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UNL campus split on value of e-book NU students, staff differ in opinions on merit of online course materials conor dunn dn Digital textbooks make for a lighter load for students, but students and faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are torn between the familiar of the print era and the transition into the digital age.

Results from a recent survey of students and faculty at five universities, including Cornell University and Indiana University, indicate “students find e-books ‘clumsy’ and prefer print,” according to an Aug. 22 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Karissa McDowell, a senior actuarial science major, said she

enjoys using e-books. She said they give her another reason to use her iPad. “It lights up, so I can read in the dark,” McDowell said.

Other students said they prefer the traditional textbook, even though e-books are environmentally friendly and save space.

“It is harder now these days to stay focused on reading books on the Internet when there is Facebook, Twitter and many other sites,” said sophomore broadcasting major Bridget Nelson.

Many teachers, including journalism professor Sue Bullard, have begun transitions into a digital format.

Bullard spent two years developing an e-book for her Editing I class. She said all course material such as videos, quizzes and a calendar can be found in the e-book.

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I absolutely wouldn’t use (the e-book) if my class didn’t require it.”

Chris Kenney

senior actuarial science major

They deprive readers of the sensual relationship they get when they physically touch and smell a textbook.”

Joe Starita

journalism professor

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hen looking for a scrumptious snack, size matters to some very hungry students at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

A change in the sandwich size at popular dining spot Husker Hoagies has many students complaining that the sandwich isn’t what it was last year.

Sophomore James Yong, a biological systems engineering major, said he doesn’t like the switch in bread size from 12 inches to 8. Yong preferred the bigger sandwiches.

“They tasted better last year,” he said.

Mary Whitney, a Husker Hoagies supervisor, said UNL Dining Services switched bread sizes to reduce “skyrocketing food costs.” The switch from the homemade bread supplier was unpopular among some students.

“Students seem to be most disappointed in us not having the homemade bread anymore, even though we have more bread choices,” Whitney said. “We couldn’t get the bread suppliers to make it in the 8-inch length, but we are working on getting it back later this year.”

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Lory Erving serves a sandwich to a student at the new eatery, Husker Heroes, Monday afternoon in the basement of the Neihardt Residence Hall.

Inmates aid in Alpha Phi renovations Dept. of Corrections contributes 436 items of furniture to UNL sorority

I like having e-books for personal use because you don’t have to carry as much.”

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freshman accounting major

Students never have to worry about forgetting to bring their book to class.”

Sue Bullard

journalism professor

I like using textbooks because there are no apps or Facebook to distract you.”

Robert Hartsgrove

freshman general studies major

I like them, especially because I have an iPad. It lights up, so I can read in the dark.”

Karissa McDowell

senior actuarial science major

Sammy Hansen hasn’t given much thought to where the hand-crafted furniture in the Alpha Phi house at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln came from. She’s just glad it’s there.

The Alpha Phi president said her sorority sisters are enjoying the renovations done to the house this summer, including the 436 pieces of furniture built by the employees of Cornhusker State Industries.

Cornhusker State Industries is the manufacturing department for the Nebraska Department of Corrections.

CSI employs inmates to build a wide variety of products for Nebraska agencies such as local and county governments, schools, colleges and non-profit organizations.

Alpha Phi turned to CSI when the sorority needed new furniture as part of the renovation of the entire second floor completed this summer.

“We basically went down to the walls and rebuilt everything new,” said Lisa Stephens, president of the Alpha Phi House Corp.

“There’s nothing old left in those

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Yan Wang

senior accounting major

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Rebecca Pflug, a junior hospitality, restaurant and tourism major, talks on the phone at her room’s desk in the Alpha Phi sorority house Saturday afternoon. The desk and the bed were made by a manufacturing department within the Nebraska Department of Corrections. bedrooms.”

In addition to the new furniture, a new heating and cooling system was installed, a sun deck was eliminated to add space to

the rooms and new carpet was installed, said Hansen, a senior political science, Spanish and international studies major.

Talks of updating began in fall

In the Namibian savannah of Southern Africa, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln agronomy pro-

fessor found a window into a global problem.

Walter Schacht, accompanied by his wife and funded by a Fulbright fellowship, spent 2011 studying woody acacia bushes’ steady conquest of arid, neardesert grassland in Namibia — a slow-motion battle drastically affecting the economy of the region that seems to be happening here in the Great Plains and could point to global concerns, including the

world’s food supplies and climate change.

“What I was focusing on is overuse of grassland,” Schacht said in an interview, and that’s what he found: a system pushed out of balance by humans and other factors.

Schacht spoke on his findings Monday afternoon in the Nebraska East Union to a handful of people.

He described Namibia, a country larger than the state of Texas bor-

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of 2010, Stephens said, because the furniture was 20 years old.

Stephens said Alpha Phi House

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Shifting African terrain mirrors Midwest UNL professor finds similarities between Nebraskan and African plains

I prefer textbooks because I can write in my textbook. On iPads, you have to change apps just to take notes.”

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dering South Africa, with devoted detail from its dry Atlantic coast to the more Nebraska-like northeast.

Like Nebraska, nearly all of the land is used for agriculture, though in Namibia’s case for livestock such as cattle and sheep, Schacht said. Farmers and ranchers count on relatively flat, stable grassland, too dry for the acacia bushes that livestock can’t eat.

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furniture: from 1 Corp. felt comfortable turning to CSI because the company had built seats for Memorial Stadium in the past.

Travis Atwood, sales and marketing manager at CSI, said UNL Housing also uses the company to reupholster lounge furniture.

A UNL Housing representative confirmed that it has used CSI in the past.

Atwood said the company has been around since the late 1800s.

“Throughout the years, products we’ve manufactured have changed a little bit, but we’ve been around about as long as the state has had prison institutions,” Atwood said.

Inmates have to apply for a job with CSI and are then trained to do different tasks which give the inmates job skills for when they leave prison, Atwood said.

Inmates in the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution and Lincoln Correctional Center built the furniture for the Alpha Phi house.

The 436 custom-built dark wood pieces included beds, desks with hutches, dressers and chairs, Stephens said.

Hansen said she first heard the furniture was going to be built

by Cornhusker State Industries last year during one of the design meetings, but didn’t think much of it.

Since the girls have moved in, no one has mentioned who built the furniture. Many girls don’t even know, she said.

“It’s just not even talked about,” Hansen said.

campus briefs Recycling program seeks volunteers

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln “Go Green for Big Red” recycling program is seeking volunteers for the upcoming football season.

UNL Recycling and Recycling Enterprises coordinate the program, which is designed to promote recycling in parking lots and walkways near Memorial Stadium on home gamedays. The program is entering its fourth year.

Volunteers will transport recycling bags from the Memorial Stadium area to nearby containers.

Last year, about 150 volunteers collected more than 9,500 pounds of plastic cups, bottles and aluminum cans, according to a university press release.

Those interested in volunteering should contact university recycling coordinators Prabhakar Shrestha and Jeff Henson at recycling@unl.edu or 402472-9139 by Wednesday before each home game.

UNL retiree honored for conservation

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A group of Alpha Phi sorority members converse on a bed structure Saturday afternoon made by Cornhusker State Industries as a part of the house’s second-floor renovation that took place over the summer.

Makayla Dolphens, Alpha Phi member and junior nursing major, said she had no idea who made the furniture but thinks the furni-

ture manufacturing gig is a positive work experience for inmates.

“It gives them good work ethic,” Dolphens said. “We’re lucky

enough to have it.”

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Legacy influences choice to go Greek Elias youngquist dn Jake Geisert, a junior architecture major, hadn’t planned on joining Delta Upsilon like his father and uncles had. In fact, he hadn’t planned on joining a fraternity at all.

“I was just planning on living in the residence halls,” Geisert said. “I wasn’t going to be forced to do anything.”

But after a phone call from the fraternity, it didn’t take long until Delta Upsilon had a new legacy member, someone who attends the same house as their siblings, parents, grandparents or other relatives.

“Once I showed up, they were kind of waiting for me,” said Geisert, the eighth member of his family to join Delta Upsilon. “It didn’t take me long to sign.”

Although the Office of Greek Affairs doesn’t keep track of legacy members recruited each year, Linda Schwartzkopf, director of Greek Affairs, is sure the number courtesy photo is increasing.

Jake Geisert, left, a junior architecture major, is a legacy member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

According to Laura Collins, Geisert’s uncles and father Nate, right, were members of the fraternity when they attended UNL. recruitment coordinator for the UNL Panhellenic Council and a senior secondary education and cause his father was a member, is a legacy member as well. Her she was in a sorority,” said Kate social sciences major, the insister lived in the house during Lindstrom, a freshman general crease is from the Greek houses’ Houchin said he was surprised studies major.

Collins’ recruitment. by the fraternity’s attitude. long history.

While her mother joined “It helped, but I got in by “The guys were a lot cooler “In general they’re increasand a lot more chill than I ex- my own volition,” Collins said. Alpha Omicron Pi, Lindstrom ing because there’s “Your mom may have loved Pi found a better fit with Delta pected,” Houchin 150-year-old chapPhi in 1960, but you may not love Gamma. said. “They talked ters,” Collins said.

It turned “I clicked with the girls,” she to me, kind of pes- it in 2012.”

The lengthy out to be a said. “I could see myself in Delta According to Collins, legacy tered me, so I dehistory means legGamma better.” members are given an extra look, cided to hear out acy members may better fit than I Of her parents and two older what they had to but not a guaranteed spot. have generations brothers, Lindstrom is the last “It stinks to turn down a say. It turned out of their family thought it would legacy, especially when it’s an person to join a Greek house. to be a better fit within the chapter be.”

Many of the legacies said than I thought it eight or nine leg, but we have to through the years. their parents had a major impact do what’s best for the individual Andrew Houchin would be.”

For many stuon their decision to join a Greek and the sorority.” delta upsilon member According to dents, this can be organization, like they would in For many legacy members, Houchin, out of a major reason to their mother ’s sorority has decisions on where to go to colthe six men living join a Greek house. lege or whether to purchase a car. changed since the they were in his wing of the house, five are After learning about Greek “So really, if my dad hadn’t there, causing a number of womlegacy members. life from movies and television, gone to DU, I wouldn’t have en to turn to other sororities.

