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Jazzercise Fitness Center Right For Me! Right For You! After having my second son I could not lose the weight I had gained, during pregnancy. No matter what I did, it seemed like I was never going to fit into my “pre-pregnancy” clothes. 1 tried exercising at home, but it is very hard to stay motivated when you are exercising by yourself. At my first visit to Jazzercise Cathy encouraged me to give it a chance, and not to be discouraged when I didn’t see immediate results. Cathy also informed me that it would take about 6 to 8 weeks to see a significant difference. Well, 1 stuck to Jazzercise and have been going steadily about a year now. It seemed like the more I went the more I wanted to go. I have met lots of people, had a lot of fun and, hey, I lost 33 pounds! It was work to lose the weight, but it just seemed like “play” instead. Jazzercise offers different types of class es with such a variety of music, so you never get bored. I am so pleased with the results of Jazzercise. I have gone from a size 11 to a size 5! That’s 4 1/2 inches off my thighs and 9 inch es off my waist! Jazzercise has shown me that exercising doesn’t have to be a chore. As long as I am able 1 will be Jazzercising! Cathy can sign me up . THANKS pWe iown me mat exercising aoesnr nave to oe a cnore. /\s long g! Cathy can sign me up fbr life! < e /j JAZZERCISE!! ♦No Contract* ^ • No Membership Fee j ♦ Serving B/CS since 1979 * MOhTTHNEWMEMBERS __ Expires 03-07^96 _ fazzercTsF’" Wellborn at Grove, College Station (1 block south of George Bush Drive) 764-1183 or 776-6696 N-- V *%! \ A&M custodian attacked by hostile plant COLLEGE STATION (CP) - A large plant recently inherited by the Carto graphic Service Unit (Cartographies™) at Texas A&M has allegedly attacked a custodian, Linda Richardson, who was cleaning the unit office. “I was just dustmopping the floor when I backed up into the comer where the plant is,” said Richardson, who is as signed the seventh floor office in the Eller Oceanography and Meteorology Building as part of her regular duties. “I think the mop handle hit the planter and it didn’t like it. It was like it set it off. It was real mad-it grabbed at me and was hissing like a cat!” Richardson fought off the plant by beating at it with her mop. According to Cartographies manager, W. Chris Smith, the plant which is named Charlie, was recently inherited from former professor Kenneth White who left the Geography Department to take a position in Australia. Dr. White was unable to take the plant with him because it would be too big, and Aus tralian customs agents would have put it under quarantine for at least six months. “The head of customs is a highly superstitious ab original,” says White. “We showed him a photo of the plant and he liked to have freaked out. It was pretty obvi ous they would’ve made it very hard for us to bring him into the country.” The plant is around twenty years old, she was attacked. “I don’t care what they say - that ‘Charlie’ thing is dangerous! It makes that room seem like a black hole. We’ve lost a number of cleaning supplies that were left next to the plant, and I’m afraid we’ll lose Linda next!” and has around twelve separate tendrils of vine, many of which are in excess of twenty-four feet in length. Before leav ing, Dr. White thought that the Cartographies studio would make an ideal home for the plant, since it has long banks of windows providing that north ern lighting which is con sidered ideal by artists. don’t ca re what they say - that Cartographies, which pro- vides mapmaking and ii- Charlie thing is dangerous. lustration skills to the en- -Lorine Johnson tire A&M community, was Custodial Crew Leader started up by Dr. White fif teen years ago. Linda Richardson during the attack by Charlie Charlie subsists on a diet of around a gallon of Myrkle Groe™ per week, supplemented by the occasional pellet of African Violet food - no meat. “The plant is a Pathos ivy-it’s not a carnivorous plant at all,” said Smith. “We have no plans to remove Charlie at this time.” Charlie came to Cartographies in January of this year, and had to be car ried down from an upstairs office by ten Geography Department personnel through the building stairway. Com plaints almost immediately arose regarding the leafy entity. “I was working up here late one night,” said Jeff Thiel, as sistant cartographer, “and I heard a noise from the comer [where the plant is located]. Next thing I knew, a framed picture was knocked onto the floor! I try to stay away from that thing. Chris may not have any problem with it, but he feeds the thing.” Lorine Johnson, crew leader of cus todial