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Road to the Final Four Columnists discuss NU basketball’s future
10 It’s just a little UNL crush Separate Greek Crushes page shows arrogance
4 Raise your voice Nebraska high school choir girls sing at UNL
2 Wired education Professors spar with ‘College 2.0’ proponents
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Lincoln members of the Skate for Change listen to a story from Timothy Arandus last Saturday. “I just quit. I got tired of making people money. I’m tired of working too hard for a guy who is getting twice as much,” Arandus said. Skate for Change is a two-year-old program that allows skaters to reach out to the local low-income and homeless community in Lincoln with a meal or just an open ear.
Lost in time ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
During World War I, about 1.5 million Armenians were massacred in what is now Turkey.
BOSNIAN GENOCIDE
About 200,000 Bosnians were killed between 1992 and 1995.
DARFUR GENOCIDE The first genocide in the 21st century is marked by mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women and children in Western Sudan. The killings began in 2003 and continue today. As of 2013, more than 480,000 people have been killed, and more than 2.8 million people have been displaced.
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ARMENIA
SUDAN RWANDAN GENOCIDE The massacre in Rwanda of the ethnic Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu peoples began in early 1994 and continued for approximately 100 days. Estimates claim between 800,000 to 1 million were killed and another 2 million refugees packed camps in neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and former Zaire.
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UNL Harris Center to host symposium for students, scholars to discuss forgotten genocides staff report Dn
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Students and scholars will gather Wednesday for “Forgotten Genocides: New Perspectives on a Less Known History” in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Bedross Der Matossian, an assistant history professor at UNL, said the symposium’s goal is to inform the general public on genocides of the 20th century other than the Holocaust and to gather scholars to bring new perspectives to understudied genocides. “Most of these genocides occurred in the 20th century after the Holocaust,” Der Matossian said. “When the whole idea of ‘never again’ was a major thing.” Der Matossian will speak about concentration camps during the Armenian Genocide, which is not yet officially recognized as genocide. The United States has largely avoided labeling the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians killed in 1915 at the hands of
It’s a unique opportunity to hear professors talking about their expertise on the respective genocides.”
Bedross Der Matossian unl assistant history professor
Ottoman Turks. Leaders fear upsetting NATO-ally Turkey, which disputes genocide charges, according to an April 2012 report by ABC News. People around the world will commemorate those Armenians on April 24 this year, said Der Matossian, who encouraged everyone to attend the symposium. “It’s a unique opportunity to hear professors talking about their expertise on the respective genocides,” Der Matossian said. “Despite the fact that the subject is depressing – it is about mass killings – it is the duty of every student to learn about these genocides as part of their undergraduate and graduate education and pass on that information to future generations.”
David Forsythe, a professor emeritus of political science, will kick off the symposium at 9 a.m. with a discussion on international legal framework set up prohibiting atrocities and the kind of actions leaders, organizations and activists can take to oppose them. Two panels follow the lecture, and the symposium will end at 4 p.m. The symposium is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by UNL’s Harris Center for Judaic Studies, with additional support from the Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Program and the Department of History. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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UNL teaching faculty win NU award tammy bain dn The University of NebraskaLincoln Department of Teaching, Learning and Teaching Education was recognized last week for outstanding teaching at the University of Nebraska. On April 4, the department received the 2013 University-wide Departmental Teaching Award, which is given to one teaching department annually between the four Nebraska universities: UNL, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. A press release for the award said the department displayed growing global engagement through various international student-teaching exchanges, explored opportunities to meet 21st-century needs in technology, worked with multiple departments across campus for enhanced development and had a reputation for undergraduate research quality. Thomas McGowan, a teaching, learning and teacher education professor at UNL, helped write the nomination for his department. He said the department went above and beyond the award’s initiatives. “These are things we do every day,” he said. McGowan gathered information about the department to write the nomination with fellow faculty members Susan Wunder and Ruth Heaton, he said. But the award, which a university department can only receive
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Skidmore professor reflects on 9/11 Social psychology professor explains how terrorism affects beliefs, culture Layla Younis DN Sheldon Solomon is only alive today because of a “freak accident” in his schedule. Solomon, a professor of social psychology at Skidmore College, would pass by the World Trade Center in New York City several days a week while he was commuting from Brooklyn to his school. But his schedule changed, and he didn’t take his usual route on Sept. 11, 2001. A week after 9/11, Solomon got phone calls asking him to write books and discuss how psychology, terror management and self-esteem related to the terrorist attacks. He spoke to a crowd of about 50 at the University of NebraskaLincoln Tuesday. Solomon discussed his experiences on 9/11 and how people defended their own culture when reminded of mortality for the “Se-
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Federal Credit Union hires new president
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staff report dn President of the University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union Bob Torell is set to retire on April 19, following the credit union’s 75th Annual Meeting on April 17. Torell has been with the Credit Union since 1982 and will be replaced by Keith Kauffeld, current vice president and chief administrative officer at the Air Academy Federal Credit Union in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to a UNL press release. The University of Nebraska Federal Credit Union is a non-profit financial cooperative offering services to students and faculty of the University of Nebraska.
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It took the influence of the most powerful man in the United States to bring together the two most successful teams of the 1997 college football season. President Clinton accomplished Thursday what the NCAA Bowl Alliance could not on Jan. 2, as the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll national champion Nebraska football team met face-to-face with Michigan, the Associated Press national champion. Clinton honored both teams with a ceremony held in the White House.
Bob Torell •Joined the credit union when it had 3,000 members, $4 million worth in assets and “fairly limited” services. •Today, the union has grown to 10,000 members, $80 million in assets, and a full range of financial services, including checking, savings, consumer lending, home loans and electronic banking. •“Many credit union executives have looked to his expertise as they have launched products and services,” said Dan Collins, Nebraska Credit Union League vice president, in a press release. •“I count myself fortunate to have spent a majority of my career working with an amazing organization, with a great staff and an excellent group of volunteers. I certainly don’t want to forget the terrific members that have supported us and that make the credit union so special,” Torell said in a press release. •“It is a good time for me to retire and turn the reins over to someone new to lead the credit union to what I believe will be a very successful future,” he said in the release. •“Because of Torell’s leadership, our Credit Union is stronger today and can better serve our members,” said Sandra Lineberry, chair of the NUFCU board, in the release.
Keith Kauffeld •Kauffeld will begin duties at the NUFCU on April 29. •Kauffeld has 16 years of expertise in senior level operations, administrative management experience, human resources, talent management and a variety of other skills. •“NUFCU will be in great hands with Keith, who brings outstanding expertise in the credit union industry, including a deep background in leveraging people and processes that will serve NUFCU well,”Sandra Lineberry said in a press release. •“We feel he is highly qualified to lead the company through the next stages of its growth strategy,” Lineberry said in the release. news@ dailynebraskan.com
once, was ultimately won by the department’s demand for excellent teaching, he said. “It was not put on for the award, it’s just what we do,” he said. “All we did was find evidence of the things that are happening all the time.” Along with the four initiatives, McGowan said UNL maintains a “climate of respect” for good teaching practice and stays on top of research that values students and enhances education as a whole. The department members’ love of teaching makes it want to be better, he said, and a person is often not promoted in his or her position at UNL unless he or she is a good teacher. That’s why McGowan chose to come to UNL in 2002. During his interview at UNL, he saw an emphasis on quality teaching that wasn’t the same at his previous positions at Indiana State University and Arizona State University, he said. This award isn’t the first time the department has received teaching recognition. It received the Institute of International Education’s Andrew Heiskell Award in 2011 for innovation in international education. Heaton and Wunder also won the Swanson Award for teaching excellence at UNL, McGowan said. “I’ve never seen an award
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Lorraine Males helps Sean Anderson, a senior math and physics major, work on his Geogebra applet, a computer allowing students to actively engage in lessons. quite like this one,” he said of the most recent award. He said the award will give teachers motivation to continue excellence. McGowan said students are also affected by the department’s success, and UNL graduates perform at high standards after they become teachers, he said. Mark Novotny, a senior science education major, agreed. Novotny switched to his major from engineering and said he is happy with the resources available
to education majors. “I like my methods teachers, teaching us how to manage classrooms,” he said. “I thought lesson plans were really easy, but it’s actually a lot of work. They make it simple.” This is what McGowan wanted the department of teaching to be recognized for. “I think the department is so convinced that excellent teaching is important,” McGowan said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
RAISE YOUR VOICE
1975 Center for sexuality proposed for Lincoln
A human sexuality center could become a reality for Lincoln residents, despite Nebraska “conservatism,” according to George Scofield, a psychiatric social worker with the LincolnLancaster County Mental Health Center. Scofield is the vice chairman of a group trying to establish the center. He explained the center and its purposes in a speech at a meeting of the Lincoln Human Rights Commission Tuesday night.
LEFT: Kerrigan Flynn from Bellevue West High School claps during a recital for the Nebraska Women’s Choral Festival Tuesday in Kimball Recital Hall. The workshop ended with a concert featuring the participants. BOTTOM LEFT: Bellevue East High School’s Women’s Choir opens up the Nebraska Women’s Choral Festival on Tuesday at Kimball Recital Hall. The choral festival featured seven different choirs, from high school groups like Bellevue East’s to UNL’s female a capella group, Boots and Cats.
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BOTTOM RIGHT: A group of girls rehearse a song they will later sing at a concert for the Women’s Choral Festival in Kimball Hall Tuesday.
