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February 19, 2015 — Vol. 93, Issue 9
Prospective Duhawks experience Campus Ministry overnight by hannah way
| executive copy editor
This past weekend, Christ the King chapel was more packed than usual. With the addition of 47 high school students participating in the annual Campus Ministry overnight, the 8 p.m. Sunday Mass was overflowing. Loras invites prospective students on campus to participate in a fun, faith-filled overnight. The students are able to participate in the president’s day group visit through the Admissions Department on Monday, and the optional overnight beforehand offers these high school students additional opportunities. The campus ministry overnight visit is geared toward high school students who are interested in all that a college Campus Ministry can offer its students. While some of the students on the overnight already have committed to Loras, some still are trying to decide if Loras is the right fit. The overnight gives these students a chance to meet current Duhawks and provides an opportunity to learn more about the religious and spiritual offerings at Loras. “We had a panel of current students that answered questions that ranged from ‘how was the transition to college?’ to ‘what’s the best food on campus?’ to ‘what’s the sketchiest thing you saw your first year,’” said Jackie Russ, student director of the overnight. “The panel brought out some great laughs and wonderful information. After the panel, the students engaged in a small service project (writing letters to shut-ins) before learning about organizations within Campus Ministry.” Because of the number of participants, a
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“The panel brought out some great laughs and wonderful information. After the panel, the students engaged in a small service project (writing letters to shut-ins) before learning about organizations within Campus Ministry.
Jackie Russ
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student director of the Campus Ministry overnight
group of current Duhawks helped out with the overnight. These current students were a part of the student panel, participated in the activities, and allowed students to sleep in their residence halls and apartments. “Everyone truly stepped up the day of the event,” said first-year and co-coordinator Nicole Connelly. “When guests started
walking in, the willingness and enthusiasm from the Loras students was reciprocated by the guests instantaneously. Even the next day, so many of the high school students that I spoke to could not stop talking about their hosts or hostesses. If these 47 students are a taste of the future of Loras CM, I am ecstatic for the years to come.”
‘Hell’s Alley’ bowls over competition during 24-Hour Theatre Project by ANDREA BERNS
| staff writer
On February 14, some might have spent time having dinner with their significant other or binge-watching Netflix with a box of pizza for company. But 14 Loras students spent their Valentine’s Day writing, memorizing, and performing a one-act play within 24 hours. At 7 p.m. Feb. 13, the students were put into three groups: Team Gotcha, Team Dave & Friends, and Team Subway Elephants. They then chose a setting and a prop and were randomly chosen a character by another group. Then it was time to brainstorm and begin writing the scripts. At around 7:30 the next morning, however, the groups were thrown a curve ball — they were told they needed to include the line, “I ordered three pizzas, but they messed up the order,” in their script. After a day of finishing up final revisions for the scripts, blocking, and memorizing their lines, the teams were ready to perform at 7:30 that night. The final results were impressive for everyone who attended, including the other groups who were seeing for the first time what their peers have been working on for the past 24 hours. The three plays, “A Departed Mind,” “Hell’s Alley,” and “Baleen,” consisted of a man in a morgue choosing between the friendship of a plunger salesman and two friends who are more dead than alive; a bowling match: God and Jesus vs. the Devil and Lilith, who seek help from a cruel but conflicted personal trainer; and a dentist by day/detective by night who, with the help of her quirky sidekick, tries to capture the evil Dr. Cavity before she steals a whale tooth from the museum.
photos by Chelsea McCarraher
The night was largely considered a success. Normally, the event draws around 20 students. This year, it drew more than double the usual number. “I thought that the night went incredibly well,” said Russ. “All of the students seemed to be having a good time getting to know current Loras students and their future classmates. I quickly glanced through the evaluations and the overwhelming majority of students had positive comments about the evening.”
Scholarly magazine accepting submissions
‘The Limestone Review’ is accepting short stories, poems, creative nonfiction pieces and scholarly essays by ANDREA BERNS
All three groups did a fantastic job, but Team Dave & Friends took home the gold with “Hell’s Alley” winning all six awards: best incorporation of character, prop, line, and location along with both the Judge’s Choice and the Audience Choice Award. “I love the 24-Hour Theatre Project. It’s my second year doing it!” said Team Dave & Friends group member Emily Halder (’15). “It was a fun way to end my last show on the Loras stage, and I couldn’t have done it without every person on my team.” “I’d gladly do it again,” said Adrienne Pearson (’18) from Team Subway Elephants. “The pressure to make something great in such a short amount of time was oddly enjoyable. I must say that there was definitely a sense of success walking backstage to perform knowing that my team and I had made something wonderful.”
photos by anne spoden
| staff writer
“The Limestone Review,” Loras College’s literary/scholarly magazine, is now taking submissions for the 2015 issue. Have a short story, poem, creative nonfiction piece, or scholarly essay that you’re proud of? Submit them as MS Word attachments to Dr. Kevin Koch by Friday, March 6. For convenience purposes, please title your files in the following format: Author Name—Title (e.g. Koch—Mines of Spain). Do you have a critical eye for writing? Do you wish to participate “behind the page” in the submission process? Send an email to Dr. Kevin Koch if you are interested in serving on the Reading and Selection Committee. “‘The Limestone Review’ presents a great opportunity for students to have their creative and scholarly work recognized and remembered,” says faculty editor, Dr. Koch. The best submission in each genre among the works accepted for publication will receive the Alpha Award: a $50 prize plus entry into the Delta Epsilon Sigma national writing contest.