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E-board hears 56 election claims

Debate: 4 of Hayes' claims heard by E-board
Tuesday; Robinson withdraws his claims

By Sara Cunningham

STAFF WRHER

Of the 35 election violation
claims tiled by Ben Haves. run-
ner-up for Student Government
president. the Election Board of
Claims heard only four of them
at its Tuesday hearing.

Election (‘laims investiga-
tor Mike Hamilton brought only

those claims he thought should
be further researched before the
E-board

“My job is to examine
whether good cause has been
shown that a violation oc-
curred." Hamilton said.

Hamilton also chose not to
bring one of 80 President Tim
Robinson‘s four claims before
the E-board. This particular

claim was the one that Robinson
thought was the most relevant.
and its absence led him to with-
draw all of his claims

“I don't think the others
merit the disqualiﬁcation of
anyone." he said. “This is what
any plaintiff should do,"

Hamilton did not act on be
half of either side but as a "facil-
itator" presenting each claim.
Each side was then able to re»
spond to the claims heard by
the E-board.

The E~board first discussed
Hayes‘ claim that the Robinson

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Issues: Candidates talk about college town,
ensuring young people stay in Lexington

By Alonso Soto Joya

STAFF WRITER

With primaries on the rise.
the four mayoral candidates
took center stage Tuesday night
to debate in one of the most
competitive Lexington mayoral
elections in more than 10 years.

The competition is fierce
because Mayor Pam Miller is
stepping down after holding the
ofﬁce for the past 10 years.

The two-hour debate did
not attract many of Lexington‘s
younger residents. leaving
more than half the seats in the
Kentucky Theatre empty.

Despite the lack of a young

crowd. all four of the candi-
dates Scott Crosbie. Jim
Gray. Teresa Isaac and Ann
Ross . gave their opinions on
issues concerning students and
young professionals.

The college town project. a
joint program to revitalize
downtown and bring more busi-
nesses close to UK. was one of
the topics ofdiscussion.

While the candidates had
different perspectives about is-
sues in Lexington. all agreed on
attracting and keeping young
professionals in the area and
working more closely with UK.

"Young people are the life
of the city." said Gray. a con-

The Student Newspaper at the University of entuch

struction executive. who also
compared young people to the
blood of businesses. “We have
to prevent the hemorrhage. cre-
ate vital urban centers and re
activate downtown."

Isaac. an LCC professor.
mentioned many of lIK's
achievements in cancer re-
search. saying that a joint effort
between the university and the
city was needed and a critical
aspect to developing Lexington

“Lexington has the poten-
tial to be an intellectual capital
We need to encourage more
participation with UK."
Isaac said.

Ross. former vice mayor.
said the city is currently going
through exciting times because
of the college town
project.

“We need to keep people in-

campaign hung signs on city
telephone poles. violating city
ordinances.

Mike McDonner, a second-
year law student speaking on
behalf of Hayes. said Robinson
should be held accountable even
if he was not punished by
the city.

“Once again we ﬁnd Robin-
son breaking laws. We need
someone to be a good represen-
tative of UK." McDonner said.

E-board members heard the
claim that Robinson was allowed
to stamp and hang his campaign

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formed and use university re-
sources." Ross said. “We've got
a university at our
back door."

Crosbie. a UK graduate and
Urban County Councilmanat-
large. said his participation in
the university as a two time
member of the Board of
Trustees gives him a more per-
sonal connection to UK and is a
strong aspect of his campaign.

Crosbie served on the
board when he was the Student
Govemment president. Crosbie
also said his current involve-
ment with the local government
is also helpful to his campaign.

“I‘m a strong advocate to
develop a partnership with the
university.“ Crosbie said.
“There is an opportunity to
make a long lasting relation-
ship with UK."

posters before the other candi-
dates. Robinson said the claim
was unfounded and that the con-
stitution was followed —~ his
group just arrived first.

“This is just to conjure up
some conspiracy that's not
there." Robinson said.

Hayes‘ also claimed Robin-
son used SG resources. includ-
ing a cell phone and the SG of—
fices. for his campaign. Robin-
son said this was also untrue.

