September 1997
Look into my eyes...
A hypnotist visits St Andrews
by Suzyn Smith
It probably wasn’t a good
idea. I’ll say that first of all.
But when the hypnotist stood
on stage and asked for volun
teers, I stood up. As a child,
I’d been a big fan of the live
action Batman series from the
1960s. My image of hypnosis
revolved around the time
Batgirl was hypnotized by
Milton Berle. I had to try it.
It was Saturday, Septem
ber 13, and the hypnotist had
been brought in by Student
Life. His name is Ronny
Romm. He didn’t look much
like Milton Berle, but appar
ently, he knew what he was do
ing, because he was able to
hypnotize the entire group
fairly quickly.
I wasn’t the only one up
there. Eleven other people
went up also. By the end of
the show, there were only nine
of us left. At the beginning of
everyone was truly cut out for
hypnotism and that if he tapped
us a certain way, we were one
of those people who wasn’t
right for it and we’d be quietly
led off of the stage. The entire
show, I kept expecting to get
tapped. I never did.
He promised us that he
wouldn’t make us do anything
embarrassing. I would later find
out that his definition of “em
barrassing” differed signifi
cantly from my own.
I found that being hyp
notized was a very strange feel
ing. At first, I was cooperat
ing just to be nice, but as the
show went on, I found myself
doing what he said automati
cally. Still, it didn’t feel like
he was in control. Rather than
feeling like I had to obey him,
I felt like it was too much
trouble not to obey him. Of
course, either way, I was obey
ing him just the same.
Could I have directly de
fied him? I don’t know. The
idea of doing so certainly
crossed my mind. But some
how, I could never bring myself
to do it.
He made us do a variety
of tricks. ^ At one point, we
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strange thing is, I don’t believe
in fishing. I think it’s cruel and
while I enjoyed it once as a
child, I would never do it now.
Yet I found myself fishing with
the rest of the group.
Another significant mo
ment was when he made us be
lieve that we were at a horse
race, and that we could make
our horses win by yelling their
number. After the show, my
fi-iends told me I was the loud
est. I told my father (who stud
ied opera as a child) and he was
very proud.
The climax of the
evening came when the hypno
tist gave everyone left on stage
a different command and
showed them off individually.
I had to walk forward, tell him
that I didn’t believe in hypno
tism, walk off the stage, then
start thinking I was the roadru-
nner and run around the room.
Let’s just say that it wasn’t the
most thrilling thing I’ve ever
done.
Being hypnotized was an
odd experience, and it left me
with a lot to think about. I have
no idea exactly how much un
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tism really controlling
someone’s mind, or is it just
making them so relaxed that
they don’t want to make waves?
Either way, it worked.
Ronny Romm was no
Mihon Berle, but I was enter
tained (and apparently enter
taining...) for the evening.
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Equestrians Make
Strong Sliow
by Mel Collins
On September 6 sev
eral members of the St. An
drews equestrian team at
tended the Progressive
Show Jumping Competition
at Pinehurst. Freda
Schlaman rode well while
Stephanie Zwicker had a
strong ride on Tennessee.
Amanda Strader finished
first and second in her two
long stirrup events.
That strong showing
was followed up on Septem
ber 14 at the Cross Winds
Horse Center Schooling
Horse Trials and Dressage
Show. Kate
Joynt acted as scribe,
taking down the informa
tion from the judges. It was
in the Beginner Novice cat
egory that the S.A. squad
showed its depth. Vickie
Olkowski rode Evening
Shade to a first place fin
ish. Amanda Strader fin
ished second on Riley.
Erin Neff on Nick and
Katherine Dearborn on
Sam finished fourth and
sixth respectively. The suc
cess of the early season
should help the S.A. eques
trian teams to repeat the
championship of last year.
Volleyball Getting
Started
by Melissa Collins
’fiTst'''V6'rne'
match for the Lady
Knights volleyball team
came on September 16
versus Queens in front of
a large and supportive
crowd.
Natalie White aced
the first two serves to get
the match underway. It
was 3-0 before Queens
got a serve. Despite a div
ing attempt by Yasuko
Wada, Queens managed
to tie the score quickly.
But that was all they could
do before April Filzen
stopped their charge.
Tracie Putman had a nice
serve to set up a volley
that ended in a SA point.
Helen
Holden and Jamie
Barone each served well
enough to cushion the SA
lead. White and Putman
had a killer block to add a
point. Queens would not
falter however, and the
score was tied again
quickly.^'ffut'the power
surge kept things close un
til the end. The final score
of game one was 16-14 in
favor of Queens. That
tough loss impacted on the
SA squad. Miscommunica-
tion negated the strengths
of the team.
There was a lack of
fire and spirit on the
Knights side of the net.
Despite power strokes by
Jodi Devereux and Filzen,
the final score of game two
was 15-6. In game three the
Lady Knights could-not get
anything started. They
showed some signs of life
with good hustle by
Putman and Filzen but it
could not stop the power
ful Queens team. At the end
of the third game it was
15-0. The Lady Knights are
a young team with a lack of
a dominant leader. They do
have a lot of talent and it is
just a matter of time before
they show it.