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Homecoming
Thursday, Oct. 13, 1994
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MSU's Theater kicks off
its 1994-95 season with "Tht Hou.st of Blut l eaves" wnight al 8 p.m. in 1he Fain fine Arts Theater. Described as •• 1...i.ny force with dark ~ in it" by director Ron F1schh, the pl3y will have three other performances· Friday and Saturday at
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thinks :ind acts like she's a her name? dog . . . or course.
And Artie's mistress •Bananas has deah with Bun~y (Kelly Samohyl) her lifo by going into her own who s always pushing Artie to call his Hollywood world. She's a linlc off the wall. She li1crally .icts like a producer friend Billy Einhorn dog. That's her escape," (Sh:J.wn R. Duthie), . . Ad:lnls S3id. <;:ircy 53.id his characicr
Arue. now 42, is 3 s::i.d and 3 frustrated anist. "Anic is Stu· Playwright John Gu.ire ~~~ ~hich sct5 him up for crea1ed some outlandish charThe . lCW'S for his plot which octime line or the play is · N SOf!lCWhat blurred with the e11n in cw York City in acuon fa.st. Carey said.
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Which brings us 10 Dilly who go.ve B;man:1s her n:imc. Billy Einhorn looks o u1 for himselr and is primarily concerncd with achieving his goals, said Sh:1wn Duthie about his role.
:~· ihc day of ihc Pope's Adams said her charac1cr •silly acts as a catolyst for There's Artie Shaughnessy Bananas is the victim or 1his most or the .action in the (Tommy Day Carey), a frus- play in which · everyone play," he s.:i,id. uated musician who works as betrays everybody... But an animal keeper in a ,.oo. . . :~::~~~mains lrue. .she Gu~~c khC:f s~~~k;~tt~ ~~!~
Atrium get face-lift IJ Howit Prince Rrpor1tr the Clark Stude nt Center Atrium is tcmpor:,rily closed. undergoing $80,000 of "incerim" renovations. said Jane Leishncr. assis1ant dean of students. This work was iniliattd at lhc request of the Stud e nt Government Association and with the approval of the MSU Board of Regents, she said. These renovations arc not p2r1 or the $4.8 million proposed CSC rest ructuring which is expected to begin by November 1995, Lcishncr said. The .itrium phase of the rcnov:nion should not come as a surprise to anyone because it was pa rt of the proposal lhat .students approved !:,st year. T he atrium was delibcra1t.:ly left out of the .S4.8 million n.:s1ructuring project to cul costs. she .said. "The atrium was a very sore eye. People begged us 10 do some1hing about i1." she said.
Benson. 3n Oklahoma
firm, was contracted
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upholster the furniture r.1ther than buy new se1s. The reupholstering of the furniture will cost $26.385 as compared to $75,000 for new sets. This phase of renovation will also include tiling of the walkways 3nd painting of the entire atrium. Benson was also responsible for the upholstering of the furniture an the Blue Lounge la.st spring a.1 a cost of S8CXX>. The renovation of the atrium is being paid for from the students fee reserve fund . (Student foes were hiked up by $20 to SJS to facilitate 1hc 1hcn proposed S4.8 million restructuring of the CSC). Lcishner said the atrium is always available for Mudcnts' leisure 3nd social activities. but that she hopes they wil I take better care of it. M Thcsc rcnova1ions .ire ex peeled to lasl a1 le:is1 12 years ;:rnd could only do so 1f s1u dents use the facili ties with care.~ she !,.;!id.
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with nuns. the Pope, .i bomb, and 11. boy n.imcd Ronnie who wants to play Huckleberry Finn in his father's movie. "It's a comedy for the age we live in. . . . h's about characters who arc very funny on the surface but when you look more deeply you sec thc_y arc people desperately ~mg to avoid humiliation: F1schli. director of the division or fine ans and associate professor of Lhcatre. Sil.id. "Housr of Btu~ Uavu" was first produced in 1971 but revived at the Lincoln Center in 1986. Qucre lives in Queens. New York, the same a.re.a where he grew up. For tickets or more 1nfor• 0 mation, call 689-4393. p.m. ID Fain Flnt Artl Ctnttr Thatu.
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Part Il; Non traditional students
Day care facilities major concerl] By Chuck Coge Starr Reporter Day c:are and the needs of non-traditional students are a current concern of MSU administrators, Howard Farrell. vice president of student and administrative services, said.
Investigations into Day Ca re Facilities
Farrell s:iid this environmcnl is not only expensive, but necessarily 1:irgc. "There's just no place on campus to put a day cm: center," he said. Later MSU i:onsidcred a · 1CJming lab" lype day c.irc operated throui h MSU's education and sociology departments. Farrell said. MSU even opened the univcrsit)''S day care needs to public bid without response, he said. -Day care is something we look at every year. We're Illways looking for :i way 10 do it.MFarrell s.:i,id.
Over the years MSU made numerous auempts to ob1ain day care for lhe children or students. Farrell said. MSU f1rs1 considered building its own day care center, but foiled due to lack of funding and space. he said. Cn mpus Events for •A lot or people 1hink. you can jusl pu1 children in a Non•traditionals room. throw in some toys and have 3 day care: Farrell said. Farrell s.iid MSU has sucBut children's' needs e~- ccedod in :,djusting campus tcnd beyond coys 10 a well• evcn1"' to beucr suit nonorganized learning environ- traditional StudcnlS, however. ment, he said. "We know that a sii;nifi-
cant portion of our students arc non-tradition3l," Phillip Birdine, dean of studentS, said. Birdine said progrnms such as MSU's cr11st-lecture series search for speakers who will reach the dh·erse student audiem."C. "The global experience of
C\'cnts helps non-1radition3J students. Furthermore. Jnne Lcis h• ner. assistnnl dean of students. said the upcoming renovation of 1hc Clark Siudent Center will increase access to non-1r.id1tion3I stu dents.
