A suggestion that University of Houston student actors wear neon vests was rescinded this week, a faculty recommendation that was made after campus police drew a gun on a Black student rehearsing a scene last semester.
Theater department faculty developed the plan for students to wear bright safety vests while rehearsing in outdoor public spaces, according to Andrew Davis, dean of Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts. The idea aimed to identify working actors after a University of Houston police officer drew a gun on a graduate student who was rehearsing a scene on campus.
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