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Jam Sessions: 2011 — a Blues odyssey
by Brittany Green, Entertainment Editor
Has blues just transformed into a new
Recently, I was browsing the comments
set
of genres? One could argue that blues
under a YouTube video of Robert
music,
in a way, became rock and roll.
Johnson playing “Sweet Home Chicago.”
However,
rock follows a format more
One YouTube user, Gregorius91, said,
similar
to
European
music forms. It’s rare
“Johnson’s music is the ancestor of all
to
hear
a
12
bar
AAB
pattern on top 40
modern western pop music.
radio.
Sure, you might not like his music, but
Two of the most
there’s no denial that
famous
musicians of
without Robert Johnson,
the
1960s,
the Beatles
pop music today would’ve
and
the
Rolling
Stones,
sounded a lot different.”
supposedly
came
out of
Gregorius91 brings
two
traditions
of
music.
up a good point. Where
The Beatles followed the
would American music be
style of skiffle and 1950s
without blues? It has had
rock and roll, which
at least minor influence
came out of New Orleans
over nearly every genre
jazz. The Rolling Stones
of music, but at the same
supposedly emerged from
time, it seems that blues
African American rhythm
itself is almost a dying
and blues music.
genre.
Clearly, over time, both
Why is it that some
of
these groups evolved
genres seem to last and
and
became something
last, while others fade?
entirely
different,
Even classical music has
especially
once the Beatles
lasted through the ages in Photo courtesy of Libby Engeman,
started
getting
into the
everything from musical Graphics Coordinator.
psychedelic
music
scene.
scores to films.
I think the one good thing that came out
Classical is also the main type of music
of
the 1998 film “The Blues Brothers 2000”
that is studied in school.
was
this speech from Elwood (played by
Jazz bands are still fairly common as
Dan
Aykroyd): “Walk away now and you
well. Over the summer, I had at least four
walk
away from your crafts, your skills,
opportunities to see jazz bands at local
your
vocations;
leaving the next generation
events, but there were no chances for me
with
nothing
but
recycled, digitallyto see someone wailing lyrics about going
sampled
techno-grooves,
quasi-synth
down to the train station over slide guitar.
rhythms,
pseudo-songs
of
violence-laden
While there are still blues festivals, it
gangsta-rap,
acid
pop
and
simpering,
seems as though it has become something
saccharine, soulless slush. Depart now and
of a niche market.
you forever separate yourselves from the
Current musicians still seem to love the
vital American legacies of Robert Johnson,
old classics. Nirvana, Meatloaf, Grateful
Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy
Dead, Rod Stewart, and Deer Tick have
Reed...Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis
all covered Lead Belly. John Lee Hooker
Presley, Lieber and Stoller, and Robert K.
has been covered by some of the most
Weiss.”
famous classic rock musicians such as Led
How many of those musicians did you
Zeppelin, Cream, ZZ Top, The Doors and
recognize?
The Animals.
Do yourself a favor, go on YouTube, and
It seems as though we know all the
watch
a video of one of these musicians
classic blues songs, just not in their
that
made
all your favorite bands possible.
original form.
Fireside Café Pub will open this Friday, Oct. 28 at 11
a.m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, there will be a ribbon cutting
ceremony and Grand Opening after the football game. Hours
of operation will be 7 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7
a.m.-1 a.m. on Friday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m.midnight on Sunday.
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Spooks, screams and haunted fun! France Hall brings Halloween to campus
Happy Halloween endings for these record-breaking athletes
by Sarah Stump, MED 216
by Logan Burd, Campus Editor
France and Brown Hall residence life
staff are sponsoring a Haunted House in
France Hall on Oct. 27 from 7:30 to 10
p.m.
This fun Halloween event is open to all
students, Heidelberg staff and faculty, and
their families and the Tiffin community.
France Hall is an ideal place to host a
haunted house because it is home to one
of the most famous ghosts on Heidelberg’s
campus.
Ellen, a past student who committed
suicide in her room in France Hall, is
rumored to still haunt the halls and the
attic of her residence.
The usual Halloween event that
Heidelberg sponsored in the past was
a “Haunted Catacombs” tour beneath
Founder’s Hall. However, a Halloween
walk-through of France replaces the usual
haunted catacombs.
Students will be walking throughout the
first floor hall, the creepy basement, and
the kitchen of France to discover several
bone-chilling events.
The event was concocted by the Resident
Coordinator of Brown Hall, Gregory
Haines. He had been interested in creating
a haunted house in France and presented
the idea to the staff of Brown and France,
who provided their overwhelming
enthusiasm and support. With the support
of his staff, Haines introduced his idea to
Mark Zeno, director of residence life, who
also loved the idea.
France and Brown hall staff members
are working with several other
organizations on campus to create a
realistic and scary haunted walk-through.
Black Student Union and the theatre
department are providing props, and
Alpha Phi Omega (APO) has volunteered
to provide manpower to help run the
event.
The funding will be provided by three
organizations on campus: Student Senate,
Berg Events Council (BEC) and InterResidence Hall Council (IRHC).
Even more organizations are getting
involved since the staff from Brown/
France opened the event to all Greek
organizations and other organizations on
campus.
Each group will get the opportunity
to get one room to decorate however
they wish and get to help scare the
students coming through. Examples of
organizations that will be helping are
Kappa Psi Omega (ΚΨΩ) and Weekend
and Night Time Activities (W.A.N.T.A.).
Businesses around Tiffin will be
sponsoring rooms and will pick a theme for
the room sponsored.
The groups on campus helping out will
decorate according to whatever theme is
chosen by businesses.
The money raised from the business
sponsors will go toward fixing one of the
maintenance issues in France Hall, chosen
by the residents.
Admission for this event is free for
everybody; there will be a box for
donations at the front door. One section
of France Hall will be friendly for all ages;
while other sections will be for certain
ages. There will be candy being passed out
to the kids.
The members of France/Brown staff are
still looking for volunteers for all types of
help, whether it is to do face paint/makeup for people, help with costumes or just
helping out in general.
The France Haunted House is sure
to be a frightening fun time for all
who participate and those who attend.
Heidelberg students, get ready to be
scared!
For more information or any questions,
please contact Becca Dickinson at
rdickins@heidelberg.edu.
Ohio Halloween attractions open for visitors
by Angela D. Hill, MED 216
Fremont at least for this dark attraction to sliding down Grove Hill, which is covered
Every community has traditions for
be open until after Halloween.
with smashed pumpkins, on trash can
different holidays, whether it’s during
Another example is from Chagrin Falls,
lids, according to Colorado Connection on
Halloween, Christmas or Easter.
WKYC.
The Haunted Hydro, located in Fremont, OH, outside of Cleveland. The juniors
and seniors from the local high school,
The event normally starts at midnight on
OH (about 20 miles north of Tiffin) is an
dating back to 1969, have a tradition of
Halloween.
attraction for local residents to get their
One more tradition is the
scare on.
Harvest Festival that is in Bath,
The Hydro used to be a
OH, close to Akron.
functioning electric dam.
According to WEWS-TV,
When the Ballville Dam
the owner C.O. Hale, given
was created, the Hydro
the name “Apple Hale,” will be
was shut down.
helping to prepare food for the
The owners, “Crazy”
winter.
Bob and Beth Turner,
The festival takes place this
turned the building into
weekend, and will include
the haunted attraction as
“pumpkin painting, wagon
it is now known.
rides through the grounds,
The building, according
a huge pile of hay, and a Fall
to The Fremont News
Frolic scavenger hunt.”
Messenger, is turning
In different communities, no
100 this year, and with
matter where a person is from,
that comes a 100th
there is always a tradition for
anniversary special.
The Haunted Hydro attraction in Fremont offers thrills and fun for visitors. Photo courtesy
holidays.
It has been tradition in
of Libby Engeman, Graphics Coordinator.
While some athletes may have fears
of curses and black cats while playing
on Oct. 31, some star athletes trotted
hallowed ground on All Hallows Eve.
From Billy Cannon’s “Halloween night
run” for LSU to a record hot air ballooning
performance, some stars shine brightest
on Oct. 31.
On Halloween night, 1959, Louisiana
State University running back Billy
Cannon made one of the most memorable
punt returns in college football history.
