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APRIL 28, 2003
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CULTURE CENTER, 6-9PM
Celebrate Asian Culture
The UNL Culture Center, Afghan Renascent Youth Association, and Sigma Psi Zeta will host the Asian American Cultural Celebration: The Many Faces of ASIA from 6-9pm this evening at the Culture Center. A collaboration of Asian student organizations, departments and community groups will promote an awareness of the diversity of Asian culture to the greater campus community.
The evening will begin with traditional Asian foods catered from Lincoln area restaurants. After dinner, various garments from Asian countries will be exhibited. Singing and various types of dancing performances representative of Asian countries will be presented, and a martial arts show demonstrating multiple disciplines will conclude the event.
Cultural artifacts provided by the collaborating student groups will be on display through the event. All portions of the event are free and open to the public. For more information, call 472-5500.
CULTURE CENTER
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LIED CENTER, WED 3:30PM
Forum to Feature Global Freshwater Expert Gleick
Peter Gleick, an internationally known expert on global freshwater
resources and issues, will give the final lecture in the 2002-2003 season of the
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues.
Gleick's lecture, Water and War: Issues for the 21st Century, will begin
at 3:30pm Wednesday, April 30 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts. It is free
and open to the public and will be broadcast live online at this site,
on Lincoln cable channel 21, KRNU radio station (90.3 FM) and UNL campus
TV.
Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in
Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, Calif., and is an expert
on the impacts of climate change, sustainable water use and international
conflicts on water resources. He serves on the boards of many organizations
and is an Academician of the International Water Academy in Oslo, Norway.
Gleick has warned in an interview with the BBC that "the future we're heading for is a world in which billions of people do not have access to basic clean drinking water." In November 2002, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights declared that there is a human right to water, although millions of people, mostly children, die each year from preventable, water-related diseases.
This lecture is co-sponsored by The Groundwater Foundation.
THOMPSON FORUM | PACIFIC INSTITUTE | GROUNDWATER FOUNDATION |
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