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Fri, Sep 30, 2005

September 30- October 2, 2005

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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)

"The Mountain Of The North" by Marsden Hartley

SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, 2PM
'Let's Talk Art' series in October at Sheldon Art Gallery

Norman Geske, director emeritus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, will deliver a four-part lecture series at the Sheldon in October. The "Let's Talk Art" lecture series will be presented at 2 p.m. Oct 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the gallery, 12th and R streets. Geske's lecture this week is entitled "Marsden Hartley: American Modernist."

Geske served as director of the University Galleries from 1953 to 1983. During his impressive career, he oversaw the construction of the Sheldon, the growth of both university and Nebraska Art Association collections and the development of landmark exhibitions, including the 1968 Venice Bienniale.

The "Let's Talk Art" lecture series is sponsored by the Nebraska Art Association and is designed to provide members and guests insight into the whys and wherefores of forming museum collections, and their importance within the community.

SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY

LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, FRI NOON
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates to Talk to UNL Students

Warren Buffet & Bill Gates

Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett and Microsoft Corp. chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates will speak to University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration students at a student forum at noon Sept. 30.

The forum is a question-and-answer session between Buffett and Gates and business students from Buffett's alma mater

"We are delighted that College of Business Administration students are hosting this event," said Cynthia Milligan, dean of the College of Business Administration. "This presents a tremendous opportunity for our students to directly question two of the world's most successful business leaders on issues such as ethics, leadership, and current events."

This is a ticketed event, exclusively for UNL business students and faculty.

CBA

MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Opening This Week At The Ross: Aprês Vóus, The Beat That My Heart Skipped

UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents French films Aprês Vóus, a comedy starring several of France's most well-known actors, and The Beat That My Heart Skipped, the follow-up film from one of the country's most promising young directors.

In Aprês Vóus, two of France's most celebrated actors, Daniel Auteuil (The Closet, Girl on the Bridge) and José Garcia (Trouble Everyday, Jet Set), team up in a romantic comedy from director Pierre Salvadori (Wild Target) that begs the question: Can it actually be bad to be a Good Samaritan? Set in the most romantic city in the world, where the food is delicious and passions run deep, fate is about to step in and create an unlikely bond between two men. One will snatch the other from the brink of destruction then nearly push him toward it, and the other will take a surprising leap of faith that only a true friend can make.

Director Jacques Audiard and screenwriter Tonino Benacquista, who shared a 2002 Cesar Award for Best Original Screenplay for Read My Lips, team up again in The Beat That My Heart Skipped, a gritty psychological drama set in the dark, dank streets of Paris. The film is based on James Toback's cult favorite Fingers, in which Harvey Keitel played a tortured soul trapped between his love of the piano and his involvement with the mob. In this remake, Romain Duris stars as Tom, a ne-'er-do-well who works with two scheming real estate men, Fabrice (Jonathan Zaccai) and Sami (Gilles Cohen), who have little or no morals. When Tom sees his mother's old agent, he decides to return to the piano, practicing Bach's Toccata in E Minor for an important audition that he envisions could be a life-changing event. He hires a Vietnamese woman, Miao-Lin (Linh-Dan Pham), as his teacher, even though they speak different languages. While struggling to regain his mastery of the piano -- which he gave up after his virtuoso mother's tragic death -- he is called upon by his partners to participate in shady deals and even help one of them cheat on his wife (Aure Atika). He also has a troublesome relationship with his father (Niels Arestrup), who asks Tom to collect money he is owed, putting him in dangerous situations. The Beat That My Heart Skipped is an intelligent, involving film, told in long takes with a handheld camera to heighten the emotional impact of scene after scene.

More information is available at the Ross website.

MRRMAC | APRÊS VÒUS | THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED

199 PLANT SCIENCE, EAST CAMPUS, FRI 2PM
Coyne Lectureship Series - "Cupid and Psyche: Fables and Festoons"
ules Janick, Purdue University

HAMILTON HALL, ROOM 112, FRI 3:30PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "Activity-based Proteomics"
Ben Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute

117 BESSEY HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Pliocene Global Warming: Similarities and Differences with Projections of Our Future Climate"
Mark Chandler, Columbia University

115 AVERY HALL, FRI 4PM
Mathematics Colloquium - "Finding Interesting Curves on Three-Dimensional Algebraic Manifolds: Some Special Properties and Interesting Examples"
Herb Clemens, Ohio State University

SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, SUN 2PM
"Let's Talk Art" Lecture Series - "Marsden Hartley: American Modernist"
Norman Geske, Sheldon Director Emeritus