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Texas A£M Career Center Graduate Student Events for the week of: Feb. S - Feb 14 ★Feb. 9 ★Feb. 10 Resume & Cover Letter Writing/Critique 5:50pm 504 Rudder Independent dob Search for Liberal Arts 5:50pm 404 Rudder Career Center 209 Koldus 845-5139 http://careercenter.tamu.edu AGGIELIFE Page 4 THE BATTALION Tuesday, February 8.: I <r, f&i terenvArfs ^SpWK^Ogt 2(|0() Official Contest Rules Entries must include your name, age, address and local phone number, on a separate page from the poem being entered. Students in grades K - 12 should indicate their school. College students should indicate their college and graduation year. All this should be attached a separate page. Poems of any type may be submitted. There will be a special category for sonnets. There is no limit to the number of poems submitted by each individual. However only one prize will be awarded per person. A prize will be awarded for the best poem and best sonnet. Other prizes will be awarded as entries warrant Poems must be legible (hand written or typed). All members of MSC Literary Arts are excluded from winning. All entries must be post marked by Wednesday, 16 February 2000. Prizes will be awarded at Barnes and Noble at 2pm on Sunday, 20 Febmary 2000. No purchase necessary How to Enter All entries must be mailed to the following address: MSC Literary Arts Shakespeare Sonnet Contest 2000 P.O. Box J-l College Station, TX 77844-9081 Rampage 2: Universal Tour System: N64 Genre: Arcade Developer: Midway Ape Escape System: Playstation Genre: Adventure Developer: Sony '0ftL ftp* nit the funkmaster Add local events to and promote the hell out of it on your campus, Rampage 2: Universal Tour is a great waste of time. Although this can be a nice stress reliever after a tough day of classes, it is just not worth it other wise. Up to three players each control a gi ant monster and the simple concept is to destroy as many cities as possible. The reason for the monsters rampaging through these cities is to rescue the monsters from the first Rampage game which have been captured by the gov ernment. Once these monsters are res cued, they become playable characters. Improvements over the first Ram page include new monsters, special at tacks, mini-games and space cities. The mini-games bring out the cut throat in each play er since the players compete against each other instead of against little computer ized soldiers. But the first Rampage had certain unique and fun elements that were left out of the sequel like the abil ity to jump on and control a tighter jet and the toxic waste that, when eat en, mutates your monster into a more powerful one. I lowever, the fun in the game lies in its mere simplicity. Any body can pick up a controller and do just as well as a seasoned video game pro. The game uses only three buttons so the controls are basic and easy to leam. The repetition of the game, on the other hand, is its major downfall. You can play this game for hours and feel like you have gotten nowhere. Each level plays exactly like the previous, and after a couple of demolished cities, the idea of crushing buildings beneath your list is just no longer appealing. So if you are looking to mindlessly waste a couple of hours, this game is for you. If not, avoid this game. (Grade: C-) Ape Escape i> the perfect excuse to polish up \ our ( harlton 1 lesion imper sonation, bash a few simian heads in and not get thrown in an insane asylum tor doing so. Hie storv is classic. Boy meets mon- kc\s. Boy loses monkeys. Monkeys be come super smart and go back in time to change the course of ape evolution in the hopes of world domination. Armed with a really big net, a stun club that looks like a light saber and a slew of other really cool gadgets, the player must recapture the apes and save the human race from extinction. Quite simple, really. ()ne of the only drawbacks to Age Es cape is that it requires you to use the joy sticks on an analog controller to move around and sw ing your weapons. Not only dines this take some getting used to, but it also leaves any old-school players that are still using regular controllers upa creek w ithout a paddle. The play er hops from time period to time periixl capturing the monkey quota for that area. While this might seem like it would get old after a while, the mon keys are always coming up with nev ways to get you oft their back, from dropping banana peels to shooting you w ith a machine gun. Needless to say, it keeps things interesting. The game play is smooth and features a “Mario 64-es-J que" perspective, rounding out an over all good game. Monkeys and light sabers. What more could you ask for', (Grade: A) — Ruben DeLurta Gabby Rucnes 11 hook you up with $8 / hour GABBY RUENES AND RUBEN DELUNA/Tm; Battai.ion contact joey@nightfunk.com NIGHTFUNK Tunnels Continued from Page 3 case of an emergency difficult and pos sibly perilous. The senior finance ma jor who journeyed through the tunnels said he was disappointed by his expe rience in the steam tunnels. “I always heard stories about the steam tunnels and everything, but when I went down for myself it wasn’t every thing I thought it would be,” the senior finance major said. The steam tunnels may hold many treasures of the past and jewels of stu dent study-break adventure, bull consequences of exploring thisfaci A&M culture could effectivelyreufl one from it. The extent ofexplorai of these tunnels should be limits! 1 the stones of others who have ex(l enced them. Hendrix. Van Halen. Fisk. A born risk taker, Eliot Fisk has revolutionized the classical guitar world with his youth and innovative play. Don't miss your chance to find out why Eliot Fisk is recognized around the world as one of the most brilliant and gifted young musical artists of our time. Eliot Fisk, Guitarist Sunday, February 13 at 2 PM Rudder Theatre Immediately following the performance, please join moderator Penny Zent for a discussion with Eliot Fisk. 5 7999- Tickets? Call 845-1234. Or, place your order at opas.tamu.edu. Season Media Partners: Pi OS2 O' The Muslim Students’ =1 Association Presents: Islam 101-An Intro to Isb Articles of Faith Feb. 10@ 7 PM in MSC 231 Future sessions (Every 2 weeks): Feb 24; March 9 & 23 Free Admission! Refreshments served!) Future Topics: Prophets (Peace be upon them) of Islam How do Muslims view Salvation ? What is the Quran ? e-mail: Islam 101 @tamu.edu Visit our table in the MSC every Thurs. between 1 lam - 2pm h Tff- BO SIC ical cent gene the safety cor dent’s de trial progr “We ar trial) bec< discoursf like to bei Rosenbla Beth Isra Center, s< The de 18-year-o nia trigge tigation, 1 gene the and a Sei In hat week, Be they had lems with The tri< netically c with her bleeding i Last s ed a diffei ter three i ill cancer Officia internal r least two related tc Gene pair or rep riously ill normal g< Stud need BALL keep th ting bor kill ther new stu Thet portant Coi WOl tioi