Friday, May 2, 1980
University Daily Kansan
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Summer tour of Soviet Union still planned for KU students
By BRIAN VON BEVERN
Staff Reporter
Although U.S. athletes may not be going to the Soviet Union this summer, about 25 KU students will be.
They will be part of the approximately 140 U.S. college students participating in the Summer Language Institute in Leningrad, a two-month tour of the Soviet Union that starts with six weeks of internships at a university and ends with a two-week trip to, among other places, the Caucasian spa at Pyatigorsk and the town of Baku on the Caspian Sea.
The trip is sponsored by the Council on International Educational Exchange in New York, and is accorded to Steven Parker, associate professor of Slavic languages and language studies.
Parker said the University of Kansas was one of five "core" universities sponsoring the trip.
"This is the largest and finest academic program in the Soviet Union," he said. "We're very fortunate to have it. It is one of the most important programs of its nature in the Soviet Union."
BECAUSE IT is not part of the official U.S.-Soviet cultural exchange program,
the trip will not be affected by current strains between the American and Russian governments, he said.
The U.S. Olympic boycott will not affect the trip, but the Olympians themselves will. They are an important step toward earlier than usual, which means students at colleges operating on a quarter system.
"The original intention was to provide each student with tickets to three days of Olympic events, but because of the American position, and because such tickets are no longer on sale in the U.S. they cannot be not attending the Olympics," he said.
PARKER SAID the boycott would not affect scholarship funds used for the trip.
"A lot of scholarship money comes from federal agencies," he said, "but it hasn't been cut off because of the Olympics."
During their six-week stay in Leningrad, where they will be quartered at university dormitories across the Neva River from the famous Winter Palace, the students can take weekend trips to Latvia and will have a chance to meet some of those who choose to attend the semester or full-year programs offered at Leningrad live with Soviet roommates.
"I're really a top-flight educational, as well as cultural, experience." Parker said.
THE DEPARTMENT of Slavic languages and literature will also sponsor a trip to Croatia, Yugoslavia, for the first time this year. William March, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literature, said the Croatian trip would be to explore camp and win intended primarily for students of Seročan croatian ancestry.
The six-week camp is co-sponsored by a Yugoslavian organization attempting to restore the Macedonian North America. He said there were about one million Serbo-Croatians in the United States.
Most are already members of some sort of folk ensemble. March said.
Contrary to what some might think, Parker said, a large percentage of the students attending the summer institute are not language majors.
Students taking the trip will learn folk dancing, singing and music.
“There are engineers, people in law school, all kinds of majors,” he said. “In fact, some of the federal scholarship programs specifically not for language majors.”
Every actor prepares differently before going on stage.
By DAVID WEED
Staff Reporter
Actors use own methods of preparation
Members of "You Can't Take It With You," which will be performed today and tomorrow, are no exceptions.
Doug Weaver, Atlanta, Ga., junior, said he went over in his head what worried him most about his part.
"I had to learn the xylophone to play *E* Carmichael," Weaver said. "So I go over the songs in my head. The first pieces I play are called *locus* and, thinking of them has a calming effect."
"Some people joke to release the tension," Laudman said. "Some people are serious and concentrate on their roles. Some do physical things, like breathing exercises."
GARY BRUCE Sayles, Atchison sophomore, said he thought about his first entrance.
Tom Rea, associate professor of theatre, said that after 30 years of acting he still tried to relax.
"That's the most important impression," Sayles said. "If your character gets established you can maintain with the audience."
Actors use different methods to relax,
Rusty Laushman, Lawrence junior, said.
"I'm not nervous, but the adrenaline flows; it's an up feeling, a good feeling," Rea said.
REA'S WIFE, Shirley, also portrays his wife in the play.
Shirley Rea said she tried to remember her lines before she went on stage and tried to allow for time to breathe and relax.
Kent Cozad, Leawood junior, said the backstage was frantic before the play.
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"Everybody's doing a job," Coad said. "But most actors have to come and in forget the day, forget about the phone bill, or whatever, and concentrate."
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