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World, national and local Keep in touch with news out side the Taylor bubble. C.S. Lewis and Friends KAREN L. PENNER fry. 2 News Editor offers weekend seminar £ €>££&% & Taylor University will host the Art majors beware Francis White Ewbank and spring honors course SAC vice-president Steve Colloquium on C.S. Lewis and on Sunday. The public is invited Great Divorce, and The Lion, The attended the class last year and Klipp warns students not to Friends on November 12-14. and admission is free for all Witch, and The Wardrobe. proclaimed it as "very interesting risk expulsion. The conference will largely con- Taylor students, faculty, and This spring a team taught semi and thought provoking. I loved fry. 3 stist of readings of academic papers written by Taylor faculty, staff. nar will also be offered on C.S. the class. The Professors were students and other scholars. The Taylor University received a Lewis and related authors. The excellent, the topics were rele papers will discuss topics pre collection of Lewis' manuscripts emphasis in the course will be on vant to today's society, and the Homecoming sented within the writings of C.S. and first editions along with "..very interesting environment was inviting." The Introducing the 49'ers...no, Lewis and the other authors. those of authors George instructors will be Richard Hill, not the pro-football team. Peter Kreeft, Professor of MacDonald, Owen Farfield, and jffougW^pro- Kimberly Moore-Jumonville, fif- 4 Philosophy at Boston University, Dorothy Sayers, and Charles Robert Moore-Jumonville, David voking,rl lioyed and Christopher W. Mitchell, Williams in 1997. The cplletion, Nuehouser, and Roger Phillips*. Goldfish in the urinal? Director of the Wade Center at which is now housed in the the class." Guest lecturers include Edwin No need to worry. These Wheaton College, will be the Zondervan Library, was com -Jill Ogline Brown, book collector, and ladies keep Taylor's dorms colloquium's featured speakers. piled by Indianapolis physician Frances Ewbank, Professor squeaky clean. The three-day seminar will and educator Edwin Brown. reading and discussion. Honors Emeritus of English. Questions 5 include open discussions and the C.S. Lewis was a professor at Program credits will be given for about the seminar may be Lewis Carroll's Alice in Oxford and Cambridge this course, but students do not addressed to any of the instruc Wonderland play on Friday, con Universities and is acknowledge need to be in the Honors Program tors. Cetbccnse current sessions and an banquet as one of the 20th century's to take the class. The class will Students may visit the C.S. and Finch and Tuesday on Saturday, and a worship serv greatest Christian authors and take place Thursday nights in the Lewis and Friends internet web This dynamic duo steamed ice with a George MacDonald apologists. Among Lewis' writ Library Flood Room from 6:30 - site at www.tayloru.edu/cslewis, up the MT Cup Saturday. Sermon, given by Daryl Charles, ings are Mere Christianity, The 8:30 p.m. Jill Ogline, sophomore, for further information. fry. 6 Airband &&CCC& China turns 50! Davis Evans 'gets jigg'y' with Mark Moreland throws communism and the PRC. Cindy Norman across fry-. 7 the stage during their performance in last /fj /!H? €.. /J •iqti/ MS 4* m*'' w"' Thursday night's Football intramurals Airband. Moreland Competition heats up for and Norman's act, the the coveted T-shirt. Upland Community fry. 2 Dance Troupe, took first place at the com petition. The group also took home a $100 cash prize. Airband's second place winners were The Backstreet Boys, followed by First East Wengatz's entry from The Music
SARAH HINKLE play a grueling game of tug-of- girls in English and Olson who Features Editor war. The Class of '49 captured think Ring Downs are a new "No, we are not Antiques; we the victory their freshman year, invention, don't.worry. Chances are Classics," claim the members but ended in a tie as sopho are, if a female member of the of Taylor's graduating class of mores. Class of '49 was sitting next to 1949. They were the guests of Rules such as lights out, cur you in chapel, she probably had honor on campus this weekend few, and necessary permission one when she got engaged for their 50th college reunion. It to leave campus did not keep (assuming she was lucky was a homecoming worth wait these "49-ers" from having their enough to have snagged a Taylor ing for. fair share of fun. Bowling with man). In 1945, 99 scared, wide-eyed glass Coke bottles after lights If you have been given to com freshmen stepped on to the cam out, goats in the hall lounges, plaining about the DC food late pus of Taylor University, ready and a red convertible in the par ly, then bite your tongue— Source: Taylor University, the First 150 Years to start their college experience. lor of a now-extinct girl's dor because that's what the Class of