September 27, 1996


Historian, Writer to Discuss Domestic Abuse Oct. 2-3

Literary Historian Susan Koppelman will visit Lincoln to discuss her new book, Women in the Trees: U.S. Women's Short Stories of Battering and Resistance, 1839-1994.

Koppelman, who lives in Tucson, Ariz., will read from her book and discuss her work at 3 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Nebraska Union. At noon Oct. 3, she will discuss her work with students during an informal brown bag luncheon session at the Culture Center, 333 N. 14 St. Both events are free and open to the public.

Women in the Trees is a collection of 30 short stories relating to domestic violence. Drawing on decades of research into U.S. women's short stories, Koppelman recovers a literary legacy of fiction about domestic violence.

Koppelman believes that her new collection of stories will save lives. "Women have always fought back with strength, imagination, courage and persistence," she said. "I want today's battered women to learn the history of women's resistance and take courage from it. If I had had this book 35 years ago, I would never have been a battered wife."

Women in the Trees uncovers a reality too frequently hidden: many men beat the women they love. Drawing on decades of research into U.S. women's short stories, Susan Koppelman recovers a literary legacy of fiction about domestic violence.

This powerful collection resonates with experiences common throughout history. From pre-Civil War narratives and temperance stories to new fiction by contemporary women, these writers journey through wastelands of betrayal, fear, pain and, sometimes, murder.

Koppelman's visit is sponsored by the UNL Women's Studies Program in Celebration of its 20th anniversary. Other funding sponsors include the Center for Children, Families and the Law; the Women's Center, and the departments of English, Educational Psychology and Sociology, UNL; and the YWCA. The Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center is cosponsoring the event.

Volunteer Managers Workshop Oct. 17

The fourth annual Volunteer Management workshop is slated for Oct. 17 at the Interstate Holiday Inn in Grand Island.

This year's one-day workshop, "Marketing with Today's Volunteer Trends," will be presented by keynote speaker and trainer Mike King of Dallas, Texas. The event is sponsored by the Nebraska Organization of Volunteer Leaders.

Janet Fox, vice president of NOVL and 4-H youth specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said the workshop is an opportunity for those who recruit and manage volunteers to increase their knowledge and educate themselves about volunteerism. It's also a chance to meet with people from across the state who face similar challenges when it comes to being a volunteer leader.

The cost of the workshop is $30 for NOVL members and $50 for non-members.

Payment can be made to NOVL, P.O. Box 855, Grand Island, NE 68802-0855. Contact June Oliphant, workshop chairperson, at (308)385-6170 with any questions. Overnight accommodations can be made at the I-80 Holiday Inn by calling (800) 658-4092, and asking for the NOVL group rate.

Kosmet Klub Reunion Sept. 27-28

A UNL tradition that disappeared more than 20 years ago will be brought to life Sept. 27-28 as alumni of the Kosmet Klub gather in Lincoln for a reunion. The event is sponsored by the UNL Alumni Association, the NU Foundation and the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

Kosmet Klub - which enjoyed a 60-year run on campus beginning in 1912 - sponsored a musical theater production and the Ivy Day fraternity sing each spring and a revue each fall. Klub membership was limited to two dozen junior and senior men elected after sophomore-year service as a worker, but many more students participated in the shows. The demise of an active "Klub" in the early 1970s brought an end to annual original shows and Broadway musicals at the university.

Reunion plans include a revival performance during a Saturday evening banquet at the Cornhusker Hotel where the talents of state Sen. Dave Landis, former Nebraska Gov. Norbert Tiemann, Broadway performer Terry Baughn and others will be showcased. Participants include members of Kosmet Klub, actors and actresses who performed in the musicals and revues and Kosmet Klub royalty - Nebraska Sweetheart and Prince Kosmet - a tradition begun at the 1929 fall revue. Around 200 people are expected to attend the closing banquet.

Reunion organizers hope to establish a Kosmet Klub Fund to bring musical theater back to campus under the direction of the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

Wald Lecture to Feature Sanford Pinsker

Sanford Pinsker, Shadek Professor of the Humanities at Franklin and Marshall College and a nationally known scholar of Jewish-American literature, will deliver the 1996 Wald Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 in the Great Plains Room of Love Library. Pinsker's lecture will be titled "Dares, Double Dares, and the Jewish-American Writer."

The lecture will explore the changes in tone and vision that have occurred in Jewish-American writing over the past 40 years, and will focus on the question: "Is it possible for a Jewish-American writer to be truly Jewish in the 1990s, given the cultural climate in the United States today?"

