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on, Mar 7: Summer 2022 registration begins!
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Mon, Mar 14-Fri, Mar 18: SPRING BREAK. NO CLASS.
Thru Fri, Apr 15: All course withdrawals noted with grade of "W" on academic record.
Table of Contents
No Limits! Student Research Conference
Department of English Announcements and Events- CAS Inquire: “Sexy Times Call for Sexy Measure: How Scientists Study Sexual Desire, Pleasure, and Orgasm”
- Tryphena Yeboah Poetry Reading & Discussion
- Knoll Lecture: Jaime Harker
- The World Beneath a Colorful Sky!, An Art Exhibition
- Kevin D. Richardson, member of Exonerated Five
- Ajijaak on Turtle Island
- Student Night: Drop In and Decompress
- Ace/Aro Affinity Hour
- Welcome to the NO CRAM ZONE
- Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change Workshop
- Nebraska Community of Learners – Understanding Diversity through Education (#NCLUDE)
- Setsubun
- Queerness and Christianity
- FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES: Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Love Gala
- Bernadette Peters
- Race and the Media: Panel Discussion
- UPC Nebraska Speaker: Noel Miller
- Women Lead: Leading Through Change
- Queer Poetry Slam
- Nebraska Rep: The Way to the Way
- University of Nebraska Press Journal’s department is seeking a new Project Assistant for Summer & Fall 2022
- THE FOUNDATIONALIST seeking submissions
- QUIRK seeking submissions
- Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory
- Art Spiegelman & the Latest Challenge to Maus
- 8 books to help you through these last cold days of winter.
- What Science Journalism Taught Me About Writing Fiction
- Time To Curl Up with A "Quozy" - A Queer Cozy Mystery
- Here are Haruki Murakami’s five favorite books.
- 15 new books to love this week.
- Don’t scroll on these six BookTok reads
- What We Lose When We Lose Literary Magazines
- What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?
- Films at the Ross
- Quiz: Can You Identify Which Crime Movies These Quotes About Love Are From?
- ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Takes Down ‘Avatar’ to Become Third-Biggest Movie Ever at Domestic Box Office
- Visual Effects Society to Present Guillermo del Toro with VES Award for Creative Excellence – Film News In Brief
No Limits! Student Research Conference
No Limits 2022: Writing as Resistance
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
IN PERSON on Friday, March 11, 2022
Keynote Speaker: SJ Sindu
More Details: https://www.unl.edu/wgs/no-limits-2022
Registration is OPEN: https://www.unl.edu/wgs/registration-form-no-limits-2022
No Limits! is an interdisciplinary student conference that explores a wide range of issues related to women, gender, and sexuality. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and recent graduates are invited to submit proposals to present their academic research, creative project, or activist work on women, gender, and/or sexuality.
NOTE: It will take place in person at the Nebraska City Campus Student Union and will abide by COVID requirements as directed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at that time. Please visit this link for the University's most up-to-date COVID-related policies & information.
Department of English Announcements and Events
CAS Inquire: “Sexy Times Call for Sexy Measure: How Scientists Study Sexual Desire, Pleasure, and Orgasm”
Date: Feb. 22, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm–6:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Swanson Auditorium
Lorenz will give a tour of how we measure sexual response, what we’ve learned, and why pleasure matters for women’s mental and physical health.
To attend virtually, register at: https://go.unl.edu/casinqFEB
Tryphena Yeboah Poetry Reading & Discussion
Date: Mar. 1, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Zoom
Her stories have appeared in Narrative Magazine and Commonwealth Writers, among others. She is from Ghana and currently lives in Lincoln, where she’s a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
After you RSVP, you will receive an email with the zoom link information on it.
Free and open to the public.
https://www.nepoetrysociety.org/event-details/treyphena-yaboah-poetry-reading-discussion
Knoll Lecture: Jaime Harker
Date: Mar. 3, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Andrews Hall, Bailey Library
The Knoll Lecture Series was founded to honor Professor Robert Knoll, D.B. and Paula Varner Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus, for his extraordinary service to the department, the university, and the community. The series presents annual lectures by distinguished visiting scholars addressing topics of interest to faculty, undergraduate students, and members of the public who have an interest in literature.
University Announcements and Events
The World Beneath a Colorful Sky!, An Art Exhibition
Time: 9:00 am–8:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2nd Floor Link
Most of Sagar Paul’s work is driven by a colorful sky; he believes it’s the sky that brings color to our lives. You might have driven by a place a thousand times and never noticed it, but sometimes it’s that different shade of sky that makes you realize how beautiful that place is. The paintings in this show are mostly the result of that realization.
