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Crossing the line

Don’t hate professors

NU I-back looks to play a more prominent role

Students should show respect to others’ passions

Stepping into the spotlight

Weslyn Ramaekers, a junior agricultural journalism and broadcasting major, and Jessie Tidball, a theatre performance graduate from UNL, prepare for a dress rehearsal of the fourth annual New Artists Festival in the Temple Building Tuesday.

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fter a long year of debate, events, fee allocations and elections, the Association of the Students of the University of Nebraska handed over the reins of student government to the 2013-2014 Senate Wednesday in the Wick Alumni Center.

“ASUN can be compared to any organization in the nation as a melting pot of ideas,” said outgoing ASUN President Eric Kamler, a senior agricultural economics major. “We will encounter people who disagree with us.

What keeps us going is the drive that we must all find that common ground that exists between all of us.”

Outgoing ASUN internal vice president Kaitlin Mazour, a senior English and history major, swore in the 28 new senators. The new senate is a combination of Engage Party, Revive Party and Sense for ASUN members.

“We have such a new group and are bringing so many different ideas into this organization,” said incoming internal vice president Kaitlin Coziahr, a junior fi-

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Apple Inc. doesn’t seem to be biting off more than it can chew with its rumored online radio service, iRadio.

Amit Saini, associate professor in the marketing department at the University of NebraskaLincoln, said the match between Apple and a Pandora-esque radio

Eric Reznicek, the 2013-2014 UNL ASUN president, gets sworn in by State Sen. Bill Avery Wednesday night. Reznicek, as well as the 2013-2014 Senate, were inducted as representatives for the university during a meeting at the Wick Alumni Center.

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service, which is said to be released this summer, makes sense.

“If you look at the online radio market right now, there are two major competitors (Pandora and Spotify) and neither of them are making a lot of money,” Saini said. “And here comes Apple with a very distinct advantage.”

Saini said Apple has the upper hand because only people with iOS devices will most likely be able to use iRadio, which could lead to an increase in sales of Apple products. He also said he sees “a direct relationship between streaming, liking a song and then going to iTunes to buy it,” which could increase profit for the digital music store.

“I think this is a win-win for Apple,” he said.

Saini said this could be why Apple is getting into online radio now if the rumors of iRadio are true. But he also said Apple could be in it for the competition.

“I’m not clear why Apple

hasn’t bought Spotify right now,” Saini said, “because I really think Spotify is the best music streaming service ever created.”

Saini said instead of making iTunes a complete subscription model, releasing iRadio could be the “next best thing.”

Brad Horn, a business graduate student, said Apple is “becoming stagnant,” which is why an innovation like iRadio could be good for the company.

“Consumers will only buy so many iPhones and iPads, regardless of what number you attach to the end of it,” Horn said. “They must pursue new avenues if they hope to remain an industry leader.”

Horn said services such as Pandora and Spotify have the advantage over Apple of established customer bases and years of experience. But he said Apple has “one of the largest, most recognized brands in the world and a legion of loyal superfans,” which

is handy for Apple. And Apple is large enough to offer a lower costmodel, making the potential iRadio “a very profitable endeavor for them,” he said.

Jacob Simnitt, a freshman exploratory major, said he uses Pandora but would use iRadio if it were released.

Simnitt, an iPhone user, said he likes online radio services because they’re easier to use, especially on his phone, and cost less than downloading multiple songs.

“I feel like (iRadio would) be better since it’s an Apple product and it’d be linked to the phone that they make,” Simnitt said.

“But as of right now, I really don’t have a problem with Pandora.”

Paska Juma, a freshman prehealth major and Pandora user, said she probably wouldn’t use iRadio, but she wouldn’t rule it out, either.

Juma said it “depends on what features (iRadio) has” and “if they make it better than Pandora.”

She said people, especially “Apple lovers,” would use iRadio because Apple created it.

Saini said he doesn’t think iRadio would catch on fast because the “surprise element is over.”

“We know what streaming radio can do. Unless Apple does something remarkably new and comes up with a radical innovation in that area,” Saini said, “I don’t think this is going to put the city on fire anytime soon.”

Horn said Apple could have a lot of opportunities available with the potential iRadio service, but consumers may still be weary.

He said he thought a lot of new Apple products and services fail.

“But Apple has always had a way of convincing consumers that Apple knows what is best for them,” Horn said. “I get the feeling that it won’t be any different with iRadio.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska rivers threatened by degradation layla younis dn Nebraska rivers are just as degraded than the rest of the nation, according to a new nationwide study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA reports that 55 percent of U.S. rivers are in poor conditions, 23 percent are in fair condition and 21 percent are in good condition.

In Nebraska, 58 percent were in poor biological health, 26 percent were in fair conditions and 16 were in good condition when the EPA sampled rivers in 2009.

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The biggest problem, according to the study, is high levels of nutrient pollution caused by nitrogen and phosphorus washing in the river from farms, cities and sewers.

Even though the study focused on surface water, more than 95 percent of water in Lincoln is from ground water, according to Dave Gosselin, a professor of Earth science in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources.

Surface water is anything such as rivers and streams, but ground water is anything that is a foot under ground, mostly water that is in soil, Gosselin said.

Gosselin said communities can deal with water contamination by finding a new source of water.

If there is not a reasonable water source, then most communities will build a water treatment plant to clean the water.

Laura Armbrust, president of the UNL Horticulture Club, said setting up ways to prevent contamination of water is the best solution to solving the issue of degraded rivers.

Armbrust said planting long grasses near or in rivers can help.

“Planting grasses near the water to prevent erosion and other stuff into getting into water,” Arm-

brust said. “It’s more prevention than fixing things,” The ecosystem is affected by the contamination the most, Gosselin said.

“The biggest concern is related to the ecosystem, an ecosystem being fish,” Gosselin said.

Armbrust said degraded rivers will affect the fish that live in the water, as well as ducks, migratory birds such as cranes that use certain rivers, anything that feeds off of those animals and animals that drink out of the water, including foxes and deer.

Armrbust also said degraded rivers could prevent outdoor rec-

reation, including canoeing in the Niobrara River.

“If the habitat becomes destroyed, if the streams are being degraded and the rivers are becoming degraded, then it will affect the recreation side of stuff,” Armbrust said.

She said river degradation is an important issue to everyone.

“Naturally, as plant people we love nature and all its parts and when parts of nature look degraded it makes us sad,” Armbrust said.

“We all can agree that we can keep our water ways clean.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents has hired Deloitte consulting to answer its questions about Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s proposed plan to privatize student health care at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Although the consultant group will work with university administration and health center staff to assess the plan and need for privatization, it will give its final report to the regents, according to Regent Tim Clare. He said he expects the consultant will give its report in late April or early May, in time for the June 17 meeting.

“Our board is taking this issue very seriously,” Clare said. “While the process we’re taking may in the short term look like we’re delaying for the sake of delay, but I can assure that’s not the case.

