FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7. 2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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CAMPUS
Spring class times to allow for more sleep
The Office of the University Registrar released next semester's timetable of classes Thursday.
Online enrollment appointments begin Oct. 21 on the Enroll & Pay Web portal, which can be accessed from www.ku.edu.
Classes will be held at new times. Classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will begin at the top of the hour instead of at the half-hour, and classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays will last 75 minutes instead of 80.
7:30 a.m. classes will move to 8 a.m., giving students an extra half-hour of sleep, and 4:30 p.m. classes will move to 4 p.m.
Frank Tankard
Classes moved after elevator breaks down
The elevator in Strong Hall will be out of service for at least a month. It broke down Wednesday.
Steve Green, associate director of facilities operations, estimated that the elevator controls were 40 years old. It will be four or five weeks before a replacement for the broken part can be installed, he said.
Melissa Manning, associate director of disability resources, said classes in the building that had students with mobility problems were moved to handicapped-accessible rooms.
A makeshift wooden ramp was constructed Thursday behind the building to give people with disabilities access to the first floor.
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The KU Symphony Orchestra will perform its first concert of the 2005-2006 year tonight. This season marks the orchestra's 101st Anniversary.
Frank Tankard
Ensemble to begin season
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The KU Symphony Orchestra will start its 2005-2006 concert season with a performance at 7:30 tonight in the Lied Center.
In preparation for the performance, students such as Jesse Henkensiefken, Topeka second-year graduate student, play at least six hours a week, not including the numerous hours they spend practicing in their spare time.
"This is a big deal, so we spend an absurd amount of time practicing for it," he said. "And then we drink afterward."
Despite all of the hard work and effort, Nicholas Uljanov, director of Orchestral Activities and conductor of the symphony orchestra, said the orchestra continued to struggle to attract younger people.
KU Symphony Orchestra to give initial performance
"There is a university in Germany that is much, much smaller than the University of Kansas, but its music hall, which holds 2,000 people, is full with students every week," Uljanov said. "I want that kind of enthusiasm here."
The Lied Center holds nearly 2,000.
Uljanov came to the University two years ago with 17 years experience as a conductor. He said he was already proud of the students because of their dedication to working hard for the performance.
"Unlike professional musicians, these students have not played together for many years, and any of this music before, so it takes a lot of work to get
the performance right," Uljanov said. "But they have taken up the challenge and practiced many hours. It has certainly paid off."
Henkensiefken agreed that playing an orchestral piece with college students made the performance especially difficult.
"There's always people coming and going. The longest you might have a full orchestra together is three years," he said. "Sometimes this can create a strenuous environment."
The orchestra will begin the night with the "Overture of the School for Scandal" by Samuel Barber, a 20th century American composer of classical music. Barber's work has been described as light and full of color
and brilliance.
Scott Watson, professor of music who teaches euphonium and tuba, is the featured soloist for the evening. He will perform George Frederick Handel's "Concerto No. 3 in G Minor" on the tuba. Watson acknowledged that most may not think of the tuba as a solo instrument.
Watson said people didn't realize the tuba was a mellow instrument, unlike what people were used to hearing in a large outside ensemble. "There is an elegant side to it where it can be beautiful and resonant. It's uniquely unusual in a good wav." he said.
The concert will end with a performance of Dmitiri Shostakovich's "Symphony No. 5 in D Minor."
The orchestra will have two more performances at the Lied Center this year, one on Nov. 3 and the other on Feb.28,2006.
-Edited by Patrick Ross
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported an estimated $950 in damage to a Mazda RX-7 sometime between 6 p.m. Sept. 30 and 6 a.m. Oct.1 in the 1400 block of Apple Lane.
A 21-year-old KU student reported an estimated $400 in damage to a vehicle and a $20 wallet stolen sometime between 3 a.m. and noon Oct. 4 in the 400 block of Florida Street.
♦ A 23-year-old KU student reported a $140 Schwinn bicycle stolen sometime between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 9 a.m. Oct. 4 in the 1900 block of Stewart Avenue.
♦ A 30-year-old KU student reported a $275 Specialized bicycle stolen and an estimated $10 cable lock damaged sometime between 2:55 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Crescent Road and Naismith Drive.
ON CAMPUS
The African Students Association and K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall are washing cars for hurricane relief from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in front of K.K. Amini, 1318 Louisiana St. The minimum donation is $5. Refreshments will be served.
English Alternative Theatre is sponsoring two one-act plays, "The Holocaust Kid" by Tim Macy and "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee, at 8 tonight and at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Tickets are $6 for students, $8 for seniors and $10 for the general public.
- The department of theater and film is performing Anton Chekhov's play "Three Sisters" at 7:30 tonight, 5 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday and 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.