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A&E The Clackamas Print Wednesday, January, 31,1996 ^7 Jrât pocf scares Aer poous oW /eel&tas writ CCC s-Watfs .nAw- 17 aiic * a Laney Fouse Staff Writer For those fortunate enough to have “the luck of the Irish,” last Wednesday’s poetry read ing by Annie Callan proved to be a dawning of spring, over flowing with pleasure for the senses and brightening an oth erwise ominous day beneath an Oregon sky. Callan admits to working “just enough” to leave time to do what she enjoys best, writ ing. The Irish born poet bal ances her schedule to include duties as teacher, a freelance journalist, a consulting editor, a literary escort for Oregon Book Tours and as a Guest Lec turer in the Oregon Council for the Humanities Chautauqua Program. The haunting lyrics of her poems proved to be even more powerful and passionate as her voice resonated through the filled room in Gregory Forum. Reared in Dublin, Ireland, Callan poems reflect her love of family, her Irish ancestry and perhaps a longing to return to her homeland. Many of her poems include childhood memories, as well as the beauty of the country from which she comes. Her lyrical accent provided music to the words she had writ ten. Callan paused often to check on- her audience, asking if they were still with her. Heads nod ding in approval included Callan’s brother from Ireland. By AWt Jates fe Jin Inerts CROSS OUT After you cross out the indicated words, the remaining words will form a 6-word quote by Noel Coward, reading from bottom to top. photo by Jon Roberts Callan reads her poetry to students in Pauling Center, Reading from her chapbook of poems, The Back Door, pub lished by Trask House Press (1995), she continually provided listeners with the inspiration for her poems. In Copper. Callan recounts the time her mother while swimming was stung by a jellyfish, and subsequently lost her wedding ring. In Waitress at the Irish Pub. she reveals the details of her short lived career as a waitress: Okay, so it’s my first day:/I don’t know where to find/ the HP sauce or vinegars,/and I slice the soda bread/way too thick. So, I can’t flip the napkins into scalloped/shells you might find washed up/on an Irish beach. It may take time to remember whether Limerick/is ham or cheese, and whether Yeats’/ Inisfiree has fish strips or chutney/ (24). Callan’s poetry and essays, published in the U.S.A., Canada, and the British Isles, have earned her a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the 1994 William Stafford Poetry Fellow ship, and the Academy of Ameri can Poets Award. Visits, by celebrated poets and writers like Callan, are spon sored by the English Department as an ongoing effort to provide students with the opportunity of enriching their education through cultural awareness. CONDOMMAN™ Seni «s * b«k and well send you a catalog 100% Cotton White T-Shirts Three Scyte«: y w* «y Z -s? 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Its appeal is like Brave New World meets Seven. When it begins, it is the year 2035 and the humans live in an underground world. The world as we know it was supposedly overrun by animals after a dis ease wiped out most of the popu lation in the year 1996. The sci entists, who are the leaders in the future, send prisoners as “volun teers” to the surface to collect information that will help them trace the disease. Convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent on a mission back in time to try and save the Earth. He is transported to an insane asylum where they assume he’s crazy. Nobody will believe his story of why he’s there. Cole meets Jeffery Gaines (Brad Pitt) a lunatic inmate in the asylum and the son of a fa mous scientist. Kathryn (Madeline Stowe) a sympathetic psychiatrist who is trying to help Cole understand himself. Cole is doubting his sanity and hooks up with Kathryn to stop the army of the 12 Monkeys, an under ground terrorist group that is somehow connected to the de mise of the planet. As it turns out Gaines is somehow caught up with the twelve monkeys which leads to a funny exchange between Gaines and Cole. The movie is somewhat con fusing at times but ultimately is worth it. It has a serious plot but Brad Pitt’s character provides much needed comic relief. It por trays the world as a dark and dirty place that leaves you wondering if something like this could ever happen in real life. Willis plays his usual role as the action hero with a twist. The director, Terry Gilliam, did a great job of leaving the ending open for interpretation. Gilliam has always liked to make dark and moody movies, like his earlier movie Brazil. The ending is con sidered by some to be one of the movie’s weak points. Overall, this movie leaves you pondering the concepts of time travel and insanity, and it has the “love it or hate it” quality that makes a good movie. But it seems that for the most part people love since it has made $39.1 over the last four weeks. The acting was excellent and Brad Pitt won himself a Golden Globe award for his appearance in the movie. He is expanding his horizons and he did a good job playing a difficult and not at all glamorous role that you wouldn’t normally picture him in. The film is rated R for language.