Classic Bev

So last night, I decided to attend the play “The Good Woman of Setzuan” at Freedlander Theater on campus. I went in support of my friend Stefanie Genda, a senior theatre major whom I have known since my first day on campus. Stef and I were in the same First Year Seminar, Utopian and Dystopian Visions, and our class met on the first day of orientation in McGaw, where Stef and I realized we had equally consuming addictions to the Gap. I didn’t get the chance to see her senior IS project (a part of which were the costumes for our fall performance of Caberet, because it sold out so quickly!!) so I wanted to make it a point to go to “The Good Woman of Setzuan.” I went by myself but ended up (by total coincidence, which I love) sitting next to one of the Peanuts, Erica (you can see her in the Cavs picture below).

The play was fantastic, I was really blown away. Now to be fair, it was two and a half hours long (Stef, I love you, but a heads up wouldn’t have hurt, if only so I could have had dinner beforehand. I almost ate my program. ) but “The Good Woman of Setzuan” was well worth it. A play that looks to define self-interest and altruism concurrently and how they can somehow both exist in one person, “The Good Woman of Setzuan” was honestly the best two and a half hours I’ve spent in a long time.

So there’s my rave review. Our theatre department never fails to impress me, no matter how high they continue to raise their own standards. Last year, Wooster’s production of Nocturne was chosen as one of four collegiate plays in the country to be performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. I’m watching the Oscars right now, which may be helping my writing, if only because I am an absolute film nerd and LOVE intelligent and thought-provoking film, television, and theatre. It’s also nice to have a hobby that doesn’t necessarily require me to change out of my pajamas some days…

As promised, tales of the Cavs game from Wednesday (the pic is myself, Jackie, Gump, Marguerite, and Erica–all Peanuts–at the game in Cleveland): A group of about 30 Wooster students headed up to Cleveland Wednesday afternoon for the Cavs-Spurs game. We were all pumped because we knew it was going to be a good game plus WAC had chosen one of the games where they give away t-shirts. And there is nothing I like more than free things. So we ran around the Q (Quicken Loans Arena, or the Gund, which is what most Ohioans still call it) filling out surveys about what type of car we would purchase (apparently I’m interested in leasing a GMC…) in order to get more free t-shirts. Good times.

The game was way too close for comfort, SO intense. I sat with a bunch of the girls from my club, the Peanuts, and really enjoyed just spending a little time off campus. Probably would have enjoyed it more if we had won, but what can you do? I also ran into a few people from high school, which was random but nice. It’s funny how much I forget that I go to school an hour away from home. That distance really is what you make it. Wooster could easily be a suitcase school for me, but I would miss so much of what is going on around campus. I think that’s the mentality for most of the students here at Wooster. WAC arranges so many events both on and off campus, in addition to all of the sporting events, lectures, movies, comedians, etc that are constantly happening around campus.

Speaking of sporting events, the Woo-Witt game on Saturday? AHHHHHHH!! That’s all I have to say about that one…nice to watch an intense basketball game that went in our favor. For those of you unfamiliar with the fanaticism behind Wooster and Wittenberg: the Tigers are our big rival, but it never manifests itself more than in basketball season. Saturday was a completely packed house, which means over 3000 fans there to support. And we had a white out, so all of the fans wore white. The best part of that (besides a few of the football players painting themselves white, which was entertaining) was how all of the community (aka the town of Wooster) came dressed in white too. There’s such solidarity between the College and the town that doesn’t really exist where I live. It makes the games that much better.

I’m off to do a focus group for one of the professors (I’m always willing to help, plus remember what I said about liking free stuff? Try a $50 gift certificate to Amazon…all over it) and then it’s more IS time…wish me luck!

This past weekend was Winter Gala and it was a blast! Free cheesecake (pictured below, that’s me on the left and my friend Meghan on the right), great band, getting the chance to dress up? I’m all over it. The band was this cool Caribbean-type group, plus there was a DJ, so lots of dancing and desserts ensued.

Winter Gala is such a funny event because you can usually label what year the students are based on what they’re wearing. My first year, my friends and I dressed to the nines and headed over to Lowry, only to find half of the people there in jeans and sweats. That’s when I realized that first years dress up because they’re used to high school dances; sophomores and juniors dress down because they know they can get away with it (having seen the sophomores and juniors the year before dressed like that); seniors dress up because it’s their last Winter Gala. Last year, for example, I definitely went in my pajamas, enjoyed the free dessert, danced around like an idiot for a few minutes, and hung out for the rest of the night in my dorm.

Winter Gala is a great event put on by the ever-present Wooster Activities Crew. I went on a WAC trip this past Wednesday to a Cavs game, which I’ll tell you about tomorrow…ps, speaking of WAC, can I venture that my procrastination is wholly due to Woo mooVs (it’s really not, but I’m not accepting responsibility right now for my delaying my drafts, haha)? Yes, that looks like gibberish if you don’t know what it is, but we have a movie channel here at Wooster and the school gets the rights to about 10 films a month. This month, I have probably watched Dreamgirls with some of the football team at least three times (sorry to call you out, guys…). It’s also Jamie Foxx month apparently, because in addition to Dreamgirls, they’re also showing The Kingdom and Collateral (which is possibly one of the scariest movies to wake up to EVER. It’s very loud and Tom Cruise is very scary). Anyhoosiers, it’s crunch time on some homework since I had class cancelled this morning…

So my sincerest apologies for not having written recently, my schedule has been loaded with activities. With new classes (which I love), IS (which I’m pulling an all nighter for as I type…don’t you love procrastination?), new member education, and this plague that I’ve recently acquired which left me in the Wellness Center for four days, I just haven’t found the time to sit down and fill everyone in on my goings on. Speaking of the Wellness Center, I believe I will use this space as a shout out to the wonderful staff over there. I don’t think I could have been helped by more sweet and wonderful people than if my mom happened to work there or something. The opportunity to stay in a private room, sleep when I needed to (which was frequently), have food brought to me from Lowry, and watch more America’s Next Top Model than you can shake a stick at was really what I needed to recuperate and replenish my energy.

I have an exciting couple of days coming up too. Winter Gala is this weekend, which always promises the requisite silly outfits (do they really still sell ruffle shirts?) and TASTY desserts. I’ll also be going to the Cavs-Spurs game on Wednesday with the Wooster Activities Crew and will recount all of the goodness from there as well, since I’ve lived in Ohio for 18 years and have never been to a Cavs game. Now, I’ll be missing Project Runway, but I think I’ll survive. Hopefully…

Wish me luck on this IS thing, my third chapter is due in about 10 hours…AHHH!!