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living history Civil War reenactors take up residence outside union story by McCartney Martin photos by Amber Baesler

bout 10 men in uniform stood at attention outside three white tents on the green space near the Nebraska Union. Four guns lay on a table near the tents, which were filled with camping supplies. One soldier carried a shiny, gold bugle. The soldiers built the Civil War encampment on Thursday morning and welcomed University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and faculty who stopped by with questions. UNL’s Phi Alpha Theta History Club brought in the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War for its second annual event. The day-long event was an expansion of the history club’s Civil War event last year because of student interest. Life really The Lincoln-based group, who changed presented last year, transformed into soldiers during the day to ila lot in the Civil lustrate traditional roles of men War. It was during the Civil War. and uniforms drew stutransformational.” dentsGuns to the camp with questions, said Marc Witkouski, captain comMarc Witkouski mand of the Nebraska Rangers sons of union veterans and a member of the Sons of Union Veterans. Gold stripes on the shoulder straps of Witkouski’s navy uniform showed his rank: captain. The stripes are still traditionally found on today’s military uniforms, said fellow

Capt. Marc Witkouski checks his pocket watch Thursday evening on the Nebraska Union greenspace. Witkouski and his men like to portray the life of soldiers for Living History because it’s a more interactive way to teach than classrooms or books. Sons of Unions Veterans of the Civil War member Eric Bachenberg. “The captain would be a company commander, and a company could be about fifty men or so,” Bachenberg said. Some uniforms worn by the group have been made and some have been purchased. Most items found on the campsite can be found on sutler websites, which sell reenacting supplies. Bachenberg embodied a musician, carrying his bugle. “There always was a demand for music,” Bachenberg said. In the Civil War, buglers would often help command orders through music, since the sound of the instrument could be heard when voice commands could not, Bachenberg said. Musicians also had another job, although it didn’t pertain to music at all. “Musicians, since they didn’t carry arms they were the stretcher bearers,” Bachenberg said. “They got the charge of going out and picking up the casualties, which can be a pretty ugly job.” After packing up the camp in late afternoon, the reenactors presented Civil War uniforms, flags and weapons in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at 7 p.m. Weapons included

Ron Rockenbach pretends to fire his musket on the Nebraska Union greenspace on Thursday. Rockenbach has been a renactor for 20 years and has been with the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War for four. swords, bowie knifes and the many different kinds of firearms used in the Civil War. Many of the guns – shotguns, rifles and revolvers – were recreations. Members also presented the evolutions of the American flag and gave tips on correct flag etiquette. “Life really changed a lot in the Civil War,” Witkouski said. “That was the beginning of feminism because the men were all off, and so the women not only had to run the farm, they had to run businesses and the factories, all kinds of traditional male roles. It was such a transformational age.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Jim Atkins, a member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War stands in line on the Nebraska Union greenspace on Thursday morning. Atkins is representing his great, great uncle who was a sharp shooter in the war. Sharp shooters were the beginning of the special forces.

UNL objects to 20-foot trees near new greenhouses REECE RISTAU DN New greenhouses at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Campus will be filled with plant life, but administrators want to keep outdoor trees far away from the structures. University representatives objected to a city request to plant a 15to 20-foot tree along the south side of the complex on the old state fair grounds, according to Marvin Krout, director of the City of Lincoln Planning Department. Dan Duncan, executive director of Innovation Campus, declined to comment. “We’re currently discussing the matter with the city and I don’t want to discuss it at this time,” Duncan said. Lincoln’s Urban Design Committee approved designs for the Nebraska Innovation Campus head house and two greenhouses last week, but asked UNL to design a landscape plan. Current design standards require

that trees be planted near public buildings, but UNL asked to waive this requirement. Krout said UNL’s concern is about attracting those who will use the facilities, which will be located at 21st Street and Salt Creek Roadway. “They’re concerned that the potential tenants – including UNL faculty and other people in the private sector in the future – would have concerns with the trees’ shade affecting research,” Krout said. Krout said the shade likely wouldn’t be an issue. “We understand that concern,” Krout said. “But with the trees being 50 feet away, 20 foot-tall trees wouldn’t shade the greenhouse.” Even so, Krout said UNL’s response was that the tree would be a perception problem. The potential trees would be planted along the curb on the south side of the buildings. The university hopes to recruit internationally prominent plant researchers by building the mechanically cooled greenhouses, said Matt Metcalf in a Lincoln Journal Star article. Metcalf is an employee of Davis

Design. Krout and his associates brought the issue to the Urban Design Committee, a board in the mayor’s office. The committee requested that a different landscape plan be developed, possibly one with shorter trees, Krout said. The goals of the Nebraska Innovation Campus are to facilitate new and more in-depth partnerships between UNL and the private sector. The land is technically owned by the city, which could plant the trees regardless. But the city planning department wants to work with UNL as much as possible, Krout said. He also said that the city typically asks the developer of the plan to pay for the planting of such trees. UNL plans to begin construction this summer on the 44,500-squarefoot complex. Krout said the tree issue would not interfere with these plans. UNL also plans to build two additional greenhouses at a later time, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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ON CAMPUS what: Free belly dancing workshop when: 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center

what: Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles: It Gets Better when: 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts

what: Japanese photo show opening reception when: 5:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts

IN LINCOLN what: “Rocky Horror Picture Show” when: All day where: Joyo Theatre, 6102

RHA makes bid to host Big Ten schools offer similar academic new national office probation programs Gabrielle Lazaro dn

The University of NebraskaLincoln Residence Hall Association is in the running to host a national office overlooking matters for residence halls around the world. In February, eight Residence Hall Association and National Residence Hall Honorary members decided to bid for the National Association of College and University Residence Halls Info Center. NACURH is the leading international structure that advocates for residence hall students and provides various constructive opportunities for them. It’s made up of eight regional affiliates and two national offices – one of which could be stationed here at UNL. The NACURH Info Center (NIC) is kind of like the front office of the NACURH organifile photo by amber baesler | dn zation, said former RHA presiRHA’s new president and vice president could be busy in the dent and junior advertising and fall if the association is chosen to take on a role overlooking public relations major Matthew Knapp. other residence halls worldwide. The duties of the NIC include maintaining the primary said. “We kind of threw in the as far as who works at the ofwebsite, maintaining the refice. towel for a little while, but I source file index, making sure would say probably in Febru“But initially it will be us other schools are paying their ary the idea came back up … we eight,” he said. “We do have the dues each year and keeping ability to add staff members if took one last dive into it.” them affiliated, and reaching we think it’s necessary.” To do so, they out to schools If RHA receives the posihad to submit a that aren’t memtion, it will tentatively host the 25-page docuWe kind of bers and explainNIC in a space in Sandoz Hall. detailing ing the benefits threw in the ment After the three-year term, how they’d use of NACURH, he the students have the opportuthe space, their towel for a little said. nity to apply for a second threecommitment and Last summer while, but we took goals, as well as year term if they so choose, Pethe students atters said. institutional lettempted to bid one last dive.” RHA and NRHHA members ters of support for the other will officially find out if they and pieces about Matthew Knapp NACURH office, former rha president won the bid for the NIC at the UNL and specifiNRSO, a store national conference between cally RHA, said that sells merMay 30 and June 2. RHA primary adchandise such Knapp said that although viser Melissa Peters. as pins and certificates, Knapp it’s nerve-wracking to have to The national office would said. initially be run by eight RHA wait so long, he loves doing When they didn’t get it, these bids because he loves havand NRHH members – Knapp, they decided in the fall to bid ing a group of students who can Ben Billesbach, Brad Prucha, for hosting the association’s Ethan Schwarten, Annie Lunlearn leadership skills from this regional conference. They lost opportunity. deen, Claire Carlson, Sam Wilthis bid as well. “I like having a team who ton, Taylor Bosch and Peters. “There was actually some can grow from this experience,” However, because the NIC feeling in our team to just give term is three years, Knapp he said. up because we had attempted news@ imagines there will be turnover two bids and lost both,” Knapp dailynebraskan.com

Alcohol, Adderall can make dangerous mix Tyler Williams dn With diagnoses of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on the rise in Nebraska, drug and alcohol counselors are warning against the uncertain effects of mixing ADHD medication with alcohol. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2011 that more than 11.6 percent of children ages 4 to 17 in Nebraska had been diagnosed with ADHD, compared with 9 percent in 2007. Of those children diagnosed, 86.2 percent were being treated with some form of ADHD medication. Meanwhile, a 2013 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism study said that more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol. Combining the two substances could have costly effects. “We’re starting to see lots of scary stories online and we’re starting to talk to young people with very negative experiences on ADHD medication and alcohol,” said Duke Engel, an alcohol and drug abuse counselor with Counseling and Psychological Services at UNL. ADHD is one of the most common childhood disorders and is characterized by difficulty focusing, difficulty controlling behavior and hyperactivity. One of the most common drugs used to control the symptoms of ADHD is Adderall. Adderall is a stimulant, which slowly increases dopamine levels in the brain in a more natural manner. However, that is not the only effect the drug has on the body. Adderall, like other ADHD medicines, also increases blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature. “There are a lot of people, certainly some students, who have certainly benefited from being diagnosed with their ADHD and taking their prescribed medications,” Engel said. “For some,

