NOVEMBER 16, 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, NOV 15-19
University to Celebrate International
Education Week
International Education Week will be observed
with a series of events at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov.
15-19.
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs
that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future
leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the
United States.
"It has become very clear that broadening our international understanding is
critical," said Rod Paige, Secretary of Education. "This will mean renewed efforts
to encourage the study of foreign languages and cultures, and to provide opportunities
for all students to broaden their knowledge of the world." Secretary of State
Colin Powell added that, "People-to-people diplomacy, created through international
education and exchanges, is critical to our national interests. Americans who
study abroad expand their global perspective and become more internationally
engaged. Foreign students and individuals who participate in citizen exchanges
return home with a greater knowledge of our democratic institutions and America's
enduring values."
In observance of International Education Week, the UNL Office of
International Affairs will promote international education under
the theme "Nebraska Innovates Around the World." For more detailed
information and a full schedule of events, visit the International
Affairs Web site or call (402) 472-5358.
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JOHNNY CARSON THEATER, 6PM
Lincoln Contemporary Dance Project
to Perform in 'Free At 6' Series
The Lincoln Contemporary Dance
Project was formed by a group of local dancers who decided to refute
the notion that you had leave Lincoln to see a modern dance performance.
The troupe performs a diverse mix of contemporary dance, all of which
is choreographed by its members. The dancers and choreographers of
LCDP have trained and performed nationally and internationally, with
professional resumes that include Danzarte, Bill T. Jones, The Martha
Graham School, Johannesburg Ballet, and the Omaha Modern Dance Collective.
This performance is part of the
Lied Center's Free at 6 series, which help spotlight local artistic
talent in a free event.
LIED
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ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Playing this week at the Ross: Tying
The Knot, A Dirty Shame
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the John Waters' new film A Dirty Shame and the
documentary Tying The Knot, playing this week at the center,
313 N. 13th St.
From the wondrously fertile mind of writer/director
John Waters comes A Dirty Shame, America's first carnal
concussion comedy. Set in the Harford Road area of Waters' native
Baltimore, A Dirty Shame tells what happens when a horny
horde of "sex addicts" invade a blue-collar neighborhood, to the
shock and dismay of the "neuter" neighbors. Rude, joyous and full
of sexual anarchy, A Dirty Shame is a movie with a generous
heart and a dirty mind: in other words, a classic John Waters comedy.
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois
Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving
spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher,
loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of
his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie
and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the
tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing.
From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming
the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, Tying The Knot digs
deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil
marriage in America today.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | A
DIRTY SHAME | TYING
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N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Redox Biology Center and Center for Biological
Chemistry seminar - 'Role and Regulations of Peroxiredoxins: From
Yeast to Human'
Dong-Yan Jim, University of Hong Kong
ARCHITECTURE HALL GALLERY, 4:30PM
Hyde Lecture Series - 'The Urban Complex'
Galia Solomonof, architect, Open Office,
New York, with Robert Irwin, artist, San Diego
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox
Biology Center Seminar - 'Pumping Iron: The Response to Iron Deficiency
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae'
Dr. Caroline Philpott, NIDDK, NIH
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