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Missouri Western Democrats

January 2, 2012 No Comments

Brent Ault

With a new organization on campus, much cannot be expected early on, but the Missouri Western Democrats have proven that wrong. Many students are unaware of the organization and its purpose. Amanda Johnson, president of Missouri Western Democrats, is a senior and a double major in political science, sociology and a minor in English literature. ...

No ‘kidding’ around for this young cast

No ‘kidding’ around for this young cast

December 9, 2011 No Comments

Blair Stalder

The director’s voice projects throughout the whole theater. Sitting in the audience he announces on the microphone, telling the young actors on stage to up their enthusiasm because they are in a party scene. The children nod their heads and the director says “Go!” The scene restarts. Five-year-old Ian Rhoad sneaks a small chalkboard with ...

‘Bah humbug’ : Four different Scrooges to take stage

‘Bah humbug’ : Four different Scrooges to take stage

December 9, 2011 No Comments

Caitlin Cress

When Charles Dickens wrote his novel “A Christmas Carol” in the 1800s, he surely did not anticipate that his protagonist’s name would one day be almost universally synonymous for a person without Christmas spirit. Audiences will see four different actors portraying the infamous Ebeneezer Scrooge at different ages when “A Christmas Carol” opens this weekend ...

Cratchit family inspires Christmas Cheer

Cratchit family inspires Christmas Cheer

December 9, 2011 No Comments

Jesse Bilderback

Imagine a Christmas not filled with expensive material possessions or large fancy dinners, but a Christmas filled with nothing to cherish and hold but our loved ones.  That is a Cratchit family Christmas. The Cratchit family is Dickens’ portrayal of what a poor family was like in these times.  Even though they are a large, ...

‘Christmas Carol’ to play at Western

‘Christmas Carol’ to play at Western

December 9, 2011 No Comments

Christian Mengel

Charles Dickens’ classic novel, “A Christmas Carol,” will be coming to life as Griffon students take on the second major production of the school year. Many students, like sophomore Jeff Jones, have been ready to take stage for “A Christmas Carol” since the end of the performances of the last school play, “Romeo and Juliet.” ...

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