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Volume 128 Issue 58
Mondav. December 8,2014
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Kansan.com | The student voice since 1904
DALTON KINGERYKANSAN
CarmaHop, a ridesharing service, officially launched in Lawrence over the weekend. The service gives Lawrence residents whiteboards so they can write their desired destination for passersby to recognize.
Political groups prepare for legislative session
ALLISON KITE
@Allie_Kite
As students wrap up the semester,political organizations are already planning their programming for next semester. From membership development to tabling,educating students seems to be key in programming among multiple political student organizations next semester. Chief among several groups' goals is education.
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS
College Republicans, headed
to speak. However, because she is transferring to Wichita State University, much of the planning will be up to the new president, who will be elected this week.
Brittany Bodenheimer, a sophomore from Topeka and president of Young Democrats, said they too would focus on outreach, hoping to attract more students and get them involved in the political process. However, they will also place emphasis on equipping its current members with skills
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
izations," she said. "I think that the biggest issue that organizations in general are having right now — political or not — is just a lack of student involvement, so I would just encourage students to get involved with whatever fits best with their ideas and really grab on to something."
STUDENT LEGISLATIVE AWARENESS BOARD
The Student Legislative Awareness Board, a bi-partisan civic engagement group on campus, will likewise be paying close attention to the
There's a grand piano in the center of the room draped in a vibrant red cloth, covered almost in its entirety with music and photographs. There's a record player against the wall, supporting a mass quantity of leaning vinyl records. The bookshelves that line the room are filled with knick-knacks, keepsakes, and recordings—lots of recordings. The room is covered so heavily with photographs, drawings, posters and programs that the wall beneath them is practically invisible. This office hosts a vast accumulation from Joyce Castle's accomplishments over her 40 years and 135 roles as a professional opera singer.
Castle is currently in her 13th year of teaching for the School of Music, but being a distinguished professor of voice is only one small part of her career. She spent 25 years at the New York City Opera and 14 years at the Metropolitan Opera. Castle's voice has also taken her all over the world. She lived in Paris for seven years, Berlin for a short time, and has sung in Canada and Japan. She has sung for the New York Philharmonic, and London Symphony Orchestra. Just this past summer, Castle was in Brazil.
"I just was in Brazil this summer for the second time, doing Bernstein's Candide," Castle said. "I sang with Bernstein—obviously when he was alive—Candide is a fabulous piece of Bernstein's. Anyway, that's where I got the Grammy. I got a Grammy for Bernstein's Candide. That's what I did in Brazil. In June. During the World Cup—that was wild."
Castle was born and raised in Baldwin. Upon coming to the University of Kansas, she was given the choice to pursue a major designed specifically for her. The University's Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in voice and theatre can be accredited to Joyce Castle.
Castle's performance background is evident upon meeting her. Her voice resonates and fills the room whenever she speaks due to all of the time she spent projecting her singing voice over symphonies and orchestras. She recalls details of her performances as if they just happened the day before. Her facial expressions communicate her thoughts nearly as well as her words, and she somehow managed to pose mid-sentence for photos.
"I had been doing so many plays and contests, and some people in the faculty here had seen me out there, you see," she said. "And so they just made a particular major for me. Very exciting to have a lot of
theatre and a lot of voice."
Castle has spent a large amount of her career singing, but said she is passionate for the theatre. When asked about her favorite role, Castle quickly responded with
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MRS. Lovett, from the popular Broadway show, "Sweeney Todd." Stephen Sondheim, the composer of the show, happens to be an acquaintance of Castle's, and she mentioned him attending some of her shows in New York. She continued to list others, like "Candide" and "The Ballad of Baby Doe" by Douglas Moore, as her favorites to perform.
"Mostly I'm a theatre animal," she said. "I love to go into many different kinds of roles, you see. That's my voice type too, I'm a mezo soprano. And we have a wonderful voice faculty here-- I did Sweeney [Todd] in
"I'm ever looking at how I can be better. Looking at new works, looking at new roles, as long as I can."
JOYCE CASTLE
Voice professor
Little Rock with John Stephens. John Stephens is on the faculty [at KU].
Castle went on to talk about the opening of Swarthout Recital Hall this coming spring. She expressed excitement while describing the opening event, and said that she looks forward to performing in it at some point. Famous pianist Leon Fleisher will be opening the hall on March 30.
Despite the fact that Castle has
"Anybody in piano would say, 'wow,' because he's 85 years old, he's had an enormous career," she said.
already had such a successful career in music, she says that she is constantly looking for new ways to broaden her experiences and learn new things.
"I'm ever growing, hopefully. I'm ever looking at how I can be better. Looking at new works, looking at new roles, as long as I can," she said. "I will be singing until I feel that I don't have something to give. And it's health. It's a lot about health."
Castle radiates with passion when speaking of not only her own personal relationship with music, but also the impact music has on people all over the world.
"It is my life. Music is my life," she said. "It's a very spiritual thing. It's a very universal, encompassing word for me, the arts. That's what I think. I think it's the thing that keeps us together and brings peace where it can. Brings laughter where it can. Brings coming together where it can. I think it really can elevate a situation, or calm somebody down. Or make somebody happy."
Distinguished professor of voice Joyce Castle is in her 13th year of teaching at the University. Throughout her career, she has had 135 roles as a professional opera singer.
Last week, student groups, including the Black Student Union, organized several events on campus to protest the issues going on in Ferguson and discuss what was happening
Gota said the task force that compiled the report and sent it out to many within KU's administration and did not get a response.
drug use has been base, tourist and often hateful. This reflects poorly on the entire K-State family and even more poorly on the individuals who are making these posts. The K-State community is better than this and we expect more of ourselves," part of the message said.
Miranda Davis
The accuser, whose name was never released, claimed Bavel placed his arm around her shoulder and his hand on her knee as he helped her study material from his symbolic logic course at Perkins — a place where he has met with students to provide help for
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professional life. When the Lawrence Journal-World recently published a story on the subject, Bavel's son, who lives in Lawrence, was asked about the accusations at work.
"My son was shown the article at work, and obviously he was hurt by it," Bavel said. "There have been reactions
Bavel has also become slightly more cautious when it comes to meeting with students to help them outside of class, though he's tried to continue to provide as much assistance as possible.
"Now, anytime a student asks to sit next to me in a booth, I'll refuse." Bavel said. "However,
While Bavel continues to be passionate about teaching at KU, he said decisions like these were typical of the University.
my students as my children or grandchildren, so my main goal is to help them."
"They [KU] will not admit
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