While being a legacy member Andrew Houchin, a junior civil even gone into the Greek system “It didn’t really affect my can play a role in recruitment, acengineering major, wasn’t up cording to Collins, a member of decision at all, my mom was re- at all,” Houchin said. for joining the “‘Animal House’ news@ ally understanding that it was stereotype.”

However, after Chi Omega, it still comes down dailynebraskan.com Delta Upsilon contacted him be- to a person-by-person basis. She all up to me and she knows that the houses have changed since

In recognition of more than 50 years of study, education and conservation of Great Plains birds, including Nebraska’s famous Sandhill cranes, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln biology professor emeritus received a national conservation award last week.

Paul Johnsgard, a UNL faculty member since 1961, is the recipient of the eighth Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award, an annual award from the American Ornithologists’ Union. The award honors “extraordinary scientific contributions” in the preservation of birds and their habitats from an individual or small team.

This year, it goes to a man who has written 56 books on plains wildlife and ecology, earned dozens of other accolades and, according to some, done more for bird research and protection in the Great Plains than any other single person.

“Paul A. Johnsgard embodies the concept of a distinguished senior scientist who has made important ornithological contributions to his discipline and reached out to wide audiences with the opportunity to learn about the natural world and to argue for its importance and preservation,” wrote Mary Bomberger Brown, an assistant professor at UNL’s School of Natural Resources, in a press release.

UNL to mark land grant anniversary

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act from Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, according to the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources website. UNL’s theme for the week is “Growing a Healthy Future,” and activities will include an entrepreneurship fair featuring alumni and current students, a showcase of study abroad tours with food from around the world and a life sciences symposium featuring Sonny Ramaswamy, news director of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The festivities will conclude with the Nebraska-Wisconsin game Sept. 29.

View the full schedule of events on http://landgrant.unl.edu.

E.N. Thompson Forum 2012 lineup announced

The 2012-2013 E.N. Thompson Forum season, “Religion, Rights and Politics,” will begin Oct. 2. The talks will focus on connections between religion, human rights and politics in a global perspective.

Speakers include Charles Villa-Vicencio, a South African theologian; Robert Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard University and Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian and Muslim Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

All of the lectures will be presented free at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, but tickets must be reserved ahead of time. Call the Lied Center at 402472-4747 or 800-432-3231 or download the online form at http://enthompson.unl.edu to reserve tickets. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Local speakers give students a glimpse into education job market Carl Mejstrik DN Like other education majors with graduation on their minds, Katie Thomas wants to be prepared for the job search.

That’s why Thomas, a senior elementary and special education major, spent Monday at the Professional Development Day for Educators in the Nebraska Union Auditorium.

The day aimed to give educa-

tion majors an idea of what the job market will be like. University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Career Services brought in six speakers to address more than 100 students.

The group covered topics like building a resume, how to apply for a teaching certificate and good interviewing skills.

“They gave us exact questions that they had given in previous interviews with people applying at their schools,” Thomas said.

Thomas will graduate in De-

cember. She said the valuable insight she gained from local principals and education personnel will prove helpful during the interview process.

Becky Faber, assistant director of Career Services, was one of the featured speakers.

“It’s early in the semester to receive some of this information for students who might be in just their first week of student teaching,” Faber said, “but it is information that they will need to

know when they graduate.”

Questions regarding interviews were among the most asked. Faber broke down the process into simple points, including the etiquette of a hand shake, feeling comfortable in a professional environment and the impact of social media in the eyes of employers. Explaining how media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter can be potentially damaging, Faber said, “There has never been a time when private lives are

as public as they are now.”

Shelly Dostal, principal of Raymond Central Elementary School, echoed Faber ’s sentiment.

“Even if you don’t know the person interviewing you,” she said, “they will know someone that knows someone that knows you.”

Speakers also discussed the job outlook for particular teaching majors. There is a need for jobs in particular areas of education over others, Dostal said.

Math, science and English Language Learner teachers are in high demand around the country, she said.

“If you’re a Spanish teacher, you’ll get a job,” Dostal said.

Faber dismissed the auditorium with parting words of wisdom.

“A day is successful when you learn something, and I hope you all learned something today.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Walter Schacht, a UNL agronomy professor, spoke Monday in the East Union about his year in Namibia where he studied a changing African landscape with parallels to Nebraska and the Great Plains.

Students laugh during lunch at Husker Heroes, a recent addition to UNL’s dining hall options.

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Lory Erving, UNL employee of 25 years, prepares a sandwich to serve students during the afternoon lunch hour.

The new bread is a healthier alternative to last year ’s bread, Whitney said, and the change should help reduce costs.

For Emilie Shaklee, a sophomore general studies major, it’s not about the bread.

“I like the size and taste of the bread,” she said. “What I don’t like is that there are less options for chips, the cookies are no longer homemade and the wait is longer.”

The increased wait time is due to a change in the way students pick up their side items.

Unlike years past, students are no longer able to grab their side items. The cashier must now assemble the diner ’s lunch sack of chips, a cookie and fruit.

That move was also related to food costs, Whitney said.

“Students were grabbing too many sides and making it very expensive for us to keep all of our customers happy,” she said.

“We’re very limited as a to-go restaurant.”

Whitney said the restaurant has started to offer a variety of homemade soups and, starting next Wednesday, there will be hot sandwiches, like the popular meatball sub, offered weekly.

While she has heard student complaints about the changes, Whitney said the negativity seems to be decreasing as the second week of school begins.

A second sandwich deli, Husker Heroes, offering the same sandwiches opened in Neihardt Residence Hall this semester.

The sandwiches have become more convenient for more students, she said.

“We opened Husker Heroes to make the wait time less for everyone,” Whitney said. “We don’t want our students waiting an hour for their lunch. All we want is for our customers to be happy.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

ebooks: from 1 “It’s really a website with a book in it,” she said.

Bullard said e-books allow her to stay current with the news when teaching her editing class.

The e-book lets her instantly create exercises based off events that happened the day before. She said e-books also stop students from worrying about forgetting to bring their book to class.

“It’s so much smarter to have something you can update,” she said. “I want to give my students the newest, best info possible.”

But some teachers, like Joe Starita, also a journalism professor, refuse to bring e-books into their classrooms.

“We’re at a very dangerous crossroads with e-books,” Starita said.

But more and more, ranchers however, by emphasizing the aren’t getting those conditions. worth of its wildlife and pushing Humans have stopped the for more tourism. spread of fires, which once swept “What the Namibians have through the savannah, clearing been able to do to add value to most plants except for grasses. their wildlife is huge,” Schacht Meanwhile, elephants, giraffes, said. “We need to save the rhinos and other mega-browsers browsers, right? And it’s not that rip acacia bushes to shreds just Namibia — it’s a worldwide and “tear up grassland like you problem.” can’t believe,” Schacht said, have That’s exactly the direction fallen in number, thanks to huthe small audience wanted to go. man settlement and hunting.

After the presentation, several “Their density is nowhere brought up questions of how all near where it used to be,” of this applied to Nebraska, the Schacht said.

Great Plains and beyond.

And then there’s the rain.

Ashley Schmidt, a senior bioClimate change – the intensificasystems engineering major, said tion and distortion of long-term she was most interested in the weather patterns from the heat research’s connections to climate captured by human carbon emischange, food and biofuels. sions – has apparently brought “The U.N. just asked the U.S. increased rainfall to the country. to kind of take a break from our Namibia is much more accepting biofuels,” Schmidt said, referring of climate change science than to the federal subsidies that enthe U.S., Schacht said. courage the conversion of corn W h e n into ethanol for fuel.

Schacht was Such programs have there, for exbeen criticized as the What the ample, the corn crop wilts under Namibians country saw a powerful drought four times its have been able to and the world strugusual annual gles with food shortprecipitation, do to add value ages and price increasfollowed by to their wildlife is es — all events tied in the coldest one way or another to winter on huge.”

Schacht’s work. record.

The Bush encroachextra water ment in Namibia and walter schacht carved gullies that country’s conagronomy professor across the saservation response vannah, bad indeed have applicanews for grass and livestock. tions over here, Schacht said. In All of these changes allow fact, the Midwest’s grasslands acacia to kick out the native grass are facing an encroachment of and thrive, a phenomenon called another woody plant, and soon bush encroachment. The process the U.S. might need some advice. disrupts the delicate balance be“Eastern red cedar is our tween plant and herbivore and nemesis,” Schacht said. “There’s costs Namibia’s agricultural a lot we can learn back and economy more than $200 million, forth.” news@ Schacht said. dailynebraskan.com The country has responded,

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In pursuit of business, online companies such as Amazon often slash e-book prices to lower figures than can be found for hard copies.

“If the revenue of the authors that produce these books is being short-changed,” he said, “who is going to make those books?”

But according to an article in The New York Times, the price difference between digital and print textbooks isn’t necessarily significant.

“While priced lower than new print books, (e-books are) often more expensive than buying or renting used books online,” said Kathy Mickey, an analyst at Sim-

ba Information, a market intelligence company.

Starita also said e-books deprive readers of the sensual relationship they get with a textbook they can physically touch and smell.

“I have to have that book in my hand,” he said. “The first thing I do is open it and smell the pages.”

Students can use e-books through UNL Libraries. According to Mary Bolin, chair of technical services at UNL Libraries, the digital collection houses more than 300,000 e-books containing information in all subject areas. During the course of one year, the e-book collections are viewed more than 155,000 times, Bolin said.

Because the University Book-

store focuses on selling the newest editions of its inventory, UNL Libraries works to transition older print material into a digital format.

“We don’t purchase new textbooks routinely,” Bolin said.

Bolin’s impression is that ebooks are becoming more PracticePlayerTryoutAd12-13.indd popular as the digital age rolls on. But as a library user, Bolin prefers to use digital textbooks over print because she is able to access e-books anywhere.

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Publishers don’t always provide an electronic version of their books, and there is often a time lag when they do, Bolin said.

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Pinewood Bowl an investment in Lincoln’s culture Kudos to the Pinewood Bowl for hosting a concert series during the summer. The Daily Nebraskan praises the amphitheater for finally allowing big-name acts to rock out in Pioneers Park. Even better, it won’t take another decade or two for Pinewood Bowl to hosts more major acts. Such a change is welcome and necessary for the growing and thriving Lincoln community.

