April 25, 2005
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NEBRASKA UNION, 11:30AM
Bullying and Aggression in Schools, Families is Lecture Topic
"Bullying and Aggression in Schools and Families: What Works, What Doesn't Work" will be the next lecture in the series "Youth Violence and Aggression in Families, Schools and Communities: Research and Policy Implications" April 25 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Arthur "Andy" Horne, professor of counseling and human development at the University of Georgia, will present the lecture from 11:30 am to 1 pm at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. It is free and open to the public.
Horne's presentation is of interest to elementary, middle- and high-school teachers, youth volunteers and advocates, social service workers, mental health professionals and counselors, as well as parents, grandparents or anyone interested in the topic, particularly in light of the recent tragedy at Red Lake (Minn.) High School, said Susan Sheridan, Willa Cather professor of educational psychology at UNL and director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools.
Horne is principal investigator in Project A.C.T. Early: Advancing the Competencies of Teachers for Early Behavioral Interventions of At-Risk Children, which has won national attention. He was the principal investigator for National Institute of Mental Health grants investigating developmental aspects of behavior problems in children, and for 10 years was director of the Family Research Program, which examined collaborative methods of assisting families, schools, and juvenile justice systems to address problems of conduct and oppositional defiant disordered children. He is the author or editor of eight books including his most recent, "Bully Busters."
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MUELLER PLANETARIUM, 1PM
Mueller Planetarium to Unveil Hubble Telescope Images
Visitors will be able to witness a spectacular event at 1 pm April 25 at the University of Nebraska State Museum's Mueller Planetarium when two new mural-sized images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will be unveiled to the public.
The stunning photographs of spiral galaxy M51 and an eerie-looking tower of gas in the Eagle Nebula commemorate Hubble's 15 years of viewing the heavens. Lincoln Mayor Coleen Seng will unveil the images. Also presenting remarks will be: Harvey Perlman, UNL chancellor, Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research, Priscilla Grew, museum director, and Jack Dunn, planetarium coordinator. The event is open to the public. No museum admission will be charged during the unveiling and reception following.
The 4-foot by 6-foot image of M51 reveals striking details of how clusters of stars are born in the galaxy's long, curving spiral arms. The 3-foot by 6-foot photograph of the Eagle Nebula shows a gaseous formation sculpted by ultraviolet light from a group of massive, hot, young stars. These views are among the largest and sharpest images ever taken by the Hubble telescope and show the awesome beauty of space.
The Earth-orbiting observatory was deployed in space on April 25, 1990. Hubble orbits above Earth's murky atmosphere, which distorts light from celestial objects. During its 15 years of viewing the universe, the Hubble telescope has taken more than 700,000 snapshots of celestial objects such as galaxies, dying stars and giant gas clouds, the birthplace of stars.
Additional information about the Hubble Space Telescope is available at http://www.hubblesite.org. The new Hubble images will remain on display in the Mueller Planetarium lobby. The planetarium is located at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall on the UNL campus, just south of 14th and Vine streets. Admission: $8 family, $4 adult, $2 child, free with a UNL ID. Free visitor parking in front of Morrill Hall. Museum hours are Monday through Saturday from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm and Sundays and holidays 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
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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.
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