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ATTENTION
DECEMBER
GRADUATING
SENIORS
If you have ordered a 1989
Aggieland, please stop by
English Annex between 8
and 5 and pay a $4.00 mail
ing fee along with your for
warding address so your
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you next fall when they ar
rive.
THE HOUSTON
CHRONICLE
is taking applications for immedi
ate route openings.
Pay is based on per paper rate &
gas allowance is provided.
The route requires working 3
hours per day.
Earn $500.-$700. per month.
If interested call:
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Brasswind Recording Studio is looking for a part-time
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bring resume by 2551 S. Tx. Avenue, Suite F, College
Station. 48t 11/08
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WOMEN NEEDED
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Western Sizzlin Steak House is accepting applications
for part-time week-ends 8c nights. For wait people 8c
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volunteers will be compensated.
* infected blisters * infected burns
* infected boils * infected cuts
* infected insect bites * infected scrapes
("road rash”)
G&S STUDIES, INC.
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Yearbook fee’s are refundable in
full during the semester in which
payment is made.
Thereafter no refunds will be made
on cancelled orders.
Yearbooks must be picked up dur
ing the academic year in which they
are published.
Students who will not be on cam
pus when the yearbooks are pub
lished, usually in October, must pay
a mailing and handling fee.
Yearbooks will not be held, nor will
they be mailed without necessary
fees having been paid.
STUDENT DIRECTORIES ARE
NOW AVAILABLE!!!
Bring your Fall ‘88 fee slip to
Rm. 230 in the Reed McDonald
Bldg, between 8-5 49ttfn
TANGLEWOOD
SOUTH APTS.
All utilities paid, 1,2,& 3 Bdrms.
2 pools, exercise room, party
room, & 2 laundry rooms.
Shuttle bus.
Pre-listing for spring semester
1/2month rent off in Dec.
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Rent Starts at $409
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1 Bdrm,; $200 2 Bdrm.; $248
Rental assistance available!
Call 846-8878 or 774-0773
after 5pm.
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696-1227 early/late or 845-3018 message. 5 111 1/11
Lg. Rm., bath, private entrance, 1 block from campus,
util, pd., no kit. priviledges, $170./mo. 764-7363 or
693-5286. 50tll/10
Fourplex in Bryan. 2 bdrm/1 bath, extra storage, new
carpet throughout. Wyndham Mgmt. 846-4384. 5tfn
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COURT OF
CRIMINAL APPEALS
If you vole independently in the JUDGESHIP
RACES, you should know that after their
senior editorial boards Investigated the
background, philosophy and ability of the
candidates, CHUCK MILLER was
publicly and enthusiastically ENDORSED for
STATE WIDE RE-ELECTION by the
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The Adrian Cronauer in the movie
“Good Morning Vietnam” and the real-
life Cronauer are different entities. Both
were disc jockeys in Saigon during the
Vietnam War and both brought laughter
to the troops by breathing comic relief
into the tragedy of war. But, Cronauer
said, that’s where the similarities ended.
“The movie has a fictional character
named Adrian Cronauer, and it so hap
pens that we both have shared some of
the same experiences — 45 percent of
the movie is factual, while the rest is
Hollywood exaggeration and imagina
tion,” Cronauer said Sunday in a pro
gram brought to A&M by MCS Great Is
sues.
The story idea was based on the time
Cronauer spent during his one-year tour
of duty with the Air Force.
But most of the antics and spontaneity
in the movie were added by comedian
Robin Williams, who portrayed Cro
nauer, he said.
“Williams brought his own personality
into the film —- he is an ad-lib genius,”
Cronauer said.
“When people come to hear me speak,
they expect to see the schitzo guy from
the movie, but 1 have to tell them the
movie was never intended to be a biogra
phy about my life,” he said.
“The first thing I have to distinguish
for my listeners is what is real and what
is not in the movie.”
Cronauer went to Vietnam after serv
ing on the Greek isle of Crete. At that
time the United States was serving in an
advisory capacity, so he thought it would
be safe.
Cronauer went into the fields talking
and listening to soldiers. He witnessed
censorship from the Office of Informa
tion daily, but couldn’t do anything
about it.
What was and was not going to be on
the air was censored over the phone.
Cronauer said the twins that play the cen
sors in the movie were Hollywood cre
ations.
“All the characters in the movie are
fictional stereotypes — I didn’t fall in
love with a Vietnamese woman, and I
didn’t take her family to see a movie
called “Beach Blanket Bingo,” Cronauer
said. “And I was never thrown out of the
Air Force.”
He was given an honorable discharge
after serving four years in the Air Force
— the final 1 1 months were spent in Sai
gon.
Cronauer said he did teach English to
the Vietnamese, but not with the vivid
language that Williams used in the
movie.
Williams borrowed the salutation —
good morning Vietnam — from Cro-
nauers show. It became a signature for
Air Force radio long after Cronauer in
troduced it.
It origionally began when Cronauer
was in Crete. He would start the morn
ings with “Goooood Moooming Herak-
lion” (which was the Air Force base
where he was stationed). He continued
its use when he went to Vietnam and
soon it was his trademark.