We’re delaying this decision so we don’t look back and say, ‘Oh, I wish I had known that.’ Now we’ll be confident in what we decide.”

Deloitte is a firm with global headquarters in New York City and nearly 200,000 employees around the world, according to its website.

Deloitte made its first visit to the University Health Center Tuesday. University Health Center Director Dr. James Guest said the consulting group asked about the health center ’s operations and financial background. Deloitte will also be looking at the UNL’s request-for-proposal and the contract between Bryan Health and the university, he said.

The regents have asked Deloitte to provide a dollar value on the health center, according to Guest. He said the health center has never been labeled with a specific dollar amount because its business isn’t taxed.

“The regents want to know what the health center is worth,” Guest said. “They’re asking, ‘What are they giving up by privatizing and what will they be gaining in the future?’ It’s kind of good business to know what your used car is worth.”

During its meeting with Guest on Tuesday, the consulting group also met with health center staff to ask questions about the health center ’s daily operations, college health and opinions on the privatization. According to Guest, Elizabeth Allen, Deloitte’s lead consultant on the privatization has a background in professional health care advising.

Guest said the consultant and regents are “doing their homework” on the issue. Throughout the privatization process, Guest has said more research on privatization should’ve been done before Perlman announced his plan to privatize student health care on Sept. 11.

Since Perlman presented his privatization plan to the community, health center employees have jumped ship, seeking employment at other areas around campus to maintain benefits or simply seeking work elsewhere. Roughly a dozen employees have left the health center, including a couple physicians, the lead pharmacist, marketing coordinator and insurance coordinator.

“It’s unfortunate these folks are deciding to seek employment

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asun: from 1 In his end-of-the-year renance, economics and manageport, Kamler highlighted several ment major. projects ASUN committees comOutgoing Sen. Mike Dunn, pleted this year, a senior comincluding: bringing munication We have Zipcar to campus, studies major, such a creating a Friends said the new Beyond Borders senate has a new group and event to connect high number international and of senators that are bringing so American students, haven’t been in many different revamping the 475ASUN before.

RIDE program and “I would ideas into this creating a bereaveprefer a lot of organization.” ment policy in new people UNL’s attendance coming into Kaitlin Coziahr policy that allows ASUN than the incoming asun students to be able alternative,” internal vice president to make up classDunn said. work after a trag“This year we edy occurs. suffered a lot “These committee summaall coming from all one party.” ries are only the tip of the iceHis suggestion to the new berg for what has been done,” senate is reading and fully unKamler said. derstanding ASUN’s constituOutgoing Senate Speaker tion.

Natalia Santos, a senior nutri“There’s going to be a lot tional and health sciences maof situations where either you jor, received ASUN’s Outstandor the person you’re in conflict ing Senator of the Year award. with is misinformed,” Dunn Although Santos wasn’t the said. “Knowing the constitution well will let you get more done.” chair to any specific committee,

Taxidermied bird stolen from museum

Santos worked with all committees to start and complete their projects. Her advice to the new senate was to continue projects that ASUN has started and to try new things.

“Don’t give up on stuff that’s already there,” Santos said. “This is the perfect time for you to mess up. If you mess up our budget entirely, no one is going to fire you. You’re not going to be kicked out of the university, so there’s nothing to lose.”

After being sworn in as president by Kamler, Eric Reznicek, a junior marketing and finance major, was sworn in by State Sen. Bill Avery as a student regent for the University of Nebraska Board of Regents.

“We have a great opportunity with getting students involved in ASUN seeing the multiple record-breaking turnouts in the election and runoff election,” Reznicek said. “It’s really exciting to see where we can go.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

A stuffed bird has taken off from the University of NebraskaLincoln State Museum, but it didn’t fly away. It was stolen.

Nearly three weeks ago, construction workers at Morrill Hall noticed that a taxidermied Red-necked Phalarope was missing, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.

Mark Harris, associate director of the University of Nebraska State Museum, said whoever took the bird would have had to jump over a glass barrier to get to it.

“We noticed it missing about three weeks ago, when preparing the Elephant Room for ceiling treatments,” Harris said.

Red-necked Phalaropes are no longer native to Nebraska, but now migrate from the Arctic Circle to western South America, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.

“It’s very small. It could fit in the palm of your hand,” Harris said of the bird.

Harris said crime is not a prevalent at the museum, as the last time something like this occurred was more than 12 years ago, when a youth stole a metal blade.

Sergeant Casey Johnson of the UNL police department said the investigation is ongoing and there are no suspects.

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At this point, Guest said the trend in employee losses has stabilized.

“But at the same time, I think a number of people are still actively or passively look-

ing for work elsewhere,” he said.

Although he doesn’t know if Deloitte will be bound to a confidentiality agreement like Bryan Health has been during the privatization process, Clare said he believes it’s appropriate for the regents to receive their full report from Deloitte before information is shared with the public.

“I think we’re going to try and get our questions answered

first so we can have time to get any follow-up questions we have answered as well,” he said.

Allen, as well as David Lechner, vice president for University of Nebraska Business and Finance, couldn’t be reached for comment by press time.

“It’s going to be quiet as (Deloitte) goes off to read their stuff and make sense of things,” Guest said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Abusive coaches should be fired immediately Wednesday, Rutgers fired its men’s basketball coach, Mike Rice, after ESPN “Outside the Lines” aired a videotape of him shoving, ridiculing and throwing basketballs at his players.

No one questions the decision by Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti to fire Rice. However, the timing of the decision has been nationally ridiculed.

Pernetti received the tape from a former employee in November and ran an “independent” investigation at the time. In December, in response to that investigation, Pernetti fined Rice $50,000, suspended him for three games and required the coach to take anger management classes.

There wasn’t anything different with the videotape in November 2012 and now. The only difference was it now became a national story.

Why change the punishment now? Why wasn’t Rice fired immediately?

There is corruption in college sports, and it needs to stop. Joe Paterno and Penn State kept Jerry Sandusky’s secret for years, but once it was found by the national media, the Penn State administration fired staffers left and right. That’s not right. Those people should’ve been fired immediately after hearing the news.

These schools need to hold themselves to a higher standard. Our own university should be held to this high standard as well. Colleges need to realize the mistakes of their coaches and take strong action without basing their opinion on the reaction of the media and the public once it spreads nationally. Pernetti should have fired Rice in November, not April.

Some say now is better than never. But what about the student athletes abused by Rice in that videotape?

It didn’t matter when Rice was fired; the damage was already done for his players. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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s we enter into these last few weeks of intense stress, fueled by a confusing mix of desire to succeed and apathy to actually reach our fullest potential, cynicism becomes the life force of students. I’m my own worst cynic every April. As the summer tauntingly approaches, a mountain of obstacles and challenges seems to stand in my way.

