April 19, 2005
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NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7PM
Ecology Now Hosts Earth Week Film Festival
Ecology Now, UNL's student environmental group,
will host a variety of educational activities and free entertainment this week in celebration of
Earth Day. The events will take place on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's City Campus and
celebrate our planet through art, music, debate, and community involvement. 'Earth Week'
culminates Friday, April 22 with Ecology Now's annual Earth Day festival.
Tonight, the group will be screening 5 films that explore humans' interaction with their environment in preparation for Earth Day. Film Schedule: 7:00 pm Bunch of Fives, 7:15 pm Chased by the Light, 8:15 pm The Lorax, 9:00 pm World Population, 9:20 pm Koyaanisqatsi.
Ecology Now is the student environmental group at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. Founded in 1989, Ecology Now seeks to raise awareness of environmental
issues and promote ecologically-sound choices on UNL's campuses and in the greater
community. The group is a recognized student organization in good standing at the university
and is sponsored by UNL's Environmental Resource Center.
Download a PDF of the full slate of events for Earth Week 2005.
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UNL CAMPUS, APRIL 19-22
College of Engineering & Technology Presents E-Week 2005
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guest speaker Bob Brightfelt
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The College of Engineering & Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host E-Week, a celebration of engineers and engineering, from April 19-22. In 2005, imagination lies within the realm of possibility.
Activities throughout E-Week include events for current students, such as a scavenger hunt, quiz bowl, engineering olympics and guest speakers. The Downtown Lincoln Association's annual Technology Expo, which will be held April 19 at the Embassy Suites between 1 and 6:30 pm, coincides with UNL's E-Week events. Senior design projects will be on display between 2 and 5 pm.
Sponsors of E-Week include Pella, Union Pacific and Lincoln Electric System. "Working with the college gives us the opportunity to support the university and help increase the Lincoln community's awareness of engineering programs and engineering technology," said Larry Pelter, manager of consumer products and services for LES.
TECHNOLOGY EXPO 2005
Today at the Embassy Suites Ballroom from 1 - 6:30pm.
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E-Week culminates on April 22 with an open house extravaganza from 9 am to 3 pm in Othmer Hall, 17th and Vine streets. Prospective students, current students, parents, alumni and members of the community are invited to participate in student organization sponsored activities such as "Egg Drop," "Tower of Power" and "Build Your Own Bridge," take tours of the college and explore research laboratories. One of the most exciting aspects of the open house will be the display of innovative senior design projects and faculty research. A panel of alumni and industry volunteers will judge the senior project displays from both the Technology Expo and the E-Week open house. Winners receive cash prizes. Those interested in attending E-Week can register online until April 15.
For more information on E-Week, contact Trish Fenster, the staff assistant for the College of Engineering & Technology at (402) 472-7094 or visit the E-Week Web site.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week at the Ross: Head-On, Born Into Brothels
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents director Fatih Akin's Head-On, and
Born Into Brothels, the 2005 Academy-Award Winning film for
best documentary.
Fatih Akin's Head-On (Gegen Die Wand) is a powerful film about sexuality and suicide, centering on two Turks living in Germany. Drunken loser Cahit (Birol Unel) drives his car into a wall; Sibel (Sibel Kekilli) slashes her wrist because she can't stand living with her traditional Muslim family. The two meet in the hospital and decide to join in a marriage of convenience in which he can get himself a cute young housekeeper and she can finally move away from home. They live together in Hamburg, where she begins to sleep around dangerously and he grows surprisingly jealous, leading to tragedy. To a soundtrack of 1980s music (Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Sisters of Mercy), their lives continue to fall apart, lost to a world of lies and deception, drugs and violence, and emotional pain.
In Born Into Brothels, British-born photojournalist Zana Briski overcame barriers of language, culture, and ethnicity when she immersed herself into an impoverished and illegal neighborhood in the Third World metropolis of Calcutta, India. An award-winning photographer, Briski befriended the children of Sonagachi (the city's red light district), starting a photography workshop for them and equipping them each with their own camera. The transformative power of this simple object is remarkable; within weeks, the children show new spirit and several have discovered a talent for the art. Briski and her co-director, Ross Kaufman, follow the children as they filter their marginalized, forgotten world through the camera lens. Over the course of the film, a central narrative unfolds--the children's quest, fueled by their newfound hope and strength, to leave the brothels for a better life. The film won the 2005 Academy Award for best documentary feature.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | HEAD-ON | BORN INTO BROTHELS |
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N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar - 'Direct Metabolic Sensing by Leader RNAs in Bacteria'
Dr. Tina M. Henkin, Ohio State University
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