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Rick Hall, a sophomore bio chemistry major at A&M has had the honor of buying meals for his friend Billy Corbett, a sophomore biology major at UT, for the second straight year. “Tve enjoyed the free meals ,” said Corbett, who looks forward to more in the future. Corbett enjoys the friendly ri valry he and Rick have during the yearly A&M-UT football game. The differences between A&M and UT are welcomed by Hall and other Aggies. Although there are many things that naturally divide the two schools, friendships are not suffering. Some Aggies pride themselves in being different from students at other universities and look at them selves in a different light from UT students, who may label Aggies as “weirdos,” “ultra-conservatives,” and “freaks.” “From the outside looking in, it must be difficult to understand Ag gies,” Hall said. “There is something beyond school spirit that truly unites us.” For Corbett and others who at tend the UT, the world of Aggieland is on a different planet. Corbett is originally from New Hampshire, and looked at A&M as a university for farmers, and contin ues to wonder about whooping and 12th Man towels. Corbett said Hall was not happy when he decided to hide Hall’s 12th Man towel in a water bottle. “I never realized his 12th Man hankie meant so much to him until that day,” Corbett said laughing. One set of fraternal twins has a different perspective on the rivalry. Jason Cargo, a senior meteorolo gy major at A&M, and his brother, Jon, a senior microbiology major at UT, have done everything together since birth. They had the same group of friends, went to the same hangouts_, and shared the same car. When choosing universities, they decided a clean break was needed. The twins said that attending dif ferent universities has created a friendly rivalry back at home. Jon is known for sticking Long horn stickers on everything, at which Jason says, "It gives me a chance to show Jon how much I love UT as I saw the horns off.” Jon Cargo wanted a larger city with more opportunities for job em ployment and internships, and felt a less traditional school with more free-thinkers suited him. “Austin provides a more diverse way of using my time and my See Friends, Page 4 iNew name, debut album come with birch county's return By Michael Schaub The Battalion The last time Dallas’ birch coun- ly played in Bryan-College Station, Ejhs & LOUS I it had a different name, a different lineup, different songs, no album s Expected n\\ andno]abd 4I°f Other than that, not much las changed. The band, formerly known as Vonderland, brings its unique , faoove-centered rock to Bryan’s Dix- irrow s Expect tomorrow night at 9:30. Lisa Taylor, lead vocalist, said the ound is “from the soul canyon. “It’s groove-oriented, yet ... I lon’tknow,” Taylor said. Brett Bledsoe, guitarist, said he raws influences from musicians as led as Pearl Jam, The Black Irowes, Beck, Tool and Jeff Buckley. “There’s a big variety,” Bledsoe id, “but it’s still all around the roove.” Birch county’s rhythmic groove ecame twice as intense last July r hen the band added guitarist Paul eid to the lineup. “It completely broadened every- ling,” Bledsoe said of the addition. The music got a little heavier.” After adding Reid, the band tanged its name from Wonder- nd to the nature-themed “birch t’s Expected K 25°F ow’sE High 50°F ioitow Nights (pected Low 32°F — dA 1 lurtesyofTAMSC ... P N , City Editor y, Sports Edi# Opinion Editos Web Editor to Editor Cartoon Edi# ity in the Divisio"* 013 Reed Mi mu.edu; Inter# /The Battalion, ft ‘rtising, call 845- to 5 p.m.Mon® )unty.” They lought Won- erland was too lild-like. The band ired David astell, national- acclaimed pro- cer , who co nduced and ngineered birch runty’s self-ti ed debut album. Roger Bishara, ie manager, said astell had ini- ally refused to ork with local ands, but ranged his lind after seeing birch county birch county perform live. “Castell is brilliant,” Taylor said. “He’s basically part of our band.” Castell is working with former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abruzzese’s band Green Romance Orchestra, but he took time to work with birch county in preproduction. Birch county, which also in cludes bassist Gary Burkhart and drummer Robbie "Cranky” Dibble, has played at the Ticketmaster Showcase in Dallas and the Philadelphia Music Conference. The single “Paris,” a powerful pop- oriented song, has had heavy air play in Dallas, San Antonio, Denton and Bryan-College Station markets. The band’s five-track album was released on Bishara’s Pilot Records. It was recently awarded first honor able mention in the Dallas Observ er’s list of the Best Texas Albums of 1996. The record release was held at Dallas’ Trees Lounge. Taylor said birch county’s dy namic live show was not sacrificed in the transition. “We try to do something differ ent, a little off-the-wall, while keep ing something there for everybody,” she said. The band’s show drew over 13,000 listeners fast year at San Antonio’s an nual Fiesta Oyster Bake at St. Mary’s University, and will play there again this year. The band has shared the stage with Deep Blue Something and Better Than Ezra. Bledsoe said audience reac tion is almost al ways positive. “Audiences are really intent on