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Wendy Weiss, a professor and director of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, stands in a classroom at the Home Economics Building on East Campus Monday evening. Weiss was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar grant to continue researching the ikat weaving process in India. The process requires great attention to detail in preparing the yarn.

UNL professor earns grant to teach ikat weaving in India story by Jason Shaneyfelt photos by Chris Dorwart

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ive years ago, Wendy Weiss traveled about 8,000 miles to an Indian village to document ikat weaving.

Now, the professor of textile, merchandising and fashion design is preparing to go back and spread the technique with new technology.

Weiss received the Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar grant to continue her research in ikat weaving, a traditional art native to India that is

Campus networks largely unaffected

by Heartbleed bug, but IT suggests changing passwords

unique because the threads are bound tightly and dyed before they are woven. This results in the colored threads not aligning perfectly straight. Weiss has been practicing the technique ever since she began weaving.

“The weave structure is simple and straightforward,” she said. “It’s the way the threads are prepared for dyeing before they’re ever put on the loon that was of interest to me.”

She is also the director of UNL’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery.

After Heartbleed scare, UNL patches 50 vulnerable hosts

Weiss describes the ikat weaving process she will be researching during her time in India with a scarf she is wearing. She will be in Gujarat, India, beginning in October and continue her study through summer 2015. ikat: see page 2

Diego de los Reyes DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s information technology security team is recommending students change their passwords on major sites such as Facebook,

Google and Yahoo to protect themselves from the Heartbleed bug.

The Heartbleed bug, a vulnerability in a widespread Internet security protocol that was exposed last week, prompted Information Technology Services to begin investigation of its own networks. UNL’s security team discovered about 50 vulnerable hosts, and most of those were patched within the first two or three days.

“We scan every day, make sure they’re being remediated, and we just keep working through the problem,” said Michael Rutt, se-

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Budget cuts hearing draws few students, questions Nam Tran DN About 20 people came to the public hearing for the proposed $4.65 million in budget reductions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, but only one of them had anything to say.

The Academic Planning Committee, which acts as an adviser to the budget reduction process, invited students, faculty, staff and members of the public to the Nebraska Union Colonial Room at 3 p.m. Wednesday to voice their questions and concerns regarding the cuts, which Chancellor Harvey Perlman proposed in March to eliminate the university’s budget deficit.

Committee chairman Stephen Lahey, a classics and religious studies professor, asked the audience multiple times to come for-

ward with their remarks. He was met with silence.

The lone speaker was Kevin Knudson, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska president.

The junior political science major asked for details about Perlman’s proposal to reduce state funding in the Office of Student Affairs, which would require some expenses currently covered by state funding to be paid for with student fees.

“My biggest question was about moving judicial affairs from the state funding to student fees,” Knudson said.

Judicial Affairs, a branch of the Student Affairs office that deals with legal matters, isn’t currently funded by student fees. Knudson was wondering how the university will avoid increasing student fees if they are to fund the branch.

“I’m glad we had the turnout we had. That means there’s significant interest in the process, that means the word got out.” bill nunez academic planning committee secretary

None of the members of the board were able to answer his question.

Bill Nunez, Institutional Research and Planning director and committee secretary, said Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco could provide an answer.

“That would probably be the most appropriate path, because I doubt there’ll be any individuals on this panel that could answer directly,” Nunez said.

Because no one else wanted to speak, Lahey read the written communications the committee received.

One of the written questions was in response to the recommendation of withholding 1 percent of the anticipated 3 percent salary increase pool. The writer asked if the reduction in the salary increase pool would also be applicable to senior administrators.

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The Academic Planning Committee held a budget hearing Wednesday in the Nebraska Union. The forum lasted about 10 minutes, with only one person asking a question.

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ASUN senate boasts increased diversity Executives say they tried to attract non-white senators who ‘brought a lot to the table’ REECE RISTAU DN Luscalors Lucien Nana Yobo is one of about seven senators in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s student government who isn’t white.

Nana Yobo, an international graduate student in geology, is from Limbe, Cameroon, and was recently elected to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. He said he ran for student government to represent classmates who are “forgotten about,” such as international and graduate students.

In the past year, ASUN has been a target of controversy surrounding race, leading to criticism for the body’s lack of diversity.

But that status quo has changed, recently elected ASUN President Kevin Knudson, a junior political science major, said.

“I think it’s pretty obvious that our senate is much more diverse than last year,” Knudson said.

Seven of the group’s 29 senators are non-white. Last semester, the group only had a hfew non-white senators. Knudson aid the increase was an active effort by his campaigning party to increase the variety of students in senate.

“We definitely wanted to look around and not just because they are diverse,” he said.

“There’s always going to be criticism of the senate not being diverse enough.” luscalors lucien nana yobo asun senator

“We really made sure to pick some people that brought a lot to the table.”

Another new nonwhite senator is Karanbir Hundal, a senior actuarial science and finance major from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During his time at UNL, he said he hasn’t faced any personal racial issues and thinks UNL makes diversity a priority.

“Still, there are things you need to keep in check,” Hundal said, referring to past racial events within ASUN. Issues of race at UNL were pushed into the spotlight last semester. At the Nov. 13, 2013, ASUN senate meeting, former Sen. Cameron Murphy, a graduate student in nutrition, used racial slurs while debating a resolution about derogatory language-use by senators. Murphy’s comments also touched on the Monday Night Live skits during Homecoming Week, which some students said were offensive to Mexican American students.

A few weeks after Murphy’s debate, a racial slur was written in chalk in front of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.

These events sparked action from the UNL administration: the Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever campaign. The program included an open forum discussion with students and Chancellor Harvey Perlman.

Criticisms were directed

at the ASUN senate because it was a mostly white entity governing a student body that is 12 percent non-white, according to the Institutional Research and Planning data. Knudson said the new executive team will continue spreading awareness within ASUN through sensitivity and diversity training and ensuring that each committee has students that represent the campus.

Nana Yobo began his undergraduate career in 2008 at Fresno State University, where he said race isn’t as prevalent because there is so much diversity.

Nana Yobo said he doesn’t think slight changes in diversity ratios should be significant.

“There’s always going to be criticism of the senate not being diverse enough,” Nana Yobo said. “People sit in offices to make decisions for other people and have no idea what it’s like being in their shoes. It shouldn’t affect anything, but it does.”

Nana Yobo said the solution is ASUN senators doing more than attending Wednesday night meetings. Nana Yobo said he thinks an “open office day,” where students can see what ASUN is doing to connect with all students, would be beneficial. “(The solution) is connecting with other students,” he said. “It’s ASUN putting out more intentional activities that will rebrand itself.”

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UNLPD stands by ability to handle riots Colleen Fell DN Several riots taking place on college campuses during the past few months have led to arrests, injuries and ruined plans.

But according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department, these riots haven’t and are unlikely to happen here. The university and campus police said they take steps to prevent riots.

“Nebraska does have a reputation for being hospitable to outside football teams, and I think that carries over to the attitude we see in the students,” UNLPD Sgt. John Backer said.

Charlotte Evans, assistant chief of UNLPD, said there haven’t been riots on the campus since she has worked here.

The last serious riots that occurred in eastern Nebraska took place in Omaha during the 1970s when thousands of youth activists protested the Vietnam War. Around the same time, UNL students led a two-day strike in protest of the Vietnam War, but no such events have occurred since.

Other cities and universities haven’t been so lucky.

One of the most recent student ri- people get arrest records that would not normally find themselves in trouots took place at Iowa State University ble.” about two weeks ago when actions Another recent case of a college by students and out-of-town guests caused the cancellation of the school’s riot happened at the University of Connecticut after the school’s March VEISHA celebration, a weeklong seMadness champiries of spirit events onship win on April that takes place each People 7. spring.

Basketball fans About 50 people get hurt, smashed a window were arrested, many in an engineering of them out-of-town property gets building, broke guests, after a riot damaged and street lights and that including tipoverturned furniping over parked people get arrest cars and light poles. records that would ture inside of the school’s student One student was seunion. Police arriously injured dur- not normally find rested more than 30 ing the incident. After themselves in people, but no serithe incidents, Iowa ous injuries were State chose to cancel trouble.” reported. all VEISHA-related When it comes activities for the reCharlotte Evans to larger UNL mainder of the week assistant chief of unlpd events, event staff and weekend. take precautions Evans said she is and make sure to glad that UNL hasn’t plan ahead to prevent any problems faced a similar issue.

“It’s important to help everyone from arising.

Mickey McConkey, a senior adremember that riots create a dangervertising and public relations major ous environment,” she said. “People get hurt, property gets damaged and and a member of University Program

Council, helped to plan the Big Sean concert April 9.

Before these types of events happen, UPC meets with UNLPD to discuss what will happen at the event and what to do in case of emergencies, McConkey said.

“We, as UPC, can only do so much,” McConkey said. “But we’re always in constant contact with the police during the event.”

He said UPC has a GroupMe chat set up so that if organization members see anything, they can quickly find the nearest officer and diffuse the situation as quickly as possible.

For the smaller fights that happened during the concert on the Nebraska Union greenspace, police were quick to act.

“The only tricky thing was that there wasn’t really a point of entry,” McConkey said. “But police made sure they didn’t come back in.”

The message of widespread public safety rings true for many students.

“Everyone on campus has a desire to be in a safe environment,” Backer said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

ikat: from 1 Weiss will leave for Gujarat, India, this October and will be there for nine months.

