For or Against Equality

All Anne Arundel Community College students, in an unofficial survey, said that they are for same-sex marriage rights.

Etienne Brown, 18, a graphic design major, agrees to grant same-sex couples the right to marry. "I believe love is love," said Brown, who is openly gay. "I want to be able to get married to someone I love."

Question 6, which is on the Maryland election ballot for November 6, will allow same-sex couples, in Maryland, to obtain a civil marriage license if the majoraty of votes is "For."

Jacob Ledezme, 21, a history major, says that he is for question 6. "A good friend of mine was gay," Ledezme said. He also said that he has no problem with same-sex marriage. "It doesn't matter what someone's sexual orientation is. If you love someone, you should be allowed to marry them."

Question 6 is a responce to Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's Civil Marriage Protection Act that was brough up on March 1, 2012 that would allow same-sex marriage. Question 6 is a referendum that was brought up after a signing of signatures by Md. people who oppose same-sex marriage.

By November 6, 2012, people of Md. will be out voting either for or against Question 6 and we will see if we are moving forward in nation-wide marriage equality or not.

Restoring classic films, but not in a crappy remake way.

Working at Cinemark theaters at Arundel Mills always seems to have its benefits. Half off concession items, flexible hours, and let's not forget the free admissions to every movie showing (excluding midnight premieres for big films). One other benefit I can reap is that I always know what special films we would be showing, even weeks or months in advance through the discussion with any senior or general manager.

One spectacular special we always have is the showing of classic films called Cinemark Classic Series. Such films we've had in the past are "The Godfather," "The Birds," "Casablanca," and "Cabaret." But one that was recently shown this very night of October 10th was Victor Fleming's "Gone with the Wind" starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

I went to see it with my mother and sister. This was my first experience of the 1939 classic and I was glad to have shared it with part of my family.

I won't get too much into the movie but I have to say that it is quite a film and I am extremely mad at myself for not having seen it sooner. It is so superb in so many ways. The acting is phenomenal, especially with Gable and Leigh, the cinematography and lighting is stunning, and the emotion proposed that the audience and I felt was so touching.

It has a pretty depressing ending, I might add.

"Gone with the Wind" is the first film of Cinemark's current Classic Series sequence. The next one to show is the supercalifragilisticexpialidotious film that is, of course, "Mary Poppins" starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Even though I have already seen this wonderful film, I'll definitely still see it.

Other films we have coming up in the next month in the Classic Series are "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," "Young Frankenstein (just in time for Halloween)," "The Great Escape," and "The Sting."

This is a fantastic way to expose people who roam Arundel Mills mall to classic films that inspired others today to follow in their glorious footsteps, for example Adam Sandler*.

*I'm kidding of course

Grand Theft... Leg?

After having lunch with a friend last Thursday Sept. 27 in Louisville, Roy Jones discovered that his $8,000 artificial leg had been stolen right out of his car.

“I’m disgusted as hell,” Jones said. After suffering an industrial accident 30 years ago, Jones of Germantown lost his leg. He started using a wheel chair to get around outside and also used another previously used artificial leg to move around his house.

Two years ago, Jones needed further amputation and the artificial leg that was stolen was his new one. “I bet whoever took it, when they opened the package, is as disappointed as I am.”

Inside Jones’ car had the leg in a package wrapped in a plastic bag on the floor. When he returned to his car 30 minutes after lunch, it was gone and the back door was open.

“I just hate to go through all the hassle of getting another [artificial leg] made,” Jones said. The stolen artificial leg was created by Falls City Limb and Brace Company.

“You have to go down there for a fitting, and then you have to go down there again.” Jones said the leg is probably covered by insurance but that doesn’t make him feel any better.

The Louisville police Sgt. Frank Lavender says that no one has been arrested and the item that was stolen has not been found.