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otc 2014 honors The Pinnacle: program Destination Known 2015 { } {Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.} { VOl. 7 } First OTC student to study abroad for a year, see article by Wade Southwell (2nd from right) on page 6. The honors program provides academically excepTional sTudenTs an opporTuniTy To develop Their full poTenTial Through The enhanced learning environmenT of a designaTed { communiTy of scholars } Inside this issue: Art by Honors Art by Honors Art by Honors .............................2-3 Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I Stories of War ..............................4 by William Shakespeare Aesop’s Fable ..............................5 Break by Caleb Miller Three witches, casting a spell ... Uhambo Lami eThekwini ...........6-7 Hey, my name’s Round about the cauldron go; This & That .................................7 Caleb Miller In the poison’d entrails throw. (A.K.A. “The Toad, that under cold stone Movie Review .............................8 Caleb Miller Days and nights hast thirty one Solo Project”) Swelter’d venom sleeping got, Death & Consequences (part I) ...9 and I’m releas- Boil thou first i’ the charmed pot. Schumacher Kaitlyn by Photo Submitted by Craig Ragland Craig by Submitted Officer’s Page ..............................10 ing my new album, Break, Double, double toil and trouble; Chasing Robin In Good Company .......................11 on October 3rd Fire burn and cauldron bubble. A tribute to Robin Williams, 1951 - 2014 of this year. This will be my third released work and Online Resources ........................11 my first full length alternative rock album so I hope Fillet of a fenny snake, Mork my friend, where have you gone? you’ll all give it a listen after the release. In the cauldron boil and bake; “Hunting good will in the Vietnam sun, fishing for kings in the dreams that may come, Mental Break ...............................BC About My Music: The Caleb Miller Solo Project is a Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, washed up on shores of being human.” dual sided approach incorporating both alternative Through childhood’s decades you sprinkled Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, rock music and a unique take on folk rock. Major much joy, musical influences include pop/rock groups like Cold- Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing, Doubtfire, Popeye, Aladdin, and Toys. play, U2 and The Fray as well as folk rock groups like For a charm of powerful trouble, Remember the smiles Jumanji brought? Mumford and Sons, the Avett Brothers and Passenger. Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. And Hook! Good lord, I almost forgot! Not only a singer-songwriter I’m also a multi-instru- How was it, Peter, that you lost your way? mentalist, playing as many as 8 different instruments. Double, double toil and trouble; Perhaps, deep inside, you were always this fey. I write, record, and perform all my music solo and Fire burn and cauldron bubble. When you cracked us up with your improvised perform with my folk rock band, Vagrant (if you want hits, to see us live sometime, visit facebook.com/vagrant- Was it simply to mask the depths of your pits? We may never know how your heart suffered, folkrock for show dates). But we’ll continue to laugh at your antics in I’ll be kicking off my release tour on October 3rd and Flubber. Break- which features 12 songs plus 3 bonus tracks- According to Garp love never dies, Charcoal by Lauren Sweet will be available then (along with show dates) from Reflected inside awakening eyes, my website: thecalebmillersoloproject.com and Band- The poet’s death won’t burn out the spark, Editor’s Notes: Camp page (caleb-miller.bandcamp.com). Thanks for Of the lamp Genie lit in each of our hearts. A huge ‘Thank You’ to all who contributed to this reading and enjoy the music! As survivors we’ll cherish the best of times, That rapid-fire delivery of comedic lines, volume of our newsletter! We have some great That smile, that candor, those pale blue eyes, articles and beautiful art and it is very much Other Links: O captain! My Captain! Arise Arise! appreciated. Also, we had enough content to start facebook.com/TheCalebMillerSoloProject Patch the broken birdcage, the empty on the next newsletter which will be coming up in soundcloud.com/calebmillersoloproject perch that you left, November. Remember, that without all your input, twitter.com/CMSoloProject (@CMSoloProject) Trapped now forever in celluloid death… there would be no newsletter. A special thanks to youtube.com/user/CMillerSoloProject Perkins Brandon by Sketch to smoochy. my proof-readers; Frank Giddens and David Lian, reverbnation.com/thecalebmillersoloproject I appreciate it very much! thecalebmillersoloproject.tumblr.com/ ~jrj~ Editor-in-Chief: Kat Sheldahl 08/16/2014 {2} {The pinnacle: destination known} {The pinnacle: destination known} {3} Stories of War After completing their mission it When he returned, the item they Aesop’s Fable WWII was time to move out. The only saw floating was Don’s dress blues, By Kaitlyn Schumacher problem was that they were about still in the package; they weren’t to sail right into one of the worst even wet. It was the only thing Throughout our lives we have typhoons in history. As they recovered from the ship wreck. had to take one history course moved forward the storm contin- Don returned home two days after or another. We are accustomed ued to get worse. By about mid- his deployment was up, December to hearing about the various night they knew they were going 24, 1944. He was never deployed wars and the major events into the water. again. He now lives in Southwest The Lion and the Mouse that came with them, but “We were being tossed about in Missouri with his family. what about the other stories? the ocean during the storm. We The ones that aren’t written didn’t know if we were going to in the history books, talked Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up about in class, or aired on the and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge news? Back in March I had the paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O opportunity to interview Don King,” cried the little Mouse: “forgive me this time, I shall Smith, a WWII veteran who never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn served in the U.S. Navy. some of Two days after completing these days?” his training there was a knock The Lion at his front door. It was the was so tick- skipper informing Don he led at the needed to be on the ship in two idea of the hours. The destination was to Mouse remain unknown. Don packed being able up and said good-bye to his to help him, that he lifted family and still did not know make it or not. We were in the up his paw where he was going. About water for twelve hours before the and let thirty minutes into the voyage storm passed and we could get to him go. Some time after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the Don was nominated by mem- land. Once we did make it to land hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a bers of the crew to ask again there was a troop of Japanese sol- Photo by Kaitlyn Schumacher tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just where they were headed. The diers waiting for us on the shore.” then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad captain informed them that What they didn’t know was that a plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away they were sealed orders and peace treaty had been signed be- the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. “Was I not right?” they could not be opened until tween the US and Japan two days Word of the Month said the little Mouse. the ship was two hours out. prior on the USS Missouri. They When they were finally told were finally safe. It took about of their destination, they were six weeks before a ship would Logolepsy – (n.) going to Honolulu, Hawaii come in to take them back home. pronunciation |low-go-lep- There they continued with see Greek Origin During the time they were stuck Moral: Little friends may prove training before their next stop; - Logos is Greek for “word”, in Japan one member of the crew great friends. Iwo Jima. The crew was sent noticed something floating out in -lepsy is Greek, for “to seize” for rescue after the battle to the water and wanted to go get it. - a fascination or obsession with words ~Aesop’s Fables~ pick up any survivors. “The Of course they couldn’t risk letting Ex. If you spend 8 hours a day look- water was so thick with bodies him do that, so they sent out a ing for Words of the Month, you that you couldn’t tell where the young man who was assigned to might have logolepsy! water began and ended” Don retrieve items from the ocean. explained. {4} {The pinnacle: destination known} {The pinnacle: destination known} {5} port on the entire continent. The Gateway Theatre of funding for study abroad is hard to come by, even Missouri to receive this scholarship. The idea of a Uhambo Lami eThekwini: Shopping, the southern hemisphere’s largest shop- for full-time university students, and is usually first year community college student receiving the The first in a series of four essays from OTC’s first ping mall, is also found here.

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