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With the rise in ADHD diagnoses, drug and alcohol counselors are concerned with mixing ADHD medications such as Adderall with alcohol. brain’s communication with it’s been a real life changer.” itself, alcohol causes irregular Adding another layer of comheartbeat, high blood pressure plication is the knowledge that some students used ADHD med- and strokes. Engel said that whenever ications as study aids rather than drugs that have mood-altering to treat a disorder. qualities are mixed, such as Ad“UNL Police does occasionderall and alcohol, ally get a case of there is a great risk ADHD medicaWith what of exacerbating tion use by students without we’re finding the effects of both substances. Mixing a prescription,” the two different said Charlotte out, I would drugs is not like Evans, assistant be extremely adding one thing chief of UNL Poon top of another lice Department, cautious.” but more like mulin an email. Duke engel tiplying the effects Alcohol is a alcohol and drug counselor and risks of both. depressant with Engel specueffects that can lated that this exbecome apparent within 10 minutes of consump- acerbation is what makes mixing ADHD medication and alcohol tion. Along with impairing the

so dangerous because people using the substances are not prepared for the effects. And ADHD medications make it harder to recognize the physical cues of drunkenness, he added, which could introduce more risks. “I want to emphasize, we don’t know that much about this,” he said. Few medical studies have been conducted to learn about the joint effects of the two substances because of the risks such studies could present to test subjects. “With what little we are starting to find out about mixing these substances, I would be extremely cautious and careful,” Engel said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Nam Tran DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s new Academic Probation Recovery Program is similar to programs offered at other Big Ten schools, Daily Nebraskan research found. The program, introduced this semester, requires students who achieved a term or cumulative GPA lower than 2.0 to make an appointment with a recovery coach to get back on track. A hold is placed on the students’ accounts until they craft a success plan with their recovery coach and attend a group intake session to learn about their academic resources. The participation rate is about 80 percent. Advisers say the program has been a success. UNL’s old method entailed emailing students to notify them that they were on academic probation and that it would benefit them to go see an adviser and learn about the resources they have available. “Our intent was to build a program that would help students who had landed in trouble see that the university cared and know that we were here to help them try and get back on good standing,” said Bill Watts, director of University Advising and Career Services, in an April 4 DN article. The new program shows some similarities to programs at Indiana University, University of Minne-

sota and Michigan State University. But Watts said the department didn’t review other school’s program details in developing the new one. “We looked at our Big Ten peers more focused on what their academic standards were, and what we found is most all of the Big Ten were clustered around using the 2.0 as a benchmark and having some type of a multipleterm progression from probation to dismissal,” he said. “So we felt like we were pretty much right in line with that.” The definition of academic probation varies from school to school and among Big Ten schools. Many Big Ten schools handle academic probation within each separate college. Some schools, such as UNL’s previous method, don’t have recovery programs in place and only let students know about their status. Susan Beth Koenig, assistant dean of Letters and Science Student Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said each school or college works differently. “Each school has its own probation system, which means that depending on which school or college a student is actually involved in, just even the definition of what puts a student on academic probation is different,” Koenig said. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN

big ten academic probation programs Most Big Ten universities use the 2.0 GPA as a standard for notifying students. These are the general guidelines for some Big Ten school, according to their websites. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Students who earn lower than a 1.0 in a semester can be placed on academic probation. • They also can be placed on probation if they’re not making satisfactory progress toward their degree. Indiana University • Students must take a “Culture of College EDUCX158” course and meet with an adviser to sign a probation contract during the first three weeks of the semester • Students must pay a probation services fee of $50 University of Iowa • Students who have taken 30 or more hours must maintain a 2.0 to avoid probation • Those with fewer hours must maintain a 1.85. • Effective spring 2014, a student must earn a GPA of 1.50 or higher during any spring, summer or fall enrollment to avoid probation. University of Michigan • Policies and procedures vary according to each school and college • Academic probation can be given if a student isn’t making satisfactory progress toward his or her degree Michigan State University • Student needs to meet with an adviser and fill out a form to assess their academic performance and identify what they need to do to return to good standing • Required to complete a satisfactory academic progress form University of Minnesota • Hold placed on his or her record, similar to UNL, and must see an adviser in order to register • Students must make an academic contract with their adviser that may include additional requirements for being removed from probation. Northwestern University • Academic probation is usually imposed when a student has received two or more grades below a C in any quarter. • Each school evaluates individual student records and may take other factors into account • Not a part of the official academic record Ohio State University • Students can be placed on probation if they’re making unsatisfactory progress toward a degree, even if their GPA is above 2.0. • The school has a deficiency points system. Deficiency points are removed with good grades. Pennsylvania State University • Has a points system similar to Ohio State’s University of Wisconsin-Madison • There are different levels of probation, strict or regular, which depend on the student’s GPA. • If a student is on strict probation and the grade point average is less than 2.0: dropped for at least one year. • If a student is on probation and earns a 1.5 to 1.99, he or she is placed on strict probation. If the students earns less than a 1.5, he or she is dropped for at least a year.

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CAPS draws 10 percent more visitors Madison Wurtele dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Counseling and Psychological Services is seeing an upswing in visitors. From the beginning of July to the end of March, CAPS has seen an increase of 10.2 percent in visitors compared to the same time period in 2013. This is a significant increase, CAPS director Bob Portnoy said, as a typical increase is 5 to 6 percent each year. CAPS has also seen an increase in crisis and urgent care appointments. From January to February of 2012 CAPS had 16 crises and urgent care appointments. In 2014, during those same months, CAPS had 80 crises and urgent care appointments. This increase is not out of the blue – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research states one in four adults age 18 and older has a

mental illness, said Dr. David Miers, the counseling and program development manager for Bryan Health. There are several possible reasons for the increase in college students seeking counseling. Students tend to go through Arthur Chickering’s seven vectors of identity development, Portnoy said. These vectors include: developing competence, managing emotions, moving through autonomy toward interdependence, developing mature interpersonal relationships, establishing identity, developing purpose, and finally, developing integrity. This development can add stress or confusion to students’ lives. Another possible reason for the increase is that many students experience failure for the first time in college and find it difficult to handle, Portnoy said. “If parents don’t ever allow you to fail then you don’t ever learn how to pick yourself up from that failure,”

he said. Portnoy said the increase in students seeking counseling services is not necessarily a negative thing. The increase could mean that the stigma of people seeking counseling is gradually decreasing and people are finding it more acceptable to seek help. Everyone struggles at times and could benefit from an outside perspective, Portnoy said. It could also mean that students are recognizing the need for help earlier. “I think people are learning to recognize and deal with issues before they become full blown crises,” Portnoy said. While the increase may point to positive progress in people’s attitudes toward mental health, it also means that the university’s resources are being overextended. “We will continue to provide services, and I believe high quality services, to the campus community, but

we are being stretched thin,” Pornoy said. “We do need more resources, but we just don’t have the space.” The most common mental illnesses seen today are anxiety and depression. Symptoms of these include loss of interest, a feeling of hopelessness, a change in sleeping patterns, and a change in appetite and irritability, Miers said. If students feel they may be suffering from a mental illness, they can contact the CAPS center or use its free, online, anonymous screening tests. The university’s online screening tests can be found at www.health.unl.edu/CAPS. Bryan Health’s online screening tests can be found at www.bryanhealth.com/ online-screenings. “Getting connected to resources and taking care of ourselves is really important and seeking counseling is one way of doing that,” Miers said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

IT services searches for volunteers Jacob Elliott DN Information and Technology Services at the University of NebraskaLincoln is looking for volunteers to help make technology-driven classes easier. The main purpose of the group would be to solve small technical problems as they arise in the classroom. “The reason I looked at implementing this type of program is because the majority of the time, when we get a call, it’s actually from a student who is trying to help the instructor from a cell phone,” said Larry Weixelman, the creator of the volunteer program and Learning Technologies support associate. “We’re just trying to reward and recognizing those efforts by formalizing the process, by finding out who they are and giving them some resource

is time that is already captured. tools that they would want to use.” With the current system, techni- They’re already in the class and if cal problems are solved via phone. they’re available and willing to help, it helps everyone. We want to recogHowever if a problem happens to nize all these students by the end of be more complex than what the the year for their efstudent or teacher forts. We don’t think is used to, they can It gets that any student call over a represenstudents would be investing tative to come help more than 60 minfix the problem. This involved. utes per semester in can waste up to 5 or actual time, and that more minutes of the They’re not may be stretching it. teacher’s class time just passive But that would be 60 as the representative minutes of class.” travels to the prob- participants.” According to lem area. Student heath tuttle Heath Tuttle, asvolunteers would be able to show them- assistant director of learning sistant director of and emerging technologies learning and emergselves during class ing technologies, 16 and solve the probstudents and three lems as they arise. staff members currently solve tech “Well, we’re trying to be realistic,” Weixelman said. “We realize problems via phone. Weixelman said the group is hoping to eventually exstudents are busy, but again, this

pand to 200 to 250 volunteers. Learning and Emerging Technologies is currently accepting volunteers. Those in the program would learn the techniques needed during the summer and have access to various charts and graphs to help with more complex problems. Those who volunteer will receive a letter of recommendation for their hard work. If you’reinterested in joining the organization, go to learningspaces.unl.edu/ ctap and fill out the form provided. “What I find exciting about the program is that it gets students involved and apart of the teaching and learning mission,” Tuttle said. “So in a lot of ways they’re not just passive participants sitting in the classroom. They become involved and create a bit of an impact as member.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Tattoo parlors bank on students’ business Nicole Rauner dn Young adults are 10 times more likely to get a tattoo than members of their parents’ generation, according to a 2003 Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University survey. And with about 20 tattoo parlors in Lincoln and lots of coupons in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus Cash booklets, there’s plenty of opportunities. Tattoo shops in Lincoln, especially in the downtown area, get a lot of business from college-aged students. Gary Mayo, owner of Guns 2 Roses, advertises for students to come into his shop. “We do some Google advertising and word-of-mouth advertising,” he said. “We do (Campus Cash) and dabble on the radio.” Guns 2 Roses has been in Lincoln for about 25 years and is located at the corner of 1st and O streets. Mayo said most of his customers are high school and college students. He doesn’t serve customers who have been drinking or doing drugs, something that tattoo shops occasionally see. “We don’t deal with people we think have been drinking,” he said. “Even if it looks like they’ve only had one or two.” Tyson Schaffert, owner of Iron Brush Tattoo, has the same standards. “It’s pretty obvious if some-

