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Tuesday, October 15,11
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Pockets of silver
Dancers to receive Susan B. Anthony dollars
By Alysia Woods
The Battalion
Soviet dancers with the Bol
shoi Ballet Grigorovich Company
will have a decidedly American
jingle in their pockets after the
Wednesday premiere of Swan
Lake at Texas A&M.
The troupe's daily allowances
will be doled out in Susan B. An
thony dollars, an idea developed
during the company's 1990 U.S.
premiere at A&M, says Bill Morri
son, a representative for the MSC
Opera and Performing Arts Soci
ety (OP AS).
"We realized the dancers
loved to go shopping in the area,"
Morrison says. "They would
spend all of the money that was
given to them almost instantly."
The Bolshoi arrives tonight
and will stay a week for several
performances of Swan Lake. The
85 dancers and production assis
tants are paid $25 daily.
Members of the dance compa
ny use the money to buy clothes
or to dine out at local restaurants.
Morrison says the Susan B.
Anthony dollar idea was devel
oped to show area businesses
what kind of impact the ballet has
on the local economy.
"They will be spending all
their money in Bryan-College Sta
tion because they can get more for
their money here than in the Sovi
et Union," Morrison says. "They
don't have the opportunity to buy
what we often take for granted."
As a result of the company's
week-long spending sprees, the
Susan B. Anthony dollars will be
highly recognizable, he says.
Julie Ogborn, a human re
sources manager at Foley's in
Post Oak Mall, says the idea is
"rather exciting."
"Last year, we were some
what aware of whom they were
because of the language barrier,"
Ogborn said. "But this is just an
other way for us to recognize
them and give them special atten
tion in the store."
In addition to the dancers' per
diem. Rudder Box Office and
some concession stands will give
change in Susan B. Anthony dol
lars. Morrison says about $17,000
was obtained from the Dallas
Federal Reserve System with the
help of Don Adam, chief execu
tive officer and chairman of the
board at First American Bank in
Bryan.
Anne Black, executive director
of OPAS, says the effort was not
easy.
"We basically cleaned out the
federal reserve in Dallas," Black
says.
Morrison says each dollar
spent in Bryan-College Station is
turned over seven and a half
times. The more it circulates, he
says, the more the coin's value in
creases and that's how the B-CS
economy can benefit from the Su-
Last year, members of the Boshoi Ballet spent money in Bryan-College Station
area businesses. This year, the dancers' spending sprees will be more noticable
because they will be using Susan B. Anthonly dollars.
san B. Anthony circulation cam
paign.
"It will last for a long time",
Morrison says. "We will notice
them much more and will be re
minded of the Bolshoi company."
A&M students. Matinee prices
are lower for the ballet's weekend
performance.
Tickets for Swan Lake are
available at the Rudder Box Office
and are $30, $40 and $50 for non
students and $20, $30 and $40 for
Swan Lake will be presented
beginning tonight in Rudder Au
ditorium. Performances will last
through Sunday. Evening perfor
mances are at 7 p.m. and Satur
day and Sunday matinees at 1:30
p.m.
Richards doubts benefit j e s
of harassment hearings
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AUSTIN (AP) - The three
days of televised hearings on sex
ual harassment charges against
U.S. Supreme
Court nominee
Clarence Thomas
have focused the
nation's atten
tion on a very se
rious problem.
Gov. Ann
Richards said
Monday.
But the gov
ernor said she's
not certain the controversy will
help eliminate work place harass
ment.
"I think it has certainly
brought to the forefront an issue
that both men and women need to
be more aware of/' Richards said.
"I really thought about this a
lot last night. I think whatever ef
fect that it has in an immediate
way is probably beneficial, in that
there's a lot of discussion about it
... But I suspect that anyone who is
in the habit of harassment, after
an initial self-examination, will
probably keep on,” she said.
Thomas on the nation's hif
court.
"I just felt really terriblvj
for both those people,"
"They both are so sincere,
people who speak on their
are so sincere, that I thinkt:
must be a semblance of tru 1 ,-
what both of them are saying.
"I guess I came away witr
feeling that we all oughtto
nicer to each other. I've alt,
been glad I wasn't in the Uni
States Senate, and today I'me
happier," she said.
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hearings — which includedtc,
cross-examination of Ms. Hil
demonstrate difficulties enct
tered by women who presssi
charges.
She recalled some senai
questioning Ms. Hill's former
leagues about why they didn't
vise her to speak out when the
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the governor said she watched
portions of the televised hearings
over law professor Anita Hill's al
legations against Thomas, who
was her boss in two federal jobs in
the early 1980s.
