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wednesday, april 9, 2014 volume 113, issue 129

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UNL’s writing outreach program works to instill, improve writing among children through positive reinforcement

Cedric (left), Amiah, Kelly Meyer, a fourth-year Ph.D. composition and rhetoric student, and Aireyona play word games at the Clyde Malone Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. Meyer is a volunteer for the writing club, a community outreach program offered to children in kindergarten to fifth grade.

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ome of 8-year-old Aireyona’s favorite things to do are visiting the park and reading Junie B. Jones books.

She also loves to write.

“Yes, it’s fun all the time,” she said with a serious nod of the head.

Aireyona is one of a group of local elementary school students who visit a writing club at the Clyde Malone Community Center on 2032 U Street twice a week. Most of them are on a reduced-price lunch or SNAP (formerly food stamps) program.

The writing club is part of the Writing Lincoln Initiative, which was established in fall 2012 through the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Writing Center as a community outreach program.

At the center, children in kindergarten to fifth grade come to the writing club to work on projects such as stories or prompts and improve their overall writing skills. The volunteers for the writing program are mostly UNL students.

Kelly Meyer, a fourth-year Ph.D. composition and rhetoric student at UNL and co-founder of the program, said it focuses on teaching a curriculum based on Nebraska State standards. But she makes sure there’s some fun, too.

In the community center’s multipurpose room on Tuesday, a handful of children sit quietly.

Meyer likes to make sure all of the children are behaving before she makes her announcements.

“OK, if you guys get all of your writing prompts finished and revised and we have time, we can play ‘the word game’ at the end,” Meyer said.

Small sets of eyes light up around the room.

Meyer said the program usually begins with about 40 students each school year, but attendance at the community center dwindles throughout the year.

During the program sessions, Meyer tries to use a combination of positive reinforcement and one-on-one tutoring to help the students be productive.

Meyer walks Aireyona through the differences of the words “piece” and “peace”.

“We write something the way we do for a rea-

Local elementary school students work on creating their own comic books at the Clyde Malone Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. The students visit the center to participate in Writing Lincoln Initiative, a club that allows the youth to work on writing skills through games and activities. son,” Meyer said. “She knows the word, but we take the time to talk about it.”

Meyer said she wants the students to do more reading outside the program.

“They learn a lot through reading, and there’s not enough of it,” she said.

Getting the program to where it is today hasn’t been completely rosy.

Meyer said it’s difficult to find students who are able to commit for semesters at a time. When it comes to building relationships with the children, that commitment is important, she said.

“Kids learn best when they have a structure,” she said.

Amanda Barnard, a junior English and communication studies major, began volunteering with the program early this semester.

“You need to be committed,” Barnard said.

“I’m here Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s important to establish those relationships with the kids.”

Acquiring school supplies for the program has also been a struggle, Meyer said.

“We also don’t have very good technology,” Meyer said, “which is too bad because the kids re-

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UNL ranks No. 38 in on-campus alcohol arrests Rehabs.com study moves Nebraska up 10 spots, joins 4 other Big Ten Conference institutions madison wurtele dn The University of Nebraska–Lincoln ranked 38 out of the top 50 institutions with the most oncampus alcohol arrests per 1,000 students in 2012, according to a Rehabs.com study.

UNL moved up from No. 48 in 2011 and is one of five Big Ten Conference schools to make the list.

The study used the latest data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education and included institutions with a minimum of 5,000 students and residence halls on campus that receive federal financial aid.

According to the study, UNL saw a 10 point increase in the num-

ber of on-campus alcohol arrests between 2011 and 2012.

“I think that it varies from year to year, but it’s not a significant variance,” said Keith Zaborowski, associate director of housing residence life.

Charlotte Evans, the assistant chief of the UNL police department, said the statistics don’t necessarily mean UNL has a bigger drinking problem than other schools, but she said that UNLPD can’t know for certain how many students are drinking on campus – only the number of arrests made or incidents recorded.

Evans said it’s important to note that people don’t generally get arrested just because they’re drinking – they get arrested because they’re drawing attention to themselves. It’s hard to know whether students have been drinking if they haven’t drank an excessive amount and are conducting themselves well, Evans said. She said it’s only when they’re being disruptive or are displaying obvious signs of being drunk that people usually take notice.

The way UNL reacts to student alcohol consumption may be a fac-

photo illustration by matt masin | DN tor in the increase of on-campus alcohol related arrests.

Every university is different depending on what types of pro-

grams they offer, whether it’s an on-campus police station, campus security, or relying on the local police department. The university’s

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stance on alcohol can also make a difference, Evans said.

The other Big Ten schools that were included ranged from Michigan State University, which ranked No. 11 to Indiana University Bloomington, which ranked No. 39.

Out of the five universities included in the ranking, three of them are dry campuses, including UNL. On a dry campus, students are prohibited from using or possessing alcohol regardless of age.

But Zaborowski said UNL being a dry campus didn’t affect its ranking.

“The citations have nothing to do with the fact that we are a dry campus,” he said. “Even if we were a wet campus, the reality is students under the age of 21 are not allowed to drink alcohol.”

Some UNL students recognize that on-campus drinking is a part of college life, but they still find the study alarming.

“I think it is higher than it should be,” said Katie McMullen, a junior chemistry major. “I know it happens, but I’ve heard of it happening more at other schools.”

Other students attribute the

high numbers to strict enforcement.

“I think it’s normal to drink on campus, and I think the cops should just let it happen, but I don’t think there’s a problem,” said Kelsey Thorpe, a senior chemistry major.

While the study indicates that there’s an increase in alcohol related incidents, Koan Nissen, the education and personnel officer for the UNL campus police, said the university is providing students the information they need on alcohol safety.

“The university as a whole makes very positive strides in educating students, faculty and staff on the dangers associated with alcohol abuse,” Nissen said. “Everybody seems to be doing their fair share to keep this campus safe.”

Evans said the best thing students can do is become more aware of the dangers of alcohol and drug abuse.

“Students need to educate themselves on their own alcohol use and challenging their own beliefs about what alcohol use looks like on campus,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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correction An article in the Friday issue of the Daily Nebraskan said incorrectly that the UNL chapter of Zeta Phi Beta had been suspended because of misinformation from Greek Affairs. The chapter received a ceaseand-desist letter from its national organization but hasn’t been suspended.

An article in the April 2 issue of the DN with the headline “UNL enrolls more men than women, despite national statistics” included an error regarding Nebraska college students. Thirtynine percent of male college students in Nebraska and 33 percent of female college students in Nebraska attend a school in the University of Nebraska system.

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RHA officers eager to settle into offices Gabrielle Lazaro dn Two eager new Residence Hall Association officers can’t wait to reach out to more organizations and engage students.

Claire Carlson, a junior computer science major, and Taylor Bosch, a freshman mechanical engineering major, were elected as president and vice president in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s RHA elections on Thursday. Both officers will officially be sworn in at the end of the Tuesday’s RHA meeting.

“Our goal specifically is to improve our residents’ quality of life,” Carlson said.

Both Carlson and Bosch said working with on-campus organizations – such as the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services Staff (OASIS), the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, University Program Council and the Nebraska Aviation Organization – is something they’re looking forward to.

“We’d like to continue those partnerships because a lot of these organizations have very similar goals so why not work together,” Carlson said. “Goals such as engaging students and making them more aware of various cultures.”

The recent changes to the RHA constitution, specifically by-law changes such as financial restrictions and the forming of new committees, are other areas of excitement for the officers.

“I think it will be interesting to see next year because he (current RHA president Matthew Knapp) had all those ideas recently this year,” Carlson said.

“It will be exciting for Taylor and I getting to see this through since

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Claire Carlson, a junior computer science major, and Taylor Bosch, a freshman mechanical engineering major, are the new officers for the Residence Hall Association. Carlson and Bosch will be sworn in Tuesday, and will serve as president and vice president for the next year. we were a part of that.”

Bosch said having a skill set in leading people and being involved in managing roles is always beneficial. Bosch, the current speaker of the senate and University Suites president, has always been involved in school government.

“It’s something I like doing,” Bosch said. “Running for RHA speaker of the senate was a very spur of the moment thing be-

cause I didn’t know beforehand that I could run. I just showed up to the meeting and ran for it.”

As far as becoming president of University Suites, Bosch had a little more time to prepare.

“I signed up – put posters everywhere, got my friends excited and after elections I was just the president,” he said.

Carlson on the other hand just got involved with RHA this year when she became a senator

for the Kauffman Residence Center.

“Sophomore year I was in Kauffman Residence Association,” she said. “The year before that I wasn’t involved … I was involved in some events but not in any official capacity – to some extent I regret that. I really enjoy what I do now and I think I would have enjoyed that. Part of that is that I’m kind of shy, which is odd for someone in this

role but I really enjoy the people they’re a big motivator for me.”

Before either officer could run, they had to get 100 signatures after that Bosch and Carlson made flyers as a part of their campaign.

“We did limit campaigning just because we didn’t know whether anyone else was running at the time,” Bosch said.

Originally, Carlson and Bosch were unsure of who would run for what title.

“I wasn’t sure if I wanted to run for president or vice president,” Bosch said. “We (Claire and I) decided to run together.

It’s a requirement to have someone to run with and that was the biggest obstacle in running – just getting a good running mate.”

Bosch said they eventually decided on running for their respective roles because Carlson was older with more experience and their skills matched better that way.

“The vice president does a lot of speaking during meetings and the president is very good at managing,” he said.

Bosch isn’t ruling out running for president completely, however. In the future he may run but it depends on many factors including how this next goes, he said.

Aside from engaging others and working as team, Bosch and Carlson are looking forward to the leadership opportunity.

“The more experience you get the better,” Carlson said.

“It’s easy to want to do things all yourself but being able to enable others to do things as a group together is definitely a skill that everybody needs to work on I think – or at least everybody our age – we’re never done learning.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

New website rates college class syllabuses SyllabusRate.com allows students to upload class syllabuses for other students to consult Jason Shaneyfelt DN College class rating websites have taken flight as a tool for students deciding which courses to take based off of reviews by previous students.

Bryan Krajewski, a sophomore business major at the University at Buffalo, recently launched his own class rating website called SyllabusRate.com.

