The Battalion
IFESTYLES
Thursday • August 7,1
Thursday
August 7
Fireants, a classic rock and rhythm
and blues band from BryarvCollege
Station, is playing at Fitzwilly’s at 9 p.m.
David Trout, a rock ’n’ roll comedian,
is performing at Chelsea Street Pub
and Grill at 9 p.m.
Friday
August 8
Breedlove, a bluesrock band from
Austin, is playing with Cadillac Voodoo
Choir, a rock band, at Dixie Theatre at
9 p.m.
Grubworm, a rock band from Bryan-Col-
lege Station, is playing with Middle Fin
ger, a punk/ska band from Houston
and Cult Ceavers, a rock band from
Houston, at Cow Hop at 9:30 p.m.
Scotty Melton, a folk artist from Ten
nessee, is playing at Crooked Path Ale
House at 9 p.m.
Don Overby, a classic rock band
from Bryan-College Station, is play
ing at Fitzwilly’s at 9 p.m.
Sin City, an AC/DC tribute band, is
playing at 3rd Roor Cantina at 9 p.m.
Michelle Solberg, a rock musician
from Austin, is playing at Sweet Eu
gene’s House of Java at 9:30 p.m.
David Trout, a rock ’n’ roll comedian,
is performing at Chelsea Street Pub
and Grill at 9 p.m.
Saturday
August 9
David’s Gate, an alternative band, is
playing at Sweet Eugene’s House of
Java at 9:30 p.m.
Freudian Slip, an improvisational com
edy troupe from Bryan-College Sta
tion, is performing at Dixie Theatre at
9 p.m.
Latin Cheese Quartet, a classic rock
and rhythm and blues band from
Bryan-College Station, is playing at
Fitzwilly’s at 9 p.m.
The Mollys, an Irish Tex-Mex band
from Tucson, Ariz., is playing at
Crooked Path Ale House at 9 p.m.
David Trout, a rock ’n’ roll comedian,
is performing at Chelsea Street Pub
and Grill at 9 p.m.
Catching the wave: University employee
educates students outside the classroom
Factory
Continued from Page 3
The Factory opened its doors al
most four years ago, on October 16,
1993. It is divided into two sections in
side the store. One side sells skate
boards, clothes, stickers and acces
sories, and the other side is devoted to
resale items.
Jake Wilganowski, who works at
The Factory, said the resale side brings
in a lot of customers.
“The other side is called Ameri
can Trash,” Wilganowski said. “It has
a lot of retro clothes and couches
and toys and resale stuff.”
Dave Alexander, a senior market
ing major, said he enjoys shopping at
The Factory.
“It has a nice variety of things that
you can't normally find in most Bryan-
College Station stores,” Alexander said.
Henry said that almost everyone
will find something entertaining in
both sections of the shop.
“We definitely have a lot of unusu
al stuff, like the orange vinyl couch on
the resale side,” Henry said. “But I
think anyone can find something that
entertains, at least.”
Joe Murphy, a senior political sci
ence major, agreed with Henry.
“Definitely,” Murphy said. “It’s a
nice alternative to the usual retail
stores in this area.”
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The Factory is also involved with
designing and selling its own brands
of skating wear. Henry said that the
whole scheme is to sell to othpr
shops and bands.
“We make T-shirts for clubs and
bands out of Austin,” Henry said.
“We’ve also made stickers for
Breedlove and Ian Moore.”
The store has placed ads in nation
wide skating magazines such as
Thrasher and Slap, promoting their
own line of skating equipment.
Growing up in Bryan-College Sta
tion, Henry has seen the town chang
ing its views over the years. Fie said
while the city has become more liber
al, it is still very conservative.
“A lot of people wouldn’t come into
the store before because they thought
it was just for skateboards,” Henry
said. “Now more people are into dif
ferent music and different things, and
they’re more liberal.”
Henry said he hopes the store will
remain the same, even as the town
and people around it change.
“I think that we’ll be pretty much
the same store in five years,” Henry
said. “Even though everything else will
change — the people, the brands — I
think the store will be the same.”
