April 21, 2005
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KAUFFMAN CENTER GREAT HALL, 2:30PM
Students Team Up With Government And Business to Design Software
Students in the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln's J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and
Management have completed the design and implementation of eight major
computer software solutions for sponsoring organizations in Nebraska.
Each design team will provide a 10-minute overview of their work
between 2:30 and 4:30 pm during a year-end Design Studio
celebration in the Kauffman Center Great Hall, 14th and U streets. The
event is free and open to the public but please RSVP by calling (402)
472-6000.
As part of the Design Studio course, student teams use knowledge and
skills gained in the classroom to partner with businesses and government
agencies to develop real-world software that meet the clients' needs.
J.D. EDWARDS HONORS PROGRAM |
SOFTBALL |
5PM (DH)
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Northern Colorado Bears
BOWLIN STADIUM, HAYMARKET PARK
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STUDIO THEATRE, TEMPLE BUILDING, 7:30PM
UNL's Theatrix to Produce Kushner's The Illusion
Theatrix, the student theatrical producing organization at UNL, completes its spring season with Tony Kushner's The Illusion. Directed by undergraduate Jack Carpenter, performances are April 21, 22 and 23 at 7:30 pm with an additional performance at 10:30 PM on April 22 in the Studio Theatre, third floor Temple Building. Admission is $5.00 at the door only. Doors open one-half hour prior to curtain.
The Illusion tells the story of a father, who with the aid of a magician, seeks to determine the destiny of his errant son. The love between the father and the son is challenged as they realize that all is not what it seems, testing our ideas of love. Is love an illusion? The play is a reflection on the power of theatre and the importance of illusion and storytelling.
Director Carpenter explains that, "The Illusion is a celebration of theatrical styles ranging in scope from verse reminiscent of Shakespeare to sharp contemporary understanding and wit. Adapted by Tony Kushner (Angels In America, A Bright Room Called Day) from the 1639 play L'Illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille, it is oftentimes fantastical, frequently touching and even more often deliciously comical. Since 1988, it has been inviting audiences to question what they see and fell: even love, undoubtedly the most inspiring and (at times) deadly of human emotions, may ultimately be only an illusion."
The cast includes Rachael Miller as Alcandre, Greg Peters as The Amanuensis, Jeremy Blomstedt as Pridamant and Steve Lenz, Courtney Pearson, Jenny Cary, Matt Miller, Seth Petersen, Jesse Glasgow, Meredith Wachter, Brady Leffler and Kate Garst.
The 2004-2005 Theatrix Artistic Director is Brianne Bassler, and the Technical Director is Matt Miller.
UNL THEATRE ARTS
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NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 7:30PM
Lecturer to discuss 'Corporate Complicity in the Holocaust'
Since the end of World War II, scholars have sought to understand how virtually all of Germany's leading corporations cooperated with, then became complicit in, the Nazi assault on the Jews.
In an April 21 lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln titled "Corporate
Complicity in the Holocaust: German Big Business and the Nazi Regime," Northwestern
University's Peter Hayes will share his research on the subject. His lecture
is free and open to the public and begins at 7:30 pm in the auditorium of the
Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. It is the 2005 Henry and Gretl Wald Lecture, sponsored
by the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at UNL.
Hayes will describe how most attempts to explain the behavior of the German corporations have centered around two simplistic concepts, hatred and greed. He will use many vivid examples to demonstrate that these impulses, while often present, were not the most powerful or the most pervasive motives for immoral decisions by business leaders. He will argue that several more mundane and "idealistic" justifications, some of them alarmingly familiar to contemporary Americans, instead propelled corporate collaboration with the Holocaust.
A professor of history and German at Northwestern, where he also holds the Theodore Z. Weiss professorship in Holocaust studies, Hayes in the author of seven books. His bibliography includes the prize-winning titles "Industry and Ideology: IG Farben in the Nazi Era," "Lessons and Legacies: The Meaning of the Holocaust in a Changing World," and the recently published "From Cooperation to Complicity: Degussa in the Third Reich." He serves on the academic advisory board of the German Society for Business History and on the academic committee of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
NORMAN & BERNICE HARRIS CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES |
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NEBRASKA UNION, 11:30AM
Theology for Lunch brown-bag series - 'Moral Values: Who Defines Them? How Are They Defined?'
Steve Lahey
237 WALTER SCOTT ENGINEERING CENTER, 2:30PM
Car Buying Lunch n' Learn - Informative seminar with tips on how to save money when you buy or lease a new or used vehicle
Robert Brightfelt
110 HAMILTON HALL, 3:30PM
School of Biological Sciences Seminar - 'Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry Cascade Through Forest Ecosystems to Fundamentally Alter Carbon Cycling and Storage'
Kurt Pregitzer, Michigan Technological University
NEBRASKA UNION, 4PM
Environmental Resources Seminar - 'Everything You Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask'
W. Don Nelson, US Senator Ben Nelson's State Office
211 BRACE HALL, 4PM
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium - 'Using Planetary Nebulae to Probe the Universe'
Robin Ciardullo, Penn State University
NEBRASKA UNION FOOD COURT, 7PM
Environmental Forum on Local Issues - 'The Concerns of surface and groundwater rights in Nebraska.'
Dr. Dave Aiken, professor of Agricultural Economics, Vice Chancellor Christine Jackson
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