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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 9
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GREEK OUT
Mary McNulty, a senior from St. Louis, sings during a rehearsal of Furinidees's "The Trolan Women." The plav is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27-28, and 2:30 p.m. Aug. 29 in Inne Theatre of Murnhv Hall.
Ancient tragedy from abroad
Cassidy Kirch, a senior from Olathe, plays Hecabe in Euripides's classic Greek tragedy. "The Trojan Women." The actors learned some modern Greek when members of the cast traveled to Greece this summer to prepare for their roles.
University students will perform an adaptation of "The Trojan Women"
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BY NICOLAS ROESLER
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THE TROJAN WOMEN
Restaging of the KU Summer Theatre in Greece production
Ten students from the University of Kansas traveled to Imiades, Greece, this summer for the Theatre in Greece program, for which they put on a production of Euripides' classic tragedy "The Trojan Women."
Directed by Dennis Christilles Today and Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. August 29 at 2:30 p.m. Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall
This weekend, the same group of students will transfer the Greek tragedy from the ancient theater of Greece to the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. The performances this weekend are in celebration of the one-year anniversary of Lawrence's sister city agreement with Iiades.
Director Dennis Christilles has been taking students to Greece since 1997. He said this experience is unique for his students because they don't just see Greece through the windows of a tour
bus.
"The students get an opportunity to learn about another culture first hand by living in it," Christilles said.
The group lives in an elementary school in the village of Katohi, which is part of the larger city of Iniades, for six weeks. During this time, they take classes in ancient Greek drama and architecture.
They also travel to historic cities like Delphi, Corinth and Mycenae. Christilles said the cornerstone of their work, the production itself, was done in fourth century B.C. theater in Iniades.
Brian Bondari produced the score for "The Trojan Women" in
collaboration with Christilles. He now teaches at the University of Texas at Tyler, but went to Iniades twice with Christilles.
"It's overwhelming to rehearse and practice in a place that witnessed the birth of Western music, theater and civilization as a
whole," Bondari said in an e-mail.
hole. Bondari said in an e-mail. One challenge the students faced was learning and performing one third of the dialogue in Greek. Maggie Parker, a junior from Bentonville, Ark., said that
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GAMEDAY
Oread to allow outdoor drinks
BY CAROLINE BLEDOWSKI
cbledowski@kansan.com
The Oread Hotel will allow tailgaters to enjoy their drinks outside of the hotel for KU's first football game this fall. The Lawrence City Commission approved The Oread's proposal to host various tailgating events in the hotel itself and on the outdoor premises.
"We wanted to be part of the excitement to support KU's football," said Nancy Longhurst, general manager of The Olivia Collection, which includes The Oread and The Eldridge Hotels.
Earlier versions of the proposal, which included closing off parts of Oread Avenue and Indiana Street, were rejected because of concerns from residents and the University.
"The University has been involved in this from the very beginning," said Jeff Weinberg, assistant to the chancellor.
Weinberg said the University objected to selling alcohol on public property and to the closing of Oread Avenue. The revised and approved plan will leave all streets open to traffic.
"The biggest concern for the University was keeping the streets open," said Longhurst.
She said there is always a lot of traffic on game days and the hotel's additional security may even make the area for people walking to and from the stadium safer.
Details of the final proposal include placing additional security and trash cans around the hotel's property. The hotel also received a permit to sell alcohol outside the bar areas on its property, Longhurst said.
Lance Johnson, Lawrence City Commissioner, said one of the commission's concerns was making sure that no alcohol was sold to minors.
The Oread will check IDs and give customers wristbands that indicate that they are allowed to drink, Longhurst said.
Customers are allowed to carry
Firefighters wait outside of Haworth Hall Thursday morning. The building was evacuated following a hazardous materials report shortly after 7 a.m.
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Haworth evacuated after chemical spill
The University's emergency notification text message and e-mail alert system notified students and staff this morning that Haworth Hall had been evacuated as a precaution after a hazardous materials report.
KU Police Chief Ralph Oliver said that a beaker had been accidentally knocked over, and the chemicals had an odor. The police had to figure out what had been knocked over and if the chemicals were in the air system.
Police cars blocked Sunnyside Avenue from Illinois Street to Naismith Drive.
Haworth reopened for classes at 8:30 a.m.
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Study shows students to be less empathetic
BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
An understanding friend may be harder to come by as technology grows and changes the way society interacts. According to a recent University of Michigan study, college students today, also called 'Generation Me', are about 40 percent less empathetic than those from the '80s or '90s.
The study measured nearly 14,000 students over 30 years, from 1979 to 2009. A Michigan graduate student Edward O'Brien, who worked on
the study, said in the news release that the largest drop in numbers happened after 2000.
That class of college students seems to correspond with the beginning of a new generation, one still at large, that is totally immersed in the Internet.
"I feel like Facebook changes how we talk to each other," said Erin Tomkins, a senior from Lawrence.
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