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With the Oscars comin g up on Monday, th e question is not whether the Acadcmy failed to nominate it. You can safely put your money on L.A . Titanic will dominate th e compet iti on, but by how mu ch it will dominate COl/fidel/tial, but of the nominees I would cheer for Th e Sweet Hereafter the competition. Looking at the nominations individually, Ithink Titanic and DOlil/ie Brasco. has a decent shot to win in each of it s 14 nominated categories except Cillematography- The sheer beauty of Martin Scorsesc's marv elous Besi AClress (Kale Winslet). Even if lhere's a huge backlash agai nslthis Kill/dun may beat out Titan ic here. Conn oisseurs shou ld check out gOO-pound gorill a of a movie, It 's still got Ed iti ng. Art Direction , Origi Maborosi for a movie expressed al most solely through its cinematogra nal Dramatic Score, Costum e, Original Song, and Sound pretty much phy_ wrapped up and in the bag. While I think the 14 nominations represen ted Ediling- Titanic wins, and is the best nominated. Erro l Morris' docu the peak of its popu larity, I think we shou ld expect to see repre se ntatives mentary Fast, Cheap. and Oul of COlllroi and Peter Greenaway's spec of this very popular and technicai ly outstandi ng film take th e podium tacu lar Th e Pillow Book were the true masterpieces of editing this year. about J 0 limes the evenin g of the 23rd. Origillal Musical or Comedy Score- I} rcally don 't kn ow; I've only seen two of lhese film s. Forced to guess, I'd say Hans Zimmer wins for As Allalysis by Calegory Good As It GelS. I think they mi ssed an opportunity to honor Waiting For Best Picture-l don 't thi nk it 's likely, but I think lhere's a di stinct possi Guffman here. bility lhal underdog favorite Good Will HUll/illg will pullihe upset of the Original Dramatic Score- Philip Glass' music for Kundwl is his best year and win the top honor of the year. Academy voters love se ntimen tal since Koyaanisqatsi and eas il y the bc st of the year, but don't expect him favo rites, and some may feel th at Titanic's box-office success is to beat Titanic. rewa rd enough. Hunting is my favorit e of the nominated film s, but on an Origillal Song- Always the worst category, and as such we'll have Celine open ballot I'd cast my vote for Lost Highway. Dion belting out this year's winner "My Hearl Will Go On," from (of Best Director-Jim Cameron is more secure here than his film is for course) Titanic. I thought the songs in Wag the Dog were bitingly funny. Picture. Gus Van Sant's direct ion of Good Will Hu nting didn 't really stand Art Direction-Ju st look al the sizc of the damn boal. I thought the de out, and a win by crit ical favorite Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidelllial) would signs for Gattaca were more stylish and those for Alien Resurrection and! be trul y unexpected. Without question, my favorite nominee here is Atom Th e Fifth Elemellt more effective. Egoyan for The Sweet He reafter, but my open vo te would go to the in Costumes-I can see why the Academy will go for lhe opulence of Ti· comparable David Lynch for Lost Highway. tallic, bUI I think Boogie .Nights really outdid itself usi ng costumes to BestActress- By all ri ghts, lhis should belong 10 Helena Bonham Carler create atmosphere. for The Willgs of the Dove butlthink Ihis' ll go to Helen Hunl by a nose Makeu~ l'd guess Men in Black wins, th ough I haven't seen it ; what's over Judi Dench. As Good As It Gets and its director James Brooks are so hard about maki ng all those Ooating bloated bodies in Titallic? Alien popular, Hunt's perfonnance is charismatic and we ll- felt , and she's the Resurrection, Th e Fifth Element, and Spawn excelled here, although Spawn onl y Ameri ca n nomi nated in the category. In my world. four-year:olO was absolute crap. Vi ctoire Thivi sol from POl/ette tics Bonh am Carter and Virginie Le.doyen SOlln d- Th e Fifth Element and Contact were quite good in thi s regard, from Lajille selile (A Sillgle Gi rl). but I certainly won't protest when Titanic wins this one. Best Actor-Thi s one's a tough call. Peter Fonda' s the comeback kid Sound Eff ects Editing- See above. t .,p ... here and Jack Ni cholson has a 101 of friends, but I would PUI my money Vis ual Effects- For all ihe hype, the success of the effects