The Pingry Record VOL. CXXVI, NO. 2 MARTINSVILLE ROAD, MARTINSVILLE, NJ 08836 JANUARY 2003 Mr. Al Romano HYPNOTIZED! Jennifer Zoephel (VI) Robert Zacharias (V) discusses “suspenders” with Denis Malkov (V) and Andy Schlesinger (V) Old West Pleases Crowd Three freshmen fall under David Kramer’s spell. BY DANA ZOLLI (VI) Elan DiMaio (VI), who BY REBECCA SPEISER (V) greeted with applause and deep sleep, David Kramer be- mous individual. Wild Oats, an outrageous played a bar girl, enjoyed Student talent and humor cheers as they performed gan to work his magic. Overall, the night had ev- western comedy which com- performing in her first was on stage on Friday, Janu- popular songs and original Simple stunts — such as eryone laughing and cheering. bined gunfights and despera- school play. She says of her ary 10 when Student Govern- pieces, such as Denis making the students feel ex- As Elana Wilf (V) said, “Hav- dos with mistaken identities, experience, “The show went ment sponsored its Mid-Year Malkov’s self-written and per- tremely hot or cold — started ing never seen the hypnotist deception, and Shakespeare really well. The script itself event. Hypnotist David formed untitled piece. the amusement, but the truly before it was a really fun ex- was performed on November is hilarious and I think that Kramer who has been per- After the talent show, hysterical occurrences came perience!” 14, 15, and 16. we were able to convey that forming at Pingry for years, which lasted for a little over later in the night. Turning Tom Although the attendance The show featured amaz- humor to the audience.” followed a talent show an hour, the stage was cleared Rosenberg (VI) into Austin rate was low, Aaron Sussman ing performances by Lauren Many theatergoers found launched by the proudly po- of all instruments and speak- Powers made everyone laugh, said that it was “all the people Miller (VI) and Robert Za- Buzzy Cohen’s cameo as a litically incorrect Aaron ers, and chairs were set up for and seeing all the male partici- who were not there that charias (V) as the principal dancing bear to be the most Sussman, a k a Student Gov- David Kramer’s hypnotizing pants dance exotically caused missed out.” couple, Kate Thunder and memorable moment. Buzzy ernment President. performance. everyone to shriek with laugh- Student Government advi- Jack Rover. Also starring also provided the authentic Starting with Aaron’s intro- Eighteen students, includ- ter. sor Ms. Callas agreed, noting were Ben Grant (VI) as bar room music for the sa- duction, the talent show in- ing Alex Levy (VI), Jill Kehoe Some hypnotized partici- that the student talent was Kate’s gruff, old uncle, Colo- loon scenes on the piano. He cluded musical performances (V), Kenny Brown-Klinger pants, such as Francis clearly the highlight of the nel Thunder, and David Har- describes the experience as by Sonia Alam (VI), Denis (VI), Thor Grant (VI), and Callaghan (III), were made to evening. Most notable, she ris (VI) as Colonel Thunder’s a lot of fun, and adds with a Malkov (V) and Thor Grant, Tom Leonard (VI) were se- believe that they were human said, were Sonia Alam’s ren- Irish-Indian army compan- laugh, “I can finally share Myndroht, and The Cones, lected to go on stage to be hyp- seatbelts; others, such as Jane dition of Sarah McLaughlin’s ion. my passion and talent for Louis Dileo’s band. notized. After relaxing the stu- Wang (VI), thought they were “Angel” and Thor’s Grant’s Liz Wight (VI) played dance with the world.” All of the performers were dents and getting them into a receiving a haircut from a fa- new original piece. Jane, the naïve country girl The play left a lasting im- who is exposed to more so- pression on cast member phisticated subjects when she Aaron Gelbman (IV). He ex- is sent by her father, Ike plains, “One of the greatest Gammon (played by Aaron things I learned is that team- WHERE ARE OUR ID’S? Sussman, VI), to work at work is necessary for a posi- Kate’s house. There, she falls tive outcome. We all had to Clare Kelly (VI) according to Robert, “some- in love with the unusually- work together to accomplish BY REBECCA SPEISER (V) AND times under lock and key” in dressed Harry Thunder our goals and to put on the KATIE SUCHOW (V) the fencing closet, student (Denis Malkov, V). best performances we They can reduce your ad- Government members must This array of colorful main could.” missions price at movies, give sometimes seek out a key to characters is perfectly When asked to comment, you benefits and discounts, gain access. complimented by many en- Mr. Romano