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Speaker gives cultural critique
of regional artistic movements
Light, inspected the ongoing
ds in the Texas artistic commit-
By Chuck Lovejoy
Staff Writer »
The opening of “The First Texas
TrienniaL" an art show at Rudder
Exhibition Hall, came complete with
commentary.
Marise McDermott, an and politi
cal commentator for the San Anto
nio
trends
nity and discussed the views of seve
ral of the anists featured in the
Triennial'.
McDermott immediately an
nounced that she was not present to
give a review of the exhibition.
“I come here not as an an critic,”
McDermott said. “I came here to
night to give more of a cultural cri-
tique of ongoing artistic
movements.”
McDermott elaborated with a de
tailed description of the history of
Texas an.
remoi
of a central, distinctive style used by
many of the anists in an area or
state, dominated the Texas anistic
scene in the beginning.
McDermott said the regionalism
of Texas artists resulted in the state's
western image, as the anists dealt
mainly with the Texas landscape and
Texan themes, such as cowboy hats
and rattlesnakes.
But, McDermott said, as the
Triennial’ shows, this style domi
nates the Texas an world no longer.
She even went so far as to call the ex
hibit "patendy anti-regional” and re
flecting the current trend in Texas
an, a promising trend that almost
shuns regional themes.
The art in this state is hot.” Mc
Dermott said. “If you’re not in New
York or Chicago, you need to be in
Texas to be a writer or visual anist.”
Following the brief artistic history
lesson, McDermott began to concen
trate on the exhibit itself, taking a
journalistic approach in describing
the works of art featured in the
show.
She relayed to the audience por
tions of interviews she had with seve
ral of the anists represented in the
Triennial,' allowing those attending
the lecture an insight into the artists'
motivations and feelings about their
work.
McDermott also gave descriptions
of other types of Texas an forms, in
cluding the writings being produced
today tn the Texas literary field. She
focused briefly on the present San
Antonio anistic community as well,
since the Triennial,’ which was com
piled by the Comtemporarv Arts
Museum of Houston from artists
around the state, has such a strong
Houston influence.
McDermott herself found the
showing to be extraordinary, calling
it a "milesione in Texas art history."
“When I went through the ex
hibit, I was struck with the amount
of global issues that were represen
ted,” she commented.
In her closing statement, McDer
mott said that although she found
this worldwide awareness in an ex
citing. she said it worried her as well
because it practically spell* the end
to the anistic image of Texas, the re-
gionalistic one, and also threatens
the regionalistic artist.
“1 am just worried that people are
being left out,” she said.
"Tne First Texas Triennial" is be
ing sponsored by Texas A&M Uni
versity Art Exhioits and will be on
display through February 18. The
exhibit's hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
daily.
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What’s Up
Friday
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST: will have a Friday Night Alive meeting at
7:30 p.m. in 106 Harrington
DATA PROCESSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: will have a mem
bership drive and a diskette and paper sale from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Blocker
lobby.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon at the Center for Drug Preven
tion and Education.
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: will have registration in 159 Read for basketball,
prsasaaon baltMball. 3-on-3 basketball and aerobics daaaaa.
TAMU RUGBY: will play at the Woodlands Rugby Club. For more information
about schedules or practices call 846-3122.
CLASS OF 89: Is accepting pictures and negatives for the senior banquet slide
show in the Student Programs Office
STUDENT Y/ T-CAMP: applications for counselor and T-Team art available in
211 Pavilion
Saturday
ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will present a gospel concert by Ysis
Espana at 7:30 p.m. in the All Faiths Chapel.
STUDENT CHAPTER AMERICAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION: will present
'Working Dog Exhibition" from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Pearce Pavilion For event
information call Theresa Norris at 696-0662
PERUVIAN ASSOCIATION: will meet to coordinate semester activities at 6:30
p.m. at Manual Zuniga's house
TAU KAPPA EPSILON, will have an open party at 8:31 p.m. at 102 S. Parker.
Sunday
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: wiU have a Bible study at 9:30 a-m. at
St. Mary s Student Center, i v . . ; j. ^ **0441
Monday
CBA HONORS ASSOCIATION, will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 404 Rudder
COLLEGIATE 4-H; will meet at 8 p.m. in 123 Kleberg
TAMU RUGBY: will practice at 6 p.m. in the Penberthy softball complex. No ex
perience is necessary
POLmCAL SCIENCE SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 230 MSC
ALPHA KAPPA PSI: will have an informational rush meeting at 6:30 p.m. in 201
MSC
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: will meet at noon at the Center for Drug Preven
tion and Education.
