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Inside Coverage

Kneading fulfillment

Pushing for Alta Gracia

UNL massage therapist works with athletes

RSO pursues further action after rejection

Going the distance

The Huskers swept the series with Ohio State at home during the weekend. All three starting pitchers tossed complete games. Nebraska pitching gave up 20 hits and 6 runs to the Buckeyes. photo by stacie hecker

Sophomore exploratory major Spencer Goodwin powers a light bulb with a bicycle at an Earthstock event Wednesday. The booth was used to show students how much energy is required to produce small amounts of power.

one change at a time There’s more to do, but UNL students are confident about progress toward sustainability Story by Diego De Los Reyes Photos by Amber Baesler

“Just the fact that we have this ustainability is on the forefront of minds at the Uni- position means that we are in a very versity of Nebraska-Lincoln good trajectory,” Gill said. “We’re making really great progress, and this month. so many things are happening. But Earthstock, a monthhiring a sustainability coordinator long event aimed at weaving enviis not going to make the campus ronmentally conscious principles through the fabric of campus, is more sustainable. It takes a community approach and the entire camputting the spotlight on sustainability, an issue that has gained pus working together to integrate prominence at UNL during the last sustainability in their day to day and operations.” few years. In 2008, the Chancellor ’s When asked about how UNL Commission on Environmental Susranks in sustainability among the tainability was created, and in 2010, Big Ten schools, he said that there’s an Environmental Sustainability Committee was established within no simple way to measure that. “There really isn’t a ranking ASUN. But those involved in campus sustainability efforts say there’s system that can provide a good representation of sustainability,” he always more to do. said. “You can’t say Last fall, the ‘this school’s best,’ university created It takes a ‘this school is second the position of sustainability coordicommunity best.’” But one way UNL nator, which is now can gauge its progress held by graduate approach and the is through the Associstudent Matan Gill. entire campus ation for the AdvanceGill is charged with coordinating UNL’s working together.” ment of Sustainability in Higher Education’s sustainability proMatan Gill Sustainability Trackgrams and outreach. sustainability coordinator ing, Assessment & “Sustainability Rating System, or is the simultaneous STARS. In January pursuit of human UNL was awarded a bronze rating health, happiness, environmental quality and economic wellbeing,” by the association. “Sustainability is an integral Gill said. “So really, three factors: component of our mission as a leadhuman, environmental and economic. It’s important to really think er in research, education, outreach and service learning,” said Chanabout it globally that way instead of just focusing on environmental cellor Harvey Perlman in a letter impacts, which seems to be a lot of to the AASHE’s STARS committee dated Jan. 10. what happens.” Gill said while the differences Gill’s position is a new one at between schools rule out any direct UNL, and he sees this as a positive sign for the university’s sustainability efforts.

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Students calculate their carbon footprint at an Earthstock event outside the Nebraska Union. The event was sponsored by UNL Unplugged and Sustain UNL.

Students’ carbon footprints fill a map of the world outside the Nebraska Union Wednesday.

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sustainability: from 1 ranking, the bronze rating reflects the contributions of the UNL administration and community. “I think it also draws attention to the journey ahead of us in becoming a more sustainable campus, so it outlines a little bit of a road map,” Gill said. “We’re on the right track, doing that is a major thing.” Gill spoke of the many different projects under way by UNL departments, from Landscape Services’ adoption of LED lighting as the new standard on campus light fixtures to using the waste heat from some buildings to provide heat during the winter months. UNL Recyling holds an important role in campus sustainability. In 2012, UNL recycled 51 percent of its waste. One of the events UNL Recycling encourages on campus is RecycleMania, a challenge among college and university recycling programs during an eight-week period in the spring. “It’s worth saying that the purpose of RecycleMania is to foster a campus-wide mindset about the importance of recycling,” said Neil Tabor, co-coordinator for UNL Recycling. This is the fourth year UNL has participated in the competition, and it hasn’t performed well historically. “While we’re interested in AMBER BAESLER | DN how we fare compared with other Fabio Reina, a freshman computer science major, adds his footprint to the world map during an conference schools, we’re more Earthstock event Wednesday. focused on helping to instill a recycling-friendly culture here at UNL,” Tabor said. terest party where students will mentioned some projects they are said. “If you think long term, evAmong the recent projects currently working on. For exambe able to craft from recycled maerything makes a lot of sense.” UNL recycling has implemented ple, the recycling team is holding terials, a music festival with enviIn April 2013, the committee are zero-waste events. Last semes- a competition between residence ronmentally conscious bands and connected with students at UNO, ter, a picnic after the State of the halls floors, painting recycling a block party. Creighton, Concordia and WesUniversity address by Perlman bins. Students will vote on their “That’s the peak of the event leyan to discuss sustainability was a zero-waste event, and UNL favorite bin, and the winning – all the other events are really matters. Recycling is aiming for the same floor will get a pizza party. related to one small portion of “I think students have a really in the Jazz in June concert series sustainability, and the block party unique and powerful perspecAnother initiative the ESC is this summer. pushing is biking, teaching both is really to tie all together,” Brod- tive,” Brodersen said. “A lot of us Students are a large part of pedestrians and cyclists how to ersen said of the block party. “A are from Nebraska. A lot of us will the effort as well. ride safely and how lot of student orgastay here or go back Several groups, into commute to cam- nizations will have home to our state to we try to Moving into cluding the aforebooths and talk pus. The proposal be the next leaders. mentioned ASUN about how their for a city-wide bike It’s important that approach all the Big Ten committee and its work relates to sharing program we voice our opinhas really helped E n v i r o n m e n t a l of these issues as sustainability.” has reached the ion in what we beLeadership Pro- issues of behavior The last event push the univsity mayor ’s office. lieve needs to hapgram, and student Earthstock will “Our commitpen in our society, to step up.” organizations such and social norms.” tee presented to hold is the “Policy and in this case I as Sustain UNL for the Plains Pothe mayor ’s office think renewable enReed Brodersen Devon Crews have made sustainlitical Forum,” and some players ergy is a win-win.” environmental sustainability sustain unl president ability their goal. which will feature in city government, Lauren Butts, committee chairman Reed BroderNebraska lawmakthe health departco-director of the sen, a senior enviers speaking about ment and different Environmental ronmental studies departments, as well a adminis- environmental policies. The event Leadership Program (ELP), said major and chairman of the Enviwill take place April 22 from 6 UNL is on the right track to tackle tration in the university,” Brodronmental Sustainability Comersen said. “And the mayor is p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Nebraska sustainability issues. mittee, said the committee has really on board and they’re going Union Auditorium. “I’m optimistic about UNL 11 members working on a wide to go through with the feasibility Students can find out more moving forward, and I think that range of projects. about the events and dates on study.” with our community right now of “As a whole, the committee h t t p : / / e a r t h s t o c k u n l . w e e b l y. Brodersen admitted the bike students that are interested in this recognizes that sustainability is a sharing program is a long-term com/. and are pushing it, that we really really multifaceted area,” he said. Brodersen said sustainability process but said it’s a great examcan keep push it forward,” she “We can talk about transportaple of a program that would bene- has gained relevance because of said. tion, energy, food or waste. And fit both the university and the city the benefits it provides. One way the committee is so, we try to approach all of these “It can bring a lot of local inand the ESC is leading the charge. looking to increase the number of issues as issues of behavior and vestment, it can really cut on carThe committee, along with students with sustainability skills social norms.” other student organizations, bon emissions, it can bring job is through the ELP. Brodersen said the commit- is also organizing Earthstock. growth, but every facet of sustainAlyssa Cody, program director tee’s programming is targeted to- Among the events will be a Pinability has those benefits,” an he and a sophomore advertising and ward changing those norms and

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Matan Gill stands outside the Nebraska Union. Gill is the sustainability coordinator at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. public relations and journalism major, said the program is aimed at freshmen and sophomores. “The idea of ELP is to educate the members about sustainability, develop their leadership skills and contribute to the sustainability of UNL so they can carry on the movement throughout the rest of their time at UNL,” she said. Students who enter the program work with a member as their mentor and get training on both education and leadership skills and environmental knowledge. “The thing that makes our sustainability programs so special is that these people each genuinely care about the Earth and want to make a difference,” she said. “We also do a lot of new things on campus, so it’s vital to have a team of people who will think outside of the box and go the extra mile in order to really make an impact.“ ELP members work on projects throughout the year. “While the director typically plans the education and leadership curriculum, ELP as a whole gets to decide what projects they want to work on and their overall goals,” Cody said. “So if one particular ELP (member) feels very passionately about a certain aspect of sustainability, they have the opportunity to utilize the rest of the group to help them accomplish it.” Outside of ASUN, Sustain UNL is working to build a community of sustainability-minded people to work on raising awareness both inside and outside of UNL. “We have members throughout business and advertising, and environmental studies and a variety of majors, arts and things, so it’s really a broad range of majors,” said Devon Crews, president of Sustain UNL. Crews has been involved in Sustain UNL for two years and said he sees UNL making progress with sustainability issues. “They’re definitely getting bet-

how to get involved Students can get involved in the sustainability community at UNL by joining the Environmental Sustainability Committee, which is accepting applications until April 18, or joining the Environmental Leadership Program which will take applications in the fall, or Sustain UNL, which holds meetings every Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union’s Pewter Room. Students can also contact Gill at matan. gill@unl.edu if they are interested in a sustainability project.

ter,” he said. “Moving into the Big Ten has really helped push the university to step up.” He said several university departments, such as Landscape Services and the Athletic Department, have made strides in increasing sustainability in campus and that Sustain UNL is working with others, such as the Dining Services, to reduce food waste. “We worked with the Athletic Department and now all the recycling of all the football games in the stadium is automatically taken and sorted, so that’s diverting thousands of pounds of plastic out of the landfill from every single game now,” Crews said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Speech team returns to tournament Only the top 10 percent of students make it to AFA. The fact that everyone on the UNL team qualified for the tournament, I think says a lot about our students, our coaches and the level of dedication we have.”

