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MOVIE REVIEW // FRIGHT NIGHT >Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything inbetween.
The original Fright Night from 1985 was a bona fide horror comedy that delighted in subverting audience expectations at every turn. Now, its inevitable remake arrives at a time when the vampire is suffering another fate worse than death-- one that any sun-fearing bloodsucker would know to avoid: the danger of overexposure. From Twilight to True Blood, vampires are everywhere these days and their modern designation as brooding romantics has robbed them of much of their original grandeur.
So how does this newest entry fare? Well, it gets points for moving the action to Las Vegas, which has a largely nocturnal population, and for the inspired casting of Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandridge, the pallid, predatory charmer who moves in next door to Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) and proceeds to seduce both the hapless teen's mother (Toni Collette) and girlfriend (Imogen Poots) into becoming fellow children of the night.
Despite its slick direction, the film suffers from an uneven screenplay that tries too hard to please fans of the original by shoehorning in characters that have no place in the restructured plot. .
Charlie's friend, Evil Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), is relegated to expository dialogue and his third-act encounter with Charlie reeks of slapstick instead of unanticipated tragedy. These characters only serve to steal valuable screen time from Farrell and when he's not around, this new Fright Night often resembles what its protagonists fear most: a pale, bloodless imitation of life.
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Big 12 has been on the support for at least 12 months and there's not many legitimate options to replace Texas A&M, if and when it leaves.
There isn't a single BCS conference school that would join the Big 12 right now, so remove any ideas of poaching a team like Louisville. And if you think Arkansas would leave the SEC—as I've heard a few Kansas fans mention for geographic reasons
sophomore auus numor, new spin to old sport
— you must live in a nice world because that isn't happening.
Other possible replacements wouldn't be worth their share of the television contract. It's a sticky situation, to say the least. A situation that will probably doom the 16-year-old conference.
Then again, the remaining schools could sing "Kumbaya" and tell us everything is fine in the heartland. That seemed to work really well last summer.
LAURA DRUMMOND
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centration and reservation. But for KU golfer David Catt, a sophomore from Shawnee, the game
To many avid golfers, who require silence during putting and teeing off, the sport is one of con-
bit of a different spin.
Catt
KU golf Coach Kit Grove can attest to this.
"He's got a really unique sense of humor," Grove said. "He doesn't
always try to be funny but he is
way funnier than he thinks he is."
In addition to his sense of humor, Catt also brings key golf skills to the KU golf team.
Catt joined the team as a freshman last year but did not get into the lineup very often because of more experienced upperclassmen. However, Grove has high expectations for him after watching his performance at KU as well as in high school.
"As far as from a golf stand point he's a really good putter." Grove said. "His biggest strength is definitely his putting. He also has a really great attitude, which is very important to the game of golf."
"He is from Kansas and I saw
Catt played high school golf for Shawnee Mission Northwest being named to the All Metro golf team as a junior and senior. He also broke a 30-year-old school record by shooting a 5-under-par 66 as a junior.
him play a hand full of times in high school and I was actually quite happy to give him a spot on the team during his senior year of high school."
Catt's intelligence was also a draw for the KU golf team. Catt was National Merit Scholar finalist. "He's a really, really smart kid," Grove said.
The key for Catt's success both on
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Russian pro team
The man with the most assists in Kansas basketball history is off to Russia.
Aaron Miles, former
KUAthletics.com confirms that
Aaron Miles, former Jayhawk point guard, has signed with Krasnie Krilya, a professional team in Samara, the sixth most populated city in Russia.
Miles, who is already working out with his new team
Miles
In the 2006-07 season, Miles
in italy, spent last season in the NBA Development League with the Reno Bighorns, a team affiliated with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings for the 2014-12 season.
Orthez of Pau, France, and won the French Cup. He then played for Cajasol Sevilla, of Spain, in the 2007-08 season; Panionios, of Greece, in the 2008-09 season; and Aris BC, also of Greece, in the
2009-10 season.
Miles will join former Jayhawks Sast Kaun and Keith Langford in Russia. Kaun is a center with CSKA Moscow and Langford is a guard with Khimk Mosco
In his junior season in 2003-04, Miles was.
member of the Big 12 All-Defense team and third team All-Big 12. He was the first recipient of the Dani Manning Mr. Jayhawk award and a starter in every game except senior day of his freshman year.
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