Friday, September 5, 2008 All the improv Senior Ryan Westwood participates in the familiar "Dating Game" alongside three other members of the Matchbox Players in the Wintergreen Garden. By Kvan Koser arts editor L'mk.Sl l()(o psu.cdu Yesterday was the day for dub rush: if you missed your chance to get a good look at the myriad activities on campus outside of the curriculum, you probably aren't aware of the Matchbox Players. The people who stake their public persona all around cam pus are not your typical "court jesters". These are people who do what they love and —to them — it's no embarrassment; it's a way of life.' "The Matchbox Players is Penn State Behrend's improvisation The Matchbox Players was one of the first clubs founded alongside with the college itself in Behrend's very first Originally semester called The Dramatics Club back in 1948. the club will be celebrating its 60th birthday this fall. In the early days, the club per formed plays that were mostly directed by the English faculty, however the club had responsi bilities of their own: rigging their own lighting and setting up their performance area. Performances took place direct ly in front of the audience, who sat circled arond the Players. These productions were held in the old gymnasium—now referred to as Erie Hall. Doing a few plays each semester, the club also went on tour with their performances and traveled to other campuses. Through this process, they were even able to generate a profit. After some years, members of Food For Thought “The observer, when he seems to himself to be really, if physics observing the effects of the stone world’s a stage; group turns 60 the Dramatics Club began call ing themselves The Behrend Players. They even took up the art of improvisation. In 1971. all operations were moved to the Studio Theatre. Prior to this change, the studio was used as an art studio and supply room. Since that year, it's been the home for all of Behrend’s the atrics. In 1989. the club changed its name again, this time to The Matchbox Players. Members of the club attribute the name change to the fact that the theatre looked like a malch- The Mission Statement: To develope a general appreciation of theatrical performances and provide experience in the various phases of theatrical production. Think. Dream. Act. box to the members that year. (For those who don't know, the building was highly flammable, since it’s made of old dry wood, is dusty, and comes stocked with a room full of paint thinner and other chemicals.) Ranging from the outrageous to the typical, the activities the club participates in encompass a wide variety. Typical club meet ings are all about “business, which is to say that participants of any meeting will play first and work later. Anyone can attend a general meeting, taking place every Thursday at 12:30 pm in the Matchbox Player’s office, directly across the mail room window in the Reed Union observing a stone, upon himself. Bertrand Russell Jerenn KorwekTHH BKHRF.NI) BKACON Building. First timers will get a chance to join the Players' mail ing list, which already consists of just under a hundred names. For the most part, these general meetings will normally deter mine the times of the group's common improvisation time The real meetings arc normal ly headed by either Valeric Bruchwalski. president of the Matchbox Players, or Ryan Westwood, a senior Psychology and General Arts and Sciences major. For lack of a better word, members of the club spend their ing and skillful deliver ance; such games require play ers to be witty and -as an improv group would imply- improvisa tional, reacting to situations and themes created on the spot. For those not really interested in acting or improv. the players don't mind if you watch, but they do ask that you're courte ous to those who do participate: booing can be detrimental to one's confidence. Those interested in meeting times or who have questions can attend the first meeting this Thursday, September 11. at 12:30 pm in their office or can email the Players via email at matchboxplayers@gmail.com. is to be believed, time playing improvisa tion games and. some- times, putting shows on in Bruno's. For anyone who's ever seen Whose Line Is It Anyway '. 1 , these games are typically mod eled off of something you'd see on the show. While most games con sist of standing up and doing or saying some thing silly, there are some that require quick think- ir i )J E-mail Evan Koser at emksllo@psu.edu A body pro,we.ss and 1 lit unifiM Bv Kvan Koser mis editor cmksl IDU' psu.alu The human hotly is an instrument of many things: athletics, war. physical labor, and even a vessel lor science and experimentation. However, what most people sometimes fail to realize is that our bodies tire more than tools, they can be canvas- es for artistic expression While the obvious exposition may come to mind, there is much more to the human body than its nat ural contours and bare physical appearance. Though these may be prerequisites for mainstream pornographic material, nakedness can just as beau tiful as it is lustfullv tililatinii. A modeling agency located in Pittsburgh prides itself in its definition of nudity as a form of art. Many of their models also share this mindset and thus a lucrative business relationship is created The job entails posing nude in a various assortment of positions and are mostly done outside or with "flairs" of nature scattered in the background of the poten tial photograph. Using nature as a tool is meant to accentuate the belief that, because the body is nature and nature is art. the natu ral body is art. Rarely, however, are certain parts of the body exposed, particularly a woman's breasts or a man's penis. For the Janet Neff Sample Center for Manners if Civility “May hearth that loves thy name; May our lives but swell thy fame, dear old state, dear old state.” to one Write for the ARTS page of The Behrend Beacon www.tovanlthßwalLcßin is fit no act of ours bring shame Fred Lewis Pattee At Pain State University/ Bohraid For Two Days Oriyl Monday. September 8 Thru Tuesday. Soptanhar 8 Road Wtotargardan nam-Gpm for more extortion most part, the) arc typically covered in some sub tle. artistic was. Some bodies, however, aren’t required to he still living to qualify as art. "Bodies...the [exposition" is such an instance of artistic expression. The art exhibit is one of beauty and science con glomerated into one. It’s described as an "exlrodi nary unveiling of the human body" as both a spec imen of scientific foundations and as natural beau- To help you see what a body really looks like on the inside, this Hxhihition uses real human bodies that have been preserved so they do not decav. Though the preservation process is complex, the method is simply in place to ensure the bodies do not decay over time, allowing the exhibition to present thousands of unique teaching possibilities for instructors of all lev els, including medical pro fessionals. archaeologists and other various assort ments of scholars. The Behrend Beacon I than
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