Binder for oct 26 2017

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SCORING WITH SOCCER

SAINTS AMONG US As All Saints Day approaches, learn about some lesserknown saints and their extraordinary lives Page 6

Men’s soccer team wins 7 straight games to secure No. 2 seed in conference Page 11 October 26, 2017 — Vol. 96, Issue 5

CAB games eliminate ‘board-om’ First life-sized game night draws students with inflatable games, video game tournaments to win prizes by BRENNAN PIVNICKA | staff writer

In the endless swirl of essays, projects, presentations, and exams, it’s no surprise that even the most diligent and devoted students get bogged down in the trying times of the second-quarter season. By the end of any week, a little sunshine is always desired to break up the inked-in, letter-shot clouds of bland repetition that often gather in the brain of any hard-working Duhawk. For many students, a much-needed break is something to get them through long weeks of school work. Despite working hard to give students different opportunities for Family Weekend and Homecoming week, CAB has been keeping up with student demand for unique and interesting activities. After the hard work of midterms and the seemingly long week after Fall Free Days, many students look to CAB for something fun to do on a Friday night. That’s why this past Friday, Oct. 20, saw the Loras College Activities Board hosted a life-sized game night. Taking place in the ACC ballrooms, it was a communal event photos by FABIAN HERNANDEZ designed to bring students together in an Above: Two students joust out their midterm stress at the CAB game night. evening of fun and friendly competition, and Bottom right: A group of students hang out and play Mario Kart on the projector. chase away the tired ing flatbed roller-scooters “I love this. Games dregs of the midterm and collecting from a floor and tacos are my idehomework blues. Taking place in the of multicolored plastic al Friday,” said senior These were not just ACC ballrooms, it was balls. This gave students James Kappes. “I wish typical board and card a communal event a modern twist on some we could do things like games. Most of the childhood favorite games this more often. I think featured games lived designed to bring that they most likely had it’s a great way to bring up to the “life-sized” students together in not gotten to participate the students on campus moniker in every way. an evening of fun and in before. together and be more Activities included The projector screen of a community and all inflatable twister, infriendly competition, was also set up to accom- that.” flatable quarterstaff modate a four-person In addition, severjousting, “Up-4-It” (a game of Mario Kart Wii, al tech-and-tag prizes mega-sized version of Connect Four), giant-blocks Jenga, and even which turned out to be heavily popular with were available to be a full-blown human variation of Hungry the local Duhawk gamers. And for anyone won in a lotto-style Hungry Hippos, which involved a quartet of too exhausted by the long school week to lift setup. These consistdaring participants who took the place of the a controller, CAB also provided easy-make ed of several Amazon products, including a traditional water-based herbivores by rid- walking tacos.

Bluetooth Speaker, an Echo Dot (a “smart speaker” capable of voice interaction), a Fire Stick (an HDMI digital media player), a Fire Tablet (a tablet computer device) and multiple gift cards. This event was different than the ones they had hosted in the past. They were pleased with how much positive student response they had received that evening. “I’m pleasantly surprised by how many people showed up so quickly and enjoyed themselves,” said junior Olivia Clarey, vice president of CAB. “It’s a hit, and that shows a good chance for us to do it again in the future.” CAB is not slowing down with several events coming up quickly within the next couple of weeks. CAB is getting into the spirit of Halloween. On Friday, Oct. 27, it will host their annual Haunting in Hennessy event. It will take place in Hennessy Hall on upper campus from 8-10 p.m. One week after on Nov. 3, Rubix cube master Steven Brundage will be visiting campus. He was a semi-finalist on the popular television show, ‘America’s Got Talent.’ He will be showing off his skills from 8-10 p.m.

New name, same legacy: The 1440 Theatre Project by MADISON TOLLEY | features editor

Advised by Doug Donald, the groups were then told they had 24 hours to create, The Guild of St. Genesius, Loras’ own direct, and rehearse their play. The teams honorary theatre group, hosted the annu- worked through the night, getting less than al 1440 Theatre Project on Saturday, Oct. four hours of sleep on average. Saturday 21, in St. Joseph’s auditorium. Previously morning, the teams were given a curve ball. known as the 24 Hour Theatre Project, the Students were told that they must include a newly named 1440 Theatre Project locks flashback of some sort into their show. This students in Hoffman Hall for 24 hours, or forced the teams to think of creative solutions 1440 minutes, in order to write, direct, and for rewriting their show with only a few hours perform an original one act play. until showtime. Students arrived in At 7:30 p.m., the Hoffmann at 7 p.m. on show began. The show Friday with no hopes was emceed by the of escaping until SatIt gives students a chance Project Referee, junior urday night, lest facing Sarah Mueller. Muelto be involved with some disqualification. After ler explained the rules of the aspects of theatre going over the rules of and also introduced the the event, the four prethat they normally wouldn’t judges for the night indetermined teams — cluding, Gary Arms from get to experience. including one alumni Clarke University; MiAngela Richardson team — played a quick chelle Blanchard, a cosJunior game of charades to tume designer for The decide the order in Grand Opera House in which teams would Dubuque; and Art Sunpick different qualifying characteristics leaf, Loras’ Dean of Students. Mueller also for their plays. In order, each team got to described how the judging and voting prochoose a stack of newspapers and had 30 cess would work. After the four performancminutes to pick an article which would be es, audiences would have the chance to vote the inspiration for their show. In addition, by donating to their favorite team’s bucket the article also had to give them either a and liking the team’s photo on Facebook. All line or character to incorporate in their of the monetary and food donations went to plays. Then, the groups selected a location Dubuque food pantry. from a list for their own show and assigned The performances began with team The another group a prop that must appear Purple Peeps, members including firstwithin the performance. years Amelia Foley, Celia Balderston, and

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sophomores Brigid Flaherty, Krystyna Kaminski, and Matthew Golubski. Their show, “Pineapple Puppy People”, was about a man and woman who met online and decided to get married after three days based upon their love of puppies and pineapples. The judges awarded the show with best use of location, which was a wedding. Next, was team Linguini Bean including seniors Adrienne Pearson, Brody Hooker, Caitlin Hansen, and Katie Tooze. Revolving around drugged food and medieval delusions, “Operation Off the Menu”, was a crowd favorite. With donations resulting in $34, team Linguini Bean swept the floor with the others, winning the Audience Choice Award. The team was also presented with the Best Use of Prop and the Best Use of Flashback awards from the judges. The third team was the alumni team including Austin McElroy, Benjy Miller, Kyle Leeson, and Stephanie Benic. Their show, “The List”, was about a man who wanted to get revenge on his rich enemies. While the group did not win any awards, the alumni

were glad to be back. “It feels great to be back at the place where I started on the stage,” Miller stated. “to get the opportunity to be creative with a bunch of my friends, and to be with the students again.” The final team, The Douglettes, included sophomores Amber Krieg, Caroline Breitbach, Morgan Muenster, and junior Angela Richardson. Winning the Judge’s Choice Award, their show, “You, Me, and the Mothman”, was the first ever period piece in The 1440 Theatre Project’s history. The show, which included a monochromatic black and white theme, revolved around a reporter from the 1960s who desperately wanted to witness the “Mothman.” While it’s a tiring event, Vice President of the Guild of St. Genesius, junior Angela Richardson, said there’s nothing else like it. “1440 is one of the greatest opportunities that Loras has to offer in the fine arts,” Richardson stated, “it allows students to have the chance to write, direct, act, and create costumes set designs. It gives students a chance to be involved with some of the aspects of theatre that they normally wouldn’t get to experience.”


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