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The Price is
by Ryan Cannon
staff writer
Lawrence Hall Council presented
the first annual game show to mock
The Price is Right this past Thursday
in the Reed Lecture Hall. The show
was a surprising success and the many
students that attended greatly enjoyed
the event.
This spoof of a beloved game show
was splendidly hosted by Dan
Schiesser. Residence Lite
Coordinator, who played the part of
Bob Barker. Keith Cerroni, 02/DUS,
Kris Lynch, 04/Mechanical Eng., and
Andrew Moore, 02/Graphic Design,
assisted Schiesser and truly put
“Barker’s Beauties" to shame. Not
only did they display prizes and
games, but they also wore tight,
revealing dresses that they looked
damn good in.
Out of the sixty enthusiastic
audience members, twenty-four
received the thrill of a lifetime and
were selected to "come on down" and
be a contestant on the game show.
The show began when four
contestants were asked to guess the
amount of M&Ms in ajar, and the one
who guessed most accurately moved
on to play a game for prizes. A
contestant with “Maria” on her name
tag had to first put three items, Advil,
a bag of popcorn, and Tide, in order
from least in price to most expensive.
ACROSS
I Perplexed
6 Fashion by
cutting
II Track circuit
14 Ste. Marie
15 Qatar currency
16 Poem of praise
17 Top cover girls
19 Drink for two?
20 Stop
21 Break in the
action
22 African flies
25 New York river
28 Junior hooter
29 Thickheaded
30 Destitution
31 Ballpark display
35 Edible tuber
36 Asian asses
37 Even score
38 Relative by
marriage
40 Repast
41 Almost
42 Main artery
43 Kneecap
45 Gossip fodder
47 Novelist Hunter
48 Ballplayer
Guerrero
49 Mineo of “Rebel
Without a
Cause”
50 Mimic
56 Lubricate
57 Bellowed like
Bossy
58 “Dawn Patrol"
co-star David
59 Crafty
60 Buckets
61 Use boiling water
DOWN
Dunderhead
Greek letter
Dine
Voted in
Still
Traverse
Helper
Bread choice
Actor Kilmer
South African
golfer Ernie
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Right arrives on campus
She did this successively and received
three chances to putt for a $25 Olive
Garden gift certificate. Unfortunately,
she missed all three putts.
Four more contestants were then
chosen, and one advanced to play tor
candy and a collection of classic John
Belushi movies. The lucky contestant
won by identifying the correct value
of the prizes to be $46.32. The next
finalist of the four participants won
$25 worth of snacks and pop.
The three finalists then were given
the opportunity to “spin the wheel."
and the one who was the closest to
one dollar without going over was
placed in the Showcase Showdown.
The fortunate person to win did so
with a pitiful two spin total ot titty
cents. Please note that the wheel was
slightly lopsided, so that the most that
anyone could receive on one spin was
thirty cents.
This marked the midpoint of the
game-show, and the second hall
continued in much ot the same
fashion. Once one contestant
advanced past the other three people,
he or she then played for prizes like
board games, candy, and Behrend
Apparel. The final game played was
the famous “Plinko.” For those ot you
that do not watch The Price is Right
religiously, the object ot this game is
to drop Plinko chips down the Plinko
board into the slot that will give one
the largest winnings. The contestant
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reserved.
19 Trib
•jghts i
11 Tennyson poem,
with “The”
12 Dancer Astaire
13 “The Power of
Positive
Thinking” writer
18 Sultry West
21 Late night Jay
22 Curtis and
Danza
23 Workout wetness
24 Inherently
25 Bridge expert
Charles
26 Turn inside out
27 Pen points
29 Above-par score
31 Entanglement
32 “Cheers”
barmaid
33 Lasso
34 Put off
36 Translucent gem
39 Hammer’s head
40 Asinine
42 Burr and Spelling
43 Mexican
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currency
Benefit
Cattle collectives
Mcßain and
McMahon
Banana
wrapper?
44
45
46
won ten movie bucks for Tinseltow n.
The new three finalists each spun
the wheel, and the winner advanced
to the Showcase Showdown w ith a
total of sixty cents. In the Showdown,
the contestants had to guess the total
value of a Tao-Bo tape, blow-up
couch, and a nineteen-inch color TV/
VCR unit. Gregg Hedglin, 02/
Elementary Ed., was the grand prize
winner. Upon w'inning the prizes
valued at approximately $350. he
said, “I was anxiously awaiting battle
of the bands on Friday, and 1 needed
something to kill time. So, I came,
and I recommend it to everyone. ’ He
then frantically scurried up to his
room with his new TV, so quickly, that
he appeared to think that someone
would take it off of him and say that
this whole thing was just a joke.
The Price is Right mock game show
was well organized and resulted in
being a wonderfully entertaining
event. Linda Lombardi, Acting
Associate Dean of Student Affairs,
commented, "This w as one of the best
student organized programs that I
have been to at Behrend. Two thumbs
up to the Lawrence Hall Council!"
The most appropriate final comment
on the conclusion of this event was
made by Bob Barker’s new
competition. Dan Schiesser: Get
your pels spayed and neutered.
50 Little devil
51 Extinct bird
52 Food from taro
53 Gardner of
“Mogambo”
54 _ Aviv-Jaffa
55 Conclusion
Features
The Force
Wire Services
by Katie Galley
wire services editor
Yes, folks, it’s only 20 days now
until the new Star Wars movie
opens! Excitement is in the air, at
least for the mass sum of us who
worship Star Wars. In case you
have been in a cave for the last 22
years, here is what you have
missed.
May 25,1977. George Lucas
releases a little movie called Star
Wars. The movie plays In 32
screens across the country. And so
the craze begins, at least for the
people alive back then. It was over
a full year later that this fan was
born and in my deprived
childhood, I admit that I never
actually saw Star Wars. I know, it
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theater to see the “Special Edition.”
I didn’t want to see this “space
movie.” What did I know?
I spent the first hour being truly
annoying. 1 laughed at the special
effects; “You can see a box around
the plane!” I asked dumb questions,
“Why do they want to blow up
Earth?” You get the idea. But then
something happened. I grew
intrigued. This movie was kind of
cool. I found myself cheering for the
Rebels and booing the Imperials.
And so an obsession was born.
Thank you, George Lucas.
Back in 1977 when Star Wars was
released, many people noticed that
the title was Star Wars: A New Hope-
Episode IV. George’s brilliant mind
started the “space story” right in
the middle. During the next 6 years
the story unfolded with Episodes V
and VI: The Empire Strikes Back
and The Return of the Jedi. Lucas
told the tale of twin
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Skywalker and Princess Leia
Organa, and their fight to win the
galaxy back from Darth Vader
and the Imperials and restore
order to the universe.
In the new Star Wars movie, The
Phantom Menace-Episode /, the
story starts at the beginning. We
learn all about Luke and Leia’s
mother, Queen Amidala,-aod the
fall of the galaxy from the Jedi to
the Imperials. With the combined
effects of the star-filled cast( Ewan
McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson
and Liam Neeson,andyes -- even
Yoda) and the stellar special
effects, this movie should prove to
be as great as the original. Take
my advice though: don’t wait 20
more years to see this movie when
it is inevitably re-released in the
theaters, Go on opening night;
camp out if you must, bring along
rations, do what ever yon must,
but see this movlel
JOB?
Skywalker.