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4 Tuesday, February 8, 2000 'Glass Menagerie' Survives 2nd Storm By Carl Jacobs Staff Writer When Tennessee Williams’ play “The Glass Menagerie” opened in 1944, a blizzard kept audiences small. The play, however, went on to great critical and popular suc cess. It seems appropriate, then, that it should grace Play Makers Repertory Company’s stage following Theater Review Play Makers Repertory Company “The Class Menagerie" ffif North Carolina’s own snowstorm, and that the inclement weather, which short ened the cast’s rehearsal time, should prove unable to prevent an American classic from coming to life on stage. A memory play, “The Glass Menagerie” is the story of one family’s sorrow. The mother, Amanda, whose husband left years ago, cannot let go of her youth when she had “ 17 gentlemen callers.” Her son, Tom, would rather write than work a mundane job in a shoe warehouse, and his sister, Laura, crippled and painfully shy, wants little more than to be left alone with her col lection of glass animals. There is a certain veracity to the char acters’ actions and speech that arises from the show’s autobiographical nature. The program notes that Williams said, “... the very root-necessi ty of all creative work is to express those things most involved in (the play wright’s) experience.” Director Kent Paul emphasizes the dual nature of the play, pitting the pre sent against Tom’s flashbacks of the past so that a certain conflict exists. A beautifully rendered set and mas terful use of light help indicate that the Top Stories From the State, Nation and World In The News Croatia Elects Leader, Aims for Democracy ZAGREB, Croatia - A candidate who pledged to lead Croatia away from its authoritarian past easily won Monday's presidential runoff to replace the late Franjo Tudjman. Stipe Mesic, a former member of Yugoslavia’s collective presidency, defeated former Communist dissident Drazen Budisa in voting. Tudjman led the country to independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and ruled until his [~2 Months^ i Unlimited Tanning ! ONLY SBB I 942-7177 | # Ta*t | j 'fyotcn j 3 Miles from Campus ' 15-501 S. & Smith Level Road The June 12th LSAT is approaching! Get the score that gets you in. Early Bird Classes Begin Feb. 21st SPACE IS LIMITED! 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Laura’s character, played by Sarah Rose, seems inappropriately vivacious in the beginning, but Rose warms to the part and finally harnesses the fear and shyness that drives her character. The image of the fragile Laura hold ing up her tiny glass unicorn to the light is among the quietest yet most powerful moments in the play. If it is not already apparent, here the audience realizes that Laura is, like the unicorn, too delicate for the harsh realities of the world. Under Paul’s direction, the play brings the suffering of the Wingfield family to life without plateauing on long dialogues or relying on syrupy accents to bring out the play’s “Southemness.” Paul’s vision of the classic play indi cates the blurred lines between past and present and the sadness of lost dreams. It is that, not thick accents, that makes Williams the South’s greatest dramatist and this play his greatest work. 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Hospital sources in Lubango said three Roman Catholic nuns were among the fatalities. Twelve people sur vived the crash, including the aircraft’s crew and a 3-year-old child. The MI-8 transport helicopter took off Saturday from an air base at I .übango en route to the Angolan capi tal of Luanda, 620 miles to the north, officials said. Airport officials in Lubango said the pilot contacted the control tower min utes after takeoff to say he would try to <CJPRINC BREAK f7U SUNGLASSES at www.GalleriaOptical.com Free Shipping to UNC Students , ipr " ■* : n PHOTO COURTESY OK PAUL GREEN THEATRE Eric Woodall successfully depicts the deep, conflicted character of narrator Tom Wingfield in the opening of "The Glass Menagerie." land again because of technical prob lems. T he pilot also reportedly asked for a firefighting team to be placed on standby. Soon after, the helicopter crashed at the Lubango base. 