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Dave Robinson, a tattoo artist at Iron Brush Tattoo, works on the arm of his client Yanelly Ruvalcaba on Thursday evening. Robinson has been a tattoo artist for 15 years. one’s been drinking,” Schaffert said. “We have a reputation for doing good, clean artwork on people who want good tattoos done.” All alcoholic beverages thin the blood, meaning that if someone has been drinking and decides to get a tattoo, he or she will bleed more profusely than normal and may pass out from blood loss. Schaffert knows tattoos are stories of peoples’ lives and doesn’t turn an idea away. Iron Brush is located at 16th and M streets. “It’s a moment,” he said. “Peo-

ple get tattoos of the things they want at the time they like. They’re symbols and stories of times that they’ve had. I’m going to make sure when that tattoo goes on that it’s very well done and lasts a long time.” Mayo has a younger clientele base and approaches the topic differently. “We talk a pretty fair percentage of our customers out of an idea they come up with,” Mayo said. “We don’t like to do names on people; we don’t do necks. We don’t do

a tattoo that when you wake up at 40 you’re going to wake up regretting it.” While the two owners may have different outlooks, it’s still important for students to think before they get a tattoo not only to reflect how it’d look in the future but also to know exactly what and where. “The No. 1 mistake people make is not what they choose but patience,” Schaffert said. “You’re going to want to plan that out … that lack of planning almost inevitably leads to a new tattoo.” For situations where people make mistakes, Guns 2 Roses offers tattoo removals. The price depends on the size of the tattoo, but it’s less expensive to get removed there than by a dermatologist, he said. Schaffert of Iron Brush Tattoo performs a lot of cover-ups over old tattoos. “A lot of discount tattoos turn into cover-ups down the road,” Schaffert said. Each shop knows that reputation is a big part of getting clients to return or have new customers come into their shop. “We have more experience than most of the other shops,” Mayo said. “We have an A-plus rating at the Better Business Bureau.” Schaffert said it’s pretty simple. “We do a ton of tattoos, and we make them all really good and people are stoked,” he said. “That’s all you need.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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night p h o t o s b y J a k e C randa l l ABOVE: Members of the One organization take a photo by candlelight on Thursday night. The organization hosted a candlelight acoustic night to help raise awareness of extreme poverty. RIGHT: Northwest Passage performed outside the Nebraska Union on Thursday night to benefit the One organization. One is an international bipartisan advocacy group that fights extreme poverty.

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DN quotes of the week “You can never have too much positivity.”

Aaron McVay

Member of UNL SMILE

“Rather it’s that we must open our eyes to the potential negative side to extreme attitudes developed because of strongly identifying with a group. We must challenge ourselves to recognize when our need to identify with a group blinds us to actions that may work in conflict with our true ideology.”

Savannah Tyrrell

Opinion Columnist

“Realistically though, anybody claiming that a vending machine sandwich is comparable to a hot grilled cheese is wildly misinformed and should probably be forced to eat cold, slimy, non-expiring vending machine sandwiches for a week straight.”

Walter Bircher

Guest Arts & Life Columnist

“I just hope my dogs will talk to me when I get home.”

Bo Pelini

Nebraska football coach, On bringing a cat to the spring game

“What is the value of the humanities? The answer tends to be ‘I can’t put it into words’ or cliches. To use a cliche though, it’s what feeds our souls. It’s what makes us human beings and teaches us the experiences of the world and humans that aren’t us.”

Vanessa Gorman

UNL professor of history and classics

“I was really distraught by the events, and it was really upsetting, but it wasn’t something that acted as a barrier for me to want to sign up and keep training hard for it.”

Shawn Zajicek

On her desire to run in this year’s Boston Marathon

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Prevention training promotes security

n April 9, the Nebraska State Legislature placed a bill on final reading that would address the problem of suicide among adolescents and teens. The bill, though it would not apply directly to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, could be a valuable roadmap for implementing similar policies at UNL. The law’s abstract reads as follows: “LB923: Provide for the position of state school security director and require training on school security, suicide awareness and prevention, and tornado preparedness for school personnel and provide for a concussion protocol.” The interesting bit is in the middle. As said in a Daily Nebraskan’s staff editorial earlier this week, the law would require all teachers, nurses, principals and related personnel in Nebraska’s public school system to spend an hour annually in suicide prevention training courses. As a high school-based initiative, the bill makes a lot of sense. In a typical high school with 45-minute classes five days a week, educators are spending enough time around their students to notice drastic changes in behavior. What a high school teacher with an incredibly small amount of psychological training should be able to do with the information is an open debate. Still, making teachers more aware (and hopefully more adept) at dealing with at-risk students can only benefit those who are struggling with mental illness. Can this kind of program translate effectively to a college environment? Intuitively, I want to say yes, but there are many problematic cases at the university level. The standard three-credit UNL course is structured to allow for three hours of instruction from the profes-

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sor or lecturer per week. Already, this is less time than a high school teacher would be around an affected student. It’s relevantly similar, though, and it seems possible for a professor with a class of 10 to 30 to catch the subtle signs of suicidal inclinations among their students. As class sizes increase, the model of professors-as-amateur-counselors becomes less and less feasible. Most of the large-hall lecturers I’ve studied under at UNL probably couldn’t identify me in a crowd, much less diagnose my mental state. Additionally, college is a much more dynamic environment than primary or secondary school. In high school, student life is dictated by parents and state law and guided by dense schedules that often involve extracurricular activities after the ritualistic eight hours of classes. Basically, the environment is consistent; changes in the behavior of the individual can be reasonably attributed to a change in the individual’s internal state. College schedules have a lot more flexibility and are a great deal more susceptible to environmental effects. If a middle school or high school student goes from talkative and outgoing to quiet and reserved within a span of days, the change could in all likelihood be

traced back to some kind of disturbance. In college, it seems more reasonable to assume that someone is quiet because they are tired from the tremendous workload associated with other classes at that particular time, distracted by the constant stream of non-school life taking place outside the classroom or hung over than contemplating suicide. So, requiring this kind of personal surveying of students might not be effective at the university level. Yes, it would be ideal for every student to get a significant amount of one-on-one time with every professor in every course he or she takes at UNL. When an increasing number of classes are being offered online or taught impersonally, that’s not possible. This doesn’t mean suicide is a less serious problem at the university level. If anything, college suicides are a larger worry. College students are often living alone for the first time with unfettered access to alcohol, drugs, firearms, etc. The solution may just be greater awareness of existing resources. According to the National Center for the Prevention of Youth Suicide, 80 percent of college students who die by suicide never received counseling at their on-campus facilities, and only 26 percent of college students are aware of their campus health resources. Maybe the best thing anyone could provide would be an invitation to the Health Center. Speaking of which, if you or someone you know are showing signs of being at risk, call the Health Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services at (402)472-7450. The staff is great. Benjamin Curttright is a junior English major. Reach him for comments or questions at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Selfish incentives weaken Gender privilege debate meaning of charitable acts overshadows true equality

hen did charity become, well, so selfish? 5K runs for charity. Texting #nomakeup selfies for cancer patients. Jumping into lakes. In practice, it can do a lot of good, but at times it just seems like an excuse to pat oneself on the back. Part of the reason this phenomenon annoys me is that the “awareness” it creates isn’t really about the disease or cause. A fraternity’s philanthropy is little more than an excuse for drunk people to get food. They’re fun and bring people together but rarely provide any new information that actually helps the cause. What is awareness, anyway? Is there anyone in the world who hasn’t heard of cancer? And what does running a marathon or telling Facebook what color underwear you’re wearing have to do with any of that? The no-makeup selfie movement began in the UK and raised more than $13.44 million in six days. I can’t deny that that money will do a lot of good. But the well-meaning intentions are a bit offensive. Some of the selfies even have filters on them. Those people missed the point completely. We should be telling women they’re beautiful with or without makeup. Tying it to an unrelated cause only cheapens both causes. Empathy is a far cry from sympathy. While a nomakeup selfie may make someone feel insecure, comparing the experience to a cancer survivor’s is insulting to the real struggle of losing hair and possibly their life. While I appreciate the difficulty of raising money for charity and applaud the efforts of organizers to make charity “fun,” I really wonder how much charity people do when a camera’s not on them. I’m not saying these acts of charity don’t count, but it seems sad people can’t donate of their free will. I remain cynical about paying someone else to do something fun. Donating money to motivate someone else to run a 5K or dance for 12-36 hours just seems silly. If I’m giving the money, shouldn’t I be the one participating? The financial backers in these situations rarely reap any rewards – community support, a free T-shirt, recognition, etc. And that’s how it should be. All charities are not created the same. CEDARS, Friendship Home and Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska (all Lincoln-based charities) are all

