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LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS

Let me tell you a story.

When I first came to the Daily Nebraskan office in the basement of the Nebraska Union (I’ll bet you never knew where it was until now!) it was the Sunday before my first day of classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Actually, I had just experienced my first Big Red Welcome and was struggling to carry armfuls of useless crap and flyers for various clubs I told myself I would join down the steps to make it to my first DN meeting at 8 p.m.

So here I am, dropping millions of Husker-emblazoned cups and tootsie rolls attached to Bible study groups promising lifetime friendships, and I’m terrified.

Terrified, because the DN can be a terrifying place. It’s chock full of some of the smartest and hardest-working students on campus. Students who produce a full newspaper every day, on top of their full-time class schedules.

Students who are hardened to the idea that the organization is a bit underrated (even hated) on campus, but still will give it their blood, sweat and tears.

If you’re wondering what happened next, you can probably figure that out for yourself. Because it’s 11 p.m. on a Wednesday night, and I’m sitting here in the basement of the union writing this editor’s letter. Ironically, all those flyers and complimentary pencils from Big Red Welcome would be stuffed in a drawer, never to be seen again until I moved out of Schramm Hall. I never left the damn DN office! But I say that with all the love in my heart I can muster.

I’ve learned a lot from my time here at the DN. Thanks to some amazing and talented editors, I’ve learned how to tell stories. I mean, take a seed of an idea or a fleeting conversation with a stranger, and tell a person’s eccentric, meaningful, hilarious story (and tell it in AP style – a harder feat than you non-journalists may imagine).

I’ve also learned how not to be an idiot. Or at least, how to try to avoid being an idiot. I’ve decided that stupidity isn’t something you really ever grow out of; we only get better at dealing with it. Writing your first stories as a freshman is exciting, but it isn’t very fun. You screw up. You screw up big time.

And if you’ve got the least bit of good sense, you won’t screw up by quitting altogether.

I’ve also gained too many friendships to count from my time here, and it freaks me out to think that I could have easily decided to do something else my freshman year of college.

I’ve gained a lot from the DN. It’s extremely difficult to imagine life without it.

So, as you flip through the rest of this issue (or are you reading this online?

Kudos to you, and please click on another story, you have no idea what it does for our web traffic) think of the many students who give their time and effort to this paper. The hours spent interviewing, writing, editing and designing our staff clocks in every issue would blow you away, and then remember everyone is a full-time student, as well. Then, shed a tear for all of our measly paychecks. Then, lay down on the floor and take a few deep breaths as you contemplate our mental well-being.

We know only a very small percentage of the student body reads the DN on a regular basis. Most of those people work for us. We know we make mistakes and get things wrong sometimes. That was freshman me, sleepdeprived at 3 a.m. in my room, trying to transcribe an interview as quietly as possible as not to wake my roommate. You may think we’re not worth your $2.80 of student fees, and “where is my ASUN reimbursement form so I can buy a Gatorade instead?” But remember that we’re all still here, in the basement of the union, and dammit, we’re gonna put out another paper tomorrow, too.

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Children’s museum relies on volunteers

Lincoln Children’s Museum volunteers get to work with crafts, read to kids and build exhibits KATJA DUERIG DN If the end of the school year and beginning of summer is exciting for college students, it’s massively exciting for elementary school kids. And while we sign up for summer classes and apply for internships and jobs, they get to explore the diverse attractions of the Lincoln Children’s Museum.

However, it’s a museum that could not operate without the help of volunteers.

Tara Knuth is the new executive director of the Lincoln Children’s Museum and said summer is its busiest time of year.

“Because of everything that we have going on, our volunteers are vital to us being able to do it all,” Knuth said.

The museum accepts volunteers of any age.

They must apply online and go to an orientation that showcases all the different jobs and responsibilities for volunteers.

Jobs include hands-on crafts and reading with kids, working at the museum store and building

exhibits with the maintenance crew. Volunteers are also invited to the summer camps and events.

“It encompasses everything,” Knuth said, “It doesn’t have to be that you have just one interest to fit in here and to be volunteering here.”

The museum offers flexible scheduling, but tries to get each volunteer in for at least one eighthour shift per week.

This summer, the museum is hosting “Think Factory” camps and four family concerts. The camps include an Italian cooking day, a Whodunit mystery camp and a movie making camp.

Concerts are held on Thursdays in June and will feature kid-friendly bands, such as The Doo-Dads.

Construction on two new exhibits will also be continuing this summer, and a special event where children aim to break a world record is in the works.

Knuth said dedication and commitment to community service is a must in a volunteer. Also important is an openness to learning from the kids.

“I think the main thing we’re looking for is someone who has the passion and wants the opportunity to explore maybe their own interests,” she said. “That’s what we kind of encourage with the kids who come to us and that’s kind of what we’re looking for with the volunteers.”

If you’re interested in working with the museum over the summer, or need a volunteer opportunity close to campus, the application can be found on the museum’s website.

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Kolby Packard (left) and Madison Johnston (center) pretend to be a shopper and a cashier in the grocery store exhibit at the Lincoln Children’s Museum on April 17.

Hospice work reminds retiree of life, love and loss MAC WALL DN April 16 was a tearful day for Ken Price. It was the fifth anniversary of his marriage to Mary Price – the second wife he lost to cancer. And although grief accounts for some of those tears, so does joy. At the age of 72, Ken has a new passion: “companioning the dying.”

A book by that title sits at his elbow as he explains how he watched two different wives, Karen and Mary, slowly die from cancer. It’s peculiar reading material for a man followed by death, but the book is a tool and a reference guide for Ken’s new purpose.

A retired English teacher from Syracuse, Nebraska, his business card says “Kenneth C. Ken–Age-appropriately Unemployed.” But he’s still occupied. Ken is a hospice volunteer.

At his hospice, AseraCare, Ken has helped more than 22 patients ease into their “final journey” – death – gracefully.

“He puts his whole heart into it; you can just tell,” said Jenni Smith, AseraCare Hos-

pice’s volunteer program coordinator. “He’ll stop in my office after he visits a patient, and he’s just glowing with enthusiasm” Smith said volunteers such as Ken typically spend an hour or two with patients, keeping them company and tending to anything they might need, as long as it isn’t professional medical treatment. They also provide relief for busy caregivers. Overall, their purpose is to provide comfort and company to the dying.

“I’m no new guy to death,” Ken said.

When he was only 19, he lost his father to a massive heart attack. In 1978 his mother and brother – his only remaining family members – were killed by a drunk driver. Shortly after their car accident, Ken witnessed another; an 8-year-old boy was crossing the street when a car barreled into him at 45 mph.

“I don’t have to close my eyes right now to see that boy flying through the air,” he said.

The driver braked, jumped out and threw his coat onto the boy, believing him to be dead on impact.