According to Cannon, who was
interviewed by Sports Illustrated, the
LSU Tigers were up against division rival
Ole Miss with a score of 3-0 and LSU was
down.
“We couldn't move the ball. I knew if I
got my hands on another one, I was going
to take it up the field,” said Cannon.
He got his chance when an Ole Miss
punt took a bounce right into Cannon’s
hands. He ran 89 yards to the end zone.
Game over? No, Ole Miss had ten minutes,
almost an entire quarter, to regain the lead.
With 18 seconds left, the score remained
7-3 LSU. Then, Ole Miss drove to the goal
line. According to Baton Rouge Today
Online, for the last play Ole Miss ran the
ball, where their running back was stopped
by none other than Billy Cannon.
While hot air ballooning is not often
considered a sport, it’s hard to argue
with the “spooky” altitudes reached by
balloonist Julian Nott.
According to his website, Nott.com, a
1 hour and 9 minute flight on Halloween
1980 broke the hot air balloon altitude
record, soaring 55,134 feet (over 10 miles)
above Colorado. In the 31 years since that
Halloween, the record has been broken,
but Nott still holds many ballooning world
records.
For runner Ron Grant, this next record
shouldn’t have even happened. According
to the Australia Ultra Runners Assoc.
Inc., after back and hip problems limited
Grant’s running, his doctor warned him
that running over 3 miles could land him
in a wheelchair.
Grant didn’t listen and instead ran for
217 days around the border of his native
Australia, ending on Halloween 1983.
Averaging over 38 miles every day, his
grand total was just over 8,315 miles (a
round trip from Seattle to Miami and back
is only 6,559 miles). Even more impressive,
the last few thousand miles were run on a
stress fracture in Grant’s leg.
Other notable sports events also
occurred on Oct. 31. Received on
Halloween, Gaylord Perry’s 1972 American
League Cy Young Award made him the
oldest player to ever win the pitching
honor.
Also, the Milwaukee Bucks won their
first basketball game as a franchise on
Halloween, beating the Detroit Pistons
138-118 after a 0-5 start to the 1968
season. All of these, and other notable
Halloween day feats, can be found on
HistoryOrb.com/Events/October/31.
the Turks and the so-called lowlifes of
society: the beggars, the liars, the thieves.
In one instance, Vlad organized a feast
for all of the beggars in Wallachia. In the
middle of it, he asked if they would like
to live a life where they did not have any
difficulties. After the beggars agreed with
his proposition,
Vlad ordered them
to be burned alive.
No one survived.
Vlad’s confidence
in his rule was
so great that
according to The
Cultured Traveler
he would leave a
gold cup sitting in
the main square
of Tirgoviste, the main city of Wallachia,
that thirsty travelers were allowed to drink
from. During Vlad’s entire reign the cup
remained in Tirgoviste. Nobody dared
to cross him. That is, however, until the
boyars, Hungarian noblemen, gathered
together and formulated a devious plot to
eject him from power.
Medieval Times & Castles stated that
the boyars captured and beheaded Vlad as
part of a conspiracy. They supposedly sent
his head to the Turkish sultan as a gift.
This ended the reign of Vlad the Impaler.
Today, people most recognize Dracula
as the popular character invented
by Bram Stoker according to The
Cultured Traveler. This website also
stated that Stoker, whose novel was
completed and sold in 1897, loosely
based his inspiration for Dracula on
the life of Vlad the Impaler.
Because many of the stories
surrounding Vlad have been subject
to exaggeration, Stoker was able to
enhance certain qualities that may or
may not have been true.
The Cultured Traveler stated that Stoker
created a terrifying character that would
creep into our imagination and haunt
Halloween. A character that forever will be
known as a demon that drank blood in the
candlelight.
Dracula Continued from p. 5
and buried alive by Turkish enemies. The
Cultured Traveler suggested that these
instances shaped Vlad’s bloodlust.
The site stated that Vlad was “known
throughout his land for his fierce
insistence on honesty and order.” In order
to control his land and its people, Vlad
began a strict rule of Wallachia.
The main act of punishment became
impalement, a punishment that Dr.
Courtney DeMayo, assistant professor of
history, described as gross: “You force a
spear through the rectum and torso of the
victim, and the spear emerges somewhere
near the neck. It is a painful way to die.”
Because of his new strict rule, Vlad Tepes
became known as Vlad the Impaler, but
his bloodlust did not stop there.
It is estimated that Vlad the Impaler
murdered between 20,000 and 300,000
people according to Medieval Times &
Castles. Although impalement was his
preferred choice of murder, he killed
people various ways.
Medieval Times & Castles stated that
Vlad the Impaler’s main targets were
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Halloween’s history filled with a combination of tradition
Haunted Ohio: Where to find good scares close to campus
by Jessie Dillon, MED 212
by Emily Doseck, Layout Editor
Halloween is just around the corner.
While it is true that every culture has a
different history of Halloween, the most
well-known version is of the Irish and
Scottish, which tells of the dead and living
worlds overlapping.
This belief started at Samhain, an
ancient Celtic festival that was celebrated
at the end of the Gaelic culture’s harvest
season. They feasted, had bonfires, made
sacrifices and paid their respects to the
dead, but the main purpose was to store
supplies and prepare for winter.
According to Paul Sittason Stark,
Heidelberg’s campus minister, the
Christians in England wanted to replace
Samhain and this celebration of the dead
with a Christian celebration of the saints
and martyrs. Stark said this version
was called “All Hallows’ Eve” which was
eventually shortened to Halloween. “All
Hallows’ Eve” is the night before “All
Hallows’ Day” or “All Saints’ Day.” On this
day, the church honors all of the saints
who are not celebrated on any other day.
Halloween as we know it today is
actually a combination of several cultural
traditions. The Celts wore costumes like
we do today, but to please evil spirits by
imitating them.
When the Celts were at war with Julius
Caesar, the men wore orange into battle
to give them courage and strength.
Stark also commented that Halloween
Orange also signifies endurance, which
isn’t about worshipping the devil or
the Celts wanted during harvest time.
evil spirits but about remembering our
The association with black comes from
ancestors and lost ones. When Stark
the Celts’ focus on death at this time of
was asked how he felt about Halloween
the year. Together these explain why
he said that he enjoyed it. He said, “My
Halloween’s colors are orange and black.
mom always told me that because we
The tradition of trick-or-treating came
from parades in England. When the
poor begged for food, families gave
them “soul cakes” if they promised to
pray for their deceased love ones.
Jack-O’-Lanterns are a huge part of
Halloween today. When you drive by a
neighborhood you will most likely see
many hand-carved pumpkins sitting
outside. They originated in Ireland
but were made out of large turnips
and potatoes. When the tradition
was started in America, pumpkins
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
were used because they are native to
believe in a God of love we do not need to
America.
be afraid of evil spirits or believe in evil
The name Jack-O’-Lantern came from
spirits… Halloween is a celebration of
an Irish myth about a man named “stingy
love vanquishing evil by remembering the
Jack.” The story portrayed Jack as a stingy
man that would trick the Devil into paying saints and all who have died before us.”
One of Stark’s fondest memories of
for his drinks on multiple occasions when
Halloween was when he served as a
he would go out. When Jack died, God
campus minister at Ohio University. One
didn’t want him in Heaven and the Devil
year he and Traci, his wife, dressed up as
didn’t want him in Hell, so he ended up
ghosts and each carried the Bible. They
roaming the earth with only a burning
coal. He put the coal in a carved out turnip were the “holy ghosts.” So take after
Stark’s example and make Halloween
and got the name Jack of the Lantern,
memories of your own.
which was shortened to Jack-O’-Lantern.
Ghosts of Johnson’s Island offer scary Halloween thrills
by Emily Doseck, Layout Editor
Chris Woodyard’s “Haunted Ohio III”
revealed 18th century ghosts that may be
familiar to archaeology students here at
Heidelberg. The prison camp on Johnson’s
Island, which held over 10,000 soldiers
after the Civil War, was nicknamed Uncle
Sam’s Confederate Hotel by prisoners.
In spite of the nickname, diseases were
rampant and food was scarce, often
including rats.
