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To make an appointment to talk to a counselor, call: 1-800-873-2227 Visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.cccsintl.org L The Battalion IFESTYLES Paramedics Continued from Page 3 Part of being an emergency care team member is dealing with body fluids and solids, but the para medics keep it all in good humor. “My first night as a medic-1 we got a drunk call,” Metzer said. “This guy had a computer paper box in front of him just filled to the brim, and the vomit had begun to eat away the sides of the box. “This guy was 250 pounds and couldn’t walk, just completely worthless, and we had to carry him out. When I got to the hospital, I just stank. It gets so that you know what you’ve got to do and what procedures you have to perform, and you don’t notice the mess un til the patient is in the hospital.” Usually the care team handles three to five calls a night, but with emergency care the only rule is to expect the unexpected. “There is no usual night,” De- Camp said. “There are times I go down to where I volunteer in Hous ton, some of the busiest 911 areas, and not get a single call. But then there’s times I’m down here and get seven calls in a night. “ You have to be ready to do all you were trained to do because you nev er know what’s going to happen.” The rewards of the job far out weigh the disadvantages in the minds of the emergency care team. “The best thing about being an in-charge paramedic is going out and taking care of somebody who a lot of times is in a very serious situ ation,” DeCamp said. “You know you’re in charge of that situation and you helped them out of it.” Life on a paramedic team is one of long hours spent waiting on a call. Their motto and purpose is to save lives, and life for them is a series of long periods of camaraderie punc tuated by brief moments of saving lives and getting the job done. Tuesday • October Ij Yesda Wanted Continued from Page 3 Something goes terribly wrong and the first lady is killed instead of the industrialist. Before you can say Hillary, every law enforcement agency on Earth is after Dunn as he be comes the scapegoat for the real assassins. Dunn has to gather the evi dence to prove his innocence, while the bad guys, good guys and a public, eager to collect a $10 million bounty on his head, chase after him. Dunn might have some allies in Dr. Victoria Constantini (Jill Hen- nessy), CIA Deputy Director Ken Rackmill (Paul Sorvino) and CIA Assistant Director Spencer (Eric Roberts), but he cannot be sure. Most Wanted is not sure of what it wants to be. It borrows pieces from every conspiracy thriller released over the last year. The plot starts with the first lady being killed, this might be a Republican kind of film, and ends up with germ warfare, corrupt governments and evil billionaires. When the film tries to tie all these strings together, it ends up making about as much sense as letting Michael Jackson chaper one a Cub Scout camping trip. It would have been better off not trying to cover all the con spiratorial bases. Wayans, who is usually a fun ny person, plays Dunn so straight-faced he is hardly rec ognizable. The only times worth watch ing Dunn is when some of the trademark Wayans wit shows it self, which is rarely. It is as ifWayans learned ac tion film acting from Steven Seagal when the pair made The Glimmer Man. Someone needs to tell Wayans Tavern Continued from Page 3 The food ranges from classic fare, such as filet mignon, to the exotic, like the Wild Game Sampler which includes wild boar, venison and pheasant. Sandwiches, burg ers and salads are offered all with unique flare. White said all the meat used is of the highest standard, which the customers appreciate. “All our meat from beef to poul try is free range,” White said. “It re sults in meat being healthier and better tasting.” Despite the high demand for beef and poultry among the patrons of The Tavern, White said a seafood dish, the Snapper Ponchetrain, is currently the most popular plate at the restaurant. Kathy Schoonover, a customer of The Tavern, has visited the restaurant five times since it has opened and appreciates the time and effort the owners have put in to it. “It is a very nice place to come after work and unwind,” Schoonover said. “The food and ambiance are excellent.” Royce Vaughn has been to The the reason Seagal wears;; nent scowl on his face is he has no other expressii Jon Voight is theepito; southern fried evil asCa; His character drawls; every word in such amaJfc <0 if he learned to speak pi C-l cally from an episodeof^ Dukes of Hazzard." Voight is so adept at p;® ,ait hammy villains one der if he isn’t the lovecSH’ 1 , 1 f Miss Piggy and Satan. ^ " ! He has the ability to ml part the best and mostmM.,, ing in the movie. e lc ioi I lennessy from “Law ^ nce der” is wasted in a rolethM. nce he best described as wkfsT oni dressing. - Mi in l It is a hell of a window loes look at as she doesherMid a It l the platonic female lead, aly p The same can be saidfjer are Sorvino and Robertsintla h 19 roles. Mm to Both are fine actors,b.PT s ^ characters do not havemJS^ iin< r iid Mil de depth. The action for the mo is uncreative. A six-year-old with a.T. ! of action figures could si,^ ^ better scenes. ■ ‘ |h( 1 here is one scene in Ag| )r j n( Wayans is chased byacrrJ people, which in turncaii# huge traffic accident. The scene is vvell-pn with just a hint of satire The movie could have lot more of this kindofar There is much theme, could have used to raise y from mediocre to good. M 1 - *•' It isn’t awful, butitisn'if 3 ' ^ a * either. M lai ’ s It is too reminiscentofJIs!, 1 ) IC ie sai kind of straight-to-cable; fjmnil ; movies one might catcha* on HBO, only with betten « Htizen iques, ... „ . , Hiesai^ Tavern twice and said W., unique and convenientplB ents him to dine. “It is great to have a pi this in College Station,’ said. “There are nicepla Oxford Street, but they Bryan. This place is dose offices and homes.” The Tavern is proifiij kind of professional many business peopleare Matt Seymour, a loci nessman, has used the res to entertain clients. “It is an excellent place clients, it’s very clean Seymour said. “This needed something liketli long time.” White said the eaten number of needs to res whether they be the older ntin “My i isin c ies ii Althc es, o en nd ho ut The i ring t Jeff K Jitica | ring t “For mor is all t sionals or younger colleges: “Above all else, it isanict where people can relax a# good food, whether it isfoi fessional lunch or a roman: ner,” White said. 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