Epiphony

I had a moment of revelation today, Thespians, please don't shun me.

Schwab is the building on campus where Thespians have all of their shows and we have our props shop, costume shop, and wood shop in this building. It is the Thespian building.

So it is said, Schwab is haunted by the ghost of Schwabo. We always joke about it but deep down all of us are afraid of Schwabo. He makes clanking noises, and locks doors when they shouldn't be locked and turns lights off or sometimes doesn't let us turn lights off. Schwabo is a ghost.

Last semester, Alex Ritter and I decided to sleep in Schwab overnight. Doing this is a feat in Thespians. The night we slept in Schwab, some scary things happened. We heard noises and clanking. The light in the props shop wouldn't turn off, which has never happened before. What particularly freaked me out was when I flicked the upstairs light switch off and the light still stayed on.

I was in Schwab today bringing back the piano from rehearsal and I decided I should save the world and turn off the light. I go to flick the switch down and the light stays on. I inquire further. I flick the switch a few times, nada. Finally, I press down hard on the light switch. The lights go out.

At this moment I realize that this whole time, it wasn't Schwabo, it was faulty wiring.

Let me leave this case as one that cannot be generalized. Thus, I am not saying this is proof to me that ghosts don't exist. But in this case I must say, I think we have been seeing what we want to see.

I hate to say it but...Schwabo? I don't believe.