Vanities' explores complexities of friendships
University play incorporates a variety of female
character traits staged during a feminist movement
BY AMY LICHTY
PULSE REPORTER
Friendships between women can be
wonderful, yet strange. For high school
females, friends are among the highest
priorities. Old friendships fade as new
ones begin. “Vanities,” presented by
the University Theatre and opening
Oct. 27, follows the friendship of three
girls through a tumultuous time in
history — the 1960s and 70s — and
watches their lives change and grow.
“Vanities” begins in 1963. As high
school cheerleaders, Kathy, Mary and
Joanne are beautiful, popular and the
best of friends. First, the audience
sees them shaken as they hear about
the assassination of President
Kennedy. The play then follows them
through college, as sorority sisters in
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the era of the Vietnam
War, and finally, as inde
pendent adults.
Sophomore theater
major Jeannie Hou plays
Mary, a sassy, wild char
acter who travels the
world and follows her
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Elizabeth Helman said.
“But she’s the nice
one of the three and
grows up doing what
she thinks she’s sup
posed to do in terms of
what’s expected of
women in the late ’50s
and parlv ”
“(Mary) is the one in the play who
probably changes the most,” Hou said.
"She goes out and sees the world and
steps out of the little town. ”
Senior theater major Bethany Ma
son plays Joanne, the conservative,
uptight girl who becomes a happy
homemaker wannabe.
"She’s always trying to get valida
tion from the other girls,” director
Senior business major Lauren Ol
son is Kathy, the head cheerleader.
“She looks back on her life and
doesn’t see much value in it,” Olson
said. “But she does see the value of
the friendships between the girls.”
The differences in the characters
show what it means to them to be
women during the time of a feminist
movement. Mary takes risks to fulfill
her life as much as possible, while
Joanne plays the part of “good wife
and mother” but keeps secrets. And
Kathy is a cross between the two.
“I think everyone has a bit of each
of these girls in them,” Hou said.
Helman said she hopes to open
women’s eyes through the play.
“So many young women who
come to college think that feminism
is such a bad thing,” Helman said.
“But it isn’t. The fact that they are
in college is because of women be
fore who have made sacrifices. But
it’s always so sticky in any decade
to be a woman.”
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Residence hall dwellers can
make dorms more home-like
Trendy decorations can be
used to save space, make
bare walk more vibrant
BY NATASHA CHILINGERIAN
SENIOR PULSE REPORTER
On move-in day, residence hall
dwellers faced the reality of bare, tiny
rooms staring back at them. Now that
students have lived in the halls for
about a month, their rooms are start
ing to look more like home, and some
have pulled off a trendy decorating
look as well. The keys to making a
plain dorm room look classy and com
fortable are the right accessories and
space-enhancing storage techniques.
University freshman Sarah Smith,
who lives in Carson Hall, adorned
her room with posters featuring The
Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and the film
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Smith’s
room also features blue string lights
with green tassels and a hot pink
comforter to match her roommate’s
hot pink sheets. She said posters and
photo collages are popular in the
halls and that decorations are essen
tial, considering how the rooms look
before move-in day.
“It’s so ugly when you first get
here,” she said. “It’s like a mental in
stitution if you don’t decorate.”
Access to cute room accessories is
close to campus — West Moon on
13th Avenue carries an assortment
of trendy, bohemian-style accents.
West Moon sales associate Nancy
Haskins said the most popular sell
ers with college kids are paper
lanterns, tapestries and oriental
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Trendy decorations, including lights and posters, are prevelant in a Carson Hall room.
rugs. The store also sells bed
canopies, large oriental fans, hang
ing door beads, paper ceiling um
brellas and candles. Haskins said
tapestries can be used to cover
beds, as wall hangings and even as
curtains. She added that many of
West Moon’s items can help make a
dorm room look not so pint-sized.
“Bed canopies draw the eye up, so
you’re not so contained,” she said.
“(To make a room look bigger), be
very wall-hanging-oriented as opposed
to using big, bulky furniture. Think ac
cessorizing instead of decorating. ”
Sales associate Kara Merrill, who
works at Toko Asia at the Fifth Street
Public Market, recommends putting up
mirrors, leaving windows unblocked
and keeping everything organized to
make the most of a small space. Toko
Asia carries colorful storage
baskets, vibrant candle holders and silk
pillows, all of which are dorm room
friendly. She said the use of bright color
reflects current decorating trends.
“In small spaces, people tend to pick
their signature color and use it to cre
ate small, vibrant spaces,” she said.
“That way, you don’t have to buy that
many things. People will come in and
buy three or four bright red things. ”
Merrill said filling bowls with rice
and candles or glass stones and wa
ter is another decoration trend. Toko
Asia also sells meditation pillows
and woven vinyl place mats, which
a few customers have used as wall
hangings.
According to online publication
Rental Decorating Digest
(www.rentaldecorating.com),
students can easily spice up dorm
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