Kayla simon given only two stars on Charity Navigator, a website evaluating charity financial health and transparency. Although its rating isn’t a standalone for if a charity deserves support, it provides a look at how charities spend the money that you donate. Realistically, it seems many people need an incentive to participate in charity. The “Cold Water Challenge,” which requires participants to post a video of themselves jumping into a body of cold water, is much more likely to hold my attention. The challenge has evolved with different rules. The most compelling is that if you accept the dare, you jump into the lake and donate $10. If you chicken out, you pay $100. The low price and simplicity allows almost anyone to contribute. And while I’ll never go watch a race, you can be sure that I’ll be checking out the hilarious videos of people taking the plunge. As a college student, I put my money toward the important things in life – Taco Bell and spare pairs of earbuds after I mistakenly crush them with my chair. When I do donate to charity, it should be for a cause I strongly believe in, not someone else’s pet project. The aforementioned events are great for raising money, but the kindest acts have no reward. Giving a homeless person food without tweeting a picture of it, getting up early to shovel snow off an elderly person’s driveway or putting your free hours into volunteering for a cause that has meaning to you will all make you feel good without bringing the rest of us into it. Kayla Simon is a communication studies and political science major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

ast weekend I opened my Facebook dashboard and saw one of my friends post an angry rant about this new column entitled “18 Things Females Seem To Not Understand (Because, Female Privilege).” Curious, I opened the column in a new tab and began to read. The article struck a chord with me and made me think about this concept of “female privilege.” The idea of female privilege says females are given favoritism in certain situations based on the fact they are female. Columnist Mark Saunders goes on about ways in which females benefit over males. Saunders fails to recognize that everyone is oppressed in some aspects, and this notion of the privilege one group has over another exists in thousands of different situations. There are so many different ways people can be discriminated against. It happens among genders, races, religions, sexualities, disabilities, etc. It’s not just limited to one group. For the sake of time, let’s narrow this discussion down to privilege in regards to gender. Saunders’s opening argument suggests females can walk freely around town at night without worrying that someone is afraid of them. What Saunders fails to acknowledge here is the counter that males have the ability to walk around town without fear of being sexually harassed. Sexual harassment and rape can happen anywhere. Women are taught to be wary of men and to be suspicious. It’s not that all men are rapists; it’s that any man could be one. Saunders argues women on television are beautiful and likeable and men are ugly and lazy. He uses shows such as “King of Queens” and “Everybody Loves Raymond” as prime examples of this trope. I can’t even comprehend how untrue this argument is. There’s a major spectrum of shows that counter this argument. We have shows such as “Sherlock,” whose lead is smart, attractive and a bit of a sociopath. We have male leads such as Ross, Chandler and Joey in “Friends,” who all have different personalities, not to mention the nerdy likeable characters in “The Big Bang Theory.” The counter to this is the lack of representation of female characters. It’s rare to find a show such as “The Mindy Project” in which the lead is a woman of color who is not a size zero and is sexually liberated. For years we were stuck

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with cliché stock female characters whose main job was taking care of a family or being a love interest. If anything we should be fighting for more diversity in female characters. A striking point brought up by Saunders is that female rape is taken seriously and that females can laugh at “prison rape” jokes. There are two things Saunders says here that really need to be discussed, the first being that female rape is taken seriously. I think it boils down to rape in general not being taken seriously. According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, 60 percent of rapes and sexual assault don’t get reported and only 3 percent of rapists will ever serve a day in prison. Obviously rape is not taken seriously in this country. If it were, more rapists would be in prison. He does however make a point about male rape. About 10 percent of rape victims are males, and that number could very well be higher as most male rape cases go unreported due to society’s view of what it means to be masculine. The point is, there’s oppression on both sides and, instead of pushing forth this idea of privilege, we should be working together to solve some of these gender issues. Let’s close the wage gap and take away the stigma that men can’t stay at home with the kids. Let’s put a variety of women on television and stop treating male rape like it’s some kind of joke. Let’s work together and stop using terms such as “privilege” to justify some of our grievances. Christianna Friedman is a senior secondary education major. Follow her on Twitter @ChristiFriedman. reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Dusty Bowder, a junior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major, stands in front of Gate 25, a bar and restaurant in the Lincoln Haymarket.

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UNL student Dusty bowder finds his place as a bouncer at Gate 25 bar in the Railyard.

Bowder works as a bouncer on weekend nights.

leaning poop off of the walls of a bathroom doesn’t sound like the most appealing of jobs. But University of Nebraska-Lincoln junior Dusty Bowder insists his is great. “You know that look people get in their eyes when they are just so done with that day?” he said. “I’ve had that look in my eyes plenty of times, but at the end of the day it is still totally worth it.” The hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major has been working at Lincoln’s Gate 25 Bar & Restaurant for about six months. Located in the Railyard, Lincoln’s latest addition to the Haymarket area, Gate 25 prides itself on being a local Husker bar. With 24 gates to enter Memorial Stadium through, Gate 25 sells itself as the place to go after a Husker game. “When I went in and asked for a job, I wasn’t really looking for any sort of bouncing type job,” Bowder recalled. “I was just looking for more of a server job. Then the guy who hired me said I was going to be the door guy, the guy who checks ID’s and controls the crowd.” Bowder, who also works at the new Pinnacle Bank Arena as a suite attendant, had hit the jackpot. His newfound job was giving him the sort of experience that played right into his major. “This job has just showed me a lot on how to work and control big crowds, as well as how a small business really works,” Bowder said. “This job will propel me into better opportunities when I graduate.”

As a bouncer at a popular bar in Lincoln, Bowder gets to see a little bit of everything. From puke-clogged sinks to meeting local legends, each night is a little different at Gate 25. “During the Wisconsin game, (Ndamukong) Suh and (Jared) Crick were in there and the bar needed a new keg in the keg room, so I had to bring one out through the main area,” Bowder said. “And I remember I had to get past Suh, so I had to tell Suh to move, and that was kind of awkward because here I am, telling a professional football player to move because I am trying to work.” An average night for Bowder is far from normal, though. If there’s a football game that night, Bowder will arrive part way through the game to relieve a coworker from his or her duty. When he arrives, he can see in his coworker ’s eyes that the crowd noise combined with the TV noise has made for a long day, and he himself knows all too well the mass of people that will hit Gate 25 that night. “Game days are ridiculous. Probably 30,000 people will walk through the Railyard on a game day,” Bowder said. “The capacity in our place is like 250, but we have had over 350 people in there, a lot of people just standing around drinking.” “My job started out mostly as me just checking ID’s, and I had absolutely no formal training in how to check ID’s,” he said. “You just have to learn the tricks of the trade.” In the last six months, Bowder has learned what to check for, including birthdays and expi-

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Controversial ‘MOM BABY GOD’ comes to Lincoln Amanda Stoffel Dn Dedication to any piece of work, whether it be a painting, a song, rebuilding a car or even writing a paper for class, requires time and effort. The end product may be something to hang up in a home, a tune to listen to endlessly, transportation that is customized or just a good grade. For Madeline Burrows, however, her work required her to inundate a culture with which she was unfamiliar and turn her experience into a narrative for audiences to empathize with, praise and scold – all for the sake of raising awareness and understanding about women’s reproductive rights. Burrows, a graduate of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., is the writer and sole performer in her one woman play “MOM BABY GOD,” showing on Friday and Saturday at the Haymarket Theatre at 8 p.m. The play is simultaneously a passion project as well as a thesis project that’s inspiration stems from political policies presented in 2011 to defund Planned Parenthood. “That’s when it became clear

to me how much ground has been lost around reproductive rights,” Burrows said. “I started to research the anti-choice movement and realized that in order to give an honest portrayal of the movement I needed to see it from within.” Her desire for an in-depth exploration of the pro-life movement sent Burrows on a year long, undercover study, attending rallies and conferences, later transcribing occurrences and interviews into a final product of a one woman show. But the process for Burrows was rooted in collaboration. “Early on I had dozens and dozens of interview transcripts and notes from workshops and protests I attended, and I came into the rehearsal room with my then-director Emma Ayres and carved out these characters and the initial structure of the piece,” Burrows said. “Because I had done so much research, it was really challenging for me to make decisions early on about what to keep and what to throw away, so having the outside eyes of my team members was crucial.” Collaboration was also key for the play to be performed in Lincoln.

Charles Holm, UNL masters student of history and ethnic studies, explained that University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s International Socialists Club has been promoting and selling tickets for the event. “This is a critical theatre project,” Holm said. “(The International Socialists Club) thought that this is an important thing to bring to Lincoln.” Along with the International Socialists Club, other organizations around Lincoln and UNL have been helping with this “grassroots organizing and fundraising effort.” Holm mentioned Students for Choice, Students for Sex Health, Lincoln’s Secularist Humanists and The Hot Mess bar as just a few groups who have been advertising and promoting the play. The space for the play’s performance was even rented by an anonymous donor. “Someone else believes in the importance of this show,” Holm said. The donation of the performance space will enable attendees to witness Burrows’ project, one that took more than 30 drafts, con-

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Madeline Burrows performs her one-woman play “MOM BABY GOD” on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Haymarket Theatre. The play’s subject matter has raised criticism from opposing groups.