“I jumped out of my car and said ‘Are you sure he’s gone?’”

The driver believed he was – there was little chance of surviving such impact. But Ken looked under the coat anyway.

“I’m not going to tell you what I saw,” Ken said. “It wasn’t very pretty, but he was still breathing.”

The police, the first responders, didn’t even wait for an ambulance. The boy was gone by then. They covered the body and set it in the cruiser’s back seat. That image stuck with him, Ken said, because there was no dignity in that death.

“I didn’t sleep for a while,” he said.

Visceral memories such as this are commonplace in Ken’s brain.

Once while out on a drive with his son, Ken came across the upturned tractor of a neighbor.

Again, he looked into what most others would turn away from. The farmer, Keith, had been crushed during the rollover, and what was left of him was “misshapen,” to put it gently. But Keith’s wife, Mary Ann, was at home and unaware something was wrong. So Ken sprinted up to tell Mary Ann about her husband.

“I had coffee with him on Saturdays and

some Sundays. I knew his wife; I knew all of his kids,” Ken said. “What do you say when you knock on the door?” *** Ken must have missed the retirement memo. Whatever AARP pamphlet that tells retirees to scoop up their pensions, run to Florida and live out the remainder of their days listening to Jimmy Buffet and playing poker with excops, never arrived in his mailbox. His retirement is spent elsewhere.

Three or four times a week, Ken visits the dying to bring comfort to their lives because, he said, “in comfort there is dignity.”

Dying with dignity, Ken said, is what hospice is about. Hospice doesn’t cure cancer or replace faulty lungs and kidneys. Hospitals do that. But the goal of hospitals is to save lives, not allow them to comfortably end. That’s where hospice comes in.

If you have, say, stage four kidney cancer that has metastasized to your renal artery, there’s little a doctor can do. You could endure

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Skateboarding adventures lead to career in film MILES ROTHLISBERGER DN His movies started with skateboarding friends, but then one became about a killer skateboard murdering friends. Whether or not he’s working on a fan video on YouTube or producing his college capstone film, he constantly thinks of filmmaking and wouldn’t have it any other way.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior film and new media major Jordan Fountain, like many other aspiring film majors, hopes to make movies as a career in the future. In the meantime, Fountain has produced and directed movies of varying plots and lengths.

Fountain said he started making films around 2004 when he and his friends filmed their own skate videos with personal intros and best tricks. The subjects changed as the years went on, but it was his first films that introduced Fountain to his interest in filmmaking.

“You’re creating something; you’re hanging out with friends; you’re making something that once didn’t exist,” Fountain said.

“You want to make something good. But, at the same time, you still laugh on set; you still have fun.”

A turning point came to Fountain when one of his skateboard films, “Shred,” won a free entry into the 2010 Omaha Film Festival.

He submitted “Mindset of a Rolling One,” a movie about a killer skateboard causing each of its victims to wipe out.

“That’s good experience, to have your films on the big screen,” he said.

It was around that time Fountain decided he wanted to make films for a career.

“I enjoy this. Why wouldn’t I do this for a living?” Fountain said.

Recently, Fountain was the producer and cinematographer for his major capstone film “Just Another Tuesday,” a movie about “fate in a comedic fashion.” He worked alongside co-writer and director Derek Davidson, and co-writer and editor Connor Huggett. He won the Death Grip Electric Award for Killer Cinematography presented to a Nebraska Short at the 2015 Omaha Film Festival for his work on the movie.

Fountain handled the production of the movie, which means he dealt with the logistics by acquiring and assembling crew members and helping with screenplays. The production work of movies often involves some difficulties, especially when it comes to movies with low budgets and unpaid crew members.

“A film does not exist without producing work,” Fountain said. “It’s an uphill battle to make any film. But I love it.”

Yet, Fountain doesn’t always play the producer. For his YouTube videos, which include videos of skateboarding, video game playing, and various live-action shorts, he directs, produces and edits them. Fountain said for now he hopes to become a professional YouTuber, who will provide movies directly to viewers without the hitches and what he calls “big money B.S.” of traditional films.

Regardless of how he contributes to the movie or distributes it, Fountain said many of the movies he’s helped create so far have been speculative films with interesting spins and even humor that allow for creative free-

dom.

“It’s something you see every day, but with a twist,” Fountain said. “I don’t take myself seriously with my movies. When you make comedic things – especially if you don’t have a lot of money – you can get away with a lot more.”

Fountain said one man can’t make a film alone.

“If you want to make a good movie, you have to collaborate with a team of talented people,” Fountain said.

Fountain said any filmmaker must put time into his or her product to make it good, no matter the circumstances. Just to find the time can pose problems, he said.

“If you want to make something really, really great, you have to spend a really, really long time working on it,” Fountain said. “It’s hard to make good consistent content when you’re a student.”

Finally, Fountain said you must be willing to accept your imperfections.

“You need to release bad films,” Fountain said. “I’ve released a lot of bad films. I think I’ve gotten better.”

To Fountain, there’s fulfillment with the production of something. So, as he produces “No Sleep,” his latest film, and continues to create YouTube videos, his love of filmmaking churns around in his mind.

“I think about it 24/7, really.”

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HOSPICE: FROM 4 you, and she wasn’t looking for another huschemotherapy, vomit constantly, lose your hair and still not get better. But if you want to die band, because the last one she had didn’t die,” comfortably on your own terms, Ken said, you he said, chuckling.

Neither was eager to jump back into marchoose hospice.

Hospice visits patients both at homes and riage. But they were happy just dancing three in assisted living facilities. They prescribe times a week and once every weekend. Then medication to fight pain, but not painful treat- dances turned into carpools. Carpools turned ment to stop an illness. They are singularly into dates.

“After a year, I realized this lady, I wanted concerned with making death as pleasant as to spend the rest of my life with her,” Ken said. possible. Rather than suffer through radiation and surgery, many people choose a peaceful “My thought was there: She was three years older than I. She’d had some previous health ispassing and live out their life in as much comfort as hospice can provide. Ken said that was sues. And I thought, ‘If we’re going to do this, there’s no need waiting two or three years.’ regrettably absent in Karen’s situation.

Ken met Karen in 1999 and “fell in love Talking on a dance floor for a year, you learn a almost instantly.” Ken had recently divorced, lot about somebody.”

They were married on top of a hill in Calico and when the legal dust cleared, his ex-wife was awarded the home in Syracuse. So Ken Rock, Arkansas, 20 miles south of Mountain moved to Washington, Kansas, and met Karen View, the home of the Arkansas Folk Festival. when he was 56. They married and enjoyed His engraved wedding band read, “Could I have this dance?” and hers read, “for the rest of nearly every day together. my life.”

“I never left the house and didn’t kiss that They would spend two anniversaries at the lady,” he said.

Before their sixth anniversary, Karen be- folk festival, but they never had the chance for gan struggling with basic tasks. She would a third.