Live entertainment is an essential part of any city’s scene.

This is how cities keep a youthful population. And a youthful population is vital for sustainability in a city.

Further, it’s also how a city can earn extra dollars from visiting music fans. In hard economic times, when cash can be hard to come by, extra money is welcome.

While not every show sold out, each show sold quite well.

In time these concert slots will become highly sought after. The concert series is ultimately an investment in the city’s culture and its future.

Waiting so long to put on a concert series at the Pinewood Bowl was a baffling move by the Pershing Center. Letting a perfectly decent venue sit mostly idle is silly and counterproductive. The DN hopes this concert series will become a staple of summertime in Lincoln.

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The punishment for exercising the right to protest is being hauled away in a horse trailer, while the punishment for selling alcohol to a dry reservation is absolutely nothing. lauren vuchetich |dn

Spirit fuels athletics, not gender

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he London 2012 Olympics saw every national team field a woman athlete. Saudi Arabia had a woman on their team for the first time.

More women than men made the U.S. national team, and U.S. women won a total of 29 gold medals.

Even with all this success and international attention, female athletes still seek equal acceptance and respect as their male counterparts. Every four years, the Olympics show us that the call to competition exists in everyone, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race or political background. The London Olympics was an important step to show us that it exists across genders as well.

Even today, the woman athlete is intimidating. She defies expectations of femininity.

She might have a masculine body. If she is well-decorated, she is dominating in her own way in a previously physical and male-dominated world.

However, participation in sports and athletics isn’t merely in the spirit of physical competition.

The most successful athletes experience an internal and undeniable call to competition. The journey toward winning or any goal begins with a relentless attitude. The female athlete, like any male athlete, feels the thrill of competition, the dread of hard work and the intense satisfaction of success.

These are human conditions and aren’t limited to any sex or gender. The athletes’ impressive bodies and physical prowess are an expression of their commitment to their sport and their drive to succeed. For some sports, that may lead a woman to a more masculine physique. She isn’t under any identity crisis between masculine or feminine. She‘s a driven human being seeking to satisfy her ambition toward success in competition.

Title IX, the famous amendment that bolstered women’s education and athletics, was spirited by this recognition of equality. The

JANE SEU policy gave a political voice to both the intellectual, mental and physical potential of women as no less than that of men.

Statistically, the average man is a better physical athlete than the average woman. At the highest levels, men’s world records are objectively better than the women’s. He has the genetic and hormonal advantage to run faster, jump higher and lift more. Because many sports depend on high levels of these skills, this might also be why the archetype of an athlete is masculine.

In many cases, the male physical advantage is extreme. Thus, separate programs and playing fields are created between men and women. This human connection of competition is still healthily promoted even in the separate venues.

Exceptional athletic women sometimes seek to raise their competition by asking to compete against men. Women shouldn’t be denied this opportunity. Their male competitors should honor women’s desire to further their goals and ambitions.

The U.S. media has mixed preferences in their coverage of female athletes in the Olympics. Like most pop culture media, young, attractive women are favored and this is also true in athletics. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team had their every move and emotion scrutinized, from Gabby Douglas’ hair to McK-

ayla Maroney’s “unimpressive” shortcomings.

However, the dominant performances of the U.S. women’s basketball and rowing teams went almost unnoticed.

Perhaps the media are simply more attracted to suspenseful struggle than expected domination. The women’s gymnastics team sought to reclaim U.S. gold while first place results were expected for the basketball and rowing teams.

However, one accomplishment isn’t necessarily more impressive than the others. The physical demands of the sport may be different. Yet, to succeed for the fifth time in five years or for the first time in 20 years both demand high levels of mental resilience and desire for competition.

Viewers and fans are free to have tastes and preferences. However, the media threatens to disenfranchise women athletes who might have the body of an elite basketball player or rower and not that of a young gymnast. An unaware media perpetuates the idea that indeed one’s accomplishments are more significant than the other because of what is attractive to view on a television.

Regardless of a tradition of dominance or the triumph of the underdog, we’re drawn to successful athletes for their physical attractiveness and their accomplishments. We admire the champions because we seek to emulate them and feel pride in identifying with them.

When we see an athlete win, we’re involved in a deeply intimate moment in his or her life.

We see complete unabashed happiness and the lifetime of ambition complete in that one goal.

When we see them fail, we take on the same complex emotions of pity, guilt, blame and disappointment as they do. An entire country can rally behind an athlete because of this human connection that isn’t about being a woman or a man.

Jane Seu is a junior Political Science major. Follow her on Twitter @ jane_seu. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Gays deserve to show affection in public sphere

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e’ve all awkwardly eavesdropped on “that guy” boisterously discussing his sex life. The graphic details are unsettling (you regret looking up “pearl necklace” and “Eiffel Tower” on Urban Dictionary).

We wonder ”Why on Earth is this man talking about this at the Union?”

We’ve all seen it - the boy and girl playing an intense game of tonsil hockey at the park. We roll our eyes, but move on with our day. The reaction is much different if it’s a boy making out with another boy. Or even two girls holding hands, looking a bit too affectionate.

Gay intimacy, even something as innocent as a peck on the cheek, makes some cringe. Something as normal as going downtown on the weekend is a different ordeal for a straight and gay couple.

A straight couple walks into a bar, holding hands. No one notices.

A gay couple walks into a bar, holding hands. Their public display of affection is offensive or considered obscene.

What’s the difference? Nothing, except for the looks of disgust some bar patrons shoot at the gay couple. Maybe a few will mutter a homophobic epithet, such as “dyke” or “faggot.” Gays are

placed in a weird social limbo: be gay, but never show affection for your significant other in a public setting.

Should a gay guy feel embarrassed by holding another man’s hand in public?

Maybe. If that’s the case, should straight people feel embarrassed about detailing their rampant sex lives (and what occurs on the dry spells between)?

Gay intimacy is a taboo subject, even among many non-homophobic heterosexuals. Yet heterosexuality continues to fly off the shelves. All anyone has to do is go to the supermarket. Cosmo sits on the magazine rack, ready to teach you 100 “brand-new” ways women can please the man in their life.

Meanwhile, gays get the short end when it comes to discussing a makeout session.

Their placement in society isn’t quite like segregation: gays and straights walk the same streets, drink from the same water fountains, use the same restrooms.

How they can behave in the public sphere, however, is much different.

Sure, they can go to the gay bar, where everyone can hold hands. But why should they have to? Maybe the gay couple wants a quiet night at a dive bar rather than a dubstep/techno dance romp at the Q. Meanwhile, “50 Shades of Grey,” a

DAMIEN CROGHAN fictional novel which details a woman’s sexual experimentation with bondage and sadomasochism, is a best-seller. Millions of copies have sold, and a movie is rumored to be in the works.

Any book describing gay BDSM, or a magazine detailing just one way for a woman to please another woman, would quickly be deemed pornographic. This literature would also not be sold at retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target or Barnes & Noble. And it sure as hell wouldn’t be discussed at any book club meetings.

Inclusion of gay intimacy is about more than sexually implicit books, magazine covers, billboards and other imagery. Gay sex should just be sex. Not pornographic, taboo or more immoral than straight sex. A gay couple should just be

a couple. isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. People in We accept certain openly gay people. Russia are being jailed for publicly disNeil Patrick Harris, for example, is loved playing affection, and any discussion of by even the most masculine of guys. His homosexuality is a prosecutable offense. role as a womanizer on “How I Met Your Gay intimacy is literally banned from the Mother” probably doesn’t hurt either. public sphere. In order to avoid reaching There’s Ellen DeGeneres, who’s married this point, we must make gays and lesto actress Portia de Rossi, and bians a more visible part hosts a popular daytime TV of culture.

Gay show.

We have made I wonder how quickly the strides since reparative intimacy, ratings would drop if Ellen therapy was a popular discussed lesbian sex in any even something treatment. Unlike Ruscapacity, on or off the air. sia, we’re not literally as innocent as If the world were as far imprisoning gays for along as we’d like it to be, a peck on the promoting “homosexual journalist Anderson Cooper cheek, makes propaganda.” However, would have been comfortable the public backlash in coming out before the age of some cringe.” the U.S. for what little 45. Abercrombie’s shirtless visibility gay couples do men would only be scrutihave is an issue. nized as much as Victoria’s Secret Angels.

In short, let gay couples be just as This isn’t just an issue within the cutesy (or gross) as their heterosexual United States; it’s an issue affecting peers when they’re out and about. A lesmany other Western cultures. Earlier this bian couple’s embrace won’t cause the month, Madonna performed in Moscow, apocalypse. And two men holding hands the words “No Fear!” written on her back is just as unlikely to bring about the end in order to support the oppressed gay of the world.

Damien Croghan is a senior community in Russia. She’s now being news-editorial and international sued by the Russian government for $10 studies major. Reach him at million for supporting gay rights. opinion@ The mainstreaming of gay intimacy dailynebraskan.com.

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Fans watch My Morning Jacket perform at the Pinewood Bowl on Aug. 7. Large crowds gathered at the bowl during the Pershing’s six-concert series in August. Two shows, Train and Mumford & Sons, sold out.

With summer concert success, Pershing Center begins planning for 2013 concert series at Pinewood Bowl story by Kelsey Haugen

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his summer, one of the best light shows featured during a concert series was natural lighting. Thousands of concertgoers flocked to the Pinewood Bowl, a Lincoln amphitheater lighted by stars and surrounded by trees, for a series of shows promoted by the Pershing Center this past summer. It’s been 17 years since the venue hosted a similar event. Now, the question of whether eager audiences will have to wait nearly two

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The Pinewood Bowl was cleared after the Mumford & Sons performance on Aug. 20. It was the last show in this year’s Pinewood Bowl concert series. The August concerts were so successful that Pershing organizers are working to bring in popular artists again next summer.

decades again hangs over the theater.

After the series’ success this August, audiences will have to wait no more than a year. The Pershing is already planning for next summer.

“My favorite part was the escape from Lincoln (the venue) provides,” said Kelsey King, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student. “It’s a green paradise, a chance to be outdoors while

listening to your favorite bands.”

