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Show ) Survival of the fittest he mm see page 3 Griffins come home Forum gilllp see page 6 lkir u) wmjuffiKttff CridlteggfiftSHiK Hypnotist Turns Students Into Clowns to Portland Lack of room in Gore draws complaint Will Go Emily Nelson Staff Writer Hypnotist Chuck Milligan per- formed Halloween night in Gore Auditorium to an audience so large that students were sitting in the aisles. The majority of the audience had never seen a hypnotist and liked what they saw. Matthew Gaschk Forum Editor The Westminster College soccer team got an expected announcement last week when the NAIA announced that the Griffins, who finished the season with a 15-- 5 record, were the second seed in the Northwest Region. Concordia University (11-- 7 on the season) in Portland, OR earned the right to host the regional tournament with their 0 victory over Cascade College in the Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship game on Sophomore Stephanie Self said, I have never laughed so hard. Sophomore Robert Cummings said, The show went past my expectations. Junior Jeremy Anderson said, Its a lot harder to do a show in such a small and confined space. He didnt really , have enough room to work with students. Students could not fall out of their chairs or run around the stage. With the small space, they could not let out their actions. Still, he did an excellent job given the circumstances. The sound and special effects were really cool. Milligan opened his performance by forewarning the audience of students sleeping on top of each other. He talked a little bit about hypnosis, saying that he was not using magic and those under hypnosis always have the power to say no. He said, The show basically plays off the power of 8-- Saturday. The Griffins will square off with Albertson College (16-3- ) on Nov. 9. In th&r previous match-u- p this season, Westminster ousted Albertson by a 1 margin on Sep. 14 at Westminsters home field in West Jordan. Concordia will face Seattle University (12-4- ), who earned the regions top seed after being ranked first in the region for the majority of the season, on Nov. 9. The Griffins, who were ranked as high as no. 10 in the nation, did not receive a single vote in the final national poll on Oct. 30. Seattle University, meanwhile, was ranked 8, with Albertson ranked 23. 3-- cold and hot temperatures. Students were so cold they hugged each other while shaking violently then became so hot they rolled up their pant legs and sat slumped in their chairs while panting like dogs. Milligan then played with the students sense of smell. Hypnotized students experienced both extremes of smell. suggestion. Before inviting students on When they thought their neighstage, he requested that nobody bor smelled bad they hid their faces in their jackets and tried go up who has had a neck to run off the stage to get away injury or who would be opposed to anything of an adult from each other. nature. In contrast, when Milligan told them their neighbor Twenty volunteers walked on stage. Milligan encouraged smelled heavenly, students them to use their imagination began sniffing each other so and avoid analyzing the intensely that students shoved each other off their chairs. process. He started by suggesting Milligan had a student wear basic things, such as feeling a float tube around his waist r and told him that he was the lifeguard. Whenever he heard water, the student was supposed to yell, Dont piss in the pool. I wish that the audience would have encouraged people more on the stage. Although the lifeguard was funny, the audience could have really milked the lifeguards performance if they would have been more involved, said Anderson. A bat was given to Lesley Shaw along with the title the stage watchman. Her duty was to kill cockroaches with her red bat whenever the hypnotist said the word cockroach. Sophomore Emily Williams said, Lesley made me laugh whenever she used her cockroach bat. The watchman act became vital to a later act where Milligan uses a magic wand to make body He parts grow. made student Don Farmer think his penis had grown so long it stretched across the stage. The thought she saw a cockroach and began hitting at the stage floor where Farmers valuables rested. Cummings said, The dude who got his pecker nailed was hilarious. Milligan did an excellent job at bringing energy into the crowd and keeping it lively and entertaining. Everyone on the stage put on a good performance, said Anderson. stage-watchm- an |