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Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, April 12, 1988 Silver Station Jewelry Indian Rmerican Goods Greek and Rggie Jewelry Coming Soon! Music from Marlboro performs well but fails to impress crowd !V\ail Orders and Grift orders Welcomed Rmerican €xpress, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, lay Ruuay Post Oak Moll by Mastercuts 696-5418 JR. FULBRIGHT For graduating Seniors and Graduate Students Grants for Graduate Research Abroad Competition Now Open Informational Meeting: Wednesday. April 13 10:00-11:00 251 Bizzell West STUDY ABROAD OFFICE 161 W. Bizx«ll 845 0544 Come see the difference with contacts that fit right. At TSO, the doctors of optometry know that every contact lens prescription must be exact. The fit precise. You must be completely comfortable. That’s why they take the time to fit you properly. And help you choose contacts that are both easy to wear, and easy to care for. Doctors at TSO also have access to all the latest types of contacts. From soft lenses to rigid gas per- meables to tinted lenses. So have the doctor at TSO fit you for contacts. You’ll see the difference immediately. Ctexas state optical Affordable Eyewear. From A Family Of Doctors. Doctor’s prescription required. An indepen dent doctor of optometry is located adjacent to some TSO locations. 8008 Post Oak Mall 764-0010 Students! Work Smart. Work Simply... With Hewlett-Packard! 11C $47.00 12C $65.00 15C $65.00 17B $90.00 19B $140.00 27S $90.00 28S $190.00 41 CV $140.00 41 CX $200.00 71 B $500.00 AUTHORIZED HEWLETT-PACKARD DEALER 505 Church Street • College Station, Texas (409) 846-5332 By Brian Frederick Reviewer Though Music from Marlboro gave a Fine performance of chamber music last night, the modern works they mixed with classical pieces did not particularly impress the audi ence, which filled less than half of Rudder Auditorium. Local audi ences seem to prefer more tradi tional music to the dissonant sounds of the moderns. Nine musicians comprised the en semble that is one of several touring the country under the Marlboro name. Music from Marlboro tour groups were founded in 1965 as an out growth of the Marlboro Music festi val in Marlboro, Vermont. Musicians have been going there at their own expense since 1951 to study together in a relaxed atmosphere away from professional pressures. Each year about 25 of these musicians are cho sen to tour in several chamber music ensembles. Last night the musicians per formed four works: Divertimento in E-flat Major by Mozart, Suite for Winds by Leos Janacek, Six Baga telles for Wind Quintet by Gyorgy Ligeti, and Octet in E-flat Major by Beethoven. The instruments included two oboes, two bassoons, two clarinets, one flute, one bass clarinet, two horns, one piccolo and one flute. Two musicians performed on two different instruments. The program opened with Mo zart’s Divertimento, which was com petently performed by six of the mu sicians. The oboeists especially put a lot of expression into their playing of a piece, which could be best described as pleasant, “laid back” Mozart. 1 he audience responded with kind applause, the sort given to a technically good performance when the audience is not particularly thrilled with the piece. Janacek’s Suite for Winds, written in 1924, followed. Like much mod- Six members of Music from Marlboro perform pei Janacek’s Suite for Winds in Rudder Auditorium Monday. Music from Marlboro is a tounnr gram of chamber music ensembles. Review ern music, the piece was unpredica- table, dissonant and unsettled in its mood. The third movement sparkled with perky piccolo parts played by the flutist, and overall was very ni cely done. But that did not suffice to overcome the audience’s apparent distaste for the piece’s modern style. The audience responded in simi lar fashion to Ligeti’s Six Bagatelles, written in 1953. The moods and tempos of the short pieces varied from somber to dramatic, from plodding to frantic. The pieces had creative touches that were rather engrossing, and the Five musicians comprising the quin tet played masterfully. The audi ence, however, got lost in the pro gram and had to be prompted as to when to applaud. Beethoven’s Octet in E-flat Major concluded the program, and in cluded all of the muscicians except the flutist. Following the frustration produced bv the modern Beethoven’s harmonious strain:;] vided welcome relief. A peace;, legro followed a cheerful and; which the oboeists again plaveej pressively. In the menuetto, thedanneea the bassoons skillfully passed «<J dies back and forth, while the:| had some nice parts in thecowj mg presto. I he applause at the lasted was considerably warmer tk fore, but it sufficed to call thed cians back f or onlv one curtains Hospitals ignore invitation to public hearings on AIDS Man pleads for transplant of heart Du AUSTIN (AP) — Most of the 550 