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| Studio assistant Sean Scott hangs
students'
work Oct. 9 in a hallway inside Richards Hall. The
pieces of
artwork are from a visual literacy class and use
color, space,
contrast and shape to explore how they work
together. |
Scarlet schedule
The Scarlet
will not publish Oct. 24 because of fall break.
After today's
edition, weekly publication will resume Oct. 31.
Credit Union Car Sale Oct. 18, 19
Find the vehicle of your dreams and save money during the
Credit
Union Car Sale Oct. 18 and 19. Participants will receive
special,
no-hassle pricing on new and selected used vehicles
at
participating dealerships.
Stop by the Credit Union to get
a loan pre-approved and receive
an additional 1/4 percent off our
already low loan rates. Participants
will also receive a free $25
gas card. For a list of participating
dealers or for more
information, call the Credit Union at 472-2087.
Finkelstein to speak on medicine and the
humanities
Gabriel Finkelstein, expert in modern Germany,
Europe, the
history of science and the history of exploration, will
speak
at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Bailey Library in Andrews
Hall.
Finkelstein's talk, "The Frog Doctor: Science,
Medicine,
and the Humanities in 19th-century Berlin," will
address
the life and work of Emil du Bois-Reymond, a once
world-famous
physiologist and essayist.
Finkelstein
is assistant professor in the Department of History
at the
University of Colorado at Denver. He is completing a biography
of
du Bois-Reymond and is also planning a book on German scientific
exploration.
The talk is sponsored by the Linda and
Charles Wilson Humanities
in Medicine Program at UNL.
Display your
spirit for homecoming
The University Program Council is
coordinating the University
Office Display Contest for Homecoming,
which is Nov. 9. One entry
is allowed per office. Displays should
be in a place for maximum
viewing by students, faculty and staff.
All movements on the
display must be mechanically operated and not
run by people.
Entry forms must be submitted by 4 p.m. Oct.
30 to the ASUN
office, 136 Nebraska Union, or faxed to 472-8922.
The forms can
be obtained at that address or online at
<www.unl.edu/asun>.
Entries will be judged on
inventiveness (20 points); artistry
(20 points); use of the
homecoming theme, which is "Code
Red: Big Red Alert," (20
points), and overall appearance
(20 points).
Judging
will begin at 1 p.m. Nov. 4, and displays must be
completed by noon
that day. The first-place winner wins an office
coffee break.
Information Services - Communications
Announces Videoconferencing
Services
IS-Communications is now offering videoconferencing services.
Benefits of videoconferencing include:
Improved
Communication - People meet more often and share
information more
easily;
- Distance Education - Extend the
classroom beyond the campus;
- Research - Collaborate with
colleagues on projects in real
time;
- Business
Meetings - Spend more time interacting and less
time traveling;
- Cost Reduce travel and communication expenses using
the
UNL data network.
ISCommunications can provide
videoconferencing demonstrations,
systems for sale or lease, and
hosting of multi-site calls. Videoconferences
with up to 24
individual sites in one conference are available.
For more
information, visit http://telecom.
unl.edu/conferencing/vc_welcome.asp.
Demonstrations of
this technology can be arranged in your
office. Call John Gilliam
at 472-2015 or e-mail telecomtech2@unl.edu.
Turkey Sale Runs
Through Nov. 1
The UNL Animal Science Graduate Student
Association is again
sponsoring its Thanksgiving Turkey Sale.
Fresh, Nebraska-grown,
self-basting Thanksgiving turkeys are
available for $1.20 per
pound.
This year, the group
is offering four sizes of turkeys: small
(8-12 pounds); medium
(12-16 pounds); large (16-20 pounds); and
extra-large (20-24
pounds). To order, call 472-6127 between 8
a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Turkeys may be picked
up at the Animal Science
Department Nov. 25 and 26.
For more information, contact
Kim Whittet at 472-6127 or kwhittet2@unl.edu.
