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above: Cheyney Greer, a freshman pre-med, psychology and biology major participates in color guard tryouts in the Mabel Lee Hall gym on Saturday.
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he Mabel Lee Hall north gym echoed with the rustle of scarlet red flags spinning and twirling through the air. Dropped flag poles hit the polished wooden floor with an explosive bang. A chorus of voices counted aloud “Five, six… five, six, seven, eight” as the dancers spun and stepped through their routine in syncopated rhythm. Tryouts for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln color guard had begun. Twenty-one females attended the first round of tryouts on March 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The audition included learning and memorizing a short flag routine and working on marching techniques. In the
Right: Rachel Watermeier, a junior speech pathology major, spins her flag.
afternoon, candidates were divided into groups of four for the official audition, which took place in front of UNL color guard instructor Ashlea Jurgens-Woitzel and four flag line leadership team members. “I’m shaking so bad,” said Holley Hostetter, a freshman secondary education major, after emerging from her audition. “My legs were just shaking the whole time.” Hostetter decided to try out again this year after not making the flag line last year. “It went a lot better than last year,” she said. “I freaked myself out last time and totally forgot the routine.” Hostetter said she enjoys color
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Transfer credit requirements in the College of Business Administration will undergo a myriad of changes starting in the fall 2012 semester. The college will require students to earn higher grades in business credits applicable for transfer from certain institutions, and students will no longer be able to transfer credits for upper-level coursework from certain institutions, among other changes. Kathy Farrell, senior associate dean of the College of Business Administration, said the changes are part of the college’s effort to continuously review and reassess coursework. The college is also changing the maximum for transfer credit hours from 66 to 60, in accordance with a previous reduction in the number of hours required to graduate. “We probably at that point should have reduced our transfer credit hours because you’re typically only supposed to allow 50 percent of your total credit hours to come from another institution,” Farrell said. The transfer credit policy changes generally apply to two-year institutions and schools that are not certified by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business: The college will
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Architecture Malaysian Night focuses on unity dean candidates visit campus Demetria Stephens Daily Nebraskan
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GEORGE THRUSH The two finalists for the dean position of the College of Architecture visited campus last week and this week to hold public presentations and receptions. George Thrush visited campus on March 26. Thrush is a professor and director at the School of Architecture at Northeastern University in Boston. His research, writing and teaching topics all focus on contemporary urban issues in architecture, according to a March 23 press release.
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Working with an excellent faculty to embrace the new challenges of more interdisciplinary preparation and research is very attractive to me.” George Thrush
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Thrush said he was delighted to find out he was a finalist for the dean position
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Alice in Malaysialand made laughter boom through the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union Saturday night. The comedy, “Teh Tarik: A Magical Musical,” centered on the theme of unity for Malaysian Night 2012 put on by the Nebraska University Malaysian Students Association. Every year for about 20 years, 100 or so students have volunteered, worked late and become friends while producing the event, said LeenKiat Soh, the student group’s adviser and an associate professor of computer science and engineering. Some volunteers backstage during the 2012 event were running with props. Others sneaked under projector screens with water for nearly 500 guests.
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John Tessalee, a sophomore marketing major, and Lorena Carmona, a senior news-editorial major, stand off stage as voice actors for the play written for Malaysian Night, which was hosted in the Nebraska Student Union Saturday night.
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Bella McKittrick, 6, watches a flood demo at the UNL Weatherfest Saturday at East Campus’ Hardin Hall. The event informed families how to keep safe during severe weather conditions. Almost 900 students and members of the wider Lincoln community walked or ran around the Campus Recreation Center’s Cook Pavilion for Saturday’s Relay for Life, an annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society that ran from 6 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday. Some cancer survivors were among the crowd, and almost everyone knew someone affected by the disease, whether it was a boyfriend’s sister, a grandparent or a friend. Teams often took the relay in shifts, with members camping out in the middle of the field resting, socializing and working on homework.
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Scott Johnson, a sophomore architecture student, meets a volley from one of Neihardt Hall’s teams in Relay for Life’s volleyball tournament. It was his first time attending the relay with his fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon, which was one of several greek houses that sent a team. Besides the continuous rotation of walkers and joggers, participants threw Frisbees and footballs, played volleyball and enjoyed free food throughout the 12-hour event.
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cba: from 1 require students to earn a B rather than a C in the business courses taken at those institutions, and 300- and 400-level coursework can only be transferred from four-year schools. “If coursework’s taken at a two-year institution, it shouldn’t be transferring in as junior- and senior-level coursework at the university,” Farrell said. The new policies will apply to coursework completed on or after Aug. 20. The grade requirement change will affect credit for five classes: ACCT 201 and 202 and ECON 211, 212 and 215, but it won’t apply
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to schools certified by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, including the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. “If we are trying to give students a University of NebraskaLincoln degree, our preference is that students take all of their business coursework here,” Farrell said. “But recognizing that students have many reasons they need to take their coursework elsewhere, we didn’t want to eliminate the possibility to transfer credit. We just wanted to make sure that
it’s consistent with our overall accreditation status.” Farrell said the college’s transfer credit requirements are actually “relatively generous” when compared to those of other business schools in the Big Ten, but the new policies will nonetheless ensure the quality of a UNL business degree. “We’re supposed to be attesting to the quality of our program and our students, but if we don’t influence the coursework that they’re taking, we can’t control it,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
UNL’s 12th annual Family Weatherfest and Central Plains Severe Weather Symposium took East Campus by storm on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hardin Hall on East Campus. “The Extreme Weather of 2011, Are We Prepared for 2012?” focused on the need for families to be ready for the unpredictable nature of weather. Barbara Mayes Boustead, a meteorologist and climate program manager at the National Weather Service Omaha/Valley, delivered a lecture titled “A Look Back at the Severe Weather of 2011, and A Look Ahead to 2012.” She was also asked for her prediction for Nebraska rainfall this year. “This year, for predictions, we have nothing really good to hang our hat on,” Mayes Boustead said. “It could be above, below or normal for rain in Nebraska.” Early in the day, a weather balloon was released outside with a large crowd of onlookers. The weather balloon had a video camera and a still camera attached to it. The balloon, filled with helium, would easily float higher than 90,000 feet. Later in the day, at the auditorium,
the video from the balloon was shown. In 30 minutes the balloon had reached 40,000 feet. The still camera did not work, so there were no photos, but the video provided views high among the clouds. The video can be found at nstar.org. UNL students formed a core group of the volunteers at Weatherfest. Brooke Grossenbacher, a junior food science and technology major, was one of the first people at the symposium. “The event started at 9 a.m., but I got here at 6 a.m. to set up coffee for everybody,” Grossenbacher said. Students from food science and technology helped serve Big Texas Cinnamon Rolls and coffee to attendees. As the day heated up, hotdogs and lunch were sold outside. UNL Dairy Store ice cream was also available, with the very Husker flavor, Scarlet and Cream. The second floor of Hardin Hall provided fun opportunities for the young and young-at-heart. The family activities included “Tornado Generator,” “Clouds All Around Us,” “Nature Corner” and “The Great Reservoir Race.” More than 20 UNL meteorology students helped man the stations all day.
... we have nothing to really hang our hat on. It could be above, below or normal for rain in Nebraska.” Barbara boustead meteorologist, nws omaha/valley
The station “Picture Yourself in the Storm” allowed people to have a photo taken with a tornado backdrop, and involved props including an umbrella and a “SpongeBob Squarepants” poncho. Kids all day flocked to the Automated Weather Data Network machine. “They are machines that collect all different types of weather data,” said Holly Lussenden, a senior meteorology and climatology major. “They take tons of readings. There are over 200 of these in our six-state region, with at least six around Lincoln. “Kids like to spin and play with the gauges, and watch the humidity rise when they cover the gauge with their hands. The best part is when the kids play with the rain gauge. They pour water in until it begins to flood, and they get a kick out of that.” patrickhybl@ dailynebraskan.com
Community desk Large Brass Ensembles when: Monday, April 2, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall what: The Large Brass Ensembles will perform in concert. Tickets will be available an hour before the performance. cost: $5 general admission, $3 student/senior contact: Mike Edholm at 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu Chamber Choir Festival and Concert when: Tuesday, April 3, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall what: The Chamber Choir Festival will run all day and will conclude with various chamber choirs starting at 7:30 p.m. The concert is open to the public.
cost: Free contact: Mike
Edholm at 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu WGS Colloquium Round Table Discussion: Incorporating Masculinities Into Women’s and Gender Studies when: Tuesday, April 3, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. where: Nebraska Union what: James Garza, Jan Deeds and Iker González-Allende will facilitate a roundtable discussion focusing on women’s and gender studies. Screening of “Double Victory: The Story of The Tuskegee Airmen in Their Own Words” when: Tuesday, April 3, recep-
tion at 5:30 p.m., screening at 6 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, reception in Centennial Room 224, screening in the Nebraska Union Auditorium what: Phi Alpha Theta will host a screening of the documentary ‘Double Victory: The Story of The Tuskegee Airmen in Their Own Words.’ A reception will take place beforehand and a discussion of the film will take place afterward. Professional Image Expo when: Tuesday, April 3, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Room 212 what: Career Services and the Students of Color Career Advisory Committee will present an expo to help students learn about examining and developing a professional image.
