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Around
the World
Caroline Saul
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
It’s a satellite!
A satellite which was sup
posed to carry out a geograph
ical survey of parts of China
plummeted from the sky and
obliterated a house in the
Sichuan province. According
to officials, no one was hurt.
The tenants of the home pos
tulate that this may be an
omen of good luck for this
year.
Giant Personal Ad
Helen Zou has rented a
billboard in a bustling suburb
of Sydney this month adver
tising her need for a husband.
She specified the age range,
socio-economic stature, occu
pations race, habits, and per
sonality traits she finds prefer
able. Her e-mail address is
printed on the billboard, so
potential hubbies can contact
her.
Fraud in Zimbabwe
Three Campers in
Chirundu National Park had
their vehicles confiscated
after failing to tell park offi
cials that they were not from
Zimbabwe. This omission
allowed the campers to pay the
lower entry fee for citizens of
one Zimbabwean dollar.
Foreigners pay with US cur
rency. Officials knew some
thing was off kilter when they
noticed the Australian and
South African flags raised
over the campsite. After
shelling out the $4.50 penalty
their vehicles were returned.
YUM!
Greek Cypriots have cre
ated the most massive portion
of the delicacy known in
English as Turkish Delight,
which is known for its revital
izing effects. The green and
pink hued hunk of com starch,
sugar, fruit juice, and honey
massed in at 2,543 kilograms.
That is over two metric tons!
This beats the previous record
of 2,349 kilograms set in
1997.
“World,"continued on Page 2
The Magic Behind “Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead”
Rachel Shauger
set, and does make-up,” said
stage director senior Maya
T he curtains rise, the Waite-Jones. Assistant stage
spotlight shines on the
stage, and the music
hushes the audience. And it’s
all because of stage crew.
“There are people who
exist behind stage. It’s not
just magic,” said light techni
cian senior Ryan McLinko.
On October 29, 30 and
31, the audience will see the
actors of “Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead” per- '
forming their hard work, but ^ ■*
it will also see the product of *
stage crew’s labor, although >
perhaps unknowingly.
Several 'TTTTf&feilt students '
work on the backstage
aspects of the production,
including the stage director,
assistant stage director, cos
tumer, light technician, and
sound technician.
“[Stage crew] brings out Alyssa Heckman and Dan Applegate
the set, raises the curtains, 29th.
gives light cues, gives set cues, director senior Teresa Schubert
presses buttons, makes props, added, “Techies (stage crew)
sets props on stage, paints the have as much, if not more
work, as actors do.
Additionally,
puts together
’ the levels of the microphones
stage crew onstage. Stage crew takes on
costumes, many responsibilities, which
are of utmost importance,
according to Schubert.
“The work that we do
tells the audience when the
characters are in different
places or times, and it sets the
mood. Without the set and
the costumes, the actors
would be very limited with
what they could do [to realis
tically portray the play],”
Schubert said.
Costumer, senior Aden
VanNoppen, has mostly acted
in the past, but in
“Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are Dead,” she
is getting the different per
spective of one who makes
the show mn smoothly off
stage.
“[Acting and dding stage
Caroline Saul crew] are very different. As
practice for the play opening October an actor, you’re focused on
your specific character and
records all the light cues and role, but crew has to focus on
effects, inserts the music and the play as a whole. However,
sound effects, and monitors “Play,” continued on page 2
NCSSM: Then & Now
Elle Norton & Sara Wise
E very one of us has heard
legends of what
NCSSM was like back
in the day. We hear about
alumni who walked to E. K.
Powe for cold cuts every day
and slept in the Carolina
Duke Motor Inn when there
were no dorms to stay in.
This world seems so distant
to us, yet it is really closer
than it seems. In fact, all
around us there are reminders
of the past of NCSSM.
Currently, there are 11 staff
and faculty members who
graduated from here and who
have so many stories to share.
In the next several issues of
the Stentorian, we will high
light different graduates and Dr.
learn about the changes they
have witnessed at NCSSM.
Then and Now: Dr.
Christine Muth
Graduate of 1992
fVhat was it like here as a
junior?
When I first came here I
was really impressed with the
students and the teachers. I
lived on Ground E and now
that first semester. But eventu
ally, by the end of the school
year, I really figured it out and
made friends and stuff. I was
in the orchestra and the
Christine Muth: Then and Now
I’m actually the hall mom
there. The first semester was
really hard. It was difficult
learning to use time manage
ment to get all the work done,
and it was just really very
stressful, and kind of a hard
transition to make, especially
German club and I also partic
ipated in all of the intramurals
and hall activities. My biggest
hobby was participating in sci
entific research competitions
though, which I really enjoyed.
What was it like here as a
senior?
My senior year was much
easier. I didn’t have to adjust to
everything going on like I had
had to do my junior year, so I
got to spend time strengthen
ing my friendships. I had
fewer classes and I got really
into my biology research and
got to travel a lot for compe
titions. My roommate was
also the DA, the same thing
as the RLA now, so that was
really interesting and fun. I
also took art for the first
time, which was really funny,
since I’m such a non-artistic
kind of person. I actually
loved it, but I was still really
horrible at it.
What was your most
memorable NCSSM experi
ence?
It’s hard to think of just
one experience! Well, I won
the North Carolina Junior
Science and Humanities com
petition, so that was a really
big highlight. But also, there
are the memories of being with
& Now,* contbuMd on
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