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Inside Coverage

Running out of magic

Going digital

NU winning streak ends as Erstad tossed

2nd annual forum will showcase humanities

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On the grass

Big Sean performs on the Nebraska Union greenspace on Wednesday night to a massive crowd packing the greenspace from the stage to the Broyhill Fountain. photo by matt masin

New at the zoo

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(left to right) Declan Sasman, Madison Sasman and Olivia Sasman peer into the meerkat enclosure at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. Wednesday was the zoo’s opening day, and it premiered several new exhibits.

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he Lincoln Children’s Zoo is open again for the spring and summer season.

Opening day events took place Wednesday as Lincolnites and visitors checked out additions to the zoo on 1222 S. 27th St. New animals include a bobcat, Fennec foxes, a Kenyan sand boa, a baby alligator and a mossy frog.

The zoo holds more than 350 animals, 40 of which are endangered species.

Also new this year is the Animal Encounters Stage, which will

hold daily shows at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The shows will feature zookeeper talks as well as animals such as the bobcat, Fennec foxes, the alligator and a prehensile-tailed porcupine.

“We’re doing at least five shows a day, from alligators to a hand-raised bobcat,” Ryan Gross, director of strategic communications said about the zoo’s attractions.

There are multiple shows and attractions every day at the zoo.

Wednesday’s opening show fea-

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Grasshoppers are a part of a larger insect exhibit at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. The Lincoln Children’s Zoo focuses on education and encourages zoo-goers to interact with all animals.

More seats coming for union Nam Tran DN The Nebraska Union isn’t finished with its makeover just yet.

Since students have returned from spring break many were surprised with the renovations, which included sleek new furniture and new flooring. In the past few days, more and more furniture has arrived with more to come.

“April 28 is when we’re scheduled to get the last bits of furniture, the last little nooks, the last little install of power strips,” said Ryan Lahne, associate director of Nebraska Unions. “The furniture hasn’t all arrived yet. I think as you saw even this week on Monday, all the furniture in Runza was replaced. On Tuesday, we started to add booths, and there’s more and more coming in, and by April 28 we should have a good feel of what it all feels like.”

Lahne said he has heard students talk about how there are fewer seats and not as many places to sit down to eat or study.

“The architects and the furniture committee were tasked not to reduce the number of seats because we knew that we had a high demand for

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SoberBros ride service on pause until fall 2014 UNL alumni plan to continue ride service with changes including for-profit operations Tyler Williams DN

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Senior nutrition science major Tyler Person studies at the Nebraska Union. The union will continue adding new furniture until April 28.

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After one month of operation, SoberBros is taking a break from providing University of NebraskaLincoln students a safe way home after a night of drinking.

UNL alumni and Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers Alex Olson, Alessandro Godfrey and Kenneth Ginapp sought to make the streets of Lincoln a little safer for everyone with their ride service SoberBros.

The idea was to provide transpor-

tation for all UNL students on Fridays and Saturdays — similar to UNL’s existing 475-RIDE program, which is a partnership with Lincoln’s Happy Cab. The service launched March 1 on a donations-only basis and was met with positive responses from students who used the free rides home, Olson said. But the service will be halted until fall as its founders look into different financing options to allow the group to turn a profit and be able to provide the service indefinitely. Olson said the primary goal in the financing talks was to make the service affordable enough to be used by everyone yet still profitable enough to cover the overhead of the service.

“We don’t really want to give away too much right now,” Olson said. “But stay tuned – we’ll be back in the fall.”

Olson said SoberBros is look-

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Police investigate string of car vandalisms

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An overnight series of car vandalisms left 16 vehicles with significant damage.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department said 15 vehicles parked in a lot near 19th and S streets all had windows broken out some time between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Police said there weren’t any high-dollar items taken from the vehicles — mostly items such as coins, headphones and cell phones. One vehicle had a stereo missing.

An iPhone was stolen from another vehicle in a parking lot off 16th & U streets, police said.

There are no suspects yet, but fingerprints have been taken from the vehicles.

ON CAMPUS what: Fit@Work when: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. where: Campus Recreation Center

Student reports being stalked near Love Library

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what:

Cairns Uncovered when: 7 p.m. where: Richards Hall

what: 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan when: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center

what: Emergency Preparedness when: Noon to 1 p.m. where: UNL Police Station

what:

UNL Spring Blood Drive when: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. where: Nebraska Union

what: Lawn Mower Clinic when: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: East Campus cost: $30

Earthstock hosted the New Growth Green Business Expo on Wednesday afternoon on the Nebraska Union greenspace. Local businesses that embrace sustainability and use alternative practices when dealing with waste were invited to join.

Lincoln businesses present green ideas Diego de los Reyes DN As a part of Earthstock, an ongoing monthlong event focused on sustainability, several businesses and groups in the community presented their green practices to University of Nebraska-Lincoln students Wednesday.

The event, called New Growth Green Business Expo, brought 10 businesses to the Nebraska Union greenspace. The Nebraska Environmental Trust, UNL Recycling and Cleaner Greener Lincoln were among the organizations that set up booths.

Nick Gerken, a sophomore electrical engineering major and member of the Environmental Sustainability Committee, said he and other committee members organized the event to raise awareness of sustainable business practices.

“This event is to show people that businesses don’t have to be the EPA, or some sort of agency like that, to do sustainable things,” Gerken said. “It’s to show that everybody in the economy is trying to do sustainable things, and that’s really essential for us to move forwards as a society because we have to be cognizant of what effect we’re having.”

One of the organizations at the New Growth Green Business Expo was the Pinnacle Bank Arena. Josh Folmar, the environmental services manager at the venue, said staff tries to recycle at least 75 percent of recyclable goods in the building.

“It’s going quite well, and it’s getting better every day,” Folmar said. “We’re finding things we can do better, and it’s just coming together, and it’s exciting. We’re getting not only my staff and the staff of the arena involved, but also getting the patrons that come to the building involved.”

Open Harvest is a co-op grocery store, with a variety of seasonal, local and organic food that was rep-

A UNL student called university police Sunday afternoon after she said she was being stalked.

The student told police that she was walking between the Nebraska Union and Love Library when a man she didn’t know grabbed her by the arm. The student wasn’t hurt and said the man asked her questions.

The student said the same man has been trying to contact her during the past two years and has sent her notes.

Downtown hotel calls in possible Greek hazing

Police are investigating a possible incident of hazing after UNL students spent time in a downtown Lincoln hotel Friday night.

Police said the hotel notified them saying the condition of the room was “unsatisfactory” and some of the items left behind suggested a possible Greek function.

The students were also asked to leave the hotel.

Hotel staff told police that some of the items left in the rooms made them concerned for the welfare of the people who were staying in the room. Police haven’t determined if the incident involved a UNL fraternity or sorority. Police aren’t taking any official action until more details in the case are determined.

Student athlete receives letter from prison inmate

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Student volunteers from YMCA Camp Kitaki enjoy the sunshine in front of their booth.

dents might be interested in helping with.”

Among other services and activities, WasteCap performs waste audits and waste assessments, which give companies an idea of how sustainable they are and help them identify practices to improve sustainability.

“That’s where we could use students.” Diegel said. “Doing an audit is not rocket science. It’s just basically people who are not afraid to get dirty, sort through things, weigh them and get it recorded and then turn it into a meaningful report.”

The event, which lasted two hours, attracted dozens of students who stopped by the booths to talk with the different organizations.

“It’s just really exiting to see this,” Gerken said. “Businesses get involved because a lot times people think of sustainability as, ‘that’s for hippies, that’s for people who hate money.’ But really there’s people trying to do all sorts of stuff and that includes businesses and I think that’s pretty cool.”

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resented at the event. More than 19 percent of its offerings come from local sources.

Amy Tabor, outreach coordinator for Open Harvest, said the event organizers reached out to her organization.

“I was just really excited to see that it was expanded beyond just one day into a whole series of things,” Tabor said. “Hopefully people will come out and talk to us.”

Open Harvest is holding an electronic recycling event April 26.

“People can bring in pretty much anything that has a plug and recycle it for free,” Tabor said.

“There’s only a couple of things that do have fees attached to them.”

Julie Diegel, director of sustainability programs for WastCcap Nebraska, was at the event to represent her organization.

“We work with businesses and communities to help them reach their full potential regarding people, profit and planet,” Diegel said. “We are a nonprofit organization and we have several activities that stu-

A letter sent from a prison inmate to a UNL student prompted concern on April 3.

The letter to the student athlete was from an inmate at the Douglas County Department of Corrections. The student athlete said she has no connection with the inmate and didn’t know why he would be contacting her.

Police said there were no threats in the letter, and the student doesn’t appear to be in any danger.

—Compiled by Colleen Fell news@dailynebraskan.com

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seats: from 1 them,” he said. “So there is a similar or close to the same number of total seats when it’s all said and done, but I think a lot of people are assuming that we’re done, and we’re not.”

Andres Gamboa, a junior math major, said he likes the redesign but has noticed people mentioning the decreased number of tables and chairs.

