Georgetown College’s Student–Run Newspaper
October 24, 2019
Volume CXXXVIV Issue 18
Phi Mu Fraternity raises $700 for Children’s Miracle Network By KAYLEE DEE LONG
The organization funds over 170 member hospitals which provide nearly 32 million treatments per year. The closest benefactors of CMNH is Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington, Ky. The chapter of Phi Mu at Georgetown, as well as the Phi Mu chapters at the University of Kentucky and Transylvania University, all work with this hospital directly, making visits to the children, raising funds through events and bringing gifts to the children. One of the favorites of the Phi Mu ladies here at GC is the annual canvas-painting social in which all ladies on campus are invited to paint canvases together in the Phi Mu house which are then taken to the Kentucky Children’s Hospital in order to help brighten up their hospital rooms. This year’s canvas-painting THE GEORGETONIAN / HAILEY BOWMAN event will be held The ladies of Phi Mu stand together with on Oct. 24 from 7 the men of Lambda Chi Alpha, the winp. m. to 9 p. m.. in ners of the volleyball tournament the Phi Mu house. Staff Writer Phi Mu hosted “Volley For The Kids” on Friday, Oct. 4. This was a philanthropic volleyball tournament, and the funds were donated to Phi Mu’s Philanthropy, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH). The winner of the tournament won $100 to be donated to the charity of their choice. Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization in North America that raises awareness for various children’s illnesses and financially supports children’s hospitals and medical research.
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Both canvases and paint will be provided along with refreshments. The philanthropy chair of Phi Mu, Hailey Bowman, said, “Phi Mu was able to bring so much awareness to CMNH. It was a night full of laughs, music and memories. Phi Mu would like to thank everyone who showed out and supported.” The event was hosted at the sand pit on campus, and there were several fun volleyball games, tasty smores, hot coffee and lots of comradery. The teams included Lamb #1, Lamb #2, Sigma Kappa, Phi Mu #1, Phi Mu #2 and Kappa Delta. The overall winner was Lamb #2. In an interview after the championship game, John Lowe of the winning team said, “We just really wanted to get out here and just have a good time. We really came out here and showed out for this one.” Ultimately, the hit event was #FTK (for the kids) and Over $700 has been raised, though more donations are expected from local businesses.
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The Georgetown Maskrafters present “Men on Boats” By WILLOW DOVE
Staff Writer After many weeks of hard work, the Georgetown College Theater Department Maskrafter’s first play of the year is finally here for everyone to see. For this play, Director Dr.
Blacklight run 5k: a glowing good time page 6
Ed B. Smith has taken on the lofty challenge of Jaclyn Blackhaus’s production “Men on Boats” which has yet to be performed by a theater company in the state of Kentucky. Continued on p. 8
Horror movie reboots are only getting better page 8
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Global
Headlines Compiled by Andrew Alvey An 11 year-old boy recently accomplished his goal of finishing a half-marathon in all 50 states. He is the youngest person of all time to accomplish this task. An Iowa family’s basement was flooded with animal blood, bones and fat due to a shared drainage system with the neighboring meat processing business. A dog in Idaho was rescued from a steep cliff after being stranded for over five days. The dog, named “Clifford,” is now safe at an animal rescue shelter. A California woman returned a library book that was 74 years overdue. The book was checked out by the woman’s mother in 1945. A mother bear and her three cubs in Gatlinburg, Tennessee opened the doors of an unlocked SUV and stole a pack of chewing gum. A pair of identical twins were delivered by a pair of identical twin nurses in Georgia. This is the first time the twin nurses had worked in the delivery room together.
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This week in Georgetown: October 23 — 29
By BENJAMIN ROBISON
Staff Writer On Wednesday, SGA and GAC are coming together for a Haunted House that will run from 7-9 p.m. The Haunted House will be inside of Knight Hall, so come prepared to be scared. On the south quad, Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Alpha are collaborating on their annual Pumpkin Smash event which is meant to raise money for their philanthropies. All the money raised for this event will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. The Pumpkin Smash will begin at 7:30 p.m. You can pay to smash a pumpkin as well as purchase baked goods, hot cider or hot chocolate to help support. Thursday, the Student Health Advisory Council is having their annual Mental Health 5K to raise awareness about breaking the stigma of mental health. The run begins at 5:30 p.m. but you can come earlier to register for the race for FREE. The race starts and finishes in front of Giddings Circle and will have plenty of water stations for the runners. This is also a NEXUS event. Also on Thursday, GAC is putting on a Murder Mystery Night inside the LRC at 8:30 p.m. There are only 36 main spots/characters to sign up for but there will also be side characters assigned at the time of the game. To sign up, you can go to the GAC offices on the 3rd floor of the student center and register. Friday night will be exciting as Lambda Chi Alpha and Kappa Delta will be coming together to throw a Halloween Party for the campus. The event will be held in the lobby of the Lamb house and the college’s party policy will be enforced. That means that you can’t bring your own containers in/ out of the party and you will need your
G-Card to get inside. Inside the Rec Center this Sunday evening there will be Georgetown College versus the University of Kentucky basketball viewing party beginning at 4:30 p.m. The actual game starts at 5 p.m. but come early to grab FREE drinks and pizza. There will also be different activities and prizes prior to the start of the game! Next Tuesday, Oct. 29, the club on campus known as CAUS will be having an Ultimate Frisbee game on the south quad starting at 4 p.m. If you want to hangout and throw the disc around, just show up with a group of friends and have some fun! Now for some NEXUS events this week. On Thursday at 11 a.m. there will be a Collier Lecture inside of Room 112 of the Asher building. The speaker will be Brother Guy J. Consolmagno who is
the Director of Vatican Observatory. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. inside the Ruth Pearce Wilson Lab Theatre, students will be performing “Men on Boats,” a comedy about the exploration of the Grand Canyon in which all of the men are played by women. The play costs $4 for students and $5 for other guests. Monday at 6 p.m. inside the Chapel, the Poor People’s Campaign will be continuing their “We Must Do M.O.R.E” tour. They will speak on the conditions of people who are most impacted by systematic racism, poverty and ecological devastation. Tuesday at 4 p.m. is an Active Shooter Awareness talk in the Ward Room of the LRC. Georgetown PD will be giving the presentation and will demonstrate different scenarios and safety strategies.
