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Page 4 • The Battalion Mark your 1 1 3 4 j|| s 1 7 1 1 YT n - || a U IS 14 xl n Jl M it for the.... Fall Semester New Officer Workshop Thursday # October 5, 1995 Registration and Reception 6:00-6:30 p.m. - 2nd Floor Rudder Tower General Session and Concurrent Workshops 6:30-9:00 p.m. Session Topics •Fiscal Affairs (Treasurer and Advisor Workshop) •Diversity in Programming •Ethical Leadership •Art of Delegation •Planning a Successful Meeting College Bowl ‘95 Intramural Trivia Tournament Register in Student Programs Office 2nd Floor MSC f845-1515J Student Organizations $10 per team All Others $20 per team Individuals $5 per person College Bowl, a program of MSC NOVA TheT ion Thatch WSrSobe" Exciting adventures come to life when a group of curious children accidentally enter the strange land of Narnia through a wondrous wardrobe door! Children of all ages will enjoy this imaginative musical production of C.S. Lewis' 'The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe." You won't want to miss it! I Sunday, October 8, 1995 2:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. Rudder Theatre Tickets are on sale at the MSC Box Office- TAMU, or charge by phone at 845-1234. The MSC Box Office accepts Aggie Bucks™ Opera & Perfermiiy Arti .Winy FOR THE YOUNG AT ART! f Persons with disabilities please call 845*8903 to inform us of your 4*1- special needs. We request notification three (3) working days prior to tne event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. It's What's That Counts. Where do you go to gain "real world" experience in a college-level program? Use your head. Think Disney! Representatives will be on campus to answer all your questions about the WALT DISNEY WORLD College Program. World Co. f © The Walt Disney Company Interviewing: All majors for posifions throughout theme parks and resorts. Positions include attractions, food & beverage, merchandise, lifeguarding, among many others. Presentation Date: October 3, 1995 Time: 7:00pm Location: Rudder Theatre For more information, contact: Co-op Offices An Equal Opportunity Employer Drawing Creativity from Diversity Monday • October!, Devil in a Blue Ores- Constant, subtle suspense drives murder mysten 0\ By Wes Swift The Battalion Devil in a Blue Dress is as smooth as the jazz that fills the film’s underground clubs and bars. OV1E RW Devil in a Blue Starring Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore and Don Cheadle Directed by Carl Franklin Rated R Playing at Hollywood *** 1/2 (out of five) Its mystery and suspense is subtle, sneaking up on viewers through each scene, pulling them along without their knowledge. Denzel Washington is Easy Rawlins, a World War II veter an who leaves his home in Houston for the promise of a better job in the factories of 1948 Los Angeles. The job market has not been kind to Rawlins, and he faces losing his home if he doesn’t come up with some cash quick. Enter Albright (Tom Size more), a shady man who hires Rawlins to find Daphne Monet (Jennifer Beals), the girlfriend of a leading mayoral candidate. Monet likes to spend her time on Central Avenue, a strip of Negro speakeasies and clubs. As Rawlins searches for Mon et, he finds himself in a web of murder, politics and racism. Rawlins learns he can’t trust anybody — even life-long friends turn into back-stabbing enemies. First, his friend’s girlfriend is murdered, and Rawlins was the last one to see her alive. Then, Monet tracks down Rawl ins and asks him to drive her around the city. Consequently, another dead body turns up, and Rawlins can be linked to it. Piece by piece, Rawlins learns why finding Monet is so important and why someone is willing to kill her and the se cret she carries. If you’re craving a good mur der mystery, do not pass up Devil in a Blue Dress. The plot is slow-paced, but fast enough to keep audiences watching. The violence is kept to a mini mum, and the story twists are perfectly timed. The cinematography is won derful, especially the exploration of Central Avenue and the pre dominantly black parts of L.A. This is a side of the City of An gels that we rarely get to see, and the production comes through. Washington is good as Rawl- o hs hu Enda labbl lives, lethei Jpopi (Powi hives a GO ’ si IcominjL should . He ide ins. He doesn’t play Rawlins it j^h th the top, but just a