Wednesday, February 23, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
City official lands position at University
By John Audelaheim
Kansan staff writer
write@kansan.com
Rod Bremby, who spoke at the Blueprints Leadership Conference this weekend, said the week of March 13 would be his last in the city manager's office.
Lawrence's assistant city manager soon will be working for his alma mater, the University of Kansas.
Bremby said that he knew what his new salary would be but did not want to disclose it because he would be paid by private sources.
City manager Mike Wildden said Bremby's salary as assistant city manager was a little more than $90,000 a year — making Bremby the second-highest paid city employee after Wildden.
He said in April, he would begin work as assistant director of the KU Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development.
Steve Fawcett, director of the work group and professor of human development, said Bremby would bring interests in public health and child and community development.
"Rod is terrific," he said. "He has a genuine commitment to community building."
Bremby: Will begin work at KU in April
Bremby said he was taking the position to satisfy his intellectual
curiosity and because it made sense to make the transition.
I think I bring unique talents and skills to the work group," he said.
Fawcett said he had respected Bremby's work for a long time.
"We're glad to have him," he said. "He's a really cool guy."
One of Bremby's tasks will be leading a neighborhood project in Kansas City.
Atnough his specific role has not been defined yet, he said, the project involved teaching students here and assisting members of the community there.
Bremby said students would work in Kansas City as part of internships and classes.
The work group also would help train Kansas City residents to make changes in their communities, he said.
"We don't expect those people to be in the classroom." Bremby said.
rawett said Bremby also would work with Connect Kansas, a project designed to improve children's developmental outcomes.
Bremby said Connect Kansas was a blueprint put together by seven state agencies dealing with children's justice, education and housing.
It is only a framework now, he said, but the program deals with prevention programs and coordination of the seven agencies.
Bremby graduated from the University in 1982 with degrees in communications studies and psychology. In 1984 he earned his master's in public administration.
He participated in an internship in Fort Worth, Texas, and worked in the Office of Management Services before becoming assistant to the city manager there.
He returned to Lawrence in 1990 and has been assistant city manager since.
Victor/Victoria to hit Lied stage
By Cassie Holman Special to the Kansan
The musical comedy Victor/Victoria, which is about a struggling actress who resorts to lying about her gender to get work, is coming to the Lied Center tonight.
Deb Martin, a professional from Boston, stars as Victoria, a down-on-her-luck singer struggling to find work in Paris during the 1930s. Victoria's friend Toddy, a cabaret encee, comes up with the idea to introduce Victoria to the audience as Count Victor Grazinsky, a man who performs as a woman. Victoria agrees, and soon the Victor/Victoria act becomes the talk of the town.
The plot thickens when Victoria falls in love with King Marchan, a handsome Chicago club-owner in town for a visit. Though King believes Victoria is a man, and despite the fact he has a girlfriend, he too feels an attraction to the gender-bending nightclub star.
Things really start to get complicated when a jealous Parisian club owner sets out to reveal the true identity of Toddy's new star. The Chicago underworld also is determined to trap King and publicize his compromising relationship.
"This is a very funny show," said Christian Boy, Introduction to Theater
Victor/Victoria made its Broadway debut Oct. 25, 1996. It is based on the 1982 movie starring Julie Andrews. The film earned seven Academy Award nominations and won the award for best score.
instructor. "It gives the audience members insight into the cabaret environment that is so identified with the 1930s."
The late Henry Mancini, winner of 20 Grammay Awards and four Academy Awards, composed and arranged the music for the film and play. He recorded more than 90 albums with styles varying from big band and jazz to classical and pops. Victor/Victoria was Mancini's last project.
The screenplay was written by Julie Andrews' husband, writer/producer/director Blake Edwards, best known for films such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther film series.
Tickets were still available yesterday at the Murphy Hall, Student Union Activities and Lied Center Box offices. Student prices are $19 or $16. Some tickets will be available at the door. The show starts at 8 p.m.
"The music is very exuberant and sexy," Boy said. "The musical is very faithful to the film, which everybody knows. It is very high style and glorious. It shows some of the seedy sides of the glamorous life."
Deb Martin, a professional actress from Boston, plays the lead role in Victor/Victoria. The musical comedy will be performed at 8 tonight at the Lied Center. Tickets for the show are still available. Contributed photo
Three students to open for poet Cokes
By Sindy Greenfield
Special to the Kansan
Corey Cokes, spoken-word poet,
will perform tonight at the Kansas
Room in the Kansas Union at 8
p.m., with three University of
Kansas student poets opening for
him.
