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Karen Latton, the president of Star City Pride, speaks to a rally Wednesday evening in front of the Capitol. The rally was called in response to the arrest of a woman who police say falsely reported a hate crime. Latton and others urged the community to maintain the unity that followed the supposed attack.

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Zipcar makes its debut on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Wednesday. Zipcar is a car-sharing program, enabling students without a car to use one by paying a fee.

Zipcar rental service pulls into campus Zipcar brings four rental vehicles for student, faculty use conor dunn dn Wheels with no strings attached.

That’s the motto for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s new car rental program.

Students without a vehicle can now rent one of four cars on campus, courtesy of UNL’s partnership with Zipcar, a car rental program that serves more than 260 campuses nationwide.

Bringing Zipcar to UNL was initially to support the green initiative the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s Sustainability Committee is leading on campus.

Matan Gill, a senior construction management major and ASUN’s sustainability chair, said the use of Zipcar will take more cars off the road.

“This is kind of the breeding ground for green commuters,” Gill said.

ASUN has been working on the program for the past three years.

Parking and Transit Services and ASUN reached out to four car-sharing companies, but Zipcar was the winner.

Zipcar not only presents students with a new transportation alternative, but it may also reduce the use of ASUN’s 475-RIDE program, saving ASUN money, according to ASUN President Eric Kamler.

In the past, students were using 475-RIDE’s emergency services as a means to go shopping and conduct other leisure activities, said Kamler, a senior agricultural economics major.

Participating students can rent either a 2013 Ford Focus or 2013 Honda Insight Hybrid. One of each vehicle can be found at 17th and Vine streets, south of Abel-Sandoz Residence Center. The other two vehicles are located west of Pound Hall, according to Dan Carpenter, director of Parking and Transit Services.

Students, staff and faculty can rent the vehicles on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. The Ford Focus rents for $7 an hour and the Honda Insight for $8 an hour. Both cars cost $66 to use for the entire day and $72 on the weekends. Zipcar users must pay a $25 registration fee. However, resident assistants and ASUN senators will receive a free, year membership and $35 in Zipcar driving to try out the service.

Zipcar users reserve cars by going online or by downloading a smartphone app. They can then pick a time that is open for reservation.

This helps Zipcar avoid users trying to reserve slots at the same time.

“We don’t see tons of daily reservations,” said Austin Marshburn, Zipcar’s senior manager of university marketing.

Zipcar representatives will be outside the Nebraska Union Thursday with a display Zipcar. They will also take registrations for the Zipcar program between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

still together REACTIONS OF ANGER, SHOCK, SUPPORT, AS COMMUNITY RALLIES AT CAPITOL FOLLOWING ROGERS’ ARREST story by DANIEL WHEATON | photos by DAN HOLTMEYER AND ANDREW DICKINSON

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xactly one month after the spirited candlelight vigil to support the Lincoln victim of an alleged hate crime, members of the community gathered outside the Capitol again Wednesday evening. But this time, things were different.

Lincoln police arrested former Husker basketball player Charlie Rogers Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of staging the hate crime that left her nude and bleeding on the evening of July 22. The sudden news of her arrest turned the fear surrounding the story into an ambivalence mired by confusion and disappointment.

On the night of the alleged attack, Rogers stumbled to her neighbor ’s house and said three masked men broke into her house, bound her, cut homophobic slurs into her skin and threatened to set her house on fire. But Lincoln police later arrested Rogers because the evidence she provided did not match up with her claims, said Officer Katie Flood in a press release. Rogers has pleaded

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It’s upsetting ...

I hope it doesn’t become the main thing people think about when they think about the LGBT community.”

Kelly Morris, UNL graduate

Jill Johnson of Lincoln holds a green glow stick as a replacement for a candle at the LGBTQQA Solidarity Rally. Candles weren’t allowed because of the mess they make.

For me, the takehome message is this community is able to rally together quickly ... I’m proud of the community — the LGBT community (and) our allies.”

Dan Huntley, 33

While we’re all angry, Charlie should get help.

Another main thing is the money that was donated should go back to the gay community.”

Chelsea Lemburg, freshman education major

The community’s actually taking part in a social issue like this. It’s good that people — straight and bi and gay — are coming together.”

Christian Ahmose, Southeast Community College student

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Students organize, prepare for zombie apocalypse Enthusiastic students form zombie-themed RSO, attract newbies at Big Red Welcome Nate sindelar DN Ben Paige, a senior communications major, doesn’t want you to think his club is merely an exercise in nerdiness. Yes, he is a fan of zombies — a self-described fanatic, in fact — but his new group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is something more.

The Zombie Preparation and Research Society is a new recognized student organization on campus this fall. Founded in April, the ZPRS is a group for hypothetical research and preparation in the event of a zombie outbreak.

Paige’s enthusiasm for the ris-

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was very surprised by the Big Red en dead and the potential impacts Welcome turnout. The event garof their presence started with the nered more than 30 sign-ups for book “World War Z: An Oral Hisemails and updates and also protory of the Zombie War” by Max Brooks. Over the next few years, pelled the Facebook page to more than 80 likes. his appetite for zombie“ S t u d e n t s related media led him to couldn’t believe start his own club. He there was actually looked on Facebook, tryan organization like ing to recruit members this,” Neely said. that had shown an interWhen Neely est in the undead. Tom joined, it was for Winter, a classics and similar reasons. religious studies profes“I had never sor known also as the heard of any organiskateboarding professor, zation so bizarre or filled the role of faculty unique,” Neely said. advisor.

The group’s gathThroughout the sumpaige erings will take difmer the ZPRS posted ferent forms. Some questions and links to will be social and used for planall things zombies on its website, ning events like a charity zombie Facebook and Twitter in the hopes run for muscular dystrophy in Pioof attracting more people for the neers Park or a dorm room movie next semester. Erin Neely, a junior night. Other meetings will be for international studies major and research where students can prothe group’s social officer, said she

pose and present essays and other works on the end of the world that will be compiled into an annual literary report. Paige also plans to organize defense workshops aimed at gearing students with skill sets that are applicable in all survival situations.

The Zombie Preparation and Research Society is for “anyone, as long as you’re open minded, enthusiastic and willing to use your specific skill sets,” Neely said.

“Just come to a meeting and have fun with it.”

For more information, visit h t t p : / / u n l z o m b i e p re p a n d r e search.weebly.com/index.html or email Paige at bpaige@huskers. unl.edu.

“Don’t shy away from it,” Paige said. “It’s not nerdy. It’s a growing trend. We don’t actually think that zombies will come, but it’s good to be prepared.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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ANDRILL to head to Antarctica, begin work

UNL alum named extension dean

ANDRILL to travel hundreds of miles to search for life two miles below ice shelf Maren Westra Dn

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In about two weeks, a $2 billion drill built by University of NebraskaLincoln engineers will begin a fourmonth journey to McMurdo Station, a research center on Ross Island in Antarctica.

Engineers built the drill for ANDRILL, the first American drill project to access sub-glacial lakes, according to Drill Manager Dennis Duling. The project’s objective is to “drill back in time to recover a history of paleoenvironmental changes that will guide our understanding of how fast, how large, and how frequent were glacial and interglacial changes in the Antarctica region,” according to its website.

The ANDRILL will travel by truck to California, then be shipped to New Zealand. From there, it will take a C-17 military-transport plane to Antarctica and be towed by eight tractors across hundreds of miles of ice to the drilling station.

“It’s going to be quite a circus (on the ice),” Executive Director of ANDRILL Frank Rack said at a demonstration of the drill Wednesday.

But the journey won’t happen MORGAN SPIEHS | DN all at once. According to Rack, ANDRILL will arrive in Antarctica in Dennis Duling, drill manager for ANDRILL, shows a group of people Wednesday in the Scott Engineering Center the hose management late October. Time will be needed, system container that will leave next Friday on its journey to Antarctica. The hose will release water over 100 degrees to form holes in however, to set it up and run tests ice to reach Lake Vostok, which is two miles below the surface. before taking it the rest of the way.

Duling said the research is to study sub-glacial lakes 900 to 1,000 meters below the ice. ANDRILL is the-line” equipment to ensure the well-equipped for sub-glacial lakes, environment is not harmed.

Rack said the foundation fundDuling said, because it was built to ed the drill. Montana State Universiprevent contamination. ty, Northern Illinois University and ANDRILL will drill into Lake the University of California, Santa Vostok, a body of water the size of Lake Ontario two miles below the Cruz contracted UNL to construct the drill. surface of Antarctic ice.

Because the funding for the It costs $1 billion to operate ANproject was provided by stimulus DRILL in Antarctica for two years, funds through the Rack said, and the NSF, Rack said the drill is already fundThere’s team at UNL made ed for two field seaa special effort to quite a sons. A proposal has have American been submitted to strong potential companies manuthe National Science facture everything Foundation asking for microbes that required for the for another three drill. years of research are down in these The biggest funding, he said. lakes.” challenge in keepRack and Duling the project allFrank Rack ing both said findAmerican came executive director of andrill ing life in the subwith ANDRILL’s glacial lakes would need for a special be an exciting dishose long and strong enough to covery.