Mathematical Sciences Workshop Oct. 25 &
26
A regional workshop in mathematical sciences begins at
3:30
p.m. Oct. 25 in the Nebraska Union auditorium. The workshop
continues
at 9 a.m. Oct. 26 in Burnett Hall. It is organized by the
departments
of Mathematics and Statistics, Computer Science and
Engineering
and Biometry.
Plenary talks and special
sessions will survey important problems
in mathematics, statistics
and computer science. Talks are aimed
at a broad audience including
advanced undergraduates, graduate
students and faculty.
See http://www.math.unl.edu/~regionw
s
for details.
Online Travel Training
A demonstration of the travel
Web site, http://www.tandt.com/ts/unl/,
including online reservations, travel coordinator setup, profile
manager update and online tutorial will be from 2-3:30 p.m. Oct.
22
at the Nebraska Union and from 9-10:30 a.m. Oct. 23 at the
Nebraska
East Union.
TIAA-CREF Free Individual Counseling Sessions Schedule For
October
A TIAA-CREF consultant will be in the Nebraska
Union on Oct.
29 and 30 and in the Nebraska East Union on Oct. 31
to provide
free one-on-one counseling sessions about investment
planning
issues. Sign up by calling (800) 842-2009 or going to the
Web
at http://www.tiaa-cref.org
and
choosing Meetings/Counseling.
Not a quiet, private
place for studying
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| Freshman elementary education major Jenna
Norris
finds a unique spot for reviewing her statistics book
Oct. 14
in the Nebraska Union. |
Forums to discuss
transit fees
Parking and Transit Services will offer five
forums to address
options to ease the financial pressures of
offering transit services
at UNL.
Last spring, the
parking advisory committee recommended that
UNL implement a transit
fee to be charged to faculty, students
and staff who rode the UNL
and StarTran buses but did not purchase
parking permits. Campus
discussion and a final decision were
deferred until this fall.
Three options are being discussed to address these financial
pressures. One of them will be implemented in August 2003. The
options are:
- implement an optional transit
fee of $45/semester for those
using the buses;
- implement a mandatory student transit fee of $17/semester;
- implement no transit fee and instead downscale transit operations.
The five sessions to discuss these options will be open
to
the public and will be at:
- 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 at the Nebraska Union;
- 9 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Nebraska
Union;
- 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Nebraska East Union;
- 6 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Nebraska East Union;
- 2 p.m. Oct. 31
at the Nebraska Union.
The Association of Students
of the University of Nebraska
is also scheduling sessions to
discuss these options.
Parking and Transit Services also
will post a presentation
of these issues on its Web site at http://www.unl.edu/park/park.htm
l
and will take comments via e-mail at park@cwis.unl.edu.
Essayist to present 'A Life Without
Labels'
Learn about one woman's struggle to live a life
without labels
and other issues surrounding self-concept with
essayist Lucy
Grealy, author of As Seen on TV, during a public
program at 7
p.m. Oct. 29 in the Nebraska Union Auditorium.
"I discuss what it means to have self-esteem and talk
in
detail about my own path toward it and how the idea of self-esteem
has become packaged into a product that one must acquire, like
any
other beauty product," Grealy said.
Grealy was
diagnosed at age 9 with potentially terminal cancer
and had
one-third of her jaw removed. She says she subsequently
endured
"18 years and almost 30 operations" to "fix
her
face." The pain, isolation and taunts of her peers are
portrayed in her memoir, An Autobiography of a Face. She will
share
how these experiences shaped her personality and self-concept.
"I'm anti-title, anti-label," Grealy said. "Our
ideas of who we are and what we should be are given to us in
a
rigid form by society ... it's difficult not be oppressed and
depressed by our culture's images and ideas." Grealy ends
her
presentations with a positive message and advice.
Grealy's
essay, "Mirrorings," which originally appeared
in
Harper's magazine, won a National Magazine Award in essays
and
criticism and was included in Best American Essays: 1994.
She
teaches creative writing at New School University in New
York City
and nonfiction writing in the Master of Fine Arts program
at
Bennington College in Vermont.
