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Monday, August 28,1989 The Battalion Page 7C s (The sound of music hits A&M ^Department could offer minor in music as early as this year ;indy McMillian - MSC, fhe day. t.Staff writer kd In the old days, A&M students who wanted to ays 9 sltucly music at college were out of luck, but times | /■changing. New faculty, facilities and courses ■e increased the University’s music offerings Hn a couple of survey classes to a curriculum atpus. Fulljlgt could lead to a minor in music, n vveekdj|iB) r - Werner Rose, Coordinator of the Music • for brfMgram, said that recent changes in the pro- mch and iT 3 " 1 included new faculty, completion of office 'pen Saiy i anc * practice areas in the Academic Building and reakfas culriculum development. Rose said a minor in ;h and•! ■ s i c m igh t be possible this year. Tier. Optwb'jors within the College of Liberal Arts m. fori.ffifaliy require 1 2 or 15 hours in a minor course p m. fo r y°fstudy. Since the music program offers six reg- ■r courses and three special interest courses in I ■ fall, students may now take enough music ^ Coii"» lst s to satisf y l b e hour requirement for a mi- , 1 not. ■lose said quite a few students have ap- ofSbjjjjBached him about the possibility of minoring s 0 f f| in music. He said he will make recommendations y| e of (ourses that count towards a minor, possibly ‘tnd Orl salad ar.£ e mark. 'tore, stllr ■cessiiie> ( 10 11 p (Continued from page 3) I p.m. making two of the four courses required and leaving the other two electives. “With the addition of faculty members for the fall, we now have the three legs necessary for a music program — history, theory and perfor mance,” he said. Dr. Alan Houtchens and Dr. Laurine Marlow joined the program for the fall semester, bring ing the total number of faculty members to six. Music classes are held in the south wing of the fourth floor of the Academic Building, which houses recently completed practice rooms, fac ulty and program offices, a listening lab and a music room which serves as a recital hall, class room and rehearsal room for the program. Rose said that music at A&M has been divided between between the Aggie Band in the Corps, choral groups in the Memorial Student Center and the music program in the College of Liberal Arts, but he is “constantly exploring avenues for increased cooperation between the three music areas.” Rose said the music program, which is part of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities, will continue sponsoring events such as free brown bag concerts in cooperation with the Op era and Performing Arts Society and the Jordan Institute; the University Chamber Series; the Ly ric Art Festival in cooperation with the University of Houston School of Music and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts; and a lecture series in co operation with the women’s studies program. Rose said a music and humanities lecture se ries will begin this fall. Most music courses for the fall are filled, but Rose said several spaces are still available in MUSC 489.501 The History of Music I and MUSC 489.504 The Faust Legend in Music. The 489 classes are new subjects designed for all stu dents, Rose said, and have no prerequisites. Houtchens, one of the new faculty members, will teach The History of Music I and The Faust Legend in Music this fall. The latter class involves reading Faust, Goethe’s famous novel about an elderly student who sells his soul to the devil, and studying different musical works that have been based on the novel, Rose said. Houtchens earned his Ph.D. in music history from the University of California at Santa Bar bara and specializes in nineteenth-century music, opera and the works of Antonin Dvorak. Marlow, the other new faculty member, is a visiting lecturer in music appreciation who spe cializes in twentieth century music and women composers. e Vein 7 Engine md snadi ys 7:30i: lection i going to let me take home a new car with no obligation.” ■lickey said that when she told the salesman and the sales manager she did not want to take the car home before whe talked to her parents about buying it, they asked her if she lived at home. ■When I said no, they said, ‘Then how will they know if you bring the car home?’ That would be like Tying to my parents, and I don’t like being told to lie.” ■When Hickey left the salesman, she told him she would get in touch with him if she decided she was in- lerested in buying the car. ■He still called everyday the next w§ek,” she said. “I realize that he wanted his commission, but he chased me away. “He didn’t need that sale so much that he was going hungry or any thing. You could tell that from the big gold ring and gold watch he was wearing. He would have had a lot better chance at getting it if he hadn’t tried to rush me.” On the other hand, Tracey Da venport, a senior mechanical engi neering major from Lake Jackson who recently shopped for a new car, said she had no problems with the salespeople’s techniques. “They weren’t really pushy, they were helpful, and, overall, I was pleased,” she said. “I’ve shopped for cars before and I know it can be a really tacky experience.” Davenport did feel pressure from the salesperson to buy, however. She said she told him she wouldn’t be able to buy a car until after her grad uation in a year, but he kept telling her to use her old car as a down pay ment and buy the car now. “That would have made my car payments only slightly more than my rent every month,” Davenport said. “He was only trying to make his sale,” she said, “and it could have been a lot worse.” “They went out of their way to be really helpful,” she said, “and they answered all my questions and al most told me more than I really wanted to know. “Sometimes the salespeople talk to women like they can’t tell the steer ing wheel from the gas pedal. That’s sort of what it was like when I bought my first car. But this guy talked like I halfway understood what he was talking about. It was a refreshing change.” The dealership has kept in contact with Davenport through telephone calls and mailings. The sales man ager has called her twice to give her new information on financing and rebates, and the sales representative sent her a thank-you note for shop ping at the dealership and a plain photo of the car with a note on the back that said, “1 just thought ypu’d like to have this.” “They’re staying in touch, but I don’t feel like I’m being harrassed,” Davenport said. “I’m glad they want my business, and I want that car. I’ll buy it from them as soon as I can get the money together.” ''Churches ontinued from page 2) e, Colley fellowship rves 1 1406 Ursuline; 822-4574 an food ir IfirT 1228 ■ J228 West Villa Maria Road; 779- [idwiclu|2!)7 ?, ColWBjnited 1707 N East Bypass; 77S-00f,7 les, mtholic §|St Anthony’s rive, ' 30(i South Parker; 823-4267 BSt. Joseph’s ■0 East 29th Street; 822-2721 , Colleyllst. Mary’s Kb Nagle; 846-5717 ves M : St. Th omas Aquinas fried f 101 East Bypass; 693-6994 'e beer. ®Santa Teresa iment 1212 Lucky; 822-2932 I mburch of Christ, United Church of Ave., ^'Whrist ■a&m ive., &I10O1 FM 2818 East; 693-0400 ■Brazos Valley ken 3131 Briarcrest Drive; 822-5326 Bryan: j| Cavitt Street BOO Qavitt; 822-4844 nth, C-'T Central 1600 East 29th Street; 822-3010 1 Faith United Brya" : ]2402 South College Ave.; 823-0135 Friends United 1300 FM 2818 Martin Luther King Street 1104 Martin Luther King Street East; 822-7790 Twin City 810 Southwest Parkway; 693-1758 Church of God in Christ Twin City 206 West 21st Street; 822-7305 Episcopal St. Andrews 217 West 26th Street; 822-5176 St. Francis 1101 Rock Prairie Road; 696-1491 St. Thomas’ 906 Jersey; 696-1726 Interdenominational, Full Gospel Lighthouse International Out reach 4004 North Texas Avenue; 778-7971 New Life In Christ 4342 Carter Creek Parkway; 846-1682 Lutheran Beautiful Savior 1007 Krenek Tap Road; 693-4514 Bethel 410 East Lane; 822-2742 Holy Cross 1200 Foxfire Drive; 764-3992 Our Saviour’s Tauber North; 846-5011 1100 FM 2818; 846-5011 Methodist, United Methpfjjst, A&M United Methodist 417 University Drive; 846-8731 Aldersgate United Methodist 6501 East Bypass; 696-1376 First United Methodist Church 506 East 28th Street; 779-1324 Lee Chapel United Methodist 903 North Washington; 822-0437 St. Paul’s United Methodist 2506 Cavitt Avenue; 779-7608 Pentacostal, United Pentacostal Cavalry Apostolic Church 206 W. 30th Street; 776-3592 New Life Tabernacle Highway 21 West; 778-1539 Post Oak Christian Church 4010 Harvey Road; 778-1539 United Pentacostal Church East Highway 21; 778-1806 Presbyterian A&M 301 Church Avenue; 846-5631 First 1100 Carter Creek; 823-8073 Korean Church of A&M 3333 Oak Ridge; 776-6308 Westminster 3333 Oak Ridge; 776-1185 Other Churches Agape Fellowship 209 Bizzell; 823-0768 Brethern Church of B-CS 2600 East Bypass; 693-3606 Central Christian Church 3205 Lakeview; 823-5747 Christian Science Society 201 Boyett North; 846-4082 Christian Church of B-CS 900 South Ennis; 823-5451 Church of the Nazarene 2222 East W. J. Bryan; 776-2735 Great Commission Church 700 Krenek Tap Road; 764-8776 Grace Bible Church 701 Anderson; 693-2911 Hillel Foundation-B’Nai B’Rith 800 Jersey; 696-7313 Hope Evangelical Free Church FM 60; 846-2382 Seventh Day Adventist 1218 Ettle; 822-2995 Unitarian Fellowship 305 Wellborn Road; 696-5285 United Campus Ministry 301 Church Ave. North; 846-1221 Unity Community Church 3010 Spruce; 776-5683 8C 1 i tion. £ sity9 £ JUSTIN LACERS LACE-UP ROPERS ;an. URETHANE * STEEL LACED $ BELTS 19.99 $ WITH BOOT i PURCHASE Open 9 a m.-9 p.m. Mon.