Little did they know what the mitory, Magee, are just a few of '49 had to eat every Wednesday An aerial view of Taylor in the late 1940's shows the cam vast cornfields of northeast the crazy things pulled by the night, along with "egg soup" on pus the way it was for the Class of 1949. the social life and community— Indiana had in store for them. class of 50 years ago. One Saturdays made from left-over witnessed the first United was alive and well even then. Many of us have complained morning a pair of heavy metal hard-boiled eggs. I don't know Nations meeting and the organi This weekend, although many about not being able to have cars doors separating the guys from about you, but I'll be saying a zation of NATO, not to mention of the alumni might have had to until Thanksgiving of our fresh the girls in Magee-Campbell- prayer of thanks for the deli the assassination of Mahatma man year, but compared to the Wisconsin were mysteriously tonight! Gandhi. The death of Franklin squint a little harder at the faces Class of '49, that would have missing, but in their place was a Life was not all Sunday drives D. Roosevelt was no small loss, of their peers, what they found been a luxury. Only six cars, note to the house mother saying, and apple bobs for the Class of while they were amazed at the were friends that lasted them a according a member of the class, "Having a fine time. Wish you 1949. Though like today, Taylor famous surprise victory of Harry lifetime—literally. With that in could be seen on campus. were here." Who says the times provided a temporary shelter S Truman over Thomas Dewey. mind, hopefully we saw them as That didn't stop this class are changing? from the outside world, the stu Whether it be student council more than extra bodies in an from having fun, though. It seems they had a "kissing dents could not escape the reali elections, dating, pranks, class already crowded chapel, but Modern-day Taylor students bridge" (which one could that ties that were taking place es, or other extra-curricular rather as an extension of our could take some lessons from the be?) and "walk-around-the- around them. They lived their activities, these 49-ers have own student body. pranks that were pulled and square" dates (substitute "loop" college years through the atom been through it all. And it's Remember—when they were games that were played half a and we know all about it). They bomb dropping on Hiroshima pretty obvious that it wasn't as here this chapel was a gymnasi century ago. also had a "farmers' party" and Nagasaki and the formal different then as some may um...oh, wait...maybe that came Freshmen and sophomores which sounded vaguely similar ending to World War II (a war in think. Taylor was still Taylor, later. lined up on the banks of the to our own beloved square which many of the members of and it seems that what most of —information provided by members muddy Mississinewa River to dance. And for those of you their class had taken part). They us like best about this college— of the Class of 1949 New Bible translation: It's not Greek to Helyer! ABBY \ The words "thus" and "thee" enon called Bible translation, we The actual process of transla able to argue his case and pres w Associate, swim before your eyes, and you need not look too hard. For in a tion is no easy task. Helyer is ent his reasoning for the word You need to look up a verse, so find it nearly impossible to com not-so-far off place (Reade responsible for providing a choice to them. He said that to you go to grab your Bible. But, prehend the sentence before you. Center), a man by the name of "base-line translation" of his his knowledge, some of his word alas, it's not on the table where Quickly, you jump up and begin Larry Helyer is busy working on book. He said that the first thing choices have never been used you usually keep it. After frantically searching for your a translation of 2 Samuel. This he does is a quick run-through before in a translation. searching high and low, you real own, precious, way-easier-to- is a project headed up by the translation, where he consults As far as the time commitment ize that you just can't remember understand translation, and find Broadman-Holman Company. lexicons. He then goes back involved in this project, Helyer where you put it after small it... right where you just looked The company decided that they through the chapters sentence by said he tries to work on it daily. groups, so you grab your room two minutes ago. You breathe a wanted to produce a new transla sentence, and compares his The project began last spring mate's Bible instead. You open sigh of relief, and bless the men tion of the Bible for the milleni- translation to others he finds on (1999) and he worked a lot over it to the verse you want, and you and women who took time to um, and got Christian Life his computer. After that, the spring semester and summer. see. . .King James Version? Uh, make your