King went to the Mumford & Sons concert Aug. 20 and said she was blown away by the scenery and the overall vibe of the Pinewood Bowl.

“Although it was a sold-out show, something about being surrounded by trees and submerged in the bowl makes it feel very intimate,” King said. “I have seen multiple concerts at outdoor

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New G. Love album returns to roots Garrett Dutton discusses music styles, performing in front of Nebraska fans cara wilwerding dn Alternative hip-hop, blues and soul band G. Love & Special Sauce is spicin’ things up on tour in preparation for their Sunday night show at the Bourbon Theatre. Based out of Philadelphia, the group formed in 1993 and continues to put out new music.

They released their latest album, “Fixin’ to Die” on Feb. 22, 2011, with Brushfire Records. Garrett Dutton (better known as G. Love) took some time to talk with the Daily Nebraskan.

Daily Nebraskan: With such a distinctive style of music, what is your writing process like?

G. Love: Usually I kind of come up with different hooks and catch phrases randomly.

A lot of good lines I catch from conversations with people and I might write it down. Then when I have time to get down into my writing, I usually come up with a musical groove on the guitar. I’ll have a good groove going, and I’ll kind of consult my notes and see what lyrical snippets I have that might fit the mood of that musical piece. I really let them flow out naturally and then take the time to get them into a good arrangement and really take a lot of time to make sure all the lyrics are where they need to be. Then you have to give it some time to

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Carole King released 25 solo albums during her music career.

Although a well-known artist, King struggled with gender roles.

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Garrett Dutton, a.k.a. G. Love, combines hip-hop, blues and soul to create his own unique style of music. G. Love & Special Sauce will be performing at the Bourbon Sunday night. kind of mature.

DN: How has “Fixin’ To Die” been received by fans?

GL: It’s been a great record for us. It’s a real return to my roots as a coffee shop blues player. This record really doesn’t

have too much hip-hop feel to it; it’s really blues and Americana.

It’s kind of the record I would have made if I got a chance to make a record in my teenage years, before I stumbled upon mixing hip-hop with the blues.

This record is kind of like going back in time to the music I was first making, that I was first passionate and engaged with. Going back definitely opened up a new

G. Love: see page 6

Memoir takes honest look at Carole King THE GIRL IS MIC’D

Hip-hop requires more than listening THE CRATE DIGGER’S GUIDE

kekeli dawes Hip-hop liner notes enhance listening experience, shows depth of songs If you remember CDs at all, do you remember those tiny square booklets that came in the cases? Do you remember flipping through the pages and checking out the lyrics and the artwork?

Nowadays we stream or download albums or only a couple of songs, Google the lyrics and settle for a tiny iTunes’ “album artwork” icon, and, God forbid, we have to find it ourselves.

Some say this kills the “experience” of listening to music. I admit I am the sentimental type, but, in this case, I don’t find much use getting caught up in the hype. All that matters is that I can listen to whatever music I want in good quality whenever I want. What more do you really need? Is a tiny pamphlet going to change how the music sounds?

Of course not. I don’t miss the artwork or the band photos. I don’t miss holding it my hands. It’s nice, for memory’s sake, but I can do without.

Well, not all of it. But it isn’t for

phlets, specifically the liner notes. sentimental reasons.

Remember all that tiny text after Over the past few years, I have the lyrics? Those are the liner notes. I realized there is more to music than didn’t read them for years and to be what you think you are hearing. If you are bumping something right honest, the liner notes are the most now, I bet you are only hearing half of boring thing you can find in an album pamphlet.

They it. It’s not that it’s hidare just long lists of den; it’s always there.

While they where the song was You just don’t know recorded, who rewhat it is. And the listen, they corded it, who wrote only way to find out it, who played every what you are miss- act. They move; single instrument ing is to do more than they find different and what songs what you are doing angles and they were sampled. right now.

It takes some You can either try hearing in new work to get through be a passive listener it but if you do, you or an active listener. ways.” get more out of the Musicians, artists, music. journalists and histokekeli dawes The passive lison hip hop liner notes rians already undertener doesn’t need stand this. While they the liner notes but listen, they act. They move; they find different angles and once you read the liner notes, you are they try hearing in new ways. They suddenly no longer a passive listener.

You start listening for what you see lean in with the other ear; they turn the canvas upside down; they imi- on the page. You hear new things in tate; they take notes. And they get so the music right away. From there, you much more pleasure out of listening can widen your scope. You can check because they end up hearing more.

That’s why I do miss those pamdawes: see page 6

katie fennelly Carole King climbed to fame during division between sexes “Please believe me; I don’t want to be a star.”

Despite her pleas, which she documented in her 2012 memoir “A Natural Woman,” Carole King became a star. With her honest approach to songwriting and soulful style, King catapulted into the spotlight as both a songwriter and a singer.

She has written more than 100 hit singles. She and former husband and songwriting partner Gerry Goffin were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and into the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame in 1990.

But her accolades, while numerous, cannot fully explain King. King came from the bluecollared streets of Brooklyn and made her name as a songwriter at the age of 17, with the help of her partner Goffin.

On her own accord, she earned the respect of James Taylor, David Crosby and John Lennon. But just because King established a successful career doesn’t mean she didn’t falter in the face of a maledominated industry. She has married four times and explains in her memoir that she not only faced abuse but felt compelled to stay in dangerous environments, a feeling she couldn’t escape.

“When I look back at my relationships with men, I see a pattern,” she wrote. “As a child, my strong will was juxtaposed with wanting to please my father.

“By the time I was a grown woman, seeking the approval of

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Yeasayer focuses on sound, business over lyrics ‘Fragrant World’ showcases catchy, unconventional beats tyler keown dn Midway through “Fragrant World,” there is a moment where you can fall victim to infatuation.

Maybe it’s during “Reagan’s Skeleton” where the chorus kicks in with the heavy bass line. Maybe it’s when “Henrietta” takes a complete right turn mid-track and nearly enters a dream state. It will happen; the music will hit you the right way and when it does, you know that you can only be listening to a Yeasayer album.

Similar to their previous two releases, “Odd Blood” and “All Hour Cymbals,” much of the album’s focus is on sound over lyrics. Many songs feature heavy basslines that bob and weave ir-

regularly, creating a rhythm in the same time. In the song “Devil Yeasayer ’s music that is rarely and the Deed,” you hit the bridge and it becomes a back-and-forth found elsewhere.

However, if “All Hour Cym- between the vocals and the music and they mimic each other but in bals” were an eclectic mixtape true Yeasayer fashion, the music with small elements of pop music (among dozens of other genres) responses are warped electronic sounds. and “Odd Blood” While the alwere a more balElectronic bum sounds great, anced work with it’s not the stronlarger pop influsounds gest lyrically. Like ences, “Fragrant dance throughout its predecessors, World” is just folthere’s no constant lowing the trajec- the songs, theme throughout tory, leaning very “Fragrant World,” heavily into the showing up and and ideas really world of pop mu- dying down on a bounce around. sic. Nearly every “Reagan’s Skelsong is danceable whim.” eton,” for instance, and as a whole, the entire album is much more acces- is about republicans and their sible than anything Yeasayer has views, while “Devil and the done before. This neither adds nor Deed” is about one-night stands.

The lyrics can also be hard to decisubtracts from the album; it’s just pher at points. Notably, this hapan interesting direction the band pens in “Glass of the Microscope” chose to take.

One of the biggest appeals of when they chant “Tilt your head back, but don’t choke under the “Fragrant World” is how predictable and whimsical it can be at glass of the microscope” over and

over (which is also when the album sounds most like something from Animal Collective).

The album features a swirling mishmash of vocals, with the majority of the vocal work being balanced between Anand Wilder and Chris Keating. Wilder offers a smoother, more down-tempo voice that is used well in songs like “Blue Paper,” while Keating’s voice is more energetic, occasionally soaring in falsettos, occasionally dipping like 40’s-style crooner.

Yeasayer is known for creative ideas in both the music and business side of their band, and this album fits the theme. The beats are unconventional and catchy at the same time. Electronic sounds dance throughout the songs, showing up and dying down on a whim. Vocals are mixed, but the sounds of the voices are interesting and dynamic. Somehow, it all comes together and creates some really neat musical moments.

That’s really what the main story is with “Fragrant World.”

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Nearly every song has a moment that will make you look up the song title and think, “I really like this.” The time it can take to get to these moments is a bit longer than one may like and the lyrics aren’t the best, but the album is strong. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Flobots command attention with new album Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring inspire newest alt-rock/althip-hop album Joe Wade dn The new release from the Flobots is head-bobbing, tongue-biting good stuff. Slated for release on Aug. 28, “The Circle in the Square” is the group’s third studio release. The alt-rock/alt-hiphop band from Denver is once again laying siege to listeners’ ears with an uplifting, socio-political counter message to overpublicized mainstream hype.

Drawing inspiration from the Occupy Wall Street movement as well as reverberations from

the Arab Spring, “The Circle in the Square” sticks out like a sore thumb, confidently commanding attention of all those with ears.

The overall message on the album is glorifying self-empowerment for the sake of global betterment, and the “The Circle in the Square” presents a special quality that’s almost as palpable as the flowing layers of music.

Mackenzie Gault’s viola is a visceral experience unto itself providing a bit of an old worldfeel which keeps the album grounded in its consciousness.

These individual aspects mixed together create something full and poignant. The Flobots have something to say and aren’t just fiddling around.

Offering 15 tracks filled with contemplative nuances and musical hooks, the album explodes with the title track following a

I found the album to be very brief introduction. There is no enjoyable, especially in that it doubt the song “The Circle in the Square” will be an instant brought a liberated sense of exfavorite for most listeners. A pression into the creative procouple others racking up plays cess. Although the message presented seems to be paramount, on my iTunes are “Run” and there are still sev“The Rose & The eral radio-friendly Thistle.” The title These songs that could track firmly holds individual be singles. The to its fast-paced only challenging energy utilizing a aspects mixed aspect to the entire ska feel, while the album is there is a song “The Rose together create & The Thistle” something full and lot of it. It’s definitely one to put weaves hip-hop on while studyverses revolving poignant.” ing, but the album around a classic drags on if actively listened to Motown R&B-styled chorus. from start to finish.

