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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, February 26, 1993
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Backstage, it's showtime
Daron J. Bennett / KANGAN
Downstairs in Lawrence High School's auditorium, Rock Chalk Revue rolls on, but upstairs in a classroom turmered dress room, Kristine Houston, Wichita sophomore, puts the final curls into her hair.
Behind curtain at Rock Chalk Revue performers await opening night
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
One floor above a murmuring crowd in Lawrence High School's auditorium, 250 Rock Chalk Reve performers hustle around the hallways, eagerly preparing for opening night.
Chris Wilson, Boulder, Colo., sophomore, gets a few stripes added to his face by Michelle Katafiasz, Salina senior, before opening night of Rock Chalk Revue.
They circle around Ashley Balch, Tulsa, Oka, senior and director of the show, for a last-minute pep talk. After trying to quiet the adrenaline-pumped group four or five times, she yells over them: "I want you guys to know you made all my dreams come true with this production. I never thought nor can I believe that we put this show together in this short amount of time."
The groups' excitement of finally performing the one-act musicals follows them into the dressing rooms, leaving a silence in the hallway broken by an occasional outburst when a door flies open.
Oblivious to the pep talk, Jaymie Shofner, Leneka freshman, sits on the floor curling her bright aburn hair, the feet straddling a mirror. Balch calls for applause for individual directors. It reaches a crescendo, then dies. Shofner continues to style her hair.
The hallway's only occupants are a stage manager and a security guard. The uninterested guard paces back and forth along the wall. A slim blonde, chest overflowing from her black, lace bustier, captures his attention. He watches her saunter down the hall into one of the classrooms.
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A strange procession of characters trails in and out of the rooms.
A man with a raccoon tail flopping behind him walks into a bathroom. His female counterpart peers out the door, then retreats. The guard doesn't look twice at the '40s military man, Noah, the dog and cat, and the tree.
In the dressing rooms, the atmosphere is not as relaxed
Several performances are sold out, but tickets remain for tonight. Thursday and Friday, March 5. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the SUA Performance Union. All performance begin at 7:30 p.m. at Lawrence High School.
Two women crowd around a small, hand mirror attached to the wall. It offers a glimpse of make-up caked faces and plastered hair.
"Pass me the powder" and "Are you done painting my nose on?" float above the constant chatter of about 30 performers in a chock-full room.
It's 7:30 p.m., 15 minutes to curtain. Soon, the cast will end its practice and its primping. It's nearly time to take the backstage excitement onto the stage of the Rock Chalk Revue.
Cuts irk series organizers
Student senator's comment upsets program director
By Brett Riggs Kansan staff writer
Senate, in an attempt to allocate additional funds to Legal Services for Students, cut the series' budget from the proposed $90,000 to $63,142.
Representatives of KU chamber and concert series expressed disappointment and confusion yesterday about Student Senate's decision Wednesday to propose cuts to the series' budget.
Senate's Finance Committee had proposed a drastic cut to Legal Services from its previous budget of $186,781 to $149,357. But on Wednesday, the full Senate agreed to allocate $188,479 to Legal Services.
Jackie Davis, director of the concert series, issued a prepared statement from the music series' office expressing her disappointment.
"We believe exposure to the arts is a
very important part of student life and that Student Senate has been very supportive and instrumental in its becoming a nationally recognized center of excellence." Davis said.
Peter Thompson, dean of fine arts, said he did not understand the rationale of Senate's decision.
"The reference to the concert series as mere entertainment was distressing." Thompson said.
Thompson was referring to a comment on Wednesday night from Doug Deady, law senator, in which Deadey compared Legal Services with the concert series. Deady said that Legal Services was a "high-utility" program and that the concert series "are more for entertainment."
Thompson said he thought the value of the concert series went beyond the programs.
tant to the life of the University."
"We offer courses and lectures," Thompson said. "It is also very impor-
Thompson expressed concern about what he thought was a misunderstanding about the way the concert series allocated its Senate funds. He said the funds subsidized the student tickets for concert series' events, which are half the price of community tickets.
Deadly cited figures that stated that 6,204 students attended concert series' events last year. He said the concert series fund paid out $15.26 for each student ticket bought, which oversubsidized the price of the $6.06 student ticket.
Deadly said he supported cuts to the concert series rather than Legal Services because he thought they would be easier to administer.
