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Eight one acts on stage in Culbertson this Friday night
able to draw. From plots as
By TIM LUISI Editor-in-Chief An annual staple of the end of the Sterling College spring semester is a night of studentdirected One Act plays and this year is no exception, with
strike at the North Pole (Sophomore Shiloh Duff’s The Elf Rebellion) to murder mysterThe Omelet Murder Case), this
set to begin at 7:30 pm in Culbertson Auditorium tomorSC students, the plays offer their performance muscles, try something new, and partake in a night of entertainment. “It’s such a concentrated star of this year’s The Philadelphia Paul Brecht said. “You get all the highs and lows of a big show in two weeks.” Essential to each theatre major is directing class, which culminates with a one-act perfor the class. This year eight
Senior Scott Hicks (center) struggles to free himself from a chair as Sophomore Taylor Stucky (left) and Freshman Phil Taylor (right), taunt their prisoner. Photo Courtesy Megan Reed director should bring to their “This year specifically, I think that there’s a really good chemistry in the One Act I’m in,” Brecht said. “I’m good friends with [Michael] Danski
nitely puts a time limit on how long your show can be because people don’t want to sit and watch One Acts for two and a half hours on a Friday night,” SC Theatre Education Major Melzora Towne said. “It makes
patron. With such a wide range of possibilities it became easy for the directors to become as ambitious as they wanted to be. “I chose mine because I like baseball and it is something that is more abstract,” Towne said. “The technical and lighting aspect I thought was really cool, and I [wanted to] stretch myself as a director.” With a lineup of shows from Ryan Ehresman, ShiMandy Lee, Mike Redondo, and Melzora Towne, the One Acts should be a great time for all.
challenge. While the performances
worked together in a lot of shows and respect each other as actors.” With so many shows in pro-
more so than usual due to
of problems for the directors
THISWEEK
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology Joe Skillen accepts full time position at SC
Today. Hide ‘N Seek Science Style at Sputnik @ 7 p.m. Intramural Softball @ 8 p.m.
Friday. 11 a.m. classes moved to 10 a.m. Honors Convocation @ 11 p.m. Baseball at Tabor @ 1 p.m. One Act Plays in Culbertson @ 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Love Sterling @ 8 a.m. Track at Southwestern @ 10 a.m. Baseball vs. Tabor @ 1 p.m. Softball vs. Bethel @ 1 p.m. Sunday. Chapel @ 7 p.m.
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a lot of smaller roles.”
tages with such a large number
be responsible for teaching general education classes, such as Old and New Testament, and Basic Christian Doctrine;
By RYAN CORWIN Layout and Design Editor from 1999 to 2003, graduating with a degree in Communications, will be joining the faculty of Sterling College as a full time professor of Practical 2012 semester. Skillen began adjuncting in Sterling in January of 2009, teaching theology courses for SC Online and came to Sterling
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things would come to.”
Skillen knew that he felt called to work in the ministry, and after graduation sought work near his home town of Wichita. “After graduating from here
attend seminary in Virginia
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working in Wichita as a college pastor,” Skillen said. “We
watch it disappear before
decided there was a need there
watch the Sterling College One Acts because they are a night of fun and laughter and it is a great way to de-stress before
M.A. in Practical Theology and an M.A. in Organizational Leadership), Skillen continustruggling youth. Much like the rest of the Theology department, Skillen will
large part in helping solidify a Youth Ministry emphasis for the Theology and Ministry department--a portion of the ministry Skillen has long had a passion for. “Dr. Hank wants me to focus on Youth Ministry as a target, so I’ll teach all six of the Youth Ministry classes,” Skillen said. While one of Skillen’s goals was to one day come back to Sterling as a professor, he hopes to continue ministering to collegiate youth in the future. “I want to make sure these guys and gals are ready to go into the ministry because I wasn’t completely prepared,” Skillen said. “A goal of mine is to be there for students, and for them to see me as a person who is there for them as well.”
Chorale concert Sunday Make sure not to miss the last Sterling College Chorale concert of the year when they perform at 3:00 this Sunday at the United Methodist Church. In an annual tradition, the Chorale will be performing Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for their 2012 Masterworks Concert. This performance will mark the last time that the seniors will perform at SC, an especially bittersweet thing, since this class of singers came in 2008, the same year tat Mark Clark sure to come out, as this is perhaps the most challenging attempted and promises to be a good time for all.
By BEN WRIGHT Staff Writer This Saturday, the students of Sterling College are
in. The third annual annual ises to be just as successful if not more so than in the past. For those not accustomed signed to be a day where a number of community are coordinated and performed simultaneously by students and faculty of the college. This is predominantly meant to be a chance for members of the school to show Sterling, Kansas appreciation for the support that the community memon a daily basis. Morning projects are scheduled to begin at nine in the morning on Saturday and they will go until about noon on that day. After a short break for lunch, more projects will take place until four. This is when all of the work is scheduled to end, planned for workers and members of the community as a whole as well as a perof unity between Sterling, the town, and Sterling, the signed up to partake, you’re if you missed the sign up times, it’s not too late. All day, there will be plenty of small projects that would of hands. The beauty of
up. For more information, any member of the planning team or project leader can help or Nathan Lusk can be reached at nlusk01@sterling. edu.
Aaron Kennedy theatre position By BEN WRIGHT Staff Writer
Tim Luisi or Ryan Corwin about becoming the student run newspaper of Sterling College.
Third annual Love Sterling Saturday
novel Orion May 5th at Broadway Market By BAY BAKER Staff Writer
Written by Sterling College Graduate Chelsea Rebman Gillen, Orion young adults that follows the life of a sorcerer named Orion. Down on his luck, Orion wishes to win the heart of Mercury Strange, the girl of his dreams. As his attempt of posing as a magician to make ends meet fails, his rent is due and his landlord is on his tail. as he endures a mental assault in his sleep: as “weirds from other magical planes crash high school reunions” and “sinister magnets wreak gest challenge of his life. All the while, to make things worse, Mercury becomes missing. As the attacks on Orion become more and more
an English major just last year, Chelsea now
enjoys working with infants and toddlers at a “I’m always writing something,” Gillen said. “I that don’t exist and building worlds that run with different rules.” that took a lot of time and effort, and is a project that spanned years of Gillen’s life. after my sophomore year at Sterling,” Gillen to make my boyfriend - now husband, John laugh.” Chelsea and her husband got married in December. She told us that copies of Orion com, and after May 29th, they can be ordered from Amazon.com and any major bookstore. “Copies can also be purchased from me per-
This year, as much of the campus already knows, marks the end of the Defranco-Kling era of Sterling College’s theatre department. These two generations of theater majors. these two professors and the departure, come a few new additions to the Sterling family, the name of Aaron Kennedy. technical side of the theater ly held by Gordon Kling. He hails from Madison, Kansas, professional theaters across
party at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 5th at Broadway Market. Anyone is welcome to come. I will See Kennedy, Page 7
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Editor-in-Chief.................................................................................Tim Luisi Assistant Editor.........................................................................Ryan Corwin Sports Editor..........................................................................Katie McGrath Staff Writers.............................................................................Patrick Wright Bay Baker Nathan Ehresman Jon Faulkner Ben Wright Cartoonist.........................................................................Samantha Davison Faculty Advisor........................................................................Felicia Squires