The website differs from previous websites such as RateMyProfessors.com because it allows students who are reviewing a class to also submit the class syllabus.

Krajewski said this offers a more in-depth look into the class than just a smiley or frown face rating system.

“College is a rigorous system and that way you know ahead of time what you’re registering for,

because a class title doesn’t always give that information,” Krajewski said. “Students pay a premium dollar for their classes, and if they don’t know what they’re taking then that’s not good. So this basically gives them a right to know what they’re taking.”

SyllabusRate does have a fivestar rating system but students are also able to review things on a syllabus such as grading policy, assignments, class expectations and attendance policies.

Currently, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln doesn’t have any classes reviewed on SyllabusRate. The website launched in December 2013 and since then, it has had more than 20,000 syllabus views with about 50 colleges actively participating. Krajewski said he plans to add several new features to improve the website this summer, but he plans on keeping the website as simple and user friendly as possible.

As with any anonymous rating system, it’s possible for class rating websites to be abused or misleading. According to Justin De Senso, Krajewski’s former world civilizations professor at the University at Buffalo, there’s no system in place to check that the people reviewing a certain class are really in that class. It’s

also possible for a class to be given a poor rating because of a vocal minority of students who were dissatisfied with the class.

De Senso said RateMyProfessors tends to stray away from topics relevant to the class by including things in their reviews such as a teacher ’s attractiveness, which is indicated by a chili pepper next to a professor ’s name.

“It kind of trivializes to a certain degree and even perhaps insults undergraduates,” De Senso said. “With SyllabusRate.com, obviously I don’t think Bryan and his crew are going to make it kind of a trivial website. I think they’re going to take it seriously, and I think the best way to take it seriously is by centering it on the syllabus. Let’s be honest. It’s really easy to have a rate-my-professor site where it’s two things: chili peppers and smiley faces.”

De Senso also sees a lot of value in course rating websites and said they can even serve as a helpful tool for him to gauge where he is as a professor.

“In a lot of ways, the traditional evaluations of classes are good and they do work, but for me as a teacher, I care very much about how I’m working with my students and my impressions on students,” he said. “I care about

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Bryan Krajewski, a sophomore business major at the University of Buffalo in New York, created SyllabusRate.com in December 2013. The webiste uses a five-star rating system. how they see and perceive my teaching.”

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Director candidates hold public presentations 4 UNL professors vie for Center for Biotechnology’s top position; decision to be made in May Diego de los Reyes DN The Center for Biotechnology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is looking for a new director.

Four candidates – Paul Blum, Clinton Jones, Daniel Schachtman and Jiri Adamec, all UNL professors – are holding public presentations this month. The new director will fill the position previously occupied by Michael Fromm, who has been director since 2001. Debra Hamernik is currently the interim director and will serve until June 30.

The position opened for candidates this spring semester. The director ’s responsibilities are to

develop and implement the vision of quality life sciences research at UNL, fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations and leading the core facilities management team.

Selection of the permanent director of the Center for Biotechnology will be made by the administrators the director reports to: Prem Paul, Archie Clutter and Steve Goddard.

“The administrators will use input from the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Biotechnology as well as everyone that attended the candidate’s seminar or participated in interviews” Hamernik said. “We expect a decision to be made by the end of May 2014.” Hamernik said.

Jones, professor at the school of veterinary and biomedical sciences and one of the candidates, has been a faculty member at UNL for more than 24 years.

“I’m part of the virology center, and we actually help fund several of the core facilities that are part of the Center for Biotechnology,” he said. “And I’ve been

in charge of overseeing those core facilities, so that interested me – how to make the core facilities better.”

The presentations also have a space for questions and answers by the faculty, staff and students in attendance.

“They were pretty thorough, had a lot of questions,” Jones said. “I think there’s a lot of interest in improving things, making the Center for Biotechnology more visible and more user friendly and increasing some of the services that they provide.”

Blum is another candidate who has been at UNL for 24 years and has managed a research lab for the same amount of time through support from six federal agencies.

“I am a microbiologist that uses genetics, physiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry and chemical engineering as technical approaches for research,” he said. “I also am active in STEM education again with federal support, and run an independent core facility for cell and fermentation development.”

Blum mentioned the importance of maintaining the core services provided by the Center for Biotechnology, given that there hasn’t been an increase in the funds provided by the state of Nebraska through its Nebraska Research Initiative.

“My research and that of other life science faculty are dependent on these core services, and I am applying to the director position to make sure they continue, improve and expand.” Blum said.

“Since I started my own successful independently supported core facility several years ago, I believe I can solve the budget problems for the Center for Biotechnology cores and apply my vision of the future of life science research in a manner that best represents the breadth of science at UNL based on my deep knowledge of this institution. “ Blum’s presentation included recommendations for the six core services and his vision of creating a national reputation for the Center for Biotechnology through outreach.

Schachtman and Adamec

Public presentations All presentations will be at 3 p.m. in the Beadle Center, room E228.

-Paul Blum presented last Friday.

-Clinton Jones presented on Monday.

-Daniel Schachtman will present Wednesday.

-Jiri Adamec will present Tuesday. couldn’t be reached for comment by press time for this article.

Finally, Jones had a few words for whoever the new director is.

“I hope that they increase the visibility of the Center for Biotechnology and that they improve the core facilities because there’s a lot of people that depend on them for their research,” he said.

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Meyer said there are plans to expand the Writing Lincoln Initiative through the Indian Center Inc. on 1100 Military Road with middle school and high school age students, beginning in August.

The group also wants to establish a new adult literacy program called New Beginnings in collaboration with the Lincoln Literacy Program and assistance from Matt Talbot Kitchen and Goodwill.

In the meantime, the volunteers are enjoying the time they spend at the Malone Community Center.

“The most rewarding part is seeing the ways writing can em-

power students to say what they wouldn’t have otherwise said,” Barnard said.

Even if they aren’t comfortable around kids, UNL students should volunteer with the program, Barnard said.

“I am not a kid person,” Barnard said. “And it’s only an hour twice a week.”

Barnard said even though sometimes the students can be a bit unruly, the experience is worth it.

“They’re smart kids,” Barnard said. “They can get distracted, but, they’re kids.”

Meyer said the most rewarding part of the experience is seeing

the children each week.

“I love the excitement the kids have each week when they see us and when they share their writing out loud,” Meyer said.

The next step for the writing center is printing a book of the children’s writing. The book will be distributed to the children and members of the community center.

At the end of each session, the children and volunteers form a circle and put their hands in the middle.

“Writing club!” they all shout on the count of three.

Until next time. news@ dailynebraskan.com

‘We want it now’

Active tweeters could have more relationship issues, study says

The most active Twitter users are more likely to participate in confrontations that may lead to infidelity and divorce, according to a study published online in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking.

The study surveyed 581 Twitter users of various ages, asking questions about how often they log onto Twitter and how active they are on the site. The survey was promoted to the researcher’s Twitter account and The Huffington Post’s Twitter account, which may have affected results.

In a different study, conducted by Pew Research, found that 41 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds reported feeling that online conversations had brought them closer together and 23 percent said they have used digital tools to resolve a conflict.

Violinists choose new instruments over old ones in study Old violins may not sound better than new instruments, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers asked 10 world-renowned solo violinists to choose a violin to hypothetically replace their own from a mix of six new and six old Italian violins, five of which were Stradivarius instruments. The musicians wore dark goggles and played the violins for 75 minute-sessions in a rehearsal room and a concert hall outside of Paris. Six of the 10 soloists chose new violins as their preference, going against the traditional belief that old Italian violin models are superior to new ones. A similar study conducted two years ago found the same results.

Antonio Stradivarius made violins from the late 1600s to early 1700s. Those instruments are now worth several million a piece.

More babies use tablets, smartphones

Nearly four in 10 babies younger than 2 years old use tablets or smartphones, according to a study by Common Sense Media. That’s up from 10 percent 2011, but researchers don’t yet know how tablet or smartphone use may affect a child’s brain.

The American Academy of Pediatricians hasn’t issued any guidelines on children’s iPad use, but encourages “moderation for electronic devices.”

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Dylan Roberson leads a group of United Students Against Sweatshop protestors through the Nebraska Union Bookstore chanting, “We want Alta Gracia, and we want it now,” on Tuesday afternoon. Alta Gracia is a fabric manufacturer in the Dominican Republic that pays its employees living wages. One clothing rack of Alta Gracia clothing sits in the middle of the store.

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Moments before starting a protest, Tony Moran, fourthyear philosophy student, holds up his sign supporting Alta Gracia. USAS hopes to gain attention of university officials, and contract more Alta Gracia-made clothing in the store.

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Study: Women earn 82 percent of men’s salaries 1 year after graduation

The wage gap between men and women starts in the first year after graduation, according to a study by the American Association of University Women.

Women earn, on average, 82 percent of the salary men earn one year out of college, the study said.

The average for men was $42,918 one year postgraduation and $35,296 for women. The gap was narrower for public university graduates: Women earned about 86 percent of men’s salaries.

The study also found that women are more likely to borrow money to attend school than men were, and women are more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than men.

The report recommends improving awareness of student loan repayment, expanding access to Pell Grants and improving transparency of pay scales.

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Follett Corporation should increase Alta Gracia Apparel The United Students Against Sweatshops group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is advocating the presence of more apparel made by Alta Gracia Apparel, a company that doesn’t use sweatshops in its production, in the University Bookstore.

The DN Editorial Board realizes this is a complicated issue for Follett Corp., the company managing the bookstore.

Large changes in supply and demand practices can’t happen instantly. Yet we believe if it’s financially possible, Follett should add more racks of Alta Gracia products in the store.

We feel the addition of more Alta Gracia products to the bookstore is a relatively minor change that could potentially lead to greater sales success for the product by making it more visible to customers. The increased presence of Alta Gracia in the bookstore may not have any effect, but we believe Follett is socially and morally obligated to try it and see if it reaps any rewards.

Either way, it’s beneficial to all parties to keep up the discussion about where and how the products sold in the bookstore are made. Without considering other alternatives regarding the amount of Alta Gracia product in the bookstore, social consciousness could suffer.

Campus groups should continue finding causes they’re passionate about and advocating for change.