in Titanic was on Robert Duvall forsinglehandedly carrying The Apostle. I liked Matt more a case of gett ing their money's worth on the screen rather than much Damon, the unnom,inated AI Pac ino in Donnie Brasco,and the very originality, and The Lost Worlds effects were obvious, recycled, and corn y unnominated Nicholas Hope Jof the hard-to-slOmach Australian satire (How many times would lhey use that phony-Iookin' T·Rex head? And Bad Boy Bubby. why weren'l any San Diego landmarks deslroyed?) Titanic s nol a bad Besl Supporting Actor- Burt Reyn olds has won every award under the choice, bUI [lhink I' d ralher see Starship Troopers lake home the stalu sun for his Boogie Nights perfonnance, but I can't really see what was so elle, and I wish Th e Fifth Element had been nominated here. special there. [ might place my money on a longshol chance of Robin Foreign lAnguage Film, Documentary Short, A 1Iimated Short, Live Williams wi nni ng hi s fi rst Oscar here, though I wouldn 't be at all sur Action Short, Documelltary Featllre- Who knows? prised to see Reynolds take it. Personally, J Ihought Roberl Forster found precisely the right groove for his charactcr in the otherwi se tcdious Ja ckie Browil. IN THIS ISSUE Best Supportillg Actress- Thi s award could really go 10 any of the nomi nees, but I sure hope th ey don't give it to Gloria Stuart for Titanic. Sig nificantly, the old-tim er's sentimentality vote isn't as strong as it once T HE U SUAL THIS W EEK'S was. I guess Kim Basinger may get th e award to repre sen t the great en STUFF F EATURES semble cast of L.A. Confidential but the great Juliann e Moore's chances aren' t too bad for Boogie Nights. My perso nal choice, Christina Ricci, was a victi m of6'he Ice Storm 's nominatio n blank-out. M in ts ...... •.. 8 Term in Review...... 3 Best Origillal.s'Ereellplay- While il may be somelhing of a Holl ywood· DILBERTt ...... _...... 6 Tech Minules. •...•...... ••.. •••...... 2 slyle ego piece, I think I'll agree with the Academy when they hand Ihis The Outside World ...... 3 More Media Guy...... •...... 4 one to Matt Damon and Ben Afneck for Good Will Hull/illg. Bes/Adapted Screellplay-Iflhere werc any juslice in Holl ywood, James Schamus' adaptation of The lee Storm would win hand s down hcre-but March 20, 1998 MINUTES The California Tec-h treat as she will be out east nances are quickly glossed Bookworm on disk. We tum our looking for a job and other over, as the Editors realize backs, and suddenly she was less savory diversions. that we need cash. Dona gone. tions will be solicited. He Devi - The CLUE wi ll be reads the Dilbert and grape Myfanwy jogs back in to see out early next term. The li vines out. what's going on. She talks of lnutes braries will be open until lnutes "random whacko psychotic re 04:00 during finals. Stu Roadkill walks in . The front ligious spazzy hairsprayftooth_ M ARCH II , 1998 M ARCH 19, 1998 dents working late will need page has unanimous ap paste" whi le we all discuss long to have their ID with them. proval. Begins writing a comer hair. Also, ASCIT Excomm will Present (atsome point): BoD, Present (at some point):The of sorts. be meeting too late for us to have Tom Elling Jaideep - The IHC will be se Editors minus Terry, Myfanwy a minute. lecting a Secretary and defining Callahan,Daisy James, Wren Katy steals minute power from Meeting called to order at 22:39. the athletic manager this week. M Business Cards - Do we need tend th e Capra retreat. He has Shay crashes. Unrecoverable [mots 'em? Should we get 'em? J as beller things to do. Stew contemplates B ifCh error. Shay Chinn mine - "We're a corporation. double. Stew's brain appears to Erik Dill Kar y Issacs We need business cards." Jas Baldeep - Thinks we should tum be dripping. Emergency goo Liz steals minute power from Terry Moran mine and Autumn offer to make the issue of the Coffeehouse sucking device falls from cei l Katy who ha s decided to do Shann on Slewman turnover to a committee. There ing. Stew reali zes that the fi sh an appropriate design. some real work. Liz promptly JuSINUS M ,f.)rU,IU. is general agreement. Kohl last week rusted ou t his iron finds she has nOlhing to say. Liz Jim Glore Officer Reports thinks we should keep a log of stomach. wanders away dejectedly. Steve - Moore 070 has been re speeches that ASCIT pers