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The Battalion
Wednesday, November 11,1992
OPAS budget exceeds $1 million
Non-profit organization sets ticket
prices to cover cost of performances
In Advance
•Today is the last day to register for the John Ben Shepperd Student
Leadership Forum which will be held this Saturday from 8 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. The forum is open to all Texas A&M students interested
in exchanging ideas with business, social and political leaders.
Included among the scheduled speakers are a NASA
representative, a former aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and various
other Texas leaders. Students can register for the forum in room
216 of the Memorial Student Center. There is a $5 registration fee.
For more information contact Nancy Adams at 845-1515.
•Wednesday is “Greek Challenge Night” for the Lady Aggies final
volleyball game of the season. All Greeks are encouraged to
attend the game, which begins at 7 p.m., and sign in at the tables
that will be set up at the entrance of G. Rollie White Colosseum.
B-CS clinic to host day
for volunteer awareness
By BRANDI JORDAN
Reporter of THE BATTALION
Bringing Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Twyla Tharp to Texas A&M
University for performances next
month will cost the Memorial
Student Center's Opera and
Performing Arts Society (OPAS)
an estimated $200,000.
OPAS operates on a zero-
balance budget and does not
operate to make a profit, said
Jennifer Clawson, OPAS student
committee chair.
"The money that we earn from
ticket sales and contributions is
just enough to pay to bring our
programs to Texas A&M,"
Clawson said.
OPAS operates under an
annual fiscal budget which begins
in August, Clawson said. The
committee never knows exactly
how much money they have
because their budget changes all
the time, she said.
The OPAS budget for the 1992-
1993 school-year is just over $1
million based on the cost of the
programs planned for the year.
To determine ticket prices,
MSC OPAS Executive Director
Anne Black decides what the
break-even cost on the show will
be, based on the erformers'
professional fee.
"Anne scales the house into
more expensive and less
expensive seats just to break even
for the program," Clawson said.
"All we're paying for is
professional fees, transportation
for performers, lodging for
performers and advertising in the
Eagle and The Battalion.
"Baryshnikov is a special
program because we reserved a
certain amount of student tickets,
and when they're gone, they're
gone.
OPAS usually offers students a
special price on all OPAS tickets,
no matter where they are in the
house, Clawson said.
OPAS offered a half-price
student ticket for the recent
Balanchine performance because
plenty of tickets were available for
it.
OPAS student tickets for
Baryshnikov are sold out, but
there are still regular adult-price
tickets remaining for the
performances. Prices range from
$58 to $100.
Jeff Cavazos, an archaeology
major from Arp, Texas, said the
ticket prices do not shock him.
"I'm not surprised the ticket
prices are so expensive because
not many people ever get the
opportunity to see Baryshnikov,"
Cavasos said.
"But most students I know just
don't have the money for a one
time event. They'd rather spend
their $58 on a variety of events
over a longer period of time."
OPAS's next performance is the
musical "Once On This Island,"
the story of a slave girl who falls
in love with the aristocratic land-
owner on an island.
"A lot of people have called it
'The Little Mermaid of
Broadway'," Clawson said. "It's
your basic guy gets girl, guy loses
girl, guy gets girl kincf of love
story. It's supposed to be great."
The musical is scheduled for
Mon., Nov. 16. Ticket prices range
from $11.50 to $22 for students,
and $14.50 to $27 for regular-price
tickets - a sharp contrast to ticket
prices for Baryshnikov.
For more information
regarding OPAS events, call 845-
1661.
By CINDY CORNELIUS
Special lo THE BAT1AUUN
Health For All, Inc., a non-prof
it health care clinic in Bryan, is
gearing up for "Make a Difference
Day" scheduled for Saturday Nov.
14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
"Make a Difference Day" is a
national program sponsored by
USA magazine designed to boost
public awareness of volunteer or
ganizations, said Ginnie
Sharkawy, a publicity and devel
opment committee volunteer for
the clinic.
Saturday, men and women
ages 40-65 who have no medical
insurance, and cannot otherwise
afford medical care, are encour
aged to come to the clinic to see if
they qualify for a free physical ex
amination. The clinic is located at
2609 N. Texas Avenue in Bryan .
"Those who qualify will re
ceive a complete physical, includ
ing testing blood pressure, blood
sugar, cholesterol and vision,"
Sharkawy said.
The women's physical will also
include a Pap smear and mammo
gram.
The clinic provides free med
ical attention to those who cannot
afford health care or health insur
ance.
It is staffed by doctors and
nurses from the Bryan-College
Station community as well as
medical students from Texas
A&M who volunteer their time.
"We do what we do because we
care," Sharkawy said, "and we
would like to touch the hearts of
other people who could help us
help others in need."
Health For All, Inc. has been
serving the Bryan-College Station
area since 1987. The clinic is open
on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
Sharkawy said she hopes that
"Make a Difference Day" will
stimulate the interests of potential
clinic volunteers.
"Volunteers are what makes
the clinic run," she said.
Sharkawy said she urges peo
ple interested in an exam to call
the clinic ahead of time at 778-
4704 and make an appointment.