Mary was diagnosed with stage four kidney type a whole report up at work, only to erase it when she meant to hit “print.” One time, cancer shortly after they returned from a trip to Mountain View. It had spread well past her kidshe left the car in idle and got out to open the garage by hand. The car rolled into the door, neys. Doctors said there was no way she could make it through surgery. nearly running her over.

“So for another six months – the second six The Prices finally decided to have Karen medically evaluated in Lincoln. A biopsy months of my life – I took care of Mary,” Ken said. “She said, ‘Ken, I want you to promise found Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in her frontal me you will not put me in a hospital, a nursing lobes. Karen had brain cancer. home, an assisted living facility, nor will you “For six months and 13 odd days,” Ken even put me in a hospital bed.’ How can you said, “I watched her die every day.”

She was treated at the University of Kansas tell your wife no?”

So Ken put up railings and cleared space Medical Center. Ken was always with her because he had to be. Brain cancer impairs judge- for her walker and her wheelchair. But Mary was getting weaker. Ken ment and motor skills suction-cupped railand requires constant I’ve sworn off now... ings to the shower walls, care. there won’t be but Mary was losing the “One day she was strength to dry herself off. taking my hand; three another (wife).

I’m married “I realized I could not days later she was keep Mary’s promise,” walking with a cane. to hospice.”

Ken said.

Two weeks after that, KEN PRICE She needed more help she was in a walker, and hospice volunteer than he could give. a month after that, she One day, Ken was was in a wheelchair,” driving down Highway 2 Ken said.

She suffered through the treatments, but when he got a call from his friend Mike, who was driving the opposite way. Mike had a nothing worked. Karen died in the hospital. friend who worked in hospice and told Ken he “You know what I used to say in my life?” would set them up.

Ken asked. “I used to say ‘Why God? Why do The next day, hospice arrived and did inthis to me?’” take for Mary to make sure she qualified mediHe dropped that line of questioning after Karen passed. He tried to suck it up. He cally. She did, and the hospice staff helped Ken keep his promise: Mary didn’t need to be taken read a book on bereavement, which said not to make any major life decisions until six to a nursing home. All her needs, from bathing months after grieving. After that period he to putting on lotion, the hospice staff took care moved back to Nebraska, bought a home of. Ken and Mary could still sleep in the same in Lincoln and connected with a wrestling bed without the hum of hospital equipment.

The hospice team tried to bring in a hospital coach he knew in the city.

The coach told Ken that friends of his bed. Ken told them, “Don’t even dare.”

“Up until Mary died, every night, I slept went dancing every weekend, and the single women needed partners. They had to take with that lady,” Ken said. “And two days before she died – just before she couldn’t speak turns with the married men.

“I told him I’d come out,” Ken said. “But anymore – I was in there holding her hand.

And she looked up at me, and she said ‘Ken, I’m not dancing.”

That first night, Mary walked up to Ken you are a man of integrity.”’

Those were not her last words. Whatever and tapped him on the shoulder.

“Hey,” she said. “I hear you’re a pretty good they might have been, Ken withheld them. He dancer. I don’t believe everything I hear. I’d like said dying is an intimate matter.

He did say Mary died in the company of to find out for myself.”

They danced five songs straight. Ken found her husband and her son, Derick. She died as Mary – who had been divorced for 40 years – to comfortably as one can, with Ken doling out doses of painkillers to ease the way. She passed be an excellent dancer and conversationalist. away, in true Nebraskan style, one afternoon “I wasn’t looking for another wife, I’ll tell

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Ken Price, 72, stands in his backyard holding pictures of his two former wives, both of whom he lost to cancer. Price’s second wife spent her last days at home in hospice care, which is what inspired him to become a volunteer at AseraCare Hospice. during a Husker football game.

What’s most important, Ken said, is that she died with dignity. A dignity that would not have been available to her had she been hooked up to IVs and suffered through radiation and dialysis – treatments that could make no difference to a metastasized cancer eating away at her body.

Ken was able to help Mary die gracefully, he said, because hospice helped him.

Now, he helps hospice.

April 16 was Ken and his wife’s anniversary. And he cried. But not because he felt helpless. He gave that feeling up when Karen passed. He cried because even though it was a meaningful date, he chose to help someone else work through their grief, and it ended in tears of joy. He had a hospice visit that morning.

“He was in a very, very, very bad mood.”

Ken said.

The patient was wheelchair-bound and had lost a wife about a year prior.

“When you’re in a wheelchair, how can things be wonderful?” Ken said. “If you lost your wife, how can things be wonderful? Well it takes time, but they actually can.”

So Ken told the patient that he, too, had lost a wife, and that today was actually their anniversary. “I led him out his sadness,” Ken said.

The patient began reminiscing about his wife and the fun they had. Then he recounted the day she died, which was not easy for him to do.

“I see some strength in you today that I’ve never seen,” Ken told him.

At that time a nurse was coming in, so Ken got up to leave.

“He took my arm and said, ‘Thank you, my friend,’” Ken said. “This is why I do hospice. When I walked away, I walked through that facility, got in my car, and by the time I got to my car half a block away, tears were rolling down my cheeks, because I made a difference today in that man’s life. I made a difference today.”

That difference is evident. Smith said Ken

is known as a standout, the kind of man who works for a smile. One of Ken’s patients was a farmer who insisted on wearing overalls all the time. After the farmer noted that no one else shared his style, Ken began wearing overalls on visits.

Ken is not a depressive widower. He has reached acceptance: the sixth stage of grief.

If there were a seventh, it might be avoidance. When a person loses someone they love, restaurants, movies and songs can all bring back painful memories. But Ken doesn’t avoid much.

Four times a week he visits dying patients, many of whom are in the same state his wives passed away in.

But for all the painful memories, he mostly holds onto the good ones. And so when he talks of Arkansas folk festivals and old songs, he smiles. He’s a romantic. He realizes he had two loves in his life, which is more than many people will know. And rather than focus on losing them both, he focuses on what he gained from them.

“I’ve learned something from Karen,” he said. “I learned how to love.”

And he says, laughing and pointing to a picture of Mary, “and this lady got it.”

It doesn’t make sense to Ken why he had two great, separate loves in his life. He can’t explain why he was so lucky, but he doesn’t take it for granted.

“I feel a little bit,” he said, pausing, “wrong, for having two wonderful wives like that, because some people never get married. Never have known that. And I’ve had two.”

Two is a good number to end at, he thinks For all the happiness his marriages brought him, his new purpose is to bring happiness, comfort and dignity to the dying.

“I’ve sworn off now,” he said of ever taking another wife. “No, there won’t be another. I’m married to hospice.”

