Aggielife
Oh, the places
you'll 90...
MSC Executive Lecture Series
presents
Achieving Executive
leadership in the 90s
an interactive discussion with
Mr. Bob Wallace
Former President
Phillips 66
Mr. Pat Payne
Senior Vice-President
WMX Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Dave Anderson
Managing Partner
Heidrick & Struggles
Tuesday, April 9 * 7:30 P.M. • Rudder Theater
Persons with disabilities please call 845-1515 to inform us of your
special needs. We request three working days prior to the event to
enable us to assist you to the best of our abilities.
...when you hear the
places they've been!
On April 9th, Aggies must
choose a Congressman who will
abide by the “Code of Honor”
Gene Fontenot claims to be the
ultimate advocate for Pro-Life,
opposing abortion even as a last resort
to save the life of expectant mothers.
However, the hospital Fontenot owned
and managed routinely performed
elective abortions while he claimed to
be a “hands on” manager.
Gene Fontenot says he opposes all
gambling, saying he refuses to trade
with gas stations which sell Texas
ottery tickets.
However, Fontenot was a major owner
of stock in Circus Circus, one of the
largest casino operators in the Las
Vegas gambling industry.
Gene Fontenot claims to be a However, the federal government had
responsible business owner, paying to sue Fontenot to force him to pay the
taxes and obeying the rules and $2.4 million in taxes he withheld from
regulations that apply to all businesses, employees but failed to pay.
Kevin Brady
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Monday • April 8,
Lawrence shows versatility in A
Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Monday • A
Movie Review
A Thin Line Between Lnve and Hate
Starfring Martin Lawrence anti
Whitfield
Directed by Martin Lawrence
Maying at Hollywood 16
By Wes Swift
The Battalion
A Thin Line Between Love
and Hate shows that comic
Martin Lawrence has matured
a bit. Unfortunately, he doesn’t
seem to know who he’s become.
The grossly misnomered Thin
Line is about as crazy as
Lawrence’s stand up routine. But
this film, a supposed comedy, is a
lot more serious than audiences
will be expecting.
Thin Line is littered with
some laughs, but spends most of
its nearly two hours espousing
the pitfalls of men’s exploitation
of women.
Lawrence portrays Darnell
Wright, a happy fellow whose
time is spent hustling women.
To Darnell, women are like tis
sues you use and
throw away.
Darnell’s world gets
turned upside down
when he sets his
sights on Brandi
(Lynn Whitfield), a so
phisticated business
woman who brushes
him aside. Using all of
his charms, Darnell
wins over Brandi, but not be
fore he breaks his cardinal rule
and says those three little
words, “I love you.”
Things go haywire, though,
when Darnell tries to cut his rela
tionship with Brandi, and she re
turns the favor in some rather
demonic ways.
The entire plot is reminiscent
of Fatal Attraction, so much so, in
fact, that Darnell even makes a
reference to the movie.
Lawrence should be com
mended for going beyond the
traditional comedy upon which
he built his career.
While the trademark
woman-hounding remarks are
still there and the patented
Lawrence slang. Thin Line
goes far beyond a trip through
libido lane.
What does emerge is a sort
of morality play on how men
should treat women, or con
versely, how they should not
treat women.
Everything that happensto
Darnell isn’t dumped on him
by society.
Lawrence plays a funny and
subtly sleazy Darnell. Auiences
will see him as a good-hearted
guy who just happens to follow
the wrong instincts when it come
to his relationships.
Whitfield is above averagek
the seductive yet psychotic
Brandi. Her evil eye looks (par
don the pun) are to die for.
The only actress whocandi
a better go-to-hell look is An
gela Bassett.
The storyline is decent,kl
confusing at times. Halfway
through the film, viewers may
wonder when the smattering!!
humor is going to end and
floodgates of funniness areg«
ing to open. It never does,in
stead fading to a scary rampaj
al a Brandi.
Martin Lawrence makes A
Thin Line a good effort at semi
serious film making.
Now if he can just decide
which way he wants to go.
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By Jonathan Faber
The Battalion
The Stone Temple Pilots have
gone for a new musical direction
with the release of Tiny Music ...
Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop.
Tiny Music is the group’s
third release, following Core in
1992 and Purple in 1994. Tiny
Music has many qualities pre
sent in the band’s other two al
bums, but seems to fall short in
other areas.
Most of the songs are arranged
by bassist Robert DeLeo and hid
brother Dean, the band’s gui
tarist. Vocalist Scott Weiland and
drummer Eric Kretz make contri
butions, as well.
Many of the songs on Tiny
Music have depressing lyrics
dealing with issues such as sui
cide, lost love and substance
abuse. Many of the depressive
lyrics may be attributed to Wei-
land’s recent release from a drug
rehabilitation center.
The first track, “Press Play,”
is a minute-long instrumental,
which seems like it could have
been better if it was longer and
actually had words.
Pop’s “Love Suicide” boasts a
Stone Temple Pilots
deep musical groove with apparent
unoriginality and lack of effort
with the lyrics. Unfortunately, this
seems to be the norm for many of
the songs on Ti.ny Music — great
musical arrangements with less-
than-great vocals and lyrics.
The first single released off
Tiny Music was “Big Bang
Baby,” an exciting musical
arrangement that suffers from
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confusing studio mixing. Wei-
land’s voice seems drowned out
during much of the song, which
is unfortunate because the lyrics
on this song are interesting.
“Does anybody know how the
story really goes / Or do we all
just hum along / Sell your soul
and sign an autograph...”
The track that will probably
have the most commercial suc
cess is “Trippin’ On a Hole in a
Paper Heart.” The songisntft
like STP’s previous work than
any other song on the record.
Hard-nosed music and quality
lyrics are what this song boast
making it much better than
most other songs on the alb®.
“Lady Picture Show” is
er song about a woman wi
lost her humor and self-esteem.
“She hides because shedorb
know nothin'/don't
know nothin’any*
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slower song with a
groove from the B
with surreal lyrics#
themes, reminiscent 1
The Beatles with rt
about their acid trips
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al tracks on Tiny I®
that sound like The
Beatles. This is probably oneb
most creative tracks on the al#
Tiny Music ... Songs {row
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not great, album.
Stone Temple Pilots’
no doubt enjoy it. It cannot-"
pare, however, to Core, the
group’s first release. Hop®*
Stone Temple Pilots will
little harder on originality
continuity for their next
lives by the “Code of Honor.’
As a Texas State Representative he kept his word to
work to create jobs, reduce government interference
in our lives, protect victims rights, punish criminals,
stop the state income tax and allow for local control
of our schools. As our next Congressman you can
count on him to keep his word to fight for a balanced
budget, a Federal Sunset plan to eliminate agencies
which no longer serve the taxpayer, mandatory
criminal sentences and the protection of the Second
Amendment.
For more information call (409) 260-2805.
Paid for by Brady for Congress
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