“She’s a committed textile artist and educator,” said Pat Crews, a professor of textiles, merchandising and fashion design and a member of the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery committee. “She is a passionate advocate for women and for empowering them economically through arts, crafts and textile production, which is one reason I felt that she was a particularly ideal candidate for this Fulbright.”

Weiss received a Fulbright in 2009 that allowed her to study in India from January to May. Weiss was invited to stay in an Indian village where she documented each stage of the ikat weaving process with photos and video.

Her work from her 2009 trip will be published in the May issue of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice.

This time, she plans to bring ikat design software with her on her laptop. Weiss said she learned that many young ikat weavers in

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Weiss assists a student during her class in the Home Economics Building on East Campus Monday evening. Weiss was awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar grant to continue researching the ikat weaving process in India.

India typically stick to repeating the same historical designs be-

cause of a lack of training in the craft. She is hoping new technol-

ogy and the ability it gives them to create their own designs will inspire them to better learn the craft and pursue it professionally.

“It’s a leap of faith saying that people that pretty much take designs from others or look at historical patterns and then translate them in their own fabric would be interested in developing original designs because they don’t really have training,” Weiss said.

Traveling to another country with a completely different culture has its challenges such as differences in language. To prepare for this, Weiss has dedicated herself to the task of learning Hindi during the last several months. She said building communication between different cultures is ultimately what the Fulbright program is all about.

“It’s really exciting, and it fulfills the mission of Fulbright, which is to connect to people on a personto-person level and build relationships that way,” Weiss said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs 3 students cited for playing catch in restricted area

Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students learned the hard way early Sunday morning that you can’t play a game of catch just anywhere.

The three men were cited after police saw them jumping over a fence to use the Vine Street Recreational Fields, police said. Police spoke with the three men shortly after they hopped back over the fence.

The men were Luke Glassman, a senior economics and theater major, Andreas Miles-Novelo, a sophomore English and psychology major, and Cole Juckette, a freshman history major.

All three admitted to being in the field when they weren’t supposed to be. They told police they were playing catch. Police said none of the men were drinking.

All three were cited and released for 2nd Degree Trespassing.

Fires near Antelope Valley Parkway and Vine Street prompt emergency responders

Three small fires in the area of Antelope Valley Parkway and Vine Street required a visit from UNLPD and Lincoln Fire and Rescue Friday afternoon.

An officer first saw a small fire on a road median, and two more small fires were spotted a bit later on the same median.

A fire extinguisher was used to put out the fires, and LFR arrived and put water on the smoldering wood chips.

The cause is unknown, but police said these types of fires are usually because of improperly discarded smoking materials.

Bull kicks faculty member on East Campus

A bull proved to be no match for a UNL faculty member, even though the animal was more than five times his size.

The faculty member was working at the University of Nebraska Bull Sale last Saturday on East Campus when he was in a pen with the bull, and the animal suddenly kicked him.

The faculty member lost consciousness for less than a minute and refused further medical assistance.

LFR determined the man’s injuries were not lifethreatening.

UNLPD investigate vandalism of Sanctuary Sculpture

A UNL fixture is in disarray after a mysterious vandalism, police said.

The outdoor Sanctuary Sculpture near the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery was damaged sometime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. One of the sculpture’s bronze poles had been bent from its original upright position. Police are still trying to find out who did it. The damage value will not be known until the sculpture is appraised.

—Compiled by Colleen Fell news@dailynebraskan.com

heartbleed: from 1 Most of the schools in the Big Ten are taking the stance that they’re going to sit back and evaluate (the risk) once all the patching is done.”

Rick Haugerud

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nior information security analyst.

Heartbleed is especially dangerous because it allows anyone on the Internet to view without a trace encrypted information that would usually be secure – things such as user names and passwords, instant messages, emails and business documents.

“Open SSL has a vulnerability that allows someone to disguise itself as what’s called a ‘heartbeat,’ and it goes out there and asks for data,” said Cheryl O’Dell, senior information security analyst with ITS. “They can take all those random bits and put them together, line them up in a string and they can see what was stored on that server.”

After the bug was exposed, many major websites started patching the vulnerability, but security experts say it’s still necessary to change passwords to completely new ones and to not repeat them between sites.

If the need arises, the UNL IT security team might request a password change for a specific service. That request will not include any links and will be signed with the IT security analyst’s name, phone number and email so recipients can verify the message’s validity.

Ricky Keim, senior informa tion security analyst at UNL, recommends users to change their password in affected sites as a security measure.

“The thing is, if you change your password in the site, make sure they’ve already fixed the vulnerability,” he said. “Or you’re not doing any good, because you’re exchanging a password while it’s still vulnerable.”

There’s no indication that hackers knew about the bug before last week, although it has existed since 2012. The only leak so far that explicitly references the bug was one of Canadian social insurance numbers, as announced by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

“Most of the schools in the Big Ten are taking the stance that they’re going to sit back and evaluate (the risk) once all the patching is done,” said Rick Haugerud, director of IT security at UNL. “If that information were to leak out, then what’s the recommendation? From there, chances are that most of them will encourage all of their faculty, staff and students to change passwords.”

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FFA says state needs more ag educators Agribusiness creates alluring job field that takes education majors away from teaching Tyler Williams dn

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Mark Carter, a senior PGA golf management major, practices his swings with the help of a golf simulator in Keim Hall.

Students find opportunities in golf Nicole Rauner DN Patrick Hagenbucher doesn’t just play golf all day.

The senior PGA golf management major, one of about 100 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has spent his educational career not just perfecting his golf swing but also taking courses in math, communications, natural sciences, economics, food service management and business.

The program is one of only two like it in the Big Ten. Hagenbucher said about 40 students enroll each year but only about 18 are left by senior year. He said managing a golf course is a demanding job.

“You’re working weekends and holidays when everyone else has off,” he said.

Hagenbucher said he enrolled in the program because UNL is close to his hometown

and has great golf facilities.

In Keim Hall on East Campus, where the students take their classes, there’s a student room with a projector, lawn tables and a TV that’s always playing golf. Hagenbucher said he likes to study in the facilities and relax between classes there.

Keim also hosts also a teaching lab with high-definition cameras as well as club repair equipment and launch monitors for hitting golf balls in the winter, he said.

Hagenbucher plans to work as an assistant professional at a golf course after graduation. His job will consist of maintaining green grass facilities, planning tournaments, ordering merchandise, interacting with members and coordinating junior programs.

Hagenbucher has a leadership minor and a business minor, which he said most students in the program end up with at graduation because it’s built into the

There are so many different fields that majors from this program can go into. It’s not just working at a golf course.”

Brad Goetsch

unl instruction coordinator for pga golf management program

program.

The program at UNL is oneof-a-kind because the Professional Golfers Association isn’t looking to add the program to any more schools, said Brad Goetsch, instruction coordinator for the golf management program at UNL. “The benefit to that is when our students come out of graduation and secure direct employment, they’re directed to PGA membership,” he said.

This means students get help

in the job search and with logo usage or branding. Goetsch said the school gets more requests for interns than it has students to place, so the market for golf management is booming.

“It’s growing for sure,” he said. “The industry … leveled off around 2008. But there are so many different fields that majors from this program can go into.

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Nebraska needs more agriculture educators.

That was the consensus at the Future Farmers of America convention held in Lincoln last week.

There are currently 7,100 active students enrolled in FFA programs and courses throughout the state, with more than 150 schools currently providing agriculture classes. This enrollment is a state record that hasn’t been surpassed since 1950, and more students continue to enroll. But while the student body is growing, the pool of teachers is shrinking.

The University of NebraskaLincoln had 61 agriculture education majors in fall 2013. The number fluctuates every year but was the same in 2000.

One of the main reasons for the statewide teacher shortage is the rapid growth of agriculture education programs in Nebraska. State Director of Agriculture Education Matt Kreifels said four programs were started in the last five years, and five more schools, some located in Lincoln and Omaha, are working on providing students with agriculture classes by next year.

“Agribusiness has been ramping up efforts and making really good offers to agriculture education majors,” Kreifels said.

Agribusiness values agriculture education majors for their diverse knowledge and communication abilities. So when students graduate from these programs, large agribusinesses offer them better contracts than many schools are capable of, Kreifels said.

“Agribusinesses are our biggest ally but also the biggest diversion of our agriculture teachers,”

Kreifels said.

Kreifels said while many will bring up teacher pay as a reason for the lack of educators, beginning pay for agricultural teachers is competitive because it includes insurance coverage. Also agricultural teachers often sign extended contracts with schools adding thousands of dollars to their total pay. And agriculture teachers can earn extra duty pay through FFA work.

“Anything related to teaching is stigmatized as not being paid well,” said Lloyd Bell, a professor of agricultural leadership, education and communication. “But our teachers are making in the ballpark of $36,000 to $37,000.”

Bell said agricultural education requires the same core skills as any education field including good interpersonal skills and a passion and ability to work with different age levels. However, Bell said an increasing number of agriculture education majors are coming to school for the leadership aspect and lack the background in agriculture that previous classes of educators had.

Currently there are six to seven open positions in agriculture education in Nebraska. If 15 people every year graduated with a degree in agricultural education then that would be enough to keep new programs full of both students and educators, Kreifels said.

“This is a national issue, and we lose teachers to other states because they need them too,” Kreifels said.

In an effort to increase the amount of qualified agriculture teachers, the Nebraska Farm Bureau has created a scholarship and loan assistance program.

The scholarship is available to UNL agriculture education majors and would pay $1,200 of student teaching, which would cover about half the cost of a semester.