Hopefully you don’t feel this way about all of your classes, and surely there are some classes you enjoy. But every student acquires at least one bad egg, whether a class failed your expectations or was never one you really wanted to take in the first place. While it may be too late to turn back on your enrollment and academic choices, the end of the semester somehow brings out the worst in students.

This stressful time exposes a disturbing gap between students and professors.

For college students, April invites the bond of the common enemy: the professor and the class itself. All of a sudden every criticism of the professor and his or her methods, the structure of the class or the material itself becomes exponentially more difficult to endure.

Through all the final tasks and obstacles, the student only looks forward to the instructor evaluation, the ultimate place of revenge for semester-long suffering.

No matter how much autonomy I may have in deciding my course schedule, I always find myself in a course that I almost refuse to work for. The habit is exacerbated in courses I’m only taking as a requirement. Students often complain of the lack of empathy from the professor for their disinterest. However, instead of investing energy in complaints and apathy, students should empathize with professors and their work.

Too often, students think of the classroom as a fight: the professors and administration on one side and the students on the other. Professors are thought of to be too old, too incoherent or too unforgiving. However, we have an obligation as students to engage in empathy for the betterment of the academic experience and our own social growth.

With empathy, you will survive. If you can assume that whatever your professor is teach-

JANE SEU ing you is extremely important to them, you have no choice but to accept their requests and fulfill expectations.

Consider what’s important to you. It doesn’t have to be as grand as a rich academic subject, but can be your favorite sport, your family or global politics. Think of how you feel when you get the opportunity to participate in something that is deeply meaningful to your life and identity.

How would you feel if you offered a piece of that to someone else, only to have it rejected or insulted? Our professors continually offer their knowledge and commitment to their work every day in our classrooms, all the while knowing that most of their students care little about the endeavor at hand. It’s a difficult process, but students can lighten the tension by not only doing the work but also by adopting an attitude of empathy and humility.

Consider that your professors are human beings who have invested years of study, research and their entire professional lives to the subjects they are teaching you, whether at the introductory or advanced level. They were once bright-eyed students like us who had the opportunity to do whatever they wanted, and they chose this one singular field. In the blessings of college academia, they’re able to share pieces of that and pieces of themselves with you, the young student. The experience is not a transaction but a human connection.

Your professors are letting you into their world. Let that motivate you, not the grades they will give. There is a distinction between

their job and the things they do. Their job is to fulfill their greater purpose as teachers and mentors. They serve to educate students and to advance the growth of their field by educating students and reaching out to them.

However, the things they do include assigning homework, grading exams and lecturing.

It’s not a perfect system, or an entirely pleasant one, but these daily tasks serve to promote their purpose. They must be endured in order to achieve the greater goal in mind.

Students should focus on the grander purpose their professor is offering them. If they acknowledge that they’re being given the opportunity to understand something that is recognized as deeply important to someone else, it makes the undesirable tasks bearable and perhaps even enjoyable. By practicing empathy every day in the classroom, you may come to understand your own devotions even more. If you were so passionate about something, you would appreciate and maybe even demand the same respect toward it from everyone else.

When considering those professor evaluations, take the time to reflect on your own performance and treatment of your academic experience. The professor or the class may not have been enjoyable or preferable to you, but what did the professor achieve under the assumption of empathy?

Likely, someone who has dedicated a consummate part of their lives to something did not entirely fail in their objective. Student criticism should not be about how professors met student convenience but about whether they created a productive academic experience for the student. Did the professor offer students the best chance to learn and succeed?

Keep in mind, not every student will succeed. The obligation of the student is not to succeed but to take each class with a mature attitude of respect and empathy. Through that process, you learn and grow as a young person who can develop your own interests and passions with a compassionate understanding of others.

Jane Seu is a junior political science major. Follow her on Twitter @jane_seu and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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s people get to know China through its economic achievements, China is ready to present itself in other aspects as well.

This past month, at the National People’s Congress Conference, Xi Jinping was elected to be the President of the People’s Republic of China. At the same time, Peng Liyuan, Xi’s wife, officially became China’s new first lady. As a popular folk song singer in China and a HIV/AIDS Goodwill Ambassadors for World Health Organization, the first lady became a symbol of a more confident China. As this trend continues, it will be beneficial for Americans to learn about factors behind this phenomenon and take actions to understand China better.

A better understanding will result in a more constructive U.S.-China relationship.

For a long time, China was referred to as a nation that only made knock-off products. At the same time, laborers had to work long hours to receive little pay. This surely isn’t the image that will make China proud.

However, just as the image of China receiving foreign aid is fading, the image of low-end manufacturing is fading as well. Now, it’s becoming more difficult to find shoes or other textile products that are made in China. Instead, made in Vietnam, Pakistan or India is becoming the norm.

The textile products sold in the Nebraska Union can give you more details.

Now, China’s labor cost is rising. In places like Guangdong Province, where most of China’s exporting companies are located, the laborers’ wages have gone up at 12 percent each year from 2002 to 2009. Some argue that higher wages in China will benefit Latin America because they can provide cheaper labor compared with China. At the same time, big consulting firms such as Accenture suggest that multinationals should rethink their “manufacturing and sourcing strategies.” As Chinese labor becomes more expensive, it probably

JIAJUN (ABE) XU makes sense to move their manufacturing plants.

However, they forgot to mention the positive effects brought by raising wages in China: A fast growing middle class. With a population of 1.3 billion people, a richer China is ready to consume. If you recall, in 2010 China overpassed Japan to become the second largest economy in the world. Much of the growth is contributed through exporting and investing. However, this situation is changing. In 2012, the National Bureau of Statistics in China suggested that over 50 percent of China’s growth during the first three quarters of 2011 was fueled by consumption, rather than investment.

One of the big consumptions in China is the automobile. According to CNBC, in 2011, 5 million more vehicles were sold in China’s Auto market than in the U.S. market. According to the CIA World Factbook, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in real value term is about $9,100. This may not seem to be a lot of money, but that’s about how much the average American or Japanese made in the 70s, or Germans made in the 80s, or South Koreans made in the 90s.

History shows us that when a country’s GDP per capita approaches the $10,000 level, the

economy will typically shift from being driven by investment/exporting to consumption. When a nation can afford to live a better life, it becomes more confident.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has presented a new image to the world. This image shows a nation that is full of ambition and determination. For example, in 2003, China sent the first Chinese man to space in the Shenzhou-5 Space Ship. Nine years later in 2012, China managed to carry out a “staffed docking mission with an orbiting space laboratory module” and sent the first Chinese woman into space with the Shenzhou-9 Space Ship. This year, when Chinese President Xi Jinping had his first state visit after becoming the president, the first lady Peng Liyuan traveled with him. At the same time, she didn’t forget to showoff Chinese fashion designers’ talent to the world. As Time Magazine claimed, the new Chinese first lady “sparked Fashion Frenzy.”

