Taking a Stand
Dervedia Thomas
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: Entertainment
"It was good; it was really, really, really good," said junior business management major Tyrell Robinson "It was better than I expected. It had all the qualities I wanted to see. I might come back tomorrow."
John Stroman, organizer of the bowling alley protests said it finally showed who was really involved for the protests.
Not reflected in the play was the participation of Claflin students in the bowling alley protests. Nevertheless, Claflin students were in attendance. "I thought it was really good," said Brittney Vaughn a sophomore mass communication major from Claflin University. "We've heard the story so many times, but seeing this play put in a new perspective." Her colleague Crystal Williams, a sophomore Sociology major agreed but thought the play could have been shorter.
Written and directed by senior business management major Calhoun Cornwall, "Taking a Stand" is the first reenactment of the Orangeburg Massacre which ended the lives of three students on SC State College campus and wounded 27 others. The play ran until Saturday 5, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium.
John Stroman, organizer of the bowling alley protests said it finally showed who was really involved for the protests.
Not reflected in the play was the participation of Claflin students in the bowling alley protests. Nevertheless, Claflin students were in attendance. "I thought it was really good," said Brittney Vaughn a sophomore mass communication major from Claflin University. "We've heard the story so many times, but seeing this play put in a new perspective." Her colleague Crystal Williams, a sophomore Sociology major agreed but thought the play could have been shorter.
Written and directed by senior business management major Calhoun Cornwall, "Taking a Stand" is the first reenactment of the Orangeburg Massacre which ended the lives of three students on SC State College campus and wounded 27 others. The play ran until Saturday 5, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium.
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