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building community College of Engineering celebrates 101 years with weeklong events

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Mark Stroup, a machinist at the College of Engineering, working a piece of metal with a lathe. This machine rotates a workpiece on its axis in order to perform such operations as cutting, sanding, drilling or turning. Examples of common items made with lathes include nuts, bolts, chess pieces

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ngineering Week is back for its 101st year.

E-Week celebrates engineering students and the field of engineering in a weeklong event, which has been happening since 1913. It’s also a chance for University of Nebraska– Lincoln students to celebrate the end of their academic year.

“It’s basically a giant celebration of engineering is kind of what it is,” said Lauren Wondra, senior animal science and biological systems engineering major and E-Week chairwoman.

The celebrations aren’t limited to en-

gineering students.

“They say that the average college student switches their major at least twice,” Wondra said. “So if anyone wants to come join, see projects and get involved, we’re all about it. The doors are open.”

The week’s events consist of a Burrito Eating Competition, a Texas Hold’em Tournament, Mr. and Ms. Engineer Pageant, Quiz Bowl, a Laser Tag Tournament and more.

For the College of Engineering retention director David Williams, the week’s events are about building com-

munity within the college.

“It’s also showing off what engineers do and hopefully being able to make an impact on some of our students in K-12 to show that this is a possible career for them,” said the graduate human sciences student. “I don’t know how well students in middle school and high school really know about engineering, and so this kind of gives them the opportunity to learn a little bit more about it.”

E-Week’s biggest event will be the open house this Friday at 8:30 a.m. in Othmer Hall. UNL students, faculty, staff and prospective students as well

as Lincoln community members are invited.

During the open house, Curtis Tomasevicz will be presenting as the keynote speaker at 10:30 a.m. Tomasevicz, a gold-medal winner at the 2010 Olympics and a bronze medalist at the 2014 Olympics, was on the U.S. Olympic four-man bobsled team. Tomasevicz grew up in Shelby, Neb., and attended UNL, where he earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in electrical engineering. At UNL, Tomasevicz was also a running back and linebacker for the Huskers.

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UNL to replace laundry payment system Gabrielle Lazaro dn Students living at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln will soon be able to do their laundry with the slide of a credit or debit card.

Burr, Fedde, Husker and Love residence halls – as well as family apartment style housing on Vine and U streets – have all been testing out the new system “WaveRider” since mid-February, said Brian Shanks, associate director of housing.

The university plans to have all residence halls converted to the new system by the time students return for fall semester with the suite style residence halls – University Suites and Knoll – being converted as early as May. “We really like this system because students don’t have to have separate laundry cards,” said University Housing director Sue Gildersleeve. “Most students have a credit or debit card, so they can use their card and charge directly to it.”

So far these machines have received nothing but positive reviews.

“It’s fully automated, so it’s really very customer friendly,” Shanks said. “(Students) don’t have to go out and find quarters anymore. They can use any debit or credit card this system will take and they don’t have to recharge their cards anymore.”

What initially got the ball rolling with this new system was Heartland Payment Systems announcement that it was no longer going to support Debitek. Debitek was implemented in August 2005 as UNL’s City Campus’ laundry card system where a resident purchases credit to transfer onto a card for the laundry machines.

“That made me jump to test the

Alumnus helps create space suit for future Mars explorations Staff report dn When Dana Valish graduated from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2000 with a business degree, he never expected he would one day be working for NASA. Valish would spend his free time watching shuttle launches and decided that he wanted to do something that would help advance space exploration. The Columbus native returned to the university to pursue a mechanical engineering degree, graduating in 2011 but not

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Giles Hovseth, Burr Hall resident assistant and sophomore advertising and public relations major, loads his laundry on Monday in the laundry rooms in Burr. University Housing recently installed WaveRider, which accepts credit or debit cards, on the East Campus machines. modern electronic laundry system at the coin-operated machines because I wanted to make sure it works properly,” Shanks said.

He also spoke to people at the University of Florida, another school that uses WaveRider, to hear additional feedback.

Shanks took note of how impractical the coin-operated machines

were when he began working at UNL more than two years ago.

“It takes a lot of labor to go collect coins because I have to have two people doing it for controls,” he said.

“The accounting staff reconcile that it involves a lot of labor to handle money and you have cross checks and all that, so it’s labor intensive for coinoperated machines. There’s also the

time of the people when they could be doing something else so really it kind of got started by me evaluating the cash handling of the laundry system and how much time it takes.”

In fact, the university was

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LPD investigates NU foundation Employee’s death

A University of Nebraska Foundation employee was found dead Monday afternoon at her southeast Lincoln home.

Lincoln Police Department Capt. David Beggs said police were called shortly after noon to 8101 Meredeth St., the home of Kent and Bettina Burklund, according to Lancaster County Assessor records.

Police later arrested Kent Burklund on suspicion of seconddegree murder charges. A jail of-

without some raised eyebrows from friends and family.

“A lot of people did question me,” Valish said, “Once I explained everything and that I had done my research, they got behind me.”

Valish is now a part of the EC5 Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and has helped in designing a new spacesuit that could one day be sent to Mars.

Before he began his current work, Valish did cooperative work

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ficial said Burklund was booked at the Lancaster County Jail at 7:55 p.m.

“The Lincoln Police Department is investigating an apparent homicide,” Beggs said late Monday evening.

He said the department is confident that there’s no risk to the public. Beggs said LPD couldn’t release further details and that the investigation is ongoing.

Bettina, a project manager at the NU Foundation, and Kent married in August 2004, according to Lancaster County marriage records.

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ON CAMPUS what: Horticulture Club Spring Plant Sale when: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. where: Teaching Greenhouse East

what: Heuermann Lecture: The Role of Water and Food Security in Early Childhood Survival and Development when: 3 p.m. where: Nebraska East Union

Lambda Theta Nu welcomes new members Melissa Allen DN Last Saturday, Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc.’s new members stepped out.

New members of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Multicultural Greek Council, the council Lambda Theta Nu is a part of, are kept a secret until the organizations publicly present them in a new member presentation, sometimes called a probate, or in Lambda Theta Nu’s case – a Step Out. “It was our moment to shine and show what we’re about to everyone,” said Marcela Lopez, a senior textiles, merchandising and fashion design major, and one of the newest members of Lambda Theta Nu. “Our Step Out was to show others that we made it – We’re Lambdas.”

The Step Out was held in the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room, where about 40 people, including other sorority and fraternity members, friends and family joined as the new members were unveiled.

“It was really nerve-racking beforehand because we were trying to go up there and not mess up any information of other sororities,” said Stephanie Hernandez, a junior marketing major and a new member. “Knowing that other Greeks are going to be there is kind of nerve-racking, but it was really exciting being up there.”

East Campus Health Promotion and Outreach Booth when: Nebraska East Union where: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

what: UNL Libraries 2014 Visiting Scholar Lecture when: 10 a.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center

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UNL students publicly presented themselves as the new members of the Lambda Theta Nu Sorority Inc. last Saturday.

Hughes, a junior management and Spanish major.

“It was a very rewarding experience to have brought that new line of girls out, and I will forever

NU, Courseera team up to create 1st MOOC

what: Putin’ on the Ritz when: 8 p.m. where: Temple Building

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For Lopez, the Step Out was nothing short of exciting.

“It was really exciting to know that I was going through the process knowing there was going to be such a good outcome,” she said.

“Everything has a good purpose, knowing those emotions were going into something good was very positive to me. I was very proud of myself.”

The new members greeted and sang songs to the sororities and fraternities that are part of the Multicultural Greek Council and the National Pan-Hellenic Council. In their performance, they collectively stated information about Lambda Theta Nu, such as founding mothers, stating the purpose and greeting local chapters of Lambda Theta Nu. After stating that information, they strolled, a form of dancing as a group that promotes unity among the sorority.

According to the Lambda Theta Nu page on UNL’s website, the sorority’s primary focus is academic excellence and meeting the needs of Latina women in higher education, as well was promoting the advancement of Latinas through various campus activities and community service and providing “an environment of personal growth within a unit of Sisterhood.”

Sonia Sandoval, a junior theater major and sorority member, was the dean of the line. The dean’s purpose is to introduce the new members to the sorority with the help of the assistant dean, Jessica

Mara Klecker dn Mary Niemiec never thought she would hear the words “traditional” and “online course” in the same sentence.

But that was before Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs. MOOCs are online courses with no limit on the number of participants. Many are free with the option of paying for a certificate of completion.

As the associate vice president for distance education for the University of Nebraska system, Niemiec has seen the growth in online education options. More students are enrolling, and the University of Nebraska’s MOOC offering might just make that number skyrocket. Niemic doesn’t want to estimate how many students will enroll, but in looking at other MOOCs offered by Big Ten Conference universities, it’s likely to in the thousands.

The university partnered with Coursera, a MOOC provider, last year and enrollment for the first MOOC, a course on health literacy, is now open. The course is eight weeks and requires about three to six hours of work per week.

Dr. Denise H. Britigan, an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will

teach the course. She’s taught online classes before but knows this one is different.

Though there will be little instructor-to-student relationship, the students will benefit from working with each other, said Analisa McMillan, instructional designer and project manager for the course.

“Students have the opportunity to engage with peers all over the world,” McMillan said. “It will give the students more peer-topeer learning opportunities.”

Britigan said the preparation to teach a MOOC is a bit different than her other online courses.

She has to develop a program that’s interactive and interesting and enables a self-paced learning style. Because there’s no way she could interact directly with all the students enrolled, she must design a clear and self-explanatory curriculum.

She’s met the challenge though, she said.

“I am very comfortable with the resources that will be incorporated and believe that they will assist students.”

Niemiec has completed three MOOCs – one in statistics, one in economics and one in investments.

For her, it’s about taking advantage of lifelong learning opportunities she said.

“It’s like picking up a really good book,” Niemiec said. “You want for the information and are interested in learning it.”

There’s potential for it becoming more than just providing accessible learning though. Employers may start looking for MOOC completion on resumes. It shows initiative and a desire to continue education.

“I think students really need to pay attention to they way this is evolving,” Niemiec said. “They may want to consider adding this to their portfolio.”

Neither Niemiec nor McMillan think MOOCs will replace traditional classrooms. If anything, they might be incorporated into classrooms like a textbook would.

Or they could provide supplementary learning to students who are geographically unable to be a traditional student. “(MOOCs) probably won’t ever replace a traditional education but will certainly enhance a learner’s knowledge,” McMillan said.

And that should be what it’s about, Niemiec said.

“That’s the feel good part of this – this is about teaching those who love learning but never thought they could learn this way.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

nasa: from 1 Taking all the projections, we’re planning to make it to Mars by 2030.”

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experience with NASA during his time at UNL. He was also a part of the first UNL Microgravity University Team in 2008.

Valish said his college experience was pretty interesting his second time around.

“It was completely different than the first time,” Valish said.

“This time I was definitely able to focus more on classes and my work.”

This new spacesuit has been in the works for many years, Valish said. Earlier in April, the public voted on various designs that would be used in the new suits.

NASA plans to announce the final design winners April 30.

Valish explained that the spacesuit currently being designed by the team is a bit different than ones previously sent into

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UNL alumnus Dana Valish works at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and has helped design a new spacesuit that could one day be sent to Mars. space.

The team is looking to build an exploration spacesuit, which would have different requirements than a suit used around the International Space Station, he said.

“In a microgravity environment, you only need upper body

mobility,” Valish said. “But when you go to a planet, the legs need to be mobile, as well.”

Valish said the new suit design will have bearings built into the lower torso to help with leg and ankle mobility. The boots will also differ from the space station

boots, in that they’ll need to have the capabilities for astronauts to walk on the surface of Mars in the future.

