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©yfld] ^@y' Oo^© ft® ftriiwsO ft® OsoTOgiy^ ys^ft SyoinBTDsrl 5 .as a cultural exchange student in coordination with the Georg August University in Gottingen, West Germany. Trip is from May 22 to June 19, 1990. Fluency in German is not required. Program is strictly a cultural exchange. Room and board will be provided by host families. Reside in the city of Gottingen. Trips to other locations in Germany. October 2, 1989 in room 404 Rudder at 8:30 p.m. i§)i in room 223G MSC Browsing Library Due-October 9, 1989 at 5:00 p.m. MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness SPORTS BAR & MORE! OPEN DAILY FOR LUNCH Pit Bar-B-Q Every Weekend Beach Volleyball Tournament 3 man Sunday starting 1 p.m. Sign up in advance OPEN TO 24 TEAMS DANCING NIGHTLY Pitcher Draft Beer $2.95 Pitcher Margaritas $3.25 Happy Hour 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. During Happy Hour: Longnecks .75 Pitchers $2.75 OPEN 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. Daily 504 Harvey Road 696-8888 1600 Texas Ave. S. College Station 693-2627 TANQUERY STERLING VODKA SOUTHERN COMFORT 80 " 750 m SAUZA TEQUILA CO-PACK $10 39 COKE DIET COKE 2 Liter SPRITE BUSCH 16 GAL. includes 401b. of ice & 50 cups Cash and checks only on sale items. Thurs.-Sat. Sept. 28-30 Page 8 The Battalion Thursday, September 28,19 WRRD FOR god's SAKE, DOESN'T ANYONE AT THIS STATION CAKE THAT I'VE BEENCHANSEP INTO A FROG BV AN All EH COtfTFDL PANEL? by Scott McCullar WALDO By KEVIN THOMA THE CREATURE WITH PRESIDENT MOBLEY'S BRAIN IS ON THE LOOSE AFTER WYLBUR LET HIM GO... DESPITE BEING FIRST IN LINE, WYLBUR AND HIS FRIEND STILL GET LOUSY FOOTBALL TICKETS BECAUSE OF THE DUMB RANDOM DISTRIBUTION... SPADE PHILLIPS, PI. i?y M-rrr h)0~/*L$ki WELL pocK I'vE still CtoT RpLF HNODolf WoRKWfc SltAveillA^cE on MRS. DoRFMAN Maybe fhey'/i 1 Finally cqtch ' HER in the ACT. Goten Abend Vatek, it iz us , yo<jr Sows , Rolf and DolF. vt HAVE PICTURES Of MRS. OORFMfitJ ALR16HT... WE'YE Finally 6oT Something To Pin/ [ ON HER... LETS SEE 'EMI Hrw™ ...(Jed... oh-« • ...Om...WHrtr EMtTir ARE THESE PctuRESoT? CAN DIO Pictures! / Z£ Nude woo OF SEKALDo RfvE/fa ON MRS. IbRFMM'S ^ Burr. THAT'S I DIS6UST1HA / Bcrrs rtt /tffMD THESE REAIXT W NoroonofeibHaPdii' Adventures In Cartooning by Don Atkinson Jr. THE EffTTLE FOR THE /VI. 6.6. TREES WAS GOING WELL FOR. THE SOOIRR£L5... TEN aJDDCMLV, THE CONSTRUCTION CREIN UNLEASHED ft "SECRET WEAPON!' <9 CHEAP TRICK, /HMj Tabloid TV signalling the end of television as we know it v s V V V s Sensationalism is the name of the television game. A television program aired earlier this week that made me realize that TV has finally fallen completely into the slime pit. It had been clinging weakly to the edge but recently lost its grip and slipped. The program that I’m referring to is “Rescue 911,” a dramatization of actual crisis situations that were avoided or nearly avoided with the help of the 911 emergency system. While 91 1 is unquestionably a vital system for saving lives, the produc ers of this “docudrama” have ex ploited the victims of emergencies and splattered their pain across our television screens for our viewing pleasure. “Rescue 911” is merely the most recent of tabloid television “news” programs to make network time slots. These shows reek of sensationa lism just like a Zsa Zsa Gabor police brutality trial. In fact, one tabloid show has aired continuing coverage of Gabor and her troubles. “Rescue 911” is probably the most innocent and the only semi-sensa- tion-seeking show of the current crop, but it is a good example of how far Hollywood will go to entertain viewers. I used to think that Oprah Winf rey and Geraldo Rivera were quite shameless and scandalous with their material, but Maury Povich of “A Current Affair” has Oprah and Ger aldo beat by miles. So forget neo-Nazis, children of transsexual parents and people who have been assaulted by spirits. You