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Show r jj. i'Tt-S- droSEETdll I , ! j -- 6- f ' I if'7 L , 4 D r 32!: . - 1 & WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM SS SUoesOfiGOC CfeDMGc!! gsofg' set design with audience acting, the powerful newest production captivates DSU theater s KESHARA BJORKMAN rr). keshara v y D iy j j Mdsn f' y t fN fV The Dixie State University theater program has graced the main stage of the Eccles Fine Arts Center with a great American classic that will stir your soul and leave you remembering every second of it. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is now in production and running until its closing night on Saturday. Directed by associate theater professor Michael Harding, the play is double cast with the main roles, and each night the roles will be played by a different mix of actors. This style of working is something Ive always wanted to play with, and by that, I mean the educational side of it, Harding said. The fun part is the actors wont know until r - V it s Tensions rise as the character Blanche DuBois is given a bus ticket as a birthday gift by her sister from City, plays theater a Brigham home. major Kowalski Becky Collins, junior husband to leave the the role of Blanche, and Alexander Pizzo, a sophomore integrated studies major from Santa Barbara, California, plays Stanley Kowalski. story may have changed since its original time frame, but the emotions are still prevalent. The power and emotional struggles exchanged among each relationship resonated with the audience very beginning when three of the main characters begin to interact. Blanche goes to New Orleans to visit her sister, Stella, and Stellas husband, Stanley. that night who they are playing. What thats teaching them to do is listen and be aware of whats on stage instead of going on and doing it mechanically. The story unfolds from the The social constructs of the YN ov Dixie - i BY CODY SMITH ' Believing in myself is my greatest challenge. My freshman year I got overwhelmed with school, and thought that maybe I cant get a degree or that I am not smart enough to be in college. 1 pi i Christie Hunt, a sophomore business major from St. George. - ,x. m Xu ' Ive always had it all figured out and known the direction Im going, but right now Im trying to figure out what I want to do and what the right path for me is. Im just trying to get everything to line up with school, work and home; Im trying to figure out how to get it to click. Jared McMurray, a sophomore nursing ft r j I I v 7 M: ' trf crRcU X' see DESIRE page 7 j aims to absolve misconceptions BY EMILY HAVENS emilyhavensDSN casweekly WP' & Pagan Ideology Club nlfflDfflODDS i throughout the play. The big word that comes to mind is desire - its in the title said Alexander Pizzo, a sopho more integrated studies major from Santa Barbara, California and one of the actors playing Stanley. Its about the carnaln of human nature. It seems like such a simple thing ... Its ven powerful to say the least. The first act is a build up anc ends with a bang, leaving the audience feeling the complexii of the each relationship, thougt especially between Stella and Stanley. With two more its to go, it leaves people wan ,n more. Its intense, said Charles Sean Bronsena, a junior theate major from Palm Coast, Florid and one of the actors to play Stanley. Its raw, its powerful and its heavy. Every night IY done it so far I am exhausted As an audience member, if I'm exhausted, you should be, too Im not the only one up there and youre getting the full arra of whats happening. The character of Stanley Kov alski is commonly described Sff 'If - major from Alberta, Canada. see HUMANS page 7 The Pagan Ideology Club meets every Sunday afternoon, and no, its members dont perform blood sacrifices or cast down evil when they gather. The goal of the club is to open up awareness of different spiritual paths and increase basic knowledge of Paganism on Dixie State Universitys campus, said Flora Ipaktchian, Pagan Ideology Club president and a senior biology major from St. George. Casey Anderson, Pagan Ideology Club adviser and a junior English major from Ferron, said anything that didnt descend from Abraham is technically a Pagan belief, and that Paganism is an umbrella term that encompasses many different spiritual beliefs. Ipaktchian said the best part of the club is watching students feel accepted. We get a lot of not but outcasts necessarily they dont quite fit in other groups and they come in here and you can just feel them open up, she said. Since Paganism encompasses a lot of different beliefs, Ipaktchian said its important to her to ask club members what they want to see covered. She said she arranges the activities around the mei bers so they can get the most out of it. Jesse Fife, a freshman early childhood educatior major from Seattle, said she joined the club becau shes interested in mythol ogy and the Pagan cultun in general. I used to consider my self Wiccan, but Im kind of moving away from tha and trying to be open of other stuff, Fif said. Im a very spirits tr person, and so Im just ing to take that in. Fife said she has learnt a lot about Pagan beliefs since joining the club, ar that it has taught her dee symbolism. The club has around 60 members on Orgsync but anywhere from people show up to the on1 meetings depending time of the semester and what the activity is. Son activities the club has h ed are bonfires, potlucb a celebration for the end of the agricultural seasof and games that teach fundamental ideals behi Pagan beliefs. One specific belief b hind Paganism is the b' in crystals. s1 Ipaktchian pulled a necklace out of her pi'r' 5-- see PAGAN page v tl d n o |