“There are major environmental differences,” Valish said.

The team is also using a new means to build models for the suits – by printing them.

Certain size requirements for height and arm length measurements are given to a 3-D printer, which then prints a life-size model of the suit.

“It’s really an advanced way to make sure we get the size of the suit we want,” Valish said.

The models are then given to a contractor who’ll build the suit.

Just one of the suit prototypes costs about $4 million.

Still, it could be years before the suit is launched into space.

“Taking all projections, we’re planning to make it to Mars by 2030,” Valish said.

The knowledge that Valish is now using to help build the suits, he said learned while at UNL. “A lot of the basics of mechanical engineering is what I use everyday on the job,” Valish said.

“Things like pressure systems, heat transfer, and all those kinds of classes from UNL.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

cherish it,” Sandoval said.

Unlike the Panhellenic Greek Council, there are no set recruitment dates for multicultural or historically black sororities at UNL,

said Linda Schwartzkopf, the director of Greek Affairs. Chapters recruit at different points throughout the year. For about eight weeks, new members learn about the history and values of the organization.

“A lot of organizations have been doing new member presentations since they were founded,” said Krista Naravette, a Greek Affairs graduate assistant. “A lot of that has to do with these organizations not being aloud to go through the same recruitment processes as PHC (Panhellenic Council), and, IFC (Interfraternity Council) a long time ago. So they had underground processes, where the members were secretive.”

Lambda Theta Nu’s Step Out represented the values that the sorority works to accomplish, Hernandez said.

“If you go to their events, there’s so much love, and you can feel the love and energy with them,” Hernandez said. “That’s what drew me to them to join (the sorority) in the first place.”

For Lopez, being part of the organization helps her follow her own goals to promote the community of Latina students at UNL. “Being the oldest (sibling), I didn’t have a role model growing up,” Lopez said. “For me, they’re great role models to look up to. I promote what they stand for, which is support and promoting education of Latinas in the community.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Fewer women step up to challenge of leading a university Madison Wurtele dn

today, which includes UNL, only eight are led by female presidents, Reis said.

Currently, out of the 12 Big Ten Conference schools, three have female presidents: the University of Iowa’s Sally Mason, Michigan State University’s Lou Anna Simon and the University of Michigan’s Mary Sue Coleman. Coleman will be replaced by Mark Schlissel, current provost at Brown University, on July 1.

As women move into roles of higher education, it’s more like a labyrinth than a pipeline – it’s going slowly, but there’s movement, Reis said.

The NU system contains both a research university and a medical center, so potential presidential candidates may be expected to have more experience than a potential president for a single university.

“I think to be a university president, especially to lead a school like UNL, you have to have a special set of skill regardless of gender,” Reis said.

The search committees for the next NU president have taken into consideration the many roles the next president will have to take on.

“We are looking for someone who will be recognized nationally and internationally as a leader and have the record to back it up,” said Ronnie Green, the vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a member of the Presidential Search Outreach and Advisory Committee.

That person could be either male or female.

“We are always seeking to increase the diversity of our faculty and leadership,” Green said. “My mindset is finding the very best person to lead the University of Nebraska system, if that very best person is a woman, wonderful. If that person is a man, wonderful.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Only 26 percent of college presidents in the United States are women, according to a 2012 American Council on Education study.

The University of Nebraska has never had a female president, but with the resignation of University of Nebraska president James B. Milliken, a woman may step up to the position. However, many women are unwilling to take on such a leadership position, said Marilyn Grady, an educational administration professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

“It does require someone truly special, and I do think there is a woman who can do that,” Grady said. “I think some administrative jobs are relentless, and I think that every adult has to choose how much of themselves they can give to their job. I’ve encountered women who don’t want to have their entire life consumed by an administrative role.”

Another setback women face is trying to catch up with men who have had more rights for longer than women have had. A lot of it goes back to the 1972 Title IX act, an amendment to the higher education act, which held equal access to both men and women.

One possible reason there isn’t a higher number of women in university president roles is that the intended Title IX change is taking its time to work into higher education leadership roles, said Tania Reis, an administrator of the University of Michigan medical school and graduate student in educational studies at UNL. Reis is conducting her own research on female university presidents.

Slowly, the number of female college presidents is increasing.

In 1986, only 10 percent of college presidents were women, according to the ACE study. Out of the top 108 elite research institutions

engineering: from 1 Senior engineering students will present their research projects, and corporate representatives will host booths to promote their companies.

“It is all about whatever we can get for the students,” Wondra said. “We try to network as much as possible.”

High school students will participate in several information sessions and hands-on activates that will show it’s like to be an engineer and the benefits of being one. The open house will have

lab tours with interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities and demonstrations, a research fair and more.

“It’s really geared more toward showing what engineering is all about to the community,” Williams said. “It’s a really great way for perspective students and families and people in the community to really see what engineers do and how we make a difference in the world.”

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UHC replaces old X-ray machine with digital imaging Tyler Williams Dn After installing a new radiology machine in January, the University Health Center is performing X-rays faster and with 50 percent less radiation to patients. “(There’s) less radiation to the patient, we’re getting a better image with a shorter exam time, and most importantly it’s more comfortable for the patient,” said Valerie Otto, a radiology technician at the UHC. “The majority of our X-rays are sports related, campus rec, student athletes, the athletic department sends over some but a lot of intramural.”

The Image Pilot Aero, created

by Konica Minolta Medical Imaging, replaced the center’s outdated machine that could no longer be repaired.

The health center previously used a computed radiography machine to create images of designated body parts. The CR required a phosphorus screen, which was placed manually into a reader by a radiologist. The development and reading of these images was time consuming and the physical images were difficult to store in a retrievable manner for the radiology department, said Christine Rindone, chief radiology technician at the UHC. She also said one of the reasons for the switch from the previous CR to the current digital radiography is the price drop from about

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Radiology technician Valerie Otto examines X-rays taken earlier in the day by the new radiology equipment. The new X-ray receiver computes information wirelessly to the University Health Center’s computer.

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Chief radiology technician Chris Rindone positions new radiology equipment in the University Health Center. The new wireless technology replaced the old X-ray equipment that was no longer working. $400,000 10 years ago to just less than $100,000 when the UHC purchased the new machine.

“We’ve had digital X-rays for 10 years and the CR we had was

end of life and we couldn’t do preventive maintenance on it and we couldn’t make repairs on it anymore because parts just were not available,” Rindone said.

While broken bones are one of the most common irregularities looked for with X-rays, they’re not the only uses of the technology.

Chest X-rays are used to check for

pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses and diseases. Facial bone and cranium X-rays can be used to find tissue damage after head trauma.

All X-rays taken by the UHC are read by a UHC radiologist and also by radiologists at Lincolnbased Advanced Medical Imaging, a private practice that specializes in reading various types of X-rays and also double checks all X-rays out of Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln.

With the new technology, Xrays are recorded digitally and can appear in a readable format on the technicians computer within seconds of the image being taken.

This digital image can then be sent to other providers and doctors to be read and findings to be relayed to patients. With the Image Pilot Aero, readings can be done in about two and a half hours. news@ dailynebraskan.com

ASUN’s Know Your Rights Neb. legislators to discuss event fails to draw audience sustainability during panel REECE RISTAU DN Not a single student attended Know Your Rights on Monday, an event meant to educate students on their legal rights about alcohol consumption.

The event, sponsored by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, was to feature Jerry Soucie, a local criminal defense attorney, and other University of Nebraska–Lincoln officials. It was canceled when no one came to the Nebraska Union Ballroom within 20 minutes after the event’s 7:30 p.m. start time.

The only ASUN members who attended the ASUN-sponsored event were those in charge file photo by matt masin | dn of it: former Sens. Liz Fillman, UNL’s student government cancelled its Know Your Rights a sophomore political science event with UNLPD on Monday because no students attended. It major, and Jordan Hohwieler, a was meant to focus on alcohol consumption rights. junior business administration major.

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Diego de los Reyes DN Earthstock is bringing in the policymakers for its last event, “Policy for the Plains: A Discussion about Sustainability with Nebraska Government Officials.”

Students will be able to ask questions in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at 6 p.m., with a reception following at 7:30 p.m. Panelists include Sen. Ken Haar, Sen. Rick Kolowski, Nebraska Game and Parks deputy director Tim McCoy and Graham Christensen, campaign manager for David Domina.

Topics include fracking, university policies and wind energy, but Jordan Brooks, a sophomore psychology major at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Environmental Leadership Program member, said she hopes the discussion will branch off on its own. “(The moderator) is going to be asking questions,” she said, “And if a student has a question, he can come up to the podium and ask it, so it’s going to be really open, and really laid back, I think.”

Brooks said speaking directly with policymakers is an opportunity stu-

dents don’t often have.

“I’m hoping that there’s a big attendance from students because then the senators and the state officials will see how much it means to the students that Nebraska’s and UNL’s practices are sustainable,” Brooks said. “So I hope the people speaking will see that and think about it when they’re making their decisions.”

The students will also gain knowledge of what’s currently being done in sustainability matters in Nebraska.

“I know that we’re doing a lot in Nebraska for sustainable practices already, but not a lot of people know about them,” Brooks said, “And so I hope it’ll help them see how laws and regulations can help out with that, and that it doesn’t have to be just ‘recycling on my own’, we could do bigger things.”

Haar, who’s a representative for Legislative District 21, said he accepted to participate in the panel because he enjoys engaging with young people to learn what their thoughts are.

“I sit on the Education and Natural Resources committees in the Legislature and believe we should be finding ways of sustainability in the use of our world resources,” Haar said. “Stu-

dents should attend this event because we are talking about their future, and this is the time in each of your lives to start thinking and acting about the lives you hope to live, in an environment that will sustain all of us.”

Christensen, one of the panelists, will be present in place of U.S. Senate candidate Dave Domina. He was asked to fill in because he has experience through his work in sustainable agriculture and energy issues with Nebraska Farmers Union, Christensen Farms and Burt County Wind. He hopes to discuss topics related to locally produced renewable energy.

“It is so important for our younger generations to be getting involved in organization, public service and decision making in order to leave this world better than it was before,” he said.

Earlier in the day, as part of the closing Earthstock activities, the organizing team will hold a ‘block party’ in the Nebraska Union greenspace. It’ll have educational booths and games by the several student organizations related to sustainability, such as the ESC, the ELP and Sustain UNL. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

system and roughly it was the same price so why do a laundry card system when it was the same price to replace it with this better system. It was a great decision it really was. It just doesn’t make sense not to have that.”

Other benefits of the WaveRider system include two online entities: WaveVision and WaveCentral.

WaveCentral is the management aspect – it alerts facilities when a machine is down and allows for everything to be paper-

less from a reconciling and accounting standpoint, Shanks said.

WaveVision is for the customer – students can go online and check the availability of a machine.

There’s also an option where students can receive a text message once their laundry is finished.

“This gets us up to the 21st century,” he said. “In that it’s a home run for both us and the students. It’s a great enhancement.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

laundry: from 1 spending $22,000 a year on the coin-operated system. Although the costs of the WaveRider system haven’t been calculated, Shanks said he believes the system will be more efficient in terms of people’s time and manual labor.

Implementing the entire WaveRider system cost about $100,000, but Shanks said this was inevitable because Debitek will no longer be supported.

“We had to make some type of a decision anyway,” he said.

“There was a Debitek replacement

big ten roundup Michigan researchers create ‘stained glass’ solar panels

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed colored, see-through solar cells to make decorative solar panels that look like stained glass windows. They’re believed to be the first transparent, colored photovoltaics, and the researchers hope to see them used on side of buildings or as decorative stickers.