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Cupcake Camp when: Wednesday, April 4, through Wednesday, April 11, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. where: East Campus Union what: Bakers from Serendipity Cupcakes will teach participants how to bake and decorate three different types of cupcakes. Participants will compete for the title of best UNL cupcake baker during the second week. Register by Monday, April 2 at http:// involved-apps.unl.edu/a/cupcakeCamp/. contact: Abbie Gabel at agabel22@hotmail.com UNL Spring Research Fair when: Wednesday, April 4, through Thursday, April 5, all day
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Research Fair will let the university community and the general public learn more about research that graduate and undergraduate students have done. contact: Justina Clark at 402-472-2869 or jclark17@ unl.edu WET INK! when: Wednesday, April 4, and Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. both days where: Westbrook Recital Hall, Room 119 what: Student composers at Eric Richards’ composition studio will have their works performed in concert. The recitals are open to the public. cost: Free contact: Mike Edholm at 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu
David Coleman: Making Relationships Matter when: Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Auditorium what: The Dating Doctor David Coleman will teach relationship basics and suggest solutions to common college dating problems. — Compiled by Kim Buckley, community@ dailynebraskan.com
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dean: from 1 at the University of NebraskaLincoln. “I thought my initial meeting had gone well,” he said, “but one never knows the full context, the other candidates and all of the other factors that can go into making such an important decision.” He added that he was happy just to have been considered at all. “As they say at the Oscars — it’s an honor just to be nominated,” he said. Thrush said he is interested in coming to UNL because of its strong history in top-notch design education. “(Nebraska) has long produced highly skilled designers who have gone on to very successful careers in architecture, interior design, landscape and planning,” Thrush said. “And the prospect of working with an excellent faculty to embrace the new challenges of more interdisciplinary preparation and research is very attractive to me.” Thrush said his passion for
architecture originated from his childhood. “I grew up in downtown Chicago, completely surrounded by great architecture and just assumed that every place was like that,” he said. “I soon realized that was not the case.” Thrush said he didn’t decide to actually become an architect until he was already in college at the University of Tennessee and decided to take some time off from his studies to build houses in rural Tennessee with a “bunch of aging hippies.” “(Building houses) changed my whole direction, and I immediately transferred to architecture school,” Thrush said. According to the original advertisement for the dean position, the main qualities the 11-person search committee was looking for in a candidate included someone who is “organizationally savvy,” “open and receptive” and is good at “inspiring others.” The committee originally
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opinion this university, to apply for Impact Party asks the many student governfor involvement from ment positions that are currently open, and the many those who want to more that will open up soon. improve UNL Perhaps consider applying We, as former members of the student election group known as Impact, were troubled by the divisive nature of this previous election process. These divisions go beyond any one organization and beyond the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. ASUN does have some inherent responsibility as the official representative body of the students, but it can only be as strong as our campus decides to make it. We have a lot of work to do before we can say that we, though elected by students, are truly representatives of the student body as a whole. Because of our desire for ASUN to be stronger and as diverse as our campus is, we would like to pledge, as newly elected officers, senators and board members, to adopt an attitude of inclusivity and to encourage active participation this upcoming year. We pledge to fully evaluate all policies of ASUN which may have in the past kept us from being fully inclusive. But we will also need your help. We hope those of you who ran and were not elected, do not let your passion for involvement and desire to improve UNL run dry. We hope those of you who never considered running at all find a specific place within ASUN to pursue your goals for campus improvement. We want you, and the thousands of other students who attend
DANIEL FRIEDMAN The second of two finalists for the dean position is scheduled to visit campus this week. Daniel Friedman will have a public presentation and reception today from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Sheldon Museum of Art auditorium. Friedman said he has always held the architecture program at UNL in high regard. “I’ve known about the architecture program at Nebraska for a long time,” said Friedman, who has been the dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington since 2006.
“The world of accredited architecture schools is a fairly small community so you really get to know the people.” Friedman said he came into the profession of architecture in a somewhat roundabout way. He grew up on a culde-sac in a small suburb of Washington, D.C., where several architects also lived. “I lived on the same street with the architect who designed my parents’ house,” Friedman said. “Two out of the 10 families who lived on that street were architects.” His passion for architecture, though, didn’t emerge until he worked as a foster parent for a severely handicapped boy, he said. “We knew he (the boy) needed a special environment to live,” Friedman said. “So we started touring all of the homes in the state for the profoundly challenged.” Friedman said he was horrified by the conditions and designs of the facilities he toured, describing them as “hellholes.”
“I started talking to (the boy’s) doctors about design for troubled kids,” Friedman said. “I was very interested in the relationship between psychology and space.” Friedman said his time as a foster parent fueled his passion for incorporating high design in architecture with social issues like affordable housing and social equity. “I see architecture as an unusual way to get around to helping people,” Friedman said. Friedman said in college he got more into architectural theory and design after a professor suggested he take a drawing and design class. “You just get drawn into the culture and the world of high design,” said Friedman about taking design courses during his college years at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. He described his profession now as a hybrid of bringing together social architecture and theory and high design. Friedman added that
The world of accredited architecture schools is a fairly small community so you really get to know the people.” Daniel Friedman
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although he would love the opportunity to work at UNL, he is equally excited for the conversations he will be able to have with people while visiting campus. “I’ve been around the block, and I’ve been through search processes like these before,” said Friedman, who has been in the architecture profession for about 30 years, “What I like to focus on is the conversations I’m going to have with members of the community, not if I get the job or not.” cristinawoodworth@ dailynebraskan.com
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correction A March 29 article previewing Malaysian Night 2012 incorrectly said the character Hang Tuah was the “bad guy” in a theater production for the night. However,
decided on three finalists: Thrush, Craig Barton, associate professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture, and Daniel Friedman, dean of the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington. Barton withdrew his candidacy for the position last week.
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for the Government Liaison Committee, a group which represents UNL student interests at the local, state and national levels of government. Consider applying for Women’s Issue Representative, a position which allows you to investigate and promote women’s issues on our campus. There are nearly 200 students appointed each year, and in general, ASUN positions are flexible to allow students with great ideas the freedom to make their appointed roles their own. You can find these applications on http:// asun.unl.edu/open-positionsasun. Eighty or more of these positions are currently open for applications. Applications are due on April 9th. In addition, please take advantage of the new RSO presentation form, found at http://asun.unl.edu/ rso-presentation-form. This is a request form for a member of ASUN to come speak to your student group about campus issues and what ASUN is currently doing about them. We want you to bring your individual and group concerns to our attention. It’s only with your help that we will be able to fulfill our elected positions this upcoming year. UNL’s campus is composed of many diverse communities: This could be its greatest strength. We will need your help to realize this.
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Volunteers who worked hard last year wanted to relax and watch the show this year, Soh said. At least one volunteer stuck around for his third year at Malaysia Night — Mamur Hossain, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh. Hossain was the voice actor for Hang Jebat, the show’s bad guy. Each character had an actor on stage and a voice actor behind the scenes with the script and a microphone. The main character, Alice from America — played by Amaris Baker, a freshman psychology major, and voiced by Lorena Carmona, a senior journalism major — went to Malaysia and got lost in another world called Magika. She found a friend, Hang Tuah, a lost-at-heart character — played by Karanbir Hundal, a sophomore actuarial science major, and voiced by Jacob Elliot, a freshman English major. Hang Tuah was upset because his friend, the queen of Magika — played by Nadzirah Razif, a junior psychology major, and voiced by Fadhilah Raihan Lokman, a senior political science major — was turned into a statue at a door leading to the real Malaysia. She could only be freed if she drank teh tarik, “pulled tea.” Teh tarik is made with water, tea, milk, sugar and a pinch of salt. It’s made specifically with condensed coconut milk, said Rajkrishna Paul, a senior mechanical engineering major and a server for the event’s buffet. The trouble in the story: Teh tarik was banned by Hang Jebat — played by Muhammad Hafizuddin Syafiq Bin Suparlan, a senior actuarial science major, and voiced by Hossain — who took over Magika when he pushed the queen onto the door. Alice and Hang Tuah went on a quest to find the ingredients for teh tarik. They united the three main cultures of Malaysia, China and India in the process. Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat were warriors and friends in 15th century Malaysia, Soh said. Hang Jebat got kicked
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Brothers Andrew, Adam and Jeffery Snyder play with colored balloons before Malaysian Night began in the Nebraska Union Saturday night. Many attendees, including the Snyder brothers, were dressed for the occasion in traditional garb. out of the country after he betrayed Hang Tuah. The student group modernized this story, he said. The three cultures are emphasized each year at Malaysian Night, Soh said. Sometimes they also focus on the “native-natives,” he said. “People who live in the woods, for example.” He said this year it’s more about stereotypes and unity. Hossain said intermissions kept the show moving smoothly. The food was a surprise for some. Malaysian food isn’t really strange, or very spicy, Hundal said. There is a lot of fresh fish, with seas surrounding Malaysia, he said. There are also many vegetables and a heavy use of coconuts, he added. Coconuts are staple of Malay food, he said. The buffet had Nasi kerabu: rice, mackerel, vegetables, toasted grated coconut and sambal. The sambal was Malaysian chili gravy. It could be followed by fried chicken, vegetables, rice noodles and a dessert, “honeydew sago,” made of fruit. The meal was served with iced lime juice.
