Friday, September 10, 2004 New fall TV lineup starts this week By Brian Battin staff writer This fall, TV’s three major networks are packed with all new comedies, dramas and a hand-full of our favorite yet ridiculous reality TV series. Yes, “The Apprentice” is back! NBC is starting a second season of their once number one show “The Apprentice.” Eighteen new business minded competitors square off to compete to be the last member in the boardroom. Once again we are anticipating the Donald say ing those two words he is now most famous for: “You’re fired!” With the hit comedy series, “Friends,” com ing to an end. NBC is taking a chance on a spin off. Matt Leßlanc’s mindless character, Joey, has headed to Hollywood to pursue his career as an actor. “Joey” will premiere Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. NBC’s newest drama, “LAX,” is about the ev eryday occurrences in the Los Angeles Interna tional Airport. The cast includes stars Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood. With today’s stressful situations in the world’s international airports, there will be countless stories to tell. "LAX” will premiere Monday at 10 p.m. NBC will also have their returning hits, such as “Las Vegas” premiering Monday, “Law and Order” starting Sept. 22, “Scrubs,” and of course “Fear Factor.” Behrend student, Nick Madara, prefers “Fear Factor” because he says, “it is crazy to see what people will actually do for money.” The CBS network has a few fresh shows as well as those reality series that everyone loves. The dramas on CBS are “NCIS,” the new “CSI: New York,” and the star-filled “Dr. Vegas.” “NCIS” (Naval Criminal Investigation Service) will star Mark Harmon as military crime inves tigator. “NCIS” will first air Tuesday at 8 p.m. “Dr. Vegas,” which premieres Sept. 24 at 10 p.m., stars Rob Lowe as Dr. Billy Grant. 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The leader of the photogra phy rat pack, Rex Harper (Tom Sizemore), becomes obsessed with destroying actor Bo Laramie (Cole Hauser) by threatening and eventually hurting his family. Laramie, a native of Montana, becomes quickly fed up with his new found fame and the danger it brings to his family. After punching Harper, Laramie is arrested and then sentenced to anger management sessions. The photographers still refuse to give up, and they end up causing a car crash that sends Laramie’s wife (Robin Tunney), and son, Zach (Blake Bryan), to the hospital. Laramie continues to attend his anger manage ment sessions but quickly realizes that writing his feelings in a notebook won’t relieve his anger to wards those who put his son in a coma. He has an accidental run-in with one of the photographers, Kevin Rosner (Kevin Gage), that caused the acci dent and Laramie ends up killing him. That’s just the beginning of this perverse plot; Laramie be Back to school means back to spending By Leah Burfield contributing writer The beginning of a new semester can mean a lot of things: dealing with waking up before the sun rises, attending new classes and meeting professors, and seeing old friends while meeting new. It is also a time when many students get used to the idea of having to frequently open their wallets to dish out the cash! Semester bills need paid, parking permits went up, and yes, you can’t forget about books. The bookstore is quite popular when it comes to spending money. Lines of students form through out the store. From Math books to Spanish books, they all cost money. Most students can and will spend anywhere from $2OO-$5OO per semester. Just ask Julie Kosin, a math major. She came to Behrend as a freshman this fall and has already spent well over what she planned. “Well, I was hoping that it would not be more than $3OO but I knew that I needed the books,” men tioned Kosin. “No matter how expensive they were I knew that I would have to spend the money no matter what the total was.” No doubt about it, book prices can hurt a person’s The Behrend Beacon I comes much more methodical and devious through out his course of vengeance. This film is neither good nor bad; mostly it is just disturbing. A line from Harper sums up the mind-set of the main characters in “Paparazzi," “I'm gonna destroy your life and eat your soul, and 1 can’t wait to do it." Not only was that the attitude of the photographers, it was also the attitude adopted by Laramie as a means of dealing with the despi cable goons who were trying to ruin him. “Paparazzi” seems to send a very powerful mes sage to audiences if you're a good guy and you're smart, you can kill people and get away with it. “Paparazzi" is a grisly mockery of the word hero; Bo Laramie is intended to be the hero of this film and the protector of his family. However, aveng ing one’s family honor by way of destroying others is not heroic; instead it is valiantly deranged. At times it is possible to feel sympathy, if not joy, for Laramie when he’s dishing out punishment to those who hurt him. It is scary to think that the hero of this movie could easily have been one of the villains; there really wasn’t that much differ ence in their actions. Their motives, however, are what set them apart; the bad guys wanted money and power, and the good guy just wanted peace and safety for his family. Nonetheless, Laramie’s actions show him as vil lainous and arguably heroic at the same time, which makes for mixed emotions from viewers. The mixed feelings don't stem so much from the fact that Laramie was a killer - lots of cinematic heroes have been killers - it was the fact that he enjoyed venting his anger as much as the paparazzi enjoyed hunting him. wallet. Kosin’s final costs were well over $4OO. So what can be done to save a little cash? First of all, before the beginning of the year, look at your schedule. You already know the classes you will be taking so now you need to know about the books. Once you get the text information you can then begin your search. Don't just stick with the book store. Think about the Downtown Library or even the Penn State Library. It wouldn’t hurt to see if the same book you need for a class is on the shelves. The library search was brought up to me recently after purchasing my books. I did go online to search for titles but found nothing so I decided to just keep the books I had,” said Kosin. Another common thing that most college students have learned is to go online. Amazon. Ebay, along with its sister, Half.com, are just a few places to look. More than likely those sites will have the book you need at a much lower cost. The only downfall is that shipping may take some time. If you get right on it at least a month before classes, you should be alright. "I think I may try searching online next semester, just to see if 1 could save money. If I can, then I think trying it that way would be worth my time!” stated Kosin. ig interesting know! l.com
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