September 14 to 21, 1996




Exhibitions/Displays

Photographs by Faculty and Graduate Students at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and Dan Packard: Recent Sculpture, The Gallery of the Department of Art and Art History, 102 Richards Hall. To Sept. 28.

The Cultural Survival Project, The Women's Center, 340 Nebraska Union. To Sept. 30.

Political Buttons display by Corine and Jay Jacox, Second floor reading room, Love Library. To Sept. 30.

Nebraska Literary Festival display by Kathy Johnson, Archives and Special Collections, Love Library. To Sept. 30.

The Frontier in American Culture, a traveling exhibition from the Newberry Library, Love Library, 2nd floor. To Oct. 17

To Have and To Hold: 1996 Gifts of Jade, Ceramic and Silver Vessels, Lentz Center. To Oct. 20.

Favorite Forms by Charles M. Russell: Interplay Between Selected Sculpture, Drawings and Paintings, Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library. From Sept. 16 to Oct. 25.

Images By Friends, Followers and Contemporaries of Charles M. Russell, Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library. From Sept. 16 to Oct. 25.

John Winkler: Master Printer, Sheldon Gallery. To Nov. 24.

Human Form: The Photographed Nude, Sheldon Gallery. To Nov. 24.

Torn Notebook: The Project (Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Sheldon Gallery. To Dec. 1.

Films

Sept. 14 & 21, The Young Poisoner's Handbook and How to Make Love to a Woman, 1, 3, 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater. Contact: Ross Film Theater, 2-5353.

Sept. 15 The Young Poisoner's Handbook and How to Make Love to a Woman , 3, 5, 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater.

Sept. 18 & 20, The Young Poisoner's Handbook and How to Make Love to a Woman , 7 & 9 p.m., Ross Film Theater.

Sept. 19, In Search of the Oregon Trail, free, 7 p.m., Love Library auditorium. Contact: Eva Sartori, 2-6987.

Lectures/Seminars

Sept. 16, Center for Grassland Studies Seminar - "Grasslands of the World," John Ward, 7 p.m., East Union. Contact: Center for Grassland Studies, 2-4101.

Sept. 17, Center for Communication and Information Science Lecture - "Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) Networks," Biswanath Mukherjee, University of California, Davis, 3:45 p.m., 217 Ferguson Hall. Contact: Donna McCarthy, 2-3185.

Sept. 17, Center for Biological Chemistry Seminar - "Fumonisin: Molecular Analysis of the Mycotoxin and Its Role in Disease," Marty Dickman, UNL, 4 p.m., N172 Beadle. Contact: Center for Biological Chemistry, 2-2932.

Sept. 17, Plant Pathology Seminar - "Plant Gene Transfer," Tom Clemente, Biotech Center, 4 p.m., 345 Keim Hall. Contact: Plant Pathology, 2-2858.

Sept. 18, Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies - "Buildings vs. Earthquakes: Natural Disasters and Earthquake Engineering in the Great Plains and the World," Atorod Azizinamini, UNL, 3:30 p.m., Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library. Contact: Center for Great Plains Studies, 2-3082.

Sept. 18, Center for Biotechnology Seminar - "Young Arrest, a Developmentally-regulated Nuclear Envelope Protein Required to Initiate Embryonic Development in Drosophila," Mariana Wolfner, Cornell Univ., 4 p.m., Beadle Auditorium. Contact: Center for Biotechnology, 2-2635.

Sept. 19, Biological Sciences' Seminar Series - "Tokens of Love: Seminal Fluid Polypeptides in Drosophila That Modify the Mated Female Fruitfly's Behavior and Physiology," Mariana Wolfner, Cornell Univ., 3:30 p.m., 102 Hamilton Hall. Contact: Biological Sciences, 2-2720.

Sept. 19, E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues - "China: The One and the Many - An End-of-Century View of Culture and Polity in China," Daniel W.Y. Kwok, Univ. of Hawaii, 3:30 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Barbara Emil, 2-2844.

Sept. 19, Physics and Astronomy Colloquium - "Spit-Orbit Interaction of the Photon: Theory and Experiment on Classical Electrodynamics of Wave Propagation in Optical Fibers," Boris Zeldovich, University of Central Florida, 4 p.m., 211 Brace. Contact: Physics and Astronomy, 2-2770.

Sept. 19, "Poetry and Politics: The Importance of Liberal Arts Education for Public Leadership in the Twenty-First Century," Ted Sorensen, politician, author, lawyer and Nebraska native, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: Laura White, 2-2891.

Sept. 20, Materials Research Seminar - "Segmental Dynamics of Polymer Solutions and Melts - A Comparison Between the Results of Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy and Other Dynamic Scattering and Relaxation Methods," Bern Ewen, Max-Planck-Institut, Germany, 2:30 p.m., 118 Brace Lab. Contact: Materials Research and Analysis, 2-7886.

