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TheUS to You

issue #28 - March 8th, 2012

This issue of The Hype Weekly fried up to gleaming perfection (or something like it) by:

jimbo ivy, sarah sullivan, George Wame Matthews, Keegan D. Hudspeth, Caitlin Cash, Darin Strouts, Chris Hancock, sam sargent, Adam J. Mason, Ben Shields,

Elizabeth Eclair Carlson, Tanner Pieschl, Leah Hyman, Dr. Karin Westman and as always the mysterious hypester.

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Cover Photo By Caitlin Cash and Darin Strouts

The Slant(Voices, yours and ours)

2 - Us to You3 - Announcing: The 8-Bit Extravaganza

The Centerfold(Your Weekly Calender made of 100% Awesome)

The Beat(Stories you tell us to write)

4 - Varsity Donuts: Aggieville’s Community Clubhouse6 - Fake Patty’s Day 2012

Dear Manhattan,

This weekend marks a favorite holiday for many Manhattanites: Fake Patty’s Day. For many others, a day of hiding indoors from the green mob. As we always say, we try to be a paper for everyone and it’s in this spirit that we try to see each thing we talk about from as many perspectives as we can get our hands on.

You can help with this, Manhattan. If you think we did something silly or wrong or stupid, let us know! Email us at [email protected] and chew us out. We’ve been chewed out before and are better for it every time. You can also help out by coming to us with your ideas, suggestions and events! We aim to tell everyone that will read us about ALL the cool things that happen here in MHK, and without your help, we’d never be able to do it.

Check out the next page for preliminary details on our March charity function. Ace Reporter Sam Sargent and Superstar Owner/Editor Sarah Sullivan have been hard at work trying to finalize the details on this unique and excellent fund-raiser. If you have a cause that you feel is worthy for next month, drop us a line. Or an idea for an event to fund raise, do the same!

We’d also like to invite any and all fans of The Hype Weekly to join us at the Aggieville St. Patrick’s Day parade where we will be cruising down the streets in a sweet horse drawn wagon bearing as many of our awesome sponsors as we can fit in it. We’re proud to be a part of this community and overjoyed at the support we con-tinue to receive from small businesses of every kind.

Love,The Hype Weekly

10 - Operatic Witchcraft: Behind the Curtain of the Crucible11- Jim Brickman: An Interview

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12 - Music = Life13- The Hazy Art Review

14- The 5th Hallows and Horcruxes Ball

The Bump(Bump it Brah, it’s Awesome!)

15- Horns and Cards- the tourney before “The Tourney”

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At The Hype Weekly, we like to do things old school. Hence the print version of the publication when the web version alone would suf-fice. Hence the weekly meetings in a tavern when we would probably get a bigger turnout on GChat. And this attitude extends to our charity fund-raisers as well. Donating $10 via text message is all well and good, but we want to see you face to face and we want to give you something for your money. Whether that be a good time in the form of a dance-a-thon or cookies in the form of a bakesale, contributing to a Hype sponsored charity event is an experience, not just a way to build up karma points. That old school attitude also extends to gaming. The current generation of video game consoles is awesome (well, except maybe the PS3) but nothing can quite top that feeling of leaping off a staircase and grasping for a flagpole. Punch-Out!!, Kid Icarus, even A Boy and his

Blob. All you have to do is look at the flux of '80s games being remade for a new generation to realize that retro still rules. And so it is that we announce The Hype Week-ly's first 8-bit Extravaganza. What this en-tails will be up to you. There

will definitely be a bracket style Tecmo Bowl tourna-ment. If there is a big enough response, we'll be adding other (sports & non-sports) games to the fray. That means email us, comment on the website, accost us on the street, and tell us that you want to mash

buttons for charity. The charity in question is Child's Play, an organization dedicated to providing video games (and other forms of entertainment) to chil-dren's hospitals. Part of the money will be going directly to the national organization and part of it will be used to purchase items from Chil-dren's Mercy Hospital's wishlist. In addition to the tournament, which

will be held on Saturday, the 31st of March, there will be retrogam-ing themed raffles and possibly more. But, as always, we can't do this alone. We need your support. Think you're the best Tecmo Bowl player around? Then put your money where your mouth is and

prove it. Do you still remember the Kona-mi code (Up, Up,

Down, Down, Left, Right,

Left, Right, B, A Start) by heart?

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There have been a lot of “Varsitys” in Aggieville – a drug store, a theater, and even dances used this collegiate term in their names. So when Diane Mer-edith and David Sauter of Dusty Bookshelf, Thread, and Acme Gift, Kevin Peirce of Bluestem Bistro, and their friends and co-workers Jeremy Corn, Tanner Pieschl, and Leah Hyman set out to open a donut shop, they decided to name it Varsity because it captures the university spirit of Manhattan and is an homage to historic Aggieville businesses. The Varsity Donuts location was originally home to The Palace Drugstore, which operated at a time when drugstores were more than just pharmacies – they were soda fountains and a spot for community gatherings. Varsity's goal is to retain what Ms. Meredith

describes as a “community clubhouse” vibe while making it applicable to the needs of current citizens. The Palace Drugstore was constructed in 1929 by broth-ers Harold and Forest For-ester. The hand laid mosaic floor and original marble and woodwork still exist in the do-nut shop today. That includes

the booths, complete with eighty years worth of gum stuck under the seats – we told you Varsity was aiming for that authentic soda shop experience! The interior highlights the faux balconies high on the walls as well, which were inspired by one of the Forester wives' love of Broadway and theater. The owners also uncovered the arched window over the door, saving it from the obscurity of three and four layers of plywood and drywall. It's the crowning glory of the front windows and very different from the other glass in Ag-gieville. At night, most of the businesses' windows seem to reflect the pave-ment and become just another wall, but the illumination from within Varsity is inviting and the lighted bicycle wheels are intriguing. The idea for bicycle rentals grew right along side the notion of donuts. In the pitching stage of the Varsity endeavor, partner Jeremy Corn suggested donuts and bikes. Inspired by his own collection of vintage bi-cycles and the group's general enthusiasm for biking, a rental business was

born. Customers can rent both single and tandem bikes, each with their own vintage nameplate, as well as helmets at the shop. Rates for single bikes are $6.50/hour or $25 for the day. Tandems go for $8/hour or $30 for the day. The owners feel the bikes also promote the ideal of everything in moderation since you can come in for sweet treat and then pedal it off on a self-propelled tour of town. If the great outdoors isn't your thing, there is still plenty to do in the shop. Varsity provides coloring books for children as well as board games and reading material for customers of all ages, including copies of yours tru-ly, the Hype. To encourage community participation they recently threw an Academy Award watch party that included trivia, prizes, and live improv by