1940 Rogers’ Vocalist to sing with Haun at Union Dance
Dave Haun and his orchestra have a pleasant surprise for dance patrons this Saturday night at the Union in Marjorie Whitney, vocalist. Miss Whitney recently completed a tour with Buddy Rogers and his orchestra and is now in Lincoln, her hometown. —COMPILED BY colleen fell news@ dailynebraskan.com
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“Culture Shock” event, which will take place April 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the green space near the Selleck Quadrangle. The event will have large-scale presentations such as a martial arts exhibit, a henna tattoo station, sushi lessons, a Latin dance lesson, a Holi Festival of Colors and a Fear Factor Challenge with cultural foods, according to meeting documents. The money from RHA will be used to purchase prizes, such as flight vouchers and giftcards to 27th Street businesses. “I think they’ve done a really good job about informational aspects and bringing it back to the city of Lincoln,” said RHA president Meg Brannen. RHA allocated $250 from its programming fund to Global Unification for its “Dance for Life” charity project, which will be at 8 p.m. April 20 in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. The event will include dance activities and live DJ music. The constitution for University Suites was also approved by RHA. Frizzell said it was adapted from Knoll’s. The constitution will now be submitted to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska for approval. Matt Knapp, Sydney Weddleton and Rachel Sherman were also approved as the RHA summer interns. Next year, Knapp will serve as RHA president and Weddleton as vice president. Peters said each intern will bring a lot to the table. Brannen agreed. “They are all great student leaders. They all take initiative. I think all three candidates are going to do a great job,” Brannen said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Residence Hall Association allocated $1,000 to University Suites for opening events during its meeting Tuesday. University Suites is the newest residence hall, built directly east of the Knoll Residential Center. The money will be drawn from RHA’s Initiatives and Improvements fund, which will still have $1,000 after the allocation, according to RHA treasurer Nate Watley. The money was requested because the opening program for University Suites will occur before allotments designated for student government in the residence halls are deposited into each individual residence hall fund, according to meeting documents. “It will give the government a chance to get started without waiting for the allocation,” said Alan Frizzell, future residence director of University Suites. Frizzell is currently the residence director of Abel South. Frizzell said each of the five floors of University Suites will likely receive $200, although there are no official plans yet. RHA senator Jullia Grossman, who represents Abel Hall, supported the funding. “(Alan Frizzell will) be good at planning events for scared freshman or whatever age,” Grossman said. “This will be used wisely.” Any money not spent will be returned to RHA after the University Suites Senate has received the allotment from student fees, according to meeting documents. The allotment from student fees is not available until September, according to RHA adviser Melissa Peters. RHA also allocated $800 from its programming fund for Abel South’s
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solomon: from 1 curity and Terrorism in the Modern World: Social Science and Legal Perspectives” conference. The UNL Department of Psychology and the College of Law hosted the event. Solomon said that the existence of the alternative belief system leads to people defending their own belief system and rejecting others. Humans try to minimize the anxiety of terror by creating a culture, Solomon said. “People make culture to mitigate anxiety,” Solomon said. The realization that one is going to die changes a person’s reaction to different situations, he said. He mentioned an experiment where a psychologist observed the reactions of Christians interacting with Jews. Before the experiment, the Christians where given questionnaires to distract them from the real study, Solomon said. Some Christians were reminded of their mortality or had their belief systems threatened. Those that were reminded of their mortality treated Jews differently than those who were not reminded, he said. The study was conducted in 20 different countries in five different continents, and the results were the same, Solomon said. “If you go to Israel, and if you ask Jews about death, they love Jews and hate Arabs,” Solomon said. Subliminal messages of death also affect people, he said. “You don’t even need to think about death to be affected,” Solomon aid. In Iran, participants in another
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Sheldon Solomon, professor of social psychology at Skidmore College, discussed the psychology of terror in the wake of the 9/11 attacks at the University of Nebraska College of Law as a guest speaker for the “Security and Terrorism in the Modern World: Social Science and Legal Perspectives” conference. study were asked to read a fake Farsi newspaper about suicide bombs and and then asked if they agreed, Solomon said. Participants who were reminded of their mortality said they agreed with the suicide bomber and that they would sign up to be one at the
martyrdom school in Tehran. “When reminded about mortality, they stood by their belief and culture,” Solomon said. David Wayt, a second-year law student, said the conference was unique. “The program helps distrib-
ute national security knowledge,” Wayt said. The conference themes include the risks of terrorism, counter-terrorism, atrocity and genocide and terror management. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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‘Bully’ screening gives opportunity to gain awareness “Hey kid, give me your lunch money!” is something you’d expect a schoolyard bully to say. Unfortunately, the stereotype of a bully is just that, a stereotype. Bullies and bullying have been difficult to deal with since we were in elementary school. While we college kids (probably) don’t have to deal with bullies quite as much anymore, the issue remains steeped in our culture. Tonight the UPC will screen the documentary “Bully” at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. There will be a panel discussion afterward. It’s free for UNL students with an NCard or $5 for staff, faculty and the general public. The DN encourages you to attend this event. Yes, we know that at this point in the semester you’d probably rather sleep than watch a documentary. That said, this issue is important and you deserve to educate yourself. As a documentary, “Bully” has more validity than an afterschool special. This is an unflinching look at the lives of five children who have experienced bullying firsthand. By examining the effects of bullying we can understand what to do about it as a society. Even better, the discussion afterward could yield further insight into this problem, Bullying is a topic that’s been hot in the news. It’s easy to make it a buzz word instead of actually taking the time to understand the issue and fully develop ideas about it. By attending this event, you can go a step beyond the empty rhetoric and take a deeper look at this issue. This issue may not affect you directly. However, chances are someone you care about has been harmed by bullying. For that person’s sake, or your own, you should take the time to explore this issue.
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Consumerism aids modern slavery
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ow many slaves work for you every day? Forty? Ninety? Do you think it’s crazy to ask yourself that? You may want to answer –“Well, it is crazy, because slavery was abolished in America 150 years ago by President Abraham Lincoln.” You’re partially right. There is no slavery in America, but Americans and Europeans use slaves to produce almost everything you’re wearing. The issue has been reduced to a hippie kind of protest, along with those who don’t eat meat because “it’s murder.” But it’s different, and we can’t be apathetic to this modern type of abuse. Did you buy lipstick yesterday? Its main material was probably harvested by exploited women from a country you couldn’t locate on a map. Did you get a cotton shirt last week? If it was “too cheap to be true,” it’s probably because hundreds of underpaid kids collected the cotton in 14-hour-a-day journeys. That all sounds distant. It may not attract your attention or concern. Would you be concerned if you knew exactly how many slaves help you keep your level of life? Then take the survey on slaveryfootprint.org I have used 34, just for the items I own right now. I didn’t include past items like a brand new car, shoes or even a long list of electronic devices I just tossed or that broke over the years. So, if you own a car, you have probably used twice the amount of slaves. Modern slavery isn’t in Southern cotton fields. That wouldn’t last 10 minutes before protests would put landowners behind bars. Modern slavery happens in places too far or too boring for protesters visit. It rarely gets media attention and when the topic comes up, the usual answer at a coffee shop is “Well, it happens everywhere, everyone does it. It’s not like we can do anything to stop it.” That was the same answer to unpaid black men and women working for white Americans in the 19th century. What can you do about it? It’s everywhere. Right?
What did Apple do? Install webs to catch them before they hit the ground. Workers aren’t allowed to talk to each other. They work more than 10 hours a day and are unable to see their relatives for long periods of time. Some work seven days a week with no breaks. Are the workers being forced to stay there? Not physically, but hunger can move someone to accept degrading deals like the what Apple offers to its workers. Should we boycott every single company that exploits and turns thousands of human beings into slaves in Asia and Latin America? Truth be told, if we did this, we wouldn’t be able to buy anything at all. You should at least be concerned and check – MARIA ANTONIA GARCIA there are websites and apps for that – which brands are slave-free. DE LA TORRE Should the American, German and NorweGetting new clothes every three months is gian governments do something about it? Of course. Exploiting people for profit is deplorso awesome. Buying a new cellphone is just so cool. But do we really care about those who able. Feeling bad about it is the first step to build the cheap stuff we love to purchase? stop it. But what really transforms reality is How much would an iPhone would cost if to address local political leaders and participate in associations that fight modern slavery. built in America by Americans? $10,000? And what if all the clothes made in Vietnam or Chi- It’s important to be actively involved in campaigns to stop these harmna – the sneakers, the plasma TVs, the ful working conditions. cars – were made in Spain, Sweden or Modern Young Americans were France? They would be unaffordable. raised in a culture where The slavery footprint team gives slavery a voice will be heard if it a simple example: “Perfecting those screams loudly and clearly biceps takes dedication and drive, happens where enough. Young Americans but it also requires a lot of equipment. it’s too far or learned how to organize From dumbbells and treadmills to fitand protest before they ness trackers and gym bags, your local too boring for learned how to walk. And gym is filled with products most likely protesters to go.” they should take advanmade with forced labor. Your muscular tage of that rare skill. physique could leave you with a slavShoes aren’t cheap beery footprint of at least 34.” Some American companies like The Body cause Nike has been feeling generous for decades. Shoes are cheap because there’s a man Shop, build an image of “fair trade” while the reality is quite different. This particular com- or a woman on the other side of the Pacific pany buys palm oil from Daabon, a Colombian Ocean making more pairs than he or she could afford in a year. So, did you take the survey? company that’s linked to peasants’ evictions. Maria Antonia Garcia de la Torre is Apple is another example. In countries like a Ph.D. student on Spanish literature. China the working conditions for building the Follow her on Twitter @caidadelaiPhones, iPods and iPads we own are so outratorre or reach her at opinion@ geous that workers used to jump outside the dailynebraskan.com windows.
UNL Greek Crushes page deepens student divide
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t seems like everyone on campus science professor Ari Kohen expressed is abuzz discussing UNL Crushes feeling worried about, “recent college since the page was created a few graduates [being] haunted by embarrassweeks ago. While I could write an ing social media posts once they seek jobs.” While this may be true of similarly entire column on that, instead I marketed pages (like UNL Passouts), I want to focus on a more recently don’t believe that having an online secret created page: UNL Greek Crushes. Coming from someone outside of the admirer will be too detrimental to one’s fuGreek system, the page seems pointless. ture career ambitions. After all, many other academic instiThe original Crushes page is funny (mitutions have similar pages. nus the misogynistic unCU Crushes, representing dertones of some posts). Anyone Creighton University’s The idea is pretty genius: (Greek or student body, has a variGive students an anonyety of posts reflecting the mous way to discuss the otherwise) can same attitudes as the UNL people they’re into. equivalent. The same goes Or, as the UNL Crushes confess their for Cedar Falls Crushes page states in its mission undying love for (which was previously statement: “Anonymously named University of Northsubmit your crushes to us a classmate they ern Iowa Crushes until it via message and we will barely know.” ran into copyright issues). post them for you. No afIowa State University Secret filiation to UNL.” Admirers also echoes simiThe last part is imporlar sentiments online. tant, since the page has gathered a lot of atThese pages are relatively harmless, tention. The Lincoln Journal Star published and I’m a big fan of them. What I’m not a an article on April 5 discussing how faculty members and others involved in UNL’s fan of is someone creating a separate page academic community are concerned about exclusively for those involved in the Greek system. the implications the page is making about The UNL Greek Crushes page is dull. It the school. has few updates and a small following of In the Journal Star article, political
DAMIEN CROGHAN 800 likes on Facebook. This is a stark contrast to UNL Crushes, which has a (debatably annoying) constant stream of updates, as well as 7,000+ likes and much more entertaining posts. I’d also like to point out that after much Facebook creeping, I was unable to find any other school’s equivalent of an exclusive Greek Crush page. The page reflects a consistent attitude for the Greek system to not only separate itself from the overall student body, but to also enforce this ideology of the Greek system being better than those not involved in it.