“There’s quite a strong poten- prevent contamination. No one in the United States had made a hose tial for microbes that are down in quite like what the team needed, these lakes,” Rack said. but eventually a company in Ohio The only way to do this withwho rose to the challenge, Rack said. out contaminating the lake with ANDRILL will finish its journey outside bacteria is to lower a return in late January and will actively drill water pump and recirculate water. until late February. Rack said the Duling, who oversaw the design of the drill and will run it once it’s equipment has to be prepared for on the ice, explained the contami- winter temperatures and stored by nant-free process of ANDRILL at the late February because the last plane Morgan Spiehs | DN demonstration. He said clean water out of McMurdo is March 5. news@ ANDRILL executive director, Frank Rack explains how the hose carrying hot water will run through is used and sent through “top-ofDailynebraskan.com and out the top of the container. The hose management container is one of six needed.

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zip car: from 1 Drivers can unlock the car by using the app or by pressing an electronic membership card to the top right corner of the windshield. Ignition keys, a gas and insurance card are always inside the car. There is also an auxiliary cord for those who wish to plug in their iPods.

All UNL students, including international students, staff and faculty must have a good driving record to use the cars. Marshburn said out-of-state and international students who don’t have a source for transportation off campus make up the majority of Zipcar users.

According to Carpenter, 60 to 65 percent of the student population buys a UNL parking permit, which means 35 to 40 percent likely don’t have a vehicle.

“If they know they have an alternative,” Carpenter said, “then they can conduct their personal business without having a car on campus. If I can reduce the amount of cars coming to campus, then it’s less (parking lots and garages) I have to build.”

Zipcar also donates $300,000 a year to student organizations across the U.S. that strive to make a positive difference in their communities.

This support is part of its “Students with Drive” grant program and only applies to campuses using Zipcar, Marshburn said. Organizations can sign up on Zipcar’s Facebook page.

Each month, three finalists are chosen in five categories: academics, arts, athletics, community service and student life. In each category,

On Oct. 1, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension will have a new dean and director.

Charles Hibberd, a Lexington, Neb., native and UNL alumn, will head the office that oversees UNL’s projects statewide.

“I feel honored to be in this position,” Hibberd said.

Hibberd’s past achievements have centered on improving agriculture in Nebraska and Illinois.

Before managing the extension office at Purdue Univerhibberd sity, he was the head of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center, which helped farmers in rural Nebraska better manage water and cattle.

“UNL’s Extension Office is seen as a national leader,” Hibberd said. “It’s been a part of UNL for the greater part of a century.”

UNL Extension also oversees the 4-H program and supports developments in economics, agriculture, natural resources, consumer and family sciences. Hibberd said his ties to Nebraska and his experience with Purdue’s extension gave him the opportunity to apply for UNL’s position. With his perspective on Western Nebraska, he said he hopes to continue rural development.

“I’m looking forward to (the University of Nebraska’s) Rural Futures Institute,” Hibberd said. “It allows UNL to assist communities develop economically and agriculturally.”

When he managed the Panhandle project, he headed an initiative that expanded the chicory crop in the Scottsbluff, Neb., area. A processing plant was added to the community, leading to additional jobs. Chicory was a new crop to the area suited to the arid environment.

Hibberd will replace Elbert Dickey, who retired as the extension dean this summer. Alan Moeller, assistant vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, will serve as the interim dean until October.

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the winning organization receives $5,000 in Zipcar credit for its group.

Runner-ups receive $1,000 in Zipcar credit.

Grand prizes are awarded at the end of the academic year, Marshburn said. The winner earns $5,000 in Zipcar credit, $10,000 for their group and $10,000 for the university’s scholarship fund.

Cody Jung, a senior computer engineering major, is from Brookings, S.D., and has been without a vehicle on campus for the past four years. After seeing the advertisement in a university email, he was eager to see what Zipcar had to offer. After less than five minutes of meeting with Marshburn, he signed up for the service.

“I’m fairly limited on my bike, and I don’t want to pay for parking on campus,” Jung said. “It’ll be really useful in winter.”

Jung was with Sarah Fanning, a sophomore computer engineering major from Henderson, Nev., when he signed up for Zipcar. Fanning doesn’t have a car, so she has to lock her belongings in a storage unit when she goes home to Nevada for the summer.

She too said she will use the car sharing service.

“It’s a pretty cheap service,” Fanning said. “People aren’t really able to give rides at the end of the semester, and it beats having to figure out how the bus system works.”

To rent a car online, go to zipcar. com and register. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL receives $235,000 in grants staff report DN The University of Nebraska Foundation announced Wednesday more than $760,000 in grants awarded to the University of Nebraska.

The grants will support global engagement opportunities and new medical research equipment, according to an Aug. 22 press release. The six grants will fund University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Kearney and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s study abroad programs along with new medical research tools for the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

University of Nebraska chancellors submit proposals for the grants every year, the release said. The grants are funded by unrestricted donations made to the foundation that are allocated to each campus annually.

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken asked that this year ’s proposals relate to Campaign for Nebraska’s priorities, which emphasize global engagement.

“It’s inspiring to know these

programs to receive foundation funding University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• $235,000 to the Global Gateway Program, which helps students study abroad and focuses on students who have never traveled abroad before

University of Nebraska at Kearney

• $134,000 to start a series of “ignition programs” to influence students to study abroad

University of Nebraska at Omaha

• $115,000 for study abroad opportunities involving service learning and science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in Latin America

University of Nebraska Medical Center

• $112,337 for a next-generation DNA sequencing device and its associated laboratory information management system • $29,600 for a new device able to rupture cells more gently, resulting in more information gathered in better quality

University of Nebraska Central Administration

• $136,960 to support university-wide study abroad programs grants will help connect many more students with the world around them and also improve

critical research efforts at our medical center,” said Barbara Weitz, chair of the foundation’s

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ASUN receives Zipcar perks Senators discuss Zipcars, graduate student travel

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Senate Resolution #3: Recognition of Paula Allen’s 25 Years of Service

Association of Students of the University of Nebraska senators and resident assistants in University Housing will receive one free year of membership to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s recently contracted Zipcar program.

Austin Marshburn, Zipcar ’s senior manager of university marketing, spoke at ASUN’s first meeting of the semester Wednesday night. Zipcar is a rental car program that provides self-service transportation for students, staff and faculty.

Although Zipcar requires those who sign up to pay a $25 registration fee, Marshburn gave senators the fee waiver password so they could have a year of membership and $35 Zipcar credit to try out the program. Resident assistants will also receive the credit.

“The more cars we can get, the better for our campus,” said Kyle Wroblewski, external vice-president and a senior civil engineering major.

Wroblewski oversaw the ASUN Sustainability Committee’s efforts to bring Zipcar to UNL. Jared Leighton, president of the Graduate Student Association and a history graduate student, also spoke at the meeting. He proposed ASUN and the GSA work together to accomplish similar goals.

“Graduate students are very in-

issue Resolution recognizes Allen’s work as an administrative assistant for ASUN over the past 25 years

vote Passed unanimously terested in working on issues that mutually affect us,” Leighton said.

One of ASUN and GSA’s mutual goals is to create a one-year travel grant program for the students wishing to expand their research to other countries. The original goal was to receive $60,000, however, ASUN president and senior agricultural economics major Eric Kamler said the amount was not approved. ASUN expects to learn more information on the travel grant program next week.

Academic Affairs prevents UNL travel to foreign countries on the U.S. Department of State’s watch list, according to Leighton.

However, because many graduate students wish to conduct research in those countries, GSA wants ASUN to advocate for graduate students who wish to travel to those restricted countries. GSA also wants to improve health

insurance at UNL and improve housing opportunities for international students.

In his executive report, Kamler said ASUN would need another two to four years before it could expand its Student Legal Services program because of the decline in student enrollment.

ASUN had been planning to add another lawyer and staff member to Student Legal Services.

ASUN also passed one senate resolution, recognizing the work of Paula Allen, ASUN’s administration assistant, who has served as a receptionist and treasurer in the ASUN office for the past 25 years.

The resolution was unanimously approved.

“We’re very excited to kick off this year,” Kamler said. “We have a lot of great goals.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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More than 100 people gather on the west side of the Capitol for the LGBTQQA Solidarity Rally.

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Beth Loofe delivers a prepared statement at the Capitol rally in front of about 100 people. “Facts don’t matter — we’re still together,” she said.

Rezac. “I was disappointed to not guilty to the misdemeanor.

Reactions have varied from hear it was all made up. Initially, anger to disappointment from I thought there might be some backlash, but now I’m not so people who did not know Rogers. sure.”

