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Oct. 28, 2016
Escape room leaves staff feeling satisfied and victorious By Rupa Palla, Video Announcements Director Eileen Tyrrell, Online Entertainment Editor Jacob Bullard, Head Video Announcements Writer 12 masterpieces, three friends and one way to escape. This was our experience at the Escape Room in Lisle, which offers visitors the chance to work together and find the way out of a puzzling room as a team. The way to escape is by finding a series of locks and keys that eventually lead to the way out. We were put in the room called “The Gallery,” which consisted of 12 masterpiece paintings and various locked trunks, shelves and a desk, all filled with hidden clues. The clues are purposefully hard to decipher, and getting to the next clue can be a daunting task. The room we went into only had a 27% success rate, and as a small group of three people, it was even harder to find clues. We escaped with less than two minutes left, but it was not an easy victory. Our group ran into countless disagreements and several physical altercations as well. Although we had a rough
start, we pulled together as a team and made it through. As our instructor informed us before we entered the room, the idea of an “escape room” originated in video games, in which players were locked in a room and given the task of finding
clues and escaping within a set time limit. The first Real Escape Game, or REG, was created in Japan in 2008, and since then REGs have become more and more popular throughout the world. Players typically work in groups of 3-8 to escape a room --
whether it be a bedroom, prison cell or art gallery -- within 60 minutes. Our experience at The Room in Lisle was equally frustrating and rewarding. We were allowed to request three clues throughout the game, although occasionally the “magic box” (AKA a printer) in the room gave us a clue all by itself. After 30 minutes of accomplishing little, tempers were running high, and several fistfights ensued. With only 15 minutes to go, however, we finally got our act together, and ultimately left the room victorious. Although the sketchy exterior of The Room initially had us concerned, visiting the escape room was definitely worth it. The Room in Lisle offers two different escape rooms: The Einstein Room and The Gallery. However, there are multiple other escape room options in the Chicagoland area. While the cost might discourage potential visitors -- our trip cost $28.50 per person -- if you can afford it, we highly recommend testing DGS seniors Rupa Palla, Jacob Bullard and Eileen Tyrrell successfully escaped The Gallery at your skills in what is sure to be an unforgettable experience. the Escape Room in Lisle, IL. Photo courtesy of The Escape Room
Kylie Jenner deserves a bronze medal for her new pallete By Claire Pikul, Print Photo Editor The Bronze Palette by Kylie Cosmetics is a solid palette, but it’s not the best. For $42 ($50 including shipping) you get nine warmedtoned shadows. Making each shadow cost about $4.60 without shipping, and $5.56 with shipping. Inside the cardboard square, you get seven matte shades and two shimmery ones. The top row consists of a white creamy, bordering on chalky, warm matte beige called Jasper. The next one is a light champagne shimmery shade with a pinch of orange flecks called Quartz. The most cool toned shadow in the palette is Topaz, a taupe matte color. This does make the shadow a
perfect transition shade for the lid. However, for as cool toned as it may seem, Topaz is still extremely warm toned. The next row starts with the second gold bronzy shimmery shade (Goldstone). The star of the palette is up next in the middle, a true bright matte orange (Citrine). Next is a similar matte version of Topaz except with more orange in it (Tiger Eye). For the very last row we get into the darker shades, starting with a very pigmented matte burnt orange chestnut shade named Hematite. The middle bottom pan, called Bronzite, holds a beautiful matte chocolate brown with a hint of violet, which leads to the classic matte black called Obsidian. Overall, the colors in the palette are beautiful, but they are consistently orange. Stay far away from this product if you don’t like orangetinted shades on your lids. But if warm colors are your favorite, then this palette is perfect for you, but you might get bored with
the lack of variety. The reason to buy this palette is for the rare bright orange matte shade Citrine. It can turn any cool-toned makeup look warm and beautiful. It’s rare to find a very pigmented orange shadow anywhere in the makeup world, making Citrine even more desirable. There are three very similar colors in this palette: Topaz, Tiger Eye and Hematite. Hats off to Jenner with the creative names. However, there needs to be more in the shadows than just a good name. These colors are just slightly different variations of Senior Claire Pikul bought and tested Kylie Jenner’s new eyeeach other, lower- shadow palette and was satisfied by the results it gave. ing the value of the Photos By Claire Pikul palette. Besides the black color Obsidian, In a palette, you don’t want all Bronzite is the only remotely differthe colors to be the same. You want ent shade of the palette and allows them to work together, but Jenner’s for some depth in the crease. work too closely with each other. Overall the Jenner shadows aren’t They end up just becoming the same bad, there is little to no fallout and shadow. they are very opaque shadows. The Although Citrine is the most unique shadow, Jasper and Bronzite mattes are creamy and blend well, the shimmery shadows work fine, have to be my favorites of the palbut just aren’t show stoppers. The ette. Speaking from a pale person’s palette deserves a bronze medal; it’s perspective, it’s nearly impossible not the worst, but certainly not the to get a lighter shadow to stay and brighten the inner corner of the eye. best.