19 speech and debate team members compete in national tournament at Arizona State staff report dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech and debate team is competing in the 2014 American Forensics Association’s National Individual Events Tournament at Arizona State University. The American Forensics Association is a national organization with a goal of encouraging excellence in debate, individual events and public speaking. The AFA’s National Individual Events tournament is a forensics-based intercollegiate tournament that has been held annually since 1970. “Speech and Debate is the oldest student activity on campus with a 143-year history of excellence. Competing at AFA is one of the ways we pay homage to this legacy and tradition,” Aaron Duncan, a communication studies lecturer and director of the UNL Speech and Debate team, wrote in an email. Nineteen students from the UNL speech team are competing in this tournament, which started April 5 and will continue Monday. Later this month, 10 members of the UNL debate team will

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The UNL speech and debate team is competing in the American Forensics Association’s National Individual Events Tournament. Awards will be announced Monday. be competing in the National Forensics Association National tournament. The team is a part UNL’s Department of Communication Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Only the top 10 percent of students make it to AFA,” Duncan wrote. “The fact that everyone on the UNL team qualified for the tournament, I think says a lot about our students, our coaches and the level of dedication we have.”

Team members are competing in 11 events, including everything from persuasive speaking to extemporaneous speaking to dramatic speakin,g and have been preparing for this competition since early this year. “We have been competing since September to get ready for this tournament and working on events since June,” Duncan wrote. “Literally thousands of hours have gone into the perfor-

mances that are being given this week.” The UNL team has been competing at the AFA for more than 20 years and has placed within the top 20 teams in the nation for 16 straight years. “Speech and debate is an intellectual activity and we compete against the very best at AFA,” Duncan wrote. “I think competing and succeeding at this tournament shows that UNL stu-

dents are capable of measuring up against anyone in the country. We are very proud of our students and the work they have done this year.” Last year, the UNL speech team placed seventh nationally at the AFA Individual Events tournament and have ranked in the top 10 nationally for the past five years. In October, it became a three-time champion of the Big Ten Conference Challenge tournament and has been the national champion in all three areas of individual events in the past. “I am expecting that our students will put on some amazing performances and do themselves and their university proud,” Duncan wrote. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Alta Gracia Apparel is the only clothing factory in the developing world that pays its workers a living wage, which is more than three times the minimum wage, according to its website.

Follett rejects Alta Gracia goods Colleen Fell DN A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student group pushing for more sweatshop-free apparel in the bookstore is planning further action after initially being rejected. Dylan Roberson, co-president of UNL United Students Against Sweatshops and a junior English and women’s and gender studies major at UNL, said club members met with Chancellor Harvey Perlman on March 21 to discuss their tentative plans. “He said what we expected,” Roberson said. Perlman told the group the decision would ultimately be up to Follett Corporation, which runs the university’s bookstore. Roberson said Perlman agreed to send to Follett a list of schools where Alta Gracia Apparel, a sweatshop-free apparel company, has found success. USAS has been pushing to bring more Alta Gracia Apparel to UNL bookstores since the beginning of the year. Roberson said AMBER BAESLER | DN Follett responded to the group and said there wasn’t enough student Clothing made by Alta Gracia Apparel hangs from a rack inside the bookstore in the Nebraska demand to bring more of the apUnion. parel to the bookstore. UNL Bookstores currently offer about two racks worth of the sweatshop-free sure on it, and we will continue apparel. to,” Roberson said. “If a school Roberson said the apparel is demands it, Follett will give in.” destined to fail at UNL unless Roberson said she wants admore of an inventory is avail- ministration and Follett to see able. the bigger picture. “We’ve seen other schools “We haven’t really discussed that sold the apparel and with the moral argument,” she said. small amounts,” she said. “It “We’re tending to forget that tends to fail.” this is way more ethical and that Haleigh Morgan, a public should take precedence over and campus relations special- money.” ist at Follett, said USAS origithe company is nally requested We haven’t continuing to seek $250,000 to bring out and support more of the apparreally fair trade compael to UNL, knownies, such as Alta discussed the ing that their askGracia. ing amount would moral argument. “Local student most likely have to courtesy photo groups who share We’re tending to decrease. At this our concerns for point, the group The company operates out of the same-named province in the forget that this is social justice are doesn’t know how Dominican Republic. excited by the way more ethical much money they Alta Gracia offerwill receive for the ings and will often and that should project, if they rereach out to their take precedence ceive any. respective campus Roberson said over money.” store for more inshe thought the formation,” Moramount of the gan said. Dylan roberson money was “not usas co-presdient Morgan said unreasonable.” bringing the apUntil they reparel to campuses ceive more of a reis easier said than done. sponse from the company, USAS “There are many variables, will plan more student protests. from available supply to sellTheir first was in mid-February. thru of garments, dictating orAnother protest will take ders,” Morgan said. place Monday afternoon and Roberson said having USAS Roberson said any students are recruit more students to support welcome to be involved. For the cause wouldn’t be as effecnow, USAS is keeping most of tive as Follett’s potential market- the details under wraps. ing power. “I don’t want to give too AMBER BAESLER | DN “We don’t have the same much away,” she said. “But we power as a cooperation,” RoberTags from clothing made by Alta Gracia promote the tagline will cause a bit of a ruckus.” son said. news@ “Change Lives.” Alta Gracia clothing is made in a factory that dailynebraskan.com supports workers’ rights and pays a living wage. That is why USAS plans to keep attention on the issue. “We need to put more pres-

‘Perls of Knowledge’ returns to UNL staff report dn

liams, Chicago Tribune Managing Editor Jane Hirt, law school Dean Susan Poser, Husker basketball coach University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tim Miles and English professor and Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s video poet Kwame Dawes. The video featuring Buffet has series is back with a bang. New episodes of “Perls of been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Associated press, Mashable Knowledge” reand CNBC, in addileased last week, one tion to local media of which features bilIt’s kind outlets. lionaire UNL alumof difficult The “Perls of nus Warren Buffet, Knowledge” videos have gained national to control the premiered in 2013 media attention. and have covered The series of chancellor when such topics as Crocs, videos pokes fun he wants to get the phrase “YOLO” at accusations that and the Harlem Perlman isn’t the something off his Shake. man behind his hu- chest.” Perlman has hismorous social media steve smith torically kept quiet presence by inviting unl news director when it comes to viewers to join “Socommentary on the cial Squadron Team videos. Alpha+,” a team of “It is what it is,” he told the Daily social media experts that includes Buffet, Twitter co-founder Evan Wil- Nebraskan last year when the first

courtesy photo videos premiered. UNL News Director Steve Smith told the DN last year that the videos are intended to target current and future students. “It’s kind of difficult to control

the chancellor when he wants to get something off his chest,” Smith said. “He’s always had a little bit of a wild side in him.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty will be recognized with the most prestigious University of Nebraska awards for research, creative activity, teaching and engagement: mechanical engineering professor Shane Farritor, educational psychology professor Susan Sheridan, mathematics professor Judy Walker and biochemistry professor Donald Weeks. The awards will be presented during a luncheon in April. Farritor received the Innovation, Development and Engagement Award, which recognizes faculty who have extended their academic expertise beyond the university to enrich the broader community. He leads UNL’s Robotics and Mechatronics Lab and helped create miniature surgical robots to perform minimally invasive surgery along with fellow winner Dmitry Oleynikov, professor of surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Farritor also leads a team of UNL engineers to devise a method of measuring railroad track integrity to identify weak spots that might compromise railway safety. Both Sheridan and Weeks received the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity award, which recognizes faculty for outstanding research or creative activity of national or international significance. Sheridan is the founding director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools. Her research is internationally recognized, and many of her findings have been applied effectively in schools and community programs. Weeks has served as the director of the Center for Biotechnology and was the founding director of the Nebraska EPSCoR program, which has attracted more than $100 million in research and infrastructure to Nebraska campuses. He has also been chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, and his research has resulted in the major breakthrough of engineering dicamba resistance in crop plants. Walker received the Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, which recognizes faculty who have demonstrated meritorious and sustained records of excellence and creativity in teaching. She has taken the lead in reviewing a general education mathematics course that had been difficult for students and faculty, and grades have improved significantly since the review. Walker has also helped spearhead the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics. Other university-wide award winners are: –Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award: Dawn Mollenkopf, associate professor of teacher education, University of Nebraska at Kearney –Innovation, Development and Engagement Award: Dmitry Oleynikov, professor of surgery and director of both the Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Center for Advanced Surgical Technology, UNMC –University-wide Departmental Teaching Award (UDTA): Department of Biology, UNK

Textile gallery displays ‘Complexity’ exhibit

UNL’s Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery is displaying “Complexity,” the biennial international juried exhibition by Complex Weavers through May 9. The exhibit features works with complex weave structures that interlace threads and fibers in ways beyond plain weave. “Complex weaving is defined by the cloth produced and the mind it took to create it, not by the equipment used,” according to show organizers. Jurors evaluated 99 works, rating originality, weave structure, technical excellence, aesthetics and integration of design elements, said Wendy Weiss, director of the gallery and textile design professor. Twelve prizewinners will be announced at an open reception. Jurors were Alice Schlein of North Carolina, Marguerite Gingras of Quebec, Canada, and Weiss. All have published articles and books on weaving and exhibit their work internationally. Complex Weavers was organized in 1978 at Convergence, a biennial meeting sponsored by the Handweaver’s Guild of America. The primary goal of the organization is to encourage weavers to “develop their own creative styles, to inspire through research, documentation, and the sharing of innovative ideas.” For more information, go to http://textilegallery.unl. edu.