Or, as Chicago Tribune suggested, Peng is “China’s first publicly glamorous first lady.”

The significance of a more confident China is not just about new space ships or the outgoing first lady. Along with the outstanding economic performances, Chinese people are becoming more open to the rest of the world. This is great news for people who worry about the rising of China. A more confident China will bring the rest of the world more opportunities to explore and learn about its people, culture and politics. Just like the relationships between people who hold different political views, a better understanding of each other will help the U.S. and China work better together. In fact, Chinese are very welcoming to guests. As the song during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game goes, “Beijiing Huanying (Welcomes) Ni (You)!”

Jiajun ‘Abe’ Xu is a double major in Finance and Economics. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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new act Fourth annual New Artists Festival showcases student-written plays

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Jessie Tidball, a theatre performance graduate from UNL, helps performers prepare for a dress rehearsal for the fourth annual New Artists Festival in the Temple Building Tuesday. Tidball is the costume designer.

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resh-faced writers, artists and actors will be among those displayed at this year’s New Artists Festival.

The coming festival will feature four student-written plays, including “A Wizard’s Game,” “Everyone is an Asshole in Hell,” “And With Your Spirit” and “Songs From My Recorder No. 1.”

In addition to the plays, the festival will feature something new: a gallery of artwork of various mediums done by University of Nebraska-Lincoln students.

“We have a collaboration with four different art students in the university,” said Joshua Waterstone, the artistic director for Theatrix and producer for the festival. “The gallery will be open every night, an hour before curtain to display their works in ceramics, painting and film. It’s a free gallery that you can come to, as well.

Even if you don’t come to the festival, you can come check out the artwork.”

Self-identity, religion, magic and humor are among the themes in this year’s featured works. The plays, which are written and directed by uni-

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Students in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film practice their 20-minute script of “A Wizard’s Game,” by Ben Adams, a senior theater major, in preparation for the New Artists Festival in the Temple Building Tuesday.

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drunk king, an eccentric wizard and a robot fight.

“A Wizard’s Game,” a play directed by Fred Drenkow, tells the story of a kingdom crumbling because of their inept king

and the havoc that ensues when his advisors attempt to bring in a wizard to help their kingdom.

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Logan Gee, senior film major, and Brenna Hill, a freshman theatre performance major, rehearse a scene for the short play “Everyone is an Asshole in Hell” Tuesday night at the Temple Building.

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Written by Cory Soukup and directed by Dominic Ciofalo, “Everyone is an Asshole in Hell” tells the story of a dysfunctional family that faces the end of the world and must set aside their differences in order to survive.

“I play Isaac, son of Dan and Nancy Fischer”, said Logan Gee, junior film major. “It’s a play about a guy and a girl’s relationship and what happens when Christmas at the

Fischer’s falls on the Mayan Apocalypse, which actually comes true.”

The play is part of the festival’s short fest, plays that are only 20 to 30 minutes in length. Though the play is short, it features some of the festival’s best comedic performances and writing. “‘Everyone’s an Asshole’ is very sketch-comedy-like,” said Joshua Waterstone, artistic director of Theatrix.

“It’s a really fun piece.”

Like the other New Artist Festival plays, “Everyone is an Asshole

in Hell” has had only a short time for rehearsal, though Gee said there’s been no problems getting everything together.

“We started rehearsing at the end of February,” Gee said. “The process has been pretty smooth. Spring Break always throws a wrench into productions, but it gets figured out by the end.”

The play, which will be performed on April 5 and 7, is partnered

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he play opens with a group of people sitting at mass. It becomes obvious that one character hasn’t been to church in a while because she recites the wrong words to the liturgy.

“Instantly you can tell if a Catholic missed some Mass if they don’t know the words, and that’s exactly what happened to me,” senior theatre major Emily Martinez said.

Martinez based her play “And With Your Spirit” on her life experiences and the journey of finding the way back to her faith.

“This year, I’ve been getting more involved with my faith, and that’s just what I was feeling at the time,” Martinez said. “I just wanted to share that with students and with any audience that was willing to watch.”

The play focuses on a group of college students attending mass. Martinez said they are all at different places in their faith and hopes someone in the audience will be able to relate to at least one of the characters.

“I really hope it reaches out to students who feel they can’t turn back to God, because that’s just false,” she said.

Martinez decided to write her own play after another one of her

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undergraduate student Ben Adams and features five students in its cast.

Tyler Sells, a sophomore theatre major, will take on the role of Hughes, one of the king’s advisors.

“He’s not the brightest bulb, I wouldn’t say, but he’s kind of a lovable dork,” Sells said. “He’s athletic, so he’s kind of the muscle of the two advisors, but he doesn’t actually do anything. He’s kind of the goofy one, I guess, and Elena, the other advisor, is more of the grounded and down-to-earth kind of character.”

Sells said not only is this his first time performing in the New Artists Festival but also, his first production as a theatre student at the university. He said the show has been a good learning experience and his castmates and director have pushed him to become a better actor.

“I just recently got accepted into the theater program at UNL and so this is my first real show,” Sells said. “I’m definitely looking forward to doing NAF again next year and, yeah, I got in, and I’ve been working with an awesome cast. It’s been a lot of fun.”

Though the play has only been rehearsing since a short time be-

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Senior theatre major Sam Voelker gesticulates wildly to sophomore theatre major Derek Davidson, during a rehearsal for the play “Songs from My Recorder #1.”

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Weslyn Ramaekers, junior agricultural journalism and broadcasting major, and Derek Davidson, junior theatre major, practice their 20-minute script for “And With Your Spirit” by Emily Martinez, senior theatre major, to prepare for the New Artists Festival in the Temple Building on Tuesday, April 2.

ate Ruleaux gives the phrase “based on a true story” a whole new meaning in a play he wrote for this year’s New Artists Festival (NAF).

Ruleaux, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumnus, wrote the play “Songs From My Recorder #1” based on a night he and his friends experienced during college.

Ruleaux said he used to go to parties or nights with friends and record what was happening. He then used that material for inspiration while writing fictional short stories and a column for the Daily Nebraskan, which became known as “The Party Column.”

During his junior year, Ruleaux began writing a play based on one of the nights he recorded. After setting it aside for a while, he made some changes and presented it at a staged reading through Theatrix.

“It was strange to see how these actors, who never knew any of the people that this was based on or what we were like back then, still captured their experience and the script and the show as a whole into the same attitudes and characteristics like the people we were and the people we knew,” Ruleaux said. “(It’s) this attitude of a younger college undergrad transcending time through both generations of people.”

Though it is a full-length play, Theatrix asked if it could be featured in NAF, which usually features works that are between 20 and 30 minutes long.

“I guess I was just getting nostalgic during the end of college and it was from a time around the end of my freshman year into sophomore year, and I just thought that the conversations were really interesting,” Ruleaux said. “Thinking about where me and my friends ... (who we) were then and who we are now.”