regulargn; p 0 . ; 3 e i who just wants to get out da HEvet horrible situation. H e y - Don Cheadle gives a show tually performance as Mouse, RawlkHpubl Washington hood friend from Houston.Cl (hat fe die is funny and scary at the I|rts same time, and he’s great cot lai t y’s relief at some of the film’s me: ME ye tense moments. shpw I Devil in a Blue Dress iso ;in|the of the slickest murder myste ies in a long time. Theplotis strong, the acting is solidaiii| the scenery is insightful. All mysteries should be a smooth as this film. Despite powerful subject Jeffrey has little to offer TAiV By Wes Swift The Battalion It’s hard to say many posi tive things about Jeffrey, the new movie based on Paul Rud- nick’s play about a gay man trying to cope with life in the AIDS-filled modern world. Starrin mav and Steven Weber Directed by Christopher Ashley Rated R Playing at Hollywood 16 a ★ (out of five) That is because the film doesn’t have many good things in it. Its good points are so few and sandwiched between so many bad points, that viewers come away feeling like they have wasted their money. Steven Weber plays Jeffrey, a modern gay man whose only obsession is sex. He loves sex with a religious fervor. Times have changed, though, and in the era of HIV, sex, at least to Jeffrey, has become too hazardous. So Jeffrey swears off sex. Things get complicated when Jeffrey’s friends Sterling (Patrick Stewart) and Darius (Bryan Batt), introduce him to Steve (Michael T. Weiss), a fel low homosexual. Steve and Jeffrey fall in love instantly. Jeffrey is in turmoil, trying to deal with his celibacy oath and his new-found love. Then Steve adds even more pressure by telling Jeffrey that he is HIV-positive. Jeffrey spends the rest of the film deciding what he should do about Steve, his oath and his life. In the end, though, his pre dictable decision falls flat. For a film that could have broken a lot of ground, Jeffrey seems to have forgotten the shovel. The potential was Jrum there, with the great talents G. Roll Weber and Stewart, butitjifpore doesn’t click. H3-O2 The fault doesn’t lie witltp talented cast. | g ra Weber gives a admirable L ()r! ] ) performance in the lead role and Stewart is superb asSt< f^, ag ling, the homosexual interior designer. The other actors a eniri also solid. The truth, however,isthi tMion Rudnick doesn’t give them ^jcks much to work with. Themanj theatrical devices, likefljsh E, pj backs, asides and segmentin-H 0Ur tros, don’t translate onthesil» a y 0 ver screen. | The monologue is weak C( simplistic (Jeffrey’s hugere«Bin lation comes when his friendsK. s r( tells him, “Hate AIDS, Jeffe'Matic) — don’t hate life”). Theresto the storyline goes in so mam directions that it doesn’tac® plish anything. That’s a shame, too. with a stronger script, have been something trulyp 01 erful. Instead we get a cheesy movie about gay men. Shorn Free Computing Short Courses for Fall, 1995 lllltl Computing and Information Services (CIS) offers many short courses free of charge to everyone at Texas A&M. No pre-registration is necessary. All coursesare offered on a first-come first-served basis. For more information call 845-8300 or 862-3139. CIS Microcomputing Short Courses •Word for Windows 10:00 am Mon. Sept. 25 & Wed. Oct. 11 121 WCCC •Word for Macintosh 10:00 am Tue. Sept. 26 and Thu. Oct. 12 121 WCCC •Microsoft Access (database) 10:00 am , Wed. Sept. 27 & Tue. Oct. 10 121 WCCC •Introduction to the Internet 10:00 am Thu. Sept. 28 & Wed. Oct. 4 121 WCCC •Excel for Windows 10:00 am Mon. Oct. 2 & Wed. Oct. 18 WCCC •Excel for Macintosh 10:00 am Tue. Oct. 3 & Thu. Oct. 19 121 WCCC UNIX Short Courses For more information on UNIX short courses, please call 847-UNIX •Programming Tools on UNIX 6:30-8:00 pm Mon. Sept. 25 116 Bright . NA be he: are w tionc •UNIX Networking: An Introduction 6:30-8:00 pm Wed. Sept. 27 116 Bright •PC to UNIX Communications 6:30-8:00 pm Mon. Oct. 2 116 Bright •UNIX Electronic Mail 6:30-8:00 pm Wed. Oct. 4 116 Bright Br: ter, | port Surv: anotl Supercomputing Short Courses For more information on Supercomputing short courses, please call 845-0219 SGI Power Challenge Tue. Sept. 26 (I) Thu. Sept. 28 (II) 3-5:00 pm 39 WERC Thread creation, parallel constructs, dependencies, and compiler directives •Cray J90 Code Optimization: Vectorization Concepts and Techniques Tue. Oct. 3 (I) Thu. Oct. 5 (II) 3-5:00 pm 39 WERC