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THE UNIVERSITY DARYA KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008
ANSAN 2008
NEWS 3A
ECONOMY
Wall Street bounces back
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trader Steven Marcus works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Wall Street snapped back Monday from last week's devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks.
Dow Jones jumps 936 points after 2,400-point drop
BY TIM PARADIS ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Wall Street snapped back from last week's devastating losses after major governments announced further steps to support the global banking system, including plans by the U.S. Treasury to buy stocks of some banks.
All the major indexes rose well over 6 percent, and the Dow Jones industrials gained 936 points.
The hope on the Street was that the market was finding a bottom after eight sessions of devastating losses that sent the Dow down nearly 2,400 points.
But while a rebound had been expected at some point, Wall Street can expect to see volatile, back-and-forth trading in the coming days and weeks as investors work through their concerns about the banking sector, the stagnant credit markets and the overall economy.
But the market did appear to take heart when the Bush administration said it is moving quickly to implement its $700 billion rescue program, including consulting with law firms about the mechanics of buying ownership shares in a broad number of banks to help revive the stagnant credit markets
and in turn get the economy moving again.
Neel Kashkari, the assistant Treasury secretary who is interim head of the program, said in a speech Monday officials were also developing guidelines to govern
the purchase of soured mortgage-related assets.
However, he gave few details about how the program will actually buy bad assets and bank stock.
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help minimize the disconnect between research and policy."
Nagel said researchers are seldom trained in understanding the interactions between science and policy. The C-CHANGE program helps address the problem, making the trainees more effective advocates for the issues they research.
"It will help make me an informed, well-rounded scientist." Reed said.
Alexis Reed, Great Bend graduate student and C-CHANGE trainee, specializes in global change ecology. Because the topic of the program is closely related to her area of study, she said she could focus on the policy aspect of the class.
Trish Jackson, Sterling graduate student, said she recognized the importance of the course. She said overcoming the communication barriers among the disciplines was an invaluable experience.
Jackson, who focuses on urban soil, said she hoped to use the skills she gained to help urban gardeners. Jackson said urban soil often contained toxins that were harmful to human health. In the long run, she said, she wanted to use the experience to preserve the planet at the community level and to encourage healthy living for people.
TheC-CHANGEprogrambrings students such as Jackson and Reed together. The five members take the course together, commenting and evaluating each other's work. The process helps them understand a broader range of disciplines and how they apply to climate change.
"C-CHANGE is an incredible
opportunity to explore multiple aspects of this issue," said Linda Williams, Gardner graduate student and program member. "This can only improve my own understanding, broaden my approach to and enhance my own research."
Williams comes to the program from the other side of the educational track. A public administration student, she said the C-CHANGE program would allow her to understand the issues from a viewpoint other than public policy. Williams said the experience would make her research more complete and of a higher quality.
Various academic departments nominate students for the C-CHANGE program. Nagel said the NSF was interested in training the next generation of environmentally aware leaders in the sciences. She said the foundation was committed to supporting interdisciplinary training because it thought issues were seldom accomplished by people working alone.
Graduate students in C-CHANGE program:
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Alexis Reed, Great Bend, ecology and evolutionary biology
Linda Williams, Gardner public administration
Trish Jackson, Sterling geography
Anna Kern, Topeka sociology
Alvin Bonilla-Rodriguez,
Boqueron, Puerto Rico,
geology
Edited by Lauren Keith
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Theatre to mix culture
ARTS
Julianne Kueffer/KANSAN
Erik LaPointe, Kansas City, Mo., senior, and Tosin Morohunfola, Overland Park junior, rehearse for "Blue/Orange" in Murphy Hall on Sunday night. The play, presented by the Multicultural Theatre Initiative, is scheduled for Nov. 15 and 16 at oldfather Studios.
BY BRANDY ENTSMINGER
bentsminger@kansan.com
The Multicultural Theatre Initiative depicts the challenge of race relations in its inaugural production, "Blue/Orange" by Joe Bonball.
The founders of the organization chose cast and crew from the department of theatre for "Blue/ Orange." Morohunfola said the MTI would hold auditions for future productions to give students who were interested in theater — but not theatre majors — an opportunity to get involved.
would depict lifestyles different from those of the audience.
Members of the MTI, a new student organization, work to increase diversity in theatre at the University.
"MTI begins the dream of a colorblind theatre and believes in creating diverse, thought-provoking theatre," Ford said.
Morohunfola said the organization diversified the theatre productions by presenting new perspectives and experiences that
Ford said the MTI will address cultural and sociological representations of cultures through themes such as race, gender, sexuality and religion. Ford said theater allowed actors to shape universal stories in new ways.
Tosin Morohunfola, Overland Park junior, Brandon Ford, 2007 graduate, and DeAndrea Herron, 2008 graduate, formed the group last summer.
"If we stop viewing ourselves by our labels, and just see people as people, then we realize that a good human story can be told in any language to any group of people," Ford said.
"Blue/Orange" features two psychiatrists discussing the mental state of their patient. One psychiatrist thinks his patient is crazy while the other says the patient is simply displaying his cultural background. Morohunfola said the production would make the audience think about race relations.
Chelsie Shipley, Lakin senor and vice president of the MTI, will play the part of a female psychiatrist. Shipley said theater could be powerful because it could keep people talking after the show ended.
"It's a very interesting conversation to determine what's crazy and what's culture," Morohunfola said.
Ford said the MTI would feature productions that cast minority students. He said some plays weren't brought up at the University because of a lack of diversity within the department of theatre.
Morohunfola said a show had to inspire the MTI before they would pick it. The group also considers which plays are most important and which would be most unique.
"My belief is that theater can really be an instrument for social change," Shipley said.
Morohunfola said the MTI would try to establish connections with other campus groups in the future. Although the MTI isn't an official part of the KU department of theatre, Morohunfola said he hoped that would change in the future.
The MTI will present "Blue/ Orange" at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 and 16 at Oldfather Studios.
Edited by Andy Greenhaw
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