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MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2017 | VOLUME 134 ISSUE 04
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Lied Center announces its 2017-18 schedule
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Contributed photo Texas singer-songwriter Lyle Lovet has one of a variety of performances and shows coming to the Lied Center for the 2017-18 season. The Lied Center announced the new lineup Sunday, April 30.
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n April 30, the Lied Center released the lineup for their
2017-18 season of shows with their annual Season Announcement Party. The lineup promises world-class performances from country music by Kenny Rogers, ballet and several broadway adaptations from the silver screen.
The season will begin with a performance by singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett. Lyle Lovett is a Texas-based musician who uses aspects of folk, jazz, gospel and blues to make his own unique style. Lovett's career spans over 14 albums since 1986. The show will take place on Thursday, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Adult tickets will start at $35,with
student and youth tickets starting at $19.
In September, country singer Kenny Rogers will give a show called "Kenny Rogers' Final World Tour: The Gambler's Last Deal" featuring special guest Linda Davis. Kenny Rogers is a GRAMMY-winning country singer and in the Country Music Hall of Fame. Kenny Rogers has been producing music for seven decades. The show will take place on September 24 at 7:30 p.m. Adult tickets are available starting at $50 and youth/student starting at $26.
Two movie-to-broadway adaptations are coming, including "Dirty Dancing." This show promises to bring the classic '80s hit film to the stage in a live and exciting musical experience. The show will take place on
Friday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets start at $40 for adults and $21 for youth.
The rest of the lineup features a variety of performances and shows, like a new "Folk Series," which make special use of the pavilion to showcase a blend of lyrics and acoustic instruments. The "Pavilion Chamber Series" and "Just Friends Jazz Series" will highlight smaller musical performances, and "School-Only Performances" will be put on for the students of school district 497.
The full Lied Center 2017-18 lineup is available to view through the Lied Center website.
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"We've talked about it over the years but never had a sense that there was a particular interest or need yet. When it began to percolate from the students, before it was mostly our staff wondering if we should do it," Robertson said. "Finally it was our students saying, 'Hello, we want this,' and that's when we're going to act on it."
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Student Housing was a good one spent in a single room at GSP, she said, but getting there wasn't easy.
The creation of the GIH wing, Robertson said, is one step toward removing hurdles like those faced by students
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Editor's Note: This story is the third in a series of stories looking at the way concealed carry on campus will look once it goes into effect July 1.
Each new semester brings a new round of syllabuses, but this semester professors will include a new added section of information that addresses concealed
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carry on campus. As the University prepares to shift to an environment where students are legally allowed to bring concealed handguns to class, this will be just one of many preparations.
In response to the arrival of concealed weapons on July 1 as a result of a 2013 state law, professors are taking steps to adjust their teaching style, class content, office hours or even seeking employment elsewhere.
Aerospace engineering professor Ron Barrett Gonzalez, president of the Kansas chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said this is because many faculty members are concerned that concealed carry will have a chilling effect in classrooms.
"I know a nontrivial number of faculty members who are changing their syllabus.
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