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Melissa Lovoi, a seniorgep tor, encouraged Southerk \ en to think about theirdecia .* they act. “Think of the students Aga has touched and the livestk forever changed,” Lovoi ease think about what youdoi act, because I don't want hand before my [bonfire] in and tell them that its the path to their futurete died.” ‘We know where we ere we need to be,” a fink we will get there.” Continued from fi ropean parliamentary i companies and financial wi fis affectionate greeting cote Rise’s internal communicate r of Britain's 1 louse of Cm receive emails from outside :i other by e-mail.” ig” shut down the FloridaLot in Leo DiBenigno. Thelotten those were determined tolif and the Asian Wall Street It ffected only email and did Ml stributing financial infi nal would have no problem: it wild, ters,” said Daphne Ghesf ong. “You get the message! among the stupid ones loop suspicious, but one was icd, Ghesquiere said, it begat s within the Dow Jones conf 1 receive email. Schlumber Electronics Engineer Positim chlumberger inSugarland, IXislooloi lectronics/Electrical Engineer to join® e involved in the entire product de»elt| rocess for building oilfield-related reap cquisition/control systems, equirements: BS or MS in Electronics/Electrical Engineering. Solid EE engineering background|(li systems, control theory, and softwan development) Experience with real-time data ami systems. Strong software skills (C/C++, As Strong teamwork and communicalM Summer or Coop experience is a art Prior full time employment isnoW lail resumes to: ich Christie 10 Schlumberger Drive jgar Land, IX 77478 r email to rchristie@slb.com THE BATTALION Page 3 Summer movies show excitement, diversity BY MATT MCCORMICK The Battalion T he summer is a time most students welcome a de served break from their academic existence. So it should come as no surprise that movie studios line up their best movies in hopes of breaking new box-of fice records during the summer. In fact, summer is the time of the year when most movies are released, and blockbuster movies are stacked up often, two to a weekend. The summer is also generally the time reserved for big-budget action movies. This summer could be the biggest of recent years with several action flicks sure to blow audiences away. When addressing summer movies, one first has to mention Mission Impossible 2. John Woo directed MI2, the summer’s most anticipated action flick due in part to its trailer, which is one of the best in years. This Tom Cruise movie is sure to be the early box-of fice champion of the summer. Do not expect this movie to hold on forever as box- office champ because yet another Jerry Bruckheimer/Nicolas Cage production will be out in ear ly June. The past two Cage/Bruckheimer movies (The Rock, Con Air) were among the biggest summer blockbusters of previous years, and do not expect Gone in Sixty Seconds to break the streak. This re make of the ’70s cult classic is anything but of the cult genre, featuring great cinematography and a hip supporting cast that includes Angelina Jolie and Giovanni Ribisi. Also to be released at the end of June is another action extravaganza, but with a historical setting — Mel Gibson’s The Patriot. An American Revolution act ion/drain a, this movie is definitely attracting some attention because some people wonder if director Roland Emmerich can bounce back from the deba cle of his last film, Godzilla, with this outing. Chances are, The Patriot could be one of the most enjoyable treats of the summer, especially since Gib son has been saying that he thinks it is better than his own movie Braveheart. Riding closely on the heels of all of these action flicks is The Perfect Storm. Storm reunites Three Kings ’ George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg. It also boasts top notch Computer Graphic Imagry (CGI) coupled with a true life story based on the best-selling novel of the same name. It is directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who recently found summer success with Air Force One. Even though the trailers look great, one has to hope that Petersen’s CGI w@rk is much improved since the dismal final shot of the plane crashing in Air Force One. Another eagerly awaited action film \sX-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer (T/je Usual Suspects), this movie is a spe cial effects extravaganza with an all-star cast featuring Patrick Stewart, Elalle Berry and Ian McKellan. Most movies based on comic books seem to do well in the sum mer, cashing in on all of the little kids out for the summer. Eddie Murphy p]ans to get large again with his sequel, Nut ty Professor II: The Klumps. Due to the overwhelmingly pos itive response to the scene in which Eddie played the entire family in the first film, this film will focus on the Klump fam ily. Hopefully, Eddie has gotten some of his mojo back after several box office disappointments since the last Professor. Although these films are almost guaranteed to be big- draw movies, there are several other films coming out this summer which may have less hype and smaller budgets but should be just as high in quality. The Farrelly brothers, who had a huge summer success a couple of years ago with There’s Something About Mary, will return to the summer lineup with a Jim Carrey movie titled Me, Myself and Irene. The wacky trailers and Carrey ? s presence mean this movie will probably be one of the sum mer’s funniest films. Samuel L. Jackson is also appearing in a pseudo-remake of Shaft. He will play the original Shaft’s (Richard Roundtree) nephew. Isaac Hayes, who won an Oscar for his theme song for the original Shaft, has been brought in t'o provide music for'the new film, helmed by John Singleton (Rosewood, Higher Learning). The trailers for this film reveal very little about the ac tual movie, but with Jackson in the lead role, it is sure that this film will not lack attitude. Harrison Ford badly needs a hit movie following Ran dom Hearts, as does Michelle Pfeiffer. The two are starring together in Robert Zemeckis’ supernatural thriller, What Lies Beneath. Zemeckis, who ruled the summer a few years back with Forrest Gump, insists that great characters, not special effects, drive this film. Hopefully, Ford can score a - See Summer on Page 4. ■ . ' IATTALIQ Murium Mohiuddin Editor in Chief Battauon (ISSN #1055-4726) is published*' ugh Friday during the fall and spring sen*** day through Thursday during the Summerses#' ersity holidays and exam periods) atTexasAMj* idicals Postage Paid at College Station,IK I® 1 * ITER: Send address changes to The BaliaW.* 4 ersity, till TAMU, College Station,IX 77843H 11 £: The Battalion news department is nwajit; :s at Texas A&M University in the Division 11 ia, a unit of the Department of Journalism. 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