Wednesday’s impromptu rally Four days before she reportwas held at the Capitol at about ed the incident, Rogers posted 9 p.m., allowing members of the community to talk about the situ- on Facebook that she wanted to change the community. ation.

“I believe way deep inside me Sarah Bredthauer, a Lincoln that we can make things better for resident, organized the event with various leaders of Lincoln’s LG- everyone,” Rogers posted. “I will be a catalyst. I will do what it takes.

BTQ community.

“We cannot let whatever did or I will. Watch me.”

According to the police press did not happen destroy what we did one month ago,” Bredthauer release, Rogers’ physical evidence, said to the crowd of about 100 and DNA evidence, did not match her story. The cuts on her body, acpeople. cording to the press release, were Karen Bratton, president of Star City Pride, said she wants superficial and could have been made by Rogers. The the community to FBI and the Bureau of continue to prove We cannot Fire Prevention also its support and compassion for let whatever joined the investigation. one another.

“These are serious “We turned did or did not allegations that garthe anger into a happen destroy nered national attenpositive,” Bratton tion and spread fear said. “Remember what we did one among local citizens,” that people suf- month ago.” said Lincoln Police fer hate, violence and bigotry ev- Sarah Bredthauer Chief Jim Peschong at a press conference folery day.” lincoln resident lowing Rogers’ arrest.

To people The Lincoln Powho know Roglice Department arrested Rogers ers, the news was hard to swalat 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. LPD in its low.

“I was hurt and angry,” said release reiterated the importance of reporting all forms of crime, and that Irene Prince, a friend of Rogers this case will not change anyone’s and Lincoln resident. “I think today helped though. I don’t know trust in victims coming forward.

False reporting is a misdemeanif this community has ever come or, with a maximum penalty of less together like this.” than one year in prison, a $1,000 The rally ended at 10 p.m.. The quiet evening was a sharp contrast fine or both.

In July, thousands rallied to the spirited candlelight vigil of around the 33-year-old woman.

July 22. At the University of NeBut now a new kind of shock braska-Lincoln, the news struck a and disbelief surrounds the story. dissonant chord.

“It was like a falling sensa“I first heard about it from my mom,” said sophomore nutrition tion,” said Tony Moran, a junior and health sciences major Devon philosophy major. He heard about

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the events through Facebook. Moran said he lives in a neighborhood close to Rogers’ home, which made the news even scarier. And with the turn of events, Moran said he wasn’t sure what to feel.

“We can’t make judgements on why it happened just yet,” he said.

Anne Pigaga, a junior advertising and public relations major, said the news was both shocking and relieving. Pigaga is the president of Spectrum UNL, formerly known as the Queer Ally Coalition. She went to a vigil in Omaha to show support.

“It was like a huge dysfunctional family coming together supporting the person who got hurt,” Pigaga said.

Her group, along with the UNL LGBTQA Resource Center, raised funds for Rogers to help her pay medical bills.

“At first it was scary that something like that could happen in your backyard,” Pigaga said. “Now it is both heartbreaking and relieving that the community did come together in such an awful situation.”

The revelation came on the heels of the removal of Lincoln’s anti-discrimination ordinance from the ballot. Voters can’t yet choose to add protections to people who identify as LGBTQ. The ordinance’s opposition cited religious freedom to discriminate against people on moral grounds. Lincoln remains the only city in the Big Ten that doesn’t have its protection. Omaha is the only city in Nebraska that provides protection for the LGBTQ community. Councilman Carl Eskridge, a supporter of the ordinance, spoke at the rally as well.

“Lincoln is not perfect,” Eskridge said. “We know who we have to fight to make sure there is no more legitimate reason to

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Sara Bredthauer, one of the event organizers, is interviewed by reporters prior to the start of the LGBTQQA Solidarity Rally.

discriminate against the (LBGTQ) family.”

Eskridge said that he will continue to fight for the ordinance, vowing to make it appear on a ballot in the future.

Kyle Andrews, who was at the rally, said he hopes the news will not smear the image of the LGBTQ community.

“It is really hard to say,” Andrews said. “This shouldn’t change voter decisions.”

Pigaga said she doesn’t think the news will set the LGBTQ community back in the fight for equal rights.

“Part of me is still angry,” Pigaga said. “I still have an optimistic hope that people will fight even more to show that things like this can happen.”

Both Moran and Pigaga said they both found solace in community’s ability to come together.

Lincoln’s LGBTQ organizations — Outlinc, Star City Pride, PFLAG Cornhusker and the UNL LGBTQA Resource Center — issued a joint statement reinforcing the need to speak out against discrimination and hate regardless of Rogers’ situation.

“The false reports received by law enforcement every year do not invalidate the actual crimes that are committed and investigated by law enforcement in Lincoln,” the statement said.

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UNL Zipcars are an ineffective vehicle to change Zipcar’s move to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a step in the right direction for having an environmentally friendly campus.

But more steps need to be taken to alleviate stress on the environment and UNL’s 475-RIDE’s emergency services. With only four vehicles, the waiting list for UNL’s Zipcars is sure to be long and will create problems for students who don’t plan far enough in advance.

Although the program might alleviate some of the pressure on 475-RIDE, it’s far more likely that students will continue to use that program for trips to the grocery store on a rainy day.

And, until Zipcar can make itself more readily available to more students, 475-RIDE will continue to be one of few options for students without vehicles to get around Lincoln.

To take more cars off campus, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska needs to take measures to add to the fleet.

Putting four cars on campus is like patching up a gunshot wound with a band aid – simply ineffective.

When 35 to 40 percent of the approximately 24,500 students on campus don’t drive cars, four vehicles aren’t enough.

The Omaha World-Herald reported that Zipcar generally displaces 15 cars per Zipcar on a university campus. That’s 60 cars total at UNL, hardly a dent on the approximately 14,700 cars on campus belonging to 60 percent of the student body.

Four Zipcars won’t take more drivers off the road.

So, instead of counting on rental vehicles, students who want to help alleviate traffic during commutes should try carpooling or bike riding, more traditional and effective ways at helping the environment.

Students stuck on campus without a car should try to find friends for rides stores in walking distance.

Also, the policy that waives ASUN senators’ registration fees and gives them a $35 stipend to use with the program makes it more accessible to those who implemented Zipcar rather than the students who are supposed to be helped.

There are plenty of ways to relieve the stress on 475-RIDE and clean up the environment. Four cars will help the problem slightly, but with too small a fleet and difficult access, this isn’t enough.

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letters Construction was carefully planned, students will benefit I’m writing in response to Monday’s editorial about the downtown construction projects causing traffic delays. I understand that returning students may be surprised at the lane closures, but the construction boom has been underway downtown for many months. Many major projects have been completed this construction season such as the new Larson Building, the “O” Street rebuilding project and the completion of the Antelope Valley roadways.

The assertion that the City did not plan adequately is false.

The return of UNL students was one of many factors in the planning process. The downtown resurfacing work was carefully coordinated with downtown businesses and with more than a dozen public and private projects including the replacement of a century-old water main, UNL infrastructure work, the renovation of Centennial Mall, sidewalk repairs and the installation of additional fiber optics.

We also planned for two major downtown street festivals and other community and UNL events, including the start of Husker football season.

Ironically, the same day your editorial ran, your paper also had a story about how smoothly the student move-in went. The City assisted by closing lanes so UNL students could park in close proximity to their housing.

I also must dispute the editorial’s charge that there was a “lack of readily available information.” Information on all the City’s projects is available 24 hours a day at lincoln.ne.gov – use the link on the home page or use keywords “downtown” or “closure.” It’s easy to sign up to receive e-mail updates.

This is a great time to be in Lincoln as we build for the future. A few traffic delays now will pay off with smoother streets, better infrastructure and a more beautiful downtown for everyone to enjoy.

Thomas Shafer

Design and Construction Manager Public Works and Utilities Department

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To move on, focus on friends, goals

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he summer of 2012 has come and gone. With the start of a new school year come awkward freshmen asking for directions, graduate students starting what hopefully is an award-winning thesis and seniors falling into a senioritis groove. While all of these UNL peasants may be at very different points in their lives, they all have one thing in common: they are moving forward.

Moving forward is an idea that, once visualized, breaks down to putting one foot in front of another. Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu said it best, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” We can apply this to our daily lives.

What does it mean to move forward in your life? It means that no matter what kind of obstacle gets in your way, you find a way around it, through it or over it. On the other side awaits your goals and dreams – where you ultimately want to end up.

So, to move forward is to discover that difficulty doesn’t have to be permanently stamped on your life.

There are basic ways to move forward, and key characteristics that one can rely on to help with the process. A great example that we all can relate to is a breakup.

A friend of mine recently fell out of a long, deeply committed relationship. At the end of the relationship, he discovered that they were just two very different people.

As accepting as he was about that very fact, it didn’t make it any easier to deal with.

All he can do is simply try to move forward.

The basic outline of how he is moving forward lies ahead of you, the reader.