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witter has become a part of the family. It’s there for us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When we’re watching T.V., Twitter gives us spoilers. When we’re complaining about work, Twitter listens and tells your boss. And now, we’ve gotten to that part of our relationship where we want it there for the big things too, such as while we’re in labor … all 12 hours of it. Share it with the whole world.

And why not? If I’m sitting on a bed for even sure I’d want the father in there to see the half a day waiting for a human child to pass hot contracting mess sitting in that hospital out of me, if anyone can take the pressure, chair. But now, tweeting or Facebooking these Twitter can handle it. types of occurrences is just another life event to At least Twitter employee Claire Díazinclude on our timelines.

Ortiz feels this way. The thrilling and laboriAccording to Time magazine, people are beous documentation began April coming more enamored with the 5 at 3:30 a.m., starting the way idea of plastering their children’s Instead most birthing stories do, with digital footprint to the world a tweet reading: “Currently of being wide web as early as possible. googling: Did my water just “Pregnant in Heels” Bravo star a major life break? #labor.” Twenty-seven Rosie Pope live-tweeted the birth contracting tweets later, proof event, it’s just of her baby in 2012 for the netof the baby’s birth was snapped, work to show her fans. Time also another person’s and the world would welcome talked about Ruth Iorio, a woman her daughter into the Twitter- notification.” who not only live-tweeted her lasphere. It’ll look so cute in the bor, but Instagrammed it to boot. baby’s Facebook photo album But the overarching queslater. tion remains to be: why do this? What’s the best Perhaps what makes this story seem so that’s going to happen? You’ll be looking over strange is why someone would go to the your Twitter account, and racing to write down lengths to publicly talk about something that “Baby’s First ReTweet” in your baby diary? As once seemed so personal. When, in the future, for Díaz-Ortiz, although she hasn’t blatantly exI have to force a little person out of me, I’m not plained her reasoning, it seems as though it was

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more out of fun than anything else. Being a Twitter employee, it also has proven to be a platform to make the site seem more personal than a place to express pithy thoughts.

For Ruth Iorio, her decision behind her documentation was to make a political statement about home births. By keeping her followers and the world in the loop with everything she was going through, she showed her “unique experience, whether attractive or not and just be honest about (homebirthing.)” It was a way to show how efficient midwives can be and to reveal the problem with the United States “trying to get rid of midwives.”

Regardless of what the message may be, it’s scary for me to see how lax we are becoming with the lines that divide our public and private lives. Social media is supposed to bring us together, and that’s a beautiful thing. It’s always nice to hear that a friend of mine got a promotion, is pregnant or is having a baby. But walking me through those things seems a bit too intimate for my tastes. When the gas station attendant in Texas knows the baby’s head is coming out of my wooha at the same time as my grandmother, something just feels wrong. The meaning of bringing a child into the world loses some of its zeal. Instead of being a major life event, it’s just another person’s notification.

I know when the time comes, my child will mean more than that.

Emily Kuklinski is a sophomore English and theatre major. Follow her on Twitter @TheFunnyEmily. Reach her at opinion@dailynebraskan.com

Society sets unreachable Unions serve no purpose beauty standards for women in college athletics

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he downpour of pressures pummeling around the umbrella of what defines success is overpowering. From external demands, we must select what will mesh with internal pressures, allowing us to thrive. As economists say: there are always trade-offs, opportunity costs. For example, if you choose to spend Tuesday at Duffy’s with a fishbowl, the cost is being unable to get up for class Wednesday.

With this onslaught of pressures, many times we choose the wrong things to focus on. Arianna Huffington, founder of Huffington Post, addresses this problem in her book “Thrive.” She encourages a redefinition of success, after she literally ran herself into the ground trying to achieve society’s standards. She summarizes the dilemma we’re facing, “over-busyness … overconnecting on social media and underconnecting with ourselves.” She questions why we spend so much of our limited time on Earth focusing on the things “our eulogy will never cover”. With this, I have personal experience.

My senior year of high school I (subconsciously) chose to focus on the most salient success in my mind, to achieve society’s standard of beauty. The problem: I’m 5 feet tall with Ariel red hair, and no matter how skinny my waist is, I’ll always have a size large booty. Further, I get a sick joy out of pushing norms, especially when expressing my opinions.

But, no matter how confident I am within myself, my heart still sinks when those high-waisted shorts that fit “every other girl” refuse to slide over my hips. Because beauty is rarely expressed as the internal qualities that truly define one as a striking person. I’m not alone. According to Dove’s Real Beauty Sketches, 4 percent of women consider themselves beautiful.

Soak that in.

I lived two years of my life spending hours on the stair stepper, restricting my caloric intake and visiting the scale daily. I reached 108 pounds, my clothes were falling off my body, and I stopped getting my period. But, I mindlessly eyed Forever 21 models and believed: I can look like that by losing just a couple pounds. Wrong. See statement about my height and butt.

My motivation for losing weight came from media, including social media. In a report on beauty images, CNN said, “Before social networks, we had images of … perfect celebrities. We would pass these images on billboards … flip through them in magazines, but we weren’t sitting around staring at them for hours every day.”

Not only do we compare ourselves to professionally edited supermodels, we have countless social

Savannah TYRRELL media friends to compare ourselves to. When we do this, though, we think of their beauty as realistic. If my friends can do it, why can’t I? We rarely remember that these are snippets of people’s lives – the snippets worth highlighting. We have this assiduous, evil voice that tiptoes into our minds telling us how we need to be perceived by others — of which we have zero control.

This past week, though, I had an epiphany: perhaps it’s the perspective of others that we should truly adopt as our own. My insight came from two sources.

One was the tear-inducing Dove Real Beauty Sketches video. An FBI forensic artist sketched women he had never before seen based on descriptions the women gave him. He then made alternative sketches from strangers’ descriptions of the same women. When both were done, the women compared the results. Every single time, the drawing based on the stranger’s description was more attractive. The underlying theme: “You are more beautiful than you think.”

The second source of my realization was from a statement made by my friend within a conversation about my eating habits. She said, “Sav, you care too much. When I look at you I don’t think about any of that.” So simple, so true – no one cares as much as we do.

What people do care about is our compassion, our loyalty and our knowledge. It’s what we can offer from our souls and hearts that will leave a mark on this world. It took me two years to realize that what I see in the mirror isn’t necessarily what others see; this is something that is so innate in our minds that it is nearly impossible to understand. At first, the complexity of self-perception can be fear inducing. It can also be comforting, because whether you look in the mirror and see your individual brilliance or not, stop for a moment and know: “You’re more beautiful than you think.”

Savannah Tyrrell is a sophomore advertising and public relations major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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n March 26, the National Labor Relations Board granted Northwestern University’s football team’s request to unionize.

While the NLRB oversees private institutions, the case in Northwestern could serve as a precedent that might apply to all universities, including the University of NebraskaLincoln. The NLRB found that the football players are employees of the university, which may allow the team to bargain for salaries, different practice schedules and other benefits. This dubious decision will undermine the university, its other athletic programs and the football players themselves.

Colleges trade scholarships for students’ athleticism, and some athletic programs earn enormous amounts of money; however, most don’t turn a profit.

The majority of Division I football and basketball programs rely on other funding sources to remain sustainable. Additionally, salaries are taxed and thus offer a lower overall value in comparison to an equivalent scholarship. If salaries replaced scholarships and athletes chose not to attend school, it could compromise their future. Most college athletes never make it to the professional league.

Increased costs would have to come from somewhere, either by eliminating other non-solvent programs, higher ticket prices or even drawing funds from academics. Should NU’s men’s basketball and football teams unionize, it could spell the end of the baseball, track and bowling teams.

Title IX requires equal opportunities for women for schools who receive federal funding. This mandate includes a literal one for one gender ratio. So if a football team unionizes and bargains for a salary, healthcare or other benefits, Title IX would necessitate the same opportunities or benefits for women. Given that a football team has in excess of 100 players (NU has 143 on its roster), that would force the university to provide equivalent arrangements to 100+ women athletes. That isn’t the problem. Would all athletes receive the same salary?

Would star football players make more? Would female athletes make less or anything at all? Men’s basketball and football typically prove more lucrative than the rest and thus might perpetuate a culture of gender income inequality.

Some argue the primary motivation isn’t money or financial compensation but rather an effort to acquire medical insurance. Athletes put themselves in harm’s way and some suffer severe long-term injuries that last beyond their collegiate career. It seems reasonable to suggest the National Collegiate Athletic Association should provide a long-term health care plan for studentathletes that extends beyond their collegiate careers.

Given that they use their bodies on behalf of uni-

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versities, it could be ethically obligatory and legally justified to institutionalize such policies. This is possible without the formation of unions. There should be more dialogue and advocacy between the NCAA and its athletes, yet the NCAA represents all athletes, all genders, from all athletic programs, not only football and basketball.

Other possible remedies exist to meet some of the demands of student-athletes. The National Football League and the National Basketball Association utilize the NCAA as a de facto minor league for their pro ranks. While the NBA has its own developmental league, most professional basketball players hail from college. If athletes desire money, then they should petition the professional leagues to lower the age requirements that would allow them to forego college entirely and enter directly into professional sports. A possible disassociation between athletics and academics could reconcile this tension, but nobody wants to watch some non-existent team. They want to watch the Huskers.

Throughout the course of American history, unions have become an important component of improving workers’ rights, conditions and equality. Their influence and role in the United States have diminished recently: They’ve been around long enough to see themselves become the villains. Yet their legacy and utility outweigh any claimed grievances by their critics and remain important in the labor realm. Nevertheless, unions have no place in collegiate athletics.

I commend the Northwestern football team for its bold initiative, though it must not be allowed to unionize. I’m all for championing the rights of the student athletes and taking it to the hegemonic institutions of academia, but there are better alternatives. To change from student athletes to professional athletes would undermine the tradition and importance of collegiate sport and academics.

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

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any people are becoming familiar with Google Glass, the new wave of technology in smartglasses created by the search engine corporation.

However, despite the familiarity, few have access to a pair of the high-tech specs.

Jacht Ad Lab, a student advertising and public relations agency from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is one of the select few to have a pair.

