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Across the Big Ten, alcohol offenses have been declining, according to Big Ten university police departments. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, police reported a 35 percent decrease in alcohol-violation arrests on the dry campus, from 2008 to 2010. Police data for the 2011-2012 academic year will be available by October.

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln saw the most significant decrease in alcohol arrests of all dry campuses in the Big Ten between 2008 and 2010, according to the most recent crime data from Big Ten university police departments.

Those statistics are compiled in compliance with a federal law, known as the Clery Act, which requires all institutions of higher education that participate in federal student financial aid to provide information about crime on their campuses and the surrounding com-

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munities. Universities are expected to release a report containing data from the 2011-2012 academic year

by October.

In the 2010 report, the number of alcohol-violation arrests issued at UNL, a dry campus, decreased by 35 percent from 2008. Arrests at most of the Big Ten schools dropped in 2010, except those at the University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa. Both schools gained fewer than a hundred arrests.

There was also a decrease in the number of alcohol violations at Big Ten universities that did not end in arrest.

Pennsylvania State University saw the largest decrease in alcohol violations in 2010, according to its crime report, with a 41 percent decrease since 2008. Minnesota was at the bottom again, gaining 31 percent. Both Penn State and Minnesota are dry campuses.

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Frances Kaye, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor, gives her eulogy for Gina Schickner, a formerly homeless woman in Lincoln, during Schicker’s funeral on Monday. “Everyone is welcome in my home,” Kaye said. “I would let her stay with me, let her vent to me when she was mad at the world, and I got rid of her head lice one time.”

the right way UNL professor helps, befriends homeless in the Lincoln community C.L. Sill DN Frances Kaye’s gentle voice rang out a bit louder than usual over N Street construction on Monday afternoon as she spoke about the passing of a “great” friend.

The friend was Gina Schickner, a formerly homeless woman from Lincoln who had succumbed to her alcoholism just a year after finding a place to live.

For most of the 30 or so people

in attendance at Schickner’s memorial service, it was a way to remember their friend. For Kaye, it was just one small piece of a lifetime of work.

The 63-year-old University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor has spent the last 20 years of her life lending a hand to the less fortunate people of this area. She doesn’t work with any club or organization. On her own, Kaye takes to the streets to provide whatever help might be needed.

“I’ve always been involved in social justice issues, as far back as I can remember,” said Kaye in an interview in her small, cluttered office in Andrews Hall. “I just grew up that way.”

Kaye was raised in northern New Jersey, where one of her first

memories was of her father and his social justice work. Kaye moved to Lincoln in 1977 after completing her undergraduate and doctorate in English at Cornell University and spending a year teaching at the University of Iowa. She just started her 36th year at UNL. Kaye has no regular schedule or routine for her volunteer work.

It might be buying a few groceries or a bus pass or even something as simple as giving a friend a ride.

Sometimes, however, her work is more involved. Kaye said she once drove 5 1/2 hours from Lincoln to Valentine, Neb., to drop someone off and even traveled to Grand Island, Neb., to collect a person’s belongings from a house

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Marla Arredondo embraces Pattie Cooper (facing) during the memorial service for Gina Schickner, a formerly homeless woman in Lincoln who lost her battle with alcoholism. Cooper had known Schickner for 30 years and referred to her as her “homeless sister.”

In enrollment push, UNL zeroes in on out-of-state students Cristina Woodworth Dn Out-of-state students are in higher demand than usual at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

In the College of Arts and Sciences recruiting office, director Jodi Holt said she and her staffers are “spending more time now on out-ofstate recruitment than we ever have before.” The increase in value is the result of ambitious goals to increase enrollment by 20 percent in the next

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five years to meet UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s goal of a 30,000 student-body by 2017, according to several recruitment coordinators at the university.

Perlman announced that goal in 2011 at a time when the number of graduating high school seniors in Nebraska had been on the decline.

After the fall 2011 enrollment numbers dipped, Perlman said in May 2012 he expected this fall’s enrollment numbers to drop slightly too.

From 2002 to 2010, the number of graduating high school seniors in

Nebraska decreased 1.2 percent, according to Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. However, more recent figures have shown slight increases in Nebraska’s graduate totals.

“There’s no way we can grow that much if we don’t reach out to out-of-state and international students,” Holt said.

Amber Retke, recruitment director at the College of Engineering, agreed.

“For as much as we need enrollment to grow, Nebraska just doesn’t

have the population to support that much growth,” Retke said. “We need to bring in more out-of-state recruits to boost our numbers.”

To boost numbers, the Office of Admissions and several college recruitment offices have rolled out new measures to attract out-of-state students.

“The admissions office has redesigned its website to include a focus on our undergraduate majors,” said Alan Cerveny, dean of Enrollment Management at UNL. “The crown jewel of our new website is a

For as much as we need enrollment to grow, Nebraska just doesn’t have the population to support that much growth.”