First, and most importantly, the concept of “time heals all wounds” must be consciously recognized. You can’t rush past the pain and the problems. They need to be traversed with careful planning and consideration. Even the smallest hill takes time to climb. When you’re running or biking you may find yourself at the base of a hill, and if you’re anything like me,

ZACH NOLD you start cursing.

However, I still climb. In the end I conquer it. It took extra time and energy to perform this task, but it was well worth it.

Whether you’re physically taking time to climb a literal hill, or you’re struggling to climb a metaphorical hill, time is essential.

A breakup, for instance, will take its toll on a person, but over time and with some careful navigation, one will move on, hopefully to someone new. Realizing that everything happens for a reason isn’t going to be at the forefront of one’s mind. After an event that evokes the type of response a breakup has on a human being, time is the foundation upon which the healing takes place.

Secondly, use your support system. Sometimes the loneliest moments in life come after the smallest issues. They certainly come after major life-changing events. These are the places where realization of your situation meets fear of change. In times like these where, even though one may need some space to think, it’s good to have a support system to encourage and asisst you.

Without these people, moving forward will seem difficult. Without people to push you on when you don’t want to, you may become stagnant in your current state. Just the sight of your friends and family going on with their lives will serve as an inspiration in your steps forward.

Humans are social beings, even the most fearsome Dr. Cox needs love. Even the most independent people need a few good friends with whom they can connect. Without a support system, people tend to lose their sanity.

I am sure we can all think of a person who flounders like a fish.

Finally, if life has you down or a small hill is giving you extra problems, focus on your goals. A person who has something they are striving for in life creates reasons to move forward.

No matter how big or small the goal is, it will distract the mind and push you into the future.

The willpower to move forward – to reach a goal – drives a person onward. The best feelings are those that arrive after a goal is achieved. You can look back and scoff at all those molehills climbed and mountains traversed at that point.

All three characteristics of moving forward, when utilized together, will create an environment suitable for progress. As we all move forward, past breakups or even a serious case of senioritis, let’s remember that moving forward is a natural process.

The most catastrophic events, those that paralyze us, can be overcome. As we approach those moments that make us feel alive, we can look back and realize that time, friends, and goals pushed us to past these points.

Maybe the willpower needed to move into the future isn’t so much about moving forward, but more about never quitting. For you freshman: Welcome to a great school. When classes get tough, remember that you’re here for a reason. As for the graduate students: You’re closer to your goal of achieving that master ’s degree with each day that goes by. Finally, for those dealing with a breakup: Try to remember that the future can best be seen from the top. But without using the three steps laid out here, it may never be reached.

Zach Nold is a Senior English Major. Follow him on Twitter @ZachNold and reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Chick-fil-A chose capitalist suicide

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s cravings for grease conflict with an appetite for social justice, what’s a liberal and fast food enthusiast to do these days?

Discussing Chick-fil-A seems like old news, but it’s not. The dilemma is simple: if you eat Chick-fil-A, you satisfy your hunger ... and promote the anti-gay rhetoric President and Chief Operating Officer Dan Cathy is broadcasting. But damn it, fried chicken is great!

In case you missed it, here’s what Cathy said about same-sex marriage: “I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say ‘we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage’ and I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.”

The company’s mission statement is to “Be America’s Best Quick-Service Restaurant,” and seemed to be on the right track to achieving that goal. According to its own website, Chickfil-A has become the second biggest quick-serve chicken restaurant in the US. They have more than 1,600 locations throughout the country, and generated $4.1 billion in sales last year alone.

According to Dan Cathy’s biography page on Chick-fil-A’s official website, the purpose of the chain is “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.” But how is alienating the LGBT (and LGBT-friendly) population being a “positive influence” on the community? It not only compromises the financial stability of Chick-fil-A, but it is socially irresponsible.

A recent CNN article examined the evolving relationship Americans have with the LGBT community. According to the article, “the number of Americans who say they have a close friend or family member who is gay ... has jumped from 49 percent in 2010 to 60 percent today.” In short, Cathy’s comments have not only alienated gays, but more than half the population who have a close relationship with a gay person.

up. Wendy’s, which recently usurped Burger King and became the No. 2 fast food franchise, is also politically neutral.

Love is the second-best business model.

Marketing campaigns for Valentine’s Day have proven to be immensely successful. Hallmark cards and Hershey chocolate sales go up drastically during this time.

Why? Because selling the image of a loving couple is simpler than selling the ideology of “traditional marriage.” In one day alone, Valentine’s Day matches the sales Chick-fil-A makes DAMIEN CROGHAN annually in a single day: $4.1 billion.

Most corporations, from Hershey’s to HallTo add more insult to injury, Cathy is quotmark, stay out of politics. In Cathy’s instance, ed as saying he is “very much supportive of the he has managed to alienate the gay population family — the biblical definition of the family (4 percent, or 9 million people, according to unit.” The simple fact is that the nuclear, “bibliABC News). And what about 60 percent of the cal” family isn’t a societal reality — if it ever population mentioned earlier who aren’t gay, was at all. In reality, Cathy is insulting not only but support their gay colleagues? They’ll think the LGBT community, but all Americans who twice before eating there as well. aren’t living in “biblical” family units.

Chick-fil-A has been branded as homophoYes, Cathy is entitled to his opinion. And bic (or “family-friendly”) fried chicken. Rather he’s entitled to donate whatever profit he makes than simply enjoying the food, patrons are to any cause he’s passionate about. However, now making a political statement when eating bigotry is a bad business model. Henry Ford, Chick-fil-A. This is demthe founder of Ford Motor Company, onstrated by Sarah Palin’s is rumored to have been secretly antiTo be a TwitPics as well as Mitt Semitic. Walt Disney is as well.

Romney’s “silence” on the vocally If Ford or Disney were prejudiced, issue, demonstrated by his they kept it to themselves. Why? Be- anti-gay capitalist spending $500 at the chain cause they were smart businessmen. for “meeting expenses.”

Why alienate a group of consumers isn’t brave — it’s Political statements asfrom your consumable good? To be a unprofitable.” sociated with the restaurant vocally anti-gay capitalist isn’t brave aren’t limited to conserva— it’s unprofitable. This is demontive rhetoric. Gay couples strated by recent protests near San Francisco, publicly displayed affection for one another on where residents are upset over a new Chick-filNational Same-Sex Kiss Day on Aug. 3.

A’s grand opening.

Thankfully, Lincolnites should have few If Disney had made his potential bigotry qualms unless they travel. Raising Cane’s poa well-known fact, we may not have Mickey litical affiliations are unannounced by its CEO. Mouse. A world without Disney theme parks or Clogging your arteries should be a heart-warmfilms like “The Lion King” would be depressing ing experience instead of a political demonstrato say the least. tion.

Political neutrality is the smartest business Damien Croghan is a senior model. McDonald’s, easily the No. 1 fast food news-editorial and international franchise in the world, shies away from making studies major. Reach him at damienpolitical statements. Conservatives and liberals croghan@ dailynebraskan.com alike can enjoy a Big Mac without getting riled

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Lieding Performances Maureen Ose introduces seven spectacular shows this season, how to find cheap tickets and why you need to be there Story by Kekeli Dawes

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he Lied Center has a massive lineup of shows this year. Maureen Ose, director of marketing and public relations at the Lied, sat down with the Daily Nebraskan to talk about seven shows students might be interested in and how to grab cheap tickets.

The Lied has a few discounts

for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students to take advantage of, most of which are made possible by the fees students pay each year. These funds allow the Lied to offer tickets for half-price. Tickets for the year went on sale Monday. Student funds also go to the Arts for All program that offers UNL students free tickets for shows throughout the year. Any student is eligible for tickets; they

only have to check shows included in the program on the Lied Center’s website or call the Lied to see if a particular show the Arts for All program.

“We want to get as many unique students as we can to come to at least one show and get the experience of it,” said Ose. “Live entertainment is so different. It’s surprising that many students have

not had the opportunity to experience live art. To me, it is totally transforming.”

Ose said she believes a few good shows can really make any college student’s year easier.

“We think having that kind of balance of schoolwork and good performances in your life helps you make it through school and get through your degree,” she said.

David Sedaris - OCT. 31

Sedaris is an author and humorist whose essays and short stories are frequently featured on the popular radio show “This American Life.”

“David Sedaris will be a big hit with our fans here,” Ose said. “He speaks not only to the college crowd, but an older generations as well. This is a program people can relate to on a very personal level. It’s very easy to understand; it’s good to laugh; it’s good to think ... it’s good all around.”

Sedaris is slated to be one of the top-grossing events of the season, but he is not part of the Arts for All program. There is, however, a 20 percent student discount for seats in section three.

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Sept. 21

“The man is incredible,” said Ose. “He has been at it forever, and he still has the notes. He still has the falsetto that made him popular with his biggest hits.”

Valli is a famous vocalist who rode into fame in the early 60s with the famous singing group, The Four Seasons, the original Jersey Boys.