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Adult spelling bee at Single Barrel puts a spin on a classic MAC WALL DN Spelling bee contestants aren’t often seen with a bourbon in hand. However, attendees of the 31st Annual Adult Spelling Bee on Thursday may get to see just that.

The event is being held at The Single Barrel on 10th and P streets. Tickets are $30 for contestants, but only the first 25 spellers can sign up.

For those not competing, entrance is $15 for the public or $5 for students. All funds raised will benefit the Jane Pope Geske Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the social hour.

The spelling bee begins at 7 p.m. At 8 p.m. the Nebraska Literary Heritage Association will hand out the Literary Heritage Award to Meredith McGowan, a retired Heritage Room Curator, according to a press release.

The spelling bee follows the same format as the children’s version; however, this bee is held in an establishment that serves alcohol.

Local librarian Kathryn Kelley said an event of this type is a rarity and knows of a few others who like it.

In the past, Kelley said participants have often been repeat spellers, or people who compete annually. She said the event is not ultracompetitive like the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but welcoming instead.

The event will be hosted by John Baylor, known to many students as the man who runs ACT preparation classes.

Nebraska Literary figures have been known to show up as well. Last year, Nebraska poet Ted Kooser was a guest spelling contestant.

Kooser was one of the minds behind the inception of the Adult Spelling Bee and has helped to keep it running for more than 30 years.

The money raised will help to fund the Heritage Room, which keeps more than 12,000 books from more than 3,000 Nebraskan writers. It also preserves unpublished letters and manuscripts from those authors, along with DVDs, photos and original art, so as to preserve Nebraska’s artistic history.

The Heritage Room is not government funded and needs other financial support to keep its operations going. It began in 1949 to preserve Nebraskan literature and history, and its collection of works has steadily grown. On top of storing works of Nebraskan art, it also provides services and events for the community. One of those events is Lunch at the Library. Six months out of the year, the library hosts an author discussion and provides coffee from The Mill.

The money raised from the spelling bee will also go toward the Writers Write Workshop. The workshop focuses on teaching writing skills to eighth graders.

There will also be a silent auction to raise money for the Heritage Room.

Spelling bee co-chairwoman Jenni Jex said most of the items on the auction block are literature related. In the past, they’ve sold signed books and manuscripts, often from Nebraskan authors. There will be framed prints for

COURTESY PHOTO sale, such as one of Willa Cather.

If you prefer food to books, there will also be cake, hand decorated in a spelling bee theme. If you don’t get any cake, don’t worry.

Both food and drinks are available from the Single Barrel menu.

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CAMPUS STYLE

AIDAN GRAYBILL FRESHMAN BIOLOGY MAJOR We love great style here at the Daily Nebraskan Arts and Entertainment section. That’s why this year, we’ll be scouting out the best-dressed students on campus to feature in our very first weekly street style section.

We plan on featuring all interesting UNL style. Whether that be a stylish sorority girl or a man wearing a Scooby-Doo costume

on campus, we’re looking for the best and most unique fashion campus. So to all you trendsetters out there, your next outfit might be printed right here in Daily Nebraskan.

Shirt - ASOS (Thrifted at Penny Lane Trading Comapany) Pants - Loft Shoes - Converse

My style is pretty monochromatic. I just roll out of bed, and it’s whatever I feel like that day. These shoes are definitely a staple. They’re comfortable, go with anything and close-toed, so I can wear them to work.”

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Beekeeping turns from hobby to career KATJA DUERIG DN It’s been a long time since Warren Nelson first tasted heaven. He’s been bottling his own honey for 10 years and selling it in his own store, Valhalla Bee Farm, for four.

He began beekeeping as a hobby to pursue after his retirement as a state trooper. After taking a course at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he bought a hive and began his keeping.

He tasted the first batch and said it was unlike any honey he’d ever had.

“When we tried it we were all, ‘Woah, I never knew honey could taste this good,’” Nelson said. “And I said, ‘Yeah, this is just like a little taste of heaven.’”

When one Lincoln beekeeper retired from the business, Nelson had the opportunity to buy a bottling facility. Six years later, Valhalla Bee Farm moved to its current location at 4713 Hartley St. The name Valhalla comes from Viking mythology: It was the place warriors went when they died in battle.

The move gave them a showroom in the front to display their products. They sell honey, creme honey (a house-made cremed honey that comes in regular, cinnamon and raspberry) and

books about honey in the storefront. But most of the room is taken up by Nelson’s wife Jane’s needlework products.

Jane is a member of the Lincoln Needleworkers’ Guild, the Prairie Belle Smockers and the Lincoln Lacemakers. She said her interest in fabric arts began in middle school, and she’s been adding skills to her repertoire ever since.

“The more I hang out with all those women,” Jane said, “the more techniques that I find out about and I have to try them.”

Valhalla sells supplies for smocking, hardanger, needlepoint, cross stitch and more.

Since Nelson has worked with so many techniques and other needleworkers, she’s able to guide customers in the right direction, or at least to someone who can help.

She occasionally teaches tatting and bobbin lace lessons at the store.

Along with the sewing part, Jane knows the beekeeping end of things, too. She is the treasurer of the Nebraska Beekeepers Association, and Warren serves as the president.

It is the only store in Nebraska this year to sell packages of live bees. Each package comes from California and contains approximately 6,000 bees. Beekeepers from Kansas, Iowa and all over Nebraska buy its season’s bees from Valhalla.

‘Rip Tide’ hits Lincoln ANNIE ALBIN DN His real name isn’t actually Vance Joy. It’s James Keogh.

The singer-songwriter was inspired by a character in a Peter Carey novel, more specifically, the main character’s eccentric, story-telling grandfather, and he decided to make it his pseudonym.

But whether you prefer to call him James or Vance, he’ll be in town this Thursday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena for the annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln Spring University Program Council Concert. The show will begin at 8 p.m.

Alternative band Young Rising Sons will open.

After starting out in Australia, Vance Joy has

been gaining recognition since touring in the U.S., and will be performing as an opener for Taylor Swift’s next tour. Joy recently performed at Coachella this year, as well.

His 2014 debut album, “Dream Your Life Away,” made it to No. 1 in Australia, and breached the Top 20 in the U.S. Joy’s indie-folk style is strictly acoustic, and his hit “Riptide” has brought his ukulele stylings to the radio.

Joy’s sound has been compared to that of the The Lumineers and Hozier.

UPC encourages students to pick up their free tickets at the UPC office in the Nebraska Union.

Tickets are $25 for non-students.

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Valhalla’s first shipment of bees this year was 630 packages. The next is shaping up to be more than 800.

It also sells hive parts and complete hives that are assembled in-store and the protective gear required for beekeeping.

Warren said there are around 250 beekeepers in the Lincoln area. At a given time, 15 to 20 of these will be selling their products at Valhalla Bee Farm in addition to the farm’s own honey.

