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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...girl gets docked a point for having been in a Gerard Depardieu movie, but since, to quote from the film's Web site, "she appeared with Steven Segal [sic, amusingly] in the action thriller Under Siege 2, in the pivotal role of Segal's [sic] niece who is kidnapped as bait when terrorists seize the train she is on," all is more or less forgiven. She is joined by some `90210'-clone from a soap opera. Their best friend is a stereotypical gay guy ("Oh pooh!"), played by some other guy you've never heard...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GET LUCKY: SEE `CHUCKY' | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Unlike most horror movies these days, Chucky has a smart, talented director in Hong Kong's Ronny Yu, who also directed the excellent Cantonese-language Bride With White Hair. Chucky's Hong Kong action-movie heritage is evident in the extreme violence and good, lame humor present. Everything bursts into flames and blows up: a police car, a RV, a waterbed (no joke) and much more. A person hit by a Mack truck is completely atomized. John Ritter (as the police chief out to separate our teen lovers) is murdered horribly--twice! A goth who wears Speedos (played by another...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GET LUCKY: SEE `CHUCKY' | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Outside the Science Center yesterday, members of the Minority Student Alliance (MSA) collected signatures in support of affirmative action in higher education...

Author: By Katherine S. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MSA Joins Affirmative Action Day | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

Their efforts coincided with nationwide protests attacking the demise of affirmative action, which took place over the past two days during the "National Days of Action to Defend Affirmative Action...

Author: By Katherine S. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MSA Joins Affirmative Action Day | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

...think there's a national move today and tomorrow to show solidarity and unity to counteract a national regression from affirmative action policies, particularly in higher education," said Jobe G. Danganan '99, a member of MSA tabling in front of the Science Cente...

Author: By Katherine S. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MSA Joins Affirmative Action Day | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

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