Over 200 men died and were buried
in the cemetery with boards from their
bunks as grave markers. The United
Daughters of the Confederacy replaced
the wooden markers with marble ones
shortly after the beginning of the twenieth
century and a bronze Confederate soldier
statue was erected in June 1910.
Italian laborers were working in the
quarry in 1915 when a thunderstorm
brewed up. The men took shelter in
crumbling remains of the prison.
Woodyard reported that “as the thunder
roared like cannon, the terrified men
saw the statue of the Confederate soldier
turn slowly on its pedestal and face the
206 graves” before blowing reveille on its
bugle.
Mist began to rise from above the
graves, hovering before transforming into
grey uniformed-soldiers. Each ghostly
soldier stood at attention, shouldered his
rifle and marched off into the storm.
The Johnson’s Island portion of the Dead
Ohio website confirmed that “it is said that
he changes position at midnight” while
the Ghosts of the Prairie website indicated
that “apparitions of Confederates have
been seen for many years.”
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
The car pulls to a stop on the bridge.
Four kids—two girls and two boys— sit
inside, giggling as the driver turns down
the radio. Midnight is only moments
away. He shushes everyone inside before
turning to his friend in the front seat. “Got
the camera ready, man?”
“Yep. Let’s do this.”
Taking a deep breath, the driver flashes
his headlights. On-off, on-off, on-off.
Everyone holds their breath, looking
out the windows into the darkness around
them. A minute passes; nothing happens.
In the silence, one of the girls suddenly
screams. A white mist is floating up from
under the bridge and gathering in front
of the car. The driver guns the engine and
speeds off through the mist as it begins to
take the shape of a woman.
Stories like this often become the
conversation of choice for young thrillseekers around Halloween. Everyone
suddenly remembers that the bridge
outside of town is supposed to be haunted
or how that school bus crashed outside the
woods years ago, leaving the spirits of dead
children to roam the trees for eternity.
Nearly every town has a story or two
that kids like to pass around. Tiffin and
the surrounding towns are not exempt.
Even the campus itself is rumored
to be haunted. Ellen paces the attic in
France Residence Hall, an unnamed ghost
roams the basement of Williard, and the
catacombs beneath Founders Hall have
their fair share of spooky shadows and
sounds.
Perhaps the best and most well-known
local haunt is in Old Fort near Morrison
Lake: the Screaming Mimi Bridge.
According to the Banded Spirits.com,
visitors who park their car on the bridge
and honk the horn three times will see a
banshee, a screaming female spirit, in the
car with them. The Seneca County page
of Ohio Exploration’s website instructs
visitors to flash their headlights instead of
honking.
Both websites agree on the basic facts
of why she haunts the bridge. According
to Ohio Exploration’s website, “She was
forced to kill her baby born out of wedlock.
She threw the infant over the edge of the
bridge and went insane. Another version
of the story states Mimi was beheaded and
thrown over the bridge by her husband on
their wedding night so he could inherit her
fortune.”
Senior Nicole Malow has visited the
bridge at midnight with a friend. While
she is not sure if she believes the bridge
is haunted, she does know that her
experience there was not completely
benign.
After honking on the bridge, “At first,
nothing really happened and we were
getting bored. But the longer we sat there
the more we felt like something was
watching us...We didn’t stick around to see
if anything else happened, the feeling of
being watched was bad enough.”
Photo by Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
Brittany and Brianne Cook, both
juniors, also had an experience at the
bridge. Their father took them to the
bridge when they were eight while
returning from Fremont one night during
the winter. He flashed the headlights
before shutting them off.
“As we were sitting there, waiting for
this spirit to appear, there was a loud
thud on our van’s roof. Of course, Bri and
I started wailing in fear. We had thought
Mimi had come to get us!” Brittany stated
in an email. “We discovered later that
night that the thud was merely a fallen
icicle from the trees above. Needless to
say, we have never returned to Screaming
Mimi’s Bridge!”
Other less well-known haunts can be
found in Tiffin.
The Ritz Theatre and the location of the
former Sunrise Retirement Home (located
on the same blockof Washington Street
downtown) are believed to be haunted by
ghosts that put in occasional appearances.
Some of the towns around Tiffin are
rumored to have their own hauntings as
well.
The Dead Ohio website reported that in
1887, a passenger train and a freight train
collided half a mile outside of Republic.
Since the crash, many people have
witnessed what they say is a ghost train
passing by on the tracks.
The Forgotten Ohio website has two
stories of hauntings near Tiffin. The first is
located south of town on Route 53, where a
tombstone in McCutchenville is said to be
seen glowing from road.
The second states that a murder victim
from the 1950s haunts the Tindall Bridge
in Fremont. The website claims that she
“roams the area under the bridge, sobbing
and asking for help.” They also warn that
another murder victim was found in the
field across from the bridge.
The paranormal section of the Ohio
Exploration website mentioned the
Green Hills Golf Course in Clyde that
is supposedly haunted after a car-train
collision took the lives of four teenagers in
the 1960s. Parking a car on the train tracks
near midnight will cause the wreckage of
the crash to become visible, along with the
severed heads of the victims.
The website also indicated that WNRR
radio station of Bellevue is frequently
visited by the spirit of a vagrant who died
there and now wanders around the station,
taking the stairs and going past the control
room window.
Another location is the Melmore
Elementary School, a few miles south of
Tiffin. A series of hauntings have occurred
by various staff and students who died
over the years.
While preparing the school for
demolition, the ghost-related activity
seemed to increase. Local residents would
notice lights in the building at night, even
though the electricity was no longer on,
and would also hear strange noises coming
from the building.
So for anyone looking for a good scare
this Halloween, Tiffin and the surrounding
area can provide plenty.
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Master of terror Wes Craven screams up fun for audiences
by Arneal Squibb, MED 212
Horror movies can be thrilling,
unsettling, and give you a gut-wrenching
feeling in your stomach. From those filled
with gore to the supernatural, they cause
fear of the unknown. Creating fear for an
audience comes easy for Wes Craven.
Craven is most well-known for the
classic series “Nightmare on Elm Street”
and “Scream.”
There has been an addition to movie
producer and director Craven’s “Scream”
series with “Scream 4” in theatres.
“Scream 4” has been released to Blu-Ray
and DVD as of Oct. 4, just in time for
Halloween. Thrill seekers will not have to
search far for a horror film.
According to Alan Orange of MovieWeb,
there are rumors that “Scream 5” and “6”
are in the making. Craven’s writers, Kevin
Williamson and Bob Weinstein, are eager
to bring new ideas to the table for future
films in the series.
The question is whether or not Craven
will be a part of the future films. If he likes
the ideas that his writers pitch he will be
involved in creating another one of his
scary specialties.
Hal Erickson of Fandango explained
that the making of the “Scream” series
was a spark for other teen films that
were never able to live up to Craven’s
films. According to Erickson, Craven was
“credited with reinventing the teen horror
movie.” Many other filmmakers attempted
to repeat the success enjoyed by Craven
and his crew but were unsuccessful.
The 1990’s hit series “Scream” is known
for main character Sydney Prescott and
the trademark dark-cloaked, whitemasked killer who killed nearly everyone
around her.
In “Scream 4,” Sydney returns as a
well-known author to her hometown of
Woodsboro and must face the killer
once again. It remains to be seen
whether or not it will be her last
reunion with the killer.
Craven, who received his bachelor’s
degree in psychology, is able to create
conflict among characters in his latest
addition of the series.
Main character Sydney returning
home must deal with the revived
memory of a gruesome past.
In an interview with MovieWeb,
Craven described how each character
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
that was installed into the plot was
compared to his leg.
evaluated on how they may die.
According to Dr. Gary Dickerson,
Craven said that they “are always trying
professor
of communication, “Horror
to stay one or two steps ahead of the
movies
allow
us to vicariously experience
audience.” In that character evaluation
fear
without
actually
having to be involved.
he attempted to find unique and thrilling
We
can
be
afraid
and
feel the fear. Then as
ways for each death that takes place within
the
movie
fi
nishes
we
are okay when the
the plot.
lights
come
on.”