“We promote that we sell only Nebraska honey,” Nelson said. “And as a small business, we are helping these Nebraska beekeepers that have lots of bees, they like to keep bees, they collect the honey. But they don’t like to do what we do, they don’t like to bottle it and put it in stores.

So we’re helping them, they’re helping us.”

Valhalla’s honey is raw with a light filter for color. It also has flower-specific honey such as white clover available.

The Warrens offer an annual scholarship to young people with the Nebraska Beekeeper’s Association, encouraging them to get involved in beekeeping. Students must be between the ages of 12 and 18 to apply, fill out a questionnaire and write a short essay.

There are usually around 10 applicants, and the association has always been able to accept all applicants. Winning applicants receive an en-

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Students are also assigned a mentor in their area that tracks their progress and answers any questions they might have. They are required to keep a log of their first year keeping bees and present their experiences to the association in the end.

Before beginning their beekeeping, scholarship winners attend a class hosted by the Nebraska Beekeeper’s Association. This class is open for anyone interested learning how to handle bees; Warren said the turnout can reach up to 100, and a majority of those people actually begin beekeeping.

What began as a relaxing retirement hobby for Nelson has become a full-time job, but he said he’s still passionate and committed.

“If you’re going to be in this business, or any business,” he said, “you better be willing to spend the time, the energy, the money, answer the questions for people … if you’re not you shouldn’t be doing it.”

Valhalla Bee Farm’s information can be found on its Facebook page and details about its yearly shipping can be found on the Nebraska Beekeeping Association’s website.

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UNL needs to step up against sexual assault, set example For as long as we’ve known it, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hasn’t been known for strong, decisive action.

We aren’t the University of Oklahoma, whose president expelled two fraternity members after they were video-taped taking part in a racist chant.

We are not the University of Cincinnati, whose president in the aftermath of police shootings and national racial unrest vowed to provide seed funding for students and faculty to conduct research, develop courses and host speakers related to criminal justice equity.

And this is the part where we should describe an example of a university whose leaders made strong and decisive action to combat sexual assault on campus.

Unfortunately, that example doesn’t really exist. No university has truly stepped forward as a national leader in sexual assault prevention.

UNL should vie to become that example. After a year of watching leaders locally and nationwide struggle to address campus sexual assault, we have a few ideas on how.

Students need to know when they come to college that there’s a chance they will be sexually assaulted – 1 in 4 college women report surviving rape or attempted rape in her lifetime, and although rape is more rare for men, 1 in 71 men will be raped in his lifetime, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Students need

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to know if they are sexually assaulted, chances are the perpetrator will be someone they know, not a cloaked stranger in a dark alley. And they need to know that consent from a heavily intoxicated person isn’t consent at all.

This information shouldn’t just be pasted in the bottom of a class syllabi or typed in a handout students

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are likely to discard or explained at an optional presentation. It should be part of mandatory sessions for all new students. It should be communicated to them in a variety of methods from a variety of people at various times – because the only way to communicate an important message is loudly, repeatedly and with conviction. The audience of

sexual assault awareness shouldn’t be self-selecting, as it is now. The message should be unavoidable.

And parents should know the hard truths about sexual assault. Too often, our loved ones are missing from the conversation when they should have a seat at the head of the table, in the form of emails, letters and conversations with New Student Enrollment leaders.

We don’t mean to downplay our university’s progress. This year, UNL joined the national “It’s On Us” campaign, hosted a litany of events for the Week Without Violence, improved its sexual assault reporting system and introduced comprehensive bystander awareness training on a voluntary basis.

Yet, the university remains under investigation for violating Title IX guidelines in its handling of a sexual assault case earlier this year. Sexual assault reports are on the rise, and although the notion of students more readily approaching the police is positive, the thought of dozens of sexual assault victims living with the consequences of what happened to them isn’t.

These facts, more than anything, necessitate strong, decisive action. We know UNL’s track record doesn’t exhibit a lot of that. But we also know the UNL community is filled with compassionate, driven leaders, students and faculty looking to make our campus a safer place for all students. There’s simply no reason for us to hold back.

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Government infringes on individual rights with seatbelt, death penalty bills Kayla Simon

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or those of you not buried under a mass of papers and school, this week had some huge developments in nerd culture. The “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” trailer (and Star Wars and a whole multitude of others, don’t think I’m

ignoring them) was leaked and then released early. The Geekdoms were abuzz with conversation as people dissected these trailers and all the new information. Eager, we are, but wait, we shall have to. It seems a rather apropos time, with Marvel’s “Age of Ultron” on the horizon and the market becoming flooded with all the superhero stimuli that a brain can handle, to examine our pop-culture obsession with heroes.

There has to be a reason why we need heroes. It’s not just our post-modern, nerdloving age that has found an obsession with the hero. Heroes are archetypal. They date back to the very beginnings of artistic expression. The Greeks had gods and heroes of

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s a nation, we seem to have a selective memory unless it threatens our wallets. While in Brazil, my friends and I were walking home from a party when four teenage boys mugged us, tearing jewelry off of necks and ripping purses from shoulders. They were unarmed. And while they weren’t stopping us with benevolent intentions, they didn’t have the express purpose of doing bodily harm. Some go after purses, others have much more sinister motives. The former, I can sympathize with. The latter is what the government must safeguard against, though it often chooses not to.

Public opinion holds the magazines to some pretty dangerous guns at the moment.

Nebraska’s legislature is debating two bills this month. One would give police officers the ability to stop people not wearing a seatbelt. The other deals with repealing the death penalty. The similarity is that they both seek to protect human life. The difference? Repealing the death penalty protects a fundamental right, while seatbelt enforcement holds it hostage.

We believe in the equality of human life.

Middle schools read “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and college students offer shoes to the impoverished they’ve never met, with the express assumption that one life is as valuable as another. But I also know the temptation of buying myself Noodles of Company instead of using the money to save lives. We all believe in the sanctity of life. We have to. It’s just that legislation and 24-hour news service and the boy who won’t text back clog filters. Belief doesn’t always translate into action, and the actual actions taken can be muddled by hypocrisies.

Those against abortion can support the death penalty and pro-choice advocates can prioritize mothers over children.

We as individuals have the option to make these emotion-driven arguments. Human life can take a backseat to our personal biases, without us even realizing it. However, our government officials should not have this luxury. The Boston Marathon displayed a sickening lack of respect for life by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Sentencing him to the death penalty isn’t justice, though. It’s retaliation. The parents of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed at the race, have pleaded with government officials against a death penalty sentence. A government that can execute its citizens goes against the foundation of what government is meant for: the protection of life, liberty and property. Tsarnaev is not a danger in jail, and his murder does not secure any further benefit to the family. In fact, court proceedings will

just drag them further away from the grieving process. A government run on vengeance is no longer a government.