Study: Nebraska ag land values increase by 5 percent

Average statewide farmland value rose by about 5 percent as of Feb. 1 to $3,195 per acre, according to Jim Jansen, research technologist with UNL’s Department of Agricultural Economics. The department annually conducts the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Developments survey. Surveyors across Nebraska reported percentage gains for all farmland classes from Feb. 1, 2013, to Feb. 1, 2014. The overall increase of 25 percent in 2013 followed increases of 22 and 32 percent in the two previous years. The largest increase was by land class occurred for non-tillable grazing land at 7 percent. The class includes pasture and rangeland that doesn’t have the current potential to be converted into cropland for small grain or row crop production. There were strong increases for pasture and rangeland in the state, because of record-high livestock prices. Expectations among survey participants also showed high future cattle prices to be a strong factor the increase in nontillable grazing land. Dryland cropland value increases varied across the state, while the western two-thirds of Nebraska had the strongest increases with an average of about 20 percent. Jansen said the trends observed for the value of tillable grazing land are comparable to those of dryland cropland for the western two-thirds and eastern third of Nebraska. Future changes in the value of hayland likely will be tied to the value of forages and cattle production in Nebraska. For the 2012 and 2013 surveys, the land value averages had an annual increase of about 30 percent. With the smaller increases in the 2014 survey suggest the market is holding steady given current expectations and commodity prices. The preliminary report is available at http://agecon. unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics. The survey results are preliminary findings from the UNL 2014 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. Final results from the survey will be published in early June.

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Environmental sustainability can be accomplished on both personal, societal levels art by Alex Bridgman

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Small sustainability efforts such as unlplugging electronics, turning off lights can improve world

lame it on homework, being with friends or playing 2048, we college students tend to get easily distracted. We often walk through our lives with little attention to the setting. The world is a big place, and while we acknowledge that environmental sustainability is an important thing to consider, putting such ideas into practice can be rather daunting. “Save the planet?” We balk. “I’m a broke college student, not a superhero.” Still, we need to care. The Environmental Protection Agency defines sustainability as preserving the natural environment, from which comes “everything that we need for our survival and well-being … either directly or indirectly.” We can’t live on a dying planet. Sustainability is a way to keep our world a healthy, productive place to live, and we don’t need a cape to do it. It’s a radical idea that doesn’t have to involve many radical changes in our lives. There are many simple – and affordable – things we can do that make a big difference in the fight to sustain the Earth. One of the smallest and most obvious things to do is unplug electronics you’re not using. Deemed “standby power” by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory but commonly known as “vampire energy,” anything you leave plugged into the outlet still takes in some electricity, whether or not the object is in use. Even when your phone is fully charged, the charger will continue to draw about 60 percent of the energy it would have used to do its job. This equates to about 2.24 wasted watts. Though University of Cambridge professor and writer David MacKay notes that religiously unplugging any unused chargers does only little good, he acknowledges it’s still a small step in the right direction. Maybe you’ve noticed the little green pinwheels spinning around campus. UNL Unplugged, an ASUN campaign to promote energy conservation in the residence halls, is a three-week competition between other Big Ten schools. The challenge is meant to not only promote sustainability awareness but to show how much difference a little effort can make. I’d like to pay a little more attention to students preparing to live off-campus in the coming months. While

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you’re out looking for a place to stay and things to furnish it with, keep in mind what saves energy often saves you money as well. According to Energy.gov, your clothes dryer uses 1800-5000 watts to run. That’s a lot of power. Investing in a collapsible drying rack or clothes line will help reduce the number of times you’ll have to start up that hulking, energy-sucking heat machine — and save you up to $130 a year. And while you’re at it, see if you can find a drying rack made of bamboo, a renewable and fast-growing resource that isn’t cultivated with harmful pesticides. You could also use reusable Tupperware whenever possible and wash bigger dishes by hand so you won’t have to rely on the dish washer, another energy sucker at 1200-2400 watts. Buy eco-friendly cleaning supplies. Or better yet, make your own with what you’ll find in the back of your mother ’s kitchen cabinets. Bring a few reusable cotton tote bags with you to the grocery store instead of coming home with more plastic. Of course, one of the easiest things to do is simply turn off lights whenever you leave a room. One or two light bulbs don’t take up that much energy. But if you consistently leave for work or school with every light in the kitchen on, the habit could cost you around $110 a year. I’m sure most of us are familiar

with the spiral fluorescent bulbs that use about 75 percent less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs. These are another great energy-saving investment. However, be aware of proper disposal. Simply throwing these bulbs in the trash is the same as throwing mercury into a landfill, which is pretty counterproductive to the whole idea of sustainability. Do a little research to find out which local retail stores or waste agencies will recycle your burnedout fluorescents. Another household item that requires special attention to recycle is a printer cartridge. According to Cartridges Direct, printer cartridges have many different components such as plastic, foam and ink that need to be recycled separately. Many office supply stores, such as Staples, will recycle your old cartridges for you. Many of these tips and tricks seem too insignificant to really impact the environment or our wallets. However, nothing should be beyond our notice. As 14-year-old Suvir Mirchandani argued in his science fair project, changing the font in which we read printed stories, such as this one, could save us quite a bit. Because printer ink costs much more than the paper on which it is printed, switching from the traditionally accepted Times New Roman font to Garamond with its thinner strokes could save the federal government about $136 million per year. The littlest changes really do have a bigger impact than we imagine. As college students, it can be difficult to see how the constant parade of homework assignments could possibly affect our own careers, let alone our lives and the lives of others. Trying to sustain the planet, by comparison, seems impossible. In reality, though, we can help preserve our world with the simple flip of a switch. Annie Stokely is a sophomore English major. Follow her @Anna_Bee_94. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Many of these tips and tricks seem too insignificant to really impact the environment or our wallets. However, nothing should be beyond our notice.”

To effectively combat climate change, we must focus on bigger efforts, challenging industries responsible

ersonal responsibility is often proclaimed as a uniquely American value, as though only Americans have the gumption to take care of themselves. This is the belief that if people would take care of their own problems and leave each other alone, everything would be alright. People with this view believe all problems are individual problems — that if we somehow got rid of the few bad eggs in society, we would return to some golden age where people were better. This style of thinking fails to recognize the interconnectedness of problems. It’s not just one person, one group or even one country causing the problem but a combination of many. We often see this thinking in fighting climate change — that if we as individuals all used our reusable bags, took shorter showers and biked to work, we could save the planet from irreversible damage. Those are all great things to do, and I won’t slight them. But the biggest culprits for climate damage aren’t individuals or their actions. The problem isn’t paper sacks, long baths or trips in your Hummer. The main culprits for causing climate change aren’t people. They are industries. Our forgetfulness to remember to use the reusable bags we have at home wasn’t what led to the destruction of rain forests. That was the efforts of mining, agriculture and logging industries to gain the resources of the forest. This led to the displacement of thousands of indigenous people and the loss of millions of acres of carbon dioxide-absorbing rainforest. The water used in a long shower pales in comparison with the water used in agriculture. According to National Geographic, one pound of corn requires 108 gallons of water. You need almost 1800 gallons of water for one pound of beef. Similarly, cars are a huge impact on the environment; their entire CO2 output is equal to about that of 16 ships, according to science writer Fred Pearce. Nonetheless, cars and transportation aren’t the largest contributor of CO2. That honor would fall to the production of heat and energy. According to the Worldwatch Institute, in 2010, cars and other forms of transport totaled 6.7 billion tons with energy totaling 12.5 billion tons. The third-largest supplier of CO2 was agriculture with 4.7 billion tons. These examples showcase how the biggest problems to the environment aren’t our individual actions but industrial processes. Still, too often recommendations to fight climate change are made without recognizing the context of day-to-day lives. They put the focus of the effort not on the industries that are causing the change but rather on the people forced to deal with the aftermath. Yes, those industrial processes arise to fulfill our desires, but we shouldn’t focus on the individuals who have those desires but the industries that maim the environment to meet them. In addition, individuals often can’t adjust their day-to-day lives to act in more environmentally con-

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scious ways. People may not be able to afford a more efficient car to save gas. They may be disabled and unable to bike to work or take the stairs. They may not have the physique or the money to buy trendy recycled clothes or jeans made with less water. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t try to make less of an environmental impact. You just need to realize your efforts are just a drop in the bucket. You can work your hardest reducing, reusing and recycling, but there will be people doing the opposite. As long as it’s cheaper and more profitable to destroy the environment than to save it, the environment will continue to be destroyed. In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report on climate change, the emphasis wasn’t on stopping change. It stated that climate change is here and already affecting some of the poorest regions of our planet. We have already seen these effects in the rise in extreme weather such as hurricanes and flooding. In short, we have to give up on fighting about how to stop climate change and start trying to adapt to its effects. We can’t stop hurricanes by switching to reusable bags at Trader Joe’s. We need to put our focus on the industries that actually use the most water and energy and make the most waste. Positive change can be seen in the communities that have banded together to help both marginalized citizens and fight climate change. We can look to the example of Vancouver, British Columbia. With a goal of being the greenest city in the word by 2020, Vancouver has put in place ambitious sustainability plans. Vancouver offers loans and plans for green building for property developers and individuals. Vancouver even offers personal grants, loans and incentives for citizens to help green their homes. These plans likely contributed to Vancouver being named the most livable city in North America by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Climate change and the industries that cause it have a global reach. A single person, a single country or a single industry alone can’t stop the problem. Only by developing solutions that help society at all levels can we combat climate change. We have to move beyond personal responsibility to interpersonal action if we wish to change anything. If we don’t work together, we will all face the consequences together. Walker Edwards is a junior philosophy major. Reach them at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

We have to move beyond personal responsibility to interpersonal action if we wish to change anything.”