Grealy's program is
presented by Friends of the Libraries
of the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln in conjunction with the
UNL Women's Center, with
additional funding from the Nebraska
Humanities Council and UNL
University Libraries, the Equity,
Access and Diversity Program, the
educational psychology department
and the women's studies
program.
For more information, contact Joan Barnes at
472-6987 or jbarnes3@unl.edu.
James Elkins to Lead workshop, give
lecture
James Elkins, professor at the Art Institute of
Chicago, will
lead a free, one-day workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oct. 21 at
the Nebraska Union. All faculty members and graduate
students
who are interested in art and aesthetic theory, the nature
of
critique as analytical practice and its role in the education
of visual and performing artists and designers are invited to
participate.
During the workshop, Elkins will guide
participants in questioning
the problems of the critique's inherent
imbalance of power considered
from both the teacher's and the
students' perspectives. Participants
will explore critique
strategies in different arts disciplines
to see how they might
inform one another and challenge the conventions
that define the
"comfort zone" in individual departments,
schools or
media.
Lunch will be provided at no charge, but seating is
limited
and pre-registration is requested. To register, call
Michael
James at 472-0289 or by e-mail at mjames2@unl.edu.
Elkins'
visit will also include a free public lecture at 7:30
p.m. Oct. 21
in Richards Hall 15. Elkins, the 2002 Tom Osborne
Visiting
Lecturer, will speak on "What Can Art History Say
to Studio
Practice? or Why Art Historians Should Draw."
Holiday closedown information
UNL will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 21 to Jan. 1.
Staff and faculty will return to work Jan. 2.
Employees are
reminded that in order to receive all of these
days off as paid
time, they will need to take two days of vacation
during the
closedown. Four floating holidays acquired during
the 2002 year and
the holidays of Christmas and New Year's Day
will cover most of the
time off during the closedown. Two vacation
days are required to
cover the additional two days.
For more information, call
Human Resources at 472-3101.
Retirement reception
A
retirement reception will be held for Dee Leonard from 9:30-11
a.m.
Oct. 25 in the Nebraska Room at the Nebraska Center for
Continuing
Education, 33rd and Holdrege streets. Leonard has
been secretary
for the dean of continuing education for 14 years.
Call 472-2058
for information.
Parking
Meeting Oct. 25
The Parking Advisory Committee will meet
at 3:30 p.m. Oct.
25 in the Parking and Transit Services Conference
Room, 625 Stadium
Drive, Suite A.
For more
information, call Parking & Transit Services,
472-1800.
Register now for winemaking school
Quality wine production is the focus of a University of Nebraska
winemaking school to be offered in November geared to potential
professional winemakers and experienced home winemakers who want
to
improve their skills.
The winemaking school Nov. 22-23 on
East Campus is part of
an education program to enhance the
capability of Nebraska's
developing grape and winemaking industry,
said Paul Read, NU
viticulturist.
Topics include: the
chemistry of winemaking, wine analysis,
appropriate methods for
initiating fermentation, methods to deal
with stuck fermentation,
cold stabilization, methods to deal
with materials other than
grapes, technical series on lab equipment
and hygiene, small winery
startup considerations, tasting exercises,
wine maturation and
bottling.
Cost is $440 per person, which includes all
course materials,
lunch for both days and all breaks.
More details will be sent to to class members by Nov. 1.
The number of participants is limited. Register now by sending
their name, address, phone number and a check payable to the
University of Nebraska Viticulture Program to Donna Michel, 377
Plant Science Building, Lincoln, Neb. 68583-0724 or call 472-8747.
Earl Ellington
Retirement Reception Oct. 25
The Department of Animal
Science will host a reception for
Earl Ellington from 2:30-5 p.m.
Oct. 25 at the Nebraska East
Union. Ellington retired as Professor
of Animal Science on Sept.
30.
Everyone is welcome to
attend. A program will begin at 3 p.m.
Contributions to a
book of letters may be sent to Nancy Savery,
A224 Animal Sciences,
0908, or e-mailed to nsavery1@unl.edu.