Pinsker is best known for his 1971 study, "The Schlemiel As Metaphor," which explores the essence of Yiddish and Jewish-American fiction through an examination of the comic/tragic nature of the classic Jewish anti-hero. His essays, reviews, and poetry have appeared in a wide range of literary journals, including The Partisan Review, The Sewanee Review, The Georgia Review, The Virginia Quarterly, and Salmagundi.

The lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Harris Center for Judaic Studies at UNL.

Pellegrino to Speak on Humanities and Medicine Sept. 30

An internationally noted ethicist from Georgetown University Medical Center will deliver an address entitled, "Ethics as a Bridge Between the Liberal Arts and Medicine" at 4 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Wick Alumni Center.

Edmund D. Pellegrino, M.D., M.A.C.P., is the John Carroll Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics. His appearance is sponsored by UNL's Charles and Linda Wilson Program for Humanities in Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences. Pellegrino's address is free and open to the public.

Pellegrino is formerly the president and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Conn., and a professor of medicine at Yale University. He has served as president and professor of philosophy and biology at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and as director of the Georgetown University Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics. Most recently, he has held the position of director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at the Georgetown University Medical Center.

Pellegrino has written, co-written or edited 12 books, including "Humanism and the Physician" and, with David C. Thomasma, "A Philosophical Basis of Medical Practice," "For the Patient's Good," "The Virtues in Medical Practice" and "The Christian Virtues in Medical Practice." He is also the founding editor of the "Journal of Medicine and Philosophy" and the author of more than 400 publications, including editorial contributions, articles and reviews in scientific research, medical education and philosophy. He is a member of eight editorial boards.

Be the First on Your Block to Enter Homecoming
Office Display Contest

All UNL departments can enter the Homecoming Office Display Contest. Entry forms and information are available in the ASUN Office, 115 Nebraska Union. Completed entry forms are due by 3 p.m., Oct. 1. Entries will be judged on generation of Big Red spirit, creativity, use of the Homecoming theme "Reflection of Perfection," and overall appearance. Judging will be on Oct. 7 and the first place winner will receive a free office coffee break on Oct. 11.

Workshop Examines Assessment Program Oct. 3

The Teaching and Learning Center will host Assessing UNL's Comprehensive Education Program from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Selleck Hall private dining room. The luncheon session will be conducted by the CEP Assessment Team - Robert Bergstrom, Brian Cannon, David Johnson and Nancy Stara.

The Assessment Team will introduce the overall assessment plan of UNL's new general education program and answer questions.

To register for this session, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, email teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu or call 472-3079.

Porch Dedication Sept. 30

The Perin Porch will be officially dedicated at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Located near 37th and Holdrege streets on East Campus, the structure replicates the porch of the original 1875 boardinghouse of the State Agricultural Farm and residence of S.W. "Dad" Perin, who served as farm superintendent from 1889 to 1930.

UNL Chancellor James Moeser will be one of the speakers featured in the 30-minute program, which will be followed by refreshments served on the porch by the UNL Garden Friends. A number of descendants of S.W. Perin will also be on hand for the dedication.

Cruising the Internet Looks at Editing Tools

The next Cruising the Internet session will examine editing tools for creating Web documents at 11 a.m. Oct. 4 in the East Union.

Several new Web Hypertext Markup Language editing tools will be featured. No registration is required. For more information call 472-5630.

Research-To-Practice Conference Oct. 17-19

The 15th Annual Midwest Research-To-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education will be Oct. 17-19 at the Ramada Conference Center in downtown Lincoln.

Hosted by the Department of Vocational and Adult Eudcation at UNL, and co-hosted by UNO Continuing Studies and the UNL Division of Continuing Studies, the conference will focus on research and practice issues in adult education. Thirty papers will be presented which address practitioner concerns, research studies, evaluation studies, and research issues.

Conference registration rates will be $120 for the full conference, $85 for full-time students, and $90 for one day.

For more information about registration, call Cindy Blodgett-McDeavitt or Wayne Babchuk, conference co-chairs, at 472-8221, or fax 472-5907.

Walktoberfest Oct. 6

The 1996 Walktoberfest is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Oct. 6 at the Auld Recreation Center, 3140 Sumner St. Check-in time for participants is 7:30 a.m. Registration forms can be picked up at the Campus Recreation office or 32 CAB on East Campus.

This year there will be a short walk, 2.2 miles, and a long walk, 9.2 miles. The short walk will begin at the Auld Recreation Center and follow the bike path along Capital Parkway, past the golf course to South Street, then continue on to Memorial Drive, returning to the bike path walking north for the finish line festivities at the Campus Recreation Center.

The long walk will also start at the Auld Recreation Center, circle around the Lincoln Zoo and proceed through the Rock Island Trail, returning to Antelope Park via the Billy Wolfe Trail. There will be food, drink, entertainment and prizes for everyone who attends.