life easier by translat Resources to direct the project. translation is sent to section edi However, because of Professor oh! You can't read this! You ing your Bible into a compre- The new translation will be tors and a committee who looks Ron Collymore's illness, Helyer don't know how to read this! It's hendable book. called The Christian Standard it over. It then has to go through has had an overload of classes like a foreign language to your As far as blessing the men and Bible. several stages of review. and hasn't done as much trans tired, overworked college brain! women involved in the phenom Helyer did not ask to be part of The translation Helyer is work lating lately. He is glad that he the translation project. It all ing on is going to be more infor will have a chance to resume Video Stop began when he presented a paper mal than past translations have work on the book now that he had written for a professional been. He said that they are try 202 W. Main St, Gas Gty October has rolled around and meeting. A man who was 674-7373 ing to find a medium between Collymore is on the road to already working on a book of the formal and completely informal recovery. Helyer is also in the Old Testament heard his paper, style. He, personally, is using process of finishing his own and passed Helyer's name on to contractions within his transla book about Jewish literature of the section editors in charge of tion. Other versions, such as the second temple, which is the project. They then contacted NIV (New International expected to come out in print COME him about working on the trans Version) and NAS (New sometime next year. lation, and he accepted. Amercian Standard) do not have Helyer is really excited about ^WQ€ into* Because Helyer has a back any contractions. Heyler also this project and said, "God Dorir Prizes! - With thi& ad ground in Hebrew, this project is said that he has "all kinds of brought this to me." Well, we're Rent any two new releases and get one free! something he really enjoys. footnotes" in his chapter, refer glad that He did, because his **TayIor Students** Although it has been a while ring to why he may have chosen work helps make our lives a lit since his days in Israel, Helyer a certain word over one used in Sign up for a new membership and receive a free rental! tle easier. So, the next time you keeps up with it by reading mod King James or NAS. In case his see him, give Larry Helyer a WE HAVE DVD!!! ern Hebrew, and subscribes to an section editors don't agree with thumbs up, for a job well Israeli newspaper. his choice of wording, Helyer is (almost) done. t
FEATURES BwMBI THE ECHO October 11,1999 Dead reptiles and toilet bombs—it's all in a day's work
KATE BOWMAN artistic interests someday? Or and food stuck on the wall. Last course of her 18 years as a how appreciative they are of the Arts & Leisure Editor that Barbara Ann Rider, another year there was a dead skunk on Taylor housekeeper. "Often cleaning ladies' commitment to It's a typical Friday morning. •Olson housekeeper, counts vaca one of the floors in Wengatz, some girls will invite us into keeping the halls clean. "They You roll out of bed, grab your tioning in Germany as one of her too. The skunk was not a thrill." their room and we'll sit down, must have awfully big servants' towel, and stumble blindly down favorite pastimes? The housekeepers are good- have some coffee and chat. hearts to do this kind of work," the hallway towards the bath Taylor students know their natured even about the down- Sometimes I'll bring us a plate said Sarah Severns, who is a room, rubbing the sleep out of housekeepers of cookies, or freshman on Second West your eyes. Grumbling some as Carol the girls will Olson. "I think it's so important thing vague about shooting (Swallow share some to form relationships with them whoever invented eight o'clock Robin Hall), homemade and not just take advantage of classes, you squint in the harsh Linda (Gerig treats their what they do. Barb [Rider] and I fluorescent light as you enter the Hall), moms send," have become friends. As a fresh bathroom and (literally) run into Mildred she said. "I man, I will probably see her three of your floormates in a (English enjoy talking every day for the next four row. A glance to your right Hall), with all the years." reveals a line for the showers Theresa girls. It makes Sophomore Lindsay Thomas longer than the one you stood in (English me feel echoed Severns' sentiment, for Airband. With a sigh, you Hall), Linda younger!" "j've always felt kind of bur head for the sinks, trip over a (Samuel Rider said dened to know our housekeep hair-dryer cord, and promptly Morris Hall), that one of the er's name and try to ask her how drop your toothbrush on the and Grace best memories her weekend was," she said. "I floor, where it lands in a puddle (Samuel she has from think we kind of take for grant of unidentifiable liquid. Morris Hall), working