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_.,_ •.,.....(._il~~:I:II:1~~::I."Io...... J~,~,:I~.,.!.,~~.. • McDaniel Theatre presents "Wonder of the World" ZACH BROWN Stoff Reporter McDaniel Theatre presents another great show in the Studio Theatre with David Lindsay-Abaire's "Wonder of (he World. H This olllragcolr.~ comedy follows Cnss !Iarrls (Nina Minadakis) as she leaves her husband, Kip (Beedy Elsenbergl. for mysterious rea- IiOIlS and embarks on a joum<:y to find herself, which leads her to Ni- agra Falls, where she meets some of {he crazlesr people along the way. These include Lois (Brin Burr), a suicidal ulccholk whh a barrel, Carla and-Glenn (Alissa B~ckett and Stephen Lariviere), an elderly couple of private eyes, and Capratn Mike (Paul Griffin) oC rhe Maid of the Mist. Even the McShane sextuplets (julia Williams) make appear- ancesthroughourCass'st:lyinNiagra Megan McCargish, a freshman Theatre Arts Major and Under- stl.ldyforrhcshowex,itedlyuid, "even Lhough I wasn't:lctually in the play, it was my first M,Daniel production, and 1 am very proud of il, It is awesome and hilarious." The energy of the actors was Langible, spillinginco [he audience, who were on the edge of rhelrseats, if nor buckled over in laughter, throughout the entire show. The raw comedy played well lnrc rhe young audience. With tWO working turntables, among many other special effects, no one could possibly claim boredom. "The show was crazy and all of the actors were phenomenal ... the special effects were really cool roo!" said usher and audience member, Amy Zipkin. What is more enjoyable than a night of mucous laughter in the rhearre, especially wirh tbesuperbtalenrandhystericsofsuchawon- derful production! As senior Julia Williams says, "it was a lot of fun, it took a lot of work, aud a lot of stress, but we have had so much fun, Nino Minodokis, BriMBurr &lulio Williams go For 0 Brady Eisenberg drives to find his wife who has leFthim because and having an audience to share it with is the greatest fun of Ieall." helicopter ride over Niagara Falls in Wonder of the World. af his chcrccter's sexual deviance. Midterm. elections show that Political Apathy Am.ericans w-ant m.ore change NICK BRUNNER eight governorships. JACOB SIEGEL you do- we're all coming from differ- MATTBODNAR The most {cHingrllsults of election night however, came StolfReporter enrwav':lengths. We all havlldiffer- Co-Sporls Editors in districts and States that President Obama carried in 2008 ent intellectual capacidc5 fordiffuent and have been traditional Democratic suongholds. Presi- As I WOlS interviewing people about the things. So,whilelmightbeinrerened In 2008 America called for change in the historic eleaion dent Oqama invested time and energy campaigning for sev- Tea Party, I was struck by how little in politics,sollleonec1semightbcjust of President Barack Obama. With a democrarlc majoriry eral Democrats in battleground slates. In Pennsylvania, the people ,,,,"ly knew about them. I am asinterestcdinartormovies. already in place in borh [he House and Senate, the Presi- P=ident a.mpaigned for Senate hopeful, Joe: Sc:sl'ak. Pat interested in politics myself so 1 am r [usr rllad rhe news, books abcur dcn< Wa'l able [0 implemcnt the most awc:s~ivc ~pcnding Toomey, a Republican was able to oVCu;<)meP'