Director Emma Gruhl, a freshman theatre major, was at the reading and said that she didn’t gravitate toward the play’s subject matter. She was interested in the witty script and the fact that the play is based off real recordings.

“It’s just something that makes the writing really raw and honest because it was actually spoken,” Gruhl said.

“Songs From My Recorder #1” is about a group of friends hanging out on the back porch, talking about life.

One of the characters in the play, Nick, is an aspiring journalist and decides to record the night’s events.

The group of friends discusses how people change in college. They go

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Cory Soukup, junior film and new media major, and Meghan Modrovsky, junior theatre performance major, act as husband and wife in “Everyone’s an Asshole” during rehearsal Tuesday night. with the other two shorter plays, “And With Your Spirit” and “A Wizard’s Game.” While “A Wizard’s Game” and “Everyone is an Asshole in Hell” both offer the audience some comedic relief, the three plays are very different from one another.

“The differing plots don’t really have an effect on each other,” Gee said.

“I think they kinda compliment each other. ‘Wizard’s Game’ is a silly, goofy, kind of show, and so is ours, while ‘With Your Spirit’ is more serious.”

Despite their differences, Waterstone said that each play has much to

offer, and he believes that audiences will be very happy with the students’ work.

Though each play will offer something different for the audience, Gee said “Everyone is an Asshole in Hell” will stand out because of its jokes and the story’s family ties.

“From ‘Everyone is an Asshole in Hell,’ audience members should expect stereotypical family roles and a few scrotum jokes,” Gee said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

intro: from 5 were thinking (in) their mind, which is very different than just a cold or a workshop reading. We’d love to attract new writers. We haven’t had much writers outside of the Johnny Carson school, but we’d love to attract short story writers who are English majors or writers from throughout the university.”

Unlike many productions which allow the cast and crew to rehearse for months, New Artists Festival only holds rehearsals for about four weeks, something that can put a restraint on things such as set designs and learning lines.

“On the short fest, each play is 20-30 minutes long and they’ve been alternating their rehearsal so none of them have been rehearsing every day,” Waterstone said. “We’ve also been sharing actors, so there’s a lot of sharing of resources. We usually rehearse all of our Theatrix show for about four weeks. Four plays is a lot to rehearse

at once.”

Allowing new writers to see their plays fully acted and produced is generally a rare thing. Waterstone said he hopes his opportunity will allow these writers and students involved to continue with their theatrical path and allow others to see their work.

“I hope the audience comes in with an open mind, knowing that this is the New Artists Festival,” said Waterstone. “I think (that’s) the best thing when coming to a festival of new work is coming with an open mind and saying ‘Oh, there’s the gem amongst the dust, and I think with some polish, that could be really pretty and that person has a lot of potential.’ Hopefully getting their work produced and getting it shown in front of an audience will foster these writers and allow others to see their work.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

fore spring break, the festival is already in its final stage of rehearsal and production. Despite time restraints, both the actors and those who are involved with the technical aspect of “A Wizard’s Game” have worked together to create a finished and polished project, one which will begin its run April 5.

“It was very difficult, especially not only with having very different plays but also with presentation limitations and time limitations, but I was pretty lucky that my directors didn’t ask too much of me,” said Cassandra Tyrrell, a junior theatre design major who is in charge of set design for the New Artists Festival.

“It’s a very simple set.” “‘A Wizard’s Game’ set was probably the simplest,” Tyrrell added. “The director wanted more of his effects through writing so, basically, the only real element that I put into it, besides my props, was the crest that’s on set.”

Sells said the play wouldn’t have been possible without those behind the stage, especially without their lighting and sound operator, Joe Shea.

“He did a kick-ass job with the lights and sound,” Sells said. “He basically crafted a song for the robotfight scene, and it’s probably my favorite part. It’s kind of techno-y and it’s kind of dubstep but it’s kind of rock but it’s awesome. I want him to make me my own song, so I’m excited for that part.”

As for what the audience will get out of “A Wizard’s Game,” Sells said they should be prepared to leave laughing.

“Viewers can expect a lot of awkward moments because our wizard’s pretty goofy,” he said. “There will definitely be lots of laughs.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Abby Uecker, a sophomore theatre major, runs through her lines during a dress rehearsal for this year’s New Artists Festival in the Temple Building Tuesday.

recorder: from 5 down and check on their drunken friend who never leaves the bathroom, and he joins in on the conversation as well. There is even a point in the play where Nick and friend Helen question their relationship status, argue about where they stand and question their future together.

The last act of the play goes into the future a few years to after the friends’ graduation. Two of the guys meet up on the porch again and reminisce about the days during college.

“It’s a fun spot because it makes it relevant to me now,” Ruleaux said.

After hearing the play would be performed at NAF, Ruleaux sent the script to a couple of his friends the characters are based on.

“He had a great time laughing at how stupid we were about a lot of things we talked about and how important everything was back then in that moment and how a

ally played off one another a lot,” couple years later — but not much Gruhl said. “From there, it really later — those things seem pretty took off, and we have five very frivolous to us,” Ruleaux said. specific characters.”

One of the friends in the play Even though Ruleaux graduis still around the Lincoln area and Ruleaux plans on taking him to ated in December, he is still around Lincoln and has been able to help the Saturday performance. He said Gruhl and the cast during rehearshis friend joked that if the perforals. Gruhl said it’s been nice to get mance was too real, he would sue. his input on certain “I suspect the friend I’m taking We’ve been moments, adding it helps the actors to ... is going to have working further understand a great time laugha character. ing about how really hard, and Gruhl said there dumb we were is a little more presand maybe how I’m excited to sure when the direcdumb we are still,” show it off,” tor is involved in Ruleaux said. the process of creAs the play is emma gruhl theatre major ating the play and based on real peowhen some of the ple, Ruleaux and audience members Gruhl explained might be familiar with the people how to capture the essence of the being portrayed. characters.

“We’ve been working really “(The process of character development) was making sure that hard, and I’m excited to show it off,” Gruhl said. “I think that the all of these guys were different memory is going to be conveyed but melded well as friends and re-

pretty well, and I think that it will have that reminiscent tone for a lot of people viewing it.”

Gruhl said she feels the scene involving the future is what ties the play together and lets the audience fully understand the friendships portrayed.

“I think (that reminiscing is) a big theme in the entire show, because it did happen and it’s very true,” Gruhl said. “I think it really completes that theme of reminiscing on the past and, not dwelling on the past, but thinking fondly of it and how that’s going to shape your future.”

Ruleaux and Gruhl think the audience will enjoy and understand the meaning of the play because it is set in Lincoln and UNL is mentioned a few times.

“It’s written by a college student for college students,” Ruleaux said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Music students Nick May and Emily Callahan perform Bryce Hesterman’s composition, “Dreams,” at the School of Music’s WET INK Spring 2013 recital. The performance took place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Westbrook Recital Hall.

