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Junior/Senior dance ·a success!!·
Mark Murray, freshman, limbers up the crowd by doing the limbo at the Junior/Senior dance. (photo by John Doyle) ·
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Attendance at the Junior/Senior dance was better than expected. Everyone seemed to agree that the junior and senior class officers made the event very enjoyable.(photo by John Doyle)
Usa De/Borello, senior, and her boyfriend, Vince Ciciatella, share a quiet moment together at the Junior/Senior dance.(photo by John Doyle)
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14 LDC3UITUR · FRIDAY, NOV. 11, 19B3 GALLERY Make the most of your dorm ·room
by Shelagh McGinn _ As you walk the halls of Woodcrest, the Mansion, Counsel Hall, and the Houses, yo_u may be amazed by the various methods the students use to decorate their rooms. The rooms in Woodcrest are all similar in structure but each room has its own style. "A dorm room reflects the personality of the student living in it," sophomore Julie Biczelewski of third floor Woodcrest said. . "The rooms are basically boring and at first you feel as though you could never be comfortable living in it, but as long as you decorate it to fit your lifestyle, you can be happy there," Biczelewski went on to say: Her room is equipped for play as well as study. She and her roommate have invested in a mini pool table, nerfbasketball set, and other toys to keep them occupied when their studying is done.
"We like to laugh and sometimes we need these diversions to help us laugh," Biczelewski added. "Imagination and creativity are definitely needed the make these rooms liveable," sophomore Denise Tinucci said. Tinucci lives in one of the two triples on the third floor of Woodcrest with roommates Debi Johnson and Margaret Angelucci. They had to fit three desks, three bureaus, and three beds all in the one room. In order to gain a larger amount of floor space, they slid the mattress from the single bed under the bunk bed and pulled it out as needed. They stood the bedframe on end and leaned it against the wall. "This gave us extra floor space and a place to hang our towels," Tinucci said. Most students agree that the room needs to be an area where one can relax as well as study. "I have just one room here and it has to be more than just a bedroom,'-' senior Susan Sullivan of the Mansion said. "My bedroom here has to be like a living room because I have to be comfortable enough in it to entertain others here."
Sullivan and roommate Jeannie Pilcicki have succeeded in arranging their room to look like a living room. They have set up their beds as couches centered around a small glass coffee table.
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Freshmen Lisa Lyons and Nina Dolce have less space to work with in their room in the mansion than some of the other rooms there . ''The room is small so everything is stacked under the bed," Dolce said. They have placed one of the bureaus in the closet in order to have more floor space. "The closet is terrific because it has storage shelves and lots of space for hanging clothes,' ' Dolce added. In one corner of the room, there is a pile of milk crates filled with with sweaters folded neatly inside . "These are the best things in the world,'' Lyons said. "They are easy to use and don't cost anything." Most all dormitory rooms are arranged in a manner that will best use the space available . Seniors Vicky McFadden and Patty Leo have an alternative to placing their beds in the conventional manner. They have put one bed on top of the bureaus and the other in the space underneath, between the two dressers. "This gives us more room and it makes the room look more interesting,' ' Leo said. The room looks quite interesting with a fish bowl hanging from the ceiling and the light fixture covered by an Indian print cloth for lighting effect.
Aside from arranging the room, another problem is in decorating it on a student budget. Collage posters seem to be a popular method of filling wall space easily and cheaply . Milk crates are also good for decorations as well as storage.
"Spray painting your crates with bright colors can be an attractive and inventive way of using storage space wisely,'' said Eileen Jensen,junior. Jensen and senior roommate Marie Hoffman share a very comfortable looking room in the mansion. They use a trunk as a table in the center of the room and bookshelves line one wall.
"Pictures from calendars, postcards, and greeting cards sent to you can serve as posters and wall hangings,'' Hoffman said. "This way you can save money and the room looks nice."
Movie Review
by John Doyle "Under Fire" is a provocative new film that tells the story of a photojournalist, played by Nick Nolte, and the ethical and personal conflicts that he encounters. The film takes place in revolutionary Nicaragua. Nolte and a journalist are assigned to cover the revolution in Nicaragua in 1979, . during which time they begin a search for the elusive head of the rebels. The search brings the two journalists face to face - with personal danger, as well as journalistic ethical questions.
The story has a three fold objective. First it attempts to portray a simple love story, but this is purposely overshadowed by the presentation of the revolution. Then within this framework of the revolution, the film looks into the problems of journalistic ethics in a country wherethey seem unimportant. The director does an excellent job of portraying these concepts. The main theme of ethics is presented to the audience through violent acts and fierce dialogue. Both Nolte and Gene Hackman, who plays a television journalist, give fine performances .although not ,in comparison to their ·previous performances. A spectacular performance by as a double agent , and as a United States soldier add an intensity that helps to overcome the film's flaws.
The main flaw of "Under Fire" is that it contains many unnecessary scenes, used only to fill time. This makes for lulls in the action of the movie that leave the viewer restless. The two hour and ten minutes movie could be fifteen minutes shorter without th.ese useless scenes.
Another annoying flaw is the music, which is dull and severely misplaced. One can predict the action in the following scene simply from the preceding music. The screen writer does a wonderful job for most of the film, but for . some unexplainable reason persists at trite lines throughout the script. In the midst of a tense, powerful monologue, a cliche will slip in and ruin the mood.