don’t need to fight with your Cray Pixley Assistant Lifestyles Editor roommate over Winfrey or Rivera (whose shows air at the same time here in College Station); every day you have in one man — Povich — all the trash that is unlit to air. His show is far more sleazy and sensationalism-mongering than any body else’s. After all, Povich and company are the ones that brought us such gems as the “Preppie Murder” guy Robert Chambers with his video of strang ling a Barbie doll. He also has had the Rob Lowe sex tapes and a child bride in a polyga mist family, not to mention a 17- year-old high school senior who wanted to go to his prom with his 40- year-old, married next-door neigh bor. And if a story involves celebrities like the Jacksons or Lowe, the cover age is really in-depth. I’m sure none of could make it through the day without these shows. Some may argue that these shows are not news at all, but light enter tainment for the average American. They are not news and they are hiirdly entertainment. Don’t do it. Don’t watch Po«; “A Current Affair” or ihelook-i show “Inside Edition.” flic on! ference is that “Inside Edition' some other smarmy character; nouncing each tidbit of trash. These shows should only be r ated if you are sitting on theconJ brain-dead tired from a roughrj of classes or work, and p-j stranded without the remote (1 trol. That is how I often have foil myself a prisoner to these progn j But these days, tabloid teleu f is difficult to avoid because «l seemingly everywhere and one'] channel. Granted, once you start watch] these shows it is difficult toturnl the trash. They draw you in'I each morbid story. “Rescue 911,” “Inside Editij “A Current Affair” and “Unsoh] Mysteries” have crisis after cti] with murderers and screaming I tints around every corner. These shows seem tobesa«i “If you don’t have anythingbaclt| pening to you, at least you Can "Cl it happening to other f] through the drama of real-lift 1 creations.” After all, seeing is belie 15 ! right? Tabloid TV thrives on actual age of criminals, sex offendenl just perverse people. They seeh*! dilate our minds with shocking^ lations of how low people can go-1 I prefer to get my news tl™ fashioned way. Call me when these shot cancelled. Marsalis family members top charts togethei ASSOCIATED PRESS Two of the Marsalis brothers are holding down two of the top spots on Cashbox magazine’s traditional jazz chart. As August ended, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis’ “The Majesty of the Blues” was No. 2 and saxophon ist Branford Marsalis’ “Trio Jeepy” was No. 4. As September began, “Trio Jeepy” was No. 3 and “Maj esty” was No. 4. Columbia Records was happy either way; both brothers record for Columbia. Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, third performing son of pianist Ellis Marsalis, has produced all four of Branford’s records and the sound track for “Do the Right Thing.” Del feayo has just graduated from the Berklee College of Music, so he isn’t, as yet, giving his brothers competi tion on the best-selling charts. Nei ther is 11-year-old Jason, who plays drums. The family seldom performs to gether, Branford says. He, Wynton and their father were on one side of “Fathers and Sons,” playing their fa ther's post-bop style. Chico and Von Freeman played on the other side of the Columbia record. hours or minutes. His latherop 1 some shows for Branford this' E mer. Was that fun? We I Fc Wi “I much prefer to open lorT says Branford. “I feel weirdM my Dad open for me. After the fun. It is good to be around hu"j talk to him. 1 love him. Hetal' sic. I don’t like to.” Often, Wynton and Branford go in and out of an airport on the same day, missing each other by a few Branford says he doesn't 5 the sales figures of his album' though he did when he star^ cording. “When I accepted the- lenge of playing jazz, 1 made scious decision to play a mu* 5 wasn’t going to sell a lot of rec‘ _ decided to practice what I pre-*'