Scott & White: Delivering tomorrow's health care today.
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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
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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.
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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
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and what we do with it.
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against others, some hide ttj,
selves in the past and ofcft
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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
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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. BoxJ-1
College Station, TX 77844
AWARDS INCLUDE:
DEADUNE: AUGUST 1,1996
•Publication of entry
‘Reception/ Reading at the
College Station Hastings
•Additional prizes!
Questions? Call 845-1515 and ask for the literary Arts Committee.
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