Taking pride in your work is natural. As
Dickerson explains that horror movies
a movie producer for a popular series such
use
common themes and fears that all
as “Scream,” it’s expected of Craven to
people
can relate to: “In a scene from
provide the audience with realistic footage
‘Scream’
you watch a girl home alone
of gore scenes. It’s possible that Craven
late
at
night
and her phone rings. As an
takes his job much more seriously than
audience,
you’re
sitting there saying don’t
other film producers.
pick
up
the
phone,
it’s the killer. Producers
Craven made that clear when he
of
horror
fi
lms
create
tension and use
described a past vacation in an interview
anticipation
to
get
us
to
jump in our seats.”
with MovieWeb.
Craven
uses
the
ordinary
things from
While on vacation, Craven was riding a
everyday
life
like
phone
calls,
creaking
Vespa, which is a similar to a scooter, and
doors,
and
Halloween
masks
to
organize
crashed. Flipping over the front end, the
them
into
something
that
people
recognize
kick stand went into his leg and tore some
as
scary.
muscle.
Our imaginations cause us to wonder
The muscle was protruding from his
“what
if” when we watch these scary
body and he oddly noticed that his leg
movies.
muscle looked much like a prop made by
Although most of what we see in scary
his make-up crew for his movies.
movies
isn’t real, that doesn’t necessarily
Strangely, instead of focusing on the
mean
that
our imagination will believe
condition of his leg he was thinking of how
that.
his gory scenes in “Scream” were realistic
New Batman video game offers new story line for gaming fans
by Seth Newell, Layout Co-Editor
Batman costumes are one of the most
popular each Halloween.
This Halloween season, with the release
of the new, highly anticipated video game,
“Batman: Arkham City,” children dressed
as the Caped Crusader might happen more
than ever.
The in store version of the game was
released on Oct. 18. In this follow-up
to 2009’s overwhelmingly successful
“Batman: Arkham Asylum,” you must play
as the Dark Knight, whose secret identity
has been compromised by the infamous
Dr. Hugo Strange, a familiar enemy to the
Batman series.
Gameplay begins with Batman’s escape
from prison, where he was abducted,
to discover Dr. Strange’s plans to reveal
“Protocol Ten.”
In an attempt to find out more about this
plan, Batman enters Arkham City, where
he must battle common criminals and
memorable foes, such as Two-Face, Poison
Ivy, the Joker, Mr. Freeze and more each
with unique story plots all their own.
This game offers unique gameplay
options to the newly created franchise by
the gaming company Rocksteady. Batman
fans now have the opportunity to play as
Catwoman, and even Robin, in optional
downloadable content.
The boxed game is priced at around $60
and is sure to be worth every penny.
Looking for a horror flick? Just the ‘Thing’ to watch this Halloween
by Matt Echelberry, Co-Editor in Chief
This Halloween, with no more films
from the “Saw” franchise being made and
“Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence”
getting only a limited release, there just
aren’t many gross-out horror films to
entertain audiences.
The only other nod towards the horror
genre we are getting this October is “The
Thing,” which came out on Oct. 14.
For those of you who may not know,
the film is a prequel-remake of a horror
classic: 1982’s “The Thing.”
Set in Antarctica at an American
research facility, an unsuspecting
crew there takes in a stray dog that was
mysteriously being chased down by a
helicopter.
A few members of the crew, led by R.J.
MacReady (Kurt Russell), take a trip to
the Norwegian base where the helicopter
came from in order to investigate. They
find the camp destroyed and all of its
members dead from being burned alive or
from freezing in the desolate tundra.
But it seems the Norwegians found an
artifact that had been buried beneath the
ice for over 100,000 years.
As the mystery unfolds, the stray dog
turns out to be an imposter—an alien
life form that disguises itself as anything
it kills. It infects the crew like a plague,
imitating its victims perfectly.
By the time the humans realize what
they are dealing with, they do not know
who is still human…and who has been
taken over. This sets off paranoia within
the dark, claustrophobic confines of the
facility.
As the crew stands outside and burns
one of the imposters, MacReady states,
“This thing doesn't want to show itself,
it wants to hide inside an imitation…
If it takes us over, then it has no more
enemies.”
Directed by the legendary John
Carpenter (“Halloween,” 1978, “Escape
from New York,” 1981), 1982’s version has
all the thrills and gore a person could ask
for. Ironically, it was a remake of Howard
Hawkes’ “The Thing from Another World”
(1951).
However, what made this one an
improvement from the original and so
memorable were the truly gruesome
creature effects used throughout.
Though these effects are dated
by today’s standards, they are still
imaginative and effective.
Just a few moments in store include
a head detaching itself and growing
arachnid-like legs, a torso suddenly
opening up and growing teeth (then
clamping shut on someone’s arms) and
several transformation sequences where
the imitations reveal themselves.
If “The Thing” was memorable and
entertaining for the disturbing imagery,
then it was equally as chilling for its
attention to the degradation of the men’s
mental states.
When paranoia and cabin fever start
to set in, the way they treat each other
as they try to flush out the intruders will
leave audiences just as suspicious as the
characters are.
At one point, after the crew has put the
facility on lockdown, MacReady is outside
the facility during a snowstorm. As he
begs for the others to let him in, they are
suspicious of him. One of the men asks,
“What if we’re wrong about MacReady?
What if he’s still human?” Another replies,
“Well, then we’re wrong.”
This year’s reimagining of “The Thing”
is now playing in theaters; it focuses on
the events that occurred at the Norwegian
base.
Find out for yourself how it stacks up
against the 1982 version (which is available
on Netflix and Hulu).
The Dracula legend: The inspiration behind the character
By Jackie Stanziano, MED 212 writer
Candles illuminate the dank castle as
the sun begins to set in Transylvania.
Artificial lighting is not a commodity that
a nobleman has during the mid fifteenth
century. A man is sitting at a table, eating
his dinner in silence.
He is wearing a black cape and his eyes
show no fear. The man takes a piece of
bread and dips it into a cup of blood sitting
just within arm’s reach. He looks up to see
at least ten men impaled on stakes, all of
them lifeless, rotting. The stench of death
fills his nostrils.
He takes a sip of his bitter wine and is
satisfied. According to carter-stephenson.
co.uk, this is real life for Vlad the Impaler,
the man that would later be the inspiration
for one of America’s most famous
Halloween icons.
Halloween is a holiday that celebrates
the scary, the grotesque, the paranormal.
A traditionalized staple for this holiday is
the involvement of vampires, a trend that
has recently become quite popular due to
the “Twilight” series, as well as television
shows such as “True Blood” and “The
Vampire Diaries.”
Jenna Rhoades, a current Heidelberg
sophomore, said, “They are the
incarnation of everything that humans
aren’t supposed to be: wrathful, lustful,
and gluttonous, which of course fascinates
people because of how taboo it all is.
People live vicariously through these
creatures because they are everything
we’re not supposed to be and that’s what
makes them fun.”
This vampire fascination can be taken
back to the beginning with possibly the
most notorious vampire of all: Dracula.
Many people don’t know, however, that
the character of Dracula was loosely based
on the life a real Transylvanian nobleman
named Vlad Tepes. However, unlike the
current romantic portrayal of vampires,
Vlad Tepes was shockingly horrifying.
According to Medieval Times & Castles
(medievality.com), Vlad Tepes was born
in the winter of 1431 in Transylvania. He
was the second child to Vlad Dracul and
Princess Cneajna of Moldavia
His father was a military governor in
Transylvania and belonged to the Order
of the Dragon. This religious and quasimilitary society had two main goals:
protect Catholicism and crusade against
the Turks. These goals would eventually
influence Vlad’s own decisions in life.
After entering his teenage years, Vlad
took the surname Dracula, specifically
translated as ‘the son of Dracul.’
According to The Cultured Traveler
(theculturedtraveler.com), Vlad and his
younger brother, Radu, were held as
Turkish hostages for six years. During this
time, his father was assassinated by the
Turkish people.
Vlad was later rescued from his captors
and then returned to rule Wallachia, his
father’s former land. Soon after, one of
his older brothers, Mircea, was found
(DRACULA continued on page 7)
4 | the Kilikilik | October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011 | the Kilikilik | 5
Master of terror Wes Craven screams up fun for audiences
by Arneal Squibb, MED 212
Horror movies can be thrilling,
unsettling, and give you a gut-wrenching
feeling in your stomach. From those filled
with gore to the supernatural, they cause
fear of the unknown. Creating fear for an
audience comes easy for Wes Craven.
