Fri, Jul 10, 2009
July 10-12, 2009
Family Fun Event July 10 at Sheldon Museum of Art
The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites families to make art together July 10 during Sheldon's Family Fun Event. The event will be 5 to 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
There will be three art-making areas located inside the museum where local artists will assist children in creating their own drawings, sculptures and prints. more...
Academic Planning Committee Budget Hearing is July 30
The first of two scheduled hearings on proposed budget reductions is scheduled for July 30. The task of the Academic Planning Committee (APC) is to review the Chancellor's proposed cuts in light of their probable impact on the university's academic mission and approve them or suggest other ways of meeting the budget reduction goal. To accomplish this task, the APC welcomes information from all who may be affected by the proposed reductions.
Information may be presented to the APC in person during scheduled budget hearings on July 30th or September 18. Those wishing to appear at the July 30 hearing should notify the APC by 3:00 p.m. on July 20. Contact the Academic Planning Committee c/o Dr. William Nunez, APC Secretary, 332 Canfield Administration Building, 0435 or wnunez2@unl.edu.
The APC will also consider written information about the impact of the budget reductions. For more information about the APC hearing process, visit the APC Procedures document.
'Ethanol: Salvation or Damnation?' Earns National Student Reporting Award
An in-depth report by University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism students titled "Ethanol: Salvation or Damnation?" has been judged first place in the Society of Environmental Journalism's 2009 Awards for Reporting on the Environment for the category Outstanding Student Reporting. The competition in most categories was intense, according to the judges, who are accomplished journalists and journalism educators.
SEJ will honor the winners and present the awards at an Oct. 7 ceremony in Madison, Wis. The winner in each of nine categories will receive $1,000 and a trophy, while second- and third-place finishers will receive certificates. The winner of the student category wins $250 plus up to $750 to attend the annual conference. The contest also includes a book category offering a $10,000 prize. more...
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MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Garden and Moon Play at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Garden and Moon. The Garden will show through July 16, while Moon will screen through July 23.
The Garden is the fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles. It's the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. Mostly immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out, we watch them organize, fight back, and demand answers: Why was the land sold to a wealthy developer for millions less than fair-market value? Why was the transaction done in a closed-door session of the LA City Council? Why has it never been made public? And the powers-that-be have the same response: "The garden is wonderful, but there is nothing more we can do." If everyone told you nothing more could be done, would you give up?
Moon takes place in the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive. Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Suddenly, Sam's health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago. Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a "support crew" on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s going on and where he fits into company plans.
More information is available at the Ross website.