AMBER RETKE

recruitment director at the college of engineering

new, state-of-the-art virtual campus tour.”

The College of Engineering is also changing its recruitment strategies, including attending six outof-state college fairs this year, Retke

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said. In the 2011-2012 school year, college recruiters attended one.

The College of Arts and Sciences is focusing more this year on selling

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Details veiled for new defense study hub at NU Staff Report The formation of a university-wide research institute geared to attract research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense has begun.

In May, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the creation of the National Strategic Research Institute to unite faculty research across all four campuses with the support of defense funding. And while the institute is still in its early stages, the wheels have begun to turn, said NU spokeswoman Melissa Lee. “The (NSRI) is so new that there’s not a whole lot to say yet,” Lee said in an email. “I’m sure that will change in the months ahead.”

The NU system is no stranger to Department of Defense funding.

Grants of about $6 million a year have been awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in recent years — a small fraction of the roughly $150 million in total federal funding the university receives, according to Daily Nebraskan archives. That money has fueled research on explosives and nanotechnology, among other projects.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center, on the other hand, has received comparable grants for work in vaccination and bioterrorism response.

Basic details — including where the institute will be housed, how much longer its creation will take and how the University of Nebraska will delegate the involvement of each campus — still aren’t ready to be released three months after the project’s approval, according to Lee. Much of the project remains shrouded in vagueness.

Still, from what information is available, the National Strategic Research Institute could place the University of Nebraska in a relatively unusual position among U.S. schools and the Big Ten Conference when it’s firmly established.

All schools in the conference receive some funding from the defense department, which gives out hundreds of millions of dollars each year in research grants.

Some have formed organizations specifically to use this fund-

ing. Indiana University, for example, maintains an Institute for Defense & Business with the University of North Carolina, and Pennsylvania State University works with the Office of Naval Research on some projects.

But those institutes are partnerships, unlike NU’s, and other Big Ten schools don’t have a similar structure specifically intended to channel and strengthen defense-related research.

Only a handful of major universities in the country house such an organization, and two of the most prominent — National Defense University and the United States Army War College — are directly connected to the Defense Department.

That pair of institutes focus their research mainly on wartime, soldier health and battlefield applications, according to their respective web pages. NU’s institute, given the university system’s research profile, will likely focus instead on more basic research in engineering, technology and other fields, though again information available by press time was vague.

“The Institute will draw on a wide range of university expertise in areas related to national security and defense,” Lee said. “Certainly the DoD-sponsored projects that our faculty have already been engaged in are great examples ... Those types of projects were what put us in a strong position to launch the National Strategic Research Institute, and we look forward to building on them.”

In addition to seeking more funding, the NSRI is intended to serve another dual purpose, Lee said: to make collaboration between campuses and departments easier and better, and to serve as a launching pad for projects the university otherwise might not have tackled.

That’s also where students can join the process, Lee said, which could support preparations for work in “national security, defense, intelligence and so on.”

“These are opportunities that students might not otherwise have that could also provide a path to careers,” she said. “Stay tuned.” news@dailynebraskan. com

cops briefs Pantless woman receives MIP

Sunday morning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police were called to Abel Hall to deal with an intoxicated female. Kelly Nelson, a 19-year-old Lincoln resident, was wandering around the residence hall wearing only a long T-shirt. She admitted to drinking at an off-campus party. She blew a BAC content of 0.287 and was cited for minor in possession.

Party Straggler leads to arrest

At 1:26 a.m. on Aug. 21, university police found an intoxicated student outside of the Nebraska Union. Because of her level of intoxication, she was taken to the hospital to recover. Police did not release the woman’s name because she was not cited. Officers said they determined she had been at a party in an apartment above Bison Witches owned by Kolby Ourada. Police cited the junior economics and nutrition major with procuring alcohol for minors and maintaining a disorderly house.

WOMAN CITED FOR POT IN ABEL HALL A community service officer patrolling Abel Hall late Tuesday evening said he smelled marijuana on the ninth floor. The CSO knocked on a door, and Taylor Schneider, a sophomore accounting and marketing major, answered the door. Police said she admitted to using marijuana in her room. Schneider was cited with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Energy drinks stolen in MabeL Lee Hall

At 8:49 a.m. on Aug. 22, a Pepsi sales manager called university police about missing energy drinks. The power had gone out earlier in Mabel Lee, and the energy drinks were unprotected. Approximately 26 energy drinks have been lost, police said. They are still investigating.

Student loses fake ID

Early Friday morning, a student reclaimed his lost wallet from university police. Inside the wallet, police said they found a fake ID from Ohio with an altered birthdate. Patrick Jimerson, a sophomore biochemistry major, was cited with possessing false identification.

