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talion Aggielife Page 5 • Monday, September 14, 1998 LE IN THE NEWS back to work alcohol rehab i'ORK — i is back set of Improve- lean and ara court- jlcohol re- 'am. was ar- st year in by police :ked him in a 40-mph zone. He plead- ;o drunken driving, was fined d got a year’s probation. reminisces on i film career 'ILLE, Ky. — Spike Lee re 's the good old days, n we were making my first e’s Gotta ALLEN ve were all ripty soda 1 bottles to or nickels. <**£>1 • Hi ow we got 3 buy film,” • • j. “I cat i tell T1 tlVP having VI e and elec id gas cut LEE Ml couldn’t pay the bills. And erience was good for me." I!i: om staff and wire reports Habitat Continued from Page 3 The families were chosen in April. Sharmon Foley, one of the new homeowners, said she is grateful to Habitat for Humanity and to God for making her dreams a reality. “I’ve been working hard, but I don’t mind,” Foley said. “I thank God every day because he made this possible for me. If it hadn’t been for Habitat for Humanity, I’d still be in the same place.” Rev. Mike Shirl, executive di rector of Houston’s Habitat for Humanity, delivered the night’s keynote address. Recently, Shirl and his ministry took on the seemingly impossible task of completing 100 new homes in the Houston area in a single week. Although faced with many diffi culties (the workers were 500 hours behind schedule at the end of the second day), the program was a Aggie Bucks Continued from Page 3 With the expanded capabilities of the Aggie Card and larger flocks of shiny new Mustangs arriving at A&M every fall, it seems the Aggie Buck expansion can only continue. Americans are addicted to their plastic, and Aggies are no exception. huge success and all the homes were completed on schedule. During his address, Shirl said dreams become a reality when seemingly impossible challenges are pursued anyway. “Dreaming dreams and having visions is about seriously consider ing doing something you don’t think is possible,” Shirl said. “Habitat for Humanity is built on a partnership between all of God’s people, gath ered together with a common mis sion that everyone should have the opportunity to have a better life. ” Shirl said hard work and cooper ation make projects like the one he completed in Houston possible. Luz Elena Martinez, the sec ond homeowner selected to re ceive help from Habitat, said she could not agree more. “I want to thank you all for coming,” Martinez said to the crowd. “But I am very emotional. I can’t say much more—I’m hap py and my heart is full.” In the months and years to come, we’re sure to see more ser vices available with our favorite intangible currency and greater abuse of the privilege. Car got towed? Hard drive crashed? Need to renew your sub scription to Big Trucks & Guns Monthly? Aggie Bucks might be the answer. Bring on the bills. I’ve got plastic. Lint, Grammer winners at Emmys o input nuch o vam. s ANGELES (AP) — Six ’ can ud lib, is after winning an Oscar for show in the 0 °d As it Gets,” it got even •end us little ' f° r Helen Hunt when she d on the j iamed best actress in a com- n | ev siu j ?ries for “Mad About You” at on want te a y’ s Emm y Awards. ... m the president of ‘1 was not ey present tr. .. A - „ , :ting this, Hunt, who in h won best actress at the ' 1 . un smy Awards for her film role ngs in. 3 { te j ac ] < Nicholson, said, isped ot coliK: sful radios ?-setting. lot of v/A" 1 ul sometimes, ore's a I ways a its mayden$ > some of the" “Frasier” star Kelsey Gram mer won his fourth Emmy as best lead actor in a comedy se ries for his portrayal of a smooth- talking therapist with a rocky personal life. Co-star David Hyde Pierce took supporting actor in the category. Grammer thanked his wife, Camille, “for giving me something I never had in my life — someone who cared about me.” Awards for outstanding lead performances in drama series went to Christine Lahti of “Chica go Hope” and Andre Braugher of “Homicide: Life on the Street.” “Ok, you can unlock the bathroom now,” joked Lahti, re ferring to her failure to prompt ly come to the stage of the Gold en Globes for a matching award because she had gone to the ladies room. The great outdoors MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion Tim Powers, a sophomore agriculture systems management major, sets up his tent in front of G. Rollie White Coliseum Sunday evening. 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