Though they absorb only one-third of what a black solar panel would, the cell’s transparency and decorative quality allows for different uses.

Iowa becomes 5th university with center for minority grad students

The University of Iowa will establish one of five University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring in the nation, using a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

The centers are placed at universities who have demonstrated commitment to graduating underrepresented minority students in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. Universities are meant to expand and strengthen recruitment and mentoring for minority students.

Colleen Mitchell, mathematics associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, will be the center’s director.

Planned activities include increased recruitment and outreach efforts, expanded mentoring programs for minority scholars and development of year-round seminars, workshops and social events.

Other universities include the University of South Florida, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology and Pennsylvania State University.

Professors Aaron Doering and Charles Miller of the College of Education and Human Development will lead the expedition, which will be funded by Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment. The team will leave April 27 and will return May 8.

The team will share their experiences online at Earthducation.com.

Iowa’s committee on sexual misconduct holds 1st meeting

Wisconsin receives funds to begin feminist biology program

The University of Iowa President’s Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct held its first meeting Monday.

The advisory committee was established as part of the university president’s six-point plan to combat sexual assault.

The group has 14 student members, selected from a pool of 175 applications.

The committee’s goals include advising the president on the effectiveness of sexual misconduct policies and practices, soliciting input from the student population about the topic and monitoring plans the university has regarding sexual misconduct.

Minnesota professors to lead expedition in Nepal

An expedition led

by University of Minnesota professors is heading to Nepal to look at the intersections between education and sustainability.

The Earthducation team will stay in Nepal for 11 days to look at the environmental challenges – air pollution, deforestation, erosion and pesticide use – in the country.

The University of Wisconsin has a new, endowed fellowship to start a feminist biology program: the Wittig Postdoctoral Fellowship in Feminist Biology.

The program is the first in the nation and probably in the world, according to the university’s center for research on gender and women. Feminist biology attempts to pinpoint and adjust gender bias found in biology.

The first post-doctoral fellow, Caroline VanSickle, is now completing her Ph.D. in biological anthropology at the University of Michigan. She plans to research female human ancestors and look at evolutionary changes in pelvis shapes once her two-year fellowship begins in September. Her focus is a South African species 1.5 to 3 million years old.

Money for the program came from Gertraude Wittig, a German Ph.D. biologist who earned her doctorate in zoology and botany from the University of Marburg in 1955. She came to the U.S. on a Fulbright scholarship and later worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a researcher in inset pathology and electron microscopy.

—Compiled by Mara Klecker News@dailynebraskan.com

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How to finish the semester with strength, sanity You may be in denial, or you may be impatiently counting down to the end of semester. Either way, the end is in sight. Curling up with Netflix or lounging in the (finally) nice weather may sound appealing, but it won’t help you pass your classes. With a little sleep, a little effort and a little sheer, dumb luck, you can finish strong.

1. Don’t procrastinate. OK, you’re going to procrastinate.

You have plenty of time, right? But writing and studying take time, and you’re going to hate pulling multiple allnighters to catch up.

2. Get organized. Make yourself a calendar, a to-do list or a collage of sticky notes. Set memos on your phone, or write on your hand. Quadruple check your syllabus and Blackboard announcements. The closer your brain comes to melting-point, the more you’re going to need a little support to help you keep track of everything.

3. Coffee, coffee, coffee. If you don’t like coffee, learn to. Overpriced name-brand, cheap local or home-made. Or find another source of caffeine. Sit down with a nice cup of something. You may be too jittery to type coherently, but at least some words are going on the page.

4. Cat nap. Been staring at a blank document for 20 minutes? Read the same sentence five times? Accept momentary defeat, set an alarm and take a quick nap – also known as the power nap. The key is to wake up to your alarm and get back to work. Before that, though, we all deserve a quick break.

5. Go outside. Leave your room early and take extra time to walk to class. Dare we say, exercise?! Go for a run or a bike ride. Take five minutes to sit at those snazzy tables outside the union.

6. Find an animal to snuggle. Keep an animal in your apartment. Adopt a campus cat. Ours is named Tom. Do the residence halls still do pet-therapy sessions? Even if it’s for five minutes, find another creature with whom to share the woes of life. They won’t judge your tears.

7. Hold a complaint session with your friends. Professor not in the room yet? Rip apart the final work load with your classmates. Roommate slumped on the couch? They may look as dead as you feel, but they’ll probably muster a sympathetic nod and complaint of their own. Get it out of your system. Then do the work anyway. This is how we function, college students.

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Talking about death dispels fears

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here are two guarantees in life: death and taxes. I don’t know much about the taxes thing yet. I can’t say I know much about death either.

Unlike taxes, I’ll only get one shot at death, so it’s important to think about it now.

When I told friends I was taking Gerontology 307: Death and Dying, most were surprised and somewhat disturbed. They thought it was strange and morbid. Many students take this course if they’re interested in the gerontology certificate or are going into the health care fields. I don’t intend to pursue this career path, but this class still seemed like a good idea because we’re all going to die.

My motivation for taking this class was intellectual curiosity. I had taken classes in political theory and philosophy that discussed what is the best kind of life to live. How do we make the choices we make?

What do we do with our limited time?

Philosophers don’t shy away from talking about death, but the rest of society does. The unfortunate thing is we have this aversion to talking about death. It’s just as taboo as sex and violence, perhaps even more so. The resistance is understandable.

Death isn’t friendly, fun or funny. It can be messy and complicated. Not to mention, witnessing death or thinking about it is emotional and invokes our deepest vulnerabilities.

Yet, death is still a main feature of our pop

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culture. Dramatic TV shows or movies almost always need a surprising death to be successful. We have entire genres, such as crime drama, dedicated to the business of death and murders. But somehow many of us are uneducated about death, what really happens when you’re dying or have thought about what happens after you die.

All this aversion is also coupled with our general distrust of aging and the fear of getting old. Even my friends and I, all comfortably 21 or 22, lament about being old.

We’re afraid of aging because it’s a reminder of our limited time. We’re afraid we haven’t accomplished enough and aren’t on the right track in the very little time we have left.

These are legitimate fears, but we shouldn’t have a negative attitude toward death and our physical end.

We should be excited about all the things we could accomplish and experience in our life, no matter how short that might be. We also

The unfortunate thing is we have this aversion to talking about death. It’s just as taboo as sex and violence, perhaps even more so.”

Emoticons keep English language fluid, efficient

etween Facebook stickers, the iPhone Emoji keyboard and the White House petition to “replace the period symbol with the cool sunglasses emoticon,” one thing is certain: Emoticons are here to stay.

I’m both an early and a late adopter of emoticons. In my junior high days, I was just as likely to end a text message with a :) as anyone, though I eventually switched over to the bracketed :] for reasons that I still don’t quite understand; it looks even less like a face than before.

After 10th grade, my emoticon usage dipped significantly. Not coincidentally, 10th grade is the year I decided to become an English major, and I figured dropping emoticons came with the territory. “They’re immature,” I said to my immature self; they’re unbecoming of someone who wants to become a writer. I replaced my :] with a period and a capitalized letter at the fore of the next sentence.

I switched eagerly from “lol” to an onomatopoeic “hahaha.” Hell, I started using semicolons in texts.

I have since recognized my mistake. Yes, there is a place for scholarly discourse; yes, there are people whom you should certainly not email in all lowercase with a smiley face instead of a signature. But, to hold that emoticons are fundamentally immature, to call short-form text speak or the recently altered definition of “literally” The Death of the English Language, is to hold society to a standard that is both unrealistic and harmful. Sometimes, a fluid, incoherent thought can be best synthesized into a 10-word clause with three adverbs and an em-dash.

Sometimes, the same thought can be communicated in a single short word in a specific context. And sometimes, the best way to get your meaning across is with a chain of emoticons.

A little history: English is, despite the declarative rules we grew up with, a fluid, flexible language with a complicated history. I like to think of English as German plus Latin divided by Shakespeare. The proto-Germanic Saxons of medieval England started out speaking something closer to modern German or Dutch, but when William the Conqueror led his French court to the British Isles in 1066, he essentially grafted a ton of French words onto everyday English. This is why we raise cows (Old German cU), but (non-vegans) eat beef (Old French boef): for much of English history, courtiers were doing the eating, and they were all French.

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Classic etymology doesn’t account for every word in the English language, though. Some words cannot be historically traced past certain papers or instances, and scholars basically have no idea where they came from. “Bore,” for instance, only meant drilling holes in things until 1778, when some cavalier colonist in New England decided that it could also mean causing ennui or annoyance, a use that is far more common among college students today than the former. William Shakespeare is famous for having contributed more to the evolution of English than any other person, having made up more than 1,700 words during his career as a poet and playwright. Don’t even get me started on “Finnegans Wake.”

The same thing is playing out in front of our eyes today. The Internet didn’t break English. It decentralized the creation and proliferation of neologisms through near-universal access, permanence and trackability. We can all make up words now.

That’s not to say that every keyboard slap is qualified for a new dictionary entry. For a word to take on a meaning, it needs to be repeated with intention to convey meaning. It needs to successfully convey said meaning. This needs to happen repeatedly over time.

What does all this have to do with emoticons? A lot, actually. While the petition to replace the period symbol with the sunglasses emoticon was (probably) facetious, there are actual instances where an emoticon is much more efficient at communicating a thought than words. Why spell out vague emotions when you could say the same thing in five symbols or an emoji?

Benjamin Curttright is a junior English major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

shouldn’t be afraid of all the unknown variables in our lives, such as where we will be in 10 or 20 or 60 years. It’s OK to have a plan or not, but the important thing is to consider it carefully.

Not thinking carefully about death can also have the opposite effect that leaves people complacent and dangerously static in their lives, unwilling or unable to accomplish anything new. Either way, we find it difficult to figure out what’s important by not having the end in mind.

So thinking about our death can actually help us live better lives. Live well, and dying becomes easy.

We’ve all had death in our lives, whether from a close relative or a pet. Perhaps we’ve had a serious illness that put us in the hospital, and the end seemed near. The grief and emotional pain of death could never be completely understood. But if we can talk about death before the moment comes, whether our own or a loved one, then perhaps that pain will have that important glimmer of hope.

So don’t be afraid to talk about death.

Maybe if you’re curious about it, or if you’re feeling grief or pain from the death of a loved one, talk to someone. Family, close friends or professional advisers are all good resources, and they’ll all have different perspectives to offer. Take classes that talk about death, whether they’re in gerontology or philosophy.

Talk about your religion or spiritual beliefs, and their views on death. The goal isn’t to find the answer but to have a comfortable position on death so that you’re prepared for it.

Jane Seu is a senior political science major. Follow her on Twitter @jane_seu. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Senate candidate Sasse will provide new voice

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en Sasse has earned my vote for the Republican primary on May 13 and the mock election at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Tuesday. UNL students should bring their NCard to the Nebraska Union from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. to vote for their preferred candidate for Senate and governor. UNL’s College Republicans are facilitating this mock election and haven’t endorsed any candidate for either race.

Among the four major GOP candidates vying for the nomination for the U.S. Senate, Sasse has separated himself from the pack by offering an alternative voice to the entrenched Republican establishment. I don’t agree with Sasse on every issue, but I believe he represents the best chance for an effective government if he wins the primary.

Sasse has an impressive resume with executive and cabinet experience. He served as Undersecretary of Health and Human Services under President George W. Bush. He received his doctorate degree in history at Yale University and now works at Midlands University as president.

Midlands struggled before Sasse took over, and now its growth is surpassed by no other school in Nebraska.