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Varsity Donuts: Aggieville’s Community Clubhouse

By Caitlin Cash and Darin Strouts


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the K-State troupe On the Spot. They are currently playing host to a Scrabble tournament and plan to start a Bingo night in the near future. Varsity invites people to bring their own entertainment as well, such as homework or knit-ting, to work on while they enjoy a donut or a cup of joe. The long table is also free for groups to use for anything from coffee clubs to business meet-ings. If your gathering would like to guarantee their favorite selections, give Varsity at least two days notice and they will put together a custom donut platter. You can even host your next birthday party at the shop! Several of the Varsity owners have children, so when they set out to

open shop, not only did they want a community clubhouse, but they wanted it to be fam-ily friendly. The donuts are even named in honor of owners Diane Meredith and Jeremy Corn's kin. The Opal, a but-termilk cake donut, is named for Mr. Corn's grandmother and the Otis, a yeast donut, is named for Ms. Meredith's father. Varsity now offers the option of birthday parties where you can decorate your own Otis and Opal donuts. For $6/child (or young-at-heart adult), groups can come in to create their own delicious master-piece with frosting, sprinkles, and toppings. Be sure to book at least two weeks in advance because dates are filling up fast.

Soon Varsity's donuts will invited to a different kind of party. In the tradition of Swaney's, the late, great Manhattan legend, the shop will be offering their sweet treats after hours. Behind Varsity is a patio with a food truck where the donuts are produced each eve-ning. Later this spring the patio will be opened up for late sales right out of the truck. After all, there's nothing like an Otis or an Opal to cure your midnight ails... or ales. Varsity Donuts is a soda shop for the 21st century. From the building to the food to the cus-tomers it's a multi-generational experience. Stepping through the door is like stepping into history, but with all the conveniences of the modern world – they'll even

ring up your order on an iPad. There is no other place in town with quite the same charm; it's grandma's kitchen for the whole Manhattan family. Can't make it down today? Don't worry, they deliver, but you'll definitely want to drop in soon.

The Hype's Favorite DonutsDarin: The PB&J. I love jelly donuts, but too many of them get too sweet. It's a thicker, almost roll style, donut that's in perfect proportion with the peanut butter and raspberry jelly.

Caitlin: The Barbie. The gourmets are good, but I'm more of a traditionalist when it comes to my pick. The Barbie is a buttermilk cake Opal with blue frosting and pink sprinkles. It appeals to a little girl sense of whimsey and the adult taste for quality.

Jimbo: All of them. They should be a controlled substance.

Sarah: The Flat Tire. Combining donuts and oreos was going to happen eventually. I’m glad Varsity Donuts is using their powers for good instead of evil.

Keegan: The Fruity Pebbles one...?


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“Fake Patty’s Day.” “The Green Scourge.”

“The Raddest Day Evar, Brah!”

Depending on your age, social position and blood alcohol content, your moni-ker for this annual day of green beer consumption may vary greatly. But whether you condemn it or celebrate it, there is one thing that is absolutely for sure: Fake Patty’s Day isn’t going anywhere.

Despite negative newspaper articles, increased police presence and even or-dinances aimed at controlling the event, over the past five years FPD has only grown in size and alleged disruption. According to Riley County Police Depart-ment statistics from the 2011 FPD, officers responded to approximately 65% more calls than during the 2010 event and given that more than 10,000 people from across the Midwest are expected to attend this year, it’s only sensible to assume those numbers will increase once again.

But lucky for Manhattan, Fake Patty’s Day is changing for the better this year.

How Did It All Begin?

Fake Patty’s Day began (officially) in 2007 when K-State moved its Spring Break up a week. Previously, Spring Break had always began around the 20th, allowing students to participate in the Aggieville St. Patrick’s Day celebration along with the rest of Manhattan and still have time to travel to their Spring Break destinations for the week long university holiday. However, as the 2007 Spring Break began on March 17th, a Saturday, participating in the actual St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Aggieville wouldn’t have allowed students that

extra day (or two, if they skipped their Friday classes) of travel time to hit the slopes, sands or slots.

According to legend (and inside sources), the 2007 Wildcat 91.9 Program Di-rector, Underwriting Director (who also worked at Tubby’s Bar and Grille) and their Graduate Student Advisor decided to have some fun and declare that the students should get their shot at painting the Ville green, and thus Fake Patty’s Day was born on March 10, 2007. Coordinating with venues, sponsors and merchandise makers, the trio promoted the event to the student population and it was estimated by the Riley County Police Department that approximate-ly 2,000 students hit the Ville in the inaugural year, comparable to a normal KSU game day Saturday in the Ville.

How A Harmless Student Promotion Became “Evil”!

With each year that FPD has existed, the attendance has grown at a viral rate. At first the “Green Scourge” spread to the KSU student population, but as tales of green beer and shenanigans spread, students from other area and regional schools began showing up to “Get their Green on!”. According to Jamie Kinsey, a four year FPD veteran and student in the College of Business, “I have friends drive in from Mizzou, Lawrence, even Omaha. And my friends going to the smaller colleges around Kansas think of Fake Patty’s as their Spring Break!”

Despite property damage, rising arrests and public outcry, the City and law enforcement officials have had few viable options over the years with regards to curbing or even shutting down Fake Patty’s as no one group, bar or orga-nization has taken ownership of the event. Thus, in years past the Aggieville Business Association, City of Manhattan and Riley County only had the power to attempt to cleanup, manage and police an event growing in number of par-

Fake Patty's Day

by Jimbo Ivy


The Beat

ticipants and effect upon life in the City.

What’s New for FPD 2012?

What’s new is that the Aggieville Business Association has decided to promote the safety and general well-being of the community by becoming officially involved with the event! They’re not promoting the binge drinking and green puke that the media focuses on, but acknowledging that the businesses in Aggieville that profit from this event need to accept the responsibility that the thousands who flock to FPD won’t. The ABA has recognized that it needs to help guide the event’s growth in the right direction. What direction? The ABA has done two major things to help this year:

1) They’ve purchased insurance for the event (from the same folks that insure Stampede) and applied for a special event permit, allowing them to block off the streets of Moro, hire food and other vendors to set up in the streets, and are supplying portopotties, extra trash receptacles, clean up, shuttle service to/from hotels starting at 10:30am, bottled water, signage and support staff.

