“FIRE! FIRE!!” shrieked Avery Bodwick ’26 halfway into Gladiator II, taking detailed notes as the shoulder-to-shoulder audience suddenly panicked and quickly overwhelmed the exits. “FIRE! THERE’S A FIRE! GET OUT NOW!!”

“GET OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE! FIRE!!” continued Bodwick, carefully counting out how many people were crying as the throng crushed several elderly people. “FIRE!! FIRE!! FIRE!!”

At press time, the latest MCM assignment was to critically compare the viewing experience of watching a movie during a fire to watching one without a fire.