Every Republican candidate has expressed disdain toward President Barack Obama and the Affordable Care Act. Yet, unlike the rest of them, Sasse has read all 2,300 pages of the law and proposed an “Anti-Obamacare Recovery Plan,” a 24-page document explaining the policies he would propose once elected. The fact that he has a plan indicates he is beyond the banal rhetoric that subsumes most of the current dialogue within the Republican Party. We need this initiative from our elected officials.

Well-known politicians such as Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, Kay Orr and Tom Coburn all endorse Sasse. Organizations such as Gun Owners of America, Club for Growth and the Senate Conservatives Fund also support him. FreedomWorks, who previously supported Shane Osborn, switched to Sasse in late March in response to Obsorn’s associations with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Osborn aligned himself with the old Republican guard that includes McConnell. However incompetent our government has been in the last few years, from the government ceasing to operate to the least productive Congress in modern history, all parties are complicit. Osborn promises to perpetuate the dysfunction of our nation.

Osborn is a hero who served in the U.S. Air Force and later as State Treasurer for Nebraska; however, he has done nothing to demonstrate he won’t inevitably become a rub-

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ber stamp beholden to the national Republican leadership.

I don’t mean to give mere lip service to the other two candidates. Bart McLeay lags far behind in polls. I prefer him to Osborn, but he has a lot of ground to make up.

Sid Dinsdale, the multi-millionaire owner of Pinnacle Bank who would become the third richest politician in Congress, doesn’t seem to represent the average Nebraskan. In comparison to other candidates, Dinsdale lacks true political experience and appears to only have the credibility that money can so lavishly provide. In an era of Supreme Court decisions that include Citizens United and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, which consider corporations as people and allow for maximum donations to unlimited candidates throughout the country, that might just be enough to win. Yet, I trust in Nebraskans to vote based on substantive background rather than which candidate has the biggest bankroll.

The Republican Party is in danger of becoming obsolete. Demographic shifts favor the Democratic Party, from ethnicity to younger Americans leaning away from the Republican Party. Sasse can help reinvigorate the Republican Party. Democrats and Republicans alike should support politicians who evoke intellectual and political debate. Sasse contributes to the dialogue. Osborn and many of the rest don’t. Should Sasse win the primary, it would shift the dialogue from ideological talking points to substantive debate on issues that matter to Nebraskans.

I encourage my fellow UNL students to vote in the mock election today. If you want more of the same, vote for Shane Osborn. If you want a different direction for this country, we need a different voice. Ben Sasse is that voice.

Oliver Tonkin is a senior Political Science, Latin American Studies and Global Studies major. Follow him on Twitter @thebrutalwolf. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com.

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The High Times Cannabis Cup offers chance to celebrate 4/20

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Rachael Stark fires a T-shirt from an air cannon being displayed at the air cannons booth at the High Times Cannabis Cup located in Denver. The company wasn’t only selling its air cannons at the convention but allowing attendees to test them out for a fun time. “It was awesome to shoot. It had a little more boom than I expected, so it was pretty shocking,” Stark said.

High Times Cannabis Cup brings pot smokers of all kinds together Zach Fulciniti DN

things away for free, and all of them are giving huge discounts. A complete pot amateur could become expertly equipped in a matter of minutes, and with a trip to the Cup’s outdoor area, get right to work on that It just feels right.

THC tolerance.

A semester’s worth of writing about marijuana, The first Denver Cup, in 2012, was exclusively for culminating in a trip to one of the biggest marijuana trade shows in the world: High Times Cannabis Cup medical marijuana patients because Colorado had not yet legalized recreational pot. Now, anyone over 18 can in Denver.

High Times, the popular marijuana subculture attend and peruse any of the hundreds of vendors and magazine, now hosts five Cups a year, one in Denver, marijuana-related businesses. That’s where I come in.

This was only the second cup since Colorado leone in Seattle, one in Los Angeles, one in San Francisco and one in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The events fea- galized, and the first since recreational sales began. ture hundreds of vendors and marijuana-related busi- Accordingly, High Times booked a much larger venue nesses selling any number of products and accessories: and prepared for a lot more people. As soon as I laid eyes on Denver Mart, this year’s location, I saw just smoking tools such as pipes, bongs, rolling papers, blunt wraps, vaporizers and dab rigs, accessories such how many people they had to prepare for. Sproutas lighters, hemp wicks, grinders, ashtrays with pokey ing from the entrance, which was set to open at noon things in the middle, carrying cases, stash boxes and on Saturday, were two lines, one in each direction. glass cleaner. Some companies are showcasing their One was somewhat longer than the other, stretching grow equipment, such as discreet sheds and LED back for at least a block with people streaming in on lights, while others are promoting a dispensary or seed both sides of the street. We surmised that it was the general admission line. The VIP/media line was stubusiness.

Just about any product, tool or accessory can be pidly wrapped around the nearby parking lot like an anaconda with short-term memory loss, and so we found in just about any available form, shape, color or composition. Many of the businesses are giving bypassed it completely and headed to a nearby Taco John’s to wait for the huge crowds to disperse.

Last year’s Cup had problems of its own: The outdoor location High Times booked wasn’t large enough, and many complained that, with about 12,000 attendees, it was far too crowded. After two days, the area was completely trashed. From what I understand, Coloradans don’t like littering, so when the company HT hired to clean up the site flaked, further unhappiness ensued.

This year’s Cup had a much larger venue, with both indoor and outdoor areas and more vendors, but far more people: One vendor told me that more than 37,000 tickets had been sold. As a result, “crowded” remained an appropriate adjective to describe the event.

When we made it inside, about an hour after the doors opened, the first thing I noticed was the sheer diversity.

A wide variety of glass pipes were displayed by glass blowAny stereotype about who smokes pot ing artists from across the nation at the Cannabis Cup. Glass is an even bigger joke in this place. All work extended beyond the average pipe; from 3-foot-tall walks of life are present, and possibly bong castles, to video game characters, to television icons. the most surprising sight was the wide Perk Tech, a group of glass blowers, displays their work inrange of ages. College-aged kids all the cluding Bart and Homer Simpson. way on up to senior citizens had come in full force to embrace the spectacle and maybe get really high along the way.

As I perused the indoor area, I noticed the diversity applied to the vendors as well as the attendees, and the immediate impression I got was this: the marijuana industry has come alive.

Bongs, pipes, papers and blunt wraps aren’t confined to gas stations and head shops any longer. Anyone hoping to make a buck, with a possible underlying interest in weed, has come to Colorado armed with glass accessories or hemp apparel.

Even unrelated businesses have adapted in the hopes that now is the time to strike. Thomas Schultz, a disabled Vietnam veteran, recently started 420 Supply Co., a company that supplies retail smoke shops with a full line of related products. What sets his business apart, Schultz said, is that all payments Local celebrities were present at the Cannabis Cup. Known can be made in cash, if necessary.

Up until a few months ago, Schultz was for his eating stunts, YouTube celebrity Chris “Shoenice” just the owner of an office/janitorial supply Schewe, a pro-cannabis advocate, was in attendance.

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Artists from throughout the country gathered to display their work in Denver. Chipp, the artist behind the cannabis-themed comic book “The Adventures of Super Stoner,” talks with two fellow comic book creators, Stephanie and Harry, who asked for their last names to be omitted. The creators of “The Adventures of Super Stoner” released their first issue at the Cannabis Cup.

‘The Adventures of Super Stoner’ comic finds niche audience at Cannabis Cup Hannah eads DN Within the comic book world are the likes of Ziggy Marley’s “Marijuanaman” and Kevin Smith’s “Bluntman and Chronic,” stories of marijuana-themed superheroes. Now, there’s “The Adventures of Super Stoner,” a comic about a regular stoner, his magical bong and his escapades with other drugs.

The minds behind the comic, Andy “the Writer” and Chipp, who asked that their last names be omitted, decided to launch “The Adventures of Super Stoner” at the High Times Cannabis Cup in Denver after an unsuccessful Kickstarter campaign and because of the Cup’s demographic.

Two days before the Cup and two years in the making, the first issue of “Super Stoner” left the printer.

“It’s not your average comic book,” Andy said. “Super Stoner is not a superhero. He’s more of a cross between Cheech & Chong and Looney Tunes.”

Super Stoner doesn’t have any powers, but his magical bong turns into a weapon that hurls fists of smoke at his enemies and can grow to help him climb or jump over buildings. He can also disappear in a cloud of smoke after smoking a joint in one inhale.

Andy drew inspiration from “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comics he grew up with.

“I wanted to bring something like that back,” Andy said. “As far as I know, there’s nothing really out there that has that goofy feel. We’re definitely an adult comic book. We don’t have too much graphic stuff in there, but there is some nudity, some cussing, some violence.”

Reminiscent of gritty 1970s black and white comic book art, “The Adventures of Super Stoner” stood out among the psychedelic, neon-colored and intricately patterned art at the Cannabis Cup. Chipp, a tattoo artist, spent three months working

on the concept designs and art for the first issue of “Super Stoner,” but said he didn’t try to fine-tune everything.

“We tried to keep it looking like a very classic underground comic,” Chipp said. “It’s kinda rough. I didn’t erase every line I sketched. And if we were to print it in color, it wouldn’t have that sort of throwback feel.”

The comic will, so far, have 10 issues that each focus on a different drug. Each issue also has educational facts about marijuana and the drug of the issue.

In the first story, Super Stoner fights MethMan, who is corrupting Super Stoner’s community.

Chipp drew MethMan and the other methamphetamine users in the issue as gangly, zombie-like characters to portray the facts written in the back of the book about meth, such as “meth abuse leads to the destruction of tissues and blood vessels, inhibiting the body’s ability to repair itself.”

As for Super Stoner, Chipp said they wanted him to feel like every dude you know that smokes a lot of weed.

“Maybe a little unshaven, maybe a little chubbier, but overall a good-natured dude who is relaxed and easy going,” Chipp said. “The only way you get him riled up in the story is when another drug comes in to corrupt his community.”

But Super Stoner won’t always fight the other drug.

One of the next stories will be about taking mushrooms with the character Magic Mike.

According to Chipp, the issue will be about the two tripping on mushrooms together, where reality will be in black and white and the trip will be in color.

Chipp said the drawings with Magic Mike will require more imaginative art, and he will be taking inspiration from what he and his friends seem to see when they use mushrooms.

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Slam cost: $12/General Admission when: 9 a.m. where: Vega when: 9 p.m. $10/Faculty, staff $7/ what: Tiny Moving Parts, where: Nebraska State cost: $2 where: Nebraska Union Students, seniors Gates, Frameworks, Capitol Lighthouses what: National Poetry Month when: 8 p.m. when: 7 p.m. where: Bourbon Theatre where: Indigo Bridge Books cost: $6 in advance, $8 day of show

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Generation’s binging relies on stories Sean Stewart

Our generation has been called a lot of things: the Me Generation, the Internet Generation and more.

While I can certainly see some truth in these nicknames, I think they ultimately miss the mark.

We’re the Binge Generation.

In fact, you’re probably binging right now. Walking around campus, you’ll hear it everywhere: “I just binged on (insert title here).”

We’re binge-watching “Game of Thrones.” We’re binge-watching “The Walking Dead.” We’re bingewatching “Gossip Girl.”

Binging, however, extends beyond television shows. We’re also binging on the latest meme to grasp our full attention. We’re binging on Wikipedia articles.

We’re binging on that band we just discovered. We’re binging on Ryan Gosling movies. We often don’t express it as openly as we do in the case of television, but invariably we’re binging on something.

The misnomer Internet Generation got that much right. It’s all because of the Internet. Netflix and Amazon Prime let us stream every season of “Parks and Recreation.” iTunes (or whatever shady corner of the Internet you get your music from) delivers the latest Mumford & Sons album. That random Tumblr about beards satiates your every beard desire with memes and pseudo-intellectual poetry.