here ed those who perform the serv ru\FE TUCKER/ ihe Echo It is, without a doubt, going to in addition to at Taylor is ices we wouldn't necessarily be one of those days. Paula, Joyce, The women of English Hall appreciate their housekeeper, also closely want to do ourselves. I would Suddenly, a cheerful voice and Barb. Mildred, who keeps their bathrooms squeaky clean. associated encourage students to stop interrupts your pity-party. According to with getting to whatever they're doing in the "Morning, sunshine!" it sings Rider, who has been a house sides, however, frequently jok know students. Last year, the morning for just a minute and into the gloom and doom of your keeper in Olson Hall for three ing about other oddities which girls on one of her wings in really talk to the cleaning potentially terrible day. You turn years, a routine full-time work make the mens' dorms, as they Olson surprised her with a ladies." day lasts from say, "unique." Rider and Davis "Cleaning Lady 7:15 a.m. till remembered the time they found Appreciation / NATURAL BORN CLEANERS: \ / NATURAL BORN CLEANERS: \ about 4:00 a large, dead iguana in a trash Day." They Name: Joyce Davis p.m. Duties bag. Jarrett chimed in with her made a ban Name: Paula Jarrett Age: 39 consist of memory of discovering a snake ner, put cards Age: 52 Hometown: Upland cleaning the in a garbage can. "One time outside their Hometown: Gas City restrooms someone had set up a toilet doors Current Residence: Matthews. (sinks, show bomb," Davis recounted with a expressing Current Residence: Upland Family: husband; daughters Crystal (15) ers, and toi chuckle, "and that was hilarious. their grati Family: husband; daughter Angela and Candy (9) lets), stair The guys were trying to disarm tude for her Hobbies/Interests: reading, gardening, flea wells, hall it without setting it off, and it hard work, marketing, antiquing Hobbies/Interests reading, crafts, drawing ways, and took them forever. We were just and set out Favorite Book: Star Trek books lounges. laughing at them because they breakfast for Favorite Book: comedies and mysteries Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Butter Pecan Housekeepers were carrying on about how her. "It just Favorite TV Show: 7th Heaven also try to neat [the bomb] was." went straight Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Heath Bar keep track of Despite the occasional run-in to my heart," around, instantly feeling more items in the lost and found, as with a deceased reptile or nau she said. Other chipper. Could it be an angel? well as communicate with resi seous student, the housekeepers floors show their appreciation in Students also express appreci Your ridiculously perky room- dents of each floor to see if they agree that the benefits far out similar ways; First East ation that the housekeepers want mate?'Your mom? need anything specific or have weigh their job's drawbacks. Wengatz, for example, holds a to be involved in their personal No, sorry to disappoint you. any concerns "about the cookout at the end of each lives. Sophomore Rob Morris But it IS your floor's housekeep cleanliness of the hall. / NATURAL BORN CLEANERS: N year to give the clean lived in Swallow Robin his first er. And isn't that almost as The cleaning ladies Name: Barbara Ann Rider ing ladies the praise semester and fondly recalls that good? have minimal com they deserve and talk Swallow housekeeper Carol The Servicemaster housekeep plaints about thdir Age 45 with them outside the Parker brought him an article ers—better known as "the clean responsibilities, claim Hometown: Marion residence hall setting. about something he had once ing ladies"—are a staple of resi ing the main disadvan Current Residence: Marion The women also mentioned in casual conversa dence hall life at Taylor tages are associated enjoy their jobs tion. "She always took the time University. Monday through with restroom tasks. Family: husband: children - Jeremy (24), because the hours free to mention the things that meant Friday, students wake up to find "My least favorite part Nicholas (21), Jennifer (16) them up to spend more the most to people," he said. them mopping and scrubbing of the job is cleaning Hobbies/Interests: traveling time with their fami "You would think that someone the bathrooms or vacuuming the up after someone gets Favorite Book: Bible lies. "We're off on who was cleaning would maybe hallways. Most students recog sick and pukes all over weekends, and very be a little less joyful, but she nize the housekeeper who works the toilet, or when the Favorite TV Show: Touched by an Angel rarely do we have to was one of the biggest examples on their floor and probably even toilets are clogged up," Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Butter Pecan work overtime," Jarrett of Christ to me." know her name. But how much said Jafrett. "But even \ said. Davis also appre Aside from a plea that Taylor do