onnel Minute pow,: r reverts to Kaly. CorY r"rou An MANMU Men:dith Alden Vanessa Sih served for the budget meeting on give on the web page. Baldeep Wren and the Editors debate Jim Panetta wi ll be attendin g the Alumni As the Mannion plan of Pasadena Li z. Ve rse he ll StAlJ Wr.nru April 4. Funding request forms Yin zips in and prints out a Myranwy Callahan keep trickling in. The BoD wi ll sociation meetings on Friday conquest (MPPC). There' s a bunch of mailing labels. He is a O"IION$ ["rot Mohi Kumar vote to make the decision to John Hatfield be eating dinner in Fleming to and Saturday. pillar of efficiency. eo ... ies Editor morrow. move this to committee unani ( filTrtfAIHt.4(fiIT (I'Irot: Kennelh Ku o Ron Dollete Meeting adjourned at 11 :30. mous. Passes, .3-2. Katy realizes no one has put the fL41'\1U Wr.nru Autumn - The copier is OK. ads on the pasteboards. That u.,... Ron Dollelc Wei-Hwa Huang Dai sy James Respectfully submitted, Mic enters, begging to help. would mean we're screwed. Autumn Looijen Jean-Paul Revel Jasmine - Is giving Dabney He's strong, sil ent type. He Vanessa is sought out. All at Adam VilhFi [YUln" Hams their interhouse cash for the reads Dilbert tempts fail. Andrea McColl CoNIlIMOLI Mike Astle party this Friday. She will not Michael D. Astle CWtw,,,,, Judy Green be able to attend the Capra re- ASCIT Secretary Saliba ente rs. The Tech fi- Daisy saunt ers in. She has a OUlsioph Bamac Roger O'Brient A...... 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Adam Villani Media"Guy , A Perfect Gallesh After hitting hard with the abortion drama/n tJre'H,)u$,el Lord and letting it all hang out with v'c"m': ~]Jllre J..,esOiH of SodOJ1l, my co-worker Dave Barton's Rude U UC[_I Theater Company switches gears again with thought-provoking magical realism of A Perfect (jane;,h:1 Written by Terrenc McNaUy of Love! Valor! by Daisy James Ipalss lon! fame A Perfect Gallesh is a conceptually <1 "'rm,.1 Iw,)r ic in which two rich white women from Con'ne.:hc:utl travel to India in search of an elusive spiritual 'Ull Ulr ' The Cat Who Tailed a Maybe the next one will be member of a severely disad ment, encountering the elephant-headed god Ganesha Thief better. vantaged minority. So some many different guises along the,way.·The travel"serves Lilian Jackso n Braun of th e people interviewed backdrop and catalyst for pe~ s onar ' ..... ** re member slavery wilh gay-bashillg;,racism; diseast pOI~nl.UI1lic~lt,!qJ Slavery Time When I Was more fondness th an mi ght Time has not improved these Chillun be expected. Some speak of Rude .Guerrilla 's lgw-budget·p rOduct~9n ¢!lkes, ,wclIiH books. This is the eighteenth Belinda Hurmence good masters, or the parties IU~">U' use of a few Spartan ~r~ "' "" ; in Braun's series about a man ***** they had, or how it was bet beautiful Gem Theatre tp , a wicle.)(ari1ery' Qf and hi s two cats and the ter not to have to worry in gs; and Susan Shearer/Stewart is 'a standoul:'iilnong/;il mysteries they sol ve, and it When it comes to study about anything because it fo ur-p er s-o ~ cast,' which d oe ~ it wonderfuJjobU1""-lllllll is no better than the first. in g hi story, there reall y is no was all taken care of, how rich material (though <;ianesha coLild -have'used The pl ot is weak, the substitute for primary ever poorl y. But to many gusto). While not 100% 5uccessfuJ ; this characters are unbelcivable sources. that means noth ing. The cru pl ay that actuall y makes a trip to Garden (if(we and the criminal mi ght as This is a compil ati on of elt y, violence and indigni Iwa nlll ' Playing Fridays, Saturdays, arid Sundaysthn)uglil well be goin g arou nd with a some of the memorie s of lies left too strong of a mark 29. For info call (714) 741-9555. ' ,..... shirt that says "Murderers former slaves, recorded by to be erased by tim e and fur Do It Again st the Law" . It is unemployed writers during Iher hardships. MedII Street~: a mildly entertaining ride, the depression as part of the A powerful coll ec ti on, Last week rciught a brand-new print light to the point of absur Works Project Ad mini stra though it 's less th an a hu n Scorsese piCture at the Nuart, and man, I IQv'ea " ",OW'" .- '.' ., I. ji' dity. tion (question: how do you dred pages long. you could have watched this earJy effort,of There are good poi n ts in tell if a writer is unem it would have been 9bvious you haCia rr,. 