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Who Says We're Just a Football School?On Friday, a new sport took the campus spotlight as faculty, staff, and students engaged in a Pepsi Ball tournament east of Memorial Stadium. The event was part of the final day of Pepsi Week, a celebration of the university's new beverage alliance with Pepsi.(Photo by Matt Bruggeman) |
Chancellor James Moeser is making a series of visits to Nebraska cities to meet with community leaders and listen to concerns Nebraskans have about their state university.
Upcoming visits include Plattsmouth, Sept. 30; North Platte, Oct. 1 and Scottsbluff, Oct. 2; and Beatrice, Oct. 14. Earlier this fall he visited Omaha and Grand Island.
Kim Todd, director of community relations, and Ed Paquette, director of the Alumni Association, are accompanying the chancellor.
The 1997 Japan Festival Oct. 2-3 will have a strong Okinawan flavor and feature a Go tournament, martial arts demonstrations, dance, a video, tea ceremonies and a political panel discussion.
A highlight of the festival will be the panel discussion, "Okinawa and the Evolving Japan-United States Relationship," from 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Georgian Room of the Nebraska Union, 14th and R streets. Panel members will include Tatsuo Tanaka, Japanese consul general in Kansas City; Andrew Wedeman, assistant professor of political science at UNL; and William Tsutsui, assistant professor of history at the University of Kansas.
The festival begins with a tournament in the ancient Japanese board game of Go from 4-9 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Kawasaki Reading Room on the 11th floor of Oldfather Hall. The rest of the festival's activities will be in the Nebraska Union.
Marshall Olds, acting chair of the UNL department of modern languages and literatures, will deliver opening remarks at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Centennial Room, followed by an Okinawan karate demonstration at 7:05, "Southern Breeze," a video about Okinawa at 7:35 and Ryukyu dance from Okinawa performed by an Omaha troupe from 8:05-9:05.
Activities Oct. 3 begin with 10 a.m. opening remarks from Olds, Brian Foster, dean of the UNL College of Arts and Sciences, and Tanaka, who will present the winners of the Go tournament.
The opening remarks will be followed by martial arts demonstrations from 10:20-11:30 a.m. in the Centennial Room, traditional Japanese tea ceremonies from 1-1:30 and 2:40-3:10 p.m. in the Colonial Room and the panel discussion. The festival ends with closing remarks by Olds at 3:30 p.m. in the Georgian Room.
The entire festival is free and open to the public. For further information contact Ryoko Sasaki-Shuss, director of the Kawasaki Reading Room, at (402) 472-9427.
-Tom Simons
A new organization at UNL will help attorneys across the country access university resources for litigation.
The only comprehensive center of its kind in the United States, the UNL-based Sci-Jur organization will provide attorneys with services such as legal strategy, expert witnesses, research, witness preparation, mock trials and jury consultation.
The Sci-Jur service will be a one-stop shop for legal professionals and may prove especially helpful to small- and medium-sized firms that don't have easy access to such resources, said Sci-Jur Director Thomas Hafemeister.
Although the university provided funding for start-up costs, Hafemeister said Sci-Jur ultimately will be self-supporting. The service is coordinated by the College of Law and the psychology department at UNL.
For more information, contact Hafemeister at (402) 472-9367.
-Amy Cyphers
Like academic fees such as lab fees, the new technology fee will be assessed on those employees using tuition remission.
The university offers a tuition remission program to faculty and staff enabling them to take classes by paying a one-time application fee and tuition costs of $1 per credit hour plus applicable fees. The tuition remission program, a Board of Regents policy, is designed to provide a system of reduced tuition for all faculty and staff in the entire university system.
It is imperative that the university continue to enhance its computer facilities, and the computer technology fee is $2 per credit hour for the 1997-98 academic year; $4 per credit hour for the 1998-99 academic year; and $5 per credit hour for the 1999-2000 academic year and thereafter.
All faculty and staff who take advantage of the tuition remission program will be assessed a technology fee as outlined above.