The last claim heard was
that Robinson violated copy-
right laws by using the Daft

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Punk song "One More Time" on
his campaign Web site. Robins
son said his site did not use the
entire song. and that it falls un-
der the educational exception.
Both sides were conﬁdent
the E-board would decide in
their favor. A written decision
is expected in the next few days.
but Hayes said he expects the
debate to continue. :
“We fully expect to go to the
Supreme Court.“ Hayes said:
“Maybe then we can bring up
some of the other claims that
weren‘t brought up here."

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ponder'

downtown move ‘

Proposal: Law, business schools may relocate
to new buildings; response has been positive

By Kristi Martl_n

SYAW WRlTER

A proposal to move the UK
College of Law closer to down-
town Lexington is getting posi-
tive reaction from the school’s
administration, faculty and
students.

The study, released Friday
by Ayers Saint Gross. a Balti-
more. Md. consulting firm. sug-
gests that the College of Law
should be relocated to a new
building on the corner of Rose
Street and Euclid Avenue. near
Memorial Coliseum.

UK College of Law Dean Al-
lan Vestal said he welcomes the
idea. “(This) is a possibility
worth looking into." he said.

The study recommends a
closer link between the UK
campus and downtown
Lexington.

The proximity of the new
site to downtown would make
the College of Law more acces~
sible for Lexington lawyers and
some students.

“Moving the college closer
to downtown would make it
easier for students because
many work in law ofﬁces in the
area." said Steve Barnes, a sec-
ond-year law student.

The law school's potential
new location would also create
more foot traﬂic in the area for
other aspects of the college
town plan. but the buildings
would be constructed on exist-

ing campus parking lots.

To compensate for the lost
parking spaces. a multi-story
parking garage would be built
on campus and funded by UK.

Allison Connelly. director
of the UK Legal Clinic. said she
welcomes the move but has
reservations about the parking
issue.

“A move for the College of
Law would be a good idea if
there is enough parking to ac-
commodate clients of the clin-
ic," she said. “Our program is
here to serve people and we
need to be able to provide ser»
vices for those clients; in partic-
ular. a place to park when they
are using our services."

The UK Legal Clinic would
share a new building with the
College of Law. Currently. the
clinic and law school are in sep-
arate locations.

And the College of Law
would not be the only UK
school moving.

The plan also relocates
UK's College of Business and
Economics to the same area. to
a new building between Martin
Luther King Boulevard and
Rose Street,

Vestal said he is positive
about moving closer to
downtown.

“Moving law and business
within proximity of each other
is an interesting idea and one
that should be looked at very
closely." he said.

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Director to leave for similar job in 5.6.

l‘aul Willis. who has been l'K's library tlrrec
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NATIONAL NEWS

Group OKs lawsuit against Cincinnati

t‘th‘lNN.\'l‘l 'l‘he tinal group unanimous
ly approyed a proposed settlement Tuesday of a
year old lawsuit that accused t‘mcinnatt police
of harassing black people for decades Scott
Greenwood. counsel for the American t‘ivil Lib
erties I'nion in Ohio. said the agreement allows
police to have a voice when it comes to police
community relations and allows for verifiable
«necks on uses of police power. All 27 members
of the .\(‘I.l' in Ohio who voted on the tentative
deal approved it. The At‘ll' was the fourth and
final party to approve the proposed settlement
rear herl last week.

Clergy speak out against displays
N \SII\'II.I.I~I. Tenn. Ten t‘onimandments
iizsiilays are inappropriate on government prop-
erty because they "seek in some ways to dictate a
religaiitf‘ the leader of an interdenommational
erg lll/iillttl‘. of clergy said Tuesday The right
places for such displays are in homes and
viiza‘i fies. said Rabbi Kenneth Kantor. president
1 tin (Entertain .-\ssociation. Due to :t growing
.:‘.terest among counties to display the commaiul
merits. t‘oyenant Association leaders gathered at
fire Vanderbilt University Divmity School to
show llii'll‘ opposition. The association repre
\t‘l‘il.‘ about 00 Middle Tennessee congregations.

