The Student Voice of Nyack CollegeVolume 57, Issue 5 15 December 2011

by Katlyn GibersonStaff Wrter

Friday November 25th was the United States annual Black Friday shopping extravaganza. Every year major companies and “mom-and-pop shops” create amazing sales, saving people anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars. While it is a tra-dition for many, this day of spectacu-lar sales has been taking a turn for the worse over the past few years. While in line at many stores, you can’t help but overhear conver-sations people are having. They talk about how she just saved twenty bucks on jeans at Sears or saved two hundred and fifty dollars on an HD TV at Wal-

Black Friday: Less Money, More PainMart. One thing that was also said a lot this Black Friday was, “Black Fri-day shopping sure isn’t what it used to be.” Many complained that there weren’t as many great sales this year as there were years in the past. Yes, saving three hundred dollars on a lap top computer is fantastic, but not many people even feel safe battling the mul-titudes of people at well-known chains like Wal-Mart, Target, and Best Buy. This year more than ever there have been many reports of violence at the time of door opening for many major companies. For example, at a local Wal-Mart in Little Rock, Arkan-sas, a video was caught of a riot over a two-dollar waffle maker. The Huffing-ton Post reported that the video shows

by Katlyn GibersonStaff Writer

When citizens across the coun-try hear the words “Penn State” many think “highly respected, strong educa-tion, and great at football.” But due to recent events that have been brought to the attention of people nation wide, their reputation is being tarnished. Ex-Defensive Coordinator for Pennsylvania State University, Jerry Sandusky, was arrested this past No-vember and charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse on 8 young boys. Some of these counts include involuntary de-viate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child, and indecent assault. Sandusky’s bail was set at one hundred thousand

Penn State Reputation Soileddollars; he posted bail and is currently a free man until trial. If convicted, he could face life in prison. Joe Paterno, head coach of Penn States football team, has been scrutinized for not reporting the inci-dent to the police when he presented the information to the university’s au-thorities. Many think Coach Paterno visibly saw the abuse performed by Sandusky, although that is not true. The Long Island Press says that a Penn State Graduate Assistant saw the acts performed on a young boy, and on the night of March 2, 2002, he made a phone call to Paterno explaining what he saw. Long Island Press then goes on to say that on March 3, “Pa-terno [called] Tim Curley, Penn State Athletic Director to his home the next

day and [reported] a version of what the grad assistant had said.” This caused controversy be-yond Sandusky, and a frenzy now surrounds Joe Paterno. Did he fulfill his obligation? What there a moral obligation he refrained from fulfill-ing? While many debate the answers to these questions, Penn State believed there was more to be done on his end and as a result, fired Joe Paterno. Not only did Sandusky’s ac-tions affect the life of Joe Paterno, but they affected the credibility of his own organization “The Second Mile” whose goal is to “provide children with help and hope.” It is now quite difficult for them to assure to parents that their children will be safe as they take part in their programs.

people pushing, shoving, and hitting others just to get this waffle maker. Huffington Post also tells a story of a woman who, while in line for an Xbox, used pepper spray on at least 14 cus-tomers to get her electronic item. Many Black Friday veterans will tell you that they don’t remember the last time the holiday was as vio-lent as it has been the past few years. Many barely go out and brave the cra-zy crowds of people anymore. With the number of super sales declining and the number of psychotic shoppers on the rise, many shoppers are now stay-ing home on Black Friday and waiting for the Cyber Monday sales.

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by Jeremiah RiveraStaff Writer

Have you ever read parts of the Old Testament where people sinned and got smitten by God’s wrath, and you became terrified? When I was younger, I would read areas of the Bi-ble about people having terrible things happen to them for doing wrong. I got scared because I didn’t want those things happening to me. I was afraid to pray because I thought every time I messed up God would be angry, ready to judge me. Many Christians still think like this. I hear people say, “God allowed me to get sick to teach me a lesson,” or “God caused this nat-ural disaster because the nation won’t repent.” I’m here to inform you that God is no longer punishing anyone for their sins. “And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Him-self is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 2:1-2 NKJV). If we sin, Jesus is our Advocate. In the Greek, the word “Advocate” (parakle-tos) means “one who pleads another’s cause before a judge.” Verse two says that Jesus is the propitiation for all sin. “Propitiation” (hilasmos) means “appeasement of wrath.” Let’s say you owed a debt and had to go to court for it. The debt was your sin, and you were found guilty. Then Jesus came along to take your place. By sacrificing Himself on the cross, He paid the price for every debt you owed, and you are free. Now tell me, how can you be punished for a debt that was already paid? “Isn’t God just?” Abso-lutely. Sin had to be punished, or God wouldn’t be just. But the truth is it was! All wrath that God had toward sin was completely poured out on Jesus at the crucifixion. That means there is none left for you! In the same way that a guilty man can’t go to prison for a sentence that was paid for, God can’t punish you for your mistakes. For Him to do so would mean that Jesus died for nothing. I’m not saying everyone is saved or that there won’t be a Day of Judgment for those who reject Jesus.

