The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, April 25, 1994, Page 10, Image 10
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See Your Local Dodge Dealer Today! ‘Graduates must meet eligibility requirements Not available in conjunction with certain other incentive offers See dealer for details, t Excludes Viper (if you can afford a Viper. $400 is pocket change). **Base MSRP after $400 College Graduate Purchase Allowance Excludes tax. tt Always wear your seat belt. Fine arts celebrated at college’s dedication By Paula Lavigne Sen[or Reporter __ Normally, a dedication ceremony for a new college conjures images of lengthy speeches and lectures. But daneds, theatrical perfor mances, songs, music and famous ce lcbri t ies made the “Celebrating! Ded i cating!” ceremony for theTJnivcrsity ofNcbraska-Lincoln’sCollegeofFine and Performing Arts an exception. The ceremony took place Friday night at the Lied Center for Perform ing Arts. The college, officially instituted in July 1993, comprises the Department of Art and Art History, the Depart ment of Theatre Arts and Dance, and the School of Music. In an opening speech. Chancellor Graham Spanier said the dedication was “an auspicious moment in the history of this institution.” “We’re proud of this new cortege, which brings together three impor tant units,” he said. Although the college was new, Spanier said, the individual depart ments rested on years of expertise and achievement. We re not starting from scratch, he said. “We’re building towards a great tradition.” Larry Lusk, dean of the new col lege, said he was proud and honored to have worked with so many talented people in the college’s first official year of operation. “The great teaching that goes on here really works and produces great results,” Lusk said. “This college is dedicated to dispelling the image that the arts are a mere decoration or frill to our lives.” Lusk then presented a plaque to. Spanicr to give to the Nebraska De partment of Education in honor of all the arts educators in the state of Ne braska. The ceremony featured dance, the atrical and musical performances by UNL students, staff, faculty and alumni. Dancer/choreographer David Par sons, in town for his weekend perfor mances at the Lied Center with the Billy Taylor Trio, gave a surprise performance. During h is arrangement of “Caught," Parsons appeared to be suspended in air through the use of a strobe light. ' Contemporary visual artist Wayne Thiebaud, national leader in music education reform Richard Cotwcftand celebrated scenic designer John Conklin were honored guests ana gave brief speeches on topics in their fields. -M This college is dedicated to dispelling the image that the arts are a mere decoration or frill to our lives. — Lusk dean of College of Fine and Performing Arts -ft - Beverly Sills, keynote speaker and general director of the New York City Opera, gave a speech about her career and its relation to the progression of arts in America during past decades. “I’d always been told opera was a European art form,” she said, wishing todispel opera’s misconceptions. “We were not Dig, fat women with horns coming out of our heads.” Sills, who has since retired from singing, chronicled her life as an op era singer from the 1930s through her career as a director today. ner struggle as an opera singer was for more than amusement, she said. It was to prove a point. “The picture I’m trying to draw is that our country was a cultural desert in the ’40s and ’50s,” she said. Since then, the future for Ameri can art has flourished, she said. Sills said the arts in America defi nitely were not dead, though people often asked her where one pan still find them. “Just look at this theater. This is obviously a community that wants a little beauty,”she said. “So, I think the arts arc doing just fine.” Too many people believe a foreign label means better quality. Sills said. “I believe there is such a thing as American know-how, and you’re sit ting in a theater that proves that.” An unnecessary emphasis is placed on arts funding controversies. Sills said. When AIDS,homelessness, teen age pregnancy, crack babies and other serious problems need support, she said, people should not despair over arts funding. If people wish to preserve arts in their communities. Sills said, they will do so out of their own initiative, regardless of cost. “If you can live without music, beautiful paint mgs, sculptures, there’s no reason for you to have it.** she said. “Bui ifit’sapiulofyour soul—ifit’s something that separates the two legged ones from the four-legged ones, then you should keep it.” We Want YOU to join the fun We'll even pay you for it The Residence Halls at UNL have always been the fun way to live right in the center of campus life and now we'll pay you for it There are three ways to make money when you decide to live in the halls next year: •THE RECRUITING BONUS: All current residence hall students are eligible to receive a $100.00 bonus for each current off-campus student that they recruit to live in the — residence halls next year. You can build your own community of friends on your residence floor and get paid for it. • THE RETURNING STUDENT DISCOUNT: Each current hall resident who chooses to return and each 'recruited' student will have $150.00 or $230.00 deducted from their housing bill. • THE RECRUITING CONTEST: There will be prize Riven to the top three students who recruit the most off campus students to live in the halls; Grand Prize (min. of 5 students recruited): FREE ROOM AND BOARD contract for the year. (Valued at $3,145.00) First Prize (min. of 3 students recruited): $ 1,000 off the cost of your room and board contract. Second Prize (min. of 2 students recruited): $500 off the cost of your room and board contract Now there arc even more reasons to live on campus in the UNL residence halls. Conve nience, the "upper-class" housing and added benefits of Cather hall, and the endless oppor tunities to make new friends and enjoy college more... all of it is here for you at a price far cheaper than off-campus living. You Can't Afford to Miss Out