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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
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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.
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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
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By Wes Swift
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Devil in a Blue Dress is as
smooth as the jazz that fills the
film’s underground clubs and
bars.
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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-
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Don Cheadle gives a show tually
performance as Mouse, RawlkHpubl
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same time, and he’s great cot lai t y’s
relief at some of the film’s me: ME ye
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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
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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
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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
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•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
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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