25 charged in charity scams

NEW YORK Twenty-five people were
t‘l‘illl';‘.t‘ll Tuesday \\ ith using a variety ofschemes
to steal nearly 8130.000 from charities helping
\ return ot the World Trade (‘enter attack Those
‘hargi-d included a 48~yearold homeless man

Secretary of State
Colin Powell said
Tuesday he would
meet wrth
Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat as
well as Israeli
Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon this
week. and be
altered US. obser-
vers to monitor a
truce he hoped to
broker. Powell said
he was optimistic
his intensrve round
of meetings could
lead to neqotra‘
trons to create a
Palestinian state
alongsrde Israel.
"Time :5 of the
essence" for end-
ing Middle East vio-
lence. Powell said
after meeting wrth
Egyptian Presrdent
Hosnr Mubarak. He
is seeking greater
Arab participation
in the peace pro-
cess as well as an
Immediate end to
Israel‘s military
ottensrve. It was
the first time
Powell had said
expressly that he
would meet Arafat
during his trip to
israel, where he
arrives Thursday
night and plans
talks with both
Sides through the
weekend. The
Palestinian leader
has been isolated
by lsraeli forces in
his headquarters in
the West Bank city
of Ramallah. Israel
said it wouldn‘t try
to stop the Powell-
Aratat meeting.
Powell said he had
spoken to Sharon
on Tuesday and the
lsraeii had reiterat-
ed “his commit-
ment to bring this
to an end as quick
as he can."

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help him steal more than $100,000 from the Red
(‘ross and another charity. Safe Horizon. Since
Sept 11. 76 people have been charged with
similar scams.

Space shuttle heads into orbit

SPACE (‘l-INTER. Houston Space shuttle
Atlantis zoomed toward the international space
station Tuesday on a journey to deliver the sta-
tion's backbone a “foot-long girder that is
the foundation for further expansion of the orbit-
ing outpost. Monday‘s launch of Atlantis and its
crew of seven astronauts was filled with drama
right to the very end. Stiff wmd at the launch
pad in Florida threatened to further delay the
start of Atlantis' llvday mission.

NYC mayor says he liked smoking pot

NEW YORK Mayor Michael Bloomberg
stares out from the full-page ad in The New York
’l‘imes. a quote bubble emerging from his mouth.
The (tattle “You bet I did. And I enjoyed it." The
question. whether he had ever smoked marijua-
na. Bloomberg‘s remark. made to a New York
magazine reporter last year before he was electv
ed mayor. has become the centerpiece of an ad
vocacy group‘s advertising campaign urging
New York (‘ity to stop arresting and jailing peo-
ple for smoking marijuana. The 8500.000 cam—
paign will feature bus shelter signs and tele~
phone booth posters carrying the quote.

Study: Pill promises to prevent cancer

SAN FRANCISCO . , A pill long used around
the world to treat dry mouth may help protect
against lung cancer in lifelong smokers. a study
found. The drug appears especially promising
for former smokers. who still face a higherthan-
usual risk of lung cancers years after they quit.
The preliminary study. released Tuesday. found
that the medicine reduced the risk of new or
worsening precancerous growths in the lungs of
longtime smokers by about 22 percent (hiring six
months of use. Experts say largescale testing
will be necessary to show that the approach tru-
Iy lowers the risk of lung cancer. but they say
the latest findings make biological sense.

Gov't credit cards used at casino

WASHINGTON A Interior Department em-
ployees used governmentissued credit cards to
pay their rent. withdraw money at casinos and
buy jewelry and furniture. an audit found. Al-
most three-quarters of the department's 79.000
workers have government credit cards. and the
agency‘s inspector general found myriad prob-
lems with use and oversight. Some 1.116 forlner
Interior employees still had active charge card
accounts. but the report found no evidence of ac-
tivity on them. Some reviews of purchases “were
done inadequately or in a perfunctory matter.
some were not done on a regular basis. and some
were not done at all."