they really know about these that rarely ever happens ciates this aspect because students "keep the hallways women's jobs, not to mention over here at the girls' dorms." Each of them stressed how she has a 9-year-old daughter clear!" the housekeepers only their lives beyond Taylor? Joyce Davis has been a clean much they enjoy getting to and a 15-year-old daughter, so have one request. They hope Did you know, for instance, ing woman at Taylor for three know the students in the resi she can work while they are at that Taylor students will contin that Paula Jarrett has been a years and is now beginning her dence halls. "The boys are real school and "chauffeur them ue to get to know them, so that housekeeper in Olson Hall for second year in Wengatz Hall. ly friendly," said Davis. around" in the evenings. The they, in turn, can keep forming 18 years and has seen the She emphasized the difference "They'll always talk to you and housekeepers spend their after- relationships with students. changing of the guard of six dif between cleaning women's and joke with you. And they really hours time the way many wives "We love helping students with ferent Hall Directors? Were you men's residence halls. "The appreciate what you do for and mothers do, fixing supper, problems, even if it's just how to aware that Joyce Davis, who guys tend to trash the bath them." taking their children to activi separate colors and whites when cleans up after the guys in rooms," she said. "It's kind of Jarrett had many interesting ties, and relaxing after a long they're doing laundry or getting Wengatz, is a talented painter difficult to clean up when there's stories to tell about the women day of hard work. a stain out!" said Jarrett. "The who would like to return to her shaving cream all over the place she has gotten to know over the Taylor students acknowledge relationships are my reward." THE ECHO October 11,1999 VOICES Puffs fran The Magic Dragon
It is safe to ing me bewildered as 1 stare at all the parts resting on the table. 1 say that a tourist attraction while trying sive? A little obsessive? Well, almost almost leapt forward and started Hi-de-ho to show-off my Tai Chi maybe but afterall it s not everyone putting it all back together, but real kids! It's prowess, being a firsthand wit every day that you have the has been in ized that the reason my life was in time once ness to a "razor to the back 50th anniversary of your coun situations disarray was because 1 had not con again for pack" pickpocket job, taking a try. So I say, polish off them where sus- sulted the "instruction manual;" it magical wild motorcycle ride through dusty chopsticks, get out your p e n s e wasn't put together properly. Sure, tales* of Xi'an, and picking out my own little red book, and pull your heightens some of the details were in the right excitement frog and eating it. Mao coat out of the mothballs perceptions. The aromatic walk to place; it even looked right in and intrigue Interestingly enough the little cuz it's time to git jiggy with the DC, until conditioning dashes appearance, but it did not function from the fellow tasted like fish, not the Chinese Communist Party! our hopes in regard to the food. the way it was supposed to. Our land of 1.3 chicken, which raises many Another new experience that But, it can be especially unsettling Father in heaven wants to help us, billion souls. A lot has hap questions in my mind. I'm able to participate in is when we don't know what to but often our pride will not make pened since I last had the priv As I sit and write this it's the teaching at a nearby night expect from life—this is true on any room. So, 1 stare at the impossibili ilege to peck out my thoughts 50th anniversary of the school. Once a week I lecture level. It is natural for us to want to ties resting on the table. and I want to tell you every People's Republic of China tag-team with Ben (my CSP figure the mysteries out Oreon You might be thinking, "this guy thing that has happened. and for the next week "party roomie) about whatever topic Tricky, our chapel speaker on is pretty metamorphical," but that's So here's the highlights: our hard" will be the national we wish from rugby to reli Wednesday, related this process how it has made sense-for me at group has visited the terracotta motto. In Xi'an, work is at a gion. It's amazing that we're through the imageiy of a puzzle. I least In our self-sufficient, "I'm ok, warriors (the giant clay guys 1 standstill and all the schools just handed a classroom full of tend to think of it as a toy that you're ok" culture it is easy not to told you about last time), tra and most shops are shutdown. students just because we speak requires "some assembly." We use relinquish control to God, but I chal versed to a Taoist temple Beijing has been quarantined English! At the end of our lec- a lot of eneigy trying to put the puz lenge you with a thought of Oswald tucked away in