Although this fee adds a cost for faculty and staff who take classes, the employee tuition remission program is still a significant benefit and one that the university is proud to provide. If you have further questions, please contact Information Services at 472-2311 or Human Resources at 472-3101.
A conference to improve the lives of Nebraska families called "Investing in Children and Families . . . Managing Change" will run Oct. 7-8.
Coordinated by the Division of Continuing Studies, the conference will feature 35 workshops for family services professionals. More than 70 experts will speak about promoting the well-being of children and families.
Featured speakers include Ronald Willis, a nationally known mental health consultant, whose message has earned him the nickname "Mr. Rogers of Mental Health;" James Caccamo, child advocate and executive director of Partnerships for Children in Kansas City; and Dr. Peter Morris, pediatrician and director of Family and Youth Success for the Wake County Human Service Agency in Raleigh, N.C.
Conference sessions will explore a variety of topics, including community service networks, youth violence, health care, family time management and developing children's potential.
For more information or to register, call the UNL Division of Continuing Studies at (402) 472-2175.
-Amy Cyphers
The deadline for entry forms for the University Office Display Contest is 3 p.m. on Oct. 3. Entry forms must be submitted to the ASUN office, 115 Nebraska Union.
Entries will be judged on:
Judging will begin at 3 p.m. Oct. 13. The first place winner will be awarded an office coffee break on Oct. 24.
For more information, call ASUN, 472-2581
A retirement reception for Orval Borgialli will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Devaney Sports Center.
Borgialli is retiring after 34 years at UNL, including 14 years as head wrestling coach and 20 years as administrative coordinator.
R.S.V.P. to Connie Wesslund, 472-1905, by Oct. 1.
Communications and Information Technology is offering hands-on computer training classes beginning Oct. 14. Topics covered include Windows 95, WordPerfect 7.0 & 6.1 for Windows, PowerPoint 7.0, Netscape Navigator, Eudora, and Publishing on the Internet with HTML. The hands-on classes are held in the computer lab (room A223) in the Animal Science Complex on East Campus. A new seminar on Advanced Web Publishing will meet in the Nebraska East Union.
Information on registration cost, class topics, and schedule of classes is available on the Web http://www.ianr. unl.edu/ianr/compute/training.htm or in the Information Technology Training Schedule: Fall 1997 flier. Send an e-mail to ianr022@unlvm.unl.edu to receive a flier.
Information on other learning opportunities, including self-study tutorials via the Web, is also available at the above URL.
There are several options available for obtaining Injury and Illness Prevention Plan training. Training is being offered at 9 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays at the Hazardous Materials Training Facility, 3630 East Campus Loop. Contact Environmental Health & Safety at 472-4925 to register. Sessions last about 80 minutes.
EHS will also provide training at sites arranged by departments. The department needs to contact EHS, 472-4925, to coordinate dates for the training. Once the dates are arranged, the department will be responsible for notifying their employees of the training available and scheduling their employees. EHS prefers training sessions to be limited to 50 people.
Another training alternative available only to employees in "low risk" work settings can be found at the EHS web site. For details on this option, go to http://www.unl.edu/environ/in dex.htm and access the Occupational Safety and Health information.
In November, EHS will begin offering some IIPP classes on City Campus. Dates and times will be announced in the Scarlet and on the web site.
The Teaching and Learning Center will host "Teaching Honors Classes," at 8 a.m. Sept. 30 in the Selleck Hall private dining room. Patrice Berger and Dianne Hartley, University Honors Program, are the group's facilitators.
As more faculty are assigned honors classes, questions regarding the context and content of the honors curriculum have come up. Join panelists Peter Bleed, Vanessa Gorman, Peter Lefferts, Douglas May and Honors Program students for breakfast as they discuss both pedagogical matters and administrative issues.
To register, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu, or call 472-3929.
The Teaching and Learning Center will host "Support Services for Multimedia Development" at 8 a.m. Oct. 7 in 124 Henzlik Auditorium. Gail Latta, University Libraries, will be the group's facilitator.