Not that I’m entirely opposed to fraternities or sororities. I have plenty of friends involved in both. Some of the events Greek houses throw are fun and many of the philanthropies support great causes (like Pi Kappa Phi’s upcoming event Rave 4 PUSH). What I have an issue with is how elitist the UNL Greek Crushes mission statement is: “This page is for UNL Greeks only. We all know that the original crush page is getting full with GDI comments. Any Non-Greek posts will not be revealed. Remember, all posts are anonymous. Lets have some fun! :)” (I left the grammatical error intact, just to prove a point). For those who are unaware, let’s first discuss the term “GDI.” It’s an abbreviation for the term “goddamn independent.” Yes, this is an insult. While I’m not so sure why being an independent person is problematic, I’m very certain this phrase is thrown around and has a negative connotation. The creation of this page reminds me of another recent controversy involving UNL’s Greek system: the Revive Party’s social media fiasco. One tweet stated that “We all know Greek houses produce better campus leaders, so vote REVIVE and
keep the power on 16th where it belongs.” Another stated that “…if you’re not a Greek you don’t matter anyways.” While these are all attitudes of individuals and not necessarily representative of the overall Greek system, it’s still problematic. Sorry, but fraternity guys and sorority girls post equally stalker-ish or lewd posts on these Crushes pages. Who knows, maybe StarTran Cowgirl is totally in a sorority. It’s not as if so-called GDIs (like myself) are somehow more or less annoying with how we anonymously display our affection (or straight up lust) for fellow students. Upon further inspection, I’ve realized that fraternity guys and non-fraternity guys post about girls in yoga pants just as often. Sorority girls and non-sorority girls are drooling over the same sorts of guys. The reality is that the line between Greeks and non-Greeks is drawn socially (by a few douchebags), but has no actual bearing. After all, anyone (Greek or otherwise) can confess their undying love for a classmate they barely know. Or declare how great their ass looks. Damien Croghan is a senior news-editorial and global studies major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com
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a&e Jeremiah Anderson passes on a care package to Caleb Sullivan, who has been homeless since age 15 and has taken to hopping freight trains to move east to Chicago. Care packages come from local schools, Lincoln Berean Church and members of the community and often consist of ramen noodles, water and socks.
Logan Stewart, Eli Meier, Dylan Lemere, Matt Greenlee, Shayne Pearson, Taylen Lebo and Connor Schueth participate in Skate for Change, a program that was started approximately two years ago to provide an opportunity for skaters to reach out to the local low-income and homeless community in Lincoln and volunteer a friendly ear or pass out donated food.
Matt Greenlee, a sophomore from Lincoln East High School, and Logan Stewart, an eighth grader at Norris Middle School, listen to Timothy Arandus talk about his family and career.
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he public considers them punks and rats. They’re the kids raising hell, the street urchins known for nuisance and noise. Some dismiss them as youth with little direction, with no purpose other than getting in the way of more important people. But some Lincoln skateboarders, and a growing number outside of Nebraska, are turning their plywood passion into change for the better. Skate For Change – an idea as simple as its name – shows what a movement of inspired youth can do for their community and themselves. On Saturday, I just got to ride along. For Mike Smith, the owner of The Bay indoor skate park and the man behind Skate For Change, the concept is straightforward. “It’s simple: you get stuff, you give stuff,” Smith said. “You don’t need me to do that. You don’t need your parents to do that. Every single kid ... has the ability to do that.” Nearly two years ago, Smith, a outreach worker for the homeless, began skateboarding around town, handing out food and basic supplies to those in need. Working with lowincome and runaway teenagers, Smith realized that everyone is in need of something, though: even those in just barely more comfortable places. “We’re all a couple of steps away from being homeless,” Smith said. “You know, like a lot of us live paycheck to paycheck, or if we don’t have the right family structure or if something happens, we’re really not that far from that being the circumstances of our own life.” Skateboarding delivered an avenue that Smith was both passionate about and one that allowed him to reach out to those less fortunate. A friend of his saw what he was doing Jeremiah Anderson, who has been homeless for four years, talks with skaters on O Street in downtown Lincoln Saturand joined. From there, social media ran its day afternoon. “They always help us out,” Anderson said of the Skate for Change crew. course. “We’d post a photo of what we were doing and everybody was like, ‘Wow. That’s incredible. Can we come?’ and we were like, ‘Yeah, preparing for a rolling onslaught of downtown Lincoln, an in-and-out rescue mission. of course, but you have to bring stuff,’” Smith Eli Meier, a 12-year-old Norris Middle said. “So people would bring socks, food or School student, is pumped for his first outing. water, and pretty soon it was like 30 or 40 peo“Giving out food makes you feel that much ple wanting to go every Saturday. And we were better about yourself, and, you know, you’re like, ‘Wow, this is big.’” doing a favor for those people,” Meier said. Big enough and simple enough that kids “It’s such a good opportunity to do. It’s so great around Lincoln, Omaha, Seattle, Toronto, Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City and Albuquerque, to help those people.” Helping others and the lessons people N.M. began working on their own, guided by a living in different situations can offer is a redesire to help, Smith said. “There are so many kids doing Skate For curring theme throughout the day. As much as these kids give, they take away important Change in Lincoln that I’ll go out to give someexperiences every time. The change sought thing or skate around by myself and someone will be like, ‘Oh, a bunch of your kids just left,’” through skating lies not just in the community or environment, but in the kids Smith said. “And I’ll have themselves, Smith said. had no idea who they were or It’s simple “I fully believe if you can what they were doing.” teach a kid to give back and not This is exactly what Smith you get stuff be selfish, you’re changing the wants. He wants the idea to you, you give stuff. way they think forever,” Smith have a life of its own. said. “I mean, you’re chang“So, for me, my end goal You don’t need ing the way they look at their for Skate For Change is to just schools. It’s changing the way be an irrelevant member, you me to do that.” they look at their own circumknow, a guy that just gets to mike smith stances.” skate around and do it, but I skate for change founder Dylan Lemere, a Lincoln have no relevancy to it anySoutheast sophomore, rolls more,” Smith said. “It hapwith the group on Saturday. pens on its own because kids He talks to the people we visit, asking them are inspired to go be awesome.” questions about how they managed the diffi*** Shayne Pearson, employee of The Bay and People’s City Mission, hands a packculties of a homeless life and bonds with them We stand in the gateway to The Bay, a conage to Jeremiah Anderson Saturday afternoon as part of Skate for Change, a crete and plywood Eden. Skaters young and over chats about Food Channel programming. program that was started by Mike Smith to help people in low-income situations. “Not everybody out there is the way we old, tall and small zip around the park, a blend of Midwest farm-town aesthetics and big-city expect or the way that we see them in our head,” Lemere said. “You know, they’re really street landscaping. Some of the ramps are decogreat people. And, they have a heart too.” rated with the remains of a 100-year-old barn, and walking when the path is too crowded. ing to imagination, our leader, Shayne Pearson, *** Smith said. staff member at The Bay, rounds up the troops. Many of the crew probably wouldn’t need to; Our path leads us to several people, some “Lets do it,” he says, and a four-wheeled fleet they’re more comfortable on the black grip tape A haven for skateboarders and artists alike, The Bay serves as Skate For Change’s base of holding signs, some reading about dragons sets sail from the 20th and Y streets port. than on their own feet. But they will choose to and the treasures they horde and some who operations, a headquarters for a guerrilla unit walk regardless, an act of respect for public Some take to the street; others stick with have made a change in their circumstances sidewalk in the close-to-base intersection most- space. They ollie, hopping their boards up with peaceful intent. And the organization is guerrilla. No dates and can now sit comfortably, sipping Starbucks ly devoid of cars. The hum of plastic on pavecurbs; they swerve and power slide sideways are set, they grab donations and members from and enjoying a sunny spring day while the first ment fills the air, punctuated with the “clacks” for control. signs in a sea of Spring Game red point to high of uprooted squares of cement as wheels roll Facebook and Twitter whenever they need to. Students on Greek Row look on, surprised A flurry of junior high and high school stu- tide. over. We start and stop, waiting at stoplights, and wary at our relatively minor eight-person While the Husker Nation begins frothing racing across the Antelope Valley Parkway and dents craft battle plans and ready their gear gang. We turn onto R Street, heading toward from the mouth for the team scrimmage, the around Smith and me. They stuff socks, water the heart of City Campus. I roll by friends and turning onto 16th Street. possibilities of a looming football season leapand basic hygiene packs into their backpacks, We speed downtown, picking up boards strangers, everyone stopping to look, anticipat-
ing something from the skaters, like one would a mysterious novelty at a carnival. *** Public perception of skateboarders is not generally positive. “It’s definitely not what you expect from kids on skateboards to be taking care of (people), especially, homeless people,” Pearson said. “We really just try to teach kids that love is greater than hate, and that it’s the right thing to do to respect people, especially business owners and elders.” Many times, the boarders visit local eateries, telling the restaurants about Skate For Change. Sometimes Qdoba will give a few burritos or a pizza place will share a large pie with the crew, to hand out among those they find in need, Smith said. At the corner of 13th and P streets sits Timothy Arandus. He was our first stop. The group gathered around and listened to pieces of his story, where he’d worked, the choices he’d made, the dangers of fighting and the courage needed to walk away from those situations. Arandus remembered Skate For Change, saying they’d brought him socks and pizza previously. “Thank you very much,” Arandus says to everyone, taking new socks and a hygiene kit. “Just because we’re out on the street doesn’t mean we don’t got what it takes right in here and right in here.” He touches his head and points at his heart. Each skater shakes his hand, and sets off again, excited for the next stop. The change enacted penetrates layers, helping homeless and hungry, teaching the kids about generosity, understanding and, possibly, changing the way the public views the skateboarders themselves. “You have the dirty skateboarders, and then people kind of look at homeless people the same way, as just like dirty bums,” said Matt Greenlee, a 16-year-old Lincoln East student. “When the two people meet, I just think it just helps both of us out because it shows that skateboarders aren’t like punk kids pushing grandmas down while we skate in the street.” I count a passerby in a vehicle yelling out of the window three different times. “Skate For Change!” “Shayne!” “You guys going back to the skate park soon?” Skate For Change has been around; it has a presence. *** We roll to Starbucks where the group finds Tom, a regular on what’s become their Lincoln tour. Tom was homeless for a time, but now sits comfortably, soaking in a warm day with an iced coffee. “I’m doing great; life’s great. People are good to me,” Tom said. “You know, I just didn’t give up.” Connor Schueth, a junior at Southeast High School, and Tom laugh about coffee prices and birthday discounts. The group wishes him well. “You never gave up, so you’re never going to fail because you won’t let it happen,” Schueth said. “One of these days I’ll come have coffee with you.” “And I’ll buy it,” Tom said. Our unit consists of kids and teenagers, sixth grade through 13th and beyond. They come from varying neighborhoods and backgrounds. Some have gone out on Skate For Change trips many times; for others, this is their first. The experienced ones and the eager beginners confidently engage wit those they seek to help; the less so gaze intently from the peripheral. “Skateboarding attracts all walks of life. We’ve got the middle school varsity quarterback here, and he’s an absolutely incredible skater. We’ve got kids that have literally grown up on a skateboard,” Smith said. “(Skateboarding) holds no boundaries to financial limitations or ethnic or religious. It’s this giant melting pot of people. The common bond between all of us is we have fun pushing around on a piece of plywood.” That shared love for what was once
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academics, bloggers spar over ‘college 2.0’ possibilities story by Jordan Bates | art by lauren cloyed
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n the midst of an evolving job market and the recent explosion in online learning resources, a vocal minority claims that paying to attend an institution of higher education is difficult to justify. Others, professional academics most notably, wholeheartedly disagree. Unless you’ve been living in a hole for 20 years, you know the Internet has prompted the re-imagining of many aspects of our world. Recently, massive open online courses (MOOCs) from accredited universities and resources such as Coursera and Khan Academy have been gaining acceptance, prompting many to speculate that higher education is on the verge of revolution.
