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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
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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
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life, you can find it in Islam. If
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—Jarvis Garvin, Blinn College student!
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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.
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We are looking for individuals 18 years of age or older with sore
throats to participate in a 2 hour research study involving an oral
rinse or spray for the relief of sore throat. Patients who complete the
study successfully will be compensated $40.
BioLogica Research Group, Inc.
776-0400
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