The Tony-winning musical, “Jersey Boys” follows the story of the singing group. The five have continued to be popular for decades with several top-ten hits in the 70s. Ose said their performance should take advantage of The Lied’s new sound system in their concert-like show.

There is limited ticket availability, but keep checking to the last day.

You may have the chance to experience what Ose believes will be “a night to remember.”

The Screwtape Letters - April 6

The Vienna Boys Choir - NOV. 13

The Vienna Boys Choir was started in 1498 and is considered one of the most renowned choirs in the world.

“If people do not know what a boys choir can do, they will be absolutely shocked by the range of the music that group can put out,” Ose said. “When they are singing, you would swear they are angels from heaven.”

The Capital Steps - OCT. 12

The Capital Steps is a comedy group that started from actual Senate staffers who wanted to poke fun at their bosses.

“By the time The Capital Steps get here, we will all need an infusion of humor about the political process in our country,” Ose said. “They have so much material already that they are probably tearing their hair out deciding who to make fun of at one level. And if you have endured the last 18 months, you deserve The Capital Steps. We need them; thank God they are coming.”

Chicago - OCT. 19-21

The popular six-time Tony Award-winning Broadway show is coming to Lincoln.

“This has everything,” Ose said. “It has dancing and music you will take away humming ... it is the human story of love triangles, wealth and greed, set in a time in America when there weren’t very many curbs to what could be said and done. This show takes that and puts some glitter on it, as well as some hot dancing and hot music.”

This is an theatrical adaptation of the novel written by author C.S. Lewis. In this dark comedy, the Devil casually communicates to a demon, sending instructions on how to lead a man to destruction.

“There is going to be a lot of humor,” Ose said. “It’s going to make people think, and I think it will be a huge surprise for college students.”

For students who aren’t familiar with Lewis’ dense, but sharp theological commentaries, Ose says this is a good place to start.

“If it’s the only thing you ever saw related to C.S. Lewis, it is a good pick,” she said.

Chip Davis’ Mannheim Steamroller Christmas - Dec. 19

Mannheim Steamroller is a popular Christmas music group.

In fact, this show is The Lied Center’s highest-selling show to date.

“If you haven’t heard their music in the United States, that means you have not been near a radio between Oct. 31 and Dec. 24th,” said Ose. “They aren’t flashy or dance, but it is truly an enchanting experience to watch them make their music, and also gives you a visual stimulus you haven’t had before.”

Although it is already soldout, there is still a way to grab tickets to the show. Check with the box office for returned or cancelled tickets. Ose says a prime time to search for tickets is the last week before the show. Professional acts have a certain number of seats for crew, family, and friends, but if those seats don’t fill up, they are open to the public.

“Do not despair,” Ose said.

“Just check with the box office frequently right up to the day of the show.” arts@dailynebraskan.com

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Graduate founds thriving theatre company Former theatre student thanks Johnny Carson School for success Cara Wilwerding dn Just two years after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kara Davidson lays claim to a one-of-a-kind theatre company.

She founded Dovetail Theatre Company, based out of Minneapolis, Minn., in 2011.

Davidson said her time at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film allowed her to pinpoint her personal style and theatrical objectives.

“It inspired me to take the risk of creating my own work,” Davidson said. “I think the university was incredibly supportive of my dreams back then and is still supporting them.”

Dovetail uses an ensemblebased process to create new works or adaptations of classic works.

The group is currently working on a production called “Rip,” which tells the story of Rip Van Winkle.

The production begins in the 50’s, continuing to present times.

However, it is set up like a rock concert, which gives it a modern feel, even at the beginning of the show. Characters step out of the play, sing a song and jump back into the play while a rock band performs on stage.

“We’ve been working on it for about two years, so it’s rewarding to workshop it and see it change,” Davidson said. “I think the best work comes out of being able to be objective about your work and let it evolve and change as it needs to.”

Directing and acting professor Virginia Smith taught and directed Davidson during her time at UNL. Even at that time, Smith said she saw potential in Davidson.

“She’s a good director, she’s got a really great mind,” Smith said. “I think the combination of creating and performing and making theatre is exactly what she should be doing. It looks like she’s put a good company together, and there are a lot of other creative people she’s working with.”

Part of success is a solid foundation. Davidson said she received that during her time at UNL. One lesson in particular was learning to network.

Knowing people is important, Smith explained. Growing close to professionals in the theater world will help students advance their career and reach their dreams, Smith said.

But this wasn’t the only lesson Davidson took away from the Johnny Carson School. In addition to getting to know fellow professionals, Davidson said it was helpful to learn ground-level theatre vocabulary at UNL. “I’m more able to talk about theatre or see a show and be specific about what worked and what didn’t work because of that vo-

cab,” Davidson said.

Even more important than learning about theater was having the opportunity to apply those lessons, explained Davidson.

Along with watching and performing in various school-wide productions, Davidson also wrote and directed her own play. Because she was double-majoring in French, Davidson created a French play with English subtitles. She said she urges UNL students to take every opportunity possible.

“You’ll never regret doing too much,” she said. “You’ll only regret doing too little.”

Smith has high hopes for Davidson’s future. She said she can see Davidson going far with her own company as well as other theatrical groups.

“I think that she will create theatre with her company, as long as that is nurturing to all of her talents,” Smith said. “She could go to one of the coasts and be in movies or do more plays.”

Davidson hopes to do a lot of traveling with her career and eventually land in Chicago.

While Smith sees Davidson going far, she thinks she will stay with Dovetail for the next five to seven years. Her personality lends well to a producing and directing position, Smith explained.

“Once you get to know Kara, I think she’s one of the nicest, sweetest, most supportive people you’d ever meet,” Smith said. “Good guys sometimes finish first.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Kara Davidson participates in a live performance in New York.

Top technology brings New York to Ross Cameron Mount Dn Far away from Broadway and London theater, many assume Lincoln is cut off from the best of the international stage. But in a city supportive of the arts and using state-of-the-art technology, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is able to broadcast the New York opera and London theater experiences through highdefinition digital projection.

“We’ve got a really good year,” said Danny Ladely, director of The Ross. “The National Theatre Live and the Metropolitan Opera seasons are filled with excellent productions. It’s going to be a great season.”

The process works through collaboration with National Theatre Live in London and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. BY Experience, a company out of New York, sends out a live feed of these performances to cinemas worldwide. The exact number of screens reached is still being finalized, but National Theatre Live reached 322 screens in 22 coun-

tries when it began in 2009.

The plays for this season include “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” on Sept. 6th and 9th, “The Last of the Haussmans” on Oct. 11th and 21st, and “Timon of Athens” on Nov. 1st and 4th.

“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” directed by Marianne Elliott (“War Horse”) follows a boy’s adventure after the discovery of his neighbor ’s dead dog.

“It’s a quirky book,” said Julie Borchard-Young, president of

BY Experience, “but it was made beautifully into a live-stage play and I think audiences who take the risk and go see it will really love it.”

The second play, “The Last of the Haussmans,” is a chaotic family drama with a unique revolving set. The last play of the year is Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens,” rarely performed on stage and follows the financial indulgences and crises of its lead character.

The Metropolitan Opera season includes six upcoming performances in 2012, starting with

“L’Elisir d’Amore” on Oct. 13th and 14th, then continuing with “Otello,” “The Tempest,” “La clemenza di Tito,” “Un Ballo in Maschera,” and “Aida” in December. The Saturday performances will be broadcast live at The Ross, while an encore presentation will be held for each the following day.

To replicate the theater experience as realistically as possible, these broadcasts take advantage of the newest technology.

“We raised enough funds to be able to upgrade our digi- t a l production system,” said Ladely.

“So we have now a 4K digital production system in place in the bigger theater where we usually show the operas, and next week we’re going to do it in the smaller theater. That really improves the quality of our presentation.”

That installation, when completed, will bring top-of-the-line video and audio quality to both theaters at The Ross. The larger theater will also gain 3D capability.

“The opera experience and the National Theatre Live experience has vastly improved because of this upgrade,” Ladely said. The latest upgrade is merely the next step, but the Ross has been at the

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forefront of new technology for many years.

“We were the first university in the entire world to install a digital projection system,” he said.

“At that time [in 2003] there were probably only between about 80 and 100 theaters in the entire United States that had those systems. Then when the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD was offered, I jumped on that camp. I thought, ‘This is perfect.’ To have a theater in the university which teaches opera, to be able to see the Metropolitan Opera on the screen live like that was just a no-brainer. It’s really turned out well.”

The opportunity is even more

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impressive with the low prices offered by the Ross’s donors.

Thanks to a renewed grant from the Hixon-Lied endowment fund, student tickets are only five dollars.

“Do you know how much it costs to go to the MET Opera in New York City?” Ladely said. “You can’t get in the door for five bucks.

You’d have to sit in the back row for a hundred bucks or so. So this is quite a bargain, and it really puts you right up on the stage with the way they design these productions.

