Show April 141994 Poge5 Four Weddings and a Funeral Four Weddings and a Funeral is a radical romantic comedy written by Richard Curtis and directed by British filmmaker Mike Newell that takes place entirely at four weddings and a funeral It's a talc of eight friends five priests 1 1 wedding dresses 16 parents-in-la2000 champagne glasses and two people who belong together but insist on staying apart Specifically it's the story of Charles (Hugh Grant) witty and charming but at the age of 32 increasingly looking like a serial monogamist His life has been full of girlfriends he adores but he just cannot commit to them He's a man so disengaged from his own heart and so trapped that he can't truly express his feelings The more weddings he and his friends go to the less they want to get manied themselves Until one particular Saturday in one particular church where Charles secs Carrie (Andie MacDowell) the most unusual beautiful and elusive American girl he's ever encountered Charles tries hard not to pursue her and not to fall in with her through one funeral and three more weddings- - one of which is very awkwardly hers lie then finds himself standing in a cathedral on his wedding day and at last he absolutely knows who he wants to spend the rest of his life with- - and it's not the woman standing next to him in the white dress w sharp-witte- Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell star In the romantic comedy "Four Weddings and a Funeral" d CEU instructor authors textbook by Jennifer Mecham staff writer College of Eastern Utah's mining department instructor Neal Mead has proven his many talents as he has recently written and published his — first book Electrical Theory and Circuits-Th- e Basics was written by Mead because he felt that the other texts he had used previously in his classes were not efficient To earn this certificate they must have one year of electrical work experience as a trainee and pass the five required tests with a score of at least eighty percent 'The book consists of chapter school left his job to work in the coal mines When he became disgruntled with the mines he came to CEU in 1980 to teach mining classes "I've loved these fourteen years at CEU" he commented Even though he's satisfied with the outcome of the book Mead says he has no intentions of writing another one "No" he said emphatically “I hadn't planned on this book taking as much time to write as it did" The research for the book look two years and it look another year for it to lie published and become available to students The textbook is now required by Mead for all of his students It can he purchased in the CEU Bookstore Mead felt that the other texts were not efficient enough mmm Mead's book teaches his students about the mining and electric industry and covers everything that is required for students to leant that are planning to enter a mining or electronic field Students must cam a state and federal electrical certificate enough reviews and tests and can be used for self study" Mead said Electrical Theory and Circuits The Basics did not contain a biography Mead has a variety of experience prior to instructing at CEU He was originally a music teacher at a public Hoglund (coni Ua viAYS foheupsAvetae lAtfttcAU from page 2) technologies such as "virtual reality" cyberspace may even become the escapism craze of the 2 1st century When “real life” gets a bit overwhelming an individual can just escape into their ideal “virtual work!" and forget paying bills responsibilities and others The greatest and most immediate threat an informatkm network would pose would be the threat to one's personal privacy With people's trust in the safety of computers being high and many officials proposing databanks of information on individuals larger and more personal than existing ones established by credit companies and agencies a computer hacker or "cyberpunk" could manipulate and exploit personal information or an employer checking for past work experience could discover you have a health problem or compromising past and you could easily be discriminated against To protect against threats to personal privacy individuals are using n Danny's Reviews Pink Floyd The Division Bell Columbia by Danny Kourianos staff writer Roger Waters was the wizard behind Pink Floyd's curtain for almost 20 years and what has the rest of Floyd done since his departure from the band? Nothing That is if you call releasing two of the best albums of their career nothing The Division Bell is the newest of the two albums without Rogers The name derives from a bell in Great Britain that sounds in the llnuseoflords and the House of Com nions It lets members of Parliament know that it is time to go and vote This Floyd's first al- bum in seven years since A Mo- - and on “Keep Talking" an electronic trance overlayed with Gilmour's distinct bass rhythm This song is about humynkind's evolution through talking and the current breakdown of that form of communication complete with samples of Stephen Hawking's modulated voice repealing the phrase “It doesn't have to be like this All we need to do is keep talking" Floyd hasn't really used backup singers since Darkside of the Moon and that could be one of the reasons for the classic sound of this new album reason for this v vintage sound could be due to Dick Perry return ing toaddhissaxo An-oth- j plume sly lings to i the album Perry hiu I played sa on previous Floyd re cordings ux lulling is ' mrntary Lapse of Reason On that album Floyd was pressed to prove they could survive on their own and they did So on this latest effort Floyd has taken more time being musical not so much experimental and innovative as previous efforts The man who takes credit for all this is David Gilmour who became the frontmyn after Water's abfix: ussingon sence Gilmour alludes to his and Water's friendship and partnership or lack there of on “Lost for Words” where the song ends with Gilmour singing “So I open my door to my enemies and I ask could we wipe the slate clean but they tell me to please go f— myself you know you just can't win" Many of the songs arc very reminiscent of Floyd's earlier efforts almost as if they've been placed in some kind of Pink Floyd time capsule This may be due to the addition of the soulful backup singers on “What Do You Want From Me” "Wearing the I aside Out" Dark Side of the Moon Another return to the band is Richard Wright who although played on A Momentary Lapse of Reason didn't have an iastrumcnial part in the songwriting Wright cowrote most of the songs on The Divi-suBell with Gilmour even singing vocal on “Wearing the Inside Out" lead Having more musicians' input on this album has given it a more unified sound that Floyd has not had since Wish You Were Here One aspect of A Momentary Lapse of Reason which really made it shine was its instrumentals The Division Bell offers two instrumentals featuring Gilmour's soulful guitar and Wright's high lech programming which thrust delil the listener into the is world known for that cate Floyd taking its listeners to One argument can be made that Floyd is still not (he same without Water's input hulGilmour Mason and Wright on this album make up for it multi-textura- 10-fol- d encryption codes which are large complex number schemes with virtually billions of different combinations to guard personal filesbut so arc criminals and terrorists to hide criminal activity To guard against unauthorized use of new encryption codes that cannot be solved the National Security Agency with the FBI and CIA want a "Clipper Chip" installed into each telephone computer and fax machine which would allow those agencies to have a type of “back door" into a persons files protected by cryptology In a recent TIMECNN poll of (XK) Americans 80 percent opposed the Clipper Chip because they fell it stripjxxl what privacy we have left in the computer age Whatever the outcome of this inevitably approaching information one aspect is certain according to Roger McNamcc of Integral in Menlo Park California “everyone and their mother is Partners Capital going on line" sujx'r-highwa- y |