September 27, 2005
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DO YOUR PART
UNL Looks To Save Money On Energy Costs
With cold weather rapidly approaching, the University
of Nebraska – Lincoln is asking faculty and staff to contribute to cost-cutting
measures aimed at energy savings. With the campus facing a deficit in the energy
budget and continued cost increases, there's never been a more important time
to think of the small ways that individuals can reduce their energy footprint.
To learn more about how you can help, open the energy
strips page. Linked below is also a PDF of a list of UNL Buildings
Proposed for FY 2006 HVAC Shutdown on Nights and Weekends (and the estimated
energy cost savings associated with each). Units wishing to request an exemption
from the HVAC Shutdown list may file a petition for utility exemption with the fillable PDF linked below.
ENERGY STRIPS
UNL BUILDING HVAC SHUTDOWN LIST (PDF)
UTILITY EXEMPTION PETITION (FILLABLE PDF)
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NEBRASKA UNION, 11AM - 2PM
Office of International Affairs Hosts Study Abroad Fair
The Office of International Affairs will host the Study Abroad Fair today at the Nebraska Union from 11 am to 2 pm. Information regarding study abroad programs sponsored by UNL will be available.
In addition to having a chance to talk to peers who have experienced study abroad, there will also be information on scholarships and financial aid that are available for those interested in studying abroad. Students will even have the opportunity to enter to win a $250 scholarship.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
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W183 NEBRASKA HALL, 3:30PM
Engineering Mechanics Centennial Seminar Series - "Application of Continuous Wavelet Transformation in Damage Detection"
Dr. Zheng Li, Peking Univ., P.R. China
N172 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Center of Biological Chemistry / Redox Biology Center Seminar - "Role of Glial Inflammation in HIV-1-associated Dementia: Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease Mechanisms"
Anuja Ghorpade, UNMC/CNND
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GETTING FOCUSED
Mid-Semester Checkpoint Reorients Students
First-year and transfer students will have the opportunity to gauge their academic progress at the second-annual mid-semester checkpoint, Sept. 27-28 at the Nebraska Union. Organized by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, 'Midsemester: Checking it Out,' was created from research on student success by the university's Transitions to the University Task Force.
During the event, students will have the opportunity to attend workshops conducted by student orientation leaders, faculty and student service professionals. All workshops are designed to offer practical information and advice on the transition to college life and ways to strive for academic success.
Workshop session topics include: study skills, time management, finding the right major, technology and education, study abroad, your grades, research, math and writing. Over 1,100 students attended the first midsemester checkpoint last year. Faculty are asked to encourage first-year and transfer students to attend and learn from this opportunity.
By September, students have had a chance to adjust to life on campus,' said Rita Kean, dean of Undergraduate Studies. 'But, we identified a need for them to stop and reflect on their acadmic progress thus far, to prepare for their academic success for the rest of the semester and their entire college career.
More information is available online http://www.unl.edu.ous or by calling Undergraduate Studies at 472-1185.
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDIES | ADMISSIONS | STUDENT
INVOLVEMENT
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LIED CENTER, 7:30PM
Lied Center Presents Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular
Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular is the cutting edge of dance at the dawn of the 21st century. The cast of Break! and their unorthodox creative movement demonstrate a distinctive American art form which finds its roots in the streets of the inner city. The troupe will perform this evening at the Lied Center For Performing Arts at 7:30 pm.
Break! Performers have all been featured as soloist dancers in worldwide performances with show business legends including Puff Daddy, Janet Jackson, Ringo Star, Whitney Houston and Luther Van Dross. Cast members are supremely talented specialists from the world of break dancing, locking, "electric boogaloo" or "popping," and power tumbling. The company of Break! was presented at The 2000 Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and has gone on to tour performing arts centers throughout US. Break! most recently has completed a tour of Korea where they were featured at Olympic Park in Seoul in a 5000 seat arena.
More information, including ticket prices, is available at the Lied Center website.
LIED CENTER
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing This Week At The Ross: The
Aristocrats, Almost Normal
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents The Aristocrats, the daft docu-comedy from Penn Jillette & Paul
Provenza, and Almost Normal, a unique comedy shot entirely in Nebraska.
"A man walks into a talent agent's office with his family and says, Have I got an act for you! The talent agent replies, So what do you do?" So begins "The Aristocrats," a joke that has been handed down from comedian to comedian for decades but is rarely told on stage. The next part of the joke varies, allowing for improvisation, and the only requirement in telling the joke is that it be as offensive as possible. Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette spent two years documenting as many versions of this infamous joke as possible, cornering comedians like Drew Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Susie Essman, and Paul Reiser whenever and wherever possible. The results are surprising, and often take their humor to places that may make sensitive viewers uncomfortable. While comic legends such as Don Rickles, The Smothers Brothers, and Phyllis Diller admit their familiarity with the joke, they shy away from telling their own versions. Some may be surprised, however, to see performers who are normally associated with family-friendly material, including Bob Saget and Jason Alexander, describing scatological and incestuous acts with deadpan glee. Ultimately, though, The Aristocrats is more than just many versions of the same dirty joke--it is an exploration of the workings of the unrestricted comic mind.
Almost Normal takes a very unconventional story and delivers it in a very conventional manner. Brad Jenkins (J. Andrew Keitch) is gay, just turned 40 and is still single...He's depressed. Reminiscing, Brad confides to his best friend since high school, Julie (Joan Lauckner) that he wishes he could just be normal. Maybe then he could have scored with the hottest jock at his school, Roland Davis (Tim Hammer). Suddenly taken back in time, Brad wakes up and finds himself back in high school in a world that is now gay. To be straight is considered deviant behavior.
Shot entirely in Nebraska, actors and crew were pooled from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and talent from the local community. Director Marc Moody, producer/editor Sharon Teo, and director of photography Richard Sherman, are not only filmmakers, but also Professors at The University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Penn State, respectively. Moody, Teo, and Sherman all met while they were in graduate film school at the Ohio University School of Film.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THE ARISTOCRATS |
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