Fantastic Voyage
Drama Guild to present 'A Masque Charade Ball through history
Argus photo by Keith Caesar
Drama Guild is looking to add a little lesson behind the story of theater.
By Keith Caesar
ARGUS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Winston-Salem
State University Drama
Guild is up to their usual
antics again.
This time around they
are looking to take their
audience on a voyage
through the history of the
ater.
Dubbed the “2002
Drama Guild Players
Present: A Masque
Charade Ball; An evening
of Dramatic Transfor
mation/' the guild is
eager to show their stuff.
Avis Gray, a dramatic
arts teacher in the
Department of English
and Foreign Languages,
said the overall goal of the
production is to take the
audience through theater
from its origin with
primitive man to present
day.
"In that regard it is my
hope to not only entertain
but educate as well," Gray
said.
"We will be performing
scenes from Greek theater,
the middle ages
(Medieval period),
European renaissance,
Asian theater, early mod
em theater.
Contemporary/20th cen
tury."
"Under 20th century we
are looking at a contem
porary African-American
piece."
The ball is set for Dec. 7
in the Thompson Center
room 207 and will begin
at 8 p.m. Audience goers
will also be treated to
refreshments which will
be served.
"I just want them to
understand the history of
theater," said Gray. "They
do need to know that
there is other theater out
here then what we nor
mally see.
"I want to make them
aware of the different cul
ture's' traditions of the
ater.
She added that as part
of the event masks would
be provided for audience
members so that they
could have their own role
in the experience making
it more then just simply a
spectator event.
Gray also wanted to
point out that in the spirit
of the event she hopes
that students leave their
athletic gear at home and
become a part of the
show.
"One of my major goals
is to make this a main
stream event. I want to
“I regard the the
ater as the Greatest
of all Art forms, the
most immediate way
in which a Human
being can share with
another the sense of
what it means to be a
human being.”
Thornton Wilder
appeal to all races, and I
want to appeal to all gen
ders in hopes that maybe
we can build a bridge or
close the gap between fac
ulty and students."
She added that this
event would have never
been made possible if it
were not for the Office of
Student Activities.
"We're very grateful to
the Office of Student
affairs for supporting [us]
financially."
WSSU policeman gives
tips on staying safe
By Mary-Anne M. Joseph
ARGUS REPORTER
With the construction of walls
and parking gates scattered
over almost every crevice of the
school, has campus police been
taking care of their obligation?
According to Lt. Marcus
Sutton of Winston-Salem State
University campus police, they
have and will continue to do
so.
Campus Police are on watch
over WSSU's campus 24 hours
a day, seven days a week and
are doing their best to make
sure that students are safe at all
times.
The officers do plenty to
ensure safety, from making sure
the campus is well lit at night
to installing surveillance cam
eras in the parking lots and call
boxes outside the dormitories
of WSSU and much more.
However, some students feel
as if ticketing has dramatically
increased while crime preven
tion has dramatically
decreased.
"This is not so, ticketing is
very harsh at the beginning of
the semester so there will not
be an escalation in parking
problems later in the semester
and crime prevention has
increased quite some bit since
last year and the years before
that," said Sutton in response to
student's complaints.
According to Sutton being
objective is key when it comes
to personal belongings. How
well do you truly know your
new roommate?
No matter what the circum
stances, Sutton suggests that
students should secure their
valuables. At the beginning of
the school year students are
issued a inventory sheets to
record valuables on. The sheet
has a place to record valuable
objects and their serial num
bers. The inventory sheets are
expected to come in handy in
the event that someone steals
something out of a room.
Students can also help protect
their automobiles.
Common suggestions made
are to avoid leaving valuable
possessions in plain sight in a
parked car and to stray away
from thinking that older model
cars won't be subject to theft
and/or vandalism.
See SAFE, Page 8
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