the mountains, for non-residents and there tures/ramblings we leave plen zle (or toy) together. Sometimes Chambers: "Our impossibilities scaled the Giant Wild Goose have been numerous crack ty 'o' time for questions. Some the results are promising. provide a platform for the display of pagoda (where legend has it downs on the homeless and of the things that the students Sometimes the results are disturb His almighty grace and power, he that the first Buddhist scrip other people staying illegally ask make teaching very color ing. will not only deliver us, but in doing tures brought to China were in the capital. Cell phones, ful. Yes, their queries can get My efforts to put things together so, He will give us a lesson we will translated), and shucked a beepers, and supposedly the a bit un-LTC-ish but here's a have been fairly smooth, until now. never forget; and to which we will bushel and 8 peck of corn internet will all be disconnect few examples of some milder Recently, I have been wrestling return with joyous reflection. We while celebrating the Mid- ed the day of the big event ones: "How many Chinese with whether to continue a min will never thank God enough for Autumn festival with peasant (Hotmail is already down) to girlfriends do you have?" "Is istry. This week it seems that God having done exactly what He did." families. Some of my per has gently taken my toy away and I n our uncertainty, we can be certain sonal experiences include: assure that nothing spoils the your mother happy about your moustache?" 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Luke Tatone, lead singer Composed of Nick Vickrey on those who had been lining the for Taylor-based band Atticus lead male vocals, Matt Walter stairs outside, Atticus Finch took bp Aaron QXcmapkcr and Q$osh (A.itqenia Finch, commanded the audience. covering vocals and trumpet, the stage. The sophomore mem Looking confused and skeptical, Adam Witmer playing acoustic bers of Atticus Finch- Tatone on individuals scattered throughout guitar and piano, Walker lead vocals and electric guitar, #3 Trop cal the crowd examined their pants Cosgrove on bass, and recent Joe Cicero on acoustic and elec The Tropic^1 is a delighl wherry and jackets and found "YKK" additions Kristen Ahrens con tric guitars, Geoff Taylor on bass shake that has kiwis hi the top. emblazoned across the pieces of tributing female vocals and Ryan and keyboard, and Jeremy metal. "That's right," Tatone James on percussion, Sometime Heavey on drums—crammed slightly doi linant over ti le banana. r ['he kiwi continued. "They say 'Y2K.' Tuesday used last Saturday as its their set with social commentary 1 gives it tnh zip and it is sure to plea; It's not a computer virus. official CD debut party. The on the fallacies of both commu Zippers are going to take over band introduced freshmen to its nism and capitalism the world! You'd better go home music, welcomed back old fans, ("Kamchatka"), old-fashioned Forrest and burn any clothing with these and successfully integrated two love bajlads ("Long Lonely orrest is a niliild, chocolat- flavored rogue zippers on them." new musicians into the group. A Winter"), and a tongue-in-cheek ughout, onej* can find chu inks of Using satire, cover songs, and highlight of the evening was a warning about the impending tte cookies tllat are sirnil; tr to ballads, Atticus Finch played its trumpet solo by Walter that led apocalypse ("Rogue Zippers"). lit the white). stuff. It is t"pped first concert of the new school to a showdown between his Taking a break from the usual with a heft; ' helping of fipesh cherrii year with fellow Taylor students trumpet embellishments and upbeat fare offered by Atticus cherries ar" added libei][ally and sei Finch, Cicero exhibited his Sometime Tuesday at Ball State Nick's attempts to sing along. In balance ou t the taste of 15?>th the mil artistry with a solo acoustic gui University's MT Cup coffee the end, the trumpet triumphed. chocolate a nd the eookiites. house in Muncie on Saturday, Sometime Tuesday brought its tar composition titled "Life is but October 2. Performing for a set to a close with a poppy orig a Walking Shadow." The band packed-out audience, the two inal number called "Stay," which also brought in a special guest, As for the zippers, be sure to Tuesday and Atticus Finch gigs groups entertained more than went into rotation on Fort Wayne junior Courtney Taylor, to sing exercise extreme caution on May throughout the region. Both could fit into the small upper radio station Extreme 96.3 last lead female vocals for "The 5, 2000—that's the day they plan bands are incredible local talents room of the coffeehouse. semester when it was selected' Lines of my Earth," a Sixpence their attack. Until then, live it up well worth checking out before Sometime Tuesday started the for an album featuring 12 local None the Richer cover song. and try to catch a few Sometime the end of the world.
