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* THEDADLY
COLLEGIAN
Monday, October 6,1997
Veteran actor Aiello
excited about new work
By Ian Spelling
College Press Service
Up on the eighth floor of a com¬
mercial building in Manhattan,
above the traffic and street people.
Danny Aiello plies his craft.
"Yo, yo, yo; yo, yo, yo," he says
in his unmistakable voice as fellow
actors Byron Keith Minns, Anne
Ramsay. Ricky Aiello and Frankic
Bongiorno. director Rick Rosenthal
and a crew of 10 listen intently.
Welcome to the set of
"Dcllaventura," Aiello's new pri¬
vate detective scries, which airs
Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on CBS. "Let's
try it again," Rosenthal requests.
Seven takes and lots of "Yo.yo,
yos" later. Rosenthal has his shot.
"We got a winner, baby!" Aiello
announces as he heads to his dress¬
ing room.
"How arc ya doing?" Aiello
asks, extending a hand. "Let's talk."
And into Aiello's sparse room we
go. A big, burly man; Aiello looks
sharp irtfa DKNY combo of black
jacket over a gray sweater, his salt
and pepper hair slicked back He
takes off his jacket, revealing tat¬
toos on both arms, and plops onto a
couch. "You're probably wonder¬
ing what you saw out there," he
says. "We're doing an episode
about rap music, and I was reading
the lyrics of a'rap song off a CD.
We're going to go back in a few
minutes and do the scene with.the
camera on Anne. It's amazing how
fast we move in TV, nothing like
film at all."
And Aiello should know. Since
becoming an actor at age 35, the
dyed in the wool New Yorker's
made a name for himself as a char¬
acter actor, turning up in major
films and independent pictures,
leading man roles and supporting
parts. His many credits include
"Purple Rose of Cairo." "Ruby,"
"Moonstruck" and "Do the Right
Thing," the latter of which earned
him an Oscar nomination. He also
takes to the stage, in such shows as
"Gemini" and "Breaking Legs."
and pops up on TV now and again,
most recently in the hit miniseries,
"The Last Don."
So why commit to a series?
"Why not," Aiello says, smiling.
"I'd done 'Last Don,' and CBS
wanted to work with me again.
They presented me with
'Dcllaventura' and here we are.
He's an ex-cop who became a pri¬
vate detective not because he didn't
love being a cop, but because he
could only go to a certain level as
far as the law. As a private detec¬
tive he can sec things through, can
go into gray areas that cops aren't
permitted to do. He's extremely
compassionate, sensitive and tough.
People in trouble can trust him to
do right by them. He's an honor¬
able man, but not perfect. He's wid¬
owed and still not quite comfortable
around women."
Interestingly, Aiello insists that
there's no challenge, none whatso¬
ever, to playing Dcllaventura.
That's because Dcllaventura is
Aiello. "When we found the char¬
acter he was someone other than
myself and I said, 'I can't play him
as Eastwood, Bogart or Mitchum.
I've got to do Aiello,'" he explains.
"I wanted to put into this character
everything that Danny Aiello is. So
Dcllaventura has my passion and
anger, my intelligence and even my
dumbness. If people embrace the
show, they're embracing me."
And if the show tanks, are they
Please see AIELLO, page 6.
University of Texas loses $10
million on fruit investment
Reuters
DALLAS - A newspaper reports
that the University of Texas lost $ 10
million it invested in a company
that importod fruit from South
America.
The Dallas Morning News said
that UT went ahead with the deal
despite a staff member's concern
that it could be unethical, since
other investors included a UT| in¬
vestment advisory committee mem¬
ber, his sbn- ip-law and the son-in-
law of a UT regent.
The deal with International
Cargo Network ranks among UT's
largest individual investment
losses. ICN, a Houston agricultural
import firm, went bankrupt just 10
months after UT's $10 million in¬
vestment in 1991.
The News said state auditors
later described the investment as an
"apparent conflict of interest" in a
confidential preliminary report. But
after lobbying by UT Officials, ref¬
erences to it were deleted from the
final report.
After UT officials learned of the
report, a UT investment officer who
secretly had provided auditors with
details of the failed investment re¬
signed under pressure, the newspa¬
per said.