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Tllis:mov!e is on fue.A very VOllllll[-lIOOI'" character is coll ecting for hi s The people represented The Scholarship Advisor Harvey Ke,itel playsCha,:.lie, a IO~Hevel book; historical aneccotes in this book were chosen by 1998 Im",n'< to go straight, but can' t sever bls ti¢s and reSP9flSH about the fic tional locati on. various criteri a; that th eir Chris Vuturo bilities to his epilepticgififriend and J ~s e ~ilnrib n But everything is too sani stori es were clear and coher **** hood pal Johnpy Boy (an amazingRoQertD~ Niro). tized and shall ow, even in ent, that they had been old movie has,a loose, raw fe~ 1 to it, but stilJ j'rltf(j ', IUGed.mllch the "darkest" parts. enough to remember th ings A massive book with every of the film world to the tracking ~ hots , .a'· l!I: lhenti~;il.)'pj:, se t~ 1 There isn't a lot of fun before emancipati on (at least possib le scholarship you tin g, drariltic sense, and keen eye"for humaninteralctioill in reading about a vain 10) and that they be from a could imagin e, and some that make Martin Scorsese one of the greatest dir~ct9rs wealthy man whom every variety of states. that I couldn't (d id you know hi s generation. 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Pasadena, eA 9 11 07 RANDOM March 20, 1998 7 Dill's Corner and li berally sparkled wi th knees, pushing a lawn mower "Keep Off Grass" signs. w ill wrench YOl\r back, and Is this preoccupati on with riding around on · one of those steril e perfection limited to "lawn tractors" w ill contribute Growing the grass grass, or is it symptomatic of a to the ai r pollution that will rather fragile pa- broader, more strung out social eventual cause you to die when tient. Not onl y that, but dysfunction? People tend to you contract pneumonia and by Erik Dill millions of tons of chemicals are mow the ir mental lawns far too slowly drown as your lungs fill v produced each year to perform much. Rather than leave them with fluid . Let your lawn be a scrub. Now, we vari ous lawn-primpi ng func in a free, natural state, they con little w ild, let your soul be free. have a wedding cake audi ti ons. The fact that some of tort them into gross, torture ab It is just as unnatural, and detri When you get ri ght down to torium, a phallic library, and seas these products are also used by errati ons. Especiall y in the warp mental, to place yourself in a really resembles a forest. of green that are perhaps even terrori sts to blow up buildings 9 world of LA, there is peril vacuum ofj oy as it is to put grass ng foliage blots out the more unusual. In crossing a con and kill people seems to escape o us ly little room to fit a life in the desert . in an endless canopy of tinent to build a new li fe, we turfmani acs. Perhaps this chemi among day planne rs, cell The blinding pace of the Movin g here and there, seem to have brought the bricks cal obsession in th e growers of pho nes, d igital assistants, fax world becomes horribly appar di scover vegetation in end- with us. However, verdant fields grass is a crossover from the machines, microwaves, TV din ent finals week. In the midst of variety covering the bare of green look as out of place in consumers of grass. Not only ners, and leaner, meaner com this frenzy of abuse, sometimes Each plant strains upward a desert as the ivy-besieged do we seek foreign landscaping, puters. A m icroprocessor may it 's easy to forget the reasons sun, reaching for life and brick battlements of Harvard but we pursue further alienation be able to make 330 MHz on a why we were drawn to Tech, Creatures roam Yard would look in our semi fro m nature by making these good day, but humans are far mecca of all things technical. d performing the great Mediterranean stronghold. Per plots into mortuaries for all that more amicable at about a hertz Too often, we are drawn into the of evolution, though in a haps we are still importing threaten, however remotely, the or less. 