{"id":1980,"date":"2011-02-23T08:23:47","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.wabash.edu\/alumni\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2011-02-23T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T13:23:47","slug":"faculty-alumni-symposium-also-featured-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/alumninews\/2011\/02\/23\/faculty-alumni-symposium-also-featured-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty-Alumni Symposium Also Featured Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Faculty – Alumni Symposium was a big hit. \u00a0A great afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

One of the real surprises was the magic performed. \u00a0First of all, alumnus Fletcher Boyd ’72 talked of his experiences in the restaurant industry and then transitioned to a quick card trick.<\/p>\n

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Pick a card, any card! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fletcher asked a participant to select a card from the deck. \u00a0After showing it to the group, she returned it to the deck. Fletcher then proceeded to put the entire deck in his mouth! \u00a0Some how, some way, after he removed the deck, the folded<\/em> card (6 of Clubs) was still in his mouth!<\/p>\n

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Watch closely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the very next session, Professor of Psychology Karen Gunther offered many various tasting exercises to the group. \u00a0In the photo she’s preparing a plate of goodies that demonstrated different several aspects of taste.<\/p>\n

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Professor Karen Gunther<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During one, Karen had the attendees bite into a lemon slice. \u00a0Then she had them let a small capsule dissolve in their mouths, \u00a0After a few minutes, they tried the lemon again. This time the lemon slice was sweet – to the amazement of the attendees!<\/p>\n

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A Sweet Lemon Slice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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