Sagar Paul is a passion-driven artist who considers nature his teacher. He believes the best way to learn a creative skill is through observing nature. Sagar loves to photograph different shades of the sky and later gets his hands colored by painting those. Alongside watercolor, he loves to do acrylic and photography.
Professionally, Sagar is a pharmaceutical researcher working for Adjuvance Technologies, Inc. He graduated from Creighton University in 2021 with a master’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences. He lives in Lincoln by himself and loves the vibe here. Originally, Sagar is from Bangladesh and came to Nebraska in 2019.
This art exhibition is free and open to the public daily from 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Kevin D. Richardson, member of Exonerated Five
Date: Feb. 18, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm–8:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Swanson Auditorium
Motivated by his own wrongful conviction, Kevin D. Richardson uses his personal experiences as an advocate for criminal justice reform and is a partner of the Innocence Project, helping to exonerate wrongfully convicted people and to bring about change.
Free for UNL students with Event Pass.
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About Kevin and the Exonerated 5
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April 19, 1989 started off as a normal day for 14-year-old Kevin D. Richardson, but that night would change the course of his life and American society forever.
After the brutal attack and sexual assault of jogger Trisha Ellen Meili in Central Park, the New York Police Department rounded up and arrested a total of 10 suspects, including Richardson. Despite there being no DNA and no evidence connecting himself and the four other teens to the crime, Richardson was charged and sentenced to serve 5 to 10 years in jail.
After serving 7 years for a crime he did not commit, Richardson was put on 3 years of probation, had to register as a sex offender and was released from prison. However, years later the conviction for the attack remained on his record. In 2002, New York District Attorney Robert Richardson joined forces with the other men falsely convicted and filed a lawsuit for $41 million, which was finally settled in 2014.
Ajijaak on Turtle Island
Date: Feb. 22, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Student Night: Drop In and Decompress
Date: Feb. 23, 2022
Time: 4:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: Sheldon Museum of Art
Ace/Aro Affinity Hour
Date: Feb. 23, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Sponsored by Spectrum UNL and the LGBTQA+ Resource Center, Ace/Aro affinity hour is a designated space for the asexual and aromantic community on campus to gather around similar or shared experiences. We respectfully ask that only those who identify as asexual and/or aromantic attend.
Ace/Aro affinity hour will be upholding Spectrum UNL’s no outing policy for all attendees.
As per Spectrum UNL’s decision to maintain the safety and well-being of all members by moving the first three weeks of meetings remote, the our biweekly affinity hours will be remote until further notice. Email lgbtqa.events@unl.edu or spectrumUNL@gmail.com for the zoom link.
Welcome to the NO CRAM ZONE
Date: Feb. 23, 2022
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Love Library South
Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change Workshop
Date: Feb. 23, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
Zoom
In this 2-hour participatory program, participants will experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story will be told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. Participants will engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions and be invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and shared humanity. Limited to 60 participants, registration required.
This workshop is part of the Center for Great Plains Studies’ year-long series of events: “A Year of Reckoning and Reconciliation: Conversation, Learning, and Connecting” at the University of Nebraska.
See all the events and sign up for the series at go.unl.edu/gp2022
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Jerilyn DeCoteau, is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. She currently serves as Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of the Pueblo de San Ildefonso and has helped them create and develop a Judicial Branch under their new constitution. As a lawyer, she has pressed for the rights of Indian tribes to govern themselves, control their resources and insure human rights for their members. She has worked at the Native American Rights Fund and the U.S. Department of Justice, litigating treaty, fishing, land and water rights. She served as Director of the Indian Law Clinic for the University of Colorado law school, as counsel for her tribe and has taught law courses at the University of Denver and Yale law schools and at the Turtle Mountain Tribal Community College.
Jerilyn is a founding member and past president of the Board of Directors of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. She was instrumental in establishing Indigenous Peoples Day in Boulder, Colorado, and is a co-founder of a local grass roots group, Right Relationship Boulder, which has several projects designed to build relationships with Indigenous people and tribes. She is Co-director for Toward Right Relationship, a national project that offers workshops and presentations on the impacts of colonization.
