HYPE Club Volunteers

December 2005 Volume 35 No. 3

HYPE Club Volunteers Elisa Santana gives people something that they Staff writer may not have and allows them Saturday, November 19, mem- to enjoy themselves,” said ju- bers of the Bryan High School nior HYPE club member Valerie HYPE Club volunteered at the Gonzales. Neal Recreation center’s annual The lunch takes place every Thanksgiving lunch. year and is open for any organi- “Voluntering at the lunch is just zation to come help. one of HYPE Club’s many ser- “It’s good for clubs and groups vice activities they do through- to come out and to be able to help out the community,” said HYPE out our community,” said senior Club sponsor Amalia Grimaldo. HYPE Club member Mary Ann The lunch was held in the Gym- Alvarez. nasium of the Recreation Center Next year the HYPE club and provide a Thanksgiving meal hopes to participate in the lunch and entertainment to all. A lucky and the Neal Recreation Center few won door prizes. is anticipating on having a larger “The event is great because it turnout.

Overall Competitions school softball field in the nation. •Viking Drumline - Grand Champion of the Central Texas •Mr. Hausenfluck’s AG Business COOP class and the Bryan Drumline Invitational. The ensemble was named “First Place FFA raised donated 106 toys to the Radio MASH Toy Drive - Class 5A” prior to their anouncement as best overall of the and gave $688.00. 15 competing drumlines. •Derick Hill and Eric Isaacks were honored with the sec- Recent Events tion award for “Best Tenor Line”. •Lady Viking volleyball team finished as district co-cham- •Cynthia Lockledge, Desirea Johnson, Devin Matejka, pions. Becky Penny and Brittany Schultz were honored with the •The wrestling team competed in Austin November 19 where award for “Best Cymbal Line”. they took home first place honors with a point total of 228. •AVID has been named a National Demonstration Site for the They also compted at the Katy ISD Invitational on Dec 3 second year in a row. where they finished second with 164 points behind the Loui- •BEST Robotics received 1st place BEST presentation and 2nd siana state champions. place BEST display. The team also earned the honor of being •Luis Aguilar and Todd Zgabay earned first place med the most improved overall. Team members include Christoph als. Bracher, Steven Cooley, Amelia Forrest, Karl Fortin, Roger •Garrett Dorn earned a second place medal. Harris, Mark Kleckley, Matt Moss, Christopher Provazek, •Landon Meekma, James Luce, Jose Elizondo and Robert Robinson, William Tedrick and Joseph Tracy. Daniel Dodds earned third place medals • Two of Bryan ISD’s athletic playing fields have been recog- •Dale Burkheiser and Jordan Dockery placed fourth. nized as the best among the nation’s high schools by the Sports •The Viking Gymnastics Team placed second at the Ozen HS Turf Managers Association. Invitational Dec 2 and are now 7-3 after their second compe Viking Stadium football field was named the nation’s top field in the high school/ tion of the season. parks category, while the Lady Viking softball field was named the top high •Victor Benavides finished first in the Vaulting event. 2 News Semester Tests Making Money By Bootlegging BHS EXAM BELL SCHEDULE Jason Galindo Most people aren’t ashamed to admit Staff writer that they bootleg. Wednesday, December 14, 2005 EXAMS 3, 4 & 7 EXAMS Editor’s Note: Names have been “Heck yeah, I do it all the time! It’s changed to protect the students inter- good money and really easy to do, some- PERIOD FROM TO MINUTES viewed for this article. times I even steal the CD from someone Period 3 EXAM 8:30 10:45 135 Bootlegging was once a term associ- who already has it and make a thousand ated with illegally producing and dis- copies and sell them for two bucks a LUNCH A 10:45 11:15 30 tributing alcohol, but today it is equated piece,” James Gavenau said.