hoops’ certificate is worth upwards of $50,000.”
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Brown’s sentiments reflect a sense that universities have become a sort of obstacle course, where students gain factual information through the rigmarole of a several-year process, ultimately for the purpose of attaining a piece of paper that will land them a job. English professor Rhonda Garelick asserted that this situation has resulted from the gradual imposition of a corporate model onto the education system. “The problem is not exactly with MOOCs so much as with what has been happening for years now to the ‘regular’ university,” Garelick said. “Which is – its slow slide into a corporate ‘jump-throughmodel, in which preparation for hoops certificate’ According to TV host and ‘business’ jobs replaces a liberal video blogger Dan Brown, these arts education and a factory-asonline resources, combined with sembly-line approach rules; where more flexible work possibilities, low course enrollments for less make it more feasible than ever ‘popular’ subjects such as classics to find work without a degree. or medieval studies can lead to the This state of affairs, Brown said, elimination of whole departments; is likely to force certain changes where students are considered consumers to be entertained rather in how our society percieves than young people we are helping higher education. “I don’t believe that the en- to guide into adulthood, where foreign language study is tire university sysall but disappearing.” tem will collapse, but For Garelick, it there’s absolutely an seems that the ques‘education bubble’ in tions surrounding the the process of burstrelevance of modern ing,” Brown said. universities are the “The traditional ecoresult of a culture that nomic model of ‘corhas lost sight of the porations hire recent purpose of higher educollege graduates for cation. life’ is eroding — be“If you read Daing replaced by a vid Brooks’s (April 5) freelancing/odd job/ column in (the) NYI-work-from-homegarelick Times, you will see and/or-a-coffee shop that even he subscribes revolution. As more to a very instrumenand more talented people realize that they can jump into the adult tal, technical view of university learning – dividing it into ‘pracworld without a degree, having tical’ knowledge and ‘technical’ a degree will become a less and knowledge,” Garelick said. “What less reliable indicator of talent.” even Mr. Brooks, a University of Brown added that universities Chicago history graduate, leaves are still valuable sites for interout is the single most important acting with people who possess thing – universities teach and similar passions, but that the cost model critical thinking, curiosity, of attending a university is no persistence, the acquisition of a longer justified by what one often cultivated, questioning mind and gains from the experience. inner life. None of those things “As long as universities concan really be acquired via online tinue to be the best place for that education.” sort of interaction, they can absolutely charge a premium for it,” Brown said. “What’s in trouble are big lecture halls that just shower students with facts, ‘Intro to Library’-type classes, $300 textbooks and institutions that assume a ‘I can jump through
‘Reading the dictionary’
What online education can provide, and what Brown emphasized, is information. Brown commented that free online resources
make it necessary for universities to re-invent any aspects of their systems that are founded solely in information distribution. “Two dominant trends of our time are decentralization and information freedom,” Brown said. “Insofar as universities are centralized information brokers, it makes sense that their power will wane in the coming decades. A simple question every university should be asking about everything that they do is ‘could Khan Academy render this irrelevant?’ Any time the answer is yes, it’s time to rethink their approach.” Although almost anyone would agree that online resources convey information, Garelick maintained that acquiring information is not the same as learning, and that students need to gain more sophisticated means of processing knowledge. “(What is lost in online learning is) how to frame that information, what the ‘tone’ or political slant in culling the information is; how that information compares with other versions of it, the depth or seriousness of research used to find it; what is being left out of the information, and how to read those omissions or gaps,” Garelick said. “The list is endless. Indeed, it is not a list. Information is not learning. Period. If I handed you a Romanian dictionary, would you speak Romanian?”
classroom connection
In addition to considerations of the differences between information absorption and actual learning, Garelick also expressed concern at the potentially detrimental consequences of exchanging human-to-human education
something’ as well as ‘the power to for screen-to-screen. affect someone’ — cannot be rep“Online education is not even licated in an online environment, slightly comparable to a human or, rather, it’s a fundamentally difuniversity experience,” Garelick ferent ‘affect’ that circulates in the said. “‘Online’ is not simply a online environment,” Abel said. variation on ‘setting’ – this is not “And I happen to think that this is about venue or backdrop – this is crucial to the learning experience about a lived, human interaction — that is, I think that a lot gets lost being replaced with something in an online environment when the more like a corporate commodity effects that are characteristic of ... – to be consumed at one’s conveface-to-face teaching, are no longer nience, packaged identically for present.” everyone, and discussed on the Moreover, Garelick added that merits of ‘cost.’” student-to-student interaction is Garelick elaborated on this also a central component of learnidea, explaining that professors ing that is lost online. model the workings of an intel“The human interaction not lectual mind for students. just between profes“A professor is sor and student, but not a machine disamong students — in a pensing informasingle classroom, and tion,” Garelick said. at lunch, in the dorms, “A professor is a perin hallways, etc. — is son who has devoted not incidental to learnherself to study and ing, it is learning,” she scholarship, whose said. “Studies repeatedly interaction with stushow that online courses dents demonstrates have an extremely high for them not just indrop out rate, and this formation about a is likely because the given subject, but a abel freedom and flexibility way of thinking, a themselves do not encertain level of culcourage the cohesiveness tivation, a familiarand sense of responsibility to a ity and pleasure with ideas, with group and investment in a subject debate, with questioning. This and experience that human classmight be intermittently visible rooms do.” online during a lecture, but it is Brown, on the other hand, aralso part of the ineffable experigued that society is likely to deence of knowing someone.” velop new institutions that can Marco Abel, a professor of duplicate the social role of the English and film studies, spoke university, at least in terms of stufurther about the value of the indent networking. person university experience. He “We are still growing into the said that the affective component digital renaissance — it’s shortof a teacher-learner relationship sighted to assume that we won’t does not translate well to the onbuild new institutions to serve line landscape. a social role parallel to the role “In my view affect — which universities play today,” Brown isn’t just ‘emotion’ but a matter said. “Of course Google hangouts of ‘being affected by someone or
will never replace the experience of getting drunk on Four Loko, passing out in a dorm bathroom and networking with those who shared the experience well into adulthood, but in an age of social networking and constant communication I’m not worried about the millennial generation’s contact lists.”