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Students casted in “And With Your Spirit” practice their lines during a rehearsal for the New Artists Festival in the Temple Building Tuesday. productions was chosen for last year’s New Artists Festival.

“It was an amazing feeling watching the words I write come to life,” she said.

Martinez said she hopes she is providing a kind of play that isn’t as common. She added NAF and Theatrix usually feature edgy and risky productions. Martinez wanted to go risky, but in the opposite direction.

“I think it is kind of a different show,” Martinez said. “We haven’t done many things like this ... I’m hoping there’s a lot of honesty within the show, which is something that I really feel the theater needs to have, or it fails.

“But it is by no means a ‘come to Jesus’ play. I’m not trying to push that on anybody at all. But I definitely want the message out that He’s always there and that’s always an option.”

Brenna Hill, a freshman theatre major, plays the role of Lily, who Hill said she believes is loosely based on Martinez herself.

“I thought it was a cool opportunity to be able to (act in this role) for her,” Hill said. “There’s a lot of pressure, I think, in that. I hope I didn’t ev-

erything up to her expectation and did it in a way that would make her vision come to life. It’s kind of intimidating in that way.”

Hill explained Lily realizes her relationship with God is what’s missing in her life.

“I think that (Lily) has a lot of similarities to me as well,” Hill said.

She said she was raised in a religious home and is able to connect with her character of Lily on a more personal level.

“Most of my character is based off who I am,” Hill said. “I know that I’m still trying to find myself, and I’m still confused about things in life ... She’s very similar to who I am.”

Martinez wrote the play to resemble a journey through faith, and it’s one the audience can watch and see from different perspectives.

“It’s my experience and I’m sharing it with them,” Martinez said. “This is a way to tell people to feel dumb and know that it’s fine. Times will move forward and you’ll grow, and you’ll learn a lot about yourself.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Nine Huskers win Academic awards Nebraska assistant Heather Brink teaches gymnasts to manage time matt duren dn From an early age, before Amanda Lauer could go to the gym to train for gymnastics, there was one thing she had to get done first: her school work.

Her parents said if the homework wasn’t done, she would be staying home instead.

“My parents always said that I had to do my schoolwork before I could go to the gym,” Lauer said, a sophomore on the Nebraska women’s gymnastics team. “I had to make sure I was doing well in school, or else I would miss training and being home studying instead.”

All that hard work in the classroom has started to pay off for Lauer and eight more members of the team, as the squad placed nine student athletes on the Academic All-Big Ten list, the conference announced last week.

Jessie DeZiel, Janelle Giblin, Kailyn Hawkins, Amanda Lauer, Jennifer Lauer, Kassandra Nathe, Jamie Schleppenbach, Desire’ Stephens and Emily Wong were all named to the academic all-conference listing.

In order to earn Academic All-Big Ten accolades, a student athlete must be a letter-winner in at least her second year of competition and carry a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher.

“It means a lot to get an honor like that,” Kailyn Hawkins said, another sophomore on the squad.

“I didn’t know I was going to be one, but it’s a great honor. It feels good to know hard work pays off, and I take schoolwork very seriously.”

NU assistant coach Heather Brink is one who deals with academics on the team. She meets with each of the girls regularly

Fans looking to catch a glimpse of Nebraska’s up-tempo offense this Saturday will be disappointed, according to coach Bo Pelini. The Huskers will move at a decent pace, but most of the playbook will be kept under wraps until the season starts, he said.

“It’s about playing basic football, watching them block and tackle, and hopefully we have a full house,” the coach said. “In Memorial Stadium, when you put a good crowd in there, it should be a good atmosphere and a nice day to see how those guys handle that atmosphere, especially the young guys.”

The game will be nationally televised on the Big Ten Network and is one of only a few spring games this weekend, so it will have the college football spotlight.

“I think it’s a good thing,” Pelini said. “I think it’s good that

Newcomers take the field in NU spring game Offensive newcomers to watch Alonzo Moore

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Amanda Lauer performs a floor exercise earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Lauer and eight other Huskers won All-Big Ten Academic awards. to talk about grades and said it is quite easy because of the circumstances.

“A lot of times, gymnasts know of their time constraints,” Brink said. “Being able to have good time management is key, and for the most part, our girls have that. If they need help on something, they find tutors or meet with the professors. For us, there aren’t a lot of problems.”

Becoming All-Big Ten is even harder for some athletes when taking in the changes of college over high school. For some, this will be the first time they leave home for years at a time when they are on their own. The classes and workload is also much hard-

er, and there is more to shuffle being a student-athlete.

“College is definitely a lot different than high school,” Lauer said. “You have to be a lot more self-disciplined and hold yourself accountable for getting your schoolwork done. If you don’t, then you won’t be in the gym.”

Brink said academics is one of the big things the coaches look for in recruiting.

“We look at what they do in the classroom a lot,” Brink said.

“A kid that is struggling in high school might not find it any easier in college. With that being said, they may be struggling, but putting in the most effort that they have. Or they might just be lazy

and not putting in a lot of effort.

There is a big difference. If someone is trying and putting in the most effort they can, that says a lot about the recruit.”

One thing is for certain, gymnastics won’t last forever. That means that it is especially important to be successful in the classroom for life outside the gym.

“I think it very important for me to make goals,” Hawkins said.

“After college and going into the workforce, I think they look to make sure you have what it takes.

I think that getting good grades and achieving that goal helps with all the effort and hard work you put in.” sports @dailynebraskan.com

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it’s live. I asked the fans to come on out. Let’s fill this stadium and show people across the country that are going to watch this game that we have the best fans in America. That’s what we have, and it should be on display Saturday.”

Players to be held out Saturday

Nebraska is a little unhealthy heading into the spring game Saturday, and the whole team won’t be available to play in the game. Pelini elaborated on the status of his team heading out of spring ball.

“It’s been a physical spring, and a lot of guys have gotten nicked up, so it’s what you’d expect at this time,” he said. “If a guy is hurting, with all the stuff we have coming up after the game, we will rest him so he’s ready going into this.”

Pelini said the Huskers will continue to lift weights and hold

team meetings after their practices wrap up this week. It’s an important part of getting the team to where it needs to be, according to the coach.

Off the top of his head, Pelini named Ameer Abdullah, David Santos, Daniel Davie and Alonzo Moore as guys who won’t be in the game come Saturday. He said there may be a few others held out as well. Because of Nebraska’s health as a team, the coach said he will probably call for a running clock in the second half of Saturday’s game.

“With where we are numberswise, we probably will have to, but we’ll see,” he said.

Abdullah itching to get on the field

Running back Ameer Abdullah has missed the majority of spring practice with a knee injury and will not get to play in Nebraska’s spring game for the second year in a row. Last season he was slated

to play, but the weather shut the opportunity down for the back.

