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Qualifications Include: • Full time student of sophomore or higher standing • Minimum of 2.5 GRA or higher • Be in good academic and judicial standing • Information session will be held on Sat, March 6th @ 3:00 pm - Applications are now available at the Callaway House reception desk For more information, please stop by or contact us at: 301 George Bush Drive West College Station,Texas 77840 (979)260-7700 www.callawayhouse.com American Campus Communities is an equal opportunity employer. Watch Your Booty! SPRING BREAK 2004 March 4-9 4 AGGIELIF( Wednesday, March 3, 2004 THE BATTALIAS Red Sox to take on Buffet’s Parrotheads in Fenway Park BOSTON (AP) — First they hosted “The Boss.” Now the owners of the Boston Red Sox are hoping for a siege of “Parrotheads” at Fenway Park. Team officials have applied to the city for entertainment licenses to stage Jimmy Buffett concerts on Sept. 10 and 12. It would be the second big act to play Fenway in a year after Bruce Springsteen’s shows last summer, the first rock concerts in the venerable park’s history. Mayor Thomas Menino, a Buffet fan, said there’s no rea son the show shouldn’t go on, and said he wants to convert a neighborhood parking lot the Red Sdx own into an all-day party spot for Parrotheads, as Buffett fans are called. “They can come together and have their trailers and their par ties, and they won't be on the streets,” Menino said. “It will be ‘Parrothead Village.’” Some neighbors who com plained about noise and vandal ism during Springsteen’s two concerts were angry about the Buffett plans. “When we supported it last year, we supported it as a ok time special event,” said 1 Richardson, president oft; Fenway Civic Association,"!; don’t think that Fenway Pari an appropriate place foraify lar concert venue. It throwsi kink into the whole stadiuir neighborhood dynamic.” | Councilor Michael P. Rk who represents the Fenway air Kenmore neighborhoods, ;e; steps must be taken tominiit traffic and noise. “The Red Sox tend to a-; about their reputation infe neighborhood,” Ross saidp goes off perfectly, this couldk something people are willing!, consider in subsequent years," Red Sox senior vice presi dent Larry Cancro said conces at Fenway could be a year!: event. “It’s not the kind of tfe we’d do every weekend; maytt we could do it once a year, Cancro said. “The majority cl the people are going to lx pleased and come out withasil nation that’s going to help tic overall neighborhood fed good.” PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Maine officials hope newest King miniseries will attract tourists LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Officials in Maine’s second-largest city hope an upcoming Stephen King miniseries about a haunted hospital will bring an influx of tourists eager to visit the places portrayed in the show. “This is the type of publicity that the city could never afford to buy,” Lewiston Mayor Lionel Guay said. “This is going to be national.” The 15-hour “Kingdom Hospital,” which begins king Wednesday night on ABC, was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, but is set in Lewiston. ABC has been promoting “Kingdom Hospital” for weeks; a book, “The Journals of Eleanor Druse,” accompanies\be series and is based on a character played by Diane Ladd. The network also has built a corporate-style Web site, www.kingdomhospi talofmaine.com, to represent the fictitious hospital. The narrative begins when a man is struck by a van on a rural road and taken to the Lewiston hospital for care. It’s is inspired by a Danish miniseries, “The Kingdom,” by Lars von Trier. King adapted it, loosely basing some events on hisom 1999 accident, in which a van struck him while he was walking along a roadside. Much of his recovery took place at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Churches in Gibson's town hold services after 'Passion of The Christ' viewing GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) —Two churches in Mel Gibson’s town held services beneath the big screen after seeing his new movie, “The Passion of the Christ.” More than 400 members of Trinity Church and Stanwich Congregational Church crowded into a theater for a Sunday afternoon screening. A small white crucifix was set up beneath the gibson movie screen. “After the film there will be a time of reflection,” said Ian Cron- Trinity’s senior pastor. “It will be a chance for us just to sit into afterglow of the film, if you will." Gibson, who funded, directed and co-wrote the movie, livesi the Connecticut town. The movie, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus, opened# $125.2 million in box office sales over five days. The total pusliei “The Passion” past “The Lord of the Rings: The Return oift King” ($124.1 million) for biggest debut ever by a film opening^ a Wednesday — Ash Wednesday, in this case. After the film in Greenwich, a guitarist and violinist played as the Rev. Neely Towe, pastor of Stanwich Congregational Churci blessed the Eucharist. “He was crushed by our iniquities,” Towe said during the bless ing. Several hundred parishioners came forward to receive ft Eucharist, crowding the aisles and forming a line that stretcift to the back of the theater. “It was an exquisitely crafted film but was also surroundedbys sense of the sacred,” Cron said. “I think it was very powerful!! see it as a community of faith.” Disney brings Narnia to the big screen LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off the Academy Awardssus cess of “The Lord of the Rings,” another fantasy epic is maW its way from the page to the screen. Walt Disney Studios and Walden Media announced Morf they are co-financing “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, ft Witch and the Wardrobe,” adapted from the second installing of C.S. Lewis’ seven-book fantasy series. Directed by Andrew Adamson (“Shrek,” “Shrek 2”), theft* action “Narnia” adaptation is scheduled for release arorf Christmas 2005. Future films in the series could follow. “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” follows the advent# of four children transported to a magical land called Narnia. “The Chronicles of Narnia’ were an important part of my cl# hood just as they are to millions of fans around the wo# Adamson said. “I hope to bring to the screen a movie that is 3i real to the audience as Narnia was to me as a child.”