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by Katlyn GibersonStaff Writer

One of Nyack’s favorite professors, Brad McDuffie, has re-cently released a book titled Teach-ing Salinger’s Nine Stories. His book is a teaching companion to go along with J.D. Salinger’s book of short stories Nine Stories. The short stories compiled in Salinger’s original book are “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut,” “Just Before the War with the Eski-mos,” “The Laughing Man,” “Down at the Dinghy,” “For Esme -- With Love and Squalor,” “Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes,” “De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period,” and “Teddy.”

The Story of Salinger’s Nine Stories Sitting down with Professor McDuffie was a great experience. As I was listening to the answers he was giving me, I could feel his love for what he does and the passion he has when it comes to this book. When asked what it was like teaching Salinger he explains that, “it is thrilling in many ways.” He says that Nine Stories, to him, is like a collection of riddles. He loves when students come into his class after read-ing and share their thoughts on the material. He enjoys discussing with them the answers to the riddles. He believes Salinger “challenges us to see the world in a different way.” He not only appreciated the challenge to the readers but the history of Salinger and his stories.

His pure excitement and pas-sion for teaching the text was his in-spiration to write this book. He had conjured up this idea with his friend William Boyle, and as he spent time working with the University of South Carolina publishing team, the book began to form. Unfortunately, the publishing company was a little insecure when it came to McDuffie and Boyle writing together, seeing as they had never collaborated be-fore. In the end, William Boyle had to drop the project. Brad McDuffie’s book was released on November 25th 2011, taking him less than ten months from the time of signing to release.

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Verse of the Week by Elisabeth ScheffelStaff Writer

Looking for fun reads, fiction fantasies, or non-fiction history books? Check out Pickwick Bookstore in downtown Nyack. Pickwick is located on South Broadway Avenue, right next to the European Chocolate Shoppe. The owner of the store, John, is very friendly and accommodating. He greets every person that walks into his store, and he is eager to talk about the town of Nyack. No customer is unim-portant or burdensome to him.A resident of Nyack, he knows so much about the town and about Nyack Col-lege. When asked about the students

Friendly Service and Fine Selections at Pickwick Bookstoreof Nyack College, John became ecstat-ic. He has had students from Nyack come into his store since he has started working there in 1975.He claims that the bookstore is very popular among college students. Grad-uate students come back regularly and visit the store. Parents of Nyack stu-dents stop by and enjoy their time at the bookstore as well. John mentioned that Nyack College has a strong tradi-tion that influenced the town, and he was glad to share the history of how Nyack College used to be.Pickwick Bookstore is a great store to get books and learn about the history of Nyack College. John is very inter-ested in giving a tour of the store and

teaching about how Nyack College got its property. For used and new books, from all genres, Pickwick Bookstore is the place to go. Pickwick has been open since 1945. The bookstore is open every day of the week, except for certain holidays. From Monday to Saturday, it is open from 9:30 A. M. to 7:00 P. M. On Sundays, it is open from 11:00 A. M. to 6:00 P. M. The Pickwick Bookstore sells all kinds of books, from fiction and children’s books to nonfiction, novels and cook-books. The store offers both new and used books. Books are at a bargained price, and there are sales regularly throughout the year.

by Nelson SilvaStaff Writer

It was a stormy August eve-ning in Nyack. Alethea was invited by Jordan to his sister’s house for dinner. The electricity was out, leaving few options for activities and as the wind and rain beat against the windows, they wound up playing a guitar in the living room by candlelight. Something inexplicable seemed to click. “It was like something out of a 1940’s MGM film” Jordan recounts. That night they composed a song titled “Dragonfly”, marking the beginning of a musical collaboration called The Truth and I. The Truth and I is comprised of Nyack College vocal majors Jordan Wilhelm and Alethea Brown. They are

“Nyack College Musician Radar: The Truth and I”

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The featured theme for the art in this year’s Fine Print is Film Noir, a Black and White style of art es-tablished in 1940’s crime

films with themes of Shadows and Light, Pas-sion and Disillusionment.