A first-time guest, Jake HoyElswick, assistant director of international recruitment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, asked a volunteer for the night, “Is this authentic Malaysian food?” The student looked at the food and said, “Yeah, yeah.” Hoy-Elswick said he helps recruit Malaysian students to UNL and has been to the Malaysia several times. Malaysian college students can go through the American Degree Program to transfer to UNL, he said. The program has U.S. curriculum that lasts about two years. Hundal started out college in Malaysia, but then transferred. He said he was excited to find UNL’s actuarial science program. Back on stage, Hundal picked up two cups as Hang Tuah. An elastic band was stuck to both cups. Hundal pulled the cups apart several times, slow and sometimes parallel to the ground. He was “pulling” tea. The elastic stretched. The crowd laughed. Real tea would have spilled. Then, volunteers hurried
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with pitchers of real teh tarik, walking upright in front of the projectors. It wasn’t really “pulled” tea because there were no volunteers with the skill, Hundal said. Pulling the tea makes froth and the tea cools down, he added. The tea was served warm and had a sweet spice and a milky taste. The play ended with Hang Jebat asking, “Why do we have to be united?” The queen replied, “All these different ingredients come together to make delicious tea.” Demetriastephens@ dailynebraskan.com
color guard: from 1 guard because of the performance aspect — a feeling echoed by many of the candidates. “Being on the field and getting to perform the routines in front of so many people just gives you a feeling you can’t get anywhere else,” said Hostetter, who has been involved in color guard since high school. Samantha Adrales, a freshman English major who was a member of the UNL color guard last year, said her favorite part was also getting to perform. “I really like performing in general,” Adrales said. “I spin flags. It’s what I do.” Another veteran color guard member, freshman forensic science major Krista Stapfer, said she loved performing at the football games. “Game days were definitely my favorite part,”
Stapfer said of being on color guard last year. “It’s really fun getting to be on the field.” The UNL color guard works with the Cornhusker Marching Band to add visual elements to the marching shows, according to Jurgens-Woitzel. “We try to visually express what the music expresses,” said Jurgens-Woitzel, who has been the color guard instructor at UNL for the past four years. For the auditions, the routine each person had to memorize was set to a remixed, techno version of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” It included 12 rhythmic counts at the end where candidates had to improvise their own moves and finish in a final pose. The song blasted over and over again from a loudspeaker as the group ran through the
routine several more times before official tryouts. “We’ve got some performers in this group. Good job everyone!” called JurgensWoitzel from her spot at a folding table on the sidelines. The four leadership team members watched the routine intently, looking for areas the candidates could improve. “You just have to sell it,” said one leadership member. “Even if you don’t know (the routine), just smile and pretend like you do.” Jurgens-Woitzel estimated that 40 to 50 girls total will try out for about 30 spots on the flag line. Another round of auditions will be held on May 26. “The biggest thing we’re looking for is overall performance,” said JurgensWoitzel. “It’s all about how
they hold themselves.” up about flag line members Jurgens-Woitzel said she carrying their flags around knows how nerve-racking campus and being mistaken auditions like this can be. for being members of the riShe was on the UNL color fle team. Bursts of laughter guard herself for five years erupted from some of the and went through a similar candidates. audition process. Other girls crouched si“I was inlently, fidcredibly nerdling with vous,” she the white Being on the said about her adhesive field and getting tryout in colname tags to perform the lege. “There s l a p p e d were so many onto their routines in front people, and of so many people shirts, looks I had never of deterjust gives you a even done mined intentosses in high sity on their feeling you can’t school. I just get anywhere else. faces. practiced and “I just practiced and Holley Hostetter want to go practiced.” in there and freshman secondary education major Huddled in get this over the hallway with,” one before auditions, this year’s voice calls out. candidates sat in clusters Someone else says, “I feel and chatted nervously. like I’m going to throw up.” A lively discussion started As each group emerges
from the gym, most girls are smiling and look relieved. “I think the audition went really well,” Stapfer said. “It could’ve been better,” Adrales said. “But it went OK.” Jurgens-Woitzel announced that everyone would receive an email informing them whether they made the squad by Thursday of this week. “Thanks for a great day everybody,” she said. “You all worked extremely hard and learned a lot in a very short amount of time.” The group then shuffled down the stairs and out the doors, their dreams of gameday performances and shiny, twirling flags dependent upon an email message that would arrive in their inboxes in a mere five days. cristinawoodworth@ dailynebraskan.com
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CBA enhances program quality with new rules The Daily Nebraskan applauds the College of Business Administration’s new transfer credit rules, designed to enhance the value of a degree from the College. Beginning in fall 2012, CBA will impose more stringent requirements on grades in transfer courses and will no longer accept some transfers for upperlevel coursework. This is a small, but much-needed step. As the university downsizes its credit hour requirement from 125 to 120 to graduate, making every credit hour count has never been more important. Requiring higher grades — a B or above in some courses — only makes a CBA degree more valuable. And it’s good that CBA recognizes our business leaders should at least be able to pull Bs or higher in economics courses from lower-level institutions. By instituting this change, though it may frustrate some students, CBA enhances the quality of its programs and its students through one of their most controllable aspects — coursework. The new rules effectively balance the need of certain students to take some business courses elsewhere with the desire to promote a 100 percent UNL-CBA degree. The DN is encouraged by this step from CBA administration and looks forward to seeing similar policies put forth by UNL’s other colleges. For the past year, a major focal point of university policy has been academic competition with Big Ten peer institutions. This is the kind of concrete change necessary to begin down that path. opinion@dailynebraskan.com
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Hoodie doesn’t justify murder
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ear nervous white people, I’d like to apologize to every one of you. Like Trayvon Martin, I wear my hoodies in public. I was unaware this made me appear threatening. I’ve been enlightened. The message is clear: Wearing a hoodie makes me worthy of being shot by a nervous neighborhood watchman. I’ve looked through my wardrobe and tried to gauge which hoodies are the most threatening. Is it my red and white striped Hollister one? Or maybe the gray hemp one I bought from a secondhand store? What about the multitude of red and black Husker hoodies I purchased from the Nebraska Bookstore? Which one of those will get me shot? According to FOX News commentator Geraldo Rivera, “if (Trayvon) didn’t have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy (George Zimmerman) wouldn’t have responded in a violent and aggressive way.” Like the $43.99 Skreened hoodie says: “Guns don’t kill people, hoodies do?” Rivera’s words exposed to me an uneasy truth. Interestingly enough, you could purchase a Fox News hoodie in its online store before Geraldo’s comments condemned them. Fox News claims this isn’t the case, of course. Unfortunately, since Trayvon’s death, I couldn’t help but notice none of my friends stopped wearing hoodies. One of my girlfriends stepped out in a pink Victoria’s Secret one. The rhinestones and gems adorning it only make her more of a target. She’ll be easier to spot by the neighborhood huntsmen. I mean watchmen. I’m fearful for my friend’s safety as well as my own. Trayvon’s case is a reminder that the color of my skin, accompanied by a wardrobe choice, could result in my
damien croghan death. I’m sorry my clothing causes so much alarm. However, I believe not wearing my hood up on a windy day could result in something more unsettling; my wind-blown hair. Contrary to popular belief, people have many reasons to wear their hoods up. Sometimes you want to preserve your good hair day. Other times, it’s raining. If it’s cold outside, wearing the hood up can insulate your head and keep your ears warm. None of this matters, though. I’ll let my ears freeze off in the winter if it means preserving my life. When someone is described as “a black male with his hood up,” the connotation is that they’re up to no good. Talking about Trayvon’s hoodie demonizes him in mainstream media and allows people to justify his death. A 17-year-old is dead, and we’re playing a media-fueled blame game rather than finding justice. Let’s blame the hoodie. Or the bag of Skittles he was carrying. Because the bag clearly resembles the shape, size and color of a pistol. Is that true? Let’s examine. A bag of Skittles weighs 2.17 ounces. A Beretta M9 pistol weighs more than 2 pounds (and that’s unloaded). A package of Skittles is red. Most guns are black. And nothing is really gun-shaped except a gun. This case, however, is old news. Trayvon’s death happened more than a month ago, on Feb. 26. Racial profiling
is commonplace: Everyone does it every day. That moment you see a crowd of black teenagers approaching your car, then reach for the lock button? Racial profiling. Or that moment the same crowd of dark-skinned kids walk behind you in a mall, and you clench your purse in fear? That counts, too. Subconscious racism leads to realworld problems much larger than locking your car or holding your purse tighter. It led to George Zimmerman stalking a teenager because he looked “suspicious.” It ultimately led to Trayvon’s death. Hate crimes against blacks have been a consistent problem. There were 3,133 racially motivated hate crimes in 2010 alone. According to the FBI’s official website, 47.3 percent of 7,699 recorded hate crimes in 2010 were racially motivated, and 31.4 percent occurred near the home. Trayvon’s case echoes these commonalities. He was mere blocks away from his home. While the racial motivation in his death is being debated, the injustice of Trayvon’s case is fact. Zimmerman is a free man and is only receiving criticism for killing because of media attention. It makes you wonder how many cases like this never get on CNN or Fox News’s radar. Or how anyone (even conservative news pundits) decided to blame the hoodie rather than our culture of hushed racial prejudice. Let’s retain our cultural sense of denying racism. Instead of acknowledging the problem, let’s blame the hoodie. Or Trayvon’s candy of choice. From this point on, let’s boycott Skittles. Tasting the rainbow isn’t worth biting the bullet. Sincerely, Paranoid brown college kid
Damien Croghan is a senior journalism and news-editorial major. Reach him at damiencroghan@ dailynebraskan.com.