Craven is most well-known for the
classic series “Nightmare on Elm Street”
and “Scream.”
There has been an addition to movie
producer and director Craven’s “Scream”
series with “Scream 4” in theatres.
“Scream 4” has been released to Blu-Ray
and DVD as of Oct. 4, just in time for
Halloween. Thrill seekers will not have to
search far for a horror film.
According to Alan Orange of MovieWeb,
there are rumors that “Scream 5” and “6”
are in the making. Craven’s writers, Kevin
Williamson and Bob Weinstein, are eager
to bring new ideas to the table for future
films in the series.
The question is whether or not Craven
will be a part of the future films. If he likes
the ideas that his writers pitch he will be
involved in creating another one of his
scary specialties.
Hal Erickson of Fandango explained
that the making of the “Scream” series
was a spark for other teen films that
were never able to live up to Craven’s
films. According to Erickson, Craven was
“credited with reinventing the teen horror
movie.” Many other filmmakers attempted
to repeat the success enjoyed by Craven
and his crew but were unsuccessful.
The 1990’s hit series “Scream” is known
for main character Sydney Prescott and
the trademark dark-cloaked, whitemasked killer who killed nearly everyone
around her.
In “Scream 4,” Sydney returns as a
well-known author to her hometown of
Woodsboro and must face the killer
once again. It remains to be seen
whether or not it will be her last
reunion with the killer.
Craven, who received his bachelor’s
degree in psychology, is able to create
conflict among characters in his latest
addition of the series.
Main character Sydney returning
home must deal with the revived
memory of a gruesome past.
In an interview with MovieWeb,
Craven described how each character
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
that was installed into the plot was
compared to his leg.
evaluated on how they may die.
According to Dr. Gary Dickerson,
Craven said that they “are always trying
professor
of communication, “Horror
to stay one or two steps ahead of the
movies
allow
us to vicariously experience
audience.” In that character evaluation
fear
without
actually
having to be involved.
he attempted to find unique and thrilling
We
can
be
afraid
and
feel the fear. Then as
ways for each death that takes place within
the
movie
fi
nishes
we
are okay when the
the plot.
lights
come
on.”
Taking pride in your work is natural. As
Dickerson explains that horror movies
a movie producer for a popular series such
use
common themes and fears that all
as “Scream,” it’s expected of Craven to
people
can relate to: “In a scene from
provide the audience with realistic footage
‘Scream’
you watch a girl home alone
of gore scenes. It’s possible that Craven
late
at
night
and her phone rings. As an
takes his job much more seriously than
audience,
you’re
sitting there saying don’t
other film producers.
pick
up
the
phone,
it’s the killer. Producers
Craven made that clear when he
of
horror
fi
lms
create
tension and use
described a past vacation in an interview
anticipation
to
get
us
to
jump in our seats.”
with MovieWeb.
Craven
uses
the
ordinary
things from
While on vacation, Craven was riding a
everyday
life
like
phone
calls,
creaking
Vespa, which is a similar to a scooter, and
doors,
and
Halloween
masks
to
organize
crashed. Flipping over the front end, the
them
into
something
that
people
recognize
kick stand went into his leg and tore some
as
scary.
muscle.
Our imaginations cause us to wonder
The muscle was protruding from his
“what
if” when we watch these scary
body and he oddly noticed that his leg
movies.
muscle looked much like a prop made by
Although most of what we see in scary
his make-up crew for his movies.
movies
isn’t real, that doesn’t necessarily
Strangely, instead of focusing on the
mean
that
our imagination will believe
condition of his leg he was thinking of how
that.
his gory scenes in “Scream” were realistic
New Batman video game offers new story line for gaming fans
by Seth Newell, Layout Co-Editor
Batman costumes are one of the most
popular each Halloween.
This Halloween season, with the release
of the new, highly anticipated video game,
“Batman: Arkham City,” children dressed
as the Caped Crusader might happen more
than ever.
The in store version of the game was
released on Oct. 18. In this follow-up
to 2009’s overwhelmingly successful
“Batman: Arkham Asylum,” you must play
as the Dark Knight, whose secret identity
has been compromised by the infamous
Dr. Hugo Strange, a familiar enemy to the
Batman series.
Gameplay begins with Batman’s escape
from prison, where he was abducted,
to discover Dr. Strange’s plans to reveal
“Protocol Ten.”
In an attempt to find out more about this
plan, Batman enters Arkham City, where
he must battle common criminals and
memorable foes, such as Two-Face, Poison
Ivy, the Joker, Mr. Freeze and more each
with unique story plots all their own.
This game offers unique gameplay
options to the newly created franchise by
the gaming company Rocksteady. Batman
fans now have the opportunity to play as
Catwoman, and even Robin, in optional
downloadable content.
The boxed game is priced at around $60
and is sure to be worth every penny.
Looking for a horror flick? Just the ‘Thing’ to watch this Halloween
by Matt Echelberry, Co-Editor in Chief
This Halloween, with no more films
from the “Saw” franchise being made and
“Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence”
getting only a limited release, there just
aren’t many gross-out horror films to
entertain audiences.
The only other nod towards the horror
genre we are getting this October is “The
Thing,” which came out on Oct. 14.
For those of you who may not know,
the film is a prequel-remake of a horror
classic: 1982’s “The Thing.”
Set in Antarctica at an American
research facility, an unsuspecting
crew there takes in a stray dog that was
mysteriously being chased down by a
helicopter.
A few members of the crew, led by R.J.
MacReady (Kurt Russell), take a trip to
the Norwegian base where the helicopter
came from in order to investigate. They
find the camp destroyed and all of its
members dead from being burned alive or
from freezing in the desolate tundra.
But it seems the Norwegians found an
artifact that had been buried beneath the
ice for over 100,000 years.
As the mystery unfolds, the stray dog
turns out to be an imposter—an alien
life form that disguises itself as anything
it kills. It infects the crew like a plague,
imitating its victims perfectly.
By the time the humans realize what
they are dealing with, they do not know
who is still human…and who has been
taken over. This sets off paranoia within
the dark, claustrophobic confines of the
facility.
As the crew stands outside and burns
one of the imposters, MacReady states,
“This thing doesn't want to show itself,
it wants to hide inside an imitation…
If it takes us over, then it has no more
enemies.”
Directed by the legendary John
Carpenter (“Halloween,” 1978, “Escape
from New York,” 1981), 1982’s version has
all the thrills and gore a person could ask
for. Ironically, it was a remake of Howard
Hawkes’ “The Thing from Another World”
(1951).
However, what made this one an
improvement from the original and so
memorable were the truly gruesome
creature effects used throughout.
Though these effects are dated
by today’s standards, they are still
imaginative and effective.
Just a few moments in store include
a head detaching itself and growing
arachnid-like legs, a torso suddenly
opening up and growing teeth (then
clamping shut on someone’s arms) and
several transformation sequences where
the imitations reveal themselves.
If “The Thing” was memorable and
entertaining for the disturbing imagery,
then it was equally as chilling for its
attention to the degradation of the men’s
mental states.
When paranoia and cabin fever start
to set in, the way they treat each other
as they try to flush out the intruders will
leave audiences just as suspicious as the
characters are.
At one point, after the crew has put the
facility on lockdown, MacReady is outside
the facility during a snowstorm. As he
begs for the others to let him in, they are
suspicious of him. One of the men asks,
“What if we’re wrong about MacReady?
What if he’s still human?” Another replies,
“Well, then we’re wrong.”
This year’s reimagining of “The Thing”
is now playing in theaters; it focuses on
the events that occurred at the Norwegian
base.
Find out for yourself how it stacks up
against the 1982 version (which is available
on Netflix and Hulu).
The Dracula legend: The inspiration behind the character
By Jackie Stanziano, MED 212 writer
Candles illuminate the dank castle as
the sun begins to set in Transylvania.
Artificial lighting is not a commodity that
a nobleman has during the mid fifteenth
century. A man is sitting at a table, eating
his dinner in silence.