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For Abel, the very idea that education could be transformed into a one-size-fits-all online classroom is representative of an attempt to commodify education, which he indicated is a misguided course of action. “In the end, as far as I’m concerned, MOOCs are merely the educational expression of a logic of neoliberalism that must be resisted,” Abel said. “MOOCs are an accountant’s version of education – no offense to accountants: I’m the son of one — and while accountants are necessary and good at what they do, basing a university on it — and this is where this is heading — is a terrible mistake.” As far as Garelick is concerned, online learning does have potential to provide value, but that value should always be an addition to the brick-and-mortar university experience. “I think (online learning) has value for some things,” Garelick said. “I think big lectures in certain subjects can translate well to the online experience. I think certain kinds of technical information and skill can be taught online. But these must be add-ons or enhancements to the experience, not replacements for college.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk
Screening takes aim at bullying’s universal implications UPC to host documentary showing, bullying panel discussion emily kuklinski dn If heart-wrenching stories of the 2012 documentary “Bully” are any indication, the residual effects of being bullied as a child show up in more ways than lost lunch money. This Wednesday at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, the University Program Council (UPC) and Union Bank & Trust will present a showing of the documentary, followed by a panel discussion of the issues
raised in the film and the realworld impacts of bullying and bullying prevention. One of Wednesday’s panelists is Hugh McDermott, the principal at Lincoln’s Irving Middle School. He will discuss his efforts to work with education students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to incorporate anti-bullying programs at Irving as a way to uncover alternatives to school suspension for offending kids. “They’ve been working to find strategies on how to deal with bullying, (so bullies) come back to school and have a better understanding of how hurtful (bullying) behavior can be toward others,” McDermott said. McDermott stressed that comprehending the pain bullying inflicts upon others takes
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time. The three-hour program incorporated at Irving has been a steady process and has decreased the number of suspensions at the middle school, the principal said. Susan Swearer, educational psychology professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, agreed that it is important to recognize how this behavior can continue on into college, and said it needs to be addressed. “(The documentary) certainly shows that bullying, particularly cyberbullying, can exist in the college community,” Swearer said. “And we know that bullying can take place with adults, as well. Although it’s an issue that with time decreases because of the environment, it is certainly an issue that effects everybody.” Swearer said she’s confident
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Lee Hirsch directed the 2011 documentary “Bully,” which examines the impacts of chronic bullying within the families of bullied students. The film will be screened this Wednesday night at the Ross. that the documentary screening on Wednesday will provide an
apt springboard into the discussion afterward. “I think that there are some compelling story lines that are important for people to see and understand the impact that bullying has on kids and their families,” she said. “(The movie is) a great resource for encouraging awareness about bullying issues, and it’s a very provocative movie so it certainly encourages a lot of discussion.” Following the showing, each of the panelists answer questions and encourage discussion. “I’m expecting there will be some big questions from the audience members and that (the other panelists and I) will enjoy talking
about the complexity of the issues,” Swearer said. The primary goal of the talk, however, is still to create an awareness of this issue, and to reduce its prominence in society. “(Bullying is) always with us,” McDermott said. “We understand that we probably aren’t going to eliminate it because it’s been around forever. Our real efforts are to reduce hurtful voiced anger.” Students can attend the UPC screening and talk for free with a valid NCard. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @ dnartsdesk
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Spring Stanzas: Professors pick Poetry Month Favorites
Class registration: It could be worse
“Musée des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden
A STUDY IN SCARLET
Grace Bauer, UNL English professor
“It’s a great example of an ekphrastic poem, a poem written about a work of visual art, which is something I do a lot in my own work — influenced undoubtedly by Auden’s poem and others like it. I also like Auden’s insight on suffering. How ‘everything turns away / quite leisurely from the disaster,’ which is true, not only in the Brueghel painting he’s describing, but too often in real life as well.”
Tyler Keown New class choices act as microcosm for challenges of post-college life
“The Listeners” by Walter de la Mare Ted Kooser, UNL English professor
Enrolling for classes is undoubtably the worst part of college. This is counting actually going to class, dining halls on Sundays and people who hand things out in the Union. In fact, enrolling is such an arduous and unhappy process that I’ve thought about dropping out of school just to avoid it. I’m not joking. I would rather move home to my podunk hometown and work at Casey’s General Store than try and finagle a schedule for the next term. It’s genuinely a hardship.
“I must have read ‘The Listeners’ when I was in a seventh or eighth grade English class, and I was thoroughly enchanted by the mystery of the phantom listeners haunting the empty house. Since then I have spent a lot of time knocking about in abandoned houses on lonely country roads and have written a handful of poems about them, each of those poems in part inspired by this 100-year-old British masterpiece.”
“Poem For People That Are Understandably Too Busy To Read Poetry” by Stephen Dunn
“I love this poem, well, partly because it reminds me of my father who, among the many lessons he’s taught me, always encouraged me to take the things I love seriously and not so seriously all at the same time. Also, the poem has Budweiser, an attache case, the sound inside a shell and a butterfly in it. I guess somehow that works for me. And I do think poetry can make you beautiful for life.”
OH, THE HUMANITIES
ANDREW LARSEN With tassles and hats three weeks away, real-world woes bear down
“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton
Laura Madeline Wiseman, UNL English lecturer
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I’m writing this while sitting next to a pile of used tissues and empty pill packages. Get your minds out of the gutter. I’m suffering through either a sinus infection or seasonal allergies; WebMD’s “Symptom Checker” isn’t sure. If this were the summer or winter, I could medicate myself into oblivion and watch television until the day turns to night. But since it’s April, I have to slog through three more weeks of lectures, papers and exams, three weeks of torturing myself with
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formed in a prior life that have brought me to this moment? Then you click on the class and see that there are no seats available and once again, the sky in your mind grows dark. But hey, who doesn’t have to deal with disappointment? Not getting that sweet internship you’ve been banking on kind of sucks. Nebraska playing in the Big Ten championship was heartwrenching. Selleck on a Sunday afternoon will make you question whether good still exists in man. And that’s OK. As we grow, we all learn how to better handle disappointment, according to an episode of “7th Heaven” that my mom made me watch. When a door closes, a window opens. When a window closes, you can probably find something to break it with. Wrap your fist in a towel or something. I digress. Disappointment is part of life, and unfortunately, picking classes is part of college. It’s awful and bad and unseemly, but so it goes. Check back next week when I tell you why no one has submitted my name to UNL Crushes yet. Tyler Keown is a sophomore journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com
anxiety to get a piece of paper and a handshake from a guy who makes weirder Internet videos than I do. What’s the point of it all? Psychcentral.com tells us that when we’re depressed, sometimes all we need is a hug. Maybe Harvey Perlman can give me a hug instead of a handshake. I know this sickness I’m going through is temporary. I won’t even remember it in a week, but right now it feels symbolic of my current mental state and my prospective post-grad future. Food doesn’t taste as good, my nose can’t decide whether to run like a faucet or stay as stuffy as a onepercenter and I can’t stop sneezing. This is the life. It’s gotten so bad that I began consulting Yahoo! Answers for moral support, which is never a good sign. I happened upon one that asked, “Is it normal to get really depressed after graduating college?” The poster is met with various renditions of people saying that yes, it’s normal, you’ll be fine, yada yada yada. All I want to do is jump through the screen
and give that person a hug and say, “You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and doggone it, people like you.” I know that’s what I need right about now. There’s plenty of pressure on college students to succeed, especially when parents are paying the way through. That’s pressure inside of a vacuum. The real world awaits me with open arms to wrap me up in its vice-like bear hug. When you’re a student, you can hide under that guise for as long as it takes you to graduate. For the last five years when people have asked me what I do, I’d say “film studies major at UNL.” They might mutter something about me never getting a job after my back is turned, but at least I could point to something as an identity. Starting May 5, I’m just another dude with a diploma. When people ask me what I do, I’ll have to get creative and say something like “aspiring capitalist” or “amateur professional.” There’s also the factor of routines. Right now I go to class Tuesday through Thursday, work six days a week making pizza and write a couple stories a week for the DN. During the weekends I hang out with friends, catch up on my favorite shows I may have missed throughout the week and think about maybe doing homework. After graduation, that routine goes out the window. I’m
no longer attached to a schedule that keeps me from sleeping all day and watching Netflix all night. When I’m not forced to adhere to a strict regimen, I basically become one of those furry, nocturnal animals with glowing eyes that one might find on Animal Planet. Nothing makes people shake their heads with a mixture of pity, jealousy and hate more than finding out that you just slept from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. I always swear I’m not depressed, but they never believe me. Much like how my sickness will fade soon, I know all these graduation worries will seem silly when I look back on this time. I’ll sit in my throne with my little boy on one knee and my little girl on the other while stroking my epic beard and say, “Kids, have I ever told you the story of how I graduated from college?” Then they’ll sit with baited breath as I regale them with long-winded fables of hanging out with girls, doing keg-stands and getting all A’s. Then my wife will bring us a tray of hot cookies and cold milk. Damn it, I just turned myself into Santa Claus again. The point is, as George Harrison so wisely put it, all things must pass. Now somebody go get me some more tissues. ANDREW LARSEN IS A SENIOR FILM STUDIES MAJOR. REACH HIM AT ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.
Netflix pick of the week:
There’s always going to be a way to take that thing you’re passionate about... and use it to give back to your city.”
The High Cost of Living (2010)
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deemed an “extreme” sport now facilitates these youths’ desire to be a part of something and to benefit the place that brought them up. In front of the Jimmy John’s on O Street, the group meets Brian Gary, Jeremiah Anderson and Caleb Sullivan. Gary and Anderson have been homeless in Lincoln for eight and four years, respectively. Sullivan is just passing through, on his way to Chicago, hopping freight trains. The type of help Skate For Change provides is what gets Gary and Anderson by, the duo agreed. “There’s people that will stop and give you things,” Gary said. “And there’s people out here who would rather see you blow away with the wind.” Greenlee sees the service — beyond physical supplies — he can provide for people in these situations. “For a lot of these people, they’re kind of treated as (if) they’re invisible, they’re not there, and people ignore them all the time,” Greenlee said. “So, when they have a bunch of kids come up and hand them food and actually sit there and talk to them and listen to them, I think that feels really good.” *** By now, we’ve passed our target time for returning to The Bay. Mothers and rides await at the base camp. The crew packs up, saying goodbyes and giving thanks. We race home. “I think it’s that initial idea that whether you skateboard or whether you bike or whether you do music or art, there’s always going to be a way to take that thing you’re passionate about, that thing that you love to do, and use it to give back to your city, to your school or to your friends and your family,” Pearson
Looking for classes that will not only further your progress toward your degree but also actually fit in the span of a week is absolutely goofy. Not to mention that you have to pick courses that will actually matter to you. Life sucks. In a lot of ways, though, picking your courses is a reflection of who you are and where you are as a person. The biggest comparison being what classes you pick. Making decisions that will impact the rest of life is a scary proposition. With every class you add to your shopping cart, you’re shaping your freaking life, guy! I guess you could argue that about any decision you make, but when you’re actively choosing what you’ll be focusing on for months at a time, that’s a big thing. Compare that to being a student. We all actively make choices that determine our paths in day to day life. Who we hang out with, the clubs we join, where we
choose to live; it’s all part of a bigger picture. There’s also the comparison of how long the actual process of picking class takes. The website, which was presumably designed by a 15-year-old using a TI-83 calculator and a 12-pack of Mountain Dew, is a pretty passive-aggressive place. Think you just clicked on a link to a class list? YOU DID NOT, BOZO. Think the website won’t refresh half-way through your session, forcing you to go through the entire process again? MAYBE NEXT TIME, CHUMP. Think you’re looking at classes that will be available next fall? MORE LIKE FALL OF 2008, YOU GOOB. But really, that’s true to real life. A lot of time, you’re going to have to deal with unforeseen tragedy. A relative may pass away, or a relationship may not work out or you might have to eat at a dining hall on a Sunday. You can never be ready for what’s coming, and that’s a fact that has to be embraced, or you will end up shaking out rugs behind Casey’s gas station in Ord, Neb. There’s also the disappointment factor. Seeing a class you’ve wanted to take for a long time, say “Graphic Novels” in the English department, will give you a jolt. Really? There’s seats in that class still? What acts have a I per-
Senior’s spring morose looms large
Stacey Waite, UNL assistant English professor
“When I was an undergrad, I studied abroad for a semester at Swansea University and took a class there on post-World War II American poetry. Though I’d taken poetry and literature classes before ... it was there I got my first in-depth look at Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and Anne Sexton. I adored Sexton’s poetry and ‘Her Kind’ was the first poem I memorized. Beyond Sexton’s attention to sound, rhythm, metaphor and imagery in her poetry, one thing I’ve admired about Sexton’s work is the way her poems are also considerations of popular culture, fairy tales and women’s roles, in the past and in Sexton’s time. ‘Her Kind’ is a good example of this, as it explores, among other things, ideas about witches and women who are marked as witches. Sexton writes, ‘A woman like that is misunderstood. / I have been her kind.’ Haven’t we all.”
