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Make-a-wish grants DREAM OF 11-YEAROLD to become a pop star

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Cayden Hubbard, 11, signs autographs from his fans and classmates outside of Maxey Elementary School Wednesday morning.

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On Wednesday morning, 11-year-old Cayden Hubbard, the recipient of a wish from Make-A-Wish Foundation, was escorted through a flood of screaming fans outside Lincoln’s Maxey Elementary School by bodyguards and a full entourage; it was obvious he was no ordinary fifth grader. But, in addition to signing autographs and doing radio interviews, he lives an atypical life for a different reason.

Hubbard has glioma, which is a kind of cancer that affects the brain and spinal cord. Since doctors found a tumor in his brain, he’s been receiving treatment at the Omaha Childrens Clinic.

After he was diagnosed, his family was told that because of his condition, Hubbard was eligible to receive a wish from Make-A-Wish.

Jennifer Hubbard, his mother, said his first wish was to visit to France.

But his doctors nixed the idea, saying France was too far to travel while he’s still under treatment.

Jennifer Hubbard said she reminded

Hubbard of his dream to be on “American Idol” while he was trying to decide another wish. She suggested he ask to be a rock star.

She said Hubbard loved the idea, but he wanted to make it clear, he wanted to be a pop star — not a rock star.

From there, Jennifer Hubbard said the Make-A-Wish Foundation went to work. Hubbard was told his wish wouldn’t be granted until the summer, to ensure the day would come as a surprise.

And it was. On the morning of April 25, Hubbard was called to the Maxey Elementary School office to receive a “Student of Character” award. What he didn’t know, was behind the door to a conference room, Make-A-Wish volunteers. Husker football players, reporters and family were waiting to grant his wish.

“It feels like a dream to me,” he said after he discovered what was happening.

While Hubbard changed into pop star attire, his classmates at Maxey Elementary lined the entry way to prepare for his red-carpet departure.

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After the interview with Matt Mckay was over, Hubbard had a chance to use his vocal chords on live radio as he sang an acappela version of “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes. Then, Hubbard got on a plane and headed off to Los Angeles to record his own songs.

They held signs displaying, “Cayden is Maxey’s American Idol,” and “Marry me, Cayden!”

Husker football players Eric Martin, Ben Cotton, Brent Qvale and Ryan Klachko acted as his bodyguards.

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St. Mark’s sees impact of solar panels Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan

Sometimes, going green takes a donation in the right direction.

Since September 2011, solar panels have been used to cut down on the electrical bill at St. Mark’s on the Campus, an Episcopal church located at 13th and R streets. Without a donor to motivate the cause, however, the project might not have been possible.

A parishioner of St. Mark’s approached the Rev. Jerry Thompson about solar panels for the church building. The donor was interested because she had solar panels on her own house. “(The donor) thought it would help with the electrical bill, both financially and also as a green measure to help with our use of resources,” Thompson said.

Since the solar panels have only been up since September 2011, Thompson said information on reduced bills is still being gathered. Thompson estimated the solar panel addition will offset a third of the cost.

Professor Emeritus Robert Kuzelka said there were a couple of months where the cost has already been reduced.

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“This winter it wasn’t as noticeable,” Kuzelka said. “Our bills were lower, but this winter has been pretty mild. So, it will probably take a couple of years to see what sort of long-range impact it’ll have.”

Kuzelka, a member of the church, said the results will be more interesting in the summer when there is full solar impact and the church is air conditioned. The electricity bills are at $200 to $300 and can reach $700 to $800 in the summer, Kuzelka estimated.

But choosing to purchase the solar panels for the benefit of the church was not solely up to Thompson or Kuzelka.

“Every gift like that has to be approved by our governing body, which is the vestry,” Thompson said. “They were totally supportive of it and very supportive of the idea of doing more green initiatives.”

Solar panels are not the only green step St. Mark’s has taken. Programmable thermostats were added to the building, and thermal windows replaced the building’s original singlepaned windows a few years ago.

“It made an immediate difference,” Kuzelka said. “In the choir loft, they could feel the difference. They used to have

to wear jackets.”

St. Mark’s is finishing up a campaign to finish installing the remainder of the windows throughout the church, Kuzelka said.

Resting on the edge of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s City Campus, St. Mark’s is the only building using solar panels. Kirk Conger, a mechanical engineer and energy projects manager for Facilities Management and Planning, said he wasn’t aware of any buildings using solar power on campus.

Conger said three portable photovoltaic systems will be installed on the Animal Science Complex on East Campus.

“We’re actually pretty excited about that,” Conger said in a telephone interview. “I think it’s supposed to be installed this summer.”

UNL is taking different initiatives on the conservation end of being green.

“I expect that we will start to look at those more seriously,” Conger said. “At this point, it doesn’t seem like there’s this screaming economic need ... We’re pushing forward on (green initiatives). We’re not writing them off.”

For Thompson and Kuzelka, going green has become a way of life and an investment in the

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Solar panels sit on top of St. Mark’s on the Campus, helping save money on electricity costs since September 2011. The Episcopal church is the only building on campus using this community groups: religious and non-religious.

“The solar energy aspect goes beyond just our specific worship things,” Kuzelka said.

“We really think, and I think the congregation agrees with us strongly, that we want to serve the campus in whatever ways we can.”

Besides hosting four worship services and having a student center and community pantry, St. Mark’s also invites campus groups to use the space if they need it. Kuzelka said the Center for Great Plains Studies used to use the space for lectures and the UNL School of

Music would use the space for concerts. Having the solar panels provides a more efficient place for the campus and the community.

“It’s very much a stewardship issue,” Thompson said.

“It’s an issue of how we use our resources and care for the creation that God has given us to steward.”

All it took was a push in the right direction by the donor.

“She served as a catalyst to get moving in a direction the parish was to go, but not committed to yet,” Thompson said. franniesprouls@ dailynebraskan.com

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Student debt is on the nation’s mind.

President Barack Obama recently kicked off a college tour on student debt and what to do about it. On Wednesday he was in Iowa, which has one of the highest rates of student debt in the country.

Education officials are anxiously looking to summer, when the interest rates on some federal loans could double without Congressional intervention, and worry about access to education for lowincome students.

And as the burden of student loans — an average of $25,000 per indebted graduate — surpasses the national credit card debt and nears $1 trillion, half of college graduates are unemployed or underemployed, meaning they work in jobs that don’t need their degrees, according to an analysis the Associated Press released this week.

“We have this unsustainable problem here,” said Craig Munier, director of Scholarships and Financial Aid at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and chairman-elect of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Sentiment appears to be growing that something new and different must be done, either to change how much college costs or how students pay for it. One idea gaining some attention: Forgive all student debt.

“With the stroke of the President’s pen, millions of Americans would suddenly have hundreds, or in some cases, thousands of extra dollars in their pockets,” writes Robert Applebaum, a college graduate with almost $90,000 in debt, in an online petition at SignOn. org for federal loan forgiveness that has gathered more than 670,000 signatures.