Nevertheless, we aren’t the Internet Generation. The name implies we’re in and of the Internet for the Internet’s sake. There’s the

key difference.

The Internet is just a means.

Binging is the end.

Obviously, sometimes we get distracted. I know as well as anyone else the endless rabbit hole the Internet can present when I should be writing a paper or studying for an exam. The universal reach of the Web certainly has its negative effects on us. In the end, though, we don’t love the Internet for itself.

We’re passionate. We’re passionate about a chemistry teacherturned-meth dealer. We’re passionate about two detectives on a manhunt. We’re passionate about the shenanigans of a bunch of socially awkward geniuses and their waitress friend. In short, we love the Internet because we love stories. The Internet allows us to binge – to tap into a previously unheard of amount of content. We’re constantly consuming stories in one format or another, because we can’t not.

We’re passionate, and so we binge.

Television has grown to be what we associate with binging, because, contrary to what the fistshakers who branded us the Me Generation would say, we’re not lazy. In the past two decades, narrative television has undergone a quiet revolution. Consciously or not, we noticed. While film has increasingly become a landscape of hollow grandstanding, television has made itself the primary medium of intelligent modern storytelling. Hollywood gives us “The Avengers.” Television gives us “House of Cards.” There is an irrefutable and widening vortex between the two mediums. We still flock to see the Hulk and Thor duke it out, but come Sunday night if “True Detective” is on, you could

hardly pay us to be anywhere else.

Am I glorifying sitting on the couch? You bet.

With the victory lap of the digital age comes the inevitable backlash. In the pervasively electronic atmosphere, you wouldn’t be hard-pressed to find someone longing for the days of print. I’m not excluding myself. I often find myself disgusted by much of what things such as Facebook do to us, longing for the age when the novel was king among storytelling. A quick survey of television, however, can usually act as a dramatic wake-up call.

The stories being told on the small screen nowadays are in more than a few ways similar to a novel.

They could never be told on the big screen for simple lack of time.

Length, though, isn’t their only distinguishing factor. More than ever before, the stories on TV – the stories we’re passionate about – are incredibly complex. Shows such as “The Wire” pack commentary behind virtually every single line of dialogue and plot turn.

Our iconic characters of the small screen, our Walter Whites and Don Drapers, are endlessly more developed characters than the archetypal depictions of life and people in much of film. Television is not only the superior visual medium, the quality of modern television content is on par with the greats of storytelling across any medium.

The writers of many of our favorite shows will be remembered as the definitive scribes of our time.

What is perhaps even more baffling is just how widespread these shows are reaching. Sure, there are still people watching reality TV and even still watching “Two and a Half Men,” but the most popular shows on television are

consistently landmark shows. In other words, these shows – these important pieces of literature – are reaching us perhaps more universally and certainly more often than the historic classics of literature.

In the past, wide-reaching literary sensations such as “The Grapes of Wrath” or “Robinson Crusoe” came along maybe once or twice every 10 years. Now, new episodes air every week to millions of viewers.

The significance of these stories can’t be underestimated. It can be easy in an ever-economically or scientifically driven world to forget or brush aside the importance of the humanities. Students in the liberal arts are often confronted with confusion because they chose not to pursue strictly monetary or technological goals. The humanities teach us about people. They teach us about being human. It’s why they have always been so crucial to our way of life, whatever the medium. The stories we experience not only entertain us; they shape us. By simulating experiences we will never live they allow us to learn. They foster empathy, open-mindedness and understanding.

Yes, binging might sometimes prevent us from doing as much homework as we would’ve liked.

Sometimes we binge on essentially empty content. At its core, though, binging has risen because of the integrity of the stories being told. We have embraced them; they have come in many ways to define us.

We’re the Binge Generation. We ought to be proud.

Sean Stewart is a sophomore English and film studies major.

Break through his binge with an email at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Oculus’ terrifies without tropes Sean Stewart DN “Oculus” is the new horror film from director Mike Flanagan.

The movie is the story of siblings Tim and Kaylie as Kaylie attempts to prove the supernatural involvement of an antique mirror in the crime Tim was convicted of many years prior.

Newcomer Brenton Thwaites and “Doctor Who” alum Karen Gillan are both effective as Tim and Kaylie. Gillan especially steals scenes with a palpable scarring glossed over with a fierce determination. She dominates the film’s early scenes and her psychological decay is all the more awful to watch as a result. Katee Sackhoff plays the fraying mother in the childhood scenes. As redhead in this film, she is virtually unrecognizable. As the mirror increasingly manipulates her character, Sackhoff showcases an undeniable savagery.

The film’s story is on some levels very risky for a horror movie. The protagonists enter the film already knowing about the existence and power of the prospective evil. Horror movies usually use half of their running time to fully reveal the source of danger to the protagonists. The offshoots of this decision make “Oculus” endlessly more interesting than the typical fare. The protagonists become active participants in their fate rather than the cookiecutter victims fright flicks usually give us. Kaylie, for example, is a notably well-rounded and powerful character for a genre that so often wanders into misogyny.

Tim is no less interesting.

Convicted of the murder of his father, the film’s beginning years of therapy and residency in a mental institution have caused Tim to believe the supernatural events he

“OCULUS” courtesy photo remembers to be just a method of coping. As we watch Tim discover what he already knows, we’re forced to examine our own selfdeceptions about our fears. The introspective nature of the writing in the film offer what the genre so often lacks: substance.

Flanagan’s screenplay draws on proven elements – the haunted antique, horror ’s obsession with mirrors, etc. – to create a film that feels fresh and yet hauntingly familiar. The film operates on a split narrative, flashing between Tim and Kaylie’s experience with the mirror as children and their return to it as young adults. This dual storytelling technique is surprisingly effective, especially as the two threads begin to mesh together. As memory and reality merge, the fears of each feed on one another and produce a horrifying hybrid of past, present and

supernatural.

The film’s direction and editing – also by Flanagan – become dizzying as the film progresses.

The splicing of the narratives together increases in fluidity and rapidness. Under the precise eye of Flanagan, the film develops into a careful – albeit frightening – meditation on memory and acuity. The plot demands more risk from the usual stylistic tropes of the genre, and Flanagan doesn’t shy from delivering them.

The film escapes the usual trappings of excessive gore in favor of genuine dread. Suspense builds steadily from the opening shots, climbing to an absolute frenzy of fear and mania. By the film’s climax, the movie has constricted upon viewers, refusing them any respite and breaking the rules of horror while simultaneously adhering to them with

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scrutiny. The film plays with perception in a way that is common in horror. What is uncommon is the reckless abandon devoted to twisting perception. It pays off.

“Oculus” is so terrifying because it carefully orchestrates a cracked sense of understanding in the audience and then takes the hammer to it. Nothing is scarier than the complete unknown inherent in this kind of misdirection and “Oculus” hits all the right notes.

“Oculus” is the nightmare you didn’t know you always had. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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‘Haunted House 2’ lacks substance, poise and laughs Jack Forey DN You might laugh if you go and see “A Haunted House 2.”

If you do, I’m certain you won’t feel good about it.

The funniest part of the film happens in the first 10 minutes, and it involves a dog being crushed flat (“My dog is a pancake!”) by an inexplicably positioned safe. Malcolm Johnson (Marlon Wayans) hyperventilates and yells at his wife to call an ambulance. “Tell them the dog is white!” he adds, then tries to unflatten it by inflating it with a bike pump. I was in stitches.

Frustratingly, the rest of the movie was not nearly as funny.

In essence, this sequel is a retread of the first “A Haunted House.”

Malcolm has jumped ship from his previous relationship and landed a new girlfriend named Megan (Jaime Pressly), who has two kids. They move into a new house together, and the same poltergeist from the first movie begins to terrorize the family.

“A Haunted House 2” parodies the “Paranormal Activity” series, with bits of “Sinister” and “The Conjuring” thrown in for good measure. The “found footage” style has been mostly done away with. All of the characters hold cameras, but the film is shot similarly to a conventional film. A bad conventional film. The constant shaky cam and jump cuts became so exhausting that by the end of the movie, I felt like my eyes were rolling into the back of my head.

Every moment of “A Haunted House 2” finds its characters mining racial and sexual territory for humor, and coming up emptyhanded. Some jokes work, but more often than not, they don’t.

The talents of Gabriel Iglesias are wasted on a one-note character named Miguel, who eagerly jumps on any opportunity to accuse people of stereotyping him, then turns around with a jovial laugh to assure those same people that, yes, all of those stereotypes are basically true. I laughed, but I didn’t feel good about it.

This movie panders to the lowest common denominator of vulgar sex humor. It’s not the constant vulgarity that bothers me.

It’s that the filmmakers seem to think its very inclusion in the film is funny. I think the best example of this is an extended scene with Wayans romping around naked with a (haunted) wooden doll.

Any sex acts you can imagine, he does to the doll in this scene.

It goes on for an uncomfortably long period, and any laughter that it inspires will be of incredulity. One scene, which tries to find humor in sexual molestation, left the audience dead silent. You could’ve heard a rat pissing on cotton.

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Some moments in this film are so graphic and unsettling they teeter on the edge of surrealism. Watch for a censor’s worst nightmare appearing in the back of teenage Becky’s (Ashley Rickards) throat. I can’t help but feel sorry for the two young actors who played Megan’s kids; I can’t imagine anybody is going to look at this film and say, “My God! Get that girl in my office now!”

Hardly anything is very clever in this movie. All the racial commentary is very surface level and banal, and the sexual humor is vulgar and uninspired.

Its only saving grace is Cedric the Entertainer, who is barely in this sequel. Sadly, if there is a “A Haunted House 3,” (which, if its opening weekend sales are any indicator, there will be) I wouldn’t count on him being in it. Even without him, some of the jokes work. Every one of them is pitched at such a high level of madcap vulgarity that one almost can’t help but laugh.

Honestly, I’m conflicted. Let’s just say watching “A Haunted House 2” is like having an awkward, sloppy sexual encounter.

Parts of the experience are enjoyable but, at the end of it, you’re left feeling dirty and empty, wondering what you were thinking in the first place.

Maybe it isn’t that bad – I’m not speaking from experience here – but that’s how “A Haunted House 2” left me feeling. Cheap and icky. Well, you guys have got my money. Now get out of my theater. And please don’t look me in the eye. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Even though I consider myself an imaginative person, I still have a mind that is quite logical, and anytime I draw after I trip, I tend to be able to abstract things a little bit more,” he said.

Chipp met Andy through Andy’s girlfriend, Mo, who worked with Chipp at a tattoo parlor.

Mo takes care of the advertising and social networking side of “The Adventures of Super Stoner.” She said when the three return to Mesa, Ariz., they will be selling their comic book in local comic book stores such as Gothic City Comics. On the second day of the Cannabis Cup, Mo said they sold around 100 issues of “Super Stoner.”

“A lot of people are in love with the art and the storyline,” Mo said.

“It teaches you the pros and cons of drugs, whether it be legal or illegal.”

Mo met Andy after walking into the smoke shop he works at about a year after she started smoking regularly.

The three said they started smoking in middle school, but they all said it didn’t become a regular activity until high school or later.

Before the three met, Andy had been arrested for selling, possessing and distributing marijuana, spent six months in jail, and by the time he was out, Arizona had legalized medical marijuana. So Andy got a medical card.

“I’m 30 years old, I’ve grown and sold weed, and I’ve gone to jail for weed,” Andy said. “I’ve got some good life experience. ‘Super Stoner’ is more of a collection of, if not what I’ve experienced, what people I know have experienced.”

Andy said this comic has been entirely funded by themselves.

