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im First copy free Volume 55 lssue 9 UWG theatre company performs classic novel By Miranda Byrd Staff Writer mirandajbyrd @ yahoo, com Last week The West Georgia Theatre Company presented John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” at the Townsend Center for the Performing Arts. Performances were held each night from Wednesday until Saturday with a matinee performance on Sunday. “The Grapes of Wrath" is a story about a family that travels from the east coast to California after being chased off their land. The story outlines the struggles and joys they faced along the way. It is set in the period of the Great Depression in America, which proved to be difficult for the family to find work because there are no jobs. The play involved Book features old store, housing for students By Rebecca Bargharm Staff Writer AppleGirl79@web.de Foster’s Store is a conglomeration of assorted non-fictional essays, pictures and drawings that have been edited by Peter Bryg and are dedicated to the store's owner Lounie R. Foster and his daughter Ethel. The style can be compared with our literary and fine arts journal, The Eclectic. These essays were written by former store workers and friends of Mr. Foster, such as Wayne Eliot Lankford, Richard Duncan, Dean McCarthy and Roger Hornsby. It also has an index of key terms at the back of the book. Some of these terms include: alien attack, bathroom, bells, campus crisis center, are you getting curious, deaf and dumb, Dog Meditation, Foosball, Ground zero (no, it is not an essay about the Twin Towers), Lovvorn Road , 0.J., Party, Tyus Dorm, Wal- Mart and many more. Howe ver, the glossary is more intriguing. It lists uncommon carefully expressed definitions. Some of these are: The Student Voice at the University of West Georgia since 193d” serious situations such as murder, losing a child, poverty and natural death, but contained humor despite the shortness of luck that the family encountered. Before the show, the audience was advised of adult language and partial nudity. Assistant Stage Manager Shelley Hubbard said of the content, “It really added to the realism of the play. I mean, these people were struggling to just survive and make it through. That’s not anything you want to censor or ‘dull down.’” The cast and crew spent many hours working on their final project. Late night practices and physical labor from the technical crew helped to produce a memorable performance. Hubbard also shared her experience as a part of the crew. “I work in the scene “Army - Not where most people wanted to be during the era of the Viet Nam war.” This definition (as well as others, e.g. South Vietnam. Viet Cong, Vietnam,) referring to the Vietnam War, indicates when most of the plots Photo by Bobby Moore Foster’s Store, seen above, used to serve as housing for West Georgia College students and is now the subject of a new book by Wayne Eliot Lankford. (The % dteonpKn shop, so I helped a lot with the building and construction of the set. I was also the assistant props designer, so 1 helped a bit in getting all the props together.” She also said her biggest challenge was her role as stage manager. “It required me to be very organized and on top of things because basically I was the stage manager’s eyes backstage.” A string band played songs throughout the performance each night. Musicians Johnny Wright, Joel Auble and Jinibo Wright sang and played country and bluegrass songs that were originally written by Michael Smith. Hubbard added. "There was a lot of hard work and late nights, but it definitely paid off in the end, I think. You can tell how much work was put into the play.” took place. The next definition is quite amusing, such as Baptists. Baptists are defined as “the predominant denomination in Georgia and the South." According to the book, they could www.thewestgeorgian.com Say hello to SGA! Photo by Tiffany Cross Student Government Association Judicial Chair Niager Herndon, left, greets Josh Campbell as they discuss getting involved with the Student Government Association and the upcoming elections. SGA holds meetings every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Campus Center Room 302. be very strange people sometimes. Like, instead of going into a liquor store and buying a bottle of whiskey themselves, often they would call a taxi and have the taxi driver buy them their -SI - HlfWKßßHHHßlWfflinrT*TnrtTrnrifmiiiM liquor and then deliver it to them at their home address. Another definition in the book is girlfriend. Girlfriend is defined as a less than super serious relationship with a woman; a romantic if not Wednesday , October 11, 2006 sexual friendship. According to the book, having more than one girlfriend, such as having one in Carrollton and one in Atlanta, can be hazardous to your health. Foster’s Store was founded in Carrollton around the 1970’5. It stood close to UWG on Maple Street toward Bowdon. Originally, it was a small country store and was then changed into a residence of sorts in 1966 for UWG students. Both the former customers of Foster’s Store and the authors of these essays describe their experiences while living in this “broken down shotgun shack of a general store” in the book as well. Alotof the mentioned sites, street names, and places are well known and thus can be easily visualized by the reader in the book as well. On the other hand, the stories get stuck in a never-ending circle of reoccurring and subjective tales. This book is available in two versions. As of September 30, the prices for hardcover are $19.77 and for paperback are $16.47 at Amazon.com.