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Monday, March 7,1988/The Battalion/Page 7 mind ly structured jcialization 0 j play the ro| t i series of ro| ( trout men women a s | s, ‘Why won' r hy are men' iost fragile in ill learn win is of what will is hip are ra r . en at several c ross the ii a . that the co! male and f e . stucfent still tarriage is the ems,” Farrell e themselves the problems id marriages Fhis isn’t so Ire problems lize it.” vetch on Far- s Irook, "Whv hey Are," has limed as tlie irriginal bool men. Parrel dent Johnson * nation’s our :ators. man to hare times to the ral Organic ew , i'ork Cin :1 seven times has also am US Mormy n. tching at tlie it the Univet- ian Diego. ack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band brings music, small-town humor By Shane Hall Reviewer Rudder Auditorium was instantly transformed to Lynchburg, Tennes see, circa 1910, Sunday afternoon as Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band brought their blend of small-town humor and ragtime mu sic to Texas A&M in a concert spon sored by MSC-OPAS. Bandleader “Perfessor” David Coffee led the audience, by way of imagination, to the small Tennessee town’s homecoming celebration as the band marched onstage perform ing the opening song “Hello Ma Honey.” The 12 musicians then took their seats on the onstage gazebo bands tand to begin the first act. “On the Banks of the Walbash,” the second song of the night, fea tured a short tuba solo by Marcus Arnold. During the concert, individ ual musicians had the opporturnity to take the lead with tneir instru ments. Scott Hanson, the band’s newest member, demonstrated his mastery of the baritone horn on “Glow Worm.” Highlights of the first act included ‘Carolina in the Mornin,’ ” in which the horn players sang the lyrics to a musical backing of banjo, drums and xylophone, and the popular “And Review the Band Played On,” which was simply spectacular. But there is more to the band’s concerts than just music. Bandleader Coffee gave short monologues full of small-town, backwoods humor be tween songs. With his stories of Lynchburg folk such as friendly Uncle Pert the moonshiner (“Not an unfriendly hair on his head,” Coffee declared. “Ain’t got but two or three hairs, but they’re all friendly”), Coffee proved his ability to make people laugh. The music continued to sound great. “Tennessee Squire Dance” was given a rousing treatment to end the first act, whicn was followed by a short intermission. To begin the second act, banjo player Wiley Porter took a seat onstage and picked his way through a short number. Xylophonist Mi chael Lorenz then joined him and soon all of the musicians began ar riving one by one, all the while play ing the strains of “Jovial Jaspers.” Coffee then began to tell the story of the three trees, accompanied by musical sound effects to represent the fluffy rabbit, the revenuer, the spring and the trees. ■am £ several class ver’s educaw isolidated sn ve to provide. )ment,” Den: ation progra irpose. s teach thal g how to ri provide || tending re is nose id ret \e studenil >et(er m life. ” E. DeniM: r ofA0 n Progit s, Dennissafi' ihe program! lass for while intos nent, the D" nilar,” Dem of undergo :ar in classes its total ab< dlment in I- to 500 pec: le toughest 1 ople havetf g there," r give up 0 ’he says, on officer! itarily teac!>| iccause hes J f lass is the | f recidivism! s — has program ; safety ed^ dustrial,lw iology f'; says. “The' 1 such a cei 11 ! ■ just need 1 ' UT researchers recreate physics of Jupiter red spot AUSTIN (AP) — With plastic beads and a giant spinning tank of water, some University of Texas scientists have re-created what they believe to be the phys ics of the Great Red Spot of the planet Jupiter. Physicist Harry Swiuney and two graduate students created their own miniature Red Spot — an orphan vortex, or whirlpool, of beads sitting at rest amid a larger turbulent flow. “We think it simulates the es- Group fights Texas taking state language DALLAS (AP) — A broad- based coalition is urging voters to reject a resolution on the Repub lican Party primary ballot to make English the official language of Texas and the United States. Speakers for several groups, including the Community Task Force Against Official English Language Amendments, in the Dallas-based coalition said Friday that the non-binding resolution is an attack on Hispanic culture and the Spanish language. The speakers said their groups will oppose any ballot measures or legislative proposals to declare English as the state’s official lan guage. If approved Tuesday, the reso lution could fuel efforts to pass a similar law at the next session of the Texas Legislature, opponents said at the Dallas City Hall rally. Dallas Mayor Annette Strauss released a statement that said the movement “could undermine the consensus, cooperation and vital sense of commonality of pur pose” needed to keep the city going strong. sential physics of the situation on Jupiter that led to development of the persistent Red Spot,” Swin- ney said. “Of course, we have no information as to why Jupiter’s spot is red.” The Red Spot, one of the solar system’s prominent landmarks, is a giant oval about 25,000 miles long and 8,000 miles wide —large enough to swallow several Earths. The first observation of Great Red Spot “was probably in 1664 by British astronomer Robert Hooke,” Swinney said. “The Voy ager spacecraft (in 1979) showed the atmospheric flow really was turbulence. The spot looks like a hurricane but, unlike a hurri cane, it could last for hundreds of thousands of years.” Swinney, Joel Sommeria-Klein and Steven Myers, of the univer sity’s Center for Non-linear Dy namics, based their experiment on a computer simulation by Phil lip Marcus of the University of California-Berkeley. Marcus contended the turbu lent chaos of a rapidly rotating fluid could create a single cohe rent