Wed, Oct 04, 2006
October 4, 2006
UNL CAMPUS
UNL Launches 'Real Men, Real Depression' Campaign
In an attempt to reach men who may be experiencing depression and in need of psychological consultation, a "Real Men, Real Depression" campaign will be launched Oct. 4 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Aaron Rochlen, a researcher and counseling psychology faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin will offer the keynote address to launch the campaign at 7 p.m. in the Love Library Auditorium.
The UNL campaign is in conjunction with the National Institute of Mental Health's Real Men, Real Depression campaign created in 2003. The campaign was created primarily to raise public awareness about depression among men and to address the fact that men are less likely to recognize, acknowledge and seek treatment for their depression. For more information on campaign events view the full press release.
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series - "Viral ion channels: small, active and informative"
Dr. Gerhard Thiel, Darmstadt University of Technology
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Lied Hosts "Crimethink: A 1984 Symposium"
During the week of October 2-6, the Lied Center will be hosting a CRIMETHINK symposium to celebrate our freedom and right to question, discuss, and disagree. Guest speakers, student presentations, and artwork displays will enrich the symposium, covering topics inculding civil liberties, human rights, war, and media. All events will lead to the Actor’s Gang's performance of Orwell's novel, 1984, on Friday, October 6. All symposium events are free for students and open to the public.
On Tuesday, Professor Dr. Ronald Lee (Communication Studies) will present a lunch lecture entitled "Generation Wise?' The Normalization of Surveillance in Popular Culture" at 12:15 p.m. at the Chestnut Tree Cafe in Lied Center's Steinhart Room. At 4 p.m. in the Steinhart Room, Dr. David Moshman, (Professor of Educational Psychology) will present a talk entitled, "Torture Speak and Denial." At 7:30 p.m. in the Johnny Carson Theatre, a panel discussion focusing on the Patriot Act and current issues where freedom and safety are questioned. Panelists will include: Gary Lacey - Lancaster County Attorney, Professor Raneta Lawson Mack – Creighton Law School, and Professor Laurie Lee, UNL College Journalism.
For more information about the weeks events, visit the Crimethink Symposium web site.
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Who Killed The Electric Car?, Drawing Restraint 9 Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Who Killed The Electric Car? and Drawing Restraint 9. Both films will be showing through October 12.
It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert? Who Killed The Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.
Matthew Barney teams up with Bjork for Drawing Restraint 9. In this highly experimental film in the style of Barney's CREMASTER cycle, Bjork also provides the soundtrack, making it essential viewing for fans of her more esoteric ventures. Matthew Barney's stately, ritualistic film takes place mostly on the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship afloat in Nagasaki Bay. A good part of the film follows Mr. Barney and Bjork, who are welcomed aboard the ship as Occidental guests and undergo elaborate preparations for a traditional Shinto wedding ceremony. Their union, however ecstatic, quickly leads to a solemn, stylized Liebestod that embodies the film's depiction of life as a series of passages in a relentless cycle of creation and destruction. Like Mr. Barney's Cremaster Cycle, Drawing Restraint 9 is a cinematic component of a larger exhibition that will embrace videos, sculptures, drawings and photographs. The complexities of such a multimedia work will perhaps be best scrutinized by art critics and historians. Working as a mostly nonverbal series of interconnected images with a soundtrack composed by Bjork, the film represents a significant advance from Cremaster Cycle. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? | DRAWING RESTRAINT 9