“Instead of saddling entire generations with debt from which there is no escape,” Applebaum continues, “Let’s empower the American people to grow this economy on their own.”

Supporters say freeing up students’ resources from the specter of debt would boost the economy as money is spent elsewhere, but critics point to the enormous cost entailed and the potential for unintended consequences on students’ attitudes and the economy.

Several UNL students interviewed were mostly somewhere in between: interested, but skeptical.

“I have a feeling that would backfire in some way,” said Leandra McLennon, a sophomore hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major with about $7,000 in loans so far. “I don’t think something should just be given to us.”

McLennon pointed to federal loan forgiveness programs for students that go into public service and jobs like teaching,

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Loni O’Grady, a senior Spanish and English as a Second Language major, will travel to Brazil in 2013 as a Fulbright Scholar. She plants to start a family literacy program.

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Mallory Slama, a senior mathematics and math education major, writes a sample equation on the board in her classroom while student teaching at Lincoln North Star High School on April 25. Slama will travel to the Czech Republic as a Fulbright Scholar to teach English.

Sixth Fulbright recipient Fulbright winner to swap aspires to enable literacy America for Czech Republic heather haskins daily nebraskan

When Loni O’Grady heard she had won a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English in Brazil, she immediately told her students.

“I was ecstatic,” she said.

O’Grady is a student teacher at Omaha South High School, teaching advanced-placement Spanish, ESL 1 and 2 and a dual-language computer course.

She is the sixth winner of the Fulbright Scholarship announced at UNL this spring and will travel to Brazil in 2013.

While in Brazil, she wants to start a family literacy program.

“One of my main goals is to make sure that all children have some type of reading material in their house,” O’Grady said.

“Reading is a family activity.”

O’Grady spent almost three years studying abroad in Querétaro, Mexico.

She also completed a summer internship there working for the Tec de Monterrey’s International

Programs Office.

It was in Querétaro she met a teacher, Nevardo Prejo, whom she credits with helping to inspire her to become a Spanish teacher.

“He was so enthusiastic about the language,” O’Grady said. “We never did boring stuff.”

O’Grady explained Prejo would skip the conventional, dry grammar books and instead discuss music and other aspects of culture.

Another person O’Grady credits with inspiring her is UNL assistant professor of Spanish, Lola Lorenzo, who encouraged her to apply for the Fulbright.

Lorenzo talked about what sets O’Grady apart from other students.

“One thing that not every student has is enthusiasm,” Lorenzo said. “Loni was always enthusiastic about learning. She was very happy to learn.”

Lorenzo said in order to succeed, especially if a student wants to win a Fulbright, they have to learn how to go through the school system properly and make the right connections

with professors.

“Loni was very smart with that,” Lorenzo said.

O’Grady spoke about what aspect of teaching students English she was most excited about.

“I am excited about getting to share my culture and my experiences with them and about learning about their customs,” O’Grady said.

O’Grady said she hopes her distinct teaching style works well with the students.

When she comes back, O’Grady hopes to bring attention to the Portuguese language in America and possibly teach it.

“I think that, for a long time, Portuguese has kind of been forgotten about,” O’Grady said.

Applying for the Fulbright Scholarship is not for the light-hearted. The application process requires a lot of hard work, she said.

“It was almost a relief that the waiting was over,” O’Grady said. “It’s been a long application process.” heatherhaskins@ dailynebraskan.com

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Mallory Slama has always wanted to be immersed in the Czech Republic’s culture.

Growing up in Tabor, S.D., the influence of the Central European country was celebrated every summer with Czech Days.

“It’s the oldest festival in the nation,” Slama said. “Everyone in the community is passionate about keeping Czech culture alive.”

The senior secondary math education and mathematics major with a minor in Czech will have the opportunity to swap the festival for the real Czech Republic, thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship.

Slama was recently awarded the prestigious scholarship and will spend a year in the country teaching English. Slama also hopes to be able to put her undergraduate degree to use and teach math during her time in the country.

“I knew I had a shot, not too many applications are for the Czech Republic compared to Spain or Germany,” Slama said.

“I had a strong application, and

I knew there was a chance. I’m just really grateful I got it.”

Slama’s family was “ecstatic and crazy” when they found she had won the Fulbright. Her grandmother is already making travel arrangements to visit Slama during her time in the Czech Republic.

This will be Slama’s third trip to Czech Republic. She first visited the country when she went on vacation with her older sister and grandma. She visited again in July 2011 when she participated in a study abroad program.

Slama called her first two visits to the country an “eye-opening experience.”

“It really reminds me of how different cultures can be,” Slama said. “The entire culture is different, not just different subcultures like in America.”

Slama was described as humble, quiet, a good listener and very kind by Erica Rogers, a graduate teaching assistant for the English department.

Rogers met Slama in her “Writing and Communities” course. Slama had already decided she wanted to be a teacher and would often come

to Rogers to ask about different teaching methods.

Despite being a math major, Slama credits Rogers as being a mentor at UNL who helped her learn about different teaching styles and grow as an educator.

“An interest in teaching and learning transcends disciplines,” Rogers said.

Rogers said she keeps Slama in her “warm and fuzzy folder.”

“Every teacher has a warm fuzzy folder and in this folder you have copies of emails or notes students wrote you,” Rogers said. “Mallory is in that warm and fuzzy folder because she asked for my help, and I got to help. Seeing students succeed is the best part of the job, better than your own achievements.”

Slama will graduate in August before traveling to the Czech Republic. After her Fulbright Scholarship is complete, Slama plans on moving to Florida to teach math.

“Mallory is the kind of student who will take every opportunity, large and small, and uses that to impact the world,” Rogers said. “This Fulbright is just the beginning for her.”

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After long debate, ASUN rejects bill in final meeting elias Youngquist daily nebraskan

In the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s last meeting of the semester, Pandora’s box was opened.

Six pieces of legislation were brought before ASUN, two of which were entered under emergency status. And for the first time this semester, a bill was not passed in Wednesday’s tense meeting.

Senate Bill #1, Senate Directive: UNL Students for a Clean Future, would allow members of ASUN to act as advocates of the student body at a Nebraska Public Power District open forum in favor of more alternative energy. The bill mentions $1.5 billion is planning to be spent to retrofit aging coal power plants, money that could be going toward alternative energy.

The bill was not passed because many ASUN senators felt the bill overstepped ASUN’s jurisdiction. Mike

Dunn, a junior communication studies major and Government Liaison Committee chair, argued despite his own environmentalist opinions, the bill is more of a Nebraska issue than a student issue.

Kaitlin Mazour, ASUN internal vice president and junior English and history major, added after the meeting that the situation was similar to a bill brought up in the fall semester about the Nebraska Pipeline. That bill was not passed for similar reasons.

