January 2, 2012
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. ...
December 9, 2011
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 ...
December 9, 2011
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 ...
December 9, 2011
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, ...
December 9, 2011
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.” ...