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THE BATTALION is accepting applications for the following staff position for the fall semester: News reporter Applications are available at the front desk of Room 013 Reed McDonald Building. All majors are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be Texas A&M students in good standing at the time of employment and remain in good standing while employed. For more information, call Kim McGuire or Jan Higginbotham at 845-3313. Page 4 • The Battalion j/\ggielife Tuesda y • Octoberd Tuesday • Exit theater before viewing ‘Exit to Eden By Jay Robbins The Battalion “Exit to Eden” Starring Dana Delaney* Rosie O’Donnell and Dan Aykroyd Directed by Garry Marshall Rated R Playing at Schulman 6 * (out of five) :fly MSC Political Forum Presents: % Rep Candidate for Lieutenant Governor Tex Lezar Tuesday, October 25,1994 7:00 p.m. MSC 292 & Persons with disabilities please call us at 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability: The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of MSC Political Forum, The MSC or Texas A&M University. J Keep your eyes on the road, hit the accelerator and drive right past “Exit to Eden.” This Supermodel Iman turns in one of the only interesting per formances in a near-parody of herself as the muscle behind the smuggling operation. She and her partner pose as guests on Eden as they search for a pho tographer whose pictures could identify and incriminate them. O’Donnell and Aykroyd pro vide some limited comic relief as they pursue the fugitives and the photographer, who spends his time Top weekend movies Weekend of October^] All dollar figures in mite Gross to dale, weeks in release, number of screens film should finally sup plant the ac cursed Dustin H o f f- “The hundreds of tanned nude bod ies that populate Eden form a bland, almost embarrassing backdrop remi niscent of an accidental turn into the wrong locker room.” m a n - trying to seduce the dom- i n a tr i x Delaney. The im ages of the sar- d o n i c O’Don- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pulp Fiction $21.7, Iwo weeks, L The Specialist $37 8, Ihree weeks, 2,509sew; Love Affair $5.4, one week, 1,585 screens Little Giants $9.9, two weeks, 2,022 screens The River Wild $33.2, four weeks, 2,13/screers The Puppet Masters J; $4 07, one week, 1,481 screens Wes Craven's New Nighte; $11 6, Iwo weeks, 1,8/Oscreens Forrest Gump $283.6.16 weeks, 1,873 screens Only You $15.4, Ihree weeks, 1,617screm The Shawshank Redemption $10.2, five weeks, 972 saeens The Battalion wants your input. Warren Beatty Hick “Ishtar” as the reigning chump of terrible- horrible-no good-very bad movies. The disappointment worsens because of the appeal of the sto ry, which is based on a novel by Anne Rice of “Interview With a Vampire” fame. Rosie O’Donnell and Dan Aykroyd play a pair of Los Ange les police detectives who pursue two international diamond smugglers to the island of Eden, a resort designed to help its guests overcome sexual repres sion and find “true erotic re lease.” Dana Delaney (of “Hous- esitter” and TV’s “China Beach) plays the dominatrix mistress of the place. nell in a black leather teddy and garters, and Aykroyd, as a hy per-prudish cop whose assign ment really opens his eyes, can’t help but draw a few chuckles from the audience. But those laughs are few and far between. “Exit to Eden” is boring. That’s hard to accom plish when the dominant theme is sex and the plotlxines twist through sexual experiments like bondage, fetishes and other “games,” but this film does it. The hundreds of tanned nude bodies that populate Eden — far from creating an erotic at mosphere — form a bland, al most embarrassing backdrop reminiscent of an accidental turn into the wrong locker Geti Perhaps the worst obstatli success for "Exit to Eden'isj advertising promotions, \tli dwell on humor andonO'Di nell and Aykroyd.Thetwsi]| are only supporting characta at best, and the film sea much more interestedinscsj, ings than smiles — in fact,I the funny scenes areintheaij The much-touted ‘Gai Marshall, director of'Prel Woman’” selling point W deceives. “Exit to Eden” is nothing!; “Pretty Woman,” which® funny, sexy and interesting, “Exit to Eden” falls far sk of filmdom paradise. The fall Man cannot be long from nos this show attracts audiences, As Halla popping Jor< of I Pit bulls used in gang warfare, dogfights Texas A&M students, faculty