The loan assistance program is intended to help qualified educators in the field deal with student debt.

“We feel this (farm bureau program) is going to make a significant difference,” Kreifels said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

ASUN chooses senators to fill FCLA committee staff report DN Three student senators were elected for open student government positions Wednesday.

The Freshman Campus Leadership Associates’ appointment board members will be Sen. Shannon Pestel, a sophomore turfgrass and landscape management major, and Sen. Leemah Nasrati, a sophomore exploratory major.

The two will work to appoint incoming freshman to various positions within FCLA. Their election took place at the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s weekly senate meeting.

Pestel said she worked last summer with New Student En-

rollment and is passionate about getting freshmen involved with ASUN. Nasrati said she wanted the position because she is hardworking and can compromise but would stand her ground when she feels passionately about something.

Additionally, Sen. Thien Chau, a junior environmental studies and political science major, was elected uncontested as Environmental Leadership Program appointment board member.

Kevin Knudson, ASUN president and a junior political science major, said he plans to have other ASUN committees solidified by Sunday.

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The answer is yes, Lahey said.

The second written communication recommended that UNL transfer funds from the current athletic budget to the operating fund at the university to meet the shortfall.

The writer also recommended the NU Board of Regents require a fixed percentage such as 15 to 20 percent of all income from athletic events be transferred to the operating budget of the university.

The writer said the Athletic Department seemed to operate as a separate entity from the university it represents and it makes logical and good business sense for the Athletic Department to assist in supporting the university. One idea was to take 50 percent of the funds generated from the spring game and keep it within the university’s general fund.

Lahey said he didn’t have an answer to this question. Nunez said the question will be carried forward to the chancellor for a response.

Lahey said the committee has to make a choice between targeting academic programs or employee salaries, for the most part.

Reductions in employee salary increases make up $3.2 million of the proposed $4.65 million in savings.

The committee will vote on budget recommendations at a

meeting next week and send its proposals to the chancellor.

At the end of the meeting, Lahey said he was “thrilled” at the attendance.

“I would honestly request that you present any thoughts even if you don’t have questions or comments,” he said to the audience.

“That there are so many people interested here suggests great interest in the issue and in the process, and I would welcome your input.”

And after being met with silence, Lahey was left with no choice but to call for a motion to adjourn.

“I’m glad we had the turnout we had,” Nunez said. “That means there’s significant interest in the process, that means the word got out but when you don’t have people speaking maybe that’s telling in of itself – I don’t know. But we gave people the opportunity, and I think that’s our job.”

Lahey said he initially thought the meeting was going to be long because of the audience size, but the entire meeting lasted about 10 minutes.

“People are interested; they want to see what’s happening,” he said. “But apparently they aren’t as invested.”

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Rising disinterest at UNL indicates troubling trend Kevin Knudson is the only University of Nebraska-Lincoln student who cares about the upcoming $4.65 million in budget reductions.

That’s the impression one might have gathered from Wednesday’s Academic Planning Committee hearing, which gave UNL students, faculty and staff a chance to speak up and ask questions about the budget cuts. Knudson, president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and junior political science major, is the only student – the only person at all – who bothered to speak at the hearing.

To be fair, about 20 people attended the hearing, and two people submitted written comments beforehand. But even after the APC chairman begged the audience to speak up, they remained silent.

Their silence, along with the university community’s lack of attendance, is unsettling.

Budget cuts are sticky to navigate. This particular package of cuts, proposed by UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, amounts primarily to a 1 percent reduction across the board in planned salary increases for faculty. It’s clear that Perlman was trying to avoid affecting students and academic programs, which is great. But we’re confused and troubled that no one had any questions regarding an obviously complicated budget reduction process that will affect many areas of their university. The lack of concern indicates a disturbing precedent for student interest in these kinds of issues.

And what’s more, the hearing wasn’t equipped with anyone prepared to answer the only question the committee faced. Why wasn’t Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco present at a meeting about budget reductions in the department he manages? And why wasn’t Perlman there?

The sky isn’t falling: Perlman’s budget cuts aren’t going to swoop in and eliminate any crucial programs or services. But Wednesday’s events seem to be the latest event in a series that indicates stunning levels of student apathy. If $4.65 million won’t get students’ attention, we’re not sure what will.

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Plan for children while in college

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ast week, the Pew Research Center published a study indicating that, after decades of decline, the share of stay-at-home mothers is increasing. In 2012, 29 percent of mothers didn’t work outside of the home (compared with 23 percent, the all-time low in 1999). This increase is somewhat because of growing immigrant populations, but it also appears to be driven by economic and social factors. There’s increasing pressure on parents to strike a sustainable work–home balance, and it pays to plan ahead.

As college students, having children might be the farthest thing from our minds. However, it’s important to realize that the choices we make now about our career paths may limit our options in the future when we are trying to find the best work-home balance. Although parents share responsibilities, the distribution of the work load can be a problem if both parents want or need to work, especially if the cost of day care is very high.

According to a 2012 report by Child Care Aware America, day care costs in 31 states are more than in-state tuition and fees at public college. In Nebraska, the difference between the cost of day care and college is small, but that still means day care costs a lot. Many parents, especially those with little education, may find that having one parent at home actually makes the most economic sense.

State lawmakers must act to lower cost of college

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am Seaborn, the fictional deputy White House communications director on the 1990s sitcom “The West Wing” once said that “schools should be palaces … (and teachers) should be making six-figure salaries.” Well said, Sam. Schools should absolutely be a warm environment for students to embrace learning and gain an appreciation for their interests.

This applies to college, too. College is for everyone who wants to advance his or her education. If we don’t do our best to provide a higher place of learning to as many students as possible, then we are responsible for the slow depreciation of the American public education system.

Everyone should have access to public education. According to a Huffington Post poll, 62 percent of registered voters feel the cost of college isn’t at a level most people can afford. There are millions of people who feel education is of the utmost importance – but still, working full-time jobs trying to support themselves and possibly others isn’t how young people should begin their careers and lives as adults.

There are people who don’t want or need to attend college. There are also students who want to attend college who are working in a full-time job because they can’t afford tuition on their salary alone.

If a student’s parents can’t afford tuition and he or she doesn’t receive enough scholarships, grants or loans, college becomes impossible. College course work is rigorous, and there are students who don’t want to be here – but if you want to be here, then damn it, you should have that opportunity. This is the land of opportunity. Let’s do something about higher education in the U.S. and make it affordable for everyone.

There are several possible causes behind higher education’s growing costs. The Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA) is a formula the Nebraska Legislature uses to delegate funds to public education in the state. Maybe the problem begins here. There are many legislators who want to delegate money to property tax relief in the state. In fact, Gov. Dave Heineman vetoed three appropriations bills this legislative session because there wasn’t enough money delegated to property tax relief. Contrarily, property taxes are one of the

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main ingredients for funding public elementary schools, high schools and universities in the state.

One can only wonder how much money is being pulled from education. Relieving tax payers is No. 1 on so many agendas that we forget about the upside to paying taxes – educating future leaders.

Financial background shouldn’t determine college admission. Public universities should be open to the everyone. Instead, students with good academic standing but a lack of financial merit are unable to attend school. These students shouldn’t be denied a chance to learn. In fact, a Harvard University researcher found in 2011 that students with legacy status’s chances of admission were more than 23 percent higher than nonlegacies. You probably aren’t shocked by this figure; it’s the same stuff we hear all the time. For instance, a U.S. News article from April 10 reported that college savings make up 10 percent of the total money saved by low-income families today. Sixty-three percent of low-income families not saving for college costs are foregoing it simply because they can’t spare the extra cash.

The issues associated with college affordability are ones for school administrators, state legislatures and state boards of education. These issues can’t be handled by one teacher in one classroom, or one board of admission at one school – this is an issue facing schools all over the country. A problem of this magnitude can only be combatted by legislatures funding public schools, and Nebraska can start the trend by putting property tax relief on hold while we give public education our full attention.

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

Devin Grier

If you’re in college right now, you probably won’t have to worry about not being able to afford day care. However it’s still important to realize that the economic strain children bring with them is quite substantial. It’s also important to realize that the career path you pursue may actually shut the door in the other direction.

For instance, it isn’t very easy to leave medicine for a few years and then come back.

Doctors have to continuously meet rigorous standards, and if you fall too far behind it becomes difficult to ever practice medicine again. The flexibility of your future job may make staying home with children for even a few months very hard. What future jobs are available to you depends on the major you choose, which brings me to the point.

When deciding on a major, take a few minutes to consider what doors it may shut for you as a future parent. Even if you have al-

ready picked a major, it’s likely you can still alter your career path to fit your needs. Keep in mind you can’t plan for everything – every parenting situation is unique – and it’s important to have different options available to you.

Parents at home and parents who work can both be happy and fulfilled, and children can thrive in each situation, but you have to make the right decision for you.

It would be nice if day care (and college) cost less. It would also be nice if employers were more accommodating to new parents – such as with paid maternity/paternity leave or more flexibility to work part-time. But the reality is that these things are largely out of your control, and you have to plan around them.

Having the choice to stay home or go to work may turn out to be very important to you.

The cost of childcare is high, and if you want to have a work-home balance with both having a job and staying at home, it’s definitely a good idea to start planning on it now. It might not be a deciding factor for you when picking a major, but it will probably steer your career path later on. No matter what, it’s something worth considering, and in the future you’ll probably be glad you did.

Devin Grier is a freshman biological systems engineering major.

Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Cars on campus create more problems than perks

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efore I started college, I told myself I didn’t need to bring my car to school.

As I started the year, I found myself constantly asking my roommate when she would be going to the closest convenience store. I also found myself tagging along with anybody who went anywhere just to get out of the residence halls. When I went home for fall break, I drove my car so many places because I missed it so much. After Thanksgiving break, I decided to bring my car to school. It was a good idea for me, but in general it’s probably a bad idea.

Having a car at college can be really expensive.

According to Marc A. Wojno, senior associate editor of Kiplinger ’s Personal Finance, one thing college students don’t really need is a car. “In a ninemonth academic year, the average small sedan would rack up about $3,500 in expenses, including costs for gas, standard maintenance and insurance, according to AAA,” Wojno said. “Parking permits and any tickets or breakdowns would add even more to the bill.”

According to an article in College Parent Central, as much as 70 percent of college-age students own or have access to cars. The same article reflects on how students and their parents should decide if the student needs a car on campus. Would you rather have people taking you to places you need to go or become a “taxi service” for all of your friends? If you think you will have a lot of friends from out of state and want to bring your car your first year of college, start getting used to dragging people around. They won’t ever stop asking either.

When I moved my car here, I paid almost $500 for a parking permit and filled my gas tank so I could drive around Lincoln. What I didn’t know was that I would become everyone’s personal driver. Of all the times I drove, I only received gas money once. One time I even received a parking ticket while taking someone somewhere. Luckily it was only $10, and the person paid for it.

I know someone who has used me just for my car several times. The only times he’s ever been nice to me are when he’s under the influence. One day, he asked a few people he knew had cars to take

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him to the hospital because he had a slight fever. I said no, but only because he asked someone else to use my car to drive him. He found someone to take him there, finally. Afterward, he again asked the same person he did earlier to use my car and pick him up from the hospital. I said no for the same reason.

Besides all the annoyances, it’s possible to live without a car your first year of college. Not having a car keeps you on campus and lets you focus on school work. You won’t have the urge to drive somewhere when you’re under the influence Friday night and want cheap food. Plus you won’t have to pay for gas and won’t be stuck being your friends’ taxi service.

Normally I’m someone who doesn’t like to say no to people because I like to keep them happy. But ever since I’ve brought my car to school, that’s all changed. I now tell people that I will take them somewhere only when I need to go there myself.

Driving people around has also made me more aggressive toward others, something I’m definitely not used to. At first I thought bringing my car here would make my life a lot easier. Instead it turned into something I’ve grown not to love.

To people who have recently brought their cars out to college: Get ready for insensitive people who won’t care about your plans. And to friends of people with cars: Your friend is not a taxi. Try riding the bus.

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

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UNL play ‘In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)’ goes beyond nudity, sexuality themes

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n the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)” combines sexual intimacy with the idea of feeling alone in a room full of people, according to director Jeremy Skidmore.

He said even though the play has levity and comedy, “ultimately the play is about finding that balance between work and love and family so that no one thing suffers.”

The play tells the story of Dr. Givings, who wants to further his career as a doctor trying to help

women with “hysteria,” a commonly diagnosed sickness in the 1800s. Because the doctor is so obsessed and passionate about his job and healing others, he doesn’t realize how neglected his wife, Catherine Givings, feels, Skidmore said.

One of the play’s messages is trying to feel like “you’re a part of something bigger than yourself,” he said.

“One of the challenges that (one of) the main characters has dealt with is that she’s just had a

baby and figured out that her milk isn’t healthy,” Skidmore said. “So she has to rely on the nurse to care for her child, and there’s already this separation from the life that she just brought into the world.”

Every character in the play is trying to be successful in their careers, their love lives and their families and households.

“In The Next Room” is about trying to find that balance between every passion the character has.

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›› Meghan Modrovsky, a senior theater major, gets fitted into her costume moments before the live showing of “In the Next Room.“

ashington, D.C., director Skidmore likes directing at universities because it means he can get his hands “a little bit dirtier” in terms of being able to let the actors experiment with their roles.

“I see the director’s role as making sure everybody is on the same page and communicating, making sure that everything is going in the same direction and telling the same story,” Skidmore said.

While directing “In the Next Room,” he said he was more able to work with each student directly.

He describes this play as more of

a learning experience for students so that they know what it’s like to perform in a professional environment.

Skidmore said the theater has held four-hour rehearsals six days a week for the last six weeks.

He also said “In the Next Room” is the kind of play that lets directors give their female actresses strong, dimensional roles, but he said the challenging part of the play, especially in a university environment, is the content, which in this case has both nudity and sexual themes.

“Even though the play is set in the 1880s, the content that was

very provocative then is still provocative now,” Skidmore said.

“Sexuality is something we tend to not talk about openly. We do more now than we used to, but the idea of masturbation can be taboo.”

He said it’s also important when directing a play with nudity to decide whether the nudity is vital to the play. In the case of “In the Next Room,” Skidmore said he feels the nudity is important.

“The only way for them to get more intimate is to be completely, literally and figuratively naked in front of each other as man and wife,” he said.

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r. Givings is described as a “down-to-earth, common man,” by the actor who plays him, senior theater major Ryan Rabstejnek.

“He’s trying to balance everything,” Rabstejnek said. “He cares so much about everything that it’s hard for him to focus on just one thing.”

When Rabstejnek first read his script, he said he thought of Dr. Givings as “a jerk who didn’t care about his wife,” but as he read on and analyzed his character more, Rabstejnek realized Dr. Givings’ fault is caring too much about too many things: his family, his wife, his career and furthering his career.

Rabstejnek said because of the play’s second title “The Vibrator Play,” it comes across as having sexual themes as the most important aspect.

But he said the message runs deeper than that.

“Everyone jumps to the sexual

aspects,” he said. “It’s so much tioning household,” Huston said.

Because Huston has a quieter more. It’s not about the nudity or the vibrators; it’s about the rela- personality, stepping into the hightionships. So I was dealing with energy character of Catherine Givthe sexual aspects while also trying ings was a new challenge for her. “ F i n d i n g to make the relationwhere her center ships real.” of energy is has Lauren Huston, It’s not become helpful for a senior theater and about me,” she said. “I communications mahad conversations jor who plays Dr. Giv- the nudity or with the director ings’ wife, Catherine, about not making said her friendship the vibrators; her too flighty and with Rabstejnek made it’s about the contrasting her it easier for them to relationships.” with Nora from ‘A play their roles toHouse,’ so gether. She said after Ryan Rabstejnek Doll’s that she is energetreading the script dr. givings ic but also strong for the first time she and comfortable.” thought of Mrs. GivBoth Rabsteings as an angsty character but soon realized she is jnek and Huston had to come to terms with performing nude for the just curious and full of energy. first time, but both said despite it “She wants ultimately what any woman in a marriage wants, which being nerve-racking at first, the enis to be happy, to feel loved, to be vironment made it easy to slip into and become comfortable with. independent and to have a func-

David Fox, a senior theater major, checks his hair and make-up before the first live performance of “In the Next Room.“

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rented lamp worth $150 will sit on the stage of the play “In the Next Room” as part of the Victorian set design.

Third-year graduate student Joshua Raj Rajaee just hopes it doesn’t fall over.

But this is by far not the most unusual prop that Rajaee had to find.

Rajee raked through thrift stores in Lincoln to find the perfect appliances, lamps and practical pieces for the setting of the show. Then he took to online shopping to find the last prop: vibrators from Ebay.

“In the Next Room” is a serious comedy about a doctor who cures women of hysteria and depression through the use of a vibrator. He does this in an operating room in his house, next to his living room.

Because the setting of the play mainly takes place in these two rooms, Rajaee had to come up with a unique approach when constructing the set, so he utilized the levels of the two rooms.

“I had to find some way to show the

audience that there were two very specific and separate rooms, so I took the operating room side of the theater and placed it about a foot and a half higher than the living room area and separated the rooms with a door,” Rajaee said. “So when they go through the door, they are ‘in the next room.’”

Rajaee also created the distinction by using different tones in each individual room and different patterns of wallpaper.

“The biggest challenge was designing and creating the wallpaper,” Rajaee said. “The wallpaper is actually painted on with a stencil that the paint crew could handle multiple times, so they could paint the high walls,” Rajaee said. “The walls themselves are about 15 feet tall.

They’re huge.”

In order to get all of the props and scene established, Rajaee was given a large budget. He was allotted $550 for the props budget and $2,000 to $3,000 for the rest of the set.

“It was a big budget because of the

time period,” Rajaee said, “But I do a lot of thrift shopping. I go to a lot of antique stores — especially for the time period things.

Although the majority of the play takes place in the two rooms, there is one scene that made the end of the play a little tricky for Rajaee.

“One of the biggest challenges in the show was that the end of the show takes place in a garden, so I had to create a way for there to be a garden on stage, and somehow have these 15-foot walls disappear in some shape or form,” Rajaee said.

“I’m not going to give away how I did it because it’s a surprise, and I want the audience to go “ooh” and “ahh,” but there is this really cool thing that we were able to do to create this surreal garden scene.”

Rajaee has been acting in Nebraska since he was in high school and moved from Norfolk to Crete and then to Lincoln. Now, after many years of the “roller coaster weather with too many ups and downs,” he is ready for a more “regular

climate.” At the end of the semester Rajaee is moving out to L.A. where he already has a full-time scenic design job at the Class Act Musical Theatre that has been waiting on him for about a year.

