The Battalion lassified Monday • April 27, 1998 FE Skofeh By Quatro [ TRY AS HE MIGHT, &IU.Y THE BAN3t) YJOULOl HtMtS. &E AS FIT AS A FlPPi£ . r 50 am WO HE SUGGEST? HE SAID X SHOULD GO PLUCK MY5ELF ROOMMATES bmmate wanted for Summer &/or Fall. Private (Hinfeedroom house. On bus-rt. $275/mo. utilities (jnly pay for phone. 695-0375. Iimate. Summer &Fall. 3bdrm/2bath, q.tt. house. W/D, close to campus, non-smoker. +1/3bills. Stacy, 823-8972. bommates. Brand new 3bdrm/2bath duplex, $317/mo. 1-year lease. 775-5627. I roommates needed for summer. $300/mo. Bth duplex. Shalle, 695-6858. (mmates needed. On bus route, new 3-bed- ile home, w/d. $225/mo. +1/3utilities. Call 1-1213. is. Summer. 3bdrm/2bath duplex. W/D. |+1/3utilities. May rent Free!! Brent, 268- T HA VIS Hopper staff writer Ewe Hall By JED Sates needed. M/F. Summer/ Fall. $250/mo. lath house. W/D. Martha, 693-9189. Jommatos needed for Summer. 3bdrm/2bath, ^B/mo bills included. Jennifer, 694-8528. ^EtiThouse. $143.75/person. 10-minute walk Pets welcome, large fenced yard +storage a Ken, 260-0088, 845-3406. ate needed. 3bdrm/2bath house. $240 Walk to campus. 693-0870. Rent ^iate needed. Fall/Spring '98-’99 iO/mo +1/3utilities. Quiet area. 823-7305. nSe needed Summer only. 3bdrm/2bath llose to campus. Pets ok. $265/mo +1/3bills Hn bdrm/bath. Kristen or Heather, 846-5005. mate needed. Summer. Nom-smoker. 1 +1/2utilities Close to campus. Tonya, 696- i HFMLO MOO C-AllgD* 1 ^ t.(«4r5 awn) t\ gO/0Crt Of ^ rUNiwatLs)! 1HU4S OF M tXKMPU Cap EACH op me foiLD^ihic- L K oosfFIT l. fAKtA MUkAfkt m. exPLerive 5- fOteiAC INPECTro/J la. 7. WEAPON Of MASS DeSTF-OC.I/Ofi 3 HEAH, TWEH ReALLH af-saD "We out of Mel Hot OMm THAT, nwtHK kAM s. C iNtecTipj' - ) OP r THES’LL geSOR-RM THEM . wueM i umtP ooi mh of ^«>s IWSMtuciiiwJ)# 2bdrm/2bath. Own room, furnished, [>nly, $200/mo. +1/2bills. 694-1694. Summer only. Own room. Fully fur- |225/mo.+1 futilities. 694-9351. kJed starting May. 2-bedroom, partially fur- Wle. $195+1/2 utilities. Andy, 260-1583. Simel & Lewis ' ■' roommate needed a.s a p. W/D, fenced, lath duplex. Webhollow Circle. $250/mo. No Dogs ok 775-7094. roommate needed. Summer &Fall. bath, w/d. $262.50/mo.+1/2bills. Christy, 260- pN Roommate needed, female, Christian. I Kealy at 695-8701. ■mate needed for Fall/Spring. $187/mo. 2- ampus. Own bedroom, shared bathroom. |e bmmate wanted. Summer through Spring. _J1/2bath. $200/mo. Mike, 695-9665. ■PJ Bnale roommate needed. 2bdrm/1bath duplex, japrtl '* ■.+1/2utilities. Call Abby at 764-5842. iker male roommate. Summer/Fall. 4-mile from ■180/mo. +1 futilities. 823-0381. jl Houston? Need F-roommate starting in June. Ibath. (409)775-5080. F’" X CHAUGEb IHTO bdo&ie Mights t- AW'D R.gTUR-Me’C) To ■ 1 1 I f you’re expecting Boyz in the Hood, you’ve got your expecta tions set a little too high. If you’re expecting Striptease, you’ve got your expecta tions set a bit too low. The Player’s Club, the direc torial debut from rapper/actor/producer Ice Cube, is one of those middle-of-the-road films that is poignant and gripping one minute, sappy and contrived the next. The premise of the film is more or less the Great American Dream set in a seedy, two-bit strip club: a girl named Diamond (Lisa Raye) goes out on her own to make it big, fights against all odds to see her dream through and ultimately triumphs. It starts off with a pregnant Diamond getting thrown out of her house by her parents because she wants to go to a expensive national university and not the community college upstate. Determined to prove her parents wrong, she moves in with her boyfriend and goes to work at a minimum wage job selling shoes while attending school at night. Everything thing is great until her boyfriend moves out and leaves her stuck with the bills and a young son. She is then drawn into The Player’s Club, a