He is wearing a black cape and his eyes
show no fear. The man takes a piece of
bread and dips it into a cup of blood sitting
just within arm’s reach. He looks up to see
at least ten men impaled on stakes, all of
them lifeless, rotting. The stench of death
fills his nostrils.
He takes a sip of his bitter wine and is
satisfied. According to carter-stephenson.
co.uk, this is real life for Vlad the Impaler,
the man that would later be the inspiration
for one of America’s most famous
Halloween icons.
Halloween is a holiday that celebrates
the scary, the grotesque, the paranormal.
A traditionalized staple for this holiday is
the involvement of vampires, a trend that
has recently become quite popular due to
the “Twilight” series, as well as television
shows such as “True Blood” and “The
Vampire Diaries.”
Jenna Rhoades, a current Heidelberg
sophomore, said, “They are the
incarnation of everything that humans
aren’t supposed to be: wrathful, lustful,
and gluttonous, which of course fascinates
people because of how taboo it all is.
People live vicariously through these
creatures because they are everything
we’re not supposed to be and that’s what
makes them fun.”
This vampire fascination can be taken
back to the beginning with possibly the
most notorious vampire of all: Dracula.
Many people don’t know, however, that
the character of Dracula was loosely based
on the life a real Transylvanian nobleman
named Vlad Tepes. However, unlike the
current romantic portrayal of vampires,
Vlad Tepes was shockingly horrifying.
According to Medieval Times & Castles
(medievality.com), Vlad Tepes was born
in the winter of 1431 in Transylvania. He
was the second child to Vlad Dracul and
Princess Cneajna of Moldavia
His father was a military governor in
Transylvania and belonged to the Order
of the Dragon. This religious and quasimilitary society had two main goals:
protect Catholicism and crusade against
the Turks. These goals would eventually
influence Vlad’s own decisions in life.
After entering his teenage years, Vlad
took the surname Dracula, specifically
translated as ‘the son of Dracul.’
According to The Cultured Traveler
(theculturedtraveler.com), Vlad and his
younger brother, Radu, were held as
Turkish hostages for six years. During this
time, his father was assassinated by the
Turkish people.
Vlad was later rescued from his captors
and then returned to rule Wallachia, his
father’s former land. Soon after, one of
his older brothers, Mircea, was found
(DRACULA continued on page 7)
6 | the Kilikilik | October 26, 2011
October 26, 2011 | the Kilikilik | 3
Halloween’s history filled with a combination of tradition
Haunted Ohio: Where to find good scares close to campus
by Jessie Dillon, MED 212
by Emily Doseck, Layout Editor
Halloween is just around the corner.
While it is true that every culture has a
different history of Halloween, the most
well-known version is of the Irish and
Scottish, which tells of the dead and living
worlds overlapping.
This belief started at Samhain, an
ancient Celtic festival that was celebrated
at the end of the Gaelic culture’s harvest
season. They feasted, had bonfires, made
sacrifices and paid their respects to the
dead, but the main purpose was to store
supplies and prepare for winter.
According to Paul Sittason Stark,
Heidelberg’s campus minister, the
Christians in England wanted to replace
Samhain and this celebration of the dead
with a Christian celebration of the saints
and martyrs. Stark said this version
was called “All Hallows’ Eve” which was
eventually shortened to Halloween. “All
Hallows’ Eve” is the night before “All
Hallows’ Day” or “All Saints’ Day.” On this
day, the church honors all of the saints
who are not celebrated on any other day.
Halloween as we know it today is
actually a combination of several cultural
traditions. The Celts wore costumes like
we do today, but to please evil spirits by
imitating them.
When the Celts were at war with Julius
Caesar, the men wore orange into battle
to give them courage and strength.
Stark also commented that Halloween
Orange also signifies endurance, which
isn’t about worshipping the devil or
the Celts wanted during harvest time.
evil spirits but about remembering our
The association with black comes from
ancestors and lost ones. When Stark
the Celts’ focus on death at this time of
was asked how he felt about Halloween
the year. Together these explain why
he said that he enjoyed it. He said, “My
Halloween’s colors are orange and black.
mom always told me that because we
The tradition of trick-or-treating came
from parades in England. When the
poor begged for food, families gave
them “soul cakes” if they promised to
pray for their deceased love ones.
Jack-O’-Lanterns are a huge part of
Halloween today. When you drive by a
neighborhood you will most likely see
many hand-carved pumpkins sitting
outside. They originated in Ireland
but were made out of large turnips
and potatoes. When the tradition
was started in America, pumpkins
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
were used because they are native to
believe in a God of love we do not need to
America.
be afraid of evil spirits or believe in evil
The name Jack-O’-Lantern came from
spirits… Halloween is a celebration of
an Irish myth about a man named “stingy
love vanquishing evil by remembering the
Jack.” The story portrayed Jack as a stingy
man that would trick the Devil into paying saints and all who have died before us.”
One of Stark’s fondest memories of
for his drinks on multiple occasions when
Halloween was when he served as a
he would go out. When Jack died, God
campus minister at Ohio University. One
didn’t want him in Heaven and the Devil
year he and Traci, his wife, dressed up as
didn’t want him in Hell, so he ended up
ghosts and each carried the Bible. They
roaming the earth with only a burning
coal. He put the coal in a carved out turnip were the “holy ghosts.” So take after
Stark’s example and make Halloween
and got the name Jack of the Lantern,
memories of your own.
which was shortened to Jack-O’-Lantern.
Ghosts of Johnson’s Island offer scary Halloween thrills
by Emily Doseck, Layout Editor
Chris Woodyard’s “Haunted Ohio III”
revealed 18th century ghosts that may be
familiar to archaeology students here at
Heidelberg. The prison camp on Johnson’s
Island, which held over 10,000 soldiers
after the Civil War, was nicknamed Uncle
Sam’s Confederate Hotel by prisoners.
In spite of the nickname, diseases were
rampant and food was scarce, often
including rats.
Over 200 men died and were buried
in the cemetery with boards from their
bunks as grave markers. The United
Daughters of the Confederacy replaced
the wooden markers with marble ones
shortly after the beginning of the twenieth
century and a bronze Confederate soldier
statue was erected in June 1910.
Italian laborers were working in the
quarry in 1915 when a thunderstorm
brewed up. The men took shelter in
crumbling remains of the prison.
Woodyard reported that “as the thunder
roared like cannon, the terrified men
saw the statue of the Confederate soldier
turn slowly on its pedestal and face the
206 graves” before blowing reveille on its
bugle.
Mist began to rise from above the
graves, hovering before transforming into
grey uniformed-soldiers. Each ghostly
soldier stood at attention, shouldered his
rifle and marched off into the storm.
The Johnson’s Island portion of the Dead
Ohio website confirmed that “it is said that
he changes position at midnight” while
the Ghosts of the Prairie website indicated
that “apparitions of Confederates have
been seen for many years.”
Photo courtesy of Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
The car pulls to a stop on the bridge.
Four kids—two girls and two boys— sit
inside, giggling as the driver turns down
the radio. Midnight is only moments
away. He shushes everyone inside before
turning to his friend in the front seat. “Got
the camera ready, man?”
“Yep. Let’s do this.”
Taking a deep breath, the driver flashes
his headlights. On-off, on-off, on-off.
Everyone holds their breath, looking
out the windows into the darkness around
them. A minute passes; nothing happens.
In the silence, one of the girls suddenly
screams. A white mist is floating up from
under the bridge and gathering in front
of the car. The driver guns the engine and
speeds off through the mist as it begins to
take the shape of a woman.
Stories like this often become the
conversation of choice for young thrillseekers around Halloween. Everyone
suddenly remembers that the bridge
outside of town is supposed to be haunted
or how that school bus crashed outside the
woods years ago, leaving the spirits of dead
children to roam the trees for eternity.
Nearly every town has a story or two
that kids like to pass around. Tiffin and
the surrounding towns are not exempt.
Even the campus itself is rumored
to be haunted. Ellen paces the attic in
France Residence Hall, an unnamed ghost
roams the basement of Williard, and the
catacombs beneath Founders Hall have
their fair share of spooky shadows and
sounds.