Don’t compare Israel, Palestine to Holocaust
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ere’s a tip for the young idealist types who wade into the morass that is the Palestine and Israel conflict: Use
Google. Several weeks ago, many of my classmates saw nothing wrong with comparing the Israeli occupation of Palestine to the Holocaust. In fact, a fleeting attempt was made to directly compare the Nakba to the Holocaust. It shouldn’t need to be explained why this is problematic. However, it appears people aren’t interested in complexity. Here’s why you should never compare what’s currently happening in Israel to the worst act of genocide thus far in human history. In the interest of space, I’m going to limit this discussion to a few points. First, prominent Palestinians actively supported Adolf Hitler before and during World War Two. Google “Haj Amin Al-Husseini.” In his zeal to prevent the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, the Haj recruited Muslims into the Waffen-SS. Incidentally enough, that same organization was in charge of the concentration camps that must never be
forgotten. The Haj wasn’t some fringe figure. His father was the Mufti of Jerusalem, arguably the most important religious figure in Palestine. For the Haj to collaborate with the person who attempted to single-handedly wipe out a people suggests that he saw Jews as less human than himself. No nationalist sentiment should be used as justification for genocide. I’d love for a Palestinian sympathizer to contact me with an explanation for just that. Why else is it problematic for the Nakba to be compared to the Holocaust? Might it be the fact that the vast majority of Holocaust denial comes from the Muslim world? When the political leader of a major state openly calls for the destruction of Israel and hosts conferences for Holocaust deniers, comparing the two events turns from a questionable decision into tragic comedy. Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran fits this description exactly. Argue over translations or the meaning of his discourse all you’d like. At the end of the day, the man actively stirs anti-Semitism to achieve political ends. Americans play directly into his hand by not
justin green voraciously denouncing his words. I’d suggest many Palestinian sympathizers fail to do so because at bottom they are as delusional as hardline Israelis. Both parties seem to hold a fantasy that if they just protest or kill each other enough, one morning the other side will decide to self-deport. That isn’t going to happen. There will someday be a two-state solution, and that’s for the best. In fact, I’d recommend that those who truly care about the plight of the Palestinian people support exactly that. A two-state solution, although imperfect, allows for self-determination in a land that has never had such options. Obviously, that would require Hamas to recognize the obvious fact that Israel exists. That might even require Westerners to cease actively aiding and abetting
organizations that wouldn’t maintain relevance without terrorism and armed struggle. Finally, people should avoid calling Israeli actions reminiscent of the Holocaust out of simple respect. The state of Israel exists today because Zionism proved to be true. Unless the Jewish people have a national homeland, they can never feel secure. If you’ll use the Google machine again, look up the Holocaust. Look deeper and realize the virulent antiSemitism existed not only in Nazi Germany but also worldwide. The Nazis generally had no problem getting occupied peoples to hand over their Jews. Look, the situation in the occupied territories sucks. Calling Gaza the world’s largest open-air prison is harsh language, but it’s compelling because it has a grain of truth. By maintaining the occupation, Israel does itself no favors at home or abroad. Americans tend to support Israel because its national culture is so much more like our own than Israel’s neighbors. Only in Israel can gays live in peace and security. Only in Israel are women’s rights taken seriously. Only in Israel exists the liberal democracy that is best at
minimizing human suffering. So, Palestinian sympathizers (a category in which I would include myself), please recognize the power of language. Each time you toss out comparisons of the Nakba and Holocaust, you demean both events. The Holocaust wasn’t bad because it could be compared to something. It was bad because Europe (with support from a prominent Palestinian, remember) sought to exterminate an entire race of people. Israel isn’t trying to exterminate the Palestinians. The Palestinians, I would argue, aren’t trying to exterminate the Israelis. Both sides have locked themselves into a belief that the other will just leave. As that isn’t happening anytime soon, the best thing Americans can do is to stop adding fuel to the fire. The Palestinian conflict is only six decades old, in political terms. Peace can be reached. The inconsistent and typically incorrect advice and pressure coming from Americans is hurting rather than helping that process.
Justin Green is a Senior Political Science major from Sutton, NE. Read his blog at HuskerRed. tumblr.com. Tweet him at BearGreenZ. Email him at justingreen@ dailynebraskan.com
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Jimmy Hill’s works of art display an eccentric take on pop culture icons
immy Hill thinks of himself as a messy person, unless you’re talking about his artwork or his eyebrows — and both have been obsessions for him from a young age. “My first name is really Jimmy Lee, but I don’t go by that because it sounds like I should be an opening act for Dolly Parton,” he said, introducing himself as a starving artist. But he’s selling work. In fact, he’s selling work internationally. Hill credits his mother with discovering his ability to draw. She used to tape the show “Pappyland” for him. “I don’t know if you’ve ever seen it,” he said. “It’s like a really redneck version of Bob Ross. It has the creepy puppets like Mr. Rogers had.” Hill’s mother, Julie, noticed he was able to draw almost perfect copies of the cartoons characters on the show, so she enrolled him in adult art classes. But Julie didn’t stop with helping her son to discover his artistic abilities. Jimmy said his mother is the reason he’s been obsessed with his eyebrows since he was eight. “I am my mother’s child ... I always loved Elizabeth Taylor’s eyebrows because ... they never look bad.” Hill hasn’t taken many art classes since. After being bombarded with courses as a child, Hill cut back when he went through high school. And he didn’t even think about going to college for art; he went to hair school instead. “The way people talk about college, they (professors) want to teach you to draw a certain way,” he explained. “I’m afraid if I think that ... then I’m going to lose the ability to draw like I do now. I already know how to draw. I don’t need a degree.” Hill dropped out of hair school and headed west to Colorado. In Colorado, Hill lived with his cousin and her DJ/artist roommate. The two got a group of girls together who were dive artists and ran a theater where they featured artists like 303 before they reached stardom. Hill was able to hang his artwork in the theater. And he began to experiment with his work. Hill explained he has always had an obsession with women like Marilyn Monroe and Natalie Wood because of their beauty, but he was also aware that most pictures of them were painted on to cover imperfections. “They (Monroe and Wood) looked completely fabulous all the time and (never) disgusting or evil,” he said. “I just wanted to show that just because they’re beautiful, wonderful people doesn’t mean they don’t have the same nasty, disgusting insides as you do.” Simply redrawing the picture — even if the women’s flaws were included — wasn’t good enough. Hill said he didn’t want to make copies of photos. So he began drawing themes of death into his work. Hill might draw a celebrity as a zombie or with flesh peeled off his or her face to reveal muscle and bone beneath. “I like how he juxtaposes that dark edge against a lot of these pop icons,” said Danny Sullivan, a friend and fellow artist to Hill. “If I wanted to draw horses and flowers, I would draw horses and
Local artist Jimmy Hill poses with some of his drawings in his Lincoln apartment on Sunday. Hill said the residence doubles as his work space. flowers,” Hill added. “I’m not the horses and flowers kind of girl.” Then he sold his first piece. It was a drawing of Audrey Hepburn as a zombie. “This lady was ... a doctor or some sort of medical person and really wasted and was telling me how fabulous I was,” Hill said. “I mean, I’d heard from my family members that I could draw well, but I’d never seriously considered it until then.” Now, he has also begun to use antlers a lot in his work after seeing a self-portrait of Sullivan’s, in which he portrayed himself with antlers. “I remember him seeing it and being very thrilled about it,” Sullivan said. Hill has since moved back to Lincoln and works for Hudson Bay Company. In the long run, he said he wants to become a tattoo artist once he can combine his drawing skills with being able to handle a “five-pound shaking pencil and all the blood.” For now, though, he posts his work on Tumblr and Facebook and is beginning to show it more regularly. His last show was in Parrish Studios during March’s First Friday. He’s also begun selling his work and prints of his work. He made his first international sale when a girl from Florence asked him to draw Lady Gaga as a zombie. Hill’s process is far from the elaborate. He usually begins a piece for fun or out of boredom and his job allots him plenty of free time to draw. Hill said he peruses magazines or
Tumblr until he stumbles across a picture that strikes him. And he’s always drawn in by beauty, especially in women. “How would I define beauty?” Hill said. “Probably in a very vain way because I am a pop culture queen.
The way people talk about college, they (professors) want to teach you to draw a certain way. I’m afraid if I think that ... then I’m going to lose the ability to draw like I do now. I already know how to draw. I don’t need a degree. jimmy hill artist
Beauty can either be humorous or it can be Megan Fox, Elizabeth Taylor flawless.” Hill has just started willingly adding color to his work this year, something he has avoided because of his inability to paint. He doesn’t create full-color pieces, but he said even the small bits of color he adds using colored pencils can drive him insane. “Obviously, I can’t afford nice colored pencils, so I’m talking, like, Crayola, Walmart 12-pack pencils is what I’m working with,” Hill said, adding
that working with such a small palette of color forces him to think in layers. “I always think in black and white for some reason,” he said. “Maybe because it’s easier.” But his process isn’t only in art; it’s also personal. Hill said his mother has always told him stories about celebrities and reasons why they’re good people or how they’re beautiful. “My head is just filled with this ridiculous amount of pop culture knowledge and it always tends to gravitate toward women,” he said. “Don’t get me wrong: as a homosexual, I have an appreciation for men, but (art) always goes toward the feminine. Plus, I mean, most of the ladies I draw have a great rack and who doesn’t love a great rack?” Hill explained that he thinks of the female figure as diverse, something the male form lacks. While women can’t control the size and shape of their bodies, they have more freedom according to societal conventions to play with makeup, hair, clothing, etc. “(Women) have so much to hide and so much to show,” he said, “so much to give and so much to hold back.” As he draws, Hill said he watches movies about his subjects. Even if he’s watching Marilyn Monroe or Edie Sedgwick being played by other actresses, Hill likes to be able to watch them. “I can look up and be like, ‘Ah, you were so wonderful,’” he said. Hill admits to letting himself get lost in his obsession with some of the
women he draws, sometimes to go as far as to try and embody some of their physical and personal qualities. Right now, he’s hung up on Edie Sedgwick, which explains why these days the artist sometimes wears a red blouse. He said it also explains the mole he’s been drawing under his eye. Hill’s boyfriend, Tyler Weston Krug, said it helps Hill to draw a subject if he immerses himself in the way the subject lived. “I think it’s just like moving on to something that interests him in the time being,” Krug said. Hill recommends that everyone try to embody parts of people they idolize. “Just doing the Edie Sedgwick thing — walking around, dressing in the shirts, putting on the makeup — I mean, it gives you an odd sort of self confidence,” he said. And while walking the walk, Hill said he sometimes talks the talk. “I’m stupidly good at accents too,” he said. “If I’m getting super obsessed with someone, I’ll talk in their accent just on occasion ... especially when I’m intoxicated.” Hill said he never knows when pieces are finished, as he will continue to find miniscule imperfections with them. In a way, they continue to be works in progress, even when they’re on public display. And with the way Hill works to embody each of the women he draws, he could be called a work in progress too.