Status of Women Open Forums Oct. 1-2

Open forums with members of the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women are scheduled as follows: noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Nebraska East Union and 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Union on Oct. 1; and 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the Nebraska East Union and noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Nebraska Union on Oct. 2.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your concerns and questions to the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women. All university employees are welcome to attend. If you are unable to attend, please send concerns or questions to: Marilyn Grady, CCSW Chair, 1212 Seaton Hall (0638), mgrady@unlinfo.unl.edu, 472-0974.

Oct. 1 Polymer Seminar to Feature Jim Elman

The Center for Microelectronic and Optical Materials Research will host a seminar entitled "Polymer Surface Analysis" at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 in Room 205N of the Walter Scott Engineering Center.

Jim Elman of Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., will review the common high-vacuum techniques for looking at polymer surfaces, including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, static secondary ion mass spectroscopy and high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy.

Elman has worked at Eastman Kodak for the past 18 years. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. degree in polymer science in 1993 from the University of Connecticut.

For more information on the seminar, call the center at 472-1975.

Free Depression Screenings Offered at Union Oct. 10

Mental health professionals from Counseling & Psychological Services, University Health Center and the Employee Assistance Program will offer all of UNL the opportunity to learn about the signs and symptoms of depression and to participate in a free screening as part of National Depression Screening Day, Oct. 10. The free program will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Regency Room of the Nebraska Union.

Participants at the UNL Depression Screening will hear a brief talk on the causes, symptoms and treatments of depression followed by a short video. Individuals will complete an anonymous written screening test for depression and have the opportunity to discuss the results with a mental health professional.

Dr. Robert Portnoy of UNL's University Health Center said that "this is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff of UNL to gain valuable information about themselves and depression at no cost and with a minimum of effort."

Plant Sciences Forum at UNL Nov. 1-2

Anyone interested in plant science is invited to participate in the two-day forum being sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and the College of Arts and Sciences at UNL Nov. 1 and 2.

The Forum's aim is to discuss and identify the emerging research areas of plant science from the perspective of distinguished plant scientists from across the United States as well as a number of active researchers at UNL.

The format of the Forum will consist of Scientific American-type lectures for wide audiences. The morning sessions on Friday will be at the Beadle Center in room E103 while the afternoon sessions are at 112 Hamilton Hall.

This will be followed by two roundtable discussions in the Cromwell Conference Room, 548 Hamilton Hall, on Saturday. The first roundtable discussion will focus on the implications and opportunities in plant science research in gereral and for UNL in particular. The second roundtable discussion will focus on the role of chemistry in plant science research.

For additional information, contact Pill-Soon Song at 472-3501 or pssong@unlinfo.unl.edu.

On Public Television


Welsch Talks with Attorney, Author

Lincoln attorney and author John Stevens Berry is this week's guest on ROGER WELSCH &, when the interview series at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 4 on the Nebraska ETV Network.

Welsch notes that Berry is a lawyer, "and as if that's not bad enough, he's a criminal lawyer. As if that weren't bad enough, he's also a radio talk show host. As if that weren't bad enough, he's also a writer. As if that weren't bad enough, he also writes poetry!"

The weekly television series features humorist and author Welsch in discussion with a variety of Nebraskans-from authors and educators to historians and prominent citizens - whose contributions to the good life in Nebraska make for interesting conversation.


St. Louis Symphony Features Hans Vonk
When the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at the unveiling of its 117th season, it will do so with a new music director and conductor, renowned Dutch conductor Hans Vonk. "Saint Louis Symphony: Maestro Hans Vonk's Inaugural Celebration," airs at 8 p.m. Sept. 30 on Nebraska ETV.

The highlight of this two-hour special is the much-loved and always inspiring Ninth Symphony by Beethoven, performed by the nation's second oldest symphony and conducted by the orchestra's 11th music director. In the words of the Washington Post, "After you have heard Hans Vonk conduct Beethoven, you might be inclined to wonder why he ever conducts anything else."

Along with favorites such as the Berlioz Corsair overture and Stravinsky's Pulcinella Ballet Suite, the program includes an interview with Maestro Vonk.

'Nebraskans Ask' to Feature Candidate

Nebraskans Ask, a weekly public affairs series that invites viewers to pose questions directly to newsmakers, will return to the Nebraska ETV Network at 7 p.m. Oct. 3. Veteran correspondent Ed Howard returns as host of the long-running series.

In the season premiere, Howard will talk with James Martin Davis, Democratic challenger for Nebraska's 2nd District U.S. representative seat in Congress. Incumbent Jon Christensen was also invited, but will be unable to appear.