When he was trying to work out a way for “Super Stoner” to have its own booth at the Cannabis Cup, he was able to talk to Rick Cusick from High Times, who let them do a payment plan instead of paying the fee all at once. During the Cup, Andy and Chipp got to meet and take a picture with Cusick.

“Only at the Cannabis Cup, you know?” Andy said. “Normally you wouldn’t get the opportunity to meet these people.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

company, a company he started 26 years ago. In Vietnam, Schultz suffered multiple traumatic brain injuries, leg injuries and health problems related to exposure to Agent Orange, a chemical agent used by the U.S. military in Vietnamese jungles. Agent Orange, he said, caused him to get skin cancer. For the past 15 years, he has been a medical marijuana patient in California, and when Colorado legalized, he realized there would be a market for a wholesale supplier who accepts cash. He still owns his office supply business, but he appears to be focused on the industry that’s showing signs of exponential growth.

Dux Glass, a glass blower out of Richmond, Va., who didn’t want his real name published, also adjusted his business model to capitalize on the burgeoning marijuana industry.

A wholesale supplier and first-time vendor, Dux said making pipes and water pipes wasn’t his first choice and he prefers other types of glass work such as pendants and marblemaking. But in order to sell his product, he had to start producing smokable pieces.

The explosion of the industry has brought countless entrepreneurs out of the woodwork with marijuanarelated products. Some are useful, such as the Kasher, a durable metal attachment for a Bic lighter that can be used to clean or scrape a glass piece. Andrew, the inventor, said the idea arose out of the kind of necessity capitalism exists to satisfy. The prevalence of glass pieces means smokers are always on the lookout for a paper clip with which to clear or clean a pipe. This is very much a common experience, which Andrew knows.

“I was just always looking for a poker,” he said.

Andrew started his business while living in Portland, Ore., and sleeping on his brother’s couch. He eventually received a loan from a lender that specializes in low-income and minority entrepreneurs, and now, with an approved patent, he’s moving his business into a larger office and starting work on new products, such as Kashers that fit other types of lighters or hemp wicks.

Other entrepreneurial endeavors, while cool, aren’t so practical, such as the Basebowl, which is exactly what it sounds like: a ceramic baseball that

Attendees of the Cannabis Cup, a marijuana convention put on by the High Times, line up to take hits from electronic oil rigs, used for smoking hash oil. These hash oil hits, or dabs as most call them, were the preferred high of choice by the vendors. While the dabs were widely available, they have also been under scrutiny by the general public for their extreme THC concentration. you can smoke out of. With brand T-shirts and big smiles, this was one of the first booths that stuck out to me. There were no dreads, beanies or pot leaf-embroidered apparel. The vendors were well-groomed, welldressed and purely professional.

It was a strange sight to see, and I couldn’t bring myself to talk to any of them. They just looked so out-ofplace, not looking the part and selling a single, niche product. One of them looked like an actual baseball coach, and I imagined that, after the Cup, he would be rushing to his son’s little league game. I then imagined a comical scenario in which he mixes up a Basebowl with the real thing and his product gets smashed by a 12-yearold second baseman with home-run intensity. Poor guy.

We eventually reached a vendor called Mama Looms Glass, a fledgling operation staffed by one younger-looking guy and three guys who looked to be in their 50s or older. Two of the older guys had their sleeves cut off, and the third was wearing a tie-dye shirt. They looked like bikers. They were peddling a small collection of glass pipes and accessories. As I contemplated pur-

chasing something from them, one guy, presumably the boss, mentioned that the glass was “Indian-made.”

I’m not sure what kind of Indian he was referring to. I picked up a small metal grinder, and another guy, wearing a cut-off Harley-Davidson shirt, looked at me and said, “That’s a nice wax container, huh?” Before I had a chance to respond, tie-dye guy lumbered over to me, leaned over the table and sloppily offered to cut me a deal. He used some cheesy line about being a “used car salesman” and I, overwhelmed, told them I would be back. When I eventually returned to purchase something, I got to hear drunk tie-dye guy’s “used car salesman” line one more time.

Mama Looms Glass wasn’t selling the highest quality glass, by far: theirs wasn’t even American-made, and they had a comparatively small selection. They weren’t even offering the best deals. I think I bought from them because I felt bad. The glass pipes they were selling were reasonably nice, but it was clear that they knew very little about the marijuana business. I wondered if they were even smokers. Like some other vendors, it seemed they were

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While marijuana has often been referred to as a “subculture,” this year’s Cup indicates that it must have some “subs” of its own. Or, on the other hand, marijuana isn’t really a subculture at all; it’s just a widely shared human experience, and there’s no way to define a typical pot smoker because there is no such thing.

When the clock hit 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, alarms sounded, attendees whooped and hollered, and joints and blunts were sparked all around us. It was a strange, overwhelming feeling. After being judged for smoking pot at just about every turn, I was finally in a place where not a single person thought of weed as anything other than normal, and where I could smoke all I wanted without fear of retribution.

Keith Stroup, who founded the marijuana activist organization NORML more than 40 years ago, put it best.

“This is a celebration of the right to get high,” he said.

And celebrate we did. Just a few minutes after the clock struck 4:20, someone at one of the glass vendors we had spoken to, Blown Glassgoods, called us over to its table.

My fellow DN reporter Hannah Eads was wearing a shirt that Blown Glassgoods had given us on the first day. Call it unethical, but the shirt was both cool and comfortable.

Thanking her for the free advertising, they handed her a two to three-foot bong, with an ice catch and percolator they had already packed with weed. It was beautiful. I had seen quite a few pieces like that, but never smoked one. Hannah leaned over the table and took her hit. She asked me if I wanted one, and although I was tempted, I declined. Hannah said thanks and extended the bong back across the table and, in unison, they said, “No, it’s yours now!”

We looked at each other in awe and then, instinctively, I grabbed the bong and torched the weed.

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They looked older, and I thought that if they were making a career change at this point in the game, they probably weren’t doing it for supplemental income. I remembered how important economic factors were in making marijuana illegal in the first place, and I decided supporting a small business trying to capitalize on legalization was worth it, especially when so many businesses and organizations are pushing in the other direction.

And one of the very clear messages coming out of this year’s Cup was that marijuana is in fact a lucrative industry. One vendor, Tyler, who operates the online retailer Stankyy Dankyy, told me that by posting pictures showing his “smoking lifestyle,” he amassed more than 100,000 followers on Instagram. That quickly translated into a successful brand and business, which Tyler has boosted through social media promotion and frequent giveaways. He spent $3,500 of his own money for a 10 by 10 outdoor booth with two usable sides and then spent the two days selling merchandise and giving out free dabs.

In the absence of a High Times media booth, which we were informed there would be, Tyler said it costs anywhere from $1,000 to $12,000 for a booth at the Cup, depending on the size, location and number of useable sides.

Another clear message was that the stoner stereotype doesn’t even begin to encompass the variety of people who smoke pot; one need only look at the different ways marijuana businesses market their product to consumers. Some businesses, such as Stankyy Dankyy, embrace the traditional stoner image, while others like Indica Vaporizer, market themselves differently. With models dressed in black, a discreet and expensive product, open spaces and black leather couches that made their booth look like an upscale night club, Indica is interested in a very different marijuana consumer than companies such as Seedless, Dab City or Kali Culture.

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baseball: from 10 We have to clean it up on defense.

I’m embarrassed that I put my name on that. We believe very strongly in that.” darin erstad baseball coach

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Sophomore Marc Herrmann was the only Nebraska player to win a match in duals at No. 22 Penn State and No. 1 Ohio State over the weekend. Herrmann defeated No. 93 Herkko Pollanen of Ohio State 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) on Sunday.

NU swept by ranked teams on road Huskers combine to win 1 of 18 matches in pair of duals against Big Ten teams ranked in top 25 Staff Report DN During the weekend, the No. 63-ranked Nebraska men’s tennis team (12-14, 3-8 Big Ten) traveled to Penn State and then to Ohio State. The Huskers lost 7-0 to No. 22 Penn State (21-4, 8-3 Big Ten) on the road on Friday, followed by a 6-1 loss to the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes.

On Friday, the Huskers had a difficult time putting up points against the Nittany Lions in Uni-

versity Park, Pa. In doubles, Penn State’s Michael Reilly and Chris Young beat sophomores Dusty Boyer and Marc Herrmann 8-1. No. 36-ranked Russell Bader and Leonard Stakhovsky beat senior Brandon Videtich and junior Bradford Zitsch 8-7 (7-3). At the No. 3 spot, Penn State’s Matt Barry and Roman Trkulja beat senior Tom Blackwell and sophomore Scott Elsass 8-5, but the doubles point had already been decided.

In singles, Penn State’s No. 33-ranked Stakhovsky beat newly No. 111-ranked Boyer 6-0, 6-4 at the No. 1 position. PSU’s Trkulja beat freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot.

The match was decided at the No. 2 court when Nebraska’s Herrmann lost 6-3, 6-3 to Bader.

The matches continued when Penn State’s Alex Fennell beat Blackwell 6-2, 6-3 at the No. 3

position and Nittany Lion Nika Dolidze beat senior Beau Treyz 6-0, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-4) for the No. 6 spot. The final match, at the No. 4 court, finished 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (105) when sophomore Andrew Dzulynsky lost to Barry.

After the loss, the Huskers traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to take on the No. 1-ranked Buckeyes. Nebraska lost its last regular season match 6-1.

In doubles, Ohio State’s No. 50-ranked Peter Kobelt and Ralf Steinbach beat Videtich and Zitsch 8-5 at the No. 1 position.

Kevin Metka and Herkko Pollanen beat Boyer and Herrmann 8-1 at the No. 2 spot, and the final doubles match was stopped short once the doubles point was already decided.

In singles, No. 110 ranked Hunter Callahan beat Zitsch 6-1, 6-1. Ohio State’s Chris Diaz beat Blackwell 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 3 spot,

and No. 7-ranked Kobelt beat No. 111-ranked Boyer 6-1, 6-1, which gave the dual to the Buckeyes.

Herrmann was the only Husker able to earn a point against Ohio State. He beat No. 93-ranked Pollanen 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).

Ohio State was Nebraska’s last regular-season match. Next up is the Big Ten Tournament, where they will face a lot of the same opponents as they have previously this season. Nebraska heads to the Big Ten Tournament with their first match on Thursday at 10 a.m. against Michigan State. The Huskers lost to the Spartans 3-4 in East Lasing, Mich. The tournament is hosted by the Spartans in East Lansing, and the matches will be played at the MSU outdoor tennis courts. The results of that match will set who the Huskers will play next and determine if their play will continue in the postseason. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Junior second baseman Pat Kelly drops the ball in Friday night’s Nebraska loss to Northwestern. Kelly was 1 for 5 at the plate in the game.

series of the season.

Nebraska scored just 3 runs on Friday and in Saturday’s Game 1 to lose 2-1 and 3-2 to drop its first conference series since a rubber match against Iowa on March 23.

Although Nebraska coach Darin Erstad has said repeatedly that any baseball team can win on any day regardless of their record, the Nebraska coach wasn’t expecting to see the Huskers display a handful of flaws this weekend.

“We have to clean it up on defense,” Erstad said. “I’m embarrassed that I put my name on that. We believe very strongly in that, and the base running side of things, that’s a staple of what we do. I just got to do a better job of getting them ready to handle those things.”

Nebraska committed 4 errors on the weekend and left 24 runners on base.

On Friday, senior pitcher Christian DeLeon continued his hot streak in the middle of the diamond, allowing just 1 run in his third straight complete game. However, the senior right-hander didn’t receive support from his offense and didn’t get a decision as the two squads finished the nine innings tied to go to extra innings.

Base-running miscues hurt the Huskers and DeLeon’s chance of picking up his fifth victory, according to Erstad.