2) A majority of ABA members that profit from FPD have voluntarily contrib-uted money ($3.00 times their business’s capacity) to cover all of the above expenses, and any left over money will go to the general ABA fund and/or partial reimbursement of the public safety costs (I.E. overtime for all those police officers, highway patrolmen, firefighters and EMS crews). The level of reimbursement will be determined when an investigation into the actual fiscal cost of FPD for the City and County is completed and presented to the ABA.

The basic idea behind these changes is that someone has to be responsible when upwards of 10,000 people gather in a space as small as Aggieville. The masses of students and out of town visitors have shown in past years that they will not be responsible, which has led to increased hostility towards the event and Aggieville in general for “condoning” it.

These new steps by the ABA and their members that have chosen to support the event shows that they understand two things:

1) You cannot stop Fake Patty’s Day from happening. Short of declaring martial law and/or illegally requiring the bars and restaurants of Aggieville to be closed that day, once 10,000 loosely connected people have decided to do something, they’re very hard to stop. See Occupy Wall Street.2) That sanctioning the event and bringing in things such as food vendors and more festival-like attractions is the only appropriate and tenable solution. Otherwise FPD continues to spiral out of control with no one willing to take the wheel with proactive ideas.

What?! Fake Patty’s Day has Covers?!

Bullsh*t!

Yes, it will. In order to recoup the cost of hand-ing over $3 a head to the ABA to pay for the costs associated with FPD, each participating bar will have a cover, rang-ing from $3 to $10 (see side chart). The students and patrons need to un-derstand that they have to “pay to play” and ac-cept that if they’re going to help trash Aggieville (as it is well documented that FPD does) then they need to be willing to help the businesses cover the expense of cleanup, safety and management of it. An interesting comparison would be the Country Stampede phenomenon. Each year, over 100,000 people come and destroy one of

our state parks for a weekend, often paying hundreds just in admission to do so. There are regular assaults, arrests and even deaths related directly to it and the mass consumption of alcohol encouraged therein. The amount of overtime and public safety costs associated with it must be astronomical as it occurs over a weekend, rather than a single day.

Wherever you land on the moral, cultural and/or sinful nature of Fake Patty’s Day, it’s hard not be fascinated with the nature of its evolution from a public-ity gimmick dreamed up by three college students to a multi-thousand patron drinking festival with its head cut off, spilling money and green beer across Moro. But word on the street is, it’s getting better.

1. There is no cover to enter Aggieville. You will not be ID'd to get into Aggieville.

2. Majority of the bar owners voluntarily paid $3 for every person their bars hold to the Aggieville Business Associa-tion. This money will be used to pay extra expenses for the event. Example: Johnny Kaw's holds 437 people = $1311 paid to ABA.

3. All the owners who voluntarily paid money to the ABA to help with extra expenses have agreed to charge cover.

4. There is not one wrist band for all the bars in Aggieville. Each owner will be charging their own cover for their bars.

5. Listed below are the bars/bar conglomerates that are charging cover to the best of our knowledge. These groups/bars have one wristband to enter all their bars.

Group 1: Johnny Kaw’s, Shot Stop, Bomb Bar and Chuggers

(3 wristbands for $10 pre-sale) ($5 day of event) (Purple Wristbands)

Group 2: Kite’s & Rusty’s Last Chance(3 wristbands for $10 pre-sale) ($5 day of event) (White

Wristbands)

Group 3: Tubby’s, Fat’s & Doughboys(3 wristbands for $10 pre-sale) ($5 day of event) (Green

Wristbands)

Group 4: Porters, Drinx, O’Malleys & Salty Rim(1 wristband for $5 pre-sale) ($10 day of event) (Silver Wrist-

bands)

Other Bars: (This information is to the best of our knowledge)

So Long: $5 day of1863: $5 day of

Mojos : $5 day ofAuntie Mae’s: $5 day of

Kathouse & Aggie Station: $5 day of

Other Info1. Moro and12th Street will be blocked off to traffic.

2. You will not be able to drink in the streets.3. There will be numerous food vendors operating on Moro.

Stuff You Need To Know


Thursday 8 2:30PM The Unknown Shore @ Beach Museum of Art SangramMajumdarthinksofhispaintingsasconversa tionsbetweenthenotionofthefamiliarandtheques tionsitraisesthroughthemediumofpainting.Working againstthefactualnameability,thepaintingsareexten sionsofthismetamorphosis.Freeandopentothepub lic.

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Saturday 10

9:00AM ButterfliesExhibit @ManhattanTownCenter Parents,children,schoolgroupsanddaycaresareinvited toexperiencethewonderofaninteractivebutterfly housewhichincludesandeducationaltourandcompli mentarycraftactivities.

10:00AMPrairieMedley:APhotographicJourney throughtheGreatPlains @TheColumbianTheatre Thesepublishedphotographershavenearly30yearsofcombinedexperience,andtheyhavespentmuchofthat promotingKansasandtheMidwest.

10:00AMExhibit:NaturallyRefined:SustainableFiber @WilliamT.KemperArtGallery,K-StateStudentUnion ExhibitfeaturesSun’smasterofsciencedesignresearch projectinapparelandtextiles.SponsoredbytheUnion ProgramCouncil.

Ongoing AttractionsMonday Through Friday Weekend Hours May Vary

5:30PM TheCreationofAnneBoleyn @Ballroom,AlumniCenter ThislecturechartshowBoleynhasbeenportrayedvery differentlyovertime,frombeingseenasafigurehead forreligiousbattles,tovictimofatyrannicalhusband,to wilytemptress,tofeministrole-model. 5:45PM EvaAmslerandtheShelyAd-El @AllFaithsChapel Apairofwonderfullytalentedguestartistsontheflute andharpsichord.

7:30PM TheCrucible @NicholsTheatre BasedofftheArthurMillerclassicaboutMcCarthyism andtheRedScareastoldthroughthelensofthe Salemwitchtrials,theoperatellsthestoryofaman tryingtoprotecthiswifefromtherumorsofwitchcraft spurredbyhisattention-hungryformermistress.Theop erawonthe1962PulitzerPrizeforMusicandisoneof themostperformedoperasbyanAmericancomposer –andwe’rehappytobringittolifeoncemoreatKansas StateUniversity.DirectedbyJenniferVellenga.