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Amber Fader is a licensed massage therapist who works at the Campus Recreation Center on Mondays and Fridays. The physical, emotional and mental benefits of massage therapy for herself and her clients are what Fader says she loves about her job.

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FULFILLMENT Local massage therapist views her passion Story by Cassie Kernick as way to maintain healthy, fit lifestyle Photo by Jennifer Gotrik with numerous physical, emotional benefits

or Amber Fader, giving massages is more than just a job; it’s something she uses to maintain her lifestyle. “I get massages every two weeks,” Fader said. “Then, when I am training for a marathon, I get them every week.” The way a massage positively affects her and her clients’ lives is what keeps her in love with her job, she said. “I have a lot of clients who are runners,” Fader said. “I had one client last year who was training for her first full marathon, who was having IT Band syndrome and knee pain. It was just kind of a long road, but eventually we got it worked out, and now she’s back running again.” While massage therapy is an instrumental part of Fader ’s life today, it wasn’t what she originally thought she’d be doing. After a short stint attending the University of Nebraska at Kearney, she transferred to the University of NebraskaLincoln to pursue a sports medicine degree. When she arrived at UNL, she discovered the degree program didn’t exist anymore. After meeting with an advisor, Fader thought physical therapy might be the way to go. Soon after starting it, she discovered it wasn’t for her. “I realized that I may not have the patience for it,” she said. “As I was kind of contemplating my next move, my aunt ran across an article about massage therapy and how it was becoming more and more prevalent in the sports world.” She began looking into massage therapy schools and found one in Lincoln. Soon after, Fader began attending the Myotherapy Institute and realized it was what she wanted to be doing. “I figured out pretty quickly that I had a knack for it, and I liked it, so I figured that was a good sign,” Fader said. She attended school part-time while also working on an associate’s degree. After two

to eight clients, but she said hand cramps aren’t years, she graduated with certifications in neuromuscular therapy, muscle release technique, an issue for massage therapists who do proper hand stretching and strengthening exercises. sports massage, deep tissue/therapeutic and While some things are the same each day, Swedish massage. While she enjoys giving all forms of massages, she said she particularly en- such as refilling lotion bottles, getting the beds ready, taking care of the laundry and general joys the results seen with neuromuscular thercleaning, the daily variety in the job is one of apy. This kind of massage is more focused on Fader ’s favorite parts. identifying trigger points that may be causing “You never know what kind of a client might anything from reoccurring migraines to sinus walk in the door or what physical ailment they’re congestion. “It’s very specific,” Fader said. “It’s usually going to come in and complain about,” Fader more beneficial for injury-related things instead said. Clients’ positive reactions are what make of just the feel-good stuff.” massage therapy anything but a job for Fader. Since the Campus Recreation Center started Aside from the physical benefits, offering reflexology, Fader has Fader said the positive emotional found this is something she also I figured and mental reactions are equally enjoys. out pretty beneficial, especially for college The practice of reflexology is students. centered around the feet. She said quickly that I had “They’ve done studies with it’s a similar process to acupunca knack for it.” college students and found that ture. just giving them five- to 10-minute “They’ve pin-pointed through chair massages before a big exam the bottom of the foot areas that amber fader massage therapist stimulates something in the brain correspond with different parts of and helps them focus better and the body, whether it’s your sinusdo better on their exams,” Fader es, intestines or the whole spine,” said. Fader said. “By manipulating these points, you Ashley Beck-Orcutt, a freshman biology macan change the energy balance in that area of the jor who felt the stress of finals week first semesbody.” ter, has personally seen the positive effects of After practicing for more than 12 years, learning new techniques such as these and the massage. “I took a study break to go down to a dorm variety she is able to keep in her daily schedule event and get a chair massage. Afterward I felt a are just a few reasons Fader said she likes her job. Fader rented a space through another massage lot calmer and could stay more focused on studying,” Beck-Orcutt said. therapist her first year of being licensed. After “Just knowing that you’ve helped them feel that, she began working at the Rec. She works at better and stay better is the best part,” Fader the Rec for half a day on Mondays and for a full said. day on Fridays. arts@ Fader also works at Elton Chiropractic & Acudailynebraskan.com puncture. On her busiest days, she may have up

Overused Comic Sans lacks fun, appeal, wonder TYLER KEOWN You’re having a bake sale. You’re in charge of making fliers because Christina is busy with “the whole Karl situation” and because you took that graphic design class for half a semester in eighth grade. You found a couple good clip art muffins to put in the center. You’ve typed out the description of the party. But with the fact that the event is raising money to help orphans learn about the endan-

germent of whales or whatever, Helvetica just feels as if it carries too serious a tone for the event. People are going to assume your bake sale is going to be a dimly lit proceeding where you buy a few cookies and stand there for a bit with your cellphone in your hand, then leave. No. That is not what this is. So you make a mortal mistake. You highlight the font and select the “funniest” font you see: Comic Sans. C’mon, Mom. This is a rant about what you did, and what it means on a larger scale. It’s hard to lock down what’s so irritating about Comic Sans. Its overuse is a big factor. The weirdly high correlation between misspelled words and its use is an-

other. The fact that it’s usually in a unappealing color, such as light yellow, doesn’t help. I think the biggest thing, though, is the misplaced cocky persona it carries. Comic Sans is like the guy on your floor who always knows where the party is at, but when you get there, you find a few hard apple ciders and a whole lot of Settlers of Catan. It’s not a fun font. The curvature of the letters and the lack of a serif creates a lack of professionalism, not a sense of fun and wonder, like so many moms using MS Paint like to think. It’s a lazy font that isn’t defying the serious tone of Times New Roman and Century Gothic but instead having its flaws pointed out by the elites.

Life is full of Comic Sans. Dealing with the death of a loved one is a Comic San. Unrequited love is a Comic San. The rapid approach of death is a Comic San. And that is how it goes.”

Consider this: The font was introduced by Microsoft in 1994. This is a 20-year-old aberration owned by the company that runs on the souls of misguided customers. There is nothing “fun” about Microsoft, unless you’re into Minesweeper. Did you know Internet Explorer is still the most used browser on the internet?

That means Microsoft is taking advantage of baby boomers and the uneducated. And really, comparing Comic Sans to Internet Explorer is very apt. Both are extremely limited in their uses; both are designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, and both give me anger sweats.

Like I mentioned earlier, this is just me venting about nothing I can change. I don’t have a solution. Every time I see a poster about a youth group I could join, about kittens for sale or about your stupid bake sale, I’m gonna get angry. That is my cross to bear. But it’s time to get real. Life is full of Comic Sans. Dealing with the death of a loved one is a Comic San. Unrequited love is a Comic San. The rapid approach of death is a Comic San. And that is how it goes. This stupid font is a microcosm of what is wrong with the world and the helpless feeling that weighs you down in your bed, halfway asleep. Good luck to you all. Tyler Keown uses wing dings. Ask why at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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what: UNL Spring Blood Drive when: 11 a.m. where: Harper-Schramm-Smith

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Right Here, Right Now, Always: LGBTQA+ Inclusion on Campus when: 7 p.m. where: Nebraska Union cost: Free what: Poetry at the Moon with Christine McManaman when: 7 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee cost: Free what: Chevelle with Nothing More when: 7:30 p.m. where: Bourbon Theatre Sold out

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Dollar beer night All night where: Duffy’s Tavern cost: No cover charge when:

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$2 Sangria All day where: Sebastian’s Table what:

Discount movies when: All day Tuesday and Thursday where: Lincoln Grand Cinema cost: $5 per ticket (free popcorn with NCard) what:

Women’s Choir Festival Performance when: 7 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall cost: Free

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9 what: Von Stomper! With Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band when: 9 p.m. where: Zoo Bar cost: $5 what: The Reverend Horton Heat with The Nekromantix and Deke Dickerson when: 8 p.m. where: Bourbon Theatre cost: $20 advance, $25 day of show what: “Sci Pop talks! where Science Intersects Pop Culture” when: 7 p.m. where: Love Library cost: Free what: UNL Spring Concert, featuring Big Sean with XV when: 8 p.m. where: Greenspace north of the Nebraska Union cost: Free

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10 what: Student discount movies when: All day Tuesday and Thursday where: Lincoln Grand Cinema cost: $5 per ticket (free popcorn with NCard) what:

3.11 Disaster and Change in Japan when: 3 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center cost: Free what: Humanities on the Edge presents Imre Szeman when: 5:30 p.m. where: Sheldon Museum of Arts cost: Free what:

Granger Smith 10 p.m. where: Single Barrel cost: $15 advance, $20 day of show when:

