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The shadow puppet troupe Dragoncillo. The Collegian | Reagan Vicars Shadow puppets danced across a screen, depicting sword fights and windmill destruction, as an audience of students, professors, and families laughed at the comedic retelling of a classic Spanish novel. Associate Professor of Spanish Jared White and his puppeteering troupe Dragoncillo performed  “¡Quijóteres!,” a shadow puppet adaptation of Miguel de...

Katie Holford’s spirit animal is a chipmunk. Courtesy | Katie Holford Katie Holford is a senior from Scottsdale, Arizona, and is pursuing an English major. A member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, she enjoys leading and creating intramural sports teams. As an alumna of a classical charter school, she hopes to work in classical education after she graduates. How did...

Members of Delta Sigma Phi and friends at the haunted house last year. Courtesy | Marriah Castillo Sophomore Owen Burton lay on the floor of his dorm room in a goo-like substance for three hours, pretending to be a dead body. He was one of many who sought to scare people at Simpson Residence’s annual Halloween event last year. Burton...

Mason Fuller, Beckett Layman, and Ben Leavesley enjoy pasta. The Collegian | Jayden Jelso Last year, the men of Niedfeldt Residence decided to make Italian pasta and meatballs from scratch, and since then, it’s become a dorm-wide tradition. “I figured it would be fun for us to have an event where we could come together and have a meal,” junior...

Bonaiti and his wife, Assistant Professor of Modern European History Anna Vincenzi, at the Dolomites. Courtesy | Lorenzo Bonaiti Instructor in Italian Lorenzo Bonaiti talks Italian culture, sports, and dreams. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Japan for the food. I am a foodie person and I love Japanese cuisine, which is not just...