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Pop punk followers hold strong despite mainstream fallout Genre no longer rakes in money like it used to, but still has a strong following among its fans Cassie Kernick Dn What does Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, All Time Low and Paramore all have in common? Well aside from a following that typically wears tight, colored pants and fans who are generally misunderstood, these are all bands whose time in the limelight has seemingly come to an end. While all the bands have produced a new album within the last five years, the sales of these albums are substantially lower than the success of previous albums. And while turning on “I Miss You” by “Blink 182” at a party may still cause everyone to tearfully sing together, it’s unlikely anyone there could name a song off of its 2011 album, “Neighborhoods.” This decline in pop punk’s notoriety is cause for some to say that the genre has died, however, most will tell you this depends on one’s definition of pop punk and where the individual believes the beginnings of pop

punk lie. Although there’s much dispute over what “real” pop punk music is, there’s no denying that pop punk was birthed into society during the evolution of the wider punk revolution. The beginning of the punk genre was ushered in during the 1970s as result of numerous cultural factors, said Thomas Larson, a UNL music professor. “One of the things that really informed early punk were the young people that had a sense of disenfranchisement or angst about what their life is like at that moment” Larson said. Feelings of angst and not conforming to society were linked to the punk genre but also carried on as the genre evolved and gave birth to numerous subgenres such as new wave, hard-

core, grunge and, of course, pop punk. The subgenre of pop punk largely stayed underground un-

til bands combined angsty lyrics with more of an upbeat sound. Groups such as Blink 182 and New Found Glory began gaining popularity in the early ’90s. This is where the golden age of popular pop punk began. Sales for bands who fit this genre skyrocketed even more in the late ’90s and early 2000s as songs such as “All the Small Things” by Blink 182 and “I’m Just a Kid” and “Welcome to my Life” by Simple Plan worked their way up the Billboard Top 100. This genre accepted those who likely weren’t accepted by the majority. Boys who wore yellow skinny jeans and girls who just wanted to get out of their hometown were all enthralled with this pop punk movement. Fast for-

ward to 2010, though, and most of the bands who paved the road to mainstream pop punk success are no longer around or are now selling records on an extremely decreased scale. Nate Richardson, bass guitarist for Kearney based hardcore band “Lighthouses,” believes that spikes in music popularity are cyclical. “Everything has its limelight, I mean do you really think Dubstep will be around forever? People get bored and move on,” Richardson said. “Mainstream music is like a bad ex-wife.” Things go through their seasons, but some believe that the decline in pop punk caused the genre to be little respected and little supported. “Pop punk has kind of become a four letter word,” said Jacob Darling, past bandmate of Richardson. “It has become a bunch of prepubescent 15-year-olds wear-

ing ‘Man Overboard’ shirts and eating pizza.” Maybe it’s the angst the music was originally founded on that causes people to be passionately for or against this genre. However, music journalist Pete Bataillon thinks this negative stigma surrounding the genre comes from a lack of true knowledge of all of the relevant pop punk bands currently producing music. “How a band is received depends on the scene you’re in,” Bataillon said. “Obviously if a pop punk band is opening for a bigger, well-known band it will seem like no one knows them. But if you go to a show where they’re the main event, chances are it will be packed and everyone will be singing along to all the words.” As an interviewer for the Vancouver based music website, thepunksite.com, Bataillon has been able to see the tightly woven community that encompasses the pop punk genre firsthand. In his opinion, pop punk is alive and well and never really missed a beat. The mainstream popularity some pop punk music achieved isn’t really the same sound as what the relevant bands on the underground scene play. “The fundamentals that bands like The Ramones kind of started are still around,” Bataillon said. “It’s that three or four chord

catchy progression that most pop punk bands still draw off of today.” As for the stigma that pop punk represents a generation of pizzaloving, heartbroken teenagers whining into a microphone about their break ups, Bataillon said this might be the case with some bands. Howe v e r, h e goes on to say that what makes the pop punk genre great, or even all music, is the diversity within it. It’s impossible to strictly define music as a single, boxed-in genre. A band might have punk undertones but scream in some of their songs too or a punk band might go for a more emo sound, Bataillon said. The differentiations are unlimited. As long as humans exist, music will be an integral part of daily life, and while specific genre’s popularity ebb and flow, people will keep producing music. For Larson this constant evolution is what makes the music world so intriguing. Larson said the goal of any music that had beginnings in punk is not to be popular. “It’s supposed to be raw and rebellious,” Larson said. “As soon as anything gets too popular, somebody new comes along to deconstruct it.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Gay Men’s Chorus promotes acceptance around Lincoln Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium brings in Los Angeles performers to explore LGBT bullying Hannah Ratliff DN The Lincoln community is receiving a musical lesson today, in bullying and acceptance. The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will perform its touring “It Gets Better” show Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. The show’s cross-country tour will conclude the Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium’s season on “Performing Partnerships: Great American Collaborations of the Stage.” “I looked at the information about the show itself and also about the residency work that they do, and I just felt like this was such a great opportunity to do something really meaningful and get out into the community and explore this topic of bullying,” IAS’s assistant director Amy Ossian said. “We have a special focus this season on the issues of the LGBTQ communities. It was really a perfect fit for the season. It works as our big finale, if you will.” The show centers around a 16-year-old boy struggling to find

acceptance in his community and family. Though these subjects such as bullying and coming out to your family are not necessarily easy to watch, Mario Mosley, one of the show’s cast members, said the show is also an experience audiences will enjoy. “It’s really entertaining,” Mosley said. “What we do is we take a touchy subject, and it’s a little sensitive, but we also find a way to make it fun. And there are moments where you’re going ‘oh my gosh’, you’re on the verge of tears, but we also find a way to snap you back and make you laugh. We’re certainly not here to ruin anyone’s day. And we’ll leave on a high note; it’s really upbeat. We do songs from Kelly Clarkson to Cher, so, like, how can you not laugh at a bunch of gay men on a stage singing Cher songs?” But the performance isn’t the only contribution the chorus is making to the Lincoln area. The tour also includes a number of residency activities performed during the week. The chorus went throughout the area this week, speaking with local leaders about how to make Lincoln a safer and more accepting place for the LGBTQ community. “We come in and do a ton of residency activities throughout the week, meeting with students and community leaders,” Mosley said. “We do ‘World Café,’ where we bring people from the community together and discuss ways to make the community a safer and more accepting place for the LGBTQ community. So not only do

if you go What: Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles When: Friday at 7:30 p.m. Where: Lied Center Main Stage Cost: Free for students, $9 non-UNl students, $18 adults

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Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will perform their musical about acceptance “It Gets Better” at the Lied Center Friday at 7:30 p.m. we come in and perform, we come in and try and help in any way we can, and not a lot of shows do that. Like, if you go see ‘Wicked,’ you’re just seeing ‘Wicked,’ ‘Wicked’ is not taking time throughout

the week to go and try and change lives and make a difference. Not to take away from what they do, they’re incredible performers, but we come in and we’re hoping to make an impact on the commu-

nity.” It’s that impact that Mosley said he believes is the most important part of the show. To him, the message of love and hope is one many need to hear, and he

Spinning chairs induce transcendence miles rothlisberger

DN Dare: Take a spin in the Union’s new spinny chair things … for a full hour.

New Nebraska Union chairs help embrace ‘greatness of perpetual spinning’ After my personal journey, harrowing and gut wrenching until the very end, I grew to love the wonders of a world in rotation. Upon my editor ’s wishes in the past, my accomplishments include attempting to eat an inhumanely gigantic burger and trying to live an entire week without showering. Now I have a new task. It involves me travelling far from my cozy home in Sandoz Hall, entering the foreboding gates of the Nebraska Union and, spinning in one of the Union’s artsy, spool-shaped chairs for an entire hour. I can honestly say the idea sounded ridiculous to my ignorant ears at first. For the first five minutes I sat in one of those vessels and rotated, I saw myself as a giddy child having some immature fun. I learned quickly, however, not to take a gyrating existence lightly. Just as the Earth spun on its

axis, so did I spin on that fateful and admittedly overpriced piece of pompous furniture. For those 60 minutes of blissful whirling, I lamented over life. After awhile, as I turned and turned again, everything began to make sense to me. Life on this planet consists of spins and rotations. Some examples literally spin in gloriousness; all vehicles and even certain animals such as the roly poly implement circular motions in their daily lives. Humans have taken advantage of revolving patterns to design dresses and skirts for men and women to perform their courtship square-dances and “get jiggy with it.” All life experiences cycles; a cow will eat grass, die and then become nutrients for the grass for more cows to eat, thus making a circular relationship between cow, plant and cow that just ate plant fueled by his dead brother. A man will argue with his girlfriend about her friend’s complaining, which will cause said girlfriend to inform the friend about her behavior, which will finally cause the friend to complain once again. We all thrive in a giant wheel, and as I continued to gyrate on that infernal chair, saying “weee” and “wooo” in order to stop the queasiness, it dawned on me that the world must embrace the greatness of perpetual spinning even more. Everything becomes much more enjoyable and enlightening when you’re rotating around like an idiot on a defunct Disney ride. Sure, my body could only take around 50 minutes of constant motion before the glorious repetition had me shaking with nausea and dehydration. But, with time, we could all become accustomed to the spinning, become transcendental. In order to do this, we must incorporate spinning into our

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Columnist Miles Rothlisberger takes a twirl in the Union’s new, spinning chairs. The hour-long trip, of course, ended in nausea and a tumble to the floor. daily lives. No longer will vehicles drive forward but rotate like a top to their destinations. Instead of walking like boring stiffs in a straight line, we will make tornado motions like we once did as children and move forward while flapping our arms. (Yelling “swish” is encouraged.) All chairs would be replaced with spinny ones, if not the very same kind that I spun around in for a fraction of my day. The world will not momentarily benefit from this rotation; it will indefinitely improve. I am just so excited for this new progressive movement, I feel

