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Lab! looks ahead to busy month
BY KATIE SCHWING
STAFF WRITER
Lab! Theatre is unveiling three
plays this month, with plots cen
tered around corrupt business
dealings, Kennedy-dynasty incest
and a talking dog.
While the University’s oldest
student-run theater company has,
in the past, been known for more
serious plays, its latest offerings are
poised to stretch the limits.
The first play to run, “Glengarry
Glen Ross,” a Pulitzer Prize-win
ning play by David Mamet about a
group of seven wily businessmen,
will showcase the group’s
strengths.
“It’s pretty much a who’s who of
talented males in the drama
department,” said Lab! Publicity
Manager Bryan Cohen, who
described the piece’s pacing as fre
netic.
“It brings up... issues of how we
live —of how we push everyone to
the bottom to rise up. It’s one of my
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Christian Athletes.
“He really cares about the people
around him,” said Miles O’Neill,
campus director of the Campus
Crusade for Christ. “He also cares
about moving ahead rather than
being complacent. He gets a vision
and just moves forward with it.”
Walker attributes this determi
nation to his parents, who he said
motivated him to be a leader.
These family values were influ
ential in writing his platform, which
Walker said focuses on creating a
sense of unity among students and
emphasizes accountability.
Walker proposes establishing a
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with upperclassmen.
This year West took on one of
her “biggest endeavors” serving
as co-chairwoman of the Campus
Y”s Students for the Advancement
of Race Relations. In the fall, West
and co-chairman Derwin Dubose
hosted the 35th Annual Race
Relations Week.
“When you meet her, you under-
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Frangoulis-Huntley campaign’s
platform is to work with the
Carolina Athletic Association to
have two lower level basketball seats
available at each game for seniors.
The tickets would be raffled off
for $2 and the proceeds would go
to local charities.
CAA President Sherrell
McMillan said this is something he
wouldn’t want to get involved in.
“It’s a great idea in the fact that
it will help people,” he said. “But in
the end, it’s equivalent to selling a
student ticket. That’s a gray area
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personal concerns with society,”
said Director Mike Harwood.
The play opens at 8:15 p.m.
today in the Elizabeth Price Kenan
Theatre, which, Cohen remarked,
allows “a lot of sound and lighting
opportunities.”
Evening performances run
through Feb. 9, with matinee per
formances Feb. 9 and 10.
The second show, “The House of
Yes,” is a quirky humor production
about a family living across the
street from the Kennedy family’s
house in Virginia.
“The director has been planning
this for a long time, which means
time to accumulate new ideas,”
Cohen said.
The play, which begins its run
Feb. 20, also will be staged in
Kenan Theatre. Evening perform
ances run through Feb. 23, with
matinees Feb. 23 and 24.
“Sylvia,” the last production this
month, is about a washed-up busi
nessman who becomes attached to
Four Comers Committee made up
of representatives from the execu
tive, legislative and judicial branch
es as well as the Graduate and
Professional Student Federation.
Another way Walker hopes to
create better lines of communica
tion is through Walker’s Rangers, a
security committee that would act
as an intermediary between the
student body and the Department
of Public Safety.
University police Chief Derek
Poarch said he would be open to
working with such a committee.
“We always work closely with the
student body president,” he said. “If
he’s elected as student body presi
dent and wants to sit down and talk
about establishing a committee, I’d
stand that she’s about people,” said
Dubose, who now serves as West’s
assistant campaign manager.
After her experiences with stu
dent government, West said she
saw a need for student government
to provide more support for other
student organizations.
West outlined a plan to restruc
ture the committee system of the
executive branch, with the ultimate
goal of making student government
the “true voice” of the student body
we don’t want to touch.”
But Huntley said something
needs to be done about tickets,
bearing seniors in mind.
“A lot of students go all four
years to UNC and don’t even get to
go to a ballgame,” she said.
Frangoulis and Huntley both
said they do not regret exploring
the option or including it on their
platform.
“I think everything is a possibil
ity,” Frangoulis said. “We put a lot
(of suggestions on the platform)
just to get the ball rolling.”
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a stray dog.
The dog ends up vying with the
man’s wife for his attention, and it
leads the couple to question
human and animal relationships.
“It’s a natural evolution for Lab!
It’s fun to watch, good writing and
is very viable for the theater to do,”
said Director John O’Toole.
Unlike the other plays, “Sylvia”
will be performed at Playmakers
Theatre, which Cohen said has a
different feel. “It’s fun to show what
you can do in this million-year-old
theater.”
The lighthearted performance
begins on Feb. 26 and runs
through March 2.
Traditionally, Lab! has been
characterized by innovative con
cepts and creative staging.
This season’s roster is in line
with the company’s strengths while
moving away from the typical “liv
ing room dramas,” as Harwood
described them.
“It was hard to narrow down
certainly be willing to do that.”
Walker also wants to create a
service similar to Pick-A-Prof, an
online service that allows students
to see grade distributions for most
courses and professors, the per
centage of students who dropped
the course and student reviews of
the professor. Since Pick-A-Prof
now charges students for access,
Walker wants UNC to form its own
free Web site.
