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Friday, December 5, 1986/The Battalion/Page 5 r In Advance lsf ul th, r. ►N: Pres ^nienf :• at l(ifir nil hi tpel. Players to give Christmas show at mall TI0K4 mgoftl, 1 ” at 1;| •f theft 1 gradui STi; bandaK Ichristmas spir it will be in the air at Post Oak Mall Saturday as tht Aggie Players’ Post Oak Edi tion present their children’s Christinas theater. JPerformances are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. outside thi J.C. Penney entrance to the mall. ■The group comprises four Texas A&M students who will •form five Christmas pieces, sai l Director Michael Greenwald. [The pieces include “Nine Qjieers for Christmas,” a piece •t involves songs and audience Brticipation in spelling Christmas; “Shoes and Stockings and Solomon,” a story that gives children exposure to Christmas chstoins of other countries; and “Prairie Christmas,” a cowboy’s Christmas Eve story, r Also included are “The Shoe maker and the Elves,” a rhyme about a shoemaker and his wife who are in dire need of money and are helped by a group of Christmas-spirited elves; and, “The Night Before Christmas,” a rhyme about Santa Claus’ visit on Christmas Eve. The troupe of players includes Mary Ellen Brennan, a freshman theater arts major from Austin; Janice Jarutowicz, a junior the ater arts major from Elouston; Todd Jones, a freshman theater arts major from Houston; and, Mark Wilhite, a freshman theater arts major from Mount Pleasant. Greenwald says these four stu dents ]) resent four shows throughout the year with a $4,000 grant from the mall. I. “Anzinl Rudde attornp , Tift anal Sin 'um ai! ed m« who an 1) p.m. it drivifi iions foi l&M choirs present Christmas concert lemoi [The Texas A&rM Vocal Music grams will present their an- Jijial Christmas concert Sunday at 7:^0 p.m. in Rudder Audito- feiim. The concert will feature th< Singing Cadets, the Century Singers and the Women’s Chorus lei forming a variety of seasonal music. ■ The concert will begin as the Women’s Chorus performs Ben iamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of iatols” under the direction of “Paiiicia P. Eleitas. Written for tre- pe voices and harp, this work consists of carols based on nine medieval poems. Shana Norton, of Austin, will perform the harp |rcompaniment. ■ Following the Women’s Cho- l|is. the Singing Cadets will sing a ■pertoire of Christinas tunes, ■his all-male chorus has been un- Hu the direction of Robert L. Boone since 1960 and is presently |tcompanied by local pianist jannett Goforth. The “Aggieni- zors”, the barbershop quartet in the Singing Cadets, also will par ticipate in this portion of the pro gram. A contrasting Christmas reper toire will be presented by the Century Singers, under the direc tion of Eleitas. Their part in the program will open with familiar tunes and a “Jingle Bell Travelo gue” around the world. A brass ensemble, composed of members of the A&M Symphonic Band, will join the singers in the Christmas cantata by contempo rary American composer Daniel Pinkham. The evening will conclude with the three groups joining to sing the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah” under the di rection of Boone. General admission tickets are on sale at the Rudder box office for $4. For more information, call the box office at 845-1234 or the Vocal Music Office at 845-5974. omen’s group to see Faculty Senate me m ties, ind he Committee on the Status wof Women in the University will ■(■bruit a resolution to the A&M Faculty Senate at 3:15 p.m. Mon- » lay in 601 Rudder Tower. I ■ The resolution asks that policy be developed by the president’s office regarding the hiring and letaining of female faculty and real esi [Administrators. T Also, Dr. Donald McDonald, Irovost and vice president for ademic affairs, will address the nate Monday. he committee’s resolution so states that annual reviews of male faculty salaries be con- jresidff Bucted to assure equal pay, and that an academic business com mittee he set up to study the pos sibility of establishing a child care facility for A&M faculty, staff and students. A third section of the resolu tion asks that all sexist language he removed from official Univer sity communications. The Senate also will consider a resolution from the Academic Af fairs Committee proposing that annual course/instructor evalua tions be administered at A&M no later than Fall 1987. In other business, the Senate will approve candidates for De cember graduation. Task force appointed to find jobs DALLAS (AP) — Gov.-elect Bill Clements on Thursday named a 67- member task force charged with helping create jobs for Texans. Clements named businessmen Jim Adams of Dallas and John Cater of Houston as task force chairmen. Ad ams is president of the Texas Divi sion of Southwestern Bell Tele phone Co. Cater is president of MCorp. “The key issue facing us today in Texas is jobs, jobs and more jobs,” Clements said at a news conference. “I am embarrassed as a Texan that our unemployment rate exceeds the national average.” The Texas unemployment rate for October was 9.5 percent. The na tional average was 7 percent. Clements and the co-chairmen said the task force will recommend legislation when the state House and Senate convene in January. They would not discuss specific legislative recommendations. The task force also will work on mid- and long- range economic programs. But Adams said an example of laws that will be addressed is those that hamper business, such as state regulations. “We are an action-oriented group,” Adams said. “We’re looking to change trends, not predict them. That’s what we’re all about.” The task force will focus on small business development, capital for mation, technology, energy, agricul ture, relations with Mexico and in ternational relations. Cater said another committee will address issues such as transporta tion, worker’s compensation and others that don’t fall into one area. While acknowledging that the drop in oil prices has hurt the Texas economy and caused unemploy ment, Clements said “oil is a piece of our economy and only a piece.” “We’re not going to let that tail wag our dog,” Clements said. “The price of oil only contributes eight cents of every dollar to the state’s economy.” Cater said, “No one denies that the oil and gas sector is a significant part of the Texas economy. But the point that is so often overlooked is that we are in a state of overbuilding. So there’s excess capacity, no matter what the price of oil.” Clements said he will press for a tariff on imported oil, and he is scheduled to discuss the issue early next year with President Reagan, who opposes a tariff. Clements would not say whether he believes Reagan has changed his mind. Clements said the Texas economy also has suffered because of “federal neglect.” He said he believes having Jim Wright, D-Texas, as House Speaker will help Texas in Congress. Al SPIN (AP) — The president ftju Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the injvcrsity of Texas refused to com- Bon news reports Thursday that )u| fraternity members face sus- enjsion after investigation of the al- aho! related death of a Phi Kappa siledge. The Austin American-Statesman epoiicd that four fraternity mem- ers, including president Brent 'ofiileone, had been told by uni- y officials that they will be sus- ed. inteleone declined to comment, e American-Statesman and the Texan, the University of s’ newspaper, said other stu- also were targets of discipli- action after a six-week univer- ivestigation into the September i of Mark Seeberger. R|)ii Brown, UT vice president for student affairs, would not comment on the reports, saying, “We treat all disciplinary actions as confidential.” He said such actions are not an nounced until they are final. The news reports, citing un named sources, said the punishment decisihns were made in late Novem ber. Seeberger, an 18-year-old fresh man from Dallas, died in his off- campus dormitory Sept. 18, a few hours after a Sept. 17 event de scribed to police as a fraternity “ride.” A “ride” is the practice of driving pledges far from their homes and letting them out, often while intoxicated. An autopsy indicated Seeberger drank about 18 ounces of rum. Monteleone and the fraternity’s pledge trainer, who is among those reportedly facing suspension, were not in the van the night of Sept. 17. But sources told the American- Statesman that UT officials con cluded the officers knew pledges of the fraternity were taken on rides regularly and were in a position to stop the practice. One source said UT officials would not have assessed so severe a punishment against the officers had they cooperated more with the in vestigation. 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