This will be his last play at UNL, and he said believes that everyone should go to it.

“I believe that more people need to, I guess, experience the culture of theater.

You know, you could go see a movie for 12 bucks, or you can come see a play here for 10 dollars or so and it’s live action,” Rajaee said. “It’s like 3D but better than 3D. But just the experience – the culture – the feeling you get when you are watching something that will only happen once. I mean, sure, there is less performances, but each night is a different experience. You could go each night and see completely different things or hear different things. It’s just really a once-in-a-lifetime kind of experience, and, I mean, if you want to see a really cool set, then you definitely need to come see it, because I’m

if you go “In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)”

when: April 16-19, 23-26 at 7:30 p.m., and April 27 at 2 p.m. where: Howell Theatre in Temple Building how much: $16, $14 for faculty/staff/seniors, $10 for students with ID

not going to toot my own horn, but it’s pretty awesome.”

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Contest elicits short speeches School of Natural Resources aims to bridge gap between researchers, general public with event amanda stoffel dn It can be difficult for faculty and students to make the results of their scientific research understandable for an audience unfamiliar with such things. In fact, translating the terminology of a particular field of study into colloquial terms can be very difficult.

UNL’s School of Natural Resources’ Inaugural Elevator Speech Contest was created to encourage students at every stage of their education to work toward helping those outside of their fields of study better understand what exactly their research is and what it does. The contest will take place on April 17 in the

auditorium of Hardin Hall on were in the preliminary round). It allows you to be creative but you East Campus. have to be clever.”

John Carroll, director of the While the three students in School of Natural Resources, exeach division are competing for plained that the idea behind an “elevator speech” is taken from cash prizes of up to $1000, some faculty members have also volthe business world.

“It follows the idea of con- unteered to try their hand at preversations on an elevator,” Car- senting their work in elevatorspeaking style. roll said. “You only have a short Trenton Franz, assistant proamount of time to make a pitch fessor of hydroand sell your idea.” geophysics, will The idea for be presenting SNR’s competition You only the condensed is that students who have a short version of his are in the underresearch while graduate, master ’s amount of time to judges deliberand Ph.D. stages of ate the student their research have make a pitch and winners. Franz’s to articulate their sell your ideas.” work examines work within three the measureminutes.

Carroll John Carroll ments of soil believes this time director , unl school moisture over restriction further of natural resources large scales in the encourages students hopes of helpto broaden their ing with irrigaown understanding tion efficiency. He describes the of their work. idea behind elevator-speaking “Restrictions force people to be creative in the language they as a way to make scientific work use to describe their work,” he translatable, even to the oldest atsaid. “There’s been a lot of di- tendees.

“You have to ask the quesversity in the presentations (that

if you go School of Natural Resources’ Inaugural Elevator Speech Contest when: Thursday, 7 p.m where: Hardin Hall auditorium, East Campus how much: free

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tion ‘How do you explain your research to your grandmother?’”

Franz said.

Franz also believes that events such as this are necessary in creating understanding between those who produce the work and those who have to be able to understand it in order for the work to have an impact.

“It’ll be good to figure out how to bridge the gap between scientists and policy makers,” Franz said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Bisexuality spans attraction spectrum hannah eads

There were a few students at my middle school I can remember coming out as bisexual, and the immediate response from the rest of the students was somewhere along the lines of, “You’re not actually bi; you just want attention.”

The concept of bisexuality confused me as a kid because it was only ever explained to me as something that doesn’t actually exist. I grew up in an environment that didn’t take bisexuality seriously, so as a result I thought that if someone preferred guys, they only preferred guys and vice versa. It didn’t make sense that someone could be attracted to two genders.

There’s also the joke that if a woman watches girl-on-girl porn, she panics and wonders whether she’s a lesbian because it turns her on, when in reality she could just be attracted to both guys and girls.

Bisexuality is defined by

Merriam-Webster as being “sexually attracted to both men and women.”

The way I think of it is: I enjoy having straight sex. There are male qualities that I’m attracted to. But I’m also sexually attracted to women, even more so than I am to men. It’s a myth that people who identify as bisexual are equally attracted to men and women, especially because your sexuality evolves so much.

I don’t draw a line between the two, and I don’t define myself as straight or gay because I like them both.

The judgments on bisexuality from both straight and gay people come from the idea that bisexuality is a way for an otherwise gay person to be able to claim some amount of heterosexuality.

But it’s simpler than that.

Someone might identify as bisexual before they identify as gay, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t just more attracted to the opposite sex when they identified as bisexual. Your sexual interests will likely change over time, and that’s not something to shame. For the first 17 and a half years of my life, I considered myself straight without ever questioning why I only liked one guy in middle school while my other friends dated new guys ev-

ery other week. And even though we were in middle school I got nervous around girls more than around guys and never thought it was anything more than a social problem.

I didn’t think about it again until my senior year of high school.

Bisexuality is accepting the fact that one day you might find the guy sitting next to you in class attractive and the next day you find yourself attracted to a girl walking across the dining hall. It doesn’t mean that you find everyone you meet attractive. It just means you don’t define your sexuality by gender.

It also doesn’t mean I’m more likely to cheat on my significant other. I’m in a healthy heterosexual relationship, and even though I find women attractive, my bisexuality does not make me more vulnerable to cheating. I recognize the fact that I’m turned on by both men and women, but I don’t feel like I need both to be happy.

I don’t take turns sleeping with each gender every other night.

People most likely feel uncomfortable or uncertain about bisexuality because it’s not as specific as they want it to be – it’s not one way or the other. Because I’m in a relationship with a guy, I come across as straight, and identifying myself as bisexual

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will probably trigger a reaction of disbelief. If I were with a girl, identifying myself as bisexual would lead some people to believe I’m just trying to cover up being lesbian.

Fortunately, I think bisexuality is becoming at least a little more commonly accepted, and I think the misconceptions about it are on their way to being dispelled. If everyone took the time to think about what they are attracted to without letting their self-set boundaries get in the way, I think they’d find that their sexuality is not just black and white, heterosexual or homosexual. The more I think about sexuality, the more I realize that it’s unlikely for someone to have just one sexual interest or fetish when there is so much about sexuality to explore. hannah eads is a freshman journalism major. reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

Gwen Stefani is a sassy badass with just the right amount of spunk.

She’s edgy, gutsy and has these abs that are just killin’ it. And while all of her hits are equally as hot as she is, there is one album that rules them all: “Rock Steady.”

To start off, let’s get one thing straight: Miss Stefani’s tunes are 1,000 times doper when she’s jivin’ with her band, No Doubt — a bunch of huggable dudes with pale blue, icy blonde and hot pink wacky semimohawks. In fact, the music video for “Running” on the album depicts the band romance perfectly with flashbacks to their angsty days, featuring multiple hairdos and baggy pants.

Really, each of the four music videos is great. In them, we see all of Stefani’s most important looks: Stefani in fur, Stefani lounging in the clouds and the larger-than-life Stefani singing in the galaxy. Then there is her faithful band of cronies riding behind her with boom boxes on their bicycles and rainbows following them.

There’s the excess craziness in the music video when random objects are tossed in including Buddhas, pigeons, a band of ski mask sea divers, a single fedora being fedoralike, flaming red lips, a high speed sea-doo chase, hammocks, dead fish, lots of bikini tops and mohawks and lastly that wild platinum blonde hair seen unfailingly throughout.

Don’t get overwhelmed by the millennium music videos.

Roll down the windows and rock out to “Hella Good,” dance to “Hey Baby,” daydream to “Underneath it All,” reminisce to “Running,” let your freak flag fly to “In

My Head,” play the air guitar to “Platinum Blonde Life” and practice your belly roll to “Rock Steady.” The CD is chalk full of stand-out jams individually carrying their own type of beat but making a masterpiece of music together, which plays out like the diary of a female rockstar and doesn’t give 2 cents about what anybody else thinks.

The song “In My Head” has always particularly stuck out to me because of the eerie and entrancing rhythm of it. The lyrics are creepily creative, and watching Stefani perform them live wearing her balloon pants and crawling around on stage only adds to the craziness of the song, which she declares is truly about what is in her head: “Cupid taking a piss” and “big fat roses.”

Meanwhile the piano man continues to hop around stage banging the hell out of his piano, while Stefani swings her arms in circles not missing a beat.

This brings me to Stefani’s voice.

Her pipes have just the right amount of heavy rasp while also having this carbonated pop feel to them. The combination balances well with her sexy, seductive, heavy breathing and maniacal dancing. It’s gotta be the abs. Her magical abs.

This 2001 album’s diverse collection of songs should not go unnoticed. Each candied song on the disc has an underlying sticky and spicy tone, which contributes to the whole album.

Stefani should have never left the band. Although “Rich Girl” is a stellar jivey song that incorporates a pirate dance number with both Stefani and Eve, it just wasn’t the same without her back-up buddies. And there sure as hell isn’t enough mohawk without them. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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SZA signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, which has also signed artists like Kendrick Lamar. She released her debut album in 2014.

SZA’s voice soars in new album SZA’s debut album, ‘Z,’ mixes electronics, drums, majestic vocals for pleasant listening experience keith finn dn The style of female singer-songwriters has changed over the years.

The ’90s brought us rock stars such as Aimee Mann and Alanis Morissette and the noughties had artists such as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga dominate the airwaves.

Nowadays, electronic music has crossed over with female songwriters such as Lorde and Lana Del Rey. SZA is a female vocalist who is a dime among pennies.