“They’re not easy to get because they are still in beta-testing,” said Kevin Kuehl about the Google Glass. Kuehl, a junior broadcasting major, is a videographer for Jacht.

Kuehl and his fellow Jacht members didn’t need to venture outside CoJMC to get access to a pair.

“Matt Waite is a faculty member in our college, and he already had been given an invitation to join the Google Glass Explorer Program,” said Amy Struthers, the faculty founder of Jacht and associate professor at CoJMC. “(Waite) was able to invite three other entities,” Struthers said. “And as soon as I saw his (Google Glass), I said ‘Jacht needs some.’”

With the new addition of the Google Glass this semester, Jacht has a wide range of options as for what the specs could be used for.

“Right now we are exploring our production possibilities,” said Kuehl. “Amy is really trying to boost video production; she thought (Google Glass) would be a cool avenue to explore.”

Getting used to the Google Glass has also been a process for Jacht. Though top notch, the Glass may not prove to be the most user-friendly device the agency has used.

“We’re learning how to use it,” Kuehl said. “It’s different. It’s a miniature screen at the top. There’s a tiny projector inside that projects it onto a prism, and the prism is angled in front of your eye. You have to look up at it, change your focus and look out.”

Even though the club is in the early stages of development with Glass, Jacht has big ideas of what it wants to do with it in the future.

“We’re looking at it to help us with promotional messaging,” Struthers said.

UPC to present Big Sean, XV in concert Annual spring concert will bring 2 hip-hop artists to Nebraska Union greenspace

Jacht Ad Lab recently acquired a pair of Google Glass from the Google Glass Explorer Program. Jacht is experimenting with Glass’ content creation abilities.

“We’re really interested in figuring out content creation with Google Glass and how we can use it to advance a brand.”

But the exact process may not be there just yet with Jacht still in its early phases of finding the best avenues available.

“We’re still playing around with it a lot,” Struthers said.

Google Glass is able to provide many advantages for Jacht over other competitors in the same industry.

“It might not have as commercial of a style to it, but it will be attention-grabbing,” Kuehl said. “I would say the general population has heard of Google Glass by now. It’s cool; it’s popular. It’s just a different kind of video platform.”

The kind of platform the Glass carries is a first-person, human-eye perspective.

The vantage point of the Glass should provide a more individualized product for Jacht’s clients.

“It’s a true point-of-view angle,” Kuehl said. “It’s right where your eyes are.”

The individualized perspective of Google Glass will soon be put to work in social media outlets by Jacht as well. Kuehl

student voices on Big Sean’s upcoming performance

staff report Dn Grab your “Clique” and “Beware,” Big Sean is coming to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The rap artist, best known for his collaborations with Kanye West, Jay Z and Nicki Minaj, will play the Nebraska Union greenspace Wednesday for UNL’s free spring concert at 8 p.m.

Big Sean was chosen by University Program Council after a proposal, presentation and voting process.

“I think the majority of the students wanted a hip-hop artist this year, and that’s what we based our votes on,” said Nora Williams, a sophomore advertising and public relations major and UPC public relations coordinator.

“We like to switch it up so we please everyone.”

In addition to Big Sean, the event will also feature opening artist, XV, a 28-year-old rapper from Kansas.

Williams said XV was recommended to UPC as someone who shares a similar style with the concert’s headliner.

Prior to the concert, Williams said there will be a stroll, which is a Greek organization event.

Meet and greet passes have also been given out to UNL students by UPC, KFRX and UNL Greek Affairs.

“People are trying really hard to get meet and greets, and people are trying to get to the show,” Williams said. “Basically whoever is making the most noise through Twitter will get a meet and greet.”

In addition to awarding passes to students through social media, UPC held contests and games in front of the Union prior to the show to give away meet and greet passes and to generate

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and fellow members, who have been using mostly video and some photo elements of Google Glass, would like to bring it in to do some social media clips for the agency itself in the near future, Kuehl said.

The cutting-edge technology of Google Glass will aid Jacht in having an advantage over other agencies and knowledge of the most up-to-date devices. The Glass is able to provide a new outlook into production possibilities that other state-of-the-art equipment cannot.

However, Struthers wants more for students beyond what the most recent technology offers.

“What I really wanted with Google Glass is to make sure our students are always exploring with the latest technology,” Struthers said. “We know technology is always going to change, but to have the nimbleness and interest and curiosity and the willingness to experiment with things.

That’s something we want to instill in all of our students, and we hope Google Glass helps us do that.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Prairie Schooner to celebrate award winners

to feel immediately. That’s a rare gift.”

2012 award winners Aliu’s short stories and essays have appeared in “The in fiction, poetry will Barcelona Review,” “Necessary be honored by the Fiction” and “Hobart.” “Domesticated Wild Things,” which publication features short stories set in her hometown of Waterbury, Conn., is her first published book.

Zach Fulciniti The stories aren’t linked to any overarching narrative, nor Dn do they share common characThe Prairie Schooner will cel- ters, she said. But they all involve ebrate the publication of “Do- the theme of “feral children and mesticated Wild Things” and parents who are failing.”

Winning the prize and get“Fetish,” the winners of its 2012 ting her work published came book prizes in fiction and poetry respectively, on Wednesday with as an unexpected and “fantastic” music, photography and compli- surprise, she said, considering the stories weren’t even her primentary dessert. mary focus at the time.

Since 2003, UNL’s quarterly “I have been working on a literary journal has awarded two novel for a long time, and I felt book prizes each year, one for ficin a rut,” Aliu said. tion and one for po“I started sending the etry. According to edstories out to feel like itor-in-chief Kwame I was being proacDawes, a number of tive.” preliminary judges The clarity of read submissions and voice in her work, determine the best she said, hasn’t alwork from each catways been so apparegory. The submisent. sions they select are “When I first sent to the national started writing, I literary board, which mimicked other writcontains major writers, which I think is Aliu ers from across the totally a fine way to country, such as Colin start writing,” she Channer and Alicia said. “My voice was a reaction Ostriker. The literary board’s seto what I had been reading. It lections are sent to Dawes, who felt inauthentic to speak in this makes the final choice in each category. The winners receive elevated, authorial voice. When $3,000, and their submissions I removed the shackle of that, I think the stories started to find are published by the University themselves.” of Nebraska Press.

With her first book out, Aliu Dawes said judges are enis back to focusing on her novel, couraged to look for work that is also set in Waterbury. The book fresh and innovative. “Domesticated Wild Things,” he said, was tells the story of an Albanian chosen because of author Xhenet immigrant who impregnates a waitress and, 17 years later, Aliu’s distinct voice and humor. his teenage girl who resulted “The title alone should tell you that there’s a strong capac- from the pregnancy. The novel’s ity for humor that runs through- working title is “What Is More Lasting Than Brass?” out this work,” Dawes said. “I Orlando Ricardo Menes, the think the thing that stood out is the clarity of the voice, the fa- author of “Fetish,” is a creative writing professor at the Univermiliar nature of the voice. This is not easy to achieve as a writer of fiction, that the reader begins prairie schooner: see page 7

I came to the union, and they had a bingo-wheel thing, and if you spun that and got a blue dot on it, you won meet and greet passes. And the ball that came out had a blue dot on it. That’s really what happened, and it’s really exciting. First of all, I’m going to tell him how much I love his fiance, Naya Rivera, because she’s really cool. Then I’m going to tell him, I don’t know, how much I love him.

Ask me after, and I’ll tell you what I tell him.

Right now, I’m just planning on winging it.” maddie schlotfeld

I’ll probably just go with a few friends. I just live in the fraternity house right (by the greenspace).

Big Sean’s album came out at the beginning of this year, and I really liked it. So, I’m pretty excited for it. I was pretty pumped when I heard he was coming. Pretty much everyone I know is planning on going unless they have a test or something.”

It’s pretty incredible to get such a big-time artist. I remember I went to the Big Boi concert, which was cool on the green, but he was nowhere near as big and popular as Big Sean is. I don’t know if he’s going to play stuff off of his mixtape. That would be really awesome if he did. I’m such a big fan that I’m always on his mixtapes, so I just know a lot of his stuff.

Anything off of ‘Detroit’ would be awesome.”

Hope Npimnee

sophomore athletic training major

junior biochemistry and political science major

I’ll probably just get together with a few friends and then come to the show. I’m kind of a fan, I’m mainly going because friends want to go. It’ll be fun. I don’t make a big deal out of it. I just think it’ll be cool. I’m just looking forward to the atmosphere.”

I have calculus, a night class right before it. I’m already going to be on campus, so I might as well come. I’m not too familiar with (Big Sean). I heard about it before, someone else I know talked about it and said it was a good thing to go to, and I’m already on campus, so I might as well go.”

Ashley Fast Horse

sophomore anthropology major

Luke Eckstein

senior biology major

Craig Wurtz

sophomore finance major

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Sci Pop lecture to reveal Harry Potter science Kekeli Dawes Dn Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the mezzanine of Love Library, UNL Libraries will present the sixth lecture in its Sci Pop Talks! lecture series, “Book 8: Harry Potter and the Magic of Science.”

The lecture will be presented by associate professor of chemistry Rebecca Y. Lai, who taught an honors chemistry lecture course on the science of Harry Potter a few years ago at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

This presentation was one of the first planned, according to Kiyomi Deards, assistant professor and subject librarian for chemistry, biochemistry, physics and astronomy for UNL Libraries. “(Lai) teaches a very popular Chemistry of Harry Potter course, so it was a natural fit for her to do a lecture on Harry Potter as part of the series,” Deards said.

Lai’s talk won’t teach students how to make their own truth serums but rather will explore how J.K. Rowling incorporated and referenced science in her writing.

“I tried to understand her thought process in coming up with all these ingredients and logistics behind these

books,” Lai said.

The concoctions and techniques found in the Harry Potter books have more in common with ancient alchemy than modern chemistry. The practice of alchemy in the middle ages tried to transform materials, especially metals into gold, but also sought out life elixirs.

Magic, religion and folklore all play into medieval alchemy, but it’s processes set the groundwork for the experimental methods of modern science.

