The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 08, 1997, Image 3

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The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 08, 1997, Image 3

Newspaper Page Textiday • December 8, 1997 Lifestyles professor retells humorous stories Aggieland with Good Bull trilogy )t a little story for ya’ Ags! It is ibout bull — good bull and ots of it. There was this man, oyle, a professor of educa- idministration and Class of .0 Was full of good bull sto- lad been telling them to his •years, and quite frankly, she ■of hearing them. told me to put them in a o she wouldn’t have to hear “nymore,” Hoyle said. . that he did. Hoyle is the au- Good Bull, Good Bull II and lull III, books filled with hu- t s stories about A&M. r /le played first base on the outhwest Conference Cham- '.ggie Baseball Team. P84, he received the Award of ■from the American Baseball |es Association. Hoyle has _®dely recognized as an en- jiing and informative speaker ariety of topics. .ove to tell stories and make e laugh,” Hoyle said. “This is a jok that makes you laugh and your worries.” *19S0, Good Bull: 30 Years ofAg- \)ades was released and well I by Aggies. bcame popular with both Ihts and former students all ie world,” Hoyle said. 3 then began doing book ngs and the popularity retty soon, he was getting good bull stories from nd the world. 1992, Good Bull II: More Aggie Escapades was pub lished. Soon, Hoyle couldn’t go any where without somebody telling him a story. Sk«’s lookii^y ■OVIKS ... tk« sh« til I thii>k I’ll cksck out u/hikt othsr courses they hvve by ciJIin^ (M05) 74M-639Q or e^ikilin^ icS-iKfQoku/iky.okst^te.e<Ju lotto’s Your Daddy? Or Your Mommy? Nominate Someone Special for 1998 Aggie Parents of the Year Attend the following MANDATORY informational meeting: Monday, December 08, 1997, MSC 146, 8:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please call The Parents' Weekend Committee 845-3051 Any parents, single parents included, are eligible for nomination; they do not have to have attended Texas A at M; you can also nominate relatives or acquaintances. arents of the Year ‘98 Good Bull III: Even More Aggie Escapades, was released the day be fore Thanksgiving. The book contains over 500 sto ries about Aggies that Hoyle finds humorous. “It is the humor side of history that no one has told,” Hoyle said. Hoyle’s son, John R. Hoyle, Jr., Class of ’82, illustrated the book. The book is endorsed by such noteworthy alumni as Gene Stallings, Billy Pickard and Lisa Branch. “I didn’t think anything could be better than Good Bull II, but Good Bull ///has it beat,” Stallings said. Pickard said it is a must read for Aggies of all ages. Part of the royalties from the sale of Good Bull III will come back to A&M. The remainder goes to a fund to help Hoyle’s four grandchildren to attend college. Incidentally, the book is dedicat ed to his grandchildren, who Hoyle said will undoubtedly attend Texas A&M. Over Thanksgiving he signed a copy for all of them to take home. Hoyle said his daughter Laura, Class of‘84, phoned him the other day and told Hoyle his grandson Michael would not go to bed until she read him one of his grandfa ther’s good bull stories. She said when he gets up in the morning, he comes downstairs, stands in front of the television and does commercials promoting his I grandfather’s book. “I would love to be there to hear it,” Hoyle said. Cast turns the thunderstorm potential of John Grisham’s The Rainmaker into a drizzle The Rainmaker Starring Matt Damon and Danny DeVito Directed by Francis Ford Copolla Rated R Playing at Post Oak Cinema ★★★ 1/2 (out of five) T J he Rainmaker is a legal little fish in a big pond sto ry from the master of law, action and suspense stories, John Grisham. The story is sweet and simple and feels as down home as Memphis, where the story is set. However, it falls short on punch and leaves the viewer feeling as if they have been watching a le gal show on the tube. The movie chronicles the life of young lawyer Rudy Baylor, played by Matt Damon, as he struggles to establish himself in the law profession. He lands his first job with J. Lyman Stone and Associates where he learns the art of ambu lance chasing. Danny DeVito lends his typi cal smart-alecky performance as Deck Shifflet, a fellow associate in the firm, who provides naive Baylor with the definition of a hustler cum lawyer. When the head of the firm, “Bruiser” Stone, played by Mick ey Rourke, is investigated by the FBI for tax evasion, among other charges,Baylor and Shifflet begin their own partnership to avoid any legal entanglements. Armed with three of Baylor’s cases and Shifflet’s sway-lawyer abilities, they set out to face the world. While attending a law semi nar, Baylor meets Mrs. Black whose son is dying of leukemia. The Black’s are a poor family who pay their health insurance regularly. When there son is diagnosed with curable Leukemia, the insur ance agency denies their claim. This is where Baylor steps in and decides to take on the case. Baylor holds a case in his hands that will put them into a legal battle against a rich insur ance company. Rainmaker is packed with many actors providing excellent cameo performances. Randy Travis appears briefly as an aggressive potential juror. Andrew Shue leaves the norm of his sensitive Billy in “Melrose Place” and supplies an excellent but chilling wife-battering hus band to Claire Danes. Roy Scheider (Jaws, “Seaque- st”) also joins the cast as C.E.O of the insurance agency, and Dan ny Glover leads the cameo cast as a judge. However, the lead actors do not come through, with the ex ception of John Voight’s poignant character Leo Drummin. Voight is no stranger to out standing performances and his character delivers the haunting cruelness of a ruthless, rich lawyer. DeVito lends his abilities to a supporting role, but his perfor mance is predictable as a cutesy lawyer who knows how to worm out of the system and provide little sarcastic remarks. Damon is a new face to the screen and can be described as a cross between Chris O’Donnell’s boyish charm and Tom Cruise’s intensity. Damon has been receiving many rave reviews for is upcom ing performance in Good Will Hunting but does not add elec tricity to Rainmaker, only a sizzle. Damon’s acting does do the job and brings tears to the eyes of audience members. When the credits roll up at the end, it is surprising the movie was made by a phenomenal di rector, Francis Ford Copolla. Rainmaker does not live up to the expectations of a Copolla film. Rainmaker is a good film to see on those days where an audi ence member is upset with the world and need something to make them feel good. The acting, set and story come together to produce a warm, fuzzy-feeling movie, but they do not live up to the mys tique of a Copolla film or a Gr isham novel. — By Marium Mohiuddin ^ People in the News Squiggy joins cast of “Bold and the Beautiful” NEW YORK (AP) — He must be bold. David L. Lander, best known as Squiggy on “Laverne and Shirley,” is joining the cast of the soap opera, “The Bold and the Beautiful.” “People can’t quite believe I’m on a soap, least of all this one,” Lander says in the Dec. 13-19 TV Guide. Starting with the Christmas Eve episode, he’ll be seen as Dr. Martin Guthrie — brother of Mike, the show’s diabolical security guard. The South setting for Collins’ holiday special RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Christmas is extra special be low the Mason-Dixon line for Judy Collins. “Christmas is a very big deal in the South,” the folk singer said Friday. “It’s in our bones.” That’s why she went to the Blue Ridge Mountains to make her holiday TV special, “A Judy Collins Christmas at the Biltmore Estate,” which airs Monday on the A&E cable channel. GOOD LUCK ON From Dr. Malon Southerland Vice President for Student Affairs and The Division of Student 10th Floor Rudder Tower malon-southerland(2)tam u .edu MSC Barber Shop Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles All Corp Cuts $7. Regular cuts start at $8. Curtis Steele has moved from Northgate Barbershop to the MSC Barbershop. Come see him! 846-0629 Open: Mon. - Fri. 8 - 5 Located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center Do you love to teach? 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