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Page 4AThe BattalionAThursday, October 16, 1986 i i State and Local * Photo by Greg Bailey Robin Sibery, a senior animal science major, gets a kiss from Reveille V Wednesday afternoon at Sally’s Symposium. Reveille ‘speaks’ at Sully’s Her escort gives answers to questions By Bob Grube Staff Writer The Corps’ top-ranking cadet was at Sully’s Symposium Wednesday, and she was on her best behavior. Reveille, the 2-year-old first lady of Aggieland, was accompanied by her keeper, Mascot Cpl. Rick Hol comb of Company E-2, during the question-and-answer session in front of the Lawrence Sullivan Ross statue. Holcomb said Reveille goes every where with him and does everything he does during the course of the day. “She does what we do,” Holcomb said. “She goes to formation, chow and class.” Holcomb said most professors don’t mind having Reveille in class. However, some don’t like her be ing there because they feel they have to compete with her for the attention of the class. “She’s usually pretty well-be haved, but sometimes she walks up to the chalkboard and steals era sers,” Holcomb said. The mascot corporal has several jobs, Holcomb said, and one of them is protecting Reveille from would-be mascot snatchers. Holcomb said Reveille is the only Southwest Conference mascot that has not been stolen, and it’s Com pany E-2’s job to keep it that way. “Before the t.u. game, we have a 24-hour guard outside the dorm to make sure nobody kidnaps her,” Holcomb said. “One year we stole Bevo and barbecued him. If stu dents from another school got hold of Rev, there’s no telling what they would do to her.” Holcomb said Reveille eats with the Corps in Duncan Dining Hall, but she eats a strict dog-food diet. Many people ask Holcomb why Reveille is so skinny, he said, but he tells them she’s not skinny, she’s just picky about what she eats. Holcomb said he enjoys escorting Reveille around the campus and stu dents should not be afraid to walk up to her and pet her. “It’s a privilege to take Rev every where,” Holcomb said. “A lot of times, I think she’s part human.” 2 SuperStars for the price of 1! The 1986-87 4rMSC Town Hall/Broadway season! Town Hall/Broadway is back at Texas A&M with the Super season at a super student discount. Buy TWO student season tickets (Zone 3) for the price of ONE! TWO for ONE for “Jesus Christ SuperStar”, “Romeo and Juliet”, Cole Porter’s “Can-Can” and William Windom in his one-man show “Thurber”. Season tickets will be the only way you may see some of these guaranteed sellouts. You’ll never find another Broad way bargain like TWO for ONE! Order yours today! “Jesus Christ Superstar’’ November 6, 1986 The greatest rock musical of all time, based on the life of the greatest man of all time. This is classic musical theatre that rises above the rock genre to universal greatness. Ingenious staging and high tech lighting make this a dazzling achievement. You owe it to yourself one time in your life. “Romeo and Juliet’’ February 14, 1987 The National Shakespeare Company creates the timeless love story in a special Valen tine’s Day presentation. Relive the beauty of Shakespeare’s most universally known play with someone you love. Cole Porter’s “Can-Can’’ March 1, 1987 A sassy, saucy and sexy musical celebration of romantic turn-of- the-century Paris. Porter created some of his most rousing and delightful tunes for Can-Can including “I Love Paris” and “C’est Magnifique”. It is full of the jubilant lust for life that inspired the spectacular can-can. “C’est Magnifique!” William Windom as “Thurber’’ April 23, 1987 Windom is one of America’s best loved television actors. For 15 years he has been delighting audiences with this one-man showcase of James Thurber’s unique wit and comic art. He is at once light, bright and very right in his musing about the world as seen from a cartoonist’s pad. ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 REGULAR $59.25 $47.50 $38.00 STUDENT $50.50 $41.00 $35.00 (2 for 1) A&M student discount Tickets: MSC Box Office 845-1234 • MasterCard/VISA Austin group offers support, compassion to AIDS victims AUSTIN (AP) — PWA, which stands for Persons With AIDS, is a term that AIDS sufferers in an Aus tin support group prefer to the tag of “victim .” Few people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome live longer than 22 months after their diagnosis. In the past 14 months, the support group has lost almost 20 members — five in July, alone. “It’s like being stripped bare,” said Byron, 39. “It raises all the questions of life that you seldom think about if you don’t have to.” Although medical experts say AIDS has no sexual preference, ho mosexual AIDS patients often en dure blatant discrimination. As did the other members of the group, Byron asked that his last name not be published for reasons of privacy and practicality. Stephanie, 33, another group member, is a Vietnam veteran whose sex was changed from male to fe male in an operation at a Galveston hospital. She lost her technician’s job at an Austin clinic after being ac cused of being rude to patients. The charge came soon after Stephanie’s employers discovered she had AIDS. Stephanie now relies on help from the Austin AIDS Project, a private group supported by the Austin Tra vis County Health Department and by fund-raisers, memorial contribu tions and donations. An estimated 3 million people have been infected by the AIDS vi rus, according to Dr. Peter Mansell, medical director of the new Institute for Immunological Disorders in Houston. The institute, a joint venture of the University of Texas and Ameri can Medical International Corp., is the world’s first hospital for the treatment of AIDS-related illnesses and research for a cure. Alone among the support group members, Paul, 48, is an outpatient at the institute. Outpatients agree to take experimental drugs that re searchers hope will have some effect on the AIDS virus. The group was not particularly encouraged by recent news of new drugs that have been shown to pro long the lives of a limited number of people with AIDS. They have reached varying degrees of accep tance of their fate. Despite the urge to seek refuge in sexual intimacy, u they have purposely isolated selves by radically alteringtlt i, ual practices. They said rtteji [. be grieved if they helped spit, t disease that is killingthera. “If you have any love for ity it comes to that,” Norm si In Advance Nuclear engineering toh£ 25th anniversary celebrafs Harold Denton, who has just returned from the Soviet Union and an official tour of Chernobyl, will be the guest speaker at the Texas A&M nuclear engineering department’s reunion luncheon Friday. Denton, director of the U.S. Nuclear Reactor Regulation, will give his presentation at 12:45 p.m. Friday in 224 Memorial Student Center. The nuclear engineering de partment will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. Former and current nuclear engineering stu dents will participate. Also scheduled for the reunion are presentations highlighting the early days of thedi at A&M, presentations bi j American Nuclear Society,i] dent Chapter and a sutimar j the research of the Nudeail ence Center. Linn Draper, chief exec officer of Gulf States Utife immediate past presidento(| American Nuclear Society,d| the dinner guest speakerau p.m. at the Ramadalnn. On Saturday, tours oftht: clear engineering departmer; Zachry and the Nuclear Sos Center will be given andarti tion will be held hononn;:! founding fathers of the MB Science Center. Students can change pc: with resident adviser slots! If the same old grind is getting monotonous, students can apply to be resident advisers. Requirements for becoming a resident adviser include at least a sophomore status, a 2.25 cumula tive grade-point ratio, residence hall living experience and lead ership experience. Applications may be picked up in any of the residence am ft fices. The South Area office sh cated in the Commons, CesB Area in the A-2 lounge®: North Area in the B-l lounge I The Housing Program: :T is located in the A-2 Lounge li Applications for residenuT ers are due in the area office! p.m. Friday. 1985-86 Yearbooks are available to be picked up at the English Annex 8:30amto 4:30pm, Mon. through Fri. Attention all Students: 1986-87 Aggieland pictures are now being taken for all students, regardless of classification, until Friday, October 17. ’ Freshmen and Sophmores can be photgraphed until October 31.