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Show The Forum November 19, 2002 Page5 Pizza and Profs Gives Kubricks Classic lives On Scoop on Grad School OPINION Kubrick stayed loyal to the novel, many opportunities for Writer Contributing the audience to doubt the storys element of the superTo those of you who dont natural would be lost. What know me well, Ill sum up ends up happening in the my views of film into one movie is you question concise opinion: Stanley whether the house is really a Kubrick is the man. haunted house or if these are However, in the month or things that only happen in two of reviewing movies for The Forum , Ive not reviewed Jac Nicholson s slowly w'arp-- 1 n8 mnd- You never truly any of Kubrick, so I decided know until the end, and until now is the time. This week Plnt the him slowly but the film subject to review is The Shining. This movie was exponentially intensifies. This strategy works so on television about 20 times much better than the book, in the week of Halloween, but many might have already because in a film ambiguity is scary (in a book, usually its seen it or are still yet to see just boring). We want to this classic horror film, showknow, as an audience, whats boating the wild Jack going on and what will hapNicholson. Many of you pen. We especially want to might know Kubricks other know this information when films, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: you relate to characters or A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal events in the film. Because this film starts us off in a safe Jacket, or even his last film, atmosphere, with a cute kid, Eyes Wide Shut. The Shining a loving mother, and a cool is particularly good, because father, we begin to get of its pure entertainment involved. If any. of you value. would like to see this movie, Many of Kubricks films get the DVD that has the nowadays have lost any making of feature on it. Its recognition except from the about a half an hour long, it critics, because they make was made by Kubricks me think too much, or it daughter, it shows Jack getwas too boring so I stopped into his role (getting watching it. However, most ting crazy), and it also shows the people who watched The brutal direction of Shining all the way through extremely Kubrick towards Shelly can say they were on the Duvall (she played Olive edge of their seat. The film Oyl for cryin out loud). He was based on the novel by read Stanislavski Directs a lot, Stephen King, who ended so I think that he was brutal up disliking the film so with her to get real emotion much that he pressured the out of her for the scenes. making of the TV version, Likewise, he always compliwhich sucked! Kings criticism was that Kubrick didnt mented and supported Jack.... This film gets two explain all that was thumbs way up, two big toes, explained in the book. But it feet is my understanding that had ears, eyes, Peter Markowski Dodson said she both loved and hated graduate school. She called graduate school an endurance test because of the high amount and intensity of work. However, Dodson said no matter which graduate school you attend, the learning and experiences gained will give Kelli Coppens Staff Writer Westminster professors gave a handful of interested students some insight on how to prepare for graduate school and other related issues - you a tremendous level of in a panel discussion if you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the, foundations under them. . . ; A Thoreau, Henry David confidence. She also told students she developed a different way of thinking through her graduate education. It opens your mind to things you never thought of before. Petrogeorge said he found law school much different from graduate and undergraduate schools academically. Professors are asking you questions on the spot. He said instead of having periodic tests or a midterm, in law school there is only one test, the final exam. He found this more stressful because everything learned comes down to one three-hotest. It makes or breaks your grade right there. On a more positive note, Petrogeorge said coming from a small school such as Westminster College was not a disadvantage for him. He said he felt better academically prepared while being a law student because the smaller populated classes, which are typical in law schools, put more of a focus on each - individual student. Also discussed was how. to choose where to attend held Friday afternoon in The faculty 16unge of Foster Hall. Included in the panel were Biology Professor Brian Avery, Professor of Psychology Lesa Ellis, and Business Professor Kim Dodson. . Westminster alumnus Mike Petrogeorge, who is now an attorney for Salt Lake Citys largest law firm, Parsons Behle & Latimer, also joined the panel to give his views based on experiences from his law school and practicing v understand a graduate school farther away, such as one located on the east coast for instance, probably will not know about the academic reputation Westminster College has. Senior Whitney Johnson, an accounting major, askecj. Professors inform students how to prepare for grad school in Foster Faculty Lounge. edu-cati- QUOTE OF THE WEEK She said students need to on in the field. Panel members began the discussion by each member sharing his and her experiences through a comparison of their undergraduate educations to their educations received in graduate school. Skills required of you as an undergrad is not the same as a graduate stu- dent, said Avery. He said graduate schools expect students to have more of an independent work ethic compared to most undergraduate schools where many assignments require students to work in groups. ur graduate school., v Westminster, will give you a great network, but only in this region, said Dodson. the panel if it would benefit her to work in her field .before attending graduate school. Dodson said it depends on your field of interest. As far as accounting goes, Dodson said friends who are accountants have told her it would be best to get your masters of business first. Petrogeorge said he worked as a law clerk during his second and third years as a graduate student. He recommended not working the first year because it took him time to adjust handling the amount of work. He said working as a law clerk gave him practical experience. Because. I helped judges on cases, I did better in law school because I better understood things such as legal analy- , sis. n If you can afford to go e and not to school work, you will have a richer experience, Dodson added. She suggested to those who choose to Work during their time as a student should try to work in their field because it will help the learning process. There, is no right way, you just do . it, said Dodson. Think about whats important to you because your choices can make an impact. full-tim- . ; . |