ASUN passed Government Bill #2, University of Nebraska Employee Plus One Benefits. The bill voices ASUN’s support of Employee Plus One benefits, which would extend insurance to domestic partners of UNL faculty and staff. This same bill has been passed twice before by ASUN, leading some senators to question its worth.

“If this has been passed before in the past twice, I don’t see why we need to pass it

again,” said Kalby Wehrbein, a junior mechanized systems management major. Wehrbein added he hadn’t had students voice their concern or their knowledge in favor of Employee Plus One benefits and therefore the bill shouldn’t be passed.

“I represent the College of Arts and Sciences and I know that we are hit hard by bills of this nature,” Dunn said. “To use the excuse that people you represent don’t know about it is simply lazy; that’s your job, to be informed for your constituents.”

Wehrbein also pointed out that the passing of Employee Plus One benefits could raise tuition costs.

“People use the financial issue because it’s a way to speak to a part of our nature, but the other part we need to consider is the moral. You don’t bring cookies to class and not bring enough for everyone,” said Micah Wullschleger, a senior

anthropology and English major.

To voice ASUN’s support for protection of UNL’s LGBT students, Government Bill #3, Fairness Ordinance was passed. The bill advocates for the prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, two groups absent from the city of Lincoln’s charter.

“LGBT students typically have a much harder time paying for college, particularly because they can’t get money from their parents,” Dunn said. “We need to protect our students.”

While there was a large amount of heated discussion during the meeting, Government Bill #1, GLC Directive: Stafford Loan Interest Rate, was passed with little argument nearly unanimously.

The bill voices ASUN’s support of extending the Stafford Loan rate of 3.4 percent rather than doubling it.

In response to the recent

ASUN elections, Senate Resolution #1: Student Government Elections Ad Hoc Committee was brought to the senate under emergency status in order to pass it before the approaching summer. The passed resolution creates an ad hoc committee to look at what can be done differently in ASUN elections by looking at other universities’ election processes.

“The point of this ad hoc committee is to kind of research other universities,” said Eric Kamler, ASUN president and a junior agricultural business major. “Most other universities don’t have this set up and this presents a unique opportunity.

We haven’t changed our system within the last decade.”

Dunn added that no other university has such a large party system, like UNL’s, with around 60 positions in the party.

Lastly, ASUN passed Bylaw A, Amend ASUN Special rules

— “RSO Financial Exemption.”

The bylaw allows for registered student organizations to exempt themselves from the financial policies after approval from the student services committee. This allows for groups with large amounts of funds, like the university investment club or organizations that are part of a larger national branch to free up money and prevent confusion.

“To speak to this on a personal level, amnesty was charged taxes on our donations last year by the university, which was frustrating,” Wullschlager said. “This is essentially a way to go around the state.”

About 9:30 p.m., the smoke cleared and the meeting drew to an end.

“We had a lot of bills tonight and a lot of controversial items,” Kamler said. “At the end of the day, we’re all here to represent students.

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make-a-wish : from 1 Dressed in shirts and ties, wearing sunglasses and earpieces, they escorted him through a crowd of hundreds of screaming students to the limousine waiting outside the school.

“It’s just an amazing experience to actually see a pop star,” said Paria Honardoust, a classmate of Hubbard’s.

He and his entourage then headed to Three Eagles Communications, where Hubbard was scheduled to have a live interview on KFRX’s Matt McKay Morning Show.

Once again, he was greeted Matthew Masin | Daily Nebraskan by adoring fans, including the Once Hubbard arrived at KFRX studios he was greeted UNL Scarlets Dance Team.

“It’s a good feeling when the by even more fans, including Nebraska dance team memgirls go crazy,” he told Matt bers and members from a UNL sorority. On air, Cayden McKay during his on-air inter- interviewed with Matt Mckay and talked about what music means to him. view.

Meghan Rihanek, a Make-AAfter his interview at Three said Jim Glenn-Hash, his fifthWish volunteer, said some took off work to act as Hubbard’s Eagles Communications, Hub- grade teacher at Maxey Elebard headed to Omaha to do mentary School. fans.

His classmates and teachmore radio “My favorite ers are aware of his condition, and television part is seeing Glenn-Hash said, and are very interviews.

He the community and his par- encouraging. But he said Hubcome together,” ents were then bard has always held a posishe said. dropped off tive attitude. Hubbard even In fact, more at the airport frequently breaks out into song than 150 people — they were during school. were involved “He’ll make up words to anyLos Angeles in the Make-Acayden hubbard bound. thing we’re talking about in Wish events, make-a-wish ricipient class,” Glenn-Hash said.

Upon his arsaid Kiley Thiele, He said he’s never seen rival, Hubbard vice president of get discouraged Development and Marketing will have the opportunity to re- Cayden through it all. cord a song, have an interview for Make-A-Wish, in a press re“I don’t know if an adult went with a celebrity and receive a lease. through this, they would be as makeover from Macy’s, accord“This is what Make-A-Wish strong as Cayden.” ing to the press release. is all about: the community imjuliapeterson@ It’s a wish Hubbard deserves, pact,” she said.

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It’s a good feeling when the girls go crazy.

debt: from 1 some of which take effect after a decade of loan payments. She also suggested internships offer some debt forgiveness instead of paychecks.

“I think they should emphasize programs like that,” McLennon said, adding with a laugh, “I’d be more than satisfied. Hey, one less thing to pay.”

Lauren Bejot, a sophomore advertising and public relations major without debt, shared McLennon’s hesitancy.

Total loan forgiveness seemed like a band-aid solution, she said, echoing several other students.

“It doesn’t really do anything to solve our debt problems in the future,” Bejot said.

“They should create ways to decrease college costs.”

Others said loan forgiveness should be done on a more specific basis.

“I think it’s a good idea to forgive some debt,” said Grace Kluck, a sophomore broadcasting major. “I wouldn’t want the university to be throwing that around, (but) maybe they should make that

a standard for more majors.”

Forgiving all present loans could be disruptive for college financing across the board because of uncertainty over whether future loans will be repaid, said Eric Thompson, an associate economics professor and director of UNL’s Bureau of Business Research.

Thompson has studied the economics of student debt in the past, he said.

“Would it make the future student loan process unworkable? There might be benefits to current students but ... risks to future students,” Thompson said. “I don’t know that that makes sense.”

Such a move, however, might also hurt current students, he said.

“Any time you’re not paying back a loan, it could have a negative effect on your credit rating,” Thompson said.

“Honestly, I don’t even know if that’s a good habit for the students to get into.”

Paul Wasik, a senior political science major, graduating with debt, saw another way loan forgiveness might come back to bite.

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“I definitely believe in the theory that there’s no such thing as a free lunch,” Wasik said. “You’d still be paying for it in the form of taxes.”

He also said loan forgiveness wouldn’t solve the underlying problem.

“If I’d have thought about it, maybe I’d just be a welder,” Wasik said. “I think society itself needs to look at the use of college.”

