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Page 8 The Battalion Thursday, October 12,198$ EXPERIENCE the culture of the Dominican Republic. Summer 1990! Trip is from late May to late June, 1990. Proficiency of Spanish language required (2 semesters min.) GPR at least 2.0 for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduates. Program seeks to promote a cross-cultural awareness. Room and Board will be provided by host families. Student participants are responsible for paying for all personal needs. Student participants are provided work experience related to academic studies or career goals, as available. Informational meeting: October 16, 1989 in room 228 Memorial Student Center at 5:00 P.m. Applications Available: in room 223G MSC Browsing Library Due : November 6, 1989 at 5:00 p.m. MSC Jordan Institute for International Awareness MORE HOLLER FOR YOUR DOLLAR! Super Big Gulp 49 COCA-COLA, DIET COCA-COLA 12 Pack 12 oz cans BUDWEISER, BUD LIGHT 12 Pack 12 oz NR (Bottles) 39 The sign of the times: Prices Good At Participating Stores Through 10-14-89 The Southland Corporation BROTHERS - The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra SUNDAY OCT. 15, 1989 RUDDER AUDITORIUM 4:00 P.M. Tickets available at the MSC Box Office, 845-1234 and at Dillard’s in Post Oak Mall. WSRKD 7 OH.HERE'5 A &OOVONE. "VtAR rENTHOVSt: r rusr HAP TO WRITE YOU ABOUT MY EROTIC experience..." "...X GOT PRUHK, MET A VJ0HAN IH THE BAR \HV> WE WENT TO MY CA R AUV WALLOWEP /A/ THE 3VICES OF sjN.r L — 1 ' v /—— ——T W..0F COURSEs HAVING SUCH STUPID 5EX WITHOUT A CONPOrA r CAUGHT AIDS AND AM NOW bY/NG A SLOW LONELY... Death.. by Scott McCullar © 1989 >(V UM... HERE'S A A/OTHER ONE. "dear pmm. j Y By KEVIN THOMAS Adventures In by Don Atkinson Ji\ fiFTER vS£VERfiL Houp5... COUPJAGe. THAT.S RLE IT TRFCS. TTUST 6£ VOUR- iSO-F/ TRUA TO RERl F\fter Severn. Mopl Hours... 5TftV CALM! BE RELAXED/ QUOTE 60NE RDETPN! SPADE PHILLIPS, HAVE we HERE?5oHH RATHER SUSPICIOUS CHARAcTERS,eHi 5Hhh/ Quiet oR Yoo'll QLOW ooR cover; OH...5oRRt lB/6-8ooreH BoSaEhJce |0uIlDIk/G sNHofil \ ^3-H- jfouialsb I H^vW6 PROBLEMS Bors?[' YBA.sumn | SuBncrr ) SHmuBTLEIY; LET'S jusr 1 Kidnap uh DAUbHTft FiaWftiSKi SflAST /C> - I Circus Vargas to perform! at Brazos County Arena By Todd Stone Of The Battalion Staff Featuring jugglers, wild animals and a flying trapeze act. Circus Var gas returns to Bryan-College Station with performances at the Brazos County Arena this Friday through Sunday. The Circus Vargas big top, which is the size of a football field, is the world’s largest tent. The tent-raising will be open to the public at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. Circus Vargas features exotic ani mals such as elephants, tigers and chimpanzees, and all performers are clad in outrageous costumes. New thesaurus lists historic phrases, slang NEW YORK (AP) — At first glance, it would seem that the only difference between “blowup” and “blow up” is just a thin space. Not so, according to the “Thesau rus of American Slang” (Harper 8c Row), edited by Robert L. Chapman, which lists “America’s most impor tant contemporary and historic slang words and phrases” along with their synonyms. The entry for “blowup” — de fined as “a fit of anger” — shows 13 different ways of saying it, including “lather,” “stew” and “tantrum.” Blow “to exaggerate the importance gets only seven entries, among them “make a big deal” and “pump up.” Circus Vargas features two jug gling acts: The Osmani sisters, a mother-daughter team, and Los ler- nandes, another family unit. Both acts juggle everything from balls and frisbees to hoops and pins. Ingrid Osmani of The Osmani Sisters is not only a performer, but she is also the Circus Vargas accoun tant. Osmani has two daughters, Di ana and Katia, who also perform as a part of The Osmani Sisters. Circus Vargas also features 9- year-veteran Joe Pon, who serves as ringmaster and stage manager of the show. Circus Vargas is celebrating its 20th anniversary and now averages 600 perfor mances in over lOOritial a year. More than two million peopJ see Circus Vargas a year. Showtimes are Friday at 8 pu l Saturday at 12:30 p.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1[ 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. A two-tor-one special is being oil fered for A&M faculty and studeffii for the opening night performantl on Friday. To qualify for this speed present your I.D. at the Rudder Boil Office. There is also a S2.50 (fe* count with possession of an A&Ml j niversity of Houston ticket stub tel any performances after the ganiet:l Saturday and Sunday. If you want to call someone “dumb” — “stupid; mentally slug gish” — but don’t want to use that word, the thesaurus offers a selec tion of 129 other ways to say it, in cluding “dizzy,” “dopey” and “three bricks shy of a load.” But if you want to compliment someone by attributing “smarts” — “intelligence, competence” — to him, only nine alternates are listed, among them “brains,” “savvy” and “something on the ball.” And, now it’s time to shut up —“to be quiet; stop talking” — or “bottle it,” “dry up,” “zip one’s lip.” Aggie Flashback The following information was gathered from past issues of The Battalion and reflects issues that occurred during this week in A&M’s history. 10 years ago — Seven-thousand ticket holders for the A&M and University of Houston football game were out of luck. The newly renovated but unfinished Kyle Field sported a capacity for only 57,000 spectators although 64,000 game tickets had already been sold. The scheduled com pletion date of the stadium was pushed back because of poor weather and equipment failure. Those students without seats were left standing on the track or watching the game on closed-cir cuit television in G. Rollie White Coliseum. About 800 parking spaces were lost with the enlarge ment of Kyle Field. roommate (Continued from page 6) doctor did. Start taking your shoe off. That get’s ’em every time.” “What an idiot,” my roommate mumbled. “I can’t believe it.” I was shocked. Sure, Luther was no genius, but he wasn’t an idiot ei ther. I couldn’t believe that he had so little self confidence. “No, I’m going to tell the truth,” 25 years ago — The Battalions rebuked at Yell Practice after printing a story about female A&M students contributing a log to Bonfire. Coeducation at A&M was still controversial. 50 years ago — Aggies could bin football tickets to the Texas Christian University game in Fort Worth for $1.10 with their cou pon books or pay $2.50 per ticket without the coupon. 75 years ago The editor of the The Battalion printed an article suggesting that the newspaper consider changing its name to The Sentinel. It was thought that the name The Battalion misre presented the size of the College Apparently some outside readers of the paper believed the College had only one battalion of cadets my roommate stated flatly. "I’ve-'I to do it. There’s no other way.’’ “Oh Gaaaad!” I exclaimed. ”^ can’t mean it. That’s ATROCIOI The truth never works.’ But, despite my advice, DT| went to his professor and told he; truth: He simply had not ktK about the test because he had m"r class so many times. It worked. He got to take aflij up test. It just goes to show you —se r times even geniuses can be wrong |