Perhaps the best and most well-known
local haunt is in Old Fort near Morrison
Lake: the Screaming Mimi Bridge.
According to the Banded Spirits.com,
visitors who park their car on the bridge
and honk the horn three times will see a
banshee, a screaming female spirit, in the
car with them. The Seneca County page
of Ohio Exploration’s website instructs
visitors to flash their headlights instead of
honking.
Both websites agree on the basic facts
of why she haunts the bridge. According
to Ohio Exploration’s website, “She was
forced to kill her baby born out of wedlock.
She threw the infant over the edge of the
bridge and went insane. Another version
of the story states Mimi was beheaded and
thrown over the bridge by her husband on
their wedding night so he could inherit her
fortune.”
Senior Nicole Malow has visited the
bridge at midnight with a friend. While
she is not sure if she believes the bridge
is haunted, she does know that her
experience there was not completely
benign.
After honking on the bridge, “At first,
nothing really happened and we were
getting bored. But the longer we sat there
the more we felt like something was
watching us...We didn’t stick around to see
if anything else happened, the feeling of
being watched was bad enough.”
Photo by Emily Doseck, Layout Co-Editor.
Brittany and Brianne Cook, both
juniors, also had an experience at the
bridge. Their father took them to the
bridge when they were eight while
returning from Fremont one night during
the winter. He flashed the headlights
before shutting them off.
“As we were sitting there, waiting for
this spirit to appear, there was a loud
thud on our van’s roof. Of course, Bri and
I started wailing in fear. We had thought
Mimi had come to get us!” Brittany stated
in an email. “We discovered later that
night that the thud was merely a fallen
icicle from the trees above. Needless to
say, we have never returned to Screaming
Mimi’s Bridge!”
Other less well-known haunts can be
found in Tiffin.
The Ritz Theatre and the location of the
former Sunrise Retirement Home (located
on the same blockof Washington Street
downtown) are believed to be haunted by
ghosts that put in occasional appearances.
Some of the towns around Tiffin are
rumored to have their own hauntings as
well.
The Dead Ohio website reported that in
1887, a passenger train and a freight train
collided half a mile outside of Republic.
Since the crash, many people have
witnessed what they say is a ghost train
passing by on the tracks.
The Forgotten Ohio website has two
stories of hauntings near Tiffin. The first is
located south of town on Route 53, where a
tombstone in McCutchenville is said to be
seen glowing from road.
The second states that a murder victim
from the 1950s haunts the Tindall Bridge
in Fremont. The website claims that she
“roams the area under the bridge, sobbing
and asking for help.” They also warn that
another murder victim was found in the
field across from the bridge.
The paranormal section of the Ohio
Exploration website mentioned the
Green Hills Golf Course in Clyde that
is supposedly haunted after a car-train
collision took the lives of four teenagers in
the 1960s. Parking a car on the train tracks
near midnight will cause the wreckage of
the crash to become visible, along with the
severed heads of the victims.
The website also indicated that WNRR
radio station of Bellevue is frequently
visited by the spirit of a vagrant who died
there and now wanders around the station,
taking the stairs and going past the control
room window.
Another location is the Melmore
Elementary School, a few miles south of
Tiffin. A series of hauntings have occurred
by various staff and students who died
over the years.
While preparing the school for
demolition, the ghost-related activity
seemed to increase. Local residents would
notice lights in the building at night, even
though the electricity was no longer on,
and would also hear strange noises coming
from the building.
So for anyone looking for a good scare
this Halloween, Tiffin and the surrounding
area can provide plenty.
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Spooks, screams and haunted fun! France Hall brings Halloween to campus
Happy Halloween endings for these record-breaking athletes
by Sarah Stump, MED 216
by Logan Burd, Campus Editor
France and Brown Hall residence life
staff are sponsoring a Haunted House in
France Hall on Oct. 27 from 7:30 to 10
p.m.
This fun Halloween event is open to all
students, Heidelberg staff and faculty, and
their families and the Tiffin community.
France Hall is an ideal place to host a
haunted house because it is home to one
of the most famous ghosts on Heidelberg’s
campus.
Ellen, a past student who committed
suicide in her room in France Hall, is
rumored to still haunt the halls and the
attic of her residence.
The usual Halloween event that
Heidelberg sponsored in the past was
a “Haunted Catacombs” tour beneath
Founder’s Hall. However, a Halloween
walk-through of France replaces the usual
haunted catacombs.
Students will be walking throughout the
first floor hall, the creepy basement, and
the kitchen of France to discover several
bone-chilling events.
The event was concocted by the Resident
Coordinator of Brown Hall, Gregory
Haines. He had been interested in creating
a haunted house in France and presented
the idea to the staff of Brown and France,
who provided their overwhelming
enthusiasm and support. With the support
of his staff, Haines introduced his idea to
Mark Zeno, director of residence life, who
also loved the idea.
France and Brown hall staff members
are working with several other
organizations on campus to create a
realistic and scary haunted walk-through.
Black Student Union and the theatre
department are providing props, and
Alpha Phi Omega (APO) has volunteered
to provide manpower to help run the
event.
The funding will be provided by three
organizations on campus: Student Senate,
Berg Events Council (BEC) and InterResidence Hall Council (IRHC).
Even more organizations are getting
involved since the staff from Brown/
France opened the event to all Greek
organizations and other organizations on
campus.
Each group will get the opportunity
to get one room to decorate however
they wish and get to help scare the
students coming through. Examples of
organizations that will be helping are
Kappa Psi Omega (ΚΨΩ) and Weekend
and Night Time Activities (W.A.N.T.A.).
Businesses around Tiffin will be
sponsoring rooms and will pick a theme for
the room sponsored.
The groups on campus helping out will
decorate according to whatever theme is
chosen by businesses.
The money raised from the business
sponsors will go toward fixing one of the
maintenance issues in France Hall, chosen
by the residents.
Admission for this event is free for
everybody; there will be a box for
donations at the front door. One section
of France Hall will be friendly for all ages;
while other sections will be for certain
ages. There will be candy being passed out
to the kids.
The members of France/Brown staff are
still looking for volunteers for all types of
help, whether it is to do face paint/makeup for people, help with costumes or just
helping out in general.
The France Haunted House is sure
to be a frightening fun time for all
who participate and those who attend.
Heidelberg students, get ready to be
scared!
For more information or any questions,
please contact Becca Dickinson at
rdickins@heidelberg.edu.
Ohio Halloween attractions open for visitors
by Angela D. Hill, MED 216
Fremont at least for this dark attraction to sliding down Grove Hill, which is covered
Every community has traditions for
be open until after Halloween.
with smashed pumpkins, on trash can
different holidays, whether it’s during
Another example is from Chagrin Falls,
lids, according to Colorado Connection on
Halloween, Christmas or Easter.
WKYC.
The Haunted Hydro, located in Fremont, OH, outside of Cleveland. The juniors
and seniors from the local high school,
The event normally starts at midnight on
OH (about 20 miles north of Tiffin) is an
dating back to 1969, have a tradition of
Halloween.
attraction for local residents to get their
One more tradition is the
scare on.
Harvest Festival that is in Bath,
The Hydro used to be a
OH, close to Akron.
functioning electric dam.
According to WEWS-TV,
When the Ballville Dam
the owner C.O. Hale, given
was created, the Hydro
the name “Apple Hale,” will be
was shut down.
helping to prepare food for the
The owners, “Crazy”
winter.
Bob and Beth Turner,
The festival takes place this
turned the building into
weekend, and will include
the haunted attraction as
“pumpkin painting, wagon
it is now known.
rides through the grounds,
The building, according
a huge pile of hay, and a Fall
to The Fremont News
Frolic scavenger hunt.”
Messenger, is turning
In different communities, no
100 this year, and with
matter where a person is from,
that comes a 100th
there is always a tradition for
anniversary special.
The Haunted Hydro attraction in Fremont offers thrills and fun for visitors. Photo courtesy
holidays.
It has been tradition in
of Libby Engeman, Graphics Coordinator.
While some athletes may have fears
of curses and black cats while playing
on Oct. 31, some star athletes trotted
hallowed ground on All Hallows Eve.