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White House unclear on Ukraine situation
By ROBERT BIRD
Staff Writer On Sunday, President Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney attempted to walk back several comments he had made regarding the allegations that the Trump White House used around $400 million to send to the Ukrainian government to investigate the 2020 presidential election. Mulvaney made these comments this past Thursday, and has since been attempting to rescind these comments, saying that the media had reconstructed his words and misconstrued his ideas. In a televised press conference on Thursday, Mulvaney spoke and said that Ukraine would be launching an investigation that could possibly politically benefit Trump, and in turn defense funding would be frozen if this demand was followed through. Mulvaney later told reporters that Congress had already appropriated military aid to Ukraine and that it is being used by Trump as leverage for Kyiv to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden. Mulvaney spoke with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, where he vehemently denied the remarks made during the press conference that aired on TV just days before. Mulvaney told
Wallace, “That’s not what I said. That’s what people said that I said. Can I see how people took that the wrong way? Absolutely. But I never said there was a quid pro quo, because there isn’t. Did he also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the DNC server? Absolutely. No question about that. But that’s it, and that’s why we held up the money. We do that all the time with foreign policy.” After Mulvaney made these statements, denouncement was felt from both sides of the aisle almost immediately. Adam Schiff, who is the Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman, said that, “Things have gone from very, very bad to much, much worse.” Several Republicans have also given condemnation toward Mulvaney’s shocking remarks, including Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, who stated, “You don’t hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative, period.” Furthermore, Trump’s personal attorney, Mulvaney himself, and even the Justice Department have since tried to clean up the mess caused by his statements. Mulvaney later said on Sunday that he never used the exact words “quid pro quo,” and also put forth that the
“rapid fire” and “back and forth” White House press conference briefings added to the confusion of what he was attempting to convey in his words and remarks. He said that “there was never any connection between the flow of money and the server.” Mulvaney’s comments have Source:Flickr caused such a stir White House Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, giving a press due to this argu- conference regarding the Ukraine situation ably being the central topic of the Trump impeach- Did I have the perfect press conference? ment inquiry and debate. No, but again the facts are on our side.” There are currently three comNevertheless, the impeachment mittees in the House that are leading process is continuing and now two the investigation, and witnesses are additional diplomats, US ambassador continuing to come to the Capitol to to Ukraine Bill Taylor and acting assisdetermine if these “abuse-of-power” tant secretary of European and Eurasian allegations are true, which could ulti- affairs in the State Department Philip mately lead to the impeachment of the Reeker, are being called in to give their president. testimony. The testimony of these dipWhen asked if the result of Mul- lomats and the testimony of other top vaney’s comments would ever cost Trump officials will allow the House of him his place in the White House, he Representatives to decide whether or exclaimed, “Absolutely positively not! not to vote to impeach the President.
This historical event was not necessarily planned NASA claims, but was bound to happen eventually due to the rapidly-growing number of female astronauts in the program. 12 of NASA’s current 38 astronauts are now female. This is a reflection of the massive amount of progress made for female equality in the space program, especially since women were not allowed into the astronaut program until 1978. President Donald Trump had a
phone call with the two female astronauts during their walk as well, in which he emphasized the importance of what they were doing for the space program. Success on the Space Station is just the first step in NASA’s Artemis program, which plans to send more astronauts, including the first woman to the moon by 2024, and then proceed to Mars. The program also aims to update the spacesuits used by astronauts as the
NASA makes history with first all-female spacewalk
By LAUREN PARKINSON A&E Editor
This past Friday, Oct. 18, Dr. Jessica Meir and Ms. Christina Koch donned a pair of spacesuits and ventured out of the International Space Station to replace a failing power controller. Although spacewalks such as these are fairly routine up on the Space Station, this particular walk is significant because it is the first ever all-female spacewalk.
suits used by Dr. Meir and Ms. Koch were designed over 40 years ago. Both Dr. Meir and Ms. Koch have stated that they are aware of their significance as female astronauts, and they recognize its importance. In an interview, Ms. Koch said, “That is something I’ve done a lot of thinking and reflecting on, and in the end, I do think it’s important. I think it’s important because of the historical nature of what we’re doing and that in the past women haven’t always been at the table” (New York Times).
