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BA/BS can didates on AGRICULTURE. MATH & SCIENCE are particularly needed. To learn more about how your skills can be put to work, plan to stop by or call: 1-800-442-7294 EXT 124. INFO TABLE Tuesday, OCT. 24 MSC Lobby Wednesday, OCT. 25 Rudder Fountain 9:00-4:00 FILM-SEMINAR Tuesday, OCT 24 MSC, ROOM 228 Wednesday, OCT 25 MSC, ROOM 302 7:00 pm both nights INTERVIEWS Thursday, OCT 26 Career Planning & Placement Rudder Tower 8:30-4:00 "Please bring a completed application to the interview** ASSOCIATED PRESS 0 ids The tyranny of military dictatorships in Latin Amer ica has drawn scant notice from American producers, with the notable exceptions of “Missing,” “Under Fire” and “Salvador.” Now comes “Romero,” an earnest, well- made account of the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador. The film required a powerful, charismatic actor and, happily, Raul Julia fills the central role. Julia is ideal as the mild priest who becomes a zealot in opposition to the forces he believes are destroying his country and its people. His sad, all-knowing eyes reflect his distress over the routine killings by death squads and his deter mination to speak out, regardless of the consequences. Romero is first seen in 1977 as a monsignor working among the poor. A fellow priest, Father Grande (Rich ard Jordan) has been urging the peasants to register to vote in El Salvador’s allegedly free elections. Romero urges him to follow the church’s instructions of nonin terference in political matters. When Romero is appointed archbishop, most of his fellow priests believe he is a weak choice. But when Fa ther Grande and a carload of innocent people are wiped out by gunmen, Romero begins to move the church into militancy. He holds a public funeral for the victims, much to the distaste of the military and the rich landowners. Murders, kidnapings and tortures continue, and Ro mero becomes increasingly vocal in criticizing the gen erals and their wealthy backers. He finds that Father Grande’s church has been commandeered as an army barracks, and Romero defies the soldiers by leading worshipers to the altar, declaring, “We have come to re claim this church ... in the name of God.” Romero’s activism lands him in jail, and the masses rally behind him. Obviously, he is a problem for the re gime. As he conducts mass on March 24, 1980, he is gunned down by a right-wing hit man. Though the main figure is a churchman, “Romero” is by no means a religious tract. It is a vital drama about events which the filmmakers claim are still happening in EL Salvador. studio (Continued from page 6) To sit back and listen to him play drums, jazz saxophone or a twenty- piece symphony on a single key board is amazing. It replaces the need for outside session men, adding to Bomar’s versatility and cutting studio costs. His ability to not only engineer, but also to play and sing backup vo cals on his projects has endeared him to many of College Station’s local bands. You might not have heard the name Kevin Bomar before, but you’ve probably heard the results of his work. During the last year he has produced and engineered for Street Pizza, Pathetic Sketch, Subculture. The Monads, X-it, Lady MC and others. Brian Kralyevich, bass player for Pathetic Sketch, said that Bomar’s ability to make timely suggestions without trying to control the band's direction is important to the outcome of their demo tape. “His input was very valuable,” Kralyevich said. “He would sit down with us and make suggestions, but he always left the control of the pro ject in our hands. He didn’t try to tell us what our music should sound like.” In addition to Airplay Studios, Bryan-College Station is also home to Brasswind and Texas Music Stu dios. Bomar believes that getting ac quainted with a local studio is one of the most important steps for a young band here. “If you’re a band in Bryan-Col lege Station, the best thing you can do is go into a studio and record your ideas,” he said. “That’s what it is all about. Bomar also recommends that those who are interested in produc tion or engineering become ac quainted with a studio. “The best thing to do if you are in terested in engineering is to get your feet wet in a studio. Hang around, make friends and see what you can help with. Chase donuts, get coffee, set up mikes, whatever they tell you to do. Initially you’ll be a liability, but if you stick around, you’ll switch columns and they’ll begin looking for you.” Bomar says it is also a good idea to take engineering courses in col lege. Baylor University, University of North Texas, and Sam Houston State University all have good music programs that offer general engi neering courses. Bomar says that knowledge of en gineering is not important as musical knowledge. Producers, he says, must have an extensive knowledge of music, which includes being able to play and sing backup vocals, as well as just produce the album. “Studios now are looking more for musicians/engineers/producers. They want a guy with a lot of hy phenated things. Someone who can do it all. That way it takes some of the expense and scheduling prob lems out of the project. Ideally, you have an engineer who has a wide range vocally, a strong base of music theory and the ability to transfer those tools to the project.” Slowly but surely Bomar is get ting established. He enjoys working in College Station and plans to keep his studio here. Airplay Studios is solidly booked over the next two months, with groups coming from as far as Mex ico and California. He also hopes to work more with local bands, and has a special interest in organizing a compilation album of the Bryan- College Station music scene. Before I left, Bomar relayed a story of a young Country-Western artist he had just finished producing. “She called me on the phone and said her video was going to be on the Nashville Network. I was thinking, ‘Right.’ Musicians will always tell you how they have all these connec tions here and connections there. You always hope they do, but they usually don’t. “But sure enough, a video of a song that she had recorded in this studio was on the Nashville Network on Shelly Magnum's Video Coun try. I recorded it. She of course had sent me a video, but I had to record it to believe it. I was thoroughly im pressed. It was a wonderful feeling.” Brought to you by the NCAAW Committee. Call 845-0280 for more information.