Rowling took several cues and references from alchemy, such as the Philosopher’s Stone, the title and subject of the first novel (only the American and film versions of the novel go by “Sorcerer.”) In alchemy, the Philosopher’s Stone was the name of the sought-after substance that could transform any metal into gold or silver.

But Lai believes Rowling had modern science very much in mind while writing the series as well.

“I think J.K. Rowling is actually a much better chemist even though that was not her major,” Lai said.

In the lecture, Lai will look at certain potions from the world of Harry Potter and ask the question: Is there any real chemistry behind her [Rowl-

School of Music to debut student work at Wet Ink Joe Wade DN The Glenn Korff School of Music is opening its doors this week to present this semester’s fresh work at Wet Ink, and we don’t mean tattoos.

Instead, music composition students are presenting a series of world premieres for listeners’ enjoyment and to show off what they’ve been working on.

Wet Ink is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln tradition of presenting original pieces of music that were created this semester. The event is Wednesday and Thursday in Westbrook Recital Hall, Room 119. These free concerts start at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public.

“For me, the most challenging part is that I’m still figuring out what I’m doing,” said Cambria Butcher, a freshman music composition major. “Every lesson brings new challenges because I’m asked to try different things and think in different ways. So my composerbrain is constantly evolving and developing.”

On Wednesday night, listeners will be able to hear Butcher’s composition, “Derbyshire Dale,” which was written for French horn and piano.

“It really was an exercise in following a preconceived format and trying to hit certain key techniques,” Butcher said. “Beforehand, I decided how each section was going to sound and that the third section was going to focus on first inversion chords. After setting certain parameters, I just went for it.”

Butcher said this piece proved difficult in finding a balance between an achievable and ideal French horn part.

“I have the most experience writing for the piano, so learning about the horn and what it can and can’t do was an interesting challenge,” she said.

One of the pieces that will be presented Thursday night is a wind quintet - a standard ensemble of flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and French horn – titled “Crimped,”

by Rachel Whelan, a senior music composition major.

“The title was chosen at random because I really didn’t want to use the title “Wind Quintet One,” she said. “I really wanted to write for this instrumentation, and I didn’t want the product to be conventional. If anything, I wanted to make fun of classical wind quintet music, not that I don’t love that repertoire.

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“Crimped” is a piece with three movements. The first movement has changes in time signature, which makes it difficult for listeners to find the downbeat, she said.

“The second is slow and based on jazz harmonies, which is pretty out of character for such a formal ensemble,” she said. “The third is a tongue-in-cheek presto – very fast – that pokes fun at ‘grand olde style’ music, and it whizzes by pretty quick.”

Whelan’s composition will be presented Thursday night.

“Every semester, our student composers present their newest pieces for a public performance,” said Eric Richards, associate professor of composition and jazz studies.

“This is a chance for composers to display what they’ve been working on, and it also provides a way for the composition faculty to check out what they’ve been working on.”

Originally, Wet Ink was intended to be a one night event, but, because of the amount of new music to be presented, it was changed to a two-night event, Richards said. The event has been organized for firstand second-year students to present the first night; and third-year, fourth-year and graduate students will present on the second night.

“We originally tried to do this all in one night, which ended up becoming an epic,” he said. “Then, last year I believe, we went to a two-night format so that all of our composers get some air time.”

Part of the process for the student composers involves organizing the music, finding the musicians who will be performing and getting the pieces rehearsed to a professional level, he said.

“These are all activities that composers have to deal with out in the real world once they graduate,” he said.

Richards said Wet Ink is like Christmas because the music composition faculty is able to hear all the students’ works.

“I’m really interested in hearing what’s going on in the other studios because there are always things that are interesting,” he said. “It’s an exciting time. So far they’ve all been good. It’s kind of a buffet; if you didn’t like what you heard in a piece, stick around long enough and you’re going to hear something that really resonates with you.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Lai plans to examine the chemistry behind invisible ink of the Marauder’s Map and even takes a detour to Herbology class, examining the real qualities of mandrake (no, they don’t wail like a baby when uprooted).

The lecture will not show students how to develop their own love potions, but Lai said some ingredients of potions have remarkable – or magical, if you will – characteristics on their own. Ginger, used in the Wit-Sharpening Potion wizards would chug before examinations, has similar, if not less powerful, effect on the body. Ginger has also been a herbal medication for digestive issues in India and China for centuries.

“By putting that in her potion, I think it’s quite nice that she chose something that might have some scientific reason behind it,” Lai said.

There are certain parallels between the world of Harry Potter and of ours, and Lai wants to draw attention to them. The aim is not to replicate magic or potions found in the books, but to see the science in them. Lai points to our advances in medicine and technology, such as the recent ability to levitate objects, or render materials invisible, similar to the invisibility cloak.

Though the world of Harry Potter is imaginary, Lai emphasized that fantasy does inspire real scientific changes and advances.

“It all really came from imagination – from sci-fi, from what people imagined what could happen,” Lai said. “And then people ended up going back into the lab and would do what they thought couldn’t be done.”

Deards thinks using movies and books people enjoy to teach science can help reach more people.

“When we use pop culture and films to illustrate scientific concepts, we’ve given people something tangible to relate to,” Deards said. “We hope people will learn some things that are fun, some that are useful, and change how they view the world around us.”

Lai’s presentation is for chemistry majors and those outside of the sciences alike. And, of course, Harry Potter fans are welcome; Lai is one herself.

When asked about how her fandom influenced her presentation, she joked, “I”m not writing a fanfiction here – at least not right now. When I’m less busy, I may write one. But not currently.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Musicians must adapt to changes in music Joe Wade

In my late teens, one thing I did when I started thinking about music and rock stardom as a possible career path, was obsess about death.

But, the concept of re-birth was the thought that really gave me a game plan for how I could succeed.

Now, I don’t mean death in any sort of personally suicidal or specific occurrence, other than the basic generality of the concept. Mostly just the question of will I be ready when the piper comes a’calling. I spent weeks of nearly sleepless nights with mental images of being locked in a cubical day after day until I’ve got grey hairs sprouting out of my ears as some form of biological warfare to block out the endless repeating of Lady Gaga’s “Artpop.” Then, finally, I seize up, cock my head to the side with a funny smile and drop to the cold, cold ground.

My high school teachers must’ve wondered why I was staring off into space while a puddle of drool formed on my desk. Naturally, I would have tried to tell my friends about the constant dark shadow looming over my

head, but they would have said I was depressed. I wasn’t. I was just bored and looking for a new way to exist.

For me, the whole philosophical thought process was summed up one Easter morning while sitting at church. I was sitting in the front row, and the pastor literally called out my name and said, “Joe wants me to preach on ‘If there is going to be a resurrection, there has got to be a death!’” I still have no idea why he used me to get the attention of the rest of the congregation. Maybe he saw other listless faces in the crowd, and I was easy prey. Whatever the reason, it was a good way to grab an audience’s attention, and it was the next logical step I had been searching for.

Trends die and are reborn all the time. The only way to strategize how to make it big in the industry of who’s who is to rely on the inevitability that what is popular now will go away, and something new will begin. If you can be one of the first, then you can be immortalized in the flapping pages of fame. Hell, you don’t even have to be good. You just have to be there when the industry shows up to take attendance. That’s easier said than done because if you misread the appetite of pop culture, you’ll likely have to hock your guitar for gas money just to get home, and it’s hard to chop the tree down again without your axe, metaphorically speaking.

Running around with an ambitious chain saw is better left to the big

wigs trying to transform a forest into a palace – not the average Joe trying, with surgical precision, to plant himself into already existing terrain. But, this might be the average Joe’s problem – trying to succeed in an industry already marked for destruction. What good is trying to be the tallest tree in a gated-community of suburban houses where even the planting of roses requires some sort of committee-voted-upon permit?

The current state of the union for music is more depressing than my obsession with death and knowing that my greatest potential is, as the comedian Dylan Moran said, “eating less cheesy snacks.”

Such as struggling with depression, which can be quite serious, a little methodical obsessing can be the road to discovering a happier place.

I hate the thought of being the old guy in the room who’s out of touch with the reality of contemporary vibrations and a constant source of “music was better in my day.” Sometimes I see that guy in the mirror and want to tell him to just shut up and die already. But, if I really look into his eyes it’s not disgust I see. I see empathetic pity because he has learned to enjoy the little thrill of having those weird ear hairs. Despite what he tells his wife while eating another burnt casserole, he’s still an old perv who loves rocking out and pretending he can’t hear what you’re saying. Secretly he wants me to get

frustrated, punch my fist into the mirror and actually bleed a little, because if you really want to be a rock star, you have to want it bad enough to bleed for it.

A recent interviewee told me that in photography you have to anticipate and react. Anticipate by knowing the image you want before the moment happens and, then, react by being in the right place at the right time to press the button so that the moment is happening while the camera is capturing it.

Musically that means being the right rock star, on the right stage and doing something cool when the industry gatekeeper comes in scouting for new talent. That also means don’t be the uncool old dude, who nobody talks to because all you do is complain. Start doing cool shit now while nobody is looking, and you’ll have plenty of time to practice. And, most of all, obsess about it. Your old decrepit ways may need to die before the new adventuresome you sees the light.

Alright, class dismissed. The homework for next time is spending some time alone in the pursuit of self-discovery. Come to class next time prepared to answer the question: Could I be the next big rock star?

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‘Enclosure’ captures retro, modern feel Joe Wade DN For those music fans who enjoy the occasional foray into the strange experimental world of progressive synth-pop and for those who don’t mind stretching the limit of their listening palate, John Frusciante’s latest solo release is here to test your appreciation of just how much you like conceptual music.

It’s weird. It’s certainly not for everyone, and it’s one of the coolest things I’ve heard all semester.

“Enclosure” is Frusciante’s 12th solo album and was released Tuesday. Red Hot Chili Pepper fans will remember Frusciante as the band’s former guitarist. He left the band in 2009. Despite the otherworldliness of “Enclosure,” it has familiar moments that have aspects of bands such as The Human League, Depeche Mode and Aphex Twin.

“Fanfare” is probably the most radio-friendly song on the album and the one interested listeners should check out. The song is structured as a ’80s-esque ballad,

conjuring mental images of driving around town in a convertible late at night. It captures the iconic sound of an ever-repeating drum machine loop, programmed synths and emotionally charged vocals.

