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lalion A GGIELIFE Page 5 • Friday, April 30, 1999 ms choi lack e first year service pr has beer b show sir PHOTO COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX JSfiligTVns stars, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie arform an impromptu song and dance, while John Cusack looks on. | Pushing Tin HStarring john Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton Directed by Mike Newell Playing at Hollywood 1 6 Saturdayr at the dot tie is dfe | inning im: to Black e are and rq sessional ,v! aces,” Air irl urdiver:: Does anyone know what an air aadeup iffic controller does? Has'any- ms, Air te ever cared? Well, in the new comedy/dra- ersegroup a Pushing Tin, the lives of some tbackg: the busiest air traffic con- . Wearer allers are put on display. He finite air space, which is to dancf iared by three of the world’s ost highly-trafficked airports— iGuardia, JFK and Newark—is mtrolled by a group of frat- wse-like, middle-aged alco- )lics. Caution: people afraid of /ing should watch this movie as it Vvere Psycho. Nick (Cusack) is the ace con- bller and is recognized as the gman on campus, and he does- t have any problems telling peo- |. As well as having one of the ost stressful jobs, Nick has a lailiful wife, Connie (Cate lanchett) and two kids at home, pplrently still infatuated with tch other since high school, the tuple seems happy. Unfortunately, there is trouble [paradise for Nick when the ?w|ace controller Russell (Thor- injlcomes to town, upstaging ick. The humor of the film is sub- IpThe on-going rivalry between ick and Russell is very reminis- ?nt of “brotherly love.” Neither pie ban stand to lose or be out- narted. Sure, there are many in- intional jokes and sarcastic re- larks, but that is to be expected om the screenwriters of the tele- tsion hit “Cheers.” Even some of le dramatic moments in the film re crafted to be funny. Ffesh off her Academy Award pmination and Golden Globe tin] Blanchette continues to do xcellent work. Ditching the ac- entjand toning down her striking ?atures, Blanchette proves she AGGIE RING ORDERS THE ASSOCIATION OF FORMER STUDENTS CLAYTON W. WILLIAMS, JR. ALUMNI CENTER sntNo include sei ATTENTION: UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE STUDENTS Grades lor May ‘99 undergraduate degree candidates will be posted on May 14. If you graduate with 60 A&M credit hours, a 2.0 cumulative GPR, and arc in good standing with the university, your Aggie ring order will be accepted beginning May 14 alter 9:00 a.m., providing chat you have completed an audit application at the Aggie Ring Office by May 12. s for May ‘99 undergraduate degree candidates who graduate without 60 A&M credit hours, or less than a 2.0 lulative GPR, will be taken after the degrees are posted. These orders, as well as those for graduate students luating in May ‘99, will be taken between May 24-28. n August ‘99 degree candidate, you may place your ring order between May 24-28, providing you have ipleted all of the following ring requirements as of the Spring 1999 final grades: 9ERGRADUATE STUDENTS 1 . Apply for your degree at Heaton Hall between May 19-24. 2 (Pay your diploma fee to the Fiscal Dept, in the Pavilion. 3.Slave 60 A&M credit hours with a 2.0 cumulative GPR posted on your transcript by May 24. 4. Be in good standing with the university. tomplete all degree requirements by May 26, 1999. tpply for your degree at the Office of Graduate Studies. 3.Jay your diploma fee to the Fiscal Dept, in the Pavilion. 4®rese n t a “letter of completion” to the Aggie Ring Office from the Office of Graduate Studies no later than May 27, 19SU. (The letter of completion takes approximately one week. Please request one no later than May 21.) 5. Be in good standing with the university. ^Igs ordered and paid for between May 24-28 will be delivered on August 12 (instead of in September), providing that you do graduate in May or August. ■ undergraduate students who are not May or August degree candidates and who will complete all of the ring requirements after the Spring ‘99 semester final grades are posted, may order their rings beginning approximately June ■999 and no later than July 1 for September delivery. The requirements are: igrmduate Student Requirements: ■ You must be a degree seeking student and have a total of undergraduate credit hours reflected on the Texas IM University Student Information Management System. (A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot pnt as additional credit hours.) £>Q undergraduate credit hours must be completed in residence (classroom hours only) at Texas A&M University if your first r at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement jibed in the following paragraph. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 undergraduate resident credits, this lent will be waived after you graduate and your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. IQ undergraduate credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that 2 January 1, 1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully completed cither a fall/spring r summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 2.iQ cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. You must be in good standing with the University, including no registration or transcript blocks for past due , loans, parking tickets, returned checks, etc. I students either ordering on May 14-28, or June 1 through July 1, will need to visit the Aggie Ring Office in the Clayton pliams Alumni Center, Second Floor, beginning May 3 and preferably no later than May 18, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., to fill out an audit form, receive ring prices, and other order information. If you will not be in the College Station a between the above dates to place your order in person, you may request a mail order form which you can mail in. PLEASE LL OUT YOUR AUDIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This will facilitate faster processing of your ring order. First FEZ convention starts this weekend in Connecticut can mold herself into any role. As the star of the movie, Cusack seems to merely be present. Viewers simply enjoy the support ing role which is fascinatingly original and works on many lev els. Who knows, someone may even get a great moral lesson out of this film. All in all, freezer box weather, expensive food, long lines and sticky floors aside, this movie was well worth the hassle. (Grade: A) — Jeff Kempf Lost and Found Starring David Spade and Sophie Marceau Directed by Jeff Pollack Playing at Hollywood 1 6 Over the years, David Spade became known as the smooth- talking, wise-cracking sidekick of Chris Farley. The two were always thought of in the same breath. But with Farley gone, Spade is now forced to try to make a name of his own. In Lost and Found, Spade tries, but seems lost without Farley. Spade plays a restaurant owner who is struggling to keep his new business afloat. When a beautiful French cellist (Marceau) moves into his apart ment building. Spade does the only thing he can think of to win his way into her heart—kidnap her dog. Throw in Marceau’s ex boyfriend (Patrick Bruel) and a Farley wanna-be (Artie Lang), the plot becomes watered down and predictable. There are some bright spots to Lost and Found, but all in all, it lacks the fall-down laughter ap peal of Tommy Boy and Black Sheep. Definitely wait for the video on this one. (Grade: C-) —Doug Shilling ORANGE, Conn. (AP) — Like some sci-fi movie in which the aliens rendezvous with the mother ship, hundreds of people with a fondness for tart rectangular candies in color ful flip-top dispensers are flocking here from as far away as Austria and Japan. The mother ship, in this case, is PEZ Candy Inc. and the occasion is this weekend’s first-ever gathering of PEZ aficionados in the town where the treats are manufactured. The convention site is so close to the factory that PEZ lovers can smell the sugar in the air. “This is like Mecca for them. They’ll be all over the lawn with tele photo lenses. They’ll be with their noses up against the back window,” Scott McWhinnie, the “Pezident” of PEZ Candy, said. “They’ll be pick ing through the garbage looking for old dispensers.” Convention organizer Richard Belyski said PEZ-heads are mostly baby boomers trying to relive their childhood. “Everybody remembers them as a kid. We’re people from all walks of life, doctors, lawyers,” Belyski, 41, a police officer in Glen Cove, N.Y., said. PEZ lovers will tell you their fa vorite treat is not just a hard, fruit- flavored candy. It is an American icon that spans generations. Most of the mystique focuses on the different character dispensers, from Mickey Mouse to Fred Flint- stone and Spiderman to Kermit the Frog. Like many of his brethren, Jo hann Patek, 42, who flew in from Austria for the convention, has so many dispensers he has lost count. John Laspina, of Middletown, N.J., admits he has spent $850 or more for a single dispenser—the “psychedelic eye” created in the ’60s. He has five of them. David Welch, 37, of Murphys- boro. Ill., also had his first experi ence with PEZ as a child and has since become an authority, having written two books, Pictorial Guide to Plastic Candy Dispensers and the seminal work Collecting PEZ. He specializes in historical dis pensers. The originals look like cig arette lighters, which is fitting, since Austrian Eduard Haas invented PEZ in 1927 as a mint for smokers. The name was derived from the German word for peppermint, pfefferminz. PEZ did not arrive in America un til 1952. About 3 billion are con sumed annually in the United States. Make Incredible Income We are in a pre-launch phase and are swamped with leads FLAT RATE LONG DISTANCE New Patented Technology TALK ALL YOU WANT - s 60 @ month From anywhere in the 48 States $ 20 @ mo. Evenings and weekends We need General Managers • Managers • Agents NOW P/T OR F/T IN ALL CITIES Call 696-0415 MSC Film Society presents . . . Tom Mariks By an Friday , April 30 7:00 & 9:30p.m. Tickets: $3.00 at tfiedoor $2-50 in advance at the MSCBox Office. (845-1234) Or Avoid lonK lines and buy a season pass for $15. All filmsshown in the Rudder Theatr e Complex. I\tm m iswitlicIksiilrililk'N IJleitseodlSTS-1515 to \ inform usoTyourspecial needs. Werequest ■m rfificutii mtlinil 3)wi trkiiiK c lay spriortotliee vent t€ > enable un to assist you to the IwNtofourahUity. Questions? Callthe Aggie Cinema Hotline S47-X478. VVeiifite: http-y/ filn iN.t;iniii.t* In New college grads wante upward career move. Intrepid Caravan Save $ 400. Drive a great vehicle. Intangible benefits. Right now, recent college graduates get $ 400 off every new Dodge* Combine that with other current offers on some of these models, and you could save even more. Ask a salesperson for details. Neon Durango Dorit forget to ask about ’99 college graduate finance plans available to eligible customers through Chrysler Financial. 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