us. They don’t know what to think,” he said. “We’re in tense, kind of in- your-face.” Bledsoe said he Friday, January 17 The Backdoors, a Doors cover band from Miami, FL, is playing at 3rd Floor Cantina at 8 p.m. Blue Velvet, a blues and oldies band, is playing at Fitzwilly’s at 8:30 p.m. Common Groove, a blues/rock band from Bryan-College Station is playing with Blue Earth, a blues/rock band from Bryan-College Station, at the Cow Hop at 9 p.m. Freudian Slip, an improv comedy act, is performing at Rudder Theatre at 9 p.m. Jasmine Blue, a blues band from Bryan-College Station, is playing at Sweet Eugene’s House of Java at 9:30 p.m. MSC Forsyth Center Galleries are showing the glass painting Look for S' the Label, the watercolor Life, Love and Death; and Winslow Homer’s painting Winding the Clock, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sleepers, a movie hosted by the MSC Film Society, will be shown at Rudder Theater at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Ronny Spears, a country & west ern artist from Dallas, is playing at the Dixie Theatre at 8 p.m. Ronny Spears David Trout, a comedian from Lubbock, is performing at Chelsea Street Pub and Grill at 9 p.m. The Visual Arts Gallery is showing the exhibit Patterns, an oil painting with images of African-American heroes, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, January 18 Burch County, a rock band from Dallas, is playing with Jazztop, a rock band from Bryan-College Sta tion, at the Dixie Theatre at 8 p.m. Freudian Slip, an improv come dy act, is performing at Rudder Theatre at 9 p.m. The Kingfisher’s Wing, a full- length play by Bill George, will pre miere at 201 MSC at 8 p.m. Latin Cheese is playing at Fitzwilly’s at 8:30 p.m. A Mexican and International students party is being held at 3rd Floor Cantina at 9 p.m. MSC Forsyth Center Galleries are showing the glass painting Look for the Label, the watercol or Life, Love and Death; and Winslow Homer’s painting Winding the Clock, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sleepers, a movie hosted by the MSC Film Society, will be shown at Rudder Theater at 9:30 p.m. Throwaway People, a blues band from Bryan-College Station, is playing at the Cow Hop at 9 p.m. David Trout, a comedian from Lubbock, is performing at Chelsea Street Pub and Grill at 9 p.m. Brian Whitaker, a classic rock musician from Bryan-College Sta- , tion, is playing at Sweet Eugene’s . is excited about returning to Bryan- College Station. “I loved College Station,” Bledsoe says. “ In College Station, everyone wants to party.” The band has played at The Tap as Wonderland, but this is its first visit to Bryan-College Station in over seven months. “People there are very support ive musically,” Taylor said. Birch county is gearing up for heavy regional touring in February, and a full-length national tour in the summer. The summer tour will coincide with the planned release of the band’s first full-length album, which Castell will produce. Tomorrow night’s show will be the first time birch county plays at the Dixie Theatre, and Taylor promised listeners who attend will not be dis appointed. “By the time you leave the show,” Taylor said, “you’re going to get what you wanted.” Comedy Corner to feature stand-up acts By Michael Schaub The Battalion Downtown Bryan’s newest and only comedy club sits on the same corner as a pharmacy, the county’s Democrat party headquarters and a carpet store. The area is known to be historic, but it is not been known to make people laugh. But Rami Cerone, owner of Caffe’ Capri, says he hopes to change that when his Comedy Comer opens Sat urday night. “Whenever I go out of town, I go to comedy clubs,” Cerone said. “That was something Bryan-Col lege Station didn’t have.” So Cerone, the 24-year-old Bryan restaurateur decided to open the small comedy club on the second floor of his downtown Bryan restaurant. Cerone said support for the club has been good, and he expects to sell out Saturday night’s show, which features comedian Kenneth Coxx. The idea behind the club is to give Bryan-College Station residents sometliing a little different to do, be sides strolling down Northgate or line dancing at bars. “You want some thing different,” Cerone said. The restaurant sits at the corner of Main and 24th streets in down town Bryan. The small club seats about 80 people and is dec orated in the same vein as the restau rant — an unconventional mix of masks, murals, and framed prints of everything from Marc Chagall’s art to a blood-red Ferrari. “If I’ve seen it before, I don’t want “It's going to be a cool mix of stu dents and old people. ,, Rami Cerone Caffe Capri and Comedy Corner owner it,” Cerone said of the restaurant and club’s eclectic decor. Cerone said he expects an audi ence as diverse as the club’s interior/ “It’s going to be a cool mix of stu dents and old people,” he said with out a hint of irony. * Student reaction to the club seems td be positive. Emily Kryzak, 4 member of local iim provisational comedy troupe Freudian Slip and a junior speech communications ma jor, said she drinks the comedy club’s open ing is a step in the right direction. “I guess comedy is one of the more liberal aspects of the school,’* says Kryzak. “It’s great. 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