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Ron Holdway, environmental health director for Orange County, said the lowest sanitation grade a restaurant could be assigned and still remain open to the public was 70. “If it is anything less than that, the restaurant is dosed down immediately,” he said. Holdway said the department con ducted sanitation checks on restaurants once every quarter. “Restaurants can request a regrade if they are not satisfied with their grade,” he said. “That is probably the reason for Pizza Hut’s change in grade." The Rathskeller, which received a sanitation rating of 86.5 for the last quarter, has recently changed owner General Alumni Association ECU Still Recovering From Floyd's Wrath By Liz Strittmatter Staff Writer Nearly five months after Hurricane Floyd hit the the state, students at East Carolina University are still in the process of rebuilding. Hurricane Floyd made landfall in North Carolina last September, leaving large portions of the state’s coastal flood plain underwater. ECU was the UNC-system school hardest hit by the flood. Classes were canceled at the University for more than two weeks, and a large portion of the student body was displaced from their homes. An outpouring of support from across the state followed, helping the university to get back on track this semester. Eastern Carolina University Chancellor Richard Eakin said the school was extremely grateful for the support it had received. “It is an amazing example of how some come to others' assistance in a time of need,” he said. He said the ECU Family Relief Fund was one example of a program estab lished to assist students who experi enced losses during Hurricane Floyd. “It is designed to be a receiving point for gifts and contributions,” Eakin said. He added that the fund had reached $600,000. A committee had set up rules on how to distribute the money, based on the level of need. Students who meet requirements receive cash assistance. Eakin also said corporations had stepped in to ease losses as well. IBM donated laptop computers, and l£aiilhi£ - ~ i' ,A " * -i 1 * y -. j am f DTH/CHRISTINE NGUYEN Walt's Grill, which received a sanitation grade of 75, is located at 111 S. Merritt Mill Road. ship. After a change of ownership, a restaurant is granted a six-month per mit. However, health inspectors can come into the eatery at any time. Francis Henry, one of the owners of the Rathskeller, said that since the trans fer on Jan. 5, the restaurant had made efforts toward improved cleanliness. “Asa new own ership, we are under anew per mit and the health department has given us the go ahead,” he said. “Before we took over we cleaned and cleaned.” According to the latest update of “Restaurants can request a regrade if they are not satisfied with their grade. ” Ron Holdway County Environmental Health Director restaurant sanitation grades, Walt’s Grill received the lowest score, 75. Holdway said the food temperatures used by the restaurant failed to meet health department standards. He added that the restaurant lost points because raw meat was improper ly stored with other foods. ahp Eotly (Ear liM Microsoft provided software that was now being distributed to students. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also taken steps to set up a temporary trailer park near campus for the more than 16,000 students flooded out of their residences. But Eakin said most trailers were not utilized because students made arrange ments to stay with friends. Schools in the UNC system also pitched in to help. The “Quarter Campaign,” a drive that solicited pocket change from stu dents across the UNC system, was launched to gather money for ECU. The effort earned more than SIO,OOO, said Jeff Nieman, president of the UNC Association of Student Governments. “I think it was incredibly successful,” Nieman said. “It inspired non-students to donate. (UNC-CH) Board of Trustees member Walter Royal Davis donated SIOO,OOO because he saw what we were doing.” Sandy Alexander, coordinator of UNC’s Hurricane Floyd recovery pro ject, has also organized students, facul ty and staff to go to eastern North Carolina to aid in ihe relief. The groups mostly visited small towns and rural areas. “We expect to send groups for ihe next two years,” Alexander said. “Now, more than before, you can see evidence of work in progress.” But Alexander said 4,500 are resi dents were still rendered homeless, most of them of low economic means. “It will take a long time for them to recover.” The State & National Editor can be reached at stntdesk@unc.edu. Holdway also said the restaurant lost points for food surfaces not being cleaned and sanitized. “Somewhere there was a breakdown in getting that done,” he said. “Their drain boards were dirty. They have to be clean.” But Holdway also said the depart ment s sanitation grades were not a measurement of restaurant’s safety to customers. He said the department was more concerned with issues such as maintaing temper ature standards and food storage. “We do not determine whether a restaurant is safe or not,” he said. The owners of Walt’s Grill and Pizza Hut could not be reached for comment at press time. The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu.
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