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Meet The Battalion CALL FOR PAPERS Texas A&M University Undergraduate Journal of Science All undergrads doing research are eligible to submit their work for possible publication. DEADLINE: February 2, 2004 Rm. 230 Reed-McDonald or email to uis@stuorg.tamu.edu cMojxe Pteqstcuuuf, GetUe/iA, I • • OF BRAZOS VALLEY Wednesday, Jan. 28 2-4 p.m. Forsyth Galleries, MSC Meet the writers, photographers, artists and editors who produce your campus newspaper. The Battalion YOU COULD HAVE AN STD AND NOT KNOW IT! IF YOU'RE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOU ARE AT RISK - EVEN IF YOU ARE USING CONDOMS. STD Testing - Free & Confidential Call our Registered Nurse to make an appointment 695-9193 205 Brentwood, College Station / Spring Into Action...Serve! Volunteer Opportunities Fair January 27 & 28 10a.m. to 2 p.m. MSC Flagroom Sponsored by: Department of Student Activities Volunteer Services Center http://vsc.tamu.edu A guy who downloads romantic comedies who’s too embarrassed to see them in a theater. THE NEWEST WAY TO GET HIT MOVIES: DOWNLOAD THEM. STUDENTS GET 25% OFF* ALL MOVIES AT COLLEGE.MOVIELINK.COM Movielink movies on demand Wednesday, January 28, 2004 AGG THE BATTAU CATS Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Presented by MSC OPAS Strobe lights, fog and pyrotechnics probably weren’t on English poet T.S. Eliot's mind when he wrote the lighthearted poems in “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” in 1939. Almost 65 years later. “Cats,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical based on Eliot’s work, is just as stunning in Rudder Auditorium as it must have been at its first performance in London in 1981. The setting is the first thing to catch the audi ence’s eye. Piles of rubble litter the stage as fog rolls in and the cast slithers in in cat-like motions. It appears to be an alley at moonlight when all the cats are creeping out for a “Jellicle Ball.” The story of these cats is not what drives the show. The names of the cats Eliot conceived are entertaining in themselves: Jennyanydots, Rum Turn Tugger, Bustopher Jones, Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer and Mr. Mistoffelees, to name a few. The real action is the choreography, as the actors contort and move their bodies in ways that would make any yoga instructor proud. The songs are mostly upbeat, with a few ballads thrown in for good measure. “The Rum Turn Tugger” (Brian Gallagher) number features a cat with a wild streak and Elvis-like hip move ments, fur made to look like an Elvis collar and mojo with the female cats that would make even The King jealous. Another notable number has Mungojerrie (Mario Martinez) and Rumpleteazer (Katy Burns), a pair of cats, croon about their inces sant mischief, with a little tumbling thrown in The story, which is always secondan music and choreography, relies heavily pathetic Grizabella (Anne Brummel), aB y ( glamorous feline now past her prime. HrB ) , c lad, “Memory,” which is woven througlioB xa> musical, is hauntingly melodic and the audience’s heartstrings. > B ^ Sections of the set get taken apart M ^ Skimbleshanks’ (Jesse Factor) songconsB^ and a train is created w ith pieces of pro\ imisl\ idL'ntifiable. “Macavity," r Ginnever) with a bluesy, typically BroJ chorus line sound, showcases ,i literalca:| before Macavity disappears in a Hash of The highlight of “Cats” is “Mr. Mistoi (Shane Hall). Visually, the chore flashy and has the audience nodding tapping their toes as a glitter Mistoffelees nimbly parades around tl one point turning too many pirouettes The only downside to “Cats" is its ryline, although that doesn't seem t Webber and choreographer Gi L mind. The perfomianc music and the poetry Webber has stayed exfn any line there is - this hit is one that everyone of T , la r only runn d set for emphasis. Log on to www.thebattalion.net for more photos of MSC OPAS’Tues|* night performance of “CATS.” |ime ;agu In nee e p hre< gain tie n •Bcx.l' I In 'Boul ■laic. Been 'Ble 'Br o ma\.' ivnk Bur ncrc Blosc -■oim pey’i If Iny t Iowa |Vedt T! ard Jniv :oii< lacf CHICK-FUCK CLICKER: Joshua L. Hobson • THE BAH Bustopher Jones (Kevin C. Wanzorj is surrounded by Jellylorum (Mary Elizabeth Sweeney) and BombalurinoP Trippeer) in Tuesday night's performance of "Cats" in Rudder Auditorium. "Cats" will run once more, tonighlol 'Terms and conditions apply. See website tor details. FINAL DAY SENIORS. We're back by popular demand, but this Is your last chance. Graduation portraits for the 2004 Aggieland Yearbook will be taken today in Room 407 of Rudder. There is no sitting fee required to be photographed for the yearbook; resits are $10. To make an appointment, call Thornton Studio at 1-8i 883-9449. Aggieland 2004 Texas A&M University Yearbook 1