The News said ICN's investors
and part-owners included Don
Holloway and hisjather-in-law,
Houston businessman Jack Trotter.
Trotter was a member of a six-per¬
son committee that advised the UT
System on its investments.
Peter Wareing, the son-in-law of
former UT Regent Jack Blanton of
Houston, also was an investor
through a separate partnership.
UT Went ahead with the deal
despite the involvement of
Holloway. Trotter and Wareing, and
a report by a UT investment ana¬
lyst who cautioned that Holloway
had gotten "mixed reviews" as a
manager.
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5 Out in the open
10 Infant
14 Duo
15 Kitchen gadget
16 Confess
17 Otherwise
18 Rub out
19 Prong
20 Spacecraft
return ; •
22 One wrth special
knowledge
24 Have being
25 Mountain cham
26 Borrower's
helpe*
30 Dog
34 Healthy.
35 Roof compound
36 Blackbird
37 Eggs ^
38 Taxes
41 Harem room
•t2 Fee:
44 Neckline style
45 State as true
46 Make beloved
48 Fans
50 Fishing basket
52 ' — in the bag1"
53 Declination
56 Was
contemptuous
60 Consumer
61 —lama
63 Back of neck
64 Portal
65 Short jackets
66 High cards
67 Takes Io court
68 Place again
69 Pungent bu!b
DOWN
1 Mimic
2 Strong wind
3 French nver
4 Certain missile
5 Musical show
6 Change
7 Notable time
8 Varnish
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11 Eager
12 Tibia or femur
13 Pitcher
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23 Appears
25 Advent
26 Selected
27 Poesbird
28 Antelope
29 Paddle
31 Treasure —
32 Church official
33 Rases v
38 Signs of^sonow
39 Provided meals
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advocate
43 Obtains
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house
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suff.
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1997 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Language | eng |
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Timeout
* THEDADLY
COLLEGIAN
Monday, October 6,1997
Veteran actor Aiello
excited about new work
By Ian Spelling
College Press Service
Up on the eighth floor of a com¬
mercial building in Manhattan,
above the traffic and street people.
Danny Aiello plies his craft.
"Yo, yo, yo; yo, yo, yo," he says
in his unmistakable voice as fellow
actors Byron Keith Minns, Anne
Ramsay. Ricky Aiello and Frankic
Bongiorno. director Rick Rosenthal
and a crew of 10 listen intently.
Welcome to the set of
"Dcllaventura," Aiello's new pri¬
vate detective scries, which airs
Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on CBS. "Let's
try it again," Rosenthal requests.
Seven takes and lots of "Yo.yo,
yos" later. Rosenthal has his shot.
"We got a winner, baby!" Aiello
announces as he heads to his dress¬
ing room.
"How arc ya doing?" Aiello
asks, extending a hand. "Let's talk."
And into Aiello's sparse room we
go. A big, burly man; Aiello looks
sharp irtfa DKNY combo of black
jacket over a gray sweater, his salt
and pepper hair slicked back He
takes off his jacket, revealing tat¬
toos on both arms, and plops onto a
couch. "You're probably wonder¬
ing what you saw out there," he
says. "We're doing an episode
about rap music, and I was reading
the lyrics of a'rap song off a CD.
We're going to go back in a few
minutes and do the scene with.the
camera on Anne. It's amazing how
fast we move in TV, nothing like
film at all."
And Aiello should know. Since
becoming an actor at age 35, the
dyed in the wool New Yorker's
made a name for himself as a char¬
acter actor, turning up in major
films and independent pictures,
leading man roles and supporting
parts. His many credits include
"Purple Rose of Cairo." "Ruby,"
"Moonstruck" and "Do the Right
Thing," the latter of which earned
him an Oscar nomination. He also
takes to the stage, in such shows as
"Gemini" and "Breaking Legs."
and pops up on TV now and again,
most recently in the hit miniseries,
"The Last Don."
So why commit to a series?
"Why not," Aiello says, smiling.
"I'd done 'Last Don,' and CBS
wanted to work with me again.
They presented me with
'Dcllaventura' and here we are.
He's an ex-cop who became a pri¬
vate detective not because he didn't
love being a cop, but because he
could only go to a certain level as
far as the law. As a private detec¬
tive he can sec things through, can
go into gray areas that cops aren't
permitted to do. He's extremely
compassionate, sensitive and tough.
