Scott & White: Delivering tomorrow's health care today. Page 4 • The Battalion • Tuesday, July 9, 1996 Urgent Care Twisted ankles. Earaches. A cut that probably needs stitches.There are times when you just can’t wait to see a doctor. Fortunately, the newly expanded Scott & White Clinic in College Station offers an Urgent Care Clinic prepared to treat minor traumas and acute illnesses. When you need health care and don’t have time to wait, just call Scott & White. Urgent Care is available Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (409) 691-3387 or (409) 691-3663. Serving Scott & White Health Plan members ng along with all other residents of the Brazos Valley. SCOTT & WHITE CLINIC, COLLEGE STATION 1600 University Drive East College Station,Texas (409) 691-3300 or (800) 299-1212 High quality medical care enhanced by education and research. Ui °e,g SCOTT&WHITE HEALTH PLAN : WHITE Delivering tomorrow’s health care today July 1996 Dear Scott & White Health Plan Member: To provide personalized, comprehensive, high quality health care at a rea sonable cost is the mission of the Scott & White Health Plan. In order for us to realize our mission in Bryan/College Station, it has become necessary for the Scott & White Health Plan to re-evaluate its relationship with both Brazos County hospitals. Effective September 1, 1996, the St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan will be the exclusive provider of inpatient health care services for our membership in Bryan/College Station. The Health Plan has made this decision only after a great deal of thought and analysis. We hope you will appreciate our desire to stay on course with our mission which is to provide you and your family with personalized, comprehensive, high quality health care at a reasonable cost. We believe our partnership with the St. Joseph Regional Health Center helps us accomplish this. If you have any further questions or comments, please call our Bryan/College Station Health Plan Office at 409-268-7947 or 1-800-791-8777. Sincerely, Jonn W. Roberts, M.D. President 2401 South 31st Street Temple, Texas 76508-3000 • Internet Home Page: http.7/swinfo.tamu.edu Lone Star breaks summei action movie stereotype By Jeffrey Cranor The Battalion Lone Star ■■ Starring Matthew McConaughey, T Chris Cooper and JElixabeth Pena Directed foy Jotiil Sayles ***★ of live) Summertime means action thrillers, blockbuster film stars and terrible screen writing. John Sayles’ latest movie, Lone Star, breaks this convention and gives us the most meaningful movie in at least two years. Lone Star is essentially a murder mystery. A skeleton and a sheriff’s badge are found in the mesas of fictional Rio County, Texas, and the rest of the movie revolves around Sheriff Sam Deeds’ (Cooper) search for the truth behind the death. The body belonged to former Sheriff Charley Wade (Kristofferson) who ruled ruthlessly in the 1950s. Wade let nothing corrupt go down unless he was overseeing it. Shooting illegal immigrants and extorting money from the lo cal black club. father, Buddy Deeds (Matt- McConaughey), who bee; , sheriff and a local legendp. Wade’s disappearance in 1} Young Deeds wants to findtlj it was Buddy who killed ! : i f and his father’s heroic historj The stories of these past ; , ures are told through a ser, 1 flashbacks— by a variety o[|" pie. Sayles takes us backt-j through time with no fader; The past seems to exist in: present, which is one of the!, standing themes in the moiit Lone Star is about our: j and what we do with it. people use history as a we:, ( against others, some hide ttj, selves in the past and ofcft Trump leaders One of Wade’s men was Sam’s NEW aid’s talk m The Ns Monday tM aid Trun-r getting » $80,000, first-clas ^ penses for— to fly to bourne, tralia, nex"t to give minute ke^ address, topic is “Ii dients of cess.’” Trump T manded b Powell, H various ex vational sp ample, is t. per appear; The We Bureau m Trump at Sheriff Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey) is a legendary lawman in Lone Star. Braxton’s attempt to diversify second album fait By James Francis The Battalion The tale of people and the way they relate to each other is a constant ocean wave of good surfs and bad wipeouts. Relationships have always been the subject of various artists’ song lyrics, and they always will. One artist who deals with ties of the heart is Toni Braxton. Braxton took the world by storm four years ago, with her debut album Toni Braxton which sold over 10 million copies nationwide. Braxton has released her sophomore venture into the music business with Secrets. Once again, L.A. Reid and Babyface team-up to produce the album. If fans are looking forward to another brassy and upbeat, pop-sounding recording, then they will be disappointed. In a MTV interview with Bill Bellamy, Brax ton said she did not want to repeat the solemn sounds of her first album. It is obvious her wish was not granted. She met with songwriter R. Kelly and their col laboration produced a track entitled “I Don’t Want To,” telling of her desire of not wanting to sing any more sad love songs. But the track itself is a recol lection of solitude. What people will get from this album are lyrics paralleling the love-stricken ballads of her debut outing paired with a softer side of the songstress. Neither element, however, brings the album to the pinnacle it should reach. Joining her on the album as producers, writers and guest performers are key players such as Tony Rich, Chante’ Moore, Shanice Wilson and Kenny G. These unique individuals took the job of trying to diversify Braxton’s second album, but they -jifusrrrJlmEw Toni Braxtoii> Secrets La Face Records , **i/acomofn«»j. missed their target. Every track on the album seems to lead into other — all describe the woes of falling in and of love. One difference from her first album is tli Braxton allows more intimate song lyrics to esci- her mouth. In the same MTV interview, Braxton admitt the debut single from Secrets, “You’re Making! High,” had blatant sexual overtones and allusiff to masturbation. Still, there is no harmony without meloit meaning someone had to mix musical tones wit the singer’s sensual words. The instrumental aspect of the project givi strong backup to the weepy songs and adds dept to the atmosphere of loss, forgiveness ant heartache. Accompanying the sultry vocals are moody ophone trills and guitar strums, supplied by Ker ny G. and Babyface. Two tracks, “How Could An Angel Break Mi Heart” and “In The Late Of Night,” should be not ed for their wispy orchestral arrangements — even in the midst of the all-too-common lyrics. But, with an album titled Secrets, Toni Braxton has concealed a few secrets of her own — her new album is a twist of old formula and quiet vocak falling a bit short of her worthy talent. COMMUNITY-WIDE WRITING CONTEST GUIDEUNES Entries should be unpublished prose fiction of1500 words or less, typed Include a separate cover sheet with name, address, phone number, and age category: Entries will be judged for style, clarity, and creativity Entries should be mailed to: MSC Literary Arts Committee Tfexas A&M University Memorial Student Center RO. 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