TCU Daily Skiff Wednesday, April 24, 1991 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 88th Year, No. 109 Vice chancellor believes in involvement, organization By THAAI WALKER Barr sweeps into her office furnished At TCU, Barr is responsible for performance." get into mischief — like her plan to Special to the Skiff with a blue couch and armchair for in- supervising student housing. Recreational Barr came from a close-knit family own a piece of land in the Yukon. timate conversations. The shelves over- Sports, orientation, Student Activities, of which she is the youngest of three "I was in love with the radio, and She's afraid of birds. flow with books, manuals and papers Greek affairs, health service, the Student children. Growing up, she was active in 'Sergeant Preston of the Yukon She has been ever since she was a — in a disarray surprising for someone Center, the Career Planning and Place- the Methodist Church, which she said (Alaska)' was my hero," Barr said. child, when her "country bumpkin" cou- who is noted for her organization in ment Center, international students, Uni- was one of the constants in her life as "They had this promotion on the radio sins, on a lark, locked her in a chicken other aspects of her life. versity Ministries, Campus Police, the her family moved from place to place. that if you sent in so many Wheaties coop where she was pecked by an She is a busy woman; You can feel Dean of Students Office, and Alcohol "We moved a lot," Barr said. "My boxtops you could get a square inch of army of fowl. it. The air is charged with a sense of and Drug Education. dad worked for an oil company, so I land in the Yukon, and I thought that To this day, when Margaret Ban- urgency as she nods in quick succes- "I'm highly organized on a day-to- had to adjust a lot to change as a was a terrific idea. travels to Mexico or other places where sions — as if she knows what you're day basis," Barr said. "It's the only child." "They (her parents) had a charge ac- pigeons Hock the streets, she sends her going to say before you say it. Barr is way I can survive." She learned responsibility at a young count at a little local grocery store, so friends ahead of her as "stompcrs" to a frenzied smoker. Her ashtray over- Barr's organizational skills arc appa- age. Since her parents both worked, if I ran out of something I could go scare the birds away. flows with cigarette butts. rent to everyone who comes in contact Barr was in charge of making dinner at get it. I went to the local store and It doesn't seem likely Barr, vice Control and organization arc running with her, said Don Mills, assistant vice age 10. bought the 30 boxes of Wheaties, tore chancellor for student affairs, would be themes in her life. Barr is an admini- chancellor for student affairs. "Mother and Daddy got some atro- die lops off and mailed it off. I ate afraid of anything. She holds the high- strator, a teacher, an author, a leader in "She has a capacity to do a tremend- cious meals, but I learned a lot about Wheaties for two and a half years. My est administrative position a woman has the community and a member of vari- ous amount of work in a short time," cooking," Barr said. held in TCU's history. ous professional organizations. Mills said. "She demands high Like most children, she managed to See Barr, page 5 Miller play to make its House -■^fi&'^&a campus debut honors By CARRIE BREWER TCU Daily Skiff A director and actress from New teams York will join Theatre TCU in the presentation of Arthur Miller's Resolution notes "Death of a Salesman" April 24 through 28 at the university theater. The show's guest director, Kent tennis victories Paul, decided to take a new approach By JON MARTZ to Miller's popular drama of the TCU Daily Skiff 1950s, he said. Paul's version of the play exposes a central lie in Ameri- House representatives passed a re- can life that "the man who makes an solution Tuesday to congratulate the appearance in the business world is achievements of the men's and wo- the man who gets ahead," he said. men's tennis teams and their regular Paul was inspired for this new ap- season championships. proach when he saw a small frame The men's team won the regular house in Queens, NY, he said. The season title with a record of 7-0 in house was what he imagined could conference play and a 15-5 record be main character Willy Loman's overall, winning the Southwest Con- house, surrounded by warehouses, ference Tournament and