Study: Change attitudes on drinking
WASHINGTON A study showing 1.400

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Christina Ricci says
she learned how to
be an anorexic in
her teens by
watching TV
movies about
eating disorders -
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from such behav-
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college students are killed each year in alcohol-
related accidents should change the views of
people who see drinking on campus as little
more than a rite of passage. researchers and uni-
versity officials said Tuesday. The federally ap-
pointed task force that issued the report plans to
distribute the study to college presidents. along
wrth findings about which anti-drinking strate-
gies work and which don’t. Task force members
stressed a need for colleges and communities to
work together to ﬁght what they called the “cul
ture of drinking" at US. colleges.

INTERNATIONAL NENS-

Palestinian gunmen kill 13 in ambush

.IENIN. West Bank Palestinians am-
bushed Israeli troops in the cramped quarters of
a West Bank refugee camp Tuesday. setting off a
suicide bomb trap in a narrow alley and firing
on soldiers in a courtyard. the military said.
Thirteen Israelis were killed. the biggest blow to
the army in its West Bank offensive. The careful-
ly planned double attack in the Jenin refugee
camp also wounded nine Israeli soldiers. A mili-
tary spokesman said a rapid series of blasts went
off in the alley one of them detonated by a sui‘
cide bomber and collapsed part of a building
on several soldiers. Defying U.S. demands that
Israel's lZ-day-old campaign wrap up without de-
lay. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed “Opera-
tion Defensive Shield" will go on until it fulfils
its mission “the destruction of the infrastruc—
ture of the terror groups,"

Karzai vows to rebuild Buddha statues

BAMIYAN. Afghanistan - A year after the
Taliban blew up two towering ancient Buddha
statues. Afghan leader Hamid Karzai promised
Tuesday to rebuild them. calling their destruc-
tion "a national tragedy." Funding the project
will be no small task for this nation’s bankrupt
administration. But the interim prime minister
said rebuilding the statues was part of recon-
structing Afghanistan. a nation devastated by
war for over two decades.

Compiled from wire reports

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that the grade definition changes were because
of grade inﬂation. The changes were due to a dif-
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Harambee celebration pulls
black graduates together

Recognition: Event's sponsors hope to applaud
seniors, improve UK atmosphere for minorities

By Nicole Foster

STAFF WRITER

Members of the National
Association of Black Social
Workers and the Black Student
Union are “pulling together" to
host a celebration for all graduv
ating black seniors.

“We wanted to honor the
seniors and bring everyone to-
gether." said Veleshai Smith.
president of NABSW.

Organizers were inspired
for the celebration at a national
convention where a Harambee
celebration was held.

MESSAGE

Yale to reimburse drug 0

In Swahili terms, Haram-
bee means "pulling together"
and that's what the event‘s 0r-
ganizers hope will result.

“The celebration that we
have is an adaptation of that
and it serves as a rite of pas-
sage." Smith said.

Seniors will be recognized
for their efforts and given a
chance to interact with other
students and their families. Af-
terwards. a party will be held
for the graduating seniors.

Smith said UK is in dire
need of an event like this.

“Although UK has a di-
verse student population. it is
still very separate here and not
all events cater to everyone.“
she said.

Keisha Carter. president of
BSU. echoed Smith's feelings.

“I think this event is defi-
nitely important because the
African-American population
at UK is so small." she said. “If
we could aid in promoting re-
tention and graduation (among
black students). that's great,"

Black students constituted
:3 percent of UK enrollment in
2001. The number of black stu-
dents at UK increased by 33 per-
cent in the past decade,

"(This event) could assist
UK in recruiting more minority
students." (‘aiter said.

Money: Federal law denies financial aid to convicted drug offenders;
Ivy-league school will assist current students affected by the law

ASSOCMTLD PRESS

NEW HAVEN. Conn.
Skirting a federal policy. Yale
University will become the
fourth college in the country to
reimburse students who lose fi-
nancial aid because of convic-
tions for drug possession.

Yale joins Hampshire Col-
lege and Swarthmore College in
adopting such a policy in re
sponse to the federal “Drug—
Free Student Aid" law. Western
Washington University gives a
scholarship of $750 to those who
lose aid.

The Ivy League university
will not reimburse students

convicted of drug offenses other
than possession. The Hartford
Courant reported Tuesday.

The law prohibits students
convicted of drug offenses from
receiving federal financial aid.

