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Lifestyles Tuesday, April 13,1993 The Battalion Page 3 /1993 Howdy, Miss Reveille, Ma ’am l t Freshmen try out to guard A&M’s mascot this ime ling all >ful, our cial our ind pay ilso ? or BILLY MORAN/The Battalion Reveille V, the Texas A&M mascot, and Jermaine Hailey, a freshman in Company E-2, stand at attention during morning formation. By MELISSA HOLUBEC The Battalion v ( home with you for the summer? This week, one of six freshmen in Company E-2 of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets will be given the responsibility of taking care of and guarding Reveille V, the purebred collie who is A&M's cur rent "First Lady." Since the start of the semester, the six cadets have spent all their spare time in the University Archives, reading news- g aper articles and learning about eveille, the A&M mascot. They are trying out for the position of mascot corporal, the title given to the sophomore in E-2 who cares for, grooms and guards Reveille, taking her to all her appointments and to his classes— and to his home over the summer break. The current mascot corporal, sopho more Jeff Heath, quizzes freshmen Ben Samuel, Brad Argo, Jermaine Hailey, Chris Scheumack, Jim Lively and Lau rent Therivel to determine what each cadet has learned about the history of the five canines who have held the title. The freshmen are asked details such as the years of each Reveille's reign, their differences in personality and the background of each animal. A&M's mascot tradition began over 60 years ago when a black and white mutt wandered onto campus. "Reveille I just happened to end up on campus," said Scheumack. "Warren Collins hid her in 1931, and she was mascot for 14 years." And with that, the "highest ranking cadet" in the Fightin' Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets was first recognized as the school's mascot. "She got her name from the morning bugle call. Reveille," said Hailey. "When the bugler blew Reveille one morning, she started barking like crazy." In the six decades that have followed, "Miss Reveille Ma'am" has earned the rank of general in the United States Armed Forces, starred in a movie and bitten an opposing team's coach. "In every way. Miss Reveille Ma'am is even more than just an upperclassman," said Therivel. "You treat her exactly the same way you would a senior. If she walks out in the hallway, you hit the wall as a freshman. If she is in the way, you don't just run around. You say 'Ma'am, by your leave. Ma'am.'" Aggies collected $100 shortly after the first Reveille earned the title of mascot to make her a general in the United States Armed Forces. "There was an organization trying to raise money for the war effort," said Samuel. "People could pay from one dollar to have their dog become a pri vate up to $100 for them to become a il. A bunch of Aggies set up col- general See Reveille/Page 4 By JENNY MAGEE The Battalion "Three Sisters" Written by Anton Chekhov Starring Ashley Galaway, Mylene Leibrock and Miranda Zent Directed by Oscar Giner Playing at the Fallout Theater (144 Blocker) "Three Sisters," the closing production of the American Laboratory Theater Project's spring season, obviously incorporated an all- around effort from the company but fell short of all-out appeal. The tale, by nineteenth-century Russian >laywright Anton Chekov, centers around hree Russian sisters who dream of escaping their stagnant lives and finding excitement in :ow. The story builds around their search >r happiness amidst the decay of their pre sit situation. After their father's death, the oldest sister, >lga (Mylene Leibrock), faces the unromantic life of a school mistress. Masha (Ashley Gal away), the middle sister, is locked into a pas sionless marriage. Irina (Miranda Zent), the carefree younger sister, slowly loses her bright outlook to a variety of disheartening events, such as her brother's gambling turmoil and a fire that rages through the town. Director Oscar Giner must be compliment ed on his ability to create photographic mo ments with the characters' movement, ang^ also on his ability to utilize a smaff~pTaying area with a lot of characters on stage at one time. Unfortunately, the decision to have sev eral scenes playing out onstage at the same time became confusing on several occasions. The actors and actresses were proficient in their work. Most notable was Zent's performance as Irina, whose transition from cheerful and vi vacious to fatigued and dejected was both ac- Armon, as Ferapont, creates a minor character that is both humorous and well-de- Andrey (Steven De Krone), the girls' broth er, and Masha (Galaway) were over-played and lacked depth, which weakened the en semble. Chekhov's play glorifies the idea that through faith human beings are able to con quer the pain of shattered hopes. While this is a beautiful and inspiring thought, it takes over two hours of increasingly tragic circum- :s to incorporate this theme. Uth the coming of spring and finals, the heavy, gloomy drama "Three Sisters" seems like a poor choice to perform for an audience composed primarily for college students. The production of "Three Sisters" is com mendable, however it does fall short of the caliber of tlie previous production of "Speed- The-Plow." The talents of the American Laboratory Theater Project would have been better accen tuated with a different play. "Three Sisters" will be performed April 15- 17 and 21-24 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fallout The ater, 144 Blocker. All tickets are $5. Grisham's new book takes different angle but doesn't disappoint By ERIN HILL The Battalion The Client By John Grisham Doubleday $23.50, hardback While most of today's college students were still in elementary school, John Grisham quietly g raduated with a law degree om the University of Mississip pi. Six years into his career, and five years ago, he had a wife, children, and a swimming pool in Southhaven, Miss., just across the border from Memphis. He also had a yearning to tell stories. So the law practice went out the window; he published "A Time To Kill" and waited. Though "Time to Kill" went largely unnoticed, lightning struck the second time around with the release of "The Firm." It became The-Book-That-Every- one-In-America-Is-Reading! Suddenly "Time To Kill" became a recycled hit and Grisham's next novel "The Pelican Brief" topped sales of the first two re leases. "The Client," his fourth book promises to not disap point in the success de partment but that's not why Grisham is writing. "I want to write good stuff,' he told a re porter for the Gannett News Service. "I'm really trying to do something different with each book. I don't want to be viewed as somebody . . . who brings out a book every year for the money. I want each book to be better than the last one." Trying something different was definitely the motto for "The Client." First of all, the "client," our hero, is eleven and the hero ine is fiftyish. There is no sexual undercurrent or romantic plot line. Grisham even delivers the crime (murder), killer and mo tive in the first thirty pages. Barry Muldanno, a Mafia buf foon from New Orleans, has killed Senator Boyd Boyette, and Grisham hidden the body so well that even the FBI is stuck. They can't convict Muldanno without the evidence and no one knows the location of the body, except for Muldanno's lawyer, Jerome Clif ford. He's running scared, all the way to Memphis. Muldanno has killed lawyers before who knew too much. Mark Sway and his little brother Ricky stumble onto Clifford in the desert ed field be hind their Memphis trailer. Be fore blow ing his brains out Clifford tells Mark the loca tion of the body. It hits the press that Mark has witnessed something and within hours Memphis is buzzing with FBI agents who treat Mark like the criminal. To add to the problems, wit nessing the suicide has put little Ricky in a coma-like state of shock and mom Dianne is stuck with him at the hospital. So now we're to chapter three . . . where do we go from here? Mark stumbles again, this time into the office of one Reggie Love, attorney with an attitude who has some miserable secrets of her own and a penchant for helping kids. See Client/Page 4 ^nd was -ity, tent rg- rail *gh by The Class of1993 Presents SENIOR WEEKEND Entitled "Last Road Trip Through Texas" SENIOR BOSH April 22,1993 Live Band, Cash Bar, & Dancing The Texas Hall of Fame 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM Ticket Price: $3.00 plus tax SENIOR BANQUET April 24, 1993 The College Station Hilton Cash Bar 6:15 PM Dinner 7:00 PM Ticket Price: $15.00 plus tax SENIOR PICNIC April 23, 1993 Southwood Valley Complex 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM No ticket necessary RING DANCE April 24, 1993 MSC and Rudder Complex Entertainment: Ronnie Renfrew, Neal Kern, Special F/X, RDM Ticket Price: $25.00 plus tax PACKAGE TICKET PRICES: Get 2 Bash Tickets, 2 Banquet Tickets, and 2 Ring Dance Tickets for just $75.00 plus tax. Pictures may be preordered beginning April 12, 1993 in the MSC. Tickets go on sale April 12, 1993 in the Rudder Box Office. Senior Weekend T-Shirts Go on Sale April 12, 1993 in the MSC. ( For more information call (409) 845-1515. 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