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Competitors lock
horns in roping,
riding, racing
By Terri Welch
The Battalion
O ne of Texas A&M's most exciting
and more secretive traditions will
take place on Friday and Saturday.
Over 200 current and former Aggies
will compete in the 74th annual "All Ag
gie" Rodeo.
Featuring bull riding, steer wrestling
and barrel racing, the rodeo will bring in
people from all over, but mostly Texas.
John Price, a senior finance major from
Tyler, said anyone who has completed 12
hours at A&M is eligible to participate.
It becomes a reunion for former stu
dents, said Price, president of the Rodeo
Club. Team roping competitors can be 50
to 60 years old and last year there was a
group of 75-year-old men who came out,
said Price.
"This is a pretty big tradition," he said.
"All the alumni come and if they don't Texas A&M
participate, they watch. It is their way of
giving back to the Rodeo Club."
Rodeo proceeds send competing club members
to other rodeos during the year.
"We sent eight people to National's last year,"
said Price. "All eight of these, men and women,
will be competing at 'All Aggie/ so you'll get to
see the best."
But, that's not all you'll see at the rodeo.
A police training officer for Texas A&M's Law
Enforcement Training Division will spend his time
in the arena as a rodeo clown/bull fighter.
Coy Jenkins started out riding rough stock in
high school and continued through college. Hav
ing grown up around animals Jenkins feels com
fortable around animals.
"I know the bulls can hurt me, but I have a lot
of respect for them," he said.
Jenkins enjoys situations where danger and
risk involved. Now that he is in law enforcement
training and not actual enforcement, he does not
get to be around those ventures anymore.
police training officer, Coy Jenkins performs in Ine Rodeo.
"I really enjoyed the danger of the streets as a
police officer," he said. "Having been away from
it, being a rodeo clown helps."
There are two types of clowns, he said, one for
protection and barrel clowns.
The first is free standing and uses the barrel to ma
nipulate the bull, the other is usually in the barrel
and adds a sort of humor to the rodeo.
"I'm kinda funny," Jenkins said. "I like to
sneak up into the audience and tease them. It
makes it fun for them."
In addition to Jenkins and the Rodeo club. Price
said other student organizations have played an
important role in putting the rodeo together - like
the A&M Rugby team.
"Anytime you mention steer saddling," Price
said, "The Rugby team is as good as there. They
seem to be the best."
Steer saddling consists of a wild steer let loose
in the arena and a team of three to four member
See Rodeo/Page 10
Movie / Music Review
'Shattered' promises spine-tingling twists, turns
By Margaret Coltman
The Battalion
Wolfgang Petersen has done it again. Movies
such as "Das Boot" are hard acts to follow, but di
rector Petersen rises to the challenge with "Shat
tered," a gripping thriller with so many twists and
turns it is impossible to sit still even for a moment.
Petersen plays on the senses, lulling the audience
into brief moments of false security before throwing
in another gut-wrenching twist. He artfully builds
on each scene to the inevitable, cataclysmic ending.
Tom Berenger is an amnesiac named Dan who is
recovering from an accident with the help of his wife,
Judith, played by Greta Scacchi. In search of his past,
Dan stumbles on some questions and perplexing in
formation which lead him into an inextricable web of
lies and intrigue.
With the help of disillusioned private investigator
turned pet store owner Gus Klein, played by Bob
Hoskins, Dan solves the mysteries plaguing him.
Hoskins, well-known for performances in "Mona
Lisa," "Roger Rabbit" and "Mermaids," is the much-
needed comic relief in the film, and his character is
given valuable depth throughout. Joanne Whalley-
Kilmer delivers a creepy performance as Jenny, Ju
dith's "best friend" who dabbles in palm reading.
A few questions go unanswered, and the ending
is far from neatly tied up. One transparent question
emerges at the beginning - after an unspecified
amount of time in the hospital (but it has to be at least
a year), the couple returns home (for the first
time???). The phone rings the instant they walk in
the door. This unlikely event sticks out as bother
some and brings up a lot of unresolved questions.
The overall plot, while thoroughly fascinating,
does rely on some rather large leaps of blind faith
from the audience. To further elaborate would be
tray crucial information, so suffice it to say, this is a
film worth seeing.
But take a friend - there are many moments in
here when you'll need an arm to hold on to!
"Public Enemy' strikes back on latest
By Kevin Robinson
The Battalion
Public Enemy
Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black
Def Jam/ Colombia
"Clear the way for the prophets of rage!" yells
Chuck D., as Public Enemy's new album slams into
action. I guess that's as good an intro as any to an al
bum that rocks as hard as their old stuff. Chuck D. ,
Flavor Flav and Terminator X don't slow the beat
down for an instant on Apocalypse '91. Once again.
Public Enemy is back in force.
In a recent interview. Chuck said the first P.E. al
bum dealt with the materialism of the Reagan admin
istration, the next two dealt with the corruption and
prejudice of the white race, and the new album is
concerned with the problems and accountability of
the black community. For those who still consider
P.E. racist or one-sided. Apocalypse is an album to
pay attention to.
The first track, "Nighttrain" on the album directly
deals with this kind of stuff. Over a heavy James
Brown sample. Chuck voices his frustration with
blacks that do more to hurt than help their communi
ty. "The black thing, it's a ride I call the nighttrain/ It
rides the good and the bad/ We call the monkey
trained/ Trained to attack the black it's true/ Cause
some of them look just like you".
From this general condemnation, Chuck moves
on to specific targets. The lyrics of "How to Kill a Ra
dio Consultant" are fairly self-explanatory. The song
attacks black radio D.J.'s who play only top 40 and
pop-rap, refusing the "message rap" of bands like X-
Clan, Public Enemy, and Boogie Down Productions.
"Shut 'Em Down" confronts corporations that specif
ically target black consumers, but refuse to put mon
ey back into the communities that support them. The
song uses a low, slow electric guitar riff, while Chuck
growls, "Another racial attack/In disguise/ so give
some money back/ I like Nike but wait a minute/
The neighborhood supports/ so put some money in
it!"
One of the most powerful tracks on the album is
"1 Million Bottlebags". The song takes on the makers
of cheap 40 oz. malt liquor bottles. I've heard Chuck
D's. opinions on the issue before, that the bottles are
aimed at black consumers, that they are a major cause
of violence and crime in the inner city, and that the
manufacturers of the stuff just don't care about the
problems they cause as long as the profits come
rolling in.
The song condemns the consumers that support
these companies as much as the companies them
selves. "They drink it thinkin' its good/ But they
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