Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Unimaginable Illusions Wesley Miller becomes frightened as Jim Wand makes the bottom half of his body disappear into thin air. The crowd enjoyed the reactions of those under hypnosis. Photo by Jennifer Riepe DlS • student life DD

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ncakes Galore d White of Chris Cakes distributes 1 flapjacks to the line of customers, ople of all ages enjoved the pancakes the bright Saturday morning of Family ;ekend. Photo by Kayleen Vande Kamp chris cakes 170 DD

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mind games the Wand of illusion Digging deep into their subconscious udonts and family from the University fgan to loose control. Hypnotist, Dr. m Wand, had them under his power. Wand kicked off Family Weekend ■stiyities with his 24th visit to campus, sing a colorful, spinning light Wand Liickly began trying to help the 26 vol- nteers let go of their subconscious. After a few moments only 15 stu- ents and family members remained on age, completeh ' under hypnosis. The !st went back to their seats replaced by ve members from the audience who ere well into their subconscious. Wand iked them to become Greek gods and lake their way on stage. They had also jccumbed to the power of the light. Wand allowed the volunteers to sink eeper into hypnosis while he shared ories of past college visits. One time last fall while on a campus lev had asked me to do something on nimals, Wand said. So I had all the Li s on stage become purebred show dogs and the girls were their handlers. As I finished interviewing dog nimiber four, who I remember was named Jojo, and began talking to dog number five, JoJo jumped up and bit me in the butt. It was so bad I had to get stitches. With a few waves of his hand. Wand ' s volunteers were sunbathing on a tropical beach. Some rubbed sunscreen on their bodies; others stretched out so far thev almost fell out of their chairs. A few short moments later volun- teers saw parts of Wand ' s body slowly disappear. Screaming in terror they grabbed each other for comfort. Bringing his missing parts back. Wand brought a dance competition to the stage. Hypnotized members began waving their hands and moving their feet to the music. Continuing his act Wand had a vol- unteer believing the microphone stand was the woman of his dreams. Another believed a balloon animal was a pit bull ready to attack. He finished off the night with an American Idol singing contest. Univer- sity student and volunteer, Darnell John- son, believed he was hit, female singer Beyonce Knowles. Afterward volunteers had mixed re- actions on what just happened. Jessica Seipel couldn ' t find her shoes she had taken off while under hypnosis. Stephanie Keen, only remembered the volunteer next to her being terrified of the pit bull that was ready to attack him and how scared she was for him. Johnson claimed to remember all of his actions and said his favorite part was being Beyonce in American Idol. Wand says he doesn ' t personally do shows for new venues but likes to return to past hosts. He also planned to keep the University on his list. The people and students at North- west are why I keep coming back. The people here always treat me so great, Wand said. vv • Megan Tilk d • Erik Schrader Dance Competition Students showed of f their moves in an attempt to win a fictional dance contest. Wand kept the audience involved using a ■-eries of acts. Pliolo by leiiiiifer Riepe Reappearing Act lim Wand made Stephanie Keen think he was onlv half visible, causing her to jump when a floating torso sat near her. The audience was in shock by the way Wand performed. Photo by Jennifer Riepe jim wand