Paula Palmer is a sociologist, writer, and activist for human rights, social justice, and environmental protection. She co-directs Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, a program of Friends Peace Teams. With guidance from Native American educators, Paula created workshops titled, “Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples” (for adults) and “Re-Discovering America: Understanding Colonization” (for middle schools and high schools). She coordinates the work of Native and non-Native facilitators who present these workshops nationwide.
In 2017, Paula co-founded Right Relationship Boulder, a community group that works with local governments and organizations to lift up the history, presence, and contributions of Indigenous peoples in the Boulder Valley. As the 2016 Pendle Hill Cadbury Scholar, she conducted research and produced articles and videos about the role Quakers played during the era of the Indian Boarding Schools.
Nebraska Community of Learners – Understanding Diversity through Education (#NCLUDE)
Date: Feb. 24, 2022
Time: 11:00 am–12:30 pm
Zoom
#NCLUDE is an opportunity for participants to contribute to ongoing resources related to inclusive excellence and to connect the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to the expanded community. Each session will present opportunities for individuals to be guest presenters, topic facilitators and provide workshops to promote dialogue that highlights the importance and the power of inclusion.
Although faith is in many cases an “invisible” aspect of diversity, there are a vast number of different religious, spiritual, and secular identity groups present on our campus. Because our faith systems influence our understanding of values, morals, and community, they inherently affect our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion work. For our third session of the academic year, we will host a panel of community leaders including:
Rabbi Alex Felch, South Street Temple and Tifereth Israel
Reverend Karla J. Cooper, Associate Professor of Practice at Doane University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Allen-St John AME Church
Mr. Ryan McMaster, Treasurer and Director of Information Technology at Lincoln Atheists
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammad Alkli, Imam at the Islamist Foundation of Lincoln
The panel will be moderated by Dr. Max Perry Meuller of the Department of Classics and Religious Studies and panelists will discuss their religious, spiritual, and humanist communities, how they have found these communities in Nebraska, and how their identities and beliefs influence their approaches to social justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion work.
#NCLUDE is a space to talk candidly about inclusive excellence being a part of our everyday interactions.
Sign up to join the conversation at:
https://diversity.unl.edu/nclude
Setsubun
Date: Feb. 24, 2022
Time: 11:00 am–2:00 pm
Location: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Kawasaki Reading Room
Join us for a take-home Setsubun! We will have packs for you to make sushi and Mamemaki masks for FREE!
Then send us photos of what you create to enter a contest to see who has the most creative mask!
This event is free and open to UNL students and faculty.
Queerness and Christianity
Date: Feb. 24, 2022
Time: 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
Location: UNL Lutheran Center
A presentation surrounding the intersection between queerness and Christianity, cohosted (and located in) the Lutheran Center, featuring guest speaker Pastor Noah Hepler.
Noah Hepler (he/him) is the pastor at the Church of the Atonement (ELCA) in Philadelphia. He holds a PhD in Historical Theology from United Lutheran Seminary. Noah appeared in Netflix’s Queer Eye – season five, episode one. When he isn’t nerding out on theology, Noah can frequently be found geeking out with a computer or tabletop game. Noah’s passion for Queer Theology developed as it liberated him to experience God’s grace anew, which led him to come out and then, experienced it again to let go of the ways in which he had let the past keep him bound.
If you need or prefer to attend this event remotely for any reason, please email lgbtqa.events@unl.edu for a zoom link
FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Date: Feb. 25, 2022
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Nebraska East Union, Prairie Suite
Night 2 of a four-night series, screening Marvel Studios’ The Avengers movie franchise. One film will be shown on a Friday night at the end of each month from January to April 2022.
Free for UNL Students only with Event Pass.
ARRIVE EARLY. Limited seating on a first-come, first-serve basis.
MOVIE SUMMARY
When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it’s up to Earth’s mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plan. [IMDb.com]
Directed by Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo, and more.
Watch the film trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2821566745
Avengers: Age of Ultron
February 25, 2022 | 8 p.m.
Nebraska East Union, Prairie Suite
Avengers: Infinity War
March 25, 2022 | 8 p.m.
Nebraska Union, Platte River Room
Avengers: Endgame
April 22, 2022 | 8 p.m.
Nebraska East Union, Prairie Suite
Love Gala
Date: Feb. 25, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Location: Wick Alumni Center
Bernadette Peters
Date: Feb. 26, 2022
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Lied Center for Performing Arts
Race and the Media: Panel Discussion
Date: Feb. 28, 2022
Time: 2:30 pm–3:45 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Centennial Room
Additional Public Info:
The panel discussion is free and open to the public, but we do want them to register in advance to have an idea of crowd size.
https://journalism.unl.edu/systemic-racism-media-0
UPC Nebraska Speaker: Noel Miller
Noel Miller’s biting one-liners and topical social commentary has made him a force to be reckoned with in the comedy world. Between directing, touring, podcasting, music and streaming, Noel’s rise has been nothing short of meteoric.
