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27. Tuesday, April 27,1993 The Battalion Page 3 )rsl raise iu ' >n chief! semester! 1 increase spapen| ty, but]I lent bod;[ 'id ]asor! urnalisnl ■ qualitil each. It’s | and wfe [ that its students irnalisrl he same full-time! no ju| iooI he said ! essiomi! to male I do ittn! Battalio: reedoirj spapers y except! ie powel paper's an ran;! ■p. Rorl 5 whickl readers! racially! raid.Thel ts hirind the way /Page- iesters omt , at Texas j University, of Stotert , Building hsing, cd iy tliroug^ i charge by J A cal1 local students find a new faith By ANAS BEN-MUSA The Battalion heMuslim call to prayer is not something students normally hear walking down the street in College Station. But two local students have neard that call this semester and now follow the Islamic faith. Texas A&M student Steven Ide and Blinn College student Jarvis Garvin started questioning the Islamic faith and what it had to oner this semester. "I was wondering what Muslims be lieved in," said Ide, a freshman mechan ical engineering major. "The only thing I knew about Islam before was what you hear in the media — people blowing up cars and hijacking airplanes." To become a Muslim, an individual must declare the belief that there is only one God and the prophet Mohammed is the last messenger of God. Garvin, a freshman at Blinn who works at the Texas A&M's Academic Computing Center, was introduced to 12k the Islamic faith after a conversion a member with the local Muslim community in January. "He started saying certain things that rang a bell in my head," Garvin said. "I agreed with some of the things the (Mus lim) brother said. He in vited me to the mosque." A mosque is a Muslim place of worship. Garvin started at tending prayer services at the Islamic community of Bryan/College Station mosque, located at 414 Stasny. Ide said he stopped going to his Pres byterian church for a year because he wasn't happy there. "I never felt like I belonged there," Ide said. "It was more of a social thing than a religious thing. You go to the church to see what people have done during the week, instead of worship." Ide was looking at other churches and religions and was not pleased by what he saw. He decided to visit the Muslim community after reading an k V-.-\ v.. VST you want to find a purpose in life, you can find it in Islam. If you want to find God’s purpose for us, you can find it in Islam ^ I —Jarvis Garvin, Blinn College student! —.— was surprised by all the different cultures. Everyone is worshiping white people, black people, Arabs and Asians. Steven Ide, Texas AdrM student together open invitation to a prayer service in a February issue of The Battalion. "I was surprised by all the different cultures," Ide said. "Everyone is wor shiping together — white people, black people, Arabs and Asians. The church I went to was pretty much white." Ide particularly likes the Islamic faith because it emphasizes worship. "When praying five times a day, you can't forget that mere is a God," he said. "You are constantly reminded of it." Garvin said the experience of becom ing a Muslim was like leaving one civi lization and going to another. "If you want to find a purpose in life, you can find it in Islam," Garvin said. "If you want to find God's purpose for us, you can find it in Islam." Yet, Ide said the change is not as dras tic as many people think. 'Muslims still believe in Je sus as I did, so it was not a com plete overthrow in what I be lieved in," Ide said. Islam holds that Jesus was a prophet of God, born from the Virgin Mary. "All the prophets are respected, but it is God you worship, not the prophets," Ide said. "They (prophets) are mortal. God having a son would be a human act, a mortal act." In addition, Ide mentioned the Mus lim's duty to tell others about Islam, but never to push it on any individual. "If people want to know about Islam, then it is the duty of the Muslim to tell them," Ide said. Garvin said he had "a lot of steam built up" wanting to know more about Islam. "I was feeling so good that I found some brothers, some people who really observed God," Garvin said. However, he said he realized that he has to take his time. Many Muslims warned him that too many people are enthusiastic to learn about Islam, but after a while become disinterested. "Hopefully if Allah is willing, God is willing, I will be successful, ,v Garvin said. Hutton's talent brings realism to 'Dark Half' By JENNY MAGEE The Battalion "The Dark Half" Starring Timothy Hutton and Amy Madigan Directed by George A. Romero Rated R Playing at Post Oak III If everyone's dark side is as dark and vengeful as that of Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) in "The Dark Half," the world is in deep trouble. Based on Stephen King's novel, "The Dark Half" is a step above the average scary movie because the plot is the creation of King's master mind. But the symbol ic cinematography and Hutton's versatile acting skill build the foundation for a movie that is entertaining and does justice to King's work. Author Thad Beaumont has created the pen name George Stark to allow himself to write the sort of trashy novels that make a lot of money without taint ing his reputation. But when a scumbag who has been made privy to George Stark's true identity comes to Thad with threats of blackmail, Thad decides to kill off the pseu donym and rely on his own literary style. Unfortunately, George Stark is a little bit more than a creation of Thad's imagination. Despite "The Dark Half's" employment of these clich6d elements of evil there is an intricacy of plot structure that elevates this movie to a respectable level. Often, novels lose cohesiveness in the transition from paper to screen, but "The Dark Half" retains the novel's thematic struggle between evil and good while successfully scaring the viewers. Hutton once again contributes the backbone to a movie that could have easily gone limp without him. While many horror movies' ability to inspire true fear is hampered by victims more naive than Little Red Riding Hood, "The Dark Half" successfully avoids this typical horror movie blunder. Hutton, in his dual portrayal of Thad Beaumont and George Stark, seems to comprehend the fact that characters in horror movies need to possess real-life Timothy Hutton plays two sides of one man's character in the film of Stephen King's novel 'The Dark Half." qualities in order to convey fear believably. Hutton's acting adds the essential "other half" horror movie— believability. of a Conan who? Leno presents Letterman's 'Late Night' replacement THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Conan O'Brien, a little-known writer-comedian, was anointed heir to David Letterman and NBC-TV's "Late Night" throne Monday. Jay Leno, the host of NBC's "Tonight Show," in troduced O'Brien, 30, to his audience Monday night. "Nobody knows this guy, nobody's seen him and I thought you might want to say hello," Leno said in his opening monologue. "It'll be great to see someone else's name in the paper all the time." "I was eating a big sandwich and they called me on the phone and said I had this job. It's some thing I've wanted to do all my life. I'm ecstatic." — Conan O'Brien, new host of NBC -TV's 'Late Night' Leno's accession to the job of "Tonight Show" host last May prompted Letterman's defection to CBS. After 11 years at "Late Night," Letterman will compete head-to-head with Leno this summer. O'Brien said on "The Tonight Show" he had learned only eight hours earlier that he was to succeed Letterman. "I was eating a big sandwich and they called me on the phone and said I had this job," O'Brien said from the guest's chair. "It's something I've wanted to do all my life. I'm ecstatic." Leno, who succeeded Johnny Carson, said, "You know, Dave Letterman is a legend here at NBC, and if anything's fun to do, it's replacing legends at NBC." Carson retired last May after al most 30 years as the host of "The Tonight Show." ‘The Final That Ate My Brain 9 Students, faculty, staff and former students: The Battalion wants your horrible, gory, true- life tales of final exam misery. Cat ate your Scantron? Got stuck in Snook? Remembered on reading day that you had an eight ©‘clock class? Turn in your sob story to the Lifestyles Edi tor at the Battalion newsroom, 013 Reed Mc Donald, by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4. In clude your name, ID number, classification and phone number. Stories may be edited for length, style and content and will run in the Lifestyles section on Thursday, May 6. Sore Throat? 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