Call for papers and poster presentations
Oct. 18 is the deadline for registration for the second annual
UCARE Fall Symposium, which will be from 3-5:30 p.m. Nov. 21
in the
Nebraska Union. Both presentations and poster displays
will
showcase the research of some of UNL's undergraduates. Students
do
not have to be in the UCARE program to participate. Registration
forms can be found on the UCARE Web site, http://www.unl.edu/ucare/forms
.html.
For more information, contact Laura Damuth, UCARE
coordinator,
at ldamuth1@unl.edu or
472-5024.
E-news process for
e-mail to all
E-News is a weekly compilation of notices
distributed to all
faculty and staff and replaces the "e-mail
to all"
system. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Monday;
E-News
is distributed Tuesday evenings. Submitted items must be
sponsored
by a UNL department, program or organization. No
commercial or
personal announcements are allowed. Announcements
must have news
rather than opinion content. Submit items to: http://www.unl.edu/e-news.
To view a sample e-news, see: http://www.unl.edu/e-news/sa
mple.html.
Previously announced URL links are still
active but the above
are updated links.
Meal Allowance Update
Updated
meal allowance amounts have been posted on the university's
accounting web page. Please use these updated rates effective
with
any travel on or after Oct. 1. Reimbursements for meals
that exceed
the federal rates are considered taxable income to
the employee
unless supporting documentation is provided. For
more information,
call Jim Treat in accounting at 472-2881.
The updated
tables can be found at: http://www.unl.edu/unaccweb/
t-irs.htm.
Shoes, Back
Pain & Physical Therapy
Old, worn-out shoes can lead
to serious injuries such as low
back pain, knee pain, shin splints
and stress fractures. It is
important to select the right type of
running shoes, and they
should be replaced every 300-400 miles to
prevent injury. If
pain or discomfort develops from exercise
activities, physical
therapists are available on campus to evaluate
injuries and develop
treatment programs to address the problem. For
more information
or to make an appointment, call the UHC Physical
Therapy Department
at 472-7490.
Call for NEW UCARE Project Proposals
Some additional
funds are available to support UCARE students
for the academic year
2002-03. These funds are available to support
a UCARE student
between Nov. 1 and June 30, 2003. Applications
are available on the
UCARE Web site http://www.unl.edu/ucare/;
the
application deadline for these one-year only awards is Oct.
18.
For more information please contact Laura Damuth, UCARE coordinator,
at 472-5024 or email ldamuth1@unl.edu.
'Week Without Violence' continues
Activities continue this week to mark a "Week Without
Violence," an effort coordinated by the YWCA and the UNL
Women's Center to encourage peace and positive, proactive responses
to violence in society.
Members of the UNL community can
voice their opinions and
concerns about violence during the
"Speak Out! against violence"
from 1-3 p.m. Oct. 17 in
the Nebraska Union. Participants are
invited to listen to or to
share something that reflects an experience
with violence or a
sentiment of peace.
A Global Violence Panel will address
the effects of violence
worldwide from 8-10 a.m. Oct. 18 at the
Culture Center, 333 N.
14th St. Panelists will be Robert Hitchcock,
professor of anthropology
and geography and coordinator of African
Studies at UNL; Paul
Olson, UNL professor of English; and Sidnie
White Crawford, chair
of classics and professor of religious
studies at UNL.
The Flowers for Friends Fund-raiser will be
offered from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. daily through Oct. 19 at the
Nebraska Union food
court as a benefit for Friendship Home.
All events are free and open to the public. For information,
call 472-2597.
Women's
colloquium continues
Lynn Bolles, professor of African
American studies, women's
studies and anthropology at The
University of Maryland, will
speak at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the
Nebraska Union as part of the
Women's Studies Colloquium
Series.
An expert on peoples of African descent in the
Americas, Bolles
is an anthropologist whose research focuses on the
importance
of economic analysis and on the impact of class on women
in the
English-speaking Caribbean. She has published several books
on
Caribbean women as well as articles on gender and globalization
and feminist anthropology. Bolles has served as the president
of
the Caribbean Studies Association (1997-98), the largest and
oldest
scholarly organization focusing on the region.
