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Issues in Health Care Administration m m Attention: all students that are 2 considering a future in Health Care J Administration. Dr.Ted Sparling of Trinity ^ University will be speaking at the first * meeting of the Pre Health Care 1 Administration Society on February 9 2 at 7pm in Room 203 in the MSC. 2 If you are interested in joining or * have any questions, please contact 2 Jeff Patterson (‘01) at 409-822-7217 or 2 jeffpatterson@tamu.edu AGGIELIFE Page 6 THE BATTALION Monday. February!,)) Scream 3 makes killing at box offic Monday. Febn LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scream 3, billed as the last hurrah of the hit horror franchise, had a killer debut of $35.2 mil lion to top the weekend box office, ac cording to industry estimates Sunday. Scream 3 swooped into a movie mar ket crowded with holdovers, grossing more than the rest of the top 10 combined. It was the biggest February opening ever and the best for a horror film, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. It also was distributor Miramax’s best Tickets On Sale NOW AT MSC Box Office: Singing Cadets Nonqlcj AlcDonqld Houae Benef ir Bqah Alpha Delta Pi Feb. 11, 2000 * Rudder Theater * 7:00 PM A concert benefiting Ronald McDonald House of Temple With Special Guests: The Aggie Wranglers and Srazcs Valley Troupe Students/Children...$5 Adults $...7 opening. The prison drama The Hurricane was second with $4.9 million, followed by Stu art Little with $4.8 million and Next Fri day with $4.3 million. Last weekend’s top film, the thriller Eye of the Beholder, fell to No. 5 with $4.04 million. Billed as the last in a trilogy, Scream 3 reunites the survivors of the first two movies — Neve Campbell, David Ar quette and Courtney Cox — on a I lolly- wood movie lot where they are terrorized by a new slasher. In releasing Scream 3 in February, Miramax took advantage of the fran chise’s notoriety and the quiet movie sea son, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations, which tracks the box office. “If you come into a slow marketplace with an event picture like this, you’re go ing to clean up. You’re going to dominate the market,” Dergarabedian said. “I think people were questioning whether this was the right time to release a horror film. Obviously, in hindsight, it was the perfect time.” Next Friday and the romantic campus comedy Down to You had been the only teen and 20-something movies in a crowd of cartoon features and films generally aimed at older adults. Opening in more theaters than its two predecessors. Scream 3 averaged an impressive $10,153 on 3,467 screens. The Hurricane averaged $2,281 in 2,148 cinemas. Scream opened in 1,413 theaters and took in $6.4 million the weekend before Christmas in 1997, while Scream 2 de buted a year later on 3,112 screens and grossed $32.9 million its first weekend. The movies went on to gross just over $100 million each. Scream 3 helped jump-start a market where the top 12 films grossed a meager $43.9 million last weekend. The total for Friday through Sunday was $72.4 million, compared with $62 million for the same weekend a year ago. Two new movies opened in a few hun dred theaters Gun Shy, starring Liam Nee- son and Sandra Bullock in a d;irk comedy about a shaky drug agent, earned $700,000 from 296 theaters. The horse-racing caper Simpatico, starring Nick Nolle, Jefl'Bridges and Sharon Stone, grossed $5(X),000 in 283 theaters..Sy/n/x/Z/a; had a limited run late last year for Oscar consideration. Estimated ticket sales for Fni through Sunday at North Americaniii aters, according to Exhibitor Relate Co. Inc. Final figures were to bt leased Monday. Box Office 1. Scream 3. $35.2 million. 2. The Hurricane, $4.9 million, 3. Stuart Little, $4.8 million. 4. Next Friday, $4.3 million. 5. Eye of the Beholder, $4,ft million. 6. The Green Mile, $4 million. 7. Galaxy Quest, $3.3 million. 8. Down to You. $2.9 million. 9. Girl, Interrupted, $2.6millio• 10. The Talented Mr. Ripley, $2: million. Agslo People in the News Sheen may replace Fox on ABC show ‘Spin City’ New York, where Fox lives, and would have to move to Los Angeles to accommodate Sheen. Stud# World War II in Normandy, France Summer II 2.000 I f SPACES ARE LIMITED! o APPLICATIONS DUE NOW! HIST 489-World War 11 at Home and Abroad Dr. Jim Bradford POLS 306-Conternporarv Issues in Post WW1I Europe Dr. John Robertson For More Information anti Applications Contact: Study Abroad Program Office 161 Btezell Half West, 845-0544 NEW YORK (AP) — The hit television sitcom “Spin City” may survive the departure of its star, Michael J. Fox. When Fox, who plays a hard-charging deputy mayor of New York, leaves the show at the end of the spring season, he may be replaced by Char lie Sheen, Time magazine re ports in the issue that will hit newsstands today. ABC and the show’s production company, DreamWorks, are talking to Sheen about join ing the cast, which includes Barry Bostwick and Heather Locklear. One catch: The show is currently filmed in Boxer ‘Hurricane’ Carter speaks on imprisonment but was sentenced to three life terms, rowly escaping the electric chair. Actor Denzel Washington portrays Cam the recent movie about his life, “The Hurnca