i TEXAS HALL OF FAME Your#1 Live Country Night Spot! Thurs. Night - $4 cover under 21, over 21 free. With any current Student, Faculty or Staff I.D or University VIP Card get $2.00 discount any night. We'll be spinning your favorite records. Fri. Night - $5 cover. 25VHd Turkey $ 12 99 750 ml 101° We accept Cash, Checks, Debit Cards on sale items. Specials good through Thurs., Sept. 23 - Sat., Sept. 25, 1993. triking Distance" is a Tar cry from either of The "Die Hard" films. It lacks good quality production and a meaningful dialogue. Surprisingly, it's not Willis' acting that will leave a bad taste in your mouth. In fact, he im pressively portrays a serious beat cop, even without the help of his typical, pompous wisecracks. Willis plays the role of Thomas Hardy, a dedicated Pitts burgh police officer who is con vinced a new serial killer is the same man who killed his father two years before, despite the fact another man is in prison for the murder. Hardy's fellow police officers despise him because he believes someone in the department is his father's murderer. Banned from any further official investigation. Hardy illegally persists in trying to find the real killer, quickly learning he can't trust anyone ex cept his new partner, Jo Christen (Sarah Jessica Parker). Parker's well-acted portrayal of Jo as an admirable, soft-spo ken, strong-natured cop gains Hardy's trust. But while Jo and Tom motor through the film's plentiful but pitifully shot action scenes, the poor lighting and choppy pro duction quality gradually begin to wear on one's patience. Luckily, the suspenseful plot fills the gaps here and there and overcomes the shoddy produc tion. Parker and Willis also save the film by adding a sense of re ality to Jo and Tom. With the climactic plot and great acting, watching the rest of the "Striking Distance" becomes less painful. "Striking Distance" is not a horrible film. You just might want to hold out on seeing it un til it comes out on video. Around Town Information is provided In/ the individual organizations. It is subject to change. Music: Brown Bag Concert 402 Academic Building.. For more information call 845-3355. Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Marc Garvin, guitar. Free concert; starts at 12:30 p.m. call 845-15! 5. Second Annual 5K Run - Registration begins Sept. 27 in the MSC. Prices ate $10 before the event, and $12 on the day of the event. Price includes registration and a t-shirt. Run begins at 8 a.m. on Oct. 2. Events StageCenter 701 North Main Street. Bryan. For more informa tion call 823-4297. Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 23-25 - “1940s Radio Hour.” A cast of charac ters takes you back to the days of "Old Black Magic." Begins at 8 p.m. Burleson County Fair Burleson County Fairgrounds, Caldwell. Tor mart information call (409) 567-3218 or 567-717). Wednesday-Saturday, Sept.22-25 • Commercial livestock exhibition, junior livestock show and auction, handwork, crafts, bake show and Country Queen contest. Thursday, Exhibits: MSC University Center Galleries Messina Hof Winery 4545 Old Reliance Rd., Bryan. For more informa tion call 778-WINF. Saturday-Sunday, Sept.25-26 - South western Wine and Food Weekend. Free tours of the winery. Taste the foods of the Southwest paired with Messina Hof wines. sculptures. For more in- MSC Film Society Rudder Theater Complex. Tickets are $2.50 for stu dents and $3.00 for non-students. For more infor mation, call 845-1234. “Olivier Olivier”- Film shown Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p .m. “Dave” - Film shown Sept. 24 and 25 at 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight. MSC Hospitality Memorial Student Center. For more information, Bold Strokes and Quiet Gestures - 20th century drawings and watercolors from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Shown through October 14. For mm information, call 845-8501. Kent Ullbcrg -Wildlife Shown through October 3. formation, call 845-8501. The Etchings and Drypoints of James McNeill Whistler - Shown through Oc tober 21. For more information, cull 845-8501. The Gallery Room 120 Langford Architecture Center, BuiUinf[ A. For more itifonnation call Jenny Comer: SC- 8677. Sketches and Photographs - Summer study abroad program, Greece/Turkey '90 and '92. Shown until Sept. 26. Amta jumi into deatl The, An opry jamboree in Ayyieband... Local talent sfiozvcasd SARA! trak's cros ited hurtle inky bayc plunging i into a nig and death. Forty-t killed, son a submerj car and ol gine, and ' deadliest \ year histoi Howard R More t vived, sor sengers w from a col bridge in e alligators. The cau immediate bility offic was that < the bridge Brian L was awake gan bankii "It kind ol off their se was going was accom sound folk lot of screa All thre the eight < les-to-Mia bridge, wi above the were pass< them wa merged ir deep in Ba By Lesa Ann King The Battalion Newton-John copes with cancer The Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Olivia New ton-John says she's learned to cope with breast cancer. "A lot of it is in your mind. You have to decide that you're go ing to be OK,” Newton-John said Tuesday. 'T'm healthy, fit and fine now.” She made her comments on KCAL-TV's "Live in L.A.” talk show. She did not discuss what type of treatment she received for the cancer. The Australian-born singer and actress disclosed she had breast cancer in July 1992, saying it had 5,bc been detected early. About 182,00 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the Unit ed States, and about 46,000 will die from it, the American Cancer Society estimates. "It really refocused my life/' she said. "When you go through something like that, it puts every thing else in perspective. I was trying to be everything to every body — I was Mom, 1 was trying to save the world, and I was run ning a business. 1 strongly believe that illness is related to your mind and stress and your feelings.” Newton-John, who turns 45 on Sunday, lives in Malibu with her husband. Matt Lattanzi, and 7- year-old daughter, Chloe. Aggieland Entertainment pre sents an exciting evening of down-home opry entertainment Saturday as the Texas Opry Jam boree makes its debut appearance in the Brazos Valley. Based in Magnolia, Texas, the Texas Opry Jamboree will per form at the Bryan Civic Auditori um featuring a variety of enter tainment for all ages. The talent will include country and gospel music singers, fast country pickin' and a generous dose of hillbilly comedy. Jack Weldon of Aggieland En tertainment says the opry enter tainment compares to the shows and sound found in Branson, Mo., with the advantage of a lower cost and a better location. The opry also showcases local entertainers such as fourteen- year-old Kathy Ross from Bryan. Ross Ross has appeared on televi sion's "Star Search" and has sung the national anthem numerous times at the Houston Astrodome. She is a local favorite, singing at many Aggie Baseball games and other community events. The doors open at 7:15, and the show starts at 8:00. For reser vations and information, contact the MSC box office at 845-1234. BirkemtocK The original comfort shoe. 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