On Friday, November 14, 2014 at 7:30 p.m., I went to Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake), presented by the School of Arts and Humanities Theatre Program. The play took place in the Experimental Theatre. The play had five characters total: the Mother, Janice (the pre-teenage daughter), Barbara (the sister of the mother), the Father/Justin Timberlake/Harrison Ford, and the Apartment.

The stage was set up to be three different rooms. The room to the left was Barbara’s living room. Barbara was characterized as a “cat lady” so her living room wall was decorated with pictures of all her cats. There were also cans of tuna fish scattered around, which she was found constantly eating. The center room was the living room and dining room of the apartment. The apartment was very dirty and run down. There was a window missing that was covered by a piece of wood and the wallpaper was falling off. The last room, all the way to the right, was Janice’s bedroom. There were toys and dolls all over the floor and multiple pictures and posters of Justin Timberlake covering the wall.

The central plot of the play focuses on how the mother and Janice are doing ever since losing their husband/father. Janice is going through a dark, twisted time, until she is visited by her celebrity crush, Justin Timberlake. He helps her devise a plan to bring her family back together, by making a “wish doll.” Janice asks her mother for weird supplies for Christmas in order to make it. Her mother, desperate to be able to have a relationship with her daughter again, reluctantly agrees. On Christmas morning, the doll goes horribly wrong and results with Janice losing her hand. This causes the mother, who is prone to having panic attacks throughout the whole play, to be strong for Janice and ultimately brings them back together.

I thoroughly enjoyed the play. I thought the acting was incredible and the plot was extremely interesting. It had my attention from the opening scene and I was hooked. I was so tempted to see it the next two nights and recommended it to everyone. I look forward to going to see more productions that the School of Arts and Humanities Theatre Program puts on.

The Stockton event that I went to was the Stockton Spirit Night on October 10, 2014 at 6 PM. It was led by the Director of Student Development, Jeff Wakemen. The event was opened by the Student Senate President who encouraged all students to find ways to get involved on campus. The Student Development Director then invited all the sports teams to send a representative to give a brief speech on their current or upcoming season. The representatives told the students about when the games would be occurring, their locations, and their record.There were performances by the cheer team, dance club, and the American Sign Language Club who signed to the song “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift. This was the first major event of the Homecoming Weekend so the Assistant Director of Student Development, Lauren Wilson, introduced all the other events that would be occurring during the weekend and encouraged all the students to attend as many as possible.

Toward the end of the event, they announced the Homecoming King and Queen. They discussed the theme, Heroic Superheroes, and what it means to be one. For the first time students had the opportunity to have an input on who becomes Homecoming King and Queen. The top three nominees for king and queen who had the most popular votes were considered for the title by a small committee. They introduced the nominees and then announced the winners. At the end of the night they gave out free Homecoming t-shirts and pizza. The DJ continued to play music and people danced and relaxed until the comedy show.

The Stockton event that I went to was the Student Senate meeting on September 9, 2014 at 4:30 PM. This activity was part of a series. The organization meets every other Tuesday to have a large meeting that is open to the public. On the alternate Tuesdays, the smaller committees meet individually. The meeting was the first of the year. Student Senate is composed of five different committees: government affairs, student affairs, public relations, finances, and academic affairs. There was overseen by a committee chair person. The meetings are run by the Student Senate President and Vice President.

At the meeting, the different committees discussed their plans and goals for the year. The committees also discussed what they accomplished over the sumer. The President also explained what was done over the summer in his President’s Report which opened the meeting.

I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. It was interesting to hear about a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on here at Stockton. It was nice to hear that the Student Senate is always here to listen to what students want in their school, because they truly want to make Stockton a better place. I want to continue to go to meetings every other Tuesday and I hope to be a part of the Student Senate in the near future.