In addition to starring in popular YouTube series That’s Cringe, and comedy duo + podcast Tiny Meat Gang with fellow comedian Cody Ko, Noel has created successful series’ on his own including his format around hit British Reality show Love Island. His broad reach has landed him deals with companies such as SeatGeek and Old Spice, as well as solo comedy gigs across the country.
Noel has also found success as a filmmaker, being the creative mind behind Tiny Meat Gang’s hit music videos including Walk Man, which has garnered over 19 million views, and their recent releases, Broke Bitch, Daddy and Sofia, which have collectively gathered 20M+ views.
Outside of music, Noel recently released his first short film, Suki, a dark comedy about a relationship between a detective and a serial killer. Additionally, Noel has recently leaned into streaming, resulting in a rapidly growing Twitch following. He can be found racing on his driving simulator against pro Formula 1 drivers, or playing games such as Call of Duty: Warzone.
FREE for UNL Students with Event Pass.
Women Lead: Leading Through Change
Date: Mar. 4, 2022
Time: 8:00 am–5:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center Auditorium
Cost: $100
Registration Opens: November 10
Queer Poetry Slam
Date: Mar. 4, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm–8:00 pm
Location: Nebraska Union, Crib
Come enjoy a night of live poetry with a concentration around queer work and writers - or read some of your own work!
Sign up to read at this event: https://go.unl.edu/queerpoetryslam22
Nebraska Rep: The Way to the Way
Performances are Feb. 23-March 6. Visit https://nebraskarep.org for showtimes and ticket information.
“There is a time for being safe, and a time for being in danger.”
Centuries ago, in ancient China, a wise and humble old sage, named Lao-Tzu, mounted an ox and journeyed to the Western Gate. Before disappearing into the mountains of Tibet, he composed one of the most profound books ever written, the Tao Te Ching (The Book of The Way). Join Nebraska Rep as we explore the eternal Tao with breathtaking visuals, large-scale puppetry and enduring wisdom for the ages.
Internships, Jobs, and Professional Development
University of Nebraska Press Journal’s department is seeking a new Project Assistant for Summer & Fall 2022
Job Title: Journals Project Assistant
Job Description
The journals project assistant works with the project supervisor and project coordinator to
—prepare journal issues for launch and copyediting;
—review typeset journal issues and mark for corrections;
—correspond with editors, managing editors, or editorial assistants as directed;
—create gratis lists and distribute gratis PDFs; and
—project manage short University of Nebraska Extension publications.
Minimum Requirement
You must be college student working toward a graduate or undergraduate degree.
Preferred Qualifications
—Proofreading/editing skills
—Good communication and organizational skills
—Familiarity with Microsoft Office
Rate: $9.00/hour
Deadline to Apply: April 15, 2022
If interested please send a resume and cover letter to Shannyn McEntee, Journals Project Coordinator, at smcentee2@unl.edu.
THE FOUNDATIONALIST seeking submissions
From Brett Zach, an editor of The Foundationalist, a literary journal at the University of Iowa:
The Foundationalist accepts undergraduate literary essays, poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We would also be happy to accept anything that had been written for class. There are no page limits or themes. We simply want students to submit their best work! In the past, we have published works from across the globe; giving writers the opportunity to join a community of over 125+ other authors from 70+ universities. If selected, the author’s writing will be published on academia.edu and in print format.
The deadline is March 20th, 2022 at midnight. More information can be found on www.thefoundationalist.com and submissions and other queries can be sent to thefoundationalist@gmail.com.
QUIRK seeking submissions
The literary magazine, Quirk, is seeking submissions for our Spring 2022 issue! We’d appreciate your help spreading the word to all undergraduate writers and artists associated with your programs. Run by student-editors at University of the Incarnate Word, Quirk is a print and online journal showcasing the brightest up-and-coming writers and artists from undergraduate institutions across the country and internationally.