poor man’s strip club owned by Dollar Bill (Bernie Mac, who steals every scene he’s in), by two dancers who promise her quick money and lots of it. She earns her quick money, but she soon gets wrapped up in the day-to- day cycle of going to class all day, working all night and trying not to be corrupted by some of the club’s shady characters. This all comes to a head when her cousin Ebony (Monica Calhoun), who has come to live and work with her, is brutally raped and beaten by one of the dancer’s brothers. Diamond confronts Ronnie (Chiystale Wilson), whose brother has beaten and raped her cousin, back at The Player's Club Starring Jamie Foxx and Bernie Mac 3| •A.:- . ymm Directed by Ice Cube Rated R Playing at Hollywood 16 the club, and what transpires next can arguably be called the greatest cine matic fight between two women. The police then show up, arrest Ronnie and her brother, and leave the crooked Dollar Bill to fend for himself against the evil Saint Louis and his henchmen. Diamond and club DJ Blue (Jamie Foxx) come away virtually unscarred and live happily ever after. The film is powerful in that it accu rately portrays the struggles of some one trying to make it on her own with out the proper tools. Diamond wants to be a news reporter, but without a college degree her dream is unattain able. Stripping is her means of sup port; it is done out of necessity, not greed or lust. One can see just how degraded and humiliated she is when she has to give her first lap dance, or when her college professor enters the club in the middle of a performance. These powerful moments are all too often offset by corny and con trived dialogue. The recurring lines "Make money, don’t let the money make you,” may look good on paper, but they just sound stupid on screen. No one spouts cliches off the top of his or her head like that, and it takes away from the moments. Thankfully, there are more powerful moments than stupid lines. Ice Cube proves himself to be a very capable director, and the cast, which is anchored by two actresses making their film debut, is top notch. Look forward to Ice Cube’s next film because, as he’s shown in the past, he’ll only get better. |rrent. Summer only. $330/mo., all bills paid. 696-4343. P ' m |ate needed for summer. 2bdrm/2bath. Call Daniel at 696-0633. Kte needed urgently for summer. Fall/ Spring to 2bdrm/21/2bath, 1,100sq.fi. apartment, negotiable, +1 futilities. 846-6790. late wanted for Fall. Please call 693-9432. [alesneeded Own room. 2-story house. Close firs. Summer and/or Fall. $250/mo. plus 1/4-util- P0-1O54. sublease. F/M-Rmmte. C.Sta. Large Ibath house. Fully furnished. $270/person, J)le. 694-8100. 2-Roommates. 3bdrm/2bath house. i+1 futilities, call Justin at 691-2131. SERVICES Ixas Defensive Driving. Lots-of-fun, Laugh-a-lotl! Tdismissal/insurance discount. M-T(6pm-9pm), |pm-9pm), Fri(6pm-8pm) &Sat(10am-2:30pm), it-2:30pm). Inside Nations-Bank. Walk-ins wel- 0. » *. $25/cash. Lowest price allowed by law. 111- t. Dr., Ste.217. 846-6117. Show-up 30/min. early. Stws 1 |7). Nails. Grand Opening Specials, all 822-6061. Hiring nail NOW IN THE AFTERNOON! Radio News from the newsroom of campus and community news 1:57 p.m. Monday through Friday on KAMU-FM 90.9 College Station / Bryan J Income Tax Preparation. $5 Off With This Ad. (Block, 694-2819. 20tirs/p lumni Ce® Imoreinfo^ juntryat^ I North Tetf :le Loomi, bum" pshipf ^ ItiiiTs 8 134 (minute. ^ i piusfj' Very^' (5755. I home. /concealed handgun course $75. Loaner guns e. Night classes available. John Collins 775- 'llggl /ickson Creek Range 589-1093 TRAVEL State offers accredited programs with transfer- edit in languages & humanities in Costa Rica, Spain, Ecuador, France, and Germany. 25 iw tuition and new sessions begin every Monday. 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