Richards said she was torn by
the testimony of both, adding that
she's happy she won't have to cast
a vote on whether to place
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perfect example of whyyoud;
file suit. Because you know
you do, you're going to
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Bentsen, Gramm choose opposite sides on Supreme Court nominatioi
WASHINGTON (AP) - Texas
Sens. Lloyd Bentsen and Phil
Gramm remained split Monday
on their support for Supreme
Court nominee Clarence Thomas,
the day before the Senate was to
vote on the embattled jurist's con
firmation.
An ardent Thomas supporter,
Gramm was not swayed by the
graphic testimony presented by
Oklahoma law professor Anita
Hill, who alleged
her former boss
had sexually ha
rassed her in the
early 1980s.
Gramm had
endorsed
Thomas in
September, days
before Hill's alle
gations becaqie
public. He called
Thomas a "distinguished jurist
and a remarkable and talented
Bentsen
man.
"The senator has seen nothing
in the interim to cause him to
change his view," press secretary
Larry Neal said Monday.
Bentsen withheld word on the
nomination until last week, when
he announced he was opposing
Thomas for reasons unrelated to
Hill's charges.
"There are far more qualified
individuals the President could
have chosen," Bentsen said,
adding that Thomas had "only
minimum qualifications.”
A Bentsen spokesman said
Monday that the senator's posi
tion remained the same following
three days of grueling testimony
before the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee by both accuser and ac
cused.
"There would be no reason for
him to change his opinion. It
wasn't based on this issue here,”
the spokesman said.
When Thomas w'as first nomi
nated, it appeared that Bentsen
might support him. Following a
private meeting, Bentsen had said
he was "favorably impressed” by
the nominee.
Some said it was not surpris
ing that Bentsen would op/
Thomas.
"I think that he is listenir/
what people are saying," a
Rick Levy, staff counsel for
Texas AFL-CIO. "I was rj
pleased (Bentsen's) statena
didn't refer to the Anita Hill tin
at all and was based solely
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Former NBA star uses his downfall
Continued from Page 1
his game almost immediately.
His average plummeted from 26
points and 12 rebounds per game
to a meager 7 points and 4 re
bounds, leading to his suspension.
Even after that, he said he couldn't
see the connection between his
game and his addiction.
"I was in heavy denial. My de
nial was to the point where we
were playing one night, and Ka-
reem (Abdul-Jabbar) was pound
ing and saying T need you to get
more rebounds,' Haywood said.
"I said 'Man, are you crazy? How
can I get an offensive rebound
when your shots are coming off of
the wrong side of the back-
board?'"
Every time he tried to break
his habit, there was someone will
ing to help him get hooked again,
he said. He played in Italy for a
year and got away from the
drugs, but when he returned to
the United States he fell back into
old habits, and couldn't under
stand why his life was falling
apart.
"The drug drove me insane,
and all of my friends were in
sane," Haywood said. "I was us
ing 151 proof rum, and I would hit
the pipe (of cocaine) and drink the
rum all night. Not only was I ad
dicted, but I was an alcoholic too."
Haywood said he decided to
seek help several times, but al
ways found an excuse to avoid
drug clinics, until an incident with
his daughter convinced him he
could no longer ignore his prob
lem.
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for reasons not to use, abuse drugs
"In 1983 they had a DARE pro
gram in my daughter's school,
where officers would come along
and talk about drugs and drug
paraphernalia," he said. "They
asked if anybody had seen this
stuff, and my daughter said her
daddy had all of it, and took it
into the bathroom and blew bub
bles all night."
"After that I checked into re
hab for 30 days, and finally got in
touch with Spencer Haywood," he
said. "I learned to cry, and
learned a lot about myself."
Haywood said awareness of
the problems of alcohol and drug
dependency has vastly improved
since his days in the NBA, when
80 percent of professional basket
ball players used drugs.
"I remember about two weeks
ago when Bill Walsh was on TV
and said the most disheartening
thing about winning the 1981
championship was that the whole
team was high on cocaine," Hay
wood said. "We had players, and
we had coaches, everyone was
getting high and no one knew any
better, but the leagues havet
sponded."
Haywood said, however/:
despite the leagues' effortstoa'
drug use he believes athletesr
drinking more and that steroid
the next big addiction that must:
faced.
"Steroid use is as widesprs
as drug use was," Haywood a:
"The testing programs theyh
for steroids now are avoidat
and you can get around them.
"It (steroids) is an enhance;
some degree, but it's also death
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