December 7, 2005 Period 4A EXAM 11:20 1:24 124 with media theft. There are those who act as Switzer- The general public has access to just land in the great war of bootlegging and Period 4B EXAM 10:51 11:05 14 about every kind of media, from CDs to stay nuetral. LUNCH B 11:05 11:35 30 DVDs. Aselect few even know how to “I don’t really care one way or anoth- Period 4B EXAM 11:40 1:24 104 obtain unreleased materials. er, I don’t buy or sell bootlegged mer- “I bootleg all the time, me and my two chandise, so it doesn’t really effect me,” other brothers ‘Tom’ and ‘Duke’, CD’s Kloe Return said. Period 4C EXAM 10:51 11:25 34 and DVD’s mostly, but sometimes we And then there are those that bootleg LUNCH C 11:25 11:55 30 do tests for classes and sell them to peo- solely for the wads of cash to be made Period 4C EXAM 12:00 1:24 124 ple that didn’t study or read the book,” through bootlegging. John Diddy said. “I bootleg everything that will make Period 4D EXAM 10:51 11:45 54 Everyone has their own views on boot- money. More money comes into my LUNCH D 11:45 12:15 30 legging and whether or not it is wrong to wallet than leaves out, so I always have Period 4D EXAM 12:20 1:24 64 do. money,” Mason Rindo said. “Bootlegging is morally wrong and Bootlegging is a growing epidemic Period 7 EXAM 1:30 3:45 135 hurts the people who you are bootleg- that is covering campuses across the ging material from,” Molly Jemison world. said. BHS EXAM BELL SCHEDULE Thursday, December 15, 2005 EXAMS 2 & 6 EXAMS Do you think it is okay to burn music PERIOD FROM TO MINUTES CDs and movie DVDs? Period 2 EXAM 8:30 10:30 120

100 Period 6 EXAM 10:36 12:36 120 90 LUNCH 12:36 80 70 60 50 BHS EXAM BELL SCHEDULE 40 30 Friday, December 16, 2005 EXAMS 5 & 1 EXAMS 20 10 PERIOD FROM TO MINUTES 0 24%1 76% 91%2 9% Period 5 EXAM 8:30 10:30 120 Yes No Yes No Period 1 EXAM 10:36 12:36 120 Teachers Students LUNCH 12:36 Have You?

90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 52%1 48% 88%2 12% Have Not Have Not Teachers Students Feature 3 Top Ten Things To Do Over The Holidays! December 7, 2005 Hilary Francis Once thoroughly cleaned, purchase Santa are all fun activities for friend, hoods singing Christmas songs. You Co-editor about 100 lbs of ice and start churning co-worker, or can also visit nursing homes and hos- Holidays are a time for celebrations in through. Now you have your Texas family par- pitals to bring homemade cards and and feasts, parties and fun. Christmas “snow substitute.” Form the body and ties. Make treats as well as a song or two. “Jingle is no different. This year, whether add a scarf, buttons, coal, and a carrot sure to have Bells” and “Silent Night” are a couple you’re leaving to visit family or stay- stick. Once you have your snowman some ‘Rein- of favorite songs. Just make sure you ing in town, make the festivities spar- complete, you can enjoy any of the left deer Mix’ remember all the lyrics! kle with hope and joy. over “materials” by adding a little fla- and wassail lWatch a Christmas drama. Take Instead of napping or watching Nick- voring. for snacks. a trip to Houston to watch “The Nut- elodeon, use your free time to help oth- lGo shopping. If you don’t mind lWatch the classic Christmas cracker” at the Hous- ers or spend time with friends. Here fighting the crowds, spend an - after movies. When the weather turns blus- ton Ballet or “The are a few examples of some fun and noon shopping for others (or spend- tery and you don’t feel like leaving the Christmas Carol” at entertaining Christmas break ideas. ing the money you received). You house, light a fire in your fireplace, Alley Theatre. Both can find great sales at most malls and make some hot cocoa, and pop in your theatres are performing stores throughout the Bryan/ College favorite Christmas movies. Some fa- throughout the months Station area. How- vorite titles include How The Grin- of November and De- ever, you might want ch Stole Christmas, Charlie Brown cember. This outing is a great date to wait until the rush Christmas, It’s a idea or fun group event. Return home is over to return any Wonderful Life, for some ice-skating at Artic Wolf for unwanted items. Home Alone, only $10 per person plus skate rentals. lGo see Christmas lights. If you Stock up on wrap- Santa Clause, lDecorate your house. Deck the don’t mind spending a few bucks, you ping paper and bows for next season! Rudolph the Red halls, adorn the banisters, and hang can drive down to Santa’s Wonderland lVolunteer. Check with local shel- Nosed Reindeer, your stockings. Go to a live tree farm in College Station. Get some friends ters and the Salvation Army to see and Elf. and pick out your own evergreen. together