receiving an tall apartments and billboards, he automatic bid to the NCAA Tourna- said. ment. The team is ranked 12th in the The picture Paul wants to paint is nation. "a collage of commmcrcialism press- The women's tennis team finished ing on the lives of our people," he conference play with a record of 8-0 said. and 27-7 overall. The team finished Loman will be played by theater second in the Southwest Conference professor Henry Hammack. Ham- Tournament and il ranked 25th in the mack's stage and screen credits in- nation. clude performances at Circle Thea- "The teams did not know about the ter, Casa Manana, Fort Worth Thea- resolution. It is a way to show our ap ter and in television and feature prcciation," said Ernie Ross, presi- films. dent of the House of Student Linda Loman, Willy's wife, will Representatives. be played by guest-star Anne-Lynn "This is the first time that both the Kettles. Kettles is a graduate of Rol- men's and the women's tennis teams lins College and has performed in have gone undefeated in a long New York in several plays including time," said Jeff Sherman, House trea- "Six Characters in Search of an Au- surer. "We fell they deserved the rec- thor" and "Tartuffe." She was nomi- ognition of the student body." nated for best actress in the Carboncll Courtesy ol Glenn E. Ellman The House also held elections for See Play, page 2 Theatre TCU's production of "Death of a Salesman" will star Henry Hammack, Anne-Lynn Kettles, Rhett Pennell and Jim Hopkins. See House, page 2 Beauty queen leads Inside No connection despite name Holiday University denies 'rock'-y double life Student speaks out in favor of a Martin Luther King like my blue jeans. holiday any affiliation By JAMIE MclLVAIN Page 3 TCU Daily Skiff "1 only cnlercd ibis pageant for the money," Gillespic said. with local theater Starry-eyed first graders listen in- Before being named as one of the Ambition icnlly to their guest speaker, who is 10 finalists selected to compete in die By GREG LYNCH Graduate student aspires to wearing a long, turquoise scquincd pageant, Gillespic had lo submit an TCU Daily Skiff gown and a diamond crown. She tells application, go through two sets of be an elected official. them they have the potential to be- interviews and perform in a talent Page 5 Despite its name, the TCU Theater come anything Uiey want. competition. She received the title near the comer of University and t= The speaker then drives back to crown in a pageant held August 11 at West Berry streets is not connected TCU, returning to analyze soil sam- the Dallas Convention Center Champions with the university, three department ples and rocks. Theaire. The tennis team wins the chainnen said. These are the two lives of Cindy Gillespic will be the first minority SWC championship. The chairmen of the music, theater G il lespic, a senior geology major and student from TCU to graduate in Page 6 and dance departments said they be- Miss African-American Dallas 1990. geology when she receives a bache- lieve the name of the theater is Gillespic, 22, divides her time be- lor of science degree next December. misleading. tween completing her degree and She then plans to enroll at the Uni- "It's unfortunate some people may making public appearances. But she versity of Texas at Dallas to obtain a associate the theater with the cam- TCU Daily Skiff/ Debbie Hooker said she feels comfortable in both master's degree in geology. pus," said Dick Maw, executive pro- worlds. Gillespic has been an intern for ducer and director of productions at "It's unfortunate some people may associate the theater with the "I enjoy being outside, roughing it, Arco Oil and Gas Company for the Outside die dieatcr. campus," says Dick Maw, executive producer of TCU Theater. and then going back to being a real past four summers. She will bean in- Maw said people often call the woman with makeup and all," Ci illes- tern at the Midland, Texas, branch of TCU Theater, thinking it's con- connection (with the university)," mances like "CabareL" He said he in- pie said. "I just learned so much by Arco this summer. Today's weather will be nected with the university. Maw said Tuesday. "I went around troduced himself to some of the participating in the pageant, from Gillespic got her internship cloudy with a high tempera- Andrew Harris, chairman of the and introduced myself (to the chair- chairmen. basic makeup to new ways of doing through a non-profit program called ture of 78 degrees.