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What: Bold Aspirations Visitor and Lecture Series: D. Kimbrough Oller When: 4 p.m.
Where: Bruckmiller Room, Adams Alumni Center
About: The topic is "emergence of foundations for language." The event is free.
What: Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony.
When: 6:30 p.m.
Where: Lied Center
About: A film about music's role in the African anti-apartheid movement. A discussion moderated by the Kansas African Studies Center, Elizabeth MacGonagle, will follow.
Thursday, March 27
What: Remembering Mandela: Legacies and Liberation Struggles When: 3 to 4 p.m. Where: Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center About: A panel discussion with South African Scholars Hannah Britton, Surendra Bhana, Lorraine Haricombe and Elene Cloete.
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What: Lunch Talk: National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Opportunities for Digital Projects
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Where: Hall Center Seminar Room
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What: Flapjacks for Philanthropy When: 8 a.m. to Noon Where: Eaton Hall About: Proceeds from the all-youcan-eat pancake and sausage breakfast coordinated by students in the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows Program will go to charity Advance tickets will be sold at a reduced price.
What: Is There an American Dream for You? How Institutional Failure Perpetuates Poverty
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Where: Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
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UNITED FROM PAGE 1
desh is that if a family gets a blanket, the whole family will huddle up with this one blanket during the night, so one blanket can support a family of four or five," Rahman said.
Rahman and Heeren had already held a successful clothing drive within the law school, and Estella McCollum, the director of the KU Bookstore is optimistic about the new campaign.
"I'm really impressed with the passion they have for what they are doing, and I think it's a good opportunity to provide KU students and alumni and fans to buy not just another KU shirt, but a KU shirt that has a positive message with it," McCollum said.
With the success of the Buy A Shirt, Give A Shirt campaign, the organization hopes to expand further, to create a global Jayhawk force.
"Bangladesh is just a starting point," Rahman said. "You have to start somewhere, and because we were there this summer, it hits close to us and I think it's a good place to begin. Hopefully, we can expand to all corners of the world if we can get enough help from our lavhawk fans."
"The T-shirt, it represents that the Jayhawk nation is everywhere," Rahman said. "Wherever in the world you are, your Jayhawk pride travels. And if you buy our T-shirt, hopefully, we can create Jayhawk pride in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, whether they know it or not."
For now, Rahman and Heeren are content with creating a second home for the Jayhawks in Dhaka. The simplest way to help is to donate a shirt or buy a shirt, Rahman said.
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THEATER FROM PAGE 1
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Although Eleftheriou did not attend any basketball games this year at the University, he did attend football games in the fall, as his roommate was a member of the team.
For Yates and Eleftherion, the theater program at the University is radically different from that of their home university. The theater program at Kent is incredibly academic-based with a stricter grading system and more theory. Yates explained that here at the University, learning is more practical.
"For me, this concept of college sports doesn't exist in England," he said. "It was really funny — I used to sit with the parents of the [players], and you learn how from a young age they're playing football, playing football. It was amazing hearing the stories of the parents. I'm going to have to support Kansas now; I'm really looking forward to going back and wearing the Jayhawk. I really want to see if people shout, 'Rock Chalk' from across the road. Apparently it happens; there's a big [KU] community in London and I'm looking forward to it."
“[In England,] you pop into University maybe 10 hours, possibly 12 hours a week and you never have to go back on campus,” Yates said. “Here, you're actually doing plays and directing stuff and you're learning how to act, rather than just the theory of acting. We [English students] learn very early on some things that aren't taught here until graduate level, but we never learn the practical side — you have
to go to a drama school for that."
"I'm so glad, so glad, that I had that experience," Eleftheriou said, smiling. "I didn't audition for it, but Peter Zazzali sent me an email. He said, 'Do you want to be in Much Ado?' And I said, 'Why? What happened?' He said the [actor] doesn't know if he wants to do it, because he has a professional gig in KC. So I thought I was going to be an understudy, and then the next day [Zazzali] said, 'He's not in it any more — you've got the whole thing.'
In addition to their academics, the two students have become highly involved with the University productions. Both Yates and Eleftheriou were cast members of "Much Ado about Nothing."
Eleftheriou explained that the show was of a collaborative nature, with director Zazzali asking actors for their opinions and suggestions throughout rehearsals. Although Eleftheriou wished for more planned rehearsals at times, he still thoroughly being a part of the show.
"I think I've learned more from 'Much Ado' than any of my classes," he said. "[I learned] about Shakespeare, about vocals, about directing in general — I really loved Peter Zazzali's class about directing. In 'Much Ado', I got to see him work and understand the importance of collaboration and of the words. I learned so much through him in that play."
Yates' face lit up as he talked about his time on the stage of the Crafton-Preyer Theater — his favorite memory as an actor.
"Being on stage is fantastic,"
he said. "There's one big scene where I have a speech about me being an ass. It's a very funny monologue. Whenever I came off and people were laughing — sometimes in one or two shows people applauded after it — that was it, that was the moment for me. Happiest moment at KU, happiest moment of being an actor, is just getting that feedback from the audience."
Yates is also an ensemble member in "The Other Shore" and is in the process of writing and revising three plays and a monologue. One of his plays, "The Human Exhibit," was performed in a rehearsed reading in December for his independent study program. The one-act play features two ghosts haunting a museum and contemplating their lives.
After "The Other Shore" is performed, Yates will also direct the play, "The Big Ride," to be performed in "May.
Despite his love for all things theater, directing both his own works and others' works is what he hopes to do in his future.
"Directing is great for me because you get to engineer everything," he said. "You get to play with the actors. Together you discover where you want to go with a scene, what the characters are doing, how they are doing it. You get to work with the script and rediscover what it has to say and find out what you want to show from the script and how you want to come across with the play."
Eleftheriou is creating a documentary about his experience as a Brit in America and the mystique surrounding his culture for his independent study program. He
hopes to create a film that will demonstrate the American fascination with the British culture, which he has experienced firsthand.
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"When you think of America, you think of course, because I'm British, everyone is going to be asking about my accent. And I thought it was just stereotypical, but it was actually true," he laughed. "People do come up to you, wanting you to speak to them. They say, 'Oh my God, you're British!' I couldn't get over it." Yates and Eleftheriou both explained that the intimacy of the University's theater program is something they will miss when they return to England.
Yates hopes to return to the U.S. after graduating from Kent and continue his theater career in a big city like New York. Although Eleftheriou plans to pursue his career in England, returning to the U.S. is something that he would not refuse.
"If someone said, 'come back,' I would definitely come back and visit," Eleftheriou explained. "I feel like I have a connection now here. America is crazy — but in a good way."
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"KU is exceptional," Yates said. "There's really a sense of family. Normally what you see, back home and in the professional world as well, is an egotistical environment. The people who think they're the best often act like they are, and don't give any time to anyone else. KU is the only place where I haven't seen that happen. There's no cliques; everyone just wants everyone else to succeed."
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