Student Spotlight: Cayla Cornwell
By Jennifer Clogg, Staff Writer Senior Cayla Cornwell is currently working on an ambitious senior capstone for her Studio Art Major. “[I am] working on glass panes and wood panes,” she explained. “I am using oil paint to create landscape scenes.” Her final capstone will be made up of a series of pieces; at the moment she has five of them completed. “They’re more nature-y scenes, like a sunflower landscape, a bridge and...
CIMS Senior Spotlight: Nicole Farese
By Jennifer Clogg, Staff Writer Nicole Farese, a senior Cinema and Media Studies major (CIMS) with minors in Writing and Sociology came to Gettysburg College with a desire to do something in the world of communications, but wasn’t exactly sure how to make that happen at Gettysburg, considering that at the moment the college does not offer a communications major. “At first I tried to do an individualized major by combining OMS and some...
Review: ‘Who Are You in Gettysburg’ Speaks to Real Problems in our Community
By Jennifer Clogg, Staff Writer Gettysburg College is a community made up of people who are unafraid to share their opinions and life stories whenever the opportunity may arise. “Who Are You in Gettysburg” was an excellent opportunity for the voices of minority students at Gettysburg to be heard loud and clear, and boy were their stories ones that needed to be told. The show took place on Nov. 15 at 6:30 pm and was directed by Britney...
Senior Spotlight: Tyra Riedemonn
By Jennifer Clogg, Staff Writer Tyra Riedemonn ‘20 is a Theater Arts and Cinema and Media Studies Double Major from Washington Heights, New York who plans on going into theater marketing and management or admissions upon graduation from Gettysburg College. Her favorite show she has ever directed was The Gift by Simon Fill; it is a show about two kids who skip class to talk about deep and existential life questions. Currently, she is...
Directing Scenes Dazzle Audiences like a Professional Production
This slideshow requires JavaScript. By Jennifer Clogg, Staff Writer What’s better than seeing one play at a time? Seeing nine mini plays over the course of two days, of course! This past Tuesday, Oct. 1 and Thursday, Oct. 3, I had the immense pleasure of going to see the directing scenes put on by Theater 212: Fundamentals of Acting. The shows were run by the students of the class, who individually casted, directed, and put on a...
