Fri, Aug 03, 2007
August 3 - 5, 2007
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IS Improves Network Performance, Flattens Rates
Information Services has announced a new flat-rate fee for all wired network connections. All users will be able to connect to the network at the maximum data speed provided to their building for $4.25 per month. Wireless connectivity will remain $6.00 per month. The new rate structure, effective July 1, 2007, eliminates tiered pricing and is expected to return approximately $105,000 per year to campus departments.
The rate change comes as Information Services is steadily upgrading network connectivity to campus buildings from 10 megabits per second (mb) upwards to 100Mb and 1,000Mb. Users should experience improved performance in the coming months as upgraded electronics will allow computers, printers, servers and other devices to transmit and receive data at the fastest speeds available. more...
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Roy Lichtenstein, Charge of the Light Brigade, 1956
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, STARTING AUGUST 3
First Friday Features American Narratives
On Friday, August 3 from 5 - 7 p.m., the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery will hold an opening reception for an installation of work from the permanent collection titled American Narratives. From portrait painters to Beat Generation artists, this year's installation shares artworks with stories across the American tableau.
Director Jan Driesbach and Curator Sharon Kennedy will lead visitors on gallery tours. In The Beats gallery, Randall Snyder and Scott Anderson from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music will perform Following Lee Konitz, a reading with music from Jack Kerouac"s novel, Visions of Cody. Appetizers and a cash bar will be available in the Great Hall during this special evening. Admission is free.
SHELDON MEMORIAL ART GALLERY
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Introducing The Dwights, Summercamp! Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents Introducing The Dwights and Summercamp! Summercamp! will show through August 9, while Introducing The Dwights plays through August 16.
Introducing The Dwights is a heartfelt comedy about a mother who tries to come between her son and his coming of age. Tim's mom, Jean, is a bawdy and risque comedienne still hoping to make it big. His brother Mark helps their mother rehearse for shows. Together, they inhabit a non-traditional household where chaos is the norm, the music is always on, and Jean's larger-than-life personality takes center stage. When Tim meets and falls for Jill, his home becomes a combat zone as his mother fears this new girl, whose name she refuses to remember, will "break up" the unique family unit she's tried so hard to keep together. In this quirky and oftentimes touching tale, Tim must learn to manage the emotions of the women of his life without losing himself in the process.
Featuring original music from The Flaming Lips and Noisola, Summercamp! Is a hilarious and heartfelt film that follows the day-to-day drama of 90 kids let loose in the woods at Swift Nature Camp in northern Wisconsin. Camp is a place where kids can be kids, where their home and school lives momentarily fade into the background as they go through the highs and lows of adolescent rituals: sing-alongs, talent shows, homesickness, counselor mutiny--and first love. Amidst group activities, showy arguments, and secret conversations, filmmakers Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price submerge themselves into this curious camp subculture, capturing a diverse array of adolescents from all economic and social backgrounds. Through the non-calloused eyes of kids, Summercamp! captures the raw emotional experiences that will endure with them for the rest of their lives.
More information is available at the Ross website.
