If you're looking for an end-of-the-semester diversion, you might want to go see _Deep Impact_. I don't really recommend the film on its own merits, but Robert Duvall's character makes a nice mention of Mark Twain and navigating the Mississippi. There's a reference later on to _Huck Finn_ and other "real books." Melville scholars will be pleased too. Mary Uhl The University of Iowa