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Monster Jam “As Big as It Gets” when: 7:30 p.m. where: Pinnacle Bank Arena cost: $20 adults, $5 children what: “Extreme Action Heroes” of Elizabeth Streb when: 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts cost: Starting at $34 what:

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String Demons 5 p.m. where: Duggan’s Pub when:

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FCC Brothers 7 p.m. where: Mo Java Cafe & Roasting Co

what: Tuscan Road and Sandy Creek when: 8 p.m. where: Pla Mor Ballroom

what: Pauzed, Evicted and Emily Ward when: 9 p.m. where: Duggan’s Pub

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Mike Semrad 8 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee cost: Free when:

what: Bathtub Dogs: Acalympics when: 8 p.m. where: Rococo Theatre cost: $5 students, $10 non students

Tijuana Gigolos 9 p.m. where: Zoo Bar cost: $5 when:

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LUX High Tea Celebration when: 3:30 p.m. where: LUX Center for the Arts what: Sunday Night Acoustic Open Mic hosted by Shawn Hustle Russell when: 9 p.m. where: Ramos Pizza

what: Kings and Queens Drag Show when: 8 p.m. where: Karma Nightclub & Cabaret

Benefits to bestowing your ponytail upon the world

Just like the tropical forests of the Amazon or the bamboo sprouts of China, human hair can become quite thick and easy to lose things in if it doesn’t get a nice, for-profit trimming once in a while. Yet, for all those men and women out there roaming the halls at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, flaunting their long locks at all those poor souls who cut their hair short and have thus paid the price, the Daily Nebraskan would like to recommend something: Rock a ponytail if you don’t already. Just do it, bro. We know you want to. We even have five benefits of working a ponytail that will make you lust for one even more.

It shows you’re willing to go further. It takes true time and dedication to laziness to grow long hair. But for a ponytail, one must go one step further – tying an elastic band around the succulent chords of collagen into a shape of a horse’s tail. So, with a ponytail, you show you’re willing to go the extra mile to look good without much hair product. Anybody can just give in and cut his or her hair to a decent length or just disregard polite society altogether. But it takes a special dude or dudette to let it run wild while also still showing some modesty. People, the ravenous animals of only slightly quirky fashion that they are, devour modest ingenuity.

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You will become irresistible. If tamed right and taught to do some fancy tricks, a person’s lengthy ‘do can make any potential mate coo over him or her. It makes a dudette look humble, sophisticated and direct, maybe? It also makes a dude appear sophisticated and outside the norm (or at least, we guess). We would confirm all this, but our test subjects with the stallion-tails, known only as “Kassandra” and “Trevor,” each have an audience of drooling, mystified volunteers. Trevor and Kassandra both say hi.

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It suggests a challenging life. Someone with really long hair must have an interesting job somewhere, right? Not just any job, though: a job full of intense physical demands or artistic expression. But, hey, those people have their hair in a ponytail – that must mean that their job is so demanding they can’t risk getting hair in their eyes. Really, a second of temporary blindness because of long hair while containing a neighborhood crocodile or ripping on a deep-v guitar could be devastating and change everything, right? You see what we’re getting at here? You’re smart, so we bet you caught on.

A ponytail will contain the mane. Really, you’re giving people something more than just a captivating style of hair while they give you oodles of, at the very least, longer stares. You’re giving them sanity. Unkempt manes of long hair are intimidating and can frighten anybody with their girth and majesty. Certain insects, such as moths and caterpillars, implemented this “fright from size” idea as a tactic for scaring predators or enemy pests away. One can clearly see that humans must have taken this trait up as well when larger creatures such as moose-dragons or building-sized bacteria roamed the earth. So ponytails help turn the evolutionary clock forward and keep people from freaking out so much.

Horses will respect the ponytail indefinitely. Horses, for what they are worth in races or doomed-to-fail wagon trails, are powerful, elegant, yet very intelligent. They also like apples, or so we were informed by a recent news update. All in all, they have been allies to the human race for centuries. They have carried us, worked our plows and have probably made nice burgers when you’re in the mood. For all their hard work, a ponytail can establish a kinship with them, and they will ultimately hold the deepest respect for you. If enough respect is gained with enough ponytails in the world, then once horses finally evolve into beings far greater than us and the religion-driven robot-uprising starts, we will be able to fight for our freedom, with our tails of ponies side by side in the line of battle.

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Faculty exhibit reaches beyond art department UNL Staff Art Show to showcase artwork from 20 different faculty members in Rotunda Gallery staff report dn

The University of NebraskaLincoln’s eighth annual Staff Art Show will open April 14 in the Rotunda Gallery of the Nebraska Union. The show, organized by photographer and student accounts secretary Valerie Bender, will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for three weeks until the show’s reception on May 2. Since the show is free to the public and open in a convenient location, Bender said she hopes it will attract a lot of traffic. “Students are always in the union,” Bender said. “So if they need a little break from their studies, preparing for tests, writing papers, whatever, they can maybe walk through the gallery and get a little relaxation before they go back to working so hard. Maybe that little pause will refresh them, and it’ll recharge their batteries so they can go back and write a better paper. Maybe they’ll see a piece of art that gives them a different outlook.” The 20 staff members whose work make up the show are from departments all around campus, such as accounting. There are also submissions from the registrar’s office and Love Library staff. But none of the artists work in the UNL art department staff. “Some of us have a lot of training in art, say a college degree or a lot of courses in high school, and some people just pick it up on their own and are self-taught,” Bender said. “A lot of people, I think, became artists because they had a relative, maybe a grandparent or mother or father who was very artistic. And as a child, they observed that, and they decided that they

would pursue that, too.” Artwork will cover a range of media from the 20 artists’ portfolios, including sculpture, paintings, paper mache, photography and cut paper art. The Rotunda Gallery is large enough to allow each artist to display two or three pieces of work. But when Bender began the show eight years ago, it was a much smaller event, with only 10 artists featured. “Well, when I left the art department, I sort of missed the daily contact with the art faculty and the graduate students, and the undergraduate students,” Bender said. “They had a lot of artwork on display all the time, and I sort of missed being around that. And then I thought, well, they have the student art shows, and faculty had a lot of opportunities to display their work, but staff didn’t have anything. People kept mentioning to me that they were interested in art … so I just put it out there and said, ‘If you’re interested in having a show, get in touch with me; I’ll organize enough people to see if we can do it.’ So, it just grew from there.” Bender said the show is beneficial not only for the visitors of the gallery but for the artists themselves. Though the recognition they receive is nice, the support of creative expression is perhaps most important. It’s this artistic outlet that, according to Bender, allows people to grow spiritually. “I think creative activity is something that nurtures people’s spiritual side,” Bender said. “When you’re working in an office, it can get a little repetitive. You may do the same sort of things over and over, and you may not feel like your job is very important or nobody notices the importance of what you do. But if you have these art activities, this creative outlet, I think it kind of rejuvenates you. It recharges your batteries. It’s like going to the fitness center after work to work out — it gets your body in shape — but you have to keep your spirit in shape, too.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Read through rainy days in best indoor locations space to not feel cramped when you are reading or studying. It’s also incredibly quiet and filled with students who want to keep it that way. Really, it kind of feels like you are getting lost in a Hogwarts library when you find the hidden floors. Take a cup of coffee up there and isolate yourself for hours on a school night when the library doesn’t close until 1 a.m.

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Last week after I picked out a couple of spots on campus to read outcan handle a little background noise. doors, it happened to be super chilly Here, groups of people gather to play out, questionably rainy and not Settlers of Catan; the record player is really ideal weather to enjoy readcontinuously spinning, and the cofing a book fee is always alfresco. This steaming. In week, while this intimate setRainy day reads, it might be ting, it’s easy to sunny for a audiotapes get lost between couple days, the pages of a i n e v i t a b l y, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with book or isolate will become yourself to finOwls” audiotape by David stormy and ish homework. cloudy again Sedaris For the best seats because it’s “Sleep Donation” by Karen in the house, April, and Russell find a spot next that’s what to the window “Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias April does. with an outlet Whether it Wolff for your comgets rainy or “To Kill a Mockingbird” by puter, if needed. not, here are When it starts Harper Lee a couple of getting muggy on-campus “Daytripper” by Gabriel Ba and rainy, the and off-cam“The Road” by Cormac windows fog pus indoor McCarthy up, and you reading spots can watch the to check out. “Self-Reliance” by Ralph weather outside Is there reWaldo Emerson without becomally anything “Bossypants” audiotape by ing immersed more perfect in it. A tip: CulTina Fey than pulling tiva has the best out a book “Water for Elephants” by Sara chai lattes and inside where Gruen crepes. For a sait is nice and vory crepe, try “Looking for Alaska” by John dry while the the Ranch Hand. rain pours Green For sweet, do a outside? “build it your I didn’t own” crepe with think so. nutella, cookie butter, pecans, strawAlso, if we get the same halfberries and powdered sugar on top. assed overcast gloomy days again this week, hole up and listen to rainymood.com and pretend it’s half floors in Love raining. Library South. Enjoy hiding inside while it Take the elevator to any half floor rains outside this week. in the library’s stacks section. Along the far walls is a line of isolated desks Cultiva, 727 S. 11 st. next to large windows overlooking This coffee and crepe shop is the library’s green space. Each desk not only delicious, it’s also a great has an outlet and enough elbow place for reading and writing if you

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Big ten homeroom 1. Indiana (17-10 Overall, 7-1 Big Ten)

5. Minnesota (1710, 5-4)

2. Penn State (15-14, 4-1)

6. Michigan (14-171, 4-5)

The Hoosiers continued their hot start in Big Ten play, as they took the first two games against Iowa this weekend. In Saturday’s game, Indiana blasted its way to victory with the home run. The team totaled 5 homers. With the outburst of power, the Hoosiers overtook the leader in home runs in the conference with 13 total. Senior left-hander Joey DeNato picked up his sixth win of the year on Saturday, as he tossed 6 innings, allowed 8 hits and surrendered 3 runs to the Hawkeyes. Purdue snapped a six-game winning streak on Sunday, but the Nittany Lions will stay in the top of the rankings. The team was bound to lose a Big Ten game eventually. Something for the Nittany Lions to keep going is their home record, which still remains perfect at 7-0. Penn State won its two games this weekend in tight competitions. Both of the victories came by just one run. Penn State has a tough week ahead, though, with a battle against West Virginia and then a three-game weekend series against Ohio State.

