Wed, Mar 07, 2007
March 7, 2007
FIRST TO RECEIVE HONOR
CoJMC Awarded Recognition as a UNL "Showcase Site"
The College of Journalism and Communications has been awarded recognition as a UNL "Showcase Site" for its new website.
The college completed the switch to the new template system about a month ago, and the resulting site impressed the Web Developer Network quality assurance review team in many ways, but most of all in its strong voice and positive communication about the college, accomplished while remaining true to the spirit and intent of the UNL web template system. The Quality Assurance Review Team voted to award the college the first UNL "Showcase Site" award. more...
UNL WDN
CAMPUS REC CENTER, 10AM - 2PM
Free Spring Break Survival Kits Available Today
The University Health Center and Campus Rec Centers will be distributing free (while supplies last) Spring Break Survival Kits today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Center.
Each kit includes a water bottle with antacid tablets, antiseptic towelette, band-aids, a toothbrush, and more. You can return any unwanted items to the University Health Center or Health Aide booths in the Nebraska Unions.
SPRING BREAK TIPS
GREAT PLAINS ART MUSUEM, 3:30PM
Nebraskans' Beliefs on Immigration are Panel Topic
More than half of rural Nebraskans say they do not believe Latin American immigration benefits the state. That finding and others from the 2006 Nebraska Rural Poll conducted by the Center for Applied Rural Innovation and University of Nebraska researchers, will be discussed at a public forum from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. March 7 at Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St.
"It is my view that the negative opinions of Hispanics and immigrants in general is generated by the term 'illegal.' This fortifies the argument I have tried to make when stating we need immigration reform/guest worker programs," said state Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island, who is scheduled to participate as a panelist at the forum. The poll released Nov. 13 also found that many rural Nebraskans have mixed feelings on policies that would grant citizenship or other benefits to undocumented immigrants. Opinions were mixed about the creation of a guest-worker program for immigrant workers. more...
2006 RURAL POLL REPORTS
NEBRASKA UNION, 2PM
Women's Week Lecture - "Fight Club: Popular Violence and Postmodern Manhood"
Alex Clark, Student Involvement Men's Outreach Coordinator, examines messages about gender roles, pain, and social and sexual interpersonal relationships in the 20th Century Fox movie based on the novel Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk.
HARDIN HALL - SCHOOL of NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES, 3:30PM
Water Center, Water Resources Research Initiative, School of Natural Resources Seminar - "Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee"
Mary Roth, US Army Corp of Engineers, Omaha, NE. Hosted by David Admiraal, Dept of Civil Engineering, UNL.
NEBRASKA UNION, 3:30PM
Institute for Ethnic Studies Colloquium Series 2007 - "Testing Whiteness, Testing Gender: No Child (No School?) Left Behind?"
Helen Moore, UNL
BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Spring 2007 Seminar - "Soil-based Gene Discovery to Accelerate and Broaden Biocatalytic Applications"
Dr. Mani Subramanian, University of Iowa. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
NEBRASKA UNION, 6:30PM
Women's Week Lecture - "Women in Politics"
DiAnna Schimek, Nebraska State Senator
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
God Grew Tired Of Us, The 79th Annual Academy Award-Nominated Short Films Show at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents God Grew Tired Of Us and The 79th Annual Academy Award-Nominated Short Films. Both films will show through March 15.
God Grew Tired Of Us tells the remarkable story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. In 1987, with explosive violence in the Sudan because of civil war, 25,000 young boys between the ages of three and thirteen fled from their homes, beginning a five-year trek that ultimately led the survivors--many of the boys died along the treacherous journey through the desert--to a United Nations refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya. Nicknamed the Lost Boys after the characters in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, they formed a tight community in the camp, though they still had little food and shelter and a bleak future. In 2001, 38,000 of the boys, now grown into men, were selected to be relocated to the United States, where they were to be given a new lease on life. Writer-director Christopher Quinn and co-director Tommy Walker closely follow three of the men as they try to make a go of it in what for them is a whole new world--they never before had flown in an airplane, shopped in a supermarket, or turned on an electric light. Narrated by Nicole Kidman, and with Brad Pitt serving as one of the executive producers, God Grew Tired Of Us is a powerful, compelling, important documentary.
Every year our patrons ask where they can see the Oscar nominees in the short film categories. This year, just like last year, there's an answer: at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The capsule reviews are provided by the films distributors. Note: Each of these three programs will screen separately and a separate admission will be required.
More information is available at the Ross website.
