Wed, Nov 08, 2006
November 8, 2006
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER, 8-10AM
University Health Center Holds Flu Shot Clinic
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln University Health Center will have several influenza vaccine clinics through Nov. 15 on City and East campuses for UNL students, faculty and staff. Today, a clinic is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. at the University Health Center on 15th and U streets.
Flu vaccinations cost $20 and payment via cash or check is required at the time of the vaccination. For those with Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance, a claim will be filed for them by UHC staff for possible reimbursement (proof of insurance must be presented at the time of vaccination). Flu vaccinations are also available by appointment at UHC for those unable to attend the clinics. Call UHC at (402) 472-5000 or visit the Health Center web site.
CITY UNION LOBBY, 10AM-2PM
UNL Hosts 2006 Tech Fair
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Computer Store will hold its 2006 Technology Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in the Nebraska Union lobby. Over 20 vendors will be present showing their latest computer technology. Register at the fair to win free prizes.
The 2006 Technology Fair is designed to increase awareness of the UNL information technology services, tools, resources, support, and innovations that benefit students, faculty and staff.
UNL CAMPUS, NOV 6-8
Accreditation Review Team Visits UNL Campus
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln welcomes the members of the North Central Association's Higher Learning Commission to campus Nov. 6-8 as part of UNL's decennial accreditation review. The team will be visiting with a number of individuals on campus as it reviews UNL's programs and also offers comment on our academic strategic planning process.
The fourteen-member external review team, chaired by Phillip Jones, vice president for student services at the University of Iowa, will spend three days at UNL interviewing faculty, staff and students. It will deliver a brief preliminary report to Chancellor Harvey Perlman the last day of the visit and submit a final written report within nine to 10 weeks.
Members of the campus community can review UNL's accreditation self study at the NCA Accreditation site. More information on the accreditation process is available in the Scarlet.
ANDREWS HALL, 3:30PM
19th-Century Studies Lecture - "The popularization of science in the early nineteenth century"
French scholar Rosemary Lloyd, the Rudy Professor of French and Italian at Indiana University
BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar - "Loosening of plant cell walls by expansins"
Dr. Daniel Cosgrove, Penn State University. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public
RICHARDS HALL ROOM 15, 5:30PM
Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Series in the Department of Art and Art History
Artist Jim Butler (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
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