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Logan Stewart (center), an eighth grade student at Norris Middle School, skates back to The Bay after distributing care packages in downtown Lincoln on Saturday. “It’s interesting to hear people’s life stories and what they’ve gone through and how they got there,” he said. “It’s nice to know that you’re helping someone out.” said. For him, Smith and the riders involved with Skate For Change, helping someone isn’t an obligation or a chore that takes extraordinary effort; it’s fun, and it’s rich with the messages they want to instill in themselves, each other and their community. “People overthink giving back or starting a cause or doing something valuable. I mean, we overthink everything, and for us, it’s
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just, ‘You get stuff; you give stuff,’” Smith said. “That’s not hard. We just choose to ride our skateboards while we do it.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnarstdesk
Zach Braff did it once again back in 2010 with “The High Cost of Living,” an indie drama directed by Deborah Chow. When Nathalie (Isabelle Blais), a young, pregnant woman in Montreal, lives through a hit-and-run accident outside her home, she loses her unborn first child. Nathalie’s husband doesn’t support her through this tragic accident, so she turns to help from a stranger — a drug dealer named Henry Welles (Braff). But, of course, everything goes wrong for Nathalie, as viewers recognize the hidden agenda masked by Henry’s kindness. Chow has an eye for detail that makes some of the dullest scenes more bearable. However, the overall toning seems off — just a little too dark and gritty to offer the intended effect of distress and desperation. Her use of subtitles seems unnecessary, as all the characters speak English in addition to French. Despite minor missteps on Chow’s part, empathy for Nathalie will keep viewers enthralled, even when they fear the inevitable is coming. Henry’s grief seems honest — possibly one of the best portrayals of regret seen on screen. When you find yourself adding “The High Cost of Living” to your queue, you may also want to find some tissues, a cozy blanket and a tub of ice cream. If you’re only familiar with Braff’s quirky humor in
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“Scrubs,” expect the complete opposite. And if you’re looking for an inspirational film with a beautiful soundtrack like “Garden State,” look elsewhere. “The High Cost of Living”
is heavy. It’s intense, it’s real and it’s stonily dramatic. compiled by cara wilwerding arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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Roommates 3rd female roommate needed. 3 bedroom house. Clean home, nice neighborhood in Woods Park area. 10 minute bike ride, 2 minute drive to campus. Contact Mark (402)795-2274 in the evening. 730 Marshall Ave. Looking for roommates for 5/Bed, 3/Bath house in Bicentennial Estates, only 5-10 minutes north of UNL City Campus depending on how fast you drive. Great neighborhood, and the house is large and was built in 2006. It’s on a corner with plenty of parking. Rent is $300/month plus utilities. Email megank2288@google.com if interested! Looking for someone to take over the lease for my apartment this summer at The View Apartments, 301 W. Charleston St. Lincoln, NE, May - August 1st. It is 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, Unfurnished. Rent is $309 per month plus utilities (cable, electric). Rent payments are on an individual room basis so you are just paying for your room within the apartment. The other 3 rooms will be filled randomly. Washer/Dryer in the apartment. Refrigerator, Dish Washer, Microwave and Private Balcony included, 24 Hour Fitness Center, Free Tanning Machine at the Clubhouse, Swimming Pool, Hot Tub, Basketball Court, Sand Volleyball Court, Barbeque Grills. This has been a good place to live while I have rented here, I’m just moving home for the summer. Very Safe, no issues with security, haven’t had any problems with our appliances not working. Also, the other rooms will need to be filled so if you are looking for a place as a group or just yourself I can help you accommodate either way. If interested please contact Matt at matthrdlicka@gmail.com or 402-677-7866. Needed a student to share a cozingly finished 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse at 70th & South street. Large one bedroom with oversized windows, spacious closet, and bath, located in nicely finished basement. Laundry room and fireplace on same level. Cost is $500.00/mo. including utilities, W/D, and garage. Call or email Theresa 610-454-7773 or email to amazzengrace@yahoo.com
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Need Two Summer Roommates (Female) to fill a house located in the Highlands Neighborhood. The house is 3 bed, 2 bath and was new in 2005. Lease would be June-Middle August.
1 bedroom apartment with washer and dryer within walking distance of UNL East (Apple Street). $450/month. No smoking or pets. Call Stacy at (402) 875-3650.
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2 and 3 bedroom units, 2 baths, nice. N/P, N/S. Available 6/1 and 7/1. Great East Campus/City Campus location. Call 402-430-4253. LIKE us on facebook at Starr Street Apts.
Room available at Northbrook Apartments, $348 rent plus 1/3 utilities. Pets are okay. Looking to move out ASAP. If interested contact Lia at (402) 617-7652 Roommate needed in a three bedroom house. House is located off of W South St. The house is a new build. Rent includes electric, cable, water, internet,etc, and a spot in garage. $500.00 per month. Contact Emily at (319) 415-3056 We are two college students living in a house at 727 S 33rd st. with three more rooms available. The house has two bathrooms a kitchen with dishwasher and combination washer/dryer. Both of us are quiet, friendly people and ideally our roommates would have similar dispositions. So if a house with a lot of natural light that’s about ten minutes from both UNL campuses with friendly, slightly nerdy roommates then email Sam at heylookitsmesam@gmail.com for more information.
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And Cable. All furniture furnished. 700 South 17th. Parking. Laundry. N/S, N/P. 402-450-8895. 846 N 27th. 2-2 bdrm apt for rent. $500/month. 2nd floor w/large deck. Off street parking. Low Utilities. Available Immediately. Call -402-610-1188 Darling 1br/1ba apt for rent. No one above or below. Great porch, large closets, fully renovated, washer & dryer, new everything, also available for rent is 2br/2ba house attached and 2 car garage. 1240 Peach St 402-730-7778 Live like you mean it at The View, the best in Lincoln student living! At The View you will have the privacy and lifestyle you deserve in an off campus student community that is built specifically with you, the college student, in mind.
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Great Houses Close to UNL. Available in August. 402-432-0644 Must See! Reserve Yours Now! 836 Y St........2 Bed....1 Bath....$650.00 804 Y St........3 Bed....1 Bath....$825.00 1531 N 22nd..3 Bed...2 Bath....$900.00 More information and photos at: www.pooley-rentals.com/b.html
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Great Houses Close to UNL. Available in May. 402-432-0644. Must See! Reserve Yours Now! 1438 N 21st.........4 Bed......2 Bath...$900.00 927 N 30th...........6 Bed....2 Bath..$1600.00 More information and photos at: www.pooley-rentals.com
Quality student housing. 3,4,5 bedroom houses. Excellent condition. Washer/dryer included. Off street parking. Call 402-499-8567.
Architectural design and construction firm is looking for an engineering major who is available to fill a part-time warehouse position 15-25 flexible daytime hours per week. Full time availability is available through the summer for the right candidate. Primary job duties include receiving, unloading, organizing and checking in project materials and inventory, keeping warehouse neat and organized, assisting with packing and delivery as necessary, jobsite maintenance as needed and other duties as assigned. We are a small, busy company looking for good people. We offer competitive wages and a fast paced and fun work environment in exchange for a team player who is willing to assist in any area needed. We are more than willing to train the right person, and can be flexible in scheduling depending upon the needs of the job candidate. Please email resume to: Lisza@coffeyandcompany.com, or mail to 3530 Village Drive Suite # 200, Lincoln, NE 68516.
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Take photographs for marketing and memorabilia purposes, serve kids, and earn up to $2500 at Camp Kitaki. Enjoy the outdoors, while gaining experience. Apply online www.ymcalincolnjobs.org, email campkitaki@ymcalincoln.org or visit our website www.ymcalincoln.org. L H Ice Cream Inc. Needs two people to start around Memorial weekend for concession work. Starts $10/per hour plus bonus. Must have a drivers license and be able to travel. Contact Geoff at gcbbclrk@aol.com
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The Lincoln YMCA currently has openings for Summer Seasonal Lifeguards and Swim Instructors. Must enjoy working with youth. Complimentary Y membership available to qualified staff. Apply online at www.ymcalincolnjobs.org. Looking for reliable, upstanding individuals to join the Brothers family as security/floor staff. Fun place, fast-paced and competitive. Any questions can be directed towards the manager: 402-474-0200. PART-TIME LEASING CONSULTANT Looking for a job that adds valuable experience to your resume? Join our team at Holmes Lake Apartments. Must be available 9:00 a.m 6:00pm, Mon or Friday and every other weekend. Apply in person at 7100 Holmes Park Road or email resume to klyons@broadmoor.cc PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving counselors to teach All land, adventure & water sports. Great summer! Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.com PT morning teller Mon.-Fri. 7:30am-12:30pm, and Sat 8:30am-noon. Location at 5705 S 86th St, Lincoln, NE 68526. Applications e-mailed to ahanquist@linconefcu.org.
