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The concert is unique in that it is the only Texas stop on the band’s current tour leg. Tickets for the concert cost S15 and will go on sale October 7 at the Rudder Box Office. The show, which features an ex cellent opening band in Pylon, could very well be the biggest musical event of the year for A&M. Today’s luxuries headed toward tomorrow’s trash ASSOCIATED PRESS Before you buy that toaster oven, designer teapot or luxury-model fax machine, beware that they all could become obsolete in the 1990s. Also on the way out, in the opin ion of designers, are disposable dia pers, plastic foam coffee cups and low resolution television sets, says Metropolis magazine. The magazine recently sent questionnaires to 150 designers around the country and followed up with in-depth interviews with 50 of them on the highs and lows of design in the 1980s. According to Susan Szenasy, edi tor, reasons for the thumbs-down on these indispensables of the ’80s vary: The diapers and cups pose environ mental hazards, conventional ovens and toasters will make way for elec tronic chip technology. Fancy tea pots are a fad, and the TV as we know it will give way to high resolu tion technology and a much sharper picture. Expensive fax machines will get cheaper, then toward the end of the decade the fax will be pushed aside by improved modems and comput ers that will nudge us further towai d a paperless society. Szenasy says the magazine under took the survey, published in its Oc tober issue, “to find out what ad vances design has made in the 1980s, if any, toward improving the quality of life. What we found out is that the ’80s was a very mixed decade.” It was good because it offered a lot of choices. It was bad because there was so much to choose from. “People bought more because things looked attractive,” she said, “but whether they really needed them re mains a question.” Designers say objects of the ’80s they will remember with pleasure in clude fax machines, personal ste reos, the restaurant range for the home, Filofax date books, track lighting, remote control for tele vision, ethnic crafts and compact disc players. What they look forward to in the ’90s are home offices and computers that do more in both home and office. In interior design, the 1980s seemed schizophrenic, said Szenasy. “It supported the two extremes of minimal Japanese design and ornate reproductions.” These two tendencies meet in postmodernism, which uses all the forms of the past but combines them in a way that could never have oc curred historically. “This mixture means we don’t really want the past,” she said. “We just want its veneer, the emotional appeal of something that we think was better.” High points of the 1980s, accord ing to designers surveyed, were such design-intensive products as profes sional quality cookware and home accessories from architects. A teapot by postmodernist architect Michael Graves is one example. They also were impressed by the influence of ergonomics in furniture, as rep resented by the high-tech office chairs that sell for as much as $800. On the other hand, a number sin gled out Post-it notes and the Dust Buster vacuum, both inexpensive in novations. Kitchens are more attractive today compared to the 1970s because of the coordination of design details on appliances and the much greater va riety and good quality of cabinetry. L/esigners say objects of the ’80s they will remember with pleasure include fax machines, personal stereos, the restaurant range for the home and Filofax date books. “The designer who many people sin gled out was Phillipe Starck,” said Szenasy. “They are betting that in the future, people will see Starck as synonymous with the ’80s.” Furniture that appealed includes the revival of the arts and crafts de sign, rustic Adirondack styles and the 1950s designs from the likes of Charles Fames. Designers think that the 1990s will be the decade of environmental con cerns. “Almost everyone made some comment about the environment,” Szenasy said. A significant comment, for exam ple, was Agnes Bourne’s: “In the ’70s, I was very involved with recy cling and natural foods. I even got arrested for my beliefs. I’m not so militant anymore, but I still have those concerns. One of the tiny things I’m doing is providing recy cling bins in kitchens to deal with waste management.” “China Beach” gets new star LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Ricki Lake smiles, which is most of the time on screen and off, it’s not part of the act. T he 21-year-old actress has plenty to smile about. She joins the cast for the third season of ABC’s “China Beach” as Holly Pelligrino, the do nut dolly. She will work often with Dana Delany, who just won an Emmy for her portrayal of nurse Colleen McMurphy. She’s in the current movie release “Cookie,” and “Cry Baby” is coming out soon. Her happy face and zaftig figure have brightened such movies as “Hairspray,” “Working Girl,” “Last Exit to Brooklyn” and TV’s “Baby Cakes” in recent years. “Holly’s well aware of why she’s in Vietnam,” said Lake. “She's a smart girl but she’s the baby of all those there. Her perky energy makes the guys happy. She reminds them of home. But she also grates on Mc- Murphy’s nerves, which is great be cause we have a little conflict. “McMurphy is moody and de pressed. It’s great to play opposite Dana. She has that edge that makes her endearing. Holly’s happiness should make her endearing, too. Her happiness is just the way she is. I’m pretty happy, too. I think we’re pretty similar.” Lake calls John Waters’ “Cry Baby” a musical comedy about juve nile delinquents in Baltimore in 1954. “It’s a kind of warped ‘West Side Story,’” she said. “I play Pepper, who’s pregnant for the third time. She just loves being pregnant. I don’t get to sing in it. In fact, I don’t sing in any of my films. But it’s the first project I’ve ever been on that I felt was going to be really, really good.” ACTION DEFENSIVE DRIVING PROGRAMS OF TEXAS DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS FOR: REDUCED INSURANCE RATES AND TICKET DISMISSAL WEEKDAYS AND SATURDAY CLASSES Classes are currently being held in Bryan/College Station at... COMFORT INN on Texas Ave. (across from Fajita Rita's) For more information and pre-registration call: 409-361-7997 In other news, the MSC Town Hall also announced the October 7th show of Indigo Girls. The popular college radio duo will be playing at Deware Fieldhouse in support of their self-titled debut album. The show will cost S5 and tickets can be purchased at the Rud der box office. October will also witness the arri val of Ten Hands (on the 19th) and Bad Mutha Goose (on the 12th) to the Parthenon. Both are excellent power-funk bands, and two of Texas’ fastest growing indie groups. Already big favorites in Houston, Dallas, and Austin, both shows are highly recommended to any and all alternative ears who like to “funk Well there it is. Hopefully some excitement can be carried over from these out of town shows to our own local music scene. Either way, Octo ber promises to be a happenin’ month for live music in College Sta tion. WE WANT YOUR el 4 COLLEGE BOWL 4r FOR INFO: MSC 216 OR 845-1515 Rhodes Scholarship 1989 Are you a senior with a 3.75 + average? If so you may be eligible for a Rhodes Scholarship. You could spend the next 2 years at Oxford University honing your career skills, widening your educational base. Contact Professor J.F. Reading Room 505, Physics 845-5073 or 696-9190 DEADLINE: SEPT. 30, 1989 REPRESENTATIVES Ashland Chemical Company is a world-wide leader within the chemical industry, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing a unique range of chemical and specialty products. Ashland Chemical will be on campus October 4th-5th to recruit seniors for Sales Representative positions. Contact your Placement Office for scheduling an interview with our company. Ashland Chemical An Equal Opportunity Employer THE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION & TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE present .... Foil Lecture Series on PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE JOANNE LUPTON Ph.D.. 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