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The Louisville Cardinal October 20, 1995 An Independent Student Newspaper Section B
Homecoming Court competition still a big draw
•King and Queen
work to improve
university
communtiy
By Mark Heil
Contdbuting Writer
The Homecoming elections are
not merelv based on beauty but ·
:>n the substance and character of
· the nominees. Ideally, the elec­tions
are not considered simply a
beauty pageant because the
elected persons dedicate them­selves
to the concerns of the Uni­versity.
They each work in indi­vidual
ways to help serve the col­lege
community and help the less­fortunate
of our city.
Each year at U of L about 30
candidates are nominated for
Homecoming Court.
Student organizations, dormi­tories
, and any other officially
recognized group of students can
nominate someone for king or
queen. The nominees must sub­mit
an application along with a
picture and then subject them­selves
to an interview committee.
The committee is a 10-person
panel consisting of faculty mem­bers
at . the University. They are
judged on aspects such as aca­demics,
school spirit,_poise and
beauty.
The interview committee nar­rows
down the thirty candidates
to just 10, five girls and five guys.
The student body is then asked to
vote on the final ten nominees.
The winners of the elections are
announced at the Homecoming
- , - . · · Cardinal File Photo
Last years Homecommg Queen Mona Cohn reacted as her name was announced as a finalist. Cohn went on to make national headlines as became the oldest Homecoming
Queen in U of L history. · )
game on Oct. 28. tween traditional and non-tradi-
After being elected homecom- tional students. She felt there w~s
ing king or queen there are· no a gap between the tw<;> stereo­specific-
duties required of the win- types and sheobligated herself to
ners:-Theyareurged,however, to· bridging the gap.
involve themselves with activi- Cohn also worked in correla­ties
aside from the school dealing · tion with the Lukemia Society.
with the issues at the University Ron Holmes, a representative of
or important causes in the name the foundation, is going to donate
of the school. For instance, Mona his time and effort to help Mona
Cohn, 1994's Homecoming on0ct26.Holmes,a notedcrimi­Queen
made it an objective of nal profiler, is holding a press
hers to strengthen the bond be- confrence where he will take ques-tions
from the crowd. participate in any organiza-
Cohn also work~d with or- tions they see fit to help the
ganizations such as the Arts University become an integral
and Sciences Council , Mortar part in the improvement of
Boarct·and she ran for a seatin·""~our· community -ami coltege
the student senate . Her work life. That is wh.y students are
with the student government encouraged to vote on the
and other organizations -made nominees and help our univer­her
year as Homecoming sity join the struggle with so­Queen
meaningful and reward- cietal problems. Each year the
ing. homecoming kings and queens
The elected Homecoming help bring about better solu­kings
and queens are free to tions to some of the concerns
at U of L. They try to make life
more interesting inside the
classroom and out. Without
any specific requirements they
have ·the freedom ro· concern
themselves with what they feel
is important.
The winners of the elections
are a part of what shapes and
guides the University of Louis­ville
to successfully meet the
needs of the students.
University singers Grawemeyer winnCrs on campus fOr HO~eComing
Julia Horne
Staff Writer
The University Singers and the
School of Music's Jazz Combos
continue the Homecoming Town
and Gown tradition by perform­ing
all-American Jazz numbers at
the Town and Gown Concert.
Shirley Wilkinsen, University
. Singers director, has prepared a
program including popular tunes
like Smile, It had to Be You and
I' 11 Be Seeing You .
If the names of these jazz leg­endary
songs don't strike a chord,
think back to the blockbuster
films; When Harry Met Sally and
Sleepless i!J Seattle. The numbers
dance throughout these popular
films featuring singers like Harry
Connick Jr. and Dizzy Gillespie.
W ilkinsen said that the reason
for all that jazz is because, "Uazz]
is something that can be enjoyed
by all ...
Jill Shurman, a University
singer added, ··r think it's Uazz]
geared more toward the general
audience than trained musicians ...
it's· fun music."
Like the movies , the music
·pushes the all-american lifestyle
which possibly aHributes to the
popularity of jazz music.
Coinciding with the U niver­sity
Singers' program will be sev­eral
dance numbers. Shurman will
· choreograph George Gershwin's
It don-'t Mean A Thing to embel­lish
the music's artistry. The con­cert
will be a drastic ch.ange from
the University Singers' usual per­formances
that often include tra­ditional
Shaker music, 16th cen­tury
choral music performed at
the Madrigal dinners and perfor-.
mances for other formal events
like graduation and most recently
for the inaugural ceremony.
Shurman admits that the style
of music helps to create certain
movements. She goes on to say
that jaz.z is a little lighter music
than the l6th century music per­formed
at the Madrigal dinners,
and since rock' n' roll music came
from blues and jazz it tends to be
more '·dance-like."