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Sports & Recreation
GC Cross Country team travels to Hilton Head, SC
By CHARITY STOLTZ Staff Writer
This past weekend on Saturday, Oct. 19, the Georgetown College Cross Country team went head to head with hurricane Nestor in Hilton Head, South Carolina. They overcame the weather and set new personal bests and high team scores. Though Nestor did not relent its downpour on the teams present at the Sand Shark Invitational, many used these less than ideal conditions to push themselves. Both the men and women’s teams placed in the Top 10 finishes with both teams finishing 8th out of 19 schools. On the women’s side, there were many runners achieved personal records. Freshman Anna Wells led the female team with a finishing time of 19 minutes 38 seconds placing 23rd out of 150 racers. Anna’s time ranks her as the 11th fastest female in Georgetown College history. Manny Stovik, Tori Hafner, Katerina Reese and Jessica Smith also set new per-
sonal bests while many other females came within seconds of doing so. The men’s team did not have any personal records set, but the scoring runners ran in a tight pack having the best split time in six years. This is good for the male Cross Country team who have come out stronger than ever this season with a young and fresh team who are out to move Georgetown College up on the finishing list. The hard work of all runners was well rewarded with an afternoon to relax on the beach and wander the streets and local stores. Junior Sarah Wiseman said, “It was a great time regardless of tropical storm Nestor.” Runner Courtney Lee bought a very relevant shirt that said, “A bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work.” Next weekend the team will be at Asbury University. Head Coach Luke Garnett is hoping that the performances this weekend will set the stage for a better performance at conference.
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Georgetown College Tigers overcome Bethel University Wildcats in Tennessee By DYLAN PRUITT S&R Editor
Despite suffering a loss at the Homecoming game on Oct. 12, the Georgetown College football team scored a victory over Bethel University in an away game last Saturday, with a final score of 28-7. The Tigers travelled to McKenzie, Tenn. to face off against the Bethel Wildcats. For those superstitious sports fans, the only times Georgetown has been defeated by Bethel is at home games, and have always won against the Wildcats at away games. The Tigers and Wildcats have been competing in football since 1995 (gcathletics.com). Georgetown led from the beginning, thanks mostly to
the teamwork of Zach Dampier and JJ Ogbogu. The pair of Dampier and Ogbogu scored two touchdown passes within the first nine minutes, and this helped secure Georgetown’s place on the scoreboard. Such an impressive start from the Tigers almost guaranteed a victory and no chance for a comeback from Bethel. The first quarter saw offense from both sides, however, as Bethel pushed desperately to score. Sophomore Christian Arrambide of Bethel executed a 69-yard drive that helped cut the lead in half, and gave the Wildcats their only score for the day. From the first quarter on, both teams attempted to focus
on a defensive strategy, something that epitomized both the second and third quarters. The third successful play from the Tigers came in the second quarter, when Santana Jones intercepted a pass and made a 95-yard dash to bring the score to 21-7 by halftime. For Georgetown’s final score, Dampier and Ogbogu teamed up again with a mere three minutes left. The two executed a pass play covering 14-yards for the final score, again solidifying themselves as key players in the game. After the Homecoming loss, this was a much-needed win for GC football. Though the game far from Georgetown’s campus, the Tiger Pride remains strong here at GC.
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The Cross Country team poses together on the beach in Hilton Head, SC.
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Sports & Recreation
Packers’ wins dominate Raiders
By ROBERT BIRD Staff Writer
During week seven of this NFL season, the Green Bay Packers continued their winning streak, beating the Oakland Raiders by a score of 42-24. The Packers climb to a record of 6-1 on the season behind a dominant performance by Aaron Rodgers, who had one of the best performances of his career on Sunday. Under new Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the Packers have shocked many in the NFL, including both analysts and fans alike. After a disappointing 2018 season, that was marred by injuries to Aaron Rodgers and the firing of coach Mike McCarthy, many Packers fans were left grasping for straws as to what to expect with the new season. Adding on to that was the hiring of LaFleur, who had never previously been the head coach of a NFL team and who is himself only five years older than Aaron Rodgers. Furthermore, several were questioning the leadership abilities of Rodgers and if his approach to the game could create a winning atmosphere in Green Bay. So far this season, these critics of the Packers have been silenced as the team has continued to dominate their
opponents, improving so far to 6-1. Rodgers in particular had a great game yesterday against the Raiders, rolling in a total of five passing touchdowns and one rushing. Rodgers also accounted for a perfect passer rating of 158.3, which was surprisingly the first time in Rodgers’ career that he had accomplished that feat, considering he is a Super Bowl champion, Super Bowl MVP and two time NFL MVP. Rodgers passed touchdowns to five different receivers on Sunday including Marquez Valdes-Scantling, Jimmy Graham, Jake Kumerow, Aaron Jones and Jamaal Williams. Geronimo Allison would have also reeled in a touchdown, if not for stepping out of bounds at the five yard line after catching a pass from Rodgers. On the defensive side of the ball, the Packers defense was really eaten up for most of the game, but they did produce three goal line stands that kept the Raiders from inching closer in the box score. The most notable statistic from the game came from defensive end Blake Martinez, who tallied 16 tackles total. The Packers will look to build on their winning streak, facing the Kansas City Chiefs next Sunday night.
