Friday, April 9, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Monday debate to highlight party platforms
By Nadia Mustafa
nmustafa@kansan.com
nkansan staff writer
Students will have a chance to step up to the microphone and question Student Senate candidates about campaign issues at an informal debate at noon Monday at Wescoe Beach.
Student body presidential and vice presidential candidates hope to highlight the differences between their coalitions by answering students' questions about their campaign platforms.
The debate will be more student-oriented than last Monday's formal debate, at which state representatives and administrators served as panelists.
Korb Maxwell, YOU candidate for student body president, said that he wanted to focus on a tuition cap and a course retake policy. He said that the candidates did not have an opportunity to concentrate on platform issues at last Monday's debate because administrators on the panel mainly asked questions pertinent to their interests.
"A lot of students are asking what the differences between the two coalitions are," Maxwell said. "I want to get out those issues that are not in the Delta Force platform at all. We don't feel that anyone really knows what the issues are out there."
Seth Hoffman, Delta Force candidate for student body president, said that he hoped a lot of students would attend the debate. He said that he looked forward to the debate because it would be less formal than the last one.
"The last debate felt a little more stiff and formal." Hoffman said. "This one will be a little looser. Students will have a chance to see how the candidates think on their feet better than they did at the last debate."
Candy Crockett, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, said that she would attend the debate to hear the candidates' views on controversial issues such as a new campus recreation center.
"I'm interested in how they're going to get over raising our student fees," she said. "I don't think many students want a new gym."
Some other students were more apathetic toward Senate.
Michael McShea, Stockton senior, said he did not want to go to the debate because he was tired of Senate and thought that both coalitions' candidates would do equally good jobs if elected.
McShea, an architectural engineering student and Ellsworth Hall resident, said he only voted for engineering senatorial candidates.
"The farthest east I get on campus is Marvin Hall," he said. "If they came to Ellsworth, I'd go. I'm tired of how they both talk about each other instead of caring about the issues, although both coalitions are pretty equal on the issues."
Jennifer Watkins, elections commissioner, said that the candidates might deliver opening statements, but that a major portion of the debate would be devoted to students' questions.
Amanda Weinberg, elections commission chair, will moderate the debate.
- Edited by Keith Burner
By Heather Woodward
hwoodward@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two conniving fathers, two young lovers and the living wall that divides them all can be seen at this weekend's production of *The Fantasticks* at Hashinger Hall.
Hashinger to show musical
The student-produced musical, which is at 8 tonight and tomorrow and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, blends comedy and romance with a demanding orchestral score and poetic dialogue. Written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, The Fantasticks first opened in 1960 at an off-Broadway theater in New York and is the longest-running musical in the world.
Seth Golay, Pittsburgh freshman, directed the show and said he was proud of what the cast had been able to accomplish since auditions in February. The show is free, and doors open a half hour before each performance.
"This musical requires classically trained singers." Golay said. "And they have done very well. We're ready for an audience."
Michael Luna, Overland Park sophomore who plays "Matt," said he thought students would be drawn to the show because it revolves around a love crisis.
"I have seen musicals done in the past, and they didn't have this great a cast," Rotting said. "The show doesn't really get dated very much. There is a timeless quality to it."
Doug Rottering, Lawrence senior who plays "Mortimer," said he thought this was one of the best casts he had seen in a Hashinger Hall production.
"One thing about the show is that we all really wanted to do it," Luna said. "I think it is very honest."
Mark Brown, Shawnee freshman, and Matt Hislope, Cloia Mich,
freshman, find something to sing about at last night's dress
rehearsal of "The Fantasticks". The free production will open
this weekend at Hassinon Hall. Photo by Rana Cline/KANSAN
The instruments in the
orchestra are notable primarily because there are only four of them — a piano, a harp, a cello and percussion. Golay said that the small orchestra had a unique sound that added to the performance.
"The music switches a lot from swing to jazz to marches and ballads," said Alex Logan, Beatrice. Neb., freshman who plays percussion. "And then the story will fit into the music, like with ascending and descending scales if someone is walking up or downstairs. We also have to do sound effects, like when someone falls."
The musical comes at the end of Spring Arts week, which is sponsored by the Hashinger Arts Council, the Hall Government and the Association of University Housing.
Events included an afternoon of bands and a night of comedy last Saturday, a community mural, a Hippie Freak Fest Tuesday and an art show Wednesday. Last night, students congregated on the front steps of the residence hall for open mic night.
With performances ranging from a female duet, ragtime piano and a Russian ballad played on guitar, about 30 students drifted on to the porch to play, watch and take shelter from the wind.
Lauren Front, Olathe freshman, said she thought having an open mic night was a good opportunity to see friends perform.
"I love this," Front said.
"They have talent to share, and we're just hear to listen. It's awesome."
- Edited by Keith Burner
Seminar to explore East Asian economies
Kansan staff writer
By Dan Curry
dcurry@kansan.com
Kansasan.com
By Dan Curry
The Japanese Consul General for the Midwest and the bureau chief for the Korean Economic Daily, B.J. Yang, will speak at the conference "Doing Business in East Asia," which begins at 8:30 this morning at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
Several area professors and business people also will have panel discussions during the conference, which gives students and the community the opportunity to learn about the social, economic and political factors of East Asian economies and career opportunities in each region, said Clyde Stoltenberg, professor of business and member of the Center for East Asian Studies faculty, which is sponsoring the conference.
"We saw it as an opportunity to
bring together academics to provide a general update on the region," Stoltenberg said. "Students can learn a lot about East Asia business in a fairly short period of time. They can get a very good overview in dynamics in the region."
Stoltenberg said that the Asian economic crisis had impacted investment in some Asian countries, particularly Indonesia.
Korean, Thai and Malaysian currencies have dropped in relation to the dollar, making those countries interesting to investors wanting to acquire assets there, he said.
Coolidge, who has traveled to China twice, said that he had been to conferences before and that they were good career and learning
Mark Cooleedge, Olathe graduate student, said that he was going to attend the conference because he was interested in the subject matter as a student.
"DOING BUSINESS IN EAST ASIA"
1. 3:0 p.m. Doing Business in Korea
2. 3:0 p.m. Doing Business in China
3. 4:5 p.m. Career Opportunities in East Asia
5 p.m. Closing remarks
"I don't think it's going to be anything too advanced or too technical for the average person to understand." Cooledge said. "Things like this are always good for making contacts."
The Honorable Tatsuo Tanaka, consul general from Japan, will make his last speech in the region before returning to Tokyo to take a new position for his government.
opportunities.
Tanaka was instrumental in helping KU students take part in the JET program, a program which sends U.S. citizen to Japan as English instructors, said Pat Weiss, program assistant for the Center for East Asian Studies. Chancellor Robert Hemenway will attend the luncheon to honor Tanaka's support of KU programs.
Yang, bureau chief of the Korea Economic Daily and a KU graduate, will deliver the keynote address.
Weiss said that students could come to any of the afternoon sessions for free.
"The conference is sold out, but there is seating available for Korea, China and the career sessions," she said.
Another conference, "Career Opportunities in East Asian Studies," will begin tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
The second conference is also free, and schedules and information for both conferences are available at http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ceas.
- Edited by Kelli Raybern
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