On a basic level, the death penalty has the potential to exact the hostile emotions that a seatbelt law simply does not. A murder has a scapegoat, a car accident has a victim. As individuals, we are horrified by the carnage of death and suffering, whether it’s self-induced or not. But the death penalty inspires a certain revulsion, an indigestible anger that swirls around our stomach like a bad soup made of uncertainty. Eventually, it has to come out, spewing forward in tangled moral statements.

“An eye for an eye,” or, “He’ll get what’s coming to him.” These are natural sentiments.

As individuals, we have the luxury of feeling deeply and making these off-the-cuff comments. A government, however, cannot make its decisions based on the inevitable gut twist, but instead with the knowledge that every human has inherent worth. Our laws depend on this. The government was formed to work around this assumption. Attempts to limit it go directly against the foundations of this country. The death penalty is still about individual life and attempts to obscure that with bogus fiscal and deterrent arguments do human rights a huge disservice.

On the surface, the seat belt bill purports to protect a basic human right to life. An Omaha World Herald article found that states with this type of legislation do have higher compliance rates. However, this type of thinking creates shoes the government shouldn’t be shoving its feet into.

Because while protecting citizens from each other is essential to government, protecting them from themselves is tyranny.

Part of the issue is that this type of legislation discriminates against certain groups. A 2014 ACLU report found that in Lincoln, black drivers are pulled over three times as often as whites.

This undermines the idea of equality for everyone and underlines the justice system’s failings.

On death row, this possibility magnifies the possible effects immeasurably.

People ride motorcycles, do drugs and go bungee jumping without the government making a substantial appearance. Using a seatbelt does reduce deaths, but there are a lot of behaviors one should avoid if one wants to avoid death. Smoking, donating kidneys and murdering other people come to mind. At the end of the day, legislation to force buckling up and the death penalty benefit the government more than its constituents. While officials can claim they have taken action, they have done so by infringing upon the rights they pretend to protect.

More important than these discussions of life and death is careful consideration of potential impact on American liberties. A seatbelt law protects life at the steep cost of limiting essential freedoms. Criminals on death row have made a choice. Let’s not make the same one.

KAYLA SIMON IS A JUNIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR WHO ALWAYS WEARS HER SEATBELT. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Don’t succumb to plagiarism during finals week worse off. As these curious teachers discovered , there’s no guarantee the work I’d pay to have done for me would be any better than the work I could scramble together myself: “what we got would best be described as gibberish.” Some essay mills produce competent work – the anonymous confession of one ghost freelancer from Oxbridge is more than competent: it is poignant and eloquent.

But if I paid hundreds to thousands of dollars for a ready-made essay, I’d have no way of o you hear that? The spiritless knowing whether I had Mr. Eloquent writer or Mr. Can’t Format MLA. Any student who grumble of a vending machine at 3 a.m.? The frustrated lam- cared at all about his or her grade – or at least not getting caught – would still have to edit entations of passing students the essay, and in some cases, rewrite it. As in search of a place to study?

The sobs of your roommate as Plagiarism Today points out, “An essay mill he or she realizes the time to procrastinate is barely a shortcut at all, even when things has run out? That, my friends, is the sound of work out well for the plagiarist.”

Essay mills cause some concern for unifinals week, and it’s approaching fast. versities, but because of the shoddy state of How much do you have to do? Three their products, the plagiarists are still fairly tests, two group projects and a speech? Oh, easy to catch. There’s not much professors and two essays, too? Yikes! Wouldn’t it be nice if someone just wrote those for you so can do to prevent it right now, other than make an essay topic too specific to their you could focus on everything else?

Let’s be honest: it would. It’s OK to wish own class for someone outside the class to fake their way through. And as one of the you had even one less thing to do as the sefew essay mill investigations showed, “No mester winds down to its stressful close. But if you’re being honest, you have to acknowl- one even knows how many essay ghostwritedge that letting someone else write that ing sites there are on the web, but five years paper while you claim the credit would be ago Lancaster and Clarke listed 158.” Yes, these mills are allowing students to cheat, dishonest. but it’s not like they can be rooted out and That doesn’t stop everyone. In fact, the thought is so prevalent that there are hun- destroyed. It’d be kind of like trying to dedreds of online genie bottles that will make stroy the porn industry. They’re both worth that wish come true. Companies called essay objecting to, but both are so widespread and mills hire freelance writers to write anything, so well-hidden that we can’t touch them.

No, the real problem isn’t the people just for you. They assure you an original eswho work for the industry. The problem is say, so that a program the people who fund it. such as SafeAssign that The problem is students’ I know as well checks for repeated conlack the confidence, time tent can’t detect your litas anyone how or energy to turn in their tle white lie. A descripown work, and many tion of the requested disparaging finals week feel this back-door soluassignment and a few can be, but no matter how tion is the only way to hundred dollars is all it costs, and you can get late the nights or how long save their grades. As Mr. Eloquent states , “my job back to work on whatis a symptom of an illever else needs to get the paper, don’t stoop to done. Many would call a the temptation of an essay ness, a fracture, in our universities.” Essay mills deal like that tempting. are nothing more than a And maybe it is – but it’s mill.” crutch, but it’s cruel to also plagiarism. take a crutch from an I might be an English major, and I might love writing, but injured person. Educators shouldn’t worry there have been essays I’ve dreaded writing, themselves with seeking out those who, for whether for lack of interest or time. Last se- whatever reason, turned in plagiarized work. mester, I took five English classes at once. I Instead, they need to provide their students with the encouragement and confidence in had nothing but essays and reading responstheir own writing abilities needed to leave es for four months, and by December, all my words had dried up. The semester ended the crutch behind and walk on their own. Bewith me in hysterics because my last final cause when they do, they will walk tall.

I know as well as anyone how disparagwas a required 10 pages, and I could barely ing finals week can be, but no matter how manage to scrape out eight and a half. What I eventually turned in was pathetic, barely late the nights or how long the paper, don’t meeting the minimum requirements and far stoop to the temptation of an essay mill. Your from the work I know I’m capable of produc- words might be a little rough around the edges – but they’ll be wholly yours. That is ing.

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SCHOENECK: FROM 11 Human beings are always shown as acting too brash and being too weak to save themselves, so it’s up to those with super speed and the ability to fly to take the reins and solve the dilemma. To me, this cheapens the power of the human spirit. “

every sort who traveled the world, battling monsters and saving lives. Odysseus, Hercules, even tragic heroes such as Oedipus all embodied something seemingly greater and more tangible than those around them. Society has shown a need for figures of a higher moral standard to act as beacons for the positive ideals that the writers wish to convey. By placing these figures above the average individual it gives people a sense of perspective.

These figures are “correct,” and others then aspire to act in a similar fashion. I can respect the need for these beacons. I also think society needs to stop placing them on pedestals.