Everything becomes much more enjoyable and enlightening when you’re rotating around like an idiot on a defunct Disney ride.”

lightheaded. Though, this is probably because I just spent 60 minutes training my feeble body for a lifetime of rotary movement. We will all twirl like beautiful ballerinas, swirl like Michelin tires and per-

form revolution after revolution like weed whackers. The day that we finally love the spinning will be glorious. Excuse me now, 360-degree brothers; I feel woozy. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

hopes each performance makes a difference to even one audience member. “We’re here to say that everyone deserves to be loved,” Mosely said. “And though you may not agree with the type of love they’re looking for, or their religion, or their choices, they still deserve to be treated equally, and they’re still a human being. And in the end, all human beings - all of us, as people - want to feel loved and accepted. It doesn’t mean you have to believe that my choices are right, but you do need to treat me equally and fairly, in a way that you would like to be treated yourself.” Tickets are free to students, faculty and staff and can be reserved at unl.edu/ias. Students are invited to contact Ossian at ias@unl.edu if they’re interested in being a part of the World Café event, which will take place Friday. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

control: from 5 ration dates, as well as the weight of an ID. “The guy I work with is great, and if he knows an ID is fake he will just tell people that to their face. And then some people will ask for it back, and we are just like, ‘No, idiot, why would I give this back to you?’” For Bowder, the worst part of the job might not even be cleaning up nasty messes. Although he enjoys having the power to control the crowd, he said he doesn’t like kicking people out. “Nobody wants to get kicked out,” he said. “Everybody goes to a bar wanting to have fun. And I just hate that awkward feeling I get when someone crosses the line because I know its my job to break it up but you just got to get it done.” As for the best part of the job, Bowder doesn’t think he could name just one. “I love it because you get the whole atmosphere of being downtown, you’re just not drinking.” Bowder doesn’t miss the weekend hangovers and enjoys the fact that he is in a position of power. “Everybody down there wants to be your best friend because you are the bouncer,” he said. “What you say goes. No matter what.” With young utility men such as Bowder, who no longer just bounces and does a little bit of everything, Gate 25 is booming, he said. Being a bouncer is the perfect gig for someone in college, and if you happen to be a larger guy looking for an interesting job, checking ID’s and breaking up drunken conflicts could be just the thing for you. As for Bowder, his life is wide open. One trip to France and a couple wine classes later, Bowder has taken a fond interest in wine and hopes to leave the country after he graduates. If you have a fake ID and plan to go bar hopping, go ahead and skip Gate 25. Bowder and Co. will send you home with one less fake ID than you showed up with and your tail between your legs. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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How to have the most punk rock hair at the ball Vibrant hair dye.

Pick a color that screams “respect me.” Bubblegum Pink, Candy Apple Green, Lemonhead Yellow. Basically any color that sounds like something sweet. If your hair resembles Rainbow Brite’s ensemble you’re doing something right. Bonus points to the hair with the most colors.

Nothing says “my mom cut my hair” more than having your mom cut your hair. Go to a stylist. Bring them pictures of animals with wild do’s. Channel your inner rooster and create the most flamboyant mohawk. Or, be the most original punk princess or prince at the party. Come into your true self by experimenting with the hairstyle of a long haired Shih Tzu, a porcupine or Obama’s Portuguese water dog, Bo. If worse comes to worst, Google search Myspace mirror pics for inspiration.

Play with “The Extremes.”

Try chopping off your locks into a near buzz style or grow it out to a ridiculous length. You could also do an extreme on either side. Make a bold statement with a middle part. On each separate half cut at random lengths. We call this the split personality cut.

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BANGS.

You heard right. Everybody needs a solid handful of bangs riding on his or her forehead. Have your stylist cut as many layers as possible into you bangs. Keep them long enough to demurely slop them over one eye – that way you can remain mysterious. Bottom line: Believe in yourself and your new haircut or they win. Whoever ‘they’ is. by Maranda Loughlin Arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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All Time Low is coming to the Bourbon Theatre tonight. Here are five lows that are even lower.

Digging to the center of the earth. You are literally low. Thank you, thank you.

You’re so fat that you shave a goatee, or “bloatee,” that helps distinguish your chin from your neck.

If one wants to watch a movie on Netflix that exudes positive energy as characters live quirky and endearing lives, one should not watch “Mary and Max.” If one cannot handle a movie that is never afraid to touch on sensitive topics left and right, they should look elsewhere. Despite its charming aesthetic, the clay-animated black comedy does not serve to make viewers all warm and fuzzy inside. However, if one wishes to witness a movie poignant and funny at the same time with hard realism and sharp wit, “Mary and Max” provides a fresh and powerful experience like no other. The sledgehammer of bleakness hits right from the get-go as the film throws audience members into the life of Mary, a lonely little girl who lives in a dysfunctional home and deals with bullying caused by a large birthmark on her head. One day, she writes a random letter to America, which ends up arriving in the hands of the obese and socially introverted Max. The two pen pals start writing to each other over a span of years, with their friendship growing and taking hits as they each struggle with their individual lives. The story is as gloomy as it sounds. Almost every moment in the movie, as it transitions between Mary’s sepia-rendered world and Max’s black-andwhite home, holds something that will make the viewer feel a bit down deep inside. Sure, the movie is not entirely funereal, but enough to make the bright spots scarce. When these glorious sunny areas do arise, however, they make everything more emotional than before due to their rarity. As a personal account toward how moving this film can be: very few movies make me tear up, let alone cry. I feel sadness during sad movies, do not get me wrong; the scientists made sure to program emotion stimuli before they released my robotic husk into this world. But it is a rare occasion that my eyes leak during a movie. There is a part where Mary writes to Max, asking what to do about her bullies. She writes “Have you ever been teased? Can you help me?” This little moment, featuring a mere child expressing loneliness and hopelessness, was handled so beautifully that it jerked some water out of my eyes like other, more direct and forceful scenes had done before. Calling “Mary and Max” a dreary film, though, would understate all that it pulls off magnificently. For every moment that something sad hits you in the gut with the force of a jackhammer, there is a

You’re talking to the face you drew in the steam on your shower, and you can tell it’s getting sick of your whining.

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sisting of a narrative arc that provides audiences with the perspectives of seven characters attending a fictitious Students for Life of America Conference. Audience members are invited to “attend” the conference as well, as they are given nametags upon entering the theatre. Burrows’ immersive tactics, as well as the politically-charged nature of the play’s topic, has prompted controversial feedback, and she anticipates that more will occur as time goes on. “We’ve already been written up in various right-wing publications from the National Review to Live Action News to anti-choice activist Jill Stanek’s blog,” Burrows said. “But most of the controversial feedback has been from people who haven’t seen the show and are simply afraid of it.” Despite these responses, Bur-

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The Huskers will celebrate senior day for the lone senior Maike Zeppernick this weekend in their last regular season matchup against Penn State and Ohio State.

NU closes regular season against two conference teams

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Freshman libero Justine Wong-Orantes said the beach volleyball season improved the team’s skills, and she’s hoping this will transfer to the indoor court. Wong-Orantes was the beach captain and is looking to lead the squad alongside lone senior Mary Pollimer.

NU starts 2-game spring season Eric Bertrand DN The Nebraska volleyball team returns to the court on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, for a showdown against Iowa State. This match marks the first of two spring season matches for the Huskers. The Huskers are coming off the short sand volleyball season and have only been in the gym for just over two weeks, Nebraska coach John Cook said. The veteran sand player, freshman libero Justine WongOrantes, said the beach season should only improve skills. “What I’m really looking forward to is seeing it all transfer over into the indoor court,” Wong-Orantes said. Cook said he likes what he’s seen from his team in its short time in the gym. “We have a great vibe, and we’re working really hard,” Cook said. “We have some competition at all the spots. We’re letting them compete, and they’re handling it really well.” The Huskers are having position battles all over the court.

One of the competitions going on is for the libero spot. Wong-Orantes had the spot last fall, but freshmen Alexa Ethridge and Brenna Lyles are both making strides to take the spot away. “Defense is really picking up, so I think the competition is getting really intense,” WongOrantes said. “We’re all kind of keeping each other on our toes.” Cook said he expects both Ethridge and Lyles to keep the competition close, and he wants them to continue to step up. Wong-Orantes said the competition hasn’t hurt the team chemistry. “I think we do a really good job of keeping stuff on the court and off the court,” Wong-Orantes said. A reason for that is because all three of the liberos live together. Cook said he thinks the battles for positions is the reason the team is kept up the intensity when training this spring. “These guys are gym rats,” Cook said. “They love to be in here. They love to train. I think competition has a lot to do with it, too. They know spots are on

