Second Season offering
explores nature of faith
Exploring the nature of faith
and the hunger for a spiritual
miracle in the contemporary
world, "Agnes of God," by
playwright John Pielmeier, is
the third of four plays offered
this spring in the Arena Theatre
as part of the University
Theatre’s Second Season series.
The plot for "Agnes of God”
is based on «in actual incident
that occured in upstate New
York in 1976. A nun gave birth
in her convent , strangled the in
fant, placed it in a Wastebasket,
claimed no- recollection of the
•incident and was indicted for
manslaughter. .' •
Pielmeier was fascinated by
this occurence and acknowledg
ed. it: as the source for his plot.
But it merely Serves as the
background against which he
presents a sense of mystery and
spiritual wonder.
The drama is an intense play
of the mind and a play of
miracles, says director Eileen
Kearney, a doctoral degree can
didate in theater arts.
In searching for the solutions
to the mysteries of who killed
the baby and who the father is,
the nun (Agnes), the mother
superior, and a court-appointed
psychiatrist must face some
hard realities and re-examine
the meaning of faith and the
commitment of love, Kearney
says. • •'
Performances are scheduled
for. April 11-13, 19-20 and
25-27. Curtain time, is 8 p.m.
and admission is $2:
Tickets can be purchased at
the University Theatre box of-,
fice in the lobby of- Robinson
Theatre,
Free workshop to provide
leg al self-help information
Consumer Sounding Board is
offering a free workshop tonight
on legal self-help, including
small claims court, consumer
complaint resolvement, and use
of the "Lemon Law,” a law
designed to protect consumers
from faulty retail products.
The CSB offers low-cost legal
self-help kits for bankruptcy,
uncontested divorce, name
change, adoption, consumer
complaints and. landlord/tenant
disputes.
Although the preparation and
selling of such kits is legal, the
Oregon State Bar has complain
ed that founder and director
Peggy Muse is "practicing law
without a license.”
Muse says she has agreed not
to engage in activities con
sidered by the bar as practicing
law, such as giving legal advice '
to customers. Muse was found .
in contempt of this agreement
in June .1984, but is appealing
the decision.
: '.’The only thing we’re doing
is providing legal forms and
helping people fill them out —
something you can legally do
yourself. But the forms in
(regular) use are written in old
‘legalese- and many people find
them confusing,” Muse says.
CSB workers do not give legal
advice, accompany customers
to court, or advise them of the.
probable outcomes of their
cases. Muse says.
The workshop will begin at 7
p.m. at the Consumer Sounding
Board office at 132 E. Broad
way, Suite 214.
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Most students who come to
America work in New York, and
many are working now on
cleaning the Statue of Liberty,
she says.
Boucher explains that permits
are issued only temporarily for
prime job-finding periods. For
example, work permits for New
Zealand would only last from
April to October, during the
peak farming season. However,
workers could possibly arrange
for additional permits with their
employers.
Costs for the program include
air fare and a $72 fee in all coun
tries except Germany, where the
program fee is $80. Applica
tions for the program are ac
cepted throughout the year.
Another cost-free, but wage
deficient option is the GEE
volunteer program for working
on community service projects
in Canada, Czechoslovakia,
Denmark, France, Germany,
Poland and Spain. Room and
board are complementary, and
jobs range from restoring a
Czechoslovakian castle to
rebuilding seawalls on a Ger
man island.
The program fee is $100 and
air fare is additional. If par
ticipants go to France or Spain,
they must speak the country’s
language. Volunteers don t
have to be students, but they
must be at least 16 years old to
work in Germany and at least 18
years old in all other countries.
The volunteer jobs usually
last two to four weeks. May 1 is
the application deadline for
volunteers.
Reduced air travel rates for
students and youth par
ticipating in CIEE programs
may be available through the
council’s travel agency. For
more information call the agen
cy in Portland at 228-1900, or
write to CIEE. 312 Sutter St.,
San Francisco, CA 94108.
Another source for locating
paid or volunteer short-term
work overseas is the annual
guide from the Central Bureau
for Educational Visits and Ex
changes in England. “Working
Holidays/1985” lists jobs and
contains general and specific
tips on work permits, visas,
transportation, accommoda
tions, medical requirements
and other useful information
about working in developed
and developing countries. In
dividuals can order this
320-page guide for $8.95 in
cluding regular mailing costs,
or $10.35 for first class mail,
from the Canadian Bureau for
International Education, 141
Laurier Ave. W., Suite 809, Ot
tawa, Ontario, Canada KlP 5J3.
Photo by Shu-Shing Chen
Agnes (Jani Davis) grapples with her conscience in a
scene from the Second Season production of “Agnes of
God. ” Nancy Julian (left) plays Agnes’ mother superior
and Kim Andersbn (right) plays a ^ourt-appointed
psychiatrist. .
Lecture series
will feature
noted architect
Noted architect Elizabeth
Ericson will give the fourth an
nual Claire Watson Forrest
Memorial Lecture tonight on
campus.
Ericson was project architect
for the Boston Children’s
Hospital and for the Tuft’s New
England Medical Center, for
which she received a citation
from “Architectural Record.”
Her talk, “Ornament Out of
the Ordinary,” will be in Room
107 Lawrence Hall at 7:30 p.m.
It is free and open to the public.
The Claire Watson Forrest
Memorial lectures were
established in 1980 by the ar
chitecture departments of the
universities of Oregon, Califor
nia at Berkeley, and Southern
California. Forrest, who died in
an automobile accident in 1977,
taught at all three universities
in the 1970s.
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