Life Earth, Wind and... Heaven?
May 4, 2018
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Karen Postupac Editor-in-Chief
Heaven and Earth are full of His glory, so naturally, there is a concert choir that dedicates itself to it. The Grove City College Singers will perform at 6 p.m. today in Arnold Recital Hall in Pew Fine Arts Center. The repertoire of songs centers around the theme of Heaven and Earth. “For my own personal experience with the choir, it has been a joy to perform and learn challenging pieces with a group of girls who love to sing. Each of us put a lot of hard work into learning the music and blending our voices,” Sarah Kula, a member of the Grove City College Singers, said. The set includes both “songs about the sky and the land as well as spiritual songs,” said Kula. For example, the group will perform “Tundra” by Ola Gjeilo, “Adiemus” by Karl Jen-
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The Grove City College Singers practice their repertoire centered around heaven and earth. The group perform 6 p.m. today in the Arnold Recital Hall in Pew Fine Arts Center. kins and “River Song.” Dr. Stacy Paparone ’93, an associate professor of music, directs the group. “She does a phenomenal job leading us as our conductor,” Kula
said. Meanwhile, freshman Caleb Hixon accompanies them. “Our accompanist Caleb is an extremely talented pianist and
does student conducting as well as leads warm ups for the group and has shown a lot of leadership and growth in that role,” Kula said. The only all-female
choir on campus has a variety of pieces, ranging in difficulty and style. The instruments vary as well; the group often sings acapella, but also
songs with piano and flute accompaniment. The group will perform in their trademark pink and orange floral scarves, sewn by Dr. Paparone’s mother.
One-Acts showcase students
Patrick Sacco
Contributing Writer Grove City College’s Theater Honorary, Tau Alpha Pi, will be returning to the stage during Family Weekend. The Spring One-Acts is a series of short plays put on by the TAP Theater Honorary every spring. Each show will consist of four short plays, written by professional playwrights, and directed and performed by students.
The four short plays are as follows: “A No Play” by Sarah Provost, directed by Joel Espenshade and Ginny Flanders; “The Golden Door” by Robert Mauro, directed by Ally Echard and Danielle Ledyard; “This is a Test” by Stephen Gregg, directed by Carolyn Connors and Delaney Martin; and a currently untitled last act that will feature two monologues directed by Brian Ferris and Emmy Larison.
Attendees will get to experience all four of these stories in quick succession, and will experience a variety of stories, actors, and memories. While TAP’s 24-Hour Theatre in the fall was completely student written, professional playwrights have written all the acts featured this year. However, the directing and acting will be done by students. “A No Play” stars senior Jenna Hershberger
and junior Benj Eicher. Both actors have been involved either on stage or backstage for the previous productions this year, including The Music Man, All My Sons and Junie B. Jones. The actors involved in the plays have been practicing rigorously over the course of the last month, and have put in many hours into the plays, so attendees can expect a great performance. Senior Joel Espen-
shade is looking forward to seeing how their hard work pays off. “We’re extremely proud of how hard these actors have worked in so little time,” he said. “They’re giving us their best, and we’re so excited for people to see it!” The first two showings of the TAP One-Acts Festival will be today at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The last two showings will tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Each showing will be in the Little
Theater, in the PEW Fine Arts Center. Due to taking place the same time as Family Weekend, each showing will likely fill up completely, just as they did last year. There are only around 150 seats available for each showing, so it is highly recommended that you reserve tickets ahead of time. Tickets are free of charge, but must be reserved online through the Events tab on myGCC, or at gcc. edu/tickets.
Grover Life
An occasional satirical feature exploring life at Grove City.
