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Thinking of applying to law school? The Associate Director of Admissions of New York University School of Law will discuss the application and admissions process. Come with your questions! Friday, October 15 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. City Union Room will be posted Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors are welcome. ▼ Learn to Fly Without Leaving the Ground! Pre-Register for ground school courses in Lincoln: AVN 1020 Private Pilot Theory 3 Cr T 7:00-10:00 pm AVN 1020 Private Pilot Theory 3 Cr TR 2:30-3:45 pm For more information, contact the AVIATION INSTITUTE 554-3424 or 1-800-858-8648 Or stop by the Aviation Institute booth in the Nebraska Union - City Campus Tuesday, October 19 from 10am - 4pm Thursday, October 21 from 10am - 4pm University of Nebraska at Omaha The UnNetaky ol Nebraska at Omaha does not discriminate In to academic, employment or admlaeloni policies and aMdaa by 41 ledoral, state and regental regulation* pertaining to tame. wmm FOR JUNIOR NURSING STUDENTS A NURSING EXPERIENCE AT MAYO FOUNDATION HOSPITALS - ROCHESTER, MN Here is your opportunity to work at Mayo Medical Center for the summer. Summer III is a paid, supervised hospital work experience at Saint Marys Hospital and Rochester Methodist Hospital, both part of Mayo Medical Center in Rochester, Minnesota. You are eligible for Summer III after your junior year of a four year baccalaureate nursing program. It includes experience on medical and surgical nursing units or in operating rooms. Application Deadline: December 1, 1993. For more information contact: mayo Mayo Medical Center | fl fj | Nursing Recruitment \y U/ P.O. Box 6057 Rochester, Minnesota 55903 1-800-247-8590 Mayo Foundation it an affirmative action and equal opportunity educator and employer. A smoke-free institution. I i_z. Damon Lee/DN Merideth Morgans, as Charolette, yells at the gay character Bob, played by Don Cook, in a rehearsal for “Beyond Therapy” Tuesday night. Couple is “Beyond Therapy” in fall Theatrix season opener theater C preview^ By Anne Steyer Senior Reporter “Beyond Therapy,” a wacky comedy complete with wild thera py sessions, opens the fall season for UNL’s Theatrix. Tbeatrix is an organization that provides University of Nebraska Lincoln theater students an oppor tunity to direct productions—pro ductions that are often times not as mainstream as other UNL theater offerings. Written by Christopher Durang, and directed by UNL senior Jeanne Long, “Beyond Therapy” looks at the lives of a young couple gra|> pling with life and love in therapy. It was a hit off Broadway and went on to success on Broadway. Julie Hagemeier, a UNL theater arts graduate student and publicist for the Theatrix board, said the therapy session were “very hyster ical” because the couple’s thera pists needed therapy more than the patients. “Being from Christopher Durang means that it’s a little dif ferent in its approach,” Hagemeier said. The story revolves around Bruce (Chris Williford) and Prudence (Lisa Mercer), a couple who meet through the personals. Their al ready strange relationship is affect ed even more by their personal insanities, as well as those of their therapists. Prudence’s macho man thera pist wants her to become more assertive. Bruce’s wacky therapist encouraged him to try the personal ads. Of course, she was completely unaware of his male lover Bob (Don Cook) who was not happy with Bruce’s decision to date wom en. How Bruce and Prudence deal with each other — and how they sort it all out — makes up the bulk of the comedy. Otter cast members include: Meredith Morgans, David Koch and Colby Coash. Performances for “Beyond Ther apy” are in Temple Studio 301 at 8 p.m.,Oct. 14-16, with an addition al performance at 2 p.m. Oct. 16. Hagcmeier said five shows would be produced by Theatrix this semester, beginning with “Beyond Therapy.” Others will be “Accidental Death of an Anarchist,’’“Both Your Houses,” “Antigone” and “Play Strindberg.” Four will be directed by gradu ate students and the fifth by an undergraduate theater student. While some of Theatrix’s fund ing comes from the theater depart ment, most of the funding comes from admission charges, Hagemeier said. Theatrix is basically self-sup porting. Tickets for all performances are $2. * Lautrec’s artwork featured at Joslyn Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s vi sions of Paris’ “gay 1890s” are on display at Jostyn Art Museum in Omaha. The exhibit, from the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection, is comprised mostly of figurative lithographs de picting the social high life of tum-of the-century Parisians. Some of the famous works on dis play are 1899*s “Jane Avril,” a flow ing representation of a dancer from the infamous Paris club the Moulin Rouge, and “Ambassadeurs: Aristide Bruant,” 1892, a forceful portrait of a popular singer-comedian. Also included in the exhibit, orga nized and circulated by the San Diego Museum of Art, arc several pieces from Toulouse-Lautrec’s “Elies” se ries. The lithographs give candid glimpses of women from Paris broth els in their daily routines. Apart from the artist’s colorful statements of his era’s gaiety, “The Hanged Man,” 1893, and “At the Foot of the Gallows,” 1893, show his dark side, edging into the realm of sociopolitical statement. Joslyn, 2200 Dodge St., also will ?resent a lecture series on the art of oulous-Lautrec, figurative^painting es by The Omaha Symphony. . The exhibitor 109 paintings,draw ings, prints, posters and book illustra tions runs through Nov. 28. Admis sion is $3 for adults and $1 .SO for children and senior citizens. — Glenn Antonuca ViraVax promises much, delivers little “ViraVax” By Bill Ransom Ace Science Fiction After co-author inc three books with the late Frank Herbert, “The Jesus Incident,” ‘The Lazarus Effect,” and “The Ascension Factor,” and writing one novel of his own, “Jaguar,” Bill Ransom presents his second solo ef fort. “ViraVax” — unfortunately — reflects the fact that Ransom’s collab orations with master writer Herbert haven't fully taken hold. The premise is meaty enough. Stuck away in a Central American jungle, ViraVax carries on genetic and biological research that is too risky—not to mention illegal—to do in the United States. Run by a Chris tian evangelical concern called the Children of Eden, ViraVax is quietly and gradually breeding a race of mongoloids, for cheap labor and test subjects. The psychotic in charge of security kills a scientist who learns too much about the inner workings of the lab and then ships ofT another security operative under a cloud of domestic abuse and mental instability. However, the exiled Col. Rico Toledo is not so easily beaten and is lured back to ViraVax to be killed because he knows too much. The problem with the book is not the concept, but rather the way that Ransom seems to underplay the hor ror of it. A firm carrying out experi ments seemingly copied from Josef Mengele deserves more than the treat ment given it. Furthermore, the characters just don’t ring true. Actions so half-ex plained, or are sketchily filled in after the fact. And the climax, the inevita ble destruction of the labs, is unsatis fying. “ViraVax” promises much, but in the end, fails to deliver. ■_ _ -HSamKepfietd