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Kuleshov delights audience Angela Morris Stahl I Wier
World-renowned Russian pianist Valery Kuleshov blew away his audience last Tuesday • with a performance in the intimate setting of Evans Hall. After a short introduction from the Dean of the College of Media, Arts and Design, Kuleshov entered the hall, took a quick bow and immediately sat down, wasting no time as he began working his magical fingers and opening the concert with Schumann's "Kreisleriana." Kuleshov, with hair down to his shoulders, glasses and a colorful bowtie, astounded the audience within the first few bars of music as he made his great talent, fueled by hard work appear so effortless. Dr. Karen Carter, the former Dean of the Liberal Arts Department, said Kuleshov played like he had twenty fingers. His fingers ran up and down that piano with such heart and passion as he took his audience through Schumann's emotionally moving piece. The expression in Kuleshov's performance of this piece was touching and he proved to not let one little detail of the work slip past his nOtice as he highlighted every little element of "Kreisleriana." Next on the program was music from Russian composer and personal friend of Kuleshov, Vladmir Horowitz. Kuleshov played Horowitz's up-beat Etude-Fantasy, Op. 4 "Les vagues," a piece which reminded me of the hustle and bustle of a busy city mixed in with people who stroll along its sidewalks. The next work, also written by Horowitz, was "Variations on a Theme from Bitzet's Carmen," an intense piece mastered by Kuleshov. During this piece, it was almost impossible to believe that one man could produce so many eclectic sounds from one instrument. As soon as Kuleshov hit the last note from Carmen, the audience rose to their feet for a standing ovation and the pianist was given a bouquet of roses from a fan.
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Kuleshov finished the program with pieces from Mussorgsky, Liszt and again Horowitz, giving the same jaw dropping performance of each composer's music. After finishing the piece listed above, Kuleshov received another standing ovation and three more bouquets of flowers. The audience received an extra treat by being delighted with three more pieces, Marcello's Adagis, Chopin's Etude Op. to No. 1 and Scriasin's Etude as an encore. Kuleshov will be offering a master piano class which is open to the public this Friday from Select School ; Log In f Sign Up
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With enrollment season upon us once again, students are using technology to assist them in choosing professors and hopefully make their academic life easier. It wasn't that long ago those students stood in long lines in the University Center to enroll in their classes. Today, with the help of the Internet, students are able to enroll for classes at the click of a mouse. Students now get to look at all the classes, the times they are offered and more importantly, who is teaching them. Sites such as ratemyprofessors.com and pickaprof.com often accompany the enrollment process—especially with underclassmen. Both of these sites allow students to post their opinions about a professor; however, the feedback expressed on the site leans towards the negatiVe side.
Pickaprof.com gathers grade information and allows students to view what kind of grades a professor has given out in a particular course. The popularity of the websites declined among students the further they advanced in the collegiate career. "Of course I use rate my professors to find the best professor for the class," business administration senior Amanda Caudle said. "[But] sometimes 'with higher level classes there is only one [section] offered, so the time offered plays the biggest factor in me choosing classes," Claude said. Professors say that, in general, they do not look at the comments written about them and do not consider them when constructing their course. Advertising instructor Sandy Martin thinks the comments on the site are overly negative. "We will always have students that don't like us for whatever reason," Martin said. Faculty say the course evaluations done by students
towards the end of the course are the most effective means of changing things about a class. Instructors receive a score sheet averaging their evaluations for a particular course. These numbers are compared to other sections that are taught. "You don't want to have bad numbers, but you don't necess arily want to have the best numbers and make it seem like you have the easiest class on earth," mass communications advertising instructor Jill Lambeth said. "You have to find a balance." Instructors say that they have to keep in mind the difference between a one thousand level class and fourthousand. They say that they must adjust their class base on student perceptions. Instructors do not receive the evaluations until sometime in the next semester. The dean and the department chair have , the opportunity to review the course evaluations as well.
Alliance to hosts speakers to promote tolerance Caleb McWilliams sivii Hier
"It'll be a good way to think about the social progress that has been made, and also the progress that needs to be made in the future," Macey said. GATE hopes to make this an event that will go on ever) year, Johnston said, and they would really like there to be different topics each year, depending on the socio-political cultural environment. Roth, who is also an attorney in Oklahoma City, was the first openly gay person to hold a state office in the state of Oklahoma after Governor Brad Henry appointed him to the Oklahoma Corporation Cqmmissioner in 2007. The forum will be atj p.m. tonight in the Bob Burke Film Screening Room (Room 12o) in the Communications Building. For more information on GATE, contact president David Johnston al .djohnston5@uco.edu or faculty advisor Dr. David Macey al 974 -5641 or dmacey@uco.edu .
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The UCO Gay Alliance for Tolerance and Equality (GATE) will hold a special forum tonight on "what it means to be a bisexual, gay, lesbian or transgender person in public life in the beginning part of the 2141 century." "Each one of the speakers will be speaking from his or her own expertise and experiences," said Dr. David Macey, faculty advisor to GATE. "They'll be talking about the progress that has been made and the progress they hope to see in the next few decades." Speakers at the forum include Jim Roth, former Oklahoma County Commissioner and Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, Paula Sophia Schonauer, a poet, minister and activist and Brenda Chappell, faculty member in the UCO Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse studies. "They'll be talking about their lives as openly gay, bisexual and transgender professionals, 30 years after the assassination of Harvey Milk," said GATE President David
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Johnston. "The topic will be their professional lives too, not only their personal lives." The forum will include talks from the three speakers, as well as a "Question and Answer" session leading into an open discussion, said Macey.
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