Voices

My favorite Freshman Seminar enrichment workshop was the performance of Baruch Voices last week.  The performance, which consisted of professional actors reciting monologues written by freshmen, was captivating.  The readers, or actors, created a visual image of the subject.  They owned the characters of the students they were quoting.  The pieces performed had an amazing variety and depth.  The dramatization of a satire on quitting smoking made me laugh.  Another one, abut suicidal thoughts, frightened me.  A third piece which eulogized a deceased friend I found sad.  Clearly, my fellow students are facing many challenges during their first semester here at Baruch, yet some find time to find the humorous side of life.  The overall arc of the presentation was one of hope, aspiring for a brighter tomorrow.  The world will be a better place in 2016.