and chip in for a hayride— where you can help. Bring donations lBake Christmas cookies. Pull out String popcorn and yarn on its branch- only $8 per person. Christmas mov- or spend time preparing or serving your Santa, snowman, and candy cane es like your grand- ies are also shown on their big outdoor meals to those in need. Bring cookie cutters out and spend an after- parents used to do. screen. For a cheaper version of this toys to families unable to noon with a younger sibling or cousin Or, catch up with fun activity, drive around the Bryan/ provide holiday spirit to baking sugar cookies. Decorate with the newest trend, College Station area through various their children. Visit with the icing and sprinkles for a unique touch. upside-down trees neighborhoods to view their festive elderly in nursing homes who won’t Share them with all your friends and to fill your living light displays. be spending this Christmas with their family as a holiday room. Decorate the lBuild a families. With your help a smile can treat. Don’t forget windows with paper snowflakes and snowman. Dig be brought to someone who would to leave some out hang lights outside. Place a festive through all your normally be devoid of Christmas joy. with a glass of wreath on your front door. Don’t forget old toys to find lThrow a Christmas party. Invite milk for Santa on to hang the mistletoe in a place where that Snoopy snow friends and family over for an evening the 24th. you can get that Christmas kiss! cone maker you of fun. Play games, exchange gifts, and lGo caroling. On a clear, star filled We wish you a merry Christmas and loved so much give thanks for a safe holiday season. night, bundle up and join a chorus of a Happy New Year! as a small child. Potluck, White Elephant, and Secret carolers to stroll around neighbor- See you in 2006! What tradition does your family take part in over the holidays?

“Read the Christmas “We have a potluck story from the Bible on dinner at my Grand- Christmas Day.” ma’s.” Tyler Alberson, 9 Georgette Toliver, 12

“Las Posadas” - go to “My family always “Open one gift on each house and pray goes to see a movie on Christmas Eve.” and sing.” Christmas Day.” Stephanie Smith, 11 Julio Lara, 12 Lauren Wells, 12 4 Opinions Lettersto

Dear Santa, Santa time of getting up, standing I would also like my suspen- get what I ask for I might be- Wuz up Santa. What’s rein a long line, and then seeing sion upgrades for my car so I gin to doubt if there really is a Dear Santa, ally good? Do you really want my face when I’m disgusted at can be throwed. Santa. Hope you have had a good December 7, 2005 to know what I want you to what they gave me. Mr. Steadly Sincerely, year! get me for Christmas? I want I haven’t been that bad this Yazmin De La Rosa Things have been a bit rough a first class ticket home back year and I would love it if you Dear Santa, here in the south. We have ex- to Louisiana and a miracle. If got it right this year. Well, This year I am trying not to Santa my dearest, perienced a couple of hurri- you can get everything back hope you get this!!! be selfish and for once in my How is it possible for me to canes that have left thousands to normal so I can spend the Jessica Holt life I am writing you to actu- be so ripped and good looking without homes and without holidays with my friends and P.S. Only Money!!! ally ask for something for my and still be single? possessions. family, that would be nice. parents, which will not only Whatever the reason is, my They won’t have their fa- Tiffany Wilkes Dear Santa, benefit them, but it will also loneliness is getting a little old miliar Christmas tree, or or- I really do appreciate all that benefit me! and I think it is time for a girl- naments, or stockings to fill Dear Santa, you do for the kids in need of The one thing I want to ask friend. this year. Those things were I want lots and lots of mon- toys. you for, and I know it will be Not just anyone will do, I’ve washed away or ruined with ey. Any real gifts that I get this You really do bring joy and the greatest and most proper got my heart set on one girl. the flood waters. These folks year will probably be disap- laughter to everybody’s faces. gift for them would be three Her name is Abduelya, my will not be able to have a “nor- pointing, or just something I But if you don’t mind and years of free gas! princess. I find her 1988 Plym- mal” Christmas. really don’t want. you’re not too busy, could Although I don’t have a car, outh Sundance and her exotic With that in mind I am go- If I have money I can save it you please get me an all black this benefits me because now butterfuly collection simply ing to ask