Submit your questions and art to Audrey King at fineprint@nyack.edu by

Jan. 31.

a dynamic duo that sing their original pieces while accompanying them-selves using various combinations of guitars, piano, and banjo. Their style can be described as a charismatic mixture of blues, swing, and modern acoustic as interpreted by their child-hood upbringings in folk music.Jordan and Alethea have virtuous ide-als regarding their approach to music that can be difficult to find in many young musicians these days. They la-ment the simplicity found in modern pop music and see their goal as glo-rifying God by creating quality music that can be appreciated by both musi-cians and common people. And while most musicians today have adopted a folk flavor due to its trendiness, Ale-thea and Jordan are the real deal. They

have both been brought up with folk music since childhood in Ohio. Alethea was singing with her father’s band at 5 years old. When I asked if the title of a folk band is what they’re aiming for, Alethea responded with this: “That’s not really our goal. We don’t want to achieve a genre. We just want to ex-press ourselves [in our style].” Jordan says: “God is giving us a lot of inspira-tion and we are just trying to keep up with it.”The Truth and I are currently work-ing on recording a demo of about 3-4 songs that they aim to finish by Christ-mas. Until then, you can like their band page on Facebook, where you can see pictures and get updates from them including new recordings and perfor-mance dates.

by Megan BrokenboroughStaff Writer

Is your make-up making you break out? Although all make-up is not compatible with everyone’s skin, which can cause irritation and the dreaded break out, it may in fact be what you are applying your make-up with that is the culprit. Make-up brushes can be wonderful and aid in beatifying your canvas, but if they are not properly cared for, their charm can wear off, and all you’re left with is a bacteria-ridden wand of bristles. Brushes can easily trap dirt, dead skin and bacteria. This is defi-nitely a problem, especially when the

dirt and bacteria are then transmitted onto your beautiful face, not to men-tion contaminating perfectly amazing make-up. To combat this “make-up” educed violence against your face, make sure to wash your makeup brushes regularly. It is recommended to wash brushes out once a month, but if that isn’t enough for you, washing them twice a month is perfectly ac-ceptable, but if you have a propensity towards OCD wash at your own risk. What you use when you wash out your make-up brushes can be fairly simple and casual or it can be more intentional and serious. For those more casual, you can actually wash your brushes with shampoo,

Beauty Tip: Brushing Away Breakoutseven baby shampoo because it is gen-tle and won’t ruin the bristles. When washing it with shampoo or soap, rinse the brush in warm soapy water, rinse it and dry it with a clean towel. For those of you who want a more professional alternative, there are specific brush solutions that you can invest in to keep dirt at bay; these solutions you can pick up anywhere from Target to Sephora. Now, for the extremists out there, you can soak your brush in alcohol—that will definitely obliterate any bacteria for sure. But be warned: because of the harshness, the alcohol may damage the bristles. Well, I hope this tip was helpful, try it out and as always, feel luxurious doing it.

Punishment for Sins

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent

from God to a city of Gali-lee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.

And he came to her and said, "Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”

Luke 1:26-28 ESV

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I’m saying until that Day, the world isn’t under judgment. Jesus said, “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the

last day” (John 12:47-48 NIV). To conclude, we should never feel that bad things happen to us as punishment. God isn’t mad or frown-ing at you, but is pleased and smiling. You can come boldly to Him, and He will love you unconditionally. How’s that for good news?

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ChristmasVolume 57, Issue 5 Page 3

Jeremy FuscaldoTurkey

“All I want for Christmas” by My Chemical Romance

It’s a Wonderful Life

Laura BowlenMomma’s Dressing

“The Christmas Song”by Nat King Cole

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Morgen LippoltHomemade Pizza

“I’m Getting Nothing For Christmas”by Relient K

It’s a Wonderful Life

Maggie Felisberto“Baby It’s Cold Outside”

by BalcalhauScrooged

David CarreraChristmas Ham

“Winter Wonderland”It’s a Wonderful Life

Elisabeth ScheffelPeppermint Bark

“Hark the Harold Angels Sing”Elf

Aneesa MooreMonkey Bread

“Deck the Halls”The Polar Express

Megan BrokenboroughCandy Canes

“You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch”The Nutcracker

Staff’s Christmas Favorites

Katlyn GibersonMac N’ Cheese

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Jeremiah RiveraMeat Lasagna

“O Holy Night”Elf

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by Renee Curry Guest Writer

Ingredients:

3/4 cup shortening 1 cup packed brown sugar

1 large egg1/2 cup molasses

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger1 teaspoon allspice1 teaspoon nutmeg

Renee’s Yummy Molasses Cookies

Directions:

1) Cream together shortening and brown sugar.2) Stir in egg and molasses and mix well.3) Fold in dry ingredients and stir.4) Cover and chill till firm (1 hour or so).5) Preheat oven to 350°.6) Roll dough into small balls and roll in white sugar.7) Place on lightly greased cookie sheet.8) Bake at 350° for 9-10 minutes.9)Leave on sheet one minute until set.10) EAT THEM!!!

