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Page 8AThe BattalionAVednesday, January 21, 1987 Cambridge Buskers — What do they know about music? 'The music is irresistible, the playing first class."— RECORD WORLD The MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society (MSC OPAS) presents the irresist ible Cambridge Buskers Thursday, January 29 in Rudder Auditorium at 8 p.m. Michael Copley and Dag Ingram were Cambridge University students who began their career as street musicians (buskers) playing classical music to earn train fare. Since busking is illegal in London, they were arrested. Since then they have played the concert halls of the world in order to live outside the confines of jail. Hear them for yourself! Dag Ingram plays solo on the piano accordion and Michael Copley, flutist, comprises the rest of the orchestra (33 other wind instruments) — sometimes with more than one instrument in his mouth at a time! The San Francisco Examiner calls them "astonishing musicians!" This delightful performance will surely sell out. Reserve your seats today! Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234. VISA and MasterCard accepted. MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society -J.)* Memorial Student Center • Texas AflfM University • Box J-l • College Station TX 77844-9081 SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON PRIDE Amuck in College Station - Part II The Saga Continues... Tonight with “The Distractions” 6:30pm at the E-House Barbeque Bash Ribs and Beef at the House Saturday, January 24, 2:00 pm E-Dog Ski Lodge Fireside Smoker at the House Thursday, January 29, 6:00 pm Coat and Tie Date Party Aggieland Hotel Ballroom Tuesday, February 3, 7:00 pm 2 House 822-1377 Warped by Scott McCul *^^7 -TH K15TMA5 VACATIQfiJ: WS- ir: got sb/ - GOT SOM£. UnTEREST/NS GIFT5...A SCARF-MAD^ OF S0C&-. ..A FRUJTC£K£ OA/ A ROf AM Attach aj^/t for POWER DRILL THAT ACTS LIKE A ROT AM uose. clipper... A HP EVE./V IN BOXES OF CKA0& ■ fAcKS THAT t SOT WEKE ALWA15 CLOTHES Waldo by Kevin Thoml, .inches B X. DIDN'T MEM'5*'.' OH BOO H00 BfXfV 0£N/fD TENURE MAIN ? m but 'Him, < "! w. cause I one ki( Brth S. \ j||He l ^^■tpri his yeai iny hai rei ect ofltimis lis Geology teacher turns to extraterrestrial topic Seeing others view stars gives inspiration awards and bo desk, r vet erar !. bon wbat it Klpelh Hd sa\ jTin says. “I money K'Anc ph. pinag SAN ANGELO (AP) — Mark Sonntag was star-struck one year while teaching earth science in In diana public schools. The bright lights and cool stars lured him away from geology, and he’s been in the dark ever since. For Sonntag, the director of the University Planetarium at Angelo State University, watching people view stars for the first time through a telescope is an inspiring event. “There’s a sense of awe and won der,” Sonntag said. “Every time someone sees the stars (from a tele scope) for the first time, they’re al most speechless.” His sense of curiosity led him to volunteer to return to college to get a degree in planetarium education when the school district he worked for decided to build its own plane tarium. “The draw to me is the wonder about the stars,” he said. Sonntag is proud of the Univer sity Planetarium, which has been in operation one year. The planetar ium, the largest in Texas, is unique because of its size, scope and the in clusion of the latest technology. “We’ve got a really special fa cility,” Sonntag said. “The ASU planetarium is as good a planetar ium as many found in big cities.” The planetarium has laser disc players, video equipment and tre mendous storage capabilities — up to 50,000 images can be stored on each disk, Sonntag said. His office is adorned with laser photos of total solar eclipses and no vae, and a sun-dial decorates his desk, which, he laughed, works “only outside.” Sonntag’s fascination with stellar phenomena spills over when he de scribes black holes, supernovae, mul tiple-star systems and galaxies de picted in the planetarium lobby. In the spring, the lobby should feature the return of an interactive ual problems, the university system hack to the manufacturrl “Every time someone sees the stars (from a tele scope) for the first time, they’re almost speechless. ” — Mark Sonntag, plane tarium director repair. “It's too bad there was th delay,” he said. Astronomers are prepara; the arrival of Comet Wilson,ii odic comet that will be vi April and be brightest in Mav the planetarium probably k something in conjunction with: pearance, Sonntag said. Wilson should be as brightas ley’s was last year, Sonntag “Most are very faint,” he said.: dreds pass by every year, ats don’t notice.” places | started like tin be( ausi anvwln ,. K :' >l> his life tioi i ofi Hr He says. “1 a l°P- could r . “Vo, have b have ai that y yoiuse Rap can to pie. W ;:o1Ih educational center, composed of a computer and monitor screens that will allow planetarium patrons to ask questions and learn about Jupiter, Saturn and other astronomical sub jects. The program is activated by sen sors in the floor that tell the com puter whether anyone is ap proaching the lobby screens. Sonntag described the system as very sophisticated. “When it worked, it was nice,” Sonntag said. But because of contin- Unlike Halley’s Comet, Call*"' Wilson is classified along jm comets with long orbital ptnoig more than 200 years, Thelatif Wilson passed by earth was lf| CO(// years ago. £ ■ j. “Wilson will be here and; Sonntag said. Or His long-range plans aretolHjjjL, > community involvement and ness of the planetarium sho*!!— ! ■ activities. “The planetarium if you want to come by. Youifti ” have to go to Abilene, HoinMMMn Dallas,” Sonntag said. Kp Audiences at the planed . stai have grown during the yeartoi| niru T erage of 75 viewers at eachsbr 11 , )I saicf. t0 ‘ “People come by herauseHfk' 1 because HJ^P want to,” Sonntag said. “AndTlm i in pay." chlltl " Houston visitor slain over rabbet] ‘‘On group couple glad n help h Sine HOUSTON (AP) — A Salvadoran who allowed two of his children to go to the United States to avoid civil war was shot to death at his son’s apartment when he couldn’t under stand robbers’ demands for money, police said. “They didn’t give him any chance,” said David Cornejo Jr. of his slain father, David Cornejo. The 55-year-old was visiting his son and daughter, Hilda, when he answered a knock on his son’s apart ment late Sunday. Two robbers con fronted him in the hallway, police said. “They demanded money, but Mr. Cornejo didn’t understand them,” homicide Officer Rico Garcia said. “He raised his hands and then tried to pull away, and he was shot.” The two men fled without getting anything, police said. “My mother, her,” he said. Cornejo said nine y it will be hat mente pfogn he and his Jr® pot The Cornejos plan to return home this week with their father’s body and bury him in San Salvador. David Cornejo said he called an other sister, Teresa, the only sibling still at home in El Salvador, and told her of their father’s death. It was lef t for her to tell their mother. probably will stay in San Sa police for a while to help their f Statioi Maria, deal with her Ini' FRKI) death and adjust to operat: • of M) family’s supermarket without school Cornejo said he came to five years ago when he wa' in Col with joining the military,andfejnlme ter came in 1983. His father"jh(i\v ' appointed about the two sefjEquip life in Houston rather than 'Jlnlori and helping out in the bmil' g ness, he said. MSC SCONA 32 THE UNITED NATIONS DELEGATE APPLICATIONS MSC 21* DEADLINE JANUARY-27 INTERVIEWS JANUARY 28 & 29 INFORMATIVE MEETING JANUARY 21** FOR INFO. 845