April 8-10, 2005
BEHLEN OBSERVATORY, FRI 7PM - 10PM
Behlen Observatory Hosts Open Viewing
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Behlen Observatory near Mead will be open for public viewing from 7 to 11 pm April 8. Since daylight-saving time will be in effect, the sun will not set until 8 pm. Prior to that, if the sky is sufficiently clear, a small solar telescope will be set up outside of the observatory. It will be possible to see any spots that happen to be on the face of the sun that day.
Provided the sky is clear, visitors will be able to view a variety of objects with the observatory's 30-inch telescope and with smaller telescopes set up outside of the observatory. These include the planets Saturn and Jupiter, several double stars, the Orion Nebula, and two star clusters. Several times during the evening, Ed Schmidt, professor of physics and astronomy, will present an illustrated talk about the objects visible in the evening sky and the objects to be observed with the telescopes.
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and its four largest moons are about the same size as the planet Mercury. They are easily visible in the telescope. The planet itself presents a stunning sight with its dark and light bands. These cloud patterns constantly change so that the planet never looks the same twice. The Great Red Spot, a large cyclone in the atmosphere of Jupiter, can sometimes be seen. Unlike terrestrial cyclones it has persisted for several centuries and is several times the size of the Earth.
There is no admission charge for the public nights. Groups of at least 10 persons can also arrange a special visit to the observatory. Further information can be found on the observatory web site or by calling Ed Schmidt, professor of physics and astronomy, at (402) 472-7304.
Directions to the Observatory:
From LINCOLN: Take U.S. 77 north to six miles past Ceresco, turn
east on Nebraska 63 and go eight miles to 10th Street (which is the
road to Mead). At that corner there is a large brown sign on the
left that lists a number of locations on the field lab, including
Behlen Observatory. Turn left and go one mile north to Avenue H.
Turn right on Avenue H and continue east two miles until you reach
Eighth Street. Turn left on Eighth Street and follow it north 0.6
miles to the observatory, which will be seen on the left.
From OMAHA: Take Nebraska 92 west to Mead. At Mead, turn south on
Nebraska Spur 78F and follow it about five miles to Avenue H. Turn
left on Avenue H and continue east two miles until you reach Eighth
Street. Turn left on Eighth Street and follow it north 0.6 miles
to the observatory, which will be seen on the left.
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: Moolaadé, The
Assassination of Richard Nixon
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents Moolaadé, the Grand Prize in the Un Certain
Regard section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and director Niels
Mueller's debut feature film The Assassination of Richard Nixon, starring
Sean Penn.
Extending the strong feminist consciousness that marked his previous triumph Faat
Kiné (as well as such earlier classics as Black Girl and Ceddo),
81-year-old Ousmane Sembene directs Moolaadé as a rousing polemic
directed against the stillcommon African practice of female circumcision. Though
the subject matter might seem weighty, this buoyant film is anything but--Sembene
places the action amid a colorful, vibrant tapestry of village life and expands
the narrative well beyond the bounds of straightforward, socially conscious realism
employing an imaginative array of emblematic metaphors, mythic overtones, and
musical numbers.
In The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Sean Penn gives
yet another remarkable performance as troubled soul Sam Bicke. As
the Watergate scandal is breaking and President Nixon can be seen
all over the television and newspapers, Bicke struggles to earn
money as an office furniture salesman as he tries to win back his
estranged wife, Marie (a brunette Naomi Watts). He has grand plans
of starting a mobile tire store with his friend Bonny (Don Cheadle),
but he is so blinded by truth and honesty that he stands in the
way of his own potential success. His rage continues to build as
he sees another man spending time with Marie and the kids until
he cannot control it any longer and resolves to kill Nixon, whom
he blames for all of society's ills. Based on true events, the film
also deals with the racism and sexism that was rampant in the early-to-mid-1970s.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | MOOLAADÉ | THE
ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD NIXON |
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NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM, SAT 1 - 4PM
'Live' Fossil Preparation At NU State Museum
Visitors to the University of Nebraska State Museum on the afternoon of April 9 will be able to watch paleontologists prepare part of a 70 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil. NU State Museum highway salvage paleontologists Bruce Bailey and Shane Tucker will be working on a block that contains neck vertebrae from a plesiosaur found in Knox County in May 2003. From 1 to 4 pm, visitors will be able to watch and ask questions as Bailey and Tucker chip away rock to reveal the fossilized bone within the block.
Plesiosaurs were large, long-necked marine reptiles that grew to be as long as 60 feet and became extinct 65 million years ago at the end of the Mesozoic Era.
This particular plesiosaur fossil was excavated from a site within the present boundaries of the Santee Sioux Nation in northeast Nebraska. It was found on state highway right-of-way near the town of Center. The excavation was conducted by University of Nebraska State Museum paleontologists in the Highway Salvage Paleontology Program, which is funded by the Nebraska Department of Roads.
Admission to the NU State Museum is $8 for families, $4 for individual adults and $2 for children, or free with a valid UNL ID or Friends of the Museum membership. For more information, telephone (402) 472-2642 or visit the NU State Museum web site.
NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM
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CENTENNIAL ROOM, NEBRASKA UNION, SAT 6:30PM
International Student Organization Hosts Annual Banquet
The International Student Organization at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and its special interest group, Tsunami Relief Effort, will host the International Banquet April 9 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
Barbara Masekela, South Africa's ambassador to the United States, will open the
event at 6:30 pm in the Union's Centennial Room. The banquet will feature
delicate international dishes and entertainment representing different areas
of the world. It will also include a colorful parade of nations, featuring participants
in native traditional dress, heralding the series of cultural performances to
come. Dancing, singing and drumming will represent different regions of the world.
The purpose of the International Banquet is to promote diversity and multicultural awareness on campus. Its goal is to educate UNL students about the diversity of the campus and give them an opportunity to learn more about its international community. The banquet seeks to encourage the development of relationships among international students and members of the university and the Lincoln community.
"The International Banquet will be an exciting experience to enjoy the cultural diversity of our university," said Ekaterina "Kate" Apostolova, president of the International Student Organization. "It is a fun way to explore different cultures without leaving the campus."
Tickets are $10 students and $15 for the general public. They are available at
the International Affairs Office, 420 University Terrace (Monday-Friday, 8 am
-5 pm); the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, 106 Canfield
Administration Building (Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-3 pm); at a booth in the Nebraska
Union (11 am-3 pm through April 8); and at the door. For more information
and ticket reservations, please e-mail the International Student Organization
or call (402) 436-7217. The banquet is supported at UNL by the offices of International
Affairs and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
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HOWELL THEATRE, FRI, SAT 7:30PM
UNL's University Theatre Presents The
Voice of The Prairie
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pictured (l-r): Ja'nelle Taylor, Andrew Beck, Jordan Warren
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UNL Theatre's University Theatre completes
its 2004-2005 season with a play about the development of radio in
the Midwest by John Olive. The Voice of The Prairie performances
are in Howell Theatre, first floor Temple Building at 12th & R
Streets, April 8 and 9 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $14 regular,
$12 faculty/staff and senior citizen, and $10 student/youth. Tickets
are available at the Lied Center Ticket Office, 301 N. 12th Street,
472-4747 or 800-432-3231, 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through Friday
and one hour prior to performance in the Howell Theatre lobby.
This John Olive story begins when radio is first heard across America and tells of a teenage orphan, his youthful adventures with a spirited blind girl and their bittersweet reunion later in life. Radio and storytelling play an essential role in this vibrantly dramatic exploration of memory, fear, laughter and hope. The Voice Of The Prairie is a wonderful tribute to the art of theatrical storytelling with three actors portraying many colorful characters.
This production of The Voice Of The Prairie has been invited to the internationally acclaimed Podium Festival in Moscow, Russia in late April. In early May, this production will travel across Nebraska. Director, Associate Professor Virginia Smith, who directed the October production of Medea for University Theatre, says, "The Voice Of The Prairie is a tribute to the energy and ingenuity of the American spirit; part con artist, part dreamer. It's about rules and regulations losing, and dreamers and lovers winning. It's about the magic of radio and the transcendent power of storytelling."
Smith continued, "The Voice Of The Prairie is truly an actor's piece. Two MFA graduate and one undergraduate actors play nearly a dozen characters bouncing back and forth in time from a free wheeling
adventure in the 1890s to the 1920s and the first days of radio. Think of Garrison Keillor spinning yarns on The Prairie Home Companion and then imagine gathering in the parlor with all your neighbors listening to the adventures of Davey Quinn and Frankie the Blind Girl."
The actors are Ja'nelle Taylor and Andrew Beck, both members of the MFA Professional Actor Training Program and undergraduate theatre major Jordan Warren. Scenic design is by graduate student Stori Lauritzen with costumes by graduate student Cate Wieck. Graduate students Erik Vose and Mike Legate design lighting and sound, respectively.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FRI 11:30AM
Annual Larry Doerr Lecture Series - 'Is Lasting Peace Possible in Sudan?'
David Chand, UNO
210 BRACE LAB, FRI 1:30PM
Center for Materials Research and Analysis / NSF-MRSEC Seminar - 'Investigations of Artificially-Structured Nanocrystalline and Epitaxial FeCo, YIG and ZnO Layered Materials via RA-IBS'
Carlos J. Gutierrez, Texas State University
327 KEIM HALL, FRI 3PM
Agronomy/Horticulture Seminar - 'The New Urban Soils Course'
Dennis McCallister
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - 'Synthetic Peroxides As Antimalarials: Progress Since the Discovery of Artemisinin'
Jonathan Vennerstrom, UNMC
1007 OLDFATHER HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Philosophy Department Colloquium - 'Direct Reference and Dancing Qualia'
John Hawthorne, Rutgers University
115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Colloquium - 'Control and Stability Properties of Layered Composite Beams'
Scott Hansen, Iowa State University
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BASEBALL |
FRI 6PM, SAT 1PM, SUN 1:30PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Texas Longhorns
HAWKS FIELD, HAYMARKET PARK
SOCCER |
SAT 12PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Canadian Under-20 Nationals
ED WEIR STADIUM
MEN'S TENNIS |
SAT 1PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oklahoma Sooners
WOODS TENNIS CENTER
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS |
SAT 7PM
NCAA South Central Region Championships
DEVANEY CENTER
VOLLEYBALL |
SAT 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Minnesota Gophers
NU COLISEUM
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