This
colloquium is co-sponsored by the UNL Women's Studies
Program, UNL
Ethnic Studies, Human Rights and Human Diversity
Initiative, and
Faculty Senate Convocations. For information
call 472-9392.
Fall Break Hours for Campus Rec
The Campus Recreation Center and the East Campus Activities
Building have set special hours for fall break.
The Campus
Recreation Center will be open from 6 a.m. to 9
p.m. Oct. 18, 9
a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 19, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct.
20, 7:30 a.m. to 10
p.m. Oct. 21, and 7:30 a.m. to midnight Oct.
22.
The
East Campus Activities Building will be open 6:30 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
Oct. 18, closed Oct. 19 and 20, and open from 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m.
Oct. 21 and 22.
NU to switch
to 'nebraska.edu'
This e-mail-to-all was sent Oct. 11 by
Sharon Stephan, director
of marketing for the University of
Nebraska Central Administration.
University of Nebraska
Central Administration is in the process
of adopting the Internet
domain name "nebraska.edu"
as our official network name.
This change was made as part of
our conversion to an updated, more
consistent identity for the
university. The previous domain name,
"uneb.edu," was
originally selected primarily for its
brevity. When "nebraska.edu"
became available, we
selected it to make our Web site and e-mail
communications more
user-friendly. This change will affect all
e-mail addresses for
individuals working in central administration
and the University of
Nebraska Foundation.
This change will require some
adjustments in various systems
and records, which should be
accomplished quite easily. The process
is already under way, and we
are working to ensure that the transition
is made with minimal
disruption and expense. Most of the transition
is being handled
seamlessly by Computing Services; central administration
and
Foundation employees have been asked to notify all individuals
with
whom they correspond to update letterhead and business cards
as
supplies are replenished, and to change any on-line registrations
(such as on-line newsletter subscriptions) to reflect the new
address.
We have already enabled new email addresses
"@nebraska.edu"
for those who previously had email
addresses "@uneb.edu."
In addition, e-mail addresses for
individuals at the University
of Nebraska Foundation will change
to: <username@foundation.nebraska.edu>.
For a short time,
both the old "uneb.edu" and the new
"nebraska.edu" addresses will work, but at the end
of
2002, the "Nebraska.edu" addresses will become the
only
e-mail addresses.
Please note: E-mail addresses and web
site URLs for the four
University of Nebraska campuses will NOT
change. However, your
personal address book entries should be
changed to reflect new
addresses for your colleagues in central
administration and the
Foundation.
The University of
Nebraska web site has also been renovated,
and the URL changed to
<www.nebraska.edu>. While visitors
to the old site and most
of its pages are being redirected, this
cannot be done
indefinitely. Bookmarks and links should be updated
to maintain
access to the site (and avoid the dreaded "link
rot").
If you have any questions about the domain name
change decision,
contact me at sstephan@nebraska.edu.
If
you have questions regarding the change process/plan, please
contact Greg Gray in Computing Services at ggray@nebraska.edu.
NU Directions efforts 'support the
server'
The NU Directions coalition has launched a
"Support the
Server" media campaign to educate those who
drink at bars
or restaurants about the liability that these
establishments
take on if they serve alcohol to intoxicated people.
The coalition's
campaign is designed to urge compliance when a
server slows down
or cuts of alcohol sales.
Lincoln
is one of 10 campus communities to receive special
funding from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for community-based
campaigns on
issues related to alcohol. The campaign was funded
through a grant
from that foundation and a donation from Snitily
Carr Advertising
Agency's community service program.
The media campaign
includes TV and radio public service announcements,
billboards, bar
advertisements and buttons for alcohol servers
to wear on duty. All
feature the campaign's main message: "Sometimes,
good times
hurt great places. Support your server when they tell
you enough is
enough." The spots show a server using creative
ways to slow
down a customer's consumption of alcohol while explaining
the
liability the server and the establishment face for continuing
to
serve alcohol to intoxicated patrons. Servers can face a criminal
citation with a fine of up to $500 and/or up to three months
in
jail for violations of a city ordinance that prohibits the
sale or
procurement of alcohol to intoxicated patrons. An establishment
also can be fined or have its liquor license suspended or revoked
by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission for violating these
rules.