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Qualifications: 18 yrs or older. Not in High School. Pass background check. Able to load, unload, sort packages, and other related duties. All interested candidates must attend a sort observation at our facility prior to applying for the position. Apply in person: 6330 McCormick Drive, Lincoln, NE, 68507 FedEx Ground is an Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer (M/F/D/V). Commited to a diverse workforce. Tico’s is now hiring part-time servers. Apply in person. Unique Bar located in downtown Lincoln looking for experienced Bartenders and Cocktail Waitress. Please com to 128 North 13th St. Suite #208 on Monday April 8th or Wednesday April 10th from 5pm-8pm to fill out an application.
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A research study is being conducted by the Veterans administration to measure the elastic properties of facial skin. Results from the study will be used to develop new facial prosthetic materials that replace missing facial features (eyes, ears, noses, etc,) lost to trauma, burns or cancer. Research is being conducted at the VA Medical Center in Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in Lincoln. The study seeks male and female volunteers between the ages of 19 and 70 belonging to one of the following racial/ethnic groups: Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latino. Volunteers must be willing to refrain from applying cream, moisturizers or make-up to the face 24 hours prior to the study. The study will take about 1 hour to complete. If interested, in Lincoln contact Bobby at 402-472-4949, or in Omaha contact Lauren at 402-280-4529 for more information. IRB#00644 Post & Nickel clothing & footwear super sale for men & women! Extra 30% off already marked sale items! Stop in for designer jeans, fashion & footwear! 2 blocks from UNL at 14th & P! Come see us! Also hiring! Apply within!
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A FUN PLACE TO WORK! Frontier Harley-Davidson Now taking applications for part-time staff to assist in our Clothing, Collectibles & General Merchandise Department. No motorcycle experience necessary, but applicants should be pleasant, presentable, dependable and hard-working and possess strong people skills and sales initiative. Hours may vary; we are open 7-days-a-week. Full-time hours during summer a possibility. Applicants may download an application @ www.frontierhd.com or pick one up in person @ 205 NW 40th Street (West ‘O’). Bockmann Inc. has immediate openings for licensed asbestos workers and non-licensed with construction background. 40/hr. work week with possible overtime and travel. Must have a valid drivers license and pass the DOT regulated drug test. Note to applicants, Bockmann Inc., utilizes E-Verify. Apply in person at Bockmann Inc., 1420 Centerpark Rd. Lincoln, NE. 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. or go to our website at www.bockmanninc.com Click on “to contact us” and download the application per instructions. CEDARS Temporary Relief Specialist Great opportunity for students to gain experience working with children ages infant through 19 years old. This position is year round, offers a flexible schedule to fit with students class schedule and hours available are days, evenings, overnights and weekends. Visit www.cedars-kids.org for additional information and to apply on-line. College students needed for construction work this summer. Work includes mold, lead, and asbestos removal. 40 hrs/per week. Drug test required. Call 402-610-2303 for an application to be sent or apply in person at; 1420 Centerpark Rd.
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Jacobson continues success at NU The Huskers’ women’s tennis coach remains steady leader for Nebraska liz uehling dn Sometimes it’s easy for a coach to get lost in the mix. The Nebraska women’s tennis coach Scott Jacobson is serving his 22nd year. That’s enough time to make a big impact, not only in the lives of his athletes, but the school’s athletic program as well. Jacobson didn’t know it at the time, but his journey to becoming the winningest coach in Nebraska history began when he was a teenager. “When I was 13 years old, I picked up a tennis racket for the first time and fell in love with the sport,” Jacobson said. Through the years, he competed and built his skills. In his late teens and early 20s, he began teaching adults and juniors at the Tennis and Life Camp in Minnesota. He attended Walnut Junior College where he competed for its men’s tennis team. Then, when he was 20 years old, Jacobson journeyed to Pheonix, Ariz., and began competing in tournaments in hopes of taking his game to the professional level. “I worked on my game for two or three years, but I realized I wasn’t quite good enough to go pro,” Jacobson said. In 1979, Jacobson got the opportunity to work at Nebraska an assistant coach where he contributed on the men’s side until 1989. He also helped with the women’s team in his spare time. During a men’s dual match, Jacobson was approached by an old friend who told him there was a women’s tennis job opening. “All of the sudden I was being asked to take on the women’s tennis team,” Jacobson said.
holstein: from 10 ress. No doubt about it. But was it the kind of progress that has me holding my breath for next season? Am I eyeing the schedule, looking for potential big games and trying to find the potholes this team will have to steer clear of next season? No. Heck no. I am just looking for Nebraska to win a few more games than it did this season. Maybe it will contend for an NIT seed or make some noise in the Big Ten tournament. Tim Miles is a great coach. Don’t take this the wrong way. What he’s done is impressive and it should be commended, but it isn’t proof that he will ever take this team to the NCAA tournament, let alone the Final Four. If you think Nebraska is already on a train to the Final Four, you need to slow your roll. This program is a long way away from that. The Huskers struggled to beat a team in the upper half of its league this season, and if it wasn’t for its miraculous, emotionally charged win over Minnesota in the final game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, Nebraska’s only win over an NCAA tournament qualifier would have been its 5048 win over Valparaiso in the second game of the season. That’s not a team knocking on the door of the NCAA tournament. What Husker fans have to keep in mind is that Miles has built his career as a turnaround artist. He comes into a bad situation, makes things better and at least to this point, then he leaves. We don’t know if he can lead a program deep into the NCAA tournament because every time he gets a team in position to compete on a regular basis, he moves on. Miles has never won a tournament game - but that’s not to say he can’t do it. Just because he’s billed as a turnaround guy right now doesn’t mean he can’t be the leader of a contending program. One day we might look back on this season and talk about how it was the first building block in Nebraska’s own turnaround. But it’s a little early to make that kind of a prognostication. For now, Nebraska should set its sights on making the NCAA tournament. That will make for a tough enough task. Lets let the Final Four be for now. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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men’s golf
Huskers look to bounce back at Hawkeye Invite Nebraska wants an improvement after finishing 18th out of 20 teams last meet
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Nebraska women’s tennis coach Scott Jacobson encourages players during a match earlier this season at the Nebraska Tennis Center. Jacobson holds the most tennis wins at Nebraska.
evident in this year ’s graduating seniors. “Our senior class will go down in Nebraska tennis history as the most talented and gifted group of all time. I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to coach them,” Jacobson said. As for the future, Jacobson will continue to do what he does best: encourage the women of Nebraska’s tennis team to become not only the best athletes, but the best people they can possibly be. “I don’t just coach for wins. I coach to become a part of my player ’s lives and help them grow as people,” Jacobson said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
I worked on my game for two or three years, but I realized I wasn’t quite good enough to go pro.”
scott jacobson
nebraska women’s tennis coach
The year 1990 marked Jacobson’s start as the Nebraska women’s head coach. Through the years, he has grown the program and touched the lives of many players. “It’s fun to work and watch personal growth,” Jacobson said. The 2012-2013 team knows firsthand just how big of an im-
pact coach Jacobson has on NU tennis. “He is a very caring person,” senior Janine Weinreich said. “He emphasizes, before and after matches, that no matter if we win or lose, he cares about us and loves us just the same. No what happens, he supports us.” Jacobson’s investment into molding the lives of his players is
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Iowa men’s golf coach Mark Hankins said. “Competing against nationally ranked teams at your own course is a significant advantage, and it will be a great opportunity for our guys individually and as a team.” Despite Nebraska’s lackstaff report luster finish in Arkansas, the dn potential for a top finish isn’t out of the question. Earlier this The men’s golf team will comseason, the Huskers showed pete in its final regular season a glimmer of hope with a 6th invitational this weekend at place finish at the Denver Desthe 20th annual Hawkeye-Great ert Shootout. Behind junior Matt River Entertainment Invitation- Record, who shot 1-over-par al in Iowa City, Iowa. and tied for 10th, the Huskers The Huskers are coming off beat three teams in Golfstat’s a disappointing effort in their top 70, including No. 19 Illilast invitational in nois, No. 39 Tulsa and Arkansas, where No. 68 Colorado State. they placed 18th They also beat two old out of 20 teams in Big 12 foes in Kansas the ASU Red Wolf and Kansas State. Intercollegiate on Nebraska has a April 2. The Huskteam with deep poers shot a final tential to place in the round 303 to put top 10. This year so them at 920 over far, five players have 54 holes at Ridgefinished in the top 10: Pointe Country Kevin Gillick, Aaron Club. Nebraska’s Wong, Ross Dickson, highest finisher Kolton Lapa. Lapa, a HANKINS was Manuel Lavin, freshman, has finished who tied for 39th first among the Huskshooting 12-overers four times already. par for the tournament. Nebraska has had trouble Nebraska will compete in a at the Finkbine Golf Course in field of some of the best talent the past. The Huskers finished in the country, including Iowa 10th out of 11 teams last year State, Miami (Ohio), Washingin the invitational, only beating ton State and Big Ten foes Mich- out Miami (Ohio). As a team, igan State, Minnesota, Penn Nebraska shot 889 and an inviState and Iowa. tational-worst 306 in the final The Hawkeyes, who have round. The highest finisher was won the event three straight then-senior Scott Wilman, who seasons and five of the last sevtied for 11th place with a 216. en times, could be Nebraska’s After the invitational, which toughest opponent, especially will conclude on Sunday, Newith Iowa playing on its home braska will have 12 days before course. the Big Ten championships in “Hosting a national-level French Lick, Ind. tournament is important due to sports@ the simple fact that we can comdailynebraskan.com pete at our home golf course,”
baseball
Softball, baseball games canceled staff report dn The Nebraska softball team’s doubleheader against Minnesota Wednesday has been postponed because of inclement weather. The games have been rescheduled to April 16, beginning at 4 p.m. at Bowlin Stadium. The decision was made on Monday to prevent the Minnesota squad from traveling. If the Gophers had left for Lincoln on Tuesday, the team wouldn’t have been al-
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Tatum Edwards makes a pitch earlier this season at Bowlin Stadium. Tatum and her sister Taylor have played softball together since high school and their first travel teams. two immediately made an impact at the college level. While Taylor was the only freshman in the top 25 finalists for national player of the year, Tatum was the only Husker pitcher to record an at-bat, hitting 14 homeruns on the season. Although the two have been playing catch their entire lives, it is rare to find Taylor batting against her sister. “I’ve maybe hit against her (Tatum) once, but it felt too weird,” Taylor said. The pair has a comfortable system. “She’ll know exactly what I want to throw,” Tatum said. This season is their third year with the Huskers, but the Edwards’ tradition of putting
I’ve maybe hit against her (Tatum) once, but it felt too weird.” taylor edwards nu softball player
up impressive numbers hasn’t changed. Taylor is currently leading the team in doubles, homeruns and RBIs, while Tatum is riding a nine-game win streak on the mound with a 17-6 record so far this season. She is also only one home run behind her sister for the team lead. Without Taylor, the Huskers would have a huge loss behind the plate. Without Tatum, there
would be a huge loss in the pitching staff. This season the team has been ranked as high as No. 16 in the country. The Husker softball program is currently contending for a Big Ten title and a possibility of an extended postseason thanks, in part, to the standards the Edwards twins have set for their team. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
lowed to reschedule. The Nebraska baseball team also canceled its Tuesday matchup with Creighton. However, the Huskers’ game against the Bluejays has not been rescheduled and may not be. According to the Nebraska Weather Service, Lincoln has a 90 percent chance of freezing rain Tuesday night heading into Wednesday morning. Wind will also be a factor, with gusts up to 30 mph. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
football: from 10 With the senior signal caller off the field, the Red offense was free to lean on the running game. Lined up on his own 25-yard line, the Red squad’s second quarterback, Tommy Armstrong Jr., gave the ball to back-up running back Imani Cross. Cross darted to the sideline and turned up field for a 20-yard gain. “Last year he probably couldn’t have done that,” Brown said. “He’s quicker, about 14 pounds lighter than he was. When he gets to the second level, he’ll hurt you because he’s so physical.” Then came the finale: Jack’s 69-yard run. Nebraska’s offense outperformed the defense on Saturday and will take the spotlight when the season hits. Martinez said he’s not worried who is lined up behind him.