“It comes down to who makes a couple less mistakes,” the coach said. “We talked about the details, those little things, and eventually they’re going to catch up to you.”

The loss marked Nebraska’s first loss in an extra inning contest since April 27, 2013, and snapped its five-game winning streak.

“It’s absolutely tremendous given where we were playing and how hot they were coming in,” Northwestern coach Paul Stevens said. “I was extremely excited about how the weekend unfolded.”

The Huskers showed more pop at the plate in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader but not enough to separate them

from Friday’s result.

In his first nine appearances, Brandon Magallones surrendered 27 runs for a 5.04 ERA and 0-5 record. But Nebraska became his first victim of the season, as he threw 8 strong innings to pick up the 3-2 win in his sixth start of the season. The victory extended Northwestern’s winning streak to four games.

“Magallone did a nice job of commanding his change up and elevating his fastball when he needed to,” Erstad said.

The Huskers salvaged just 14 hits in their first two games combined and didn’t record their first extra-base hit until junior Austin Darby’s double in the seventh inning against Magallone.

After losing by a run in both of the first two contests, the Huskers managed to squeak out one victory on the weekend. But their lone victory against the Big Ten’s last-place team didn’t come by easily.

Down already 8-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, Nebraska rallied for 4 runs and 3 more in the fifth to pick up their junior starter, Aaron Bummer.

Junior first baseman Blake Headley anchored the Husker offense, going 3 for 3, and knocked in three. Freshman Ryan Boldt matched his teammate with 3 RBI and belted his first collegiate home run in Nebraska’s comeback.

Unlike Nebraska’s last conference home stand against Ohio State, no Husker starters picked up a win. However, relievers Austin Christensen and Josh Roeder silenced the Wildcat bats in the final two innings, with the latter picking up his eighth save to avoid a sweep.

Erstad said he was thrilled to see his guys lively in the dugout in the final game and send their fans into Easter with a win.

“We didn’t say too much to them, but they found a way,” he said. “Just scratched and clawed. Got back into the game and found a way to get it done.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior Emily Wong took sixth place in the all-around at the NCAA Championships. Wong finished sixth on the floor with a score of 9.90 to end her career as a two-time All-American in the event.

Kendig said he was especially impressed with their performance on the beam, their final rotation of the evening.

Blanske, DeZiel, Schleppenbach and Wong earned identical 9.90s to contribute to a team score of 49.450, their highest team score of the season on beam. Junior Amanda Lauer also contributed a 9.85, and freshman Jennie Laeng added a 9.825.

“We just did beam like we’d never done beam before,” Kendig said.

And afterward, in the locker rooms, the spirit of the team was contagious, Kendig said. There was screaming, joy and jubilation.

“It was one of our goals to make Super Six, so I think it was awesome that we did, especially because I know we had a harder session than the first session,” DeZiel said.

This was Nebraska’s 11th ap- where Wong led the team with her pearance at the Super Six Finals. 9.90 performance. They finished The other teams that moved on to with a team score of 48.875.

In their final the Super Six were rotation of the eveFlorida, Oklahoma, I think next ning, Wong led the LSU, Georgia and team on beam with Alabama. Only five year people her 9.95 routine. times has Nebraska Blanske and Laeng placed sixth at na- should watch also claimed cationals. out for Nebraska, reer-high scores of Nebraska start9.90 to contribute ed out its evening because we want to the team score on floor, where to be there again of 49.125. They finWong led the team ished out the night again with her 9.90 next year and do in sixth place. score. They earned even better.”

“Overall it was a team score of a lot of people’s 49.225 and moved Jessie deziel first time making into their second junior gymnast it to Super Six, and rotation of the experiencing what night on vault. it would be like,” DeZiel notched a 9.925 to lead the team to their DeZiel said. “So I think next year people should watch out for Nescore of 49.275. In the third rotabraska, because we want to be tion, they competed on the bars,

there again next year and do even better.”

On Sunday, the individual finals took place. Wong earned a 9.90 on floor, placing sixth overall.

She earned first-team All-American honors on floor for the second time in her career. Wong also earned a 9.7625 on beam to place 14th overall.

Schleppenbach earned a 9.8875 on beam and placed third overall.

DeZiel notched a 9.7725 on beam and came in eighth place. Blanske also competed on beam, posting a score of 9.85 to place 10th. All three of them earned first-team All-American honors on beam.

“We had a great season,” Kendig said. “Obviously it’s going to be sad moving into next season without our two seniors, but we have a solid foundation moving forward.” sports@| dailynebraskan.com

softball: from 10 coming in that she would have an impact early and often.”

The Huskers’ long home stand came to an end, and during that span the team went 7-1.

After losing to Nebraska-Omaha in the first game, the Huskers won the next seven games. During the win streak at home, the Huskers averaged more than 9 runs per game, and in the last four games of the home stretch they put the run rule into effect.

Even though the Huskers are playing their best ball yet this season, Revelle reminded the team that there is plenty of ball left and the team needs to remain on the path it is heading on.

“We won on Saturday, and we said, ‘Hey, next up is the next opponent,’ and that’s really where our focus went because we’re at that point of the year

where you have to really stay moment by moment,” Revelle said. “We’re focused on who’s on deck and who were playing next.”

The Huskers begin their sixgame road trip with a mid-week matchup against Creighton on Wednesday, followed by a conference series against Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich.

Nebraska has a 33-13 record, and the team knows it can’t let off the brakes, especially with high seed in the Big Ten Tournament on the line.

“On the road, we want to stick to our plan as a team, competing with every pitch,” Edwards said. “We just need to keep on playing Nebraska softball.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska in 2nd after opening day at Oak Hill After subpar round, Record 1 of 2 Huskers in top 5 entering final round of Oak Hill Invitational Staff Report DN The Nebraska men’s golf team sits in second place after one day of competition at the Notre Dame Oak Hill Invitational at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Yes, that Oak Hill Country Club.

Oak Hill has been host to nu-

The Huskers are coming off a merous PGA events, including the sixth-place finish on April 13 at 1968 U.S. Open Championship, the Hawkeye-Great River Enterthe 1995 Ryder Cup and most retainment Invitational cently the PGA Chamin Iowa City, Iowa. The pionship in 2013. squad fired a three“It’s an awesome round total of 895, inexperience to get to cluding an even-par play a course that all final round that prothe pros have played,” pelled them from 10th Husker senior Mike to sixth.

Siwa said.

Junior Josh ReinThe Huskers are ertson had a breakout looking to fair better performance for the than the U.S. Ryder Huskers in Iowa City, Cup team that fell to shooting his careerEurope at Oak Hill in best three-round total 1995. record of 221, finishing tied Nebraska is comfor 16th. peting in a field of Reinertson golfed in the No. seven, accompanied by Bos1 spot for the team Monday and ton College, Canisius College, will be accompanied by junior Georgetown, Notre Dame, RochCalvin Freeman, senior Matt Reester and St. Bonaventure.

cord, junior Ross Dickson and senior Manuel Lavin in that order.

Seniors Siwa and Ryan Grassel are competing as individuals in Rochester.

Nebraska teed off at 8:30 a.m.

Monday to begin a day that included two rounds of 18.

After one round of play, the Huskers found themselves just 2 strokes off the lead established by tournament host Notre Dame at 7 over par.

Nebraska shot a four-man combined score of 289, 9-over par, led by an even-par 70 from Record.

Record was 3 over heading into his final four holes and birdied three of his last four, putting him in a tie for first after round one.

Freeman sat alone in sixth

place after shooting a 2-over 72 in Round 1. Dickson, Reinertson and Siwa were also in the top 10 after shooting 73, 74 and 74 respectively.

The Huskers sat in second after the first round and were 8 strokes ahead of the Georgetown Hoyas, who sat in third. St. Bonaventure and Boston College roundied out the top 5 with rounds of 305 and 307, respectively.

Nebraska continued the same kind of play as it started its second 18 of the day.

The Huskers fired a secondround total of 292, 12-over par.

That mark put them at 21 over for the tournament and was good enough to keep them in the second-place position heading into Tuesday’s final round. The Fighting Irish lead the field at 14 over.

Record continued his solid play, shooting a 1-under 69 in the second round. After a first-round 70, Record sits in second-place alone. Record is joined in the top 10 by teammate Reinertson, who after a second-round 71 sits in a tie for fifth at 5-over par. Freeman and Dickson are both 9 over and are tied for 11th. Another notable Husker is Siwa, who is competing as an individual and is tied for 18th at 14 over.

Nebraska plays the third and final round Tuesday and looks to notch its first top-5 finish of the year.

“The team has a chance to win if we play well tomorrow,” Siwa said. “We’re ready to see if we can make a run and get it done.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Huskers find success during multiple meets Women’s team excels in windy Kansas conditions, small men’s team performs well in California Staff Report DN Despite strong winds, the Huskers went home with seven event titles this weekend at the Kansas Relays, and at the Mt. SAC Relays, senior sprinter Miles Ukaoma walked away with second place as one of only three collegiate athletes competing.

“If you had to run against that wind, that was tough, or if you were in a field event where you had real strong winds behind you, then it was more difficult to be consistent on approach,” Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said. “So you really had to be able to adjust to that.”

At the Kansas Relays in Lawrence, Kan., the women took home 3 of the 7 titles. Sophomore Maggie Malone secured a firstplace win for the Huskers in the women’s javelin throw with a distance of 48.72 meters. Senior hurdler Ellie Grooters took home a win in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.16.

“I think both of them for this time of the year, they’re doing well,” Pepin said.

Pepin said Grooters’ firstplace finish didn’t come without a challenge. She had to run against the wind and still put up the fourth-best time in the Big Ten. “She won very easily,” Pepin said. “She’s continuing to get more consistent. She’s going to have some meets coming up where she’ll face even better competition, so it was a really good win.”

The women’s third event title came with the 4x400 meter relay, where the Nebraska team of freshman Tierra Williams, senior Mara Weekes, freshman Brena Andrews and junior Breunna McCarty posted a second-place finish. On the men’s side at the Kansas Relays, the 4x400 meter relay team of junior John Welk, senior Dexter McKenzie, senior Jodi-Rae Blackwood and senior Tim Thompson also took home second place with a time of 40.72, just six seconds faster than the women.

“Overall if you look at the Kansas meet, particularly on the

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Senior Ellie Grooters won the 400-meter hurdles at the Kansas Relays on Saturday with a personal-best time of 59.16. Her time ranks fourth in the Big Ten.

Overall if you look at the Kansas meet, particularly on the women’s side, we did good.” gary pepin

track and field coach

women’s side, we did good,” Pepin said. “I wouldn’t say great by any means, but good in the field event areas.”

The men’s 4x400 team won again with a season-best time of 3:09.79 by sophomore Levi Gipson, freshman Drew Wiseman, sophomore Jacob Bender and sophomore Cody Rush.

Sophomore thrower Will Lohman also took a second place with a throw of 59-0 on his second attempt. Senior thrower Chad Wright was just behind with a third-place finish and a throw of 58-8.75.

“I think the main thing is the effort by most people was good to real good, but we’ve just got to continue to improve and stay healthy,” Pepin said.

The top finishes in men’s pole vault were a fifth and seventh place for Nebraska. In the long jump, senior Seth Wiedel took second place, while junior Devandrew Johnson was further behind at 10th place.

“Overall with the men, we had some areas that we didn’t do very good in, and those areas I think we have talent, and some people that can do better, but

they’ll need to step it up for the conference,” the coach said.

At the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., senior Travis Englund finished eighth in the high jump with a height of 6-10.25.

Senior Patrick Raedler finished fifth with a long jump of 23-5.25, and Ukaoma came in second in the 400 hurdles with a seasonbest time of 49.76.