“I’ve heard a lot of people complain about that, but at the same time, I feel that if you want to study, go to the library,” he said. “If you go ask like a typical college student anywhere across the country, the union is where you go to hang out. I think if I was a high school senior taking a campus tour, and I walked through here, and I saw the TVs, modern chairs and modern design, it would stick out to me, and I’d want to go here.”

Clarisa Almazan, a freshman nutrition and health sciences major, said she feels the redesign was random and all of a sudden.

“I feel like there’s less places to sit but more places to socialize,” she said.

Lahne said staff intended to fill the union with collaborative, functional and long-lasting furniture.

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Since the Nebraska Union’s recent renovations, students have voiced concerns on lack of space. areas that everything’s for the most part moveable,” he said. “There are things that force collaboration and there (are) some study areas as well.”

A committee consisting of faculty, staff and students selected the furniture after evaluating various types.

The committee also worked with an architecture firm, which made some recommendations.

“It was really, how do we get people to come and stick and want

to be here and work with groups or study by themselves or do those types of things?” Lahne said. “So that was the intent of the furniture.

“The whole flow is pretty intentional to take you through the building from south to north through the building in a really methodical, thought-out way, and the furniture definitely supplements that.

So you’ll see on the floor the brown and the red accent each other and

they really lead you and guide you through the facility and through the building.”

Lahne said wooden walls were built to portray individual living rooms of sorts on the north side of the building.

“The furniture has a lot of different heights,” Lahne said. “It has a lot of different textures.”

The new furniture includes loveseats, bar stools and shorter stools.

Lahne said staff wanted variety so that any student could find a seat he or she likes.

Lahne said that the process isn’t done when all the furniture has arrived and renovations are completed. Union staff will continue to listen and examine feedback and see how students and the university feel about the new changes.

“We won’t be able to replace every bit of furniture again anytime soon, but we will be able to move and section and functionally change it,” Lahne said. “And I mean, that’s why we’re here: We’re here for the students, we’re here for the university, and it has to work for them, and if it doesn’t then we’re not doing a good job.”

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SoberBros, a safe ride home service founded by UNL alumni, has recently halted its service. Its leaders say they expect to begin offering rides again in the fall.

of Happy Cab in Lincoln, said Haping into creating a smartphone app among other ways to make the py Cab normally averages about 92 process easier for both drivers and 475-RIDE calls on weekends, mostriders. In the beginning, SoberBros ly originating from the O street bar was all original concepts, but as area. Those calls generally take the service became more popular, students to various residential arOlson has looked eas near UNL’s City not to cab services and East campuses.

There are so for inspiration but Happy Cab charges many people $2.20 per mile, but instead to ridesharing communirides are free for that need rides ties, where a group UNL students from of people can both our drivers can’t 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. if offer and find rides. they’re using the keep up.”

“I just love the service to return community interachome.

Rachel Wade tion, seeing people “Especially on general manager, happy cab being safe and still gamedays, there are having fun,” Oljust so many people son said. “We saw so many cops that need rides – our drivers can’t out when we would drive, and if keep up,” said Wade. we can just keep one person from Olson said students will have getting a DUI, then mission accomanother option when SoberBros replished.” boots in the fall. He’d even like to In 2013, alcohol-related crashes expand the service one day. accounted for 35.5 percent of all fa“We’re trying to reach multiple tal crashes in Nebraska, according campuses nationwide,” he said. to the Nebraska Office of Highway “We’ve been talking about setting Safety. In total, there were 66 alco- up in Omaha and neighboring hol-related fatal crashes and 8,703 states.” news@ DUI offenses in Nebraska in 2013. dailynebraskan.com Rachel Wade, general manager

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UNL to hold 2nd annual digital humanities forum Gabrielle Lazaro DN Humanities experts will explain how innovative technology is bridging the present to the past this week.

It’s all a part of the second annual digital humanities forum hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The 2014 Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities will take place Thursday and Friday and is free and open to the public, although Friday’s events require registration.

UNL is a nationally and internationally known leader in digital humanities research, which is concerned with the intersection of humanities and computing. UNL is also the home of the Literary Lab and the Center for Digital Research – the forum’s major sponsor.

The university has hosted an event similar to this year ’s forum for the past eight or nine years, said William Thomas, chairman of the Department of History.

“We rebranded last year and essentially made it into the forum,” he said.

The forum will feature seven different speakers from universities across the country.

“We wanted people who are leaders doing innovative and cutting edge work,” Thomas said.

“We wanted to bring them here to showcase their work, and so we have the opportunity at Nebraska to see some of the best work.”

The digital humanities forum begins Thursday at the Great

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Digital humanities experts are gathering Thursday and Friday to elaborate on how the digital age and its technology have helped restore pieces of the past thought to be forgotten.

Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. “Teaching, Researching and Writing in the Digital Age,” will feature T. Mills Kelly of George Mason University, Matthew Jockers, an assistant English professor at UNL, and Ruth Mostern from the University of California, Merced.

Thomas will moderate the session.

Kelly will focus on new ways of thinking about old subjects and how to best teach students about the past, Jockers will summarize arguments for why large-

scale digitization and text mining represent fair use of copyrighted books and Mostern will discuss theory and method for digital history with references to her own projects and research.

“From the history of slavery to shipping patterns – we’ve got a wide range of exciting topics,” Thomas said. “They’re all very cool actually.”

On Friday, Vanessa Holden from Michigan State University, Ben Schmidt from Northeastern

University, Kyle Roberts from Loyola University, Chicago and Amanda Visconti from the University of Maryland will speak at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.

Holden will report on the Queering Slavery Working Group – a group aimed at discussing issues related to reading, researching and writing histories of sex, intimacy and sexuality during the Atlantic slavery time period.

Schmidt will use visualization,

machine learning and mapping to argue that large-scale data sources demand specifically structural narrative histories.

Roberts will talk about the Jesuit Libraries and Provenance Project and reflect on its learning, and Visconti will talk of her past research on digital humanities interface usability.

The concluding session Friday will feature a roundtable discussion moderated by forum cochairman Thomas and co-chairwoman Elizabeth Lorang, digital humanities projects librarian in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. This discussion will involve a range of issues related to digital histories and digital authorship.

“I’m excited about this innovation,” Thomas said. “It’s a lot more interactive and should create more opportunities for discussion.”

The panel will feature presenters spending five minutes with each of the eight tables in the room. Each table will draw a question that relates to the future of digital humanities, and the people sitting at the table will interview the experts.

In advance of the forum Thursday was the Digital Humanities Beginner ’s Bootcamp.

“They’ve got a great list of participants who come from all over,” Thomas said.

This event hosted by history graduate students Brian Sarnacki and Rebecca Wingo lasts until Thursday. The bootcamp featured classes such as HTML Lab, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Lab and

breakout sessions Wednesday.

Beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, the bootcamp offers breakout sessions and a digital humanities Q&A wrap up.

Three years ago, UNL, already a leader in digital humanities, committed to making digital humanities an area of excellence, Jockers said.

“And that was concomitant to joining the Big Ten – it was at same time,” he said.

Jockers, created the Literary Lab- a room in Love Library dedicated to working on literature and specifically generating new knowledge about the literary record.

What makes the lab different is that it’s collaborative, he said.

“I might have a dozen students in there at once,” Jockers said. “We’re all working as equal partners in pursuit of some answer to some question, and that’s exciting. We have tried very hard in both labs to dissolve hierarchical borders so that everyone, whether undergrad, graduate or professor, has an equal say in the pursuit of the research. It’s critical that you have that because if a student is hesitant about challenging something, then the work is no good.”

All the Nebraska Forum on Digital Humanities sessions are free.

Friday’s session requires registration at http://go.unl.edu/ dhforum14. Abstracts for all presentations and participant bios are also available there. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL to host largest-ever language fair ASUN approves lecture on laws behind alcohol Madison Wurtele DN

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host its largest-ever 38th annual Modern Language Fair on Thursday.

The event is from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.

“It’s an opportunity for high school students throughout the state to come to campus and participate,” said Shannon Parry, language fair coordinator.

With 1,275 pre-registered high school students, this year’s fair is set to be the largest language fair ever put on by UNL. It is also the first time social media will be involved.

Events will be live tweeted from @ UNLModLang, and students can participate and have the chance to win prizes using the #langfair14.

“It helps to keep things up-todate and in the moment,” said Casandra Siefkes, a senior international business major and social media liaison for the fair. “I think it really helps to connect with students.”

The fair gives high school students the opportunity to compete in five different categories: drama, folk dance, music, poetry and a poster competition. This year, the fair will also feature noncompetitive events including a 20-minute dance lesson from the UNL International Folk Dance Club and a photo booth called “Picture Yourself Abroad” where students can get a postcard with a picture of themselves in one of nine different destinations.

“We’re trying to expand the noncompetitive events in a celebration of languages and culture,” Parry said.

Junior and senior high school students who submitted a 300-word essay in Spanish, French or German also have the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship to attend UNL. There will also be a variety of opportunities in the Van Brunt Visitors Center for students to learn more about UNL. Parry said events such as this one are important. It gives high school students the opportunity to set foot on campus, to walk around the union and to learn more about campus life.

