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Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Seniors to Celebrate, Scale Bell Tower
By Nikki Werking
Staff Writer
Today, seniors have the chance to
participate in a one-time opportunity -
they get to see the inside of the Bell
Tower and scrawl their names on its hol
lowed insides.
“Climb the Bell Tower,” an event in
which seniors will be allowed to scale
the Bell Tower from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
today, is one of the events included in
Senior Week, which started Monday.
Senior Class President Ben Singer,
who helped organize the week’s events,
said the purpose of Senior Week is to
bring the class together one more time
before graduation May 19.
“(Senior Week) gives seniors a week
to be a kid again and enjoy the under
graduate experience,” he said.
'Our Town' Features Diverse Cast and Audience
By Jenise Hudson
Staff Writer
Few plays underscore the importance
of cherishing the little things in life as
clearly as Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning play, “Our Town.”
The introspective play, which runs
through April 28, will bring Play Makers
Repertory Company’s 26th theater sea
son to an end.
“(‘Our Town’) is an American mas
terpiece,” said PlayMakers’ artistic
director, David Hammond. “It looks for
the meaning in daily life, and people feel
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He added that because the mystery of
the Bell Tower is a large part of this
experience, seeing the inside is a rite of
passage.
“A lot of people wonder what the
inside of the Bell Tower looks like,” he
said.
“It’s something to say you did before
you graduate.”
As part of Senior Week, the class of
2002 also sponsored sumo wrestling in
the Pit on Monday and a ceremony for
the first Edward Kidder Graham
Awards, which were held in the George
Watts Hill Alumni Center on Tuesday.
Singer said the awards are a way to
honor fellow classmates as well as facul
ty and student organization advisors.
The awards were divided into 13 cate
gories: 11 for different types of student
organizations, one for faculty members
a need for that now.”
First produced in 1938, the play looks
at the imaginary town of Grover’s
Comer and explores the townspeople’s
straggle to cherish life before it’s too
late.
To reflect the play’s universal nature,
Hammond said his decision to incorpo
rate a multicultural cast into the play
was a refreshing twist, with good reason.
“If one comes to a play and doesn’t see
themself mirrored, why should it be
their reflection?" he said.
Actress Hannah Moon, who plays
Emily Webb, said she applauded
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seniors nominated won awards, while five
of the 14 faculty nominees and one of the
four advisor nominees received awards.
Singer said a committee of faculty
and senior marshals selected the win
ners by deciding which nominees best
represented their respective categories.
Other events this week will include a
money management seminar; the
“Senior Class Last Blast,” a barbecue
Thursday in Carmichael Auditorium;
cotton candy in the Pit; and senior
nights at He’s Not Here on Thursday
and Players dance club on Saturday.
Singer said senior marshals have
been planning the events for Senior
Week during the course of the semester.
He also said some events, such as the
Senior Success Series money manage
ment seminar, were intended to be
Hammond’s choice to select cast mem
bers from different ethnic backgrounds.
“It’s a great representation of the
world today,” Moon said. “As an Asian-
American actor, it opens a lot of doors
for me and says it doesn’t matter what
you look like be able to convey a char
acter.”
To further ensure that all people can
enjoy the play, Play Makers will run a
special performance for the hearing and
visually impaired on April 12.
The performance is part of the acces
sibility project, an initiative sponsored
by the N.C. Arts Council to make plays
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informative.
Other events, including “Climb the
Bell Tower” and senior night at He’s Not
Here, are traditions of Senior Week,
Singer said. He also said these events
spice up the week and ensure that final
exams will not be the only memory
seniors have of their final days at UNC.
In addition to Senior Week, the final
events held for seniors before gradua
tion include the Concert for a Cure on
April 17 and the Senior Ball on April 20.
But Singer said he hopes all seniors
take advantage of the events going on
through Saturday.
“It’s a chance for everyone to enjoy
these last few weeks,” he said. “Because
before you know it, we’re gone.”
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PlayMakers’ Managing Director
Donna Heins said several aides will be
available during the performance so
people with disabilities can enjoy the
play to its fullest. “There will be a
Braille program, sign language inter
preters, audio description and large
print programs available" she said.
Heins said that while the perfor
mance April 12 will be the company’s
first ever to cater to people with disabil
ities, hopefully it will not be its last. “We
hope that next year we’ll have more
fully accessible plays,” she said.
Hammond said he hopes that by
making sure all people feel included in
PlayMakers’ production of “Our
Town,” audiences will be more able to
take in the play’s larger message about
life.