It’s maybe even better than being there live, because you’re right up on the stage. And of course the sound quality is just superb, which is very important.”

Borchard-Young agrees that the bargain for audiences is second-to-none.

“All these shows are completely sold out in London,” she said. “They’re the hottest theater tickets. Our aim and mission is to continue delivering the highest quality program for the most affordable price.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The number of awards the show receives. Bryan Cranston has won best leading actor for a drama series all three seasons. The show itself has three and is up for 13 more in the next Emmy ceremony.

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Face it: Oversized sweatshirts and sweatpants dominate your college wardrobe. I don’t blame you. Those afternoon classes have you waking at the crack of dawn and who has time to put effort into looking nice?

While fashion may not “define” you, it can certainly lead to judgment.

Whether it’s recognized or not, fashion is relatable to all walks of life.

For example, Kanye West owns a snakeskin snapback, proving that Kanye is a badass and probably doesn’t care about the maltreatment of reptiles.

It’s probably not too far-fetched to assume you might make some of your fashion decisions, whether subconscious or with full intent, because you’re trying to make a statement.

Now that we are college students, we interact with fashion in a way that’s completely different from our 13-year-old selves.

For starters, the majority of us don’t have mommy and daddy handy to pay for that Gucci handbag or those Prada shoes. This is college and we’re broke. As college students, it’s necessary for us to be more creative in our fashion decisions: utilizing thrift stores, diversifying fewer options and revamping and remaking last years fads.

Not only are we broke, we’re at the age where trendsetting is in full swing — not in an “OMG! If I don’t wear 100% Hollister, I can’t show my face at skewl” sort of way. As collegians, this time of our life lends itself perfectly towards self-expression and self-evaluation, which in turn, points toward sporting new, expressive trends.

College is one of the only times in our lives where we are allowed to focus solely on who we plan to develop into and, corny as it sounds, discover ourselves through our newfound independence. (Cue Green Day’s “Good Riddance” and mom-tears.)

Personally, I take that as an invitation to delve deeper into my fashion taste. I’ve always had a big interest in fashion and how I could make fashion personal to me, which probably made me a nerd in middle school. While my current paycheck might not quench my thirst for J. Crew or Free People, I appreciate art. I, personally, don’t have a loud, boisterous aura, but every once

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in a while, it’s fun to make a visual statement (or at least gawk over other statement-makers). As a collegian with a light pocket, I also love discovering fun ways to make the runway affordable. This is why I love studying the “art of wear” and how fashion adapts to the times.

This brings me to another very important aspect of fashion: keeping up-to-date. If you don’t like a new fad, you don’t need to jump on board. It is possible, however, that you could personalize an aspect of that fad and eventually fall in love with it.

For example, in middle school I noticed that gauchos were starting to make a comeback in the fashion magazines I was reading. Thus, I promptly jumped on the bandwagon and added my own personal flair by adding oddly shaped patches of Aztec-esque fabric.

It didn’t take me too long to figure out that I looked like I should be clicking my heels and delivering newspapers alongside Christian Bale. Now, I take a different approach when I’m flipping through my closet.

Fall is my favorite season for fashion. Out with the bro tanks and Daisy Dukes and in with the earth-toned color scheme and, dare I say it, cardigans and sweaters. Thank the Lawd.

As I flipped through my fall fashion magazines this summer, I saw some trends and ideas for trends (some affordable and others not) that I look to see on campus this year: -Sweetheart collars -Maxi skirts and dresses -Geometric prints -Military-inspired clothing -Peplum -Classic menswear Though some of you may be staring at that list as though it were in French, I promise I translated it all to English.

This fall, I will help you to peruse through grandma’s (or grandpa’s) closet for inspiration. Vintage-inspired floral and lace might remind you of prune juice and dentures and you might associate suspenders with hourly medication, but collegians everywhere are making granny (or grandpa) hip. And with a little help from this column, you will too. ingrid holmquist is a sophomore broadcast major. you can reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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summer: from 14 the team this summer, Moore said.

Along with the added players, some coaching changes were made too. NU coach Connie Yori named Shimmy Gray-Miller an assistant coach after former assistant Kellie Lewis-Jay left the staff to become the Florida Atlantic’s head

coach, after five season with Nebraska.

Gray-Miller served the past seven seasons as the Saint Louis University women’s basketball coach. Moore said so far she is a perfect fit.

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ward the game,” Moore said.

“She’s a very smart coach and she is going to bring lots of energy to practice.”

Former Husker stand out Dominique Kelley returned to Lincoln this summer to Nebraska as the team’s graduate assistant.

a player for us and both of those aspects will help her as a coach.”

Though games don’t begin for Nebraska until Oct. 29 when it hosts Pittsburgh State in an exhibition, Hooper is already seeing a team that could be one of the best in the Big Ten.

Kelley was key to the 2010 team that finished the regular season 29-0. She averaged 12.6 points a game for that squad.

“Dominique has been a great asset to this program for the last five years now,” Yori said. “She was smart and a hard worker as

“Our potential is huge,” Hooper said. “We’re still the same happy-go-lucky team we were a year ago. We’ve accepted the freshmen and they’ve accepted us. So far everything is good.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Big Ten signal callers improving

Lanny Holstein The Big 12 was a quarterback’s league.

Every year a new batch of rocket-armed gunslingers made their way to the forefront and put up video game numbers. Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford, Zac Robinson, Brandon Weeden, Robert Griffin III, Jason White, Josh Heupel, Todd Reesing, Chase Daniel, Blaine Gabbert and Josh Freeman could all put up 400 yards of offense in a flash.

The Big Ten hasn’t had as many of those guys. No other league has.

The Big Ten does have a crop of solid but unconventional signal callers this season. It may actually be home to a better set of them than the Big 12.

There are questions with each guy, but Denard Robinson, Taylor Martinez, Braxton Miller, Kain Colter, Danny O’Brien and James Vandenberg are all solid players.

Robinson, Martinez, Miller, and Colter each bring a little pizzazz to their offenses with some fancy footwork as well.

Nobody is picking the Big Ten to be the best conference in the land this season, but in a sport that rides so heavily on the play from one position, the Big Ten’s best teams have proven and reliable options at field general.

This year the quarterbacks are experienced. Most have started before and know the system they are running. That is a recipe for success.

The Big Ten is not likely to overtake the Big 12 in terms of passing numbers anytime soon.

The offenses in the Huskers’ old

conference lean heavily toward the wide open systems that produce huge numbers and the Big Ten still holds fast to its conventional ideology. But this year, the Big Ten might have the better players.

Both Baylor ’s Griffin and Oklahoma State’s Weeden were drafted this offseason, leaving the Big 12 without its top two players from a season ago. The Big Ten returns each of its top guys, minus Wisconsin’s Russell Wilson and Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins. Those were two strong players, but the league returns enough to be considered well stocked.

At Big Ten Media Days in Chicago almost every team brought their quarterback with them, a sign of confidence in that guy.

Wisconsin’s O’Brien, the offseason acquisition of coach Bret Bielema, is a particularly interesting player to watch in the coming season. He comes to the Badgers as a junior after gradu-

ating early from Maryland. He can play right away and fills the void on the Wisconsin roster left by the departed Wilson. He adds another strong, experienced player to the list of Big Ten quarterbacks.

How Wisconsin uses O’Brien will be interesting. The team is again stacked on the offensive line and in the backfield, so O’Brien may not be asked to do much more than manage the game and make good decisions. Where Wilson did a lot for the Badgers last year, O’Brien doesn’t have to be that good for the team to thrive. He is a quality quarterback, however, and Bielema may cut him lose.

Wisconsin has their guy now, and it seems like everyone in the Big Ten’s upper tier does as well.

With all the talent, 2012 could be the year of the quarterback in the conference.

Lanny Holstein is a junior broadcasting and finance major. reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com

reed: from 14 play-maker for us,” he said. “He has been playing a lot of football since his freshman year.”

Reed teamed up with classmate Ben Cotton early in his career to form a deadly duo at the spot. In the months and years following Reed’s decision, the two have also formed a great friendship on and off the field.

“I’ve been with him here for four years going on five, so he’s a great friend of mine,” Reed said. “I spend a lot of time when we’re not here or in the classroom hanging out with him.”

Reed and Cotton have taken on different roles over the past few years. Although they play the same position, Cotton is known more for his blocking and Reed for his receiving prowess.

“I think we both understand that that has been our roles, especially our sophomore years, where I’d go in for a pass, and he’d go in for a run,” Reed said.

“And I think we both understand that we want to be complete tight ends. That’s what coach wants us to be. That’s the best for our future to be more well rounded.”

Reed said if he’s in then defensive coordinators might recognize that the Huskers are more likely to pass, and if Cotton is lining up next to a tackle that NU is going to run the ball.

That’s something the two seniors want to change this season.

