JANUARY 21-23, 2005
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KIMBALL HALL, JAN. 27, 3:30PM
Installation Program to Conclude With
Panel Discussion at UNL
As part of a number of events spanning
two days, four cities, and 956 miles, James B. Milliken will conclude
his installation program by moderating a panel discussion on the
future of public higher education on January 27 at 3:30 pm in Kimball
Hall.
Other participants will include: Molly Corbett Broad, president of
The University of North Carolina; Peter Magrath, president of the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges;
Linda Pratt, professor and chair of English at UNL, and Graham Spanier,
president of The Pennsylvania State University and former UNL chancellor.
The panel will be followed by a public reception at the Van Brunt
Visitors Center at 5 pm. Members of the public who wish to attend
this or any other installation event are asked to RSVP.
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WESTBROOK MUSIC BUILDING, FRI, SAT 8AM - 5PM
School of Music Holds Audition Days
Auditions for admission and scholarship
in voice, strings, keyboard, and dance will be held in the Westbrook
Music Building. Audition times will run from 8am to 5pm on both Friday, January 21 and Saturday, January 22. Registration will take place in room 107. To download a scholarship form, click here or go to the School of Music website for more details.
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TRACK AND FIELD | SAT JAN. 22, 1PM
Adidas Classic
DEVANEY CENTER TRACK
WOMEN'S TENNIS | SUN JAN. 23, 10AM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Colorado State Rams
WOODS TENNIS CENTER
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OBSERVE
Martin Luther King, Jr. Week Concludes With Banquet
Activities for Martin Luther
King, Jr. Week at UNL conclude with several different displays, presentations,
and discussions today and tomorrow. From 8am to 5pm on Friday, the
City Union will be continuing to display work created by NPHC, IFC,
NPC, MGC that reflects on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Also on display is a time line of student activism at UNL.
On Friday, Jan. 21 at 12:30pm in the City
Union Rotunda Gallery, there will be a Brown Bag Panel Discussion
entitled 'From the Locker Room to the Boardroom.' Paul Miles, Associate
Athletic Director at UNL, will moderate.
On Saturday Jan. 22 at 6pm in the City Union Centennial Room, the
10th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet will close out the week
of activities at UNL. It is being hosted by the Afrikan People's
Union and will feature speaker Ms. Elaine Brown, a former Black Panthers
Leader, activist and writer. The banquet will be preceded at 5pm
by a reception and tickets for the event are available for purchase
in the Nebraska Union.
MLK
JR WEEK AT UNL
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KIMBALL HALL, FRI, SAT 7:30PM, SUN 3PM
School of Music Hosts Annual Winter Festival for Winds & Percussion
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music will host the 18th annual Winter Festival for Winds and Percussion Jan. 21-23.
The festival will involve 93 high school juniors and seniors from Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and South Dakota in intensive work on large concert ensemble performance as well as chamber ensemble performance.
Each festival participant will perform in a chamber ensemble coached by a School of Music faculty member. They will also perform in an honor band and a large festival symphonic band that will include the UNL wind ensemble. Each participant was required to submit an audition tape that was judged by the School of Music wind and percussion faculty. The 93 students chosen represent 37 different high schools.
Highlights of the festival are a chamber ensemble recital at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and the finale concert at 3 p.m. Jan. 23, both in Kimball Recital Hall, 12th and R streets (extended). The finale concert will include performances by the honor band, the UNL wind ensemble and the festival symphonic band. Both concerts are free and open to the public.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Opening this week at the Ross: The
House Of Flying Daggers, Tarnation
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the newest film from acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou, The
House Of Flying Daggers and Tarnation, a re-imagining
of the documentary from young director Jonathan Caouette.
The House Of Flying Daggers takes
place in 859 A.D., when the Tang Dynasty, one of the most enlightened
empires in Chinese history at its height, is in decline. Unrest is
spreading throughout the land, and many rebel armies are forming
in protest. The largest, and most prestigious, is an underground
alliance called the "House of Flying Daggers" and the movie follows
their clashes with local deputies as the gap between rich and poor
grows. Combining breathtaking cinematography, amazingly choreographed
fight sequences, and a romantic plot that ties the whole piece together, The
House Of Flying Daggers is a visual feast for fans of films
like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Yimou's earlier
film Hero.
Tarnation begins in 2003 as Caouette learns of his mother's
lithium overdose in his native Texas. Faced with the haunting remnants
of his past, including a family legacy of mental illness, abuse,
and neglect, Caouette returns home to aid in his mother's recovery.
Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow
up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theater,
grade-B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular
culture. Having documented his life since he was 8 years old, Caouette
weaves together a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home
movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films,
snippets of 80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an
epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and
reunited through the power of love.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE
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201 BRACE LAB, FRI JAN. 21, 1:30PM
Center for Materials Research and Analysis / NSF-MRSEC Seminar - 'Precessional Dynamics in Magnetic Systems - I. Basic Precession Concepts. II. Phenomenological Damping'
Carl E. Patton, Colorado State University
210 FILLEY HALL, FRI JAN. 21, 3PM
Agricultural Economics Seminar - 'Variety Competition in Retail Food Markets'
Steve Hamilton, California Polytechnic State University
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI JAN. 21, 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - 'Structural Proteomics of Eukaryotic Domain Families'
Gaetano Montelione, Rutgers University
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, SUN JAN. 23, 2PM
Let's Talk Art Lecture Series
Norman Geske, Sheldon director emeritus
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