Thursday, April 15, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Lectures to come to quiet close
By Chris Hopkins
By Chris Hopkins
chopkins@kansan.com
chopkins staff writer
The Heidegger Lecture Series, which began in a storm of controversy, probably will come to a quiet and tonight.
Stanley Rosen, Borden Bowne professor of philosophy at Boston University, will deliver the final speech, "Common Sense and the Goodness of Truth" at 8 at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Wallace Johnson, professor of East Asian languages and culture, complained nearly two months ago that naming the lecture series after the prominent philosopher and Nazi was celebratory.
"To name a lecture after Martin Heidelger, as you would Eisenhower or Truman, is an insult to everyone." he said.
Johnson said that his complaints were not well received and that the University had decided to emphasize Heidegger's contributions to philosophy over his party affiliation.
Stanley Rosen, Borden Bowne professor of philosophy at Boston University, gives the lecture "Is Thinking Spontaneous?" Rosen will give the last speech of the Heidegger Lecture Series tonight at 8 at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Photo by Kate Levenson/KANSAN
"There frankly didn't seem to be much interest," he said. "I guess it comes down to what you want to give way to."
Thomas Tuozzo, associate professor of philosophy, and Fred Rush, assistant professor of philosophy, co-teach the class, Heidegger and the Greeks, with which the lecture series is associated.
Following Johnson's attack on the lecture series, the professors countered with a guest column in the Kansan.
"However deplorable Heidegger's private behavior or brief service as a Nazi university administrator, there can be no gainsaying the importance and magnitude of his philosophical achievement," they said.
After Rosen delivered a speech,
"Is Thinking Spontaneous?" at 8:30
yesterday at the Walnut Room in
the Kansas Union, Tuzozo said that
he thought the lecture series and
the class had been very successful.
Tuozzo said that while the visiting lecturers didn't mention Heilegger's political affiliation in the lectures, nearly all of them mentioned it when they spoke to the class.
Johnson said that this still presented only one side of the story to the public.
"It seems to me that the University is not a place for advocates, it's a place for balanced presentation," he said.
Benjamin Sax, associate professor of history, said that he had sat in on a lot of the discussions the lecturing professors had given.
"I think they all admitted that if Heidegger was not the leading thinker of the 20th century, he was one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century," he said.
Next year's class and the lecture series will focus on feminism, and
probably won't be as controversial, Tauzzo said.
Tuzzoo said that the controversy that surrounded the lectures probably had not been a bad thing.
"One of the things that Rosen said is that 'all interesting philosophy is dangerous,'" he said.
- Edited by Steph Brewer
Flashy props used in unusual sci-fi musical
Joy Jenkins, Dodge City graduate student, and Dan Hayes, Lawrence resident, share a tender moment as Miranda and Cookie in "Return to the Forbidden Planet." The rock-and-roll music opens tomorrow at Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire St. Photo by Erin McElhinney/KANSAN.
'50s tunes, creativity add to Shakespeare spoof
By Ezra Sykes
esykes@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Mary Doveton walks down the basement steps on her way to present the Klystron Generator. "This is the tech show from hell," she said.
The generator lies on a small work bench, surrounded by a cluster of other prop materials. A disco ball protrudes from within a hollow wooden cube. Two lava lamps are exposed on either side. A fog and bubble machine are still to be added, Doveton said.
The handcrafted generator is just one of many flashy props that will be used in the Lawrence Community Theatre's production of the musical "Return to the Forbidden Planet," which is a blend of sci-fi, golden oldies and Shakespeare.
The show's dialogue is a collection of Shakespearean quotations pasted together, and in some cases altered.
Other props at Tuesday night's dress rehearsal included small keyboards that were used to imitate spaceship control panels; Christmas lights that provided futuristic spaceship meters, and a robot that elided around on roller blades.
"Shall I compare thee to a Barbie Doll?" asks Dr. Prospero, inspecting the lovely Miranda.
But the Shakespearian connection isn't an original.
The musical is an adaption of the '50s sci-fi classic "The Forbidden Planet," which borrows its plot from Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
The music also is inspired by the '50s and '60s, and featured tunes include Wipeout and Good Vibrations.
The oldies songs haven't been changed much and fit nicely into the sci-fi plot. When the space-ships face the threat of blazing comets, Great Balls of Fire is sung.
Before Tuesday night's rehearsal, Ryan Hamlin sat in the dressing room eating an orange and having his stretch-knit costume filled with Styrofoam padding to bulk him up a bit.
Hamlin, Lawrence junior, plays Bosun in the play, a role he described as the Dr. Ruth West-
heimer, a famous sex therapist, of the ship.
Specially in finance counseling. Work
Since the beginning of March, Hamlin has
attended play rehearsals for three hours a night.
Hamlin explained a point in the play where actors asked the audience to help.
"There's something about not knowing exactly what's going to happen," he said. "In this play we interact with the audience, who represent other passengers on the ship."
we get to Friday, that 8 when it gets fun, he said Hamlin, who has taken part in other community theater productions as well as University of Kansas productions, said that the spontaneous nature of the musical made it exciting for him and the crowd.
"Return to the Forbidden Planet" opens at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 Nighs Pimpster St. The play also will be performed Thursdays through Sundays until May 2. Thursday shows begin at 7:30 p.m., Friday shows at 8 p.m. and Sunday shows at 2:30 p.m.
Through an exercise-like routine called the polarity reversal drill, the audience can help save the space ship. Or more precisely, jump start the Klystron Generator.
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