Bold — and perhaps brash — ideas like total loan forgiveness reflect the growing concern over the country’s debt situation, said Munier, the Scholarships and Financial Aid director.

“It would be a bold investment in an entire generation,” Munier said. “What would be the economic impact of unburdening ... young Americans who are making first home purchases, buying cars, starting families?”

“I think we should have that debate before we allow ourselves to turn our back” on students struggling to afford college, he said.

US media should criticize Israeli actions

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oes freedom of speech have a price?

Can we ever talk about curbing freedom of speech in a free and democratic society, or are some things taboo? For instance, is criticizing any occupation in the world deemed anti-freedom of speech?

When I was an undergrad, as part of my studies, I had to learn the U.S. Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution — the supreme law of the land.

Students were exposed to the long path of the U.S. Revolutionary War and the stories of “bloody sacrifices” to win such privilege.

The First Amendment guarantees people the inalienable right to speak out freely against anything, including: government policy, corporations’ abuse of power or even challenging cultural narratives, as long as they don’t enact “hate speech,” “racism” or “discrimination.”

But why, when it comes to criticizing the Israeli military policy in the Middle East, does the U.S. media start playing the “anti-Semitism” card and immediately mention such events as the Holocaust?

Even when I talk to friends about the violations of the Israeli governments of United Nations resolutions, they show no excitement at all. They instead change the subject.

Yes, we can criticize any government in the world, but not Israel. Does freedom of speech in the U.S. media halt at crossing the membrane of Israeli military policy?

What about the U.N.’s criticism of Israel’s non-cooperation with the international community?

Obviously, the U.N. on several occasions did criticize the policy of the Israeli Defense

beligh ben taleb Forces (IDF) and its excessive use of military power to kill innocent people. Does condemning such policy make one “anti-Semitic”? Is the U.N. “anti-Semitic”?

How about the increasing number of settlers in the West Bank? Is this debate too hot for the U.S. media to handle?

When a government policy commits atrocities against any group of people, no matter what their affiliation, ethnicity or race, people have the right to condemn, protest and criticize the abuse of power.

Freedom of speech should not be tabooed; people should not be muzzled, particularly when it comes to highlighting the abuse of military power.

With knowledge of the Holy Land’s violent history in mind, it’s traumatizing to read about the various historical atrocities committed against Jewish people around the world. As one sympathizes with and condemns vehemently those catastrophes, by the same token, one can’t tolerate the killings of innocent civilians in Palestine and the ongoing siege of the open-air prison in the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of peaceful protesters around the world, hungry for peace, have tried to break the siege on Gaza; some of them were killed in flotillas, others tortured in the name of self-defense.

Yes, any country has the legitimate right to defend itself against any national threat.

But self-defense, or to use the

Orwellian rhetorical strategy, “preventive self-defense,” has been abused by the IDF in several cases.

Killing civilians is groundless and it’s morally wrong.

Cutting electricity, banning international aid, starving a group of people to death, allowing settlements to grow on occupied territories and refusing to obey international law, is merely inexcusable and has become a moral travesty.

At the same time, the killing of civilians by resistance groups is equally as much of a travesty.

In this concept of “selfdefense,” the individual — civilian and fighter alike — is stripped of all rights, including the right to stay alive.

If some governments connive with the situation, people should not be silenced in exercising their First Amendment rights. Banning such a right is a threat to freedom of expression.

Sometimes suppression is a good tactic, but in the long run it’s a bad strategy. Hence, it’s our civic responsibility to spread awareness of it.

Thus, criticizing any government policy helps reveal the unknown, and above all exercises, as Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion once put it, “the test of democracy” which “is freedom of criticism.”

Yes, “we have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard,” as Voltaire clearly outlines the inalienable right of freedom of speech.

But, will we see the day when public debate on Israeli military policy in the Middle East becomes an issue of normalcy in the United States?

Beligh Ben Taleb is a master’s student in history and a former Fulbright scholar from Tunisia. Reach him at belighbentaleb@ dailynebraskan.com.

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First-time actor, artist makes splash in Haymarket Theatre play

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hough he had never set foot on a stage before, when Derek Cook auditioned at the Haymarket Theatre this spring, he received a lead role in “Charley’s Aunt.” Lacking formal training doesn’t stop Cook from digging into his role, which served as a kind of emotional outlet.

“With acting, I’m showing the emotion in myself, not necessarily pretending,” said Cook. “It gives me freedom to express things I don’t talk about.”

At the beginning of the semester, Cook tried out for the University of NebraskaLincoln’s theater program, but was denied. When he met Rob Burt, an actor, UNL graduate and the artistic director of the Haymarket Theatre, Burt asked him to audition at the theater and Cook agreed.

“I never really had the opportunity to act, but then I met the right people,” Cook said. “At first, it was out of curiosity and this wonder of ‘Can I do it?’ Then, I fell head first and it became like a drug for me.”

With his seemingly natural knack for acting, Cook said his first director at the Haymarket Theatre was astounded that he’d never been in a play before.

“I already knew how to

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Derek Cook poses for a portrait in his in-home painting studio Wednesday. Cook’s paintings are hung all over the house and pictured is one of his works in progress. Although Cook has never acted before, he landed a leading role in the Haymarket Theatre’s production of “Charley’s Aunt” performance. express emotions and trick people into thinking something else, but I had to learn how to project my voice and face an audience,” Cook said.

Despite being new to the stage, art has held a place in Cook’s for many years. Just as he expresses his emotions through acting, he does the same thing with his visual art and writing.

“Writing and painting are very much so the same thing,” Cook said. “The pen is the brush, paper the canvas and words the paint.”

Drawing, painting, writing and now acting are intertwined for Cook, with all of his work generating from the same dark place in his mind. “(The art) is a lot of caged emotions and stuff I can’t

talk about cordially,” Cook said. “It also explores a lot of philosophy — things I either wrestle with or believe in.”

In Cook’s writing, he incorporates some of these hidden feelings, yet he adds an element of comedy to what are usually dreary topics. With this blend of material, Cook’s writing may come off as that of a psychotic person, but

that’s exactly what he’s going for.

“A lot of it is dark humor, sex, violence, criminal things and pure imagination,” Cook said. “It shocks you and makes you laugh at the same time.”

Whether he’s writing, producing art or acting, Cook is certain he wants his creativity and career to be inextricable.

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The popular images of belly dancing include scantily dressed women, finger cymbals and an exoticized portrait of the Middle East.

But on Saturday, Lincoln’s Basharaat Dance Company is looking to break that stereotype at the Zoo Bar. At 9 p.m., the bar will open its stage for Basharaat Presents: The Entrancing World of Bellydance.

“There’s a lot of misconceptions about belly dance, some of which may be based on truth, but many are not,” said University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student and belly dancer Ilonka Zlatar. “We do dress in a sexy way sometimes ... that’s because the movement we do wouldn’t be appreciated under a lot of clothing.”

