FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN *3A*
Obnoxious audience wanted for play Parking pass theft can be prevented part of the four-person audience
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Numbers hang from a clothes line at the Hashinger Hall Theater.
Anton Buhnovskiv/Kansan
"Fifteen!" Ember Perry yells from the audience.
"Beauty and the Breast," says Trevor Burdett, after removing the number 15 from the clothesline.
Trevor Burdett, Silver Lake freshman, carries Beth Chronister, Topeka freshmen, during rehearsal of the Hashinger Hall fall play. Students had a final rehearsal on Wednesday.
Audience members dictate the order of Too much light makes the baby go blind, a series of 30 plays performed in 60 minutes for the Hashinger fall play. The play addresses comical and serious topics ranging from a spoof on big-budget action movies to rape.
Burdett, Silver Lake freshman, and the other seven cast members, all freshman residents of Hashinger, will depend on audience members like Perry during the show at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow night.
Perry, Soldier freshman, was
part of the four-person audience at the dress rehearsal Wednesday night. Audience participation kept the show spontaneous, Perry said.
"I really hope my minute is almost up," Perry said at the 50-second mark.
One of the cast members made Perry get on stage and speak for a minute straight.
The play gives the cast the opportunity to enjoy a different type of play, as well.
"It's unlike anything I've ever seen or done," said Mike Feld, Denver freshman.
Feld joined the cast after a last-minute dropout from one of the actors last Thursday. He said the play's content helped him get prepared in the short time period.
"I had a lot of fun, and that made it really easy to get motivated," Feld said.
The other actors spent the last month and a half preparing for the play, said Will Russell, director of the play.
Preparation was important for the play, the Chicago freshman said,"because we're so dependent on the audience."
"If you're obnoxious, come to the play," said Jen Bedore, Derby freshman.
to get more out of the play than shouting out numbers and interacting with the crew, Bedore said.
But the cast wants the audience
"It's not one of the those plays where people come and then go 'Oh that was nice,'" Bedore said.
— Edited by Jessica Hood
Sorority still working to become chapter
Bv Todd Rano
By Lou Rapp
trapp@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Zeta Tau Alpha colony is on its way to becoming the 14th sorority at the University of Kansas.
Zeta Tau Alpha signed 170 women on its bid day in September. Since then, 23 women have chosen not to continue with the colony.
Established sorority chapters usually gain 50 new members
Julia Hill, national president for Zeta Tau Alpha, said the attrition rate was anticipated going into any colonization process.
each year, and of those 50, three to five women or 6 percent leave, said Angie Carr, coordinator for fraternity and sorority life. Zeta Tau Alpha has had 13 percent of its members leave.
Carr said it was more work than some women had realized, and Zeta Tau Alpha had been active in the community since its inception.
"Going into a sorority, a lot of the women were thinking they wouldn't have to do that much—Rock Chalk alone is an immense amount of work," said Andrea Long. Zeta Tau Alpha member.
Long, Olathe sophomore, also
and the lack of a chapter house
made it more difficult to communicate and develop a connection with the other women.
Zeta Tau Alpha has been working on its Rock Chalk Revue package with Kappa Sigma fraternity and it handed out pink ribbons for its philanthropy. Colony members also were involved in the homecoming week activities, among other events.
"We are right where we want to be; we are actively trying to locate a property, and we have an agreement with the University to have a house in the next five years," Hill said. "We just had two national officers there to see the progress Zeta has made, and I have full
"Going into a sorority, a lot of the women were thinking they wouldn't have to do that much
Rock Chalk alone is
an immense amount of work."
Andrea Long
Zeta Tau Alpha member
By Michelle Burhenn
mburhenn@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
confidence in those 146 women."
Edited by Christina Neff and Matt Gehrke
"I don't know if youaverage student would steal a parking permit, but I'm sure the average student would be tempted to do it," he said.
An unlocked car may have tempted someone to take one KU student's parking permit.
Last month when Tom Ortinau, St. Louis senior, left his car window down, someone stole his yellow parking permit.
Ortinau is one of 14 KU students and employees who have reported their parking permit stolen to the KU Public Safety Office this semester.
All of the thefts have occurred because the car door was unlocked or the window was down, Lt. Schuyler Bailey of KU Public Safety Office said.
"These are all crimes of opportunity," Baileysaid. "The person didn't have to do anything but walk up and take them."
Bailey said the number of thefts varied from semester to semester, but that parking permit theft was common.
"It's fulfilling a need," he said. "Everyone needs a parking permit. They don't think they're likely to get caught."
When people report their parking permits stolen, the Public Safety Office advises them to notify the parking department, too. The department keeps a running list of stolen parking permits, he said.
If the permit holder's hang tag was stolen, the department would issue a temporary pass. Donna Hultine; interim director of the parking department, said.
The permit holder would have to purchase another permit after three weeks, she said.
Almost all stolen permits are hang tags, he said. Sticker permits are designed to shred when removed, she said.
When the parking department's employees checked a permit number, their electronic devices would tell them if the permit was stolen, Hulttine said.
Hultine said her department had seen forged permits, and sometimes the poor reproduction was offensive.
"We've had some that have been just done in crayon," she said. "It just hurts our feelings."
When the department's employees catch a fake or a stolen permit, the car will is towed and the owner will be issued a $65 ticket. The department would then notify the KU Public Safety Office.
Bailey said the charge could range from possession of stolen property to burglary, which is a felony. Officers haven't arrested anyone for stealing a parking permit this semester, he said.
"Lock your cars," Bailey said. "A student could walk by and just think 'Oh, wow, it's a parking permit.' It takes no time and it's easy."
- Edited by Andrew Vaupel
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