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.
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Directed by Dennis Christilles Today and Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. August 29 at 2:30 p.m. Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall
the Theatre in Greece program, for which they put on a production of Euripides' classic tragedy "The Trojan Women."
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 Iniades.
Director Dennis Christtilles 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 Imiades, 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. Christytiles 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.
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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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.
Haworth reopened for classes at 8:30 a.m.
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.
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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.
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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.
With Facebook chat, e-mail, text messaging and instant messaging, college-aged people communicate
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