Zlatar approached the Zoo Bar’s talent buyer, Josh Hoyer, during a show last year. She had recently moved to Lincoln and asked if he would be interested in booking a show.

Zlatar said she “fell in love” with the art form when she saw a dancer at a renaissance fair in 2005.

She said she immediately took up classes and is still “in love” today.

The Zoo Bar began as a blues bar and in the years since it opened, it has featured a variety of musical styles and acts. This week, the bar will feature Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears and magicians Jim Curry and Jeff Castle.

So, when Hoyer was approached about throwing belly dancing into the mix, he said he was willing to give it a try.

“You always want to keep things fresh,” Hoyer said.

“There’s a lot of talent in Lincoln. No need to always stick with the original format.”

Hoyer only had one stipulation.

“I told her I wanted to have a little bit of live instrumentation,” he said.

The show will consist of three dance sets to music from drums, a flute and, possibly, a mandolin. Seven dancers will be from the Basharaat Dance Company, with a featured dancer from the Topeka dance company, Irie Tribal.

The first act is meant to display the origins of belly dancing, Zlatar explained. It will be set in a village scene with the dancers wearing traditional clothing.

“We’ve kind of set up a little play,” she said, explaining the scene will depict a Harem of Sultan’s wives.

The second act will show the evolution of belly dance and the fusion of other kinds of dance into it.

“We take a tour of Middle Eastern dance,” Zlatar said, adding audiences will see dances with Turkish, Egyptian and Bollywood influences. However, belly dancing has spanned beyond the Middle East, so the group will also include the American Tribal style.

The evening will finish with modern belly dance styles, including gothic, interpretive, steam-punk and vaudeville variations.

“The show is really meant to showcase how multifaceted the art of belly dancing is,” Zlatar said. “We just want to share this deep part of us with everyone.”

Zlatar and Hoyer are not sure what kind of an

audience will be drawn to the show, but both said they hope it will be diverse.

Zlatar said she is expecting university students to attend, as well as people from surrounding cities like Omaha and Grand Island. She also looks for other members of the dance community show up.

“Hopefully, they’re a drinking crowd,” Hoyer joked.

Whatever the makeup of the audience, both Zlatar and Hoyer look for the evening to break stereotypes.

“I thought (the Zoo Bar) was an unexplored venue for introducing Lincoln to what belly dance can be,” Zlatar said.

“For me, belly dancing has always been a spiritual experience ... and I really enjoy sharing the passion I feel for this dance with other people.” katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

Comedian Brian Regan has been touring non-stop for 30 years.

With regular stops on “The Late Show” with David Letterman and “Late Night” with Conan O’Brien, Regan maintains his reputation of familyfriendly observational comedy, turning everyday situations into big laughs.

This Thursday’s tour stop at Lincoln’s Rococo Theatre will be no different. Regan said he was excited to share new material with his audience, but feels no pressure to change his comedy style, despite rising popularity of raunchy comedy.

Regan took time out of his busy tour schedule to do a phone interview with the Daily Nebraskan to talk about his comedic influences and his “clean comic” label.

Daily Nebraskan: How are you preparing for the upcoming part of this tour?

Brian Regan: It’s basically a non-stop tour that started 30-something years ago. Bands go out for a few months or half a year on tour and then consider that tour over. But for me, and for a lot of comedians, a tour is sort of like a never-ending thing, you know? This is all I do and I’ve done it for many years without a beginning, middle or end. It just keeps going.

DN: Is that stressful to always

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It was Albert Einstein who said, “Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”

If Einstein was correct, then none of us are masters.

Except me, of course.

That’s why I’m the one with the column.

No, none of you are masters, because dead week has taken your souls, and it has chewed them and spit them out on the sidewalk, and the people of the world, they have walked on your soul.

It hurts, I can imagine.

But even if you are not a master (and really, you shouldn’t have expectations that high anyway), with my help, you can still look dead week in the eye and say “Hey, I don’t like it when you chew on my soul. I don’t like it one bit.”

Will dead week react? No. In fact, dead week can’t respond — it is a week, not a being. It does not have eyes you can look into.

The first dilemma with dead week is dealing with guilt, or as I like to call it, “something I have never felt.”

The guilt you’ve accrued

from ignoring final projects and papers until the day of can be overwhelming and hard to get past. “Why do I hate myself?” you wonder.

The answer is: look around you. It’s no wonder you put off that anthropology paper to play “Call of Duty.” I’d rather fight in a war than be you too.

But work past that! Do the project! Write that paper!

You’re probably capable of doing it. Awaiting you on the other side is free time and a father that is less disappointed than usual. Let that drive you.

A good way to work through big assignments is to reward yourself occasionally.

A good system is to work for 15 minutes, then give yourself five minutes to relax. This system doesn’t work for me (no homework assignment has ever taken me more than 15 minutes) but I’ve heard good things from lessers.

Even with this system, it still may be just too much work to do. In that case, I recommend just giving up. I’m not kidding. If there’s a mountain of studying in front of you, and damn it, you don’t want to study, then don’t. Life will go on if you don’t. Will you stay in school? Probably not, no. But hey, someone has to work at the car rental place at the airport. Why not you?

If you’re quitting on your work, you should also quit on this column, because everything from this point forward

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BR: No, it’s not stressful. I like it. I enjoy it. I’m not on the road all the time because I do four nights in a row and then go home for a week and a half and then I go do another four shows. It’s not like I’m always away. It’s an intermittent travel experience and that’s the first time I’ve ever used the word intermittent in my life.

DN: How often do you write new material?

BR: I try to always work new stuff in. You come up with new ideas and you get excited about it and you have it written on a little napkin from when you first had the inspiration and you look forward to get up on stage and throwing it in there, that’s really part of the fun.

DN: So your shows always have new material thrown in?

BR: Yeah, it’s sort of an evolving thing. Once I get about an hour together, I try to get it laid down on either a special or DVD or CD, then I’ll feel like that material is baked and done. But it’s hard to turn over on a dime, so a new thing comes in and something old falls by the wayside. Again, a new thing comes in and another falls by the wayside. After about a year or year in a half, you have another hour’s worth of stuff.

DN: A lot of comedians stick to one set for quite some time.

Should more comedians take your lead and write more material?

BR: Well, I’d be reluctant to tell anyone what to do. I just

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know what I like to do. I feel like that helps get people to want to come back and see you. At least for me, I feel like if people watch me a few times and always see the same stuff, they’re not going to want to come back anymore. One of my favorite compliments after a show is when someone said, “Wow, we’ve seen you three times before and most of the stuff we saw tonight we’ve never seen before.” So that’s great and I feel like I’m working in the right direction.

DN: You have been labeled a “clean comic.” Does that ever bother you? Aren’t you more dimensional than just clean jokes?