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Weekly wrestling history: the Undertaker’s undefeated streak
By DYLAN PRUITT S&R Editor
After only four months as a performer for the World Wrestling Federation, Mark Calaway, known to wrestling fans as the Undertaker, took on wrestling legend Jimmy Snuka at WrestleMania VII. No one at the time knew it would become the beginning of the one of the most illustrious career accomplishments wrestling has ever seen. The Undertaker is a name that wrestling fans know like the back of their hands, akin to Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, the Ultimate Warrior or John Cena. He is a performer known for a plethora of accomplishments, including his seven World Heavyweight and WWE Championship reigns. Undertaker is best known, however, for his undefeated streak at WrestleMania. For decades, it has played such a prominent role in wrestling history that it even featured as one of the main playmodes in one of WWE’s recent videogames. The mode allows players to fight either as an opponent against “The Deadman” or as the Undertaker himself to break or defend the streak, respectively. Although the streak came to define the Undertaker, and quite possibly wrestling itself, the match that started it all was not intended to be so important. Undertaker’s WrestleMania VII match against Jimmy Snuka was nothing more than a slot-filler, and
only had the goal of establishing Undertaker as a new and upcoming star in the business. Years later, the streak still had not even become a talking point in the wrestling circles. It was merely coincidence that by WrestleMania XVI he had gone 8-0 at “The Grandest Stage of Them All.” At Undertaker’s next WrestleMania match against Triple H, he was actually scheduled to lose. Triple H was set to defeat Undertaker and win the match, but backstage drama involving his long-time friend Shawn Michaels led to him being booked to lose as punishment. For those who read last week’s wrestling history, you’ll recall that Triple H screwed himself over via backstage shenanigans before. After this coincidental booking, people in the crowd and backstage began to notice that Undertaker had somehow built up a 9-0 streak that had gone unmentioned. At the next ‘Mania, Undertaker defeated Ric Flair and then held up his hands to motion the number ten, signifying his now 10-0 streak at the big show. The streak would still never be brought up in a storyline, though, until WrestleMania XXI. It was in the build-up to this show that Randy Orton, a young superstar with the gimmick of being a “Legend Killer,” continously announced that he would be the first to defeat Undertaker at WrestleMania. Despite this hype surrounding Orton and his sky-
rocketing career, Undertaker stood tall by the end of the match, bringing him to 13-0. Many more matches followed, all centering on a basic formula that had formed based on the Undertaker’s streak. Each year, as it got closer to WrestleMania time, a new superstar would step up and challenge the Undertaker. He would claim that although no one else had been able to do it, he would be the one to defeat the streak for good. Each year one would step up, and each year one would fall. Perhaps the most memorable challenge came in the form of Shawn Michaels, who, after already failing to break the streak once at WrestleMania XXV, put his career on the line for another chance. At WrestleMania XXVI, Michaels and the Undertaker went head-to-head once more, with ‘Taker winning to become 18-0. Finally, at WrestleMania XXX, Brock Lesnar stepped up as the next challenger for the Undertaker. Despite the legend’s old age and decreasing appearances in WWE programming, few saw Lesnar as a real threat to the streak due to storyline purposes. Regardless of personal opinions about what should have happened, the match between Lesnar and Undertaker ended with Lesnar standing tall. The legendary phenomena that sparked some of the most well-known stories in WWE, the undefeated streak of the Undertaker, ended at 21-1.
Features KHS club student spotlight Tree hugger
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By CHARITY STOLTZ
Staff Writer For our previous spotlight, the Kinesiology and Health Science club would like to recognize Melinda Clasby. If you have not been to the wellness center this semester, you may not have met Melinda yet. She is new in the wellness center and has taken a key role in helping the KHS club. She works with us to connect the wellness center with the KHS club so that we can communicate about events and work together on improving campus wide health and wellness. Melinda has participated in a variety of exercises that include CrossFit, yoga, running and power lifting. She says that her favorite exercise
is power lifting. She has even recently competed in a few power lifting meets. She chooses different exercises based on her interest and what is fun for her to do. She says, “I am not a really competitive person, but some of those exercises push me in a positive way.” Another thing that she likes about exercising is the community. Exercise groups are a great way to find and build a community of people around you who share a common interest. Melinda says that her exercise community makes her feel good. She likes the feeling of finishing a training program and seeing the progress she has made and accomplishments she has met. Best of
all, she is helping herself stay healthy! If you have been in the REC recently, you would have seen signs posted around about group fitness being offered soon. If you are new to exercise, wanting to get in shape or are an athlete, these groups will be a great way to meet new people, spend time with your friends, get fit and healthy and build a community. Like Melinda, you too could find your community, but it starts with you finding a group of people who share a common interest with you. The KHS club encourages you to find a group to build community with who can encourage you to get and stay healthy.