As the November election nears, Nebraskans Ask will examine property taxes and campaign financing on the Oct. 10 program. This special one-hour edition will focus on campaign finance reform, as well as both legislative initiatives and petition drives aimed at property tax reduction.

NOVA Kicks Off New Season with 'Einstein'

The award-winning science series NOVA premieres its 23rd season with a two-hour special, Einstein Revealed, at 8 p.m. Oct. 1 on Nebraska ETV.

Covering the life, loves and thoughts of the most famous and enigmatic scientist of our time, the program features actor Andrew Sachs as Einstein as he is reminiscing in his Berlin study on the eve of the Nazi takeover in 1933.

Follow along as new light is shed on the man whose startling intuition into nature's deepest laws changed forever our understanding of space, time and the structure of the universe.

New Miniseries Premieres on 'Mystery!'

Alan Bates and Sinead Cusack are featured in Oliver's Travels, a new four-part miniseries on the popular Mystery! series, airing on four consecutive Thursdays at 8 p.m., beginning Oct. 3, on Nebraska ETV.

Part romantic comedy, part contemporary thriller and part old-fashioned adventure, Oliver's Travels winds through the idyllic valleys of Wales to Scotland's dramatic Orkney Islands, visiting sites such as the 12-century Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, Hadrian's Wall and the stunning Eilean Donan Castle at Kyle of Lochalsh.

When Oliver (Bates), a college professor, gets a pink slip after a long university career, he does what any eccentric humanities professor would do, he gives the world the slip!

Resolving to put the university's farewell gift of matching suitcases to good use, he treks through England to meet Aristotle, a famous compiler of crosswords, whom Oliver has long admired. When he finds Aristotle's ransacked home, Oliver files a missing person's report with local police detective Diane Priest (Cusack). When she casually mentions two recent murders, his pilgrimage rounds a new corner. Armed only with a single clue and a shared love of the quest, the pair journeys across the United Kingdom in search of answers.

'Statewide' Explores Campaign Finance

An examination into where political candidates get their money and a glimpse into the positives and negatives of trail development in Nebraska are featured "Perspective" segments on upcoming Statewide broadcasts on the Nebraska ETV Network.

The two men who want to represent Nebraska's largest city in Congress are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to get the office. Correspondent Bill Kelly investigates where the candidates in the race for Nebraska's Second District Congressional seat are getting their money on the "Perspective" segment airing Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. The program repeats Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 1:30 p.m.

Across the state, trails are becoming a common part of the landscape, triggered by the Federal Rails to Trails Act which allows abandoned rail lines to be converted into trails.

On the Statewide "Perspective" segment airing Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. and repeating Oct. 12 at 7 p.m., correspondent Brad Penner looks at how this seemingly noncontroversial issue has stirred up a hornet's nest of debate.

EduCable Series Offers Support for Parents

Parenting Works!, a new 13-part series airing Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and repeating later the same day at 2 p.m. on EduCable, the cable television service of the Nebraska ETV Network, is an engaging and innovative series that re-creates the caring and common sense support of yesterday's extended family for today's parents.

Premiering October 8, the series is hosted by parent educator Milton Creagh and uses humor and old-fashioned honest talk to offer real-life answers to real-life problems.

Each episode contains three segments: a real-life parenting dilemma presented in the style of a mini-documentary that serves as a catalyst for a lively, non-judgmental studio discussion by a group of parents from diverse ethnic, economic and cultural backgrounds; an exploration of the themes of child development, parenting styles and discipline, as well as the never-ending challenge of becoming a better Mom or Dad; and a few "big brotherly" tips from host Creagh.

To request free support materials accompanying the series, write Deb Miller, Nebraska ETV Information Dept., P.O. Box 83111, Lincoln, NE 68501; or call 472-9333, extension 353; or e-mail dm@unlinfo.unl.edu.

Over the Wireless

'Nebraska Nightly' Spotlights Candidates

With political candidates on the home stretch to the November elections, Nebraska Nightly commentator Nancy Finken will host three live hour-long specials with Nebraska's U.S. Senate candidates starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 on Nebraska Public Radio Network.

The first one-on-one discussion on Sept. 30 will be with Gov. Ben Nelson, the Democratic candidate. The second, on Oct. 2, will focus on former state legislator and Libertarian candidate John DeCamp. The final discussion on Oct. 7 will be with Omaha businessman Chuck Hagel, the Republican candidate.

In addition to Finken's one-on-one with each candidate, phone lines will be open for listeners to participate in the discussion. The number to call in Lincoln is 472-2200 and the statewide toll-free number is 1-800-290-6850.

Nebraska Nightly airs Monday through Friday at 6:30 p.m. on the Nebraska Public Radio Network.

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