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The Battalion 'sdnesday • March 25, 1998 bgieCon m&wm n i m{] tinued from Page 3 nics , ate [ am much more into sci-fi ature than anything else.” obb said anyone with an in- sue , c . st in sci-fi, fantasy and any- ten b g along those lines will ben- sic b) ( from a visit to AggieCon. nan( j,[t is always a big event, but 0 f, year we have some great sts and many things for those lining 1 an interest in the subject,” s influet ^ ssid. is andr; tosable?. [depth tersare old Actor eludes cancer, starts career anew HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) — Robert Urich is back on track and looking forward to the debut of a TV series and his third child. Urich, 51, said Monday he cel ebrated his first anniversary of being cancer-free this month. “I really recommend this. We need to celebrate life," he said at a benefit for a domes tic violence program. Eighteen months ago, Urich was diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma. After chemotherapy, two operations and radiation treatment, he said he is healthy and looking forward to a big April. Urich’s wife of 25 years, Heather Menzies, is expecting a baby in three weeks, and “The Love Boat: The Next Wave” pre mieres April 13. Urich stars as a former Navy captain running a cruise ship. ithor of The Satanic Verses to receive free-speech honors >SLO. Norway (AP) — Salman hdie. the world’s most visible > great. Ide son 1 L,enajj 3r 'i r fhiding, will be honored Sat- [ okis J ly for his free-speech struggle. K)C0 l a . he University of Tromsoe will give L British author an honorary doctor- William Nygaard, the publisher was shot and wounded in 1992 after putting out The Satanic Verses in Norway, will also be honored. “Nygaard and Rushdie are peo ple who have paid a high price for freedom of speech," said Tove Bull, a spokesperson for the school in the arctic city of Tromsoe.’’That shows that freedom of expression cannot be taken for granted.” Rushdie has been in hiding since 1989, when the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared The Satanic Verses blasphemous. Khomeini ordered the death of Rushdie and anyone connected with the book. br )0U!i. Ljhicago Hope’ star finds niche in acting iut. .OS ANGELES (AP) — For actress Stacy Edwards, the . couple of years have gone like this: she won an eye- :hing role in an independent film, In the Company fenfanother in Primary Colors and, on TV, a con- ling part in “Chicago Hope.” >he won the heart of a man who reminded her of :en crush Gene Kelly. Not bad at all, Edwards concedes. ‘I feel very fortunate and I’m just trying to enjoy it as rmes,” she says. Does she have a theory to explain career breakthrough? ‘This is a profession that does not have hard, fast ;s. I think it is sometimes just a matter of hanging in re and not finally deciding to go pursue something ;. It can be frustrating at times,” she says, with a tnterpoint giggle. Ter greatest frustration now seems to be learning v to recite complex medical terminology — “huge rds I have to get my tongue around” — while feign- acts of surgery as Dr. Lisa Catera on CBS’ “Chicago pe” (10 p.m. EST Wednesday). Meurosurgeon Catera joined the staff of Chicago pe in the season’s fifth episode to help Dr. Aaron itt (Adam Arkin), robbed of his surgical dexterity by rainpneurysm. ‘She’s a real no-nonsense doctor, doesn’t play games 1 tells it like it is,” Edwards says of her character. Like iany good hospital drama, “Chicago Hope” lets us , c | i how i ts doctors manage with their hearts as well as their ^ L ids. So what romantic entanglements await Catera? “They’re kind of leaning toward hooking me up with tor, rk Harmon (Dr. Jack McNeil). We have the same edu haircut,” Edwards offers. “When I first came on the show we were in the makeup trailer and I said, ‘You’re not allowed to use my hair products. I just want you to know that.’ ” In the newly released Primary Colors, she plays Jen nifer Rogers, a volunteer in the campaign of Clintonian presidential candidate Jack Stanton (John Travolta). “I was petrified during the (script) read-through. I honestly thought I was going to spontaneously combust,” she recalls. “It was so thrilling to be in one room with Kathy Bates, Billy Bob Thornton, John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester.... It really was a dream.” The Glasgow, Mont., native, whose father’s Air Force career took her around the world, started dreaming young. She was already prone to dancing and putting on shows in her bedroom when a 1974 movie about Hollywood's golden musical years cinched the deal. “When I was in third grade, my mom took me to see ‘That’s Entertainment’ and that’s when I discovered you could actually do this for a living. I said, ‘That’s what I’m going to do.’ I knew I wanted to be like Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse.” At 18, Edwards won a scholarship to the school at tached to Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance Company. Theater classes introduced her to acting and she caught her first break in 1986 with the daytime serial “Santa Barbara,” in which she played naive Haley. More TV and film roles followed, and In the Compa ny of Men made her a hot name. Writer-director Neil LaBute’s small-budget 1997 film is about two executives who conspire to humiliate a young deaf woman. SC Cepheid Variable Presents: Jju nr ieCon XXIX March 26-29 in the MSC and Rudder The Oldest and Largest Student Run Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Convention in the Southwest Guests include: Garth Ennis Robert Asprin Author of the Myth Series Tad Williams Author of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Brian Stelfreeze Writer for DC Comics Hitman and Freacher John McCrea Artist for Hitman Phil and Kaja Foglio Artists lor Magic: the Gathering and other independent work Co-Founder of Gaijin Studios, Artist for Batman and Maximum Velocity Events include: Huge Dealers’ Room, Art Show, Charity- Auction, Panels with guests, Gaming, Anime/Video Room, Masquerade Ball, Costume Contest, and much much more!!! Persons with disabilities please call 845*1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three (3) vroricing days prior •to the event to enable us to assistyouto the best of ourabintifis. 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