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Kristin Plath, an academic adviser, talks to Tope Banwo, a freshman pre-health major, about testing out of a Spanish class at the Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center on Tuesday.

UNL center opens for majors exploration Academic advising program moves to reach students with undeclared majors Cristina Woodworth dn Erin Sayer knows what it’s like to be an indecisive college student.

While attending Peru State College in Peru, Neb., Sayer realized as a senior education major about to start her practicum that she didn’t want to be a teacher at all.

“I didn’t have anybody to help me,” Sayer said. “My college didn’t have any true advisers for undecided students.”

Sayer said she hopes to help such students this semester at the new Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

She is one of six advisers at the center who will help undecided students pick a major and pre-health and pre-law students to focus their career goals. The center replaces UNL’s Division of General Studies.

“There’s always a lot of excitement when a student finally decides on a major,” Sayer said. “I like guiding them through that process, seeing them rule things out and narrow things down.”

Katie Kerr, assistant director of the center, said it took three advisers from General Studies and three

advisers from the College of Arts and Sciences, where pre-professional advising used to be located, and merged them to form a more collaborative group to help undecided students. The center is located in the basement of the Canfield Administration Building.

“Both units were very successful when they were separated,” Kerr said. “There wasn’t anything wrong with having them separated, but we saw a lot of opportunity to do more great things by combining them.”

Kerr said every undeclared student at UNL and every freshman pre-health or pre-law student has been assigned to one of the advisers at the center. Each adviser has about 300 to 370 students to work with.

“In the past, undeclared students were just told to go to general studies for advisement,” Kerr said.

“Now, though, they have a specific person to guide them through their degree planning.”

Kerr said the center will encourage undeclared students to get involved with the university community and find what their true passions are.

“We try to help students think about their skills, interests and values,” Kerr said. “We want to expose them to different course work and also to different experiences through extracurriculars and clubs.”

Services will also be available for pre-professional students, such as mock interviews, workshops on applying to medical and law school

and information on admissions requirements to certain schools.

Increasing the retention rate of undeclared students at UNL is one of the center’s goals, according to Kerr.

The retention rate of undeclared students from 2002 to 2012 was 78.7 percent, compared with an average of 83.2 percent for all UNL students, according to UNL Institutional Research and Planning.

“Undeclared students can go on to do great things, it’s just a matter of getting them connected in the first place,” Kerr said. “We’re here to try and be in their corner and root them on until they eventually declare something.”

Increasing student retention was one of the goals of UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s “Campus Blueprint” initiative, announced in September 2011. Another goal of the initiative was to offer more degree exploration and job shadowing programs for undeclared students.

Kerr said the Explore Center will be undergoing several renovations in the coming year to make it more student-friendly. She said it is hoping to put in computer workstations for students to use and updating the look of the basement office.

Having been an undeclared student herself at UNL, Kerr said she understands firsthand what a difficult decision it can be to pick a major.

“College is an exciting time,” she said. “It’s a process to learn

Exploratory and Pre-Professional Advising Center What: The center aims to help general studies students pick a major and pre-professional students narrow their future goals.

Where: 33 Canfield Administration Building When: Open for walkin sessions Monday through Friday, 8:3011:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.

Appointments can be made via the MyPlan tab in Blackboard.

more about yourself and find out what makes you tick. I think selfexploration is fun.”

She said she is looking forward to being a source of advice for students in the coming year.

“I had people in my life who helped me (decide on a major),” Kerr said. “I’m incredibly grateful for that, and I’m excited to be able to do that with students at the university.” news@dailynebraskan. com

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Kaye has used these experiences, both simple and complicated, to better educate the students in her classroom. She said she believes that relating a first-person story is much more influential that just reading a book.

“If I say it’s important to read this book because of this, and I have just told that story, I think people pay more attention,” Kaye said.

Raising this awareness is at the front of Kaye’s mind at all times. She believes there are many programs in this area that are doing a wonderful job of helping the homeless but said the community’s effort of the community to help the homeless has been hampered by a negative image of them.

was appropriate, as “life roared by “There is this, ‘I work hard for Gina too.” my living, and they’re giving this Whatever the attitude of the dumb-shit, meth-head an apartment general public, for free, why should it was clear that I pay for that?’ atIt may not Schickner’s life, like titude,” Kaye said.

“And that’s a very be the best so many others, had been touched by powerful belief way for me to Kaye. here.”

“Dr. Kaye is a While Lincoln is spend my time, shining example of a nice, clean city with what all of us human a low murder rate, it but it is the right beings should strive manages to “sweep way.” toward,” said Officer its homeless underCharlie Marti, with neath the carpet,” Frances Kaye the Lincoln Police she said.

