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MATHEMATICS CONTEST Annual FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORE MATHEMATICS CONTEST Milner Hall 317 TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 2004 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Six prizes from $50.00 to $150.00 will be awarded! Contest problems will cover topics through Math 152 (Engineering Calculus II) for freshmen contestants and through Math 308 (Differential Equations) for sophomore contestants. Contact Douq Hensley, e-mail: dh&nsleydPmath.tamu.GClu For more Information and sample problems, check Dr. Hensley's Home Page: http//www.math.tamu.edu/~doug.hensley (For purposes of this contest, freshmen are first-year undergraduate students, and sophomores are second-year undergraduate students. All majors are welcome.) BOTH LOCATIONS POST OAK MALL & SOUTHGATE AGGIELAND OUTFITTERS LOOK FOR OUR TENT AT SOUTHGATE! U£e Even c<mp<*ss *\ee<As VUe NovFU Pole. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12. And now here’s the really good news: God is reaching out to men and women through His son, Jesus Christ, lb find out more about God’s relevance in your lile. We encourage you to read this free article by Josh McDowell: - ■ Does Christianity Work? www.leaderu.com/everystudent/josh/josh.html CHRISTIAN FACULTY We are a group of professors, instructors, lecturers, and administrators united by our common experience that Jesus Christ provides intellectually and spiritually satisfying answers to life’s most important questions. We are available to students, faculty, and staff who might like to discuss such questions with us. For more information about the Christian Faculty ad, please contact Dr. Murphy Smith 5-3108, Dr. Steve Crouse 5-3997, or Dr. Lee Lowery 5-4395. The Christian Faculty Web site is http://Christianfaculty.tamu.edu Rusty Burson 12th Man Foundation Mott Upton A. D. 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Bryan, TX (979) 778-9463, ext. 34 6A ENTERTAINMi) Thursday, April 8,2(W the Tv/rrmLmTTiumnuni ‘‘Hellboy” Sony Revofuti, | Starring Ron Pearl man, Selma Bb Rain pours down on ad of battered and beaten sold In the final days of World the rag-tag group of me: managed to halt Hitler’s pld utilize mystic arts in his and at world domination. LefiJ nothing else but the dun cleaning the resulting mes™ e v soldiers search theencamJ.vels One soldier stops to s a stone carving depictingtti )rcel rors of hell. Shining his around the crypt in whichM q 0 the carving reside, the ligi:J ie n , lands on a small bright red .l^ 0 i e ^ ture with the appearance oil (j n ape and the unearthly grail'l nce| chipmunk on acid. What J ^ stands out about this paitl creature is the gigantic :l hand that is attached to n I demon child has been k J forth from the other side dJ the Nazi mystic fest. By shrl Baby Ruth candy bar, he iskl taken under America’s wing I With the opening proloJ audiences won’t help bt: I sucked into the wonder.! weird world of “Hellbov l paranormal investigator. Basedf the hit underground comic t\ij hero. “Hellboy” is a refrK breath of cinematic air i everything it promisestok. From the film’s introdu; the movie shifts into the t where viewers are introduced the the Bureau for Paranml !'^ ei Research (B.P.R.D.). a w ewer ment-sponsoredteamofratfi u peopk )r. lirecti ascul Ult )e us tatins onti L acqu hunters. Hellboy has graup in the care of the U.S.Arayla jrj'jj allowed outside due to A/sra .y' strouS appearance, he has grc ^ desperate for human contar. fact. Hellboy falls in loves his former partner, Liz Sir; (Selma Blair), a depressedpy kinetic - or firestarter. During World War had enlisted the help of Rasp;: the ’’Mad Russian." Dire responsible for Hellboy) s moning. Rasputin disappe; the same night brought to our world, returned along with a coup his Nazi friends and pirn bring about the apocalypse»i the help a collection of elders of H.P. Lovecraftian propo® Director Guillermo delfo (“Blade II,” “The 1 Backbone”) has reached plateau with his adaptatr Mike Mignola’s comic Easily his best American fit del Toro has managed creation primarily regarded: 2 ; e its visual style and fleshotf believable character. Ron Pearlman, Hollywood’s most undertf actors, was seemingly play “Hellboy.” Pearlmaneas! conveys a boyish charm thal*' warm audiences to H sympathetic story while ing to retain his appearance and voice. The ty and the beast between Hellboy and convincingly othe Lipp A gg throughout the script. Shemian is torn by hernfi for a normal life and tion to her big, red friendJ tragic despondency th; Hell boy’s frustration inability to reveal his for Sherman is a joy to The movie may be a fun though the bizarre feature a few minor misgivii? (^1- A large percentage of the ^ g porting cast is not as fullyde' 1 oped as the main characters. ‘Hellboy” manages to sii5 somec i org; saving “Tl an alone as an excellent exantpli competent filmmaking and* not disappoint, no ma jaded one may have become:' 3 ne ' s to the recent influx of super)' famih movies. For a good cheesyW* world full of monsters and the deft 1 who hit them, don “Hellboy.” -Robert Said B relat alcol who use i each drinl can; L beca reme L ipp no e: C Dep; in 21 polic done L lean Or; andic ists,
