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Tuesday, April 1 • 4:30-6:30 p.m. • Rudder 301
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With you every step of the way
If a rock star like Bruce Springsteen or John Mayer decided
to trade in their vocals and guitar and replace them with a
viola, the result would be Yuri Bashmet. Bashmet will
astonish audiences with his inventive play when he is
joined for a one-night-only concert by the Moscow Soloists.
THE MOSCOW SOLOISTS
with YURI BASHMET, violist
Thursday Night, April 3
7:30 PM
Rudder Auditorium
TICKETS
Call 845-1234.
Order Online at www.MSCOPAS.org.
A concert of this caliber might cost $100 in NYC, London or Prague.
With MSC OPAS, you can witness this piece of classical music history
for less than $30! (And, there's no airfare!)
MSC
OPAS
Three Decades of Performing Arts
From Rudder to Carnegie! Shortly after their performance in
Rudder Auditorium, the musicians will head to NYC
to answer a concert invitation from Carnegie Hall.
Monday, March 31, 2003
AGGIELIFE
THE BATTALION
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career.
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fect job. There is a resume builder offered on the
site and many articles detailing good interview
etiquette. College Journal even offers a job
search engine to find positions currently open in
any field.
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market straight out of college, the Web site gives
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count on the site’s information being trustwor
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computers, technology, telecommunications,
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The Web site even offers users the optionof
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Filmmaker interviews
stars about drug use
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A docu
mentary filmmaker was sur
prised by the candor of the
movie stars he interviewed for a
film about how Hollywood deals
with the subject of drug abuse.
Bruce Sinofsky, whose AMC
documentary "Hollywood High"
was scheduled to air Monday,
said director Oliver Stone admit
ted trying the hallucinogen pey
ote to get inspiration for "The
Doors," the story of rocker Jim
Morrison.
Sinofsky said Willem Dafoe
told him the star and his friends
used to get high to watch
Disney's animated "Fantasia"
when they were young. Writer-
director John Waters claimed
"100 percent" of the audience,
crew and actors were high on
marijuana for the premiere of
his offbeat 1972 comedy "Pink
Flamingos," Sinofsky said.
"What I didn't expect was the
honesty, the truthful interviews I
was doing. I didn't expect them
to be talking about their own
drug experiences that openly,"
Sinofsky said.
Sinofsky's film traces the evo
lution of drug films, from the
1938 cautionary tale "Reefer
Madness" and the 1970s mari
juana comedies of Cheech and
Chong to recent films like
"Requiem for
"Traffic" about
a Dream" and
the destructive
effects of cocaine and heroin.
Starr releases album,
enjoys 'simple things'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ringo
Starr has just released his lat
est album, "Ringo Rama," but
the former Beatle says his first
love will always be playing for
audiences.
Starr Band, but he also dedicates
time to writing, painting, garden
ing and shopping for flowers will
his wife, actress Barbara Bach.
"I just don't let things get on
top of me as much," Starr said'I
try not to rule the world. I thin!
just getting up in the morningisa
great achievement."
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STARR
"Sometimes
it's the most
spiritual plane
that you ever
get to," Starr
said. "On cer
tain nights
there is noth
ing better. So
I'm blessed as long as I can hold
the sticks."
The new album, which
includes a tribute to former
Beatle bandmate George
Harrison, comes after a period
of loss for the drummer. His first
wife, Maureen, died in 1995.
Three years later, longtime
friend Linda McCartney died,
and close confidant Harrison
died in 2001.
But Starr, who battled sub
stance abuse in the 1980s, says
he has learned to appreciate the
simpler joys in life.
He continues to tour with his All-
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -
years, jazz clarinetist
Fountain is bowing out of the
New Orleans nightclub business
Fountain opened his
Orleans club on Bourbon Street
1960, but has been playing
last 26 years at the Hi
Riverside club, where he
finale Friday before 400 mostl'
invited family and friends.
Fountain, 72, said the time was
right to move on, noting
tourist business has been d
since Sept. 11, 2001.
"I needed a change," Fountain
said. "I didn't want it, but I need
ed it. It's one of those t
Since 9-11, we've seen a
people that used to come
come any more. The club wassil
making it, but we could seetlif
handwriting on the wall.
"It's been a real good ride, a
we've still got a lot of riding
do," he said. "I might get off I
motorcycle and ride a little scoot
er now, but it's still a ride."
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MERV is a 36 foot CruiseAir
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equipped with ten Dell flat panel
5-inch screens, and Dell OptiPlex
GX11 OP PC’s with wireless access
to the Internet.
COSTEP’s Mobile Education Resource Vehicle, MERV, will be at the
Rec Center so you can instantly file next year’s FASFA via the
Internet. Bring your tax info and your parent’s tax info.
Financial Aid counselors will help you complete the
FASFA and answer your questions. This is the
fastest and easiest way to get your FASFA
completed so you don’t have to worry
about it anymore.
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