Woah, sit back down, reader. I’m not trying to take away your superheroes or even say you can’t still love them. I’m currently wearing Flash socks; I’m right there with you in being drawn into their light. I mean, who could hate what a super hero like the Flash represents. He fights eternally for the side of good. His moral compass doesn’t waver at any point, and he regrets any cruel actions he may be forced to commit. He also moves faster than light, is hy-

per intelligent and eats like an Olympic swimmer. He’s a super-human. I personally aspire to be half as cool as he is, and I try to embody the lessons he provides through his fictional actions. But this is where I hit my road block. I can never be the Flash. Even if I act as heroically as possible, I’ll still be a normal guy (debatably normal) with normal, completely human limits. Even if I became a firefighter and saved lives all the time, I’d still pale in comparison to the good a super-speedy hero could do. I’ve accepted this (begrudgingly).

Super heroes take agency away from humanity. Scott Allison writes “Our heroes are symbols for us of all the qualities we would like to possess and all the ambitions we would like to satisfy.” The key phrase here is “would like.” I would like to always know exactly what I have to do, or at least have the power to save everyone around me. But I also know that’s impossible. Human beings are always shown as acting too brash and being too weak to save themselves, so it’s up to those with super speed and the ability to fly to

take the reins and solve the dilemma. To me, this cheapens the power of the human spirit.

Humans are strong enough to build this entire world and dream up these champions of right. Us common folk need to look out for each other. Superheroes don’t judge who they save, they just save lives.

Before you bring it up, I have not forgotten about Batman nor any of the other various non-super heroes. Batman is great.

He is intelligent, well trained and can beat any super hero with cleverness and technotrickery (this isn’t a debate, Batman always wins). The problem I see with Batman is that he still exists above others. He’s a billionaire with access to the latest and greatest technology on the crime-fighting market. He is human for sure, but he exists in an area outside of society. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard of a single real-world billionaire who’s willing to don the cowl and take the fight to the streets. In the real world there isn’t always someone else who will step in. A child running into the street in front of you presents a make-or-break mo-

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It’s terrifying, isn’t it, reader? The thought it might not be someone else’s problem and there isn’t a tall Amazon with an affinity for lassos coming to your rescue. I’m sure most of us aren’t under that big of a delusion, but it’s still important to point out that these heroes only exist as examples of morality. People who read about them must decide for themselves how to best embody the ideals. You don’t have to run into a burning building, but you can decide to help someone in a crisis. If we all want to be superheroes, we have to look out for those around us and hope the same is being done by others. Don’t excuse it as someone else’s problem. To a true hero, there’s only right and wrong and deciding how far from the dividing line you wish to sit.

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Alpha Gamma Nu fraternity will be hosting a human foosball tournament from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door and proceeds go to the Child Advocacy Center.

The James Randi documentary “An Honest Liar” opens on Friday. Showtimes will be available on TheRoss.org, and student tickets cost $7.25.

Sunday is Opening Day for the Old Cheney Road Farmer’s Market. It will last from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Haymarket Brewsky’s will be hosting its weekly Blazin’ Pianos show with special guests Whitney Maxwell and Vince Orlandi.

The event is free, 21 and up, and the show is expected to last from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Visiting professor Laura Munoz will be presenting on “Mexican Arizona and the Politics of Equality.” The lecture starts at 3:30 p.m. in Oldfather Hall Room 638.

The African Student Association’s annual Festac celebration will be in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union. Tickets are $15 at the door for UNL students and the event starts 6:30 p.m.

An End of Year Bash will be taking place in front of the Nebraska Union from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., featuring rides, funnel cakes and face painting. Event is for UNL students only.

The Academy of Rock, a non-profit music program for kids, will be doing an early show at Duffy’s Tavern. The show starts at 6 p.m., and tickets are $5.

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Housing

Houses For Rent

Roommates Looking for a summer roommate. May until July 31 (when lease ends). 5 minutes from C i t y Campus. If interested, email lindsay at lindsay.peterson@huskers.unl.edu or M o r g a n at mlo2011@hotmail.com Looking for female roommate by end of April to move in in May. No pets allowed. Two bedroom, 2 baths. Close to East Campus. $355/person. (308) 530-6010.

Need an apartment for the summer at the beginning of May. There will be one open at the 50/50 apartments which are located one block off of campus, right by UNL PD. All utilities are included, and the apartment comes with a washer and dryer in the living room. Call 847-226-3602.

Help Wanted

842 New Hampshire. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, washer/dryer. C/A. Large living room, with Fire/place, Garage, No smoking/pets. $620/month. (402)-730-8743.

913 New Hampshire. 4 bedroom 1 bath, amazing location, no pets/smoking, W/D, $1080/month (402)730-8743 1045 Charleston. Studio apartment. A/C. W/D. Off-street parking. $360/month plus utilities.

No pets/no smoking. (402)730-8743

Apts. For Rent

Help Wanted Carlos O’Kelly’s

is now hiring at 4455 N. 27th St., Part-time servers and line cooks for nights/weekends.

Apply at CarlosOKellys.com

Holroyd Investment Properties, Inc.

1-2 & 3 Bedrooms Apartments, Townhomes and Duplexes

402-465-8911 www.HIPRealty.com

Jobs Help Wanted **VA Work-Study** Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs is currently looking for work-studies to assist with administrative duties. To complete an application, stop by our office at 301 Centennial Mall South, 6th floor.

Are you seeking a flexible schedule and the opportunity to obtain experience in the medical, scientific or research fields? We have the position for you!

Due to Celerion’s rapid company expansion we are currently seeking part-time Medical Research Assistants / Clinical Conduct Associates to work in our Phase I Research clinic in Lincoln, Nebraska. Clinical Conduct Associates monitor activities of study participants, handle human biological samples and record data. Responsibilities also include taking vital signs, performing EKGs, phlebotomy, height/weight, and monitoring meals. We are seeking employees who can commit to working a minimum of 20-25 hours per week. Excellent training is provided. Previous medical experience is preferred, but not required.

Knowledge/Skills/Education/Licenses: High school diploma or GED Post high school education in life sciences or medical training preferred CPR certification preferred ?Experience in accurate documentation of data preferred This is a part-time, role that will work 20-25 hours per week. The work hours for this role are Fridays from 5:30p-11p; availability on Saturday and Sunday from 5a-11p.

EEO/AA M/F / Vet / Disability

FT Lawn and Landscaping

Do you love the great outdoors and take pride in maintaining its beauty? Join our professional team of Lawn Technicians at CIP! It's important to create an exceptional first impression for our residents and community, and we need additional coworkers to help us do so!

Come work at the beautiful communities of CIP! Please Apply at: EOE

Join our team. Lawn care workers needed.

Drivers license, good attitute and work ethic.

402-560-4128.