From Billy Cannon’s “Halloween night
run” for LSU to a record hot air ballooning
performance, some stars shine brightest
on Oct. 31.
On Halloween night, 1959, Louisiana
State University running back Billy
Cannon made one of the most memorable
punt returns in college football history.
According to Cannon, who was
interviewed by Sports Illustrated, the
LSU Tigers were up against division rival
Ole Miss with a score of 3-0 and LSU was
down.
“We couldn't move the ball. I knew if I
got my hands on another one, I was going
to take it up the field,” said Cannon.
He got his chance when an Ole Miss
punt took a bounce right into Cannon’s
hands. He ran 89 yards to the end zone.
Game over? No, Ole Miss had ten minutes,
almost an entire quarter, to regain the lead.
With 18 seconds left, the score remained
7-3 LSU. Then, Ole Miss drove to the goal
line. According to Baton Rouge Today
Online, for the last play Ole Miss ran the
ball, where their running back was stopped
by none other than Billy Cannon.
While hot air ballooning is not often
considered a sport, it’s hard to argue
with the “spooky” altitudes reached by
balloonist Julian Nott.
According to his website, Nott.com, a
1 hour and 9 minute flight on Halloween
1980 broke the hot air balloon altitude
record, soaring 55,134 feet (over 10 miles)
above Colorado. In the 31 years since that
Halloween, the record has been broken,
but Nott still holds many ballooning world
records.
For runner Ron Grant, this next record
shouldn’t have even happened. According
to the Australia Ultra Runners Assoc.
Inc., after back and hip problems limited
Grant’s running, his doctor warned him
that running over 3 miles could land him
in a wheelchair.
Grant didn’t listen and instead ran for
217 days around the border of his native
Australia, ending on Halloween 1983.
Averaging over 38 miles every day, his
grand total was just over 8,315 miles (a
round trip from Seattle to Miami and back
is only 6,559 miles). Even more impressive,
the last few thousand miles were run on a
stress fracture in Grant’s leg.
Other notable sports events also
occurred on Oct. 31. Received on
Halloween, Gaylord Perry’s 1972 American
League Cy Young Award made him the
oldest player to ever win the pitching
honor.
Also, the Milwaukee Bucks won their
first basketball game as a franchise on
Halloween, beating the Detroit Pistons
138-118 after a 0-5 start to the 1968
season. All of these, and other notable
Halloween day feats, can be found on
HistoryOrb.com/Events/October/31.
the Turks and the so-called lowlifes of
society: the beggars, the liars, the thieves.
In one instance, Vlad organized a feast
for all of the beggars in Wallachia. In the
middle of it, he asked if they would like
to live a life where they did not have any
difficulties. After the beggars agreed with
his proposition,
Vlad ordered them
to be burned alive.
No one survived.
Vlad’s confidence
in his rule was
so great that
according to The
Cultured Traveler
he would leave a
gold cup sitting in
the main square
of Tirgoviste, the main city of Wallachia,
that thirsty travelers were allowed to drink
from. During Vlad’s entire reign the cup
remained in Tirgoviste. Nobody dared
to cross him. That is, however, until the
boyars, Hungarian noblemen, gathered
together and formulated a devious plot to
eject him from power.
Medieval Times & Castles stated that
the boyars captured and beheaded Vlad as
part of a conspiracy. They supposedly sent
his head to the Turkish sultan as a gift.
This ended the reign of Vlad the Impaler.
Today, people most recognize Dracula
as the popular character invented
by Bram Stoker according to The
Cultured Traveler. This website also
stated that Stoker, whose novel was
completed and sold in 1897, loosely
based his inspiration for Dracula on
the life of Vlad the Impaler.
Because many of the stories
surrounding Vlad have been subject
to exaggeration, Stoker was able to
enhance certain qualities that may or
may not have been true.
The Cultured Traveler stated that Stoker
created a terrifying character that would
creep into our imagination and haunt
Halloween. A character that forever will be
known as a demon that drank blood in the
candlelight.
Dracula Continued from p. 5
and buried alive by Turkish enemies. The
Cultured Traveler suggested that these
instances shaped Vlad’s bloodlust.
The site stated that Vlad was “known
throughout his land for his fierce
insistence on honesty and order.” In order
to control his land and its people, Vlad
began a strict rule of Wallachia.
The main act of punishment became
impalement, a punishment that Dr.
Courtney DeMayo, assistant professor of
history, described as gross: “You force a
spear through the rectum and torso of the
victim, and the spear emerges somewhere
near the neck. It is a painful way to die.”
Because of his new strict rule, Vlad Tepes
became known as Vlad the Impaler, but
his bloodlust did not stop there.
It is estimated that Vlad the Impaler
murdered between 20,000 and 300,000
people according to Medieval Times &
Castles. Although impalement was his
preferred choice of murder, he killed
people various ways.
Medieval Times & Castles stated that
Vlad the Impaler’s main targets were
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Jam Sessions: 2011 — a Blues odyssey
by Brittany Green, Entertainment Editor
Has blues just transformed into a new
Recently, I was browsing the comments
set
of genres? One could argue that blues
under a YouTube video of Robert
music,
in a way, became rock and roll.
Johnson playing “Sweet Home Chicago.”
However,
rock follows a format more
One YouTube user, Gregorius91, said,
similar
to
European
music forms. It’s rare
“Johnson’s music is the ancestor of all
to
hear
a
12
bar
AAB
pattern on top 40
modern western pop music.
radio.
Sure, you might not like his music, but
Two of the most
there’s no denial that
famous
musicians of
without Robert Johnson,
the
1960s,
the Beatles
pop music today would’ve
and
the
Rolling
Stones,
sounded a lot different.”
supposedly
came
out of
Gregorius91 brings
two
traditions
of
music.
up a good point. Where
The Beatles followed the
would American music be
style of skiffle and 1950s
without blues? It has had
rock and roll, which
at least minor influence
came out of New Orleans
over nearly every genre
jazz. The Rolling Stones
of music, but at the same
supposedly emerged from
time, it seems that blues
African American rhythm
itself is almost a dying
and blues music.
genre.
Clearly, over time, both
Why is it that some
of
these groups evolved
genres seem to last and
and
became something
last, while others fade?
entirely
different,
Even classical music has
especially
once the Beatles
lasted through the ages in Photo courtesy of Libby Engeman,
started
getting
into the
everything from musical Graphics Coordinator.
psychedelic
music
scene.
scores to films.
I think the one good thing that came out
Classical is also the main type of music
of
the 1998 film “The Blues Brothers 2000”
that is studied in school.
was
this speech from Elwood (played by
Jazz bands are still fairly common as
Dan
Aykroyd): “Walk away now and you
well. Over the summer, I had at least four
walk
away from your crafts, your skills,
opportunities to see jazz bands at local
your
vocations;
leaving the next generation
events, but there were no chances for me
with
nothing
but
recycled, digitallyto see someone wailing lyrics about going
sampled
techno-grooves,
quasi-synth
down to the train station over slide guitar.
rhythms,
pseudo-songs
of
violence-laden
While there are still blues festivals, it
gangsta-rap,
acid
pop
and
simpering,
seems as though it has become something
saccharine, soulless slush. Depart now and
of a niche market.
you forever separate yourselves from the
Current musicians still seem to love the
vital American legacies of Robert Johnson,
old classics. Nirvana, Meatloaf, Grateful
Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Jimmy
Dead, Rod Stewart, and Deer Tick have
Reed...Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson, Elvis
all covered Lead Belly. John Lee Hooker
Presley, Lieber and Stoller, and Robert K.
has been covered by some of the most
Weiss.”
famous classic rock musicians such as Led
How many of those musicians did you
Zeppelin, Cream, ZZ Top, The Doors and
recognize?
The Animals.
Do yourself a favor, go on YouTube, and
It seems as though we know all the
watch
a video of one of these musicians
classic blues songs, just not in their
that
made
all your favorite bands possible.
original form.
Fireside Café Pub will open this Friday, Oct. 28 at 11
a.m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, there will be a ribbon cutting
ceremony and Grand Opening after the football game. Hours
of operation will be 7 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, 7
a.m.-1 a.m. on Friday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m.midnight on Sunday.
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