~~un~rsd~:e~-,1:7.....1~i~~r~~~ portion of non-traditionnl studenlS than strictly perform9~~d~~~··"a~~r-di;;ifi~.ontraditional students find what such spcake~s have lo .say hc lp [ul in scc kl_n g employment o r adv1mcmg the~.scl_ves on;lhe-Job. . ~irdme said .he behcyc..s arust - lcc.t urc se ri es attendance 1s often ~ _much as :0::1:~~~c~fn~~~d~•i~~i~~
24-hour Computer Lab
: : ~a~~~:i~;~oc!~:: one free ticket lo campus
l..cishncr cued the rcno,•alion's p13nncd addition of II. 24-hour compuler lab 11nd ~l~~n1~~ily ~:ri~i~l~scnrc:~ examples of the new CSC's benefits to non-1111d'1t I students. ionn Most importantly. hrrcll Birdine and Lcishner c:u:h said siudenu __ especially non-traditional swdcnts __ arc welcome in 1heir offices.
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Artie timber wolf adapts to civilization "Wi thin the wolf social s1ructurc. lhey don'1kill each other," he said. Ross said th:11 1he social Wolves Not Fierc-e structure of the wolf pack is a ~It's a myth that wol,•c.1; arc commune .system. The .inifierce: Jerry Ross, an ri,,1su mals sh.ire food and feed political science and criminal nursing femaks. E.ich plck ha1; a dominant justice major. .said about his 60-pound white Arctic limber m:ik and a dominant female, called lhc Alpha male and wolf. The wolf. her thick while Alrha female which nonnally fur catching the sun's after- pair off w;cthcr. Ross s.iid. ~w olves arc monog3mous noon rays, l.iy quietly on 1hc 1ilc floor. Oflcn she would and m:uc for life," Ross s.:iid. When a mak sh•Jws ,my :11raise her head and look. at Ross or ,;ct up :ind come o,w trJCl1on to another female. his m:i.tc will fitht lhl· seccmd 10 Ross for a pat on thi: hi:ad. Twice she lay down in frum ll•mal..: and nip her qraymg of him as if aJiking for her m:itc m kCl'P him m line Ro\3 hJd an e,trau from belly 10 be scra1l'hcd. With her c:1r1; I.lid had:. Dl nicl Cohen, "\l'm , litn m Clta"" IA1tt1,t/Th, K'icltitnn she looked hke a big do~. But thr \\'r/1I " It J .:~n1hcd lw w there was somc1l11nt \ 1111. dunnl! .i ~••nfm111.11n·n h:.'t,...l'l' n t,... ~l \\ Oln · , . tn1.'n: h J O St,1la--•ilh •hlle coal th, '""Y ormany, h~ ad1p1td 10 • llfMIJk- rar sen.siti~c. almost dcltCJte in 1 1mpn::-..,;1, L· d1'> plJ~ l•I Lingher 11ct11Jn<; She ,, J , ;i \\ ,1!1 By Brian Ballard Editor
hon, htt m1liH ArlK' homt l:ind,
baring and snarling. But before a blow is struck, the weaker or 1he two will tum its head aside and offer its neck to its more powerful riv:11. The dominant animal always declines to strike the fatal blow. Ross. a slim man of Pucr10 Rican descent. was sitting on his sof.a mJii1.k hu trailer house. Framed picture,; of wolves, both tht! Ari:tic and the gray t1mher wolf varieties. were mounted on 1hc wall,;. Jo3h11.1. R1131,' lic,cn•)•eJrold son. .ind h13 fou r-)l'Jr-old cousin MJd1,un ran in and out or 1hc 1r:11kr house. playing laf!. ~l\ e l lW.t) i hccn intcres1cd m .,..oh·eli," s:11d Ro~. a na11,·c: c,r Brooklyn. N.Y . where h..: lln:d unu l he was 21. "Hu, ther, .,..\·n:n't many
wolves in Brookl)'n. I ne,·er dreamed I'd own one." He 1old of how dunni: Halloween he'd Jlw;iys t.lrcss up as the 'Wolf t-.1:rn ." His tccn:tl!e fncndJi even l':!llcd him by thJt n:imc h\·causc he had a full hcJrd lt a~c 15. Outside flJr .:,ome pic:tun.:s, the wolf immed1:11cly bcg3n lo run .iruund 1hc )'U1J. ca.,ily outpacrni; J,1~hu.1. .,.. ho was trying 10 citt.: h h~·r By cu m, she ran up \U Ro,;~ :ind 1hc children to pl:l)'. facn1u.llly Ros:; c:ilmcd her down enoug_h to 1:1.kc p1,· 1un: ,; Ill' her with Jn;:huJ ,md M.tdi\ nn 11 1.:, h.ml tu rl'-.i•nt ,h.: 1h1s pla)'ful :inmul. -..11 JJJplcd to domestic lih: ,, 1th till' Rei~.:, family and 1hi: fo:r\·c rcputJt1on wulvc1; h,1\t' .
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