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Applica~ fast· paced variant of Swing and be narrated by travcllecturcrs Joe and gaily work in Britain at any time of the be typed and double-spaced, with ad lions are available in the Financial Aid Charleston. will be taught by a profes Mary Liz Adair on April 3rd. at 8 p.m. year. Jobs can be prearranged. or stu dress and phone number included. The Office. Applications must be receiVed sional instructor. It will be in Dabney in Beckman Auditorium. TIckets to this dents can just go to Britain and find jobs prizes arc $300. Contestants should on or before April 15.1998. UFA Havse's lounge on Thursdays from film arc priced at $9 and $7. (most students find work within a week submit their work to Professor Jenijoy 7:30-9 p.m. The cost will be$25 if the of arrival). BUNAC's program also LaBelle. 10 \-40 by no Inter than April A travel grant equal to the cost of a senes is 5 weeks long. or $20 for a 4 * The C hinese Golden Dragon Ac provides participants with a helpful 3, 1998. Winners will be announced in round-trip ticket between the U.S. and ' week series. For undergrads, the cost robats will perform on April 4th at 8 manual and ajob hunting center in Lon May, and the names or the winners will Sweden is avai lable to women students is $15 and S12, respectively. The free p.m. in Beckman Auditorium. Award don. BUNAC can also prearrange your appear in the commencement program. who are 18 or older and U. S. citizens beginner's class will be Merengue, winning acrobatics arc combined with first 3 nights of lodging in London. If you have any questions. contact Pro who wish to do study or research in starting April 2nd and running for five colorful costumes, dramatic dance, and Applications and further information fessor LaBelle al x3605 or Barbara Sweden. There is an April 15, 1998 Tuesday evenings, from 7:30-9p.m. in music. Tickets to this performance arc arc available in Fellowships Ad vising. Estrada. x3609. deadline. FAR Dabney Lounge (NOT Oabney Hayse), priced at $29. $26. and $23; youths 12 Visit BUNAC's Work in Britain si te at The classes do not require a partner or years and under recei vc $4 off. Stu hup://wuw.BUNAC.org. FAR The Judicial Adminislralion Fellow Scholarship applications for 1998-99 prior experience. Refreshments and dent and senior rush tickets will go on ship offers work in administrative or are now availal1le through [he Jewisla practice dance time follow each lesson. sale for $\0, beginning one-half hour executivc offices of California appel Vocational Service (JVS) and the For more information, visit lilll':// before the performance (subject to Pa ul and Daisy Soros Fellowships ror late or trial courls. There is no preferred Jewish Community Foundation. The www.ca.rcch.edul-ba!!room availability). New Americans are offering ten fel major. Applicants must have received funds are intended to provide a limited lowships for graduate study in profes· their B.S. by August 1997. Fellows amount of financial aid fo r needy col The Prefrosh are coming! The The Distinguished Speaker Series of sional fields and the academic disci earn a monthly stipend of$1707 fo r the lege students who arc legal and perma Prefrosh are coming! Prefrosh Week Southern California is moving into its plines anywhere in the United States. II months of the program. The appli nent residents of Los Angeles County. end 1998 will be held from April 16- second season. The events will be held "New Americans" include green card cation deadline is April3. 1998. Please Scholarships are not available to col 19,1998. If you have comments orsug at the Pasadena Ci vic Auditorium on holders, naturalized citizens, and chil note that California also offers similar lege freshmen. A minimum 2.5 GPAis programs in its Assembly and other required. Appl ications can be obtained gestions for Prefrosh Weekend, or your five remaining dates. a[ 8 p.m .. Jean dren of parents who were both natural· club or organization would like to be Michael Cousteau will be speaking on ized citizens. Each fellowship will be state administratiVe/policy areas. FAR until March 1,1998 fro m : Jewish V0- involved with Prefrosh Weekend activi April 8th. Maya Angelou on May 13th for up to two years, with the possibility cational Service, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., ties, please contact Dina Figueroa at and Mark Victor Hansen on June 10th. of a third year. Applicants must be be The AmericanAssociation of Univer 2nd Floor, Los Angeles. CA 90036. dina@admissiolls. For more information, contact (800) tween the ages of 20 and 28. The