The Music School's Jazz
Combo will continue the theme
with pieces from Dizzy
Gillespie'sManteca andaCharlie
Parker, bee-bop tune among other
selections. Jerry Tolsen will be
directing one of the ensembles
and the other director has yet to be
decided.
Tolsen comments on the all-.
jazz program stating, "Jazz is very
much American music," Tolsen
said. '·Which in essence is the
purpose of the Town and Gown
program, to entice an array of
music lovers."
The event is Oct. 24, in the
School of Music's North Recital
Hall at 8:00 p.m. There is no
admission.
By Becky Shultz
Contributing Writer.
rotechnics." ~ . auditorium.
Adams, will speak during the The Grawemeyet: Award in
Uf!iversity of Louisville's Town Education was first presented in
·"To help make the world a and Gown Festivities on Tues- 1989 to stimulate ideas that have
better place," was H. Charles day, October 24, 1995 at 2:00pm potential to bring about signifi­Grawemeyer'
s, a Lot is ville in- in the School of Music recital hall ca{\timprovement in educati9nal
dustrialist and philanthropist, on the Belknap canipus. His practice and attainment. .
intention when he and theUni-· speech, "A Look Around: Some StanfordUniversityprofessors,
versityofLouisvillecreatedthe Popular and Some Unpopular Shirley Brice Heath find Milbrey
University of Lonisvilfe Thoughts About Music" is open W. McLaughlin won the 1995
Grawemeyer Award for Music to the public. Education award for their 1993
Composition in 1984. :rheGrawemeyerp.rogram was book "Identity & )nner-City
Theawardisthelargestmon- expanded in 1988 to include the Youth: Beyond Ethnicfty and
etary prize for music composi- . University of Louisville Gender".
tion in the world," said Pa1.1l GrawemeyerAwardforldeaslm- Thetwoauthors,alongwith60
Brink,chairoftheGrawemeyer proving World Order. The colleagues, studied '60 commu­Committee.
award's purpose is to reward ideas nity organizations, involving
The prize, $150,POO cash, that can lead to more jus~ and about 24,000 inner-city children,
payable in five annual install- peaceful international relations. to determine how these organiza­mentsof$
30,000,is giveneach Australian Foreign Minister, tions could benefit schools and
year to a living composer who Sen. Gareth Evans, captured the otheragenciesdevotedtoeducat­hasshownoutstandingachieve-
Grawemeyer in this category for mg children. Heath and
ment in music composition. his article, "Cooperative Security McLaughlin say that the success
Tbe musical works Cli:>nsidered and Intra-State Conflict," pub- Of inner-city organizations lies in
for this award include, but are lished in the Fall, 1994 issue of developingasenseofcommunity
not limited to, choral, arches- Foreign Policy. or family.
tral, extended solo, dance, op- Evans believes collective se- The authors will present the
era, musical theatre, chamber curity involves "consultation. first of the drawemeyer lectures
and song-cycle. rather than confrontation, reas- on Monday, October 23, 1995 at
The 1995 Grawemeyer surance rather than deterrence, 4:30pm in the J .B. Speed Art
Award for Music Composition transparency rather than secrecy, Museum.
will be presented to Califor- preventionratherthancorrection, The Grawemeyer Awards ex­niancomposer
John Adams for and interdependence rather than p~mdedin l989toincludeafourth
his. work "Violin Concert~". unilateralism." award, the Louisville
The 33-minute work is a free- Evans will discuss his Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
flowing showpiece for violin Grawemeyer Award-winning This award is given jointly by
that, according to ·reviewer ideas on Tuesday, October 24, at U of Land the Louisville Pres­Michael
Steinberg, ''(features) 3:00pm in the College of Busi- byterian Theological Seminary.
inventive ·and daring tiddle py- ness and Public Administration The purpose of the award is to
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honor and i'publicize insights
into the rel~tionship between
pUman beings and 'the divihe
Witfi considerat,ion to the ways
this relationship may empower
peoples beitlgs to attain whole­neSs,
integrity or meaning.
Diane mk, a Harvard Uni~
versity professor of compara­tive
religion and Indian stud­ies1
accomplished the
Grawerneyer's goals with her
1993 book,
"Encountering God: A Spiri­tual
Journey from Bozeman to
Banaras".
Ber book expresses her be­liefs
that all people, Christians
and others. could gain from
listening and learnjng from
each other as they maintain their
own religious convictions.
In her persuasive style, Eck
encourages readers toward an
. 'imagined community' of di­verse
people interdependently
working to solve mutual, glo­bal
concerns," said David
Hester of tfie Louisville Pres­byterian
Theological Semi­nary,
the director of the
Grawemeyer Award in Reli­gion.
Eck will speak Wednesday,
October 25, 1995 at 7:30 pm at
the Frank Caldwell Chapel on
the Louisville Presbyterian
campus, 1044 Alta Vista.