SZA recently signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, which is

known for signing artists including Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. Now she has released her independent label debut with “Z.” This electronic and drummachine-filled album has beautiful highs and smoothly delivered lows that give a pleasant listening experience. SZA’s voice complements the production well enough to make her delivery seem natural.

SZA is signed to a successful hip-hop label, so there are a number of rap features on her album.

Chance the Rapper appears on the album’s second track “Child’s Play.” The song utilizes samples from XXYYXX’s song “About You” and clever wordplay from SZA and Chance. SZA describes a man in her life with references to Barbie dolls and the Nintendo game “Street Fighter.” She describes the tragedy of a relationship by alluding to “Othello” and calling their time together a “Shakespearean sorrow.”

A standout track is “Julia.”

This pop-sounding song starts out

with an infectious hook that immediately engrosses the listener.

This track has a ballad-like feel with high pitched synth chords and pounding percussion. SZA’s overlapping voice soars over the production. She sings about her father’s distant affections toward her with the line, “stay for the storm if you can take it, but pray for a raincoat.”

The production makes this album really cool. When I first heard the song “HiiiJack,” I liked it because it sounded so much like Toro y Moi. Sure enough, Toro y Moi produced the track. The songs “U R” and “Warm Winds” are produced by Mac Miller under his production name, Larry Fisherman.

SZA’s “Z” is one hell of an album. Her majestic vocals shine over the electronic production.

SZA’s singling and features in “Z” make a special group of songs. I’m sure we’ll be hearing more of her sound in the future. Who knows, maybe we will hear her on the next Kendrick Lamar album.

“Z” SZA With the increasing popularity in singer songwriters accompanied by electronic music, SZA couldn’t have come around at a better time. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Lauren Huston and Ryan Rabstejnek, senior theater performance majors, rehearse for “In the Next Room,“ the night before their first live performance.

Lighting Joe Shea started buying his own There was also the challenge of lights seven years ago in high school making the lights reflect the time when he decided to pursue DJing. period that the play is based in.

Now the technical theater and de“This play is set at the dawn sign major still DJs for S&S Sound of electricity, so in a lot of my deand Lighting, but he has also been sign I had to make the theatrical the light manager for the play “In lights emphasize the lights used the Next Room.” in the set,” Shea said. “One style Even after seven years of pro- I used that might be different is gramming lights that in most of the for different party play the lighting is Students productions in really realistic and, should Omaha and theatrithroughout the cal shows at schools experience this scene transitions, and the Lincoln you get a preview Community Play- play because it’s a of the surrealism house, Shea still great story.” that builds towards faced challenges the end.” when trying to creAfter Shea Joe Shea ate the perfect lightgraduates he will light manager ing for the “In the either go to graduNext Room.” ate school for “My biggest challenge with sound design in theater and film this play was making subtle transi- or possibly try to find lighting or tions and making the lighting look sound gigs locally. as realistic as possible because the Shea advises students to come lighting that I usually do involves out to see the play. moving lights and a lot of fast“Students should experience paced movements,” Shea said. “So this play because it’s a great story slowing it all down and focusing and the production itself is very on just the little things was a bit well done,” Shea said. arts@ different for me.” dailynebraskan.com

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track & field: from 10 formances, though. He wants the team to have good performances across the board.

“The important thing now is how the whole group does and whether or not we are improving and staying healthy,” Pepin said.

The coach is hoping for a good team performance at the Kansas and Mt. SAC Relays, but he sees them as merely stepping stones to the post-season. His eyes are set on the Big Ten Championships which are less than a month away.

He said because the team cov-

Outfielder Michael Pritchard, pitcher Christian DeLeon raise game to help NU in winning stretch Nedu Izu DN Christian DeLeon wasn’t supposed to start Game 2 of Nebraska’s series against Minnesota.

The senior pitcher was initially scheduled to start Game 1 for the Huskers’ on Friday but because of illness early in the week was pushed back a day.

“He basically couldn’t get out of bed Monday and Tuesday,” coach Darin Erstad said. “We thought the best thing to do to have him as healthy as we can and as strong as we can is just to move him back a day.”

Two days after tossing his first complete game of the season in the 3-2 Husker win April 4, DeLeon began feeling flu-like symptoms and was unable to do his daily routines, such as lifting and bullpen sessions, according to Erstad.

When the right-hander did get back on the mound this weekend in Minneapolis, though, the bug that bothered him all week long appeared nonexistent. On Saturday, DeLeon showed no signs of weakness as he went the distance for his second start in a row to defeat the Gophers, 5-2.

“He had that little look in his eye in the dugout and on the mound,” Erstad said. “His tempo was really good. When he’s lethargic out there you kind of wonder, but he wanted it.”

DeLeon sat down only four Minnesota batters on strikeouts but allowed just seven Gophers to reach base via 4 hits, 2 walks and a hit batter in 9 solid innings. The righty became the first Husker starter since Erik Bird (2009) to throw back-toback complete games.

“It was going to take a lot to get him out of that game,” Erstad said.

Going into this weekend’s matchup against Northwestern, DeLeon holds a 4-2 record and 2.73 ERA. He also leads all Huskers with 35 strikeouts and the Big Ten Conference with 66.0 innings pitched.

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“I got pull happy,” Pritchard said.

“I thought I was going to start hitting some home runs. Once you start doing that, for a guy like me, whose strong suit is the left side, once I started hitting the ball to the right side, I know there’s something wrong.”

On March 30 against UNLV, Erstad sat Pritchard for the first time this season to help him relax and watch the game from a different perspective. The senior credits that off day and a pep talk from his coach during batting practice against Arkansas on April 2 in getting back to his regular approach at the plate.

“He just said ‘I know you’re struggling. Everyone in the world knows you’re struggling, but I’m going to stick with you,’” Pritchard said. “‘Everyday you’re going to hit in the three-hole.’ It helped me a lot confidence wise and took the weight off my shoulders.”

Since playing Creighton on April 8, Pritchard has gone 16 for

And DeLeon isn’t the only senior showing leadership as of late.

At one point during the 2014 season, Michael Pritchard was the hottest hitter in the Big Ten Conference.

In Nebraska’s first four contests, the senior tallied 7 hits and plated his teammates six times to boast a monstrous .500 batting average. His three triples and first career home run helped him earn his second Big Ten Player of the Week award of his career.

There wasn’t an opposing pitcher who could go a start without surrendering at least one hit off of the senior bats.

However, the solid contact at the plate quickly faded and so did Pritchard’s average. The senior at one point went 5-for-41 which dipped his batting average to as low as .261 in early April.

Pulling balls from opposing pitchers caused his downward spiral, he said.

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Erstad said he isn’t surprised by his senior’s bounce back.

“That guy can roll out of bed and hit,” he said. “Those kind of guys don’t apply to the normal rules of baseball,” he said. “He’s just a very gifted individual who works hard and he can do special things.

“We’re going to need him to continue to do that.”

Although there’s no I in team, there’s no question that if Nebraska hopes to leap over Indiana for the Big Ten crown, it’ll need its seniors such as Pritchard and DeLeon to continue its success with their pitching and hitting.

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During the three-game series against Iowa, the No. 19 Nebraska softball team made school history with an 18-0 game on Saturday. The Huskers defeated the Hawkeyes in the first two games of the series on Friday before crushing them in Game 3. Scoring 14 runs in the second inning alone, the Huskers put Iowa in a huge hole that would be hard to get out of. Helping the Huskers with the early lead was senior Tatum Edwards, who knocked out a grand slam in the second. The last time the Huskers scored more in a game was in 2006 against Illinois, when Nebraska was still in the Big 12. This series increased the Huskers’ record to 30-13, adding onto their current winning streak.

The No. 62 men’s tennis team went 1-2 last weekend against No. 34 Northwestern, Nebraska-Omaha and No. 11 Illinois. Although the Huskers were able to defeat UNO with a 7-0 shutout, the same results could not be repeated against the other two top-40 teams. While some Huskers, such as sophomores Dusty Boyer and Marc Herrmann, started off strong in their first doubles match against Northwestern, it wasn’t enough to defeat the Wildcats. Herrmann also lost 6-4 and 6-1 in singles play against Northwestern’s Sam Shropshire. Despite the tough competition Northwestern brought, Nebraska’s spirits were lifted when they crushed UNO. Senior Scott Elsass won his singles match 6-0, 6-0, while sophomore Chris Schindler repeated the same 6-0, 6-0 result for Nebraska.

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The No. 2 Nebraska bowling team traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, for NCAA Championships. Although the qualifying rounds of the competition led to a 2-5 day for the Nebraska, the Huskers were able to pull it together on the second day with an undefeated record of 3-0. Having qualified for the televised championship finals, Nebraska faced Sam Houston State in a best-of-seven series. Despite Nebraska’s two victories on the final day, it was the Sam Houston Bearkats who came up on top in the sixth game with a score of 195-165, sealing their fourth win.

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In Nebraska’s track and field first outdoor home meet on Saturday, the Huskers won 27 events against South Dakota State, Oral Roberts and Northern Colorado. Some of the first-place Huskers include senior Jarren Heng in the 3,000-meter with a time of 8:36.02 and senior Shawnice Williams in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:06.67.

In addition, the 4x400 relay team with seniors Ellie Grooters and Mila Andric and freshmen Brena Andrews and Kadecia Baird, came in first with a time of 3:43.73. Junior Ricco Hall set new personal bests in both the 200- and 400-meter and is at the top of the Big Ten with his 400-meter time.