Because modern language faculty and staff help with the fair,

Criminal defense attorney to speak about students’ rights regarding alcohol at UNL REECE RISTAU DN

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The Modern Language Fair is an annual UNL event that gives high school students the opportunity to compete in five categories: drama, folk dance, music, poetry and a poster contest. many modern language classes are canceled for the day, and students in these classes are given the opportunity to earn extra credit by participating in the fair. Global studies majors will also be at the fair to talk to high school students.

“We’re giving (UNL students) the opportunity to come to the language fair and talk to students about what it means to be in a language class,” Parry said. “I want to highlight all of the cool things (high school students) can do in college.”

news briefs UNL begins scanning for Heartbleed Bug

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is scanning its networks to identify and eradicate a possible bug. The Heartbleed bug is a vulnerability in a piece of the software that a majority of secure websites (beginning with “https”) use to encrypt personal and sensitive information in an attempt to secure it. Hackers can use the bug to bypass encryption and view protected communications, including personal information such as usernames and passwords.

Information Technology Services will contact administrators around campus to inform others about systems it finds vulnerable and provide steps necessary to eliminate any vulnerabilities. ITS is also offering ad-hoc Nessus scans to detect the Heart Bleed Bug. Faculty, staff and students should be aware of any phishing emails about the Heartbleed bug that they may receive. Passwords should also be changed routinely. If ITS requests any password changes for a particular service, UNL Communications suggests following the advice immediately. The requests sent from ITS won’t include links to other Web pages and will also be signed by an ITS staff member. For additional verification, email the ITS office or call it at 402-472-2311.

The fair will not only be an opportunity for high school students to compete in events and learn more about different cultures, it will also highlight what it means to major in a modern language.

“The greatest benefit of the language fair is to show students that a degree in modern languages supplement every other degree on campus, and it will give students a leg up when they enter the job market,” Parry said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

if you go what: 38th annual Modern Language Fair where: Nebraska Union when: 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

A Lincoln criminal defense attorney will speak about students’ rights regarding alcohol consumption, searches and minor-in-possession charges at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 21.

Jerry Soucie’s lecture was approved unanimously by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska at the first senate meeting with its new officers on Wednesday. ASUN’s Student Alcohol Safety Committee selected him to inform students on how alcohol consumption is viewed under the law, according to the bill passed by the senate.

Soucie will speak in the Nebraska Union at 7:30 p.m. A question-and-answer session with Soucie and UNL police will follow the presentation. The event is free for UNL students.

ASUN President Kevin Knudson, a junior political science major, said the objective of the lecture is to educate students.

Also at the meeting, senators nominated one another for the various open positions in ASUN. The nominations for speaker of the house were Sen. Grant Thomas, a junior social science major, Sen. Jeff Story, a junior English and political science major and Sen. Karanbir Hundal, a senior actuarial science and finance major.

The nominations for the ap-

pointments board were Sen. Will Duden, a junior business administration major, and Sen. Paula Sandoval, a junior biological systems engineering major.

Nominations for the Freshman Campus Leadership Association’s appointment board were Sen. Ryan Geisert, a sophomore chemistry major, Sen. Leemah Nasrati, a freshman exploratory major, Sen. Hannah Brenden, a junior English major, Sen. Shannon Pestel, a sophomore turfgrass and landscape management major, and Sen. Andy Nelson, a sophomore actuarial science major.

The final nominations were for the environmental sustainability committee board: Sen. Lyle Janicek, a junior landscape architecture and landscape architectural studies major and Sen. Thien Chau, a junior environmental studies and political science major.

Some of last year’s committee chairpersons discussed the spots still open in the senate.

Frank Stroup, a senior music education major who was the chairman of Student Services committee, explained the committee’s role with student bylaws. Jared McKeever, a junior animal science major, explained the role of the head of the Committee for Fees Allocation, which allocates about $25 million to campus organizations.

Former speaker of the senate Tanner Nelson, a junior agribusiness major, explained the roles of the speaker of the senate.

Senators who were absent at the induction on April 2 also took an oath to be officially sworn into the senate. Orientation for the senators will be on Sunday.

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zoo: from 1 tured a 1-year-old baby alligator.

Alligators can grow to about one foot per year until they are full grown at about 8 to 14 feet. They can also live as long as 80 years in captivity, the zoo staff said.

“Our biggest goal is to get more interaction,” Gross said.

“To have as many opportunities as possible not to just see an animal in an exhibit but right in front of you.”

The local community helps the zoo attract more members and sponsors as well. Joel Sartore, a National Geographic photographer, takes photos for the Lincoln Children’s Zoo for their website as well as full prints.

Along with new shows to attract customers, the Humboldt penguins are another main attraction. Penguin shows take place at the pool daily at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

During the shows, zookeepers hand out paddles to audience members with a penguin’s name on the front. Then the zookeeper feeds all the penguins and audience members guess how many fish their penguins ate. Those who guess correctly, get a free pass for a train ride.

Sunny weather and clear skies on Wednesday made for a good opening day at the zoo and attracted many children and adults.

“It was supposed to be nice so we decided to come to the zoo,” said Kristin Webber, a stay-

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Amanda Lynn and Justice Belmont feed the camels at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. There is also an area to feed llamas and goats within the zoo. at-home mom visiting the zoo with her son. “And he loves the train – my favorite is the butterflies.”

The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is the third-most attended arts and

science attractions in Nebraska.

About 200,000 people come to the zoo each year. This is the zoo’s 49th anniversary, and staff is hoping to increase both attendance and membership.

The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $8.95 plus tax for visitors 13 and older and $7.95 plus tax for children and seniors older than 62. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Campus Pro-Tips

How to make the most of your fall class schedule It’s that time of year again: priority registration. Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are meeting with their advisers, looking through the undergraduate bulletin and posting “What class should I take?” Facebook statuses. If you’re still struggling to come up with the perfect schedule for next year, don’t worry – we’re here to help.

1. Either make an appointment with your adviser to see what classes you need (if you haven’t already) or make sure you’re an expert at reading your degree audit. You obviously don’t want to be taking a class you don’t need. Especially if that class requires effort.

2. Take one class that will rarely, if ever, stress you out. It doesn’t have to be mind-numbingly easy, but it should require little effort in comparison with your other classes. It’s best if this class is something you actually care about. Otherwise, you’re wasting your money not learning anything. And you’ll be mind-numbingly bored.

3. Unless you have absolutely no other choice, don’t take all 300- or 400-level classes. You will hate your life every single day.

Therefore, it might be a good idea to space out your ACE requirements instead of taking them all at once. If you get rid of the easy classes now, you’ll be in your last semester crying into your sixth cup of coffee every night.

4. If you’ve taken a class with a professor you really like, find a way to take more classes with him or her. It’s a teaching style you’re already used to, so that’s less work at the beginning of the semester trying to adapt to a new professor’s style. Plus, he or she might be able to write you a letter of recommendation one day.

5. Don’t lie to yourself. If you hate mornings, you don’t want to take an 8 a.m. class. If you need breaks throughout your day, you won’t be able to handle a solid four hours of lecture. You aren’t suddenly going to like science, so don’t take meteorology if you don’t have to. Above all, make sure your schedule is one you’re happy about – or at least one that will get you one step closer to graduation.

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Commitment breeds true success

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rocrastination is a reality of college life. We joke with our friends about how we really should get back to work – “But first, let me tell you what happened in class” – and that extra half hour of conversation has taken all motivation to get back to work with it. We labor over to-do lists that are covered in doodles and include things such as “drink coffee” and “make to-do list.”

With such lengthy lists, it’s impossible to not put off at least something until the last minute. After all, we can’t do everything at once. But at times, procrastination is entirely self-inflicted. I know some projects, such as this article, need me to put in a little more time and effort so that I not only finish – but finish well. Even while knowing that every minute I spend chatting or reading will be subtracted from how much I sleep tonight, I’ve put off writing. Am I unwilling to do the work because there are other things I’d rather do, or am I unwilling to do the work because I don’t want to commit to it?

I’ll get around to answering that eventually.

According to researchers, procrastination is a lack of self-control: Either you can’t force yourself to do the task, or there are other tasks that are infinitely more gratifying to accomplish than the one you actually have to do.

Psychology Today says commitment “evokes a strong sense of intention and focus,” which we all know is completely absent when one is procrastinating. So a tendency to procrasti-

Moderate approach fosters cooperation in politics

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he Republican Party and the Tea Party hold different views regarding the future of U.S. conservatism. A distinct way to understand this split is by looking at the leaders of each party. For example, Sen. John McCain has been a notable establishment Republican for years. Contrarily, the Tea Party looks up to people such as Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, and former Alaskan governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Palin leads this political movement along with Cruz – who had a hand in shutting down the government last fall.

There are two very different styles of leadership from Sens. McCain and Cruz, and Nebraska is beginning to lean toward the Cruz-like candidates.

