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he Battalion A.ggielife PEOPLE IN THE NEWS '■ busk U2 Album benefits Northern Ireland LONDON (AP) — Sinead O’ 'onnor and Van Morrison lent their voices to a star-studded ilbum re eased Vlonday n Britain to raise money for vic tims of the Aug. 15 bombing in North- rn Ireland. The album, Across The Bridge Of Hope, features stars U2 and Boyzone, and includes a read- ng by actor Liam Neeson of a poem written by 12-year-old Shaun McLaughlin, who was killed in the attack. The boy’s poem about peace in Northern Ireland inspired the title of the album. A car bomb planted by Irish Republican Army dissidents killed 29 people and injured 370 in Omagh. Newman: Slipping ratings secondary NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Newman, the co-host of “Good Morning America,” said his wife’s diagnosis of multiple sclerosis put his worries about slipping ratings and replace ment rumors in perspective. “I don’t mean to belittle what do, but it’s just TV,” Newman said in the Dec. 5 issue of TV Guide. “It’s not my real life. What matters to me are the people I love. If I can continue sharing myself with the audi ence, great. If not, I’m still a whole person.” Newman’s wife, Cathy, was diagnosed with the chronic de generative disorder in August. “Right now, she is comfort able,” he said. Newman said he feels the strain of rumors he may not have his job for long as the rat ings slide. He said he has been told he will stay through Christmas. Asked about Newman’s fu ture, ABC News president David Westin said: “We look forward to his continued contribution to ‘Good Morning America’ and all ABC News programs.” Canceled show depresses Ellen LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres says she went into a deep depression after ABC canceled her show earlier this year. “ Everything that I ever feared hap pened to me. I lost my show. I’ve been at tacked like hell. I went from making a lot of money on a sit com to making no money,” she said in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times Magazine. DeGeneres revealed her ho mosexuality when her charac ter on “Ellen” came out in April 1997. The show’s ratings dropped and it was canceled about a DEGENERES DON BOLLOM'Imt vid Mebane.a one, a junior mer in Paris, p rs will be gif m. every daf es will takei ggies in P® ne meet us- xOffi - your ONSHII 1 Tiis /ear sntinfl _S prog^ ; _ Semi^ _ried afl^ arried pies 30,31 Jlitato# McSp»* g-f Milt^ -ition 81 or D:3O'4:3 0) V. Pre-Law Society General Meeting Tues., December 1 st at 7 p.m. Ill Koldus Questions? 847-8938 "\ year later. DeGeneres and her actress girlfriend, Anne Heche, accuse the network of sabo taging the sitcom and Holly wood of treating them badly. “When I walked out of the studio after five years of work ing so hard, knowing I had been treated so disrespectfully for no other reason than I was gay, I just went into this deep, deep depression,” DeGeneres said, adding, “^nd it’s not like any other networks have called.” DeGeneres will appear in three upcoming movies, includ ing Goodbye Lover in December and edTV, a new Ron Howard comedy, next spring. Heche appeared in Wag the Dog, Six Days, Seven Nights and co-stars in the upcoming Psy cho remake. Singer-songwriter endures liver tumor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Janis Ian says she needs surgery to re move a benign liver tumor. The tumor was discovered in August, 10 days before she be gan an Internet auction of mem orabilia to raise money for a memorial fund at her late moth er’s alma mater, Goddard Col lege in Plainfield, Vt. The tumor is pressing on her stomach and causing intense abdominal pain, Ian said in a statement last week. No further details about the tu mor or the surgery were released. A call to her manager Monday was not immediately returned. Ian, 47, had her first hit in 1967 with “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)”. * ■»*-***★*-*★ ★ r ~ > PageJ5^Tuesdaj^ i< DecembeM i 2998 She is also known for the 1975 hit ‘’At Seventeen.” Chocolate bars meet ‘Wall Street’ CLEVELAND (AP) — “Wall Street Week” host Louis Rukeyser has his very own can dy bar. A regional chain of 13 shops, Malley’s Chocolates, be gan selling the $1 candy bar re cently to raise money for chari ty. It is a milk chocolate and rice crisp concoction. “I went to one of Rukeyser’s seminars in Las Vegas a couple of years ago and we thought it would be fun to do a bar for him,” said the company’s chair man, Bill Malley. Rukeyser’s show airs Fridays on PBS. Smith’s nightmare: getting bad ratings NEW YORK (AP) — According to the rules of physics — and Holly wood — everything that goes up must come down. So after a,string of career highs — a hit TV show, two blockbuster films and a multiplatinum rap ca reer— Will Smith admits he’s a “lit tle nervous” with the release of his latest project, the thriller Enemy of the State. “I’m not missing too much,” he said recently, as he sipped coffee at an New York hotel. “Film after film I’m scoring and people are reacting well, so it’s inevitable with any ups there are going to be downs. I’m trying to avoid them as much as I can.” ★ ** Astronomy offerings for Spring 1999 Physics 306: Basic Astronomy taught by Professor Duller MWF 1:50-2:40 Physics 307: Observational Astronomy, at the A&M Observatory • Core Curriculum • Open to all students-no prerequisites. * * The Battalion Classified Advertising • Easy • Affordable • Effective For information, call B45-OS69 IFTOU ORDERED a 1998 Aggieland, and will not be on campus in January to pick it up, you can have it mailed.To have your yearbook for the ’97-98 school year mailed, stop by 015 Reed McDonald Building or telephone 845-2613 (credit cards only) between 8:30 am and 4:30 p.m, Monday through Fnday and pay a $6,50 mailing and handling fee. presented by MSC ATTENTION ALL DEAD ELEPHANTS CLASS OF 1999! DECEMBER 4 BY 5:00 P.M. IS THE LAST DAY TO HAVE YOUR SENIOR PICTURE FOR THE 1999 AGGIELAND YEARBOOK TAKEN. AR PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOW TAKING SENIOR PICTURES FOR THE YEARBOOK. 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