Defense is really picking up, so I think the competition is getting really intense.” Justine Wong-Orantes freshman libero

the line.” Last season, Kelsey Robinson commanded the Huskers on the court and in most facets of the game, but the squad has found the next leader. “We have a great leader in Mary (Pollmiller),” Cook said. “Mary is one of the best leaders I’ve ever been around.” Pollmiller is the lone senior on the squad going into the fall season, and she won’t be alone trying to be the leader on the team. Wong-Orantes also is looking to be a commander on the squad, and she is using the spring season to work on leadership skills, Wong-Orantes said. Cook also said Wong-Orantes will need to step up into a leader-

ship role. “Justine, who was our beach captain, is her (Pollmiller ’s) lieutenant,” Cook said. “We’re trying to get Justine to be more vocal now that she’s not a freshman and to have a presence out there, to keep people organized. That’s what you want from your libero.” Cook said to have a libero and setter as the leaders of the team can be a big reason for success on the court. The libero would have control of the back court, while the setter would have command of the net and the attack. “It’s pretty powerful when you get those two guys leading,” Cook said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The Nebraska women’s tennis team will close out the regular season at home this weekend with matches against Penn State and No. 34 Ohio State. The Huskers will look to end their current 10-game losing streak. Last weekend, Northwestern shut out the Nebraska team, while Illinois narrowly downed the squad 4-2. Against Illinois, the two teams agreed to try a new scoring system where the doubles portion is only played if necessary. For this match, it wasn’t as the Fighting Illini grabbed match-clinching fourth point in a three-set match. The Illini’s Jerricka Boone bested huskers’ freshman Hannah Sulz by a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. On Friday, Nebraska will take on Penn State. The Nittany Lions are on a losing streak of their own, as they have lost three straight. For the previous 10 matches, the Nittany Lions have only won once. On Sunday, Ohio State will be Nebraska’s opponent on senior night. The Huskers have just one senior on the squad this year in Maike Zeppernick. The Buckeyes enter the match on a winning streak. They’ve won their last five matches, three of which have been 7-0 shut outs. Ohio State does struggle on the road, as the team has a 2-6 away record. Nebraska leads both all-time series against Penn State and Ohio State. Penn State is winless, and the Buckeyes are 2-5 going against the Nebraska team. After this weekend, the Big Ten Conference tournament will take place on April 24-27 in Evanston, Ill.

Baseball: from 10 The team has kind of gelled the whole year, and everything is finally coming together. We’ve had our pitching; we’ve had our defense. We’ve had our hiccups and bumps in the road, but everybody stays after it.”

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Senior Ann Martin competed in the heptathlon along with freshman teammate Melissa-Maree Farrington at the Kansas and Mt. SAC relays this weekend.

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Huskers continue run in Kansas, Mt. SAC

The Nebraska track and field team opened competition on Wednesday in the Kansas and Mt. SAC relays. Redshirt freshman Guy Fenske closed the first day in first place in the decathlon with 3,666 points. Senior Anne Martin and freshman MelissaMaree Farrington put up a front for the Huskers in the Heptathlon and finished the first day with 3,223 points and 3,107 points, respectively. In the first heat on Thursday, Farrington finished out the event with 5,215 points for a sixth-place finish. Martin was in the second heat and finished in 14th place with 5,521 points. In Thursday’s events, the throwers stole the spotlight. Sophomore thrower Will Lohman competed in the hammer throw. He notched first place with his second throw at a distance of just over 201 feet. For the women, junior Carlie Pinkleman competed in the hammer throw and threw a distance of just over 183 feet to place second. Sophomore Tristen Sharp was just behind Pinkleman in fourth place with a distance of just over 180 feet. The events will continue this Friday and end on Saturday. The Huskers’ next meet will be Wednesday in the Pre-Drake event at home and in the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

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The Huskers have won five-straight games out of their last 10 to help them to the best hitting average in the Big Ten. Although the Wildcats have a two-game win streak, they have one of the lowest averages in the conference. but also on every inch of the diamond. “It’s been great,” junior outfielder Austin Darby said. “The team has kind of gelled the whole year, and everything is finally coming together. We’ve had our pitching; we’ve had our defense. We’ve had our hiccups and bumps in the road but everybody stays after it.” The pitching for Nebraska is just average in the Big Ten, as the

team has a 4.02 team ERA. But senior pitcher Christian DeLeon has thrown two complete games consecutively. The Huskers’ defense also comes in at the top of the conference, with the squad notching a .975 percent fielding percentage. In the last time out for the Nebraska team on Wednesday, the fielding started shaky against UNO. Going into the second inning,

the Huskers were down 2-0 because of two errors. This is an area Erstad wants his team to do better when playing the Wildcats. “We’ve got to start better,” the coach said. “We’ve got to make sure we take care of business this weekend and start doing everything from the very get-go.” Although the bats came to life in the game, as the Huskers went on to win 17-6. The victory extended the cur-

rent win streak to six games for the Huskers. The Huskers’ mentality of giving all of their effort has led to the success of the team, and this will be a continued mindset for the duration of the season, Darby said. “We compete, we grind and we work hard,” Darby said. “That’s what we pride ourselves on. That’s what we want to continue to do the rest of the year.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

all-around for the majority of the Wong said she’s happy to have season, and Wong has consiswon such an honor and is excited tently won the event title in every for the meet this weekend. meet where she’s “It’s unreal, been eligible except definitely an honI hope they for one. or,” Wong said. Last weekend, “I’m happy to repget out all three of them resent Nebraska in earned an all- there and give the that way.” around score of 39 best effor they’ve As the Huskers or above to contribgo into the weekute to the team’s got.” end, Kendig said second-place title. he hopes the girls Dan Kendig On Wednesday, have a good time women’s gymnastics Wong was named during their last the AAI Winner by meet together. the NCAA. She was “I’m very anxamong one of six finalists previious for them to enjoy this proous to that, and the title is highly cess and cherish this moment and honored within collegiate gym- take nothing for granted,” Kendig nastics. said. “I hope they go out there and “I’m so darn proud of her,” give the best effort they got.” sports@ Kendig said. “She’s had a great dailynebraskan.com season, a great year.”

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Undefeated weekend prepares NU to play OSU Huskers took 18-0 shutout against Iowa last weekend before inviting Buckeyes to home field Josh Kelly DN Following one of the longer breaks of the season, the No. 19 Nebraska softball team is ready to host Ohio State for a three-game conference series. For the first time since midMarch, the Huskers didn’t have a mid-week matchup, which coach Rhonda Revelle said really helped the team get back to 100 percent. “This was great timing to have some time for practice,” Revelle said. “We’re pretty beat up. It’s just that time of the year where everyone’s sore.” Nebraska is coming off one of their most productive games of the season, beating Iowa last Saturday in an 18-0 shutout. The offense reached the season-high in runs that game and leading them on the mound was sophomore pitcher Emily Lockman, who went the whole game without allowing a single run. For Lockman, it was a complete game where everything lined up properly for the team to get a two-dimensional victory. “It was awesome when all of our hard work came together,” Lockman said. “We were doing really great things on both sides of the ball, so it was nice to see everything come together.” Lockman was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 in three starts. In the three games the right-hander allowed 6 hits with a 0.47 ERA. Offenses had a .118 average against her during that span. “It’s a really great honor but I can’t focus on that,” Lockman said. “I’m just trying to get my work in and do what’s best for the team. If that comes then that’s great.”

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Sophomore pitcher Emily Lockman was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week after going 3-0 in three starts. Lockman didn’t allow a single run for the Iowa Hawkeyes in last weekend’s matchup. This weekend’s series marks the end of the Husker ’s eight game homestand, and the team is ready to end it on a high note after losing the first game of the home stretch against UNO. “I think that it helps us get a lot of work in and to play at home,” Lockman said. “We’re all really anxious for this weekend’s games.” The Ohio State Buckeyes had a full week’s worth of practice too after having a mid-week matchup against Wright State canceled. Because the two teams are in

We don’t know as much about them as we did with Iowa, but they don’t know much about us either.” Rhonda Revelle nebraska softball coach

separate divisions, neither team knows a whole lot heading into the weekend.

“We don’t know as much about them as we did with Iowa, but they don’t know that much

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Senior pitcher Tatum Edwards led Nebraska in hitting last week when she got a grand slam at the bottom of the second and 7 RBI in the last game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. about us either,” Revelle said. The Buckeyes are 20-20 on the season, 6-6 in Big Ten Conference play. The team is coming off a series where it went 1-2 against Purdue. For the players on the team, they want to duplicate their performance against Iowa to gain some momentum with a few weeks left in the season. “It’s definitely a goal just to have good offense, good defense, and to just keep it rolling,” Lockman said. “If that happens, then

that’s great, but we just want to keep getting those runs and getting wins.” Nebraska is 30-13, and even though Revelle has been impressed with her team in recent matchups, she wants the team to continue it into the postseason. “We’re trying to go one game at a time,” Revelle said. “When we get to that bridge, we’ll hopefully be able to run across instead of limp across.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore Cassie Deeg led the Huskers in Dallas after shooting a two-round total of 156, 12over par. Deeg hopes the team will be able to qualify in its first NCAA regional in six years.

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Senior Brandon Videtich played in his last home match against Iowa, UNO, Northwestern and Illinois last week. Videtich will compete in his last regular season match on the road this weekend.

