Tuesday, September 22,1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 7
'Wolf Child' looks at interaction
Play depicts how couple tries to tame lone wolf and learn about others
By Mariana Paiva
Kansan staff writer
Shawn Muller, Overland Park senior, has spent the past few weeks acting like a wild animal.
Shawn Muller (left), Overland Park senior; Emily Griebel, Omaha, Neb., sophomore; and Alison Preston, Topaek junior, act out a scene from the play "Wolf Child — The Correction of Joseph." The play runs from Sept. 21 to 26 at Crafton-Prever Theater in Murphy Hall. Photo by Augustus Anthony Piazza/KANSAN
Muller plays a wolf named Joseph in The University Theatre for Young People's production of "Wolf Child — The Correction of Joseph" this week. The play will be presented to children in grades four, five and six of the Douglas County and Lawrence schools at 1 p.m. every day this week at Crafton-Prever Theatre.
This is Muller's first experience performing for children.
The public performance is at 7 p.m. Saturday at the theater.
"After doing this show, I think it is a positive experience to act for children," he said.
The play, written by Edward Mast in 1993, depicts the story of Joseph, who grew up in the jungle living with a family of wolves.
When his wolf mother dies, Joseph is adopted by a minister and his wife who try to correct his wild behavior.
Throughout the play, characters learn how to live with others and respect their differences.
The play was directed by Jeanne Klein, associate professor of theatre and film. Besides acting, several KU students were responsible for designing the costumes, scenes and lighting of the play.
Heather Myers, Lawrence senior, designed different artifacts to characterize Joseph's
struggle to adapt in human civilization.
Muller said. "In the beginning, when I am brought to civilization, I cannot tell the human beings apart, so they are all wearing masks. Eventually, I start to recognize them, so they start to show their faces."
Muller said he spent the summer researching wolves. He played with one to learn how to walk and behave like the wild animal.
Ruth Gennrich, director of public education at
the Natural History Museum, also helped Muller and other members of the cast adapt their human movements to be more wolf like.
"I showed them how wolves hold their ears, tails and lips," Genrich said. "These movements tell a lot of what they think and their intentions."
Tickets are available at KU box offices and cost $3 for students, $6 for the public and $5 for senior citizens.
Professor to travel to Eastern Europe
Frost Mason to visit KU partner faculty, students, programs
By Carolyn Mollett
Kanson staff writer
Sally Frost Mason, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will spend 16 days working in three countries in Eastern Europe.
Frost Mason left this morning for a biology conference in Prague, a city in the Czech
Republic. From there, she will travel to Ukraine and then to Russia. She will visit KU partner programs and KU students and faculty in those countries.
"I am especially interested in visiting with scholars and administrators in these countries and asking them for their perspectives on life in these countries after the fall of the Soviet Union," Frost Mason said.
She will return to the United States on Oct. 9, and she said she would probably be back on campus the next day.
She said planning began last
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spring, but her schedule was still uncertain. Frost Mason said she may remain in Ukraine a few extra days and return early if the political situation in Russia deteriorated. But she said she thought that would be unlikely.
Maria Carlson, director of Russian and Eastern European Studies, said she had spoken with colleagues in Russia about Frost Mason's safety. She said she did not think the dean would be in any danger because the country had calmed down since Yevgeny Primakov was elected Prime Minister.
"Things are stable in Moscow and St. Petersburg," Carlson said. Frost Mason said she had no concerns for her safety in the Czech Republic or Ukraine.
The first stop in Prague will be from Sept. 23 to 27 for a biology conference sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research.
She also will meet with professors who teach for the KU-Livv Summer Language and Area Studies Workshop.
After the conference, Frost Mason will spend Sept. 28-30 in Lviv, Ukraine. There she will meet with Ivan Vakarchuk, rektor of the Ivan Franko State University.
On Oct. 1, Viktor Krevs, director of the Ukrainian Language Courses, will accompany the dean
"Iwould like the dean to see for herself the results of the hard work done by REES on behalf of KU and the people of Kansas." Mohamed El Hodiri
--for a day to Kiev, Ukraine.
Mohamed El Hodiri KU professor of economics
From Oct. 2-5, the dean will be in Moscow where she will visit Mohamed El-Hodiri, KU professor of economics and REES who is working in Moscow teaching Russian budget officials how to work in a free-market economy.
"I would the dean to see for herself the results of the hard work done by REES on behalf of KU and the people of Kansas," ElHodir said.
The final leg of Frost Mason's trip will be from Oct. 6-8 in St. Petersburg where she will visit St. Petersburg State University, where the University of Kansas has had a Russian language program for more than 30 years.
Frost Mason will meet with Vsevolod Rogalsky, head of the Benois Institute which is host to the University of Kansas' new summer art history program at the Hermitage Museum.
The trip is funded by the University of Kansas, REES and Frost Mason.
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Local graduate markets furniture
Larry Northrop, Lawrence graduate student and owner of HomeStyle, 844 Massachusetts St., sits in the store's front window, which he calls his office, and watches pedestrians. Northrop drew on his experiences as a college student in starting the business, which opened on July 4. HomeStyle is stocked with furniture recycled from hotels, such as couches, chairs, and mattresses. Photo by Joseph Griffin
Larry Northrop, Lawrence graduate student and local furniture entrepreneur, is well-traveled. So is his product.
Northrop's company, HomeStyle, 844 Massachusetts St., sells furniture recycled from upscale hotels, such as couches, mattresses and artwork.
Northrop, owner of the two level, 8,000 square-foot store which opened on July 4, attended the University as an undergraduate and is enrolled in the M.B.A. program.
As a student, Northrop and his brother did maintenance work in the local rental properties his father owned. They noticed the student life could take heavy toll on furniture.
From that observation, HomeStyle was born.
It was his brother's brain storm. Northrop said.
After Northrop returned to Lawrence after a one-year, 132-city world tour in 1996, HomeStyle began to take shape.
"What students need is cheap furniture," he said, and I agreed." Northrop said.
Connections that Northrop cultivated from his years as an account manager with Sprint paid off in starting the business, he said.
Northrop purchases furniture from an independent contracting firm that travels around the country remodeling hotels, he said. Most of HomeStyle's current stock once furnished a Marriott Courtyard hotel in Maryland. Acquiring furniture from a Ritz-Carlton and two Holiday Inn hotels is a possibility, Northrop said.
The furniture comes to him in good condition and does not need refurbishing, he said.
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Aaron Kabler, Lawrence senior, was Home-Style's only employee until last week. He made deliveries and ran the store when Northrop was out.
"It was tiring," Kabler said. "Business has been pretty good even though we haven't done any advertising yet."
Northrop sells to businesses and non-profit organizations as well as students. He expects business to increase when the University students move back to Lawrence for the fall semester.
Sumy Lan, Lawrence resident, browsed through HomeStyle on a recent afternoon.
"It's pretty interesting," she said. "Especially since it’s a college-student town."
Northrop said that he considered launching his business in a much larger space in Kansas City, Mo., but that the prospect of a student audience was appealing.
"Lawrence isn't as big as Kansas City, but there's just as much market," he said.
Massachusetts Street's character also lured him back to his hometown, he said.
"I'm kind of at the corner of the right world here," he said, sitting at a table in the store's front window. "It's like sitting in my office here and watching the world go by."
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