5:30PM BohotoIPO?TheSentimentaland UnsentimentalEducationoftheArtist @114,WillardHall Storrisaninternationalcuratorandprofessorofpaint ing/printmakingandDean,YaleUniversitySchoolofArt.

3:00PM SafeZone:At-RiskTraining:Recognizingand HelpingThoseinNeed @Room209,K-StateStudentUnion At-Riskisaweb-basedgatekeepertrainingsimulation designedtoteachfaculty/staffandstudentsto effectivelyidentify,approach,andreferthosestruggling orinmentaldistress.Participantsneedtobringtheir laptopforthistraining.

10:00AM UrbanScapes @Strecker-NelsonArtGallery 'UrbanScapes'featuresthesePainters:AllanChow, RebeccaHoyer,JosephLoganbill,RichardMattsson,Cody McLouth,MarkMohr,NoraOthic,LawrenceSedgwick, RichardSneary,EllenSweeney,YeWang.

1:00PM Women’sTennis:K-Statevs.OklahomaState @BodyFirstFitnessandTennisCenter GoCats!

3:00PM K-StateBaseballvs.Hartford @TointonFamilyStadium GoCats!

4:00PM CoffeeHourSeries:Pakistan @MultipurposeRoom,InternationalStudentCenter PresentedbyTariqMahmood.Refreshmentstypicalof thestudent'shomecountrywillbeservedfollowingthe presentation.Freeandopentothepublic.

8:00PM AfterHours:MikeSuper @ForumHall,K-StateStudentUnion ThesecrettoMike’ssuccessishisnaturalabilityto entertainandfascinatepeople.Hehaspioneeredanew formofmagicwithhisowninimitable,down-to- earthstyleandpersonality.Mikehasbroughttheart ofmagicbacktothepeople.

3:30PM PoetryReading:RonaldoV.Wilson @LittleTheatre,K-StateStudentUnion PoetRonaldoWilsonearnedanABattheUniversity ofCalifornia-Berkeley,anMAatNewYorkUniversity,and aPhDattheCityUniversityofNewYork’sGraduateCen ter.Discussingpoetry’sroleintheAmericanimagination, especiallyasatooltocombatpowerful,persistentideas aboutrace,thebody,andtrauma.Sponsoredbythe Dept.ofEnglish.

7:30PM TheCrucible @NicholsTheatre BasedofftheArthurMillerclassicaboutMcCarthyism andtheRedScareastoldthroughthelensofthe Salemwitchtrials.Theoperawonthe1962PulitzerPrize forMusicandisoneofthemostperformedoperasbyan Americancomposer–andwe’rehappytobringitto lifeoncemoreatKansasStateUniversity.Directedby JenniferVellenga.

7:30PM Don’tDressforDinner @ColumbianTheatre InarenovatedFrenchfarmhouseabout2hoursfrom Paris,Bernardishopingtopack Jacqueline,hiswife,awaytohermother'sforthe weekendsoheandhismistress,Suzanne,canhavea romancefilledweekend.Asanalibi,Bernardhireda Cordon-Bleulevelcook,Suzette,andinvitedhisfriend Robertfordinnerwhounbeknownsttohimishaving anaffairwithJacqueline.Bernard'sfoolproofplan rapidlyunravelsandaweekendofrun-a-roundsand mix-upspromptlyensues.

7:30PM KellyIrishBand @C.L.HooverOperaHouse TheKellyBandbelievesinthestrongtraditionofIrish musicandthecommunitythatbringsittogether.Joinus fortheballadsandtunesthatcontinuetheIrishmusical tradition.

2:00PM NancyDrew&HardyBoysParty @Auditorium,ManhattanPublicLibrary Beasleuthandsolvesomemysterieswithus,Nancy DrewandHardyBoysstyle.Suggestedforages7andup.

9:00AM FakePatty’sDay2012 @Aggieville AnAggievilletradition.

12:00PM K-stateBaseballvs.Hartford @TointonFamilyStadium GoCats!

9:00PM RedStatesBluesBandinConcert @CatTracks Heyall,comeoutforarockingevening.Wejustkeepget tingbetter!Justlikeyou!Thereisa$5cover.


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7:00PM Encounter @NorthDiningArea,KSUStudentUnion Christianworshipservice,visitorsencouragedtoattend. PromotedbyCatsforChrist.

8:00PMTriviaSmackdown @AuntieMae’sParlor Preparetobesmacked!

Sunday 11 11:00AMJazzBrunch @BluestemBistro PerfectsoundsforaperfectSunday.

6:00PMDr.WayneGoinsSundayJazz @DellaVoce EnjoysomegoodItalianandjamwiththeDoctor.Live JazzwiththeWayneGoinsTrio.Pluspizzaspecialsand 1/2pricehousewinebytheglass.Nocover.

9:30PM AuntieMae’sMightyFinePoetryNight @AuntieMae’sParlor Laugh,cryandhangyourheadinshame.

7:30PMTheHypeWeeklyPitchMeeting @AuntieMae’sParlor Bringyourideas,suggestions,andcommentsandpitch themtous!

Monday 12 6:00pm AroundtheWorldfor$5-Cuba @BluestemBistro AwakenyourinternationaltastebudseveryMonday nightatBluestemfor$5,tryanauthenticdishfrom aroundtheworld,differenteveryMonday!

7:00PM HallowsandHorcruxesBall5:AWizardRock ConcertforLiteracy @AlumniCenter FeaturingperformancesbyGredandForge,JustinFinch- FletchleyandtheSugarQuills,TonksandtheAurors, TheWhompingWillows,LaurenFairweather, MinistryofMagic,andAlexCarpenter.Sponsoredby theChildren'sandAdolescentLiteratureCommunity,the DepartmentofEnglish,theK-StateHarryPotterAlliance, andmore.

10:00PM MoonlightWalkontheKonzaPrairie @KonzaPrairieResearchCenter TheK-StateWomenCenterstaffwillaccompanyyouon amoonlighthikeattheResearchCenter,about9miles downMcDowellCreekRoad.Hikethepeace-filledKonza underthestarsandafullmoon.

7:30PM TheCrucible @NicholsTheatre BasedofftheArthurMillerclassicaboutMcCarthyism andtheRedScareastoldthroughthelensofthe Salemwitchtrials.Theoperawonthe1962PulitzerPrize forMusicandisoneofthemostperformedoperasbyan Americancomposer–andwe’rehappytobringitto lifeoncemoreatKansasStateUniversity.Directedby JenniferVellenga.