sity ' Vomen will be awarding scholar Deadline for submission of completed 508-9301. awards will be $20,000 annually for ships ($500-$ 1000) to sophomore and appl ications is April 15, 1998. Beginning Monday, January 5th, free maintenance and half tuition. The dead junior female college students who will have junior or senior standing as of Sep anonymous H IV testing, using an oral For mosl Caflech even IS /isled,Jllrther line is March 30, 1998. Applications The American E lectroplaters ad HIV antibody tcst, will be available informalioll can be obtained by call are available at the Office of Interna tembcr 1998 and have lived in the San Surrace Finishers Society is offering each Monday evening from 6:30-9:30 ing 395-4652 or (888) 2-CALTECH. tional Student Programs (lSP). Lloyd Ramon Valley, or have attended high scholarships 10 undergraduate juniors p.m. at the AIDS Service Center, 1030 or throllgh the Calteeh website, http:// House. school there. Applicants will be evalu and seniors and graduate students who S. Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena. Per www.caltech.edu. ated on the basis of scholarship. are interested in careers in the electro sons wishing to be tested may make an The John Gyles Education Fund of ac hievement, educational goals, finan plating and surface finishing industry. appointment by calling (888)488-9242. fers financial assistance to full-time sru cial nccd. and campus or community Undergraduates must be full-time and Walk-ins will also be accepted. Both Fellowships dents in Canada and the United States. involvcmenl. For more information and must be:; majoring in metallurgy, metal prc- and post-test counseling will be and Full Canadian or American citizenShip an application package, please send lurgical engineering, materials science provided. and results will be given the is required. Awards are avai lable for your request with a $.64 stamped, self or engineering, chemistry, chemical en following Monday. Scholarships all areas of post-secondary study. A addressed large envelope (9"x 12") to: gineering, or environmental engineer. minimum 2.7 GPA is required. Crite Mary Ann Osborne, 2530 Roundhill ing. Applications must be submiued by The Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Discus rin other than academic ability and fi Drive, Alamo, CA 94507. Applications April 15.1998. UFA Distant Lands. a local travel bookstore. sion Group Looking for a safe and sup nnncial need are considered in the se must be postmarked by Apri l 6, 1998 sponsors free bud get travel work portive place to discuss issues such as lecti on process. Selected students will UFA The Jewish Family and Childna', shops. For more information, or to re coming out, being out, dealing with receive up to $3,000. To receive an Services offers financial support for serve a spot, call 449-3220. family, coping with a homophobic cul application, please send a stamped, self The Coalition of Higher Education Jewish indi viduals and their families. FAR ture, and being GLB at Callech? We addressed, standard letter size (No. 10) Assistance Organizations Individuals may apply for up to$5.0(~)' invite you to the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual envelope to: The John Gyles Education (COHEAO) is pleased to present the Special scholarShips are available for The National Institutes of Health's Discussion group, which meets on the Fund, Attention: R. James Cougle, Ad opportunity for six individual sc holar study in Israel. Eligible srudents must Undergraduate Scholarship Program first and third Tuesdays of each month ministrator. P.O. Box 4808, 712 River ships for the 1998-99 academic year. have financial need, have at least a 3.0 (UGSP) is pleased to announce the from 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. in the side Drive, Fredericton, New There will be three (3) $1 ,000 scholar GPA., and be residents of San Fran availability of up to 15 competitive Health Center lounge. This is a confi Brunswick, Canada E3B5G4. Filing ships, and three (3) $500 scholarship cisco, the Peninsula, Marin or Sonoma scholarships to support top undergradu dential meeting and docs not imply any dates for mailing application's in 1998 awards granted. Applicants must: I) counties, or the Bay Area. There are ate students who are committed to pur thing