crew area E, says that she doesn’t like to send Linda into the room where Persistant rumors abound that the plant devoured a Cartographies client who was seen entering the office when no one else was in. The unidentified in dividual was not seen leaving the office afterwards.. The University Police state emphati cally that there has been no missing per son report filed on campus, and Smith insists that Cartographies has not had any clients disappear. However, the police were seen interviewing Smith, and left carrying a plastic bag with a leaf sample in it, apparently for lab analysis. When contacted about the custodian attack incident, the University Safety and Health Office and OSHA would is sue no comment at this time. “Oh, please!” said Smith. “This is all just a case of superstition and hysteria blown out of proportion. Charlie is com pletely harmless. If anyone has any con cerns, they may obtain the MSDS [ma terial safety data sheet] on the plant from me or our building proctor. I really wish certain people would do that instead of running screaming to the media every time the stupid plant drops a leaf.” i HOME OF THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY MAP! Cartographies is available to help you with most of your graphic arts needs. Come by and visit us and check out our newest addition-Charlie. ITEMS FOR SALE: The Changing Climate of Texas: Predictability and Implications for the Future $25. book edited by Norwine, Giardino, North, and Valdes (348pp) ^ The TAMU Clip Art Disk® $9. 9S MAC or DOS diskettes containing A&M's most-used logos and symbols ready-to-use in most desktop publishing software. Includes the TAMU Seal, ATM logo. Of Sarge, Reveille, Gig-Em!, and a rough map of B/CS. The Roads of Texas $11. 55 atlas of Texas from the highways to the county roads, with numerous detailed features. Mileage charts and index included (170pp) Texas A&M University Map $3. 95 Full color, 24 x 36 map which folds down to pocket-map format. Map contains features in 3D and numerous points of interest for sightseeing around campus. Great for visitors! Published by TAMU Press. SERVTCES: Slides from disk ($3 ea, $12 minimum) Scanning ($5 per item-slide or page) Drafting/Graphic Design ($20 per hour) aps, Slides, Displays, Brochures, Logos, Scientific Illustration We accept cash, checks, credit cards, university accounts, and P.O.'s 845-7144 • Eller OGM Bldg., Rm. 712 http://aeolus.tamu.edu/Carto_Home.html Page 4 • The Battalion ZVOCTIEEIFE Thursday* February2) | Ho-Hum to play at 3rd Floor Cantina tonij By Amy Protas The Bati alion H o-Hum is not exactly the kind of name one would expect to draw crowds. But that is ex actly what the band from Little Rock, Ark., proudly calls itself. This “Ark-La-Tex” band is play ing at 3rd Floor Cantina tonight. Ho-Hum consists of bassist Rod Bryan, singer / guitar player Lenny Bryan, drummer Dave Hoff- pauir and guitarist / harmonica player Kevin Kerby. Rod and Lenny are brothers. Willie Bennett, 3rd Floor Cantina partner and general manager, said he likes the way the band fits into the Cantina’s atmosphere. “They’re a rock band from Little Rock and they’ve got their own sound,” Bennett said. “They’re a different kind of rock band being from that area. They have a unique sound that’s defi nitely different from other bands I’ve heard.” Bennett found out about Ho-Hum through Paul Lovett, agent of Austin-based band Little Sister. Ho- Hum played for the first time here last year. “Since Little Sister does so well here, I had Ho- Hum send me a CD and biography sheet,” Bennett said. "I brought them in as an opening band for Lit tle Sister. I thought I’d try them out, and I liked them, so I’m bringing them back as a headliner.” Lovett said the band’s sound is a combination of several musical styles. “It’s a mixture of really cool styles,” Level “The Bryan brothers like a lot of the new: music — real guitar bands. Kevin loves countr Dave is a real roots person — blues and reggae,j The band members consider The Repli Uncle Tupelo and Bill Monroe as their influ fjovett said the members are not unwillingjJ back to their musical roots. “You’ve got four distinct types of music! ence the Ho-Hum sound,” Lovett said. “Defin alternative band, but a lot of alternative banil afraid to go back to anything in the past.Thisy is not, so they mix alternative and soul music.’ The production of the band’s first album,L reflects the multiple influences on the band. The album was recorded in Alabama an duced in I xmdon. “We recorded our album at Fame studios ii cle Shoals, Ala.,” Ix)vett said. “’That’s the sa dio where Wilson Pickett cut MustangSally.l where Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin 1 ’The band has recently signed onto the Uni record label. Bennett said the label has the potential!) huge, and the band is on the brink of makingit “We try to get bands that have potential!) on the radio,” Bennett said. “They aren’t tk| yet, so we are able to afford them. We try! bands that are on the cutting edge of b< gional band to being a household name.” Thursday Arabian Nights is playing at Sweet Eugene's House of Java. Bar Nuns, a rock band from Austin, is playing at The Tap. Citizen Lane, a funky jazz band, is playing at the Brazos Brewing Company (see related story on pg. 3). Dead Eye Dick, a rock band from New Orleans, is playing at the Dixie Theatre. Rubber Bullet, a rock band from Austin, is opening. George Pobletts, a classic rock performer, is playing at Fitzwilly's. MSC Film Society is showing Five and Jacldight as part of the Texas Film Festival. Friday Hush, an alternative pop band, is playing at Sweet Eugene's House of Java. The Killer Bees, a reggae band from Austin, isf at the Dixie Theatre. John Landis is speaking at 9:30 in Rudder Audit! as part of the Texas Film Festival. Pharaoh's\mf\ showing at 7 p.m. The Logan Brothers, an acoustic duo, isplayinj at The Tap. Saturday The Maps, ,1 ihythm and blues band, is playingatl Sweet Eugene's House of Java. Miss Molly and the Whips, a blues rock bandfrouj Houston, is playing at the 3rd Floor Cantina. Quickserv Johnny, a rock band from Austin, is playing at The Tap. The Wicks, a rock band, is playing at Fitzwilly's. 1 More Pork & Baloney? or some good Texas beef... The choice is yours, and here are the facts FRED THORNBERRY ON NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING: "I have avoided negative campaigning except as a method to get real issues before the people. All factual information has been taken from newspaper articles about the candidates and voting records of those politicians currently in other elected offices." The Republican primary this March 12th features an interesting cast of candidates. We urge you to check out each candidate for yourself and see if they don’t match up with what wc have learned in this campaign. Wc see two career politicians who can’t wait to move to a bigger political trough in Washington. Brady voted against die Right-to-Carry handgun legislation signed into law by Governor Bush. He later described himself as a "poster boy for gun control" in die Houston Chronicle, and now he has done a complete turn-around, saying he is for repeal of die assault rifle ban. The other was labeled by Texas Mondily as "antique furniture" in a story dial rated our State senators, because he has been in office for 23 years and is ineffective. Another candidate is running on one issue against die United Nations; a female mayor from Sealy makes sense, but newspapers state dial she lacks the financial and political resources to win; and yet another candidate is a hospital owner who has been quoted by news reporters as an individual who has a lot more money than ideas to throw at his campaign. The truth is that there is one true Republican in the race who stands out as the candidate who is equipped to carry on in the common-sense conservative tradition set by departing Congressman Jack Fields. That person is FRED THORNBERRY. Here are some facts about Fred Thornberry • Fred Thornberry is a native Texan and a professor at Texas A&M who has worked throughout the 8th District in every town, city and school for over 25 years. • Fred Thornberry views the 8th Congressional District job as an opportunity for public service, not an opportunity for himself or for special interest backers. • Fred Thornberry will be accessible to all constituents in the 8th District, not just in his hometown. And he is able to relate to people from all walks of life, whether it be a poor, struggling farmer or an executive in the boardroom. • Fred Thornberry’s beliefs and philosophy are ours. He advocates: 1. less taxes; 2. less government intervention in our local schools, city, state, and county governments; 3. less bureaucracy and less bureaucrats; 4. less spending; and, 5. less unnecessary rules, regulations, controls and paper work. As your Congressman, Fred Thornberry will stand up and fight for what is right and fair for his constituents. They will always be his number one priority. He is hard-working, dedicated, responsible, level-headed and honest. We need people like Fred Thornberry in Washington. Let’s elect FRED THORNBERRY a common sense conservative for US Congress, District 8 Vote Early February 21 - March 8 MSC Rooms 138 & 146 (Political advertisement paid for by the Fred D. Thornberry for U.S. Congress Committee)