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THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 5,2009
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
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Kevin Willmott describes "The Only Good Indian," his film that made it to the Sundance Film Festival, a "mini-epic" because it was a big film made on a small budget.
Willmott, associate professor of theatre and film, and a group of students and professors returned last week from Sundance, one of the world's largest independent film festivals. At the festival, they promoted the "mini-epic" and networked with distributors.
"All of our screenings were sold out before we got there,"
Willmott said. "I think we were one of the buzz movies of the festival."
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More than 9,000 films were entered in the festival. "The Only Good Indian" was chosen as one of 118 films screened at the festival, which took place from Jan. 15 to 25. The crew is now trying to distribute and sell the film.
"We got some nibbles at Sundance," said Matt Jacobson, the film's director of photography and associate professor of theatre and film. "There has been some initial work toward international and national sales, and we'll have to see how everything works out in the next couple of weeks."
Read this story online to view a trailer for the film "The Only Good Indian"
The film, which was shown at Sundance in January, will have a local screening in the coming months so that students can see it.
Robert Hurst, assistant professor of theatre and film, was the supervising sound editor for the film. Hurst, Willmott and Jacobson used "The Only Good
Indian as a way to teach their students. More than 30 of their former and current students helped in the production and editing of the film at Oldfather Studios, 1621 W. Ninth St.
"The only way
to really become a filmmaker is you have to go and make films," Willmott said. "It's a nice experience for them to see a real movie being made."
"All of our screenings were sold out before we got there. I think we were one of the buzz movies."
To support the film and their professors, 12 students piled into a van and drove 20 hours to Park City, Utah for Sundance. They met up with other students and spent a week helping the crew of "The Only Good Indian."
"We decided that if they were going, we were going to take
KEVIN WILLMOTT Associate professor
and spotted celebrities such as Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.
The students also watched other independent films
"It was pretty amazing to be able to go there with a film as a student," Jon Tenholder, Topeka senior, said. "It was a really valuable experience, and it helped my knowledge with the industry."
But before reaching the Sundance Festival, the crew of "The Only Good Indian" spent
more than a year on the film from start to finish.
It all began when Thomas Carmody, a Lawrence resident and KU graduate, wrote the script and asked Willmott in 2007 to direct the film.
"The Only Good Indian" is based on the history of Haskell Indian Nations University. It follows a Native American teenager who is taken from his home and placed in a boarding school during the early 1900s. Willmott said the people who ran such boarding schools forced Native Americans to assimilate into white culture.
"These were people who thought they were doing the right thing," Willmott said. "Unfortunately they did not understand that trying to turn someone into someone else is always a bad thing."
More than 100 students, pro-
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STUDY ABROAD
Student participation ranks 11th nationally
BY JENNIFER TORLINE
Daniel Knox attended Wednesday's Study Abroad Information Fair with one goal in mind: to find a European program where he could travel and study historic architecture.
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The University of Kansas was recently ranked 11th among public universities in the nation for study abroad participation. The University also ranked 16th among public universities for short-term
"I want to see the world," Knox, Overland Park sophomore and architecture major, said.
The University's rankings come from the Institute of International Education's 2008 "Open Doors" report, which was based on numbers for the 2006-2007 academic year. The report stated that about 27.5 percent of undergraduate students studied outside the United States during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Nancy Chaison, associate director for the Office of Study Abroad, said during the 2008-2009 school year, more than 63 short-term
study abroad participation.
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Zach Timme, Pittsburg, Kan., junior, talks with Jennifer Weghorst, a program director for the Office of Study Abroad, during the Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday.
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ENVIRONMENT
Students encourage bars to try recycling
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
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"That would all have been thrown away without us," Stanley said. "And that's just one night."
Saturday morning, Andrew Stanley and fellow students took 145 pounds of glass to be recycled at the 12th and Haskell Bargain Center. All 145 pounds came from Wilde's Chateau 24, 2412 Iowa, and were the result of one Friday night of business.
Stanley, Overland Park senior,
is president of Students for Bar
Recycling. He said he began form-
ing the group in December, but
this was the group's first active
semester. During start-up efforts,
Stanley said he estimated group
members called 30 bars around
Lawrence and asked them if they
recycled glass.
"We don't have the resources in group membership and money to help bars have the resources to do that," Wasserman said. "So we're mainly just trying to get bars connected with recycling companies."
None of them did.
"They just said no and didn't want to say much after that," Stanley said. "They said that it was just a pain, basically."
The group has touched base with bars around Lawrence, but Stanley said it had yet to sign its first official client.
Kate Wasserman, Flower Mound, Texas, senior and vice president of SBR, said glass recycling was the group's main focus. Wasserman said the group was trying to be a source of information for bars.
Chris Scafe, owner of Sunflower Curbside Recycling, said if bars agreed to it, he and his crew would regularly pick up glass and take it to the 12th and Haskell Bargain Center, 1146 Haskell. Scafe said the charge for glass pickup would depend on how much needed to be carried away, but he would charge about $6 to $7 per pick up.
Stanley said it wasn't likely the glass pickup service would happen every night, but he said most bars in Lawrence would use the service no more than four days each week. At that rate, Stanley said it would probably cost a bar about $1,200 each year for the recycling service.
Scafe said many bars didn't want to deal with the logistics of storing glass, working out pickups and training staff to make sure everything was placed in the correct containers.
"There's not much of a financial incentive for bars to recycle," Scafe said. "But having said that, I think that if they advertised that they
Listen to a podcast about Students for Bar Recycling at kansan.com/podcasts.
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