<Sat. CAVENDER’S BOOT CITY 1400 HARVEY ROAD (NEXT TO POST OAK MALL) 696-8800 OPEN SUNDAY 12:30-5:30 $ I MasterCard VISA American Express Discover MSC Open House helps groups recruit members By Timm Doolen Of The Battalion Staff Many of Texas A&M’s student organizations will be doing their best to recruit new members at the Open House in the Memorial Student Center Sunday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Public Relations commit tee of MSC Council is holding Open House under the direction of Chris Britton, a sophomore ag ricultural education major and director of External Public Rela tions for the MSC. “Open House is the best way to get the most people involved in campus activity,” Britton said. Kevin Jackson, associate direc tor for Programs in the MSC and the adviser for MSC Public Rela tions, said more than 150 organi zations are expected to attend Open House with display tables covering virtually all of the first and second floors of the MSC. “Open House started out of a need that students voiced to get an idea of how many opportuni ties on campus there are,” Jack- son said. “So the MSC decided to invite various student organiza tions across campus to set up a booth and explain to people what they do and how to get involved.” Open House has grown stead ily and reached a peak last year with 145 organizations attending, Jackson said. “Registration is ahead of last year, so we may get close to 170 or 180 organizations registered this year,” he said. Jackson estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 students and community members attended last year’s fall Open House, and he expects attendance to be slightly better this year. Britton said those attending will enter through the main en trance by the bookstore. There they will receive a bag that con tains a map, pamphlets and other materials. He said this is the first time information bags, supplied by Post Oak Mall, will be distrib uted. The map will have a list of organizations and their locations in the MSC. “The organizations aren’t grouped by area, such as colleges or MSC committees,” Britton said. “They’re allocated on a first- come, first-serve basis, because we find that’s the most demo cratic way for organizations to get tables.” Jackson said the purpose of Open House is to give students and community members a chance to preview opportunities to get involved through student organizations. Open House will include enter tainment from the Aggie Wran glers, the Aggie Allemanders, the Tae Kwon Do Club, the Fencing Club and singing by Miss Texas A&M, Amy Hopkins, in the flag room of the MSC, and area busi nesses are donating prizes for a giveaway. “This Open House should have the biggest attendance pf any so far,” Britton said. OCC (Continued from page 1) panics come to inform students about the realistic aspects of off cam pus life. Since off campus life has so many different aspects, OCC has orga nized a two-session seminar called Living Off Campus at A&M. The first session, scheduled for Wednes day at 5 p.m. in Room 226 in the MSC, will feature Bob Wiatt, direc tor of the University Police Depart ment, discussing security. Other top ics will include managing money and enjoying college. The second session, at the same time and place on Sept. 4, will deal entirely with off campus roommates. Thompson said the OCC hascreafed a video with the most common sticky roommate situations represented. The video should help students han dle things such as overnight guests of the opposite sex, excessive party ing, changing values, apartment se curity and the “roommate from hell,” Thompson said. In an effort to acquaint off cam pus students, the OCC will have an Off Campus Student Spirit Rally to day before All University Night. “It can be intimidating to walk to All ‘U’ Night alone because people usually go in groups,” Thompson said. “This way everybody can walk over together.” Points Plus (Continued from page 1) worry if I have enough cash with me all the time,” Jones said. “This way, I don’t always have to go to the (auto matic teller machine) or cash a check when I go out.” Points Plus is a new corporation with the Bryan-College Station area as its first customers. Points Plus president Jody Read said she was inspired with the idea of an off-cam pus debit card when he was doing in dependent contract work for the A&M “Aggie Bucks” program. Some people are under the mis conception that Points Plus is affil iated with A&M, Fulfer said. “We don’t want people to think we are using the legitimacy of the Uni versity; we are legitimate in our own fright as a private corporation.” The card should have a mass ap peal because it is a free account, Fulfer said. “We’re really striving for conve nience,” she said. Back to School 4 DRAWER CHEST REG. *89 95 $69 95 SAVE $ 20 00 5 DRAWER CHEST REG. *109 95 $7095 SAVE $ 30 00 ROLLIE BURR’S UNFINISHED FURNITURE CENTER 314 N. MAIN DOWNTOWN BRYAN 822-7052