Sept. 21, Friends of the UNL Libraries Lecture by Michael Farrell, producer of the television documentary, In Search of the Oregon Trail, 7:30 p.m., Center for Great Plains Art Gallery, 215 Love Library. Contact: Eva Sartori, 2-6987.

Meetings

Sept. 17, ScienceWorks (science outreach project) general meeting - with a polymer demonstration and temperature show, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Northeast High School, 2635 N. 63rd St. Contact: ScienceWorks, 2-0180.

Sept. 18, UAAD meeting and brown-bag luncheon - "Business Ethics Within a Turbulent Society," with Laverne Rudell, retired professor of Business Administration, Nebraska Wesleyan, 11:45 a.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Bert Watters, 2-8034.

Sept. 19, Komensky Club meeting - "Accordian and Its Development Through the Time," Dolen Freeouf, 7 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Mila Saskova-Pierce, 2-1336.

Miscellaneous

Sept. 14, Career Services Event - "Simplify Your Life Comprehensive Job Search Workshop," 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Chris Timm, 2-8049.

Sept. 14, 1996 Festival of Color, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., John Seaton Anderson Turf Research Facility, Ithaca, Neb. Contact: Horticulture, 2-2854.

Sept. 14, Continuation of activities celebrating Rev. Larry Doerr's 26 years as campus pastor for United Ministries in Higher Education at UNL, 5:30 will be a hospitality hour, followed by a banquet and program at 6:30 p.m., East Union. Contact: Cornerstone office, 640 N. 16th St., 476-0355.

Sept. 15, Service of Celebration and Dedication for the New Academic Year, 7 p.m., Cornerstone, 640 N. 16th St.. Contact: Cornerstone office, 476-0355.

Sept. 17, Retirement reception for Dick Fleming, Extension Communications Specialist-News and Public Affairs and Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, retiring after more than 40 years of service, 2 to 4 p.m., East Union. Contact: Cheryl Alberts, 2-3030.

Sept. 17, Reception for "To Have and To Hold: 1995-96 Gifts of Jade, Ceramic and Silver Vessels," 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Lentz Center. Contact: Lentz Center, 2-5841.

Sept. 17, "This 'N That" student organization workshop - "Recruiting and Retaining Members," 4:30 p.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Student Involvement, 2-2454.

Sept. 18, Student Involvement Fair, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., East Union. Contact: Valerie Wetzel, 2-1780.

Sept. 19, Welcome reception for the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, 7 p.m., Wick Alumni Center. Contact: Catherine Nickel, 2-3774.

Sept. 19, 15th Hendricks Symposium - "The United States and Human Rights - Looking Inward and Outward," 7:30 p.m., Cornhusker Hotel. Contact: Ryan Hendrickson (rch@unlgrad1.unl.edu), 2-2343.

Sept. 20 & 21, Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature, Nebraska Union. Contact: Catherine Nickel, 2-3774.

Sept. 20 & 21, 15th Hendricks Symposium - "The United States and Human Rights - Looking Inward and Outward," 9 a.m., Nebraska Union. Contact: Ryan Hendrickson (rch@unlgrad1.unl.edu), 2-2343.

Sept. 20, Sixth Annual Nebraska Literature Festival - workshops from 4 to 5:30 p.m., followed by a reception and readings from 5:45 to 7 p.m., The Wagon Train Project, 512 S. 7th St.. Contact: Cindy Schneider, 2-1817.

Sept. 21, Sixth Annual Nebraska Literature Festival, registration opens at 8 a.m., festival runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., East Union.

Performances

Sept. 14, Jam on the Groove, 8 p.m., Lied Center. Contact: Lied Box Office, 2-4747.

Sept. 15, Faculty Recital Series - Paul Barnes, piano, free, 8 p.m., Kimball Hall. Contact: School of Music, 2-2503.

Planetarium

Sept. 14, 15 & 21, Planetarium Show - "Comets Are Coming!," 2 p.m., Mueller Planetarium. Contact: Mueller Planetarium, 2-2641.

Sept. 14, Laser Fantasies Show - "Kiss," 8, 9:30 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.

Sept. 15, Laser Visions Show - "Beach Boys," 3:30 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.

Sept. 20 & 21, Laser Fantasies Show - "Pearl Jam," 8, 9:30 & 11 p.m., Mueller Planetarium.

Sports

Sept. 15, Women's Soccer - Nebraska vs. Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m., Abbott Sports Complex. Contact: Athletic Ticket Office, 2-3111 or 1-800-8 BIG RED.

Sept. 20, Women's Soccer - Nebraska vs. Colorado College, 7 p.m., Abbott Sports Complex.

Sept. 20, Volleyball - First Bank Invitational - Nebraska vs. Iowa, 7:30 p.m., Nebraska Coliseum.

Sept. 21, Cross Country - Woody Greeno/NU Invitational, Women's race begins at 10 a.m., Men's race begins at 10:45 a.m., Pioneers Park.

Sept. 21, Volleyball - First Bank Invitational - Nebraska vs. Colorado State, 7:30 p.m. Nebraska Coliseum.

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