Fri, Nov 03, 2006
November 3-5, 2006
WICK ALUMNI CENTER, FRI 6PM
Alumni Association Hosts Annual Homecoming Party
Free food, children's games, an exhibit of Nebraska photography and a spot on the homecoming parade route are all part of the festivities when the Nebraska Alumni Association hosts its 14th annual "Come On Home" celebration 6 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Wick Alumni Center, 1520 R St. The event is free and open to the public. The evening kicks off with the reinstated homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Guests can view the parade from the center's Holling Garden.
The remainder of the evening will feature family-friendly activities, including performances by the Big Red Express pep band and Husker spirit squad, children's games, prizes, a clown, an appearance by the 2006 homecoming royalty court and a performance by the Scarlet and Cream Singers. Guests can enjoy ice cream from the UNL Dairy Store, Pepsi products and Valentino's pizza, all free of charge.
The schedules of each Master's activities on campus is listed on the Nebraska alumni Web site.
HUSKER ALUMNI
FOOTBALL | MEMORIAL STADIUM, SAT 11AM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Missouri Tigers (Homecoming)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER, 4:05PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs University of Nebraska Omaha Mavericks
VOLLEYBALL | NU COLISEUM, 7PM
Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oklahoma Sooners
SHERMAN WELPTON COURTROOM, COLLEGE OF LAW, FRI NOON-1:30PM
Bryan's Legacy To Be Explored at Law Symposium
"The Modern Legacy of William Jennings Bryan" is the theme of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law symposium Nov. 3. The symposium features a panel from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Sherman Welpton Courtroom at the College of Law, East Campus Loop and Fair Street. Panelists discussing the topic are scholars, authors and law professors Michael Kazin, William Thomas and Jim Chen. The panel is free and open to the public.
Bryan (1860-1925), known as "The Great Commoner," is one of the most controversial lawyers to hail from Nebraska, and arguably the most crucial American never to win a presidential election. While he may be most well known for his defense of creationism in the Scopes monkey trial, some fundamental aspects of Bryan's life have been overlooked. In Kazin's controversial new biography, the author challenges us to consider the profound implications of Bryan's legacy on the current political, economic and legal reality in the United States. more...
COLLEGE OF LAW
CBA, FRI NOON
Economics Department Fall Seminar Series - "Small Business and State Growth: An Econometric Investigation"
Dr. John Deskins, assistant professor of Economics at Creighton University The presentation is free and open to the public. To register, call Barb Keating 472-6349, email bkeating2@unl.edu or stop by 340 CBA.
NEBRASKA UNION, FRI NOON
Theology for Lunch brown bag lecture - "Christian Responses to Social Issues - The Middle East"
Fritz Lampe, Lutheran Campus Pastor
KEIM HALL, FRI 3PM
Agronomy and Horticulture Fall Seminar - "Development, Testing, and Potential Commercialization of Dicamba (Clarity)-Resistant Soybean Plants"
Don Weeks, Head, Department of Biochemistry, November 3, 3:00 p.m., 327 Keim Hall. Refreshments at 2:30 p.m.
112 HAMILTON HALL, FRI 3PM
Chemistry Colloquium - "A Chemobiological Synthesis of Eplerenone"
Dr. Peter Wuts, Pfizer
117 BESSEY HALL, FRI 3:30PM
Department of Geosciences Stout Lecture - "Concentration-discharge and temperature-discharge dynamics in karstic basins"
Carol Wicks, University of Missouri
JOSEPH COOPER THEATRE, ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER, FRI 3:30PM
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film Lecture
Film Director Donald Petrie (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Miss Congeniality)
NEBRASKA EAST UNION, FRI 4PM
Entomology Lecture - "Insects as disseminators of insect and plant pathogens"
Chelsey Wasem, Graduate Student, Department of Entomology
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
