ge 10 University Daily Kansan, January 15, 1980
'I don't think we're in Kansas any more'
Exhibition shows surrealistic Kansas life
By CAROL LICHTI Staff Writer
A swirting tornado, a wheatfield spotted with smiling sunflowers, a blue cow and a green pig are part of the surrealistic art exhibition "Toto. Toto." We're in Kansas Away More," that opened in the Kansas Union gallery.
Seven students from a class on special problems in textile design created the multi media exhibition that displayed their scenes in creative and different ways.
"It's a surrealistic point of view of the state of Kansas and rural life," said Valerie Dearing, assistant professor of the college and coordinator of the exhibition.
The exhibition includes a missile site, a plastic tepee and a red bucking bronze. Country-western music and songs from "The Wizard of Oz" are played to add to the atmosphere, Dearing said.
"It's an exaggeration and exploitation of Kansas in a positive way," said class member Jayne Schell, Los Alamos, N.M., senior.
STUDENT UNION Activities helped
finance the exhibition, which will be in the gallery until Feb. 9, but the students' creativity went beyond the $200 budget. The rest of the expense came out the students' own pockets and saved through resourceful methods.
The students went to junkyards and thriftshops. They used objects that otherwise would have been discarded, Dearing said.
"The class tried to utilize all kinds of fabrics, paper and paint." Dearing said. But because of their expense we learned to use what was there.
"We really knocked ourselves out creatively. When you think of a town, you don't think of that..." she said, pointing to the student's interpretation of a Kansas town that includes a small portion of the yellow brick road.
"We all like Kansas," Dearing said.
"That's why we chose this topic."
ONLY TWO OF the students who worked on the project were from Kansas. But the others expressed a special appreciation for the state.
A special opening for the exhibition Jan. 22 will be sponsored by SUA. Refreshments and special musical entertainment is planned.
Student Senate takes retreat to relax, plan
The Student Senate will mix relaxation with learning Sunday as it travels to Tall Oaks Camp in Linwood, Kan.
The retreat, organized and funded by the Senate and the Office of Student Organizations and Activities, will give new Senate members a chance to get to know the senate and its leaders. Senate more efficiently, David Adkins, student body president, said yesterday.
The senators will spend the afternoon learning how the Senate runs. David Ambler, vice chancellor of the university, will speak to the senators about administration and student relations with the Senate.
The Senate will wrap up the day's activities with a mock Senate meeting and an evaluation of the retreat. The senators and officers will be asked to write down three course of action steps in the course of the semester. The goals will be sealed in an envelope until next fall, according to Adkins.
"Next fall we'll open the envelopes and see how many of our goals we reached," said Adkins. "This will be a kind of learning session, evaluation session, and a chance to set objectives."
WSI classes begin Monday
Red Cross Water Safety Instructor classes will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence High School pool.
The 30-hour course certifies students to teach swimming lessons, according to John Forbes, assistant principal at Lawrence High School and WSL trainer.
Most city pools and camps require the WSI certificate for employment, Forbes said. Certified employees are often paid more than uncertified employees because they can teach classes in computer guardians, making them more valuable.
Students must be 17 years old and
have an Advanced Lifesaving certificate to enroll in the WSI course. Because they are learning to teach rather than to swim, potential students are screened to ensure that they have proper swimming skills. Forbes said.
Eleven students are now enrolled in the course. Enrollment is open through Monday, and Forbes said he expected to have about 20 students by then.
Forbes is a Red Cross volunteer, so he is not paid for the job.
"If what I teach helps someone either save someone else's life or save his own life, it's worth it," he said.
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A FEW DRINKS CAN HELP YOU UNWIND AND RELAX Maybe. But if you use alcohol like a medicine, it's time to see your doctor.
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Opera House seen as home for theatre groups
By COLLEEN CACY Staff Reporter
The Lawrence Opera House, 646 Massachusetts St., has seen such varied fare as vaudeville and vaudeville and dance contests and since 1964 rock concerts.
The building is about to experience another change, and local theatre groups are hoping it will provide them with long-needed performing arts center.
Commissioner Nancy Shortz said the commission wanted to promote development of the downtown area.
"We want to restore the building to its former beauty and also provide a space for the performing arts," she said.
Moon said he had received only one offer for the Opera House. He is asking $300,000 for the building, and the full
cost of renovating is estimated at $2 million.
Cory Brinkerhoff, the real estate agent handling the sale, said the sub-committee's efforts to perform arts center was preventing some investors from making an offer.
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"It's very difficult to show a return on your investment," he said.
The income from local theatre groups alone would not be enough to show a private investor a profit, and other uses for the building were limited, he said.
"The more conceivable uses there are for the building, the more likely it is that an investor will buy," Brinkerhoff said.
Judy Wright, coordinator for eight local theatre and musical groups, conceded that the revenue from those groups alone would not be enough to sustain a profit, but she said that the groups were willing to share the facility with other organizations interested in using it.
"there is strong support for the arts in Lawrence," she said. "I really think that eventually we might bring in profit to maintain the building alone."
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Aerobic swimming= 8:15 a.m.-7:00 a.m. TR In Robinson pools
Program begins Jan.18.
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*Amy Campbell, Toledo, Ohio, graduate student, puts the finishing touch on toru-
nado, a part of the art exhibit "Toot", I don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore." The
artist, Dustin Schwartz, took inspiration from his father's childhood.
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