“It’s really good right now with Imani and Ameer (Abdullah) back there or King or whoever is back there,” Martinez said. “I think we have a few freshman kids coming. Whoever is back there should be fine.” Brown only recruits a certain type of back. Because Nebraska’s program is appealing to running backs, Brown said it’s easy to bring in talented backs from throughout the country. “What you want is a guy with a big heart,” Brown said. “You want a guy who has a high capacity to hold a high standard. (Former Husker) Rex Burkhead had that, Ameer Abdullah has that, (fullback) C.J. Zimmerer has that, (fullback Andy) Janovich has that, Imani Cross has that. Those are the kind of backs you want.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Columnists discuss Nu basketball’s future
chris heady Here, take this glass of water. Go ahead, sit down. Brace yourself, Nebraska fans, because here it comes. Ready? Tim Miles can take Nebraska men’s basketball to a Final Four. I will now pause for laughter, scoffs and index fingers pointed at me followed by the phrase, “this guy,” repeated over and over. … Done? Great. Because I’m not kidding. Think of it like this. You Husker fans are like that guy you hate. You know him. The guy who has that incredibly attractive and sweet girlfriend that anyone would die to have, but he doesn’t realize how great she actually is? That’s you guys and Tim Miles. Wake up, people. Your future is brighter than you think. Miles rebuilds programs like you rebuild plaque on your teeth. In his first year at Southwest Minnesota State, his team went 16-11. By his fourth year they were 28-7, 17-1 in conference play and made the Div. II Elite 8. He went from there to North Dakota State, where his team went from 11-15 in his first year to 20-8 in his sixth. He then moved to Colorado State, where he took a 7-25 team to a 20-12 NCAA tournament team four years later. Seriously. Is there anyone else
ers in the you’d want for this struggling Lincoln Nebraska program? area. I was Some of you may have picked almost thrown Colorado State in your brackets in solitary confinethis year, they were an 8-seed. ment when I arrived on camThat was a good pick. The Rams beat 9-seeded Missouri thanks pus proclaiming they would to their five starting seniors. win more than 10 games. But that team proceeded to exceed Solid pick, people. One question: where do you think all of those every low expectation you had. Nebraska was down two on players for Colorado State came the road against Michigan (yes, from? Hmm? Connect the dots? They were that team you watched Monday night) in the second half. The all Coach Miles’ recruits. Huskers were down three with If you don’t think that could be Nebraska in four or five years, a minute remaining against Ohio you must have gotten hit in the State, a team that made it to the Elite Eight and won the Big Ten head by falling debris from the tournament. They beat an incredconstruction on Memorial Staibly talented Minnesota team that dium. was ranked as high If I’ve learned as No. 8 earlier in anything from the season. Oh, watching basketWake up the Gophers also ball for 20 years people. Your won a game in it’s this: coaching the NCAA tournameans everything. future is brighter ment. There’s no than you think. How do you miraculous Trey not see what I see? Burke shot in the Miles rebuilds A new arena, Sweet Sixteen this playing against year without John programs like you some of the best Beilein telling rebuild plaque on competition in the Burke to go off a country in the best screen to his favor- your teeth.” conference, imite spot. There’s no pressive recruits 1983 North Carolina State Cinderella story without coming in from New Zealand Jim Valvano’s fearless coaching and Canada and a fresh face with plenty of potential in Shavon style. There hasn’t been success at Shields. That a recipe for success and Nebraska because of the coachMiles wrote this cookbook. ing. But now you have your No, Nebraska won’t go to the coach. It’s that simple. Final Four by 2015, but c’mon peoAnd could he be more perfect ple, if anyone has the potential to for this Midwest atmosphere? He’s totally suave with the me- take Nebraska there, it’s Miles. If anyone can take this prodia, enthusiastic on the court, gram, strip it down, build it back tweets at halftimes and gives love to the fans every opportunity he up and repaint it, it’s that nerdy lookin’ guy in the glasses. gets. Open your eyes. Recognize The stigma of “Nebraska basketball sucks and always will” you have the most attractive lady needs to be striped from your in the room. chris heady is a freshbrain and thrown in a meatgrindman news-editorial maer. That 15-18 team you saw this jor. you can reach him at year was called “one of the worst sports@ teams in Nebraska history” bedailynebraskan.com. fore the season started by writ-
lanny holstein Tim Miles had a good first season at Nebraska. Some might even call it great. I’m not one of those people. The Huskers outperformed my expectations going into the season. I’ll give them that. I can remember setting the over-under at seven wins for this team in the preseason - and I think I took the under. Losing five of its top seven scorers from a season ago and losing its coach, Nebraska’s 2013 prospects didn’t look good. The team
Spring game shows I-back depth A number of running backs impressed coaches during RedWhite scrimmage kyle cummings dn Jack Hoffman stole the show. His 69-yard scamper, a go-ahead touchdown in an offensive-heavy game, led all rushers on the day. However, following the 7-yearold was a productive rushing crew. On the opening drive of the game, Ron Kellogg III, quarterback for the White team, handed the ball off to King Frazier. The redshirt freshman powered through the middle for a gain of 18 yards. Frazier took the ball up the middle again on the next snap. And the snap after that. Finally, Kellogg attempted a pass. “King (Frazier) had a really good spring,” Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said. “He’s going to be a good football player.” The White squad marched down the field, lining up just one yard shy of the end zone. Once again, Kellogg gave the ball to Frazier, who pummeled up the gut for a touchdown. “King’s got excellent instincts for a young guy,” running back coach Ron Brown said. “We want to continue to work on foot quick-
ness with him and decisiveness and he’s become more physical as the spring has gone on. But he’s really got excellent running instincts. He seems to find a way to get yards.” Even though Frazier stands 6 feet tall and weighs a solid 220 pounds, Brown said he runs like a little guy, in the sense that he finds creases. On the next White possession, a new back, Graham Nabity, stood in the backfield with Kellog. Nabity, a redshirt freshman, tacked on 33 rushing yards on the day, including a pounding 3-yard touchdown. The 215-pound Omaha native split time between running back and returning kicks. Nabity, just five pounds lighter than Fraizer, has shown good speed, Brown said. “He can put his foot in the dirt and go north,” Brown said. “He doesn’t have quite the instinctive ability yet of King, but he’s got more foot quickness than King.” The first half of the scrimmage ended with three rushing touchdowns. And in the first play back in action, the Red offense wasted no time building a secure run game again. The play clock had been running for almost a full quarter, and senior quarterback Taylor Martinez was all but done for the day.
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Graham Nabity bursts through a running lane during Nebraska’s spring game. Nabity recorded 33 rushing yards Saturday.
was coming off a 12-18 season - one of its worst seasons in a while, and that is saying something when you look at the recent stretch of sub-.500 seasons Nebraska has put together - and played in the best basketball conference in the country. Nobody was going to take it easy on this team. So what Miles was able to do in his first year was impressive. Getting to 15 wins - including five in the Big Ten - is an admirable feat. But is it enough to be called a great season? In my opinion, no. A great season consists of winning championship or at least making a postseason tournament. A great season would have at least a handful of upsets, a signature win to hang its hat on. This season had none of that. It was a solid turnaround from a coach that has a track record of turning programs around, but it wasn’t much more than that. So please excuse me when I laugh at the idea of Nebraska playing in the Final Four any time soon. What I saw this season was prog-
season and was named California Freshman of the Year in high school. Taylor also racked up many high school honors. She In softball, if there is great chemistry between the pitcher was one of only two players invited to participate in the 2008, and catcher, a team has some2009 and 2010 Under Armour thing to build on defensively. All-American softball games, an Junior twin sisters Tatum annual event hosting the top 30 and Taylor Edwards high school been playing togethplayers in er their entire lives. You can’t the country. Both now play for When it came get Taylor Nebraska and Tatum said she is comforted without Tatum, and down to selecting a colknowing she throws to her sister behind you can’t get Tatum lege, the duo made it clear the plate. they wanted After finding without Taylor.” to continue success in the high playing toschool, the sisters tatum edwards gether. nu softball player wanted to bring “ We ’ re their strong bond to not going Lincoln to compete for the Husker softball team un- without each other, and we made sure that you can’t get der coach Rhonda Revelle. Taylor without Tatum and you The twins went to high can’t get Tatum without Tayschool in Murrieta, Calif. They lor,” Tatum said. played for their high school After the Edwards sisters team and also competed during chose to play for Nebraska, the the summer for the travel squad Corona Angels. Tatum was all-state every softball: see page 9