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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 5, 1999
Sofia Galarza Liu, Lawrence junior, decorates a ceramic bowl for charity at Sunfire Ceramics. Proceeds from the sale of the bowls will be donated to the needy of Lawrence. Photo by Michael Patrick Kelly/KANSAN
Empty Bowls sold as part of campaign to fill empty bellies
By Dan Curry
dcurry@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two magic ingredients can make empty bowls fill empty stomachs — volunteerism and goodwill.
Volunteer to donate During tomorrow's Empty Bowls campaign, the Center for Community Outreach plans to serve plenty of both in an effort to help undernourished of Lawrence.
Volunteers will sell ceramic, microwave-safe bowls — full of hot soup provided by KU Food Services
soup provided by Sage,
— for $8 apiece from 11:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. in front of Stauffer-Flint
Hall.
Proceeds from the sales will go to the Lawrence Interdenominational Nutritional Kitchen, said event organizer Corey Snyder.
orgt LINK, 221 W. 10th St., is a program that serves hot meals four days a week to anyone who wants one, no questions asked, said Mary Inzerillo, LINK Director.
into. The Empty Bowls campaign kicks off the Center for Community Outreach's "Into the Streets Week," which seeks to raise awareness about the need for volunteers.
about the need.
"Into the Streets Week is designed not only to get students involved in serving the community during the week but to hopefully get inspired to make a longer commitment of service throughout their life," said Christina Harms, Wichita sophomore and coordinator of the week.
Last week the campaign collected ceramic bowls made by students at Sun Fire Ceramics, 1002 New Hampshire St., which sold the
OTHER "INTO THE STREETS" WEEK EVENTS
Volunteer Fair: Volunteer agencies will hand out information from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Kansas Union lobby.
Union today.
Service Learning Panel: Professors from different universities will discuss how to make community service part of the classroom from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday at Woodruff Auditorium in the Union.
HURT IN THE
■ Homeless Sleepout: Live bands,
breakfast and testimonials from
Lawrence homeless will keep students up Friday night at Burcham Park. The event begins at 8 p.m.
and will raise money for the Jubilee Cafe.
Justice Court
For more information call the Center for Community Outreach at 864-4073.
unfired bowls to students at a reduced cost.
Kate Turnbull, Lawrence junior,
donated a bowl last week that she
had decorated with solid shades of color.
cool.
"I'm not a very good artist, so I kept it simple," Turnbull said. "It took me about 45 minutes."
took the ball. Snyder said the group had fallen behind on donated bowls because students had left town for spring break. It had only received about 35 bowls so far, he said.
"We're hoping to get — by the end of the week — 50 or 60," Snyder said. Edited by C. Campbell
Poem project recalls history
cored by Jon Campbell
By Dan Curry
dcurry@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
April poetry series has Lawrence legacy
Langston Hughes could take pride in his Lawrence alma mater, Pinckney Elementary, whose poetic legacy blossomed once again a poetry reading on Friday.
again a poetry project.
The poetry reading, part of the Favorite Poem Project, is the first of a series of April readings to commemorate National Poetry Month. It features people from the University of Kansas and Lawrence reading their favorite poems. The reading took place at Borders Books Music and Cafe, 700 New Hampshire St.
Pinckney Elementary, 810 West Sixth St., could claim to two of the readers — alumnus Marty Kennedy, Lawrence mayor, and
Organizers removed the lectern so the 40-strong crowd inside the cafe could see Bah Edmo as she recited "To Mother Fairies," by Alice Carey, and "I Want," a poem Bah Edmo wrote at school.
second-grader Chamisa Bah Edmo.
A little nervous, and in a quiet voice, Bah Edmo read from her poem, ending, "I want my Mom and my sister. Give me my Mom and my sister."
ders employee. "It's very reassuring that children are reading poetry," said Luci Tapahsono, associate professor of English and poet.
The audience applauded and the girl received flowers from a Borders' employee.
sort of English poetry.
Tapahonzo organized the poetry readings as a localization of the Library of Congress Bicentennial Project, which helps sponsor celebrity poetry readings.
"Because Lawrence is a small community, it'd be better to have a variety of people," Tapahonso said.
Also reciting poetry were Bob Martin, Haskell Indian Nations University president, Michael Johnson, professor of English and poet, Michael Kautsch, professor of law, Maley Williams, president of the Lawrence Public School Board, and Lawrence residents Lia DeRoin and Hank Booth.
Martin, Tapahonso's husband, made his debut at the poetry reading.
"I planned to read from some of my own work, some of my most creative memos," Martin joked.
He said Tapahonso dissuaded him from that approach.
Instead, Martin read from the poem "New World," by N. Scott Momaday.
Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, painter and poet of the Kiowa Nation, will be at the University of Kansas Thursday to discuss his novel, The Way to Rainy Mountain.
The discussion will begin at 4 p.m. at Alderson Auditorium in the
"I WANT"
I want a book to write hysterical stories in.
I want candy.
Give me candy.
I want a Reading Response.
I want to go somewhere.
Give me an airplane.
I want a history book.
Give me a history book.
I want a puzzle.
Give me a puzzle.
I want a writing book.
Give me a writing book.
But most of all,
I want my Mom and my sister.
Give me my Mom and my sister.
- by Chamisa Bah Edma
Kansas Union. It will be followed by a lecture, "In the Bear's House; The Craft of Writing," at 7 p.m. at The Kansas Room in the Union.
