Friday, September 24, 2004
This year's
predictable
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James Spader won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work on "The Practice."
By Kara Schmiemann
staff writer
On Sept. 19 promptly at 8 p.m., the 56' h an
nual Emmy Awards took place on nationally
syndicated television. As always, plenty of in
quisitive starstruck fans tuned in. This year’s
Emmy’s were generally the same as every
other year except for a few minor details.
This year’s host, Garry Shandling, was
noted to be a bore in comparison to the out
standingly comedic Billy Crystal, who is a
frequently requested host during the Oscar’s.
Crystal made a brief appearance during the
show and requested that Shandling sing or
dance to excite the already dull show.
It was an ongoing joke how Crystal’s last
Oscar performance had won the show an
Emmy, but there was no way this year’s show
could win an Oscar. There simply was not a
lot going for the show in regards to hard core
entertainment.
Kelsey Grammer won over the late John
Ritter for his last year as Frasier, and he did
pay a small tribute to Ritter in his speech. Sa
rah Jessica Parker won for best actress in a
comedy for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on
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HBO series Sex and the City. Both Friends
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nately lost out for their final season.
On a more positive note, the awards had fin
ished at its scheduled time of 11 p.m. In most
previous years, the show had run late due to
long speeches. As always, there were a lot of
thank you speeches cut to allow for this time
management issue.
The new co-star on “Joey,” Drea de Matteo,
won for her roll on the Soprano’s even though
she was killed off to take the roll on Joey.
The most talked about aspect of the show
was that of the fashionably, and not-so-fash
ionably dressed. Everyone was in a roar about
Sharon Stone’s and Jennifer Aniston’s red car
pet stunners.
“I think they should buy dresses for so much
money if they can and show it off. I think its
cool, that’s the whole point,” said Jenna
O’Block, COMMU 01.
When asked about the Emmy’s relevance
on television, Morgan Hansen, CENBD 05,
said, “I’m not saying it’s as entertaining or
informative as the Oscars, but 1 think it has
its place in TV programming.”
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International Business
Club forms
The faculty advisor of International Economics,
Dr. Kenneth Louie, is setting up an International
Business Club. He looks forward to fostering and
stimulating the interest of Global Business and Eco
nomics issues among all students, in both career
and international dimension.
There is a growing interest among students who
want to learn more about the impact of global eco
nomic events, which is why Dr. Louie thought it
was an appropriate time to set up such a club.
“International Business Club can reinforce and
strengthen what they leam in the classrooms,” said
Dr. Louie.
The idea of setting up this club should be traced
back to past May when Dr. Louie took his Interna
tional Business students to China.
“The enthusiasm of the students was so strong
that when we returned, I decided setting up this club
would be one way to continue the momentum to
get students interested in not just to leam about glo
bal issues, but also travel abroad and stimulate in
terest to take up this course,” said Dr. Louie.
The International Business major has only been
established for four years, but the number of stu
dents who choose this major is rapidly increasing.
He expects this club can serve as a vehicle for In
ternational Business students to do things like in
viting guest speakers to campus who can speak on
International Business or International Economics
affairs.
Other than sponsoring international field trips,
such as crossing the boundary to Canada or mu
seum exhibitions, Dr. Louie may also invite our
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alumni who have studied abroad to be the guest
speakers for hosting small seminars or workshops,
and telling other students about their experiences.
“It would be a very beneficial thing to stimulate
interest in those kinds of activities to study abroad,”
Dr. Louie stated. “It also helps students leam what
kind of things to look for and what kind of prob
lems to avoid if they are interested to go abroad.”
One of the differences between this club and other
international clubs is that other clubs mostly focus
on cultural areas whereas the International Busi
ness Club focuses on aspects on global culture, eco
nomics, and business.
“I hope the students can emerge themselves in a
foreign culture completely and leam about interna
tional economic factors.” said Dr. Louie.
Being an academic club. Dr. Louie gives all the
authority to his students to run the club, including
making constitution and rules and advertising.
Since it is a student activity, he decided that it should
be established, operated, and maintained by the stu
dents and everything relating to the club ought to
be the students' responsibility.
“They get benefit from it in learning leadership
responsibility,” said Dr. Louie. “We are just their
guides.”
Although Club Rush has already passed, Dr.
Louie still has confidence in recruiting members
because most of the members will be his Interna
tional Business students. When asked if there is
any restriction on the chemistry or literature stu
dents, he answered. “As long as Student Activities
does not object it, regardless of what major you
are, you can always join this club if you are inter
ested.”