While strip-searching one of the group of Iraqi civilian rebels this movie shines is in its uncon- izes violence and looks amazing surrendering enemy soldiers, US being heavily mistreated by the ventionality. It looks like the ly realistic. If you can stomach Sgt. Troy Barlow (Mark retreating Iraqi army. The same guys who shot Saving it, this purely original scene Wahlberg) finds a map hidden Americans get all teary-eyed and Private Ryan got together and alone is worth the price of in well, let's just say a place try to be heros. Many explosions did some of that ol' wacky admission. where you would hide something and shots of Ice Cube cringing tabacky before filming started. The best and most important Putting that you really don't want found. ensue. The movie has a very surrealis scene in the movie occurs while a classi The map turns out to locate a Former ER megahunk George tic, trippy kind of feel to it that an Iraqi soldier is torturing an fication secret Iraqi bunker filled to the Clooney is enjoyable to watch, works well. The plot moves in a American soldier. When the on this brim with- Baja-flavored though not as much as in the out bizarre, haphazard fashion. (I American cites "international week's Chalupas from Taco Bell. No, standing Out of Sight. Let's just never thought 1 would witness a law" as the reason for his coun movie, not really, but I think it would hope he doesn't do anymore cow explode.) Another out-of- try bombing and killing the other Three have been cooler that way. The Batman movies. Despite all the-ordinary aspect of this film is man's family, the Arab pours oil Kings, bunker is actually filled with odds, Mark Wahlberg is actually the way they portray Arabs as down the American's throat. is about gold, and Marky Mark wants it, a talented and very cool actor. intelligent, sensitive people, This is the first time I've seen a as easy probably so he can buy a career. He has the hardest role to play, though that feeling dissolves major movie question the US's as identifying what's growing on Sgt. Major Archie Gates (George and kind of overshadows lead near the end in a series of oblig- role in the Gulf War. my sandals. It's kind of a war Clooney) comes with him, and Clooney. But really, guys, Ice atoiy shoot-outs. There was a Three Kings sizzles early on movie, and kind of a heist film. they also bring Ice Cube (I don't Cube? Two rappers as dramatic Very interesting scene where you with creativity and political It's funny, but also has a political know why-he never even raps). leads? I kept waiting for Vanilla see the inside of a human body as angst, but loses some of its point to make... so that makes it a While attempting the caper, the Ice to make a cameo as Saddam a bullet rips through it and a cav vision in the end in a burble of satire, right? Well, sort of. (One three soldiers and a dim-witted Hussein. ity fills with bile. Sounds gross, feel-good Hollywood slush. It thing it definitely isn't is a chick redneck sidekick discover a As I alluded to earlier, where I know. But it really deglamor- gets a well-deserved Calzone. flick. The hard-edged violence and lack of any lovey-dovey crap PONCHO BARKER'S quickly reduced the two girls I IMMEDIATE OPENINGS! accidentally saw it with into fits MEXICAN-AMERICAN CAFE 62 F. Bony St., Upland ($98-2060) of squirming, covering of eyes and whining, "Vinnie, I can't Students earn $>375-$575 a week WELCOME TAYLOR ALUMNI! believe you made me watch processing/assembling medical $1 offSpecial on all Matters! this!") What I do know is that Tacos \ Chili Dogs I.I). cards at home. Experience 6 Three Kings is the most original 6 pack $5.95 CARRY-OUT SPECIAL P3^ S7-25 10 pack $8.95 V .1 10 pack $11.95 and inventive piece of film mak unnecessary...we train you! ing I have seen this year. MON-THUR & SAT 11-8 FRIDAY 11-MIDNIGHT CLQSEDSUNDAY The story starts in 1991, right Call MediCard at 1-541-386-5290, ext. 300. Located in Upland near Fresh for Less, Uptown Video, and Pacesetter Bank. after the Gulf War has ended. 8 THE ECHO October 11,1999 SPORTS Intramural football heats up