University Registrar David
Lanier said he does not think
administrators would support such
a Web site but mentioned that
grade distributions are available
online according to department.
Additionally, Walker wants to
ensure that UNC officials are held
and a catalyst for student leadership.
Likening it to the center of a
wheel, West said she wants student
government to be the “HUB” of stu
dent activity. She said the “HUB”
would be a coalition of campus
organizations representing a variety
of issues, from public service to
diversity to the environment.
Former Student Body President
Reyna Walters said that collabora
tion is key to a successful adminis
tration, and that such a structure
would create more cooperation. “If
done well, it can be very beneficial
to the entire campus community.”
West also wants to address stu
dent apathy toward elections with
a “Raise Up and Vote!” program
that would sponsor debates and
promote early voting at Morehead
Planetarium.
Ben Adams, chief of staff of
Student Body President Matt
Tepper and chief architect behind
this year’s student government voter
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these plays from the 10 we consid
ered, but there’s a good mix of
experienced directors (in addition
to) actors who haven’t gotten their
big shot yet,” Cohen said.
Group members are often so
wrapped up in perfecting produc
tions that they have little time to
promote their shows, but Cohen
put an exclamation point on the
Lab! experience.
“It’s two hours, it’s free, it’s typi
cally amazing,” he said.
O’Toole highlighted the odd, yet
humorous nature of the plays.
“You’re going to leave with a
pretty nice smile on your face.”
Tickets for all Lab! shows are
free, due to donations from
Student Congress.
For more information about the
shows, visit Lab! Theatre’s Web
site, at http://www.unc.edu/stu
dent/orgs/lab.
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accountable by publishing spend
ing reports. “I think there is some
frivolous spending going on in the
University,” he said. “Students need
to see what their money is being
spent on.”
As Walker looks ahead to
Tuesday’s election, he said his focus
will be on presenting himself as a
qualified leader working to create
better lines of communication and
a better sense of unity.
“We’re working for every student
on campus to make sure we’re all
headed towards one common goal,”
he said. “And that is to be the best
public university in the country.”
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registration drive, said such a pro
gram would work with a motivated
leader who emphasized the impor
tance of the elections.
“It’s just about getting the right
people to help her out,” he said. “I
don’t see why it couldn’t be done.”
West also wants to reach out to
minority groups with “10 Ways to
Make Carolina the Institution of
Choice for Women and Minorities,”
a list which would highlight the
advances UNC has made and the
areas needing improvement.
West said she hopes to continue
motivating and inspiring more stu
dents by emphasizing the real
changes in her platform. “My goal
is not to provide everyone with the
same student government with the
same platform,” she said. “I’m giv
ing you something else, something
different.”
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2004
Fever supports
Keith for CAA
BY ALLISON PARKER
STAFF WRITER
In a forum held Thursday night,
Carolina Fever endorsed candidate
William Keith for Carolina
Athletic Association president.
Keith, a
junior politi
cal science
major, has
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worked for Carolina Fever for
three years and served as the orga
nization’s chairman before starting
his campaign. He won the
endorsement over write-in candi
date Alexander Smith.
“He had a lot of appeal,” said
Mary Joos, interim chairwoman of
Carolina Fever, “He would be
strong working with (Carolina
Fever) next year.”
Keith said he is very pleased and
excited to receive the endorsement.
“Fever has the most dedicated
fans in the country, and this
diverse group has invested an
interest in maMng athletics work,”
he said.
Two of Keith’s major platform
issues include establishing a stu
dent basketball ticket return poli
cy and improving Homecoming.
“I plan to set out collection
boxes around campus, so clubs like
CAA and Fever can donate their
extra tickets,” he said. “That way,
students who didn’t get tickets
through distribution are now able
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“Collaboration is the number
one way to get things done,” she
said. “I have all these good ideas
and drive. I love hard work.”
Diversity issues, such as how to
make UNC a more desirable place
for minority students, were the
major theme of the forum.
West’s ideas included recruiting
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Making Homecoming a fun
experience is also one of Keith’s top
priorities.
“We hope to work with the stu
dent body president to get more
funding,” he said.
Joos said she appreciated
Smith’s passion for the position
and that the group liked his ideas.
Smith’s speech focused on the
need for reform within the CAA.
“I don’t think CAA is living up to
it’s potential,” he said. “We need the
system to reward the most pas
sionate fans.”
Keith also said reform is need
ed. He said students should be able
to communicate directly with the
CAA.
He also said he wants to create
more basketball seats to be avail
able for student seating. “We’re
working to get a second student
riser section,” he said.
But Clint Gwaltney, assistant
athletic director for the Smith
Center and ticket operations, has
said installing a second set of risers
would not be feasible.
Still, Keith said he has high
hopes about his future in both
Carolina Fever and the CAA.
“I hope to better the organization
and Carolina athletics as a whole.”
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women and minorities to the
University so it would be their first
choice.
“Issues tend to be black and
white, and people in the middle
are forgotten,” she said. “There’s a
void that needs to be filled, and I
want to take advantage of the
spectrum.”
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at udesk@unc.edu.
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