Under the law. students
lose their aid temporarily or
permanently. depending on the
severity and number
of offenses.

A Yale representative said
the policy was designed to re—
tain students and provide conti»
nuity in their education.

“It comes from a desire that
Yale students not have their ed-
ucation interrupted because

they could no longer afford
school." Yale spokesman Tom
Conroy said.

Conroy said university ofﬁ-
cers approved the change and
told students of it last week.

The law has been in effect
since 1998. but only since Presi-
dent Bush has been in ofﬁce has
it been enforced.

By early March. about
47.000 of the 10.5 million federal
aid applicants for the school
year faced possible denial of aid
because of the law. according to
the US. Education Department.

Yale administrators say no
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Miranda Martin. vice presi-
dent of NABSW. said the group
wants this event to be a tradi-
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“It‘s all about passing the

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torch to other students."
Carter said.
Celebrate,we will

The Harambee celebration
will last from 7pm to 9 pm April
19 at The Kentucky Inn. Admission
is free for seniors and S4 for non-
seniors before April 12 and $5 at-
terward. The atterparty begins at
l0 pm. and lasts until 1 am

ffenders

that group.

Groups that support Yale‘s
decision call it a powerful state»
ment that will spur momentum
for their cause,

“This sends a message loud
and clear not just to the educa-
tion community. but also to the
lawmaking community." said
Darrell Rogers. the national
outreach coordinator for Stu»
dents for Sensible Drug Policy.

Under the federal rules.
those with one drug—possession
offense are ineligible for federal
college aid for one year after
conviction.

A second drug-possession
or first drug-sale conviction
means ineligibility for two
years.

More convictions bar aid
indeﬁnitely. unless the offender
undergoes drug rehabilitation.

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Slngleton's characters

Cuba Cooding Jr. starred in
Singleton's Boyz N the Hood.

Larry Fishburne starred in
Singleton's Boyz N the Hood
and Higher Learning.

Samuel L. Jackson starred in
Singleton's remake of Shaft.

Singleton's
filmography

- Baby Boy (2001)

- Shaft (2000)

- Rosewood (1997)

- Higher Learning
(1995)

- Poetic Justice (1993)
- Boyz N the Hood
(1991)

Compiled by Patrick Avery

Flicks: Thi

0 V E R V I E W
The main events of the festival

John Singleton will speak at 8 pm
Friday at Memorial Hall. Tickets
cost $7.50

SplitScreen Downtown Party will be at
10 pm. at Phoenix Park next to the
Lexington Public Library. Free.

Boyz N the Hood will be the midnight
movie at the Kentucky Theatre on Err
day. Admission is $4.50 at the door.

Finn Screenings will run from 11 am. to
10 pm. Saturday at the Student
Center. Admission is free.

Down will be the midnight movie at
the Kentucky Theatre on Saturday.
Admission is $4.50 at the door.

munching: will run from 11 am. to
8 pm. Saturday at the Student Center.
Admission is free.

FM Awards Ceremony will be held at
9 pm. Sunday at the Student Center.
Admission is free.

“Best of the Fest" will be held from 12
pm to 4 pm. Monday at the Kentucky
Theatre. Admission is free.

M sun will speak at 7 pm.
Monday at Memorial Coliseum. Tickets
cost $10.

I talk about the importance of getting your perspective out into the

world.”

Movies from the hood: Singleton advises filmmakers to write scripts
from their heart and write about what they know, where they came from

By Patrick Avery

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Straight from the hood in
South (‘cntral Los Angelcs. di-
rector John Singleton will
share his wisdom at the first
SplitScreen Film Festival.

Singleton deﬁed all odds by
going to the University of
Southern California‘s film
school. which allowed him to
meet with studios and other
Hollywood professionals before
graduating. At [TSC he was also
able to got an agent at (‘rcativc
Artists Agcncy based on some
of his script samples. This led to
his first break in the industry

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ing on a script he wrote calli-d
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“l‘St‘ was my launching
pad into this business.” Single-
ton said in an mtcrvicw with
the Kernel. “Once I graduated. l

was in proproduction on my
first major feature ﬁlm."