you to just keep the for something later, or spend it Chrysler 300? my parents won’t have an irresistible. gifts you would have dropped on whatever I want. Love, excuse to not take me some- There is a slight language off at my house. Usually when people ask Denita Ellis where. barrier, but we will overcome Give them to the people who you what you want they go I’ve been trying not to be that. lost their homes and property out and buy either the exact Dear Santa, naughty and I am actually All I want for Christmas is during the hurricanes. opposite or a remake of what I would like it to be krunk to thinking about people other Abduelya. In fact, I’m thinking you I really want. wear an ID at school so I don’t than myself; I hope you notice Travis Whitley should skip over all of us who So this saves everyone the have to be the ID Nazi in the this. “have” and give our gifts to confusion and their precious halls anymore. If I must confess, I am really Dear Santa, the “have-nots”. tired of always getting shoes, Just so you know, I’ve al- I’m sure everyone would clothes, and computer stuff ways believed that you were understand! for Christmas. I’m sorry, but real. Every year I leave milk Mrs. Richards it gets kind of boring after a and cookies right next to the while. fire place. Dear Santa, Bryan High School I would much rather have I like totally loved the bath- I have been very good this 3450 Campus Drive, Bryan, TX 77802 something that I will actually ing suit you go me last year, it year. Please bring me a lot of toys this year. Volume 35, No. 3 enjoy. was like totally awesome. I’ve been a good girl this Maybe even a puppy. Co-editors So the other thing that I am asking you for is a $2000 shop- year, Santa, and there is some- I promise to be really really Hilary Francis and Jennifer Haynie ping spree. I think you should thing that I really want. good. Staff really give me this since you I hope this is not asking for Thank you, Mr. Santa. Erica Caroll, Jason Galindo, Elisa Santana, haven’t gotten me anything too much, but I really want a Love, Blair Whitley, Travis Whitley that I really wanted in the past duck for Christmas. Suzy Saylak Adviser three years. I have been doing research Rebecca Dominy Remember that Porshe I on ducks and I realized that Dear Santa, The Norseman is a publication produced by the Advanced Journalism News- asked for? I didn’t get it. they are so pretty! This Christmas I would real- paper Production class at Bryan High School. The opinions expressed are Remember the convertible Oh please Santa give me a ly like to have you come down those of the author and do not represent the opinion of the faculty, staff or Eclipse I asked for the next duck for Christmas, it’s the my chimney and FINALLY administration of Bryan High School. Letters to the editor are welcome and eat all the cookies and milk may be delivered to Rm. 6160 or the Blue Campus Office. year? Yeah, that didn’t happen last thing that I’ll ever ask Member-UIL Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) either. for. that I leave you! Winner of the ILPC Award of Distinguished Merit 1998-99, 1999-2000, This year though, I’m hop- Best Friends Forever Since I was a little girl you 2001-02, 2002-03; Silver Star, 2001-02. ing for a change, and if I don’t Sara Watkins would come down and give Opinions 5 me my presents, but you never cause I would be able to take due to the constant burning calling me Hermione Granger. with the Baylor Bears Women December 7, 2005 eat the cookies. people places because I would fires, not to mention the face Happy Holidays, Santa. National Champion Basket- I know that they were al- have an extended cab truck. of a well-known Azkaban es- I must run, I think Filch is ball Team, a block 1st period ways burnt and the milk was Marshal Field capee emerging from the em- coming…or was that Peeves next semester, 22 new pairs of usually a little spoiled, but this bers to talk to a certain student the Poltergeist? Appareo! shoes (heels, boots, personal- year if you could take them it Dear Santa, from time to time. Amelia B. Amortentia ized K-Swiss and wedges), 24 would mean a lot to me! I think I’ve been a pretty So, like I said, gifts by owl Hogwarts Castle new DVDs, a ninja turtles bed Oh and I’d like The Sims 2: good boy. (I ain’t start no would be spectacular. House of Gryffindor set and finally Dutch choco- Nightlife game for PCs. beef with nobody in like two I would like to receive the late ice cream with hot fudge Love, months). So I think my wish following items, lest you wish Dear Santa, and oreos with a tall mocha Ashley Rychetsky list should be pretty reason- to be transfigured into a ferret All I