12:00PM K-StateWomen’sTennisvs.Oklahoma @BodyFirstFitnessandTennisCenter GoCats!

1:00PM K-StateBaseballvs.Hartford @TointonFamilyStadium GoCats!

7:30PM “AnEveningofRomance”JimBrickman @McCainAuditorium America'sromanticpianosensation.Forticketinforma tioncall532-6428.

2:30PM TheCrucible @NicholsTheatre BasedofftheArthurMillerclassicaboutMcCarthyism andtheRedScareastoldthroughthelensofthe Salemwitchtrials.Theoperawonthe1962PulitzerPrize forMusicandisoneofthemostperformedoperasbyan Americancomposer–andwe’rehappytobringitto lifeoncemoreatKansasStateUniversity.Directedby JenniferVellenga. 2:30PM Don’tDressforDinner @ColumbianTheatre InarenovatedFrenchfarmhouseabout2hoursfrom Paris,Bernardishopingtopack Jacqueline,hiswife,awaytohermother'sforthe weekendsoheandhismistress,Suzanne,canhavea romancefilledweekend.Asanalibi,Bernardhireda Cordon-Bleulevelcook,Suzette,andinvitedhisfriend Robertfordinnerwhounbeknownsttohimishaving anaffairwithJacqueline.Bernard'sfoolproofplan rapidlyunravelsandaweekendofrun-a-roundsand mix-upspromptlyensues.

7:30PM KSUUniversityandConcertBands @McCainAuditorium FrankTraczandDonLinn,Conductors.Sponsoredbythe DepartmentofMusic.

7:00PM RevengeoftheElectricCar @TownHallRoom,LeadershipStudiesBuilding FilmmakerChrisPainetakeshisfilmcrewbehindthe closeddoorsofNissan,GM,andtheSiliconValleystart- upTeslaMotorstochroniclethestoryoftheglobalre surgenceofelectriccars.Withoutusingasingledrop offoreignoil,thisnewgenerationofcarisAmerica's future:fast,furious,andcleanerthanever.Freeand opentothepublic.

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In all my time dealing with theatre, I have been wit-ness to a great variety of performances. Big budget. Low budget. No budget. Abstract. Surreal. Expres-sionistic. Uber realistic. Improvisational. Perfor-mance Art. I’ve seen it all. Once I even wasted (and yes I mean “wasted” in every negative and deroga-tory way possible) an hour of my life watching the production of a piece by Samuel Beckett. However, I have never once seen an opera, and I would venture to say that many of our readers are in the same boat. Being as I have been dedicated enough to watch a production written by quite possibly my least favorite playwright in exis-tence, I would say I’m well over due for broadening my horizons to include this unique style of musical expression . So I asked the fine folk over at KSU Theatre if I could get in behind the scenes for the upcoming opera, The Crucible.

Due to the very musically intense nature of the style, this annual endeavour into opera is actually a col-laboration between KSU Theatre and the KSU Music Department. I was unfortunately unable to get any time with music director Dr. Amy Rosine, but in talking with director Jennifer Vellenga and scenic designer Joe Klug I was able to get a fairly good idea of what I was getting myself into.

There are a few things that I be-lieve you, the reader, should know before you start making assump-tions (much like I did) about opera in general. While a vast majority of popular opera is done in languages entirely foreign to most of us such as Italian, German and French, there are pieces composed spe-cifically for the use of the English language. This is one of them.

Written by Robert Ward as an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, it deals with a dark period of time in American His-tory revolving around the Salem Witch Trials when paranoia and re-ligious extremism ran rampant. It has been said that the original play was written by Miller as a metaphor for McCarthyism and the Red Scare when we were convinced that everyone who had “Un-American” ideas was a commu-nist. Some might even say it addresses some elements that can still be seen in our current political climate, but I won’t draw those parallels for you, though if you would like you can borrow my pencil to do it yourself.

So not only will this performance be in a language you should be quite familiar with, it also addresses a

specific point of inter-est in our history while offering a critique on a mindset that tends to reinsert itself into our culture time and again.

When I sat down to talk with Jennifer Vellenga, I believe some of the incredibly inarticulate first words out of my mouth were “umm... sooo... I don’t...I’ve

never seen a...what I’m trying to say...how is..okay. What should I know about opera as an art before I start watch-ing this?”. I have a felling that Jennifer has fielded similar questions about this subject asked in this particular way because she simply smiled and gave me a very thorough explanation for such a broad question. She

explained that opera is all musical composition, with no elements, on paper, that one would be use to see-ing in a script for a play or musical. I was shown the score for the piece. It had a two page synopsis of the plot and action for the show and the rest was a sea of staffs, notes, meters, and lyrics.

The technical difficulty in producing this work on stage was immediately apparent to me, and I had an instantaneous increase in respect for an art I previ-ously knew practically nothing about. I was starting to feel a bit more comfortable with this experience.

Regarding the technical aspect of it all, I turned to scenic designer, Joe Klug. I asked him as a designer if the concept of an opera meant more freedom for artistic expression or more stylized choices and how that might affect the final product. He assured me that though it does lend itself to those things, at the end of the day the design is still grounded in research and organization. He summed up his take on this by saying, “Ulti-mately, I’m there to create and environment for the performers to do what they need to do.” Look-ing at the set, I believe he

has done just that. A great many things about this set show the research he had discussed with me dealing with conflicts between good and evil; adults and children; chaos and structure with elements of the traditional being presented in somewhat nontraditional ways. On top of this, the structures themselves were designed to be used by the actors in order to help them pull us further into their world.

Finally, I was lucky enough to see a full run of the show. I left wondering why I had avoided opera for so long. It was quite different than what I’m accus-tom to or even what I expected. The music and song helped carry the story at a fast pace with a good deal of intensity and power perfect for the subject matter.

Though this was my first, I highly doubt it will be my last experience with opera. So take a chance and grab a ticket, it is most definitely worth it. Perfor-mances start Thursday night and run through until the matinee on Sunday. Hope to see you at the show!

Operatic Witchcraft: Behind the Scenes at The Crucible

By: Adam J. Mason


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came from a desire for a more personal relationship with his fans because they are “invested emotionally in my music and I want to invest emotionally back.” He also wants to bring people “one step closer to the intimacy of the music.” As much as Mr. Brickman travels for live shows, he still finds time to reach out to fans over the airwaves.