During the last minute of the song, Frusciante even shows off his guitar skills with a riff that almost sounds as if it was played by Jimi Hendrix, before quickly transitioning into something more characteristic of the former Chili Pepper.

Keep in mind this is a highly conceptual album, and you are not going to get it on the first listen. The more I listen to it, the more I start asking myself the questions: What is this trying to tell me, and what does it remind me of? I can assume Frusciante intentionally crafted each one of these songs to sound exactly the way it does for a reason.

On the first listen, the experience can be a little uncomfortable because the album is very progressive, without any catchy choruses to hold onto. Instead, Frusciante gives the listener recognizable musical flavors. Once you get into the flow, it can actually be a lot of

fun. It’s kind of like the first time you try wasabi. The initial burn is pretty jarring, but when you pick up on the flavor, you won’t know what you ever did without it.

If you are familiar with a wide variety of music, it’s easy to pick out several distinct musical morsels reminiscent of other artists such as the slight vocal inflection of Madonna’s “Secret,” on “Shining Desert;” the slightly disjointed melody akin to Tom Waits, at the end of “Crowded;” and a brief vocal pinch of the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams,” on the song “Stage.”

These elements aren’t dubbedin samples. They’re more like homages to inspirational musicians.

It’s like a throw-back album, but without actually being a throwback album. Overall, it seems like “Enclosure” is meant to be sonically influenced by sounds from the late70s, early-80s but with a modern twist.

Maybe?

This is just one of those albums that, if you’re willing to take it for a spin, is going to take a while to figure out. With a playing time of

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Give it a try, I dare you. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

big sean: from 5 Alternative sizes for Big Sean’s name Big Sean is a’comin’ to town, and he might be a big guy. We don’t know. What we do know, though, is that one size does not fit all, and maybe Sean needs a little identity leeway.

Medium Sean: Big is a bold claim, and we’re wondering if Big ol’ Sean might like the comfort that comes with a more modest one. Medium is perfect, right between the polar opposites, right where no one really cares. That’s probably it; Big ol’ Sean needs a break from the limelight.

Bigger Sean: However, sometimes size matters, and all of us have our insecurities. Bigger Sean is a name that says, “Hey you, punk, I’m bigger than you.” It’s a name the conveys, in relation to other Seans, that this one is indeed larger – in many capacities like: brain, elbow, heart and certainly rhymes.

Biggest Sean: Well, sometimes being bigger than any given Sean is not enough. Big Sean has to become the biggest of all the Seans. What could that mean? Is there a road named Sean somewhere? Would he get as tall as the road is long? What happens when a parent buys their kid a star and names it goddamn Sean? What happens then?

Lifesize Sean: Big ol’ Sean doesn’t need any size modifiers for his name.

Come on man, we like you for you. Give us the real Sean, the only Sean, the one talking about ass, ass, ass, ass, ass, ass and more ass. Give us the one that’s … wait, you’re only 5’8”? Never mind. Forget we mentioned anything.

Funsize Sean: You know, the miniature candy bars. Sure, stage presence might be a problem, but at least he’d be delicious.

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Big Sean will play an outdoor show for UNL students Wednesday as part of UPC’s Spring Concert. Previous artists brought by the group include Icky Blossoms and Big Boi. excitement about the show.

The spring concert is one of the last events of the semester for UPC, which will end the school year with another concert event in the Union crib area featuring local band, Jeazlepeats.

Williams said she’s seen a positive reaction and plenty of buzz around campus about the free Big Sean concert.

“It’s been pretty good reaction,” Williams said. “Everyone seems really, really excited about it.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Dawes said the judges were where: International basically unanimous in choosing Menes’ collection.

Quilt Study Center and “They were drawn to the Museum formal mastery, the essential cost: Free control and maturity of language and form that he demonstrated,” he said. “There’s no question that there’s a way in which the poems reveal a sense poems in the book. of ritual but also a very strong Menes’ main inspiration is sense of poetic control.” “beautiful language.”

“Fetish,” Menes said, is a “I enjoy very much poetry continuation of his “preoccupation with the Americas.” Menes that sounds like poetry,” he said.

His next project was born in Lima, is about the AsturPeru, to Cuban parias region of Spain, ents. When he was where he said his fa10, his family moved ther ’s family is from. to Miami, and he It will contain pospent two years in ems about traditionMadrid as a teenagal Spanish art and er, before returning culture. His interest to the United States. in traditional culHe describes his ture comes from the cultural perspective fact that contempoas “mixed up.” rary Spain, he said, “There’s no prois not very different gram; there is no from other European Menes profile,” he said. countries.

“I’m an American, “There’s a cercertainly. But I also consider myself a person who tain homogenization in Europe that the European Union has exists between worlds.” brought,” he said.

“Fetish” is Menes’ third Both writers will be at the published book, and the first that has earned him a major Book Prize Celebration, which award. The major difference be- will be held at the International tween this and his previous col- Quilt Study Center and Museum lections is that, for the first time, and begins at 7 p.m. arts@ he included sonnets, which he dailynebraskan.com said comprise the most personal

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“Love Apparatus” isn’t without its baby making love ballads either.

“I Wish” is a heavy nod to Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation” and the best of ’90s R&B; the guitar-strum-led song of longing from afar is deliciously slow, full of well-timed riffs and embellishes and has an excellent hook, “I wish I could be the man she yearned for … I wish I could be the one …” It’s a shame the verses are severely forgettable and seem to wander aimlessly, waiting for the next hook to pick up again.

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Love Apparatus’ brand of neosoul isn’t the slack, grimy and nasty kind of groove D’Angelo has; Boykin’s soulful sensibilities are found in his melodies and are backed by more ambient music less concerned with rhythmic space, filling rooms with blended and layered strings, synths, vocals and percussion. It’s more textural than danceable. “Create Beauty” is driven by a simple kick rhythm, not a complex full drum rhythm.

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Nebraska looks to fortify line McMullen, Collins poised to step into larger roles after departures of key defensive linemen Andrew Ward DN A couple of them have made headlines.

There’s Randy Gregory, the junior college transfer known for bullying offensive linemen en route to becoming the Big Ten Conference leader in sacks.

Then there’s Vincent Valentine, the 6-foot-3, 320-pound defensive tackle who takes on double teams almost every play because of his sheer size.

That’s it though when you name off players on Nebraska’s defensive line.

Gone are guys like Jason Ankrah — a three-year starter — and Thad Randle to graduation. Gone are the likes of Avery Moss — a standout performer last year in his redshirt freshman season — to personal issues.

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remains optimistic with this unit.

“For the most part, guys like Maliek Collins, Vincent Valentine, Greg McMullen and Randy Gregory had no experience going into last fall,” Papuchis said.

“Now, with Maliek and Randy having an offseason in the weight room, we’re seeing them not only get better at understanding the scheme, but physically more explosive as well.”

Who are Collins and McMullen, exactly?

Well, get used to hearing those names, as coach Bo Pelini continues to praise their efforts along with a number of other talented defensive linemen this spring.

Collins will likely partner alongside Valentine at defensive tackle for the Huskers. He played some last season but still remained a “work in progress,” according to Pelini. However, work in the weight room has helped him put some muscle on his already large 6-foot-2, 300-pound frame.

Now to McMullen, who seems to be the other defensive end to line up opposite of Gregory, a first-team All-Big Ten selection.

At 6-foot-3, 280 pounds, McMullen has the ability to rush the passer from not only the outside, but inside as well, something Nebraska hasn’t had since a guy named Ndamukong Suh terrorized opposing offenses.

“Both those guys, Randy and Greg, have been playing excellent football and will only get better,” Pelini said earlier this spring.

In order to free up McMullen to play inside in those passing situations, the coaching staff is using redshirt freshman linebacker Marcus Newby as a defensive end.

Papuchis said Newby could be a year away from playing linebacker because of the complex Nebraska scheme on defense, but it’s hard to keep a player that talented off the field.

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Armstrong. As a result, a fielder ’s Tyson with freshman pinch runchoice moved Trede to second, ner Lotte Sjulin. Following the and a single by sophomore third substitution, senior catcher Taybaseman Sydney Hammes set the lor Edwards went yard, hitting a Ditto up for the RBI opportunity.

2-run home run. Sophomore sec“It was a drop ball inside,” ond baseman Hailey Decker folEdwards said. “It was a good lowed Edwards reaching on an pitch on both ends. It was a corner error by UNO second baseman and the catcher … she just kept Trede. This put runners on first her hands inside, and you can’t and second base for the Huskers do anything about that.” bringing up Armstrong with the Edwards buckeled down to tying run on second. close out the inning and shut out Armstrong hit a grounder the Mavericks the rest of the way, to UNO junior shortstop Tonya giving the HuskPeterson and was ers a chance to called out by first She just kept base umpire John stay competitive.

The Huskers’ Orlowski, a call her hands earliest opportuthat became contronity to put a run inside, and you versial because of on the board came can’t do anything Armstrong’s hustle. in the fourth inThe two other umning as freshman about that.” pires discussed and third baseman concurred with Ortatum edwards MJ Knighten sinlowski’s call of Armsenior pitcher gled, followed by TACKLE strong being out.

DEFENSIVE sophomore senior However, the outfielder Kiki rule of the play was Stokes’ single. This put Husker a coach couldn’t appeal the umrunners on first and second for pires’ call unless they had reason junior outfielder Kylee Muir but to believe the first baseman lifted Muir wasn’t able to execute as she her foot off the bag. With that begrounded out to the shortstop to ing said, the umpire didn’t over end the inning. turn the call, and the game was Eslasser ’s only period of angst over. came in the seventh as the Husk“I felt it was too much, too ers had a late surge of energy. little, too late,” Revelle said. “We With one out, sophomore inlost 3-2, but we didn’t start fightfielder Dawna Tyson hit a single ing till the sixth.” sports@ getting things started for the dailynebraskan.com Huskers. Revelle then substituted

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1 ’ 12 tackles 6 tackles starts for loss 2 es of the season. Four matches in makes my guys mentally tougher 21sack tackles one week can be tiring. to do the distance and expect to 1 “We physically prepare over win.”

