Friday, September 24, 2004 This year's predictable PHOTO BY KEVIN SULLIVAN/KRT 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 FULLINGTON TRAILWAYS Daily service at 2:45 pm south to Edinboro University, Meadville, Franklin, Oil City, Clarion, Brookville and Dußois with connections to Penn State, Punxsutawney, Indiana, Apollo, Vandergrift, Monroeville and Pittsburgh. Emmy's outcome HBO series Sex and the City. Both Friends Matt Leßlanc and Jennifer Aniston unfortu 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.” Ticket Office open daily 6:30 am - 9:30 pm. UPS had • Inexpensive Package Express • Return service daily • For fare and schedule info, call The Bus Terminal or Fullington Trailways at 1-800-942-8287 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 Redeem this coupon ' to save $1 on ■ any Fullington I Trailways’ ticket I or I Package Express I Service I expires November 30,2004 | —_ _ I By Tiffany Mak staff writer The Behrend Beacon I on campus 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.”
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