University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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asma by Sujata K. Muilhy During Gallagher ' s early days on the television show M, his aim was to make a contestant laugh within a minute. After 10 years, his goal of making people laugh re- mained the same. Personal touches and personality were the keystones of Gallagher ' s success, and he brought those traits to the Performing Arts Center March 9. His wiry frame clad in a tight T- shirt sported looK poke of the dumbfounded innocent, or glowed with of a Cheshire grin He seemed to continually scurry around the stage like a mouse while making preparations for the next part of his act. The twinkle in his eyes was the greatest when he came out from the wings with his famous Sledge-o- matic. The Sledge-o-matic con- sisted of two pie plates and a burgeoning mallet with which he sliced, diced, mashed, crushed and ground anything, all for a mere $19.95. This parody of those annoy- ing Ronco commercials had people who knew the barrage was coming a bit uneasy on the first few rows. Gallagher first slammed an alarm clock, then came the heavy artillery large, ripe melons. The safer back rows squealed with delight as cantaloupes, honeydews and watermelons spewed into the arena. As the smell of melons lingered, Gallagher moved to more at-home subjects such as back-yard barbecues. After imitations of the typical cook and tablesetter, he ques- tioned the validity of commercials about how one cigarette caused a forest fire when a gallon of gasoline and a blowtorch can ' t get my hibachi started. The Wizard of Odd. smas ling hit at it March 9 Atou in the Performing Art Cent

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Top Left: Tim Daggett, a member of the award-winning 1984 Olympic Gymnastics Team, shows tils flexibility and endurance on the floor exercises during the Vidal Sassoon Perfect Ten Tour. Top Right: Bert, Ernie. Prairie Dawn and the Honkers salute their friends south of the border during Sesame Street Live at the Erwin Center Feb. 20. Bottom Left- Olympic medalist Mary Lou Retton performs In the Erwin Center as part of the Vldal Sassoon Perfect Ten Tour. Bottom Right: Lynette Woodard is the first female member of the traditionally all-male Harlem Globetrotters. y I 78 Gallagher

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undiscovered Top: Jean Metzinger ' s Still Life with Roulette Wheel belongs to the University of Iowa Museum of Art and u as displayed at the Huntlngton Gallery Hoc. IO-Dec.22. Bottom: (Jtagawa Kunlyosht ' s Caricatures of Actors as Three Animals Playing Ken from Doke ken-awase series Is part of the Spencer Museum of Art Collection. by Joanna Fields The Archer M. Huntington Gallery offered students a chance to go back in time. They could have explored casts of centuries-old Roman statues, studied ancient Corinthian black- figure vases or seen the future through pop art paintings and sculpture. But less than 44 percent of the stu- dent body had toured the museum, even though it was named one of the top 10 university museums in the country. It ' s there for the students. That ' s why the state pays our overhead and salaries, Jesse Hite, director of public relations, said. The low student attendance was attributed to the lack of awareness that we exist, Hite said. Once we get them in, they come back. Another hindrance was the museum ' s 57,000 square feet of ex- hibition space was split between the Harry Ransom Center on the west side of campus and the Art Building on the east. The museum ' s permanent collec- tion included more than 7,000 ob- jects. Its Latin American collection contained more than 500 items and was considered the most extensive of its kind in the United States. Many of the gallery ' s traveling ex- hibitions attracted attention from the University population also. We usually have 10 to 13 exhibitions a year, which the executive committee picks from 200 proposals. They take into consideration the cost, its use to the faculty and its appeal to pro- fessors, art students and the man on the street, Hite said. All photos courtesy of Archer M. Huntington Gaiter]