want for Christmas is frapachino to drink. able and easy for you. (girls can be very catty, you my two front teeth. Thanks Dear Santa, I think it would be dope if know): I know you already gave me Dr. Desi Johnson c/o 2006 I want a RAZR, scooter that I got them new 13” Lexanni two front teeth, but I want two is. All my friends have had Muranio Fazanni wheels, 1) An owl (white with brown better ones. Dear Santa, one for many years, and I have wrapped in Goodyear robber. spots, a girl) I was going to ask you for I want a pony and a little felt left out because when they I think it would be clean on 2) New dress robes for the those teeth two years ago, but pink tu-tu. go out to race their scooters, I my new pre-owned ‘86 Chevy Yule Ball (and a date too, if it the first year I wanted my head Sorry I burned that cat, but have to sit and watch on my Caviler. isn’t too much) to be bigger because I had a he’s okay and his ear will bike...a true thing of the past. I would also like for my 3) Hand-knitted sweater by big gap, two huge ears and a grow back. So please Santa, make me self-titled debut album “E- Weasley Originals little head. I also want a real puppy and the hip kid I want to be by giv- Flo the Krooked” to go triple 4) Cauldron (10 litres) Santa, I’m trying to be a la- a llama for my new baby sis- ing me a RAZR-scooter that Aluminum and for me to be a 5) Wizard’s Chess and Ex- dies man, please fix my teeth. ter. is. nominee for BET’s Newcom- ploding Snap Love While you’re at it please Love er of the year. 6) Firebolt Broomstick George Lee Jr. bring me some chickens so I Tim Light This would really jump my 7) Floo Powder P.S. Can I please have a cell can make my own eggs. career for sure. So, show me 8) Assortment of candy (in- phone too so that girls can call Felecia Ferguson Dear Santa, some love, Claus and help a cluding but not limited to, me? Please bring me a prepaid brother out. Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Dear Santa, gas credit card. I would also Holla, Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Dear Santa, I want a Mini Cooper and a like good grades for ALL my Eric Flores “E-Flo” Cockroach Clusters, Ice Mice, This Christmas I would like pony, a lump of coal, a TV, a students and lots of chocolate Jelly Slugs, Drooble’s Best a special gift, a gift that can’t puppy and a pool. for my friends. Dear Santa, Blowing Gum, Fizzing Whiz- be wrapped in a box. I’ve been really nice this In return, please find your It’s been an eventful last few bees, and Acid Pops) I would love to be as gifted year and I’ve only fought with favorite snacks by the fire- months at Hogwarts School of 9) Fanged Frisbee, Screaming in football as anyone in the my brother five times. place - don’t forget the rein- Witchcraft and Wizardry. yo-yo and Omnioculars NFL. Sincerely, deer treats! I have been behaving splen- 10) Smart-Answer Quills I’d like to be the best run- Kate Vargas Mrs. Thurmond didly, and therefore wish to 11) Self-Shuffling Playing ning back ever. receive a few items for the Cards Justin Bennett Dear Mr. Claus, Dear Santa, holidays. 12) Most Recent Weird Sisters This senior year has found This year for Christmas I Due to the fact that I will Album Dear Santa, me extremely stressed out. To would like to receive a new be staying on the Hogwarts 13) Headless Hat I am the last of my siblings relax I would like a jacuzzi, truck with a V-8 motor. grounds this year to attend the 14) Stuffed Lion to graduate and I would like unlimited manicures and pedi- I would also like money so I Yule Ball, you shall simply 15) And most importantly, to be a little selfish in this let- cures and yoga classes. can pay for gas. have to send my gifts by owl Harry Potter ter of objects to receive from I would also like the Enya If I could get these things this year. you. CD as well as one of those for Christmas it would be cool As you are most certainly I hope that wasn’t too much, So here it goes...I would ocean sounds CDs to help me because I could drive around aware, you cannot apparate I tried to make it seem like less like some roses for my birth- relax even more. in a nice vehicle and drive for or dissapparate from or to the by putting several items by the day (December 13), an unlim- A fluffy bathrobe to wear free because I would have gas outside of the school. number. Extra points for be- ited amount of sourpatch wa- while I am getting my pedi- money. I am not quite sure the coming clever, right? I mean, at termelon bites, Big Red soda cures would be great. This would also be cool be- mon room fireplaces are safe, this rate, you could even start pop, Big Red gum, a picture Hilary Francis Letters toSanta 