Abdullah said Wednesday he is disappointed and has always wanted to play in a spring game.

Instead of getting reps on the field, Abdullah’s been a mentor to the other Husker backs this spring — a role he’s ready to get out of.

“It’s been real tough because I’m a real fiery guy and seeing the defense make a play, it makes me want to get in there and make a play to shut them up,” he said.

“But it’s been good for me to watch from the sideline for once and to coach those guys.”

Abdullah said he was looking forward to making a few key improvements to his game before he was struck with the injury.

“Being more decisive, being more patient,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing that I found from looking at last year, and ball security, that’s one thing I definitely need to get better at and blocking.” compiled by lanny holstein

The redshirt freshman from Louisiana has been the talk of the receiving corps all spring after becoming eligible to play in 2013. Moore came to the Nebraska football team as a bit of a wildcard with potential to play receiver or defensive back. Non-contributing offensive players under Pelini have switched to defensive back (Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Antonio Bell, Marcus Mendoza) in the past, so the staff’s decision to put Moore on offense says a lot about his receiving talent. moore Early in the spring, Moore drew comparisons with Jamal Turner for his speed and raw athleticism. Fourteen practices into the Spring, Moore’s now drawing comparisons to Kenny Bell for his frame (6’2” 185) and pass-catching skills.

Moore will challenge Bell and Quincy Enunwa for time as an outside receiver, which is a tall task as Nebraska’s starting receiving group is widely considered the strongest and most experienced in the Big Ten.

Jake Long

With the graduation of fifth-year senior tight ends Ben Cotton and Kyler Reed last season, Jake Long entered spring ball with the most experience at the tight end position on Nebraska’s roster. Long is entering his fifth and final year on the football team and played in all 14 games in the 2012 season.

While Long has 30 games of experience, he only holds four starts in his career. He caught his first and only touchdown in the 2012 season opener against Southern Miss.

Coaches have given praise to the other Husker tight ends in contention for playing Long time like Trey Foster, Sam Cotton and Jared Blum, (all redshirt freshmen) but Long’s experience and work seem to have him locked into the top tight end spot in 2013. In the fall, he’ll also compete against true freshmen Cethan Carter and Greg Hart.

Jordan Westerkamp

Westerkamp has arguably been the football team’s biggest star without a single snap of college football experience since Aaron Green committed to play for the Huskers. The “Air German” out of Illinois comes into the spring as a redshirt freshman in a similar position to Alonzo Moore — fighting for time and adding depth to the Big Ten’s top receiving squad. The 6-foot, 200-pounder is Illinois’ all-time leader in touchdown catches at the prep level with 68, and also holds Illinois state high school records for career receiving yards (4,618) and career receptions with 235.

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defensive newcomers to watch Zaire Anderson

All right, so the 5-foot-11-inch, 220-pound junior isn’t exactly a newcomer — he played in three games and made three tackles in 2012 before a torn ACL in his right knee sidelined him for the rest of the year — but a season after the departures of Will Compton, Alonzo Whaley and Sean Fisher, Nebraska is searching for someone new to step up at linebacker.

Anderson just might fit the bill. The junior college transfer is coming back from a medical redshirt last season, and much of how the linebacker competition shakes out depends on the way Anderson rebounds from the knee injury.

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Vincent Valentine

cross: from 10 “I think the main thing that I’m focusing on with the loss of weight is the ability to move through tight spaces and to accelerate after moves,” the running back said.

Cross has scientifically gone about losing weight, Brown said.

Now he’s faster, feels lighter and is working on being a more complete player, Brown said.

Transitioning from a goal-line back to an all-around player has been a challenge, and Cross said he has a long way to go, but he’s making steps.

“I still have a lot to learn,” Cross said. “I’m still trying to improve every day. I’m still a long

way away, but I think a little bit of progress is being made.”

Being able to make moves in the open field and accelerate are two big points the sophomore has been working on. And according to Brown, even veteran players like Cross and Ameer Abdullah will have to earn their spot on the field again.

When the season comes around and new, highly recruited running backs show up on campus, Brown isn’t letting the year of experience make up his decision. If a freshman running back has the talent to play, Brown is going to play him, he said.

However, Cross doesn’t feel pressured.

“All I can focus on is myself,” he said. “I can’t focus on guys coming in. I can’t focus on anything else other being the best that I can be every day.”

Not only is he going to continue to prove himself, he has to be a mentor too, Brown said. “(The veteran running backs) are going to do two things, in my opinion,” Brown said. “One, they’re going to teach them and coach them. Two, they’re going to battle the heck out of them. It’s going to be a “We’re going to teach you. We’re going to love you, you’re one of us. But we’re going to compete and battle you.” I think those kids coming in they’ll

be revealed, and I think they’re up for the challenge. So I think it’ll be a tremendous challenge, and may the best man win.”

In hopes to become that best man, Cross will continue put in his work. After all, he still has work to do to be where he wants.

“There’s always guys in front of you; there’s going to be guys behind you,” Cross said. “But all you can focus on is looking in the mirror and asking yourself if you can get better every day. I try to do that, and that’s my main goal is focusing on me and not looking around.” sports @dailynebraskan.com

6-2, 6-2. Boyer’s victory sealed the win against the Hawkeyes.

“I tried playing head games with him,” Boyer said after the match. “I tried throwing off his rhythm a little bit.”

Andre Stenger, one of the few seniors on the Huskers’ squad, had one of the better matches of the spring with another tough, three-set match win. Stenger played well, repeatedly making impressive return volleys.

Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said he was happy with how well Stenger performed Wednesday.

“Today he played pretty (well) in the first set,” he said. “Second set, he did some stupid things, and the set got away from him.

Third set, he re-adjusted again and played Andre Stenger tennis, and he’s tough to beat when he plays his own game.”

The sole win for Iowa came against Marc Herrmann, the freshman from St. Inglebert, Germany.

Juan Estenssoro outlasted Hermann 4-6, 6-4, 1-0.

“Marc played a tough match,” McDermott said. “I felt like he should’ve won in straight sets. He was pretty much in control until late in the second set.”

McDermott said the young freshman needs to focus on clos-

ing out matches.

“I think that he’s concentrating really well when he’s behind,” he said. ”And then when he gets his leads he sort of loses focus a little bit.”

The final match to finish was perhaps the most exciting. Zitsch battled Andre Estenessoro, but ultimately came out ahead, winning 2-6, 6-1, 7-6.

The win against Iowa gives the Huskers their second conference win of the season, and puts them two games over .500 at 10-8.

The No. 58 Huskers will travel to Indiana to play two matches, the first against No. 60 Purdue Friday and then against Indiana on Sunday. sports @dailynebraskan.com

tennis: from 10 ers to a third set in four of the six singles games.

