FEBRUARY 6, 2005
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FCLA WEB SITE
FCLA Presents Funniest Story Contest
The Freshman Campus Leadership Associates
is now taking entries on their website for a funniest freshman story
contest. All current UNL students are eligible to enter the contest,
but the embarrassing story, joke, or experience should be about freshman
year. The story must be under 500 words and entries can be made on
the FCLA
website.
Up for grabs are over $700 in prizes from a variety of Lincoln businesses,
and the winner of the contest will be selected by members of the
Freshmen Campus Leadership Associates. The deadline to submit an
entry is Friday, March 11. Entries with lewd or offensive language
will not be accepted.
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QWEST CENTER, FRI, FEB. 4, 7:15AM
Scarlet & Cream Singers To Perform For Presidential Event
The Scarlet and Cream Singers have been invited to perform as a part of the special events surrounding the Feb. 4 visit and speech by President George W. Bush at the Qwest Center in Omaha. Considered the University's official Ambassadors of Goodwill, the Singers will perform from 7:15 to 7:45 am, followed by the President's address.
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LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7:30PM
Mamma Mia! Continues Run at Lied
Center
Set to the songs of the pop
group Abba, Mamma Mia! is a musical that has played sold-out
shows all over the world to audiences that total more than 10 million
people. This week, the show comes to Lincoln for a string of performances
at the Lied Center For Performing Arts. The show this evening will
take place at 7:30 pm and will continue nightly at the same time
through Saturday, February 5. In addition to the evening shows, there
will be afternoon shows (starting at 2 pm) on Thursday, Feb. 3, Saturday,
Feb. 5, and Sunday, Feb. 6.
In Mamma Mia! a mother must
confronts her past as three men return to the Greek island they've
not visited for 21 years just as her 20-year-old daughter is about
to be married. The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels
this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.
Tickets for Mamma Mia! are $50-60 dollars and are available at the Lied Center box office at 12th and R, by phone at 472-4747, or online.
LIED
CENTER
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing 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
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS | TARNATION |
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222 CBA, 12:30PM
Economics Seminar - 'A Park By Any Other Name: National Park Designation as a Natural Experiment in Signaling'
Dr. Stephan Weiler, Kansas City Federal Reserve
110 HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar - 'Resilience in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems'
Craig Allen, Nebraska Cooperative Fish & Wildlife
NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM
Career Services Workshop - 'Insights into Internships'
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, 4PM
Environmental Resources Seminar - 'Zero Tolerance Ecology: The Fine Art of Counting What You Didn't See'
Dr. Drew Tyre, UNL
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