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Family Bonds Tested in The Ring'
The main character in the
student-produced Studio 2
play must come to terms
with her father's adultery.
By Ailison Rost
Staff Writer
Starting tonight, anew student-run
dramatic production will allow
I laymakers Theatre to rock - literally -
once again.
“The Ring” is the second student
written show from the Department of
Dramatic Art’s Studio 2.
Senior Kristine Vallila penned the
play, which examines what happens to a
family after a parent commits adultery.
The one-act performance will be kept
lively by a mixture of pop, rock, country
and “indie pop” music,
s, fhe music includes tunes by the up
and-coming indie band Papas Fritas, the
jpembers of which are close friends of
the director, sophomore Jeremy
.O’Keefe,
“ 1 heir songs catch on with the emo
tions that course through this family
coming-of-age drama,” O’Keefe said.
Students Plan Recruiting Trip
By Kathleen Hunter
Assistant State & National Editor
• This weekend, student ambassadors
will travel to high schools in Rutherford,
Bladen and Richmond counties to meet
with students and attempt to get them
■ Excited about the prospect of college,
itamely at UNC.
Nearly 20 students gathered recently
to prepare for the ribbon-cutting trip of
the Student Ambassador Program- a
group that targets under-represented
'"N.C. high schools.
Eric Johnson, the program’s director
and an executive asistant to Student
'Body President Nic Heinke, said at
"Wednesday’s meeting he hoped high
schoolers w'ould get a better sense of
what UNC was like after talking to the
ambassadors. “We want to give them as
much of an accurate depiction of
Carolina as possible,’’Johnson said.
The program, which is in its fledgling
stages, began in the fall. This will be the
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“The Ring” is the story of Liesel, a
college student played by sophomore
Barbara Brown, who learns that her
father has been unfaithful to her mother.
The play’s title refers to the bonds
between husbands and wives and with
in families.
The drama attempts to demonstrate
what happens when those familial
bonds aren’t properly maintained. It
chronicles the aftermath of the revela
tion, and Liesel’s attempts to restore
order to her life and her family struc
ture.
The play is O’Keefe’s UNC directo
rial debut.
“Working on anew piece is always a
thrill, because I can’t fall into the trap of
reading about how it was done before,"
he said.
Senior Lisa Rowe, who plays the
mother, said the play’s short length - 35
minutes - provided some challenges to
its actors.
In addition to acting out the events of
the play’s present within that short time
frame, the cast had to provide a history
for the family, she said.
“Once you’ve built the family history,
it’s easier to play out this event.”
She also said it was also a challenge to
ambassadors’ first trip to a high school.
Johnson said the three counties that
will be visited this weekend were chosen
because data indicated that high schools
in these areas sent fewer students to
UNC than most others.
He said he hoped the program would
eventually include more ambassadors as
well as more high schools.
Representatives from the admissions
and financial aid offices addressed the
ambassadors, providing them with tips
on how to approach prospective stu
dents.
“We need to get the message out to
North Carolinians about how special
this University is,” said admissions rep
resentative Margie Strickland.
Assistant Financial Aid Director
Holly Hyland outlined the aid applica
tion process and suggested ambassadors
highlight the various sources of financial
assistance available at UNC.
Britt Whitesell, a sophomore from
Moore County, is one of the UNC stu-
play a character affected by such a
painful thing when, at 21 years of age,
she hadn’t had that kind of life experi
ence.
“The mother makes some decisions
that are surprising,” Rowe said.
Rowe said Valilla’s adaptation of the
classic family-troubles theme was
unique.
“It’s not the typical thing you would
expect to happen in this situation.”
The cast is rounded out with junior
Jon-Paul Pedergnana playing the adul
terous father, and sophomore Lauren
Schneider in the role of Liesel’s college
roommate.
Unfortunately, the play’s author will
not see it come to fruition. After writing
“The Ring,” Vallila left to study abroad
this semester.
A staged reading of another original
student play from the Department of
Dramatic Art will follow each perfor
mance of “The Ring.”
The show premieres at 8:15 p.m.
tonight at Playmakers Theatre and runs
though Tuesday. Admission is $3 at the
door.
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
dents participating in the program.
“I was interested because (the student
ambassador program) promotes what a
public university should be- universal
ly accessible,” Whitesell said.
Once the program becomes larger,
the goal is to have students return to the
high school they attended to talk to stu
dents, Johnson said.
He said the counties had been picked
with geographic diversity in mind, as
Rutherford is in the Western part of the
state, Richmond in the center and
Bladen toward the south.
Jennifer Daum, a freshman ambas
sador from Milwaukee, Wis., said she
hoped the program would prompt high
school students to pursue a college edu
cation. “I want these students to know
they should look into higher education
in general, even if they don’t come to
Carolina.”
The State & National Editor can be
reached at stntdesk@unc.edu.
News
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Students Reason to Count
Local census officials will go
door-to-door in residence
halls to encourage students
to fill out forms this year.
By Shahrzad Rezvani
Staff Writer
The reality of the new decade hit
home to UNC students who found the
Census 2000 form in their mailboxes
upon returning from Spring Break this
week.
The Orange County Housing
Department distributed the question
naires to residence halls, where officials
put them in students’ hands. Students
must mail in forms no later than April 1.
Daniel Newman, an intern with the
Orange County Board of
Commissioner’s Office, said he antici
pated confusion among students about
whether they should fill out the census
at their permanent residence or at UNC.
Tanya Williams, a junior from
Strongsville, Ohio, said she knew to fill
out her form on campus because the one
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sent to her parents’ household stated not
to include her. “I’m only home for like
two months (of the year).”
Newman said students comprised
one of the largest populations that was
undercounted in the state. “This is some
thing we’re really concerned about -
especially off-campus people.”
Senior Paul O’Shaughnessy, who
lives off campus, explained the merits of
filling out the census form, although he
said he had not mailed his in. “I don’t
think I even got one.”
The Durham Local Census Office,
which collects the data from UNC, has
planned measures to ensure accurate
collection of the forms.
“If a resident doesn’t mail back the
questionnaires by a certain date, we have
people who are trained to go knock on
doors,” said Wade Chestnut, manager of
the Durham Census File Office.
In August, the county formed the
Complete Count Committee to promote
the census in the community.
“They’ve been meeting to make sure
their sectors understand the importance
of completing the census forms,”
Chestnut said.
Friday, March 24, 2000
Craig Benedict, Orange Country
planning director and overseer of the
committee, stressed the importance of
student data in the results of the census
“A lot of services are provided based
on the census, including transportation
and health benefits,” he said.
Newman said money received by the
University was based on the population
of students. “In case of an undercount,
we’d get less money than we’re sup
posed to,” he said.
In 1990, the county lost $560,000 in
federal aid due to a low response rate.
Benedict did not foresee a large
undercount of students this year.
“I think there’s more awareness and
interest in the politics and government
programs than there was 15 years ago,”
he said.
The promotion of the census on cam
pus and in the media has been effective
among students like Charvis Bates, a
senior from Griffon, N.C.
“I haven’t filled mine out just yet, but
the commercials are convincing me.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu
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