MINORITY ASSOCIATION OF PRE-HEALTH AGGIES: will have an ice cream
social and elections at 7 p.m. in 302 Rudder.
TAMU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB: will have a general meeting at 7 p.m. in 228
MSC. All students are welcome
ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS: will meet at 8 30 p.m. in 41.0
Rudder Everyone interested in astronomy is invited
ACM: will have a membership drive and T-ehirt sale from 9 a m. - 4 p.m. in the
Zachry lobby
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: Parents of the year applications are avail
able in the Guardroom. Pavilion. Evans Library, and the Student Programs Of
fice and are due Feb. 10.
BUCK WEIRUS SPIRIT AWARD: applications are available in the MSC. Stu
dent Affairs offices and the vice president of student services office through Feb.
1.
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Police captain:
Schoolyard killer
‘hated everybody’
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Pat
rick Purdy, the gunman who killed
Five Southeast Asian children in a
crowded schoolyard, had no grudge
against any particular ethnic group,
just "a hate for everybody,” police
said Thursday.
Thirty other people were
wounded in Tuesday's attack at
Cleveland Elementary School, which
ended when Purdy — a loner with
drug and alcohol problems and a
fascination with all things military —
killed himself.
Most of his victims were children
of Southeast Asian retugees, but
Capt. Dennis Perry said that
through his lifetime. Purdy had de
veloped a hale for everybody.
Perry said Purdy’s enemy list ap
parently varied from day to day. He
might be mad at one group but “the
next day if he talked to Joe Dokes
and he talked about the Lebanese ...
he probably didn’t like them either "
Purdy was described as a clanger
to himself and others and suffering
'from rmkh mental retardation-in*a*
mental health report prepared after
his arrest in El Dorado County in
1987, Perry said. Arrested for firing
at trees witn a pistol, he tried to hang
himself and slit his wrists while in
custody, authorities said.
Perry described Purdy, who at-
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ban could result in export losses for
‘variety meats' of between $77 mil
lion and $145 million a year, but
these market losses could have a sub
stantial impact on domestic Ameri
can markets,” he said.
The only way to change the image
of growth-promoting hormones is
for the consumers to know the whole
truth, Cross said.
“If consumers could see the whole
picture and get all the information
and facts at one time, they would
come out strongly in favor of hor
mones," he sakT “The major safety
concern is not residues in meat. It s
the controlling of pathogenic orga
nisms that grow on our food. But,
most consumers aren’t concerned
with that."
In comments to the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, Texas Agriculture
tended the school as a boy. as a
“loner, no friends, no particularly-
known girlfriends, a problem with
alcohol, a problem with marijuana
and a distinct dislike for everybody
— not a particular race, everybody."
“In a way he beat us, because we’ll
never know” why he did it, said
Perry, chief of the investigation.
Purdy, 24, slipped into the school
yard after detonating a pipe bomb in
his battered station wagon. He Fired
more than 100 bullets with a
Chinese-made semi-automatic AK-
47 assault rifle before taking his own
life with a pistol.
The five youngsters killed were all
children of Southeast Asian refu
gees. A 6-year-old boy remained in
serious condition Thursday and 17
pupils and a teacher were in stable
condition. The others were treated
and released.
Steve Sloan, who worked with
Purdy at a Stockton machine shop,
said Thursday he remembered a
conversation in which Purdy ex
pressed his dismay at how well Viet
namese refugees were treated in the
United States.
"We allow Vietnames to come in
’and we give them a place of resi
dence and a car and money and help
to Find a job,” Sloan said in describ
ing Purdy’s attitude.
Commissioner Jim Hightower ex-
f tressed a view of the ban opposite
rom the Texas cattle industry.
“There is no good guy in this,"
Hightower said. ’ ihts is a health is
sue. not a trade issue.”
Cross, who worked on Hightow
er’s Lean Beef Task Force, said
Hightower is trying to Find scirntiflc
proof backing the claims that
growth-promoting hormones are
dangerous, but he can not.
“1 disagreed 100 percent with
Hightower when 1 worked for him
and I still do,” Cross said. “High-
lower won’t Find any negative scien
tific facts about the hormones. Ex-
E rrts, including a commission in
urope, an international marketing
group and the Wor|d Health Orga
nization concur that growth-promot
ing hormones pose no risk to con
sumers."
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