His voice is a tad
raspy, but otherwise he is as
talkative and excited to an-
swer questions as those who
are asking them. With a new
film coming out at the end
of March, Ryan Phillippe is
busy touring with the di-
rector to promote his new
film, Stop-Loss. His previ-
ous works include Cruel In-
tentions and Crash, but this
new film requires a certain
new persona for Phillippe.
He plays the main character
of the film, Sergeant Bran-
don King, who has just re-
turned from a tour in Iraq.
Just when he has adjusted
to the life he had before,
the army orders him to re-
turn, thus making him one
of many soldiers who ex-
perience “stop-loss,” which
is the term for the action
taken by the military to call
back a soldier who has fin-
ished their tour of duty.
“Well, firstly I would
describe [Brandon King] as a
guy who has always done the
right thing in his life, by all ac-
counts,” Phillippe said. “[He] is
a guy with true character and
strength and then he’s compro-
mised by the choice he has to
make regarding being forced
TAYLOR CARLSON
The Lumberjack
The good-hearted pro-
duction, You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown, began on
Broadway in 1971 and has
only taken 37 years to come to
NAU.
All of the traditional fa-
vorite Peanuts characters will
be in attendance, including
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy,
Sally, Linus, Schroeder and
Woodstock.
This production is en-
tirely student produced. Shelby
Brimhall, a senior theater per-
formance major, is the student
director of the show.
“We are definitely get-
ting there,” Brimhall said. “It’s
been a challenge rehearsing in
the space that we have because
it’s not as big as our stage is go-
ing to be. But my actors have
done an amazing job. I have an
incredible band, too. We have
already done full run-throughs
of the show so right now we’re
just kind of cleaning things
up.”
But the cast and crew is
having to deal with the pres-
sures of opening the produc-
tion the week after Spring
Break.
“I think one or two things
could happen: it w