits art marked,” she says. “Newst may be the only ones who! know where all of the exits cated, but I don’t think it wU problem." Cook also says that sincegbs ers have been placed over lions in the library, she pre number of pull station prai be greatly reduced. Texas Mayor man Jo who alsc honorec Willia Fulton, Brooks from Ai weekenc Rhod' arship i lishea in a South Folios hosted F Faculties Clinton honored Wayne 5 preside r Satun a studen dent Fi buffet. They halftime Northea Cisnei the Tex graduan with an 1 “At A Antonio lished h you can i cause straints. 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