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Magazine unveiled at Poetry Cafe dreams, and despite adver- JILL STONE sity, turn them into reality," STAFF WRITER she adds. "You're supposed to Tocelebrate the release snap, I saw it once on TV," a of the literary magazine, McDaniel student mentioned Watson and the staff draped to her friend sitting next to her the walls and tables with at the round table at the Eclipse blue and white streamers Poetry Cafe on Wednesday to and balloons. The tables the 27th in the Forum. were adorned with blue It almost seemed like you papery tablecloths with should snap after each student bowls of candy in the center stepped up to the open micro- along with copies of the phone on the podium to read magazme. his or her inspirational poetry Markers and pieces of or short story as soft R&Bmu- paper were placed around sicdrifted through their words. the tables if the audience felt With the help. of a loyal inspired to write something. staff and Dr. Kate Dobson, Jes- There was also a sign up sica Watson, editor in chief of sheet filtering around for in- the Eclipse Lit Magazine, com- terested students who might piled 60 pages of poetry, short want tojoin the staff next se- stories, artwork, and photos mester. created by McDaniel students. "It would bea shame to "I t took a lot of hard take it to this level and then work," Watson confessed, ad- let it drop," Watson said in dressing her audience Wednes- reference to whom she If you have ever attended a McDaniel Girl's Basketball game or have day night. "Butisn't that maga- wished to pass the torch on zine beautiful?" to next semester. "It is a1- heard rumors about weird green-handed people at McDaniel events, then "Just as the moon-Is in its ways fun, and it is very re- the name Phil D'Adamo might come up in conversation. new phase, so is the McDaniel warding to see the finished What started out as a joke with Hulk gloves turned into an expected College community, " Watson .product." sight at any McDaniel sporting event. D'Adamo, along with a group of about writes in "ANote from the Edi- Magazine staff mem- 15 friends attend such events like this year's soccer playoffs at John's tor" at the front of Eclipse. "Ex- bers include: Lauren Beam, Hopkins University and many basketball games, with intimidating green cellence is no handed to US; we LaRhonda Burns, Ronnetta must work diligently and to- Casson, Devin Collins, terror hands. The gloves made so much attention at basketball games that gether to produce the shining Heather Cook, Courtney the girls team made "6" Man" t-shirts with the gloves on the back. light that breaks through dark- Kief, Elena Kurtz, Suzanne "We hang out with most of the girls regularly," said D'Adamo. "They're ness. " Lester,Sally Penner, Carolyn some of our closest friends. We go to their games and we're loud and "We must remain dedi- Ricks,TaylorStevens, Shante cated to our gals and our Williams. crazy _ Alyse Hollomon Feet may stick to the floor, but it has party charm ,~jJ-~. E.M. WILLIAMS five young men live there. the place is a bachelor pad is The biggest clue that Other than the messy STAFF WRITER kitchen, the place appeared hidden well. The guys have Rumors can be vicious; to be on the tidy side. For a built-in party shed. The or at least when it comes to five guys, the biggest chick yard has been converted into Ward Avenue. Expecting a ingly clean first floor bath- a state of the art beer pong/ ~~~ the boy's soccer house on magnet was their astonish- enormous shed in the back- room. lot worse, the pad was sur- It was practically dub"room. They have a room prisingly delightful. gleaming, daring you to for beer games and another Todd Knepper, Leon brave actually sitting on the room for the keg. Mach, Tom Cain, Ryan toilet, rather than hovering After all the nasty ru- Nixon, and Mike Holt all live carefully over it. mors surrounding the soccer inthe house that had many The most' appealing house, it seems a comfortable horror stories. It was consid- decor was the various multi- place to live for part of ered dangerous to walk on colored jerseys pinned to the sorneone's college career. the floorsbarefoot. But upon walls going up stairs. The However, Mach might dis- entering it feels startlingly bedrooms allowing entry agree: "I can't wait to move cozy. The downstairs feels were impressively large. out of this *!%# hole!" like your grandparents' The best part to the home; it has charming old house was the beautiful brown carpet and the deck out back. It's a place ;2j brightly floral-patterned fur- to enjoy the nice weather niture. and grill out. The guys also ~ '--, "'" Only the few scattered have a huge backyard where ;q'-~" .. ]~~ empty beer bottles and the they sometimes set up " I'W;~~ poker table with the remains waffle ball, and there's a ~fI" .1~11-.,;: of a previous game, hint that make-shift basketball court.