Pepin used this meet as preparation for the postseason. He is looking to improve the number of event titles in future meets as well as prepare the athletes for environmental issues such as wind.

“One of the things we’re going to have to do to get better,” Pepin said. “If we’re hoping to compete for a conference championship, we’re going to have to continue to improve and get better.”

The Huskers will compete once again on their home track on Wednesday in the Pre-Drake Relays. Some athletes, however, will travel to Des Moines, Iowa, to compete in the Drake Relays the same day. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Senior Maike Zeppernick won her singles match against Penn State on Friday, but she and the Huskers could not win in her last home dual against Ohio State on Sunday.

NU falls on senior day, stays winless in Big Ten David Stover DN The Nebraska women’s tennis team went into its weekend of action in hopes of capturing its first Big Ten victory of the year but was unsuccessful, losing to Penn State 4-3 on Friday and No. 34 Ohio State 4-0 on Sunday.

Winning 2 of 3 doubles matches on Friday, the Huskers’ day looked promising at the start only to be disappointing in the end.

Husker freshman Mary Hanna and sophomore Maggie Lehmicke took on Penn State freshmen Katia Blik and Dasha Sapogova and beat them 8-6.

The Huskers also received outstanding performances from senior Maike Zeppernick and junior Izabella Zgierska as they beat Penn State’s sophomore Katherine Whiteaway and senior Carmen Sandor 8-1.

“It was one of the better doubles we played,” Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said.

However, the Huskers’ early success didn’t translate as well to singles play, as they went on to lose 4 out of their next 6 matches.

Court 1 had a hard-fought match as Lehmicke and Sapogova battled it out in three sets.

Losing 6-2 in the first, Lehmicke managed to come back on the second 7-5. Sapogova appeared to be frustrated as Lehmicke’s momen-

tum was building, but Spagova settled down to win the third set 6-3.

“Maggie was down a set, and she was down in a set and had to work her way back and to come back and win,” Jacobson said.

“That second set she did against a really strong player of Penn State.

In the third set she was down 1-4 and worked her way back to 3-4 and had game points to get to four all there. Maggie is just a real fighter and someone who never quits.”

Sapogova was a tough out, and with the win Friday, she earned her 14th win of the spring, tying Lauren MacCarthy with the most singles victories for a Penn State freshman.

Nebraska’s Hanna was also involved in a three-set match with Penn State’s Sandor on Court 3.

Hanna lost her first set 2-6 only to bounce back and win her second set 6-4 before being defeated 7-5 in the third.

“I thought we fought really hard,” Hanna said. “And I’m disappointed with the outcome, but we enjoyed the fight and had fun.”

Sandor’s victory on Friday gave her 49 singles victories, moving her to 11th all-time in Penn State team history and helping contribute to Penn State’s first victory against Nebraska in women’s tennis.

Sunday wasno=’t just Easter; it was also Nebraska’s senior day.

The Huskers were trying to send

out its lone senior Maike Zeppernick with a win to cap off her college career.

Zeppernick’s day started on Court 3 with Izabella Zgierska in doubles, where they were defeated

by Buckeye freshmen Gabriella De Santis and Sandy Niehaus in two sets, losing 8-7, 7-2.

Zigierska and Zeppernick’s performance was the only competitive one, as the other young Huskers struggled.

The Ohio State freshmen got the best of the Nebraska freshmen at No. 2 doubles, as Ohio State’s No. 82 Miho Kowase and Ferny Angeles Paz beat Hannah Sulz and Lisa Andersson 8-1.

The Huskers struggled in singles as well.

Zeppernick, playing her final home match, was beaten in two sets by Ohio State freshman Angeles Paz 6-3, 6-1 on Court 4 in.

Zeppernick’s teammates Hanna and Zgierska also were beaten in two sets. Hanna lost 7-5, 6-2 on Court 3 to Ohio State freshman Sandy Niehaus, while Zgierska lost to Kowase 6-3, 6-1.

It was a tough way to conclude the regular season for the Huskers, but they hope to bounce back, as they will travel to Evanston, Ill., for the Big Ten Championships and are scheduled to play Illinois at 10 a.m. on Thursday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Deeg captures top-20 finish as Nebraska takes 8th Brett Nierengarten DN The Nebraska women’s golf team traveled to Columbus, Ohio, for its final tournament before the Big Ten Championships on Friday. The Huskers finished tied for eighth in the 12-team field shooting 74-over 938 as a team.

The tournament, held at the 6,268-yard Scarlet Course, was set up differently from most the Huskers have played on this year. Rather than playing 18 holes during three days, the event featured 36 holes on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday.

Nebraska opened the tournament with a 316 on its first 18 on Saturday. Sophomore Cassie Deeg led the way for the Huskers on Day 1, firing a 77. Senior Katelyn Wright was the only other player in the Husker lineup to break 80, shooting a 78. NU sat in eighth place as a team after the first round.

Nebraska coach Robin Krapfl said her players may have been pressing in the first round and needed to play more like they do in practice.

“I was disappointed,” Krapfl said. “Again, we had good preparation. It just seemed like they were trying too hard.”

Kent State was the only team to break 300 in the first round, shooting a 297 as a team, 6 strokes ahead of host Ohio State. The Golden

Flashes also impressed, as Jennifer Ha and Josee Doyon both shot 72 to tie for the individual lead through one round.

In the second round Saturday, the Huskers shaved 4 strokes off their team score, shooting a 312.

Senior Steffi Neisen had the low round for the team with a 76, Deeg was solid once again with another 77. Freshman Jordan Chael also shot a round in the 70s with a 78, and Wright rounded up the lineup with an 82. Although the team scored better, they lost ground, sitting in a tie for ninth after the second round.

“I was hitting the ball really well, and I didn’t make any big mistakes,” Deeg said of her consistency through the first two rounds.

The better scores in the second round proved the team was unaffected by the long day Saturday.

“It’s a physical challenge to be out there carrying your golf bag for 10 hours.” Krapfl said. “Our strength coach has got the team in good physical shape, so I didn’t feel like that was a detriment to our team at all.”

Ohio State cut Kent State’s lead down to 4 strokes after the second round on Saturday. Individually, Kent State’s Ha shot a 75 to take the outright lead over teammate Doyon, who shot a second-round 79. Kelly Grassel of Michigan State shot a 71 to pull herself into second

place two strokes back of Ha. The Huskers improved once again in the third round on Sunday, shooting 310 as a team. Wright and sophomore Cassidy Stelzmiller both got back on track leading the team with 77s, and Deeg and Chael were right behind them with a pair of 78s. Neisen had the only round in the 80s with an 81.

This marks the second tournament in a row the Huskers have shot the worst round in the first round and their best in the final round.

“You always want your last round to be your best round because every round you should get to know the golf course a little better,” Krapfl said. “We still would like to use that first round to get off to a better start.”

Ohio State shot 291 in the final round to win its home tournament with a final score of 892. Michigan State shot a 292 to tie Kent State for second in the tournament at 900 strokes.

Individually, Kent State’s Ha shot a 71 on Sunday to hold off Michigan State’s Grassel by a stroke, though Grassel shot a tournament-low 70 on the final day of play.

As for the Huskers, they will have a quick turnaround, as they leave Wednesday for the Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore Cassie Deeg was the only Nebraska golfer to shoot three rounds better than 80 at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on her way to the Huskers’ best finish at the event.

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six huskers earn 6th place, 4 all-americans at ncaa championships story by Vanessa Daves file photo by Stacie Hecker

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ebraska women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig promised his team that if they made it to the Super Six at the NCAA Championships this year, the team could paint his

nails.

So after the Huskers posted a score of 197.100 on Friday evening to place third during the second session of the preliminary rounds, that’s exactly what they did to celebrate.

And at the Super Six Finals on Saturday night, where NU came in sixth place with a score of 196.500, Kendig could be seen cheering on his team wearing Husker red nail polish.

“I did what I had to do, and it was weird,” Kendig said. “But if in any small way it contributed to what happened this weekend, it was worth it.”

And on Sunday, four Huskers competed in the NCAA individual event finals: seniors Emily Wong and Jamie Schleppenbach, junior Jessie DeZiel and sophomore Hollie Blanske. All of the individual competitors placed in the top 10 of their respective events.

On Friday, Nebraska competed in the preliminary rounds and had what some members of the team considered to be one of their greatest performances of the year. They earned a score of 49.100 or higher on every event.

They started out the night on floor, where Wong led the team with her 9.95 performance, and the team earned a score of 49.350. In the second rotation of the evening, they competed on vault, where DeZiel led the team with her 9.875 score. They finished that event with a team score of 49.200.

In its third rotation, Nebraska moved on to bars.

Wong, DeZiel and junior Desiré Stephens earned identical scores of 9.85 and the team ended up with a score of 49.100.

Senior Jamie Schleppenbach finished third on the beam at the NCAA Championships with a score of 9.8875, becoming a twotime All-American on the event. Schleppenbach is also a two-time All-American on vault.

women’s gymnastics: see page 8

NU sweeps Ohio State with blowout victories Huskers rout Buckeyes in 3 games cut short by run rule, extend winning streak to 7 games Josh Kelly DN The No. 19 Nebraska softball team ended its eight-game home stand on a high note, completing a three-game sweep against Ohio State.

After a 14-1 win on Friday that was ended by a run rule, the two teams faced off in a doubleheader Saturday. The dominance continued as the Huskers were victorious, winning 8-0 in both games.

All three games during the sweep were ended by a run rule, and for coach Rhonda Revelle, it was a complete performance from her squad.

“I thought we did a good job, really on both sides of the ball,” Revelle said. “We had a really good approach at the plate with every pitcher that we faced.”

Senior catcher Taylor Edwards led the team in the threegame sweep, going 4 for 7 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI during the weekend. She also scored five times en route to co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors. After another series sweep, the catcher was happy about where her team

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Senior catcher Taylor Edwards was named the co-Big Ten Player of the Week after a 4-for-7 weekend, including a home run and a double in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader. stands with the final stretch of the season upon it.

“It felt really good as a team, and we just need to keep on rolling,” Edwards said. “We’ve been hitting the ball hard, and we’ve been playing well on defense.”

Edwards leads the Big Ten Conference with 15 home runs so far this season. She is also 2 home runs away from tying the school record for home runs in a career.

The record was set in 1998

by Ali Viola with 53 career home runs. Edwards said the fact that she is being mentioned makes the experience even better for her.

“It’s an honor to just be put in the category as the players before me,” Edwards said. “It’s cool going out there and playing the game that I love. It’s very humbling.”

Since Day 1, Revelle knew Edwards’ hitting skills would affect on the program and wasn’t at all surprised that she is close to the record.

“It says that, No. 1, she’s a really gifted hitter, and she’s a powerful hitter,” Revelle said. “I could tell you that I’m surprised, but I’m not. I think we knew

softball: see page 8

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Senior pitcher Christian DeLeon went 9 innings for the third straight outing Friday, allowing 1 run on 6 hits, but the Huskers could muster only 1 run in the extra-inning loss to Northwestern.

Nebraska avoids sweep to end mistake-prone series Nedu Izu DN There weren’t many statistics that pointed against Nebraska (26-16 overall, 8-4 Big Ten) heading into its home series against Northwestern (10-25, 4-10) on Friday

and Saturday.

When it came to offense, the Huskers handled their bats at a bolstering .306 team average, compared to a .274 posting by the Wildcats. Nebraska (4.02 ERA) also outperformed the squad from Evanston, Ill., on the mound, which entered Lincoln with a 5.17

earned run average.

However, none of those figures played true in their matchup, as Northwestern defeated the Huskers in the first two games to win its first Big Ten Conference

baseball: see page 8