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T©nig^f A’t 8:00 By iTif: tsct\vv.mc BUILPIUG • mil mi Mil ims Page 4 AGGIELIFE u / /?r//fl MSC Open House Tables Are On Sale! November 1,2000 - January 16, 2001 Reserve space for a recognized student organization in 3 easy steps! 1. Go to the MSC Box Office in Rudder Tower. 2. Complete a registration form and read the rules. 3. Pay a $30 registration fee. Cash, checks, Aggie Bucks, or credit cards are accepted. Hurry.-First come. First serve Sponsored By: MSC Marketfng Team If you have any questions, contact the MSC 50 Executive Director of Marketing at 845-1515. ,v Xi ’00' Coolboanlers 2001 System: Playstation Genre: Sports Developer: 989 Sports When a particular game genre becomes popu lar, it is natural for imitators to surface on the market. With the emergence of Tony Hawk Pro Skater, several extreme sport clones have popped up, trying to emulate the greatness of this sleeper hit. Unfortunately, one of those games is Coolboarders. 2001 from 989 Sports. Coolboanlers was a franchise, established in its own right before Pro Skater came out, that took gamers to the cutting edge of the snow boarding scene. The game was not revolution ary, but it held its own. With the 2001 release, there is an obvious un seen pressure to be like the Tony Hawk games. However, the key to copying the format of a popular game is to either do it better or add something new and exciting to the mix. Coolboanlers 2001 does nei ther, and the result is a watered-down version of a potentially cool idea. While there are several game-play op tions and customization of characters, those features do not make up for everything this game lacks. The graphics are mediocre at best and do little more than necessary. The character con trol is awkward and lacks the fluidity neces sary for fast-paced racing games. There are only two redeeming factors to this game. One is the cool adrenaline-pumping mu sic added to the soundtrack, and the other is the ability to punch other boarders during the race. However, while it is always fun to inflict pain on others, this is still not enough to save this game from video game redundancy. The bottom line is that the basic idea behind Coolboarders 2001 has been done bigger and comm irst st n-car f The ■Brent ■Sasse, Igrams ■f alio we land thi lator ai better by other games. Save the rentalinoniBagricu and just play Tony Hawk Pro Skater. (Gnll “Tli Ruben Mon rig! said A; Country singer outspoken as song climb ■junior fdry-ca Agl COLLEGE A NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE bn it gantas Cj^ringing Coffege Jor Chestnuts'.' r:i Mini-mester classes— Earn 3 credits in just 15 days! American Government I • U.S. History I and II General Psychology • Principles of Sociology e£)ecember 18 to ^January 9 (No classes December 25 or January 1) Cl^egister todayi Call (281) 312-1613 or (800) 883-7939 kingwoodcollege.com Affirmative Action / EEO College NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There is something disquieting in the singer’s voice in the rising coun try music hit “My Love Goes On and On.” “It may be that the rugged Rocky Mountains don’t last long/But my love goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on,” spits out Chris Cagle like a man possessed. The song may be about a guy in love. Or perhaps he is a stalker. Either way, Cagle has been prop erly introduced to country music fans as a man who sings with the fervor of an evangelist. Nashville has not had a potential star with this intensity since Garth Brooks was getting started 11 years ago. In a music genre where many singers try to avoid controversy, Ca gle is outspoken. He speaks frankly about his troubled childhood in Texas, and takes an occasional pot shot at radio programmers who are not playing his single. “I’ll say this, and I don't care if it's printed in headlines,” Cagle said, building up a head of steam within minutes of the start of an interview. “If Tim McGraw sang every one of my songs on my record, he'd sell 10 million copies. Every song would be No. I, without question,” he said, snapping his fingers for emphasis. “The thing that tugs at me is. I'm not fighting radio wanting to hear good music. I'm fighting, ‘He’s new.'That’s all I’m fighting. “It’s wrong. It’s just wrong.” Cagle is getting all heated up while things are generally going his way. "My Love Goes On and On” is a Top 25 hit and still rising. And there’s better stuff on “Play It Loud,” his debut CD on Virgin Records in Nashville. He is eager for success. “I didn’t sign a piece of paper that says I’m a star,” Cagle said. “I signed a piece of paper that says I get the opportunity to make a life around music. “I have trouble sleeping at night, thinking about everything.” His parents divorced when he was 3. His mother thenmani man Cagle says was abusive. I “There's a lot of water uno bridge,” Cagle said. “I willproij have to go see somebody soies to kind of get some things Right now, I suppress it." But scars from his ctiils tend to push their way to the anil “You know how sometime' think you're hearing the wop God?” Cagle said. “I remember ing in bed and thinking,‘Wh)I have to experience the things! experiencing?’ “And in a split secondIheii your family and yourchildren'sl dren, and everybody who fot) you. does not have toexperienc; Pa Th plans Coun Th mally A locat tranc catio next in th< Th for th Pavarotti offers encore after performing while ill People in the News Angelou signs contract with Hallmark Cards Inc 1 [; Tenor saxophonist gets artistic excellence aw; 1 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ. (AP) — Luciano Pavarot ti has offered to do an encore performance for concertgoers who attended a disappointing show over the weekend. The 5,000 audience members at Saturday’s sold-out show at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Re sort had paid anywhere from $80 to $1,000 per ticket. The tenor had a bad cold and knew he was n’t living up to his reputation, said Christopher Davis, a spokesman of the Rudas Organization, which produced the concert. “He wants to come back and sing his best,” Davis said. Details of the encore performance have not been announced. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For Maya Angelou, there will be many Hallmark moments. The 72-year-old poet and author has signed an agreement to develop a line of greeting cards, gifts and other products for Hallmark Cards Inc. Hallmark predicts the Maya Angelou Collec tion will generate annual sales of $50 million af ter they hit stores in 2002. “I feel about Hallmark the same way I feel about Reader’s Digest or Quaker Oats,’’Angelou said Monday. “These are the institutions which set standards and have not deviated from the best they could do. Every year I work to not fail, to not let my standards fall. I think that’s one of the things we have in common.” NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor saxophonist! Jacquet received the Jazz at Lincoln Award for Artistic Excellence. During Jacquet’s 50-year career, he with virtually everyone from Count Basie‘!| Calloway. He came to public attention at ophone solo on Hampton’s “FlyingHome Wynton Marsalis, music director of t!i| coin Center Jazz Orchestra, presentedti® Monday at a benefit concert at Avery Fisfiej “He's a beacon of integrity. He believes music. He plays with feeling,’’ fv/larsalis Jacquet, 78, performed Eubie Blake's ories of You,” and his own Louisiana.” FOR YOUR PAST, YOUR PRESENT AND YOUR FUTURE THE THREE-STONE DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY RING John D. Huntley Class of ‘79 313 B South College Avenue College Station, TX 77840 (979) 846-8916 SI Thurs.. Fri.« Sat Longnecks Well 8 tui i o Draft ALL LADIES FREE till 10:00 21 and up GUYS FREE till 10:00 DRESS CODE STRICTLY ENFORCED Drink responsibly and always designate a driver!