MSC merger? Pure Prairie League: deal incl Group considers combining two committees MS pure prairie boredom “ONL By PAMELA RIMOLDI Battalion Reporter Committee are similar enough to med this time of the semester and so the various art exhibits in the MSC Hit; Gallery. By RICHARD OLIVER Pure Prairie League, headed flying out to parts unknown,’ The possibility consolidating the consolidate them, and whether that they aren’t worried about the lack of by bass-player Mike Connor, Adi The Crafts and Arts Committee Battalion Staff said. Arts Committee and the Crafts and would help achieve their goals, chairmen. played for an hour-and-a-half, MSC conduct the craft fairs by Rudder Pure Prairie League was on Connor also jokingly refew Arts Committee will be considered Beshara said. “Both of these committees have vacation both on and off the stage starting with a near full-house au- to his group’s music as dul this week by a selected members of Right now, neither of the commit­ been struggling since they began be­ Tower and run workshops in the Friday night. like a “team of out-of-work bn; can tees have a chairman. Both resigned MSC Craft Shop. both organizations and some faculty cause they don’t attract high in­ The Cincinnati-based group, surgeons.” \ MS more than a month ago, for personal Recommendations will be made to and students. terest,” Beshara said. This is not an well-known for its hit “Amy,” The group’s performance ! reasons, said Brooks Herring, presi­ art-oriented campus.” the MSC Council by the study com­ OFF-< The study committee will discuss played before a near-capacity Review highlighted by the versatilih dent of the MSC Council and Dire­ mittee on how they decide would be HE the specific purpose of the two orga­ For that reason, she said, the two crowd at G. Rollie White Col- Patrick Bolin, who played i ctorate. good ways to improve the structure FINA1 nizations and determine if those pur­ committees are essential to this cam­ iseum. saxophone, percussion poses are being served, said Teresa No one has been found to take the pus because they bring art that may of the committees, Beshara said. fim The “Beat the Hell Outta t.u. coronet; and Vince Gill, the lei place of the chairmen because no Beshara said she expects the MSC dience, and ending with only a Beshara, vice president of Student otherwise never come here. Concert” was highlighted by San singer, who played lead gui! Me Programs. one seems interested in taking the The Arts Committee brings some Council will make a decision on the few die-hards. Francisco comedian Ron Doug­ and the fiddle. ARTE The study committee plans to con­ positions, Herring said. live performances here such as the possible consolidation by February Prior to the performance, Con­ las, who provided more enter­ The group’s lackluster tioi sider if the purposes of the Arts Fortunately, he said, the commit­ jazz band from North Texas State because a new council is elected in nor said the group was actually on !*' tainment than anything else formance was clearly person! firs Committee and the Arts and Crafts tees have fewer activities program­ University. They also bring films and the spring. vacation, and was just doing the which occurred on the stage dur­ one concert. in the song, “I Can’t Hold Bad p.n ing the evening. “After the concert, everyone’s a 15-minute extravaganzaofb ORAr" guitar solos, boring vocal solo Ro< and numerous hisses from thei anc dience. Pure Prairie Leaguedidhan MSC’ few bright points, however. H p.n classic, “Amy,” brought afo lov fans to their feet, and “ThatlS; AGGI The Day” gave me a littleelafa sell Perhaps the brightest things Off out having Pure Prairie $2. concert is the A&M footballtet “RET has always won when the baa wil appears here. Scl I’m sure the band is am anc more versatile, exciting gn than the one on stage Frid) ALPE night. They were selectedbyB; me board magazine as the best w country-rock band of 1978. BIBL1 But Pure Prairie Leaguevn in at best, a bunch of good musicfc going through the motions. Connor said the bandwasi satisfied with its record labe RCA. He feels the companyisn) distributing enough albums fe the group. “We feel they could pronw us a lot better,” he said. “We'i putting out an average album a year, and we ll haveos out in January. Our contractcai for 10 albums, and we’ve eight, so we ll see.” Well, Texas A&M studentsgi a dose of Pure Prairie League Ft one potato, day night, and I, myself, feel would have been more worti Lead singer Vince Gill of Pure Prairie League throws him­ while to stay home and watcbtb self into a song during the group’s concert after Bonfire Friday Sugar Ray Leonard fight at horn two potato... night. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. ZACHAftiAS* Christmas Bad Za A budding new taste sensation appear­ GREENHOUSE ing now In College Station! club & sane parlor set on TV Dec, never a cover charge United Press Internatioml NEW YORK — The mi OPEN NOW!! 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