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Bella Griffe hugs a tree outside the Kappa Delta house
Blacklight run 5K: A glowing good time for mental health awareness By BENJAMIN ROBISON
Staff Writer The Blacklight Run is a 5K run that takes place all over the country with different locations in California, Washington, Maryland, Arizona, Texas, Florida and Kentucky. Because it is a blacklight run, the event naturally takes place at night. This is one of the major details that separates this run from most 5K’s. Another detail that makes this event so fun is that all ages are welcome to come out and have a “glowing good time.” The actual run is just one part of what this awesome event entails. People can register online and pick up their race packet
the day of the event. Each racetrack. Around the venue, and glow sticks to continue the runner gets their own race giant blacklights shine on party. t-shirt, a finisher medal, tem- runners and make them light This past weekend, the porary tattoo, race bib and the up in the night sky. The after event was held at the Kenchance to donate to the local party consists of more powder tucky Speedway, where the charity. party took place in After registering, the parking lot, and runners head to the the racetrack went pre-party area where around the stathe DJ is getting rundium. This was the ners excited with first night run that upbeat music and I have ever been mixes. The DJ and a part of and the host also throw packvenue wasn’t too ets of neon powder spectacular. into the crowd to I wish the track cover the runners. would have had They also throw out more black and glow sticks and light neon lights so we THE GEORGETONIAN/BEN ROBISON up wands for the runcould see where ners to light up the Ben Robison and Sondra Vernengo after the 5K. we were going, but
that is why they handed out so many glow sticks. The medals they gave out at the finish line were heavy and higher quality. The Blacklight Run and other 5K’s are extremely fun and worth checking out. Georgetown College hosts a variety of 5K events throughout the year. The next 5K will be held this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in front of Giddings Circle. This run is sponsored by SHAC and is meant to promote mental health awareness and reduce the stigmas associated with mental health. Put your running shoes on and come support those who may be struggling with mental health!
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Sigma Kappa and Pi Kappa Alpha keep calm and get their s’mores on By KATIE SWANSON
fire to make s’mores. Staff Writer There was an abunWith the temperature dance of graham crackdropping, Sigma Kappa ers, chocolate bars and and Pi Kappa Alpha marshmallows that jumped into fall with their were accessible to all of yearly bonfire last Thursthe guests. day behind the Sigma and Students surPike houses. rounded the bonfire The bonfire started at and were warmed by 7:30 p.m. and went until the food and conversa9:30 p.m. Students were tions that filled the air. able to take a break from Overall this event studying to come together was a great way to and enjoy a night next to bring people together the fire. and give them an To kick off the eveopportunity to meet ning, people were playing new people and get out THE GEORGETONIAN/KATIE SWANSON of the dorms. a friendly game of corn hole, music was playing in Ladies gather around after they enjoy There are a lot of the background and a mix some s’mores. events like this around Sweet treats were also offered of today’s top hits set the campus that are held by tone as people began to arrive. throughout the night. different sororities and fraterRoasting marshmallows nities throughout the year. Be Cider, hot chocolate and was the highlight of the event. sure to check them out! everyone’s favorite, Sigma Everyone gathered around the Kappachinos were available.
New campus events happening this weekend! Friday, Oct. 25, there will be a Halloween Party at the Lambda Chi Alpha house from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., and the production of Men on
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Kappa Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha Halloween party By ABBY SPARKMAN
Staff Writer The ladies of Kappa Delta and the men of Lambda Chi Alpha are hosting a Halloween party this Friday (Oct. 25). It will be taking place at the Lambda Chi Alpha house from 8:00 p.m. to 11 p.m. It is encouraged that you wear a costume of your choice!
Boats at the Wilson Lab Theatre at 7:30 p.m. The performance is also a nexus event. Saturday, Oct. 26, there will be another showing of Men on Boats. Once again, it will be at 7:30 p.m. at the Wilson Lab Theatre. Sunday, Oct. 27, there will be a viewing party of the GC vs. UK basketball game at 4:30 p.m. at the REC (there will be pizza and drinks provided), and Men on Boats will be at 7:30 p.m. at the theatre too.
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Above: Alex Shearer and Ben Martin dress as characters from The Wizard of Oz. Below: some ladies dress as the months of the year.
