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WfzrxfffrfjTfrft HQffiHQW Stephenville, TX Dec. 11 Cory Morrow Dec. 4 Ryan Thomas Dec. 18 Gary P. Nunn New Years Eve, Dec. 31 Jack Ingram Tickets are on sale NOW. 1-800-LIMITS-9 Season’s Greetings from the Division of Student Affairs Happy Holidays from Dr. Malon Southerland VP for Student Affairs Be SAFE driving home! 10th Floor Rudder Tower malon-southerland@tamu.edu We're looking for a few good Aggies. ACE Volunteer Program Help students improve their study skills! Help students make decisions about majors & careers! Improve your communication and leadership skills! Make a difference in the lives of fellow Aggies! A " ACE Academic & Career Educator Student Counseling Service "I* V Application DEADLINE: Wednesday, December 16 Interviews will be held Tuesday, January 19 to Friday, January 29. Applications and brochures are available at 114 Henderson Hall. For more information, call 845-4427, ext. 108. STUDENT COUNSELING SERVICE Visit our website! http://www. scs. tam u. edu/volunteer/ ...a Department in the Division of Student Affairs Monday, CHf&mjfe Commons & Sbisa Dining Centers Wr ^rap your lunch in a Grande Way with your favorite Tex-Mex foods Pick up your wrap grift to ffol hf7i<nrst/> t/ou /oi tfutin/p a*//i tt». $$$ o** Contest! * o ,;» Meal Plans, Cash and Aggie Bucks Accepted donate ***** fch« ' ,vrt Santa * fc Common 3 or Sfei sa f taken Page 4 ‘Tuesday, December 8, 1998 A-ggielife Oh Captain, My Captai Captain Audio plays debut College Station performance tom BY RILEY LAGRONE The Battalion I n the Dallas music scene, very few bands had more indie potential than UFOFU and Comet. When both groups met untimely ends last year, what appeared at first a tragedy proved instead to be a rock ’n’ roll blessing in disguise. The story began with guitarist/vocalist Regina Chellew, who had been on tour with the UK outfit Ruby. Tired of waiting for the band to finish recording its second album, she decided in stead to seize control of her destiny and form a band of her own. As chance would have it. Comet had just called it quits. Drummer Josh Garza, who had collaborated with Chellew on a number of oc casions, was prepared to take a chance on the new project. The final piece of the puzzle was Bran don Curtis, bassist for the recently dis banded UFOFU. When Curtis agreed to sign on as Captain Audio’s new singer/bassist/keyboardist, it was time for the new band to begin making its mark on the music scene that each member had been a part of for so many years. Surprisingly, the talents of Chellew, Garza and Curtis clicked almost instantly. In a mat ter of months, the band had enough material to begin playing inspired, if somewhat infre quent, gigs in the Dallas area and also record ed a five-song demo. In a recent interview with the Dallas Ob server, Curtis said Captain Audio's secret is not trying to conform to any particular mu sical mold but instead to let each song speak for itself. “The sincerity I feel in this band is so in tense,” said Curtis, “because we’re all doing exactly what we want to do instead of trying to fit into some notion or some mold. We’re ASHVILI talking U1 hen she j ‘I don’t w ( et too sad organ ynette, v tynehe. Mo nerable, sea: not aiming for anything. We're jit create as honestly as we can and change as time goes on.” Intentionally or not, what Capi^»g e( j reated is a stylisticallydiverstMy [U Ite S | U ' music mi m power pop toe® nin« out ii tal fuzz. Eo n Secre t l While things get a little heavieJ®, s |-, e tak< band’s live sh< songs cun trytosingsoi release on Captain Audio’s fitstalHGeorge Gt Beat Records, My Ears arc ft>e.ftoni Me”). ‘ Heart’s ()K, an nothing short of spensters of po Songs like “Driving, Riding"slioiBrhe stretc band’s inherent ability to create a Mgers. Not s civil hook, while others, sudMSTBsical educ. roll along with lazy ease. HBornLoreti While it may have taken thelos Hid of late cc great bands to form Captain Audio,B was a regi ,i sacrifice that ultimau made her deb Captain Audio will perform jBut she did Shadow Canyon with Austin bantBk 810 c l aw * Deluxe and TYipping Daisy. V t ' ie Opry PEOPLE IN THE NEWS cord labels b 39 with the As a high- Crawford escapes accident unscathed MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Cindy Crawford got pieces of glass in her eyes when her husband ran their Jeep into a concrete mailbox to avoid hitting a horse on Pacific Coast Highway. Paramedics washed the su- permodel’s eyes with water after the accident Sunday, sher iff’s Deputy Cruz Solis said. She was not hospitalized and her husband, Rande Gerber, was not injured or cited. Gerber lost control of the Jeep after swerving to miss the horse. The passenger window shattered. Crawford, 32, married the bar owner and former model in May. CRAWFORD to be doing well. Keep up the good work.” Mira gave Downey six months to complete his com munity service. The star of Chaplin, Less Than Zero and Natural Born Killers appeared in court clean shaven and wearing a dark suit and tie. “I’m just glad to be well. I’m doing real well. I’ve never felt better and actually I’m glad he (the judge) agrees,” Downey said outside court. Downey was stopped for speeding in 1996 and authori ties found cocaine, heroin and a pistol in his vehicle. His probation was revoked and he was sentenced to six months in jail. He was released in March after 113 days. Princesses make stage debuts Downey making progress in rehab MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. won praise from a judge Monday for making progress in drug rehab but still has to com plete his 100 hours of commu nity service. “You’re doing a lot better than you did in the past,” Municipal Judge Lawrence Mira said during a hearing. “You look great and you seem DOWNEY LONDON (AP) — Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie made 'their stage debut in a surprise performance to raise money for a children’s charity. The daughters of Prince An drew and Sarah, the Duchess of York, danced with the Natalie Vin cent Ballet School on Sunday to support Children in Crisis. Beatrice, 10, and Eugenie, 8, were dressed in matching pink tops, blue skirts and ballet shoes. 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