For fifteen years, Mr. Brickman has hosted a four hour weekly radio show. He takes Guilty Pleasure requests, playing listeners' favorite hits from the 70s-90s, gives short takes on popular subjects ranging from hot websites to relationships, collaborates with The Ellen Degeneres Show's fashion con-sultant Kym Douglas on the Entertainment Report, and conducts celebrity interviews. Upcoming guests include Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo and Oscar winner Julia Roberts. Mr. Brickman's relationship with other performers is more than professional courtesy, though. It's a personal pas-sion.

In 2003, Mr. Brickman founded BrickHouse Direct, a company with the goal of integrating clients entire online presence. He considers himself an “artist advocate,” helping others to develop the same connection he has cul-tivated with his own fans while “getting the music out there.” Mr. Brickman is uniquely qualified to do this because not only does he understand the industry from an artist's perspective, but he also took business classes from Case Western Reserve University while studying composition and perfor-mance at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Clients include Christian music legend Sandi Patty and Mark McGrath, lead singer for Sugar Ray.

Mr. Brickman has been generous with the bounty of his success. Currently the biggest emphasis rests on Mr. Brickman's foundation at his alma mater, the Cleveland Institute of Music. The foundation works to provide under-privileged students with scholarships. He also strives to bring music to young people through Autism Speaks. Mr. Brickman believes that “music is an amazing and powerful connection” between people, especially for some autistic children who “...can't articulate thoughts but can emote through music.” Through his work with the charity he has seen that music “tells us about the passion and creativity inside” individuals that may have been previously misunderstood.

Mr. Brickman is nothing if not prolific in his endeavors. When the Hype asked him where he found his inspiration and energy, he laughed and replied “I'm not going to say I'm not tired.” He continued, though, saying it all comes from an authentic place, and that when it does it's not work. Mr. Brickman thinks that, after having hits, “there's no right or wrong thing to do next.” He knows from his experience songwriting that “if it's good, you'll know it right away,” so he writes down his good ideas and waits for the right time to act. His good ideas have gotten him far and we look forward to him sharing his prodigious passion with Manhattan Sunday night at McCain Auditorium.

It's not every day one gets to speak with a man who is a multi-platinum recording artist and a SESAC songwriter of the year and a Dove and Cana-dian Country Music Award winner, but that's just what the Hype got to do in an interview with Grammy Award nominee Jim Brickman. Mr. Brick-man, the internationally celebrated pianist, will be performing at McCain Auditorium on the Kansas State University campus Sunday, March 11th at 7:30pm.

He started as the owner of the jingle company The Brickman Arrangement, creating advertisements for companies like McDonalds and Pontiac. It was a job he feels allowed him to hone his skills as a producer because each day he got to write in a different style. Today he is famous for his range, performing successfully on not only the Adult Contemporary Billboard, but also on the country and Christian charts. He is also a sought after collabo-rator – working with artists as diverse as Kermit the Frog, Martina Mc-Bride, and Wayne Brady. Although Mr. Brickman considers himself to be a good songwriter, he believes he is a better performer. When he was signed by Windham Hill Records in 1994, he was able to share both talents with the world.

Mr. Brickman is best known as a romantic pianist, but he does not draw his inspiration only from relationships. Romanza, Mr. Brickman's lat-est album, is a tribute to the romance of atmosphere and the “sweeping soundtrack” of Italian cinema. The McCain audience can expect to hear selections from his new record on Sunday night, but that doesn't mean he is neglecting his standards. Mr. Brickman believes that “if you're lucky enough to have hits, you should play them.” He also wants Hype readers to know that his show is “... never a piano recital. It's a theatrical experience more than a concert.” He also emphasizes that the performance is inter-active and he wants people to laugh. Even though Mr. Brickman keeps a rigorous tour schedule of over 125 shows per year, selling out shows as far away as Asia, he is looking forward to his first visit to Manhattan.

Mr. Brickman dedicates so much of his time to performing because he believes that live theater is the “last vestige of real experience that is not virtual.” He offers an even more personal experience for enthusiasts – a fan cruise featuring private concerts, a Q&A, meet and greets, and even a songwriting workshop. Mr. Brickman says his inspiration for the cruise

Jim BrickmanAn Interview with America's Romantic Piano Sensation

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Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror (Mom+Pop/Sony)This new Sleigh Bells record has been labeled “ironic metal” by some publications. If you hear someone call it that, walk in the opposite direction. That displays such a profound misunderstanding of the music that I feel anyone using this term has not actually listened

to Reign of Terror. LikeJames Murphy, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller embrace a type of music they love without a hint of irony. Only in their case, its 80s hair metal instead of disco. Miller's guitar playing actually resembles Tony Iommi on more than one occasion, meaning that this is the closest that Gorilla vs. Bear-readers will ever get to hearing Black Sabbath--there's even a song called “Never Say Die.” If you still doubt the greatness of this band, listen to “Crush.” It's a perfect example of everything that is awesome about Sleigh Bells: Alexis Krauss's adolescent, angst-ridden vocals that almost chirp over Miller's searing guitar riffs.

Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks (Polyvinyl)Kevin Barnes needs some time off. He and his band (“band” used loosely here--Barnes is the only consistent member and records nearly everything on his own) have not gone a year without releasing some sort of material since 1997. He needs to be more like Wes Anderson and sacrifice quantity for quality. He has finally made the inevitable album that, like The Beatles' “Revolution 9” and David Lynch's Eraserhead, isn't even designed to be enjoyable. It had to happen, but it is a serious disappointment anyway, con-sidering that (a) Barnes has proven over and over again that he is capable of making truly great music and (b) his last album, False Priest, was bril-liant. It was bril-liant in a way that felt like an end to something, leaving the listener with the idea that something new was about to emerge from this amazing mind. Too bad that this atonal, woolgathering album is it. No band is above the hook, and Paralytic Stalks has none of them.

