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Thursday, December 11,1986AThe Battalion/Page 5 'oliday skits draw shoppers ,m Students spread cheer departmental hese excbans oposalsforp partments set ts are awards By Suzanne Shuford Reporter [at is one of the most rewarding ■mas joys? The Aggie Players’ ght Program it |) a k Edition says it is entertain- gh annual apidiildren. p-ess througb^Bs troupe of four Texas A&M \gency and ar t s majors presented its ents and m'rWen’s Christmas theater Satur- is set uploi to over 400 children, their par- standingbei g and grandparents at Post Oak reign govenwU. nited States Rector Michael Greenwald says m the Fuk.j.and the group performed five ;le to U.S.iT ipstinas skits — “Nine Cheers for thercoumne wtinas,” “Shoes and Stockings ties such as sfjSoloman,” “Prairie Christmas,” iniverskvtet fiebhoemaker and the Elves” and he entire Ur |heBVight Before Christmas.” ; program^-folk players alscx led the audience 1 engineerinf .Chnstmas carols that were heard irts, busints! pi|ppers throughout the day. lost active After the presentation, the group Vandiver'spcijted stockings, trees and candy uted heasliHon childrens’ faces to enhance :ess. [[Christmas theme. Henwald says the troupe re- n incredible! jved a $4,000 grant from the mall aninter: a t will be used as a scholarship d. "This is rtf ™ 5 number oi s . .. andisfct Dr, Vandne: d the Merit Jordan Irs: ■ of increas::, nent. jdland divided among the four nits. » group includes Janice Jaruto- T junior from Houston, fresh- Mary Ellen Brennan of Austin Hunts' losses eld could make 5,000 rich decision. I lied for anti Hi .kus' lawyer (AP) — 1 he money Angleton ^ ina y h ave been lost by the > testified rSthy Hunt brothers of Dallas improper t> e enough to make mil- he people in'■ a ' res out °i nearly 5,000 peo- mi the tnil’fk’ according to documents re refer tor « n, ly made jvuhlic. hose 'bbcf^Bhc records show the trio may black pt !# lost more than $4.95 billion to (Altmlsi in ! u S a r> silver and evil in recent in woman’iirtF ais ' Dallas Mot tling News lame and pro ■s of the in or tests arted Wednesday, he three sons of H.L. Hunt, _,-lson, Herbert and Lamar Hunt, still have enough wealth to belcalled multimillionaires, the newspaper said. The brothers have always con flicted their financial affairs in Stern, and there is no concise re cord of their fortune, i; A spokesman for the family de- Bd to comment on the esti- led to stopIcpte and said the Hunts will not laking wortaBuss the size of their fortune. But documents from civil and gankruptcy courts portray what itbyrd, wksftkiriaiis sa y may be the largest than 200' Knnal financial bass ever, e, said the*|Tlieir loss may be the largest in lances by li l erni ‘' of dollar amounts, said ng a sera:® 0111 Barton, a Colorado College reduced IfciPtorian. rs. They ptrittBhe brothers have managed to r entitled IrB) at least $2 billion, the papers uneof“YoiiJp ( f v > although they are fighting save what they have. and Todd Jones of Houston, and Mark Wilhite of Mount Pleasant. Greenwald says the students were chosen in May from more than 100 applicants because they showed the most promise. He says this is the first year the theater arts department has worked with the mall on the program. Jones says the idea for the pro gram is to give each incoming fresh man class a chance to be a part of the Post Oak Edition. The group says it believes enter taining children is different from entertaining adults. Jarutowicz says adults bring their life experiences to the theater, but children are in the process of form ing their experiences. “Children’s theater is a world in its own,” she says. “You can’t fool kids because they demand total honesty.” Jones says the children don’t like to be talked down to. They like to feel they are important, he says. “You have to give them credit for their knowledge and comprehension abilities,” he says. Jones also says the group tries to educate the children while it enter tains them. “The way to educate people is to teach them in a way they don’t real ize they’re learning,” he says. For example, “Shoes and Stock ings and Soloman” teaches the chil dren about Christmas customs in other countries, he says. Brennan says performing the chil dren’s theater is a different and re freshing style for her. “It gives me a lot of new tech niques and acting variety,” she says. Brennan displayed her talents through a variety of characters in Saturday’s presentation. She played the shoemaker’s wife, a cowboy on the range, a shoe and a child on Christmas Eve. Greenwald says the students started planning and rehearsing the shows a month in advance. They spent about three hours a week prac ticing, he says. The group has two shows planned for the Spring semester. One in volves Indian legends and the other is about summertime, Greenwald says. The students — known as the mall rats in the theater arts department — also have been in other Aggie Players’ productions, such as “New Voices” and “A Funny Thing Hap pened on the Way to the Forum,” he says. Money earned from the perfor mances goes to the Aggie Players Scholarship Fund, Brennan says. Japanese purchases affect fajita market LAREDO (AP) — The Japanese have made their presence felt every where in the American marketplace — in automobiles, motocycles, radios and televisions, photography, and audio and video recording equip ment. But fajitas? According to several Laredo gro cers, the price and availability of those popular carne asada morsels are determined by Japan. Two or three times each year, the Japanese make massive purchases of the part of the cow that was once one of the best buys in the American meat market. “When the Japanese start buying, they really go to town,” said Arnulfo (Fito) Santos, grocer and Webb County Commmissioner. “They’ll contract with the big packing plants for about a million pounds each time.” Out of 1,000 pounds of beef, only about 10 pounds can be used for beef skirts, known in Mexico and South Texas as fajitas. It takes a lot of cows to get a mil lion pounds, and there are some times not enough cows — or fajitas — to go around. The retail price of fajitas has re cently dropped, and is now about $1.30 per pound. But three months ago, the last time Japan made a raid on the American market, the price was $1.90. There is little room in Japan to raise cattle, and the Japanese import most of their red meat from other countries. Beef skirts purchased in the United States are refrigerated and shipped by boat to Japan in 60- pound boxes, Santos said. For 10 years, fajitas have been popular in South Texas. Until three or four years ago, when the Japa nese began buying, the price was less than a dollar per pound. Other countries import beef skirts from the United States, but not in the quantity that Japan does. “I know the U.S. government will let you export almost anything,” Santos said. “If Japan weren’t buy ing, the price would stay lower.” Like his customers, Santos would prefer that the price of fajitas stay low. “When the price is lower you sell more,” he said. “It’s the same prob lem the car manufacturers have. They’re taking over the market and what can we do?” According to Gilberto Narvaez, another Laredo grocer, the Japanese are looking for boneless meat and the beef skirt cut is about the cheap est. However, they have recently be gun purchasing English cut, which is also obtained from the lower rib of the cow. In fact, the effect of Japanese pur chasing power on the price and availability of English cut has been even more drastic than on the fajitas market. Book Sale Good Selection of Children’s Books Cook Books • History • Assorted A&M Memorabilia Books ®Ite ptmrar af Puppet pip The Texas A&M Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society is inviting applications from outstanding senior students for a National Graduate Fellowship for up to $6,000 for first-year graduate or professional study. Fifty of these fellowships will be awarded nationwide. Thirty ad ditional students will receive Honorable Mention Awards of $500. The Texas A&M Chapter will nominate one senior for these awrads. The following criteria will be used in selecting the chapter’s nominee: 1. Outstanding Scholarship 2. Standardized test scores, when applicable 3. Transcript Record 4. Leadership Skills 5. 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