People in trouble can trust him to
do right by them. He's an honor¬
able man, but not perfect. He's wid¬
owed and still not quite comfortable
around women."
Interestingly, Aiello insists that
there's no challenge, none whatso¬
ever, to playing Dcllaventura.
That's because Dcllaventura is
Aiello. "When we found the char¬
acter he was someone other than
myself and I said, 'I can't play him
as Eastwood, Bogart or Mitchum.
I've got to do Aiello,'" he explains.
"I wanted to put into this character
everything that Danny Aiello is. So
Dcllaventura has my passion and
anger, my intelligence and even my
dumbness. If people embrace the
show, they're embracing me."
And if the show tanks, are they
Please see AIELLO, page 6.
University of Texas loses $10
million on fruit investment
Reuters
DALLAS - A newspaper reports
that the University of Texas lost $ 10
million it invested in a company
that importod fruit from South
America.
The Dallas Morning News said
that UT went ahead with the deal
despite a staff member's concern
that it could be unethical, since
other investors included a UT| in¬
vestment advisory committee mem¬
ber, his sbn- ip-law and the son-in-
law of a UT regent.
The deal with International
Cargo Network ranks among UT's
largest individual investment
losses. ICN, a Houston agricultural
import firm, went bankrupt just 10
months after UT's $10 million in¬
vestment in 1991.
The News said state auditors
later described the investment as an
"apparent conflict of interest" in a
confidential preliminary report. But
after lobbying by UT Officials, ref¬
erences to it were deleted from the
final report.
After UT officials learned of the
report, a UT investment officer who
secretly had provided auditors with
details of the failed investment re¬
signed under pressure, the newspa¬
per said.
The News said ICN's investors
and part-owners included Don
Holloway and hisjather-in-law,
Houston businessman Jack Trotter.
Trotter was a member of a six-per¬
son committee that advised the UT
System on its investments.
Peter Wareing, the son-in-law of
former UT Regent Jack Blanton of
Houston, also was an investor
through a separate partnership.
UT Went ahead with the deal
despite the involvement of
Holloway. Trotter and Wareing, and
a report by a UT investment ana¬
lyst who cautioned that Holloway
had gotten "mixed reviews" as a
manager.
Kennel Bookstore
A
mm
Visit the Lower Level and
receive 20% Oil &z«. nl
All Computer Books |i0fm?9/
Octobers - October 11
Purchase these and many more titles.
^FRESNO STATE
^V* (Ulihniis Suit Uniuruif. ftttn*
r Books
General Book
Department
278-4286
ACROSS
1 Excited r ■
5 Out in the open
10 Infant
14 Duo
15 Kitchen gadget
16 Confess
17 Otherwise
18 Rub out
19 Prong
20 Spacecraft
return ; •
22 One wrth special
knowledge
24 Have being
25 Mountain cham
26 Borrower's
helpe*
30 Dog
34 Healthy.
35 Roof compound
36 Blackbird
37 Eggs ^
38 Taxes
41 Harem room
•t2 Fee:
44 Neckline style
45 State as true
46 Make beloved
48 Fans
50 Fishing basket
52 ' — in the bag1"
53 Declination
56 Was
contemptuous
60 Consumer
61 —lama
63 Back of neck
64 Portal
65 Short jackets
66 High cards
67 Takes Io court
68 Place again
69 Pungent bu!b
DOWN
1 Mimic
2 Strong wind
3 French nver
4 Certain missile
5 Musical show
6 Change
7 Notable time
8 Varnish
' ingredieni
9 Movements in
fashion
wM\\ ifQ. mm
H———■"T——Hb5*!——H—
Mi
10 Fabric •♦
11 Eager
12 Tibia or femur
13 Pitcher
21 Numerical prefix
23 Appears
25 Advent
26 Selected
27 Poesbird
28 Antelope
29 Paddle
31 Treasure —
32 Church official
33 Rases v
38 Signs of^sonow
39 Provided meals
40 Women's
advocate
43 Obtains
45 Arms store¬
house
47 Textbook
49 Resident of
suff.
51 Make happy
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