Nebraska has become the frontline for the battle between the GOP and the Tea Party. For example, last year the Tea Party supported Sen. Deb Fischer, and she was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012. She was also endorsed by Palin, who helped make robo-calls on her behalf. Moreover, many of the candidates for Nebraska’s senate and gubernatorial race have campaigned on ideals similar to that of the Tea Party. For example, Palin recently endorsed businessman Pete Ricketts for governor. Ben Sasse, U.S. Senate candidate and president of Midlands University, recently gained endorsement from the Freedom Works PAC – a Tea Party affiliate. According to Freedom Works, the PAC moved itssupport to Sasse from another candidate, Shane Osborn, because he has “allied himself with the GOP establishment.”

Why vote moderate instead of voting for extremism?

Because the Tea Party doesn’t bring compromise to Nebraska nor Washington, and it’s unable to speak for the state as a whole. The Tea Party and its candidates don’t campaign on cooperation and doing the best for the American public. They advocate for cutting taxes and repealing the Affordable Care Act. Their message is simple in this fashion, but chances are, if someone says “I’m going to fix Washington with this simple plan” they probably don’t know what they’re doing.

Washington is a partisan city – it wasn’t set up to be an easy place in which to work. Simply reducing the amount of government isn’t the antidote for our country’s problems, however. We won’t magically see the approval rating of the federal government jump to 100 percent and naturally reduce property and income taxes for every person in the U.S. just by repealing the ACA. This is a small fix for a long-term problem. Repealing the bill and return-

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ing to the old system of health insurance will lead to more people not being able to obtain or keep health insurance and a steady increase in costs and services.

Washington and the governor’s mansion are two complex places, both of which require moderate thinkers: competent people who can understand all points of view and make educated decisions about policies that affect the 1.8 million people in Nebraska. If we elect Tea Partiers, we can forget about cooperation and moderation.

We used to have moderate leaders. Former Sens. and Govs. Bob Kerrey and Ben Nelson were both Democrats and moderates. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry also recently discussed the ACA. He feels we should work with the bill rather than repeal it – a very moderate statement. Additionally, he opposed shutting down the federal government over the ACA, which many of his GOP colleagues supported. With acts like this from Fortenberry, we can understand the value of cooperation. The ACA was passed and approved by Congress, President Obama and the Supreme Court. It’s not a perfect piece of legislation, but it has positive side effects we can’t ignore.

Nebraska is known for moderation, level-headedness and cooperation – not for being obstinate. Extremist ideologies don’t work well with other members of Congress and the state Legislature; it will only lead to a lack of progression. Almost a dozen candidates for Nebraska’s open senate seat in addition to the governor’s mansion, and the majority of them have campaigned on Tea Party ideals from tax cuts to repealing the ACA. There’s no positive message, no sign of change and no insistence to do the best for Nebraska voters. Successful politicians need longterm goals, and I have yet to see that in the GOP candidates.

Mark Batt is a junior political science major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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nate isn’t so much a time-management issue as it is an issue of intent. It’s an inability to commit. And when we don’t commit to something – whether it’s a task, a relationship or an idea – we end up confused and frustrated. Emotions get tied up, ideas conflict and we contradict ourselves. But we’ll deal with the situation later, when our lives aren’t so busy. We’ll talk it out after this episode. Give me time to think it over, honey.

Why do we so often put off what’s most important? Why do we let ourselves wallow in stress and self-pity when the relief is just doing the work, having the conversation or thinking it over? Instead of spitting out the bad taste, we swallow it back.

Psychologists cite the main reasons why we procrastinate as 1) an overestimation of our abilities and an underestimation of our required effort and 2) an assumption that the perfect mindset, opportunity or situation we need to complete the task will magically spring up if we just wait long enough. Many of us know the feeling. We wait for that exhila-

rating moment of inspiration to sweep us off the couch and onto the keyboard to complete a research paper. Or we ignore that friend we had an argument with last week until we can come up with the absolutely perfect words to say that will fix everything. How bitter our disappointment when the words won’t come when we need them most, when the due date is upon us and we are no closer to completing it – sometimes even beginning it – than when that paper was first assigned.

Without throwing in a Nike advertisement, accomplishing something suggests an achievement – something to be congratulated. No matter how emotionally stressful or mentally difficult the process of completion can be, if we just ignore the process nothing will get accomplished. If we don’t put in the effort, our reasons for putting something off become excuses and lose their meaning. As psychotherapist Mel Schwartz writes, “The commitment simply becomes lip service without the earnest devotion toward achieving the end.”

The end of the semester is fast approaching. Before we part ways for the summer, let’s commit to doing what needs to get done – even if it’s mentally and emotionally taxing.

Even if no one notices the effort and you don’t hear Legend of Zelda’s item theme at the end.

Accomplishment is never stumbled upon. It has to be pursued.

Annie Stokely is a sophomore English major. Follow her @Anna_ Bee_94. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Underclassmen deserve more single dorm rooms

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eople always say, “Learn to love your roommate,” because you will be living with them for a long time. What if I can’t learn to love someone who is the complete opposite of me? The problem isn’t unique to University of NebraskaLincoln’s students, but it affects college students around the country.

UNL Housing has several options for people to live without roommates. For example, Burr, Fedde and Husker halls all have optional one-person rooms. But in Husker Hall, you have to be 23 years old to have your own room. Apartment-style and suite-style housing have several bedroom options, but freshmen aren’t allowed to live in single-bedroom suites. But why shouldn’t they be?

I’ve had my own bedroom for almost my entire life. I enjoy my alone time – I don’t have a care in the world and can lie around, make a mess on the couch and eat huge amounts of food. I like to walk around my room without a towel right after I get out of the shower. Now I sometimes walk into my room hoping my roommate isn’t there.

I don’t like tiptoeing around to get ready for the day or having to keep the room clean 24/7 so my roommate isn’t bothered by some of my belongings lying around. I don’t like it when my stuff is mixed with other people’s. I don’t like sharing space, but I am okay with people sharing my things – as long as someone asks first. I have reached into my food and found some missing.

Who am I to blame if I never have friends over?

Without a roommate, you wouldn’t run into this problem.

There can be ups and downs to living alone.

I’ve heard from many people about their roommates being up late with friends still in their rooms. Without roommates, you can decide when to go to sleep without the bother of someone else.

If you like a lot of alone time, a room without a roommate would be your ideal situation. You can make a mess and know exactly where your things are without bothering someone else’s belongings.

Most people say it’s necessary to have a roommate your first year of college. Sometimes it’s a good idea to move into a room with someone

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you already know as long as you train yourself to branch out and meet new people. However, I know someone with his own room this year because of a medical issue that happened a year ago. He forced himself to walk around and meet new people. The first week of school, he walked around the floors of his residence hall to meet new people and create friendships. Sometimes I wish I would have done that. You can still make new friends on your own.

Living alone can benefit first-year students especially. They won’t have as much urge to go out drinking every Thursday, Friday and Saturday if they don’t have a roommate pressuring them to do so. They can go to class the next day without a hangover or feeling tired because their roommate was up all night with their friends or significant other. The first year of college, you have to get used to studying and finding a satisfactory place where work can get accomplished without distractions. In a room by yourself, you always have those things.

How do freshman students snag their own room? Do they just get lucky? That shouldn’t be the answer. UNL should have more opportunities for freshmen to have their own rooms. There are apartment-style halls that have two to four bedrooms so people can have their own bedrooms, but underclassmen don’t have as much access to them. Everyone should have the same access for applying to one-person dorm rooms.

Jennifer Rooney is a freshman journalism major. Follow her Twitter at @jooney_13. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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aRTS & LIFE on the grass Big Sean takes over union greenspace Wednesday night story by Gabriella Martinez-Garro photos by Matt Masin

Big Sean performs his hit songs during the UNL Spring Concert put on by the University Program Council.

Crowd members applaud and scream as Big Sean takes the stage for UNL’s Spring Concert on Before Big Sean took the stage, XV performed, hyping up the crowd and setting the mood for an evening of rap music on the Nebraksa Union greenspace.

Wednesday.

“Stuffy and pushy, but it was a great concert for a free show. We left because it was a madhouse. You couldn’t move, it was the worst thing I’ve probably experienced. The whole crowd kept moving forwards and backwards, very creepy people in the front.”

Craig Wurtz

sophomore finance major

“My cousin and I, we went to the concert and it was very crazy because there were so many people there and everybody was pushing everybody There was a huge mosh pit and people were falling over and yelling at each other. When we met (Big Sean) he was so nice. He was like ‘I really appreciate you guys coming out.’ He was a class act. I took a couple pictures and I had him sign something. I thought he did a good variety of songs that are popular and songs that people might know as well.”

Maddie Schlotfeld

sophomore athletic training major

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ig Sean encouraged vices Wednesday night.

As soon as the Detroit-based rapper took the Nebraska Union stage, he called on the crowd to “fuck if you wanna fuck, smoke weed if you wanna smoke weed, and drink if you wanna drink.”

Big Sean’s words came back throughout the night until his final moments on the stage.

The free University of Nebraska-Lincoln concert marked Big Sean’s first Nebraska appearance and first public appearance since the announcement earlier Wednesday of the end of his engagement to “Glee” star, Naya Rivera.