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English department finds place for genre fiction Rachel Staats Daily Nebraskan
Despite an upswing in the number of books published in genres like paranormal romance, mystery and scifi in the past decade, many universities still place a heavy focus on the strict guidelines associated with literary fiction. While it is easy to say that any book with a genre is included in the definition of “genre fiction,” defining “literary fiction” can be more difficult. Most scholars agree that it is loosely defined as any work of fiction not included in genres like sci-fi, mystery, chick-lit, horror or teen fiction. Genre fiction, while not new, has become more prevalent throughout the 20th century, with the greatest boom happening roughly in the late ‘90s. Many credit the publication of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” with expanding genre fiction to children, as
it sparked a movement in books about paranormal activities, magic and vampires in America. Teen genre fiction is currently one of the greatest profit-making sections at Barnes & Noble, according to the store director, Jenny Bayer, at the SouthPointe Pavilions branch in Lincoln. Although Bayer was unable to release specific data because of store policy, she said sales in genre fiction far outrank sales in literary fiction. With so many new genres to contend with, Bayer said it was expected that people would fall away from more conventional writing to read books they find more accessible and exciting. “People tend to find a section they like and stick with it,” Bayer said. “I think people are scared of classics.” But with universities focusing on exposing students to those kinds of books, few people are
afraid classic literature will fall by the wayside. “There is a broad range (of texts) in composition courses, but literary texts predominate in literature courses and creative writing courses,” said Laura White, professor and vice chair of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. According to White, a third of the students majoring in the English department are interested in pursuing creative writing. With such a large percentage of students interested, some may find it surprising that one of the most profitable aspects of writing is not taught, but UNL English professor Judith Slater said preparing students to be professional writers is not the main goal at the undergraduate level. “Most of them don’t have that as a career goal, any more than someone who takes violin lessons wants to be a professional violinist,” she said. “What I do want
is to give them a chance to explore their imagination and strengthen their creativity, to be more observant and aware of the world and themselves, to read more deeply and fully.” This creativity leads many students to take an interest in a specific genre, and both White and Slater stressed that help is always offered to those who ask for it. “(The Writing Center) offers assistance to writers at every stage and across all disciplines, and does not require that students be working with specific class assignments to get help with writing,” White said. In addition to the help offered at the Writing Center, the English department is unveiling new courses in genre fiction for the fall 2012 semester. These courses, including a special topics course in science fiction,
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This Week in Art & Literature Lincoln Gallery showings: “NE 60/70”
artists: Thomas Coleman, James Eisentrager and Robert Weaver where: Kiechel Fine Art, 5733 S. 34 St., Suite 300 when: March 19 - May 4
“Capitol Views - 2”
photographer:
John Nollendorfs where: The Burkholder Project, 719 P St. when: April 1 - April 30
“Turning Around”
artists: Deb Costello and Mark Entzminger where: Gallery 9, 124 S. 9 St. when: April 4 - April 29
New In Fiction: “Carry the One”
author: Carol Anshaw publisher: Simon &
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New In NonFiction: “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”
author: Cheryl Strayed publisher: Knopf
Doubleday Publishing Group how much: $25.95
New In poetry: “Left-Handed”
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publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group how much: $26
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Undergrad creative writing has value
chance solem-Pfeifer When we’re asked to introduce ourselves in any official capacity at this university, name and major are typically expected. It’s a coded way of asking “What should I call you?” and “What the hell are you going to do with your life?” When I say “Chance SolemPfeifer, junior English major,” that’s code for “My parents are social liberals who thought they’d torture their son with a pair of confusing last names and I’m not going to make any money in the foreseeable future.” It’s one of the cliches of being an English major and having aspirations to write or teach for a living: “You know you’re not going to make any money, right?” Yeah, man, I know. So you can argue until you’re blue in the face that you’ll be the next Jonathan Franzen, and you’ll never want for anything or be the first to make a joke about your imminent
unemployment. Either way, find a way to handle this general and persistent criticism. But beyond the realm of “you’re an English major, so good luck with being poor and not knowing your multiplication tables and never being loved by your dad,” I’ve heard it said from more intelligent mouths that creative writing at the undergraduate level is something of a moot point. The reasoning behind the criticism varies. It’s argued that for the students who excel at writing and creativity, the classes will bolster and refine their preexisting skill sets and for those students who don’t have “it,” well, they’ll just be giving it a go until the go is over. It’s argued that you can’t teach creativity or inspiration from the ground up. It’s argued that undergraduate creative writing programs aren’t intensive enough to narrow the field down to a select few that will “make it” in a professional sense. There’s a perceived disservice here — that the only thing undergraduates are being prepared for is, perhaps, disappointment. Now, these aren’t criticisms I’ve heard leveled by nonreaders or haters of creative writing, but rather observers who just don’t believe tat creative writing is best instructed in an academic sense, but
that practice outside the classroom is just as valuable and hell of a lot less expensive. That said, I’m not sure I agree with any of these points. Not every business major who graduates from this university will find a job, not by a long shot. Some people are more driven and just better at what they do than others. Are they being set up for disappointment? And buried in this is that ever-present falsehood that “college should prepare you for the rigors of the real world.” Many of us, myself included, have no idea where we’ll end up. And that’s not UNL’s fault. Whoever told us as kids for the first time that college was a good idea, wasn’t wrong, but the perceived implication that a bachelor’s degree is as good as a 9-to-5 job and a house in Pleasantville is way off in 2012. Maybe YahooNews told me so. Maybe my eyes did. But here I want to cite the limitations of creative writing classes and what people inside and outside of them see. I would argue most instructors of creative writing understand much of their focus will be on craft, the experience of the reader and making that as effective as possible. Inspiration really is up to the students.
The central contradiction as I see it in undergrad classes is the disconnect between how we’re taught to tear into literature and how we entertain the writing of our peers during workshops. It’s a gap that seems to be founded on the idea that none of us are really that good of writers, and criticism will be the building blocks of improvement. But by that same token, we don’t have any of the reverence for the guy sitting next to us that we hold (or should hold) for canonized writers. So what we’re essentially asking for is a balance, and balance is hard. In a workshop setting, you have to respect the writing of the person next to you while realizing that he or she is not T.S. Eliot or Alice Walker — that’s it’s your duty in the context of the class to help them with constructive feedback, but know that maybe they’re working with some ideas that aren’t fully developed. So “I don’t get this and we’re done here” is not an acceptable response in the same way you’d be reproached for stopping short were you to offer that in a literature class. In the end, calling creative writing classes at the undergrad level a “moot point” is a pretty short-sighted opinion. Could anyone really argue
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with any validity that undergraduate writers at UNL don’t learn anything in the four, five or six classes they’ll take before running the grad school application gauntlet? No, you couldn’t. Not with the driven students and instructors in the English Department. But it does present challenges and inconsistencies not present at the next level. Not everyone in ENGL 253 or 254 is there for the same thing. Not by a long shot. That one guy sleeps in that desk all week, you’re pretty sure. And, of course, college is a time when we’re encouraged to get involved in everything. In my experience, it’s rare to find that undergraduate writer with the singular focus that’s imperative for success in an MFA program and beyond. That I’m told is imperative, I guess, is a better way of writing that. I’ve never been to grad school. Please let me go to grad school, guys. chance solem-pfeifer is a junior english major. reach him at Chancesolempfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com.
fiction: from 5 will enhance students’ knowledge of the genre in general and may spark more interest in writing. “I think, though, it’s important to keep in mind that when we do teach those courses, we will teach them not as ‘how-to courses,’ but as courses that explore the historical and cultural contexts of the genre,” Slater said. “(The courses will) ask students to think about, for example, why there’s such a hunger for mysteries and science fiction — and students can expect to read works that transcend the genre.” Jennifer Bryan, a graduate student who teaches fiction and literature courses at UNL, said although more of these courses could be beneficial, often people don’t realize that styles used in literary and genre fiction can be combined to create a story that has the kind of intriguing plots that make genre fiction exciting as well as the talented writing expected of literary fiction. “Plot has become this dirty word in literary writing,”
Bryan said. While genre and literary fiction do not have clear cut lines that separate them, the two categories have historically held very different places in literature. One of the main reasons Slater believes in the importance of thought-provoking literature is the studies that show how beneficial it can be for the brain to encounter vivid sensory details or metaphors in fiction writing. According to an article in The New York Times , several brain studies showed that people who read this kind of in-depth fiction are able to empathize and respond to others more than those who do not. One of the scientists who conducted some of these studies, professor and novelist Keith Oatley, said, “Just as computer simulations can help us get to grips with complex problems such as flying a plane or forecasting the weather so novels — stories and dramas — can help us understand the complexities of social life.”
