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September 28, 19891 Western Maryland College! Page 3 Focus on a Student: Jay Taylor by Grant Disharoon Consider this: the world is likeMIT(Massachusctts Institute membered ring. the professors. that these They believe constarulyatodds.cbangmg and of Technology) or Harvard?" uiazines may have a drastic In comparing Jay's experi- for Jay, he regenerating a new cycle of ele- Well, fortunately impact in conquering the dis- ences in high school with his LOO realized that money doesn't mental disasters andmalignant grow in orchards, SOa full Merit ease. newly discovered passions here diseases every decade. r'~_~"'" Scholarship to a local school Jay isn't exactly a rookie at Western Maryland, he .re- Currently. we as a special- would just have to do. when itcomes tocancer research marks that the difference is in ized species, united under one Actually, Jay really has his and experimentation. the administration. global existence, must over- ''The faculty here, at a col- come pressing problems such as brain 'set on MIT. So after one .Lastyear.havmgcompleted lege level, take a more serious the greenhouse effect. the de- year at W.M.C., and after he all the science courses that West- approach towards academics and struction oftherainforests, toxic receives his highschool diploma, minster High School had to of- excellence, [to} which they de- fer, Jay participated in a course he'll probably transfer. waste, oil spills in Alaska, can- vote their lives." cer, and AIDS. Jay Taylor, sixteen-year-old Jay is a diehard bio/chcmis- that focused on research tech- When Jay is notin the labor When will the human race freshman at WMC. try major. He has a natural pas- niques. involved with classes, "he tends put an end to these problems? a red cape. He is not the typical, sionforscienccandresearch.es- Jay researched a type of to fall back on the peaceful and The question is, "Will we small, frail stereotype either, pccially in the field of Genelts. fanccr found in tomato plants quiet dorm life that Daniel putan end to these problems that because he gets plenty of exer- Duringthiscomingsulrintet, ;.vhich concluded a lot of evolu~ Macl.ea has to offcr. He enjoys most definitely bewilder the or- cise in the weight of his rooks he plans to spend most of'his -Iionary questions aboutthis cer- reading, lyric poetry, chess and dinary mind and threaten our alone. sparctimeresearchinganddoing tain species of bacteria. golf. project work with Dr. Rouzer migh't say 'that Jay "'~u future generations?" Instead, Jay is a witty six- and Dr. Smith. himself is a rare form of bacteria To unwind from the stress Theanswers IOmostofthese teen-year-old-a compassionate that an academic load tends to Dr. Smith recently received current menaces obviously lie young man with a secure future an award for his efforts and con- as well, because he, too, seems provide, Jay strikes up the vio- to collect in the laboratories of within scicntificandmathcmati- and a peculiar sense of humor. lin, which he has been playing for seven years now. cal equations scribbled across Jay was accepted this fall at medical journals.textbooks and W.M.e. on a conditional early Hismusicaltastevariesfrom classroom blackboards. admissions scholarship. the sweet harmonics of the great Most us cannot even begin His 4.0 high school grade German romance artists like La decipher them alone. point average and ncar perfect Wagner, Strauss, and Brahms, Yet these formulas and pos- S.A.T. scores earned him a full to modem agecomputcr synthe- tulates aren't devised by them- MeritScholarship toW.M.e.'s sized tones. It's no surprise that selves. It's the brilliance of the campus. Jay is into computers on top of supergeniusmindthatean think, That'srtght, technically Jay everything else. evaluate, and solve these ago- hasn'tfinished four years ofhigh The future is never certain nizing algorithms. school yet, but he still plans to in the minds of most undergradu- Ittakes a special person with rebuild the world anyway. ate students, as is in the mind of an enduring mind and a sense of This first year at Western uibuuons to the study of cancer. Lewis Hall of Science. Jay Taylor. courage, a person like Jay Tay- Maryland will perform a dual Jay is quite eager to begin It takes a special breed to However, Jay would like to lor. purpose