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Nebraska baseball swept Minnesota in a three-game series over the weekend, giving them two Big Ten series sweeps in a row. Junior Aaron Bummer struck out a career-high seven batters, while senior Bob Greco, junior Josh Roeder and sophomore Austin Christensen finished out with shutout innings in Game 3. Nebraska scored to knot the game at 2 in the seventh, and the game remained scoreless through the ninth. With Tanner Lubach’s double and Steven Reveles’ RBI single in the 10th, the Huskers were able to take the lead by a run, just before Roeder closed the game to clinch the win for Nebraska.

Freshman lends Huskers offense on field, energy off MJ Knighten comes to NU from baseball family, produces at plate in 1st season of college softball David Stover DN After being named the freshman of the week in the Big Ten Conference the past two weeks, Nebraska third baseman Marjani (MJ) Knighten has made her presence known early for the Huskers.

“From Day 1 as a freshman, she came out; she was hustling; she’s loud, and she talks,” Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle said.

“And she brings energy that you don’t see very often in freshmen.

They might have that but hold it back. She didn’t hold back. She brought it out day one.”

Knighten grew up in Buena Park, Calif., with her three siblings Briyanna (21), Shay (16) and Marquis (13), and they were always throwing a softball or ball of some sort around.

Kenny Knighten, MJ’s father, had a big influence on that, as he played college baseball at USC and attempted to play professionally.

“It’s been a family-type of thing,” MJ Knighten said. “My dad made me [play] when I was little. It was interesting because I used to play basketball and stuff, and then he made me put a bat in

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Freshman third baseman MJ Knighten is one of four Nebraska players who have started all 43 games this season. She is third on the team with 37 hits so far this year. my hands so I just fell in love with it ever since.”

MJ’s father putting a bat in her hands turned out to a prudent decision, as college coaches began to notice her at an early age in national tournaments. Her younger sister, Shay, was also noticed at

an early age as she is committed to play softball at Oklahoma once she graduates high school.

Through MJ Knighten’s high school career she didn’t have a batting average lower than .333, and she earned the honor of being named one of Orange County’s

top softball players as a freshman.

In her sophomore year, Knighten held the team’s best batting average of .494, only to be followed by a monster junior year leading the team in the everstatistical batting category with a .512 average, 9 doubles, 3 triples,

the same guys, same small team; it’s really close knit,” Jonas said. “And a track team is so big. So I didn’t know how that would translate, but I think he’s kind of taking that team vibe with him here.”

As a walk-on junior for Nebraska’s track team, Gehlen is beginning to contribute. He finished sixth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in February, tying a personal best jump of 2.05 meters (6-8.25 feet).

“He’s contributed well as a teammate, as a student, ultimately at our conference meet,” Jonas said. “He scored points. You don’t ever expect your walk-ons to score points.”

He cleared the height for the first time outdoors at the Arkansas Spring Invite on April 5. When Gehlen went up, he nicked the bar, and he pleaded for it not to fall.

It didn’t.

Jonas said watching Gehlen’s personal best was exciting. The junior still has a long way to go, but he has potential.

“He always shows up to work,” Jonas said. “He always wants to be better. He always asks questions. You

put all those things together, and it’s usually a pretty good formula.”

Harriman remembers Gehlen’s work ethic himself.

“He’s the kind of guy that I’m sure is doing a great job for their staff over there in the way he conducts himself and his performance,” Harriman said.

“So I’m happy for him. I’m glad he’s here. He seems like he’s really enjoying himself. He’s found his calling.”

A few weeks after his high finish at the conference championships, Gehlen sat with new teammates in his apartment and watched old teammates play in the NCAA Tournament. He watched his Billikens go down by 16 with eight minutes left.

“I’m not going to lie,” Gehlen said.

“I lost a little bit of faith.”

But then he watched Saint Louis rally, not making any mistakes as North Carolina State missed free throw after free throw.

The Billikens won in overtime.

“I’m always happy to see them succeed because I have a personal connection with them,” Gehlen said. “It was like a family.”

Another day, another practice.

Jonas sets up three high hurdles in a tight line for his jumpers. They leapfrog the hurdles from standing starts – jump, jump, jump – then take off into a short sprint after landing past the third hurdle. Gehlen clears all three with ease, bounding upward, lifting his knees toward his chest and rowing his arms through the air.

“He has insane hops off two legs,” Jonas said.

On the way back for another rep, Gehlen encourages a teammate.

“Nice, Lucas!”

Then Gehlen goes again, springing off both feet. Jump, jump, jump, sprint.

Another teammate is going through the drill as he returns to the line.

“Nice, Travis!”

Jonas explains something to Gehlen, craning himself onto his toes and pulling up his chest. The jumpers talk a while as the practice winds down. Then Gehlen does the drill once more. This time, one of his teammates cheers him.

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11 home runs, 22 RBI and 31 runs Californian to the Midwest to play scored. Her superb junior year ball, and it’s been a good fit ever was followed by a solid .478 aversince. age her senior year.

Knighten made the transition Knighten received multiple quickly and competed for the startaccolades as she was named a ing job right away.

Cal-Hi Sports Softball Star in her “She’s always looking to get junior and senior years, one of Orbetter; she’s very coachable,” Revange County’s top 25 players, was elle said. “Every day she’s working selected four times all-league and on something to try to add to her three times All-Orange country game, and even when she’s had and was the athlete of the year in games she hasn’t felt great about her high school graduating class. or she’s frustrated at the plate, it To cap it off, Knighten received doesn’t last very long. So she has All-State honors and was named a a pretty quick recovery rate, which second team All-American mem- is a great thing for a freshman. ber.

She’s done a really With the acjob.”

I just got this niceKnighten colades, college has coaches took nonot only quickly good vibe tice. Knighten readjusted to softball ceived interest from within me, and the but has adjusted California, Arizona coaches sold me.” academically and State, Arizona, socially as well. By Oregon State and going to the movTennessee before ies, hanging out mj knighten Knighten decided with her teammates freshman third baseman Nebraska was the and eating with her best fit. friends, Knighten “When I first has been embraced stepped off the plane it was kind of by her new home and friends. just instant,” Knighten said. “And And when Knighten isn’t on I just got this good vibe within me, the field knocking the cover off the and the coaches sold me. And then ball to the tune of a .308 average the football game sold me. And and 27 RBI this season, Knighten that’s what brought me here.” is dancing and singing. However, Revelle’s recruiting strategy Knighten does it all for fun and also helped lure Knighten to Lin- admits she is not the best dancer. coln.

Her exuberance for life and “Just showing a really consiscompetitive nature are only gotent approach in that we not only ing to serve well moving forward try to care about your develop- in her softball career and in life as ment as an athlete, but were really she is always challenging herself try to help you grow as a person as to achieve success while trying to well,” Revelle said. make it fun along the way. sports@ The genuine effort of the Huskdailynebraskan.com er staff was enough to bring the

gehlen: from 10 Billiken at heart that’s now a Husker,” Gehlen said.

And Harriman wasn’t the only one adjusting to being called a different name, either. Gehlen’s nickname, Gus, also caught on in Lincoln.

“I didn’t even know his name was Grant until like two months after he was even here,” Jonas said.

That winter, before Gehlen’s first competition for the Huskers, Majerus died at 64. The coach who taught his players to leave generous tips on road trips and win games with team defense was gone. Gehlen still thinks about him.

“A classic thing that he would always say is, ‘I don’t like ya; I love ya,’” Gehlen said. “And he was a bighearted guy. But he definitely cared so much about the game. He could see 10 players on the court at a time, and he could tell when one player was just an inch off.”

In his first season at Nebraska, Gehlen competed in nine meets, reimmersing himself in high jumping.

Jonas didn’t know what to expect from his new jumper.

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The high jumper jogging on the soccer field didn’t have a name when he was born.

His parents couldn’t decide on one. His sister, 13 months old and just learning to talk, could choose one: Gusie.

“My relatives were like, ‘OK, we’ll call him Gusie until we figure out a name,’” he said, “and my dad was like, ‘No. We’re not naming our kid Gusie.’”

Eventually, Gusie’s dad decided on Grant, a name chosen in honor of longtime Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant.

But Gusie stuck. In third grade, around the same time he started high jumping, he altered his nickname.

“I was like, ‘I’m going to drop the I-E, become a man and just be Gus.’” A decade and a half later, Grant Gehlen warms up on the grass infield of the track at Ed Weir Stadium. He jogs with long, bounding strides from one end of the field to the other, stopwatch in hand. He glances at it after every pass.

Nebraska’s track and field practice is just getting underway, and Gehlen chats with teammates on each end of the field between laps. But he jogs alone, leaning sideways into a stiff wind, thinking about an old coach, a lost mentor who taught him respect and humility, who told him and his old teammates to tip generously with their meal per diems, leave cash on their hotel beds and call their mothers.

He jogs alone, thinking back to the best two years of his life.

The Gold Squad

It’s the first night of this year’s NCAA Tournament. Gehlen watches a second-round matchup between Saint Louis and North Carolina State in his apartment. Throughout the first half, he sends texts to SLU guard Dwayne Evans, a teammate during Gehlen’s basketball days, and other Billiken players for them to see after the game.

Things such as “And one” and “That was a bad call.”

“Usually they just laugh,” Gehlen said. “Because that’s the same stuff that I was doing at the end of the bench.”

The end of the bench. That’s where Gehlen watched Saint Louis basketball games during his two years with the Billikens.