paused for a and serve as identification for Additionally, the database semble roles, such as cow- moment before letting out a standardized testing. The only in the ID printing machine boys, bar girls, ranch hands, hearty “YEE-HAW!” problem is that you need one needed to be updated, which and gamblers. The Drama Department and practically no one has one. took time because Apu, the The three performances and cast members of Wild Student ID’s can be of great Systems Engineer in charge of were the product of two Oats were not the only indi- assistance, but how do you get the updating, was only at months of hard work, involv- viduals who were pleased one? As Robert Zacharias (V) school three days a week. ing many members of the with the performances and says, “One of Student Finally, the logistics of tak- school community. Drama their experiences; students Government’s objectives is to ing student pictures has also Department Head Mr. Al and teachers who attended get every student an ID that contributed to the problem. Romano directed the play, the play reacted favorably to will last for all of high school.” Although times were an- along with the help of Mr. the performances as well. However, after another year nounced last year for students Frank Morano ‘97, Mrs. Jane Sawyer (VI) said she of laminating yearbook pic- to go and get their pictures Grant, Dr. Ashcom, and Jen “enjoyed the western theme tures in lieu of taking photos, Zoephel (VI) as the stage and the performances. I es- taken, the process proved to be the Student Government has We, however, have only been hindering the processing and manager. pecially liked Kate Coyle’s more time-consuming than still not completed the Student allocated so many resources distribution of the ID’s. Other students and faculty performance.” first imagined, and lunches ID project. A dearth of time for a resource-hungry The inconvenient location contributed to the show in Ms. Kilgore admired the were simply too short for com- and space seem to be the crux project.” says Robert, speak- of the machine used for mak- various ways, including con- show, calling it inventive and pleting the task. of the problem. ing on behalf of the Student ing the ID’s, as well as its an- struction of the complicated imaginative. She thought the The process of making the “If we had a time or place Government. tiquated condition, is further set. Parts of it will be retained casting was “dead on,” and ID’s used to be handled by the to make the ID’s, the system However, it is not only a impeding progress. for use in the winter musical, commented that the play was administration; but as of late, would work more efficiently. lack of time and space that is Because the machine is, The Sound of Music. “risqué, but why not?” Continued on page 15 BRAD PITT • FASHION • DRAMA • AND MORE 2 THE PINGRY RECORD • JANUARY 2003 E D I T O R I A L S Tribute to a Great Living the Motto I can still remember my first day at Pingry, chiefly my nervousness and insecurity as I timidly roamed the building in search of my third period class. I felt like a lost sheep that Institution September of freshman year: intimidated, small, and clueless, uncertain of my place in my new community, unsure of what the next four years would bring. But even as the first As I sat down to write this piece, I recalled Dr. Dineen’s definition of an editorial: semester of my senior year closes and Graduation day approaches more rapidly than ever “Editorials, by definition, are opinions by the editor on some aspect of school life that has (just a few more months, class of ’03!), freshman year doesn’t seem so long ago. been reported elsewhere in the issue.” Those “next four years” I worried about on my first day of high school went by in a “An aspect of school life that has been reported elsewhere in the issue,” I thought to heartbeat, and I’m finally realizing that my days of roaming the hallways are numbered. myself. I rummaged through my book-bag and pulled out our second issue layout plan. I Over break I watched the movie “Back to the Future” probably for the hundredth time, but browsed through the list of articles in search of that one special gem that I could elaborate this time I couldn’t help but wish that I could ride that Delorian back to those first fearful and give my opinion on. Unfortunately, this list proved unhelpful. The problem was not days of high school. There’s a lot I would like to relive again: Rufus Gunther Days, class that there was nothing interesting to comment on, but that there was an abundance of trips, homecomings.