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All voyages begin at 4.0 & Go, next to Si depockets and Blockbuster. Lost Monday's answer: The stimulator tip is used to clean teeth. It is the pointy rubber thing at the end of your toothbrush. TAMU g Hey You...Read This! 0) Your Invited to Attend...and its’ Free! Participate in the Intellectual/Research Community The Graduate Student Council Research Week Here on the TAMU Campus — the Week after Spring Break! March 17, 1997 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Texas State Graduate Leadership Initiative - Open to all graduate students, faculty and administrators. March 18, 1997 2:00 p.m. Special Guest Panel discussion with students on “Applied Research Making the Links from the Bench to the Public.” Guests include Dr. Gilman, NCAR, Dr. Lomax, TTI; and Dr. Alexander, Baylor University Open to the Public - Cain Hall Viewing Theater. 4:00 p.m. Opening Reception - Third Annual GSC All-University Research Competition - Special Guest Speaker: Dr. Ray Bowen, President TAMU - Open to the Public — food served - Forsyth Gallery, MSC. 7:30 p.m. Special Lecture, Dr. Soffen, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Biologist on the Viking Mission to Mars, will speak on “Life on Mars.” - Rudder Theater — Open to the Public. March 19, 1997 7:00 a.m. Set up - Poster and Speaking Competition - Rudder Theater Exhibition Hall. Event is open for public viewing Wednesday through Friday 2:00 Dr. LeMone, Senior Scientist, recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering, currendy at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, her topic, Women in Science.” - Rudder Theater - Open to the Public. Informal reception after the reception. March 20, 1997 Research and Poster Competition Exhibit — Rudder Theatre Exhibit Hall 2:30 p.m. Dr. Miller, Editor, Science News Magazine, will speak on “Science and the Media: What Graduate Students Should Know.” - Rudder Theater - Open to the Public - Reception to follow in the Rudder Theater Exhibit Hall. The GSC is proud to promote this activity, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology Journalism, and the Office of theVPR/APG. March 21, 1997 Research and Poster Competition Exhibit Open - All Day - Rudder Theater Exhibition Hall 2:00 Research Competition Awards Ceremony to honor all participants and award recipients. Rudder Theater - Open to the Public - Reception to Follow in the Rudder Theater Exhibition Hall. All Events Are Free - Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Attend and be a Part of the Intellectual Community! Direct Questions to Amy Kardell 845-9925 E-mail akardell@ttiadmin.tamu.edu. Monday • March U,1?i Ni Razor-sharp cast makesH" 11 i helie Blade a cut above the restU Sling Blade Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Lu cas Black and Dwight Yoakam Directed by Billy Bob Thornton Rated R Playing at Hollywood 16 ★★★★★ (out of five) By Michael Schaub The Battalion F orget Hollywood’s self-con gratulatory prattle about “the year of the independents.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at least acknowl edged the presence of independent films this year, but when it comes to recognizing quality non-studio filmmaking — well, the Academy would rather sit contentedly through harmless Hallmark fare like Jerry Maguire. Billy Bob Thornton’s brilliant drama Sling Blade vriW never be a hit the size of Jerry Maguire, although it is the most stunning, beautifully ex ecuted film of the year. Sling Blade, which is playing fi nally in College Station after weeks of national release, tells the story of Karl Childers (Thornton), who has spent most of his life in a mental hospital after killing his mother and her lover with a scythe. Childers is released 20 years af ter his committal when psychia trists determine he is sane. He re turns to his hometown of Millsburg, Ark., where he finds work as a me chanic and befriends a young boy, Frank Wheatley (newcomer Lucas Black) and the boy’s mother Linda (Natalie Canerday). Frank and Linda live in fear of Linda’s abusive boyfriend Doyle Hargraves (Dwight Yoakam), a domineering drunkard who hates Frank and Linda’s homosexual friend Vaughan (John Ritter). The film follows Karl’s growing relationship with Frank, whose fa ther committed suicide years back. Sling Blade is notable for a num ber of reasons, the first and most obvious is the brilliant perfor mances. Thornton, who received a Best Actor nomination, is spell binding as Karl. Country musician Dwight Yoakam is brilliant as the evil Doyle, and John Ritter gives per haps the most accomplished per formance of his career as Vaughan. The standout performance be longs to Lucas Black, whose amaz ing treatment of Frank Wheatley I0STON jshave ki ofAmeri |pmore cl shows, [early 6C iter for 100I of Pi [bags are: t,the rest mted cast j,said Jol the stuc Ithough it air bags lut the rai The pub itic and f; ling for the Of the 38 (were sittii jstwere d< (Nine of tl ildren, 25 were wt Its, said B :ance Ins igton.Va. Airbags, \ ‘dited witl However, icumentet fed by the iresentati :nt Sunda id at let imen, hav Sling fi/ode follows the friendship of Frank (Lucas Black) and Karl (Billy Boll Thornton), a one-time mental patient who killed his mother and her love brings to mind Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in This Boy’s Life. There is not a bad performance in the film. The actors speak with convincing Arkansas accents, not the burlesque corn-pone voices heard in such sanitized Hollywood crap as last year’s A Time to Kill. Thornton proves himself a bril liant screenwriter. The dialogue in the film is powerful and understat ed with a powerful Southern flavor —Thornton thanks novelist Erskine Caldwell in the credits, and her in fluence is obvious. The film was shot in Arkansas, and Thornton makes powerful use of the setting. The Southeastern land scape and characters are similar to John Sayles’ use of South Texas as the setting for last year’s Lone Star (an other brilliant film almost complete ly ignored by the Academy). Sling Blade is better than great. It is flawless, and will likely be re membered as one of the best of the ’90s. But even the most magnificti films are occasionally missingsont thing, and SlingBladeisnoexcepttt The film is missing Academ Award nominations for Yoakas and Black. It is missing the Bes Picture nomination apparentlyit served for Tom Cruise’s feel-^ fiick Jerry Maguire and the ll hour-long epic The English Pa tient. A film (his brave shoukfe recognized by more than jusU couple of token nominations. But it is not missing originalit) simplicity or virtuosity. Sling Bladii a masterpiece, one of the most bean tiful American films in recent histn ry, which makes Hollywood’s indi ference toward it, and films likeit well, pretty unsurprising, actual Oscar nominations do notta movie moguls Porsches. Showthe® the money. of you* CHARW vous p Gangs Continued from Page 3 “Children are extremely important in this endeavor,” Jackson said. “We’re challenging kids to conform to nonvi olent resolutions to disputes.” There are also programs available through churches such as Bryan’s First Baptist Church, which sponsors free activities for low-income youth in the area, Jackson said. “It’s really about teamwork,” he said. “We need to strengthen kids’ resolves.” Nevertheless, violence among youth has not disappeared complete ly in Bryan-College Station. The presence of Texas A&M in the community helps the area by bringing culture and diversity to Bryan-College Station, Stein said. “In the inner cities, there’s more high pressure, and that’s going to cre ate more violence than in smaller cities like this,” he said. “But any vio lence at all is too much.” Youth violence in the area may have decreased, Jackson said, but that does not mean citizens should not be concerned about the future. “We have a much youngeraj of youth toying with the notiono joining gangs,” Jackson s “Youth gangs are starting in mentary grades now. They’re nearly as violent, but the ideoloj is being laid.” The Bryan City Council is invest gating solutions to youth violence® its governance agenda, Jackson said “Youth violence has the potend to flare its ugly head at any time,’’ son said. “The worst thing you candf is to put your head in the sand andsat ‘It’s not happening here.”' LJkJMmiJLL And we've been making leaders since 1989! 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