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Pins stand silent amid construction. Jaybowl to reopen late this summer
By Adam Pracht Kansan staff writer
The pins stand dark and silent at the end of each lane, waiting for next August when bowling will become available on campus.
The bowling lanes at the Jaybowl are filled with the sounds of construction instead of the crashes of pins.
The Jaybowl in the Kansas Union sits untouched while workers use the lanes for storage. The Jaybowl is expected to re-open in August. Christina Neff/KANSAN
The lanes have been closed since late July 2001 for renovations of the first-floor entertainment area in the Kansas Union.
Michael Fine, recreation coordinator for the KU Memorial Unions, said the improvements to the Jaybowl would be worth the wait.
"It'll be larger. It'll be brighter. It'll be friendlier," he said. "I think that it's going to be a significant upgrade."
Fine said the goal of the project was to make the first floor of the Kansas Union more popular with students.
Among the improvements planned are a food service stand with an outdoor patio, a small stage for concerts and other events from Student Union Activities, and several televisions, including a big screen.
The Union also plans to maintain or improve the pool tables and video games.
Fine said the actual bowling
Bowling alley wants out of gutter
lanes would be improved as well, with a protective coating on the wood and new ball returns.
There haven't been any major changes to the Union's first floor since 1960, and Fine said it was time to improve the area.
Brandon Gillette, Topeka junior, said he had used the Jaybowl often before it closed for renovations. He said inexpensive bowling was an attractive option, no matter the state of the facility, but that renovations would make it more appealing for the rest of the student body.
While construction workers work on the lanes, the KU bowling team is practicing at Royal
Crest Lanes.
Marc D'Errico, Rochester, N.Y., sophomore and member of the team, said though Royal Crest Lanes was helping the team by allowing it to use the lanes free of charge, the Jaybowl was the team's home.
"Nothing that I know of will ever replace the Jaybowl for us," he said, "So that's why we're really looking forward to using it again next year."
Fine said the renovators had finished pouring the floors and were starting to build new walls. The most major work on the bowling lanes is scheduled for
this summer, but Fine said the construction team would do everything it could to ensure the renovations were done on time.
Because planners used student input in the design of the first floor, Fine said the Jaybowl should be what students want.
"We're really excited about the opportunities that are going to be there," he said. "We're optimistic that it's going to be someplace that students are going to really enjoy."
Contact Fractal at aprecht@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jenna Goepfert.
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The Friday, March 6. performance will be
placed for the deal and hard-hearing
Directed by Paul Meier
Scenic and Lighting Design by Dennis Christilles
Costume Design by Elinor Parker
Choreography and Fight Direction by Martenne Kubilne
The University Theatre is partially funded STUDENT
by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee SENATE
The University Theatre production of *Othello* is part
of the Lawrence Celebrates Langham Hughes Festival
THEATRE
seat tickets are on sale through the KU ticket offices University Theatre, 604-384-325; Lied Center, 644-AFTS; SUA University Theatre, 604-384-325; and others. $15 & $16 senior citizens; VISA and Blackberry are accepted for phone and on-line orders
Jessica Tims
Shakespeare's 'Othello' on stage tonight
Kansan staff writer
A love triangle comes to a violent, bloody end tonight on the stage at Crafton-Prever Theater in Murphy Hall.
Othello deals with adult issues and has some violent scenes
The University Theatre will open William Shakespeare's Othello at 7:30 tonight. The play is about Othello, an African, who marries Desdemona, a white woman. Trouble begins when he thinks she cheats on him with a friend.
The play features special guest star, Walter Coppage, a professional actor from the Kansas City area, in the lead role. Coppage was a recipient of the LeWan Alexander Spiritship Fund, which allows professional actors to participate in plays at the University of Kansas.
Coppage said he had been acting for 10 years. This will be his first time playing Othello. He said he was offered the part in college, but he was not familiar with the play, and he was apprehensive because of the racial aspect of the play.
"It was a terrible misconception." Coppage said. "But after I read the play, I started using it for some auditions and I knew somehow, some way I would end up doing it."
Coppage said working on a college production with young actors was a pleasant change from the professional world.
"Going from job to job for six to eight weeks, and doing the job to get the check, it's easy to become jaded," he said. "It's refreshing to work with students who are doing this for the play, to preform and the love of theater."
Lisa Donnelly, Lawrence senior, will play the part of Desdemona, the wife of Othello. She said working with a professional like Coppage was a great learning experience.
The University Theatre will preform *Othello* at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. The play will also be performed at 7:30 p.m. March 7 to 9. The cost is $10 for students, and $16 for the public on Friday and Saturday and $14 for the public on Thursday and Sunday.
"He has been open to us questioning him about the professional world, which can be a very harsh world." Donnelly said.
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
Othelloshowtimes
■ 7:30 tonight and tomorrow and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
■ 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7 to Saturday, March 9.
The cost is $10 for students and $16 for the public on Friday and Saturday and $14 for the public on Sunday and Thursday.
CHRISTINA NEFF/KANSAN
Theater and film professor Marianne Kubik demonstrates swordfighting movements to acting students. Kubik is teaching fight choreography in the University's production of Othello.
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