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April 11,2003 Page 11 NOKS M VMWHKIMi M® MS! I'm not very good at writing about things that actually relate to my life or anyone else's, but I feel as though some thing needs to be seriously addressed and considered. I'm thinking of the new housing policy for next semester. Mainly the smoke-free policy being enforced in every dorm but Bryan. As a smoker (see photo), I'm sure that all of you can understand why I am shocked and appalled by this decision. What bothers me the most about this issue is that I was never really asked if it was okay. And I don't mean me person ally, but the Guilford community in gen eral. Oh, I'm sure that the decision went through Senate or something of that na ture. But a decision that drastic, one that affects almost everyone living on campus, should really be put before the entire stu dent population in some sort of a forum or a vote or something. You don't just make a decision like this without consult ing people. That's what democracy is for, am I wrong? First Weekend of Illusion a Success Continued from Page 9 Rebecca Czarnecki is hilarious in the role of Matamore, a cowardly general with a handlebar mustache and ridiculous ac cent, whose nonsensical profusions of love are matched only by Hilary Home's bar rage of one-liners. Home plays the sly and whorish maid Elicia, resplendent in both cleav age and comedy. She, as well as Paul Masters (Ferrer's effeminate rival), are particularly engaging and audience friendly. Funny though they were, it was Rachel Gordon that impressed me most. Her per formance as Amanuensis, the magician's servant, is chilling. The magnificent lighting and sets (de- I've never been one for following cur rent events, or reading the news, or any of those little notices the school puts in "• ifilr f **mt^L •• * ' '.4k Wm ■■Hf •** -f^X-S Asa Fager, pre-haircut. Features Columnist my mailbox. It is entirely possible that I completely missed a notice informing me that this decision was going to be made. But I like to think that were that the case, the word would have made its way around to my ear. It generally has before. signed by Bob Elderkin and April Soroko, respectively) enhance this unnerving as pect. The production, amazing in all tech nical aspects, opens with a distinctly un settling set: a matte black room, hung with a tattered spidery curtain and lit with a single bare bulb. Bluish fog pours in from both sides of the stage, drifting among audience members like a web. Thus The Illusion begins. In its course, it confronts love, lust, and greed, cut al ways with humor. According to Zerbe, it is "part comic burlesque, part tragic sat ire ... Ultimately it is a love-letter to the theatre that celebrates the capacity of the arts to heal a broken heart and transcend the limits of reality." It did not, unfortunately, heal my heart. But, damn. I had fun. hn.4 Granted, I was not planning on smok ing in my room next year. I smoke too much as it is now, and my lungs are start ing to hurt, but I was taking comfort in the fact that I could easily walk down the hallway to a friend's room and light up a cigarette when I was in need. Next win ter, I can guarantee you, there will be a lot of angry smokers on campus. So I suppose that I am attempting to make my voice heard on this issue. I'm pretty sure it won't make a whole lot of difference, but a small piece of me would like to think that it will. So in an attempt to get something done, I'm going to say it straight out: maybe we should reconsider this decision. Smokers, stand up for your right to inhale carcinogens at will. Don't take this sitting down, like I am right UJUMUM .€LtLl.L{tTrtltlLa.H. .CLOT#*. Here are the ten most played albums for the week of Mar. 31 through Apr. 7 on s>@o9 f 1 WHITE STRIPES Elephant 2 NAPA STUFF Let Go 5 SUPERGRASS Life On Other Pknets 4- PLACEBO Sleeping with Ghosts 5 BUZZCOCKS 77?e Buzzcocks 6 HOOKERS The Hookers 7 LITTLE BROTHER The Listening • 8 MINUS 5 Down with Wilco 9 KATHLEEN EDWARDS Filler 10 CAT POWER ' toy /te a say in what WQFS plays! request line: x 2444 office phone: x 2552 now. Stand up, light up, and shout some thing along the lines of: "Hell no, we won't g0... outside to smoke!" (I know that was a really cheesy pun, but I could resist. Sorry.) I'm sure that if we are obnoxious enough, someone will see through the thick cloud of smoke and hacking and wheezing to our side of the issue. And of course, if they ignore us fur ther, we could do some "direct action" stuff like have a "smoke-out" in the caf eteria. If there are enough of us, I doubt anyone would really get in trouble. And how cool would that be, a whole bunch of smokers just lighting up right there over their dinner trays. Remember fellow smokers, it's not just the smell of our lungs blackening in the air, it's the smell of freedom!
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