5 tackles loss the course of the year for by doing The Huskers are going into forced fumble some 1 intense interval track work- their matches this win expecting outs,”1McDermott sack said. “I feel to win and come out with some that this not only gives my team Big Ten victories.

said. “But there’s no reason not to have a guy like that on the field somewhere. So we’re trying to get our best athletes on the field and get as fast as we can, especially in those pass situations.”

Pelini even went as far as to compare him to former Nebraska standout Demorrio Williams, who played nine seasons in the NFL. “That’s an area where he’ll be able to help us and give us some more juice opposite of Randy,” Pelini said. “If other teams want to single one guy out, we’ll get another guy over there to force them to worry about both of them.”

The Newby experiment is still just that, though. An experiment.

There’s nothing set in stone, as Pelini said other players have impressed as well, including junior Joe Keels.

Still, there is plenty of optimism with this group that ranked second in the Big Ten in sacks a year ago. And Gregory knows it can only get better.

“We don’t have as many mental errors,” Gregory said. “I think everyone knows their role. As far as last year, I think everyone was still kind of figuring out what they needed to do toward the end of the season. We just have a clear mind coming into this year.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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baseball: from 10 tensen and senior Zach Hirsch. want to follow their lead,” he For the first time since last said. “I think, for the most part, week in Fayetteville, Ark., Erstad we were impressed and happy for called on his bullpen. all of them. I just treated it like The two southpaws combined any other game.” for 1 hit and 4 strikeouts, leavNebraska junior left-hander ing Erstad pleased Kyle Kubat (2with his decision.

1, 5.25) will start For us to “(Christensen) Wednesday’s evedid a nice job out of ning matchup see those the pen, and Zach against Kansas finished it off,” Er- guys go out and State southpaw stad said. “Just an pitch so well – we Landon Busch (2-1, all-around fantas4.18). tic game and defi- all want to follow In the first nitely a character their lead.” meeting between builder for these the two squads, Zach Hirsch boys.” the Wildcats gave senior pitcher Hirsch retired the Huskers a rude the last eight batwelcome to Manters to earn his hattan, Kan., beatthird win of the season. The se- ing them 12-6. In the March 26 nior ’s appearance also marked contest, Miller surrendered 6 hits the seventh in a row that he’s and 6 runs in just 1.1 innings of pitched without allowing a run. work.

Although it’s been a week Nebraska will be looking to since his last game, Hirsch said break Kansas State’s four-game seeing Nebraska’s starters have winning streak against the team solid outings over the weekend in the final matchup of the season boosted his confidence Tuesday series. sports@ night. dailynebraskan.com “For us to see those guys go out and pitch so well – we all

Student manager brings experience to Huskers tending a gymnastics camp one summer with Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig, Field had other ideas.

He sent an email to Kendig and asked if there were any positions available he could fulfill to help the team out. Kendig offered him the student manager position, meaning he would help with various tasks such as moving mats, setting up the Bob DevVanessa Daves aney Sports Center before meets, DN creating videos or doing odd jobs to help the team out. Field gladly The first place Owen Field’s mom accepted. took him from the hospital after “I think from the very first time he was born wasn’t his home. Inhe came in and wanted to be a part stead, she took him to the gym she of our program, he’s had high enruns in Wisconsin. ergy and passion for what he’s doIt seems only fitting that now, ing,” Kendig said. “He comes in at the age of 23, he still holds onto every day and gives it his all.” his dream of pursuing gymnasKendig said he and Field’s tics. relationship has made the experi“(My mom) loves coaching – I ence beneficial for both of them. guess that’s where I get my enthu“He’s not afraid to challenge siasm for gymnastics from,” Field me, and I like that,” Kendig said. said.

“It doesn’t mean I change anyField serves as the student thing, but it makes me think.” manager of the Nebraska womAs one of eight children, Field en’s gymnastics team as he finsaid he feels getting work done ishes his psychology major. and staying on task has never Field started his gymnastics been a problem for him. career as a toddler at his moth“It has brought out a lot of the er ’s gym, taking qualities and characclasses and exteristics I was raised He’s not perimenting with with,” Field said. different events.

“I’d be confident sayafraid to When he was 5, ing I’m a pretty hard he started com- challenge me, and worker. I know you peting. He con- I like that.” don’t really get handtinued through ed anything in life. dan kendig the high school I’ve got a good sense women’s gymnastics coach level, always of responsibility.” planning on purField has worked suing collegiate under Kendig evgymnastics. ery year except the year after his “I’m a pretty realistic person, sophomore year, when he was ofand I looked into what (collegiate fered a job as an assistant coach men’s gymnastics teams) were all at Utah. While there, he coached doing,” Field said. “I just realized vault.

I wasn’t good enough.”

After that, he came back to But Field wasn’t going to give Nebraska again, but as volunteer up on his dreams of pursuing coach. This year, however, he gymnastics that easily. After at- went back to being student man-

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Nebraska women’s gymnastics student manager Owen Field hugs a Husker gymnast after a routine earlier this season. Field returned to Nebraska after a year coaching at Utah to finish his degree. He has already received coaching offers. ager so he could finish up his degree.

Though he’s already been offered some coaching jobs, he can’t accept them until he graduates.

But Field said he’ll take a job

wherever he can get one, as long as he can continue with gymnastics.

Field said the opportunity to work under Kendig — someone he considers to be a second father

to him — has taught him a great deal.

“If I would’ve been on the men’s team here, who knows if I ever would have started coaching or be where I’m at now with

coaching?” Field said. “I think that the way things worked out, and looking back now, were definitely for the best.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Husker track and field team came back from the 2014 Arkansas Spring Invitational with 11 event titles under its belt. Out of the 11 titles, five came from the throwing events the competition had to offer. Sophomore Maggie Malone added a title by throwing a personal-best 1702 in the women’s javelin. In addition, senior Chad Wright won both events he competed in by throwing 62.25 in shot put and 193-11 in discus. Other events Nebraska won in the competition included women’s shot put, men’s hammer throw, women’s triple jump, men’s triple jump and men’s 4x100-meter relay.

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In Nebraska’s most recent series against Illinois, the Huskers were able to defeat the Fighting Illini in 2 of 3 games. Although Illinois took the first game of the series 11-4, Nebraska didn’t take that as a sign to give up. Nebraska won the next two games with more hits, runs and RBI than Illinois could produce.

Freshman infielder MJ Knighten played well offensively with 4 RBI and 2 runs in the Huskers’ wins.

With the victories against Illinois, Nebraska is now 26-12 and above .500 in the conference play with a 5-4 record.

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The No. 9 Nebraska women’s gymnastics came in second place this year in the NCAA regional in Seattle. The Huskers, whose three-year streak of conference titles ended in their previous meet, will return to the NCAA Semifinals as a team after failing to qualify last season. With an overall score of 196.975, Nebraska fell just short of Alabama’s 197.550 total. Senior Emily Wong scored a career-best 9.95 on the bars a week after being named Big Ten Gymnast of the Year. Wong won the all-around with a score of 39.625, and the team scored better than 49.000 in all four events.

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Six seemed to be the lucky and unlucky number for the men’s tennis team in the most recent matches against Purdue and Indiana. Although Nebraska was able to defeat Indiana 6-1 on Saturday, the Huskers felt the ultimate sting from Purdue when the Boilermakers won by a familiar score of 6-1 on Sunday. While the loss was frustrating for the Huskers, their positivity in the singles play earned them seven wins in nine matches against the Hoosiers.

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Redshirt freshman Yoorim Kang has played six rounds this year and has a stroke average of 82.50 in her first season of playing time for the Huskers.

Nebraska sees improved results with experience After struggling in 2013, Huskers looking for better result in conference with older players Riley Bowden DN Since coach Robin Krapfl took over the Nebraska women’s golf team in 1987, her team has enjoyed a good amount of success.

Krapfl and the Huskers have qualified for 11 NCAA regional tournaments since 1994 and have consistently finished in the top half of their conference (Krapfl has been a part of three conferences in her tenure).

Nebraska has not qualified for an NCAA regional in the past six years, however, competing in its most recent regional in 2008.

Conference tournaments have been tougher for the Huskers as well, as they have finished in the top half only twice in the past six seasons.

Last year was statistically the worst year Nebraska has had since Krapfl took over.

The Huskers earned only four top-10 finishes in 2012-2013 and cracked the top 5 just once in 11 tournaments. They also struggled in the Big Ten tournament, finishing 11th of 12 teams.

Nebraska did have one thing 74.61, and Neisen’s 75.35 average going for them last year, though: is the team’s third best among the youth. The Huskers had just two normal starters. juniors on the team, and the rest Neisen has been at Nebraska of the lineup, in terms of eligibilher entire collegiate career and ity, was made up of freshmen. in her senior season has noticed a Krapfl was aware of the team’s distinct individual and team iminexperience last year. provement from last season.

“I feel (inexperience) was a “I feel that I have a lot more huge factor in the performance confidence,” Neisen said. “Our last year,” Krapfl said. “We had whole team has rounded up with a talented group of student- this philosophy of playing for athletes. They just their teammates. didn’t have the exMy mindset has beOur whole perience and thus come trying to play the confidence to well for myself as team has compete at a high well as for my teamrounded up with level.” mates.”

The Huskers’ this philosophy of The Huskers youth was apparcame in to the seaplaying for their ent as they strugson with the goal gled to find any teammates.” of making their sort of consistency first NCAA regional in their lineup. since 2008. The team steffi neisen This season is a is in a better posisenior golfer new story for a more tion to make an imexperienced Husker pact in the Big Ten team that seems to Tournament this have found a solid rotation. year and has an opportunity to The Huskers have won two make an even deeper postseason tournaments so far this season, run, according to Neisen. which have been their first tour“(Our position) feels very difnament wins since the 2008-2009 ferent this year,” Neisen said. “We season. The squad has also placed are much more positive about playin the top 10 seven times, almost ing well at the Big Ten Championdoubling its top-10 total from last ship. We really expect that we will season. be winning the Big Tens.”

