EVENT TITLE: “Instagram Man and Five Other Life Choices” PRESENTER: UNK philosophy professor Gene Fendt ABOUT: This lecture will start from a story about love in Plato’s “Symposium,” which presents six different stages of love. Each of these stages defines a way of life, a possible life choice. The lecture will illustrate how Western culture has actuated each of these life choices in several ways throughout history, ending with the present: Instagram Man. While the … [Read more...] about UNK philosophy professor presenting ‘Instagram Man and Five Other Life Choices’
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‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Jason Combs discovered the first postcard at an estate sale in Funk, Nebraska. The subject matter immediately captured his attention, just as the creator intended. It featured a couple cows standing near an ear of corn with a garden in the background – a pretty common Midwest scene. Except the corn towered above the livestock, making it appear to be a good 10 feet tall with hoof-sized kernels. Combs was intrigued … [Read more...] about ‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’
Thomas Martin speaking during UNK Last Lecture series
KEARNEY – Philosophy professor Thomas Martin is the featured speaker 7 p.m. Feb. 21 during the Last Lecture series at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The annual event, sponsored by the Xi Phi chapter of Mortar Board, will be in Copeland Hall Room 142. It’s open to the public. The Last Lecture series honors members of the UNK faculty, staff or administration by inviting them to give a lecture on a topic of their choosing. Lecturers are asked to think about … [Read more...] about Thomas Martin speaking during UNK Last Lecture series
‘The Great Divorce’ coming to Kearney Feb. 1 as one-man show
Anthony Lawton will perform the C.S. Lewis classic “The Great Divorce” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at Kearney’s eFree Church. The show is sponsored by UNK’s Department of Philosophy. (Courtesy photo) KEARNEY – The C.S. Lewis classic “The Great Divorce” will be brought to life 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 during a one-man show at Kearney eFree Church, 4010 Seventh Ave. Anthony Lawton’s 80-minute performance, adapted from Lewis’ book, tells the allegorical tale of a bus ride from hell to heaven. … [Read more...] about ‘The Great Divorce’ coming to Kearney Feb. 1 as one-man show