Deliver Papers

KidsPark is seeking FT & PT teachers & teacher aids at our brand new center located at 5633 S. 16th St. Will be working with children ages 18 mo.-12 yrs., providing hourly childcare; days, evenings & weekends. Flexible hours.

For more information & our application, please visit http://goo.gl/forms/YrUZGajaQ1. Contact us at 402-413-8849.

Do you like to exercise and get paid for it? Deliver Daily Nebraskans on Monday and Thursday mornings. You can deliver a route in about an hour. Must have own vehicle, ability to lift and carry 30 lbs, be a UNL student and not have classes before 9:00 a.m. For more information or to apply, contact Dan at 402-472-1769, 20 Nebraska Union. dshattil@unl.edu.

Landscape and Tree Care Company has se sonal openings! Part-time school year and full time summer. Pay $9-$12 per hour depending on experience. Work includes landscape planting, landscape construction, nursery work, pruning and occasional irrigation work. Visit our website for information about our company.

WWW.BEAUTYBYWESTFORK.com Contact Maggie at 402-430-5808 or email at Maggie@beautybywestfork.com

Next fall semester

Double Eagle Beverage is now hiring P/T promotions/sampling staff. Must be available Evenings & weekends.

Please apply in person at 5840 North 70th.

Roommate ads are FREE in print and online.

E-mail yours to dn@unl.edu and include your name, address and phone number.

Help Wanted

Double Eagle Beverage is now hiring for PT Merchandisers.

10-16 hours per week. MUST be available weekends. Please apply in person at 5840 North 70th Street.

Double Eagle Beverage is now hiring a F/T Brand Activation Manager. Candidate must be outgoing and a self-starter.

Please email resume to rmurphy@debeverage.com Graduate into a full time sales position! FT outside sales consultant for central Nebraska salons and spas. The job is in Lincoln, Grand Island and Kearney. First year guarantee. Client list established. iPad provided for ordering.

Call 707-759-1000 if interested.

If you could use some fast cash, especially for the summer, we’ve got the perfect job for you!

NBC | Neebo is hiring seasonal team members with day shifts available. It’s the perfect way to put some extra dough in your pocket AND get access to FREE textbook rentals for you or a family member! Apply today on nebook.com by clicking the Careers tab and searching for the Temporary Textbook Fulfillment position in Lincoln, NE. Join the CenterPointe Team! Part-time positions available in residential program working with substance abuse/mental health clients in a unique environment. Must be at least 21 years of age and be willing to work a varied schedule including overnights and weekends.

Pay differential for overnight hours. For more information visit: www.centerpointe.org.

Join the Nebraska Athletics Technical Support Team The University of Nebraska Athletic Department is seeking self-motivated, enthusiastic students with interests in sports & technology to join our technical support team for the 2015-16 school year. Primary responsibilities will include providing technical support to staff, members of the media and guests of the university at events; troubleshooting software and hardware issues; serving as scoreboard/clock operator at numerous athletic events.

Technical support team members are expected to provide excellent customer service to anyone we support, be able to learn new tasks quickly, be comfortable with working on your own and able to handle stressful situations well. Hours vary week to week based on the number of home athletic events. Starting hourly wage will by $9.50 / hour. Send a resume’ and available working hours for the fall 2015 s mester to! Chad Chiesa at cchiesa@huskers.com.

Law Firm Runner Wanted - small downtown law firm looking for part time Runner/Office Assistant - MWF 12:00 - 5:00. Call MaryBeth for details 402.435.6000.

LAZLO’S HAYMARKET Where quality is not just a word it’s a Culture. Now hiring the Best and Brightest Servers and Line Cooks.

FT/PT positions available.

Please visit our Careers page at: www.lazlosbreweryandgrill.com Come join our team!

EOE OMNI Behavioral Health is seeking a Therapist to provide mental health therapy to Families, Individuals, and Youth as well as functional and pre-treatment assessments, Comprehensive Family Assessments and interventions to individuals and families. Completion of treatment plans and the provision of evidence based treatment in delivering treatment to adults, children, and families in the home based setting. Qualifications: LMHP and family intervention experience is preferred. Professional Clinical supervision is provided. Travel required. Must have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and must complete pre-employment background checks.

Full Benefits Package! Please apply for this position on our website by using the following link: https://careers.omnibehavioralhealth.com /.

PAYCHECK ADVANCE is now hiring customer service representatives. We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals to fill several part time positions. We offer competitive pay, PTO, flexible scheduling; and opportunities to advance. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent. Prior customer service and/or cash handling experience is preferred. Apply online at https://paycheckadv.com/Career.aspx or apply in person at one of our 8 locations.

Compensation: Based On Experience.

PT and FT Summer Construction Jobs available. $12/hr to start, no experience necessary, work outside in a relaxed, small business environment. Visit www.amcontractorsinc.com for more info or call/text Owen (402) 890-2343 to apply.

Superstar office assistant needed for Cleaning Ninjas. 20 hours/week. Email resume and cover letter to awesome@cleaningninjas.com.

The Country Club of Lincoln is currently hiring service staff for the summer. Apply in person at 3200 South 24th Street or email lindsey@ccl.cc for an application. Positions available include Banquet Server, Bartender, Poolside Cabana Server, Host(ess) and Restaurant Service Staff. We offer great pay and flexible schedules.

Help Wanted The Nebraska Department of Roads is currently accepting applications for two Student Work Study positions in the Environmental Section. Temporary part-time emloyment while attending classes and full-time employment in the summer and during breaks. For a full job description and to apply, visit www.statejobs.nebraska.gov. State applications are required and must be received by April 30.

The Nebraska Department of Roads is an Equal Opportunity/Veterans Preference Employer.

The Still

Part-time clerk, evenings and weekends. Enjoy working with customers and wine knowledge a plus. Must be 21. Apply in person at 6820 S. 70th Street, in Home Depot Shopping Center.

Warehouse aned driving positions available.

Full or part time. Lincoln Lumber Company 932 North 23rd.

WORK AT CAMP THIS SUMMER! Get experience more valuable than an internship, change a child’s life forever, work outside, and have fun at YMCA Camp Kitaki. Visit our web site for descriptions of available positions and an application. It’s the best thing you’ll ever get paid to do! Visit our website to apply www.ymcacampkitaki.org/jobs.

Summer Jobs Fun summer job working on the Niabrara River.

Spend the summer on the river with housing paid for from May through August. Starting and ending dates negotiable.

Email emmons.kelley@gmail.com or call 402-890-7819 if interested.

Lincoln Tent is looking for part time summer help and full time help. No experience is necessary. Work outside installing tents in various locations. Earn extra with overtime. Benefits available for full time workers. A valid drivers license is preferred. Stop in to get an application at 3900 Cornhusker Hwy, Lincoln, NE between 8 am to 4:30 pm Mon through Friday or contact Julie at jmiller@lincoltent.com or 402-467-4559.

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