Jesse WilliamsGreen Bean Casserole

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”The Santa Clause

Brittany ?Semi-sweet Chocolate Peppermint

Bark”Carol of the Bells”

It’s Christmas, Charlie Brown!

Amanda ?Ham and Hot Apple Cider

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”Jack Frost!

Daniel ?Christmas Ham

”All I Want For Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey

Home Alone Nelson ?Fresh Snowflakes

“Island of Misfit Toys” Nightmare Before Christmas

Gabrielle DoSnickerdoodles

“Where Are You Christmas?”The Grinch

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas Nyack!

A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore

‘Twas the night before Christ-mas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her ’kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long win-ter’s nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and paw-ing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread; He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose; He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle, But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, “Happy Christmas to all, and

CHRISTMAS CHEER I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts free-ly, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound

on other journeys. ~Charles Dickens

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by Nelson SilvaStaff Writer

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword has gameplay that is challeng-ing and mentally stimulating, a story that is well developed and beautifully depicted, and it is arguably the best ad-dition to the franchise yet. Skyward Sword takes place long before the events of Ocarina of Time and is an origin story of the entire series. Despite this, it retains an indi-viduality that is usually lost in similar cases, and doesn’t get carried away try-ing to explain everything. The opening relays the story of a powerful evil be-ing that arises to conquer the land that will one day become Hyrule. The god-dess who watches over the land creates

a floating island above the clouds to be a haven for human inhabitants. This is where we find this game’s incarna-tions of Zelda and Link, who are life-long friends. In fact, Zelda isn’t even a princess this time around. There is a heavy focus on character development. A goal in each game is to connect the player with Link as much as possible, and the added details about his inner journey achieve that like never before. Although I wasn’t a fan of the “Navi” in this game, I was completely enticed by Ghirahim, the fabulously cold-blooded antagonist whose backstory proved to be the Nintendo plot twist of the century. Overall, this game gives us a cinematic experience that finally uses a visual style that fits the graph-ic limitations of the Wii console in a

beautiful way. The first thing to be praised about the gameplay is the revolution-ized combat. Nintendo’s ambitious goals of motion control have finally been realized in Skyward Sword. With the use of the Wii Motion Plus, sword control has never been more intuitive and direct. Enemies attempt to pre-dict your movements causing you to watch for openings, keeping gameplay fresh and deliberate. Boss battles have progressed from the procedural three-phase format and now seem to depend heavily on unseen HP. The puzzles keep you thinking in new and creative ways and are no longer restricted to dungeons, rather you will find your-self solving problems all throughout the surrounding areas. Although the

landscapes are much smaller and few-er than in Twilight Princess, they are much more detailed and the fact that you return to them many times allows you an opportunity to actually get used to them. This is the most challeng-ing Zelda yet. I see a prevailing idea of quality over quantity in this game, ranging from characters, to land-scapes, to items. This isn’t to say there aren’t plenty of side quests and areas to explore. This was the most exhila-rating gaming experience I have had on the Wii Console and I believe it is an essential for any Nintendo player – whether they are a long time Zelda fan or newcomer to the series.

“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword” Review

by Jeremy FuscaldoStaff Writer

As you know, the Christmas holiday is a time of giving and not re-ceiving; a time of sharing rather than taking; a time of thankfulness; a time of togetherness and unity and a time of love, peace on earth and good will to-ward your fellow man. It is also a won-derful way to describe Frank Capra’s classic holiday movie, It’s a Wonderful Life—the story about a man, who con-sistently helped others throughout his life rather than helping himself. The movie starts out when the citizens of Bedford Falls pray for a be-loved man, George Bailey, who’s con-templating suicide. Meanwhile, the top angels in heaven, Joseph and Franklin, hear everyone’s prayers and assign

their trainee, Clarence Odbody, to help console with George to continue living his life—and if Clarence succeeds, he would earn his wings. Before he accomplishes his mission, we get a glimpse of George’s entire life. We see him helping his deceased father’s business, keeping Bedford Falls in one piece, and rais-ing his wife and kids. The breaking point occurs when $8000 is acciden-tally misplaced and George is in deep trouble. Thus, we see him taking out his frustrations on his family, begging his rival, Mr. Potter, for help, and get-ting drunk and crashing his car into someone’s tree. Luckily, Clarence intervenes into George’s life and shows him what it would be like if he was never born at all, forcing George to realize how im-