Despite the news, Big Sean remained encouraging and positive throughout the night, although his newly announced singleness was evident as he called on the “ladies” throughout the night.

The spring concert kicked off with Kansas-based rapper XV, as swarms of crop tops, T-shirts and shorts made their way to the greenspace.

XV’s stage included an electric guitarist, drummer and a DJ who overpowered most of the set.

With the sun still shining and the set still fresh, XV dived into a medley of old and new hits that included Snoop Dogg’s “Smoke Weed Everyday,” Michael Jackson and doo-wop.

XV spent nearly as much time preparing the audience for his next track as he did playing the actual song. He constantly interacted with the crowd, complimenting and encouraging everyone to dance along.

The majority of XV’s set reeked of familiarity. The rapper used a large amount of samples, including Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights,” to back his music.

XV’s ultimate moment of nostalgia came when he called on the audience to recall the catchphrase of little Michelle Tanner: “You got it, dude.” XV then began his humorous song “Mary Kate & Ashley” that used the Full House catchphrase as the chorus to the song.

It’d be hard to say XV was bad because most of his sounds were reminiscent of old school hip-hop, but this was mostly because of his use of other hip-hop songs.

As interactive as XV was for the majority of his set, his ending was sudden and strange as he left the stage without a word.

Clouds of cigarette smoke wafted over the crowd as everyone waited for the headliner to appear.

Strobe lights could be seen through the top floor

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‘Humanities’ talk focuses on oil around freedom and progress and expansions. All these things come from the existence of a very cheap energy source. We haven’t had this before in human history.

Oil makes all kinds of things possible.”

Roland Vegso, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor and co-coordinator of “Humanities on the Edge,” said Szeman was a perfect choice for zach fulciniti this year ’s topic, examining the dn economy and the “rhetoric of crises.” The series began in the fall The “Humanities on the Edge” of 2010 with the goal of promotseries continues Thursday with ing cutting-edge research in the “On Empty: The Culhumanities while also tural Politics of Oil,” stimulating interest in a lecture by Univerthe humanities in gensity of Alberta proeral. fessor Imre Szeman.

“Szeman is one of Szeman, who the prominent scholteaches English, film ars of globalization tostudies and sociolday,” Vegso said. “Oil ogy, said his lecture is a good topic for the will address the role lecture series since it of oil as a crucial enis something like the ergy source that has general metaphor for enabled the global our civilization, which population to skyis driven by fossilszeman rocket. He will examfuel-based economies. ine it through three The threat of impendlenses: history, art and the media. ing exhaustion of our oil reserves “Up until 1800, the global (the so-called “peak oil” theory) population was about 1 billion,” as well as the environmental efSzeman said. “The discovery of fects of the extraction, distribuoil is one of the things that has tion and consumption of oil are made it possible for our society presented to us in apocalyptic to grow so large. Society is built scenarios.”

Canadian professor to discuss politics, culture surrounding development of oil at latest series lecture

The discovery of oil is one of the things that has made it possible for our society to grow so large.”

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english, film studies and sociology professor

Many in academia are concerned with a shift in focus toward STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields of education. The humanities, Szeman said, are crucial to understanding our world.

“We just have to say the humanities matter,” he said. “Without this kind of knowledge, our society really isn’t a society.

There isn’t the kind of careful critical reflection that allows to understand what we’ve done,” he said.

Szeman first began to look critically at oil when his research led him to environmental issues.

He realized the importance of oil in rapid social expansion and in sustaining a global population of 7 billion. Five years ago, he moved from Ontario to Alberta, which he calls “Canada’s Texas” with regards to oil.

People should be more concerned, he said, with the fact that oil is a finite resource.

“We act as if it will continue

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to be indefinite. If we want to maintain some of those values we’ve built around it, like mobility and freedom, we need to think about how to rearrange our societies and culture to deal with a post-oil energy regime,” Szeman said. “We may have to fundamentally change our society.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

New ‘compass’ guides Husker legends until your last semester of senior year.

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Within the ancient, secret, trapladen hideout of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Scarlet Guard Alumni Association, there lies a tomb of vital college wisdom and (likely) black magic: the Cornhusker Compass. Featuring academic goals, athletic events to attend and even participate in and so much more, this archaic text of unknown potential is meant to help guide only the most staunch and legendary UNL students with their Lincolnbased existence. Cult participants under the influence of the Cornhusker Compass are asked, and likely forced, to perform quests such as studying abroad, attending a women’s Nebrasketball game and donate to the university. However, times change and such works might be dated for today’s students. Also, student and alumni organizations that follow the practices of secret societies probably deserve to be taken down a peg or two. So I decided to construct the newest student guide for everyone to enjoy but never to follow on any day of the year ever.

Things to do academically: 1. Graduate from UNL during your freshman year ...

Any true UNL student on campus should show everyone just how damn smart they are by somehow breaking the system and letting all those other freshies eat dust. I don’t know exactly how this can happen, but finding a way to graduate early will just prove cranial superiority even more so. Really, everyone knows everyone can do it with a little sweat and effort. It’s amazing what someone can accomplish when they’re motivated by competition and the drive to just beat others at anything.

2. ... or major in general studies

Living life on the edge is fun, and it curbs the scariness of this cruel and heartless world upon this sick little earth. Show this macabre planet who’s boss by refusing to give in to its nagging demands of purpose and focus by just getting a basic education in absolutely everything by majoring in general studies. Plus, college is totally awesome. So, why not give life the middle-finger for three and a half years, surprise it with a new epiphany of deciding on an astronomy major and then live on campus for three and a half more years?

3. Write any psychology paper on your own psychological profile.

Many students either major in or at least take one psychology class during their four-year tour of duty at UNL. Whether this is to teach people to love each other more or to gradually build a growing army of inhumanely smart 22-year-olds is beyond me, but psychology is a fundamental field of study.

Like any other class, though, one will likely have to write a long paper of some sort. But a paper about the societal influences on schizophrenia patients may literally drive a professor into a boredom-induced vegetative state. So, if one happens to be taking a psychology class in the future, make sure and write about something interesting that will blow people’s expectations, like your psychological profile.

In fact, if one must write any paper in any class, one should write updated profiles on their deepest thoughts and insecurities. Portraying mental healthiness (unhealthiness: it’s okay, I know, and I’m here for you) will surely set a wrinkle in the same-old routine.

Things to do athletically: 1. Run a marathon while learning Mandarin.

Running a marathon can be a momentous experience you will remember for the rest of their lives.

Well, they will at least remember

the dark place in their mind that they went to due to the pain of the marathon. But, while difficult, running holds no real intellectual challenge, specifically one’s linguistics comprehension.

To provide even greater pain and stretch the old noggin’, runners breaking a physical sweat are encouraged to learn Mandarin, arguably one of the most difficult languages to learn. Be forewarned though, weary joggers, there will be a test. It is graded.

2. Start javelin-throwing again.

Out of many track events, the javelin throw was admittedly a manly one. Sure, it caused injuries and could be potentially dangerous, according to those killjoy fun-stealers with their safety, but it is, and I cannot stress this enough, an event where people throw javelins as far as possible.

There is no need for explanation.

3. Become the “Most Dedicated Huskers Fan.” Attending a Husker game and becoming a member of the “Sea of Red” can be oodles of fun.

Wait a minute. No one wants to be just another person in the crowd, right? But what can someone do to become one of the — no, the most dedicated — Husker fan on campus? The solution is simple: Give crucial advice and contribute to the team so as to give back to your favorite team and campus. If you want to merely let the boys work out their own problems, you can shout out what the team’s plays should be and verbally dismiss or approve fouls with authority from the stands. Luckily, no one else has thought of doing this, so there is no competition here. But if you want to go above and beyond, you should just hop right into the game. The players will love the help and coaches – I swear – love such fan dedication.

Things to do on campus: 1. Hunt for the Salt Creek Beetle Tiger.

Ironically enough, this task was inspired by the “35 Under 35” list

in the Cornhusker Compass. The Midwestern Map of Mediocrity asks for loyal followers to perform a similar task. However, instead of hunting for an extremely rare beetle, Map followers must hunt for a laboratory beetle tiger or a tiger that has been genetically engineered to grow a shell harder than diamond on its back.

It escaped three days ago. Good luck.

2. Assert your dominance on freshmen the minute you are a sophomore.

Man, those freshmen behave like monkeys, and not the good kind that make everyone smile, but the ones that eat off the tender flesh from people’s faces. Someone needs to teach those freshmen a thing or two, even if that someone happened to, you know, be one of those chimpanzees young ones months ago. It will take not just anyone, but someone with class, wit and gusto to really demean those suckers where it hurts. If you were to be a loyal follower of the Midwestern Map of Mediocrity, you would start this endeavor immediately.

And remember: physical wounds heal; emotional wounds do not.