“Run” is whole-heartedly Maybe that’s why the eighth dedicated to movement. In a series of moments, it fluidly jogs song is simply titled “Interlude.”

Despite the challenge, it’s through the musical soundscape still very much worth the efof string arrangement and backfort. Go pick it up because who ing vocals keeping a steady, couldn’t use the occasional, motigroovy pace.

Nick Dahlquist dn No longer operating out of his parents’ basement, Adam Young has taken a step in a slightly new direction, crafting some of his most ambitious music yet for his fourth album as the outfit Owl City. The overarching musical environment of this album remains pretty consistent with what Young has created before: pristinely produced, energetic electro-pop with an intimate, even romantic flair.

This time around, though, there’s more dance-like material infused with the characteristic intricate pop atmosphere.

The opening track, “Dreams And Disasters,” is a bass drum-

heavy dance rocker with an un- strings. Less saturated with syndeniable chorus hook, setting the thesizers and electronic beats, this tone to which the rest of the album track shows Adam Young’s growconforms. “Speed Of Love” and ing versatility within the pop genre.

“Good Time” are the token radio“Silhouette,” the only ballad ready songs on the record, with sharp-hitting synths, straight- on the album, provides a muchforward bass beats and repetitive needed break from the constant intensity of the eight preceding choruses. These tunes are unbelievably catchy and would be tracks. This song seems to be an perfect additions to the top-tiers indication that, even as he grows and experiments, of pop charts, right alongside the likes “Good Time,” Young doesn’t plan to abandon the of Rihanna and Justhough not sincere, honest aptin Bieber. “Good proach that gave Time,” though not quite as adorable, his early electronic quite as adorable, material its human is definitely the is definitely the characteristics. The “Fireflies” of this “Fireflies” of this last two tracks on new record. If any the album recall of the new tracks new record.” material from Owl has near the success potential of that tantalizing City’s first two records “Ocean Eyes” and “All Things Bright And first single, it’s this one.

“Embers” is a bit more of an Beautiful.”

Adam Young seems to be pickorganic pop/rock tune, featuring more of standard core instrumen- ing up on (and unashamedly taking advantage of) a trend that is tation, with the nice addition of

g. love: from 5 chapter in my music and in my career. The fans have really dug it. It’s very timeless music and it’s been a fun record to play live.

DN: What’s your favorite song on the album?

GL: “Milk and Sugar.” That song is just a song about coffee and love, about your girl making you the best cup of coffee with all the love she can put into it.

That song’s a lot of fun to play live. I actually write a lot of songs about food and stuff like that. It’s such a part of our culture and everything. I always try to write songs about things people can relate to.

DN: You played the Maha Music Festival in Omaha in 2009.

Have you been through Nebraska since then?

GL: I think we played Lincoln about a year ago, so it’s good to be coming back. We try to get to most places once a year and bring our music to the people. We’ve done a lot of touring over the years with 311, so we get a lot of love from Nebraska.

DN: What do you expect to see at the show Sunday and what are you most excited for?

GL: I’m just happy to be able

developing among pop vocalists nowadays: a melodic hook that is created by the excessive repetition of a single vowel, often several times in a chorus. Tracks one and three are good examples. This is not a technique Owl City has shown before, and though it’s one that might appeal to the masses, it’s a bit disappointing on the creative front.

On the whole, this record retains a lot of the cute, intricate elements of Owl City’s previous work but provides a little more “gusto” this time around. This album boasts stronger underlying beats, bigger choruses and greater risks when it comes to vocals.

Still uplifting. Still addictive.

A bit less creative but quite ambitious. Dedicated fans may feel “The Midsummer Station” is Owl City’s attempt to “sell out” to the stream of dance pop that is storming the airwaves, but those void of too many preconceived notions will drink down the memo-

The Bourbon 1415 O Street, Lincoln when: Saturday at 9 p.m. how much: $5 (21+)

Eli Murdock w/ Betsy Wells, The Wildness Tenderness, Nick Westra and The Great American Desert

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Duffy’s Tavern 1412 O Street, Lincoln when: Sunday at 7 p.m. how much: $5 (21+), $7 (18-20)

G. Love w/ Special Sauce

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The Bourbon 1415 O Street, Lincoln when: Sunday at 8:30 p.m. how much: $20 (advance), $25 (day of show)

New in albums: “The Seer”

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Owl City uplifts music with evolving sound “The Midsummer Station” shows limited growth, retains catchy sound

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Swans Young God Records genre: Experimental Rock label:

“The Circle in the Square”

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Flobots Shanachie genre: Alternative Hip Hop label:

“Infinity Overhead”

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Minus the Bear Dangerbird genre: Indie Rock label:

“Havoc and Bright Lights”

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Alanis Morissette label: Collective Sounds genre: Alternative Rock

dawes: from 5 to play my music every night. It’s just great to see your music connecting with people. I think that’s the best thing about what I do, aside from getting to interact with other musicians. Just having your songs written about personal real life experiences, but people take them home and literally bring them into their home and into their life. That’s just a real blessing for a musician. That’s just a beautiful thing, you know?

DN: What contributes to a successful tour?

GL: The main thing about having a good tour is putting a lot of work into the music.

Sound checks everyday, practicing on your own and really respecting the stage so you can let loose and really tear it up. When the music is good and shows are great, it makes the whole rest of the tour bearable. Sometimes the travel and being away from your loved ones can get tough.

DN: What’s one message you would like listeners to take to heart?

GL: I hope it’s like the spirituality that someone would feel from going to church or something that inspires them but also a

throw-down party. As a performer you always have to really appreciate your fans. If I just want to play music for me, I can just sit at home. I want to go out there and connect with the fans and take them to a different place. They work hard and spend their hardearned money to hear our music.

I want to give them a reason to listen to us. We give it everything we have every night and really leave it all on stage. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

her from extensive touring. She shrugged off the glamorous pop star lifestyle and relocated her kids to central Idaho. She lived in a cabin that lacked electricity and running water.

As a solo performer, King has released 25 albums. She is best known for her second solo album, 1971’s “Tapestry.” Never heard of

it? You’re probably lying. Songs like “I Feel the Earth Move” and “It’s Too Late” still are in the regular rotation at most classic radio stations. It also includes “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” made famous by powerhouse Aretha Franklin. Still don’t know what I’m talking about?

Ask your parents. The success of

G. Love and special Sauce what: G. Love and Special Sauce when: Sunday, Sept. 2, 8:30 p.m. where: Bourbon Theater, 1415 O St. how much: $20 advance, $25 at the door

out other cuts musicians have been on, other tracks the label produced and who else recorded in the studio.

This is a hip-hop column for one simple reason: hip-hop liner notes are more exciting. Sometimes they are longer and sometimes they are extremely brief, but they are also well-connected with each other.

The liner notes have such a wide scope, delving into musical and cultural history.

This is a hip-hop column that talks about rock or classical music or reggae. Don’t think of this as a “generic music column.” It is all within the context of hip-hop. Just like any other kind of music, hiphop pulls from all corners of the musical world. The only difference is that in hip-hop, borrowing and reinterpretation are at the heart of the genre. That is what makes hip-hop’s liner notes so accessible: they invite listeners to connect the dots themselves. From deciphering the lyrics to the deconstruction of the production, hip-hop demands an active listener.

On a rock album you have the same musicians on essentially each track and often, it is the same producer. It is not always easy to pull out specific elements by listening to the

That is what makes hip-hop’s liner notes so accessible: they invite listeners to connect the dots themselves.” kekeli dawes

on hip hop liner notes

tracks themselves.

However, in hip-hop there are more people behind an album.

There are the producers and musicians in the studio, but there are also the producers and musicians who work on the sampled cuts.

And it leaves a trail in its liner notes. It is the only trail they can legally leave behind, so why not take advantage of it?

By reading through the liner notes, the music itself becomes more complex and you can really see the extent of its depth and range.

It is difficult for some artists to express the vastness of it all and, to be honest, they don’t have to, but sometimes it’s great to take time and look deep into the connections and context.

And the liner notes are the easiest gateway into this world.

But this column will strictly be

about the sound, not about silly hip-hop beefs or rivalries between Chris Brown and Drake.

I won’t even talk about how much I dislike Drake’s lackluster croonings or punchlines. Lucky for him, I don’t even plan to talk about lyrics. The focus will be on the cadence of rapping. The musicality of rapping isn’t often discussed, particularly as it relates to production, so why not talk about it here?

Expect to hear less about your favorite rapper and more about your favorite producer whose name you don’t know yet.

Expect less Drake and more “40.”

But let’s not forget Drizzy Drake’s production debut on Aaliyah’s latest single. I’d say he’s fair game. kekeli dawes is a sophomore architecture major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

fennelly: from 5 a man had become a firmly established element of my psychological framework.”

But the most telling aspect of King is the way she lived (and continues to live) her life.

To be blunt, she was an allaround square. Although she was a talented and soulful performer, her fear of the stage prevented

the album outweighed any other female artist at the time. The album once held the record for the longest streak at No. 1 for any solo female artist, a record that would only be broken by Whitney Houston (“The Bodyguard”) and Adele (“21.”)

Although her last non-Christmas solo studio album was re-

leased more than 10 years ago, at 70 years old, King remains an important fixture in music. Through her songwriting she helped create the careers of many other successful musicians. Through her perseverance she served as the inspiration for future female musicians looking to make a name for themselves in a male-dominated

industry.

She reluctantly embraced what has become an unparalleled career in the business and provided the framework for a strong female presence in music. katie fennelly is a junior news editorial major. reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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pinewood: from 5 ated what we thought would be an venues, but this was one of my exciting and fun series, and it all favorites.” came together.”

King said she hopes to see artAlthough only two of the six ists such as Damien Rice, Jason Mraz and The Dispatch during concerts were completely sold out, Andersen said the other four still next summer’s series. sold numerous tickets. In prepara“I imagine … those would all be good candidates,” King said. “I tion for the summer 2013 series, the would love to go back to the Pine- Pershing will look for more musicians who could potentially bring wood Bowl.”

Lincoln resident Keelan Chap- in enough people to fill every seat.