Where can faculty and GTAs turn for assistance in developing multimedia applications for instruction? A variety of UNL units will provide an overview of the services they offer UNL teachers.
To register for the continental breakfast and discussion, contact the Teaching and Learning Center, teaching@unlinfo.unl.edu, or call 472-3929.
UNL will host a national gathering of physics educators from Sept. 26 to 28 in a conference titled, "Undergraduate Physics Curricula: What Works and What Needs to be Done?" Sessions will occur in 211 Brace Lab and other campus locations. The conference is sponsored by Project Kaleidoscope, a national consortium of science educators supporting the idea that science should be accessible to all students.
The conference will feature nationally recognized educators leading the 90 participants in plenary sessions. Workshop leaders include Pat and Ken Heller of the University of Minnesota, Mark Schneider of Grinnell College, Nick Giordano of Purdue University and UNL's Robert Fuller. UNL activities, such as research in physics education, the development of novel laser and optics laboratories, the Cosmic Ray Observation Program and the ScienceWorks outreach program, will be featured.
The UNL Department of Physics and Astronomy was chosen to host this workshop because of its national leadership in physics education and departmental-wide interest in learning about and evaluating new pedagogical techniques. This is the first time UNL has hosted the event.
For more information, contact Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, diandra@unlinfo.unl.edu, 472-9178.
Behlen Observatory will be open to the public for viewing through the 30-inch telescope from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Oct. 3. The public is invited and there is no admission charge.
The giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, will be featured as they are both in the evening sky. Jupiter's belts and four bright moons are easily seen through the telescope, as is Saturn's ring. When viewing conditions are good, Saturn and its ring show a beauty when seen directly through the telescope that is seldom equalled by its pictures. If time permits it may also be possible to look at some objects far beyond the solar system. Two such possibilities, both planetary nebulae, are the ring nebula in Lyra looking like a ghostly doughnut in space, and the brighter and less ghostly dumbell nebula in Vulpecula which looks something like its name.
In addition to looking through the telescopes there will be slide talks on astronomy. These will be given by the staff even if it is too cloudy to look through the telescope.
A special treat of recent public nights at Behlen Observatory, has been the presence of amateur astronomers from the Lincoln and Omaha astronomy clubs, who bring their telescopes to share astronomical viewing with the public. Look for them outside near the south end of the observatory. You will be impressed by how much an amateur's telescope can show you and also learn about the fascinating hobby of amateur astronomy.
Behlen Observatory is located at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center a few miles southeast of Mead, Neb., and about 35 miles from either Omaha or Lincoln..
From Lincoln: Take Highway 77 north to about 1/2 mile past Swedeburg where you turn east on highway 63. Follow Highway 63 for about 7 miles until you reach 10th Street (same as spur 78F) where you will see a sign to Mead. Turn left and go one mile north to Avenue H. Turn right on Avenue H and continue east about 2 miles until you reach 8th Street. Turn left on 8th street and follow it north about 0.7 miles to the observatory, which will be seen off to the left.
More information can be obtained from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, 472-2770.
The Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies presents "Are Great Plains Communities Dead or Alive?" a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love Library.
This seminar will present a wide-ranging and lively discussion about how we monitor the pulse of communities in the Great Plains, especially those in Nebraska, and what the prognosis for the future may be. Provocative questions to be addressed and debated include: Should we worry about whether Great Plains communities live or die? If so, why? How do we view community vitality and viablility - is it simply a matter of measuring population and economic change, or are there other dimensions that need to be considered? What are the past dynamics of population change in Great Plains communities? Can we expect past trends to continue in the future? And if not, what is it about the future that may make it different from the past?
Panelists will include Sam Cordes, professor of agricultural economics and director of the Center for Rural Community Revitalization and Development; Sharon Gaber, assistant professor of community & regional planning; John Austin, research associate, Bureau of Business Research; and Harlow Hyde, budget officer, Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services.
Call 472-3082 for more information.
