8 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 6, 1995

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Children's theater group performs at local grade schools.

By Jennifer Harvey
Daily Staff Reporter
The end of the semester is near, bringing
with it term papers, finals and plays. The
plays are being put on by a campus group
called Children's Theater.
Founded in the fall of 1990, Children's
Theater has performed original shows for
children in the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area.
"We try to get to kids who wouldn't other-
wise experience drama," said Sarah Pasky,
chair of Children's Theater and an RC junior.
The current production, "Ease on Down
the Road," is a mix of "Alice in Wonderland"

and "The Wizard of Oz," Pasky said. "Alice
and Dorothy get mixed up and meet a whole
bunch of wild people."
The members all contribute to the writing
of the original works, sometimes borrowing
from themes of well-known stories like the
"Wizard of Oz."
"I really like the fact that we all chip in,"
said RC junior Christina Rowell, a Children's
Theater member and RC junior.
The 10-member cast teams up with a pro-
ducer and a director and travels to local schools,
hospitals and community centers. The group
performs for children ranging from 4 to 12

years old.
Pasky said the cast has to be adaptable and
spontaneous because of the age range of their
audience. "We have interactive performances
and get the kids on stage," he said.
Pasky said the productions attempt to con-
vey some moral to the kids: "In 'Ease on
Down the Road,' it's about working together
to get out of a mixed-up story and back to your
own story."
Children's Theater puts on one production
each semester. Pasky said the group writes and
practices the production during the semester and
performs publicly at the end of the semester.

The group is composed of mostly non-
theater students. "We're informal. We're never
on stage. We're in classrooms and gyms. We
look for people who are creative and are not
afraid to look silly," Pasky said.
The group is committed to showing the
kids a good performance. They practice once
or twice a week for one to two hours. They
perform each production eight to 10 times.
"They do a really good job of entertaining
the kids. Even though they change members
each year, their quality is still consistent,"
said Stan Kirton of the Park Ridge Commu-
nity Center.

"After our first show, I knew it was the
most rewarding experience, seeing them all
smile and rush up to us and hug us after-
wards," Rowell said.
The group does not charge for any of its
performances. Children's Theater is fund~d
by the Michigan Student Assembly and son*-
times by other University sources. "We try toO
keep everything minimal for travel, so we don' t
have to spend a lot of money," Pasky said.
The group's efforts were recognizedWy
the University in the winter of 1991, wheP-jt
received a Student Achievement Award Ier
its contributions of service and leadership:

Spring freeze sets records


Pollack to speak
on 'Contract With
America' tonight

By Spencer Dickinson
Daily Staff Reporter
Last November saw the Republi-
can takeover of Congress thanks in
part to the party's "Contract With
America."
Last week, University students call-
ing themselves the "Coalition Against
the ContractOn America"demonstrated

If you want to go ...
When: Tonight, 7 p.m.
Where: West Quad, Wedge Room
inciding with the rally last week is
good publicity, but just a coinci-
dence."
Wessel Walker said she would be
"very surprised" if Pollack supports

dissatisfaction with the list of legisla-
tive proposals.
Tonight, former
state Sen. Lana Pol-
lack will offer her U v r4
view of the contro-
versial Contract. a s al
Pollack will
present her speech, who Wi
titled "Contract With '
AmericalContractOn the
America" in the West Ameri
Quad Wedge Room at
7 p.m.
Pollack, who lost CC
the Democratic U.S.
Senate nomination to
Rep. Bob Carr last
summer, has long been a public figure
in Ann Arbor.
Donna Wessel Walker, the honors
facilitator of student programs, was
responsible for the decision to invite
Pollack.
"We had a few lectures from mem-
bers of the faculty, but I felt we should
have someone with broader appeal,"
Walker said. "She is interested in social
issues, she is an excellent speaker, and
she has ties to this campus."
Pollack chose her own topic,
Wessel Walker said. "The timing co-

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- Mark Fletcher
ollege Republicans
president

the Contrat
"But," sh6
added, "it is
going to be ai
open discus-
sion andpeopte
are free to ask
questions and
disagree."
University
College R e
publicans
PresidentMark
Fletcher said,
"This Univei-
sity is known
for its libefal

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bias and (choosing Pollack) reinforces
that impression.
"I challenge the University to brin
a speaker here who will support thi
Contract with America, but ... (the
University) is merely acting in its
self-interest to see that its bloated
bureaucracy is protected by its local
liberal politicians."
Fiona Rose, an LSA first-year stir-
dent who worked on Pollack's Senate
campaign, disagreed. "As far as I'm
concerned, she walks on water," Rose
said.
Port Huron.
PotH xn'tunnel takes:
first train
PORT HURON (AP) - The first
train passed through the new St. Clair
River Tunnel yesterday. The $145
million link between Port Huron and
Sarnia, Ontario, is expected to save
considerable time and money for ship-
pers.
The 1.1-mile tunnel under the river
will cut up to a day's travel time on
routes between eastern Canada and
Chicago because it can accommodate
double-deck rail cars, said Gloria
Combe, a CN North America spokes-
woman.
The old tunnel it replaces, built it
the late 1800s, was too small and cre-
ated a costly bottleneck for shippers,
Taller cars had to be dismantled
and ferried by barge across the rive,
a 12-hour process.
The trip through the new tunnej
will take about two minutes.
Construction was beset with prob*
lems and finished about eight months
behind schedule. It took~about two
years to complete.
The tunnel is expected to carry
275,000 freight cars a year for the
government-owned CN, which in-
cludes the Canadian National Rai-
road and its subsidiary, Grand Trunk
Western railways. r
An average of 24 trains will u,
the tunnel daily, up from 16 at ti
old tunnel, because the averag
speed will increase. CN official
also hope to market the link to moth
shippers.
Though the tunnel will handle

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