ACROSS
1 Mini-city
5 Stanch
9 Extra
14 Region
15 Genesis
character
16 Ice-cream
holders
17 Boxing
champion’s
trophy
18 Marked
transformations
20 Importunes
22 Ultimatum
phrase
23 Castles’ defenses
24 Ring of flowers
25 Post-dusk,
poetically
26 Taken care of
28 Ocean motion
30 Novelist Levin
31 Lazy girl?
33 Stairway
segment
37 Segue
39 Mosaic pieces
41 Italian explorer
42 Group of eight
44 Lacoste and
Russo
46 Soar
47 Nostrils
49 Rodeo ropes
51 Last of a log
54 Erich _ Stroheim
55 Involuntary
muscle
contraction
56 Synchronized
58 Rooms
61 Final hope
63 Splice film
64 Writer Sinclair
65 Mayberry boy
66 Zoom
67 Oozes
68 Hardy lass
69 Lambaste
DOWN
1 Bar bills
2 Sandwich cookie
3 Kindly intended
4 Country
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5 Settles decisively
6 Encourages
7 Idyllic meadows
8 RN’s tonic
9 More alarming
10 Johnnycake
11 Corner
12 Pee Wee of
baseball
13 Ruhr Valley city
19 Dug up the
garden
21 Webber musical
24 Sheets, etc.
26 Storage building
27 Roberts or Idle
28 Whoppers
29 Small drink
32 Warning signal
34 Downplay
35 Ms. Fitzgerald
36 Acuff and
Rogers
38 Writer Follett
40 Creates a
jagged edge
43 Bars
Thailand, once
Took a cab
Fossil resins
Top grade
Fashion
Waste maker?
Evert or
Features
10/22/98
Schenkel
Subway station
Manage
Costa __
Junior branch?
Excessive
drinker
Beloved : Better book than movie
by Jon Stubbs
features editor
Co-produced by and starring Oprah
Winfrey, Beloved is the story of an
emancipated slave woman trying to
free herself from the terrifying memo
ries of her slave life. The film is set
in a rural area just outside of Cincin
nati in 1873, during the reconstruc
tion years. There, in a small farm
house left to her by her mother-in-law,
lives Sethe (Winfrey), a former slave.
Sethe lives with her daughter, Den
ver (Kimberly Elise), in this haunted
little house on the prairie. Then comes
Paul D, played by Danny Glover, who
is an acquaintance of Sethe’s departed
husband. Paul D is quickly accepted
by Sethe into the household, where
he helps Sethe deal with her haunting
memories of her past life.
Cincinnati-born author Toni
Morrison wrote the novel which Be-
Behrend Remembered on sale in
Penn State Behrend bookstore
By David Young
staff writer
Behrend Remembered , an informal
history that explores the 50 years of
Penn State Erie, has been published
as part of the College’s 50th anniver
sary celebration.
Written by Benjamin A. Lane, as
sociate professor of English emeritus
and former dean of students, the vol
ume is filled with photographs and
personal memories of those who built
the institution. The book begins with
the lives of Ernst and Mary Behrend,
whose Glenhill Farm estate provided
the setting for Penn State’s presence
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loved was drawn from. She was in
spired by the story of a real slave
woman named Margaret Gamer who
escaped from Kentucky to Cincinnati
with her children. It was from
Garner’s real-life experiences that
Sethe’s character was based.
The storyline for the film was pow
erful and captivating. It brings the
pain felt by the characters right into
the viewer’s lap. The characters are
very realistic, almost tangible.
Winfrey and Glover produce very
admirable work, and their contribu
tions to this film are no exception.
However, all this aside, the film was
a complete bore. The film seems to
drag on without any end in sight; and
then just when the audience is think
ing it is about to be relieved from the
picture, it drags on a little more. Fi
nally it comes to a halt at an almost
unbearable 2 hours and 52 minutes.
It doesn’t feel right to condemn a
in Erie. Lane continues with a review
of the early years of the College, when
it was simply a center of Penn State,
and its evolution to a four-year, de
gree-granting school. Some interest
ing photography throughout the book
shows what life at Behrend has been
like over the years. I suggest check
ing out the hot outfits on page 43
modeled by some of Behrends former
students. Or take a look at former
Behrend students enjoying the pool
on page 100. This is an interesting
picture considering that the pool was
completely renovated in 1996, but is
still not open to students.
FREE ADMISSION
film with such an important theme and
such a genuine and original plot.
Beloved is adapted for the screen from
the novel written by a Pulitzer Prize
winning author, the film stars Acad
emy Award nominee Oprah Winfrey,
and is directed by the Oscar-winning
director, Jonathan Demme. So with
good writing, emotion and tons of tal
ent, how could a movie go wrong?
For the answer one must contradict
one of the most influential filmmak
ers of all time. Stanley Kubrick once
said, "If it can be written, or thought,
it can be filmed.” This is apparently
not the case with Beloved. The story
of Sethe can be told much better
through words than pictures and
sound. Only those who have read the
book and loved it should see this film
and compare it to Morrison’s novel.
Those who really want to experience
Sethe’s life should consider reading
the book before they consider seeing
Lane wrote the book as a gift to the
college and has given the copyright
for Behrend Remembered to the
School of Humanities and Social Sci
ences. “Penn State Behrend has been
very good to me since I came here in
1954,” replied Lane. “This is one way
that I can give something back to the
College.” Behrend Remembered
(Penn State Erie, $ 14.95) may be pur
chased at the Penn State Behrend
Bookstore and at the Erie County His
torical Society. Several book signings
will be scheduled during the 50th
Anniversary year.
SENIORS;
Bring your resume and dress
professionally for possible
job opportunities!
UNDERCLASSMEN;
Explore career options
within your academic major