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But this is a mtinue to Sty of the increases not rty but is well, lof should out their o come over ids. It’s on’t have an) g a thirsty oisseurs. ;st ’90 ended of tours and ie throughout n formation ling festivals 778-WINE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY STUDY ABROAD OFFICE Explore the 'a. World! Be an Exchange Student Study in Mexico, England, Scotland or Germany for TAMU Credit!! Find out how YOU can be chosen Informational Meeting Tuesday, November 13, 2:00-3:00pm 251 West Bizzell Hall Study Abroad Office • 161 Bizzell Hall West • 845-0544 Would You Spend $99 To Get A $5000 Scholarship? * There is over $4 Billion available in student aid-if you know where to find it! * You don’t need to be an “A” student or come from a “low-income” family to qualify. * You could get from $100 to $5000 in aid, based on your answers on our Student Computer Dataform. The Dataform only takes 10 minutes to fill out. * We guarantee to find you at least 6 “matches” to your Dataform, or your $99 Dataform processing fee will be returned. We usually find between 16-25 per student. * Let us save you hours of time and effort researching these “matches”. We have access to over 10,000 sources on file, and can respond to you in 3 weeks. Send for FREE Student Dataform. Scholarship Search Consultants P.O. Box 570728 Houston, TX 77257 MSC Literary Arts presents nee ®tpon a t£ime... featuring (Dr. (Donna (hfprton lecture about the role of fairytales in society and literature to give insight into the OPAS performance of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods Tuesday, November 13, 1990 6:30 pm 228 MSC Shop Drop at the Lost and Found Auction! Wednesday, November 14, 1990 10sOO a. m.-1:00 p.m. MSC Flagroom Tr Sponsored By: MSC Hospitality Tr INTERESTED IN A TRIP TO AUSTIN?^ BUS TRIP SPONSORED BY THE MAROON CLUB/LASSO FOR LADY AGGIE VOLLEYBALL VS. T.U. ON NOVEMBER 15th COST: $10.00 (includes ride, & meal on bus) (game tickets are $2.00) CONTACT THE TAMU WOMEN’S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AT 845-1052 FOR DETAILS. OR CALL CONNIE AT 775-0542 Indigo Girls pack DeWare forfeel-good^folk-rock at weekendperformance By ELIZABETH TISCH Acoustic guitars, lovebeads, smil ing faces, and devout followers set the scene for Saturday night’s con cert at DeWare Field House. The return of the Indigo Girls — Amy Ray and Emily Saliers — at tracted over 1,300 fans and made the dark field house come alive with their folk-rock, feel-good perfor mance. Opening for the Indigo Girls was the five-member Ellen James Society from Atlanta. Although I’m not fa miliar with this group, they seemed to please the disappointed fans who expected the scheduled Rave Ups. Their overall style and sound re minded me of a female-Led Zeppe lin, with plenty of energy. The Society appeared on the In digo Girls’ latest album nomads*in- dians*saints and assisted the duo with background instruments dur ing its set. The Indigo Girls’ growing popu larity allowed the “down-to-earth” duo to more than double the admis sion price from last year’s $5. Also, $250,000 worth of lighting and sound equipment brightened up this year’s show. The 1989 concert pro duction crew worked with less than half this amount. The Indigo Girls, however, really didn’t need the added gimmicks for the performance. The duo’s heart felt songs and delightful humor was all the A&M audience required. Ray and Saliers had such a good, open rapport with the audience that they sang “Itsy-Bitsy Spider” upon a casual request from a fan. Not only did they entertain with their musical talents, but they also Concert Review required the audience to think twice about topics such as relationships, family, and friends. One song in particular that mes merized the audience was a solo sung by Saliers. Her voice was capti- vizing as she sang “The Girl with the Weight of the World in Her Hands.” The lyrics were remindful not to be so quick to critically judge others be cause of the painful struggles they may be experiencing in life. The Indigo Girls do not label themselves as a religious group, but I felt a sense of peacefulness as they serenely harmonized philosophical statements to the crowd. There were plenty of times, though, where Ray and Saliers strummed their guitars with so much energy that the audience couldn’t stop their feet from