“I’d say, ‘I’m Adrian Cronauer’, and a
soldier would say, ‘Who?’. Then 1
would say “goooood morning Vietnam”
and they’d ask me to play a record,” Cro
nauer said.
Cronauer said he wanted the station to
be like a station in the states — he
wanted to bring a part of America to the
soldiers.
“I had to consider who my listeners
were,” he said. “They were guys out in
the miserable heat — shooting, fighting
and being killed. Did they want to hear
me say ‘good morning Vietnam’, every
day? I came to the conclusion they did.”
Sometimes, Cronauer said, they
would tell him they loved it, but he knew
of one G.I. who blew away his radio
with his Ml after hearing the greeting.
Cronauer’s stories had the crowd of
approximately 400 people laughing, but
when he turned to his serious side, the
smiles would fade and everyones atten
tion focused solely on his words.
“There was always something in Viet
nam to remind you of how danger?,
situation was,” Cronauer said, i
adapted a fatalistic attitude — ifi|
nadc or bullet has my nameonit.tliel
nothing I can do about it. Ifildif
have my name on it — I am ii
ne.Cronauer said every one came?
from Vietnam with scars — some•
and some invisible.
“But too many of the scars came-
the soldiers arrived home toacoii
who shunned them, and thai:
wrong,” he said.
Many of the veterans Cronaur
talked to said they like the more
cause it shows another side ofthel
other than just combat.
Cronauer said his happiest exper/
in Vietnam was when he left.
Returning to the states, he world
station manager for radio and tefoij
stations, and created his own adveita
agency. In the late 1970’s he co-m|
sitcom about Vietnam — and it wssj
story idea that eventually found ilsl
to the big screen, and became "(i
Morning Vietnam”.
Before ever entering the AirFi
specializing in radio and television!!’
being transferred oversees, Crorf’
was in school — 11 credit hours ski
graduating with an undergraduateJ(|
in communications when someoneitf
registrar’s office contacted the I
board and told of his part-time stii
status. Shortly after that he was Mitt
he had to enlist within 30 days i|
drafted. He enlisted.
He eventually returned to fttiSl
undergraduate work, get hismastenl
grec and is now working toward if
degree.
Cronauer said he has yet to
why anyone would want his autograp!;
“I was asked to sign autographs!
video store when a 13 year old girl
to me and said her neighbor was in Ii
nam when I was,” Cronauer said, L
said ‘he never talks about it. Heal
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‘Suprising Switzerland’
explores Swiss country
By Chuck Lovejoy
Entertainment Writer
About 50 people visited Switzer
land Sunday afternoon at the College
Station Hilton at the showing of “Sur
prising Switzerland,” a film explor
ing the country.
Frank Nichols, creator of the trav
elogue, attended and personally nar
rated the film.
Presented by the Texas Arts Ex
change, the film was part of an ong
oing series of travelogues making up
their “Bringing the World to Texas”
program, which travels to 12 Texas
cities.
The presentation was the 194th
showing of a travelogue since the
program’s creation.
Before the show began, Nichols
gave a brief history of Switzerland
and described what would be shown.
“When we think of Switzerland we
have to think very small — tiny,” he
said. “You could fit 17 Switzerlands
in the state of Texas with room left
over for a few cowbells and some
Swiss cheese.”
Throughout the show Nichols was
candid and warm, often creating hu
morous anecdotes out of portions of
the film, which contained only a
background score and no dialogue.
The picture itself was beautifully
photographed. Nichols took filmmak
ing courses at the University of Colo
rado, and his talent was clear in the
film’s high quality.
The film was also a well-rounded
portrayal of the country.
Often, documentaries show only
the scenery of a country. This film
contained shots of famous sites, and
also managed to allow viewers to
glimpse into the lives of the Swiss
people.
For example, the film showed
Swiss army reserve training outside
the city of Lugano.
All Swiss males must actively
serve four months in the army once
they reach the age of 20. After that,
they are members of the Swiss re
serve army until they reach the age of
50.
Also covered was the Swiss stock
exchange in Zurich, Switzerland’s
capital. Although the exchange’s pro
cedure differs from that of the United
States, the tension displayed by the
brokers is the same. Nichols captuii!
a few examples of this on film.
In addition to scenes of everyda)
life, less frequent Swiss happening J
and customs were also explored.
Nichols took viewers to the Alp®’ ,
city of Interlaken to see the dramaofg
“William ’ Tell,” a play similar it
spirit to the “Passion Plays,” whicl
tell the story of Christ.
The play tells the legendary stoi)1
of Tell, whose wrongful convictioi
and cruel punishment (to shoot a«|
apple off his son’s head) led tk
Swiss people to rise in revolt againtt |
the Austrian government to gain the
independence.
Also covered in the film were!
accordion festival in the city ofZat
and a yodeling festival and competi
tion in Langnau.
Sites such as the infamous Mattel I
horn and the Rhine Falls at Schal |
fhausen dominated the screen.
The purpose of the travelogue is I*I
allow people to visit a different coun
try by film. The only problem is that |
after seeing a beautiful film like ‘‘Sur
prising Switzerland,” it makes
want to go there even more.
We