Photograph: Rony Angkriwan
Ed Cook, an employee in the Department of Food Services, sets sail at Lake Bryan.
By Keith McPhail
The Battalion
E d Cook may be best de
scribed as Texas A&M’s wind
surfing guru. The A&M grad
uate and University employee has
been educating other Aggies about
the sport for more than a decade.
Cook’s presence has provided
many Aggies an education they
did not expect to receive when
they came to College Station.
Cook was attending the University
of Massachusetts in January 1981
when a cold spell hit the eastern
seaboard. Witli daily highs of 4 degrees,
Cook, then 23 years old, decided to
pack his bags and visit a friend attend
ing A&M.
He never went home. Impressed by
the 75-degree winter days, Cook took a
job with the Department of Food Ser
vices as a meat cutter.
I ater that year, he had hLs first wind
surfing experience. Sixteen years and
several degrees later, Cook is still living
in College Station, working for the De
partment of Food Services and sailing
the waves.
He earned a master’s degree in food
science and technology in 1986 and
followed that with an MBA in 1991.
Today, Cook is a food engineer, the
owner of Brazos Valley Windsurfing
and teaches a windsurfing fundamen
tals course for Rec Sports.
Cook’s passion for windsurfing
has taken him around the globe and
given him a spiritual and physical
outlet that has pushed him to the
point of self-actualization.
Windsurfing was invented in 1967
and patented in 1968 by Windsurfing
International, a California company.
Windsurfing grew in popularity over
the next 15 years. In 1984, it became an
4 Olympic sport, cind Cook raced witli the
United States Olympic team in 1983 in
Cape Cod.
The United States team, a dominant
force in windsurfing, has won medals
in each Olympic competition, winning
the gold medal in 1992. Today, Olympic
windsurfers compete in both men’s and
women’s brackets.
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Trucks
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One does not have to go very far
in Texas to notice all the different
brands and styles of trucks. Some
are working trucks — scratched,
dulled and covered with evidence of
how hard they are used.
There are also many personal
pick-ups, used only to get the own
er to where he or she wants to go.
Either way, whether it is a work or
personal truck, it doesn’t diminish
the love most owners have for their
vehicles. Maxwell said taking pride in
one’s truck may have something to
do with the location of the driver.
“Texans just seem to have to
have trucks,” Maxwell said. “Trucks
are the Texas version of a Cadillac.”
In 1985, Windsurfing Ime
tional’s patent expired, and#
surfing took off. A numberofi
companies entered board an!
production. The competitio:
suited in equipment becocf^l;
more high-tech, lighter,fastei
ier to use and less expensive.
While windsurfing’s risein[
larky is in part because ofqualit
inexpensive equipment, thespi
loved because of the spiritual
physical effects.
Cook said the spiritual effet
windsurfing cannot be descrik
those who have never surfed
“It is spiritual and a pfiii ^t|
rush,” Cook said. “Windstnl
will push you to pointsyouit
not go and furthers yourpoiti
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"The wind, the waves, thew
someone who lias not wind:
cannot relate," Cook said,
tremely unique.”
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rush associated with die spo:
many surfers find appealing.
“When you’re surfing, it does::
ter who you are oryouroccupatk
cause you are all windsurfers,'
said. “I’ve sailed with Mike Pole,
on the Mir space station, lawjq gpl
make $300 an hour and beach t:
Cook travels to Corpus Ctirs
least once a month to enjoy its wi
The sailing in Corpus is soenjm
he maintains an apartment then
Cook introduces as manyas
Aggies a year to windsurfing.One: ’^J
deni u ho took ( i)()k's class 1
now operates his own windsui
shop in Rio de laniero, Brazil.
Darlene Dao, a newcomern
sport and a junior psychologyffl
took the Rec Sports Windsurlingr
damentals course this pwst'Mfe
“It’s an awesome class,'I
said. “I had a lot of fun. I definii
want to continue.”
Cook will be teachingadass
ginning Sept. 27 and willheadil
tober weekend trip to Cof
Christi. For more information,®
tact Rec Sports or Brazos Vi
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