The Crescent City, The Big Easy, Nawlins, NOLA. There are so many nick-names for New Orleans because there is no succinct way to sum her up. The same can be said for The Dirty Bourbon River Show, who describe themselves as New Orleans gypsy folk circus rock. Their eclecticism perfectly captures a city that defies definition and listening to their music is like taking a trip to the grand dame herself. Start with “The Day the Devil...” from Volume Two. The song evokes the sweet, slow Southern sun beating down on stilt houses raised over the Mis-sissippi River or summer days spent sloughed off, swinging in a hammock, one leg thrown over the side with a toe drawing circles in the dirt to keep time to the beat. It's a swamp blues song full of dappled sunlight, water ripples, and a wistful whistle. “Ain't No Place (Like New Orleans)” from Volume One starts with a gently picked guitar and has the building anticipation of twilight in the city before blowing you full force into the evening with a horn blast. “The little lazy town” the Dirty Bourbon River Show knows comes alive and the song captures a sultry, sticky night in the French Quarter with a tune that is soulful and sinful all at once. A late night in New Orleans is a trip to the most exotic carnival imagin-able, an experience captured in “Up We Go Now!,” also from Volume One. The circus sound celebrates the freaks and flesh that are ever present in the Quarter

and that make a night in The Big Easy a night like no other. It's the perfect theme for darting into old pirate fronts and out of hole-in-the-wall jazz joints. The zig-zagging beat is the stumble to the streetcar and the attempt to stay upright on the ride home.

The Dirty Bourbon River Show started when singer and multi-instru-mentalist Noah Adams “drifted” into New Orleans in 2008. He was so enam-ored of the music that he became what natives term a “never left.” According to the band bio it was with the addition of drummer Dave “Bootsy” Schnidler, ring leader and vocalist Charles “Big Charlie” Skinner, and another multi-instrumentalist named Wayne Mitchell, that the group “began to grow into an interactive multi-genre variety hour style band.” Since then Mr. Mitchell has left to pursue a different career and bassist Jimmy Williams and multi-instru-mentalist Matt Thomas have joined the show. They have put out four albums to date, with a fifth being released March 30th and a sixth in the fall. Whether or not a trip to New Orleans is on your agenda, plan to stop by Auntie Mae's on Thursday, March 8th at 9pm to see the Dirty Bourbon River Show as they bring the Crescent City to the Little Apple.

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I've been waiting for a day that looked like this all winter. I used to take walks in the rain all the time. Not for the romance of it, mind you; that would be stupid. But because I had errands to run and no car. The art of Joseph Loganbill, on display in the Strecker-Nelson as part of their UrbanScapes exhibit, took me back. It made me feel like picking up my um-brella an scurrying outside into a downpour. It made me feel like heading around the corner to get cigarettes. It made me fear soggy socks. Is there a word for the feeling of wanting to be rained on? Up close, each of Loganbill's brush strokes looked sloppy and careless. Step back and the whole thing makes sense. Rays from headlights shimmer of rain-slicked streets. Windows scintil-late in the grungy weather. That guy at the crosswalk, he's really got someplace to be. You can almost hear his shoes clacking on the asphalt. You can smell the ozoney fumes of rain mingling with concrete. This painting brings you into the fullness of a moment. As I realized this I said "fullness of a moment" aloud. I also held out my hand in front of me and made a clutching gesture, as though I were actually holding the moment in my hand. The people around me felt awkward and backed away slowly. Loganbill said he was in Chicago one afternoon when clouds started to appear. He took snapshots of the misty afternoon, and as night fell, he ran around taking even more snap-shots of the rainy evening. That's where these paint-ings come from. "I want you to look at it and feel the sense of being in a place, but I didn't want to give you photorealism," he said. Later on he called the style "heightened real-ism." Heightened realism. Look-ing at "Waiting for You," there's a sense of momen-tary motion that comes from the flowing, slightly indistinct contours.

There's also the way the weather washes out the background. Mist and clouds consume the rooftops, leaving behind only haze. The foreground, however, seems more in focus. "This is how we actually see things," Loganbill said. In a photograph, the camera doesn't really care what it's looking at; absent some technical adjustments, everything more or less has the same focus. When you look at a photo, however, you can make out parts of a scene you didn't even realize were there. Because when you were actually there looking at the scene with the naked eye, your mind sharpened what you really wanted to see. The smile on a face, the way the light fell across her clothes, but not the leaves in the background. Your mind discards the unimportant, banishing it to background static. Which makes "If Our Paths Meet" all the more poignant and all the more lonely. The jazzy lights, reflected again and again in the glossy sidewalk puddles, all of them silhou-etting the strangers passing in the night. The bright pastels even form a border around the compar-atively bleak human shapes, heighten-ing the sense that they're cut off from each other.

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Back in the glorious days of 2002, when the world was full of adventure and spans of time were measured by the days left be-fore the release of the next Harry Potter book, a new music genre was born: Wizard Rock. This incredibly nerd-awesome sound was a conglomeration of many other musical genres, joined together by their hysterical perfor-mances and songs that are based off the Harry Potter universe. This genre was pioneered by bands like Harry and the Potters, featuring songs like "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock", "I am a Wizard", and "Fred and George". After Harry and the Potters entered the Harry Potter fandom, new Wizard Rock or Wrock bands started sprouting up faster than mandrakes in mating season.

Shortly after the final Harry Potter book was released, students in the K-State Chil-dren's and Adolescent Literature Community (ChALC), the K-State Harry Potter Alliance, and the K-State Department of English be-gan an event that has become a must-attend event to Potter fans country wide: The Hal-lows and Horcruxes Ball. For one night, Potter fans can rock out to bands singing about

their favorite wizarding world and help raise funds to combat childhood illiteracy.

This year's ball begins at 7pm and runs until midnight with the doors opening at 6pm. Tickets are only $12, but admission is free to all K-State students. T-shirts that are a must-have for any Potter fan are only $13 and the proceeds raised from the event are donated to First Book, a non-profit agency that helps put books in the hands of children who really need them. Specifically, the funds will target the local First Book advisory board of Geary County. Last year's event raised $1,700 for the cause!"This year's benefit concert

The 5th Hallows and Horcruxes Ball: A Wizard Rock Concert for Literacy

by Sarah SullivanPhotos Courtesy of Elizabeth Eclair Carlson and Karin Westman

expands its focus to include music about other popular series that have captured readers' imaginations," said Karin Westman, head of the depart-ment of English in a K-State press release about the event. "The bands will

perform songs inspired not only by Rowling's Harry Potter series, but also by Suzanne Col-lins' "Hunger Games" trilogy. "This music, like wizard rock, celebrates read-ing, but it also raises awareness of key themes shared by the books: the importance of com-munity and social justice," she said. The concert will feature performances by several bands, including Alex Carpenter, Ministry of Magic, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugar Quills, Lauren Fairweather, Tonks and the Aurors, The Whomping Willows, and Gred and Forge.

