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Got First Yell? TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW MSC BOX OFFICE, REED ARENA, T1CKETMASTER 4A Thursday, September 19, 2002 A(i(;iEii HF - HATTa[ -yiggifusnmci F.A.C.T. (First-time Aggie Contact Team) involves faculty, staff, &student leaders in contacting new Aggies. F.A.C.T. will welcome you to the University and check on how your are doing during your first semester atTexas A&M University. Office of New Student Programs 1257 TAMU ! jDENT THONE (979) 8-45-5826; FAX [979) 862-1309 pp, WWW http://studentlife tairw.edu ...A Department in the Division ef Student Affairs Aggie Orientation Leader Program Congratulations New Members of Alpha Chi Omega Courtney Arning Jenny Harwell Allyson Bandy Becca Hiltpold Stephanie Bartlett Feslie Huffman Nicole Bautista Jennifer Hussey Beth Blythe Natalie Jenkins Megan Boening Rachel Jones Amy Bolline Davi Killion Heather Braun Jennifer Kirtley Sassie Broaddus Brooke Lane Laurie Broome Julie Lasater Meredith Brunson Megan Lawrence Leigh Buehler Liz Lowry Robin Burns Dustie Machos Brooke Burriss Claudia Madrigal Deborah Chatitz Ashley M a rek Paige Coble Mindy McDowell Ariana Coleman Katie McKinley Lindsey Cook Shannon McLaine April Davis Allison Palmer Angela Delz Emily Robertson Paige Elliott Candice Rushing Megan Fitch Jcnn Schnell Sarah Franklin Brittany Sellers Cassi Gallier Juliann Sharpley Katie Gerstenmier Katie Skirvin Alii Graham S t e p h a n i e S m o t h e r m a n Natalie Grimaldo Lindsey Walker Cassie 1 lahn Elizabeth Watkins | Ashley Hamilton Heather Whitley TIIIQ lUHLUJ ATTENTION NEW AGGIES! Help the Faculty, staff and student leaders help you! Remember to update your local phone number and address at Heaton Hall or on Bonfire so that we can get you on our V.I.R list! 4* My Big Fat Creek Wedding IFC Films Directed by Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett Described as “summer’s big sleeper" by movie critics. My Big Fat Greek Wedding did not initially make waves at the box office. However, the romantic comedy has made a smooth comeback as last weekend’s number two box office hit. Nia Vardalos, the movie’s star, is responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes action. Vardalos based her screen adaption of My Bly Fat Greek Wedding on her one-woman show, and handles both the writing and acting elements of the film with finesse. Directed by actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, the film follows the life of 30-year-old Toula Portakalos (Vardalos). Frumpy and unmarried. Toula is a constant source of worry for her ultra-traditional Greek family, who prizes marriage and child-bearing as a woman’s greatest - and virtually only - role in life. After waiting tables at her family’s Greek restaurant. Dancing Zorba’s, Toula meets a handsome and mysterious stranger and decides to revamp her lifestyle, complete with new hair, ncu clothes and a new outlook on life. Toula then decides to take com puter classes at a local community college and snags a job at her aunt’s travel agency. Here, Toula bumps into the mysterious stranger again, but this time — thanks to her improved self image — she is able to strike up conversation and romance with the stranger, Ian Miller (“Sex and the City’s” John Corbett). It seems like a match made in heaven until the Portakalos fam ily becomes involved. Headed by Toula’s Windex-toting father, Gus (Michael Constantine), the family is initially shocked by Ian. who is a Xeno (non-Greek) as well as a vegetarian. Gradually, the Portakaloses accept lan, and an outrageous series of events proceeds until the day of Toula and Ian's big, fat. Greek wedding. The movie focuses primarily on what it's like to be the member of an embarrassingly over-the-top Greek family, while keeping humor in steady supply. Predictable but well acted. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a show worth giving a second shot. -Kendra Kingsley City By The Sea Warner Bros. Directed by Michael Caton-Jom Starring Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand This New York cop drama, which is based on a 1997£. magazine article, follows a broken tamily s past. \Vheni_ body shows up in New York City, Manhattan defective YsJ LaMarca (De Niro) investigates the murder. The deadlou set of clues leads LaMarca to another low-life: hisownsot Nova. LaMarca and Nova have been separated for somei- have no apparent relationship until this criminal mishapoc Battling drug addiction. Joey’s chemical desires place*: bad company and even worse circumstances as the story e The film is high on drama, but not much else. TheLv family history drives the emotion, and the plot alwayspoir, to the generations of LaMarca m Vincent and Joey reunite for tin fighting other bad guys, some appealing than others. Althougl thriller, the storyline is a letdo 1 (almost weeping in one scene). Frances McDormand plays his pretty, blonde-haired girlfriend, and is oneoftk only redeeming qualities. It’s cops, it’s New* York—maybe that’s enough to plea* \ ho have tailed the* imax and find ibet o are only shghih i ic might anticipate and IX* Niro s m .. mmum' >*• > w ,H. m ( if ii iIh in liuti. l udtwhjMJ. G4 lull » i| t til Ivvt u* juk 1,1 ATTENTION * HORSEMAN Saddle & Track Auction Thurs. Sept. 19th • 7:30 PM Holiday Inn, 1503 S. Texas Ave. College Station, TX Over 100 name brand saddles will be sold at Public Auction Saddles by Billy Cook, Longhorn, Action, Abetta, Pleasure, Cutting, Roping, Show, Barrel and Trail. Also there will be a special addition of Southwest Rugs. There are too many items of tack to list! This is a great time to stock your store or tack room at a fraction of the cost. Terms of sale, cash, check, M/C,Visa, AE, or Discover. “Door Prizes Every Hour” Saddle to be given away at end of sale. For information call 936-447-1406 Auctioneer Mark Riley »TX 6573 EXTRA! EXTRA ELVIS SIGHTING AT A&M Friday, September. Elvis will be performing before and after the showing of his hit movie. Blue Haw This is a show you won’t wanna miss, so puto- those blue suede shoes awh yourself to Rudder Theatre Blue Hawaii Sept 20th @ 8:30 Rudder Theatre $1 MSC Box Office No advanced tickets 6v Please call 845-1515 to inform us of your needs/, baby, we’re back! 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