Neither Davis nor Thompson would comment on how the budget cuts would affect the concert series. They both said an evaluation of their budget would be necessary to identify the effect.
"Legal Services might have been forced to cut a staff position," Deady said. "The concert series might just have to cut an event."
UFO investigator will speak to organization Special to the Kansan
Bill Knell, a veteran UFO investigator with over 30 years of experience, will speak at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Dyche Hall Auditorium.
The event is sponsored by the Kansas University UFO Network, which recently registered as a campus organization.
According to Gil Bavel, Lawrence resident and the organization's president, Knell's presentation will include history and evidence of UFO phenomena around the world. Knell will also talk about alleged government cover-ups of numerous reported experiences involving UFOS.
Knell is director of Island Skywatch, a Long Island, N.Y., UFO research group. He has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows.
Bavel said that Knell claimed to have photos of crop circles located near Lawrence and Kansas City that he would include in his presentation.
Recreation faculty oppose elimination
They say the program's future will be stronger
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
Kansas recreation officials and KU faculty and students contested the proposed elimination of the bachelor of science in recreation last night at a public hearing.
The hearing, conducted by University Council's Committee of Academic Procedures and Policies, gave those concerned a chance to speak out against the degree's elimination, which was proposed after last year's program review.
Wayne Osness, chairperson of the department of health, physical education and recreation, said it was unfair to judge the program at a time when the department was in transition because of the loss of the only full-time faculty member. The department is searching for two faculty members who have a professional background.
The University gave the department an adequate to poor rating in the report. That rating and the fact that there were no tenured faculty in the program were the reasons for the proposed elimination, said David Shulenburger, acting vice chancellor for academic affairs.
"The new program and the new faculty-support plan have the potential of making the program much stronger in the future," Osness said.
Fred DeVictor, director of the Parks and Recreation Department of Lawrence, said that the demand for well-trained professionals in
recreation was increasing and that the program was a valuable resource for the state of Kansas.
"KU can make a major impact and positive influence on the quality of life for citizens of Kansas by not only continuing but improving the recreation curriculum for students," DeVictor said.
Allan Heinze, director of University facilities, said that since KU was the largest university in the state, it should provide a wide variety of programs. He said he knew of some students who got into recreation only after they attended KU.
"I don't know where those students would be today if KU had no recreation program," Heinze said.
Although several students were in attendance, only two spoke at the hearing. Brian Sawyer, Wichita senior, said he had considered math and science before he discovered recreation at KU.
"I'm disappointed that this is even being considered," Sawyer said.
Low student enrollment was a main reason why other degrees were proposed for elimination, but the recreation program has 67 students.
Sulberburger said that the program was important but that the University could not afford to hire enough faculty to support a program with a low rating.
"We have to make choices, and we hope those choices leave quality programs," he said.
A taste of Brazil
Party helps bring country's culture to KU, Lawrence
By James J. Reece Kansan staff writer
KU's Brazili-Portugal Association hopes to bring Lawrence a taste of Brazilian rhythms, dances and costumes with its 15th annual Brazilian Carnaval at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
The group normally tries to hold the festival at the same time as the Carnaval in Brazil, which ended Tuesday, said Katalia Silva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, graduate student.
Silva, president of the association,
said Carnaval was a nationwide party
in Brazil with gold and silver costumes,
dance contests and music
emphasized by percussion.
"It's wild, but it's kind of a positive way to be wild," she said of the three days of non-stop drinking, singing and dancing.
Silva said the party in Lawrence would have a costume contest and fast-paced dancing and was open to all students. A disc jockey will play
"We are trying to use all the rhythms that would be heard in Brazil during the Carnaval," she said.
The Carnaval came from mixing the traditions of African spiritism and Catholicism, said Betty Kuzensof, professor of history and director of the Center of Latin-American Studies at KU.
Brazilian rhythms such as the samba,
the lambada and the samba-gegae
*Costumes and symbols tend to be Catholic, she said. "The actual celebration comes from African dance and music. Especially the drum-
She said that she had been to about 10 Carnavals in Brazil and several in Lawrence, but that the two hardly compare.
"Brazil sort of shuts down for three days," she said.
But she said that the Lawrence celebration packs a lot fun into one evening.
That Brazilian attitude during Carnaval makes the party a success, said Siliva, who coordinated the party.
"It pulls the community together," Silva said. "It's the only thing that pulls together all of our members and other people too."
It's a big dancing party. They should relax and have a good time."
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