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AGGIELIFE
Monday. Febtt
Hannibal
maintains
No. 1 spot
n i JL
;{< LOS ANGELES (AP) —
iiEdvis-impersonating thugs and a
! cartoon monkey were no match for
rJdannibal Lecter.
air Hannibal, the sequel to The Si
lence of the Lambs, held the top
,typx-office spot for the third straight
iweekend, taking in $15.8 million,
( according to studio estimates Sun
day. The serial-killer flick has
, grossed $ 128.5 million in 17 days.
The new movies 3000 Miles to
Graceland and Monkeybone, both
poorly received by critics, had
meager debuts.
Graceland, starring Kevin
Costner and Kurt Russell as casi
no thieves disguised as Elvis im
personators, opened in fourth
place with $7.1 million. Playing in
2,545 theaters, it averaged fust
$2,802 a cinema, compared with a
$4,800 average in 3,292 locations
for Hannibal.
“I think it might have been part
ly due to the reviews,” said Dan
Fellman, head of distribution for
Warner Bros., which released
Graceland. “But actually, consider
ing it’s a very crowded marketplace,
we got opened all right.”
Monkeybone, starring Brendan
Fraser, had a dismal debut of $2.6
million, finishing in 11th place.
Fraser plays a comatose cartoonist
tormented by his simian creation.
The movie averaged $1,530
playing in 1,722 theaters.
“It’s disappointing,” said Bruce
Snyder, head of distribution for 20th
Century Fox, which released Mon
keybone. “With animation and live
action, it’s risky. It’s an ambitious at
tempt. It’s an original. But it doesn’t
look like anybody’s coming.”
The overall box office, which
has increased for 19 weekends,
was virtually dead even with the
same weekend a year ago. The top
12 movies grossed $75.5 million.
So far this year, Hollywood's
revenues are at $1.2 billion, 32
percent ahead of last year”s.
1. Hannibal, $\5.% million.
2. Down to Earth, $ 11.6 million.
3. Recess: School’s Oat, $7.3
million.
4. 3000 Miles to Graceland,
$7.1 million.
5. Crouching Tiger. Hidden
Dragon, $6.3 million.
THE BATTALION
Diversity
Continued from Page 3
ideal setting, but, it is also not a hostile
environment.
'Texas A&M has such a small pop
ulation of diverse members it is hard
to determine whether or not diversity
is accepted,” said Ja Rhonda Tealer, a
senior animal sciences major. “Among
instances I’ve been involved in, I feel
like diversity is accepted here to a cer
tain extent.”
Broussard said the University is 25
to 30 years behind where it needs to be
in the area of becoming a culturally ac
cepting society. Brooks said he agrees.
“I was astonished when I arrived
here from New York City by how
white and homogeneous the campus
student body is,” Brooks said. “It doesj
the students a real disservice to give
them a false cultural reality that won't
prepare them for the increasingly mul
ticultural world. In fact, I believe that
many students come to A&M because
they know about and feel more com- -
fortable in such a false reality. If youi
don't examine yourself now, and make'
decisions about who you are with re
spect to others who are different from}
you, then you’re very unlikely to do it
once you graduate and begin work
ing.”
Many students also feel that thej
campus could improve its cultural sen
sitivity. Joshua Earl McWilliams, a
sophomore business administration
major, said he became more aware of)
the situation of minorities when he was
the only non-minority in alternative
school during high school. He said
many minorities at his school were
very poor and had a pessimistic view
about changing that.
“I am appalled at the racial demo
graphics of this school because they
are so dissimilar from Texas’ racial de
mographics,” McWilliams said.
“Blacks are under-represented here,
but the Hispanic percentage is ex
tremely underrepresented.”
In the last few decades, the country
has been unsettled on issues concern
ing affirmative action, a process in
volved in the acceptance of minorities
into institutions of higher learning. A
1978 Supreme Court ruling allowed
for institutions to consider race as a
factor to admit students. This ruling
was enacted to counteract the discrim
inatory past of the United States. How
ever, recent lawsuits have minimized
the use of affirmative action, which
has significantly reduced the minority
population of many universities.
