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Bison basketball, page 7 THE BISON Vol. 75, No.l3 Searcy, Ark., Harding University February 25, 2000 Up With People International musical group to perform tomorrow night By Rachel Wilson "Everyone is welcome to the Bison staff writer open house to meet the cast and learn more about the Up With p With People will return People program," Erin Myers, to Harding on Saturday to event coordinator, said. U perform its new musical, Students who travel with Up ROADS, at 7:30p.m. in the Benson With People have a multi-purpose Auditorium. goal that reaches beyond musical The cast for the musical in performance, Myers said. cludes 150 people between the The purpose of Up With People ages of 17-27 who hail from 20 is to develop the potential in nations. people to bring the world together •· "ROADS, the new Up With through friendship and under Photo courtesy of Up W1th l'eople People musical, is a high-energy, standing, according to a press re As the Up With People students travel around the world performing their new musical 'ROADS,' they educate local electrifying celebration of the exu lease. youth in cultural awareness and diversity and instill the responsibility of contributing to the con1111U11ity. Up With berance of youth," according to The members spend numerous People will perform in the Benson Auditorium tomorrow night at 7:30p.m. the group's public relations mate hours in community service, inter rials. "Many of the songs and national travel, and performance, "It opened my eyes, and I began group's stop in Searcy because of cast will be working with the Red dances in the show are familiar to according to a press release. Each to develop a point of view about their positive message. Cross of White County collecting audiences and are performed in year, the group travels to many the world and life." "They have a great show that supplies for disaster relief, accord English, while others are sung in countries assisting in relief efforts, According to the event coordi promotes better understanding ing to Myers. She also said they [other languages]." cross-cultural education and nators, Searcy is one of the stops the world-over," Jackson said. will be visiting nursing homes in Tickets are $7 for students and reaching out to others in a variety on the 2000 Up With People tour. "And it is just great entertainment the area. They will conclude their seniors and $10 for adults, and of other ways as well. At the end Afterwards, they will travel to that people can bring their whole stay with their performance. they may be purchased at First Se of their tour in each city, they per Copenhagen, Denmark. This year, family to enjoy." "Our challenge is to entertain, curity Bank's main branches, form their musical for the commu the cast will perform in approxi During their three-day visit to yet convey a deeper message," Kroger, The Daily Citizen or the nity. mately 80 cities on three conti Searcy, students will live with host Wesley Dixon, Jr., chairman of the Benson ticket office the night of "It wasn't just visiting coun nents. Currently, there are four families and get involved in ad Up With People board, said. the show. tries. It was the intensity and other Up With People casts trav dressing the needs of Searcy by Up With People was founded Prior to the performance, there depth of the experience that made - eling around the world. working on local community ser in 1965, and incorporated in 1968 will be a dress rehearsal and open Up With People so meaningful," Tommy Jackson, editor of the vice projects. as a not-for-profit educational or house at 4 p.m. in the Benson. Bruce Harris, cast alumnus, said. Daily Citizen, helped organize the On Saturday, members of the ganization. 1V-16 anchor teams begin broadcasting By Jamey Jones Mr. Ritchie, Dr. Butterfield, Dr. rience for the future." Bison staff writer James and myself get together and Steed, however, had different review the tapes. Then we simply motives. "Live at Five," Channel 16's decide." "I took Dr. [David] Cole's earth nightly news program, is back on Some students agreed that science class a year ago, and as a the air with a new cast. the tryouts process was not dif direct result of that class, I decided The anchor team on Mondays, ficult. l wanted to be a meteorologist," Wednesdays and Fridays is "They [tryouts] were very re he said. Sandra Kirk, freshman, and laxed and fairly easy," Kemp said. The stories that are presented Whitney Leach, junior, bringing Others, however, were a little on "Live at Five" are real stories. the news, James Canterbury, jun uneasy about the auditions. These stories are rewritten from ior, with the weather and Stephen "It was a one-time teleprompter newspapers by students in Rose, senior, with sports. reading which was kind of nerve Hoggatt's Broadcast News writ The team for Tuesdays and racking, but not too bad," Harless ing class or taken from CNN, since Thursdays isAdia Bess, freshman, said. "It is a good experience re TV-16 is affiliated with them along and Rachael Harless, junior, gardless of whether you get the with CBS and NASA. bringing the news, Adrian Steed, part." The sports anchors prepare senior, with the weather and Erin Weather anchors have a more their own stories. Kemp, sophomore, with sports. extensive tryout, according to "1 get them [sports stories] Although broadcast journal Steed. myself from the newspaper or ism may seem like a tough busi "You have to do a sample online services," Kemp said. "The ness in the "real world," here at weather segment and show them Harding sports information Harding, it is a little easier to get that you have an idea of how to comes from their web site." a foot in the door. point on the chroma wall [the wall In addition, the Weather an "It's really a simple process," where the maps are displayed chors also gather their own mate Dr. Dutch Hoggatt, associate pro graphically,]" he said. rial. fessor of communication and one The students had a variety of "I watch the weather channel Photo by Ric Helms of the teachers who oversees the reasons why they wanted to be and steal all I can from what my Rachael Harless (left) and Adia Bess (right) deliver the news last Tuesday television station, said. "We ac TV-16 anchors. favorite meteorologist, Kristina evening. Harless and Bess are members of the new anchor cast delivering the cept applications from students, "I want to do this [television Abernathy says," Steed said. news two nights each week on Harding's channel16. An alternate anchor cast and then they come in for tryouts. work] when I graduate," Kirk said. "Then I get all the data (tempera delivers the news the remaining three evenings. The cast was chosen by a team After a live reading of a segment "I want to be a journalist, so hope tures, wind speed and direction, of communication professors. of news, a committee made up of fully this will give me more expe- etc.) from the Internet." 2 -----=..:=TheBi=-son ----=-=Febr~uary2~5, 2000:::______ Op ini 0 ns ----- just some thoughts... You can always go home Sometimes everyone kansas Democrat Gazette, a needs to go home - at foundation known as least for a while. Birthright, founded by Since my freshman Theodore Herzl, is at year, I have returned to tempting to send every my home in Colorado for young Jewish-American every school break. Dur to visit Israel. ing each of these visits I The program is being always drive "out to the funded largely by Charles country," at least once, to Bronfram, a Seattle-based visit my grandparents. It r businessman, and Michael is during those times of Elizabeth R. Smith Steinhardt, who both do sipping lemonade at the Bison editor nated $9 million to the ef- oak kitchen table and fort. Israeli taxpayers will snooping around my grandfather's also spend about $70 million so that saw-dust covered workshop that I have 50,000 young people can spend 10 days Photo by Landon Horton been able to relive childhood memories in Israel. The Church of the Ascension stands atop the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. As part of the -memories of snow sledding and ex So far, 4,000 students have gone on Birthright program, Jewish-Americans will have the opportunity to travel Israel, their ploring, of Christmases and birthdays. the trip, and have cited the visit to Is homeland, for free .. Although my visits follow the same rael as the most important factor in account for every Jewish-American to some us, it is an opportunity for schedule each time, I always come determining their Jewish identity. born in the future, according to Mor thousands to discover and explore their away with something different and This stands in stark contrast to Mor ris.