BR: Well, I appreciate that very much because I like to think the same thing. The “clean” thing seems much more important to other people than it is to me. To me, it’s a medium, sort of like a painter who likes to work with acrylics. I like to do comedy with clean stuff. I like to think there’s more to my show than it just being clean. The way I describe it is that an empty stage for an hour is clean and people aren’t buying tickets for that. There’s got to be something more to it than just the clean thing. For some people it’s important and that’s OK by me.

DN: Do you feel pressure to write more raunchy comedy in a world of Louis C.K.’s and Seth McFarlane’s?

BR: I’m pretty good about not feeling like I have to do what anyone else is doing. Life is much easier, and so is comedy, when you just do what you want to do rather than figure out what everyone else wants. I just do what I want to do. I don’t even try to figure out what the audience is looking for because that’s too hard.

I just say what I want to say.

DN: Do you have favorite comedians who inspired you to pursue comedy?

BR: There were comedians I liked when I was young before I even thought about being a

IF YOU GO Brian Regan w/Joe Bolster when: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. where: Rococo Theatre, 140 N. 13th St. how much: $45 comedian. I got a big kick out of Steve Martin. I just thought he was brilliantly different and bizarre and silly. I remember laughing at him while I was thinking I was going to be an accountant. (Laughs) I don’t know why my brain didn’t think of doing something like that earlier instead of being an accountant. When I was in college, this was like, before computers, before the wheel!

Before fire! I went to college before there were any inventions. I had no way of experiencing other comedians. I had to just come up with my own thoughts and ideas without being over influenced, which I think helped me in the long run.

DN: Are there certain themes to your tours that reflect what’s going on around you?

BR: I wouldn’t say there’s a theme, really. That’s one of the fun things about stand-up. You can talk about personal stuff, then the political race, then the weather — there’s no rules.

You can do whatever you want up there. I’ve described it as, one time I tried to script my act out and started realizing that all my jokes are tiny little plays. A little play that lasts about a minute — it’s me and a flight attendant, me and a doctor, me and a refrigerator salesman. It might even be me and an inanimate object. And I started thinking to myself, “I’m either the world’s laziest playwright that I can’t write a play that lasts more than a minute,” or, “I’m pretty smart if I can just string all these things together and call them a comedy show.” shelbyfleig@ dailynebraskan.com

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As the school year slowly whines down, some students are ringing out the spring semester with a bang. Not with a series of end-of-the-year bashes, but with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, performing Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”.

Several University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are playing with LSO, the city’s top professional ensemble, and they will take part in bringing Britten’s “War Requiem” to life.

“Its epic,” said Meredith Ramsay, a senior violin performance major and a two-year member of LSO. “I think that’s the one word I can think of.”

Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” premiered in 1962 and was a direct response to the horrors of World War II. The anti-war piece is scored for two orchestras and two choirs.

Over a hundred musicians and vocalists will be performing on stage Saturday.

Ramsay began playing with LSO her junior year and said she was shocked by the fast pace of the symphony’s first rehearsals. Unlike ensembles in schools, they only have a few weeks to rehearse.

“You really have to be on your game,” she said.

Several of Ramsay’s teachers are also members of LSO, an experience that these UNL students share: playing alongside their professors.

“Its a little different,” said Ian Wright, a substitute bassist for LSO and freshman music education major. “When you think about it these people are supposed to be teaching

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me. The conductor is just as picky toward them as our conductor is toward us. And typically it’s about the same things too.”

“It just goes to show people don’t really learn,” Wright added jokingly.

Though the “War Requiem” is a large undertaking, the students are looking forward to the performance. Because of the fast-paced rehearsal schedule, they only get to hear the full work a few times before the performance.

“It’ll be fun when it all comes together,” Wright said.

Wright and Ramsay agree this is not only a very large performance, but an event.

“It’s not often you get to hear a piece this big,” Wright said.

Sam Loeck, a sophomore music performance major

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He is now a member of LSO after acting as a threeyear substitute.

Loeck said he thinks students should try to catch the show.

“It’s such a huge work,” he said. “And there are a lot of big moments in the piece that, even if you aren’t even in classical music, it can be pretty moving.” kekelidawes@ dailynebraskan.com

cook: from 5 “The one thing I want out of life is to be able to sustain a comfortable working life off of my creativity,” Cook said.

When it comes to acting, Cook has known since he was young he wanted to try it out. Once he started at the Haymarket Theatre, he fell in love with it. Regardless of where he ends up, he hopes to continue doing community theatre.

“I want this to be the jumping off point that I can keep coming back to,” Cook said.

Although he primarily acts at the Haymarket Theatre, he also works there as a youth director, helping lead plays for children and working with them individually.

“It’s the cutest thing to watch a kid do something in the moment,” Cook said. “The silly things they do just brighten your mood and it’s almost like you’re on their level.”

When working with the students, Cook said he gets lost in what they’re doing and forgets about other things going on in his life.

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Derek Cook poses for a portrait in the backyard of his home Wednesday. Shortly afterward, he headed to the gas station with his roommate to get supplies for a cookout on an unusually hot spring day.

“You find yourself constant- hopes to be prepared to audily moving ... and you’re not tion at UNL again next season.

“They’re as big of mentors concerned with when you’re going to be able to go home,” as my first director and the other actors in that (‘Charley’s he said.

With all he’s learned from Aunt’),” Cook said.

Burt said he was surprised the Haymarket Theatre and with the help of co-directors that Cook had never acted and actors Jordan Deffen- before.

“Honestly, my first impresbaugh and Burt, Cook said he sion was that I thought he was an actor,” Burt said.

Almost immediately after meeting him, Burt asked Cook to try out for a part in “Closer,” which is currently running at the Haymarket Theatre. Instead, Cook landed a lead role in “Charley’s Aunt,” which ran in February, alongside Burt. Throughout this production, Burt began teaching Cook both the basics and more advanced aspects $55.25 Per Credit Hour of acting.

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Sleep can be a serious problem during dead week.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in your work for hour after hour, only to find out you haven’t slept for 35 hours and the reason you can’t unlock your car is because you’re trying to jam a pencil into the keyhole while making a beeping noise.

A good way to deal with sleep deprivation is to sleep everywhere you go. In class?

Sleep. Driving? Sleep, but be careful. Working? Well, if the Daily Nebraskan is any indication of the working world, you can sleep for hours while handsome columnists rifle through your stuff.

I don’t sleep anywhere outside my room, because I don’t trust others, but take the risk if you want.

Stress can really build up throughout this week and it’s important to keep your feelings in check. People will say things to you that can be interpreted as rude, but the best way to deal with it is to aim your punches well. Forehead shots aren’t too painful for the recipient and carry very little threat for being lethal, but remember to use your bad hand, because you’re likely to break a finger or two.

Another good way to relieve stress is to dance. Turn on an awful LMFAO song and let your body tell you what to do. A good place to dance is right outside my room

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men’s basketball: from 10 arrival of Miles.

Sadler had commitments from junior college players Fahro Alihodzic, Keith Coleman and Jerran Young.