What We Consider: We accept undergraduate work in fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, visual art, and are open to any and all subject matter and especially appreciate diverse perspectives from traditionally underrepresented groups such as the LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and non-binary communities, along with people with disabilities and others. All accepted artists and writers are interviewed and work with our student editorial staff to ensure their distinct voices reach the widest audience. WE ACCEPT WORK IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
Theme: In addition to accepting work in our general categories, this year, the student-editors of Quirk wanted the journal to reflect the resilience and strength of the global community during such difficult times, which is why this issue will also showcase works that highlight the theme of Growth. For this themed category, we are seeking submissions in any genre that focuses on the journey we have lived, particularly those from diverse backgrounds and experience. A special submission window for this category will be open; general submissions may also be considered for the themed category.
Full guidelines can be found on our Submittable portal. Quirk: The Literary Journal of the University of the Incarnate Word. (or copy/paste: https://quirk.submittable.com/submit)
Deadline: March 8, 2022
For a sense of what kind of work we publish, you can read recent online issues: Quirk Online.
Follow us on social media for updates and annnouncements:
- Twitter: @uiw_quirk
- Instagram: uiw_quirk
Please direct any questions to our editorial email (uiwquirk@gmail.com) or contact our faculty advisor directly: Dr. David Armstrong: darmstro@uiwtx.edu. For more information about Quirk, see our university site: https://my.uiw.edu/quirk/index.html.
Stay Woke: Readings in Social Justice
Why the Sudden Interest in Black Authors Doesn’t Feel like a Victory
"In the summer of 2020, the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests forced the North American publishing industry, along with its global consumers, to confront its racial prejudices. They led to calls for systemic change and diversity. They led to the promotion of Black authors and to the increased placements of our books on reading lists. They led to the increase of my own book sales. But at what cost? What does it mean to be an author emotionally navigating the fact that it took a Black person’s death for some to finally decide my books were worth reading?"
Read more from Sarah Raughley @ The Walrus.
Art Spiegelman & the Latest Challenge to Maus
Spiegelman, a monumental creator of comic books, began drawing his seminal work Maus in the early 1970s. It tells the story of his father’s journey through the Holocaust and of his own struggle to piece that tale together with mice, cats, and pigs in the place of Jews, Germans, and Poles. It has become one of the most acclaimed nonfiction works about the Holocaust; in 1992, it was awarded a Pulitzer, the first — and, to date, only — given to a comic book. Sales have been spiking since late January, when the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee yanked Maus from an eighth-grade curriculum after a few parents objected to the nudity and use of profanity in it. As a result, Spiegelman has spent the past few weeks drenched in public exposure, his inbox inundated with messages of support and press requests. “I must have answered at least 50 emails in the past week, but not many more, because it’s like ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’: You answer one and three more come in,” he says. “My life went into a stasis. I’ve become cannon fodder in a culture war.”
Read more from Abraham Riesman @ Vulture.
Literary News
8 books to help you through these last cold days of winter.
Snigdha Koirala | February 11, 2022
https://lithub.com/8-books-to-help-you-through-these-last-cold-days-of-winter/
What Science Journalism Taught Me About Writing Fiction
By Sara Goudarzi | February 14, 2022
https://lithub.com/how-i-dropped-a-science-writing-career-to-become-a-novelist/
Time To Curl Up with A "Quozy" - A Queer Cozy Mystery
Rob Osler | February 14, 2022
Here are Haruki Murakami’s five favorite books.
141 Writers | February 15, 2022
https://lithub.com/here-are-haruki-murakamis-five-favorite-books/
15 new books to love this week.
Katie Yee | February 15, 2022
Don’t scroll on these six BookTok reads
Maddie Ames | February 16, 2022
http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/ames-don-t-scroll-on-these-six-booktok-reads/
What We Lose When We Lose Literary Magazines
Lincoln Michel | February 16, 2022
https://countercraft.substack.com/p/what-we-lose-when-we-lose-literary
What Exactly Do Words Taste Like?
Guy Leschziner | February 17, 2022
Film News
Showing This Week at the Ross
Quiz: Can You Identify Which Crime Movies These Quotes About Love Are From?
Olivia Rutigliano | February 14, 2022
https://crimereads.com/quiz-can-you-identify-which-crime-movies-these-quotes-about-love-are-from/
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Takes Down ‘Avatar’ to Become Third-Biggest Movie Ever at Domestic Box Office
Rebecca Rubin | February 15, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/spider-man-no-way-home-avatar-box-office-record
Visual Effects Society to Present Guillermo del Toro with VES Award for Creative Excellence – Film News In Brief
Jazz Tangcay | February 17, 2022
https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/feb-15-film-news-in-brief-1235182263/