The campaign will run through May.
NU
Directions' mission is to reduce high-risk drinking among
NU
students. The coalition coordinates efforts with the Lincoln
hospitality community.
Workshop to focus on managing grape
disease
Grape growers will learn principles of crop
disease control
at a November grape disease management
workshop.
The workshop, co-sponsored by NU's viticulture
program and
the Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association, will
be Nov.
16 at the Nebraska East Union. Registration will start at
8:30
a.m., and the program will begin at 9 a.m. Mike Ellis, plant
pathologist from Ohio State University, will lead the workshop.
Cost is $25 for Nebraska Winery and Grape Growers Association
members and $30 for non-members and includes lunch, break, handouts
and a wine-tasting reception.
For more information or to
register, call Donna Michel at
the University of Nebraska
Viticulture Program, 472-8747.
Flu vaccines offered
The
University Health Center is offering influenza vaccination
clinics
for all students, faculty, staff and the general public.
The
clinics will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 24, 30, Nov.
5, 13 and
19 at the Nebraska Union; and Oct. 23, 29, Nov. 6,
12 and 20 in the
Nebraska East Union.
Anyone wishing to receive the vaccine
but is unable to attend
one of the above dates can call 472-5000
for an appointment.
Flu vaccinations cost $10, and
payment via cash or check is
required at the time of the
vaccination. A claim will be filed
for those carrying Blue
Cross/Blue Shield insurance by the University
Health Center for
possible reimbursement; please bring insurance
cards to the
clinic.
For more information, call the health center at
472-5000.
State's tri-city
area has thrived in 50 years, study shows
A study
published in the October issue of Business in Nebraska
that traces
the economic growth of Nebraska's Tri-Cities area
in the second
half of the 20th century shows that the Grand Island-Hastings-Kearney
area is one of the fastest growing in the state.
Bree
Dority O'Callahagan of Kearney, a senior economics and
finance
major at UNL and an undergraduate research assistant
in UNL's
Bureau of Business Research, examined three demographic
areas for
the study: population growth, ethnic diversity and
age composition
within the population for the census years 1950
and 2000. She also
looked at the correlation between proximity
to the Tri-Cities and
population growth.
Dority O'Callahagan said the population
growth rate for Adams
(Hastings), Buffalo (Kearney) and Hall (Grand
Island) counties
closely followed the U.S. rate from 1950 to 2000,
increasing
by 71.7 percent, compared to 86 percent for the nation
and 29.1
percent for Nebraska as a whole.
Dority
O'Callahagan also found that minorities, particularly
Hispanics in
Grand Island, greatly increased their share of the
area's
population in the study period. The Tri-Cities were 99.4
percent
white in 1950 and 90.9 percent white in 2000. In 1970,
when the
Census Bureau began collecting data on the Hispanic
population,
Spanish speakers comprised 2.4 percent of the population
in Grand
Island and Kearney. In 2000, the area was 9.9 percent
Hispanic,
including 16 percent in Grand Island.
The age composition
of the Tri-Cities area's population was
comparable to Nebraska as a
whole in the period, with the exception
of Kearney, Dority
O'Callahagan wrote. The state and the area
each saw a shift in its
biggest age group from 25- to 34-year-olds
in 1950 to the 35-44 age
group in 2000. The biggest portion of
Kearney's population,
however, was in the 20-24 age group in
2000.
The
study also showed that proximity to the Tri-Cities correlated
with
population growth in surrounding communities.
Dority
O'Callahagan said the growth is part of the west-to-east
population
shift Nebraska has experienced for several decades.
"Since the Tri-Cities are centrally located and clustered
approximately 40 miles apart, they act as magnet communities
that
draw people from the western portion of the state - especially
those on the fringes of the Tri-Cities area," she said.
"As people look to the central and eastern parts of the
state
to relocate, the Tri-Cities may seem more enticing because
of their
sizes and locations. They are not as large or as far
away from home
as Lincoln and Omaha."
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