and staff are invited to attend a forum with editors on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in 003 Reed McDonald (in the basement). If you have any questions about the newspaper or its operation, please take advantage of this opportunity. It's your paper. For more information, call Belinda Blancarte or Mark Evans at 845-3313 ■■ ■ HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sherry DeGenova cringes each time she sees a snarling pit bull being paraded down the street, a common sight in inner cities across the country. “It’s terrible what’s being done to these dogs,” says DeGenova, kennel manager at the Hartford Animal Control Shelter. More and more, she says, the dogs are being used against oth er pit bulls in illegal, high- stakes dogfights. Then, when they have been defeated and maimed, the injured animals are abandoned and left to roam the streets. Warring drug dealers also train the dogs to be killers and then use them as “four-legged guns.” “We’re seeing a disturbing new trend, a nationwide trend. Members of street gangs are us ing pit bulls as status symbols and as weapons,” says Rachel Lamb, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society of the U.S., based in Washington, D.C. “It’s a huge problem in Washington.” In the nation’s capital, the Humane Society’s dog pound de stroys as many as 10 to 15 pit bulls each month, says Rose mary Vozobule, director of hu mane law enforcement. “These are dogs we’ve found running down the street or left abandoned in boarded-up hous es,” she says. “In some areas of the city there are dog fights every single night.” In Hartford, the dog pound recently had to destroy six pit bulls confiscated at an impromp tu dog fight in the inner city. “In the cases of many of these dogs, it’s doing them a fa vor to put them to sleep, consid ering how they’ve been treated during their lives,” DeGenova says. Illegal “backyard breeders” beat their dogs and bind their legs to make them more vicious, she says. They wrap heavy chains around the puppies to build up their chests, and some times even pen their pit bulls with smaller dogs and encour age the pit bulls to tear apart the weaker dogs. Dog wardens say most of the abandoned pit bulls are either too maimed or too vicious to be eligible for adoption. I JERUS/ irg 100 ya highway, 1 overlook th Jerusalem Arabic, the V For the Jordan iar lied in ti |erusalem, Iriate, give ionship b< lie two c( lived and n Bridgeport, Connecticut; r} rol T^ ' v ' largest city, the situationisto- tally out of control, saysRalpk Corson, the city’s chief animal control officer. “We have pit bulls in our shelters that are absolutely wild,” Corson says. “Pit bulls are the dog of cite among the gangs now. They® them like four-legged guns,Tf says, adding that the gangs’. 1 ? begun breaking into the pout: and stealing pit bulls that has been picked up on the streets. In the past month, eightpit bulls have been stolen from till Bridgeport animal shelter and from other shelters around the state,, says Richard Johnson, president of the Connecticut Hi mane Society. Johnson says some of the dogs were used as bait to help train other pit bulls for high- stakes fights that are held in housing project courtyards and back streets. “We are talking aboutthou- sands of dollars that can change hands in one of these contests, he says. “That would certainly convince someone to breakint#; shelter and steal a dog." Iloody bor their histor I If Israe Wednesda ‘Ceremony order, it’s the cherry iaked long Two Years ndrew Lloyd Webber's award-winning biographical masterpiece Evita continues to appeal to new audiences worldwide. This examination of morality and the price of relentless ambition tells the story of Eva Reran, who manipulated her way out of the grips of poverty to become one of the most powerful women in the world. With such tunes as “Don't Cry For Me Argentina” and “Another Suitcase in Another Hall,” Evita is chilling tale YOU won't soon forget. opas22 MSC OPERA & PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office-TAMU, or charge by phone at 845-1234 Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. !|r„ -, - - . Our Future Join us for a Pre-performance Buffet on Saturday, pet. 29 Dinner will be served from 6-7:30 p.m. Buffet tickets are $13 per person and reservations must be made by Wednesday, October 26 at 5 p.m. For more information, call 845-1118. m TEACH FOR AMERICA