The responses our brains get from reading, the studies said, help us cope with real-life situations. “You can’t just read on auto-pilot,” Slater said. “You have to really engage with the work, take an active role in it. “Popular fiction like mysteries have their place, certainly, but reading in-depth, thought-provoking fiction fills a need in our souls that more escapist literature just can’t.” The tug of war between genre and literary fiction has been going on for years, and despite moves by authors and professors to engage students in both forms, Bryan said she does not think it will end anytime soon. “Americans read pop fiction because it moves, because things are happening,” she said. “I think you’ll always see people fall on the literary side and you’ll always have the detective novel that you read at the beach.” rachelstaats@ dailynebraskan.com
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The Flatwater Shakespeare company’s portrayal of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika,” is a play that inspires and redefines the blurred lines between gay and straight people. Directed by Bob Hall and performed at the Haymarket Theatre, “Angels in America” focuses on a few gay men, mainly Prior Walter, played by Andy Dillehay, and Roy Cohn, played by Richard Nielson, who cope with AIDS. Prior is visited by ghosts and an angel who proclaim him to be a prophet. He must deal with the surreal reality of his incurable disease and potentially being a prophet. The rest of the characters fill in the gaps with subplots, but one of the more important characters is Cohn, who displays the difficulties of being gay in the 1980s. Cohn is a self-loathing and powerhungry hypocrite who struggles to accept his sexual orientation. He is more interested in keeping the integrity of his political appearance than being true to himself. “Angels in America” is a very
ANGELS IN AMERICA PART 2: PERESTROIKA Location: Haymarket Theatre 803 Q St Run Dates: March 29 - April 15
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Needed, sublease for 1 bedroom apartment May 1-July 31. Near campus. Clean, quiet, reserved parking, dishwasher, a/c, on site laundry. Rent is $430/ month. Electric only (bills usually less than $20) call 307-272-5893 or email anna.ehlers32@gmail.com Roommate ads are FREE in print and online. E-mail yours to dn@unl.edu and include your name, address and phone number. Two females, one male looking for someone to move into a 2008 4 bedroom, two bath duplex. Gender doesn’t matter. Close to campus over in the Turtle Creek area. $300 per person plus electric a month. No internet, cable, water, or trash bills. Can move in ASAP. Cleanliness is preferred. If interested, email malnmeier @gmail.com or text 308-390-0457.
Roommates 1 room for rent in 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. Washer/dryer, dishwasher included. Room is in basement with own bathroom. TV, Internet and utilities included in rent. Rent is $400 a month. Home is in a friendly neighborhood with street parking that is a 5 minute drive from campus. Room is available in May. Email matthew_papa@hotmail.com if interested/for more information. House availabale in August, Address 2421 Sewell St. 402.610.0429. I am a 22 year old female undergrad UNL college student looking for roommate. I am a non-smoker, clean, and responsible elementary education major. Looking for roommates to find an apartment or looking to rent a room. If interested e-mail me at nikki6t6@yahoo.com. Looking for 1 female roommate to sublet apartment for June 1 through August 31. $397.50/month, all utilities except electricity included (about $30/month extra). Located at Hayward Condos on 9th and Charleston- very close to campus. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Laundry facilities in building. Wood floors, tall ceilings, parking available. Email kelsey.tieken@huskers.unl.edu if interested or need more information. Looking for 1 or 2 Female roommates to share newer 4 bedroom 2 bathroom duplex. Close to city campus and east campus right along bus route. Rent is $287.50a month per person plus affordable electric and internet. Available April 1st. E-mail aschiltmeyer@gmail.com if you are interested. Looking for a roommate(s) to fill apartment for the summer (beginning of May until end of July). 2 bedroom apartment, room available is master bedroom with full bathroom, roomy walk-in closet, and tons of open space!! TANGLEWOOD APARTMENTS: Detached garages, controlled access, laundry facility, sparkling pool, sun deck, fitness classes, 24/7 fitness center, extra storage, pet friendly, clubhouse, spa, health club, racquetball court, tennis court, awesome walking/biking trail, cable TV, courtyards, lush beautiful landscaping, free WiFi in clubhouse, washer/ dryer unit, airconditioning, patio/balcony, wood burning fireplace, and TONS of room!! Email blondecountrygrl09@hotmail.com Looking to sublease my room in a 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment for the summer. Move-in date is flexible; as early as April 1st, as late as May 1st. Lease ends August 31st. Female preferred, as my roommate that is staying is a female grad student at UNL. Rent is $397.50/month and the apartment complex is at 50th & Vine. Master bedroom and own private bathroom complete with tub and shower. There is a bus stop right by the complex which is really convenient if you are taking summer classes on campus or don’t have a car to drive to work, etc. Cats and small dogs are allowed for an extra $15/month (my roommate doesn’t have any pets). Our apartment also has a washer and dryer in the unit that doesn’t cost any extra to use. Other great things that the complex has are a clubhouse with free wi-fi, a gym, a sauna, a racquetball court, an outdoor pool, a tennis court, and free yoga and zumba classes a few times a week. Email skessay@huskers.unl.edu or call/text 402.802.1066 if interested.
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Looking for 1-2 roommates for a duplex just north of 14th and Superior. No preferences to gender, 5 bedroom 3 bath, needing someone to move in late April to finish out the lease-possibly renewing after the summer. Rent is cheap at $255 a month, need first month’s up front. Bills are electric, water, trash, gas and internet- altogether with rent it totals just a bit over $300. Email jhaze1@hotmail.com or call (402) 805-7628 if you have any questions or want to check it out! Need one roommate to finish apartment lease at Claremont Park Apartments May-July. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Rent $350 per month, plus utilities, please contact Annie at 402-980-1420 or anne.brown5590@gmail.com Needed one female roommate to finish apartment lease at Claremont Park Apartments May-July. 3 bedroom, 2 bath. You get the largest room and your own bathroom. Rent is $350 per month, electricity and gas charges are extra. Close to campus, great for summer classes! If interested, please contact Amanda at 308-999-0276 or youngaly12@hotmail.com.
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Football practice notes Carnes gets firstteam reps After Saturday’s spring practice, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said the Huskers scrimmaged for about half of the practice. He said the team scrimmaged about 100 plays, allowing for many younger players to get a few snaps. “We had a good go of it today,” Pelini said. “I thought some guys showed up and I thought the tempo was good.” The quarterbacks were impressive throughout the scrimmages, according to Pelini. Taylor Martinez scrimmaged for the first time this spring. “We haven’t scrimmaged Taylor for a really long time, but I thought he was very sharp out there today,” Pelini said. Second-string quarterback Brion Carnes also took snaps with the first team. Pelini said Carnes has developed nicely and is able to check plays better at the line of scrimmage. Burkhead receives some rest The younger Husker Ibacks were able to get some more snaps in Saturday’s scrimmages, as senior Rex Burkhead did not
participate. Pelini said the backs really did a nice job taking advantage of their opportunity. “Those are two guys that were thrown into the fire early last season, and they are both backs with a lot of talent,” Pelini said. “Aaron Green ran tough today. Ameer was impressive too. Those guys are good backs.” Burkhead did not scrimmage for a coaching reason, not because he was hurt, Pelini said after practice. He said he doesn’t want to risk injury to the All-Big Ten performer. “I look at it this way, I know what Rex brings to the table, and we have some younger backs that need development,” Pelini said. “To be honest with you, Rex took a lot of hits last year, so it makes sense to leave him out of the scrimmage and it gives us a chance to look at our younger guys.” Offensive line looks for depth Pelini talked after Saturday’s practice about the depth on the offensive line that is being developed this spring. Andrew Rodriguez
moved to tackle at the start and has looked good in the early going, according to Pelini. “I think he’s a pretty natural player there. Andrew’s going to be a heck of a football player out there at tackle just like we thought he was going to be at guard,” Pelini said. The Huskers hope to be two-deep at every offensive line position, Pelini said. Ryne Reeves was moved to play guard also at the beginning of the spring and has looked natural at that position as well, according to Pelini. Other Notes • Wide receivers Jamal Turner and Tyler Evans were both limited in Saturday’s practice with hamstring injuries, Pelini said. Neither player scrimmaged. • Pelini said the players were practicing better in the spring than most of his other teams that he had to “pull teeth” to get to play well. • Pelini said the center battle is going well with all three players — Cole Pensick, Mark Pelini and Justin Jackson — “playing good football” right now. — Compiled by Andrew ward
Linebackers: from 10 LEAGUE BOUND Lavonte David is expected to be a first or second round draft pick in the NFL Draft later this month. The linebacker played only two seasons for Nebraska after transferring from Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College, but he’ll go down as one of the best to play the position for the Blackshirts. Here is a look at some of this record-breaking stats during his time at NU:
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First-team All-American in 2011 Holds Nebraska’s all-time single season tackles record (152) Fourth all-time on Nebraska’s tackles list SOURCE: HUSKERS.COM
ranked second to David in most defensive categories last year playing alongside him in the middle. After Compton, though, the experience drops significantly for the backers. Sean Fisher is a senior outside linebacker and has the most playing time in the group besides Compton. However, he has been injured the majority of his career, which has made it hard for him to develop any sort of consistency, Pelini said. After Fisher and Compton, Alonzo Whaley and David Santos should share playing time for the other linebacker position in the middle, according to Pelini. Whaley is a senior, but has received little playing time throughout his career at Nebraska, while this will be Santos’ first year playing in Memorial Stadium for the Huskers
after redshirting his freshman year. Sophomore Trevor Roach could receive some early playing time as well, according to Pelini. Pelini also said Whaley showed improvement in the offseason and developed to compete for the starting role. Talks with David helped him with that development Pelini is talking about, according to Whaley. “(David) might shoot words of encouragement a couple of days in the week to me,” Whaley said. “You know like, “Stay focused,” “Stay hungry” and “Keep up the grind,” stuff like that.” Both Whaley and Compton frequently talk to David throughout the week, Whaley said, sometimes as much as every other day. The seniors also watch film of the former star to try and pick up on what he did
well. Compton said the linebackers may not be as talented as David, but they can be just as effective as a unit. “So far I think the want and willingness to learn is really helping our group,” Compton said. “Hopefully, we’ll have a strong one-, two- or even threedeep at the position.” David was one of the best linebackers to play at Nebraska, and his numbers back it up. Compton said he knows what David did and appreciates it, but this will be a completely different team in the fall. “It’s not really a chip on our shoulders, but we just want to prove that we can do it without him,” Compton said. “All of the stats in his place spoke for itself. I mean you can’t really replace a Lavonte, but we’ll have guys in there doing the job.” andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com
NU picks up first Big Ten win against PSU
Team falls to No. 2 Buckeyes, bounce back against Nittany Lions to win 4-3 in State College Staff Report Daily Nebraskan
The Husker men’s tennis team split weekend conference matches on the road, falling to No. 2 Ohio State and defeating Penn State. Nebraska’s 4-3 victory against Penn State Sunday marked the Huskers’ first Big Ten Conference win, giving the team a 1-3 conference record and 8-9 on the season. The victory against the Nittany Lions snapped a fourgame losing streak the Huskers were riding since their last victory over Ventura College nearly two weeks ago. The match came down to a tie-breaker in the third set between NU’s Benedikt Lindheim and Russell Bader of PSU. Lindheim clinched the game winning point for the Huskers on the No. 2 singles court after he and fellow senior co-captain Christopher Aumueller helped Nebraska sweep the doubles point for an early lead. Freshman Stefan Gollner and sophomore Tom Blackwell won NU’s other two points on the No. 5 and No. 6 courts respectively, defeating PSU’s Chris Young and Christopher Pasyn in straight sets. Blackwell’s victory marked his first singles win also since the Huskers’ match against Ventura College.
