Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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Wynton Marsa- lis thrills the Fisher Audito- rium crowd with his talent. Series Gives Big Name Entertainment Doug Mdcek Every year the Ai ' ist ' s Series brings great entertainment to JUP. This year was no exception. Here are the high- lights of the shows: Ben Vereen came in Septem- ber. Live audiences are Vereen ' s first love, and the magic he creat- ed on Broadway has provided the perfect springboard for his caba- ret act. The consummate entertainei ' , Ben Veieen has left his mari on the Broadway stage, the concert stage and the screen, pleasing au- diences throughout the world. It is rare for- a performer to influ- ence an ar-ray of mediums with the brilliance of Ben Vereen. The first time a major Chinese orchestra played in the U.S., they played at IL ' P. We were the first visit in the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra ' s tour in October-. The audience was enthralled with the performance and especially the solos of the 18-year ' -old Wang Xiao Dong, who played violin. Zuohuang Chen was the conduc- tor of the group, and at the end of the performance, the orchestra received two standing ovations. Sophisticated Ladies opened in December with the announce- ment Ladies and gentlemen, the music of Duke Ellington! Over 20 of Ellington ' s most famous songs were featured. The dancing was fantastic, from its kick-lines to its dramatic gymnastics, in- cluding back-flips and cart- wheels. The cast proved again and again that it meant business from the ver ' y first song. The spring semester started with Big River, an adaptation from Mark Twain ' s Huckleberry Finn. The crowd was kept antici- pating the show, which started an hour- and a half late. Some considered it one of the best trav- eling shows ever- seen. The performer playing Huck Finn was vital, as he narrated the story and sang. He kept the audience in touch with what was going on. A pulley system pulled the raft along the stage, making the audience feel as though it was following it down the river-. Those who stayed for- the perfor- mance enjoyed themselves. On March 18, Fisher Auditori- um was entr-anced by Waves, a Philadelphia-based dance compa- ny. Waves presented music in mo- tion, or what choreographer and director Shimon Braun called a celebration of music, of bodies, of rhythms, of connections, of life and for life. Waves displayed a variety of styles throughout the show: Break-dance and gymnastics wer ' e prevalent, with one fea- tured r-oller-skating routine. April br-()ught Wynton Marsalis to Fisher- Auditorium. Marsalis led his jazz quintet through two and one-half hours of the hottest jazz Indiana has seen inyears. After- playing such favorites as George Gershwin ' s Embraceable You, John Coltr-ane ' s Miles Mode, and ll ' P ' s fight song Cher-okee, .Mar-salis accented the night with his own J Mood (the title track from his latest album, Blac-k Codes fr-om The I ' ndergr-ound ), drum feature Down Home with Homey, and the 1940s showtune Autumn Leaves. As usual, the entertainment provided this year- was outstand- ing. Those who had season passes know their money was well- spent. —Compiled by Jim Lewis, Gayle Schmidt, and Amy Thewes . . . the en- tertainment provided this year was out- standing. r- itii Lifestyles

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... every- body likes to park where they ' re not allowed to park. Ooun Mici k The Memorial Fieldhouse parking lot is alttays full on weekdays with commuters ' cars. Parking: The Eternal Headache Doug Macek ' hat ' s one thing that lUP faculty, staff and com- niutef students have in common? Piobiems with paiking on campus, said Eugene Thomas of the lUP campus police. The next question you may asi is, what is being done about the pioblem? Robert Marx, the direc- tor of campus planning, said each year about two projects involving paving are done. What we have been doing here is building new facilities and upgrading existing facilities foi ' parking, said Marx. The student union parking area and the lot located outside Whitmyre Hall are two examples of this work. Marx said that he doesn ' t re- ceive many of the complaints on parking problems, but said most are received by campus police. There ' s 4lways complaints whenever you have a controlled situation of parking like we have. You ' re going to have complaints because everybody likes to park where they ' re not allowed to park, said Thomas. Thomas said that the campus police do not like to tow cars, but if someone is unauthorized in a reserved space on campus or is a consistent violator of parking in fire lanes oi ' handicapped spaces, they will be towed. The 80 re- served parking spaces on campus are paid for each semester and when someone who is unautho- rized paiks in the space, the per- son permitted to park there can call campus police and have the car towed, said Thomas. One of the biggest complaints about parking on campus is that people can ' t find a parking space, said Thomas. There is about an even number of complaints from faculty, staff and students, he said. Adult student Karen Thomas said she doesn ' t find it a pioblem to park early in the morning be- fore an 8 a.m. class, but if she comes to campus later in the morning, she has difficulty find- ing a space. There are not enough spaces anywhere, she said. There needs to be more central locations. Fi ' eshman Susan Fox said she has had similar ' experience with finding a parking space. She too had problems finding a parking place in the latter part of the morning. I was lucky to find a pai ' king space there (the .Memorial Field House parking lot), said Fox. Thomas said if drivers went to one of the larger lots and then went to the stadium lot, they would save the time it takes to drive around campus searching for a space and be able to walk to their office or class in a shorter amount of time. One way to help diminish the parking problem would be for more people to carpool, said Thomas. Campus police have a listing of all drivers who would be willing to carpool. which is taken from the application form for parking permits, said Thomas. —Kim Davis Parking 21

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