Miles talked to all three and let them go, because they weren’t what Nebraska needed at the time, he said.

But before any of those players were formally released from the basketball team, Miles had two conversations he really liked.

Sadler had signed two Kansas City prep players alongside the three junior college standouts, Benny Parker and Shavon Shields.

On March 27, Miles announced through his Twitter account he was headed to Kansas City to talk to the two players.

“Benny and Shavon ... were in,” Miles said. “They were about Nebraska. They wanted to make us a winner. That’s the deal. The train is moving forward and you’re either on board or you’re in the way. And the train is winning. And I think those guys are on board and that’s what matters.”

Miles didn’t just spend his time adding players to the roster. On Wednesday, he added two members to his support

staff to finally put it in place.

Miles first hired former interim Rams coach Craig Smith after he spent five seasons under Miles at Colorado State.

“Craig is an outstanding coach,” Miles said in a press release. “I’ve hired him four times, and there’s a reason for that. I believe in the way he conducts himself. He’s an excellent recruiter and, schematically, he’s really a good tactician when it comes to basketball.”

And Wednesday, Miles announced he had brought in Gregory Eaton from the Rams to serve as his video coordinator.

“It is great to have Greg join us at Nebraska,” Miles said. “He is extremely skilled with video and has a great feel for the game of basketball. He is a valuable addition to our program.”

So with the addition of two freshmen, the staff, Biggs and some younger players already on NU’s roster the Huskers could be looking at a talented squad next season. But there’s even more to Miles plan to building Nebraska into an elite Big Ten program.

The aforementioned Mac Irvin Fire’s six players could also have an impact on Nebraska.

NFL draft: from 10 During Biggs’ visit during the spring game weekend he saw the Fire take on the Huskers in two friendly games of hoops.

NU won one, the Fire won the other. And according to Biggs, every minute was enjoyable.

“It was so fun,” Biggs said.

“You know how in the heat of the moment of games and people want to score on this person and that person will score on that person. It was a great atmosphere.”

And Biggs also brings in experience with another highly touted recruit — Omaha Central’s Akoy Agau.

Agau averaged 11.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and managed 73 blocks on his senior season.

And the best part for Nebraska, Biggs was his high school teammate, and he’s looking to bring him to Lincoln.

“Akoy, he motivates me and I motivate him,” Biggs said.

“He’s like my brother every time I’m around him. He’s a real cool person. We have this type of bond people can’t really understand. Playing with him again, that would be great.” robbyKorth@ dailynebraskan.com

Cbssports.com reports he is the 25th best strong safety in the draft.

Kinnie is a solid receiver, but has problems hanging onto the ball at times, which is why he dropped so far among other receivers. However, some teams might take a chance on him because of the intangibles he brings.

Other Huskers that will be hoping for the professional contract will be fullback Tyler Legate and defensive tackle Terrence Moore.

Of those two I would say Legate has the best chance of signing a deal. He is a pretty good fullback and teams would like his work ethic and unselfish play. But on the other hand, fullback isn’t

The Huskers received a gritty performance in the circle from senior pitcher Ashley Hagemann. The Elkhorn native did not have her best stuff, at least in the early innings, but battled through some adversity to hold the Bluejay hitters to just two runs.

“She fought and battled and came up with some big strikeouts,” Revelle said. “She really had them pretty well controlled other than the home run. She’s a good pitcher, and good pitchers fight through that when they don’t have their best days.”

Hagemann recorded eight strikeouts in her completegame, six-inning effort. She

moved ahead of Husker great Peaches James to become Nebraska’s all-time strikeout leader with Creighton first baseman Allie Mathewson’s swinging strikeout in the third inning. Hagemann came into the game just two strikeouts behind James, and now leads with 951 career strikeouts.

Wednesday’s game was decided in the bottom of the sixth when Creighton junior Amy Baker sent a Hagemann drop ball over the outfield wall to give the Bluejays a 2-1 lead. Baker has been a Husker killer over the course of her career, and Revelle said she was not surprised to see her perform well again

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against Nebraska.

“She has been a great hitter her entire career,” Revelle said. “Not just against us. I wouldn’t say that she is better against us. She really is a feared hitter in any game.”

The loss drops Nebraska to 29-17 on the season and puts them in jeopardy of missing the postseason for the first time since 2008.

“I think our best chance is to win nine out of nine (remaining games),” Revelle said. “We will need some help if we don’t do that, and I don’t want to count on that.” lannyHolstein@ dailynebraskan.com

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A month into the Tim Miles era, the first-year coach is putting the pieces together to turn things around

story by robby korth | file photo by chris dorwart n Nebraska, spring is a time for “It just felt so right to actually play football. Headlines about tele- in front of the people that I know,” vised spring games and stand- Biggs said. “It just felt good for me. out players in practices domi- My mother wanted me to come nate the pages of local newspapers. home, my family wanted me to But this spring was a odd one. come home and be a part of an upThere wasn’t a spring game due and-coming team.” to severe weather and there’s been But it wasn’t just Miles and family a new level of excitement for some- that convinced Biggs to come play thing that never seems to generate for NU. The junior can’t wait to get much: Nebraska men’s basketball. into the Hendricks Training ComInstead of talking about how im- plex. pressive Brion Carnes looked in the According to Biggs, playing on spring game, the media is examin- NU’s state-of-the-art practice floor ing an electric new figure set to pace should give the Huskers an edge the sidelines of the Bob Devaney against any competition.

Sports Center next season.

“The fact I could get in there any During the spring game week- time I want is a bonus,” Biggs said. end, NU basketball coach Tim Miles “I’m pretty much going to be living brought in Deverell Biggs, a former in that gym. I’m going to work in Omaha Central star, for his official that gym on my weaker spots and visit, as well as six members of Chi- make them the strongest part of my cago-based basketball squad Mac game and hopefully change the NeIrvin Fire. braska program around.”

It didn’t take long to convince But Biggs isn’t the only change to Biggs, an NJCAA All-American, to the NU roster. There will be at least become the first Nebraskan to sign 10 scholarship players on next seawith the Huskers since 2001. son’s roster, and only seven of them

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Husker coach Tim Miles announced two new hires to his staff on Wednesday: Craig Smith, who spent the last five years with Miles at Colorado State, and Gregory Eaton. saw action under former Husker headman Doc Sadler.

In the process of Miles moving in, a few former players left the program.

Guard Josiah Moore and forward Jorge Brian Diaz both asked to be released to take roles elsewhere.

Moore is reportedly transferring to

Tennessee Tech and Diaz returned to his home in Puerto Rico.

Miles was fine with their departure.

“They wanted out and I wasn’t going to stand in their way,” Miles said.

“I said I want you to consider everything. Consider the outcome, consider the unintended consequences

of leaving or staying.

“That’s fine with me, I think those are great ideas. Half of all marriages end in divorce. You can expect half of all commitments by high school kids are going to end in an amicable departure.”