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NU’s Benedikt Lindheim won his No. 2 singles match in three sets to clinch Sunday’s 4-3 victory agaisnt Penn State. The victory at State College came after the Huskers dropped their third conference match of the season to second-ranked Ohio State — the Big Ten Conference’s highest rated tennis squad. The Huskers avoided the shutout when Aumueller upset Ohio State’s Blaz
Rola, ranked fifth nationally in individuals. Rola was the highest-ranked opponent Aumueller has faced this season and the highestranked opponent he’s ever defeated. The Buckeyes swept the doubles points, including an upset over NU’s top doubles
pairing of Aumueller and Lindheim who rank 19th nationally in doubles play. OSU’s 39th-ranked pairing of Ille Van Engelen and Devin McCarthy defeated Aumueller and Lindheim 8-5 in the only portion of the match in which NU was favored. Aside from Aumueller, the
other five of Nebraska’s singles players lost in straight sets to OSU, which featured a lineup of five players ranked in the top 110 individually by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The win moves Ohio State to a 23-2 record and an undefeated 5-0 in the Big Ten Conference.
According to Aumueller, one of the Huskers’ main goals for the season was to finish in the top half of the conference. After the weekend of Big Ten play, the Huskers fell to eighth in the conference.
starting to get up to speed in the field, he’s obviously getting up to speed on the plate, but he’s starting to get the speed of Division I baseball.” Nebraska then capped the Friday game with a twostrikeout performance from closer Travis Huber for his fifth save of the season. Saturday’s game was less than kind to Nebraska, mostly because of poor defensive play and the right arm of Brandon Magallones in an 8-4 loss. The Huskers’ staff, behind starter Jon Keller and reliever Brandon Pierce, didn’t give up any earned runs, while their defense gave up six errors. “When you play on a field that’s pretty choppy, you have to be ultra aggressive,” Erstad said. “You have to go get the hops up front and
you can’t play timid and you contagious. Keller then can’t sit back on your heels walked three straight batters and that’s exwith two outs; actly what we two with the You have to go did today. bases loaded “We got and the Wildget the hops up a little cats extended front and you spooked.” their lead to can’t play timid And the 3-1 and never spookiness looked back, and you can’t all started in that game sit back on your with two eror the Sunday heels. rors by third one. baseman Kurt NorthwestFarmer in the ern’s Zach third inning. Darin Erstad Morton threw nebraska baseball coach First Farmer a one-run misfired a ball complete that could’ve game and the resulted in an inning-ending Wildcat bats stayed alive as double play that left runners the Huskers lost 6-1. on the corners with one out. Nebraska was just unable Then Farmer misplayed to generate any offense. a ball with two outs that The Huskers put together could’ve ended the inning seven hits, but were only again after a Wildcat sacri- able to get more than one fice bunt put a run home. hit in a single inning. They And the problems were couldn’t put up any runs in
that inning as Nebraska’s inability for timely hits put Zach Hirsch’s solid start of 5 2/3 innings and only three earned runs on seven hits to waste. For Erstad and company, this isn’t the end of the world. There’s a lot of baseball left and Nebraska can perform with the best of them, he said. This weekend against Northwestern was just the result of Nebraska getting outplayed by an opponent, but it shouldn’t be repeated, according to Pritchard. “It was a funny weekend and there was a weird atmosphere around our team,” Pritchard said. “It wasn’t a normal Nebraska weekend. That’s not the way we’ve played for that 17-game homestand.”
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Baseball: from 10 “The park and the weather played no factor to (the losses),” Pritchard said. “Clearly it didn’t affect them so it shouldn’t have affected us. They played us in the same stuff we played them in. They just wanted to beat us more than we wanted to beat them.” The Huskers gave up 18 runs on the weekend and only managed 12, statistics that spelled doom for Nebraska, a squad looking for its first conference road series victory since 2008. “It’s a very simple formula: you pitch well and you need timely hitting,” Husker coach Darin Erstad said. “We got beat in all three. We’re actually fortunate we even won one game here.” And in the Friday game where the Huskers managed the win, they were the more balanced team. The Huskers
managed more than half of their runs for the series in the 7-4 win and kept the Wildcats to their lowest total in a game on the weekend. Starter Tom Lemke put up six innings and gave up three earned runs on 11 hits and only one walk. Pat Kelly also came through for the Huskers at the plate. The freshman went 3 for 4 and had a solo homer that tied the game in the fifth inning and started a rally in that inning that Nebraska didn’t look back from. Kelly’s clutch home run alongside his three-hit performance is proof that he’s adjusting well to baseball at the collegiate level. “(Kelly) looked great, and he looked great his last couple outings as well,” Erstad said following Friday’s game. “He’s a kid. He’s just
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Nebraska junior Mara Griva won the triple jump with a distance of 12.86 meters this weekend at the Arkansas Spring Invitational.
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Nebraska’s jumps squad carried over its success from the indoor season, as it came away with 14 topfive finishes this weekend. The Huskers headed to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Arkansas Spring Invitational over the weekend, bringing a full 34-person squad for the first time in the 2012 outdoor track and field season. They left the meet with four first-place finishes and 28 total top-five finishes, with half of them coming in jump events. Long jumper/triple jumper Mara Griva said the competition level at the meet was standard for an early season meet, so the Huskers
took advantage. “It was a small meet and it kind of felt like practice,” Griva said. “There weren’t different schools to push us.” All-American long jumper Chris Phipps won the men’s long jump with a jump of 7.73 meters, followed by fellow-Husker Bobby Carter, who finished fourth. In the men’s triple jump, Nebraska’s jumpers claimed five of the top nine spots, led by Patrick Raedler, who took second in the event with a jump of 15.36 meters. On the women’s side, Griva won the triple jump with a mark of 12.86 meters, as the Huskers took four of the top five places
in the event, including first and second. Anna Weigandt and Kara Mostoller finished fourth and seventh in the long jump, respectively. Rounding off the order for the jumpers, the Huskers claimed three third-place finishes in the pole vault, as Cami Jiskra and Breanna Bussel both tied at 3.80 meters, while Nate Polacek’s jump of 5.15 meters on the men’s side gave him a place in third. Marusa Cernjul added a second place finish in the high jump. While Griva brought home a victory in the triple jump, she said she still isn’t at 100 percent after recovering from hamstring and back injuries that held her out of last month’s NCAA
Championships. “I tried not to think about it in competition,” Griva said. “I was a little bit worried. I felt like I was kind of saving myself.” Team-wide, Griva said the Huskers had a strong meet. “I felt like coaches were pretty satisfied,” Griva said. “We are putting in still a lot of work.” Some of that work is starting to show off with the success of some of Nebraska’s young athletes. Freshman Greta Kerekes placed first in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.93 seconds. The 4x100-meter relay team of Kerekes, Monique Lewis, Breunna McCarty and Mara Weekes, which is composed
Women grab 2 more victories
No. 18 Huskers down Buckeyes 4-0 Friday, top Penn State 6-1 Sunday Angela Hensel daily Nebraskan
Coming off the court, Nebraska women’s tennis player Madeleine Geibert looked fatigued, but relieved in finally getting the victory she was looking for. With Geibert’s 6-0, 6-2 singles victory against Penn State’s Carmen Sandor on Sunday, she became the school record holder with 173 combined wins between singles and doubles matches. Nebraska’s previous record holder was Sandra Noetzel, who had 172 combined wins in her career from 1996-2000. “I’m just really happy for her,” NU head coach Scott Jacobson said. “She has struggled recently, but has kind of come back to the true Madeleine Geibert today.” Along with Geibert’s victory in singles, the 18th-ranked Huskers captured five other wins to beat the No. 48 Nittany Lions 6-1 Sunday in Lincoln. The Huskers also added another Big Ten victory to their record this weekend by beating Ohio State 4-0 on Friday. Some of the Ohio State matches were cut short because of weather. Although the highlight of the weekend was Geibert’s school record, it wasn’t an easy route for her to get there. Coming into Sunday, Geibert was tied with Noetzel’s record, and needed only one victory in either singles or doubles to stand alone in the record books. This task proved to be a difficult one in starting out the day with a tough doubles match for Geibert. The No. 1 doubles team for Nebraska of Geibert and Stefanie Weinstein lost a close match to Penn State’s Petra Januskova and Chelsea Utting 8-7 (6).