3. Nebraska (19-13, 4-2)

The Huskers came out and showed they belong in the top of the Big Ten, as they swept Ohio State last weekend. The reason the Huskers managed to top the Buckeyes wasn’t because of the offense but the pitching. All three of the Huskers’ starters went the distance in the games. The bullpen never made an appearance in the weekend series. The offense came alive when the team needed it, with runs in the eighth inning in the first two games and a walk-off single in the ninth on Sunday.

4. Illinois (17-11, 5-1)

A series with the Wildcats paid off for the Fighting Illini. The team earned a series victory and put up 20 runs in the three games. The third-best offense in the Big Ten took full advantage of the secondto-last pitching staff in the conference. The next couple of weeks won’t be as easy for the Fighting Illini, though, as they face Michigan, Penn State and then Indiana. These next few series will be a big test for the squad. Pitching will be crucial down this stretch. Illinois holds a 2.90 team ERA and has allowed the fewest total runs in the conference.

Minnesota bolstered its Big Ten record this weekend with two wins against Michigan. The offense for the Gophers produced 13 runs, but nine of them came in first game. They will need to perform like they did in the Friday game more often to keep the winning going. The pitching remains in the middle-of-the-pack, so Minnesota needs the production from the bats. The Gophers will have a tough test coming into their home stadium next week, as they will face Nebraska, who just swept Ohio State.

The Wolverines managed to grab one game against Minnesota last weekend. It wasn’t just the offense or pitching in either of the losses on the weekend; it was not being able to get all sides of the game working at the same time. In Friday’s loss, the Wolverines put up six runs, but fell in extra innings by a score of 9-6. In Sunday’s 3-1 loss, the team just couldn’t muster up runs. Michigan still holds the fourth best team ERA in the conference at 3.42, but if the team wants to be a contender the hitting needs to improve its .243 batting average.

7. Ohio State (18-13, 2-7)

Failure to close out games hurt the Buckeyes the most last weekend. In all three games, the pitching allowed the Huskers to score runs late in the game. It also didn’t help that the Buckeyes couldn’t get into Nebraska’s bullpen all weekend. Each game was decided by just onerun, but the Buckeyes held a lead late in each of the games, except on Sunday. The bullpen will need to find its rhythm after leaving Nebraska. Freshman Travis Lakins had a rough weekend on the hill, as he allowed three runs in both Friday’s and Saturday’s losses.

8. Iowa (16-11, 3-5)

The Hawkeyes mustered up 3 runs against one of the Big Ten’s strongest pitchers in DeNato on Saturday, but it still wasn’t enough to manage the win. Iowa’s offense could pose problems to opposing teams, as it remains the secondbest offense in the Big Ten. What drags the team down is the pitching. A total of 131 runs have been given up by Hawkeye pitching. It will be difficult for the Hawkeyes to string wins together if the pitching does not improve. The upside is the squad gets a series with both Purdue and Northwestern in the coming weeks.

9. Michigan State (1711, 3-3)

The Spartans didn’t have a Big Ten opponent this weekend; instead they took on Siena. Michigan State will have to wait until Friday before it takes on Purdue at home. Michigan State has taken advantage of the lesser opposition this weekend by allowing just two runs in the three-game series. The Spartans have also won seven of their last eight games, and the lone loss was just an exhibition game. The team ERA sits at 3.01 and the pitching has surrendered 79 earned runs on the year. The hitting needs to improve if the Spartans want to do some damage in Big Ten play.

10. Purdue (6-21, 2-4)

The Boilermakers may not find themselves at the top of any statistical categories, but in sports any team can win on any day. Purdue proved this, as it managed to top Penn State in one of the three games this weekend. On top of that, the Boilermakers shut out the Nittany Lions on Sunday. The win ended the team’s five-game losing streak. The schedule doesn’t offer any breaks for Purdue. So don’t expect the Boilermakers to win a series, but winning one out of a three-game series every now and then isn’t out of the question.

11. Northwestern (4-22, 1-7)

It’s just not going right for the Wildcats. The team fell in extra innings on Saturday, despite sophomore Reed Mason pitching nine innings and allowing 2 runs. The Wildcats gave up four runs in the top of the tenth inning and went on to lose the game. This marks the sixth consecutive loss. The squad has won only one game in the last 12. The offense can’t make up for the pitching and fielding errors this team commits. There aren’t many offenses that could handle that task. If the error numbers get in control, the team could see more wins. Not a lot more wins, but some.

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Baseball: from 10 Kelly knocked in the pair with backto-back RBIs to tie the game at 2. Pritchard would later cross home plate for the go-ahead run on freshman Ben Miller’s slow infield dribbler in front of Buckeyes third baseman Jacob Bosiokovic. The late rally allowed DeLeon to have the upper hand in the ninth, and he earned his third win after getting Nick Sergakis to strikeout and Bosiokovic thrown out trying to steal second. Sinclair followed with a gem of his own in Game 2, giving up three runs through nine innings. The Husker offense continued its flare for late-game dramatics scoring once in the eighth and three times in the ninth to give their righty his fifth win on the season. Although DeLeon recorded six strikeouts and Sinclair recorded four in Game 2, it was the rubber match that made the weekend most memorable. “Unbelievable atmosphere. Just an awesome experience,” Bummer

said describing his win and the weekend sweep. Despite his initial struggles in the first, Bummer hurled just 47 pitches in the game’s final four innings. The lefty also retired the side in order six times, leaving Erstad impressed with his composure in the game’s wearing on. “He started to find a little groove, and he started throwing those for strikes and really commanded a lot better,” Erstad said. “Another step in the right direction.” On the weekend, Ohio State batted just .211 against a Nebraska rotation that allowed just 2 earned runs and 20 hits, while posting a 0.67 ERA. The Huskers will be looking to continue its solid work on the mound Tuesday when they travel to Omaha to play Creighton at TD Ameritrade Park. Sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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File photo | dn Sophomore Cassie Deeg led the Huskers in Dallas during the weekend. She finished with a score of 156, which tied with teammate senior Steffi Neison. Deeg earned a team-best 75 on Day 2 of the tournament.

The Nebraska baseball team used only three pitchers in last weekend’s series against the Ohio State Buckeyes. The starting pitchers gave up a total of 20 hits over the weekend, and held the Buckeyes to six runs. Although the offense came through late in the games, the pitching is what kept the Huskers in each game.

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Strong second day helps Huskers After shooting 319 on first day, Huskers improve 11 strokes, move up to 13th place in tournament Brett Nierengarten DN The Nebraska women’s golf team traveled to Texas for the SMU/ Dallas Athletic Club Invitational last weekend, where it finished in a tie for 13th out of 16 teams. The tournament was cut short after two rounds when play was stopped early in the third round because of lightning. The team faced the most difficult tournament field they had competed against all season. The 16-team field featured 12 top-75 teams, including the Huskers, who climbed the rankings to No. 74 nationally after a win at the Mountain View Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz., on

March 28 and 29. The Huskers struggled in their first day of action on the 6,257-yard par-72 Dallas Athletic Club course, with none of the team shooting below the tournament first-round average of 78.84. Senior Steffi Neisen and sophomore Morgan Smejkal led the team. The duo shot a 79, leaving them tied for 41 overall in the individual standings. “The conditions were a lot harder than what we’ve played in this spring,” sophomore Cassie Deeg said. “I think we may have been a little intimidated by the field, the course and the conditions.” Nebraska coach Robin Krapfl said she was shocked with how poorly her team played in the first round. “We looked great in the practice, and obviously we’ve been playing really well coming in,” Krapfl said. “Last time we won a tournament we didn’t play well the week after either, so I don’t know if it has something to do with that.” Freshman Jordan Chael wasn’t far behind the team leaders, firing an 80 on Friday. Last week’s Co-Big