3. Receive your first MIP creatively.

Listen, I understand that “fun” sometimes involves breaking the law. Come on, man, don’t be so vanilla about receiving an MIP. Anyone can just buy beer and then get arrested and handcuffed by a police officer. It takes an ingenious and artistic man or woman to express their creativity while simultaneously earning the sharp boot of the legal system. So, if one has strong intuition while intoxicated, they should make their first MIP stand above the rest. “Caught consuming alcohol while underage” on a record sounds as awesome as gravel, but “Caught consuming alcohol while underage, disturbing the peace with a megaphone recital of “Leaves of Grass” on the roof of Abel Hall and assaulting bystanders by tossing eggs” livens things up. Maybe the ambitious display will help ease the pains of the severe consequences. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Lawmakers should allow cannabis oil ZACH FULCINITI

LEGITIMIZE IT

Because of spring break, it’s been reational drug it’s derived from. three weeks now since I’ve en- It’s true, there haven’t been rigorlightened your endocannabinoids ous tests or clinical trials, but does with talk of everyone’s favorite that really matter when there’s so much anecdotal evidence supcontrolled substance, the Schedule I drug known ‘round the porting cannabis oil and when the alternative is that Will continworld as marijuana. ues in his current state?

How on earth did you get This isn’t even an issue of along without me?

A few months ago, Bellevue drugs or crime or marijuana leSen. Sue Crawford submitted a galization. This is about standing up for a child who has no other bill to the Nebraska Legislature options and who can’t stand up that would create a legal exception for cannabis oil, which lacks for himself. There is nothing to a significant amount of THC, lose, and as Sanjay Gupta said, pot’s psychoactive ingredient, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works. If you could but contains CBD, which has been hear him speak, if he could pershown to treat severe seizure disorders when no other medica- sonally ask you for support for this promising new treatment, tions will work. would you give it to him?

LB1102 is also known as Well, Will’s condition makes “Will’s Law,” after Will Gillen, him nonverbal. All he can do is an 11-year-old boy who suffers hope that the people who speak from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which causes him to have hun- on his behalf, such as his parents, his state dreds of seizures senator and the a week. There’s no Unfortunately, other elected ofguarantee cannabis ficials who are Sen. Sue oil would treat his to do disorder, but it has Crawford withdrew supposed what’s best for worked for countthe people of less others with her bill, citing a lack Nebraska, will similar conditions, of support.” do right by him. and when you’re as Will’s pardesperate as Will’s parents, Shelley and Dominic, ents have done all they can, and so has Crawford. But the other and you just want to see your legislators, and the physicians child live a normal life, you’ll try who should be willing to help a anything. sick child in any way they can, Unfortunately, Sen. Crawford withdrew her bill, citing lack of have failed – unequivocally support from epilepsy specialists failed.

My opinions about mariin the state.

If at least one specialist prac- juana aside, supporting cannabis oil doesn’t make you soft on ticing at a level 4 treatment center, a facility that provides the most crime or irresponsible. You’re not encouraging bad behavior. advanced level of care for seizure disorders , had agreed to support Cannabis oil is a medicine, not a her bill, she said she would have recreational drug, and supportcontinued to sponsor it. Because ing it just means you have a soft spot for sick children, which any no one agreed to do so, she withelected official with a decent set drew it. It’s worth noting that the University of Nebraska Medical of morals should certainly have.

Center is the only level 4 epilepsy I bet most of those legislators have children of their own, and center in Nebraska. if it were their kid suffering, they I’ve been involved in this debate for a long time, as long as an wouldn’t hesitate to try anything 18-year-old can be involved in to help them. Are we unable to anything. I’ve come a long way in empathize? Can’t we put ourmy views since I first discovered selves in the Gillens’ shoes long enough to imagine what it’s like my friends smoked pot and then tried it for the first time myself to ask for help for your child and when I was 14. I’ve argued with receive a cold shoulder in return?

I think I can, and when I do, people on every side of this issue, and I think I’ve heard just about I have trouble keeping myself toevery argument there is, some gether. I can’t even imagine how logical and some absurd. But they feel.

Call your senator and tell him what I won’t ever be able to wrap or her that you support cannabis my brain around is this. oil, because if someone is sick, we It’s not like there’s any other should try anything and everyoption for this kid, right? Children with similar seizure con- thing to help them.

And while you’re at it, call ditions are given a cocktail of pharmaceuticals. Will takes 22 Nebraska NORML at 402-953pills a day, including four seizure 2053 and tell them you’d like to medications, a laxative and a sign their petition to put medimedication for drooling, which is cal marijuana on the ballot in a side effect of his seizure meds. Nebraska. You can read the full text of the initiative here: http:// His parents said they don’t even know if they’re working. They’ve normlne.org/Norml_Nebraska/ been waiting for years for some- INITIATIVES.html.

It’s the right thing to do. thing to come along that might zach fulciniti is a help him, and here it is. By all acfreshman journalism counts, there are no demonstrable major. reach him at arts@ side effects. It’s just an extract; it dailynebraskan.com doesn’t even function like the rec-

big sean: from 5 of the Kauffman Center where a group of nearly naked boys would appear dancing throughout the Big Sean set, much to the amusement of the crowd.

As Big Sean neared, the crowd stretched nearly to the Broyhill fountain.

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Once Big Sean finally took the stage, the crowd was ready.

The rapper kicked things off with “1st Quarter Freestyle,” as he performed in a smoky haze in front of a flashing neon screen.

Big Sean didn’t hesitate with his set. He immediately rattled off two of major hits, “Mercy” and “Dance (A$$) Remix.” The highenergy songs received major reactions from the crowd and went off without a hitch. It was a risky move on Big Sean’s end to place the songs consecutively at the beginning of his set.

The Kanye West-signed artist spent time with the crowd despite its vast size. He often inserted UNL-related lyrics into his set and called on the women within the audience multiple times.

Unlike his opener, Big Sean’s rapping was consistent. He hardly missed a beat.

“Finally famous,” was a theme throughout the rapper ’s set.

Big Sean’s set concluded with a message of positivity for the audience as he told everyone to never think “I coulda, woulda, shoulda.” The positivity speech was something expectant of Based God, Lil’ B, but not necessarily Big Sean Don. With his two other major hits already performed, Big Sean performed his featured track “Clique” as his second-to-last song. Though Big Sean sings only a verse and the hook on the origi-

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Fans watch the Big Sean and XV concert on the Nebraska Union greenspace Wednesday night. Big Sean played hits including “Dance (A$$) Remix” and “Clique.” nal track, he performed the entirety of the song much to the delight of the crowd.

Unfortunately, Big Sean saved the less-impressive Drake

track, “All Me,” for his finale.

The song felt thrown together and possessed only a fraction of “Clique”’s grandeur.

Naturally, Big Sean’s song

ended with a “Go Big Red” chant as the air cooled and the crowd cleared the greenspace. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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baseball: from 10 “I told the team in the seventh inning just to take a deep breath,” Bolt said. “The emotions were pretty high. It was kind of a back-and-forth game. I thought we battled to the end, and it was what we expected to see.”

Bolt wasn’t worried about the players’ effort going dead after Erstad leaving. He wanted to use the fired-up team to bounce back against the Wildcats, who led 6-5 at the time.

“I think that they hope to respond and rally any time,” Bolt said.

“I thought we did a pretty good job of sustaining some pretty good atbats throughout the game. You just want to use that adrenaline the right way, and that’s kind of what I wanted to make sure of.”

The frustration began in the second inning for Nebraska. Junior left-hander Kyle Kubat was on the mound. Already in a jam with bases loaded, Kubat was close to surviving the inning. A sacrifice fly tied the game at 1, and then he executed a pickoff move to second to make it 2 outs in the inning.

Then Kubat was taken out of the game, and the Wildcats’ rally began.

With 2 outs in the inning, senior Luke Bublitz came in to pitch and allowed 3 RBI hits that were hit right in front of the outfielders to make it a 4-1 Kansas State lead.

The Huskers then put in junior Jeff Chesnut, who threw 11 balls and

I told the team in the seventh inning just to take a deep breath.

The emotions were pretty high. It was kind of a back-and-forth game.” will bolt assistant baseball coach

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Nebraska junior shortstop Steven Reveles trots back to first base during the Huskers’ loss to Kansas State. Reveles went 1 for 3 with a walk, a stolen base and 3 RBI. no strikes with 2 walks, including a passed ball that increased to lead to 5-1.

After a hit by pitch, Chesnut was replaced by sophomore Colton Howell, who ended the inning with-

out giving up a run. Through 2 innings, the Wildcats were already up 6-1.

Heading into the game, the Huskers were riding a five-game win streak including a sweep against Ohio State and a comeback win against Creighton. But against Kansas State, the pitchers weren’t able to hit their stride, according to Bolt.

“In the course of the five-game winning streak that we’ve had, we’ve pounded the zone,” Bolt said.

“We’ve come in a pack and it just got a little sideways on us with Kyle and the guys coming out of the bullpen. You walk five against Kansas State, they’re a pretty good hitting team.”

Following the 6-run inning, the Huskers kept chipping away at the deficit and turned it into a 1-run deficit before Erstad was taken out.

Bolt was happy with the bats in the game, which were able to get their first extra-base hit in six games.

“I just thought we had much more competitive at-bats up and down the lineup,” Bolt said. “Top to

bottom it was much better.”

