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f B-Hippie] {LA\J0<1, tveeKsi?£D PoefNT I Beh^ to PEVf:'?e| HIM. ii\c Ivcausc the issueisl lal. I iao, a senior accounting! she thinks condomnw uld be installed arouii!!| Hist tcllmc people to ra ' said. “Besides, whoail ople not to have sex?Si as well ha\c soinetliiil case they do needprol idence hall directoradj condom machinesareii using authorities ar from students tl re needed, echoed a similar sem ents are interested incoi ines, I would like themti so that, between studesl IV/A IDS Committee t ble to partner to see if# < done.” she said. ikl.lV, Si'l'lt'llllvi I S, .’(KKI Mk THE B A I T.M ION Matchbox Twenty show brings rock music to a country-dominated town J. GOLDFLUTE By Sii'aui Hutson The l{,iihilion Who ever woulomive thought that there would be crowd surfing in Texas A&M s Reed Arena? But crowd sail inti there was. Although Matchbox Twenty's stop on campus Thursday prob ably did not diftw the largest or most enthusiastic crowd ol its sec ond nationwide tour, the appearance was. in a way, a ground breaking. * , Country music has long held it dominant grin on the concert- jkoing crowd at A&M. where Bat Green, Robert Earl Keen. C iarth SJpooks and Shania Twain are often challenged only by the oc casional appearance of W(W w restlers or the Ringling Broth ers and Barnum <V: Bailey Cireus. I’hc lack of rock and alternative performances at A&M’s musical \ enucs pAiv be enough to make one believe the old tale often recited by d Jfd Ags of Corps members attempting to as- » s.iult Kl\ is Pt#r\ after he spat gum on the floor of G. Rollie White Colistifl But Matcl^m I wenty may have brought with it the winds^,# ol change wroWit blew into town Thursday. ^ rg Mary I I^cMBow^is. the deputy director of the serial f ^ events center. saitiThiirsdaj 's concert was the largest rocKybi- - Ibrmance to shake rattle and roll at A&M since RFM playcrtx^^p^ G. Rollie White in the late 'KOs. “Students kept coming and askine us w hen \\v are going to play a rock concert now that we«havc this great place tof plav them,*' Bowers said. “So. we brought them them a rock,, co.ncert .'WeTe glad to do it. and w e are going to bring them ^'hilc the perfornmnee did not match the nearly 12.500 person full-capacity crowd almost reached by Garth Brooks' show hist November, it did bring in a respectable 6.(X)0. This’number may not have filled the arena, but the crowd present was more than willing to show its appreciation for the change in musical genres. . When Rob Thomas began the group's most popular^ . song, “3 a.m.," the entire arena became standing-room only as those in attendance collectively did their impression of an A&M home game. Patricia Lara, a junior business administration major, said the per formance was a long-needed change. "We has e a lot of different people here, and 40.000 of them are college students read) to have a good time." Lara said. "A rock concert is w hat a lot of us w ant to ha\ e that good time." While the \ ision of lead singer Thomas rocking ^ut in front of an Aggie crowd might be unthinkable to Nome minds who still picture the stereotypical Aggie in over alls as opposed to phafpants. the group's mellow tone tmellow' lor rock music, at least) may have helped the masses of College Station assimilate the music. "This place ma> be mpstlv country, but this music w ill do pretty well because it is not quite .in harsh as oth er groups, but it is still fun lor everyone." said Paul Haw ry lak. a member of the ('lass of 03 who now lives in Bryan. “1 mean, it s not Marilyn Manson.ipr Not all those in attendance Thursday were from k Bryan or College Staiion^ikki Loewe drov e to Col lege Station from NeedsVMWf Texas, a city approxi mately 30 miles south of 1 louston. C “Matchbox Tw enty is great and Tm glad thevWue^ showing them here,'' Loewe said. “FAery Kxl^p# Needsvillc is country, but every body loves Slatclffif Twenty at the same time. The two go together jppi because the group's laid-back rock is the same rfrpifr country is going t&ward any way." Cjt To make sure that the country fans woiiUl m happy. Thomas included a’cover of Willie son's "Mamas, Don't Let 3our Babies Gn4 Up to Be Cow boys.” Rock music* was not the only chanJr • concert-goers may have witnessed at | j| ^ Thursday's performance. Secur'm^ ^pP guards were posted at every entranceto "check patrons for guns and cameras. 1 —a "Matchbox Twenty requested "ft. ) more security than our country per- * formers ask for." Bowers said. "They paid lor the extra security, so we provided it." CODY WAGES VTTAL10N Beth Miller Editor in Chief SN #1055-4726) is published MfcjH during the fall and spring semestasf* Thursday dunng the summer session (MS s and exam penods) at Texas ASM Un« ge Paid at College Stabon, TX 77840. POS ddress changes to The Battalion, Teas*!* TAMU. College Statron.TX 77843 1111. ihon news department is managed di S« ASM University in the Division of Stud# the Department of Journalism. Newsota McDonald Building. Newsroom phone: 8ft 1-2647; E-mail: TheOattalion@hotmali* battalion.tamu.edu rllcation of advertising does not imply spe sement by The Battalion. For campus,M play advertising, call 845-2696. For das call 845-0569. Advertising offices maid, and office hours are 8 a.m.loSp# Fnday. Fax: 845-2678. 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