Wed, Nov 01, 2006
November 1, 2006
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 11AM
U.S. Senator Hagel to Lecture at UNL
U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel will be on campus this morning at 11:00 a.m. to discuss foreign policy and current events with the University community. The event is open to the public and will be held in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. Following a question and answer session with the audience, Senator Hagel will be available for a book signing of UNL Professor Charlyne Berens new book, Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward.
This event is hosted by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN).
ASUN
NEBRASKA UNION AUDITORIUM, 2:30PM
Czech Ambassador to U.S. to Lecture Today
"Transatlantic Relations: Perspective in Central Europe," is the title for a public lecture Nov. 1 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Petr Kolar, Czech Ambassador to the United States. The 2:30 p.m. lecture at the Nebraska Union Auditorium, 1400 R St., is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Kolar was appointed ambassador to the United States in October 2005 after serving for two years as deputy minister of foreign affairs. From 1999 to 2003 he served as Czech ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and earlier was ambassador to Sweden. He has served research roles in foreign policy at institutions such as the Czechoslovak Academy of Science, the Institute for International Relations in Prague, the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defense. He served as policy adviser and director for the Department for Czechs Living Abroad and for the Czech Republic Foreign Minister. more...
VARIOUS SITES, UNL CAMPUS, NOV 1-4
UNL Masters Return to Campus To Share With Students
Five distinguished University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni return to campus Nov. 1-4 for Masters Week, an annual event that connects university graduates with students. UNL faculty nominate alumni each winter for the next year's program. Masters are selected by a committee appointed by the chancellor. Masters Week is sponsored by the Chancellor's office, the Student Alumni Association, Innocents Society and Mortar Board. The program brings successful alumni into contact with students through class visitations, campus tours, and meetings with clubs and organizations.
This year's UNL Masters are: Kent Andersen, executive vice president of the North American Limousin Foundation; Chris Greene, professor of physics at the University of Colorado and chair of the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics; John Hoerner, chief executive of Central European Clothing for Tesco, the United Kingdom's largest retailer; Patricia "Patti" Peterson, attorney and partner with Kutak Rock in Omaha; and Rob Reeder, manager of advertising for Hallmark and Hallmark Gold Crown Stores.
The schedules of each Master's activities on campus is listed on the Nebraska alumni Web site.
HARDIN HALL, 3PM
School of Natural Resources Fall Seminar Series
Dr. Stephen Dinsmore, Iowa State University. Hosted by Dr. Larkin Powell
BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar - "Deconstructing the prototypic Arenavirus LCMV"
Dr. Juan Carlos De la Torre, The Scripps Research Institute IMM-6. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, 7:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs University of Nebraska Kearney Lopers
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Viva Pedro!: The Films of Pedro Almodovar, Factotum Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Viva Pedro!: The Films of Pedro Almodovar and Factotum. All films will be showing through November 9.
Sony Pictures Classics presents Viva Pedro!, the theatrical re-release of eight of celebrated auteur Pedro Almodovar's greatest films. The theatrical re-release will introduce new audiences to Almodovar and at the same time present the films to his many fans in the manner which they are meant to be seen and appreciated. Brand new prints have been made of all eight films. Several of these titles have not been shown in theaters since their original release. All of the films have been withdrawn from the DVD marketplace to accommodate their theatrical re-release. Films being shown in the retrospective are: Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), All About My Mother (1999), Talk To Her (2002), Flower Of My Secret (1995), Live Flesh (1996), Law Of Desire (1987), Matador (1986), and Bad Education (2004).
The life of celebrated Wildman Charles Bukowski has been brought to the big screen on a number of occasions prior to this adaptation of his book, Factotum. This Norwegian production from director Bent Hamer sees Matt Dillon taking on the role of Chinaski. Dillon gets the character just about right, subtly perfecting the deadbeat behavior that leads to innumerable firings from menial jobs, while also offering a persuasive depiction of a man lost in the throes of an addiction to booze, women, and gambling. Set in Minneapolis-St. Paul, which overflows with the depreciated low-rent apartments and cruddy, soul destroying workplaces Bukowski thrived upon, Factotum is an arresting depiction of humanity at its lowest ebb.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | VIVA PEDRO! | FACTOTUM
