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Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, November 4,1986
‘Presidential’
calls plague
Texas hospital
i
What $ up
MESQUITE (AP) — An apparent
malfunction with an automatic tele
phone system resulted in patients
and staff members at Mesquite Com
munity Hospital receiving a surprise
call from President Reagan — over
and over again.
The system, which is being used
by the Republican National Commit
tee to in order to get out the GOP
vote in today’s elections, triggered
repeated recorded messages from
the president to the hospital in this
Dallas suburb.
The calls came every few minutes
between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Satur
day, said Bob Grimes, associate hos
pital administrator.
“Hello, this is Ronald Reagan,”
each call began. “They’re keeping
me on a pretty busy schedule around
here, so I hope you’ll understand I
can’t call you in person. I know
you’re probably busy, too. I’m call
ing because I need your help.”
Grimes said the patients and
nurses did not welcome the calls.
“There were a lot (of calls), and
they were very aggravating,” Grimes
said. “I’d like to know who did it."
Under the GOP program, the
calls were to be made from various
points to registered Republicans and
Reagan supporters in specific areas
of 25 states, said Bob Schmermund,
press secretary for the Republican
National Committee in Washington.
is a targeted program,”
nund said. “This is not plac-
“This
Schmermund said. “This is not plac
ing calls into the moonlight. Despite
what people say, we don’t have a bot
tomless pot of gold. We do have to
target it.
Texas voters were not supposed
to get any calls over the wecKend,
and committee officials don’t know
how the hospital was barraged by the
s, ne
recordings, he said.
Paul Peck, vice president for TBS,
a firm in nearby Richardson which
was making some of the automated
calls, said nis company made calls
Saturday to Ohio, including the
Cleveland area.
The area code for Cleveland is
216, the same as the local exchange
for the new telephone system at
Mesquite Community Hospital, Peck
said.
“I’m dead 100 percent convinced
we dialed those long-distance calls
(and not local numbers),” Peck said.
Peck did say, however, that TBS
had switching problems with a long
distance system Saturday night and
switched to another service.
Tuesday
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH: Karen Forrest will conducta
writing outreach session, “What Do Our Words Really
Mean?’ at 6:30 p.m. in 153 Blocker.
TEXAS STUDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: Dr
Butting will speak on “Outdoor Education” at 7 p.m. in 501
Rudder.
ENGLISH CLUB: Dr. Goodman will speak on Arthurian leg
ends at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: will sponsor a discussion
with job recruiters, “Impressive, Impeccable, Incredible
Interviews,” at 5 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
AGGIE LEAGUE OF ENGINEERS: will have photos taken
for Aggieland ’87 at 6:30 p.m. in the lounge of the Memo
rial Student Center.
TAU BETA PI: will have a mandatory pledge meeting and
give a pledge test at 7:30 p.m. in 103 Zachry.
STUDENT COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN,
will present a film, “A Different Approach,” and have pho
tos taken for Aggieland ’87 at 7 p.m. in 308 Rudder.
TAMU ONE-WHEELERS UNICYCLING CLUB: will meet
at 6 p.m. in front of G. Rollie White Coliseum.
POULTRY SCIENCE CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 100 Kle
berg.
ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCA
TORS: will meet at b:3() p.m. in 302 Rudder.
CIRCLE K: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 502 Rudder.
NOW (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN): will
meet at 8:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder.
ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIETY: will discuss “Artists of An
other World, Painters of the Southwest Texas Rock Art”by
Dr. Harry Shafer at 7 p.m. in 301 Bolton.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES SPEAKERS SEMINAR: applica
tions for the 1987 Speakers Seminar are available through
Nov. 25 in the Student Activities Office, 208 Pavilion.
INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: entries dose
for putt-putt golf and handball singles at 6 p.m. in 159
Read.
Wednesday
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH: Cindy Schnelby will condua
a writing outreach session, “Cutting Out the Fat: How to
Eliminate Wordiness in Your Writing,” at 6:30 p.m. in 153
Blocker.
HISTORY CLUB: Dr. Delia will speak on the “Ancient Li
brary of Alexandria" at 8:30 p.m. in 407A-B Rudder.
PUBLIC RELATIONS STUDENT SOCIETY OF AMER
ICA: Mary Helen Bowers, Educational Information Sen-
ices Director at Texas A&M, will speak on writing speeches
for P.R. purposes at 6 p.m. in 014 Reed McDonald.
ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION: Hal Hardy, of “Ad 2
Houston,” will speak on resumes and portfolios at 7 p.m.in
127 Blocker.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: Dr. Ann McDonald, asso
ciate director of the Placement Center, and Dr. Candida
Lutes, associate dean of liberal arts, will speak on "Liberal
Arts Students and the TAMU Placement Ce
in 302 Rudder.
Center” at 5 p.m.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalm
216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working dtp
prior to desired publication date.
A&M crowd experiences music,
dance of India in OPAS program
By Karl Pallmeyer
Staff Writer
About 2,300 people were exposed
to the music and dance of India
Monday night in Rudder Audito
rium when MSC Opera and Per
forming Arts Society presented Fes
tival of India 1985-1986.
Festival of India is one part of an
eighteen-month-long celebration of
Indian culture being held across the
country. Since music and dance play
such important roles in the cultural
history of India, most of the works
performed have great religious sig
nificance.
The performance began with a
dance from Sikkim, a state centered
in the mountains of the Himalayas.
The light-hearted dance featured a
heardsman trying to tame two yaks.
Each yak was actually two dancers in
a furry, black costume with a happy
yak face. The dancers were accom
panied by three musicians playing a
flute, a drum and cymbals.
Kalaripayattu, a combination of
dance and martial art, was demon
strated in its traditional forms. Danc
ers demonstrated the various steps
in Kalaripayattu training with exer
cises that began with hand-to-hand
combat and continued with several
weapons including short sticks,
knives, shields, swords, long poles
and finally the “urumi” or belt-
sword. The urumi is a nine-foot long
sword that is flexiable enough to be
worn as a belt. Only masters of Kala
ripayattu are allowed to use the
urumi.
notes called a raga and a structurf |
rhythms called a tala. Even thoiij
Indian music relies heavily oni |
provisiation, the limits of theni
and the tala cause the music
sound somewhat repetitious
even monotonous to Western eij
The dances were interesting bul
ter a while the audience seemed
want something different.
Dancers Mudhavi Mudgal and
Bindu Juneja performed several
dances from Sikkim and Odissi, a
state in northeastern India. The
dancers were accompanied by five
musicians and singers on sitar, tabla,
flute and other Indian instruments.
The dancers interpreted the sounds
and rhythms of the music.
Indian dance incorporates over
50 intricate hand gestures that are
used to express the story that tradi
tionally accompanies the music.
Indian music, which is based on
the human vocal range, is limited to
about four octaves. Instead of scales,
Indian music fits into a pattern of
A group of six musicians and a'
ers performed songs in the Qaw'j
tradition. The Qawwali are s«|
sung to praise Allah, Mohanw
and various saints of the Sufi w
The singers, Shri Mohd Hal
Khan, Ali Ahmed, Hamsar Hal
and Zafar Hayat, had impressive'
cal range.
The highlight of the evening*
the performance of the Puruliat
hau, an elaborate costumed
that is representative of the strujjj
of good and evil. The dancers *
extremely agile as they spun
leaped while wearing large, beatl
ful headdresses. Musicians on (
and flute provided the rhythms'
dance.
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