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Kyler Reed will look to improve himself as a blocker to help the Huskers on both passing and running plays this season.

“We want to break that mold because other defensive coordinators, they are smart guys,” he said.

“If I’m only coming in for passing, they are going to understand. They are going to watch film and see that.”

While Reed evolves into a more complete tight end, this year he will also attempt to evolve as a leader.

“I’m more of a lead by example type of guy,” he said. “That’s always how I’ve been, but you know, the coaching staff and play-

ers are calling on me to be a more vocal leader this year, and not just lead with my play. If the team is calling me to do that then I’ve got to evolve into that role.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Neisen gives NU veteran experience Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for the fall of 2011 and the spring of 2012.

In spite of her academic acBeing a leader is nothing new to Steffi Neisen. She was a leader colades, Neisen said she strugon her high school team in New gled with time management as a freshman. That doesn’t seem to Prague, Minn. Now, she’s excited be the case anymore. rather than nervous Krapfl knows being about the role she’ll a leader on the team take with Katelyn won’t shift Neisen’s Wright on Nebraska focus to play well women’s golf. and study well.

It might look “Steffi’s just one daunting for two juof those perfectionniors to lead a team ists that wants to do with three freshmen everything right and and two redshirt do it the right way freshmen but NU and get it done and coach Robin Krapfl is be successful,” Krapconfident her two juneisen fl said. “She gives niors are ready to be 100 percent in everyleaders. Both Neisen thing; she works hard and Wright played in tournaments the last two sea- in practice and she also is very dedicated to her academics and sons, so the experience is there. obviously that shows too.”

As a sophomore, Neisen Her work ethic shows on the was the recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award and golf course as well. As a freshearned academic All-Big Ten man, Neisen tied for 28th at the honors while being named to the 2011 Big 12 Championships and

she went on to have the second- ment and confidence out there.”

With two years of college golf best stroke average on NU. As a sophomore, she tied for 25th at under her belt, Neisen feels confident as a leader. With the “ups the Big Ten Championships. As and falls” Neisen a junior, Neisen has gone through in said she has big golf she likes to look goals.

I think at every tough time “I am still she’s just a during a tournament looking for my first college win, I smarter golfer and or practice with a positive attitude. came really close “Golf’s hard so that’s prob- she fine-tuned her enough as it is,” she ably my number game a little bit.” said. “So I look at one goal,” Neisen myself as a leader said.

Robin Krapfl nu golf coach that obviously wants But Neisen to works hard and also wants to achieve high goals play consistently and to help the rest of the team. but at the same time very positively.”

And she’s in a good position to do Krapfl doesn’t worry that so. She’s practiced over the sumNeisen’s new role as a leader will mer, and Krapfl has noticed differaffect her golf playing. ences in Neisen’s playing from her “I think she’s excited to be freshmen year to now. in that leadership role and she “I think she’s just a smarter golfer and she fine-tuned her is very disciplined,” Krapfl said.

“So I think she’ll be able to hangame just a little bit as far as the dle both roles very well.” mechanics,” Krapfl said. “She’s alsports@ ways been very talented. It’s just a dailynebraskan.com matter of learning course manage-

schramm: from 14 about 50 visitors on a good day and it’s easy to get isolated quickly.

Omahan Rudy Pacheco was snapping pictures for his Instagram account and was at Schramm for just that reason last week.

“It’s peaceful and quiet for shooting,” Pacheco said. “I come here all the time. That’s what make it special for me.”

And Schramm gives Pacheco plenty to shoot. He’s seen all kinds of insects, bugs, flowers and birds near the aquarium and around the ponds near the aquarium.

Something that visitors also like to see are the fish inhabiting the ponds and Platte River near the aquarium.

But before the anglers head down to Schramm to cast a line in this little known area, they should know fishing is illegal in the area.

Visitors to Schramm should plan on a day trip; there aren’t any campsites.

The park is small, 330 acres, but it still has a lot to offer with education on Nebraska wildlife, impressive scenery and animals galore.

So next weekend before heading to Omaha, take a chance to check out what Nebraska has to offer in its wilderness. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Robinson is quarterback to watch in Big Ten Michigan looks to its veteran player to lead them on a quest for roses

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Denard Robinson is a 2012 preseason All-Big Ten quarterback.

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Canada geese are just one of the many species of wildlife that call Schramm State Recreation Area home.

The Big Ten may not be the flashy league that the Big 12 was with trackmeet-style games, but the Huskers’ new league packs a handful of big time performers. A few even warrant Heisman consideration.

Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson, in his fourth year under center in Ann Arbor, Mich., is arguably the biggest name in college football.

Critics hold out on his throwing ability and wonder how well he will transition to the NFL, but the senior is an unmistakable fan favorite in Big Ten country.

Heading into 2012, Robinson is considered among the league’s favorites to win the Heisman Trophy.

Through two full seasons as the starter and a few games as a freshman, he threw for 4931 yards and 40 touchdowns and ran for another 3229 yards and 35 touchdowns. With numbers like that, he has half the Heisman package. He just needs a flashy campaign to go along with them.

Not so fast, he said at Big Ten Media Days.

“I’m not into that Heisman stuff as much as some other guys. I’m a team guy,” he said. “When it comes down to saying, ‘I want to campaign for myself,’ no, I’m no more important than any other guy on the team.

When it comes down to it, I want to be compared like everybody else.

I want to be the team player. Don’t give me more publicity than anybody else.”

Robinson will no doubt get more publicity than most, whether he likes it or not. As the quarterback at Michigan, he is in the limelight by definition. His position holds him to a high standard.

“You can just see it in all the quarterbacks that come back here,” he said.

“You know who was the leader on those teams. Those guys don’t have to say too much. They are just leaders.”

Robinson said he tries to hold himself to the standard set by those guys before him. He described the mold of a Michigan quarterback as something he takes to heart.

“You have to be that guy that when you see him he is about business. When he is on the field he is all about business,” Robinson said. “He is the guy you look to for anything.

If something is going wrong you can look to him, and he will have that confident smile. He’s the guy that says, ‘Okay team, we are going to do what it takes, we are going to win this game.’ He is the leader through thick and thin.”

Robinson knows his role and seems to revel in it, but he doesn’t exactly fit the stereotype of a vocal leader. He talks quietly and thinks before he speaks. The model of a brash outspoken war general does not apply Michigan’s main man.

“I’m a person that shows you by example,” he said. “That’s me. I don’t have to be that person that is out there going rah, rah, rah, rah, you know, but if I have to, I will. You know who is the leader on this team.”

Robinson is confident heading into 2012. His coach, Brady Hoke, is right there with him.

“He has really become a guy you can count on when it comes to leadership and work ethic,” Hoke said.

“It’s evident from everything that he’s done.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

men’s golf

Huskers seek replacement for team leader Competition is wide open for top dog on Nebraska team missing Willman

it’s good to travel and get used to playing those tournaments,” he said.

Grassel played in two tournaments last season for the Huskers as an individual. In the weeks leading up to those tournaments he finished just outside the top five players on the team, but there was a spot available in Lanny holstein the tournament field separate from the dn team, so Spangler entered him in addition to the regular five.

Open competition is the name of the “The main reason to do that is to game for the Husker golfers in the next get that experience for him if we play few weeks. that course again,” the coach said.

As the offseason comes to a close “This season he will be familiar with and the fall season comes into focus, them and that will be an advantage.”

Nebraska coach Bill Spangler is openIn addition to the returning playing up his team’s five roster spots. He ers, Nebraska brought in three freshsays nobody’s position is safe. man, all from Arizona, to fill out its “Everyone starts exactly even,” roster this season. Two of those recruits the coach said. “We lost a really good are twin brothers Aaron and Nathan player in Scott Willman Wong from Chandler, from last season, and Ariz, both of whom Spanthere isn’t anyone who is gler thinks can be special separated from the othplayers for the team in ers right now.” coming years. Their adSpangler will take dition makes two sets of the five best players brothers on this year’s from a team qualifying team, alongside Josh and round to the season’s Jordan Reinertson. first tournament. The “That’s not the stratcoach likes to go by the egy,” Spangler said. “It’s numbers. Although he kind of rare actually (to has the power to select have two sets of brothers), his five team members but in our situation, it’s a grassel on any merits he sees fit, plus and it’s kind of interhe likes the competition esting that it’s happened and transparency using that way.” a qualifying round provides the team.

The Huskers struggled to be com“It doesn’t matter who they are. petitive in their first season in the Big If they play the best, they are going Ten a year ago. This year they plan on to start for us,” the coach said. “It’s all making a push for the top of the leadbased on competition and qualifying.” erboards. Grassel said it is his focus for The Huskers return a number of the team to have success over anything players with experience from a seahe can do for himself. Although it is an son ago. Although they lose their top individual sport, he says it is a team golfer, Willman, they return Ross Dickgame. son, Jordan Reinertson, Neil Dufford, “When you are closer to the prize, Ryan Grassel and Manuel Lavin who that motivates me as a golfer,” he said. all have tournament experience.

