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Faculty members in higher education are expected to fulfill a multifaceted role that extends beyond just teaching. A modern university professor's responsibilities typically rest on three main pillars: teaching, research, and service.

The star quarterback who wants to quit the team to focus on academics.

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The late 1990s witnessed a massive resurgence in teenage horror cinema, a boom largely ignited by the meta-commentary of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson’s Scream in 1996. Among the wave of slashers and supernatural thrillers that followed, one film stood out by trade-marking a distinct blend of paranoid science fiction, body horror, and sharp social satire: The Faculty .

The brilliant but rebellious drug-dealing senior who repeats his final year. Faculty members in higher education are expected to

The special effects, courtesy of KNB Studios (Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman), are phenomenal. The alien parasites and the grotesque transformations of the teachers are practical effects at their peak, blending the slimy paranoia of The Thing with the body horror of Alien . The queen alien, designed by Bernie Wrightson, remains a terrifyingly beautiful piece of monster-making.

Nothing cements The Faculty in the annals of 1990s counterculture quite like its third-act plot device. In a direct nod to John Carpenter’s The Thing , the students discover that the only way to kill the moisture-dependent parasites is by drying them out using Zeke's homemade, caffeine-based illicit drug, nicknamed "Scat." Kevin Williamson , famous for Scream , who

The film works as a launchpad for future stars. Elijah Wood delivers a brilliantly fragile performance as the put-upon hero Casey. Josh Hartnett, in one of his earliest roles, plays the cynical drug-dealer Zeke with a dangerous, leather-jacket cool that practically steals the movie. The film also features Jordana Brewster in her film debut, Clea DuVall as the iconic goth queen Stokely, and even Usher Raymond in a supporting role as the cool kid Gabe.

The star quarterback who abruptly quits the football team to focus on his academics. The Faculty