Second Read-a-Thon held
i-rom stan Heports
Today the Writing Assistance
Center will feature three hours of
juice, coffee, treats and literature.
“Spring Fever: A Student and
Faculty Read-a-Thon” will be held
in the Writing Assistance Center,
129 Andrews Hall, from 9 a.m. to
noon. Students and faculty mem
bers will read various forms of lit
erature to the audience.
The event is free and open to the
public, and refreshments will be
served.
This is the center’s second Read
a-Thon. The first one was last fall.
It had enough support that the orga
nizes decided to hold a Read-a
Thon twice each year.
Nancy Welch, the center’s asso
ciate coordinate!-, said the event
was well-received by both students
and faculty.
“ wfc know there is a lot of writ
ing happening in the Writing Assis
tance Center and around campus,
but not many ways for students to
hear and write what they do,” Welch
said.
Last fall, 30 people presented
their work and about 25 people
came to watch, she said. Welch said
several people came in during
breaks between classes, sometimes
staying only a few minutes.
Many of types of literature can
be read, including book reviews,
essays, journals, letters, fiction and
poetry. Every undergraduate who
has signed up and reads will be
entered in a $25 drawing.
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Dustin Hoffman, right, and Cuba Gooding Jr. star in the medical thriller “Outbreak.”
‘Outbreak’ of boredom at theater
By Chad Johnson
Film Critic
It is so refreshing to see an original,
challenging film that offers new in
sights and unusual ways to explore an
idea... a film that is nothing like “Out
break.”
“Outbreak” is stale. Put together
like a cut-and-paste art project, the
filmredefines predictable. Predictable,
because the viewer has already seen
all the action in other, better films.
Dustin Hoffman is an accom
plished, highly regarded actor. His
performance and Morgan Freeman’s
are the only bright spots in this dismal
film.
Hoffman plays Col. Daniels, a
viralogist for “AMARIID,” a bureau
cratic, faceless government machine
that seeks to destroy viruses for~the
public whi le making biological weap
ons in its spare time.
Morgan Freeman plays his boss,
who uses and abuses the system to his
own advantage. Freeman’s boss is
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Instead she meets up with pals at a gay
bar, slams some shots and helps her
friend Rob come out of the closet.
Rob’s brother, Kevin, reacts with
typical hysteria, pricelessly capturing
the social stigma associated with ho
mosexuality.
Jessie then wakes up at her best
friend Kara’s apartment with a hang
over (gratuitous panty-flashing scene)
and has another mind-boggling con
versation with Kara (Laura Holman).
The two discuss Rob’s homosexu
ality, and Kara says she is a bisexual.
“We’re all gay,” she had joked the
night before at the bar. Now we know
she wasn’t kidding.
“Dumb Movie,” a play by Mark
Weitzenkamp, was an interesting twist
on boy meets girl. It featured two
Film: “Outbreak”
Stars: Dustin floffman, Rene
Russo, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Rated: R
Grade: C
Five Words: Super killer virus
threatens humanity.
played by Donald Sutherland, who
needs to stop appearing in films where
humanity is threatened by something
that “takes over” and wipes every
body out.
Director Wolfgang Petersen must
have gotten bored after the first few
days of shooting. He starts off with
some interesting shots that indicate
the film has some potential. That soon
breaks down, and the camera work
friends, one discussing a stupid movie
he had been to where he met a 6-foot
pregnant girl. It ends with the girl
coming over for dinner, baby in tow.
“The Bench,” written by Amy K.
Rohr, was better than “Dumb Movie.”
It centered on a young girl sitting on a
city bench, doggedly trying to read a
juicy book. But weirdos and freaks
alike keep gravitating to her bench,
wanting to discuss life.
She gets rid of the first freak by
buying a $7 ticket to a pancake feed,
but the next one comes along soon
enough, plopping himself down on
the ground in front of her bench.
The fourth one-act, called “It’s
Business,” by Andrew M. Hayes, was
about just that—business. It was set
apart by the unique dialogue, mostly
characters exchanging one-liners.
The characters go ‘round the firing
desk, all losing their jobs. (“Econom
...
becomes just another Hollywood ex
ercise in boredom.
Yet again the viewer gets to see the
faceless, sub-human soldiers round
ing up the innocent civilians in the
name of “National Security.” The evil
government tries to eliminate the in
fected and deny the truth to the public.
The film does not just lead the
viewers by the hand; it grabs them by
the nose, screaming, “OK, have you
got the point? Good, next point! Did
you get it?” This is not only irritating,
but insulting to one’s intelligence.
Most people who have evolved be
yond the stage of slime mold will be
able to get the point just fine, thank
you.
The actors were asked to do too
much when they were asked to save
Many may not enjoy the film, but
will definitely want to wash their hands
when it’s over.
ics, tne doss says. Lommiimeni,
the employee fires back.) The play
ends with an appropriate note; the
song “Minimum Wage.”
The last, “Karaoke Love,” by Corby
Tushla, centered on the life of one
pitiful woman. Meg recalls her life in
snippets of sappy love songs, like
“Crazy” by Patsy Cline and “Hope
lessly Devoted to You” from“Grease.”
Meg (Valerie DeVoe) has spent
her white-trash li fe dreaming of princes
and white horses, so when she meets
Buck Corduroy, the town’s mayor,
she falls hopelessly in love. The rest
of this monologue, though it dragged
at times, was funny and well-acted,
carried by DeVoe’s trilling soprano.
Overall, these plays were fresh,
with a smart, eager and funny cast that
really had a passion for acting and
theater. Next time, save your cash,
pass the Lied and keep going until you
get to the next Theatrix production.
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