The Kabuki Play 3

Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater that portrays the lives of people who lived during the Edo period (1600-1868). While it's subject matter is primarily historical, Kabuki's extraordinary spectacles of color and sound through acting, dancing and music still symbolize contemporary life.

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HISTORY OF "THE KABUKI PLAY"

  • The original "Kabuki Play" writings exposed a brash inner monologue as I struggled through the trials and tribulations as a college student. Broken friendships, irritating dorm-mates and akward trips home between semesters kicked off the first "Kabuki Play" series. However, college didn't last forever and "the real world" was right around the corner with drama ten fold.
  • "The Kabuki Play 2," a darker and more disturbing account, told the unsettling story about my first job after graduating from college, it being one of the biggest trainwrecks in the history of "The Kabuki Play." After being caught in the middle of 10 consecutive firings in less than two years and being stuck with four pisspoor bosses, I decided that I'd had enough. So, I quit my job and cut off all the negativity in my life, and moved two hours away from home to start my life over.
  • With a new job, my own apartment and a new beginning, "The Kabuki Play 3" picks up where the second series left off and revisits my inner monologue as I try to leave the past behind me and spread my wings.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

All I have to say is this...

Manhattanville faculty passes vote of no confidence against college president
By DIANA COSTELLO
THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: September 5, 2007)

PURCHASE - The firing of a top adviser at Manhattanville College has shaken students and contributed to a recent faculty vote of no confidence against President Richard Berman.

Students plan to protest the layoff today before the board of trustees meeting.

The faculty, meanwhile, is urging the board to launch an independent investigation into the events surrounding the firing of the adviser, Mary Corrarino, the senior vice president for student affairs.

The faculty voted 60-4 at a special meeting last week in support of the proposition that "the faculty no longer has confidence in the leadership of President Berman," Chairman David Adams said.

Adams confirmed that the vote pushing for an "immediate, outside, independent investigation" into the firing of Corrarino passed 71-2.

He said yesterday that he could not yet comment on the faculty's votes.

Peter Giles, a representative for the college, said he would release a statement after today's trustee meeting.

Berman reportedly addressed the faculty at the special meeting and said he and Corrarino have had "irreconcilable differences" for at least the past year and a half, making it impossible to jointly lead the college, according to unofficial minutes.

He then informed the faculty that Corrarino and the college have retained attorneys and therefore he could not comment on the events leading up to her dismissal, according to the minutes.

Faculty members at the meeting expressed their concern about several issues concerning transparency and a crisis of confidence, particularly the construction of a building on the edge of campus that is rumored to cost approximately $200,000 and may have begun after allegedly inaccurate filings were submitted to the town of Harrison, according to the minutes.

The college's board of trustees is investigating, according to the minutes.

Corrarino could not be reached yesterday for comment.

Students said they planned to gather at 7:30 a.m. today before the college board enters into executive session.

Lindsey Keller, a senior involved in the protest, said students had a right to know what was going on. She described Corrarino as a "fabulous" adviser who was always willing to listen and was always fair.

"Students have a right to know, since we're paying tuition, what happened to Mary Corrarino," said Keller, 21. "It's just very shady how nothing's being said."

Need I validate myself further?

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