“If the team plays well then it is a lot Grassel, a junior, says that the exmore fun. If I play well, but the team perience he gained last year is invaludoes not, then it will not be a fun year.” able to his success this year. sports@ “Any tournament experience dailynebraskan.com helps you get more comfortable, and

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Reed’s changes make for complete tight end Recruited as a linebacker, Kyler Reed is making an impact on offense Lanny holstein dn

Nebraska football’s Kyler Reed took an indirect route to his current position.

The now Husker tight end, Reed, came to Nebraska as a linebacker. He was recruited to play in former defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove’s system.

Funny how things change.

The senior is now one of the Big Ten’s top players at his position and even made the preseason Mackey Award - top national tight end - watch list.

“When Bo came in, he gave me an option,” Reed said. “He wanted to look at me to be a linebacker, which is something that I never played before. I thought about it, but I wanted to play receiver.”

In high school, Reed starred as a wideout for St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan. Even though he came to Nebraska as a linebacker, he still had thoughts of catching passes on Saturdays.

“Coach [Shawn] Watson wanted me to be a tight end,” he said. “I tried to kind of fight that at first and stay at receiver, but the coaches told me that I would be better at tight end. Coach Bo [Pelini] still wanted me at linebacker, but he said I’d be better at tight end than receiver, so I went there because they thought it would be best for me.”

Nebraska is glad he did.

Coach Pelini praised Reed’s impact at tight end at Big Ten Media Days.

“Kyler Reed is a tremendous

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turning itup

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Jamal Turner gives Huskers a speedy option

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amal Turner made a splash for the Huskers a season ago, even though sometimes he didn’t know where to go.

The sophomore wide receiver caught 15 passes for 243 yards in the first third of the season but didn’t see the field much after that. The young player admits he didn’t have much of a grasp on his assignments last season, and there were even times he didn’t know where to line up.

“Last year we would call a play,” he said.

“And I would go in like, where do I go?”

This season Turner wants a much different story. He and receivers coach Rich Fisher have worked out the little things required for a wideout, and Turner is even starting to vary his techniques to play with defenders.

“Coach Fish said that when I first came to receiver, I ran everything in a straight line at the same speed,” he said.

“Now I change speeds sometimes. If it’s a run, I’m sprinting off like it’s a pass, and then I slip in and block [the defensive back]. It’s simple stuff like that to try to keep the defense off balance.”

How far has Turner Jamal Turner come? husker wideout Far enough that he is reading defenses. He says he now has the confidence to make decisions about his assignment pre-snap.

“I’m looking at coverages,” he said. “I know if it’s cover one man, that the guy that’s on me, he has to respect me, so if it’s a run play, I’m going to run him off. It’s hard to hold a guy on a block for ten seconds, so I’m going to run him off the line.”

Turner gave reporters a handful of other examples to justify his claims of increased football knowledge on Tuesday. He said at times, he overrules the quarterback in audible situations.

“Sometimes I tell the quarterback, ‘no, let the original play run’ because I’m reading defenses,” he said. “I know the playbook better now.”

Turner’s electric speed and quickness had Husker fans drooling when coach Bo Pelini’s staff signed him as a recruit in 2011. Fellow sophomore Kenny Bell said that Turner certainly possesses those qualities, but that they got in the way for him last season.

We have a few reverses for me. I’m going to score on one too.”

“He’s a great playmaker, and last year that’s what he wanted to do,” Bell said.

“He wanted to get open and make plays, but in our offense, that’s not always the case.

Sometimes you have to be cosmetic and get other people open.”

That’s not to say the Huskers plan on using Turner exclusively as a decoy this season. They certainly want the ball in his hands.

In fact, there are even a few plays in the NU playbook aimed at directly accomplishing that goal.

“We have a few plays,” Turner said. “We have a few reverses for me. I’m going to score on one too.”

A quarterback in high school, Turner did not Jamal Turner will be a more prominent member of NU’s offense this season play much at because he has a better understanding of the Husker playbook. wide receiver until he arrived in Lincoln for the relationship and says it helps him in the passing 2011 season. It’s taking time to adjust to the posigame. tion’s requirements, but now that he has a grasp “I don’t get mad at Taylor [Martinez] and on it, the sophomore has more respect for his new them because of a misread,” he said. “They have spot. so much on their plate, and I understand that.”

“I thought it was going to be easy,” he said.

Turner is more comfortable with his role this “I’ve been throwing to the wide receivers all my season than he was in the last. He knows what life. All you do is run a little slant and throw a he’s doing ­and most importantly, he knows where block on a run, but it’s physically harder than to line up. Bell forecasts a big season for him. that. It’s physically harder than quarterback.”

“He’s going to be a phenomenal player for Turner says he still has the utmost respect for us,” Bell said. “He’s going to be electrifying.” the quarterback position, but his new job is equalsports@ ly challenging. He understands both sides of the dailynebraskan.com

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Schramm gives Nebraskans a getaway Less than an hour away, Schramm offers a nice daytrip to experience nature Robby Korth DN

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Nestled a few miles south of Gretna’s exit 432 on Interstate 80 is a place few Nebraskans know about.

To the west is Mahoney State Park, a popular spot for boating and camping. To the east you’ll find Omaha, the biggest city in the state. And it’s easy for a small slice of wilderness to get lost.

Schramm Park State Recreation Area is the definition of a hidden gem.

And it’s that quality that drew Steve Johnson, of Gretna, to the place since he was a child.

“I just like the atmosphere. It’s unique. It’s nice and quiet. I like nature,” Johnson said.

In fact, he appreciates the place so much he proposed to his wife Lisa there in 2007.

“It’s his place,” she said. “It’s so quiet here, it was just so special for him to let me into this part of his anna reed | DN world.”

The Johnsons might be at Sch- Steve Johnson tosses pieces of bread to Canada geese at Schramm State Park on Aug. 16. He ramm on purpose, but more often and his wife enjoy the park so much he proposed to her there. the recreation area is stumbled upon.

“A lot of people will come here And it’s a cheap date; the entry SCHRAMM STATE PARK by accident,” said Nicole Bekker, fee is only $1. a student-employee at Ak-Sar-Ben But Schramm isn’t all about Aquarium, a freshwater facility walking around in the air condiPlatteview Rd. that is the main attraction for Schtioning and learning ramm. about nature in NePeople have I just like the braska.

6 called or apY With a state park atmosphere. permit, W proached Bekker costing $5 H for a wide variety It’s unique. It’s for a daily pass and of reasons about $25 for an annual the place, but rarely nice and quiet. I one, visitors can exbecause of conven- like nature.” plore the Nebraska tional reasons, said wilderness on disthe junior fisheries play firsthand.

Steve Johnson and wildlife major schramm visitor Schramm has at the University of about three miles Nebraska-Lincoln. of trails in wooded Buffalo Rd. “Sometimes they call thinking areas that can show visitors a lot we’re an aquarium store,” she said. about the area.

“Sometimes they ask if we’re the “It takes an hour to walk,” Bekplace where you can walk through ker said. “You’re definitely going the tunnel under the sharks. I alto do a little hiking. But it’s really ways say ‘no, that’s in Omaha.” quiet out there. You can see tracks. I The aquarium is the only fresh- really like walking the trails.” water one operated by Nebraska And because of the low amount Schramm Park Game and Parks and features 12 of traffic, Bekker says they’ll get tanks and about 50 species of Nebraska fish, reptiles and amphibbea huff | dn schramm: see page 13 ians.

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Huskers Hailie Sample (left), Jordan Hooper (center) and Emily Cady spent their summer bonding to build team chemistry.

Huskers use summer to bond for year Andrew Ward DN Last summer a trip to Europe created a team chemistry that anchored the Nebraska women’s basketball squad through the 2011-2012 season.

That was seen on the court throughout the season as the Huskers finished second in the Big Ten Tournament and earned a six seed in the NCAA Tournament surprising fans and media alike.

There wasn’t a Europe trip 2012.

However, the team managed smaller team bonding events to make up for it.

The team held regular movie nights at players’ houses and traveled to Oceans of Fun Water Park in Kansas City this summer to build camaraderie, senior Lindsey Moore said.

As far as junior Jordan Hooper is concerned, chemistry is a strong

suit for this year’s Husker women’s basketball squad.

“Team chemistry will always be an issue, but we have great chemistry right now,” Hooper said.

All but two players and one starter return for Nebraska this season.

The Huskers also add three freshmen to the 2012-2013 roster, including two Nebraska natives Sadie Murren (Colon) and Courtney Aitken (Dannebrog). It’s the recruit from Middleburg Heights, Ohio that has Hooper’s eye though, she said.

“All of the freshmen have special talents but Rachel (Theriot) is going to make an impact right away because she is such a good passer,” Hooper said.

Theriot averaged 16.6 points and 11 assists per game in high school and has already impressed

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