No. 63 Huskers will take on No. 22 Nittany Lions, No. 1 Buckeyes on road in last meet of regular season Sydny Boyd DN This weekend, the No. 63 ranked men’s tennis team will finish up its regular season on the road. Nebraska will take on No. 22 Penn State and No. 1 Ohio State. “We have two big matches this weekend,” Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said. “As crazy as it sounds, with Penn State being ranked No. 22 and Ohio State No. 1 in the country, we still have chances to pull some huge upsets.” After the Huskers’ four-match week last week, the ITA rankings came out listing sophomore Dusty Boyer as No. 111 out of 125 in singles play. Nebraska split its matches beating Iowa (4-3) and UNO (7-0) but lost to Northwestern (2-5) and Illinois (1-6). The Huskers also celebrated their four seniors, Brandon Videtich, Tom Blackwell, Beau Treyz and Sebastian Florczyk, who played their last home match. “We’re all just really focused and looking forward to the upcoming weekend,” Videtich said last weekend after his senior day

They realize that if we play consistent and strong that we can beat Penn State.” Kerry McDermott

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recognition. Nebraska will travel to Happy Valley to play Penn State on Friday afternoon at the Sarni Tennis Center. The Penn State Nittany Lions are 19-4 this season and 6-3 in the Big Ten Conference. They’re playing the Huskers coming off a two-match losing streak. Penn State has one ranked singles player. Leonard Stakhovsky is ranked No. 33. Doubles team Russell Bader and Leonard Stakhovsky. “Penn State lost last week to Indiana (4-2), and we beat Indiana 2 weeks ago (6-1),” McDermott said. “So our guys are talking to each other, and they realize that if we play consistent and strong that we can beat Penn State.” After playing Penn State, the team will make its way to Columbus, Ohio to take on the No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday. The Buckeyes are 25-3 this season and undefeated 9-0 in the Big Ten. The Buckeyes are coming off a two-match winning streak. If they can beat the Huskers this weekend and grab the outright Big Ten title, it will mark their ninth-consecutive championship and 13th overall in its pro-

gram’s history. “Rankings are just things on paper,” McDermott said.” It all comes down to competing on game day.” That’s what will be on the forefront of their minds, Videtich said. They have three ranked singles players: No. 7 Peter Kobelt, No. 93 Herkko Pollanen and No. 110 Hunter Callahan. Doubles team Kobelt and Kevin Metka are ranked No. 3 and Kobelt and Ralf Steinbach are ranked No. 50. “Ohio State has beaten both Northwestern and Purdue by scores of 4-3,” McDermott said. “Our guys feel that if we had played a little better in those matches against Northwestern and Purdue that we could of won and that we will have our chances with Ohio State.” After this weekend, the Huskers will enter their post-season play. They’ll travel to East Lansing, Mich., for the Big Ten Tournament on April 24-27. The Huskers will find out who their first matchup will be at the end of the regular season. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska will compete in its last match of season before Big Ten Championships Riley Bowden DN The Nebraska women’s golf team travels to Columbus, Ohio on Saturday to compete in the Ohio State Spring Invitational at the Buckeye’s home course – the Scarlet Course. The Huskers will be part of a 12-team field that includes seven Big Ten Conference golf programs. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue will be joining Nebraska. The heavy Big Ten field will prove to be a good measurer for the Huskers as they will be competing in the Big Ten Championships the weekend following the Ohio State Invitational. Nebraska coach Robin Krapfl realizes who’s competing this week but places more focus on her Husker squad. “(The heavy Big Ten field) doesn’t matter because ideally we’re just playing the golf course,” Krapfl said. “It will give an idea of how everyone is playing this time of the year, but more importantly, I want us to focus on just playing each shot.” Nebraska will be joined by

non-conference opponents Kent “It’s kind of a Big Ten warmState, Ohio, Texas Tech and To- up,” Deeg said. “The courses are ledo. pretty similar, so it will be nice The Huskers are having how it worked out going to Ohio one of their best springs in reState before.” cent years but are coming off a Krafl emphasized playing tough outing at the SMU/Dallas the golf course, but it’s tough to Athletic Club Intercollegiate on ignore the correlation between April 4. The Huskers played two the Ohio State Invitational and rounds in Dallas and finished the Big Ten Championships. Last 13th out of 16 teams with a team year the top-3 finishers in Coscore of 627, 51-over par. lumbus, Michigan State, Purdue Standout sophomore Cassie and Northwestern, made up the Deeg led the Huskers in Dallas top-3 at the Big Ten’s the week shooting a two-round total of after. Michigan State was last 156, 12-over par. year ’s Ohio State Deeg has led Invitational chamthe squad this It will be pion. year, holding the This will be really second best scorthe second time ing average at important for us this season the 75.36. She said Huskers have seen to play well so she understands the six-count-four the importance of that we know that scoring format the tournament which is the same at Ohio State Sat- we can perform format used at the urday in terms of well at Big Ten’s.” Big Ten Champigaining momenonships. tum for the postThe stakes are season. higher later in the Cassie Deeg “It is really season, but acnebraska women’s golfer important,” Deeg cording to Cassie said. “Just beDeeg, keeping a cause there are normal routine is that many Big Ten teams there, important. it will be really important for “We’re trying to stick with us to play well so that we know what we know,” Deeg said. “We that we can perform well at Big want to prepare our games the Ten’s.” best we can individually to get Not only will the field be a ready for these last two tournagood preview of the Big Ten’s, ments.” but the Scarlet Course the HuskDeeg said the team is looking ers play Saturday is very similar to qualify for its first NCAA reto the Donald Ross Course Ne- gional in six years. sports@ braska will be playing in French dailynebraskan.com Lick, Ind., on April 25th.

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hitting home

Freshman outfielder Austin Darby averages a .309 to add to the Huskers’ top spot in Big Ten hitting as they go into the three-game series against the Northwestern Wildcats this weekend.

N e b r a s k a l e a d s B i g Te n i n h i t t i n g a s i t g o e s i n t o N o r t h w e s t e r n m a t c h u p story by Eric Bertrand | file photo by Amber Baesler

he Nebraska baseball team will face the Northwestern Wildcats at home this weekend for a three-game series. The probable starters for the Huskers are senior Christian DeLeon, juniors Chance Sinclair and Aaron Bummer. The Wildcats will send up sophomore Reed Mason (1-2) on Friday and junior Brandon Magallones (0-5) on Saturday. The team hasn’t announced who will be starting on Sunday. The Wildcats (8-24 Overall, 2-9 Big Ten Conference) have gained some momentum going into the series with the Huskers. Northwestern swept Chicago State in a double header on Wednesday. Both games only went seven innings, as Northwestern won 6-1 and 4-2. Freshman outfielder Joe Hoscheit went 2 for 6 in the double header with 3 RBI and a run. However, for the Wildcats, Big Ten play has been rough so far. The team has won two out of the 11 con-

ference games. The Wildcats’ pitching and fielding are second worst and last respectively in the Big Ten this season. With a team ERA of 5.17 and 212 total runs surrendered this year, the Wildcats’ aren’t going up against the right team. The Huskers (25-14, 7-2) claim the top spot in the Big Ten in hitting. The squad’s batting average is at .306 percent, and it has earned 416 hits. Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said the hitting for his team is spread across the team and that’s where the success at the plate for the team as a whole comes into play. “We don’t rely on just one guy in our line up,” Erstad said. “We like to have a balanced attack, where anybody on any given day could help us win. And we’re fortunate to have that.” Not only are the Huskers feeling it at the plate,

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NU makes last stride in NCAA’s No. 9 Huskers will compete against No. 1 Florida, 10 other top-ranked teams in NCAA tournament Vanessa Daves DN Part of women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig wants to be sad that the season is coming to an end. There’s been no drama, just lots of chemistry. The team gets along. The players are all like sisters. It’s easy. Refreshing. But as the 2014 NCAA Championships approach, Kendig said both he and the team have to stay focused. “I’ve really enjoyed this season, and I’ve enjoyed this team immensely,” Kendig said. “And this is something we’ve talked about all year, and now it’s finally right here in front of us.” No. 9 Nebraska will be competing against 11 top-ranked teams. In the semifinals, the Nebraska team will take on No. 1 Florida, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Utah, No. 8 UCLA and No. 15 Penn State. The other session of semifinals consists of No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 LSU, No. 6 Georgia, No. 7 Michigan, No. 10 Stanford and No. 11 Illinois. In the preliminary competition on Friday, the first session will take place at 1 p.m. The second session will start at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Super Six finals will be at 6 p.m., and on Sunday the individual event finals will be at 2 p.m. The meet will be at the Bir-

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Nebraska coach Dan Kendig doesn’t want the season to end, but he is excited to see how his team competes in the final competition of the season at the 2014 NCAA Championships. mingham Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. This season, Nebraska has gone 8-4. Last weekend, the team competed in the NCAA Regionals in Seattle, Wash., where it came in second place with a score of 196.975, just behind Alabama’s 197.550. Though Kendig said he was pleased with the team’s performance last weekend, there’s always

room for improvement — always minute details that can be perfected. That’s what the team has focused on this week in practice. “I feel like since we started doing more team bonding events since spring break, our practices have gone better,” Kendig said. “It’s helped us be more prepared. And we haven’t had that perfect day yet, so I think we’re ready to

have it this weekend.” Kendig said the lineup will be fairly similar to what it was last weekend during the regional competition. Competing in the all-around this weekend will be Emily Wong, Hollie Blanske and Jessie DeZiel. These three have competed in the

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gymnastics brief Wong claims ncaa gymnast title

Each year, NCAA women’s gymnastics coaches gather to decide who’ll be honored as the nation’s top gymnast with the AAI Award. For 2014, Nebraska senior Emily Wong was given the honor. This award not only recognizes Wong for her athleticism but also for her academic excellence and civic responsibility. file photo by stacie hecker | dn Other finalists Senior Emily Wong captured 32 event titles and remained undefeatfor the 2014 AAI award included Ar- ed in the all-around in 2014. kansas’ Katherine Grable, Alabama’s Kim Jacob, Florida’s Alaina Johnson, Michigan’s Joanna Sampson and Oklahoma’s Taylor Spears. In the 2014 season, Wong remained undefeated in the all-around while capturing 32 event titles. She was also awarded the Big Ten Gymnast of the Year following a perfect 10.0 floor performance at the conference championships. Besides her athleticism, Wong received the award because of her community service. She volunteered at a slew of places including Lincoln Children’s Zoo and Cedars Youth Services. sports@ dailynebraskan.com