As part of an array of events scheduled for National Coming Out Week, the University Program Council in cooperation with UNL's Gay Lesbian Transgender Bisexual Resource Center, will sponsor an evening lecture with Wilson Cruz at 8 p.m. Oct. 6 in the Nebraska Union.
Cruz is best known for his portrayal of Ricki Vasquez, one of the starring characters on the television series, "My So-Called Life." Cruz's character was the first gay teenager to be featured on a regular series.
Cruz's presentation breaks down into three parts as he speaks about his professional life as one of the few Latino characters in television, not to mention a gay Latino character. He also takes an in-depth look at his personal life and the coming out issues he faced in a Latino culture. Finally, Cruz talks about his volunteer life where he devotes his time to working on homelessness and bringing to light the specific problems youth face in America today.
The New Media Center has announced its fall slate of workshops. To register, call 472-0600, or send e-mail to nmc@unl.edu. Space is limited and advance reservations are required. Fees are$10 for students, $30 for faculty/staff. Payment is due with registration. Cancellations will be accepted for a full refund up to two working days before the class. Substitutions are allowed.
Fall 1997 workshops:
A Textual Studies Forum on "Authorship, Authenticity and Ownership," will be at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in 228 Andrews Hall. The panel presentation and open discussion will include panelists Laura White, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and visiting associate professor of English; Timothy Mahoney, associate professor of history; and Joel Steinbach, electronics editor, University of Nebraska Press.
Textual Studies Forums are an activity of the College of Arts and Sciences Textual Studies Group and will ordinarily be held on the last Monday of each month. For more information, contact Stephen Hilliard, hilliard@unlinfo.unl.edu, 472-8815.
The Archaeological Institute of America, Lincoln-Omaha society, presents its first lecture of the 1997-98 season at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 in Room E103 of the Beadle Center.
"The Enigma of the Pantheon," will be presented by Mark Wilson Jones, an architect from Cambridge University, and currently a visiting professor at the University of Rome. Jones ranks at the forefront of scholars in the field of ancient architecture.
Cameron Munter, chief of staff in the NATO Enlargement Ratification Office, will visit Lincoln Sept. 30 and speak to a variety of groups.
Munter will present a Town and Gown lecture at 7:30 a.m. at the Top of the First. The talk is sponsored by the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and the university. Call 472-2116 to make a reservation for the breakfast.
At 11 a.m., he will lecture to students in an international studies class.
At 3:30 p.m., he will deliver a joint colloquium lecture to history and political science students and faculty in 538 Oldfather Hall. The colloquium is titled "The Future of NATO."
At 8 p.m., he will speak in the Nebraska Union on the Czech Republic and its future in NATO.
Price Hicks, director of education programs and services for the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, will visit the University of Nebraska Oct. 3. Hicks will speak to journalism and mass communication students and the public from 1:30-3 p.m. in the Avery Hall Auditorium on the UNL Campus.
Throughout the day she will also meet with students and faculty for internships and employment opportunities in TV and film.
Hicks has been with the academy since 1985. She administers two major national programs for college students: the Student Internship Program and the College Television Awards. She also runs the annual faculty seminar for college professors of film, TV and communication arts.
Hicks was a producer for KCET Community Television for Southern California for 14 years. She produced several long-running news and public affairs series and was awarded four Emmys, a Golden Mike, special recognition from the City of Los Angeles and American Women in Radio & Television.
Mike Matuzek, district manager of the Central Plains Office of the U.S. Postal Service, is this week's guest on Roger Welsch &, when the interview series airs at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 3 on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network.
Welsch notes that, "There are two things everyone complains about at some time or another. One is the weather and the other is the mail. While there's no one who can do anything about the weather . . . there is someone who has some pull at the post office. He's Mike Matuzek, the guy my postmaster refers to as 'the guy upstairs who runs things,' and he'll be my guest this week."
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.
Viewers can celebrate Nebraska's great outdoors each week when Outdoor Nebraska returns for its second season on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network. The 30-minute magazine-format programs will air Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m., beginning Oct. 2, repeating Saturday mornings at 8 a.m.