vortex spontaneously. The Texas researchers, whose results recently were published in the professional journal Nature, say they have confirmed Marcus’ pre diction. With a circular tank spinning at the rate of four times a second, the UT researchers saw the water establish a shear zone, or distor tion, in which some water moved in one direction while the rest moved in the opposite direction. Gradually, they saw tiny vor tices, or whirlpools, evolve and combine until a single oval vortex was formed, bounded by the edges of the shear zone. “We have shown that turbulent flow with large shear in a rotating system can produce a coherent vortex that lasts as long as the condition lasts,” said Swinney. INDOOR K7 SPORTS CENTER 3030 E. 29th Suite 11 Emporium Center Indoor Soccer Season begins March 21 Sign up deadline: March 7 all ages eligible - for more information call 776-2267 after 4 p.m. Mon-Thur 4:30-10:00 Fri 4:30-12:00 Sat 10:00-12:00 Sun 2:00-10:00 Go With Battalion Classified 845-2611 a refreshing change from listening to the fat lady sing. The definite highlight of the show tribute to came during a two-song the ragtime jazz of New O rleans. TEXAS A&M Graphic by Carol Wells The audience’s approval rang Quite clear by means of the laughter tnat ripped through the auditorium. Hymns were then brought into the show as the band fused “A Balm in Gilead” and “The Church is One Foundation” into a reverent and memorable performance. As a ben edictory note, this talented group of musicians performed another short hymn later in the concert. With the Italian opera classic, “Largo A1 Factorum,” cornet player Gary Armstrong took the lead with his hypnotic playing. It proved to be Tenor horn player Louis Brown took the lead on “New Orleans In terlude,” which also featured Lorenz on rub board and Hanson on trom bone. The addition of Porter’s banjo and drummer Steve Goldenberg made for a rollicking good time. The Jack Daniel’s Band’s rendi tion of “When the Saints Go Mar- chin’ In” was no less spectacular. The entire band gave their all amidst the dapping along of the au dience who were loving every min ute of it. After two final numbers and the benedictory note, Coffee thanked the audience for the use of their imaginations and led the band marching offstage to thunderous ap plause. The crowd in attendance was then returned to College Station, circa 1988. For hayseed humor, spirited mu sic and an all around good time, Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band is hard to beat. It’s almost as much fun as Mr. Daniel’s famous whiskey. Hispanic leaders promise protest of Alamo movie SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The em battled movie about 13 days of fight ing at the Alamo in Texas’ battle for independence peacefully opened at a private screening as critics prom ised to protest the public debut Sun day. Though the outcome of the fight ing at the Alamo is well known, the controversy between the producers of the film “Alamo — The Price of Freedom” and Hispanic leaders con tinues. The film’s critics, charging it mis represents the role of Tejanos who defended the Alamo against the Mexicans, planned to protest Sun day’s public opening and ribbon-cut- ting by Gov. Bill Clements. A private gala premiere on Satur day night raised $25,000 for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas’ library, which is located at the Alamo. The movie is being shown on the 60-foot-high screen of the I MAX theater at the city’s new Rivercenter complex. “We certainly are not ignorant about history,” said Kieth Merrill, the film’s director and producer, re sponding to critics’ claims. “But where there is no definitive history, then all of us — each in their own way — should develop their own responsibility for learning about the story.” Ray Herbeck, the associate pro ducer and assistant director, said “It’s 90 percent on the money histor ically, and 10 percent is based on a toss of a coin.” AIDS (Continued from page 1) pool would provide protection for these people, the insurance rep resentatives said. Robert Blevins, executive director of the Texas Life Insurance Associa tion, advocated an insurance pool but stressed that many uninsurable people cannot afford to pay the pre mium required by a pool. “Pooling for the uninsurables is an alternative, but there’s one draw back,” Blevins said. “And that’s that a person who makes $600 a month can’t afford to pay $200 a month for insurance. And so if the committee decides to recommend pooling, where are the funds going to come from? Somebody’s got to finance it. We don’t want to form a pool oursel ves.” Amanda Sheedy, counsel to the Health Insurance Association of America, said the state should subsi dize the insurance pool. “Fifteen states have enacted legis lation that form insurance pools, and there are subsidies for low-in come people,” Sheedy said. “Some states fund a large portion of the pools.” The cry for increased state fund ing extended beyond the insurance issue. Dr. Douglas Hurley, president of the Texas Infectious Disease So ciety, said Texas should develop a centralized AIDS policy funded by the state. “This is a time for the state to take a leadership role and to do that it re quires funds and coordination,” Hurley said. “To provide health care, it’s going to require money. And it’s been a long tradition in Texas that the state provide for the problems that affect the whole state.” ENVE General Meeting The Society for Entrepreneurship and New Ventures TAMU Elect New Officers & Discuss What ENVE Can Do For You Monday, March 7 6 p.m. - Blocker 110 OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS Needed Aggieland photographers Information session Thursday, March 10 7 p.m. in room 014 Reed McDonald Family: Wife: Patricia Ann (McCoy) Sons: Barry-A&M '81 Doug-A&M '84 Kevin-Bryan High Student “L. 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