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"Cloud
Nine" is a thought-provoking, humorous work that
raises significant questions about societal and personal
issues.
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Bear
Briefs
Student
Winners-Two 2002 graduates of UM's School of Journalism
took top honors in the Mark of Excellence Awards presented
by the Society of Professional Journalists at the organization's
national convention in Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 14. Danielle
Dellerson of Big Fork and Natalya McLees of Kalispell won
first place in the television spot news category. In addition,
UM senior Johanna Feaster of Brookings, S.D., was one of
three finalists in the radio feature category. SPJ has presented
the Mark of Excellence Awards since 1972.
Lewis
and Clark Learning-Nearly 200 years ago the fledgling
United States launched its first official expedition west
into the area that would become Montana. With the state
now primed to commemorate the 2003-06 bicentennial of the
Lewis and Clark expedition, one of the best places to learn
more about the historic travelers is the "Discovering
Lewis and Clark" Web site, located online at www.lewis-clark.org.
Designers periodically add interpretive episodes to the
site that delve into some aspect of the expedition. They
recently have done editorial cleanup to some of the older
episodes, and they invite Web surfers to click on "New
in September 2002" and visit the updated pages on "The
American Bison" and "Nathaniel Pryor's Mission."
Joe Mussulman, a former UM professor, leads a team that
designs "Discovering Lewis and Clark," which now
includes more than 1,200 pages and gets 27,000 hits a day.
Mussulman said the site has been described by historians
as the best source of Lewis and Clark information on the
Internet.
On
'Cloud Nine'-UM's Department of Drama/Dance is opening
its 2002-03 season with Caryl Churchill's play "Cloud
Nine." Upcoming performances will be held nightly at
7:30 p.m. Oct. 15-19 in the Masquer Theatre of UM's Performing
Arts and Radio/Television Center. Tickets cost $11 for the
general public and $10 for students and senior citizens.
They are available at box offices in the PAR/TV lobby and
the University Center. "Cloud Nine" audiences
are transported across time, two continents and a range
of human relationships in this gender-bending comedy. The
first act tackles colonial and sexual repression in Victorian
Africa. The second act is set in London in 1979, the year
Churchill wrote the play. "Cloud Nine" is a thought-provoking,
humorous work that raises significant questions about societal
and personal issues. The New York Times described the play
as "succinctly sassy, elegantly insulting, written
with a quill pen that seems to have been deftly dipped in
ice water." For reservations and additional information,
call (406) 243-4581, Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m.
Educational
Opportunity-UM's Experiential College offers a variety
of classes you won't find anywhere else this fall. Examples
are black-and-white photography, writing children's books
or beginning guitar. The short, inexpensive evening classes
are offered through University Center Programming and run
at various times between now and mid-December. The classes
are open to all. To register, visit or call the University
Center Box Office at 243-4636. For more information, call
243-6187 or visit the Web site at www.umt.edu/uc/college.
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