for Jay. He will receive his studies with the professors live for science the way Jay does. get through four years of under- Jay Taylor d1¥Sn't change his high school diploma as well and to experiment with triazi- At almost every available graduate study, and then move clothes in a telephone booth or as complete one year of college. chance, aside from the rigorous on to get his Master's and PhD wear a red cape to soar off into Youmighrask, "WhywouJd Triazinesareisomericcom- workout that Linear Algebraand degrees in some field of science. the atmosphere, ridding planet a bright person like Jay Taylor pounds that include carbon, ni- Great Works classes provide He would like to be a pro- Earth of menacing meanies. choose such a small and local trogen, and hydrogen, all of him, he is involved in research fessor as well as continuing his In fact, he doesn't even own school? Why not some place which have three atoms in a six- or laboratory Lime with one of Continued on page 5 Dutchman, Line Exhibit. Strong Performances by Mary Daschoff of sex, comedy, and subtle Michela Patterson. If you were lucky enough to Lynburg Scott as Clay and see WMC Theatre's production MissyRidgelyasLulawereout- drama. The opening Michcla's acting made a of Dutchman last weekend, standing in the verbally, physi- of the production was very at- strong statement about women you'll agree that extremely pro- cally, and emotionally demand- tenuon-catching. The character in today's society, while adding fessional acting and directing ing lead roles. of Fleming, played by Dcmctri a dash of sex and comedy, crcat- combined to create a fascinating The actor and actress ere- Lambros, walked onto the stage ing a wonderful performance. interpretation of Imamu Amiri ated a great deal of tension be- and silently performed a ridicu- Even more so than Dutch- Baraka's controversial one-act tween their characters which the lously funny solo scene, which !llill!, the play Line placed a which takes place on a subway ~:.~~u~~~':~~d:~::~ch:a~n'IIIIllli\\l~ Quite simply, the play re- These demands were well play. audience felt strongly. When set the pace for the rest of the great deal of physical demands play. on the actor. The set of the production, train, was simple, yet effective; ~ Ij1 ~ volves around a line. No one handled once again by director a comfortably familiar Ira ::;ly~eC~~:~~i~~S a~~~~~~l~ seems to know exactly where Ron Miller, who perfectly blended humor with the many theline leads. One by one, rive Domser signature. miss some of his lines. L.R. Scott portrays Clay in Thi characters join the line, and ulLi- physical confrontalionson stage. In fact, thc set would have ArLiculationwasapparently Dutc:hmtJn. The only notable (but un- been sufficient without the train a problem for Missy Ridgely yet equally powerful, one-to- matclyahilar:ious,bizarrebaule derstandable) fault with the di- for "who will be first in line" roar sounds which, although also. The extremely powerful one confrontations between the takes place. reeling was that the pacing was sometimes neeessary, occasion· performances, however, com- lead characters. EnteringthelineafterRem- somewhat slow at Limes, caus- ally drowncdouttheactors'!ines. pcnsated for the missed lines. The production was defi- Among the most notable The thread which strings nitely a credit to WMC Theatre. ing is Stephen, a wise-cracking ing an occasional audience aspects of the production were together a great production like Immediately following the kid who was portrayed by Rock member to glance at his or her the powerful acting perform- Dutchman is the directing. Dr. hour-long Dutchman :-vas an- Reiser. watch. ances. Ron Miller (along with choreog- other one-act play, Israel The other actors included This flaw was too minor, The supporting cast did an rapher Jennifer Sloper) did an Horovitz's Line. Jim Vowles as Dolan and Todd however, to disturb one of the excellent job of participating in excellentjobofstagingthephysi- The performance took the RobinsonasAmaIl,thehusband funniest, most exciting produc- the reality of the scene without cally demanding scenes of the .audience by delighted surprise of Molly, whose eharacter was tionsforWMCTheatrein along detracting from the lead actors. play, as well as the more subtle, with its wonderful combination brilliantly brought to life by time.