Tue, Feb 12, 2008
February 12, 2008
UNL 6th on New 'Most Popular College' List
U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings promotion on Feb. 1 released a new list, analyzing top colleges' yields to outline the "Most Popular Colleges: National Universities." Good news for UNL, which ranked sixth for its 2006 yield rate of 66 percent.
Yield rate refers to the proportion of students admitted who actually enroll. U.S. News on its site college ranking site touts colleges to which "students really want to go," and lists UNL on its National Universities list at sixth.more...
LIED CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, 7PM | LIVE STREAM
'Winning the Oil Endgame' is Thompson Forum at UNL
Physicist Amory Lovins, cofounder, chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, will deliver "Winning the Oil Endgame," the Lewis E. Harris Lecture on Public Policy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lovins will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St., as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues.
The Rocky Mountain Institute is an independent "think-and-do-tank" that helps individuals and organizations use energy and resources efficiently while being better stewards of the environment. All Thompson Forum lectures are free and open to the public, but free tickets are required for all lectures. Tickets are available at the Lied Center ticket office, (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231, or at the Nebraska Union or Westfield Gateway.more...
E.N. THOMPSON FORUM
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
War Dance and The Savages Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents War Dance and The Savages. Both films will show through February 14.
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine's War Dance is a powerful documentary that follows a group of schoolchildren as they overcome nearly insurmountable odds in their quest to participate in the annual Kampala Music Festival. For over 20 years, Northern Uganda has been a war zone, as a vicious rebel force, the Lord's Resistance Army, has run rampant, destroying villages, kidnapping children, and murdering parents. Somehow, the children of the Patongo Primary School have qualified for the Kampala Music Festival competition for the first time, a feat unto itself; yet these children are determined to take home the championship prize.
Director Tamara Jenkins made audiences sit for nearly a decade for her follow-up to the hilarious dark comedy Slums Of Beverly Hills, but it's been worth the wait. Like her previous film, The Savages is a sometimes-funny, sometimes-sad look at family dynamics, but this time around the sense of humor is more wry than riotous. Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman play Wendy and Jon Savage, a pair of siblings on the cusp of middle age. Their estranged father (Philip Bosco) lives across the country, but the Savages reluctantly rush to see him when they learn that he may not be able to take care of himself any longer. Jon and Wendy bicker over problems old and new as they try to figure out what's best for a man they barely know.
More information is available at the Ross website.
