October 3, 2005
UNL CAMPUS, 8AM - 3:30PM
Admissions Hosts Red Letter Day
Red Letter Days are Nebraska's
open-house-style campus visit option for high school seniors. From
about 8 am to 3:30 pm, high school seniors and family
members will be touring campus and attending information sessions.
The next Red Letter Day of the school year is scheduled for Monday,
October 10.
Visiting campus is the best way to learn more about the University – and
it's fun. Visitors meet current students, faculty and staff, receive
important information about majors, dine in a residence hall, and
more. Even if you've been to campus before, it's important to take
part in a Red Letter Day or Admissions Campus Visit. To learn more
about visit options and to print off a registration form for a Red
Letter Day, visit the UNL Undergraduate Admissions website.
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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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WICK ALUMNI CENTER, 7PM
Osher Learning Institute Sponsors Kooser Talk
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will present Ted Kooser at 7 pm this evening at the Wick Alumni Center, 150 R St. The U.S. poet laureate and UNL English professor will talk about his first year as poet laureate, offer to read his works, and sign books. The program is free and open to the public; seating is limited so those interested should arrive early. Attendees are also asked to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Food Bank of Lincoln.
As U.S. poet laureate, Kooser marks a full year of promoting poetry throughout the United States as consultant to Congress. He also won the Pulitzer Prize earlier this year for his work "Delights and Shadows." Kooser's term as poet laureate continues through 2006.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program of the College of Education and Human Sciences and presents special educational events in addition to six-week study sessions throughout the year. It is one of a national network of institutes creating programs for lifelong learners at 73 universities and colleges across the country.
A reception will follow the presentation.
OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Continuing 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 |
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EAST UNION, 3PM
Center for Grassland Studies Seminar - "New Directions in Nebraska Water Policy - Fully Appropriated Basins, Overappropriated Basins and Water Marketing"
Dave Aiken, UNL
EAST UNION, 4PM
Entomology Seminar - "Mathematical Models in Entomology"
Dr. Brigitte Tenhumberg, UNL
145 VBS, EAST CAMPUS, 4PM
Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Seminar - "Host-pathogen Interactions During Mycobacterial Infections"
Manirath Khounlotham, PhD Candidate, UNL
NEBRASKA UNION 7PM
GLBT History Month Event - Lecture - "Career Success for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students"
Dr. Y. Barry Chung, Georgia State University
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