Andersen said this series was man said he was also surprised by the perfect way to revive the Pinethe atmosphere of the Pinewood Bowl during the Train concert on wood Bowl as a music venue, since nothing like it Aug. 4. had been held “It was a great venue It was a since 1995. with an aesthetic feel great venue Many of the that the Pershing or the artists brought Bourbon don’t even with an aesthetic in crowds of up come close to,” Chapman to 5,500 guests. said. “It was also kind of feel that the The Pershsurreal to see the Pine- Pershing or the ing hopes to wood Bowl host such big Bourbon don’t put together names.” an even betAs the promoters of even come close ter series next the concert series, the summer that Pershing and Mammoth, to.” will bring in a live entertainment comkeelan chapman people of all pany in Lawrence, Kan., lincoln resident ages, includsaid they aimed to have ing some popular mainstream artof the same ists perform at the Pinepeople who went to shows at the wood Bowl. This will be the standPinewood Bowl back in 1995. ing goal for future summer events “We were really pleased with at the venue. (the outcome) this past summer,” “We were looking to book a Andersen said. “Next summer, we variety of entertainment and took a look at the artists that would be will try to showcase some of the a good fit at the Pinewood Bowl,” best artists on tour.” arts@ said Derek Andersen, the Pershdailynebraskan.com ing’s marketing director. “We cre-

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football practice notes Blackshirts try to take next step Nebraska’s offense has stolen the spotlight since the graduation of Ndamukong Suh, and Will Compton wants it back.

“We’re striving to be the best defense in the Big Ten,” Compton said.

“We’ve got a ways to go, but we improve each and every day and we can be pretty good.”

Compton, as well as coach Bo Pelini and safety Daimion Stafford, all mentioned third down as the key to the success of their defense, along with minimizing penalties and generating turnovers.

“We weren’t that great last year,” Compton said.

“We let ourselves down and we let the fans down.

It’s on us to get it done.”

One way the defense plans to achieve that goal is to work on specialized packages, utilizing junior college transfer linebacker Zaire Anderson on passing downs, while also inserting pass rush specialist Eric Martin into the lineup.

“Anybody that knows football, you know third down,” Stafford said.

“You’ve got to win on third down. You win on third down, and you’re going to win (the game).”

Anderson is expected to be a big part of a linebacking corps featuring Compton, Sean Fisher and Alonzo Whaley. Compton said David Santos is also getting looks with the first team, also mentioning that Michael Rose and Thomas Brown have had strong camps.

“The progress is really good, and Santos has had a really good camp.” Compton said. “Everybody has got to be prepared to play.”

Offensive weapons shine at practice

Taylor Martinez envisions a pass-happy offense, one not typical of Nebraska football.

A ratio of 60/40, favoring the pass, he says.

“I would rather pass the ball than run the ball.”

In order to do that, Nebraska’s offense needs weapons. Offensive coordinator Tim Beck mentioned a few players who have broken from the mold, noting Ben Cotton’s versatility and Jamal Turner ’s progress. “(Turner has) grown up a bit, and he’s really fighting for that position,” Beck said. “We think he can compete and he can have a good year for us.”

Every good passing game starts with a good rushing game. Rex Burkhead sets the stage for what could become a strong play action game, with Braylon Heard and Ameer Abdullah providing relief, mostly with speed.

But what the Huskers have lacked, until now, is a true power back.

Freshman Imani Cross, they say, will be that guy.

“He’s a good back,” Pelini said. “He’s big and powerful, probably even more athletic than we thought when we first recruited him.

“He’s shown he can do a variety of different things. He’s a man. He’s big, physical and mature training-wise for a guy that age. He adds another dimension to our football team that we haven’t had in a couple of years.”

Burkhead looks to elevate his game

Rex Burkhead has already solidified himself as a star, but he says he is far from done yet.

A list of preseason accolades does little to satisfy Burkhead, who craves titles, not trophies.

“I really don’t care much about that stuff,” Burkhead said. “All I really want is a Big Ten Title game.”

In an effort to make it to Indianapolis, he is borrowing from a running back who rushed his way to the Big Ten Title last season.

Montee Ball, who also claimed a seat at the Heisman Trophy ceremony, nearly broke Barry Sanders’ single-season rushing touchdown record last season.

Burkhead spent a considerable portion of the offseason studying the Wisconsin back.

“Last year he had a great year,” Burkhead said. “This past offseason, I watched probably every single game he had, just to kind of take away or maybe add something to my game that I don’t have that he has.

That’s something I always look at.”

Competition grinds on

Leading up to Saturday’s game, there are still a number of position battles to be settled.

Three stand out: center, safety and backup quarterback.

At center, Justin Jackson appears to be distancing himself from Mark Pelini and Cole Pensick.

“He’s a fierce competitor, he brings it every single day,” Burkhead said. “He’s a consistent player, you know what you’re going to get from him, and that’s 100 percent on every single play.

He’s been a great leader for that offensive line, and the offense and the team in general.”

“I love what Justin said the other day,” tight end Ben Cotton said. “Someone was asking him how excited he was to finally get a scholarship from the University of Nebraska and he said ‘I didn’t come here to get a scholarship, I came here to play.’”

Jackson said the starter has not been named in practice, but did crack a smile when media asked when he would find out. The former walk-on, who was awarded a scholarship last week, has been in pursuit of a starting role since his arrival in Pelini’s first season.

“It would mean everything to everybody in this building,” Jackson said.

“Words can’t describe what it would mean to me.”

At backup quarterback, Martinez said Ron Kellogg III, Tommy Armstrong Jr., Brion Carnes and Bronson Marsh are all still competing for the spot.

On defense, the safety battle alongside Daimion Stafford continues, and may spill over into the season, with P.J. Smith and Harvey Jackson reportedly neck and neck.

“The competition between both of those guys has brought the best out of both of them,” Stafford said. “They’re both working hard, they’re both in there watching film.

Even helping each other, even though they’re competing.

“It just brings out the best of people when they’re competing.”

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peters: from 10 by, and it would be wise to work hard at turning him into a Husker I-Back.

Perhaps the most important element to ensuring Nebraska retains its speed advantage is to find a capable mobile quarterback.

The Huskers have already accomplished that, by securing the commitment of quarterback Johnny Stanton.

Though Stanton only registers at 4.79 seconds in the 40, the combination of his mobility and throwing ability allow him

to not only make plays with his feet, but they also allow him to buy his receivers more time to outrun opposing defenders.

Although it’s still early in the recruiting process, the Huskers need to secure more speed if they’re going to continue to reap the benefits of a speed advantage.

Chris Peters is a senior journalism and advertising & public relations major.

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martinez: from 10 “He’s more vocal, more in control of the offense,” Beck said. “It’s been more of what we expect out of a junior quarterback.”

If Martinez does falter, either through injury or poor play, coach Bo Pelini said he is pleased with the progress of the backup players, in particular true freshman Tommy Armstrong.

Armstrong has battled with other backups Brion Carnes and Ron Kellogg III through the fall and is right there in the mix for the No. 2 quarterback spot, Pelini said.

If Martinez has anything to say about it though, Arm-

strong or any other backup won’t get a chance to play this season.

“I just keep trying to get better every single day and right now we are all competing for those top spots,” Martinez said.

The date is Sept. 4, 2010.

Martinez just ran for 127 yards and three touchdowns in his Husker debut. What would the 2012 Martinez tell his freshman-self after that game?

“Hopefully I’ll play like that again, hopefully I’ll run like that this year,” Martinez said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska celebrates a point against UCLA on Saturday. The Huskers beat UCLA in five sets and used the momentum to climb the ladder to the summit of NCAA volleyball’s premier poll.

Huskers leap to top of AVCA poll after five-sets with UCLA No. 1 Huskers use victory to propel them to the top of the volleyball world Nedu Izu DN It didn’t take long for the Nebraska volleyball team to get settled into the 2012 regular season.

After defeating three teams this weekend – St. Louis, UCLA and Notre Dame – the Huskers (3-0) jumped three spots in the AVCA Poll to put them at No. 1 in the nation on Monday.

The current spot in the polls proves that hard work does pay off, according to NU coach John Cook.

“They should feel really good about all the work that they did leading into this weekend and getting off to a great start,” he said.

The Cornhuskers ended the weekend with a sweep against the Fighting Irish (1-2) on Sunday (25-19, 25-21, 25-13), duplicating what they did against St. Louis (02) in their season opener Friday.

But, Nebraska’s second victory of the season was likely the major factor behind the jump in the polls.

On Saturday, NU had a possible post-season matchup against the team who won it all last year – UCLA. The Huskers weren’t the only one’s excited to play a prestigious team early in the season.

“I’m glad that match worked out that it could be before football starts,” Cook said, “because I think it got a lot of national attention.”

Nebraska seemed unfazed by the defending champions as it began the first set with a 4-0 lead and went on to win, 25-20.

In the second set, the Bruins fought hard with each point. After 32 serves, the Bruins gained the momentum with a 19-13 lead. However, the six point lead wasn’t enough to distract the home team.

The Huskers posted eight consecutive points to gain a 1 point lead. UCLA then tied the match 23-23, but NU held on to win the second set, 25-23.

The 2-0 lead against the 2011 NCAA Champions was crucial, Cook said.

“I think the reason they were able to comeback was because our kids just stayed in the moment,” he said. “They didn’t look at the file photo by bethany schmidt | dn scoreboard.”

NU setter Lauren Cook earned her first Co-Big Ten Player of the week award after an impressive And then, suddenly, the Bruins woke up from hibernation. weekend that gave the Huskers a 3-0 record.