The event is co-sponsored by the department of English, the Children's and Adolescent Lit-erature Community, the Dow Chemical Multi-cultural Resource Center at Hale Library, the Student Governing Association, the K-State Harry Potter Alliance and the Manhattan Music Coalition.

Lauren Fairweather, performing as Moaning Myrtle

Jarrod Perkins playing as Gred and Forge


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College basketball season is winding down, and that means conference tournaments are gearing up before The Big Dance. Kansas State did not win the conference (finished 5th), and, for yet another year, KU did. All hope is not lost, though. The conference tournament title is up for grabs, as March 7th kicks off the first round. What are each teams odds of win-ning it (as determined by the trusty sports organization known as, well, me):

Kansas (1 seed) – 2:1 – The team to beat year in and year out. They are closer to the pack this year than most, but still have a 1 seed in the big dance to obtain if they can win this tournament.

Missouri (2 seed) – 6:1 – The team most likely to give KU fits. Really wants to give them one last parting shot of stealing the Big 12 Tournament title on their way to the SEC.

Iowa State (3 seed) – 15:1 – I’m still not entirely sold on this amazing turnaround story. Have had some big wins, but not enough to convince me to give them a real shot at it.

Baylor (4 seed) – 10:1 – Have played tough all year, but did have a couple of stumbles down the stretch. If they get back to midseason from, they can cause a serious ruckus.

Kansas State (5 seed) – 12:1 – Not as talented as Iowa State, but have a lot of potential if all of their big guns play to their potential on the same night. Bet-ter than they’ve played, but how much better?

Texas (6 seed) – 20:1 – Have had a solid season, but lack the true firepower to keep up with the conference power bro-kers. Good team, but not good enough.

Oklahoma State (7 seed) – 40:1 – A one man show, Keiton Page is a beast, but there is very little in the way of support-ing cast.

Oklahoma (8 seed) – 50:1 – Starting to get into the longshots, OU has played a few good games, but mostly won the ones they were supposed to and that’s about it, except the 2 K-State wins.

Texas A&M (9 seed) – 100:1 – Leave the Big 12 with a whimper. A very sad whim-per. No real shot at winning this.

Texas Tech (10 seed) – Not Happening – The worst team in the Big 12, they have one, count ‘em one,conference win. Not gonna happen ever.

There you have it. Just don’t take it to Vegas. It turns out, I’m pretty good at being wrong. By the same token, do you know the last time someone other than KU won the tournament? It was actually 2009, when Missouri did it. However, KU has won 5 of the last 6, so you can guess how this will likely go: With a Wildcat Victory!

the tourney before “The

Tourney” by Chris Hancock

For most, the term heathen has a primary historical definition as being a person unconverted to the three major Abrahamic religions Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Conversely a heathen today is more appropriately a person who ascribes themselves to one of the revivals of ancient Germanic and northern European religions before the rise of Christianity. Heathenry, is the eclectic term for the wide base of neopagan groups fol-lowing Asatru, Odinism, Forn Siðr, and Theodism around the world. Ralph Romig is a local heathen chieftain of the Tyr’s Helm tribe, a group of nor-mal blue-collar Americans who practice what some call an alternative religion. While the title of chieftain is certainly an honor, it is less a title of distinction or power and more a title of service. As a person who clearly wishes to bring the community together, Ralph often strives to make connections with other tribes throughout the midwest as well as teaching courses on heathenry and lore offered in Manhattan. Like many neopagan religions Heathenry is a nature-centered religion that also gives praise to the Norse gods of the historic Germanic and Teutonic peoples as well as some ancestor worship. The major ceremonies of Heathens include some of the lunar holidays held by most neopagans, such as Yule and Ostara. During these ceremonies Heathens can hold two distinct practices called a Blot or a Symbel. Blots are derived from older traditions of killing a sacrificial animal as an of-fering the the gods and afterwards sprinkling or “blotting” the blood on those present or honored. Most heathens today instead use mead to substitute the blood as animal sacri-fice is viewed as wasteful and unsavory. Symbels are more often held and revolve around drinking in turn from a ceremonial drinking horn. The horn used by Ralph’s tribe is large enough to hold 12 liters of mead. At a symbel the chieftain or a priest will start the

ceremony and the first pass is to honor the gods, the second pass is meant to honor ancestors and heroes, the final pass is open to those wishing to make announcements of accomplishments or oaths. The Tyr’s Helm tribe as well as the Jotun’s Bane tribe are often in contact and come together yearly with many tribes around the midwest for Light-ning Across the Plains, gathering held 40 miles outside of Kansas City at Gaea retreat, between McLouth and Leav-enworth. Here the tribes will come to-gether as the ancient Germanic people once did to form a sort of parliament of tribes and discuss current events as a community.

Jesika Porter, is the daughter of Loujuana and Larry Porter who own the Mystic Myth’s shop in Aggieville. Along with the many of the other prod-ucts and community services offered at Mystic Myths, Jesika while helping her parents run the store, also offers Tarot card readings. While pop culture

would have one believe that the Tarot is something for gypsy fortune tellers in dark shops full of crystal balls and incense smoke, in reality the cards are a simple tool that are simi-lar to psychological analysis. Tarot cards themselves hail from the fifteenth century where in Italy they were used for gaming. However, when the nineteenth century rolled around, along with the revival of many occult traditions, the tarot began to be used for what is called divina-tion.While the term divination in general refers to receiving information from a “divine” source, today it is commonly regarded as getting messages from the subconscious. To someone who has studied the cards, the interpretation of their symbols is no easy feat. Jesika has spent years studying the meaning of her own deck, in fact it took three before she could read without referring to a guide book for help. Commonly a read-ing for oneself or another person depends on the individual, but most keep their deck in some form of ritual case or cloth, which doubles as a place mat for the deck. Jesika appears to also have a specific table that she reads on.The etiquette of having your cards read is pretty simple, it is generally advised that one has their cards read once a month or less, often read perhaps every three. Jesika person-ally sees the cards as something like a helpful mirror of a person’s emotional and mental state, and regardless the question asked, it is the subconscious part of who we are that reaches out from the back of the mind to help solve problems and dispel confusion.

If you are curious about Heathenry or feel like having your cards read, your answers can be found conveniently at Mystic Myths. As a local hub of for the pagan community in Manhattan, Mystic Myths provides a number of products, services, and networking opportunities to anyone who wishes with an open mind to explore the pos-sibilities of a different world-view.

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