Arts ©Entertainment
Thursday, September 7,1995 Page 15
Matt Woody
On-line chat
fills time,
space void
The Internet is full of neat stuff.
That’s why it’s all the rage.
One of the coolest features you’ll
find is the ability to chat with people
hundreds or thousands of miles away.
Unlike e-mail, chatting works in
real time, meaning another person
can read what I have to say as I write
it.
Students with UNL e-mai 1 accounts
(on herbie or bigred) can get onboard
the chatting express.
Here’s how:
Go to Unix, and at the prompt, type
“talk” followed by the e-mail address
of the chattee. If my herbie account
were still functional, for instance, and
you wanted to talk to me, you’d type
“talk mwoody@herbie. uni. edu”
and hit return.
If the phrase “Waiting for your
party to respond” pops up on the
screen, it’s working. But the chattee
must be logged in at the same time.
Another chatting device is IRC, or
Internet Relay The university
doesn’t provide access to IRC, but if
you have a commercial account, you
can probably get there.
IRC has hundreds of “chat rooms,”
where people gather to talk... usually
about nothing. Small talk goes a long
way on IRC.
But as with many other things on
line, the World Wide Web is where
the action’s at, complete with pictures
and graphics.
There are several WWW chat serv
ers up and running. You just have to
know how to find them.
One site is The Columbus Home
Page Chat Server, at: http://
www.ohiocap.com/Chat/
There are a handful of chat rooms
there, as well as links to other servers.
A chat forum not linked to the
Columbus page is L’Hotel Chat. This
is the largest chat server I’ve come
across yet. The hotel is furnished with
several chat backdrops, including a
lounge, ballroom and penthouse.
Check in sometime at: http: //
,www.magmacom.com/
-cbjustus/lhotel/
hotel.html
Or for the sports nuts, there’s
ESPNET’s SportsTalk. Just one fea
ture of the excellent ESPNET site,
SportsTalk contains several chat
rooms, including one for college foot
ball, where sane Husker fan can al
most always be found.’
Go to the main ESPNET page at:
http://
espnet.sports zone.com
Chatting has a few drawbacks,
though.
It seems people often have little to
discuss although they ’re eager for the
chance.
But don’t let those things stop you.
ChattingTs a good way to keep in
touch with long-distance friends or to
meet new friends on-line.
So bring a glass of water and some
wit, and join die party.
—Oops!! The address for the Husk
ers Online web site was incorrectly
printed last week. The correct address
is: http: //www.huskers.com
Cyberscape is a weekly column focusing on
computers, with a heavy emphasis on the
Internet Send ideas, questions or comments
to Matt Woody at
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Courtesy of Bob Molar
The Millions, from left, Mike Keeling, Harry Dingman, Lori Allison, Ben Kushner and Greg Hill.
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Closing number
Millions to bring to end six years of music
By Jeff Randall
Senior Reporter " —
Earlier this summer, one of
Lincoln’s longer-standing musical
traditions came to an abrupt halt.
When the Mil
lions an
nounced its
breakupaftersix
years of success
ful and not-so
successful
times, a number
of local music
fans were taken
by surprise.
But for Mil
lions guitarist Ben Kushner, the
breakup caused several reactions.
“It's been really weird,” Kushner
said of the days, weeks and months
following the breakup. “It’s like
there have been layers of emotion
that I’ve had to deal with.”
Those emotions will culminate
Friday night when the Millions take
the stage for its final show at the
Hurricane, 1118 O St.
Since its inception, the Millions
have undergone a number of changes
in both its lineup and its musical
styles.
The band’s final lineup, the one
that will perform Friday night, will
consist of Kushner, singer Lori
Allison, guitarist Harry Dingman,
drummer Greg Hill and bassist Mike
Keeling.
But Kushner, whojoined the band
in May 1993, said one factor re
mained the same throughout his
experiences with the band.
“The people who have come out
and supported us, whether in Lin
coln or as far away as Europe, have
been unbelievable,” he said. “I’ll
never forget the feelings that were
relayed to us by the fans.”
A number of fans were gained
when the Millions released “Raquel”
in 1993. The album fueled even
more interest in the already-buzz
ing band and was re-released in the
fall of 1994.
As one of Lincoln’s most suc
cessful bands on a national and in
temational level, the Millions gained
the opportunity to play in Europe in
the summer of 1994. That tour, in
which the band opened for Top 40
artist Sheryl Crow, gave it a large
amount of exposure to audiences *
that otherwise may had never heard
of the Lincoln-based band, Kushner
said.
That stellar summer was topped
off in Lincoln, Kushner said, when
the Millions were invited to open up
for Crash Test Dummies at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center.
But the good times were bal
anced out by equally stressful times,
Kushner said. One of those less fa
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Retiring dean leaves impressive history I
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
After almost 40 years of service
to UNL, Larry Lusk will bid goodbye
to the university with a song.
Larry Lusk, music professor and
dean of the College of Fine and
Performing Arts, will give a free
farewell recital Thursday at 8 p.m.
in Kimball Recital Hall.
Lusk, who began his career with
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in 1958, will retire June 1.
When the College of Fine and
Performing Arts was dedicated in
April 1994, Lusk became the
. college’s first dean, after serving for
five years as the associate dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences.
Lusk, 63, said he was going to
retire at age 60, before he was of
fered the new dean position.
“I liked the privilege of starting a
new college,” he said. “I’ve been in
control for a while, and now I’d like
to take some time off and have some
fun.”
As a college’s first dean, Lusk
said, he was able to pioneer many of
the college’s first programs, includ
ing a diversity lecture series, faculty
summer fellowships and a joint art
ist-in-residence program with UNO
and UNK.
Money coming in from outside
sources has also been plentiful, he
said, which allowed the college to
buy more equipment and fund fac
ulty travel with no raise in its bud
get.
“It’s all going toward the arts,
and it's left us much healthier.”
He is leaving with good feelings,
he said, and is confident the univer
sity will find a good replacement.
No replacement or interim dean has
yet been assigned.
“I think it left them in great
shape,” he said.
Robert Emile, a music professor
who has been with UNL for more
than 20 years, worked with Lusk on
the board of directors of the Lincoln
Symphony Orchestra.
“I remember him as a very force
ful and insightful person very much
in tune with the arts,” he said.
Emile said Lusk performed well
and was respected by students.
“He’s very positive and has a
good disposition,” he said. “He was
very on fire for die arts and was an
exemplary spokesman.”
Although he will retire, Lusk
said, he will not leave Nebraska.
“I’m going to stay because all my
friends are here,” he said.
Lusk’s education is entrenched
in music. He received his bachelor’s «
degree with honors from Dennison m
University in Ohio in 1953, his .a
master’s degree from the University a
of Wisconsin in 1954, and went on J9
to receive his doctorate degree from a
the University of Michigan in 1962. g|
In 1958, Lusk came to UNL as an S
instructor of piano in the School of *
Music. In 1982, he was the interim Jg
chair of the Department of Art and jg
Art History.
In 1971, he was awarded the ||
Annis Chaiken Sorensen Award for «
Distinguished Teaching in the Hu- *
inanities.
He has studied with artists such
as Gunnar Johansen, Benning j
Dexter, Joseph Brinkman, Hans T. *5
David, Audun Ravnan and Louise
Cuyler.
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