Feature Page 14
The Lightning Strike . November-December 2010
CLUB
PLAY
New officers of the class of 2014
GSA presents ‘Living Rainbow’
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Tal Harel-Vice President
Recording “ As Secretary, it is my responsibility to take notes during all the meetings and keep track of important events, and as a freshman I wanted to be able to make a difference in my class. ”
I want to encourage freshmen to get involved in the 2014 club because we make decisions every week regarding all of the events for this year, and it would be a big help if we had more people come to our meetings. ”
Chelsea Katz-Recording Secretary
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Danielle Mackson-Corresponding Secretary
Being an officer gives me a chance to get involved in school from the beginning of my years at Krop. I look forward to motivating other freshman to become active in our class through social and community service activities.”
“ I wanted to be able to
make an impact on my class. So as Treasurer, all fundraising for our class is in my hands, and I hope to raise as much money needed to give the class of 2014 the best four years they could ask for.”
Blake Mars-Treasuer
“I
feel that freshman are often misrepresented. We need a voice; I want to be that voice. I want to show that it’s everyone’s school.”
Brianna Linden
LIVING RAINBOW: Each student acted out a word that might be offensive to someone of different sexual orientation or gender identity. This is GSA’s first performance of the play ‘Living Rainbow’.
By Alice Neira staff writer
Using nothing but a chair and screamed “your dead to me” white masks, characters connect three times in a row the audience to the audience through the use could identify with the outright The Gay Straight Alliance of raw emotion. Various times, hatred those who are gay or presented Living Rainbow director Lisa LaMonica calls transgender experience in a to teach the school about the out “Freeze,” and the audience lifetime. In the play no elements importance of equality. Billed can ask students questions, or as a socio-dramatic play, respond to what they have just are written down and students don’t memorize a script. The students displayed an array of watched. “The audience’s reaction performers were well coached raw emotions and voiced their was overwhelming,” performer by Lamonica. personal experiences. “A young man I knew GSA members strive to and vice president of GSA, promote safe schools, but Newval Nelcha, said. “I saw from Safe Schools was doing even more they want to teach teachers cry because they did something similar in Broward acceptance of all sexual not understand why people called One Heart,” Lamonica orientations and gender would be so hateful toward said. “He helped our students others.” create their own act.” identities. The students’ main GSA performers were able They hoped to accomplish Insertion Date: 11/1/10 team-work and this in the play and performed objective was to wake up the to represent Client: Keiser-Ft. Lauderdale art Number: of expression through it for the faculty and student audience and allow them to see the Job 233-9105-MMKSHS-search the reality of others who are Living Rainbow. MichaelPresident M Krop Sr. High S Product/Pub: body. Revision 1 Revision bullied 2 Revision 3 RevisionNot 4 Size: 4x 4believes the for being different. Nicole Elimelech Living Rainbow was the MF only AS did Nelcha feel he was play Production: was successful because Creativeidea Proofer 1:of a GSA Proofer 1: brainstorming Work Date: 10/6 his message across, but more members have joined the Creative Proofer 2: AS Proofer 2: member last year who wanted getting to reach out to the public and he learned through the process club. “I think Living Rainbow advocate equal rights. Another as well. The kaleidoscope of student thought that the play emotions expressed during will go on as long as GSA might communicate the overall the performance captured the exists and as long as people issue to the school’s population. cruelty towards gay youth. keep advocating equality,” Both concepts eventually When Samantha Eackheim Elimelech said. morphed into the sociodrama that consisted of two “machines” showing reactions to discovering one is gay. Socio-drama is a unique approach to address social issues through improvisation. It begins with an idea and An exciting education then with events on stage both movement and words planned to touch the audience. The audience is introduced to 12 students dressed in colors of the spectrum who form a “living rainbow” on stage. The “machine” meant to represent homophobia, shows PrePAre FOr A degree In: the negative side of society Health Care u Business u Legal Studies u Criminal Justice that discriminates against Computers & Technology u Interdisciplinary Studies people who are different. The Call for a complete list of programs second is the “affirmation Call toll free to speak with an Admissions Counselor machine,” which shines light on understanding and acceptance Admissions Hours: Mon - Thurs 9am - 8pm, Fri 9am - 5pm, Sat 9am - 2pm of all sexual orientations and www.KeiserSuccess.com gender identities.
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