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Horror movie reboots are only getting better By ASHLYN REED Staff Writer At times, horror movie reboots can be considered annoying and the idea of remaking everything can seem redundant. However, I think everyone should look on the bright side: horror movie reboots can sometimes improve the franchise. While all of that is a matter of opinion, I would like to note some of the best changes made when it comes to reboots. “IT Chapter[s] 1 and 2” are the most notable. With graphics getting better and budgets getting bigger, we are met with more scares and better acting. I don’t mean the newer franchises that are growing and spreading out into other spinoffs like “The Conjuring” turning into “The Nun” and “Anna-
belle.” I am talking about the originals like “Friday the 13th” and “Poltergeist.” While the originals are absolute classics, this new wave of reboots really makes the audience appreciate the work that went into them so many years ago. What makes them so much fun to watch is the fact that you expect the scares, but are surprised by the new stories and writing. I could break them down into their bits and pieces, how much grittier and unsettling these movies are now; rather than talk about the jump scares and gore, I’ll talk about how the writing is most important. When someone thinks of “Candyman,” they are thinking of saying his name 5 times, Chicago, the hook hand, the horrifying twist at the end and the
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darn bees. With a reboot of “Candyman” coming up in the near future (thank goodness for Jordan Peele), I
am wholeheartedly expecting to see all those things. If these aspects aren’t in the movie, then what is the point of the reboot? With reboots, however, the writers are able to see the classics, acknowledge them and get the most crucial details. In other words, they are able to correct what was done wrong the first time around. As a horror movie purist, I love watching the remakes to pick them apart, but some actually propel the story forward. This fall, you can watch many reboots. The best ones, in my opinion: “IT” (1990, 2017/2019), “Halloween” (1978, 2007), “Child’s Play” (1988, 2019), and “Friday the 13th” (1980, 2009, and maybe add in “Jason Takes Manhattan” from 1989).
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...continued from page 1 be some of the manliest men out there, well. Although he is a man of few This play is about the true story of every production of this show has words, what little he does say always ten explorers that were sanctioned to always included an all-female cast. leaves you intrigued. traverse the Grand Canyon in order to Along with these two, the eight The journey is filled with twists and map out the new territory. The men remaining explorers each have spent many grueling weeks on the their own unique personalities treacherous rivers winding through which cause tensions and funny the Grand Canyon, facing deadly moments. If you are looking for white water, boiling heat and lack of a good way to spend your weekresources. end having a bit of a laugh and Although the actors have no real experiencing the awe of one of boats, no actual water and no oars, America’s greatest natural treathey will pull you into the fear and sures, make your way to one of excitement that these boatmen experithe shows of “Men on Boats.” You enced while exploring this unknown won’t regret it. land. The show will be running both Another surprising factor about THE GEORGETONIAN / REBECCA BAUER this and next weekend, Oct 25, 26, the expedition that the play lacks is Lauren Parkinson and Willow Dove perform on stage 27 and Nov 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 p.m. at one that seems pivotal to the plot: the during a tech rehersal. the Ruth Pierce Wilson Lab Themen. That’s right, there’s not a single turns, all made more entertaining by ater. It’s $5 for each admission ticket, man in the cast of “Men on Boats.” the personalities of each character. The but only $4 for students. Also, it counts Instead, each character is played leader of the expedition, Powell, might as a NEXUS credit! by women. This casting decision dis- be missing a limb, but this doesn’t stop Tickets are avaliable at the door regards gender, adding yet another him from having a child-like enthusi- before each show. However, tickets layer to what makes this play interest- asm and spirit. His brother, nicknamed can also be reserved by calling 502-863ing. Although these explorers might Old Shady, is quite the character as 8104.
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These are the best horror movies on Netflix By TYLER EVANS Staff Writer It is that time of the year and with Halloween coming right around the corner you may be asking yourself “What can I do to get into the spirit of Halloween?” Well as always there are a wide array of movies and TV shows that are tailor made for this situation, and most of them can be found on Netflix. A majority of the movies that are on Netflix are well known and very cinematic such as the “Scream” franchise, “The Conjuring” franchise and any Stephen King horror movie. There are also many movies that are not very well known such as “Hush,” a movie
about a deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life and must now fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears in her window. So obviously, slasher and haunted movies are a way to get into the spirit, but what about psychological movies? Movies that test your will and your stomach like “Would You Rather,” “The Golem” and “He Never Died,” a movie about a reclusive immortal who needs human flesh but tries to stay clean and now finds himself cast into society by a gang of thugs and his estranged daughter. But if you don’t have the patience to sit down and watch movies for hours on end, then maybe you would like to
check out some of the TV shows that just for a good laugh; there is a wide are on Netflix. Netflix has an entire cat- variety of scary and spooky movies and egory dedicated to Halloween which TV shows that are more than capable includes a lot of spooky shows just like of getting you and the people who are “Supernatural,” “Scream Queens” and with you a generous fright. the ever-popular “American Horror Story,” which has just come out with a new season, “AHS: 1984,” which you can watch on Hulu if you are all caught up like a responsible person. So don’t worry if you cannot find anything to watch for this Halloween season to be scared or to be the one Flickr.com who scares their guests You can watch all these movies on Netflix
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Syria: A huge mistake By SANTINO MANISCALCHI Staff Writer The military incursion of Turkish armed forces in Kurdish held Syria has now commenced with Turkish fighters raining bombs on specified targets and ground troops sweeping up any opposition on the rear. Prior to this, the Turkish government proposed a boundary of where their forces will stop. The land captured would be a 30 km deep, 200-mile-long “safe zone” for Turkey. However, just because one says something doesn’t mean that they will follow it. The Kurdish groups that are in control of Northeastern Syria is the YPG and the PPK. Both are considered terrorist organizations by the Turkish government, who is determined to destroy both when given the opportunity. Turkey’s land forces will capture the proposed occupation of land with support of aerial bombardment, artillery strikes and precision-guided missiles. The Turkish military will most likely push beyond