about a person's sexual orient,l are April 1st, June 1st, and November complete and return the 1998 no deadlines-applications are ac sue careers in biomedical research. tion - only that slhe is willing to be sup 15th. UFA COHEAO Scholarship application, 2) cepled throughout the year and are portive in this seuing. The group usu Awards arc up to $20,000 per year. To be attending, or plan to enroll as an available in the Financial Aid Office. qualify. a student must be a U.S. citi ally discusses a particular relevant topic The Nationa l Association of Water undergraduate ur graduate student in a UFA zen, national or permanent resident, be and then moves on 10 the general dis Companies (NAWC) is soliciting ap COHEAO member institution, 3) In enrolled in or accepted by an accred cussion. Refreshments will be served. plications for three scholarships to be clude a 300-word essay on "The ited undergraduate institution, and carry If you would like more information, awarded for the 1998 academic year. COHEAO SCholarship will help me ... " , For information on lite listed fellow a GPA of 3.5 or beller or be in the top please call x8331. Scholarships range from $5,000 to 4) Include Iwo academic reference let ships, assislallce wilh essays, or clari 5% of his/her class. In addition, the $10,000. In addition, a $500 award will ters and an original Iranscripl(S), and fication of questions, contact: applicant must dcmonstrate extreme be made to the winners' colleges/uni 5) mcet the appli cation deadline. Ap Events economic need or come from a disad versities. Students must be graduJting plications are available at FAR· The Fellowships Advising and vantaged background. For each year seniors or current graduate students in www.coheao.eom, or at the Financial Resources Office. * Creation Entertainment presents of scholarship, the student will fulfill a Masters Degree programs. Eligible stu Aid Office. Applications must be re For information, please contact Grand Slam VI. a Star Trek and IO-week summer research/menlOring dents must be U.S. citizens and be pur ceived by COHEAO no later than April [email protected] Babylon 5 convention, at the Pnsadena program and after graduation, fulfill suing or planning to pursue a degree in 15. 1998. UFA To make an appointment, caJ/ x2/50. Center on April 3-5. Guests sc heduled one year of full-time employment. both to appear include William Shatner, engineering, biology, chemistry, busi at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. UFA The Asian PacificAmerican Associa· UFA - The Undergradurlle Financi/J/ Avery Brooks. Patrick Stewart. and ness administration, or any other field ti on for Ad,'ancement, Inc. (4A) has Aid Office. Kate Mulgrew. The convention will which may lead to a career in the in Working or studying in New York City launched its second annual 4A San For illformation, call x6280, or stop hy also feature a full range of program vestor-owned public water supply busi this summer? Educational Housing is Francisco Bay Area Scholarship Pro 5 I 5 S. Wilson for an appointment. ming including previews of sci-fi tele ness. Applications arc available in the a non-profit group that helps students gram. Three $1.000 scholarships wi ll vision programs and motion pictures. Financial Aid Officc. Applications locate safe, reasonably priced New be awarded. All AsianIPacific students To submit an event for lite MinIS, con A dealers emporium will feature sci-fi must be postmarked by April 1, 1998. York housing. For more info, visit enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or tact [email protected] or Mail collectibles. Advanced tickets pur UFA www.stlidelltllOlisillg.org FAR graduate college or university in the Code 040-058 by noon on the Monday chased from licketmaster are $26 Fri The Literature Faculty is pleased to an United States areeligibleto apply. Can prior to its inclusion. Submissions musl day. $31 Saturday. and $36 Sunday. Work in Britain this summer or nexl nounce the 52nd Annual M cKinney didates mllst be U.S. citizens or have be brief and concise, alld lite editon Tickets purchased a[ the door arc $5 fall: The British Universities North Competition for excellence in writ permanent resiJent status in the U.S. reserve the right to edil and abridge aU morc. 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