Spencer exhibit examines gender
he Rainbow Room Future poetry sessions will be held at 7 p.m. each Friday in April at Borders.
Edited by Jason Pearce
By Matt Merkel-Hess
Special to the Kansan
An original and influential collection of photographs that survey feminine roles opened Saturday at the Spencer Museum of Art.
"Untitled Film Stills," a series of 69 black and white photographs and 15 more recent color prints taken by Cindy Sherman, will be on display until May 23.
on display.
"Sherman is one of the most important photographers of recent years," said John Pultz, curator of photography at the museum. "At a time 20 years ago when people thought photography was locked into telling about the world and telling the truth, she came up with a process to make photography very different. She did so at a time when there was a lot of interest in gender."
se, Paris.
Sherman, who was born in 1954,
began work on the black and white
photographs in 1977. The prints
are loosely based on film imagery
from the 1940s through the 1960s.
All of the roles — from sex kitten
to film noir heroine — were nor-
gutters "Unitled Film Stills" was organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York after it was purchased in 1995. The collection rarely has been seen in its entirety, because as Sherman made the pictures, they were sold to individual collectors. After spending a large sum of money, the museum acquired a complete set, Pultz said.
trayed by Sherman. The film stills were completed in 1980.
"It's a major masterpiece done by someone in their 20s," Pultz said.
The color prints also borrow from movies or parody fashion photography, and Sherman also portrays these roles. The color prints are on loan from the Eli Broad Family Foundation Collection.
don:
"You can make a story about each one of the prints," Pultz said. "The exhibit is interesting and accessible. It makes you think about life and what different forms it takes."
- An exhibition of prints, drawings and photographs, which includes both self-portraits and portraits by other artists, also opened Saturday at Spencer.
opened boardroom. Various approaches to portraiture, from traditional and formal to some that are more playful are displayed. Warhol and Nico dressed as Batman and Robin is one example of a less formal approach in the exhibit.
Photographer Cindy Sherman reaches for a book. Sherman, who was born in 1954, posed for and took more than 80 film stills that survey feminine roles. These photographs make up the series "Untitled Film Stills," which is on display at Spencer Museum of Art until May 23.
Contributed Art
"Portraits: The Artist in Print"
complements Sherman's photograph,
which can be viewed as self-portraits. The exhibit was
organized by museum interns Erin
Some artists chose to portray themselves with their tools in hand, such as painter Charles-Francois Daubigny, who is shown at work on his studio boat, and Imogen Cunningham, who photographed herself with her camera.
Barnett and Rachel Anne Buller.
Other art museum events:
"KU Perspectives: Cindy Sherman." — Faculty from various disciplines will speak at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday April 7 to May 5 at the Kress Gallery in the museum
Tour du Jour of the Sherman exhibit. - Wesley Jessup, assistant director of the museum, will tour at 12:15 p.m. April 15.
Lecture—"Contemporary Art,
Artists and Institutions: The Good, the Bad and the Totally Unacceptable, by Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. She will speak at 7 p.m. April 29 in Spencer Auditorium.
Film - Office Killer, which was directed by Sherman in 1997, will be shown at 7 p.m. April 30 in Spencer Auditorium.
Edited by Chris Fickett
Oz plans developing, could face environmental concerns
By Heather Woodward
hwoodward@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Dorothy, Toto and all their friends from the classic movie The Wizard of Oz may be immortalized in a theme park near DeSoto, if developers can make the proposed location of the park environmentally compliant to state standards.
standards:
Construction of a Wonderful World of Oz theme park may begin as early as October. On Tuesday, state senators approved a financing plan proposed by the project developers in a 27.9 vote.
the project. The bill will extend the maturity of state-issued bonds to 30 years, allowing developers to use an additional 1 per
cent sales tax collected at the park and resort to pay back the debt. The cost of the project is $777.2 million, with $259 million of state-issued bonds that would then be purchased by private investors.
The bill now has to return to the House for its approval.
House for its applause.
The revised version of the bill states that state money cannot be used to pay for cleanup of the 9,065 acre Sunflower Army Ammunitions Plant, which is where the park would sit. . .
The first phase of the project would include a 55-acre theme park with about 40 rides, shows and attractions and an Emerald Resort, a 350-room, four-star hotel and golf course.
Developers are about halfway finished with the design of the park and
resort and they hope to open their doors in 2002.
A report conducted by the Mid-America Regional Council in Kansas City, Mo., said the park would create about 7,500 jobs.
7,500 jobs.
Gary Toebben, president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said some Lawrence residents were waiting until the project was definite to form an opinion about its impact on the city.
opportunity here will be a great economic impact on all northeastern Kansas." Toeben said. "It would be a destination driver for Lawrence since the distance between where it would be located and Lawrence is about 15 miles."
Oz Entertainment Company will have
to comply with all Kansas Department of Health and Environment standards before construction can begin.
before consideration Lawrence Mayor Marty Kennedy said he was not sure the project be completed.
"The Oz theme park is still in its initial planning stages," Kennedy said. "I am not sure if it will ever get off the ground."
ground.
Some KU students said they did not think a theme park in DeSoto would affect them.
"I think it would be funny if it was not that expensive," said Maggie Kirtland, St. Louis freshman. "There is a Six Flags park by my house, and I never really go to it anymore."
-Edited by Julie Sachs
Construction on a Wonderful World of OZ theme park may begin as early as October. On Tuesday, state senators approved financing. The park, which is located near Desoto, will occupy the 9,085 acres that once housed the Sunflower Army Ammunitions Plant.
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