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ctober 13, 1983 page 5 Family Life on Rouzer Second Spo~n Laura Kleber other form of cover-up; an- One of the most frequent other time a photographer responses ! get when I tell was wailing for the unsus- people that ( live on the same pecting victims just outside River floor with guys is, "How can the shower entrance. you do that! I wouldn't want The closeness isn't only in sex for help on homework, Opens the guys to see me in the times of fun. Many of us have morning!" Believe me, the gone running to the opposite guys don't look any better t than the girls do when they problems with girl/boy friends, first wake up. or just to talk. One of my Having males and females colleagues says that she feels The theatrical production of only a couple doors away safer here than in an all girls Spoon River Anthology will be from each other twenty-four dorm because "the guys look presented by the Dramatic Art hours a day has made quite a out for you." Department of Western Mary- difference in all of our lives on We help each other in other land College on Friday, Satur- the only co-ed floor at WMC- ways 100. When my roomate day, and Sunday, October 14, the second floor of Rouzer It and I decided to tackle the 15, and 16. The show will be Hall. All of us have developed performed on the mainstage close relationships with each job of painting our room, we conned one of the guys into of Alumni Hall at 8:15 P.M. other and we treat one an- The play is an inside look at other as brother and sister lending a hand. He ended up painting three walls in the the lives of more than seventy Frankly though, I can't re- former citizens of a small member my brother ever time that the two of us com- town called Spoon River. The pleted one. The guys can be "mooning" me on his way to just as cunning. After hearing, interesting twist is that all the shower, but it seems to "My mom always did my these characters have died, be a big thing with my "broth- but have come back to reflect ers" up here. laundry" numerous times, a upon their previous lives. A couple of the girls have given It's not a major scene any- in and taught the guys the cast of seven, under the di- more to see each other wear- difference between a washing rection of Max Dixon, will ing our fashionable towels. pertorm the interesting varied We've grown accustomed to machine and a dryer, and have even ironed a shirt or monologues which establish Vo{alking down the halls, two for them. the personalities and express draped in only our cloth attire, the moods of their several and stopping to chat with a We are unique. As another characters. member of the opposite sex. I to warn the guys, for already lion. They didn't stop there "family member" put it, "How Tickets for Spoon River An- was warned about guys who a couple of the more devious either. One time, not only many places can you go thology are $1.00 for WMC like to steal towels while you females have taken towels were their towels stolen, but where a guy or girl who is just students, faculty, and staff, are atternotlnc to clean your from the shower areas when their doors were locked to a friend will tuck you in at and $2.00 for all others. bod . I uess no one thou ht the guys weren't paying atten- prevent them from getling an- night, for free." • 'Freshmen Bar arians Battle Michael B. Kraig and William A Tom Harbold, a bespe- Designed in 1977 by Sryyan celed, 5'8" freshman, 18 Wiese, the game can be years of age, has been fight- played in three modes. One ing battles of war for three of the situations is the capture years of his life. Harbold who the flag battle game. This is hails from Columbia Maryland the favorite game of Harbold, is a member of Dagorhir, its who has taken the Dark Age translation, "battle lords" The name of "Becrin Foehewer" game is an adaptation of The game is played in the Tolkien's, Lord of the Rings, woods between two teams of and is described by Mr. Har- 20-60 people each. The ob- bold as an "outdoor irnprovi- jective is to capture the flag sionatlcnal barbarian battle and in the process kill as game." many of the opposing force as possible. The second mode is called the Kill the King battle game This game is much like the first except that it is played on a field. The third battle game consists of field battle which involves a series of skir- mishes. The idea is to kill as many of the enemy barbari- ans as time allows or else to the death This all may seem very dangerous and morbid, but Harbold maintains that it is all in good fun. The weapons used in the game consist of ColE-ndorlO\lOilable-r.oworsoacl< borsoperoredby Tr.eMornorTCorporotiOO any medevil tool. This might while wpplies 10>1Sweepsrol