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The Inside Front
Wednesday July 21, 1999
News
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CAMPUS
KU Summer Theatre to open 'Godspell'
"Godspell," the popular musical adaptation of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, will be staged by Kansas Summer Theatre at the University of Kansas at 8 a.m. July 23 through 25 and 29 through 31 at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The musical, by John-Michael Tebelak, features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, writer of hits for the Disney films "Pocahontas" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
The musical follows the life of Jesus Christ as described in the Gospel, but puts its own spin on the story. It puts the spotlight on the magic and showmanship of Jesus' parables.
"Godspell" is directed by John Stani-nas, assistant professor of theatre and film, with musical direction by Jack Roller, Tulsa, Okla., doctoral student. Scenic and costume designer is Delores Ringer, associate professor of theatre and film, with lighting design by Dennis Christilles, assistant professor of theatre and film.
Stanianas' concept for the production is the upcoming millennium. Members of the ensemble play a variety of characters and are costumed to represent 2,000 years of human history. A five-piece on-stage band will accompany the music and dancing, which ranges from rock and roll and swing to country and western.
Reserved-seat tickets for "God-spell" are now on sale in the KU box offices: Murphy Hall, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS; and SUA, 864-3477. Tickets are $8 for all students, $16 for the public and $15 for senior citizens.
E.M.U. Theatre to show student's original play
E. M.U. Theatre will present "Living Pleasantly with Others," an original play by Melissa Shimkovitz, Glenview, ill., junior, at 8 p.m. July 21.
and 22 and 11 p.m. July 23 and 24 in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1402 Oread Ave
The play follows a woman named Stella as her life is pulled out from under her and allows the audience a unique, voyeuristic experience, Shimkovitz said.
While the meaning of the acronym E.M.U. is clandestine, Shimkovitz defines the group as a socially conscious theatrical collective dedicated solely to local artists, actors, writers and directors.
Tickets to "Living Pleasantly with Others" are $5 and can be purchased at the door. E.M.U. is accepting script submissions for future productions.
Collaboration works to improve teaching
The University of Kansas will lead a collaboration of northeastern Kansas educators to improve teacher's preparation in science and math using a $2.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
The partnership aims to meet the needs of high-school students considering teaching, teacher education students and early-career teachers.
The effort, titled the Kansas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation, is led by KU and Kansas State University.
They will also work on recruiting and retaining minorities and disadvantaged students to science programs and mentoring K-12 teachers during the initial years of their professional careers.
Unique degree offered at Edwards Campus
ate construction management classes through the Architectural Engineering Department.
The University of Kansas will offer a Master's degree in Construction Management at the Edwards Campus starting this fall. The degree is the only one of its kind in the area. Since the early 1980s, students have been taking individual gradu-
"This program intends to combine the current individual courses into a recognized graduate degree," said Tom Glavinich, chair and associate professor of the Architectural Engineering Department.
The program is 33-credit hours.
New director named to Employment office
Gail Rooney, a Wayne State College assistant professor, has been named the new director of the University Career and Employment Services office at the University of Kansas.
She will start on Aug. 23. She succeeds Terry Glenn, who went on medical leave in 1998.
Rooney is an assistant professor in the Wayne State counselor education program. She also coordinates the counselor education master's degree program in Northern Iowa via distance-learning media and traditional classroom experience. In addition, she was instrumental in developing the distance-learning program for Wayne State.
Rooney has a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a master's degree from George Williams College, Downers Grove, Ill., and a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
New director to join Tele-Networking Services
John H. Louis, executive director of a 20-member educational technology consortium, has been named director of KU Networking and Telecommunications Services.
As NTS' director, Louis will oversee the management of a network that provides voice, data and video services to the University. He will supervise 45 employees and manage a $7 million budget. He assumes the new position on Sept. 7.
Louis has been the executive director for Upper Great Lakes Educational Technologies Inc., a consortium of school districts, colleges and universities, hospitals, libraries and Native American tribes in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Before that he was manager of telecommunications at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, from 1989 to 1996.
Louis earned a bachelor's of science in electrical engineering in 1979 from Michigan Technological University. He majored in nuclear power engineering,
High bids delay construction of hall
Higher than expected bids have delayed the construction of a new scholarship hall.
Ground breaking for a women's scholarship hall was expected to take place the first week of July, but University officials continue to negotiate with contractors after the lowest bid submitted was $600,000 more than what the University budgeted for the project.
The delay shouldn't prevent the new hall from opening next fall, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing.
"We will go ahead with the project," he said. "We're negotiating with the contractor."
Warren Corman, University architect, attributed the higher expense to the volume of construction projects currently ongoing, and a short age of workers.
The University budgeted $2 million for the project, but the lowest bid was $2.6 million.
Margaret and K.K. Amini donated $1.5 million for the new building. They also donated money for the construction of Amini Scholarship Hall, which is named for them.
The new hall will house 50 undergraduate students. It will be next to Amini Scholarship Hall and have a similar floor plan and exterior.
About 450 students currently live in five men's scholarship halls and
four women's scholarship halls. The new hall has not yet been named.
Lawrence theater looks for new ca
Auditions for the Lawrence Community Theatre's season opener, "Fiddler on the Roof," have been set for 7 p.m., Aug. 9 and 10. Callbacks are Aug. 12.
The musical, by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, is based on the short stories of Sholm Alechem about the people in the small fictitious Russian village of Anatevka and features songs such as "If I Were a Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," and "Matchmaker."
A large cast of singers, dancers and actors are needed for the show, including children ages 8 and older. For more information call Mary Doveton at 843-7469.
Kansan staff reports
New Board of Regents to perform new duties
STATE
TOPEKA — Higher education representatives expressed hope as well as concern during the second business meeting of the state's revamped Board of Regents.
The meeting today often resembled a pep rally, with representatives of universities, community colleges and vocational technical schools declaring the creation of the new Board a historic event.
However, they also raised concerns about equity among higher education institutions and about how the board will operate.
The board's chairman, Bill Docking, said he was disappointed because the Legislature did not grant $600,000 that the board's transition team requested for coordination of the schools.
ished July 1, supervised operation of the state's six universities.
The old board, which was abol-
The new board has nine members, like the old one, but it is also responsible for supervising operations of the community colleges, area vocational-technical schools, and the state's six universities.
The new board also is supposed to provide coordination among those institutions, Washburn University of Topeka and other private universities.
NATION
Rock star returns home to attend school reunion
LOS ANGELES — Melissa Etheridge is going back in time this weekend.
The rock singer is planning to attend the 20th reunion of her Leavenworth High School class in Kansas. She said she kept in touch with some former classmates and her sister still lived in the area.
"I get to go back as the rock star like everyone dreamed, and I actually am," she told The Associated Press. "I'll probably have to sign a few autographs."
A lot has happened to Etheridge since she attended her 10th reunion. Back then, her first self-titled album had just been released. Now, she's got two Grammys and sold more than 25 million records. Her first album in three years, "Breakdown," will be released in October.
In high school, Etheridge was called "Missy" and played guitar in a swing choir group called Power and Life.
"I'm not one of those artists that were tortured in high school," she said. "I had lots of friends. I was sort of different, but I wasn't shunned."
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