April 26, 2005
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DAIRY STORE, EAST CAMPUS, 12:15PM
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Hosts East Campus Wonder Walk
The Institute of Agriculture and Natural
Resources will be hosting a guided tour of East Campus starting today
at 12:15 pm at the Dairy Store. The tour will include a look at Maxwell
Arboretum's diverse trees, shrubs, and plant species.
IANR will be the premier provider of educational, research and outreach programs essential for shaping Nebraska's future as a leader in the 21st century in the areas of food, agriculture and agribusiness systems, natural resources and human resources. IANR is dedicated to providing the highest quality programs that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially responsible and scientifically appropriate.
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N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center for Biological Chemistry and Redox Biology Center Seminar - 'Killing the Messenger: MRNA Degradation in Mammalian Cells'
Dr. Gary Brewer, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
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NEBRASKA UNION CENTENNIAL ROOM, 8PM
Bathtub Dogs to Give Annual Spring Show
The Bathtub Dogs' third annual Spring Show will be this evening at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Union Centennial Room. The all-male a cappella group will perform at 8 pm.
The group has been entertaining audiences since organizing in 2002 and recently performed for a crowd of more than 1,100 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts as part of the Lied's Free at 6 series. Members include Dan Beavers, Brian Butler, Matt Engler, Bobby Learch, Dave Link, Jason Lowe, Will Norton, Greg Nielsen, Tim Pederson, Adam Phillips, Bill Shirer, Andy West, Jeff Orosco and Scott Wilson.
Bathtub Dog t-shirts and copies of their first album, "Let 'em Riot," will be sold at the show. Tickets prices are $5 for students, $8 for adults, and may be purchased at the door.
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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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