SHEEN ALBION, Mich. (AP) — Rubin “Hurricane” Carter said that daring to dream was what kept him going while he was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. “The dream was the only thing that kept me alive,” the one-time boxing great told an audi ence at Albion College on Friday. Carter talked about his boxing triumphs, im prisonment for a triple homicide in 1966, his release in 1988, and his fame today. Carter's professional boxing career began in 1961. But five years later, during prepara tion for a title fight, Carter was arrested for a triple homicide. He maintained his innocence Thatcher says Jeffersci underestimated womet WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Thomasi ferson underestimated the leadership poj tial of women but was otherwise right onT'j garet Thatcher says. “I regret to say that he didn’t fullyurt:| stand the importance of women in build;:;j great nation,” the former British prime#! ter told an audience Saturday at the Co of William and Mary. “He was a little back in that respect." Thatcher was appointed in 1994 as school's first woman chancellor. first t The Tex, started off two of games a Spalding Tournamer buquerque The W; ton State C handed ti gies theii loss of th son, 5-3, day. Soph pitcher Gra loss for A& 10 hits in f The Agg urday as tf State Unive man pitche lowed one and struck nings pitch Junior r led A&M frc Swithadoi RBI. A&M dr< the tourna the Couga Khalid Ball for the Ags seven hits The Agg the Univers Tuesday at A&M < 8th st Y2K-5K Fun Run/Walk A FREE FAJITA LUNCH Date: Sunday, February 20, 2000 Time: Race begins at 8:30 AM On-site registration from 8-8:25 AM A Registration: Free! Location: Research Park Details: Go By Zachry 204 for an entry form or more infonuation. Event T-Shirts cost $10. Www, -Umia. a \ swe Come to a FREE FAJITA LUNCH on Sunday afternoon at the RFC! Sponsored by the Texas A&M Student Engineer’s Council ☆ irWirWA **☆☆£☆☆☆*☆☆☆**☆☆☆***☆**☆ At!r*a-*W<r'ft-WiSrWWd-fr $•*☆☆*****■ AW A* Let the TAMU Women’s Chorus Sing Your Sweetie A Song Telegrams sold Feb. 7-11 The ketball game! sion t versity the Ft Centei in the MSC Hallway Call 845-5974 for' more information Delivery February 1 !•]( • on or off campus (in class delivery with •professor permission) 13 po the the chipp the .took Intr Send a Singing Valentine for only $15 that includes. V A Trio of Women to sing one of four songs: V Baby Face V Let Me Call You Sweetheart V You Are My Sunshine V Love Me Tender VBalloon & Candy Bouquet V Personalized Card F( 2 fori * alentine’s Gift Offer.. ...for the Romeo or Juliet in your life. i JULIET: Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thy discount to the upcoming OPAS performances of Romeo and Juliet? OMEO: My fair Juliet. Why that coupon can be found in Tuesday's edition of The Battalion. JULIET: How wonderful! Since our parents refuse to pay for us to attend a performance together, this discount offer from OPAS is absolutely ideal. ROMEO: Better than ideal, my dear. This discount is the perfect gift for the day of St. Valentine. Don't miss out on the MSC OPAS 2 for 1 ticket offer! For details, see the coupon section in Tuesday's Batt. Please note, the coupon last appears on Tuesday, February 15, II ut Bo, ROMEO AND JULIET Ballet de 1 Ooera de Bordeaux Season Medio Fortners: KBTX 7999''' Friday and Saturday, February 25 & 26 at 7:30 PM Sunday, February, 27 at 2:00 PM Questions? Call the MSC Box Office at 845-1234. Or visit the OPAS web site at opas.tamu.edu. Offer expires February 15, 2000. Congratulations! comp Fish Camp ‘00 Namesakes Amy Austin, Dept, of Mathematics Ron Beard, Dir. of Food Services Cindy Billington, Center for Retailing Studies Kriss Boyd, Dept, of Gen. Academics Dr. Douglas Brooks, Dept, of English Stephanie Burgeon, Advisor-Honors Office Angie Butler, Human Resource Mgmt. Dr. James Butler, External Affairs Julie Hagen Carroll, Dept.of Statistics Frank Cox, Superintendent-Physical Plant Dr. Vesna Danilovic, Dept, of Foreign Policy Dr. Katherine Dettwyler, Oept. of Anthropology Dr. Bruce Dixon, Dept, of Anthropology Cliff Dugosh, Assistant Director-MSC Shannon Fite, College of Education Dr. Charles Goodman, Dept, of Management Kathryn Greenwade, Dir. of H. R., Assoc. Larry Hodges, Copy Corner Karen Hudson, Dept, of Curriculum Instruc. Jay D. Humphrey, Dept, of Biomedical Engineering Michael Krenz, Residence Life Cynthia Lawson, Public Relaionist Dr. Arnold LeUneS, Dept, of Psychology Greg Matte, Breakaway Ministries Angela May, Student Activities P.J. Miller, Health and Kinesiology Buzz Refugio, Computing & Information Services Darby Roberts, Dept, of student Life Tommy Ryan, Dir. of Production, Assoc. Kelli Shoemaker, Dept, of Accounting Cathy Sperry, Dept, of Engineering Harvey Striegler, Assoc. Dir of Admissions Bobby Tucker, Student Activities Angela Winkler, Student Activities Advisor Ruth Ann Wolfe, Division of Student Affairs Cindy Zawieja, Assoc. Dir. Food Services These namesakes are faculty or staff at Texas A&M University and were nominated by their peers, colleagues, and/or students. They have made an impact on countless individuals at Texas A&M, and Fish Camp would like to congratulate them for all of their hard work and dedication. Sail & Di A