Produced by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in association with the Nebraska ETV Network, Outdoor Nebraska presents information about a variety of outdoor recreation activities and issues. Segments include taped feature stories; outdoor news; weekly reports on conditions for recreation, fishing and hunting; a nature walk; an events calendar; and in-studio interviews with special guests. The series is co-hosted by Mark Nelsen and Ralph Wall, producers for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, with Dick Turpin featured in the weekly "Wilderness Workshop" segment.
The first show of the season features Arbor Day Farms in Nebraska City. Fall is apple harvest time, and Nelsen and Wall follow the harvest from apple picking through making apple cider. They also explore the history of the farm and the legacy of J. Sterling Morton.
The second feature story is on paddlefish management in the Missouri River. Viewers follow biologists as they net, tag and release these prehistoric fish prior to the paddlefish snagging season.
In the "Wilderness Workshop" segment, Dick Turpin shows viewers how to make and use dove decoys from scrap lumber. In then "Nature Walk" segment, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium Director Darrell Feit explains the differences in catfish species of Nebraska, and introduces viewers to a 95-pound blue catfish, one of the largest catfish ever put on display. This week's "Nebraskaland Moment" visits Wichelt's Wood Zoo.
Women's volleyball fans will enjoy lots of play-by-play action when the University of Nebraska takes on the U.S. National Team at 7 p.m. Sept. 30 and again when they meet up with Missouri in a Big 12 Conference match at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Both "Nebraska Women's Volleyball" games will be broadcast live on the statewide Nebraska ETV Network. Omaha-area viewers can also catch the competition between North Dakota State and the University of Nebraska at Omaha when "Collegiate Volleyball" is televised live at 6 p.m. Oct. 4 on KYNE-TV, Channel 26, only.
"Nebraska Women's Volleyball" is a production of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Television Sports and Special Events Unit for broadcast on the Nebraska ETV Network. Steve Alvis is producer/director and Marthaellen Florence is associate producer/director. "Collegiate Volleyball" is a production of University of Nebraska at Omaha Television.
University of Nebraska football fans and alumni across the country can now follow the gridiron activities of the Cornhuskers via the World Wide Web. Live audio and video of the Nebraska ETV Networkís popular Big Red Wrap-Up series can be accessed by logging onto the Internet at http://net.unl.edu/sports/ wrap-up.html. Big Red Wrap-Up is telecast at 7 p.m. Tuesdays on Nebraska ETV.
Hosted by sportscaster Bill Doleman, the series combines highlights from every Cornhusker football game, coverage of the coaches' weekly press conferences, analysis with Nebraska sportswriters, appearances by special guests and questions and answers with viewers.
Internet users will also be able to have their questions answered on Big Red Wrap-Up by e-mailing their queries to sports@unlinfo.unl.edu.
"It is extremely exciting for us at Nebraska ETV to utilize, with the assistance of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the latest communications technologies to bring Big Red fans around the country this series," said Steve Alvis, senior producer of Big Red Wrap-Up. "Through our efforts, we hope to reach an even broader audience that wants Nebraska football information."
If Web users have loading problems in accessing the program, contact Dorothy McGrath at dmcgrath@unlinfo.unl.edu.
Are large scale hog farms a threat to the environment and traditional pork producers? Or are they a source of jobs and a boon to the rural Nebraska economy? Those questions will be examined in a "Perspectives" segment airing at 8 p.m. Oct. 3 on Statewide, the Nebraska ETV Network's weekly magazine series.
The program, which repeats at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 5, also provides up-to-the-minute news reports from across the state and other features of interest.
Statewide correspondent Brad Penner goes to St. Edward, site
of one of the state's largest hog operations, to find out how hogs are
raised
there and what happens to hog waste from the facility. That's an
important
issue for groups such as Mid-Nebraska PRIDE, which organized to stop a
hog
operation near Fullerton, Neb., and now has members statewide. Meanwhile,
large hog producers say new technology and responsible management can
address
opponents' concerns.
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