The University of California has
explored various ideas for alleviating
the underrepresented minority popu
lation such as outreach and preparato
ry programs, reaching out to the poor
ethnic neighborhoods and rural areas,
and educating the potential minority
community about financial aid and
campus jobs. The University of Cali
fornia also looks to the community
colleges for qualified transfer students.
Broussard said A&M has come a
long way, but still has room for im-
Schw;
He sai
nts in 1
ed fo
sources
The
station
Busht
People in the News
provement.
"It steals at the top. andl’i RUSH
to every dean that’s been; ~
stand still long eftoughtcjl
Broussard said. “The leaden! thut fimp
MUM .1! the top; the leaden! “o'.,
start w It!) the president andi
provost. They have to letl*
and administrators know tie es ;
kinds of behavior are notaoa ■
Certain kinds ol .ictivitiesatB 6 ^!'?
ceptable.”
The importance of diver-
fleeted in the work field. Bi
called a study conducted sever,
ago at A&M where e:
claimed that A&M studec;,
weak in the area of undersM
knowing about other culture
have to know this is thekia ; 1991
ronment. a culturally divert 0 ansvvei
and Um\ci sii\ thafs noionlH Althoi
tarian. pluraliMic and tolerr Tense Dit
ferent peoples, different idee members
ent thoughts." Broussank,-the Gulp
what uc beliese in. Notcr;M'®unicuti<
good thing i.. Jo. hut it’s modi Fitzw;
ethically the right thing tod of the wa
Siraj said that whileAAV« “It wa
lv as racially diverse asotk sional su|
campuses, the students seen ,s Gates
interest in thinking open- Vious.
about race. I “All o
"I really e mi n ■ msistthauB Bush:
A&M students aught not be;.,-the Vietn,
worldly as they could be,”SnS Major
“They might not have as mo. gan to lot
national and luiumal expenaH “Then
they could have, I find themr place for
iilnited St
Schwa
Of the wai
iving 8:
to thinking progressivelyabo;’!
Shatner opens new home to Houston’s hearing for dru< He
recovering women alcoholics charges postponed one us ir r iUd St t
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Star Trek” actor William
Shatner has purchased a home for use as a “sober
living” facility in honor of his
late wife, who drowned in the
couple’s swimming pool 18
months ago in an alcohol-relat
ed accident.
The Nerine Shatner Friendly
House will provide a residential
home for 11 women recovering
from alcoholism.
The actor discovered his
wife’s body at the bottom of
their pool in August 1999. An
autopsy revealed that the former model drowned af
ter hitting her head on the pool’s bottom while div
ing. She had a blood-alcohol level of 0.27 percent,
more than three times the legal limit for driving.
‘‘I wanted to salvage some meaning out of all that
experience,” Shatner said. “I thought the best way
to do that would be in Nerine’s name to help other
people.”
Shatner, 69, recently costarred in the beauty-
pageant parody “Miss Congeniality.” He married his
fourth wife on Feb. 13.
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A hearing in the drug case- ijpmuniti
singer Whitney Houston has been postponeda : § a |. . on:
The hearing, which ba; ^oftens
scheduled for next Frida, t , P ne ,F
scheduled for March 8. "whoop
tence. 5
ed fo
SHATNER
HOUSTON
Prosecutors are ad
judge to set aside a plea
ment on a misdemear; beers to tl
charge. They said Houstr bilized.
to submit a substance-at. 1 “We <
sessment as required h: guard rur
agreement. their legs
Houston’s bag, which a; hours,” S<
ly contained less than te Bush s
ounce of marijuana andthre future, th
tially smoked marijuana S 00 ^ re * a
rettes, was seized at the Keahole Kona Internatkr a 8 r ^j
port in January 2000. . ,
Houston was not arrested. Prosecutors say she; possible
doned the bag and boarded a flight to San Francisco'■ Wor( j j n ^
her husband, singer Bobby Brown, before police(W
Houston entered a no contest plea in the eg
November and was ordered to pay $4,025.
Judge Joseph Rorendo Jr. agreed to dismisstb
viction if Houston stayed out of trouble and compile:
the agreement.
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Invites you to a farewell reception for
Dr. Brent Paterson
Dean of Student Life
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
2:00pm-4:00pm
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Dr. Patterson has accepted the position
of Associate Vice President for
Student Affairs at
Illinois State University.
He leaves Texas A&M University
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