Category | Arts & Living

Students experience theater

Published on November 17, 2009 by Michelle Landrein

For more than a decade, the TV show “Dinner and a Movie” has been a popular source of entertainment for Americans.

The Commons hosted their very own dinner and a movie Nov. 10 for all  meal plan participants.

The selected movie was “The Dark Knight,” winner of two Oscars and several other awards.  “The Dark Knight” was chosen to coincide with the Homecoming theme, “Medieval Magic”-hence “The Dark Knight.”

The movie was shown on the second floor of The Commons in the large meeting room using a projector and sound system.

After everyone swiped their cards, they were able to get their food downstairs and bring it upstairs to eat while they watched the movie. KSU Culinary Services provided a popcorn machine to complete the movie theater experience.

Keri Toggerson, the marketing specialist for Sodexho, which operates KSU Culinary Services, explained the reasoning behind the event: “We chose to do this event to give something back to the students of KSU and to provide a much needed break from studying and homework as finals approach. Depending on the turnout for this event, we are hoping to have another movie night next semester and will survey the students at this dinner and a movie showing to see what else they would like to see.”

“We are also hoping to incorporate short films produced by KSU students into our future movie nights. We are trying to help build a sense of community on campus with the opening of the new dining hall and having events for the students,” Toggerson said.

“Last month we started our monthly cooking classes with a “Make your own sushi” class. We had a great, enthusiastic turn out for that event, so we have continued the class series with a ‘baking class’ where students will learn how to make a crème brûlée and how to decorate cakes,” Toggerson said.

No classes will be held in December because it is a shorter month. In order to keep the classes small, they have students sign up to participate beforehand. Students, faculty and staff can sign up to participate each month in front of the meal plan office in The Commons and at “On The Fly.”

Culinary services will have a Cram Jam study break Dec. 3 from 10 p.m. to midnight, one of  this semester’s largest events to be held in The Commons, as they will host KSU Owl Radio, Kellogg’s, coffee vendors, free chair massages as well as prize raffles.