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KENDALL NEIL AND MELANI GoMES

A&E EDITOR AND ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

KMN722@CABRINl.EDU AND MSG @ CABRINI.EDU

Saturday, Jan. 31 was a fun filled night for students at Cabrini when hypnotist/comedian Dale K performed some of his wacky antics for students in Grace Hall. The Campus Actvities and Programming Board ran the event. CAP board originally had Dale on the Shock:toberfestlineup, however bad weather kept him from getting to Cabrini according to Ashlee Lensmyer, one of the CAP members who helped organize the event.

"I enjoyed performing at Cabrini very much," Dale K said. "Generally students love Dale K, which is why we brought him back many times," Lensmyer said.

Volunteers scrambled to the chairs set up in the front of Grace Hall vying for a chance to get hypnotized. After a few warm up exercises, Dale K narrowed in on his core group of "victims."

Dale K had the hypnotized locked into his words. Participants did everything from imagine being in a hot air balloon flying over a nudist colony to believing that they had a hot new convertible and waving to some attractive person standing on the corner. However, the highlight of the evening came when Craig Vagell, junior English and communication major, had superhero powers as "pornoman." In order to get rid of a fire, Vagell was instructed to hump whatever was on fire. Dale K even had the students convinced that a Barney doll was telling them to shutup. Students vehemntly yelled back and even expressed their anger in other less vocal ways. One particpant became quite angered as someone cell phone kept going off during the performance. However, they were unaware that the "cell phone" was actually someones shoe. The annoying caller was a vacuum salesperson who called numerous times during the show. When Dale K would question why she was in the middle of the audience, she became confused as she came out of her hypnotic state."

The real test came at the very end of the night. Dale K instructed participants, while still under hypnosis, that they would not realize everything they had done until they walked outside. When participants awoke, they all thought the show was just beginning and the hypnosis had not worked.

Vagell apologized to the audience and said they were going to move the event to New Res and try again. After coaxing from audience members, Vagell walked outside and after stopping dead in his tracks, tumed around to face audience members awaiting his reaction.

Dale would like to thank Cabrini for "giving me the opportunity to perform," and would also like to let students know he has his own website at www.dalek.com and has won numerous titles for his work such as "2001 APCA Perfo1mingArtist of the Year."

The train line one knows as SEPTA was originally named "The Main Line."

The small town of Wayne is spitting distance away. There one can see a movie in the Clearview theaters. After the movie try dining at any of the •restaurants around the comer. Christopher's is a popular spot with a late night bar menu. On Sundays, they have Karaoke.

Feeling daring, or sick of the same surroundings?Go to Bryn Mawr on the R-5. This is the train going towards the city. The cost is relatively cheap round trip, and once there, the possibilities are endless. With four colleges in the local area, Bryn Mawr has plenty of bars to spread the students around. The Grog is two blocks from the station and on the way try a slice from Bravo.

Not feeling the bar? There is a live music venue in Bryn Mawr making its stand. The Point is located across the street from the Bryn Mawr Fire House. Here one can have lunch, dinner, dessert, and coffee, and almost always some sort of entertainment to go with it. Open-mic nights are every Tuesday, and a full line up of shows during the week provide a fun atmosphere.

Upon entering Bryn Mawr Theater, an array of tasty snacks tempts even the most anti-glutton. Get some popcorn and chocolate, sit back, and enjoy the show.

The next coming Fridays at The Point include Katryna & Nerissa Nields with Common Rotation on Friday, Feb. 6. On Friday, Feb. '13, Jeffrey Gaines will be holding two shows. Stephen Kellogg will be playing the following Friday on Feb 20.

If that drinking feeling comes back at some point in the evening, this venue is bring your own beer.

Want to see a movie? The Bryn Mawr Theater has current titles during the day and evening hours. At midnight, the reels are taken over to show old favorites and classics. Movies in the past have been Pulp Fiction and Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Arc.

Two train stops after Bryn Mawr brings the show to Suburban Square, an outdoor shopping extravaganza. Not ideal for the winter season, but come spring one will never want to leave.

Last but not least,.all of these small towns can serve as the appetizer for the bold nightly goers. Philadelphia is the final stop in this article and what a place to end on. If everyday from now until the end of the school year was spent in Philly, there is so much to do it would be hard to repeat ones self.

South Street has small shops mostly independently owned where one would be able to find anything if they look hard enough. Also on this widely known street is The Theater of the Living Arts (ILA). Look for this place on Saturday, Feb. 21 when Method Man plays.

Across town is the Trocadero, or the Troe. Located at 10th and Arch, the Troe has various forms of alternative music. Coming on Thursday, Feb. 19 is Pennywise, and a couple weeks later, Better than Ezra will be playing onWednesday, March 3rd.

Music is not the only aspects of the city. Pat's, Geno's. and Jim's are cheesesteak spots that cannot be missed and the Philadelphia Art Museum is one of the finest in the count~y. There is plenty to do in the surrounding area. What are you