the “safe zone” and capture any strategic positions that will allow them to conduct future operations like capturing the Kurds’ major cities Hassakeh or Raqqa. The Kurds will be on the defensive for they do not have the capability or resources to match against a regional powerhouse with modern weapons, tactics and technology. The question is what will the United States do? Currently, the U.S. has approximately 300-400 soldiers in Northeastern Syria mostly comprising of special forces and support units with military advisors for the Kurds. The Turkish government has shown that they will use military force to remove the Americans from Syria. Even though Turkey is a member of NATO and has American military bases in its country. The U.S. will most certainly move their troops away from the Turks’ invasion force. After that the Department of Defense has two choices to make. The first one is removing all their
units out of Syria which will leave the Kurds defenseless against the might of the Turkish war machine. An obvious response is the Kurds will look to other nations for assistance. The second is deploy more soldiers to Syria as a deterrent to the invading Turks. The Department of Defense needs to send enough to show that America will not back down to the aggressive actions of an ally but, not too many that it will give Turkey the excuse that America is going to use military action against them and will possibly attack our forces in response. Either way, a decision like this will affect the geopolitics of the Middle East for years to come. Personally, I believe the United States should place troops in Kurdish Syria. Since, submitting to the actions of the Turkish government makes America look weak and indecisive in an already complicated war theatre. America in the past has stood by their allies and must uphold their legacy. For if the Kurds fall then America will suffer.
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Art: a good escape for college students By TYLER EVANS Staff Writer College can be a stressful time for many of us and a lot of the time we can see how it affects us personally. Usually we find ways to handle our stress, but other times we can find it difficult to express ourselves sometimes. For everyone who has a difficult time finding a stress relief that doesn’t result in physical harm to an individual or someone else, this article may be a good read for you to
get an idea or two. I didn’t have a way to relieve stress until this semester, I just let it build up inside of me until it came out in an unhealthy way like me exploding in a pent up rage or random bursts of sadness. I had finally had enough of feeling this way, and I decided to do something about it. I decided that maybe exercise would work for me, but it only resulted in me being out of breath and being too tired to care about anything, and I still felt the stress I had. So, obvi-
ously, the exercise route didn’t work for me. The next week during my history class a random thought popped into my head, “I should write some poetry to get rid of my stress” and right after that class that is exactly what I did. I sat down in my room with no one around put a pencil in my hand grabbed a notebook and started writing; one right after another I just wrote out four different poems. Within one hour I felt so much better. I never gave it a second thought before, but
for some reason poetry spoke to me and it has worked wonders. I have been hoping for something to take away the stress of this semester away and for me, that answer is poetry. Art in any form is a great release of stress, because all art is, is just a form of expression; art takes the stress you have and puts it on display for everyone to relate to or to empathize with. I know that everyone has a different way of expressing themselves, but I recommend
that you try expressing yourself in a form of art. Even if you are not really a big fan of generalized art like painting, drawing or sculpting, there are so many types of art that don’t involve crafting materials. Music is also a form of art that people use on a daily basis; singing, playing an instrument or just simply listening to music can relieve stress. The same goes for writing, poems, stories or even telling a creative story can help you out and it gets your story out and in the open.
into account. While I certainly am comfortable in my own body, I’m certain there are men who see these mannequins and feel bad about themselves or feel like they have to change something about themselves in order to be desirable in society. It’s not just Target mannequins that display unrealistic “ideal” body standards; advertisements, movies, television and social media all promote unrealistic goals that men should be in order to be “perfect” standards for men. The reason these “ideal” and “perfect” bodies are promoted is to sell products. Women buy the products they’re selling because there’s an attractive model associated with the product, and men buy these products because they want to
be more like the model in the advertisements. In movies and television, these “ideal” men are the stars of the screen. They will draw the biggest crowds, which makes more money for the movie companies and thus more money for the stars themselves, only continuing the cycle. Women are used in the same way to make a profit. The objectification of women is largely being addressed after rising criticism in the past decade. More accurate portrayals of women; their bodies, their feelings and their wants are now in the forefront of most depictions of women in the media. However, the portrayals of men haven’t changed at all. The outcry on social media every single time a woman is portrayed inaccurately or
unrealistically is mute when men are portrayed just as inaccurately and unrealistically. Personally, I’m happy I’m not the same as the male mannequin at Target. I’m glad I actually have a face, and while it might not be the “ideal” one, it serves its function (besides the fact that I have to wear glasses to see, the Target Mannequin has me beat on that aspect). I’m glad I don’t have the same sickly and pale skin tone as him, and speaking of that, let’s have mannequins in all skin tones, just like us humans are, and not some vampiric white. Plus, I’m a real living human, which the mannequin will never be. On the flipside, the more realistic these mannequins become, the more terrifying they will be. Once you give these mannequins realistic
bodies and skin tones, it’s a slippery slope that could lead to them having realistic faces and who knows what else. Mannequins creep me out enough already, and making them more real-looking is only going to make things worse. Creepy mannequins aside, the portrayal of men in media is unrealistic and harmful to men. If setting unrealistic standards for women is unhealthy and offensive, doing the same to men should be just as repulsive. They are just mannequins, but what they represent says a lot about our society and the consumerist society we live in. These should accurately display the types of people who are going to buy the products, not just what the so-called “ideal” male body is.