Nebraska started the day strong, taking the doubles point behind the play of its No. 2 and 3 teams. Bradford Zitsch and Dusty Boyer claimed the first win with a score of 8-4. Scott Elsass and Brandon Videtich sealed the point for Nebraska with an 8-4 win.

That momentum carried over into the singles play. Tom Blackwell continued his strong spring performance with a sweep of Matt Hagan 6-3, 6-3. His record this spring is now 14-3.

Sebastian Florczyk, playing in the five spot for the Huskers, scored the third point for Nebraska by sweeping his opponent 6-2, 6-3.

Dusty Boyer faced one of the toughest opponents of the spring in Garrett Dunn, a 6-8 senior.

Dunn used his tall, lanky frame to cover a lot of ground on the court. He also used his height to frustrate Boyer with aggressive serves.

Boyer dropped the first set but refused to give up.

“The kid hit huge serves,” Boyer said. “He dominated the first set. I couldn’t really do much.”

Boyer, a freshman from Ham Lake, Minn., battled back in the final two sets to claim the win 3-6,

With the Huskers’ most experienced defensive tackle, senior Thad Randle, sidelined with an injury, redshirt freshman Valentine is getting reps alongside sophomores Aaron Curry and Kevin Williams. The 6-foot-3-inch, 325-pounder is one of the biggest players on NU’s roster, and the defensive line is another area in which Nebraska lost a lot of experience from last season, with the graduation of Baker Steinkuhler and the departure of Chase Rome. Valentine, a Class 7A all-state player his senior year of high school in Illinois, is eyeing a major role on Nebraska’s roster, and this Saturday will be the first chance to see how he stacks up.

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Avery Moss

Another player who played in three games last season, tallying four tackles, the 6-foot-2-inch, 270-pound Moss is also coming off a medical redshirt. Looking to fill a void at defensive end left by the graduations of Eric Martin and Cameron Meredith, the redshirt freshman has worked with the first-team defense this spring along with senior end Jason Ankrah. The Nebraska defense will miss six of its starting front seven from a year ago, and Moss is one of the leading contenders to snatch the right defensive end spot. Nebraska fans will get their first looks at Moss and the moss rest of the Huskers’ new look defense in Saturday’s Spring Game. compiled by zach tegler

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Nebraska’s Imani Cross breaks away on a run last season during the Big Ten Championship game. Cross looks to play a more prominent role in the Nebraska backfield this season.

Crossing the Line

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Imani Cross looks to make larger impact in Husker backfield

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t’s the end of practice. Bo Pelini walks off Hawks Championship field. All his assistants and players follow him. Most players stroll with their helmets and pads off and head to the locker room. A few are caught by eager reporters.

Not Imani Cross.

Cross stays on the field, taking passes from a student manager, working on short routes and catching the ball.

“Everything in my game I’m trying to take to the next level,” Cross said.

The time he puts in after practice has made him more comfortable on the field, Cross said. He has to keep a certain standard.

“We talked in our room that you don’t lower the bar,” running backs coach Ron Brown said. “Anyone

in that running back room who wants to lower the standard will end up wanting to quit. They’re going to end up feeling like a fish out of water.”

That’s no surprise to Cross. He knew a lot would be expected of him when he was recruited, he said.

The standard for a running back at Nebraska, which has seen greats such as Ahman Green, Mike Rozier and Roger Craig, as Cross points out, will automatically be high.

“That’s the highest (standard) you can get,” Cross said. “The standard is never going to drop.”

Last season, Cross was known for his short-line and goal-line runs. He doesn’t want to stay specifically to those situations next season, though. He’s lost weight in the offseason and is currently sitting at a strong 225.

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Nebraska beats Creighton behind strong pitching ranks 26th in college softball and solo homerun from sophomore recently received the honor of Mattie Fowler in the second inMissouri Valley scholar-athlete ning. Following Fowler was Haiof the week after pitching two ley Decker who evened the playing field with a complete games. solo homerun of The rightThere’s so her own in the hander has not much we same inning. only earned that staff report next honor three times are able to do. We scoreThe didn’t come this season, but has dn until the fifth inalso been named just need to keep ning when senior the Missouri ValWednesday, the No. 19 Nebraska on playing Husker Brooke Thomasoftball team continued its sev- ley pitcher of the son hit a sacrifice week three times softball.” en-game road trip with a stop fly to bring in season as in Omaha to face the Creighton this teamwell. Batters have Bluejays. The game marked the brooke thomason freshman mate Kiki Stokes first of two meetings the in-state struggled against nebraska softball player to give the HuskChangstrom, only rivals will play. The Huskers ers its first lead took the first game in dramatic hitting .180 against of the game with her. fashion, winning 4-3.

Pitching for the Huskers was a 3-2 score.

Heading into this week’s “We had to make sure to hit junior Tatum Edwards, who up matchup the Bluejays were 19-9 to that point had a 16-5 record pitches that were strikes and be on the season, 13-5 in March, more patient,” Thomason said. currently riding a four-game including six shutouts, the ninth In the final inning of the win streak. Creighton also host- most nationally. For Edwards, it was a great out- game, still a 3-2 Nebraska lead, ed its first home game the Huskers made another tally ing. The most exof the season in a series in the run column when Brooke perienced Huskagainst Northern Iowa, er pitcher held Thomason singled up the middle where the Bluejays Creighton to three to bring Kiki Stokes again. After swept the Panthers. runs on four hits. Creighton scored a run to tightOne of the big stoen the deficit to 4-3, the Bluejays She was on top of rylines heading into the had the bases loaded with one her game, throwgame was the pitching out. Edwards then struck back ing 11 strikeouts matchup. Both teams with back-to-back strikeouts to against the Bluehad strong pitchers on give her team the victory and her jays. the mound in the in17th win on the season.

With the stage state battle.

The Huskers are now 26-7 on set, it was the BlueOn the mound for the season and after defeating jays who fired first Creighton was junior thomason the Bluejays. against the HuskBecca Changstrom. The “There’s so much that we ers in the bottom Lincoln native has been are able to do,” Thomason said. of the first inning highly praised in her years at when Alexis Cantu hit a two- “We just need to keep on playing Creighton, boasting a 13-4 reHusker softball.” run homerun to give her team an cord this season, including five sports shutouts, 17th in the country. early 2-0 lead. The Huskers an@dailynebraskan.com She also has a 1.39 ERA that swered back immediately with a

Huskers take game 1 of 2 matchups this season against their in-state rival

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Dusty Boyer returns an opponent’s shot earlier this season at the Nebraska Tennis Center. Boyer and the Huskers knocked off Iowa Wednesday.

Men’s tennis nearly sweeps Iowa mark disomma dn The Nebraska men’s tennis team continued its strong week with

a decisive win against Iowa Wednesday. Nebraska defeated the Hawkeyes 6-1, winning the doubles point and only dropping on singles match.

Iowa played tough the entire day, though; it pushed the Husk-

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