stomp ing and their hips from swaying. “Hammer and a Nail” was especially delightful and drew the biggest re sponse. The concert ended about 10:30, but the crowd cheered for their re turn until 11. The Indigo Girls ended with the song “Get Together” by the Youngbloods. A peace sign was projected upon the DeWare wall as The Ellen James Society and the crowd chimed in with Ray and Sa liers. The concert was a definite success and I’m sure it would be safe to say that the Indigo Girls will be more than welcomed for another folk- rock, feel-good, future perfor mance. Michael (Matt Craven), who may have the explanation for the strange things that have been happening to Jacob (Tim Robbins), drags him away from an explosion in “Jacob’s Ladder.” The Adrian Lyne film is a Tri-Star Pictures release. ‘Jacob’ slides down ladder of insanity Pi/m questions reality vs. illusions By CAROL GLENN “Jacob’s Ladder” disturbingly ex plores the thin line between reality and illusion leaving the audience in a complete state of confusion until the last 15 minutes of the film. Frustrat ing, yes, but interesting enough to make you wait for the conclusion. Adrian Lyne, who has some expe rience in directing suspense movies such as “Fatal Attraction,” directs “Jacob’s Ladder” and implements the perfect balance between Jacob’s terror and confusion into each scene. So much in fact that the audi ence is never quite sure if Jacob is dreaming or if what is happening to him is real. The movie opens with a combat scene in Vietnam where Jacob is suf fering from bayonet stab wounds. Some Army medical personnel find him and hoist him into a helicopter. Suddenly Jacob is shaken awake. It’s the mid-’70s. He is on a New York City subway in his postal serv ice uniform heading home where he and a co-worker/lover share a small apartment. The audience learns that Jacob has recently gone through a bitter divorce, which began after his wife threw him out of the house and that his young son was killed in a car acci dent. Pretty sad, yes, but it gets worse. Jacob starts having hallucinations of demons coming after him on the streets, in subway cars and at parties. He’s not sure if he is dreaming that he is living with his girlfriend from the post office, that his son is dead, or even that he ever had a divorce. He can’t tell if the demons are real or if he is in hell. Flashbacks of Vietnam haunt him nearly every night and the hallucina tions are making him paranoid. He is sure he’s going crazy. But what is the cause of all of this? He also discovers at a funeral of a Film Review fellow platoon member that he’s not the only one in his platoon having these nightmares. Is the Pentagon covering up something that happened in Viet nam? Is he already dead and having difficulty making peace before as cending to heaven or is he doomed to a life in hell? He has to find out the answers to these questions for the sake of his sanity and for his own peace. I wish I would have known more about this movie before going to see it. I didn’t know what was going on during most of the film until the last 15 minutes. Despite what the advertisements suggest, this is not a horror film. This movie is more of an account of a tragedy that happens to a Vietnam veteran and his platoon and how it involves the United States govern ment. “Jacob’s Ladder” stars Tim Rob bins as Jacob Singer, Elizabeth Pena as Jezzie (Jacob’s girlfriend) and Danny Aiello as Jacob’s chiropractor and fatherly figure who gives the ad vice Jacob needs to gain peace with the world. The cast works well to gether to produce a believable sus pense-filled movie. The movie is interesting, but it is confusing and somewhat frustrating to watch. You never quite know if he this is a dream within a dream, if it’s reality or if Jacob is dead. What is going on? It’s the type of film that you want to ask someone what’s hap pening, but you’re sure that things are going to get clearer any minute. “Jacob’s Ladder,” which is rated R and now showing at Manor East Three, may have you climbing the walls, but it is enlightening intensity. 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I can t do all things, but I can do something. That which I can do, I ought to do, and that which I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do." Date: Time: Place: Admission: Mon., Nov. 12, 1990 7:00 p.m. Rudder Theatre Free Everyone is welcome! %