UCLA gained all momentum and began the fourth set with It was the third time Nebraska first Big Ten Weekly awards as an 8-4 lead. Like the last set, Ne- But, after a kill by junior Morgan had defeated a No. 1 UCLA. The Broekhuis to tie the match at 13, she was selected Co-Big Ten Playbraska would go on to tie it at 23, win dropped their opponent to er of the Week and Big Ten Setter but the comeback was spoiled as the Huskers would not look back No. 3 in the AVCA Poll. as they went on to of the Week. the Bruins would Personal bests by seniors Lauseal the victory, The weekend, especially the eventually win, We have ren Cook and Werth also assisted 15-13. victory against UCLA, left coach 25-23. And that in making the weekend unforget- Cook with a better picture of what According to momentum carunfinished Broekhuis, it was table. his 14-woman roster brings to the ried into the Along with 12 kills in the UCLA table this season. the team’s theme business and I fourth set. match, the Springfield, Ill., native the 2012 season, “The match was an example Although no think that motto is for also tallied 17 digs surpassing the of high level volleyball,” he said. ‘unfinished busicoach likes see1,000th career dig mark and mak- “I think everyone who saw it was ness,’ that helped going to be in the ing with their cap a comeback in ing her the 11th Husker to reach very impressed, not just with Nebacks against the back of our heads that milestone. Werth finished the braska, but by UCLA as well. We’re the final set. wall, it was good “(The UCLA weekend recording doubles-doubarely two weeks into the season; for the Huskers every game.” bles in each match. match) showed a it was a heck of a match.” to know what it Lauren Cook helped lead her lot of determinaAfter playing three games in feels like to have Morgan Broekhuis tion and fight that team to three victories as well, three days in Nebraska, the Huskto comeback, nu senior when she recorded double-dou- ers will have a short break and our team has,” Cook said. bles in each match, including a Broekhuis said. prepare for its matches against After a kill by 56 assist and 22 dig performance “We have unfinColgate and UC-Irvine next Satsenior Hannah against UCLA. urday in Irvine, Calif.

Werth to inch closer, 7-5, Nebras- ished business and I think that The Lincoln native’s outstandsports@ motto is going to be in the back of ka was unable to capitalize and dailynebraskan.com ing weekend helped her earn her our heads every game.” found themselves down 13-11.

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DN Big ten homeroom 1. Michigan

With seven returning starters on offense and eight on defense, the Michigan Wolverines have the best chance of winning the Big Ten title this season.

Although the Wolverines face a tough schedule, Heisman candidate quarterback Denard Robinson should lead his team to mimicking last season’s record of 11-2.

2. Wisconsin

With senior tailback Montee Ball leading the way, the Badgers offensive attack looks strong. Ball was a Heisman Finalist and led the nation in rushing yards and touchdowns.

The Badgers’ defense also looks promising, returning nine starters. And because Penn State and Ohio State can’t participate in any bowl games or the Big Ten Championship game, the Badgers have a pretty easy path leading to Indianapolis.

3. Michigan State

After losing their talented quarterback Kirk Cousins, Michigan State may not be able to mimic another 11-win season, but that doesn’t mean they wont make an impact.

Redshirt junior Andrew Maxwell should be ready to fill the void left by Cousins.

He will have the help of Le’Veon Bell, who rushed for almost 1,000 yards and a mammoth of a tight end in 6-foot-5 Dion Sims.

The defense also has plenty of talent and six returning starters.

If the Spartans can win some key division games they may have a chance to get their first BCS birth.

4. Nebraska

The Huskers will be an interesting team to watch this season. They may have one of the Big Ten’s best one-two punches at rushing with junior quarterback Taylor Martinez and senior I-back Rex Burkhead.

Burkhead registered more than 1300 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, while

Anthony Pittman missed last season, and he’s itching to contribute

yet to be seen, but I can see that he’s making progress now.”

He won’t be in top shape for the Huskers’ first race this Saturday at the Creighton/UNO Classic. But Harris is hoping Pittman will continue to progress throughout the season. The men’s cross country Sara Hinds team is freshmen-heavy and lacks dn veteran experience, Harris said.

Right now, it’s “wait and see” to Dave Harris doesn’t know Anthony see what kind of a leader and runPittman too well. Both have their ner Pittman will be for the team. reasons. Harris is the new distance Harris does know Pittman wants coach for the track and field squad to make an impact on the team and and head cross country coach for get back to running.

NU. He worked with distance run“I think the word is hungry,” ners late last year on the track and Harris said. “He’s hungry to make took over the head coaching posi- a difference for Nebraska cross tion after Jay Dirksen retired. Harcountry and he’s got a coach, myris is familiar with NU. He coached self, who’s very hungry for him to middle distance runners and men’s step up and be more of a leader behurdlers and sprinters before he cause we have so many freshmen.” became the head cross country and Fast freshmen, according to head track and field coach at Empo- Pittman. But that fact doesn’t faze ria State in 1992. him.

Pittman, a junior distance runHe said he just plans to run and ner, was out last season for cross try to “pass up the next person.” country and track and field because “That’s really all I ever think of injury: Patellar tendonitis, also about when racing,” Pittman said. known as jumper’s knee, Pittman is schedwas the diagnosis. Pittuled to run this weekman took the season to end at the Creighton/ recover and take a break UNO Classic. Whether from running. this meet will be one of Pittman started runbreakthrough for Pittning cross country as man, it doesn’t matter. a sophomore in high “I know I’m not school. His older brothgoing to be 100 perer Zach ran cross councent, but I feel pretty try, so Pittman tried out good about myself,” the sport for himself.

Pittman said.

Now a junior chemical Harris will be pittman engineering major, he is watching this weekready to run again. end. He knows PittHe ran during the man yearns to succeed. summer – a big difference from last It’s just a question of when he’ll be season, which consisted of swim fully recovered. workouts with the trainers and “He definitely wants to be in running on an AlterG treadmill. The our top five and make our team treadmill is a rehab tool that helps better,” Harris said. “So whether injured athletes to work their legs he does it this first meet or if it in a chamber with reduced gravity comes the second or the third meet, while running on soft surfaces such I know that he is going to want to as gravel and grass. make a difference for this team and Harris hasn’t seen Pittman run, be in our top five, which is the scorbut he knew Pittman would have ing positions in cross country.” to work hard to come back from last So far, Harris is happy with Pittseason. man’s progress from last year.

“I said, ‘well Anthony, in the “It just good to see him out summer, you’ve gotta have a good there,” Harris said. build up to this cross country seasports@ son.’” Harris said. “And I really feel dailynebraskan.com that he’s put in some good time. It’s

Iowa may be the team that’ll have the most trouble in the Big Ten, without having any offseason scandals.

Iowa lacks a strong ground game, and tailback injuries have been a common problem during the offseason in Iowa City. Quarterback James Vandenberg also lost his No. 1 target, Marvin McNutt.

Their defense should be solid, but there aren’t too many bright spots on the Hawkeyes this year.

5. Ohio State

Ohio State’s defense is packed with a talented secondary and a defensive line anchored by end John Simon and tackle Johnathan Hankins. However, the offense still leaves a lot to be desired.

Quarterback Braxton Miller has a chance to be a playmaker in the spread offense, but the Buckeyes’ offensive line and wide receivers still have a lot to prove.

Ohio State is looking to prove they can still compete this season, even though they’re banned from postseason play.

9. Penn State

After arguably the worst scandal in college football history, the Nittany Lions have a tough season ahead of them.

After the brutal NCAA sanctions, losing their Hall of Fame head coach and losing multiple players due to transfers, fans shouldn’t expect the Nittany Lions to make much of an impact.

10. Northwestern

6. Illinois

Northwestern started last season 2-5 but came back toward the end of the season to make it to a bowl game.

The Wildcats have a team full of young talented players full of potential.

Fans might not be able to expect last season’s outcome this season, but the future is bright for the Wildcats.

Like Wisconsin, Illinois doesn’t have to worry about competing with Ohio State and Penn State to get the Big Ten Championship.

But, unlike the Badgers, Illinois just doesn’t have the necessary talent to put up a valid argument for a higher rank.

This season would be the best, if any, for Illinois to break out and surprise the Big Ten, though.

11. Minnesota

Much like Northwestern, Minnesota has a lot of young talent but not enough to be any real threat in the Big Ten. They, unfortunately, will get few to none 4-star and 5-star recruits, but they can put the pieces together to make an impact in the future.

7. Purdue

This is another team that could benefit from Penn State and Ohio State’s offseason “issues.”

The Boilermakers have a strong defense with defensive tackles Kawann Short and Bruce Gaston, the corner duo of Ricardo Allen and Josh Johnson and linebackers like Dwayne Beckford and Will Lucas.

All of which should make a huge impact on defense.

The offense is filled with speed and the Boilermakers have one of the nation’s best kickoff returners in Raheem Mostert.

Look for Purdue to surprise a lot of NCAA fans this season.

12. Indiana

Indiana has a long way to go before they can contend in the Big Ten. But last year’s true freshman quarterback Tre Roberson had a solid season and could be a star down the road.

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NU’s Pittman recovered, ready to run in meets

8. Iowa

Martinez rushed for 837 yards and threw for more than 2,000.

And with Ameer Abdullah serving as Burkhead’s backup and one of the nation’s elite returners, the Huskers should have no trouble putting up points.

If Martinez comes in and proves that he can be as consistent of a passing threat as he is running and is able to be a strong leader, the Huskers could see themselves in the Big Ten championship game.

NCAA changing up rules for football games in 2012 lanny holstein dn The 2012 college football season will look different on special teams than it did a year ago.

The NCAA made a few significant changes to the football rulebook this offseason in an effort to improve player safety. The bulk of the changes affect gameplay on special teams, widely considered the most dangerous phase of the game by officials, according to Big Ten head of officiating Bill Carollo.

Kickoffs will take place from the 35-yard-line this season, a five-yard move as kickoffs came from the 30 last year. The move is intended to make touchbacks an easier achievement, according to Carollo.

The rule on touchbacks has also changed. A touchback will come out to the 25-yard-line this year instead of the 20, incentivizing the return team to stay in the end zone more than in the past. Carollo said these changes work together to create a safer situation on football’s most dangerous play.

“We did that encouraging them,

kickoffs - Will take place from the 35-yard-line - Touchbacks will be moved up to the 25-yard-line - On an onside kick the recovering player must be able to catch the ball before they can be hit

helmets -Any player that loses a helmet will leave the field for one play.

-Players without a helmet can’t continue in a play. if it’s a deep kick, not to run it back,” he said. “And the second aspect of that is the kicking players, the ten players not kicking the ball, they have to line up and start within five yards of the kick line. So we’re not going to give the players and the kicking team a running start to get down the field and have a violent collision with the receiving team.”

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany shared Carollo’s sentiment on player safety.