Making it clear to the stu-
dio that he was going to make
the movie whether they fi-
nanced it or not was Singleton‘s
next stop. He said this proved to
the financiers that he meant
business.

“At 22. I acted as ifl was al-
ready a director. Once I got the
opportunity. I learned how to
make a movie from doing it."

Singleton credits his early
success to his film school expe-
ricncc.

"Film school is a great
place to start and learn how to
make movies." he said. “You
have a chance to make mistakes
and experiment with different
things.“

Boy: was released in the
summer of 1991 and received
critical acclaim. The next year.
Singleton was nominated for

two Oscar nominations w one
for Best Original Screenplay
and the other for Best Director.
He became the youngest and
first black person to be nomi-
nated fora Best Director award.

The story of Boyz came
from the experiences Singleton
encountered growing up in
South Central Los Angeles.
When giving advice to fellow
ﬁlmmakers. he tells them to lis-
ten to their heart and write
down what they feel and know.

"Write about what you
know," he said. “A lot of people
don‘t because they are not in
tune with themselves.”

Boyz told the story of Tre
(Cuba Gooding Jr.) and his bat-
tle between the guidance of his
father (Larry Fishburne) and
the dangers of his Los Angeles
neighborhood. Singleton said
he lived in this world he wrote
about but would often escape it

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by going to the movie theater.

He grew up watching films
by directors like Spielberg and
Lucas. He enjoyed those fan-
tasies and epics so much that he
plans to make a fantasy-type
ﬁlm in the near future.

“That's the type of film I
grew up on." he said. “But my
reality was living where l was.
And that was in the hood.
I don‘t think 1 could have
made a film like that early in
my career."

Winning the screenwriting
award for Boyz honored Single-
ton. He works hard on charac-
ters by regularly observing peo-
ple in the world he lives in.

“I just try to make sure
they breathe and that they feel
like real characters. If I do that
then they‘re cool."

Singleton found DVDs as a
way to tell people about his
characters and films. He has
recorded several audio com-
mentaries for some of his
films and believes they are
very helpful.

“It allows you to put stuff

- JOHN SINGLETON, FILMMAKER

2 Established filmmaker's speech

Above: John Singleton will speak
about film at 8 pm. Friday at
Memorial Hall. Tickets cost $7.50
and are available at the Student
Center Ticket Office or at any
other Ticketmaster outlet.

Left: Singleton poses on the bike
that makes an appearance in his
latest film, Baby Boy.

PHOTOS FURNISHED

extra stuff in for film afficiona-
dos. lt is an awesome learning
tool for people in ﬁlm school."

The greatest thing Single—
ton stresses in his commen-
taries and his lectures at uni-
versities is to be individual.

“I talk about the impor-
tance of getting your perspec—
tive out into the world." he said.

Singleton has directed five
feature ﬁlms since Boyz , Poet-
ic Justice. Higher Learning.
Rosewood. Shaft and Baby Boy.
Each film makes references to
his life in Los Angeles. but it is
Baby Boy that Singleton said is
his favorite movie he directed.

“It's the first film Where
We done everything I want to
do all the way to the final cut."
he said. “It's one of those pic-
tures where everything clicked
together."

He even got to keep the
large silver bicycle that ap-
peared in the film and on the
movie’s poster.

“Can you believe I got to
keep that thing?"

s weekend's

SATURDAY FILMS
At the Worsham Theatre

lf Spielberg Made a Snuff Film. By Todd
McCammon and Linda K. Moroney from
Astoria, N.Y. 11 am.

A Hungry Man is an Angry Man. By Mark
Pitsch and Robert Ritzenthaler from
Washington, DC. 11:20 am.

Ghosthunter! By Tim Rosenstein from
Los Angeles. 11:50 am.

Recovery Project t“. By Maureen
Tzudiker from Colorado. 12:25 pm

The Wedding Dress. By Kathy Ruopp
from Brooklyn. N.Y. 12:35 pm.

One True Hope. By Goeff Gruetzmacher
from Brooklyn, N.Y. 12:55 pm.

Kit Kat. By Ari Luis Palos from
Lexington. 1:05 pm.

The Invisible Hand