Wed, Dec 03, 2008
December 3, 2008
Student Involvement Hosts Winter Alternative Service Break
This year's Winter Alternative Service Break at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be UNL's sixth trip to the Gulf Coast. Students will work in collaboration with University of Houston-Downtown students to remove debris and do restoration to areas affected by Hurricane Ike.
Online applications are due by December 5.
E103 BEADLE CENTER, 4PM
Biotechnology/Life Sciences Fall 2008 Seminar - "UTRs: the ends are the means"
Dr. Joel Graber, The Jackson Laboratory. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
BAILEY LIBRARY, ANDREWS HALL, 4PM
"Turning the Other Cheek: Scatology and its Discontents in The Canterbury Tales"
Dr. Peter J. Smith, expert in Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature from Nottingham-Trent University
Kosovo, South Africa Photojournalism Exhibit Continues
A powerful student photo exhibit documenting two nations -- one in its infancy and one with immigration issues -- will be on display through Dec. 5 at the Rotunda Gallery in the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St.
The photo stories by University of Nebraska-Lincoln students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications document one of the world's newest nations, Kosovo, and its ethnic Albanians, and South Africa, a country that is experiencing border issues with Zimbabwe and its other neighbors. The exhibit runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. more...
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
A Girl Cut In Two and Happy-Go-Lucky Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents A Girl Cut In Two and Happy-Go-Lucky. A Girl Cut In Two will have play through December 4, while Happy Go Lucky will show through December 21.
The French master of suspense Claude Chabrol returns with the razor-sharp, darkly seductive film A Girl Cut In Two. Gabrielle Deneige (Ludivine Sagnier of Swimming Pool) is an independent, ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior (Francois Berleand), and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor (Benoit Magimel). An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing - and darkening - matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control, inexorably leading to a shocking clash of violence and passion.
In the effervescent new comedy from writer/director Mike Leigh (Vera Drake, Secrets & Lies), Sally Hawkins stars as Poppy, an irrepressibly free-spirited school teacher who brings an infectious laugh and an unsinkable sense of optimism to every situation she encounters. Poppy's ability to maintain her perspective is tested as the story begins and her commuter bike is stolen. However, she enthusiastically signs up for driving lessons with Scott (Eddie Marsan), who turns out to be her nemesis--a fuming, uptight cynic. As the tension of their weekly lessons builds, Poppy encounters even more challenges to her positive state of mind: a fiery flamenco instructor, her bitter pregnant sister, a troubled homeless man and a young bully in her class. How this affects not only Poppy's world view but also the outlook of those around her begs the question "glass half full or half empty?" - Moviefone
More information is available at the Ross website.