“This is about the health and

safety of sport,” he said. “We have to protect the future of these athletes.”

In a further attempt to protect athletes, the NCAA instituted another rule this offseason significantly hampering the kicking team’s chances of recovering an onside kick.

Frontline players on the receiving team can no longer be hit before they have a chance to secure an onside kick.

“We’ll give them the full benefit just like they called for a fair catch,” Carollo said. “So you have to allow

them time, break down, and let them catch the ball before you make contact with the receiving player.”

Keeping helmets on heads is another point of emphasis for officials this season. Carollo said in the past there have been Big Ten games where over 20 players lost their helmets at one point or another.

This year, any player that loses his helmet during a play will be required to leave the field for the following play, according to a new rule.

Players that lose their helmets can no longer participate in the current play either, according to Carollo. He did not explain how that would be enforced.

The college football rulebook is tweaked and tinkered with on a yearly basis, and, by normal standards, these changes aren’t much.

Carollo called it an “off year” for rule variations, but acknowledged the significance of a few changes. One common thread motivated each of those.

“It all goes back to player safety,” Carollo said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Michigan’s Hoke born for his job Lanny Holstein DN Brady Hoke was born to coach Michigan’s football team.

As he sat around and talked with reporters at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago a few weeks ago, the coach was right at home. The man behind Michigan’s improbable turnaround last season soaked in the attention and dished out endorsements for his team to anyone who would listen.

A lot of people listened.

In fact, Hoke had one of the largest crowds of reporters surrounding him throughout the round table interview portion of the event (Ohio State’s Urban Meyer, and Penn State’s Bill O’Brien also attracted sizeable crowds). After taking the Wolverines to the Sugar Bowl in his first year at the helm, Hoke is a popular guy in Ann Arbor. The coach embraces the Michigan culture and is not afraid to show it.

When asked about Ohio State,

or as Hoke calls the team, Ohio, the coach got excited.

“I think the defining experience (for players) is always playing in that game,” he said. “When you talk to guys that played for Ohio or guys that played for Michigan, former players, they know what their record was against the other school. They take great pride in that.

I know I’m 6-3 against them.”

Ohio State hired hotshot coach Urban Meyer in the offseason and already has a highly rated recruiting class coming in this season.

With both Ohio State and Michigan seemingly on the rise, Hoke said he thinks the annual rivalry is in excellent condition.

“It’s better for the Big Ten when both teams are good, but I don’t know when either team hasn’t been good,” he said. “Those two schools are always going to have football programs. Maybe not as good as they want to be every year, but I have too much respect for those schools to say they aren’t good. That’s the game.”

When asked if he emphasizes the Ohio State game more than the others, a huge grin came across his face.

“We emphasize it,” he said.

The Rose Bowl might take the cake for Hoke though. The coach talked glowingly about his experiences in college football’s oldest bowl game.

“I don’t think there is another bowl game that is as great an experience as we’ve had out there in Pasadena,” he said. “Waking up on New Year’s day and watching the Rose Bowl parade, you know, and the excitement around that.”

Hoke gets a little sentimental when talking about his influences as a coach. He lists his father John, who died earlier this year, as a strong motivation for him in his ascension to the Michigan job.

“He was a great father, a great mentor,” Hoke said, “He would coach you up after a game, I’ll tell you. Why did you do this or why did you do that,

or that guy didn’t play very good or who’s coaching that, and I’d say ‘that would be me.’ He knew what he was talking about though.

He knew the game.”

Hoke’s Michigan team is the favorite to win the league this year, but there are hurdles along the way. The Wolverine schedule has the coach’s attention. Game No. 1 against Alabama in particular was on his mind in Chicago.

His quarterback, Dennard Robinson, did not appear worried.

“We are as tough as they are,” the senior said. “We just have to put it on the field and lay it out.”

Hoke was not quite as brash, but he said he is confident. He said he wants to find out a little more about his team’s makeup before making any claims.

“Once you get into competition, there are a lot of answers we need to find out about our team,” he said. “Win or lose, you’re going to learn.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers need to pursue speed on recruiting trail

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Chris Peters Speed is killer in college football.

Offenses are ruining opponents with the spread attack, taking advantage of zippy players to stretch opposing defenses to the point of exhaustion. As sweat drains off the opposition’s chin straps, wide receivers are dancing a jig in the end zone.

Nebraska has the potential to do that kind of damage in the Big Ten. The Huskers hold an advantage over most Big Ten teams in terms of speed right now. It’s a byproduct of the Big 12 and the players Nebraska recruited when they were still a part of the league.

Even though the team is in a new league and many believe the roster should better represent Big Ten ideals, the Huskers could really capitalize while they hold the upper hand.

While the league tries to escape its reputation of being big and slow on the field, the Huskers should do everything in their power to maintain their speed advantage.

But, as the spread-option-based Huskers assemble their recruiting class, there is a clear lack of speed. In fact, only one player, a 3-star athlete, according to 247 sports, Nathan Gerry, runs a 4.40 or faster in the 40-yard dash.

Granted, most of the commitments at this point are defensive players and linemen. Still, as Bo Pelini and his staff continue to try and secure new players, the focus should be on speed.

You can’t beat what you can’t catch. And there aren’t a whole lot of players in the conference who can catch wide receiver Kenny Bell down the sideline.

Or Ameer Abdullah on a kick return.

Or Taylor Martinez in the open field.

Speed kills. And, as Nebraska tries to end a 12-year conference championship drought, the team needs to capitalize on its advantages.

The Huskers had just gotten up to speed with the rest of the Big 12 before they left the conference, which is known for its freak athletes. What the team needs to do now is avoid falling into the same mold as the rest of the Big Ten in an attempt to belong.

The Big Ten strategy of wearing down opponents and winning grinding, ground-and-pound games is vulnerable. All it takes is one deep shot or one quick run to gut a muscular Big Ten defense, leaving them exposed.

With two speedy running backs – Ameer Abdullah and Braylon Heard – entering their sophomore seasons, it’s time for the Huskers to look for speed backs to replace them, as incoming freshmen will be arriving on campus when the pair has two years of eligibility remaining.

California running back Terrell Newby, a track star and 2,000 yard rusher last season, possesses the kind of speed necessary to compliment Nebraska’s fast-paced spread offense.

The Huskers are in the hunt for New-

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Nebraska class of 2013 commits’ 40-yard dash times Josh Banderas - LB - 4.7 Jonathan Cook - DB - 4.5 Nathan Gerry - ATH - 4.4 Kevin Gladney - WR - 4.5 Zach Hannon - OL - 5.1 Greg Hart - TE - 4.6 Christian Lacouture - DE 4.8 Courtney Love - LB - 4.6 Marcus McWilson - DB Unknown Gabriel Miller - OL - 5.3 A.J. Natter - DE - 4.7 Marcus Newby - LB - 4.6 Dan Samuelson - OL - 5.3 Johnny Stanton - QB - 4.8 -Courtesy 247Sports

Even though he’s one of the most prolific offensive players in Husker history, quarterback Taylor Martinez stays under fire for poor performances and four-loss seasons.

Do you believe in MAGIC? Nebraska’s controversial signal caller remains under a microscope for 2012 season

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he date is Sept. 4, 2010.

The opponent is Western Kentucky.

Husker fans don’t care about whom Nebraska football is playing though.

They care about who’s starting at quarterback.

That’s when Taylor Martinez takes the field for the first time as the starting signal caller, the first freshman to start at quarterback for Nebraska. One play later, Martinez electrifies the crowd with a 46-yard touchdown run.

A different Martinez will take the field for Nebraska on Saturday for the 2012 season opener against Southern Mississippi.

This Martinez has dealt with an offseason filled with questions.

How do you become a more accurate passer? How well do you know the offense? Do you feel you have something to prove with your improved throwing motion?

These questions are just a sample of what Martinez is being asked. Does he get sick of the constant questioning?

“Whatever the media wants to talk about,” Martinez said. “They always try to find the littlest things to talk about. I guess they want to make money so they have

to find those little things.”

Even with all the questions surrounding Martinez, the junior, now in his third season as the starter, tries to answer them through his play.

He needs 161 rushing yards and 280 passing yards to become the 25th player in NCAA history to rush for 2,000 yards and throw for 4,000 yards in a career.

Martinez would also be the fourth Husker quarterback to rush for more than 2,000 yards with those 161 rushing yards.

On top of that, Martinez needs 2,131 passing yards to pass Zac Taylor as the all-time passing yards leader in Nebraska history. He also needs 2,357 yards to pass Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch on NU’s all-time, allpurpose yards list.

“It would mean a lot (to break the record), just because there are a lot of great quarterbacks that have played for Nebraska,” Martinez said. “To be mentioned with them would really mean a lot to me.”

And after spending an entire season working on his throwing motion with specialized quarterbacks coach Steve Calhoun, he feels optimistic about his performance in 2012.

(The media) always try to find the littlest things to talk about. I guess they want to make money so they have to find those things.”

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“I’m very excited to show everyone (my improvements),” Martinez said. “But during the game we will see how it goes. I may or may not go back to my old ways depending on how the game goes.”

If there were a year for Martinez to silence the critics and achieve those records, this season would be it.

Nebraska returns plenty of firepower on offense. Senior Rex Burkhead leads the run game, while sophomore receiver Kenny Bell and senior tight end Kyler Reed lead a talented receiving core.

A difference in Martinez so far this season is he wants to throw the ball more rather than just tucking it to run, he said. It’s hard to ignore all those threats on the outside.

“It makes my job a lot easier,” Martinez said.

Confidence has never been a problem for Martinez, especially in 2012, offensive coordinator Tim

Beck said. Sometimes, Martinez’s confidence seems arrogant, but Beck said that isn’t the case.

Beck got to know Martinez better this camp, his second as the Husker offensive coordinator. He said his starting quarterback opened up more because he wasn’t learning the offense with as much intensity with one year under the same system.

Beck said not only is Martinez talented, but he also has the smarts to go with it.

“I think some of the things that have hurt him the past two years, is he goes into the play assuming that place is open, and based on the coverage it should be,” Beck said.

“He’s so smart that he can see it so well on the field, but it gets him in trouble.”

Yes, Martinez has made mistakes, but the coaching staff is still completely confident with the junior.

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