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Game Genies Play, Not Study
By Curtis Harris
October 9 tlirough 11 the Hower
ton men huiTied to the lobby in order
to catch a glimpse of the Miami Hur
ricanes and the Nebraska Cornhusk-
ers bash heads in the first annual EA
Sports NCAA Football tournament.
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the residents of Howerton a two-day
break ifom reality in order to slug it
out on the gridiron. Fifteen students,
witli apparently no studying to do,
took to tlie lobby for an exciting tour
ney that captivated on-lookers.
Tlaough houi-s of grueling, heart
pounding action, PlayStation II
owner, sophomore Brent Coffey
took on newcomer David Robinson
in a tliird-round match up of power
houses. In the end Robinson’s Miami
Hurricanes enjoyed a hard-fought
victory' over Coffey’s Nebraska Com-
huskers.
Robinson went on to win the tour
ney and celebrated victory with the
grand prizeofabagofminiatureTwix.
Robinson said, “this is Monh'eat
so really there isn’t much else to do.”
Coffey added, “it’s a competition
thing, and until me and David play
again taist me he’ll tlirow this vic
tory in my face.”
“Not only are video games fun,
but they are also a big way to bring
students together. This is the first
time we’ve had so many students in
our lobby at one time just bonding
together no matter what their other
interests may be,” said Jonathan
Bennel who organized the first foot
ball tournament.
A recent infonnal survey show'ed
that on average male students squan
der 3 hours a day playing video
games. One student admitted without
embarrassment that he spent up to 8
hours a day playing video games.
Even students without a game
system in their own room find a way
to get their time in. Of the ten male
students surveyed, 80% admitted to
putting more time into video games
than into studying.
However, the female students
sui'veyed spent, on average, less than
1 hour a day playing video games.
None of them said they spent more
time studying than playing video
games
Sophomore Allison Chrisco
believes, “basically, I think the
women just have more important
things to do with our time.”
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girlfriend, thinks he has lost his mar
bles. The tender relationship between
brother and sister is uplifting, and the
mood is one of “determination and
expectancy,” says Wright. Fisher and
Wright are very comfortable working
together, and even “joke about actu
ally being related since they grew
up only 30 minutes away from each
other,” says Phillips.
The actors and directors will
be putting in at least six hours of
rehearsal a week, and working on
stage construction each Saturday.
It’s a big commitment, but Wright
says participating in the Greybeard
Troupe is a great way to “meet new
people and make college memo
ries.” She encourages people to get
involved, pointing out that there
are many ways to contribute talent,
behind the scenes or on the stage.
Both she and Loughhead are recipi
ents of this year’s Greybeard Players
fhealrical Excellence Award.
'Hiese one-act plays will be the
fruits of two ambitious directing stu
dents under the tutelage of Professor
Brian Fuller. The contrast between
the good, clean fun of Srtrin ’ and the
more somber message of Ttjfany’s
retribution should stoke the furnace
of any eager theater-goer. The Grey
beard Players will host their theatri
cal double-header on November 21
and 22. Times and admission charge
have not been announced.
Nlouie The Ring
By Moriah Geer-Hardwick
The Ring is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that grabs your attention and slings your senses around on a wild, nail
biting ride through one brutally’startling scene after another. Aside from this however, the film, though visually stun
ning, falls rather short of anything greater than cheap stimulation. To say the plot had holes implies that there was
actually enough solid matter to hold all the blank spaces together.
The movie centers on a mysterious videocassette that is said to kill any person who watches it within seven days.
The frantic investigation of a young mother, who has watched the tape, to discover its origins and secrets, is admit
tedly intriguing. , , , v.
Also, spurring on the tension is the fact that her young son, an adorably innocent Haley Joel Osment want-to-be,
watches the tape halfway through the movie, which pushes his mother into further desperation to solve the mystery
behind the tape before the week is out. The final conclusion, however, of a senseless, seemingly all-powerful entity
behind the tape and deaths, as well as many other asinine plot contrivances, leaves the film a little vague and ovei all
Final take: Bring your college level abilities to watch this movie, but, for your own sake, use only a high-school
mindset to think about the actual meaning of what you are seeing. Do that, and this is by lar one ot the best PG-13
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