Thursday, November 16, 1978
University Dally Kansan
Students to get holiday home
BY LORI LINENBERGER
Staff Reporter
Although it may be true that "there's no place like home," I foreign students at University of Kansas will be offered the next
The students were chosen to participate in Homestay, a program designed to introduce international students to family life in the United States, Judy Woelfel, assistant director of foreign student services, said yesterday.
Homeesty serves other purposes besides placing foreign students in a family environment, Woefel said.
"This is a great opportunity for foreign students to learn more English," she said. "It also gets them away from the University for a while. This is something most of them don't experience the whole year."
IN PAST YEARS, Homestead has placed 35 to 40 foreign students in camp during the Thanksgiving holiday and spring break. Woolley said, "It's great."
This year, however, only 11 students will take advantage of the program, although many more applied to the office of foreign
Woolfel said about 25 foreign students were turned down because not enough families were participating in the Homestay
"It's a real mystery to me what has happened this year," she said. "In the past, we've always had such good luck. We just didn't have the response this year, although we gave the program more ubiquity than before."
The A.B. Cain family of Benton has participated in Homestead since 1965. For the Cains, hosting foreign students in their home during holidays has provided an opportunity to become acquainted with the lifetimes and customs of foreign people.
"We ENJOY the chance to meet someone from a different country," Ms. Cain said. "We will probably never be able to travel, but our friends do."
"I can't help thinking that we've gained more than our visitor has gained most years," she said. "We hope that the benefits of this program will continue."
Mrs. Cain said she thought the Homestay program had been successful in her home.
The Cains live on a small farm. Foreign students who have stayed with them in the past usually have been eager to learn about farming techniques.
"One year we had a student who secluded himself in his room during the whole vacation," she said. "We were at a loss as to
Another couple, Robert and Shirley Lehran from Kansas City, Mo., have worked with the Homestay program for three years. Mrs. Lehran said she thought the program provided foreign students with a better insight into the lives of Americans.
"USALLY, THOUGH, most of the people we've had have never been on a farm or anywhere outside the University, and they're so different from us."
"Thanksgiving, especially, is a time when the family is most important to young people," she said. "For our part, we certainly need to be thankful for all the gifts."
Foreign students staying in private homes during Thanksgiving spend five days with the family, from Wednesday of
the month.
Foreign students from any of the 85 countries represented on the KU campus are eligible to sign up for the program. Woelfel
HOWEVER, PRIORITY is given to those students who are new at KU and who have not participated in Homestay before.
Woolfeil said students chosen to participate in Homestay usually provided their own transportation to the homes of the host family.
"If the family takes them sightseeing in the city, a student might need money to buy souvenirs," she said. "But most families just stay home and try to provide a relaxed family setting."
'Story Theatre' to open
By KATHLEEN CONKEY Staff Reporter
"The show is about playing," she said.
"We tell stories using our whole bodies
"Story Theatre," a show scheduled to open tonight in Hashinger Hall, has been around as long as fairy tales have. The current version was written by the Grimmerson brothers, Abrams, the director, Abrams' cast of 10 Hashinger residents also added variations.
Abrams said she chose "Story Theatre" for Hashinger because it was a show that would involve the cast in a community feeling.
The production is a collection of eight traditional fables that have been slightly altered. Abrams, a New York special student and Hashinger program coordinator at the State Department, rehearsals doing improvisations with the cast. Many of the ideas formed during those improvisations have found their way into the final production, which runs until Sunday. The show times are 8 p.m. tonight, 9 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $1.
THE IMPROVISATIONAL method Abrams used to prepare for "Story Theatre" resulted in the actors making up much of their own action. Abrams, who was a first-year teacher at the school said she did not cast roles or use script until about the fourth week of rehearsals. Instead, the cast members took the basic idea from the characters and created their own interpretations of the characters.
That's what kids do when they play-act stories. Kids are much freer with their imaginations.
Abrams said she used theatre games to help her cast members get over inhibitions so they could play all the roles in the show. Each member plays about eight different characters. The actors are all students. Four are performance maids.
"By improvising, the actors had to solve problems by themselves and take risks." Abram said. "The solutions they have are funny, sometimes interesting, but always exciting. To a certain extent, we've learned that makes the actors much more important."
THE ACTORS will still be improvising parts of the show during the production. Abrams, who also designed the set, said there would be no intermission.
"We begin at the beginning with the actors warming up and getting ready. They strike the set, put on costumes and get into character while the audience watches."
Kelli Murphy, a cast member, said, "The whole point is that we're not trying to trick people. The audience gets to see everything that goes into a production."
Both cast members and directors said
that using improvisation was frustrating at first.
"It's much scarier than a traditional approach," Murphy said. "You never know what will happen from one night to the next. But it gives you much more freedom as an advisor."
Stu Litchfield, another cast member, said, "I have much confidence at first because I was going to do it before. We didn't know exactly where we were going, and that's an insecure feeling."
Abrams said she would like to use the improvisational method on other shows, but she has not yet tried it.
"I NEED a rest emotionally and creatively," she said. "It's a good approach. It breaks new life into whatever piece you want to create, and it drains and hard to do. The most positive thing about 'Story Theatre' has been that it can make me laugh. I tried it. And for the most part it works."
"Also, I've seen incredible growth in my actors as people. Their sensitivity has really grown," she said of the ships. I may sound very maternal, but that's important to me. The theatre is made up of actors.
Workers delay forming a union
City utilities workers last night delayed forming a union until their representative reviewed a resolution on labor practices being drawn up by the City Commission.
Roger Siegel, the workers' representative for the American Federation of State.
Charlie Daniels to play at Hoch
The Charlie Daniels Band, whose members have entertained President Carter with their country-rock music will be 8 p.m. Dec. 7 in Hoech Auditorium.
Tickets, which will go on sale Monday,
will be $5.50 and $6.00 for students until Dec.
1. After that date, students will pay the
name price as nonstudents, which $8 and $7
Another group will be added to the show at a later date, Alan Shaw, Student Union Activities special events chairman, said vesteday.
Tickets will be sold at the SUA office in the Kansas Union and at the New Discount Bureau.
County and Municipal Employees, said after a meeting with the workers that he wanted to review the proposed resolution and talk with city commissioners to see whether the resolution would be beneficial to the workers' cause.
Sigal said he had a copy of the resolution but would not specify what it included. He said he probably would talk to the company next week after he had time to review it.
Although only eight persons attended last night's meeting, one worker said about 90 percent of the 60 utilities workers were in favor of forming a union.
The idea of forming a union of utilities workers stemmed from recent problems with electricity.
Many workers have said the city has complicated the grievance procedures and has not dealt seriously with their complaints.
proposed.
However, two weeks ago, the City Commission refused to recognize the proposed
But workers content they would be able to negotiate a unit with the city for benefits even though the city doesn't recognize the union, because the Lawrence police and firefighters negotiate as groups with the commission.
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