LUKE 4. REIMER » been made by many teams' leaders to Sports Editor prevent even the combative attitudes that can lead to altercations. Senior Many Taylor students are battling for Mark Bettenhausen, who plays center coveted Taylor intramural champion t- for one of the two teams from the shirts, the spoils of victory in any intra Brotherhood, said "I don't have the mural season. The football competi win attitude, I have the fun attitude." tion is concluding it's regular season. Meaning that although hecompetes on The week of October 11 the intramural the intramural field, it is more impor football program will move into its tant to him that his team enjoy them playoff format in order to determine an selves than make the playoffs (which, oyerall champion. by the way, they did). In that spirit Matt According toJeremy Reddy and Matt says that he would step aside and have Lipan, the playoff format will be a sin a discussion with anyone on his team gle elimination tournament Having he felt was becoming too emotionally games canceled because of the weath involved in the game. The same spirit er results in many teams finishing with is represented in many of the leaders of identical records. This means that a intramural football squads, and hopes laige number of teams will enter the are that the same attitude will prevail first round of the playoffs, probably 12 through the playoff schedule and into men's teams and eight women's teams. NOEL SCHUTT/ The Echo the finals. The teams will be selected evenly from Intramural players battle it out during one of the last regular season football games. Overall the season appears to have each division, four from each of the that he knew of. However, he at the been highly successful, well-organized three men's divisions and each of the prize t-shirts. mural participants have become same time mentioned that the men, and enjoyed by winners and losers two women's. On the men's side the olf-campus caught up in the emotions of the rather than the women tended to alike. As the teams move into the play Some of the leaders in the women's team is also strong, as are the moment to the point of almost involv become more emotionally involved in offs players prepare both physically, in division include first east olson, first Penthouse B team and Bro-Ho #1. ing physical violence. This phenome the competition, and that, while he saw order to perform at as high a level as west olson, second center olson, sec The intensity is generally a bit higher non seems to have been somewhat no real threat of violence, there certain possible, and mentally in order to rep ond east olson, and the olf-campus on the men's side as these teams and contained up to this point in the season. ly was tension displayed on the field. resent Christ even onto the intramural team. All these teams will be in the more move towards the playoffs. Referee Jeff Mills indicated that there Fortunately it seems that an effort has football field. playoffs and any could take home the There are reports that in the past intra had not been any very serious incidents Volleyball Men's Soccer Women's X-Country Trojan sports in brief The Taylor University vol Taylor soccer's three game Taylor scored 117 points to win streak ended on Oct. 5 with finish fifth at Earlham College leyball team moved up to 17- LUKE J. REIMER Men's Tennis a tight 1-0 loss to Marian. Ohio in the Earlham Invitational on Sports Editor The men's tennis team won 8 by defeating Bethel on Dominion also defeated it Oct. 2 their semifinal match in order to Oct. 5 and then defeating 1 -0 on Saturday. earn the right to face Bethel, Football Undefeated Spaulding on Saturday in who it defeated 7-2 straight sets. The lady tro- The Taylor Trojans football Taylor Special* team remained undefeated as it jans are now on a three match prevailed over St. Xavier last Women's Tennis win streak and were most 16" New York Cheese Pizza - $5.99 Saturday! The Trojans were Lady Trojans tennis finished recently ranked 22nd in the off their regular season with a ranked fourth in the latest NAIA. They are now 16" Pan Cheese Pizza - $7.99 national NAIA poll with a 4-0 6-3 away loss to Goshen. The preparing to compete with plus $1.00 per topping record. The Trojans are prepar winners on Taylor's team were Marian on the 12th ing to travel to Walsh Emily Tipton, Bridget Carlson, "After 5 pm. For a limited time only; must University on the 16th. and Abby Cox. present Taylor ID at time of purchase. Offer open to Taylor students and faculty. ROB LIVINGSTON Please call ahead to ensure that your order is ready in a timely fashion.
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