Wed, Dec 20, 2006
December 20, 2006
JAN 1, 2007
Time Running Out to File SSN exemptions
January 1, 2007 is the deadline for UNL to eliminate all non-essential use, collection or storage of Social Security Numbers. If your service or program requires the continued usage of Social Security Numbers, you must fill out an exemption form to be reviewed by Information Services and approved by the Chancellor. For the exemption form and more information, go to the IS SSN website.
THROUGH DEC. 21
Sidewalk Closed Near Oldfather
The installation of a cellular phone tower will close the sidewalk on 12th Street, west of Oldfather Hall, from Dec. 18-21.
According to Joe Goodwater, an engineer with Facilities Management and Planning, a three-ton crane will park on the sidewalk. The crane will be used to install a cell tower on Oldfather Hall. The northwest door to Oldfather will be available as an emergency exit only.
INFORMATION SERVICES
LIED CENTER, DEC 19-23
Marley's Christmas Carol Puts Twist on Holiday Tale
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, a creative re-interpretation of the Charles Dickens' classic, will take the stage in the Lied Center’s Johnny Carson Theater December 19-23. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. nightly, with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on December 23. Nebraska Repertory Theatre (NRT) brings this one-man show, written and performed by Tom Mula, to the Lied's 2006/2007 season. Virginia Smith, artistic director of NRT, will direct.
The performances puts a twist on the beloved Christmas story. Audiences are introduced to Jacob Marley, the man in charge of saving old Scrooge. The story follows Marley's behind-the-scenes efforts as he not only attempts to save Scrooge's soul, but also his own. The Chicago Tribune states, "It's great fun. An audience pleaser filled with laughs and capped with, of course, a happy ending...among the best evenings of the theatrical year." Mula has created an irreverent, funny, and ultimately, deeply moving piece. It is also an acting tour-de-force as he performs all of the roles.
Tickets for this performance are $32. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students with a valid I.D., as well as youth age 18 and younger, may purchase tickets for half price. Call the Lied ticket office at (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for ticket availability.
LIED CENTER
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Jesus Camp, Half Nelson Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Jesus Camp and Half Nelson. Both films will be showing through December 21.
Jesus Camp, which is directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, Tory and a number of other young children to Pastor Becky Fischer's Kids on Fire summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in God's army. The film follows these children at camp as they hone their prophetic gifts and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future.
In Half Nelson, high school teacher Dan (Ryan Gosling) and quiet teenager Drey (Shareeka Epps) are two lonely souls who wander the planet looking to attach some semblance of meaning to their chaotic lives. Dan teaches Drey in a dilapidated school in Brooklyn, New York. Their relationship is unremarkable until Drey discovers Dan collapsed and clutching a crack pipe in a grimy toilet cubicle in the high school gym. It is from this pivotal moment that director Ryan Fleck builds a tentative friendship between these two unlikely allies, creating one of 2006's most arresting films in the process.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | JESUS CAMP | HALF NELSON
