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Happy Holidays!

“Eighty percent of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn’t read.” -Third Law of Applied Terror

December 6 , 2007 Wilson College Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Vol. XXXIX, No.9

Wilson Rocks Around the Christmas Tree

In This Issue 2 Editorials & Letters • Letters to the Editor

3 News

by Sarah Martin

On Friday November 30th, Wilson College held their annual White Dinner. The festivities began at 5pm with hors’ d’oeuvres’ served in Laird Hall. Tables were set with white table linens and white roses in glass vases adorned each table. The dance floor was covered in balloons and children who attended with their mothers were out chasing them. Dinner was served at 6pm with a meal keeping in the theme of the evening—white chicken, white noodles, and white sauce. Desert consisted of strawberries and chocolate fondue. A DJ played soft, formal dining music throughout dinner, but as soon as dancers started to crowd the dance floor the formal tone was replaced with more upbeat tunes. The lights dimmed and a strobe light lit up the dance floor as hip-hop, rap, and rock music blared from the stereos. Everyone got into the music, and several children even began to break dance. Even those who do not like rap or hip-hop could be seen tapping a foot or nodding their head to the beat. The Chicken Dance, the Electric Slide, and the Macarena added to the fun of the evening. Festivities continued well past midnight though only a fraction of students, faculty, and their guests were left. White Dinner has become a much-needed retreat from the stressful end of the semester weeks. With final exams just around the corner, students are studying day and night. An event such as this one acts to break the monotony and gives students a chance to have fun.

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4 Sports

• Wilson Basketball Players Sacrifice Winter Break for Love of Game

5 Education Students, faculty, and staff celebrate tradition and enjoy a fun-filled evening during White Dinner Photos by Sarah Martin

Of course, White Dinner has a long history at Wilson. The event started in 1914 during World War I. Herbert Hoover, soon to be President, asked Americans to help with a relief plan for Belgians affected by the German invasion. Wilson College and its students stepped up to the plate and participated in a “self-denial campaign” to raise money for the war torn country. Their goal was $150, and they gave up their traditional Christmas parties and many other luxuries to achieve this. White Dinner eventually became an annual event to raise funds for foreign-based organizations and scholarships for foreign students. The tradition was to keep the decorations and food simple. Everyone would wear white—not just the seniors—and the room was decorated with seasonal greens and Christmas trees. The White Dinner of yesteryear isn’t exactly the one students attended on Friday. Dresses included every shade of color and the music was nothing like what played so long ago. The dancing surely was not the same. However, the laughter and cheerful atmosphere has remained. It just goes to show that some traditions never fade.

•Career Corner: Don’t Let Verbal Crutches Cripple Your Search! • How Pussy Cat Met Wiener Dog A Feminist Children’s Tale

6 Features

• Lovable Villian of Christmas Steals Whoville Hearts Broadway Style • He Knows When We’ve Been Bad or Good, But What Do We Know About Santa? • Scrooges, and Zoos, and Fuzzy Bears, Oh My! Of the Stuffed and the Not-so-stuffed Kind •This Holiday Season, Focus on Giving Back…To Yourself •Ten Helpful Ways to Keep Your Holiday Shopping Spirits Bright

9 Kids

• Perfect Gadgets for the Little TechnoKid This Holiday Season

10 Entertainment

• His and Her Movie Review • His Side:Perspectives of a Wilson Man

11 Fiction

•Feminist Stories for Children

12 Classifieds


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