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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, December 2, 1992
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Jason Auld / KANSAN
KU Saxophone Quartet 1 rehearses in Murphy Hall under the direction of Vince Gonjek, associate professor of saxophone. The quartet consist of, left to right, Angela McLawrence, Lawrence senior; Paul Haar, Fremont, Neb.; senior; Jason DeLong, Lawrence sophomore and Paul Morgenroth, lawrence consist.
University artists provide finals relief
Drama, dance, voice and band performers offer artistic therapy to stressed students
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
As the semester slips into oblivion and the shrieks of procrastinators and semester-graduates slipping into the reality zone get louder, KU performing artists offer a quick-fix remedy.
Forget that no amount of extra credit will improve your grades. Disregard that haunting laughter of evil professors that wakes you with a start in the middle of the night. Don't punish yourself by staying in and slaving over those unfinished projects and neglected papers. Just relax and enjoy yourself. After all, the best therapy for avoiding a stress-induced hysteria or a nervous breakdown is to get your mind off your impending crisis.
This week and next, KU perform
ing artists offer a variety of shows and concerts designed to do just that.
"The Love of the Nightingale," a drama by playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, is scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow through Saturday and on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the William Ingle Memorial Theatre in Murhvh Hall.
The play is a reworking of the ancient Greek myth of Philomene and alternates comedy and tragedy in 21 scenes.
"The characters are contemporary people caught up in a Greek myth," said Delores Ringer, associate professor of theatre and film and the production's director. "The play is about the power of art — particularly theater — to make political statements when human beings have
been silenced by their government."
The University Dance Company will perform eight works in each of three shows at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The eight pieces were choreographed by members of the KU dance faculty and student Dance Company members. They are: "Scarlatti a Cinq," "Pelagos," "Pastes Classique," "Portrait," "Variations on the Minute," "Psyche," "Gatherings" and "Hungarian Medley."
Tickets are available at the Murphy Hall box office and the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas students and $5 for the general public.
The 68th annual Vespers, a holiday concert, will be performed 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Allen Field House. Members of KU's choirs, the University Symphony Orchestra and the Lawrence Children's Choir will par-
Pieces include "The Many Moods of Christmas," "Ave Maria," "White Christmas," "A Santa Clause Medley" and "Christmas Sing-Along."
At 7 p.m., several KU instrumental ensembles will play carols in the hallways of the field house. Also preceding Vespers, Albert Gerken, University carillonneur, will perform holiday music on the Memorial Carillon. He will perform after Vespers as well.
Admission is $1 at the door.
The University Band will present its fall concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
The program includes "Commemoration Fanfare and Chorale," "Rejoissance, "The Dam Busters," "Interlochen Variations," "Greensleaves," the concert suite from the movie "Dances with Wolves" and the "A Christmas Festival."
The concert is free.
Police arrest two in burglaries at greek houses
Kansan staff writer
By Joe Harder
Two Iowa men were arrested Sunday afternoon in connection with burglaries at two fraternity houses and one sorority house on Stewart Avenue, Lawrence police reported.
Elvin Shrimpton, 28, and Franklin Stephens, 35, were arrested about 3 p.m. Sunday after Lawrence police received a call from a KU fraternity member that two unfamiliar men were leaving his residence, police reported. Both men claimed Council Bluffs, Iowa, addresses.
Lawrence police Sgt. Mark Warren said that a resident of Alpha Kappa Lambda, 2021 Stewart Ave., saw two men leaving the house, got a vehicle description, license plate number and suspect description and called the police.
Police stopped the car near 17th and Ohio streets and arrested Shrimpion and Stephens, Sgt. Ron Dalquest said that the car was originally stopped on a charge of criminal trespassing, but after a search of the car, the men were arrested on burglary charges.
According to police records, the men were in possession of two coats, a watch, a tire gauge and a sweater, valued together at $565. Police found other items in the car, including a bag of quarters, several clothing items and a camera, but have not identified whether the items were taken from any of the houses. Warren said more of the items possibly would be identified as students returned from Thanksgiving break.
After an investigation, police also discovered that items were taken from Alpha Gamma Delta, a sorority at 2015 Stewart Ave., and Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity at 2000 Stewart Ave., Warren said.
Shrimpton and Stephens each have been charged formally with two counts of aggravated burglary, a class C felony, and one count of theft, a class A misdeanor.
Warren said that the men were charged with aggravated burglary because people were in the houses at the time of the entry. No confrontations with residents were reported, he said.
Shrimpton and Stephens remain in the Douglas County jail on $3,200 bond each.
According to police reports, two other fraternity houses have reported that burglaries occurred during Thanksgiving break. Warren said yesterday that police did not know whether those reports were related to Sunday's burglaries.
Watson may add word processors to typing room
By Stacy Morford Kansan staff writer
Eight typewriters that three months ago were in danger of being hauled from Watson Library by their financier, Student Senate, soon may be setting four high-tech roommates.
Academic computing services has offered to add four Macintosh computers for students' word-processing use at the library typing room and to refurbish the room, which is across from the Watson reserve desk.
"We were going to yank the typewriters," said Robert Thompson, the student senator in charge of the typing room project. "But we've been doing a survey, and it appears that people are indeed using them and really would like to see the typewriters stay."
Thompson posted three comment sheets in the typing room for students to make suggestions. About 50 people submitted the two proposals Thompson listed.
The unanimous choice was to keep half of the typewriters in the room and fill the remaining space with computer terminals. The other choice was to remove all the typewriters, which have been there for more than a decade, and use the space for library index instruction.
"The library would like to see us leave and let them have the room."
Thompson said. "What would be best is if we all work together to make this a useful facility. We shouldn't get into this territorial argument of who's in control and who's not — I'm not concerned about that. I want something that's going to be good for the students."
Thompson said he received more calls than he expected from students asking Senate not to remove the type-writers, which are the only ones on campus free to all students. Students can rent typewriters from the Kansas Union for $10 an hour.
The most common complaints listed on the surveys were broken type-writers and missing correction tapes and ribbons. On two different days, students wrote that only one of the eight typewriters worked.
Yesterday, half of the typewriters worked, one did not work, and three workers did.
Thompson said that Senate now spends about $1,000 a year on typewriter maintenance. He said that the plan with academic computing services would reduce the amount Senate pays to maintain the typewriters and the typing room by about 25 percent. Also, the room would be better supervised if another department had a stake in it.
Thompson said he planned to meet with William Crowe, dean of libraries.
Watson will extend its hours
Bv Elizabeth Bearv
Special to the Kansan
Busy computer terminals and long lines at the checkout counter have been a common sight at Watson Library the past few weeks.
"the reference desk is not so busy with people studying during finals but with people finishing papers," said Kathy Graves, research librarian.
reference section was at dinner time.
To accommodate students, Watson will extend its opening hours until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Dec. 4 through Dec. 11, the rest of the hours
Reference Librarian Channette
Kirby said that the best time to use the
"It starts getting busy early in the day and continues late at night with a dinner-time pause," she said. "The busiest time, however, is at 20 past the hour."
The front desk checkout counter also has experienced a great rush.
"I'd say that checkouts have increased significantly," said front desk attendant Kearn Wingh, Ormala It seems to be for final papers."
Sarah Stewart, Wichita senior, said that she used the library all the time but that this time of year was hectic.
"It frustrates me because I can't find anything," she said.
Gearing up
Kim Buche / KANSAN
David Janvis, Winfield senior, and Jill Johnston, Boulder, Colo., graduate student, rearrange and stock the shelves at the Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, to prepare for buying back textbooks.