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Nebraska senior Madeleine Geibert became the program’s all-time leader in career combined wins this weekend with her singles victory against Carmen Sandor of Penn State. In her doubles match, the frustration and fatigue began to show for Geibert. With the temperatures rising and long rallies, the lead changes kept going back and forth. Along with the close match, Geibert’s frustration with the line judges was apparent with some of the close line calls that went against her and Weinstein. “It is always difficult to keep concentration anyways, even more so with the line calls,” Geibert said. “But even so, that stuff is out of your control.” After dropping the doubles match, Geibert came back out on the court looking like she hadn’t played a long match beforehand. She powered through the first set with her 6-0 win, and left
the doubles match from before completely out of her thoughts. “It’s a new match, a new chance to play. I just leave the loss behind,” Geibert said. While Geibert battled her way to victory in her singles match, the rest of the Huskers had their own battles to fight as well. “It was a hard fought battle today,” Jacobson said. “Penn State had just come off a close loss to Iowa, so we knew they were going to be playing some of their best today.” Along with Geibert and Weinstein’s doubles loss, there was another close match in the No. 1 spot. Emotions ran high as Nebraska’s No. 1 singles player Mary
Weatherholt battled back and forth with Penn State’s Januskova. After winning the first set 6-4, Weatherholt dropped the second set 5-7. At that point, it all came down to the tiebreaker. Weatherholt mustered her strength and came out on the winning end of the tiebreaker to give the Huskers another team victory. With tough outdoor conditions and many long matches against Penn State Sunday, the continued hard work for the Huskers will benefit them as they extend Big Ten play against Purdue and Indiana next weekend. “We want to continue to compete with a strong mindset,” Jacobson said. angelahensel@ dailynebraskan.com
of all freshmen, except Weekes — a sophomore — took fifth place in the event behind a time of 46.38 seconds. One reason to explain Nebraska’s early success in the outdoor season is the unseasonably warm weather, which has allowed the Huskers to get outside and practice more in a competition-like environment. Events like the javelin and discus are difficult to prepare for indoors. In addition, factors such as wind and air quality aren’t easy to train for when the team can’t practice outdoors. “It’s always better to practice outside,” Griva said. “You get used to outdoors more. It might seem that it’s
not a big difference (but it is).” Nebraska’s other top finisher, Miles Ukaoma, posted his second straight week with a first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, as he won with a time of 50.72 seconds. Ukaoma currently ranks first nationally in the event. While the team remains confident that they’re off to a good start, the season has only begun, with the conference championship meet still a month away. “We are not ready yet for our best marks,” Griva said. “We need to be in our best shape when conference comes.” Sports@ dailynebraskan.com
softball: from 10 adjustment to her mechanics.” Edwards made up for her costly pitching in the third when she connected for an RBI double in the top of the fifth inning to tie the game, 3-3. Two batters later, junior Brooke Thomason drove Edwards in to take the lead, 4-3. Thomason was impressed with everyone’s contribution Sunday. “Everyone put in their work and did their job,” she said. “Hagemann pitched a great game.” However, that lead didn’t last long as Minnesota answered in the bottom of the sixth inning to the game at four. Hagemann held the Gophers’ bats to zero runs the rest of the game. After losing its pair of games in Saturday’s doubleheader, 13-7 and 8-5, Nebraska knew that in order to win the final series matchup, the team would have to capitalize on Minnesota’s lack of offense Sunday. A five-run collapse in Game 2 on Saturday was all the motivation the team needed heading into extra innings. Thomason began the top of the eighth with a walk
...(T)his bus ride home is definitely a lot livelier than it would have been 24 hours ago.” Rhonda Revelle nu softball coach
and later advanced on a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Taylor Edwards. The junior being in scoring position would eventually set up Fowler to deliver the game-winning RBI and send Nebraska back to Lincoln with a 4-2 record in the Big Ten. “I feel like this is exactly what Nebraska softball needed today,” Thomason said. “We had an obstacle to overcome and we did that today on the field.” After two tough games the day before which snapped the season-high nine-game winning streak, the victory was what the team needed heading back home, Revelle said. “(Saturday) was a very difficult day for us,” the coach said, “but this bus ride home is definitely a lot livelier than it would have been 24 hours ago.” neduIzu@ dailynebraskan.com
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Missing Tackles NU linebacking corps knows one guy can’t replace Lavonte David’s production; They’ll have to do it as a unit
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avonte David might as well wear size 20 shoes because the Nebraska defense will have a hard time filling them. That’s why the NU players and coaches aren’t trying to fill those shoes, according to coach Bo Pelini. “To sit there and say we will clone Lavonte David and say we will get the same kind of play and production out of that spot, it doesn’t work that way,” Pelini said. The type of production Pelini was talking about was recordbreaking. In just his first year as a Husker, David recorded a schoolrecord 152 tackles in a single season. He finished with 285 tackles on his career, ranking him fourth all-time in tackles at Nebraska. David swarmed to the ball on the field. He and Austin Cassidy led the team in interceptions last season with two apiece, while David also was in the backfield the most with a team-leading 5.5 sacks and 13 tackles for loss last season. How are the Huskers going to replace that kind of production? Pelini said it will need to be a combined effort. “We have numbers at the linebacker spot and we will just see how it plays out and evaluate it and figure out the best combination as we go,” Pelini said. Will Compton returns to lead the Husker linebackers after a solid year a season ago. He
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Linebacker Will Compton (center) had 82 total tackles, including seven for losses, last season for the Husker defense. The senior is the most experienced returning linebacker on the NU defense.
Huskers salvage weekend with extra-inning victory Team improves to 21-14 on the season with back and forth battle with Gophers in series finale Nedu Izu Daily Nebraskan
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Nebraska’s Pat Kelly went 3 for 4 on Friday during NU’s 7-4 win against Northwestern. The freshman is hitting .418 this season with four home runs.
Road series victory eludes Nebraska versus Wildcats
Huskers take series opener, but errors, quiet bats hinder squad rest of the weekend Robby Korth daily Nebraskan
Rocky Miller Park. Isn’t that where the Milwaukee Brewers play? Nope, in fact it’s the home
field of the Northwestern Wildcats (10-15, 3-3 Big Ten), “Chicago’s Big Ten team.” And this weekend marked the first time the Wildcats made the trip back to their home turf for the 2012 season. “It’s very difficult to go on the road,” Northwestern’s Kyle Ruchim said. “You’ve got to protect that home field so that when you go on the road and have a tough time it can be easier.”
And Northwestern protected its home field this weekend taking two of three games from Nebraska baseball (19-11, 3-3 Big Ten). But before Husker fans go blaming the series loss on poor weather that never went above the 60s or a park that could only hold 600, Michael Pritchard has another explanation.
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For the Nebraska softball team, this weekend a streak was broken, but a new one began. Although the softball team dropped its first two games to Minnesota Saturday, snapping a nine-game winning streak, the Huskers finished the series victorious, defeating the Gophers 5-4 Sunday in eight innings. A single hit by freshman Mattie Fowler with two outs in the top of the eighth inning provided the go-ahead RBI as the Huskers escaped the series finale with a win in extra innings. Senior Ashley Hagemann, who came into the game with one out in the bottom of the third inning, picked up her 14th win on the season and improved her team’s overall record to 21-14. The pitcher allowed one run on two hits and four walks while striking out 11 Gopher batters. Hagemann finished the game striking out the side in the bottom of the eighth inning to secure the win. The Elkhorn native replaced sophomore Tatum Edwards, who began the game for the Huskers. The starter gave up three runs on three hits in 2 1/3 innings and left the circle
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Pithcer Ashley Hagemann allowed just one run in 5 2/3 innings of relief work to help the Huskers top Minnesota on Sunday. with the Huskers down, 3-2. Although she walked two of the first three batters to begin the third, the Huskers escaped what could have been a bigger deficit with Hagemann’s superb pitching the rest of the game.
“It’s great to have two arms going,” NU coach Rhonda Revelle said. “(Edwards has) been fighting some pain after her elbow injury earlier in the season but she’s made an
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