“The message - embrace life and
never take it for granted,” Hammond
said.
For more information about the
accessibility project and “Our Town”
ticket prices, contact the Play Makers
Box Office at 962-PLAY.
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Memorial Hall Renovation
Ready to Be Set in Motion
By Eshanthi Ranasinghe
Staff Writer
After two years of planning, Memorial
Hall’s long-awaited face-lift will soon be
underway as it finally reaches the era of
elevators and air conditioning.
Construction bids will take place dur
ing the third week of May, and then
work on the hall should begin in June,
said Carol Aquesta, design manager of
the project. Officials have said the pro
ject should take about 18 to 24 months.
Construction will begin with the
removal of all movable objects from the
hall, followed by asbestos abatement,
said Priscilla Bratcher, director of prin
cipal gifts for the Office of Development.
Next, the construction crew will set
to work on the floor, planners said. Due
to limited space between the roof and
the ceiling of the hall - where most
buildings fit air ducts for air condition
ing - designers placed the ducts under
the floor, making it necessary to repour
its concrete foundation, Bratcher said.
The construction crew then will
move on to demolish the entire stage
area, expanding the stage house and
public facilities.
The stage space will be doubled with
updated stage equipment and lighting.
Dressing rooms, elevators, a loading
dock and rehearsal space also will be
constructed.
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Later in the project, new seats will be
added to replace the seats that were
installed in 1959. More leg room will
accompany the new chairs, which will
bring seating down from 1,626 to about
1.500 chairs, Bratcher said.
Many midsized concert halls at other
universities have a range of 2,000 to
2.500 seats, Bratcher said. But she said
she thinks a smaller hall is more bene
ficial for audience members. “We are
thrilled because it provides a more inti
mate experience for the audience.”
The project’s budget doesn’t include
enough funding to renovate the balcony,
Bratcher said. The total projected bud
get is $14.5 million. Fund sources
include SBOO,OOO from state funds, $8.7
million from state bonds and $5 million
garnered through fund raising.
Officials said they are certain the ren
ovations will attract more attention from
the community, especially with the
expansion of the performance season to
12 months.
While the hall is being renovated,
performances will take place in Hill
Hall and in the halls of local churches,
Bratcher said.
The biggest obstacle to overcome
when designing the new building is
incorporating its original style in the ren
ovations, Aquesta said. “With such a
nice historically based building, the chal
lenge is to maintain that character yet
make it more functionable,” she said.
In all, the renovations will make
shows even more enjoyable, Bratcher
said. “The experience of watching a per
formance will go from adequate to spec
tacular,” she said.
A series of events will be hosted in
Memorial Hall before it closes at the end
of April. “Memories & Stories,” with for
mer Provost Richard Richardson, will
take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. April
19 in Memorial Hall.
An open house at the hall will be
held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m April 21.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Campus Calendar
Today
11:30 a.m. - A volunteer awareness
fair will be held in Polk Place until 1:30
p.m. Geared toward matching interest
ed students with Orange County orga
nization in need of volunteers, the fair
will have 12 organizations represented,
including the Orange County Rape
Crisis Center, El Centro Latino and
the Red Cross.
5:00 p.m. - Royster Society of
Fellows hosts “Can You Say This on
Campus?!: Perspectives on the Limits of
Free Speech” in the Faculty Lounge in
Morehead Planetarium. The two-hour
forum will examine the role of universi
ties in shaping and debating public
issues.
6:00 p.m. - The Wesley
Foundation will host a dinner and dis
cussion on the Holocaust. The founda
tion is located at 214 Pittsboro St., across
from the Carolina Inn parking lot.
6:30 p.m. - Carolina Union
Activities Board, N.C. Hillel and
Campus Y will host a dinner and dis
cussion with Holocaust survivors today
in Union 226. Held in conjunction with
Holocaust Remembrance Week, the
topic of the discussion will be “How to
Best Memorialize the Holocaust.”
For the Record
“Quotables” on the April 6 Opinion
page incorrectly characterized a quote
from Justin Young as referring to an
evaluation of his performance. Young
had rated his term as a 9.8.
The April 9 article “Council Finalizes
Licensing" incorrectly reported that land
lords will be required to pay a $lO
monthly fee. That fee will be $lO per year.
The April 9 graphic “Student Parking
Options for 2002-03 Academic Year”
incorrectly states that PR lot spaces will
be $305 each. They will be $230 each.
The Daily Tar Heel regrets the errors.
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