Lifestyles
Tuesday, April 13,1993
The Battalion
Page 3
/1993
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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
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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
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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.
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For more information call (409) 845-1515.
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ELEN 306
HOMEWORK
ACCT 230
BUDGETS REV.
ACCT 230
TEST REV
7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
MATH 1325
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ACCT 2401
CH 15
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ACCT 230
CH 13 - 14
MATH 142
CH 7.5 - 8.1
MATH 1324
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ACCT 328
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1993 Third Annual
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When: Thursday, April 15, 1993
Where: MSC Flagroom
Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
It's free & everyone is welcome!
Sponsored by: The Executive Council of Health Organizations (ECHO)