Holiday Classic: It’s a Wonderful Lifeportant his life is and how he shouldn’t throw it away. What is truly amazing about this movie is that it still manages to hold up after all these years and stand with classics like “Bride of Fran-kenstein”, “The Wizard of Oz”, and “Gone with the Wind.” Not only has it become a classic, it was one of Frank Capra’s last few masterpieces in film-making before he officially retired in the 60s—after It’s a Wonderful Life, he still managed to direct other good movies, but none of them has reached a status as high as this film. The story itself reminds us that life is truly worth living when we help make a difference for someone we know. It’s just like Clarence Odbody said near the end of the movie, “No man is a failure who has friends.” Photography submitted by Forum Staff

Nyack College Presents: The Knight of the Burning Pestleby M. Felisberto News Editor

Who is the knight of the burn-ing pestle? Why is he coming to Ny-ack? What makes his pestle burn? I sat down with Dr. Kevin Pinkham, English professor at large and thespian extraordinaire, to find out more about this knight coming next semester. The Knight of the Burning Pestle is an early seventeenth century play by Francis Beaumont. One of the first parodies and metadramas, Burn-ing Pestle demolishes the fourth wall. The play revolves around a play being performed in which a young woman falls in love with her father’s appren-tice, but is engaged to a richer man. The Romeo and Juliet type story gets interrupted, though, when two “audi-ence members” decide that they don’t like the way the play is going and want to see it take a different direction. Pinkham read the play on the recommendation of his colleague, Dr. Charles Beach. After reading through it, Pinkham said, “I had a vision for

performing the play, that it would al-low the students to shine in perfor-mances and not get overwhelmed by the language.” Beaumont was a con-temporary of Shakespeare, so the English used in the play may at times sound like one of the Bard’s construc-tions. However, Burning Pestle is sim-pler and much more accessible. Pinkham is excited to be di-recting Burning Pestle next semester. He remembers being involved with the theatre as one of the best parts of his time as a student at Nyack. “Those were the best times, the most fun times, and they offered the opportunity for the closest friendships and often some of the strongest growth was coming out of those experiences, both intel-lectual and emotional and spiritual... A lot really came out of it for those of us involved.” When he thinks about what the theatre provided for him as a student, Pinkham says that “there is a spirit of camaraderie that comes out of the the-ater opportunities that I want to bring back. There is a level of community

and maybe even family that comes out of that that I haven’t seen anywhere else on campus in my years here as a professor.” And it has been a long time since Nyack has done a play. “The last thing that I’m aware of that was on a larger scale,” Pinkham says, “was Da-naher: The Musical back in 2006,” but he caveats, “if we’re talking written by a famous playwright or a famous mu-sical, now we’re starting years before that... Basically, it seems like the only outlet for student performance on the campus in the past few years has been Opera Workshop, and if you’re not an opera singer, you’re not going to be part of it.” The cast list for Burning Pestle has been posted. Come next semester, you will be able to see Kevin Winkle as the Citizen with Allison Birch as the Wife, Courtney Soucek as Luce and Simon Song as Jasper, and Ben Wallin as Rafe, the eponymous Knight of the Burning Pestle, as well as many more talented student performers.

Cast list:Citizen—Kevin WinkleWife—Allison BirchRafe—Ben WallinVenturewell—Jeremiah RiveraJasper—Simon SongMaster Humphrey—LeeAnn MaillyLuce—Courtney SoucekMistress Merrythought—Ayodele Camp-bellMichael—Eric CabreraMaster Merrythought—Christian JacksonTim—Philip StrangolagalliGeorge—Suzanne WagnerA Tapster— Elizabeth KendrexA Boy—Laura SatreA Host—Stephanie GinsbergA Barber—Mitchell WoodfordThree Knights: Knight 1—Jesse Williams Knight 2—Joshua Phoenix Knight 3—Andrew TaylorA Captive Woman—Felicita RuizA Sergeant—Shanna LewisSoldiers: Soldier 1—Audrey King Soldier 2—Hannah ShipmanWilliam Hammerton—Brittany WetherillGeorge Greengoose—Petra BrownPompiona—Thanee XiongThe Prologue— Chelsea Geyer