When he was a junior at CretinDerham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn., Gehlen – an all-state high jumper – stopped competing in track to focus on basketball. He started practicing every morning, popping 3-pointers in the school gym until he made 100 before showering and going to class. An injury his junior year set him back.

When he came back his senior year, he only got scholarship offers from Division II schools. But he wanted to go to a Division I program, even if he had to walk on.

Then a friend’s dad told him about Saint Louis coach Rick Majerus.

“He was like, ‘You’re going to learn more about basketball in two years than you have in your entire life playing,’” Gehlen said.

So he walked on at Saint Louis. He redshirted his first year and spent the season on the scout team.

“We called it ‘Gold Squad,’” Gehlen said.

The Gold Squad would arrive early to practice and learn opponents’ plays before simulating them for the big-minute players. Whichever assistant coach scouted the opponent would teach the sets.

Oftentimes, that meant Gehlen worked with Chris Harriman, formerly an assistant at Saint Louis and currently an assistant at Nebraska.

“You didn’t have to tell him plays multiple times,” Harriman said. “Once you taught him something one time that a team was doing, it was right there. He was smart in that sense.

But he was a guy that always gave our scholarship players a really good look.”

When the Gold Squad played defense against the top offensive units in practice, the coaches didn’t impose any foul limits. The scout team grabbed and pulled at jerseys to keep up with the starters.

“We were kind of hacks,” Gehlen said.

Then after practice, Gehlen would stick around in the gym – not to shoot around, but to work with his teammates, defending them and rebounding with them. Harriman said he didn’t think many players could come out of high school and handle the work load. But Gehlen could, and it paid dividends for the team.

“His second season we started out undefeated and were ranked in the top 25,” Harriman said, “so we had a hell

of a team.”

A season after redshirting, Gehlen’s role didn’t change much. He knew he wasn’t going to contribute much on the stat sheet.

Still, he did get playing time early that season – the only time on the court he would see in his two years at Saint Louis. His career totals: 4 games, 9 minutes, 1 rebound, which he snagged in the final five minutes of a 30-point win against Alabama State in Dec. 2011.

In the little time Gehlen was on the court, his teammates on the bench would yell at him to shoot. But he wanted to make an impact in different ways, setting screens, moving without the ball.

“And I didn’t want to take that shot and miss,” he said.

Just being able to play at the end of a blowout win was enough of a reward.

“I could see my work pay off through the scouting team when guys would intercept passes,” Gehlen said.

“I was like, ‘Hey, they knew that because I was scouting there.’”

Saint Louis’ 2011-12 season ended at the NCAA Tournament, where the team won its first game against Memphis as a 9 seed. As Saint Louis pulled away, Gehlen watched from the bench.

“I was the classic, you know, white boy on the end waving the towel,” Gehlen said.

But Saint Louis lost in the round of 32 to 1 seed Michigan State. With the Spartans up by only 4 with two minutes left, Michigan State guard Keith Appling, then a sophomore, rattled in a 3-pointer from the corner to put the

I’m always happy to see them succeed because I have a personal connection with them. It was like a family.”

Grant Gehlen junior high jumper

game out of reach.

“I remember him hitting it,” Gehlen said. “It bounced off the rim probably four times.”

That loss was in Gehlen’s head as he watched his new school, Nebraska, upset the No. 9 Michigan State on the road in February.

After his second year at Saint Louis, expensive tuition, a stagnant role on the team and a long distance from his family piled up. Harriman departed for Nebraska. And Majerus took a leave of absence for health reasons.

Gehlen decided to transfer, and he thought a return to high jumping could be an option. So he got his name out to some Big Ten schools, and Nebraska was the first to respond. He made Lincoln his first visit.

“I was like, ‘I don’t even need to go anywhere else,’” Gehlen said.

He moved to Nebraska in 2012, trading sneakers for jumping spikes and hardwood floors for polyurethane tracks. Dusty Jonas, Nebraska’s volunteer jumps coach and a former Husker, heard about Gehlen from a friend and talked to head coach Gary Pepin about

letting him onto the team.

“I told Pep, ‘I want to give him a chance,’” Jonas said.

Getting His Chance

Fall 2012. Gehlen had just arrived at Nebraska when he saw a familiar face in the practice facility at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

“Harry!” Gehlen yelled.

Everyone at Saint Louis called Harriman by his nickname. But at Nebraska, everybody seemed to call him Chris. Gehlen thinks his old assistant was surprised when somebody in Lincoln yelled his pet name, and Harriman wasn’t even aware Gehlen had transferred to NU. “I didn’t even know until I was at Nebraska,” Harriman said, “and I was walking through the practice facility, and he was screaming out my name.”

By pure coincidence, Gehlen and Harriman had ended up at the same school.

“It’s awesome because it’s another

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Track & Field

Husker in 1st after day 1 of event Guy Fenske leads midway through decathlon as Nebraska competes in separate meets staff report DN

Junior outfielder Austin Darby went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI and 2 runs of his own Wednesday night in Nebraska’s win against Nebraska-Omaha, one day after going 0 for 5 against Kansas State. Darby had a pair of hits, including a 2-run single, and scored once as part of the Huskers’ 10-run second inning.

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he bats didn’t show any slack from the night before as the Nebraska baseball team crushed Nebraska-Omaha 17-6, which set the season high in runs for the offense.

On Tuesday night, the Huskers defeated the Kansas State Wildcats at home 14-5, which was the season high in runs at the time, until the team scored 15 runs in the first two innings on Wednesday.

In the first two innings, the team batted through the lineup three times, which is something coach Darin Erstad didn’t expect, but it was surely something he embraced.

“It’s crazy,” Erstad said. “It’s hard to understand why some of those hits fall.

The guys had a good approach. We’re at the mercy of this game, and when it gives you something, you just gotta ride with it.”

Although it was Nebraska that had the relentless attack, UNO got on the board first with 2 runs in the top of the first inning after 2 errors committed by Nebraska.

It was a rocky start for junior pitcher Kyle Kubat, but after the explosive showing by the offense, he had enough of a

cushion to go 6 innings and earn himself his third win of the season. Kubat is 3-2 on the season now.

Entering Wednesday night, Kubat had a 5.96 ERA through six appearances.

The offense’s response to the first inning from UNO helped him stay composed and work through a game to gain some confidence, which is something Erstad works on with the left-hander.

“I thought he competed better with his fastball,” Erstad said. “His arm speed looked good; the command at times was better. He competed through a couple of at-bats where it could’ve gone sideways, and it didn’t.”

Leading the team in RBI in the game was junior outfielder Austin Darby, who went 3 for 4 with 4 RBI in the game against UNO after going 0 for 5 the night before.

Darby said it was easy for him to size up the UNO pitchers after witnessing the successes his teammates were having against the Mavericks’ pitching staff.

“It’s obviously really contagious when the next guy in front of you is going up there and getting a hit,” Darby said. “Maybe the guy is not throwing

It’s obviously really contagious when the next guy in front of you is going up there and getting a hit. Maybe the guy is not throwing great balls, and you just go up there and pile it up.”

Austin darby junior outfielder

great balls, and you just go up there and pile it up and pile it up. As on offense, that’s what we build on.”

After the second inning, the Huskers went a few innings without registering a hit. Darby said it wasn’t because the team was showing mercy against the in-state opponent because that isn’t an option for a team coached by Erstad.

“They started figuring it out a little bit,” Darby said. “They threw a guy, and he did a good job. For the first couple guys were on, on, on, attacking them. We weren’t leading up whatsoever because that’s not what we do; that’s not how we play. We’re never going to go out there and just lead up because of any circumstance.”

Nebraska has won 10 of its past 11 games, and the Huskers continue their five-game win streak this weekend in a home series against conference opponent Northwestern.

Nebraska has a 25-14 record, and the team believes it’s hitting its stride with a little more than a month left in the season.

“Everything is finally clicking for everybody,” Darby said. “Just a couple weeks ago we were winning low-scoring games, and we weren’t producing a lot of hits. Now everybody’s clicking. Everybody’s finally seeing the ball well, and everybody’s getting the job done.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska track and field coach Gary Pepin said it’s that time of year again.

The time of year where the volume of practices are lower but the intensity of the team has increased as the athletes prepare for the postseason.

This weekend, the Huskers will compete in the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kan., and Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., in a pair of three-day competitions that end on Saturday.

“At both of these meets, we’re hoping to get some good weather and get some good competition that will help us improve on the performances that we’ve already had this year,” Pepin said.

Pepin said the level of competition from his team and the opposing teams increases this time of year.

“It’s almost like a ladder,” the coach said. “These meets that we are going to are meets in which there are a lot of athletes and a lot of teams, which is different from other competitions we’ve competed in so far this year.”

In the Huskers’ last time out in the Nebraska Quad meet, the team claimed 27 event title wins. Sophomore thrower Will Lohman led the way in this meet with two wins of his own in the shot put and hammer throw.

Coming away from that meet, Pepin said he and the coaching staff didn’t need to say much to motivate the team.

“They’re pretty motivated to go to these two meets and try to do better,” the coach said. “They know that as the season progresses, each one of these competitions becomes very important not only to prepare for the championship meets but also to get them a qualifying performance.”

The Huskers’ sole competitor in Wednesday’s event was freshman Guy Fenske, who competed in the decathlon at the Kansas Relays. He pulled ahead in the middle of the competition, but the final results will be decided as the event continues Thursday. He leads with 3,666 points through the 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400 meters.

Pepin said he wants the team to not just have good individual per-

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