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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1998)
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Simpst STAFF Apply for The Battalion Today Application due: Wednesday, April 22, by 5 p.m. 013 Reed McDonald Building • Telephone (409) 845-3313 • FAX (409) 845-2647 •Staff Application □ Summer 1998 □ Fall 1998 Please check box to indicate semester(s) for which you are applying. ame: Pione Number(s): Expected graduation (semester): Major: If you have another job, what is it? Classification: How many hours per week? E-mail Will you plan to keep it if hired? 'lease check the position(s) for which you are interested in applying. If you are interested in more than one position, number them in order of preference with 1 being your top choice. ev you don't sen® harder for)^’ lull ranged ancial expert rgest retirement ir benefits off"* *88. We’ll shorn axes. ityDesk _ Reporter ggielife Desk ifestyles and Entertainment Feature Writer Page Designer lADIO Anchor pinion Desk Columnist Web Desk Web Designer Photo Desk Photographer Sports Desk Sports Writer Page Designer Visual Arts Desk Graphic Artist Cartoonist Night News Desk Front and inside page design ■ Page Designer Office Staff Office Clerk (please answer questions one and two only) Copy Desk Copy Editor City of Angels Starring Nicolas Cage ax Meg Ryan Directed by Brad Sib< Rated PG -13 Playing at Hollywood: Critique: B F or Easter weekend, City of Angels made its way to theaters. It is a film about the fine line between humans and the angels who watch over them. Nicolas Cage plays Seth, a messenger of God, who walks the earth with a mul titude of others. The only thing separat ing Seth from the other messengers is that he finds himself falling in love with a human. Meg Ryan, as Dr. Maggie Rice, is a surgeon who one day ponders the ultimate question of whether it is her job to keep people alive or angels’ jobs to take them to a better place. When Seth decides he wants to be seen by this hu man doctor, all principles the two ever held during their lives become turned upside down. Suddenly, Seth is thrown into a whirlwind of wanting to know what it is like to touch, smell, taste and breath ... all the things people take for granted sometimes. Luckily, Seth runs into Dennis Franz who was once a messenger himself and one day decided to literally Nicolas Cage (Seth ‘Plate’) and Meg Ryan (Dr. Maggie Rice) star in City of Angels, a romantic drama dealing with hope and desire. take the plunge in order to achieve humanity by losing his angelic nature. But before people begin to think it should be a sim ple decision for Seth, the good doctor’s boyfriend asks her to marry him. Now she is forced to choose between a man who wants to marry her and a messenger of God whose only desire is to know what her hair smells like. The acting in City of An gels is not overplayed, which only adds to the film’s quiet and thought-provoking plot and characterizations. Ryan gives a heartfelt per formance as a woman too busy with work and too overcome to realize the fact that sometimes people die and even as a doctor, some- lllilliplllpi most of times she cannot be there to help them. Cage, as always, gives his puppydog song-and-dance smile, experiencing new things every time he meets up with the doctor. His character pulls at the heartstrings, leaving audi ences with a feeling of want ing him to become human and live forever with his love. Overall, the film attempts to deliver a good message about love, religion and the human condition. There are a few se quences, however, that could have been ex plained in further detail in order to give closure to the film when the lights come up in the theater. Still, Ryan and Cage bring tears to the eyes. in 3 ^ M i $00 \ I S&SSB .. ,, nl l Please type your responses on a separate piece of paper ) Why do you want to work at The Battalion, and what do you hope to accomplish? ) What experience do you have that relates to the position you are applying for? (include classes, seminars) p) What changes do you feel would improve the quality of The Battalionl (give special attention to the section you’re applying for) Please attach a resume and samples of your work (stories you have written for publications or classes, pages you have designed, photos, drawings, or other creative samples) All hiring decisions will be made based only on qualifications It s Talking About Gay Issues in School A new film by Academy Award Winner bebra Chasnoff & Helen Cohen Winner Best Documentary at the 1996 San Francisco <& Chicago International Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals! A feature length documentary with inspiring footage from schools across the cou F ,tr ^ LL ITS ELEMENTARY makes a powerful case that children need to be taught respect for Monday, April 13th at ?:OOpm Rudder Tower, Room 301 Special thanks to our program sponsors: Parents, f Film Society Student Life-Gender Issues Education Semces - MUtutullu.JScn^ _ Wonien ' s Studies Gay Lesbian Bisexual Aggies - Rainbow Christians - College ot Educatio §il