Ten Golfers of the Week, Deeg and senior Katelyn Wright struggled in their encore performances, shooting an 81 and 87, respectively. As a team, the Huskers shot a 319, putting them in 15th place. After Day 1, the No. 48 Baylor Bears led the tournament by seven strokes, shooting a plus-6, and Yupaporn Kawinpakorn of Kansas led the individual tournament shooting a 1-under-71, the tournament’s only round under par on Friday. NU had better scores in the second and final day of the tournament, with only one player shooting more than a 78. Deeg got back on track, as she led the team with a 75. Neisen was second on the team Saturday firing a 77, Chael and Wright both shot 78, and Smejkal rounded out the Husker lineup with an 83. The team score of 308 brought them into a tie for 13th. Deeg and Neisen tied at 156 to lead the Huskers and tie for No. 44 individually. “I think they (Huskers) realized they needed to buckle down and make sure every shot counted and not waste shots and play

more with confidence,” Krapfl said of her team’s second round performance. Deeg was the most successful in being able to make every shot count on Saturday, after she hit just two greens in regulation in the first round. “I worked on the range after and really wanted redemption (from the first round). I went on to hit the ball a lot better (in the second round),” she said. Baylor shot a 297 to finish in first place overall by four strokes over No. 18 LSU. Kawinpakorn faltered shooting a 76 on Saturday, and Elizabeth Mallett of North Carolina took advantage after her even par opening round with a second round 69 to win the tournament by five strokes. The Huskers will have next weekend off before heading to the Ohio State Spring Invitational on April 19 and 20. This will be their last tournament before the Big Ten Championships, which will be held at the Ross Course in French Lick, Ind. Sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska’s success on Throwers find success for offense carries team Huskers in outdoor meet Huskers pile up 25 runs in 3 games in weekend series against Illinois, still lose 1 game Josh Kelly DN For the second weekend in a row, the No. 20 Nebraska softball team won 2 of its 3 games in an away series, this time against Illinois. The three-game series against the Fighting Illini was the second straight weekend the Huskers traveled to Illinois after facing Northwestern the previous weekend. Just like in the series against the Wildcats, the Huskers lost their first game before bouncing back to win the next two matchups. In the final game of the weekend, the Huskers were able to put the run-rule into effect after an explosive second inning when the offense scored 8 runs to give Nebraska an early push to another win. Illinois managed to put up plenty of hits in the weekend, and for Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle, it was a matter of who’s going to light it up with the bats more. “Offense was definitely the main highlight of the weekend,” Revelle said. “It set the tone for us

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players to have started every heading into Sunday. It’s hard to remember having an inning that game so far this season, and she said that she will do what it takes I’ve coached where you score 8 to help out as a freshman. runs in an inning. “I have no problem working “Sometimes the pitching is with my team and doing what off, and that’s the way it goes I need to help them,” Knighten sometimes.” said. “I’ll do whatever I have to Offensive production was do for them.” never an issue, even in the team’s Nebraska built on its momenonly loss of the weekend. While tum and won Game 3, which only the Huskers weren’t able to rewent five innings, and took the spond to Illinois’ 11 runs, the series against the Fighting Illini. offense still put up 4 runs along For coach Revelle, winning with 12 hits. Game 1 is going to Leading the ofbe something that is fense in that game was stressed for her team freshman infielder after losing Game 1 of Marjani Knighten, the first three, threewho scored 2 of the game series of the seateam’s runs in Game son. 1 when she hit a 2-run “I think that’s frusshot over the left centrating for all of us,” ter wall. Revelle said. “It would Although Illinois be great to start off a won the first game series that way.” 11-4 against the HuskThe Huskers have ers, Revelle told the a 26-12 record and put team that the offense Knighten themselves above .500 was clicking and that in the conference play needed to continue with a 5-4 record. against Illinois. After a slow start to the sea“She told us our offense was playing good and that there is son, Revelle said the offense has plenty of time left,” Knighten really stepped up its game, and it said. “We knew that we just need- started with the production that came from the bottom part of the ed to keep on getting runs.” In Game 2 of the doubleheader lineup. “The bottom half has really Saturday, the Huskers were able to score more runs with one less matured and zeroed in to make hit in the team’s 9-4 win against huge contributions for us,” Revelle said. “The increase in offense Illinois. Knighten continued to con- production started with the 7-8-9 hitters on our team.” tribute offensively; she went 3 for Sports@ 3 with 2 RBIs against the Fightdailynebraskan.com ing Illini. Knighten is one of four

The Nebraska track and field team didn’t get back from the 2014 Arkansas Spring Invitational until 3 a.m. Sunday, but when it did, it arrived with 11 event titles. Of the Huskers’ 11 event wins, five came in the throwing events. The No. 1 Arkansas men’s track and field team gathered three event titles, while its No. 14 women’s team earned nine events in the meet. NU tallied wins in the 4x400, the 110-meter hurdles and the 4x100, but it was the throwers and jumpers who led the way during a windy weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. Sophomore Maggie Malone won the women’s javelin toss with a personal-best throw of 170-2. It was a bit of redemption for her after a poor showing at the Texas Relays last week, she said. “All week I was just like, ‘You know what? That last week, it’s over with. That’s not happening again,’” Malone said. She also said she was really focusing on making this week a “redemption meet.” However, what her redemption turned out to be was much more than what she initially expected it to be. She said she was just hoping to throw more than 130 feet. “If you would’ve told me that I would’ve thrown 170 feet, I would not have believed you,” Malone said. It was NU’s first outdoor meet together this season. Last

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NU’s struggles in Big Ten continue Staff Report DN The Nebraska women’s tennis team lost its first two conference road matches of the season last weekend. On Saturday, No. 43 Indiana defeated the Huskers 6-1, and on Sunday, No. 37 Purdue downed them 6-1. So far this season, Nebraska is 8-12 since losing eight straight matches. Going into the matches, Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said he was feeling confident in the players and was proud of their ability to work through obstacles they’ve faced this season. Last season, Indiana went 18-10 and was dropped out of the NCAA Tournament in the first round after losing to Vanderbilt 4-0. When Nebraska and Indiana competed against each other last season, Nebraska won 5-2. In doubles competition on Saturday, Indiana’s Kayla Fujimoto and Alecia Kauss won against the Huskers’ freshmen Lisa Andersson and Hannah Sulz 8-1 at the No. 3. Shannon Murdy and Sophie Garre also earned a point for Indiana against senior Maike Zeppernick and junior Izabella Zgierska at the No. 2 position. In singles, Nebraska only earned 1 point coming from Zeppernick at the No. 5 position when Indiana’s

Murdy had to stop playing because of an injury. The Huskers then traveled to West Lafayette, Ind., for a shot at the Boilermakers. Last season, Purdue went 18-6. They were out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round after their loss to Miami 4-0 in the second round. Last season, Purdue defeated Nebraska 6-1. Purdue’s Krisztina Kapitany and Natalia Davila defeated Zeppernick and Zgierska 8-4 at the No. 2 court. Nicole Robinson and Claudia Escribens also won against Nebraska’s Sulz and sophomore Lauren Wagner 8-1. The Huskers failed to regain momentum in singles action, as the team lost the first five matches. Sophomore Maggy Lehmicke defeated Purdue’s Mara Schmidt 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) at the No. 1 position, which earned the only point Nebraska got for the day. Next time out for the Huskers, the team will hit the road again for another weekend of two competitions. On Saturday, Nebraska will travel to Evanston, Ill., to compete against Northwestern, and on Sunday the Huskers will go to Urbana, Ill., to compete against Illinois. Sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska senior forward Jordan Hooper was named a first-team WBCA All-American on Saturday at the women’s Final Four festivities in Nashville, Tenn., becoming the third Husker to earn the honor. Hooper was also named a firstteam Senior CLASS All-American on Friday and a secondteam Associated Press All-American before that. Hooper was the only player from the Big Ten to earn firstteam honors, joining three Connecticut players, two Notre Dame players and players from Maryland, Baylor, Stanford and South Carolina on the 10-person team. Hooper finished her career second in school history with 2,357 points and 1,110 rebounds. She is the second player in Big Ten history to achieve those combined marks.

Miles wins national coaching award

Second-year Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles was named the winner of the Jim Phelan Award, one of

numerous awards that name national coaches of the year, on Friday at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet in Dallas. Miles is the second winner from the Big Ten in the 12-year history of the award. Miles beat out 14 other finalists, including AP coach of the year Muffet McGraw of Notre Dame, Henry Iba Award and National Association of Basketball Coaches honoree Gregg Marshall of Wichita State, Billy Donovan of Florida and Greg McDermott of Creighton. Miles piloted Nebraska to a 19-13 record and its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1998. The Huskers won 10 of their final 12 conference games to finish fourth in the Big Ten. “It is really an award for our whole program,” Miles said after the awards banquet. “Not only for our players and coaches, but all of the staff members who work behind the scenes every day to help us build Husker basketball.”

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gymnastics: from 10 with her score of 9.875, and she was followed by Laeng (9.875), then DeZiel (9.825) and junior Amanda Lauer (9.775). “If you asked any one of them if they did their best, they’d say no,” Kendig said. “So we need to get ourselves a little more prepared.” For the 10th time this season, Wong won the all-around title.

She posted a final score of 39.625 to earn her the crown. “It’s hard not to be impressed with Emily,” Kendig said. Going into practices this week, Kendig said the team will have some time off to catch up on academics. They have two weeks to prepare for nationals, and the team will be missing three days of school next week for the meet.

