The Miami Hurricane - Oct. 30, 2014

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The Miami

Vol. 93, Issue 18 | Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 2014

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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929

Theater majors perform spooky texts Richter Library site of haunted happenings BY HALEY WALKER CONTRIBUTING EDGE WRITER

NICK GANGEMI // PHOTO EDITOR STACKS GET SCARY: Musical theater major Lily Steven acts out books from the Jackie Gleason Collection, such as “The Encyclopedia of Death,” Wednesday night at Richter Library. The event, titled “Reanimating Spectral Collections,” featured readings of occult texts.

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It is only on rare occasions that ghosts, ghouls and goblins occupy the library -- and this Wednesday evening was very rare indeed. The eighth floor of the Richter Library became haunted grounds for one bonechilling night as theater arts students clad in supernatural garb lurked around, reciting macabre monologues from the Jackie Gleason Collection. Texts in this collection brim with all things grim and ghastly, from ghosts and spirits to otherworldly mysteries. Jackie Gleason, an actor and comedian from the 1950s, amassed a library of around 1,700 books on topics concerning life after death and connections with otherworldly dimensions. After Gleason’s death in the late ‘80s, his widow donated the collection to the University of Miami’s Special Collections. Special Collections coordinator Jay Sylvestre explained that this collection of mainly fictional work was meant to entertain. “Whether or not Gleason actually believed in tarot cards and the ability to tell the future, he believed in the thought behind it; he believed that people believed it,” he said. The actors recited only the most thrilling and twisted works, said theater student junior Myanna Berrin. Berrin read a section about a man who lives in a completely normal neighborhood until, at the very last sentence of the last paragraph, it is revealed that the town is crawling with zombies. The abrupt change of events was intentional, Berrin explained. “Our Director, C. Francis, wanted us to cut off right when it gets interesting, so at the end of every piece, we say there is more, but you have to read it yourself,” she said. SEE SPOOKY, PAGE 19


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