If I were an Oscar
By: Myka Craig
The Oscars are coming, the
statue that says, "You stink or
you are fantastic." The statue
that determines whether you
will get an extra two million, or
merely a million on your next
movie. The statue that invites
all the lovers and relationships
to the paparazzi convention.
With all that power, I would
definitely pick my cards wisely.
If I were Oscar, for best
actor I would pick Wesley
Snipes, for New Jack City. He
played a powerful role. A
black man in the city who had
nothing. He created a drug that
he supplied all users with and
built an empire. His character
was a powerful black man that
lived by the sword and died by
the sword. The story is not a
proud story, but it was a proud
performance by Wesley Snipes.
Another nominee for best
actor should be Kevin Costner
in Robin Hood. He portrayed a
hero, a villain, and a man in
love. The story of an outlaw
that robbed from the rich to
give to the poor. A story that
has been put to film many of
times, it now must be a classic.
Kevin Costner played a
tremendous role. He is not
likely to be overlooked.
A leading man that had a
role which would make the
Oscars’ heart bleed is Nick
Nolte, The Prince of Tides.
His character is so manly, yet
tender and compassionate. This
story is about a man, who is a
husband, father, and friend,
working with a psychologist to
help release the deep emotions
from his childhood and
understand the strong emotional
feelings with his friend Barbara
Striesand’s character. A
beautiful love story and an
outrageous performance. Best
of luck men. May the best man
win.
If I were Oscar, I would
have two supporting actresses
for the running. Julia Roberts in
Dying Young, and Annabella
Sciorra in Jungle Fever.
Julia Roberts, in Dying
Young played a fantastic
supporting role to Campbell
Scott. He played a cancer
patient who needed a nurse’s
aid, and Julia Roberts got the
job. They fell in love and
drifted apart, but their love
never died. It was a dynamic,
yet sad love story.
Annabella Sciorra in Jungle
Fever, put on the performance
of her life. She played her
character to die hilt.
Performing against Wesley
Snipes is a challenge in itself,
but she came through with
flying colors. The issue of
interracial relationships was
portrayed by Annabella when
she, being an Italian from
Bensonhurst, ’ had a relationship
with a black man.
If I were Oscar, the movie of
the year would be Toy Soldiers.
The movie shows how the
young military academy boys
plan to turn the tables on the
terrorist group which is
attacking their school. Sean
Astin was leading man in this
movie with Louis Gossett Jr. as
supporting actor. These two
were an outstanding team.
The fact is I am not Oscar,
nor did I pick all the movies
that were big blockbusters. I
feel the timing in the releasing
of a movie determines whether
or not it will be a major hit. I
see a movie because of the
performers and their back
history. Since I was playing
Oscar, the movies were judged
on a different scale. I predict
some of the actual nominees for
the Oscars picked by the
committees will be: Thelma &
Louise, Terminator 2, The
Hand that Rocks the Cradle,
Rush, Point Break, Addams
Family, Hook, Robin Hood,
and some of the other big
money movies. Since I did not
see all those movies, I can only
predict not judge. What do you
predict? Watch the Oscars and
test your entertainment
knowledge.
The Hardcore Line
By Corey Gesford
The primaries are turning
out to be closer than many
people expected, especially
George Bush. The Democrats
still seem far from being able to
replace him.
Penn State Hazleton capped
their disappointing season with
a loss to Berks Penn State at the
CCAC Final Four. Many fans
(and players) questioning coach
Cacease’s ability. Although it
is hard for a team with more
personalities than Sybil to come
together and win.
Dr. Gronowicz still has one
of the best classes for the value,
especially if you open your
mind and try to overcome all
the bull we have been subjected
all our lives.
Prince’s "Sign ’O The
Times" has to rank up there as
one of best albums in recent
memory. Can’t wait for
full-fledged spring weather.
Should students have to
work while going to school?
Not if they would use the time
for better purposes in life.
Why is America so slow to
adopt national health care, and
so worried about who is getting
tax cuts. Doesn’t seem anyone
should have to make over
$250,000 a year to exist.
Looks like a lot of excessive
salaries could cure a lot of
national ills.
Is it me, or are all shoes
made somewhere other than the
United States? And, how many
people can say that over half
of their casual or dress shirts
are made somewhere other than
Taiwan, Thailand, China, or
Indonesia?
I’m in favor of rich or CEO
bashing rather than Japan
bashing. And, why is Paul
Tsongas getting such a hard
time about nuclear power?
Don’t we need to look at
alternative energy sources?
The parking situation in
North Hall is ridiculous. There
are only forty-two legal spots to
park, while there are that many
illogical empty spaces in West.
I was talking to Alicia
Floden the other day, and she
says it’s not as hard as it looks
to wash that waist-length hair.
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The evening included many
other events. Sophomore Jody
Provda of the Multi-Cultural
Club presented the first-place
award for the club’s essay
contest they had held for the
area high schools. James
Bognet, a junior at Hazleton
High School, captured this
honor.
Francine Fontaine sang the
Negro National Anthem to open
the ceremony. Reverend
Barbara Shorter of Wilkes-
Barre’s Mt. Zion Baptist
Church also sang various
selections, includiing a rousing
rendition of "We Shall
Overcome" in which the crowd
joined in.,
This is probably and sadly
not as uncommon as it sounds.
Similar problems occur in all
cars, foreign and domestic. But
the frequency of these problems
occurring in American cars is
much greater. I’m sure that
some people are saying, "But I
have umpteen thousand miles
on my American car and it’s
fine." True, I’ve heard many
cases where American cars
served their owners for a
number of years and several
hundred thousands of miles, but
I’ve heard twice as many
occasions of this occurring in
Japanese built cars. Also, on
the average, Japanese cars have
had significantly fewer
problems; usually they are
corrected by their dealers the
first time it is brought to their
attention.
I do not blame the American
workers for this because largely
they do care about what they
are building. Ido blame the
executives of these companies
who care more about the
almighty dollar than for their
employees’ jobs and for the
quality of their products.
Some people still might not
believe that the Japanese build
better products, and they are
right, they don’t build better
products, we simply don’t build
ours as good as we can and
should. Why has General
Motors Corp. spent billions of
dollars studying foreign
competition, building an auto
plant like foreign auto plants;
and creating a new division
named Saturn, which looks
like, is built like, and is
designed to compete with the
best foreign cars? Answer: Not
to find out what "they" do right,
rather the opposite, to find out
what we do wrong and correct
it.
If the American car industries
fail, my heart goes out to the
assembly line workers who had
to build what they were told to
build resulting in the loss of
their jobs. The big executives
who repeatedly made bad
decisions have made enough
money to live on for the rest of
their lives and I’ll bet my last
dollar they don’t care about
their employees who’ll be on
welfare and other aid programs.
This scenario bears close
resemblance to the age old story
of the "boy who cried wolf," in
which after repeated lies had
been told (by the auto
companies), in the end, no one
could believe the truth.
America, rise up! Demand
that our products be the best,
demand that our employers
listen to us, demand to have a
say in our future. A great idea
lost is equal to a thousand bad
ideas used.