NEWS AND NOTES

• The Campus Activities and Programming Board will be sponsoring an Octoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 17. The local band Mr. Greengenes will be the featured performer.

• Actor Robert Redford announced plans last week for a Sundance Cinema center in Philadelphia. Construction of the state-of-the-art multiscreen theater is expected to begin by January of 1999, with its scheduled opening in the year 2000. The center will be located near the University of Pennsylvania campus and will feature independent films.

Game Ratings Graphics ***** Game Control **** Realism

"Madden '99" allows video game players more control in every facet of the game. New features, such as "franchise mode," are bound to receive rave reviews from every diehard Madden fan. Franchise mode allows players to control a professional team for five years, as opposed to the previous one. Now players can really take control as general manager, with realistic drafts and free agency periods.

If you don't like the direction the Eagles are going in right now, take control and change the direction through offseason drafts and free agency acquisitions.

EA sport accepts nothing less of perfection and that policy shines through the latest Madden cart, "Madden '99." If you need some kind of football fix and the Eagles are losing in double digits again, turn to Madden for some comfort on those lonely Sunday afternoons.

• On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Reject Film Festival opens in Philadelphia. The event will run until Saturday, Oct. 17 and will feature 37 films that have been rejected by at least one major film festival. Venues for the festival include the Snyderman Gallery, bar/restaurant Sugar Mom's and the club Shampoo. Filmmaker John Waters is the scheduled special guest. Log onto the festival's web site, www.rejectfilmfest.org, for more information.

Trip information

• Student Activities is sponsoring a trip to Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, Nov. 14 to view "The Invisible Made Visible: Angels from the Vatican" exhibit at the Walter's Art Gallery. The outing will also include lunch with guest speaker Dr. Leonard Primiano. The cost of the trip is $25 for students. Stop by Institutional Advancement to sign up.

• Student Activities is also sponsoring a trip to the Forrest Theater in Philadelphia to see "Phantom of the Opera" on Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. Sign up in the Student Activities office if interested. Cost of tickets is $20 each.