Huskers split weekend matches Sydny Boyd DN “Hulk smash,” senior Brandon Videtich yelled. “Come on now,” sophomore Dusty Boyer screamed. “Let’s go!” Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said before the team broke huddle. The No. 66 ranked Nebraska men’s tennis team took on No. 69 Indiana and No. 33 Purdue. The Huskers beat the Hoosiers 6-1, but fell to the Boilermakers 6-1. “It was a really good win for us,” McDermott said. ”We lost to (Indiana) last year, so we came out seeking revenge.” The Huskers took the doubles point with the doubles teams of senior Tom Blackwell and sophomore Scott Elsass and doubles team of sophomores Marc Herrmann and Boyer. “We needed that momentum,” McDermott said. “Winning the first two doubles matches set us up for the rest of the game.” The third and final doubles match was team Videtich and sophomore Bradford Zitsch. After losing the set tiebreaker, 8-7 (9-7), Videtich threw down his racquet earning himself a technical foul for racquet abuse. Obviously frustrated with himself, Videtich sat on the bench with a Gatorade labeled towel covering his head. “It’s just so hard when you’re out there playing as hard as you can,” Videtich said. Moving into the singles play, the Huskers changed gears. Positivity seemed to carry the Huskers through their singles matches, earning them 6 of the 7 wins. “I am proud of the work that we did out there.” McDermott said. “Now we need to be ready for Purdue tomorrow.” The Huskers were prepared for the Purdue Boilermakers, according to McDermott. “We are going out there ready

weekend, the Huskers split and threw that morning.” traveled to three different meets: He said he and sophomore the Emporia State Open, the Will Lohman tried to compete Texas Relays and the ASU Spring off of each other in the shot Invite. put. Lohman finished second This weekend, the Husk- to Wright with a throw of 60-2. ers all hopped on the bus to Ar- Lohman also won the men’s hamkansas. Malone said having the mer throw with a personal-best team together for the first time throw of 201-6. The throw is the this outdoor season was the key sixth-farthest throw in program to her and the team’s success. history. The Huskers cheered each other The Huskers didn’t only have on and fed off each other’s per- success in the throws, however. formances throughout the en- NU won three events in the jump tire meet, she said. pits. Junior Ellie EwThe results speak for ere won the women’s themselves in terms triple jump with a of event wins for the personal-best jump of team and especially 42-6.25 on her last atthe throwers. One tempt. Her jump now athlete who also perleads the Big Ten. formed well was seOn the men’s side, nior Chad Wright. junior Devandrew “It’s really hard to Johnson won both come back two weeks the men’s triple jump in a row and really and the men’s long compete like that,” jump. He recorded Malone said. a mark of 24-1.75 in MALONE Wright won both the long jump and a of the events he comjump of 47-10 in the peted in. His throw of 62-0.25 in triple jump to sweep the men’s the men’s shot put now leads the pit jumps. Big Ten Conference, and his disNU also had success on the cus throw of 193-11 won him the track. The 4x100-meter relay team event on Saturday. of senior Tim Thompson, sophoLike Malone, some of Wright’s more Oladapo Akinmoladun, jusuccess was a little unexpected. nior Ricco Hall and senior Dexter Wright said his winning shot put McKenzie sprinted to the top of throw surprised him because he the Big Ten with a time of 39.95. doesn’t usually do as well so ear- They were also the top collegiate ly in the outdoor season. finishers. “I was a little disappointed The Huskers will return home with my mark in the discus,” and host the Nebraska Quad this Wright said, “but what I also Saturday at Ed Weir Stadium. Sports@ had to think about was an eightdailynebraskan.com hour drive the night before, and I

And practice this week will be all about fine-tuning everything, Kendig said. “Individually, each of them has to be a little sharper with each and every turn that they take,” Kendig said. “We can’t afford to come in and not have head in the game.” The NCAA Championships will be held in Birmingham, Ala.,

on April 18-20. “Our expectations (for nationals) are only on ourselves,” Brink said. “That’s all we can control. My expectation is for them to do well and hit 24 for 24 and do what they’re capable of doing.” Sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior Brandon Videtich played in both competitions for the Huskers this weekend. He performed in the doubles portion of both matches but struggled. to leave it all on the court,” McDermott said. Sunday afternoon played out much differently for the Huskers than the previous day. The weather wasn’t as nice, and the crowd wasn’t as big. “Purdue is tough,” McDermott said. “We knew that going in.” For the Huskers, winning the doubles point fast and early is important. Without it, the team lacks the momentum and confidence it needs to lock down the singles win. “We need to find ways to win,” McDermott said. “Sometimes we don’t fight for the point, and we need to make sure we are doing that.” The doubles point was quickly taken from the Huskers. Herrmann and Boyer beat Purdue’s Aaron Du-

jovne and Diego Acosta 8-6 at the No. 2 court, but that was the only Husker win. The No. 1 spot went to Purdue when Szymon Tatarczyk and Ricky Medinilla beat Videtich and Zitsch 8-7 (7-4). Mateus Silva and Mark Kovacs beat Elsass and Blackwell 8-5 at the No. 3 position. After Purdue took the point, the Huskers hit practice balls leading up to the start of singles play. “You have to hit a lot of balls to win matches,” McDermott said. However, the Huskers couldn’t pull through with a win. Zitsch lost 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 6 position next to Blackwell, where he lost 0-6, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 3 court. Boyer earned Nebraska’s only point, winning 6-3, 6-3. Sophomore Andrew Dzulyn-

sky lost in a quick match, 6-4, 6-3. Two matches remained, and Herrmann fought hard. He lost 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) at the No. 2 spot, and freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos lost 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 at the No. 5 position. “Energy wins matches,” McDermott said. “There needs to be positivity, and we will go back and practice hard for this week.” This week will be another tough one for the Huskers. They have a four-match week, facing Iowa on Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa, before returning back to Lincoln to host Northwestern and Nebraska-Omaha on Friday. The Huskers finish the week by hosting Illinois on Sunday at noon. Sports@ dailynberaskan.com

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Going the distance

All 3 Nebraska starting pitchers throw complete games against Ohio State

Junior Chance Sinclair fires in a pitch on Saturday. He was one of three starting pitchers for the Huskers to throw a complete game during the weekend series against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Hawks Field.

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aron Bummer had all the signs of losing his third game of the season Sunday afternoon. After Ohio State’s leadoff man, Troy Kuhn, reached on a Blake Headley error to start the game, the next two Buckeyes followed with back-to-back singles to load the bases. “He was pretty erratic early, I thought,” Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said of Bummer. “He really didn’t have a feel for his breaking ball.” However, Nebraska’s junior left-hander forced Josh Dezse into a double play and Zach Ratcliff to fly out to escape the first inning allowing just one Buckeye to come across home plate. Bummer threw flawless the next eight innings, and, thanks to a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth by Husker junior catcher Tanner Lubach, picked up his fourth win. “(Lubach) does a great job behind the plate and seems to always come through in the clutch when we need him,” Bummer said. Nebraska (19-13 overall) defeated Ohio State (18-13, 2-7 Big Ten) 2-1 to sweep

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the series and improve to 4-2 in conference play. Bummer became the third Husker starter this weekend to win a complete game, after senior Christian DeLeon and junior Chance Sinclair went the distance Friday and Saturday to win 3-2 and 4-3, respectively. The series sweep won’t be one Erstad’s team will be forgetting anytime soon, according to the Nebraska coach. “Those are college gameday experiences that you’re going to share with your teammates forever,” he said. “They’re going to talk about this weekend when they come back here 20 years from now at their reunion.” “It’s crazy stuff. That definitely doesn’t happen very often.” On Friday, DeLeon allowed a run in the fifth and seventh innings to give Ohio State a 2-0 lead entering the eighth inning. Before the weekend matchup, Nebraska had gone 0-11 when trailing after seven innings. But, like the old sports saying, records are meant to be broken. After freshman Ryan Boldt’s bunt advanced juniors Steven Reveles and Austin Darby into scoring position, senior Michael Pritchard and junior Pat

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NU takes 2nd in regionals, moves to championships Nebraska scores 196.975 in meet, will advance to NCAA championships in 2 weeks Vanessa Daves DN The No. 9 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team will advance to the NCAA Championships in two weeks after placing second in the 2014 NCAA Seattle Regional last weekend. On Saturday, the Huskers hit 23 out of their 24 routines to post an overall team score of 196.975 to follow Alabama’s score of 197.550. The top two teams from each regional championship meet move on to nationals. “I thought we did a really good job,” Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said. “We’re saving our best performances for the next round, but they did what they

score of 49.475, which was the needed to do.” Assistant coach Heather Brink strongest event in the competition for the squad. agreed and said she was pleased The Huskers took to the bars with the team’s performance. “Of course we’re ecstatic to in their third rotation of the night, where they posted a team score of get the opportunity to go back to 49.300. Wong led the team, winnationals,” Brink said. “We did a ning the event title with her score good job (last weekend). But can of 9.95. DeZiel contributed a 9.925 we do better? Absolutely.” and freshman Jennie Laeng added Nebraska started out their first rotation on the floor and notched a 9.825. “Laeng had a a team score of great meet for her49.125. Senior EmIf you asked self,” Brink said. ily Wong led the “She might think team with her 9.90 any one of there are some score to earn her spots she needs to the event title, and them if they did work on, but there she was followed their best, they’d was some big imby sophomore Holsay no.” provement for her. lie Blanske (9.85), That’s a big-presredshirt freshman Dan Kendig sure situation for a Ariel Martin (9.80) gymnastics coach young student athand senior Jamie lete to step up and Schleppenbach deliver, and she did (9.80). In their second rotation, the it.” In their final rotation of the Huskers competed on the vault. Junior Jessie DeZiel’s score of evening, the Huskers competed on beam. They posted a team 9.95 won her the event title. Wong and junior Desiré Stephens both score of 49.075. Wong led the team notched 9.90 and Blanske scored a 9.875 to contribute to the team

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Senior Emily Wong earned her 10th all-around title in the NCAA Regionals competition on Saturday in Seattle. Her all-around score was 39.625, with her best score coming on the beam (9.95).