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Blue Dragon Grill: Room to improve? Our view
In early September, Hutchinson Community College re-opened its snack area in the basement of the Student Union called the Blue Dragon Grill. The snackbar, meant for faster service than upstairs for those who are rushing to get food between classes, serves pizza, hamburgers, fries, chicken sandwiches, and chips. At the beginning of the year it seemed that the staff was struggling with time management and weren’t used to the newer stove and pizza ovens. The lines were crazy long and the pizza would either be way too burnt or too doughy. Luckily there weren’t many complaints about the burgers and fries, except that they seemd to take an exceptionally long time to be finished. However, with the beginning of the year finally over, it seems as though the Blue Dragon Grill is starting to get used to their new system and is improving.
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Leaf Pile Anticipation
They are much quicker, (not including rush-hour) because let’s be honest, who can cook as fast as the orders are being taken? Granted, the Blue Dragon Grill may not be intended as a replacement for the upstairs cafeteria, but as a snack bar, it can always be improved upon. Last year the snackbar served the delicious Papa John’s pizza, and has drastically decreased with their own version this year. Additionally, the snack bar had a coffee/cappucino machine for those willing to spend a few extra dollars and this year it is no where to be seen. Students don’t want to have to shell out thousands of dollars a semester for less than satisfactory service and the complaints about food on campus have been stacking up. Maybe the snackbar just needs a few more weeks to readjust, or perhaps they need to hear from the students that they expect more from the Blue Dragon Grill.
Entertainment Pulse
Familiar on-screen faces going to Broadway
Broadway has seen a recent trend of adapting high profile movies and television shows into musicals. From Regina George of “Mean Girls”, to Elsa from “Frozen”, and even “SpongeBob Squarepants”, many familiar stars of Hollywood are moving to New York to make their musical debuts. The current trend of movies into musicals isn’t completely new. Just last year, movies such as “Groundhog Day” and “Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory” were adapted into successful musicals. Going just one year further, the movies “Waitress”, “School of Rock”, “Tuck Everlasting”, and “American Psycho” all opened as musicals on Broadway and most were successful. Over the years some of the most iconic films have been adapted to films as well. “Shrek”, “Heathers”, “Sister Act”, “Legally Blonde”, “The Lion King”, “Beauty and the Beast”, and even Stephen
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King’s horror, “Carrie” have all been adapted into stage musicals among others. The trend has believed to have been started as an attempt to attract younger audiences back to Broadway. Ironically, the musical “Hamilton” has been credited as having brought in younger audiences, despite it not being based on a movie. The musical features hip hop and rap music written by Lin Manuel Miranda.
As for the new musicals, personally I am most excited to see the “Mean Girls” musical. Being a huge fan of the movie, I would love to see how some of those iconic scenes are played on a live stage. The book was written by Tina Fey who also wrote and starred in the original movie. The musical debuts on March 12, 2018. As for the others mentioned above, “Frozen” debuts March 22, 2018 and “SpongeBob Squarep-
ants” debuts Dec. 4, 2017. Personally, I love seeing what direction these stage adaptations can go with the movies as their basis. Some can follow their movies perfectly, while others use it as a light suggestion. But as a theater major, I love most the idea of these shows bringing in new audiences to live theater. The only question that remains is when will they make “The Hunger Games” into a stage musical?
The unfortunate events of Brenna My college experience update
So you may have been wondering how college has been since my first unfortunate week. Since then, I have managed to lock myself out of my dorm room four times, gotten blisters so bad they bled through my socks, jammed my finger between a bathroom stall lock and door, and have gotten myself into many more clumsy ordeals. The first two times I locked myself out of my dorm, I had to ask the same custodian to let me in. Sadly, he doesn’t need to know what I look like anymore because he probably figured out I would forget my keys on a regular basis. The other two times, I found an advi-
sor, and then my awesome roommate – who sleeps in longer than me – let me in later in the day to get my keys. Let’s just say there is a reminder on my door that says, “Don’t forget your keys!” On Friday, Sept. 22, I woke up and decided to wear something different, so I put on cut-off overalls and cowboy boots. There was one problem though. My socks were about five times too short to wear with boots. So what did I do? Since I had zero long socks, I tied another pair of small socks to my ankles and dealt with the agony all day. I think it’s safe to say that you won’t be seeing me appearing in “Ameri-
ca’s Next Top Model”anytime soon because a week later, my ankles still had open wounds and bled through my socks.
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Brenna Eller That same week, I went in the bathroom and ended up slamming the
stall lock between my finger and the door. Instantly, my finger swelled up and had a white ring around it. To make matters worse, this was the week it rained for three days straight. In those three days, I didn’t fall, but I saw two unfortunate souls slip and fall and I just thought to myself, “I feel your pain.” On the bright side, I haven’t been too horribly humiliated lately...Knock on wood. On the plus side, neither depressing nor funny, I got to meet my nephew, Ayven Ortiz at 2:30 A.M on Tuesday. He is perfect and weighs six pounds and 13 ounces.
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Courtesy Photo Ayven Olan Ortiz came into the world early Tuesday morning. He was stubborn during labor, just like his mom and dad, but eventually met the world. His Aunt Brenna is going to spoil him a lot!
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