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Monday, Marcli miNG Continued fromh th a new experience,') le of Sandra Dijkstnlj /. id that one reason them ■d by older generation!;] es years to develop tlti s. The fact that there are] older writers than yn imply reflective oftlies ;d to become successfc: er who is gifted at aye ;h more rare than ax tned and worked atpe: aft,” Zane said, ould not be taken tor ; should wait until the; le experience. Rath courage young writer and take their writim ■ literary agent, Peteri: nadio and Olson Inc.,: should understand than ged purely on themes lecause of the capital!.- : the publishing industr. y depends on the w \s good. No one care.'::-: re all in it to make® steinberg said, riters have reachedap :\ are read} tobepublish there are several elm crease success, le literary gods andgodi >u read the bestseller.!: ip and revise,” Zane sail g, like almost every E® ne world, also said ren: the most important step! process, no rush. Get the work u can make it because; shot. Don't rush it. IfitiK vrite it for a year or two! id it in,” Steinberg said, i the abundant resow acre is no reason fortalei writers to not makenam ves in the world offer othingto lose but time.sti d work hard at pertecti ind realize their dreamst e left empty upon pout uld have been. AGGIELIFE Monday. March 6, 2000 THE BATTALION Page 5 Drill practice SALLIE TURNER/Thr Battalion Matthew De Soto, a member of the Neville High School Junior ROTC in Monroe, La., practices his drills Saturday on Duncan Drill Field. De Soto and other high-school students took part in the 7th Annual Navy Junior ROTC Field Meet, hosted by the A&M Navy/Ma rine ROTC and the Corps of Cadets. People in the News HESTON Comedies fall flat at box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than stellar openings provided little to laugh about for the new comedies that hit the screens this weekend, according to indus try estimates Sunday. The top box office spot was locked up for a third week by The Whole Nine Yards, with $7.3 million in ticket sales. The top new comedies were The Next Best Thing, starring Madonna, which took second place with $6 million, and Drown ing Mona with Bette Midler, which took fourth with $5.9 million. By comparison, the comedy Analyze Tim opened on the same weekend last year with $18.4 million. More than half the films in the top 10 were comedies, and die audience just was n't large enough to go around, said Paul Der- garabedian of Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. 1. The Whole Nine Yards, $7.3 million. 2. The Next Best Thing, $6 million. 3. My Dog Skip, $5.94 million. 4. Drowning Mona, $5.9 million. 5. (tie) Pitch Black, $5 million. 5. (tie) Snow Day, $5 million. 7. Reindeer Games, $4.8 million. 8. Wonder Boys, $4.2 million. 9. American Beauty, $4.1 million. 10. The Cider House Rules, $4.05 million. Qoidetx ‘Key National Honor Society Meeting Tuesday, March 7th 8:30 p.m. MSC 206 Heston cancels appearance DENVER (AP) — Charlton He ston has can celed a planned appearance at the kickoff of a campaign for a crackdown on gun crime. The actor and leader of the NRA had agreed to share the stage with James Brady of Handgun Control at Monday’s public-awareness kickoff for Colorado Project Exile, a federal-state crackdown on gun-related crime. “We were trying to get his schedule cleared up and it looked like that goal had been accomplished a couple of days ago, and other commitments overtook us,” NRA spokesper son Bill Powers said late Friday. Brady was President Rea gan’s press secretary when he was shot during a 1981 assas sination attempt on the presi dent and now uses a wheelchair. Tom Mauser, whose son Daniel was killed in the Columbine High School mas sacre last year, also signed on to the project. Roberts speaks on Southern charm NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Roberts is proud to be a Southern girl. The Smyrna, Ga., native told the New York Daily News for Sunday’s edi tions that her Southern background tests in two ways.” “Good manners and care tak ing. I say, ‘Please, thank you, sir, ma’am.’ I think I’m polite, I love to cook dinner, and I keep the toi let scrubbed.” Roberts’ new movie, Erin Brockovich, opens in theaters Fri day. It is based on the true sto ry of a single mother who comes across a case involving a high in cidence of cancer in a small town while working as a clerk in a Southern California law office. “Erin is tenacious and com- The Battalion Classified Advertising ROBEFTTS mam- pletely believes in the idea of justice, that good will always pre vail,” Roberts said. Couric to televise cancer screening PHILADELPHIA (AP) — “To day” show host Katie Couric took a camera crew along as she underwent a recent colonoscopy, a screening test for cancer. The procedure will be shown Monday and Tuesday on the NBC morning show as part of a week- long series on colon cancer. Couric, 43, who was given a mild sedative for the test, dis cusses what is happening throughout. “We’re showing it to demonstrate that there’s no reason people should be scared,” executive pro ducer Jeff Zucker told The Philadel phia Inquirer for Sunday’s editions. “We try to do it with tremen dous sensitivity. We don’t show a lot of her colon. We’re not go ing to gross anybody out." Couric’s husband, NBC legal commentator Jay Monahan, died of colon cancer two years ago. Hanks prepares for Cast Away MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A slimmer Tom Hanks is due in Memphis next month to film parts of a movie in which he plays an is land castaway, a spokesperson said. Hanks plays a workaholic Fed eral Express executive who sur vives a plane crash and is stranded alone on a small island in the film Cast Away a 20th Cen tury Fox and DreamWorks stu dios production with Robert Ze meckis directing. While on the remote island, Hanks has to “completely trans form himself both physically and emotionally in order to survive his circumstance,” Russell said. The film began production in early 1999 with scenes in Los Angeles and Moscow, but it had to take an eight-month break while Hanks lost more than 40 pounds to give his character a gaunt look when he returned to civilization. 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