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Campus Extras Pet Sematary II - bury it and pray it doesn't come back September 2,1992 page eight When I was asked to write a movie review for the Meredith Her ald, I was really excited. Instantly, I knew I was going to see Single White Female. What better flick to see and parallel to the roomie rela tionship here at Meredith? Well, I was a little late getting to the theatre and ended up seeing Pet Sematary 2 - what a mistake. To begin with. I’m not much on horror films. I do enjoy Stephen King films because of the intellec tual aspect found in the story. To put it bluntly, Stephen King has nothing to do with this film. Granted the story line is similar, but director Mary Lambett failed to give the film an Contributions aid teaching fellows program Office of College Communciations Five area corporations have made significantpledges to the NorthCaro- lina Teaching Fellows Program at Meredith College. The pledges, which total $ 192,580, were made by the following companies: Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Burroughs Wellcome Company, First Citizens Bank, First Union Bank, and G.E. Captial Mortgage Company. Burroughs Wellcome, First Citi zens and First Union will each fund two Teaching Fellows throughout the students’ four years at Meredith, and G.E. Capital Mortgage and ABB wilt each fund one Teaching Fellow for the four years. These pledges were made to Meredith in conjunc tion with the College’s Second Cen tury Challenge Capital Campaign. The N. C.Teaching Fellows Pro gram is the state’s most prestigious scholarship program in education. It provides a $20,000 scholarship/loan to outstanding N. C. students who agree to teach for four years in the public schools in the state. In addi tion to the $5,000 per year scholar ship/loan provided by the State, re cipients selected to enroll at Meredith will receive additional grant assis tance to assure that tuition, room and board expenses are covered. intellectual, suspenseful edge. Basi cally, the story takes place in Ludlow, as did Pet Semamo' /. This time Anthony Edwards (Top Gun, Re venge of the Nerds) comes to Ludlow as the new veterinarian with his son, played by Edward Furlong (Termi nator IIX to bury his horror movie actress wife who was electrocuted on the set of her final film. Upon their arrival things begin to fall apart, along with the rest of movie. For those of you who missed the first Pet Sematary, when something or somebody died and was buried in the ancient indian burial ground, it would come back to life, only evil. Guess what. Same thing happens the second time around. Thistime there’s a difference, some of the dead’s per sonalities change. For example, the “mean” sheriff who was killed by the “nice” family dog, comes back as somewhat funny and pleasant. If all the characters who came back were that way, this idea could have worked. Inconsistencies such as these made the film choppy. Another problem I had with the film was the fact that I laughed the whole way through. Sure there was blood and gore, but it was hysterical watching it. Near the end, every hne had a punchline. It is almost as if this film had been bmied a horror flick and returned a comedy. As you can probably tell I don’t recommend spending money to see this film at all. The only redeeming quality I could find was in Furlong who looks as eerie as they come. His face and eyes were reminiscient of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. So if you want a good laugh go see it and have fun. If you want a good scare become an English major. Traci Latta Stud6nt lORn Cultural events series offered to Meredith opportunties available community Office of College Commujnications Three education loan pro grams for North Carolina residents attending colleges in or out of state and for nonresidents attending col leges in North CaroUna are avail able through College Foundation, Inc. These loan programs are funded by North CaroUna banks and other investors. Stafford Loans are for de pendent or independent students and are based on financial need. Supple mental Loans are for independent, self-supporting students and are not based on financial need. For more information, write College Foundation Inc., 2100 Yon kers Rd., P.O. Box 12100, Raleigh, NC 27605-2100, or call (919) 821- 4771 The Division for Student Development has designed a program to offer Meredith students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to attend several area cultural events. The Fall Semester Area Cultural Events Subscription Series includes Latin American Festival SepL 19 Driving Miss Daisy SepL 24 The Little Foxes Oct. 8 North CaroUna Symphony Oct. 29 Fall Tour of Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Old Salem Nov. 7 Horseback Riding and Pig Pickin' Nov. 15 Preservation Hall Jazz Band Nov. 22 For more information, contact Madra Britt, Office of Career Services, 2nd Cate by Friday, Sept. 4. Not just for English majors! Acorn organizational meeting, Thurs., Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m.. Publica tions Office, 2nd Cate. We need an art editor, a lay-out editor, and a pubUcity staff. We also need people to market the Acorn to increase campus awareness. Next Issue: • Pops in the Park » Aqua Angels • Faculty/Student Profile Questions? Call Leigh Anne Perkinson x7824.
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