The nail in the coffin came in the final inning when the Wildcats scored 3 runs. Even though the team was down, the Huskers didn’t go down with ease in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Junior outfielder Christian Cox hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 10-6 game, and then with 2 outs and the bases loaded, junior infielder Pat Kelly was up to bat.

Faced with a crucial situation, Kansas State made a pitching change for Kelly.

Kelly wasn’t able to get the ball in play and struck out looking to

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Edwards didn’t let any Panthers make a run either.

“I just really wanted to throw strikes and get ahead of batters,” Edwards said. “Emily did a really good job moving the ball on both sides of the plate. When I went in, I wanted to keep up what she was doing.”

Neither team could get past the other ’s defense after the fourth inning, so the game ended 4-0, giving Edwards her third save of the season and moving Lockman to 13-4 on the year. The Huskers improved to 27-13.

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Fisher took the loss, pitching 4 innings and allowing all 4 Nebraska runs as the Panthers fell to 21-10.

“Today was just good softball,” Revelle said. “Hopefully we can get on a roll here and repeat, repeat, repeat.”

The Huskers will face off against the Iowa Hawkeyes in a three-game series this weekend.

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Although it was a sour loss for the team, Bolt said the loss wasn’t one that beat them off the path to the postseason.

“We’re staying on course,” Bolt said.

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Huskers ready for strong field at championships Michigan is an extremely gifted team. Our strength is that we have been really consistent lately.”

Nebraska set to take on Big Ten-loaded field, including defending champion Michigan, at NCAAs Staff Report DN The No. 11 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team is walking into a hostile environment on Thursday.

The reigning men’s gymnastics champs – the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines – are hosting the 2014 NCAA Championships. By the looks of their undefeated record, two Olympic athletes and multiple national team members, the Wolverines have a chance at defending their national title.

But Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka isn’t worried about the reigning champs. Just his team’s performance.

“We’re not really looking at Michigan or anybody else,” he said. “We’re just looking at our team and what we need to do to score the highest we’ve scored all season.”

Nebraska is familiar with the competing teams, though, considering six of them are from the Big Ten, including Michigan, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 5 Illinois, No. 6 Penn State, No. 7 Minnesota and No. 8 Iowa.

“We just have to worry about us and do our job to hit the best of our abilities,” Chmelka said.

Nebraska has shared the floor with all of the Big Ten teams this year except for Penn State.

Against the reigning champs, Nebraska took the 416.050-443.600 loss.

“Michigan is an extremely gifted team,” Chmelka said. “Our strength is that we have been really consistent lately. You look at other

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Nebraska junior Grant Perdue, a first-team All-American on the floor in 2012 and on vault in 2013, had a career-high score of 14.00 on rings against Air Force on Jan. 25. Perdue ranks in the top 20 nationally on floor and vault. teams, and their scores are really up and down. Our scores have been all roughly the same.”

Nebraska’s only take-all win this season was against Air Force in the second meet of the season.

Sophomore Ethan Lottman led

the team with the highest pommel horse score and the event title to help Nebraska take the 420.650415.300 win.

No. 10 Air Force was one of the 12 teams chosen to compete in the tournament on Thursday at the

Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Besides a weak spot on high bar, Chmelka said the team has strength in rings, as well as the five other events.

“We’re in about as great of shape as we’ve been in all season

NU takes back-and-forth dual

health-wise and mentally,” he said.

For the last two meets of the season, the Huskers posted their highest scores of 428.150 and 428.450.

Chmelka said this gave the

team confidence – something that can’t be overlooked in gymnastics.

“In gymnastics, that’s a lot,” he said. “If you have doubt, it’ll show. You’ll probably make a mistake.”

Nebraska has six seniors to help lead the team in championship competition. The team also has three returning All-Americans in sophomore Sam Chamberlain, senior Wyatt Aycock and junior Grant Perdue.

Chmelka said with these competitors and possibly junior Robbie Kocks, who was third on rings in the Big Ten Championships, redshirt freshman Austin Epperson and senior Donovan Arndt, the team could also have a chance at a few individual titles.

“In a competition like this, you need a lot of skill and a little luck bouncing your way,” the coach said. “You need to stick some dismounts. You’ve got to really be on your game and really be mentally prepared for the challenge.”

Chmelka is just hoping that with the team’s physical and mental health, the consistency in scoring and a little bit of luck, Nebraska will be able to make an impact among the slew of Big Ten rivals and NCAA competitors.

“We just really need to excel and start off strong,” Chmelka said. “But it’s just really hard because this is the best of the best.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

football practice notes

Huskers clinch victory with three-set win by Tom Blackwell in final match of competition at Iowa Staff Report DN Nebraska wanted to get off to a fast start in its dual at Iowa on Wednesday, and it did. Before the dual, Husker men’s tennis senior Brandon Videtich stressed the importance of winning the doubles point to open the meet.

Videtich and his partner, sophomore Bradford Zitsch, helped the Huskers do just that. Their 8-6 victory against Iowa seniors Brian Alden and Michael Swank kicked off a down-tothe-wire 4-3 Nebraska victory against Iowa in Iowa City.

Nebraska sophomores Marc Herrmann and Dusty Boyer also collected an 8-6 victory at No. 2 doubles against Iowa senior Jonas Dierckx and junior Matt Hagan.

The No. 3 match between senior Tom Blackwell and sophomore Scott Elsass of Nebraska and seniors Chase Tomlins and Joey White of Iowa ended with Nebraska leading.

The Hawkeyes responded in singles play. Iowa’s Alden defeated Nebraska’s Herrmann 7-5, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot. The No. 1 singles match finished soon afterward, with Nebraska’s Boyer defeating Iowa’s Dierckx 6-3, 6-4 to reclaim the Huskers’ lead in the dual.

Iowa’s Hagan then beat Nebraska sophomore Andrew Dzulynsky, who did not play in doubles, with identical

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Junior defensive lineman Aaron Curry, who played in all 13 games last season and finished with 26 tackles, is recovering from a neck sprain and will miss the spring game.

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Nebraska sophomore Dusty Boyer won both of his matches on Wednesday night at Iowa, winning at No. 2 doubles 8-6 and at No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-4. sets of 6-4 to knot the competition at 2.

The back-and-forth pattern continued, though, as the Huskers retook the lead by a point when junior Beau Treyz won a 6-4, 6-4 match of his own against the Hawkeyes’ Swank.

An Iowa comeback win by sophomore Dominic Patrick at No. 5 singles, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Nebraska freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos, tied

the dual at 3-3 with one match, the No. 3 singles match, left to finish.

In the final match, Nebraska’s Blackwell battled Iowa senior Juan Estenssoro, who had fresh legs from sitting out during doubles action, to a three-set victory, 6-1, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.

Blackwell’s win continued the trend of trading victories and sealed the dual for the visiting Huskers.

With the win, Nebraska moved to 10-10 (2-4 Big Ten) on the year and sent Iowa to 9-10 (1-6). The Huskers continue with three home duals over the weekend, against No. 34 Northwestern (15-9, 3-4) and NebraskaOmaha (6-12) on Friday and No. 11 Illinois (16-7, 5-2) on Sunday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior comes back from surgery Matt Record excelling for Huskers after life-threatening surgery days before season opener Riley Bowden DN Injury is an unfortunate reality in sports. You hear about concussions on the football field or torn ACLs on the basketball court, but rarely do you hear of an injury affecting a golfer ’s game.

Husker golf standout senior Matt Record came into the 20132014 golf season looking to play in every tournament this year.

But two days before the Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate in October, Record found himself in the emergency room.

Record’s lymph nodes swelled up, irritating an abscess under his tongue. Unable to breathe, Record underwent potentially life-threatening surgery to remove the abscess.

The surgery was successful, and fresh out of surgery in the recovery room, a teammate

of Record’s heard him say, “I’ll be ready for the tournament, Coach.”

Despite his best efforts, though, Record was unable to play in the tournament.

“I was super bummed I couldn’t play in the tournament because my goal was to play in every tournament this year,” Record said.

Record came to Nebraska last year as a junior transfer from South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Ariz. At South Mountain, Record enjoyed a lot of success, boasting a 70.8 scoring average and winning the 2012 NJCAA Player of the Year Award.

In his first year at Nebraska, Record led the squad in four of the 11 events he played in. Record’s 74.73 stroke average was the team’s second best in 201213, and he earned three top-10 finishes that year.

In the three events Record was able to compete in this fall, he posted a scoring average of 75.33, third best on the team.

During his recovery, Record was determined to come back and make an immediate impact for his team in the spring.

“It kind of opened my eyes a bit,” Record said. “Over break, I worked diligently on my swing

Over break, I worked diligently on my swing and mental game to ensure that I wouldn’t miss another tournament.”

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and mental game to ensure that I wouldn’t miss another tournament.”

He hasn’t.

Nebraska opened the spring at the Big Ten Match Play Championships, where they won just two of the 10 matches they competed in. Record struggled, losing both of the matches he competed in.