The real reason there’s an astronaut Graduation is almost here! The seniors of GCC eagerly anticipate donning their caps and gowns for this momentous of events. Friends and family will watch them walk down the aisle and receive their hardearned diploma. A few weeks ago, the College notified students that Astronaut Jeffery N. Williams would deliver Grove City College’s 138th commencement speech. As a fairly normal pick for a small liberal arts college, the students’ reactions to the news were generally ubiquitous: “An astronaut you say? That’s pretty cool I guess.” Little do they know that this astronaut was hand-picked by the number one Buzz Lightyear fan in Pennsylvania: the Honorable Paul J. McNulty. McNulty’s resume is long. He has served on the House Ethics Committee, acted as chief counsel for a number of congressional committees, held the title of Deputy Attorney General for the United States, and, of course, serves as our beloved President. There remains, however, one detail about himself he has managed to keep secret from all but his immediate family and the Secret Service. One detail that escapes his Wikipedia page. President McNulty is a die-hard Toy Story fan. Through a covert sting operation, our team was able to obtain exclusive audio of
President McNulty revealing his true motivations for the pick: “I had to pull every string I had in Washington in order to get this guy here,” said McNulty in hushed tones to whom we can only assume was Mr. Larry Hardesty. “No one loves Toy Story more than me. No one. Having a reallife Buzz Lightyear at Grove City was one of my life dreams and now it’s happening. Pence was just to throw everyone off the trail. This will be one thousand times- no. Wait. This will be infinity and beyond times better than Mike,” McNulty said. McNulty continued, “It’s risky, but I think I’m going to have my people give him a real-life replica of the Buzz suit to wear minutes before he goes on stage. My genuine cow skin Woody suit came in from Etsy yesterday and it’s unbelievable. The left boot even says ‘Andy’ underneath!” After discussing with (probably) Mr. Hardesty about how they could fully utilize a real astronaut during graduation as well as which Toy Story was the best, the President talked about his love for Pixar’s hit trilogy. “I own the collector’s edition of every movie on 4k Ultra HD. My family gets me the action figures whenever new ones come out. Every Halloween I made my kids dress up as the
aliens just so I could be Buzz or Woody. There was one year I went as Zurg, but it was hard to walk in. Whenever I was tired of dealing with bureaucrats on the Hill I would pop in one of the DVDs and watch a Space Ranger and his cowboy friend go on the adventures that childhood itself is made of. There was nothing that relaxed me more. Sometimes Bob Mueller would come over to watch them with me. We would make a huge bowl of popcorn and laugh at each other’s Buzz impersonations. As soon as he’s done with his big thing in D.C. he promised he’s going to stop by the house for a Toy Story marathon. We are trying to get Comey to come but he’s super busy doing TV interviews everyday so it’s up in the air with him,” McNulty said. We at Grover Life have risked everything to bring this to light. Even a casual reader of history knows that a whistleblower’s ending is never a happy one. Therefore, we lament to inform you, our dedicated readers, that this is our last report. We are going into hiding in an undisclosed location forever. Don’t try to find us. Democracy dies in Darkness - The Writers of Grover Life
Taking a lap
Kathy Morley Staff Writer
Over 100 people relayed for themselves, loved ones or simply to support the American Cancer Society on Friday. The sisters of Sigma Theta Chi and the brothers of Pan Sophic cohosted their annual Relay for Life event. They raised over $12,000 online, and the actual event raised a few hundred dollars from registration alone. Over 100 people registered prior to the event on Friday, but attendance was high throughout the event, with around 80 to 100 people present from 6 to 11 p.m. wandering the IM room in the PLC. The Relay for Life
event began in 2004. A PAN, Brett Elsess, was diagnosed with cancer in 2003. He was the Gamma Sigma Phi sorority sweetheart at the time, so the event was hosted by the PANs and the Gamma Sigs in 2004. Although Brett passed away that year, the next year, Ryan McCracken, who was a PAN and also the Sig Thet sweetheart, asked the Sig Thets to cohost the event with them. Ever since, Relay has been a PAN/ Sig Thet event, held in remembrance, for awareness and to donate money to the fight against cancer. Attendees this year could enjoy a wide variety of activiRELAY 5