Cokes primarily speaks about issues of morality, history and their universal effects on individuals, specifically African Americans.
The show is free, but people must pick up vouchers at the Student Union Activities box office in the Kansas Union to attend.
The show is organized by SUA Fine Arts Coordinator Johanna Wagenknecht, who also organizes SUA's monthly poetry slams.
Poetry slams are based more on the performance of words rather than the simplicity of an average poetry reading, Wagenknecht said.
Wagenknecht and other members of SUA held a poetry slam Feb. 8 in the Kansas Union, in which participants competed for the spots to open for Cokes tonight.
open for Cokes and perform their poetry.
Jen Gray, Overland Park sophomore, will be performing her untidied piece, which she said screamed with promiscuity in a feminist tone. Despite the risky topic, Gray said she was not panicked about this evening's performance.
Three students were chosen to
"Reading is about what you write, and poetry slams are about conveying emotions and interacting with the audience as opposed to interacting with a piece of paper." Gray said.
Rachel Bernard, one of three winners, competes in the Poetry Slam Tuesday night in the Kansas Union lobby. Bernard and the two other winners will open for Carey Cokes, a spoken word artist from Boston, Mass., tonight. Photo by Selena Jabara/Kansan
Not all the poets were intrigued by the difference between a slam and a reading. Jen Dillon, Wichita junior, went to SUA's poetry slam in hopes of opening for Cokes — and succeeded.
Dillon, who highly respects gothic punk star Marilyn Manson, said she thought that because Manson began as a poet, maybe she could, too.
"In order to be a performer you have to take baby steps with your career." Dillon said.
Dillon will be performing two pieces. She wrote one at the age of 15 titled "Just A While Longer,"
unavailable for comment.
and the other she wrote at 18, titled "Red Licorice and Twisted Dreams."
The final performer, Rachel Bernard, Lawrence freshman, was
She does serve as host to poetry reads at Prospero's Books on 39th street in Kansas City, Mo., every Thursday.
Battenfeld to cool off with new AC
By Jessie Meyer
writer@kanson.com
Kansan staff writer
The men of Battenfeld Scholarship Hall will sleep a little easier when they return for school in August.
This summer, the scholarship hall, one of five that are not equipped with air conditioning, will receive an air-conditioning system that will provide air in each of the living quarters, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing.
"There is already some air conditioning in the lobbies and public areas," Stoner said. "But this project is designed to bring a higher level of comfort into the hall by making it fully equipped with air conditioning."
With the temperature already on the rise, the issue of air conditioning will become a hot topic for the members of Battenfeld, Pearson, Sellards, Miller and Watkins scholarship halls. These were the first five hallls built and the only hallls that are not totally air conditioned, said Nathan Stange, president of Battenfeld and Wichita junior.
"Air conditioning is pretty standard as far as humane living is concerned," Stange said. "In the bedrooms it's been upwards of 100 degrees, and it's miserable when you are lying in your own sweat trying to sleep or study."
Stange said none of the living areas in Battenfeld were air conditioned right now and a lot of times, the men slept on the floor in the common areas on the first floor where there were window units.
"It's a lot more comfortable to sleep on the floor than in your room when it is that warm," Stange said.
Battenfeld will be the first of the five scholarship halls to receive the addition, and the other halls will receive air conditioning in the upcoming years, said Sarah Crumrine, president of the All Scholarship Hall Council and Doutht Scholarship Hall resident.
"It's something we have asked for many times," said Crumrine, Olathe junior. "It's too bad it can't be in all the halls right away and has to be done over a few years."
The project spans several years to defer costs of the project. At this point, there will be no additional costs to the residents of Battenfeld, Stoner said.
The air conditioning will not only improve the living conditions for the men who live in the house now, but Brad Harrah, Battenfeld hall director and St. Joseph, Mo. graduate student, said he thought it would attract potential residents to the hall.
"The guys are really excited because they enjoy living here," Harrah said. "But one of the main drawbacks is that it doesn't have air conditioning."
Stange and Crumrine agreed
"It really is one of the biggest downfalls of living in those halls." Crumrine said of the five student-housing buildings without air conditioning. "It's a wonderful addition."
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