The Wyoming Cowboy Desert Intercollegiate was the Huskers’ second tournament of the season and where Record started to turn it on for the Nebraska squad. Record led the Huskers, firing a 1-under par three-round total of 215.

Since the Big Ten Match Play, Record’s stroke average has begun to fall. Record has played in all nine rounds for the team so far this spring, and his stroke average sits at an even 72. He has im-

proved his stroke average from the fall by nearly 3.5 strokes.

Coach Bill Spangler said having a consistent scorer such as Record on the squad helps immensely.

“Matt has always been a fighter,” Spangler said. “Matt has always had really a good feel and touch around the greens, so when he is able to get out and fine tune things it really helps.”

Record feels the team is ready to make an impression in its final three tournaments of the spring.

“I have a lot of confidence in my teammates and am proud to battle for each and every one of them,” Record said. “They are outstanding individuals and I’m excited to see our hard work pay off in the final three tournaments.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The Nebraska football team ended a stretch of 14 spring practices Wednesday.

Coach Bo Pelini said he was pleased with the spring as a whole but the last couple of practices in particular.

“The competition was good,” Pelini said. “We went into this thing wanting to lay a foundation; I think we’ve done that. We’ve identified a lot of guys, and we’ve identified a lot of places we need to grow.

“There are individual guys that need to keep coming and our knowledge needs to keep coming. I think we’re about where we should be. We’ve learned a lot about our football team this spring. We’ll go into the spring game and finish this thing off.”

All that’s left for the Huskers is the annual Red-White Spring Game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Pelini said the sky is the limit for this team, but it’s a long summer, and a lot can happen.

“If we don’t think about football until August and only worry about the conditioning aspect, it won’t happen for this football team,” Pelini said. “That’s the challenge I laid out for them from now until September. That’s a long time, but that’s what’s in front of them.

“Everything is out there for this football team to achieve. It won’t happen by chance, though. We have to have a group of guys that are all in to get done what we want to get done. ”

NU INCREASES RECRUITING EFFORT

With the close of spring practice comes an increase in

recruiting for Nebraska football coaches.

Nebraska has recently ramped up its recruiting staff with the addition of a couple of new recruiting managers.

“We feel really good about the guys that are here,” Pelini said. “They are football guys that have been on the road recruiting before. They understand the challenges.

“Recruiting is speeding up. That’s reality. The more we can get ahead of things, the more stones we can turn over and find guys, and make sure we can get exposed to guys a lot faster, we’re going to do it.

Having an expanded recruiting group is going to help us not only focus on our current class but also get ahead.”

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Don’t expect to see a lot of senior running back Ameer Abdullah and junior defensive end Randy Gregory on Saturday. Pelini said he wanted to avoid injury to the duo of AllBig Ten performers.

Also, junior defensive lineman Aaron Curry was announced as unavailable Wednesday, as he is recovering from a neck sprain he suffered during Saturday’s practice.

Pelini also said redshirt freshman linebacker Marcus Newby was day-to-day after spraining his back in practice Wednesday. The coach did say he thought Newby would play Saturday.

Compiled by Andrew Ward sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska sophomore third baseman Jake Placzek slides safely back to first base on a Kansas State pickoff attempt Wednesday night. Placzek was 2 for 4 at the plate with a strikeout and a run in the ninth inning to cut into the Wildcats’ lead.

Nebraska winning streak ends as rally in 9th falls short Story by Josh Kelly Photo by Amber Baesler

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t was one of the louder games of the season in both the stands and in the dugout as Kansas State beat the Nebraska baseball team 10-6 after some disputed calls.

The arguments were so strong that head coach Darin Erstad was ejected in the sixth inning after disagreeing about an out against sophomore catcher Taylor Fish.

After the ejection, associate head coach Will Bolt came in as the interim coach for the team. Bolt had an understanding of what happened, but he wasn’t able to hear what Erstad was saying through the upset roar from the crowd.

“Coach went out and had a conversation with the umpire, and I don’t know what they said,” Bolt said. “I guess Fish was out of the baseline. That was the impression that I got when they made the call.”

Once Erstad was thrown out, Bolt stepped in and made sure the players’ mentality stayed on the right path with plenty of baseball left in the game.

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NU looks to repeat as champion Husker bowling team travels to NCAA Championships hoping to defend 2013 national title Kimberly Merk DN The No. 2 Husker bowling team is headed to the NCAA Championships this weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Game of Wickliffe Bowling Center. Having won the championship last year, the team is hoping to repeat the same results in the tournament. Competing against other top 8 opponents such as No. 1 Arkansas State, No. 3 MarylandEastern Shore and No. 4 Central Missouri, the Nebraska team is excited and determined to perform what its been practicing during the past few weeks since its last competition.

“The NCAAs are a lot harder than any other tournament we go to file photo by cara wilwerding | dn because it’s the top 8,” sophomore Beth Hedley said. “You never have Nebraska junior Andrea Ruiz (left) and the No. 2 Huskers will compete in the NCAA Championa match that’s easier than another ships in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning Thursday. like you do at most tournaments. It’s pretty intense, but I would say it’s Redshirt freshman April Camp“Mindset is something we do is going to act. We’ve done our best the most enjoyable tournament of bell also believes the return of head plan for, and the mindset is without for preparation. This is a big deal.” the year. “ coach Bill Straub after he had sur- defense in what we do, it’s to take The Huskers are also looking Nebraska’s last appearance in gery in January has given the team care of your own business,” Klempa forward to the fun team-bonding a tournament was on March 9 at an extra push to do well in this said. “It’s to try and disregard your aspect of the tournament, as well as the Music City Classic in Nashville, weekend’s tournament. opponent and what they’re doing the tough competition that comes where it came in “I think that and simply take care of your job and along with it. fifth place out of 29 coach Straub the things you’re responsible for on “We have the time of our lives teams. With a few We’ve done since has been gone, we our side of the lane.” when we’re together,” Campbell weeks of practice our best for had to do so much Straub, back from his recovery said. “I think it’s going to be really and preparation for to come together as after an aortic dissection surgery, cool to be on TV and bowl for the the NCAAs, Ne- preparation. This a team,” Campbell believes a calm conscience will be championships. We’re kind of nerbraska focused on said. “I think we another key component to a successvous, but it’ll all work out.” the individual as- is a big deal.” have a really good ful weekend.

The three-day tournament bepects of the game. bill straub chemistry going into “The main thing is calmness, gins on Thursday with qualifying “We’re trying to bowling coach the tournament. I especially with all the young people rounds at 10:50 a.m., while Friday just stay on point,” also think that will we have,” Straub said. “If they can and Saturday will consist of doubleassistant coach Paul help us have a lot of keep their worry about their own elimination matches. Saturday’s Klempa said. “We’re fun and potentially do very well.” tasks at hand, meaning fundamental championship final will be televised stressing making good shots, makOther components for success, execution, it should go fine. If they on ESPNU at 7 p.m. ing spares, being able to be real consports@ according to Klempa, lie within the get bothered by how the opposition sistent, being confident and being dailynebraskan.com mindset going into the champion- is doing, it won’t be as good. It’s ready to go.” ships. hard to predict how an 18-year-old

Softball

Huskers play clean game to beat Panthers

quick outs,” Revelle said. “We just had a really efficient game in terms Nebraska rebounds of pitching.”

Junior right fielder Kylee Muir from loss, takes turned the double-zero game down Northern around when she stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the third.

Iowa behind shutout She hit the ball on her first attempt pitching, solid hitting and barely made it to first safely.

Freshman left fielder Kat Woolman followed her lead and hit the ball on her first attempt as well, Natasha Rausch and Muir advanced to third base DN on a throwing error.

By the time sophomore first The University of Northern Iowa baseman Dawna Tyson stepped couldn’t get past Nebraska pitch- up to bat, the Huskers had runners ing in Wednesday’s game. on the corners. Tyson hit the ball The Panthers were shut out to the outfield to forward Muir to and lost to the Huskers 4-0 in a home plate and to get the Huskers game that was decided by the their first run. fourth inning.

The Panthers got a few hits “We had a really clean game,” in the top of the fourth, but none coach Rhonda Revelle said. of them led home. With two runThe Panthers started the top of ners left on base by the Northern the first inning with Iowa offense, Neno hits as the Huskbraska maintained We just ers came in at the a 1-0 lead going bottom of the first into the bottom of had a really to do the same. the fourth, where No hits, no runs efficient game in it would notch the and no errors until win. terms of pitching.” the second inning.

Senior pitcher Northern Iowa hit Tatum Edwards rhonda revelle two line balls with and Knighten were softball coach their first hitters, on base as Muir but Nebraska freshstepped up to the man third baseman MJ Knighten plate. She hit the ball straight to didn’t let the ball get past third the fence for a double, allowing base and got all three outs in the Knighten and sophomore center top of the second. fielder Kiki Stokes to run home.

In the top of the third, sophoMuir finished the inning with a more pitcher Emily Lockman run of her own to put the score at stayed consistent with keeping 4-0. the Panthers away from the home Lockman was traded out for plate. Revelle said that’s what won Edwards in the top of the fifth. the game.

“We threw a lot of strikes and softball: see page 8