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y<Zr-r*S?Manicure •Pedicure v£nao \ . -A^!c- - - , R E V |$10 off Full Set 476-8244 I °L P;u \ 1537S. 17th #2, Lincoln \ OTT rm . Sherry Hudson & Julie Nider , c . wit|? C0UP°^ Nail Technicians, Pedicurists L - I 475-RIDE Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. Must present NU student ID Questions? Suggestions? E-mail us at: nuonwheels@unl.edu iTT-TTTTTl 'MDS Harris Together, Wa'ra Making Lives Batter 621 Ro$e Street, Lincoln www.mdsharris.com/rcrt/recruit.htm Madonna film not ‘Best’for viewer NEXT BEST from page 9 ever been in a movie, eclipsing even “Body of Evidence.” It is chilling to think this woman nearly scored an Academy Award nomination a few years back - absolutely chilling. Her character’s behavior turns chilling, too, after she meets Mr. Right, (Julia Roberts’ beau Benjamin Bratt) who is also Mr. Rich and would like to take Abbie, his right ness and his richness back to New York with Sam in tow. Rupert is not pleased; his trade mark mumbling grows in actual talk ing. Looks like we might have anoth er “Kramer vs. Kramer” on hand here. There’s a twist, a secret, a dou ble-cross, a Pandora’s box and what ever other scary analogy you want to use in a movie about a child custody Chef to teach at Joslyn’s annual cooking school The Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. in Omaha, has cooked up a different attraction going on all day and into tonight. Joanne Weir, award-winning chef, cookbook author, food writer and cook ing teacher, will be featured at the Joslyn’s annual cooking school. Using her trademark “pure and sim ple” techniques, she will be making an array of Mediterranean-inspired dish es. Weir’s experience includes five years of cooking at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif, and a year of full-time apprenticeship with Madeleine Kamman in New England and France. Weir hosted the public television series “Weir Cooking in the Wine case. Since there was only 45 minutes of real movie here, the remaining pieces are filled in by tired gay cliches (one dies of AIDS, another has it, all families disapprove), lin gering shots of oil wells, palm trees, etc. Schlesinger even has the gall to stage a car wash kissing scene. And that’s not as bad as the 20 or so times you have to hear “American Pie” sung in the film. I think the old director had noth ing more to work with. Only Rupert reaches a level of competency here; the script treats nearly everyone else as scenery. The kid is annoying. Madonna’s worse. The whole produc tion should have been flushed down the toilet. Most frustrating is the alarming turn the movie takes from light com edy to gut-wrenching sadness. When Country” and has written a book of the same name. Considered one of California’s pre miere chefs, Weir was awarded the inau gural Julia Child Cooking Teacher Award of Excellence in 1996. Weir tours and teaches in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and France. The cooking school will consist of two sessions. The morning program begins at 9 a.m., followed by the cooking school at 9:30 a.m. A buffet will be served at 11:30 a.m. The evening session will include cooking school at 7 p.m. and a book signing and buffet dinner at 8 p.m. Boccacio’s “Decameron” inspiration for exhibit Giovanni Boccaccio’s Medieval story “Decameron” was criticized in the 13th century for its explicit sexual refer ences and lack of moral values during a time when writing was based on Christian thought. Madonna’s character does something more or less unspeakable and unfor givable, we’re not prepared for it. Nor do we recognize the charac ters arriving at a solution months later that they had all along that could have saved them all the pain and cash. The movie needed either to own up to its seriousness or abandon it. Here is a movie about a child custody battle. It must earn its ending - good or bad. So when Madonna and Rupert cavort for an hour, then sud denly snarl at one another, it feels about as real as those exterior shots of Madonna doing yoga. They know, we know, the director knows - all will be well in the end. “The Next Best Thing” is a seri ous subject debased. If a Rupert and Madonna friendship elicits this type of effort again, they’ll have to part ways. Artist Nancy Palmeri has developed a collection of prints that examines and communicates the humor, culture and sexuality contained in Boccaccio’s story. The prints are on display this month at the Haydon Art Gallery. In her artist statement, Palmeri, who received her Master of Fine Arts degree from UNL in-1993, said, “Boccaccio’s stories allow me to begin to investigate the implications and importance of a contemporary artist creating images that refer to a text that is over 500 years old.” Examples of her color woodcut cre ations include a picture of a monk, who, in order to avoid punishment for a sin he committed, accuses his abbot of the same sin. The items on display in the Haydon are just samples of Palmeri’s current project, which will ultimately include a folio of more than 100 color woodcut prints inspired by the “Decameron.” Two additional series of Palmeri’s work will also be on display. For her “Decameron” series, Palmeri has been awarded a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship at Genova, Italy and an Enhancement Grant from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Arlington. A reception will take place for her this Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Haydon Art Gallery, 335 N. 8th St The exhibition will be on display through March 25. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Before you sail away * on your spring break.*? \ stop by our port for your ^ ^ \ f Dental Check-Up! % University Health Center Dental Office 15th &U Streets *472-7495 U| A Blue Cross, Blue Shield PPO Provider Women’s Week 2000 Celebrating the Beauty in all of Us...Broadening Our Vision Monday. March 6 Celebrating Single Mothers Informational booth 8:30 -11:30 a.m. and brown bag lunch 12:00-1:45 Nebraska Union. Luncheon speakers will address welfare rights, child support and other issues facing straight and lesbian single mothers on campus. Co-sponsored by the Women’s Center and the Women’s Studies Program. Nomy Lamm “It’s a Big Fat Revolution” A discussion of size discrimination by an author featured in “Adios Barbie”. 7:00 p.m. Nebraska Union Auditorium with reception to follow. Co-sponsored by University Program Council and The Women’s Center. Apply now to bta^« -JS^'-- — w Applications now available! Applicants must be full-time students living in a Residence Han, Greek House or Cooperative, must attend dass both fall and spring semesters, and must attend orientation prior to the fall semester. Health Aides: ..assist students with minor physical and emotional concerns. ..are trained and certified in First Aid and CPR. ..earn credit by attending a foil and spring semester Healft Aide class. To apply a for more information contact Community Health Education, University Health Center, 472-7440 SS UNL is a nonducriminatory institution