6 In-Depth Society Allows Movie Standards to Weaken Jennifer Haynie sity of Buffalo, Elayne Rapping said, “we have be- signed for children can contain strong elements that Co-editor come increasingly desensitized, so [entertainment] may not be appropriate for the targeted audience. Some people might remember the “good ol’ days”, has to be more and more visually exciting.” Even Spike TV, a network channel for men, can when a soda pop from the corner store only cost you For example, in Disney’s new box office hit be on the questionable side with shows like Ren and 25 cents or when you and all the members in your Chicken Little, the octopus-armed alien robots who Stimpy, which was once featured on Nickelodeon, a family (including your grandparents) could sit down demolish a cornfield and use their lazer-gaze to zap kid’s network owned by MTV. and watch a movie without having to feel violated. away the poor town’s animal citizens are just a tool Family Guy, King of the Hill, The Simpsons, South

December 7, 2005 However, over the years, standards Park, and Adult Swim may not be have become more relaxed allowing intended for young viewers but be- things into ratings that once upon a cause of the appealing animation time would have been viewed as scan- such audiences may watch anyway. dalous. The movies Shrek I & II This is made apparent today in mov- and even Finding Nemo, which are ies like A Knight’s Tale, Titanic, and intended for children, contain some What Women Want, all which have un- crude humor or potentially upset- eccessary parts in the film that, if left ting characters, which children may out, would not destroy the effect of the need to discuss with their parents in movie. order to help them process the con- Overall these films are good, and tent. many people find them harmless enter- So it is obvious that our tainment. “good for all audiences” features But it is the certain scenes in movies need to be researched, by parents, that are irrelavant to the main plot that beyond the mandated ratings. continue to jade our society to explicit interactions. to make the film more appealing. A group of parents on the Classification and Rat- Whatever happened to movies like Please Don’t Another cultural allusion in Chicken Little is to ing Administration preview movies and give it a rat- Eat the Daisies with Doris Day or that timeless Star Girls Gone Wild, and in Wallace and Gromit the ing symbol based on certain criteria they feel most Wars? heroine holds two large melons chest high. American parents can agree to. However, it is not up Although movie standards have evolved over time One Harvard study concluded that are “more than to just this greoup to monitor what children watch. to parallel today’s permissive social values, slowly, half of all G-rated animated features showed charac- Perhaps one day people will return to watching too, has the content in animated television. ters using alcohol or tobacco.” movies that are truly wholesome. Professor of film history and theory at the Univer- Animated television shows that seemingly de- Do you think the movies that tar- Film Rating Boundaries get children today have more adult The rating system went into ef- scenes of drug use are absent; nu- NC-17 designated does not, how- fect November 1, 1968 and is a dity, if present, is seen only briefly, ever, signify that the rated film is content in them than they did ten voluntary system sponsored by horror and violence do not exceed obscene or pornographic. years ago? the Motion Picture Association of moderate levels. American and the National Asso- *PG-13-Parents Strongly Cau- ciation of Theatre Owners. tioned. Rough or persistent vio- A specially designed commit- lence is absent; sexually-oreiented 7% No tee called the Film Rating Board nudity is generally abdent; some of the Classification and Rating scenes of drug use may be seen; Administration, made up of par- one use of the harsher sexually de- ents, view movies and decide what rived words may be heard. rating they feel most appropriate *R-Restricted-Under 17 requires based on this criteria: accompanying parent or adult gaurdian (age varies in some loca- *G-General Audience. All ages tions). An R may be assigned due admitted. Nudity, sex scenes, and to, among other things, a film’s use scenes of drug use are absent; of language. theme, violence, sex, violence is minimal; snippets of or its portrayal of drug use. dialouge may go beyond polite *NC-17-No One 17 and Under 93% Yes conversation but do not go beyond Admitted. The film may contain common everyday expression. explicit sex scenes, an accmulation *PG-Parental Guidance Sug- of sexually-oriented language, or *120 students gested. Explicit sex scenes and scenes of excessive violence. The surveyed Sports 7 December 7, 2005 8 Entertainment A ‘Sand Storm’ of Excitement Jennifer Haynie/Travis Whitley being chased by foreign mili- Derailed at the Box Office Co-editor/Staff writer tary. Erica Carroll Sahara, based on the novel However, the entire time Staff writer by Clive Cussler, hit the big was not spent trying to save screen April 8th, 2005. their lives. Genre: Thriller The guys run into Eva (Pe- The movie tells the story of Run Time: 1 hour 50 minutes nelope Cruz) who is a doctor Rating: R - for strong disturbance, violence, two best friends Dirk (Mat- searching for the root of a le- thew McConaughey) and language and some sexuailty. thal disease. Summery: Derailed tells the story of a suc- Al (Steve T h e

December 7, 2005 cessful advertising executive, Lucinda (Jenni- Zahn) who three team work for an up in order fer Aniston) and a loyal family man, Charles underwa- to accom- (Clive Owen) who meet on a train. After just ter salvage plish each minutes of flirting with each other the two end team. goal creat- up having an affair. Soon both of their lives are W h e n ing the ac- turned upside down when a psycopath begins tion, thrill, they’re not to torment them and scam a lot of money from love, and surfacing Charles. s u s p e n s e Review: Honestly, it didn’t take long to figure lost trea- that makes sure the out the entire movie. Derailed reminded me of Sahara a stereotypical movies where two people, who duo spends great movie. their time are married, are having an adulturous affair looking for T h o u g h and are then tormented by some other factor, a 150 year s o m e w h a t in this case the psyco who threatens to reveal old Iron predictable their secret. I think Aniston could have done a Clad war and unreal- better job of acting in her first attempt at a non- istic, Sahara ship called comedic movie. Although I wouldn’t waste my has something for every audi- the Texas. money to see this movie at the theater, I would ence member. say that it would be an acceptable movie to The search takes them all This film is definately worth the way to the Sahara Desert rent when it comes out on DVD if you have a rental for a night of genuine some sort of monthly movie pass. where they find themselves entertainment. True + Real = Trill Johnson: an Inspring Combination Jason Galindo and boring, the same can’t be said for Blair Whitley Johnson has put out three CD’s, Staff writer Mannie Fresh’s beats, who incorper- Staff writer Brushfire Fairytales, On and On, and Bun B’s first solo release from UGK, ates piano and other insturments that Jack Johnson’s style is a combina- In Between Dreams and has been fea- Trill was definately not overrated. are rare for beat making. tion of love songs and beach inspired tured on several different soundtracks. Aside from the CD not having the best The top five best tracks from Trill music. If you are looking for a CD to listen beats ever, the album was lyrically are “Draped Up”, “I’m Fresh”, What Johnson has recently risen in the to after a stressful day or just another sound. I Represent”, “I’m ranks of the music one to add to your Bun B put out Ballin” and “Get world with his new- collection, then 17 tracks with Throwed”. est CD release In you have found help from Man- Although Trill Between Dreams. your match and I nie Fresh, Slim is marked for ex- My personal fa- doubt you will be Thug, Z-RO, plicit lyrics, the vorite on this album disappointed. Mike Jones, language is kept is “Better Togeth- Jack Johnson T.I. and many to a minimum. er.” is most appreci- others to make Other picks I love the lyrics ated when driv- Trill one of the for the year in- and the melody as ing around town hardest hitting clude: Z-RO’s Johnson sings about with the windows albums of the Let the Truth be how much better down while the year. Told and Mike life is with his soulmate. sun is setting. From Bun Jones’ Who is His musical interest began to devel- In Between Dreams is available at B’s diversity in Mike Jones? op when he was 14, while living on the most retail stores. word choice and the stories he tells Both of those picks are soundtracks north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. This CD is one of my personal favor- through them, he creates a great album and contain a slew of tracks featuring His music career got started by writ- ites and would make a great Christmas that is worth the $15.00 it sells for. top artists as well as great beats and in- ing music for surf videos and then present for just about anyone. Although most of the beats are tired spiring lyrics. moving on to his own path.