2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 2006
"Quote of the Day"
"I like cinnamon rolls. That's why I wish they made a cinnamon roll incense. Because I don't always have time to make a pan. Perhaps I'd rather light a stick, and have my roommates wake up with false hopes."
Comedian Mitch Hedberg
Fact of the Day
Academy Awards fact: In 1974, viewers of the Academy Awards had a "very special" presentation. Robert Opel streaked across the stage naked while Elizabeth Taylor was being introduced. The 78th Academy Awards are Sunday night. Opel was murdered in his San Francisco sex shop in 1979.
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MED CENTER Cancer center names first of four directors
The University of Kansas Cancer Center named the first of four department directors in its effort to become recognized as a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. Scott Weir will be the first director of the Office of Therapeutics, Discovery and Development. The office will aim to coordinate researcher efforts on the Lawrence and the Medical Center campus to develop new drugs to fight cancer and other diseases.
Weir joined the KU faculty in February as the Frank B.Tyler professor in Cancer Research. He holds positions in the departments of pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics Previously, Weir worked in biopharmaceutical business in Kansas City, Mo.
if you want to be on TV this weekend would be a good time to hang out on campus. Or... Saturday
On Saturday, Mo Rocca, the comedian from "The Daily Show," will be on campus filming students and faculty for his new series called "Gamekillers," a satire on the American dating world.
GET READY FOR THE BEAKEND
On Saturday. Mo.
At 8 p.m., you can spend a side-splitting evening with Rocca in Budig Hall as he gives a free presentation of his views on the forces of dating.
On a theatrical note, the play "Red Herring" is showing at the Lawrence Community Center
BY EMILY HENDRICKS
EDITOR@KANSAN.COM | KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Catherine Odson
all weekend. Catch this murder mystery/love story/nuclear espionage drama at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
All of SUA's activities are held in the Kansas Union.
Student Union Activities is offering First Fridays open mic night at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m. there is a Murder Mystery Dinner.
Flogging Molly, the extremely popular Irish rock band, is playing at 8 tonight at The Beaumont Club as well. The cover charge is $16 and the show is for ages 21 and over.
Ignite is hosting a kickoff party at 9 p.m. in the Granada. The minimum age is 18 and there will be music, free food, drinks and dancing for all.
This weekend, the biggest film awards of the year will be aired on ABC—the Oscars, hosted by John Stewart. No matter how you feel about him, Stewart, plus a microphone, plus a list of rich Hollywood actors, will make for an interesting evening.
Catch it at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Hall. Dress your best or worst to win competitions and play trivia games all night for prizes and good times.
Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
CAMPUS
The Student Senate Elections Commission held an open forum Thursday night. It give students and candidates a last chance to make any changes to the official election code.The code contains all rules involving the campaign process.
Student Senate makes changes to election code, dates, deadlines
The election day dates were moved forward because the original dates fell on the religious holiday of Passover. Students will now be able to vote online or at two physical polling sites, one at Mrs. E's and one outside of Wescoe Hall, on Tuesday, April 11, or Wednesday, April 12.
Because the election day was moved, the commission changed the deadline for coalitions to remove all campaign posters to three school days after the election. The last deadline for code violations was also moved to correspond with the date so all remaining posters could still be reported. The election code complaint filed Feb. 21 by Gina Gay, Leawood sophomore and current Black Student Union senator, which accused the Ignite coalition of libel, was dropped and the election commission did not hear the case.
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Katie Komsthoeft, Olathe sophomore, reads to 10-year-old Justine Craig at the Boys and Girls Club on Thursday. The Boys and Girls Club asked KU students to read to elementary students as part of the "Read Across America" program.
Orchestra to debut this weekend
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Mozart was born 250 years ago and the spirit of his music lives on this weekend when The University of Kansas Camerata chamber orchestra presents its first concert of the semester.
The orchestra was formed in 2003 and is primarily composed of non-music majors. The majority of students in the orchestra have declared an array of majors ranging from social welfare to astrophysics to engineering to accounting.
The concert will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in Swarthout Recital Hall.
The Camerata is offered as a class for students who are interested in music and still want to participate in some form of music on campus while not declaring music as a major.
Members of Camerata find pleasure and success in a form of artistic expression while still maintaining and balancing other school demands.
The time commitments required to perform concerts and to practice has not hampered the orchestra members. Instead, many of them find a sense of satisfaction from performing in the orchestra.
Dory Ann Cochran, Manhattan freshman, said she played the violin in high school. The Camerata gave her the opportunity to stay involved in music while in college.
"The Camerata and music in general provides the opportunity to get away from the stress of preparing for a test or just day-to-day school work."
Many of the students in the Camerata cannot attend a lot of weekly practices because of prior engagements, said Vera
Volchansky, conductor of the Camerata.
The orchestra practices twice a week, on Monday and Thursday, for two and half hours.
To fill out the entire orchestra, the Camerata students are often joined by doctoral students and professional players with assistance from the School of Fine Arts.
"They are often joined by some of the best players in the school. It is a great opportunity to play with many of these players." Volchansky said.
Melissa Robinson, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student, is a solo horn player who was asked by Volchansky to participate in the orchestra to help fill out the ensemble.
Robinson said she knew that most students have many activities going on, that the members of KU Camerata know they want to participate in the orchestra.
All the students in the Camerata have some sort of musical background either from high school or prior.
"Yeah, it's a challenge to find time, but it's like anything else in life. If you want to do it, you will find the time," Robinson said.
"They have done a great job. They all have assignments, exams and other commitments," Volchansky said, "It is refreshing to see people who have no plans to do anything with music who come together for this one unified goal."
Cochran said, "At times it can be difficult to balance the amount of time needed to practice for the rehearsal or to complete the five-page paper that might be due the next day, but overall it's been a great experience and I'm very glad that I got involved."
Edited by James Foley
ON THE RECORD
A 12-inch novelty KU Jayhawk doll was stolen from the Douglas County Clerk's office at 11th and Massachusetts streets between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Feb. 24. The Jayhawk doll, when squeezed, would play the KU fight song.
ON CAMPUS
There is a lecture entitled "Cloth, Culture and Cosmos" at 9 a.m. today in the Kress Gallery at the Spencer Museum of Art, Presenting are Elizabeth Schultz, English; Mary Anne Jordan, textile design; David Bracket, textile design; Surendra Bhana, history; Marta Vicente, history; Akira Yamamoto, anthropology; Fumiko Yamamoto, East Asian languages and cultures.
- "Territory Bands, Then and Now," the third annual KU Interdisciplinary Jazz Colloquium, is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today in the Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union.
Sherry Linkon, co-director of the Center for Working Class Studies at Youngstown State University, is giving a lecture entitled "Art, History, and Community; How Public Art Constructs and Preserves Community Memory" at 12 p.m. today in the Conference Hall of the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Jim Hamilton, philosophy, Kansas State University, is hosting a seminar on "Theatrical Performance as an 'Arform'" at 1:30 p.m. today in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center for the Humanities.
Student Union Activities is sponsoring First Fridays open mic night at 7 tonight at the Hawks Nest in the Kansas Union. Prizes will be awarded to the top three participants.
The film "Walk The Line" is showing at 7 and 9:30 p.m. today in the Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Tickets are $2 or free with an Activity Card.
Mo Rocca is giving a lecture entitled "Gamekillers 101" at 8 p.m. Saturday in Budig Hall 120.
Student Union Activities is sponsoring a Hawks Night Murder Mystery Dinner at 8 tonight in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
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