Seniors Katelyn Wright and Neisen and the rest of the HuskSteffi Neisen are the only two uper squad control their own destiny perclassman on the team this year this year and look to complete what again and have both played major has been an impressive season for roles as top contributors for the a young Nebraska team. sports@ Huskers. Wright possesses the dailynebraskan.com team’s lowest scoring average at

Having finished a recruitment trip in Las Vegas earlier than expected, bowling coach Bill Straub changed his flights to come home to Nebraska a day early. Arriving ahead of schedule on Jan. 9, Straub went to work and settled into his office on East Campus. Although it seemed like any other typical day, he knew something was off.

“I was here at my desk, and I knew there was something wrong,” Straub said. “Coach Klempa was in the area, so I asked him to come in, and I told him I needed some help. I didn’t really know why.”

And with ambulances stationed on 33rd Street near East Campus, it only took a minute and a half for the paramedics to respond. Ten minutes later, Straub was in the Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center.

“If those two incidences hadn’t occurred, I wouldn’t be here now,” Straub said. “I would be on the wrong side of a daisy. I got real lucky.”

Once Straub was at the hospital, the hospital staff determined he had to undergo an emergency surgery for an aortic dissection, immediately.

“When I first heard about it, coach Klempa was telling me the news over the phone,” senior Yan Ling said. “I was surprised and quite shocked because it was so sudden. I was also calm at the same time because I know coach Straub has strong willpower, so I was sure at the time that he would be able to fight through it.”

Sophomore Beth Hedley had a slightly different reaction.

“I really didn’t think about the season,” Hedley said. “I just thought of how he was because he plays such a big part in our lives. He’s kind of like a fatherly figure, especially for the international students. It was really worrying because none of us knew what was really going on.

Part of us knew it was a very serious situation.”

Luckily, with the experienced staff at Saint Elizabeth, the surgery was a success for the head coach.

Since Straub’s absence, assistant coach Paul Klempa has been the interim head coach for the

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Nebraska assistant coach Paul Klempa (center) guided the Huskers to two victories in the absence of head coach Bill Straub (left), who missed four months.

He’s done a very admirable job. He’s not only kept things afloat, but they have done excellent.” bill straub bowling coach

bowling team. He’s led the team through several tournaments and competitions, placing first in the Prairie View A&M and Central Missouri Invitationals.

“I knew we were blessed with a great assistant,” Straub said. “The only difference being as opposed to him helping me and us each wearing a hat of what, we knew what we had to do; all the responsibility was his.

He’s done a very admirable job.

He’s not only kept things afloat, but they have done excellent.”

The bowling team also took matters into its own hands to become more independent, and the team members took leadership roles they hadn’t had to take before.

“A lot of us put in a lot of work to be aware of our own game and be more independent as an individual and as a teammate,” Ling said. “When he was away, people would step up and do the things they’re supposed to do and have some leadership roles that we’ve never really had before. It was good for the team because it showed us how independent we could be.”

In addition, the team also decided to dedicate this part of the season to the recovering coach.

“I think we all collectively decided that we were going to pull

it together and make this part of the season for coach Straub and do our best to impress him and make him proud,” redshirt freshman April Campbell said.

Now, almost four months since his surgery, Straub is back at the alleys with Klempa, just in time for the NCAA Championships.

“We’re collaborating, like we always did for all the years beforehand,” Klempa said. “We’ve done our best to get it back to the way it was before in the way we operated. When we go to the event this week, our plan is to go back to the way we always did things where it was always a collaboration of ideas and thoughts.

We make decisions together, and that’s what we plan to do again.”

Having never missed a single NCAA Championship tournament since it started in 2004, Straub is eager to compete, as well as getting back to being a full-time coach.

“The doctors tell me I’m way ahead of schedule as regard to my recovery,” Straub said. “It’s still too slow for me. I try to tamper my need to help the team with what the doctors say, but it’s a challenge. I try to slow it down a little, but I want to get back to being full time.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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furious last-inning rally by huskers falls short at home

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Sophomore third baseman Jake Placzek hit a 2-run single in the eighth inning to give Nebraska its first lead of the game.

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in of the season with ease.

Two innings later, Nebraska scored 3 runs, this time with its bats.

Although the Huskers recorded 5 hits and struck out 7 times, Erstad said he noticed his players contact improving as the game went on.

“Early on we tried to walk because we weren’t getting hits, so we just stood up there and nedu izu hoped that they’d walk us,” DN the coach said. “Then halfway through the game, we finally Jake Hohensee didn’t have the figured out what was wrong, greatest start on April 1 in Arand we started hitting with the kansas. Nor did he Tuesday other end of the bat.” night in Omaha against CreighWith runners on first and ton. second base, sophomore catcher However, his Nebraska Taylor Fish, who replaced starter teammates at the plate picked junior Tanner Lubach behind the him up late to avoid the loss and plate in the fifth inning, drilled a won 4-2 against the Bluejays single to left field to plate junior (15-11-1) at TD Ameritrade Park. second baseman Pat Kelly and The 20th overall victory tied the game at 2-2. marked the fourth consecutive After Miller grounded out game Nebraska has scored goto first and advanced Fish and ahead runs when trailing after Ryan Boldt to second and third, eight innings and its fifth vicsophomore Jake Placzek lined tory in a row. a single up the middle to plate Nebraska both of his teamcoach Darin Ermates and gave Early on stad said the Nebraska its first contest against we tried to lead of the game. the in-state rival After strandsticks out most walk because we ing runners on his since signing as weren’t getting last at-bat, Placzek head coach in said he knew he hits, so we just 2012. had to get the job “This was stood up there done the second the best grindtime around. out performance and hoped they’d “In that certain from a team walk us.” situation I knew since I’ve been that (Creighton’s here,” he said afBryan Sova) was darin erstad ter his 84th vicgoing to give me baseball coach tory at the helm. a pitch to hit, es“We were obvipecially in a 2-1 ously ice cold at count,” the rightthe plate. Not swinging the bats handed hitter said. “And he did. very well. Their pitcher did a I just barreled the ball up … fivery nice job on top of that. nally.”

“When you’re not playing Nebraska didn’t get its your best, you find a way to fourth complete game in a row, win. That’s called grinding, and but its players on the mound did that’s what our boys did.” provide quality pitching.

Compared to Creighton, Although Hohensee strugwhich scored its 2 runs in the gled early, allowing 5 hits and first two innings, Nebraska Creighton’s only runs, he did didn’t make a plug in the score- settle down his last two innings board until the sixth. With the before being replaced by teambases loaded, freshman desigmates sophomore Austin Chrisnated hitter Ben Miller walked to drive his seventh run batted baseball: see page 8

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Nebraska senior catcher Taylor Edwards clubbed a 2-run home run in the final inning to get Nebraska within a run of visiting Nebraska-Omaha on Tuesday night, but the Husker comeback was not enough against the Mavericks.

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oing into Tuesday night’s game, the No. 19 Huskers didn’t seem to be lacking energy in warm-ups, as team members were having fun dancing to the newly famous “Nae Nae” dance.

However, when it came to game time, the Huskers struggled getting offensive energy from their hitters.

“They were loose; they were energetic; they had energy but they just didn’t zero in,” Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle said.

Nebraska-Omaha senior righthanded pitcher Dana Elasser was dialed in with good command of her pitches, causing the Huskers to struggle with their approach.

Elsasser pitched all 7 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits.

The Huskers were putting the ball into play, but the ball wasn’t finding the gaps until it was too late.

Elasser ’s counterpart, Husker senior right-hander Tatum Edwards, had a quality start, allowing only a

3-run home run to UNO sophomore catcher Campbell Ditto in the third inning.

One could argue the ball barely got out of the infield other than Edward’s one mistake, as the Mavericks only had four hits.

UNO sophomore second baseman Tara Trede started off the third inning with a slap single that made its way between the shortstop and third baseman, which could’t be fielded in time

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Huskers head on road for mid-week match Big Ten bottom feeders Nebraska, Iowa meet up as Huskers kick off busy week of competition Sydny Boyd DN After playing two matches at home this weekend, the No. 62-ranked Nebraska men’s tennis team is on the road again. The Huskers (10-10, 2-4) will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-9, 1-5) on Wednesday at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex in Iowa City, Iowa.

This match is the first of four duals that the Huskers will play this week.

“Four matches this week? We love it,” coach Kerry McDermott said.

The Huskers are coming off of a split weekend, beating the Indiana Hoosiers 6-1 but losing to the Purdue Boilermakers 1-6 on the Vine Street Courts in Lincoln.

“This last weekend prepared us well for Iowa, and I think we are ready to battle at their place,” McDermott said. “We need to focus on ourselves and carry out our game plans on each court and compete like we know how.”

Iowa is coming off two losses to Indiana and Purdue. The Hawkeyes lost 5-2 to both teams and have lost five duals in a row by the same score.

Nebraska is currently in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.

Nebraska fell to No. 33 Purdue, 6-1 on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers have a few standout players who Iowa is looking out for. Those players include sophomores Dusty Boyer and Marc Herrmann atop the singles lineup and senior Brandon Videtich and sophomore Bradford Zitsch, who make up the top doubles team.

This season, Nebraska has two conference victories over Indiana and Wisconsin and is hoping to pick up another against Iowa.

“I think these past two matches have prepared us pretty well,” Videtich said. “We know we match up well with Iowa and know again that the doubles point is very important. We will go in prepared and ready for the great

opportunity for another Big Ten ‘W.’” Iowa senior Jonas Dierckx leads the Hawkeyes with 10 singles victories this season and will likely play the No. 1 singles spot after defeating his Indiana opponent on Sunday. Fellow senior Juan Estenssoro, who plays the No. 3 position, also has 10 singles wins.

The Huskers will stick to the same lineup and game plan as they have for most of the regular season. They hope to clutch the doubles win early and quickly so they have the upper hand going into the singles play.

For most of the season, the Huskers’ games have been on the weekends. Traveling to Iowa to play on a Wednesday is a team first this season.

“Playing in the middle of the week shouldn’t have any effect on the team,” McDermott said. “It is a little out of their normal routine, but I am sure the boys are anxious to get down to Iowa City and do some damage.”

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Nebraska senior Brandon Videtich leads the Huskers’ doubles effort at the No. 1 spot alongside sophomore Bradford Zitsch. Nebraska hopes to get off to a fast start in doubles Wednesday.