Make male mannequins realistic, too
By COOPER ADKINS Opinion Editor
The media’s portrayal of women’s bodies sets unrealistic standards for women all around the globe. However, one thing rarely, if ever, discussed is how the media portrays men. Last weekend, I went to Target and noticed something about the mannequins that really stood out to me. The female mannequins all had realistic body types, from smaller to larger. But the male mannequins only had one size: small and sort of muscular. The female mannequins are in response to outcry by women about how unrealistic the “one-size” mannequins are, but Target and many other places don’t take men’s feelings towards the mannequins
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It’s Spooky Season!
Hey everyone! It is time for a common favorite time of year: Spooky Season! I want to know what you will be dressing up as this year? I will also take some suggestions as to what Bristol and I should dress up as! I am thinking of dressing her up as a cow amd I will be a farmer. Stay tuned! Be sure to check out the Georgetown Equestrian Team’s Costume Contest! One thing that we all need to keep in mind this Halloween is the saying “Culture is not a Costume.” --Unknown Author It is never okay to judge someone based on their culture. Be nice to each other!
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Recipe meal prep— Recipe meal prep— desmain course: Mummy sert: Halloween Swirl Cheesecake Bars Hot Dogs This is a super easy meal that can feed as many people as you need it to. Plus, you can have leftovers for lunch or supper the next day.
Ingredients:
1. Hot dogs 2. Boiled water 3. A sauce pan 4. Cresent roll dough 5. Candy eyes 6. Ketchup
Instructions: 1. Boil water in a sauce pan. 2. Add in as many hot dogs as you want. 3. Cook until hot dogs are slightly open or tear apart at the bottom. 4. Scoop out hot dogs. Put them on a plate until they cool off enough for you to touch them. 5. Unwrap the crescent roll dough. 6. Wrap hot dog in dough so that just the top of the hot dog pokes out. 7. Follow the insturctions on the package of cresent rolls. 8. Once hot dogs have cooled to touch after being cooked in oven, add the candy eyes. 9. For extra Halloween fun, add a ketchup smile to your hot dog mummy! 10. Enjoy this delicious, spooky meal! 11. These are best served hot. However, they are a flexible dish that can be served during parties while still warm.
Okay y’all, these look delicious! I might have to make these myself! If you make this tasty treat, let me know how it turns out.
Ingredients: 1. 1 package of Oreo cookies 2. 4 tablespoons melted butter 3. 1 1/2 cups sugar 4. 3 (8 oz) packages of cream cheese 5. 3 tablespoons sour cream 6. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 7. 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 8. 3 eggs 9. Orange, green, and purple food coloring.
Instructions: 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Crush Oreos and stir in butter. Bake for 10 minutes, then let cool. 3. Place a sheet pan on the bottom rack of the oven and fill it half way with water. 4. Beat sugar and cream cheese. Mix in sour cream, vanilla, eggs and flour. 5. Divide mixture evenly into 3 bowls. Add food coloring proportionally. 6. Use a spoon to layer each bowl of food coloring into the cooled crust. Fill crust until the batter is all used. Swirl the layers around in the crust. 7. Place the cheesecake pan on the sheet pan with water. Bake for 45 minutes. 8. Cool 1 hour. Refrigerate overnight.
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Recipe meal prep:— Soft-drinks remixed: Black Widow Lemonade Want a fun spooky drink to go along with your meal? Try this spidery surprise for a sweet concoction.
Ingredients: 1. 10.5 ounces of blackberries (thawed) 2. 1/2 cup sugar 3. 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 4. 4-5 pomegranate tea bags 5. Ice nuggets/pellets 6. 12-18 blackberries (frozen)
Instructions: 1. Add thawed blackberries, sugar and lemon juice in a saucepan. Heat until liquid is syrupy. 2. Strain mixture into jug. Cool for 1 hour in a refrigerator. 3. Make pomegranate tea according to tea instructions. 4. Add mixtures together. Stir well. 5. Serve over ice. This mixture can serve as a great base for any other additions you might want to add!
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