But those weren’t the only players to leave the Husker fold with the

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Huskers await NFL Draft Nebraska falls to Creighton in Omaha, 2-1 Andrew WArd

Radio City Music Hall in New York City is a long way from Memorial Stadium. It’s the location where a few former Huskers will find out their football futures.

For a few players, it’s just a question of when they will be drafted. For others, it’s not a question of when, but if.

There have been a countless number of mock drafts. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard about Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III or even Ryan Tannehill now. To be honest, I don’t care about those guys as much because I, like many others, know what jersey they’ll be holding up next to Roger Goodell on Thursday evening.

How about a mock draft of just Husker players? You got it.

I may not have crazy hair like Mel Kiper Jr., the suave suits of

Todd McShay, or the film analysis ability of Mike Mayock, but I still have an idea when Nebraska players will be drafted. So here we go.

Rounds 1-2: Lavonte David is by far the best Husker prospect in this draft. In my opinion he is a high second-round pick with a chance of sneaking into the first round. One thing teams are wary of is his size. He played most of his career at less than 220 pounds for Nebraska, but he showed up at the NFL Scouting Combine weighing a bulky 233.

Former NFL linebacker Derrick Brooks is a potential Hall of Famer and played most of his career at a very light 235. If David can stay around his current weight, with his ball skills and pure natural attacking ability, he’s a great pick.

There’s a possibility Jared Crick could be drafted in the second round, but lower than David. Crick has tremendous talent, but he is prone to injury.

The defensive tackle missed the majority of his senior season because of injury. Despite his struggles staying on the field, Crick is a versatile player.

The guy is an animal inside when he’s healthy and I think some teams could see that in this draft. I’m projecting him to be a late second-round, early third-round pick.

Rounds 3-4: Alfonzo Dennard is the only Husker who will be drafted in these rounds. He was going to be a third-round pick in my opinion, but with a felony charge under his belt for assaulting a police officer, according to police reports, I think he’s dropped to the fourth round.

His overall character was already being judged by teams after punching South Carolina receiver Alshon Jeffrey in last year’s Capital One Bowl, and this charge only increases his aggressive impression.

Luckily for Dennard, he still has some skills to be a solid corner in the NFL. Dennard brings a physical style of coverage to the game, which has aggressive teams salivating.

Rounds 5-7: Both of Nebraska’s linemen prospects, Marcel Jones and Yoshi Hardrick, will be drafted in these rounds.

Jones is the hardest for me

to figure out, mostly because he didn’t play a whole lot as a Husker. Yes, he had a solid reputation, but I just haven’t seen enough from him. However, he is an offensive tackle with the size and a work ethic teams like. I am going to say late sixth round to the middle of the seventh.

Hardrick is in much of the same position as Jones. He too has the size and work ethic to make a solid NFL lineman.

The only knock on Hardrick is his consistency. He was only a starter with Nebraska for one full year, which isn’t enough to prove teams he can be a durable lineman. I predict he will be a seventh round pick.

Free Agents: The rest of the Husker prospects will likely not be drafted.

They will have to hope for a free-agent contract.

Austin Cassidy and Brandon Kinnie are probably the players with the best chances to fight for an NFL roster spot.

For Cassidy, he has the highest position rank of any of the remaining Husker prospects.

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It was the same story as it has been all season for the Nebraska softball team during its 2-1 loss Wednesday at Creighton.

The Huskers were once again unable to get the clutch hitting they needed for a victory in Omaha. During the seven innings of play, Nebraska stranded eight runners on base and in two consecutive innings, the fifth and sixth, they had a runner reach third base with less than two outs but were unable to bring the run home. The lack of timely hitting was perplexing for most of the Nebraska team.

“That is something that we have to figure out,” senior center fielder Nikki Haget said.

“That is something that we are asking ourselves. If you are a four or five hitter in the lineup you need to have that mindset

to drive in runners. I am a leadoff hitter, and I feel comfortable leading off an inning. I think a lot of us do. We need someone to drive those runners in, though.”

A few times in the contest, Nebraska’s leadoff hitter reached base creating a bunting situation, but the Husker hitters struggled in execution.

Coach Rhonda Revelle was not happy with her team’s inability to move the runners over in key situations.

“We didn’t execute in critical situations, and every 60 feet is crucial,” she said. “In the sixth inning, if Brooke (Thomason) could have been able to get the bunt down we would have scored another run. Taylor (Edwards) singled and that would have done it.”

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Junior jumper achieves season high Wednesday Robby Korth daily Nebraskan

Gary Pepin looks a little beat up.

On Wednesday afternoon at the Nebraska Mini Meet, the track and field coach could be seen sitting in a metal chair, his arm in a sling.

He was watching the man who put his arm in that sling, vertical jumper Bobby Carter.

After watching one of Carter’s most impressive performances of the season, Pepin said there were no hard feelings.

“Even though he knocked me down and caused me to have surgery, I still like him,” Pepin said.

As part of a practice drill during the indoor season, Carter was running backward when he knocked into Pepin, who was faced the opposite direction. Pepin required surgery to repair his shoulder.

Now Carter is running the right direction. And that doesn’t mean just with his face forward.

At the mini-meet, Carter managed a season-high in the long jump.

“It felt good,” Carter said. “I wasn’t expecting it. It just happened today. Today was the day to do it, I was just expecting it to be a practice, and so performing this well was great.”

And it wasn’t just about putting together that one jump.

Carter only spoiled one jump on the afternoon with his two low marks coming at 7.16-meters and 7.56-meters.

Carter put together a 7.69-meters jump twice, good enough for a season-high.

Yet that jump wasn’t good enough to win the event. The event went instead to four-time All American and NU teammate Chris Phipps by just a few centimeters with a 7.74 mark.

And according to Phipps, competing with Carter is a huge bonus.

“Me and Bobby have got the same dreams,” Phipps said. “We both want to be Olympians

some day. We like to work hard, we like to give all the glory to God. We’re on the same page and when we’re both jumping on the same level ... and it is great.”

There’s another advantage Carter’s had this season — running in the 4x100 relay for the Huskers. His presence on the relay squad has been a positive for NU on multiple levels, Pepin said.

“He’s a good athlete,” Pepin said. “Him and Chris Phipps are running the 4x100 relay, it’s not just helped him in the long jump, but it’s helped us in the 4x100 relay team.”

Nebraska heads to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend.

The weather at Drake calls for highs in the low 50s and an 80 percent chance of rain on Friday, the middle day of the meet.

That makes Nebraska’s minimeet that much more important, Pepin said, especially for

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Junior Bobby Carter jumped a distance of 7.69 meters twice on Wednesday afternoon at the Nebraska Mini Meet.

Carter. he goes up to Drake and tries a very good confidence build“It becomes really important,” to jump in really sad conditions, er.” robbyKorth@ Pepin said. ”If he hadn’t gotten chances are he’s not going to dailynebraskan.com off a good jump today and then jump really well. And that’s not