Texas hospitals invited to public hearings on how the state can best deal with AIDS and its Financial bur dens have ignored the Legislative Task Force on AIDS request, accord ing to a newspaper report. T he Houston Chronicle reported Monday that only 18 hospitals or hospital systems responded to the task force’s invitation. Public fear of AIDs and the risk of losing the business of non-AIDS pa tients to other institutions may have persuaded hospital officials to by pass the public forums, the Chroni cle reported. “It’s a touchy marketing issue,” fi nancial ofFicer for the publicly sup ported Harris County Hospital Dis trict, King Hillier said. “Those for- proFits are in there to make money. They’re treating AIDS patients, but they don’t want their hospital to be associated with AIDS.” The legislative task force crossed the state during February and March, taking testimony from indi viduals, AIDS support groups, doc tors, charities and insurance indus try representatives. Only 18 hospitals or hospital sys tems — eight government-owned, seven church-operated and one pro prietary — had representatives talk about the problems that AIDs has caused for the health care industry. “There are several other hospitals here who treat AIDS patients, but they downplay it,” said Dr. Ron An derson, president of Dallas’ Park land Memorial Hospital. “They don’t want to get known as the AIDS hospital from a marketing point of view.” Tom Young, administrator of the Austin-owned Brackenridge Hospi tal, said he didn’t attend the hearing because he believed the best testi mony on the issue could be provided by institutions such as Parkland and the Harris County Hospital District, public facilities heavily involved in AIDS patient care. “I don’t think the quality of the deliberation is improved by having incessant duplication of testimonv. ’ Young said. He also said he wasn’t concerned about the public perception of Brackenridge as an AIDS hospital because all Austin hospitals care for AIDS patients. “I don’t think any hospital wants to be known as the AIDS hospital,” added Jack Campbell, executive di rector of St. David’s Community Hospital in Austin. “There still are a lot of people who are not completely informed. But I don’t think that’s the reason hospitals are not out there testifying. HOUSTON (AP) -1% police detective who has bfl kept alive for five weeks bun perirnental heart pumppta for a new heart Monday- 49th birthday. Kenneth Bradley, a Ilk veteran with the Dade fa Metropolitan Police Depart®: has been at the Texas Heartlt' tnte in Houston for twoimI awaiting a heart transplant Dr. O. Howard Frazier £ Bbadley was an idea! canduC for the heart pumpinsteadofs planting a total artificial bean: I til a donor heart can be f Like the total artificialtej the pump is designed lohelps: port the patient’s failinghean- tilah uman transplant can b([t f ormed. The difference isB the device is smaller than am' Ficial heart, which is tool# Fit in the average person’sclis Speaker stresses need for education in competition By Jerry Bolz Reporter Education is the single most important factor for competitiveness, the international president of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers said Monday night. Dr. John Mayer spoke about competitiveness through advanced technology at the annual Spring Banquet at the MSC. Mayer said manufacturing programs at uni versities and continuing education of those in the Field are necessary. A strong manufacturing base is the key to eco nomic competitiveness in developed countries, Mayer said. “To achieve this, our education systems must prepare people and research must be done where needed,” he said. Mayer stressed that manufacturing compet itiveness is a combination of quality, price and va lue. Achieving competitiveness requires intelli gent use of advanced technology. This requires better understanding of technology, devel opment of new technology where needed and implementation of new technology where it makes sense, he said. “If people don’t understand the technology, it’s not able to be implemented,” he said, citing education as the way to understanding. People in industry tend to look for a com pletely automated solution, which never comes, he said. “Technology should be integrated with people to achieve the combined elliciendes ofl> Mayer said, giving an example of worte: Japanese Firm who could do certain worlt than machines designed to dothesametl Mayer, who received his doctorate! Massachusetts Institute of Technpjojj worked 21 years at Ford Motor Compani; industry in the United States is advancing but is putting in place the kind of effortl« be competitive worldwide. He added! being achieved through education. “The purpose of SME is to serve pr needs of practitioners in industry and tod® nate and share technical information fe good of humanity,” Mayer said. 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