Library buys 'Sex,' solicits controversy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON - The Houston Public
Library's decision to order Madonna's
controversial book "Sex" has come under fire
from the leader of an anti-pornography group.
"I cannot believe this," said Geneva Kirk
Brooks, president of Citizens Against
Pornography.
"Who does the public library belong to? It
belongs to the people."
Brooks took her complaint to City Council
on Tuesday, and Mayor Bob Lanier said the
library would review its decision.
David Bates, public information officer for
the library, said money contributed by an
anonymous donor is being used to order four
copies of the $49.95 book.
Two of the books are for general circulation
in the Fine Arts section and two are for the
reference section.
Bates defended the decision to buy the
book, which has been under fire since its
publication last month.
"Madonna is a cultural phenomenon. Most
of what she does is news. And our patrons
would have an interest in what she's doing,"
Bates said.
It is important, he said, to keep books in the
library that represent a broad range of
viewpoints.
"The library adds something to the
collection every day that somebody's going to
disagree with," said Bates, who said he has
more than a dozen complaints since the order
was made.
But Brooks, who has picketed convenience
stores for selling Playboy and Penthouse, said
"Sex" violates the city's community standards
resolution drafted in 1978.
"This book violates our community
standards on almost every page," Brooks said
told council members Tuesday.
The resolution, which has no legal force,
cited as "particularly objectionable public
portrayal of sodomy, masturbation, sado
masochistic acts and any lewd exhibition of
the genitals."
Before it was adopted, a federal judge
nullified an anti-pornography ordinance on
the grounds that it was too vague, too broad
and tried to eliminate, not regulate,
establishments selling explicit sexual books
and films.
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Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past
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pick up an application for the program:
Friday, November 13
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Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office,
161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F.
Requirements: 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. Citizen.
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ATLANTIS TILLMAN, Editor in Chief
STEVE O’BRIEN, Managing Editor
JASON LOUGHMAN, Opinion Editor
MEREDITH HARRISON, News Editor
HEIDI SAUER, News Editor
TODD BLACKMON, Arts & Entertainment
Editor
GARY CARROLL, City Editor
J. DOUGLAS FOSTER, Sports
Editor
CHRIS WHITLEY, Sports Editor
RICHARD S. JAMES, Photo Editor
Staff Members
Reporters — Melody Dunne, Mark Evans, Todd Stone, Brandi Jordan, Cheryl Heller, Tanya
Sasser, Robin Goodpaster, Juli Phillips, Tanya Williams, Julie Chelkowski, Mack Harrison
and Will Healy.
News desk — Kyle Burnett, Tracia Newbold, Jennifer Mentlik, David Thomas, Lance
Holmes, Lauri Reysa and Jennifer Smith.
Photographers — Darrin Hill, Randy Nichols, Sandra Alvarado, Billy Moran, Jennifer
Lockard, Ricardo S. Garcia, Kart Stolleis and Robert Reed.
Lifestyles writers — Susan Owen, Anas Ben-Musa, Tricia Martinez and Julie Polston.
Sports writers— K. Lee Davis, Michael Plumer, Don Norwood and Ruly Medrano.
Columnists — Anthony LoBaido, Stacy Feducia, Dwayne Purvis, Shawn Ralston, Matt
Dickerson, Robert Vasquez and Toni Garrard.
Cartoonists — William Harrison, Thomas Deeney, George Nasr and Clay Welch.
Clerks — Darra Dees, Pejcharat Harvey, Shelley Rowton and Carrie Miura.
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Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past
and present Reciprocal Exchange participants, and
pick up an application for the program:
Wednesday, November 11
2:00 - 3:15 in 251 West Bizzell Hall
Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office,
161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F.
Requirements: 3.0 GPA and be a U.S. Citizen.
ARE YOU READY FOR
LEADERSHIP?
Prepare yourself for tomorrow's challenges by registering for...
the 2nd annual
John Ben Shepperd
Student Leadership Forum
The goal of the forum is to bring together the wisdom and
experience of today's established leaders and the energy
and idealism of young emerging leaders to develop a
spectrum of skills and ideas necessary to meet the
challenges of this and future generations of Texans.
Information:
* There is a $5.00 registration fee.
* Lunch will be provided.
* You do NOT have to be a student leader only posess the desire to
stimulate your leadership abilities.
* Pick up a registration form in 216 MSC, Student Programs Office.
Saturday, November 14,1992, MSC Room 201
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you have ANY questions please contact: Tony Martellotto, James Weinstock or
Stephen Dunn at the Student Programs Office, 845-1515.
Sponsored by MSC Student Development
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Attend this Informational Meeting and speak to past and present
Reciprocal Exchange participants, and pick up an
application for the program:
Thursday, November 12
2:30 - 3:45 in 251 West Bizzell Hall
Or visit the Study Abroad Programs Office,
161 W. Bizzell Hall from 8:00 - 5:00 M-F
Requirements: 3.0 GPA, Proficiency in German
(4 semesters of college German), and be a U.S. Citizen.
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