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Ready to Reel
Ryan Rogers, The Battalion
Jim Robirds, a senior telecommunication major and employee of the
theater department, prepares a film for the Film Festival.
This day in history
Today is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 1997. There
are 313 days left in the year.
In 1846, Sarah G. Bagley became the first female
telegrapher as she took charge at the newly opened
telegraph office in Lowell, Mass.
In 1866, Lucy B. Hobbs became the first woman to
graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Den
tal Surgery in Cincinnati.
In 1878, the first telephone directory was issued,
by the District Telephone Company of New Haven, Conn.
In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.
In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in
France.
In 1925, The New Yorker magazine made its debut.
In 1947, Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his
Polaroid Land camera, which could produce a black-
and-white photograph in 60 seconds.
In 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was
shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Mus
lims as he was about to address a rally in New York
City; he was 39.
In 1972, President Nixon began his historic visit
to China.
In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down a Libyan
Airlines jet over the Sinai Desert, killing more than
100 people.
In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell
and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John
D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in
prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up,
Ten years ago: The Tower Commission,appor::
President Reagan to investigate the Iran-Contra:
interviewed former national security adviser Rois
McFarlane.
Five years ago: Kristi Yamaguchi of thel
States won the gold medal in women's figures»i
at the Albertville Olympics; Midori Ito of Japanw
silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the United States thet';
John Frohnmayer announced his resignation as:
man of the National Endowment for the Arts,
One year ago: The Space Telescope Science
tute announced that photographs from the Hi
Space Telescope confirmed the existence of
hole equal to the mass of 2 billion sunsine
some 30 million light-years away.
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Today's birthdays
Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy is 70,
Nina Simone is 64. Actress Rue McClanahan
Recording executive David Geffen is 54. Actre:
Daly is 51. Tricia Nixon Cox is 51. Sen. 0
Snowe, R-Maine, is 50. Rock musician Jerry
(The Heads) is 48. Actor William Petersen is ■
Kelsey Grammer is 42. Country singer Mary Chai
penter is 39. Actor Christopher Atkins is
singer Ranking Roger (General Public, English
36. Actor Billy Baldwin is 34.
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Thursday, February 20
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Friday, February 21
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film attractions
FESTIVAL
WIDHISDAY, f IBMiARY 19 - SUNDAY. IIBRUARY 23
FRIDAY
7:00 p.m. — Rudder Aud.
Night of Shorts II:
- Clinic E - The Lone Star Letters
- Generation of Lies - Alive & Kicking • The Pepper Pot
9:30 p.m. -- Rudder Aud.
Retroactive * (Director Louis Morneau available for Q/A)
SATURDAY
4:00 p.m. *• Rudder Aud.
Cris^acker^Peans Crhpy Cnlckers & Beans *
(Diivclor Robert Fontaine. Jr. available for Q/A)
Dream. Dream. Dream (short film)
7:00 p.m. — Rudder Aud.
The Devil Takes a Holiday * (Director Leon Coreos available for Q/A)
The Devil Takes (l Holiday T>,e Uznni ^hamper (short film)
9:30 p.m. — Rudder Aud.
Milk & Money * (Director Michael Bergmann available for Q/A)
midnight — Rudder Aud.
Lone Star
Genre (short film)
2:00 p.m. — Rudder Aud.
Lrrne Star
Genre (short film)
SUNDAY
Lone Star
Accreditation Pass $35.00
provides access all screenings, special
tvceptions. c£ press/hospitality room
Festival Pass $25.00
provides access into all screenings
Individual Tickets $ 3.00
Please see web page for synopsis of all films
http://films.tamu.edu/festival
Filmmakers will be on hand for a question and answer session after a scieeninf; of their film.
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Tickets can be purchased
at the MSC Box Office
(409) 845-1234
Aggie Bucks Accepted
Saturday, February 22
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. — Rudder Room 301
FREE Entrance
Series of Short Films
See web page for more info - lutp://films.lamu.edu/feslival
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