Wed, Dec 06, 2006
December 6, 2006
THROUGH DEC. 22
UNL Computer Store Sponsors Food and Coat Drive
In the spirit of the holiday season, the UNL Computer Store is holding a coat or blanket and canned food drive though Friday, December 22.
Bring five cans of food or a gently used coat or blanket to any UNL Computer Store location and receive a coupon for $40 off a Canon PIXMA MP160 ALL-IN-ONE printer. Coupon quanities are limited. Your generosity will help those in need.
INFORMATION SERVICES
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER, 8-10AM
University Health Center Holds Flu Shot Clinic
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln University Health Center will be holding a final flu shot clinic this year for UNL students, faculty and staff. A clinic is scheduled for 8-10 a.m. today 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.
ROOM 210, ARCHITECTURE HALL, 12:30-5PM
UNL Architecture Students Show Plans for Energy Research Building
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture students enrolled in Architecture 410 ("tectonics") will present 15 proposals for a new Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Dec. 6. The project's final jury will be in Room 210 of Architecture Hall, 10th and R streets. The jury includes architecture faculty and practitioners, and review by the public.
Course instructor Chris Ford said the proposals may play a provocative role in the future planning of such a free-standing research facility, especially considering the emerging issues of energy consumption, conservation, and generation. The Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research is a new collaborative endeavor between the Nebraska Public Power District and UNL. The center will foster research and education in energy sciences by encouraging collaboration among faculty and other public- and private-sector organizations working in energy sciences. more...
LAUNCH SLIDESHOW
HARDIN HALL, 3PM
School of Natural Resources Fall Seminar Series - "Interpretation of plant spectral signatures and their applicaiton for species mapping"
Dr. Susan Ustin, University of California-Davis. Hosted by Dr. Anatoly Gitelson
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Keeping Mum Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents This Film Is Not Yet Rated and Keeping Mum. Both films will be showing through December 7.
Passionate cinephiles can be found casting quizzical glances at the erratic and often conflicting decisions made by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) as they slap ratings onto movies. So in an attempt to make sense of their working methods--which, until now, have remained shrouded in mystery--one of those cinephiles, Kirby Dick (Twist Of Faith), has made this full-length motion picture about the inner workings of the MPAA. Entertaining and informative, Dick's movie is everything a documentary should be. Revelations come thick and fast throughout, and the director skillfully creates a palpable feeling of injustice that will leave many viewers feeling the MPAA is in urgent need of a drastic overhaul.
Keeping Mum stars Rowan Atkinson as an absent-minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice his wife's (Kristin Scott Thomas) dalliance with her brash golf instructor (Patrick Swayze), his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper, Grace (Maggie Smith), the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet, grey-haired old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house. One by one, the family members find that Grace is able to solve their problems, but they don't realize that her means are leading to a lot of ends and the population of their sleepy hamlet is rapidly diminishing.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED | KEEPING MUM