Department, who This message has known Kaye for was apparent in Kaye’s words during the Schick- the better part of 20 years. “She was a key part of the network that gave ner’s funeral. She said she thought the traffic and construction noise Gina her life.”

Schickner’s boyfriend, Shane Shum, said Schickner often referred to Kaye, who drove Schickner to her weekly doctor’s appointments last year, as her “guardian angel,”and generally called Kaye the “Mother Theresa of Lincoln.”

When asked if she had ever had a change of heart during the last 20 years, if she had ever considered giving up her work, Kaye said it never crossed her mind.

People have tried to persuade Kaye to stop, and to that she has a simple response.

“It may not be the best way for me to spend my time,” said Kaye, “but it is the right way. It is the only way.” news@dailynebraskan. com

Retke said focusing on neighboring states keeps the costs of outof-state recruitment lower than they could be.

“Three of the six college fairs we’re attending are within driving distance, which means you basically only have to pay for gas,” said Retke, who estimated the College of Engineering spends around $2,000 to $3,000 on out-of-state recruitment.

She added that many of the university promotional materials are sent to out-of-state recruits via email

to save money on mailing costs.

Though attracting out-of-state students may look as though the university is trying to simply attract more tuition dollars, Cerveny said all students will benefit from having an increase in students from outside Nebraska on campus.

“The more out-of-state students we attract, we also are able to keep tuition low for all of our students,” Cerveny said, “both residents and nonresidents.” news @dailynebraskan.com

ADMISSIONS: from 1 the atmosphere of UNL to out-ofstate students, according to Holt.

“We’re trying to think differently and talk differently to out-of-state students,” Holt said. “We want to get them on campus so they understand the passion and culture of the university.”

Holt said the number of outof-state applications at the College of Arts and Sciences increased this year, but said solid enrollment numbers won’t be available until later this month.

In fall 2011, 3,521 students at

UNL came from outside Nebraska’s borders, about 18 percent of the student body.

Cerveny said UNL has full-time recruiters in Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver to boost these out-ofstate numbers. The university also focuses on Kansas City Metro area, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Milwaukee.

“The admissions office aggressively recruits prospective students regardless of where they reside,” Cerveny said. “That said, we focus on our neighboring states and states in our new Big Ten footprint.”

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials want to fight “epic fails” and are unrolling a new campaign to curb out-of-control partying, which might end in misdemeanor charges or nights spent in detox.

The campaign, called “Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail,” seeks to educate UNL students to have fun responsibly. UNL coordinated this ad campaign with Nebraska Wesleyan University, Southeast Community College and the Lincoln Police Department.

“The campaign is a way to educate students about the negative consequences of partying,” said Linda Major, assistant to the vice chancellor of Student Affairs. “It is simply a way to lay out the laws and expectations.”

The new campaign is simply a rebranding from other efforts to reduce dangerous drinking among college-aged people in the Lincoln area. Major said it communicates a message of safety while remaining realistic. It asks that off-campus partying abides by municipal law — keeping music and noise to a minimum. As parties get louder, the risk of it being busted increases, according to Lincoln police, and houses with a history of parties are more frequently targeted.

“We’ve never had a campaign

that just says ‘don’t drink,’” Major said. “We want to reduce all dangerous drinking, which includes binge drinking and underage drinking.”

On the Student Affairs website, a video displays the goal of safe partying, warning that a gathering could easily get out of hand, lead to charges of minor in possession and maintaining a disorderly house.

Officer Aaron Pembleton of UNL Police Department said that although the campaign assumes partying is happening, the police’s surveillance will not change.

“Illegal drinking and partying is still illegal,” Pembelton said.

“The law is the law. We’re doing our jobs.”

Since classes have started, university police handed out nine citations for minor in possession.

UNLPD and those running the campaign said they are well aware of the parting aspect of the college experience.

“We’ve seen reductions in dangerous drinking since the late ’90s,” Major said. “We used to be above the national average; now we’re consistently below it.”

Current Association of Student of the University of Nebraska President Eric Kamler has helped promote the campaign. As a student, Kamler said he believes it gets the message across without being bossy.

“The images in the campaign really hit home,” Kamler said. “The images will resonate because they

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What’s driving those violation and arrest counts differs from campusto-campus, but officials say getting Charging for alcohol is illegal. lost in the Clery Act data overlooks the policing efforts to reduce on campus drinking.

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UNL Police credit the drop The minors will get MIPs, and the host will get cited for in alcohol violations and arrests procuring for minors. to their active roles in reducing drinking on campus. At UNL, some events draw large crowds Source: Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail website and can easily get out of hand, police said.

“We work with the Lincoln Police Department to make sure that ture campaign bus wraps in a few are so realistic.” everything is smooth,” said Sgt. In a few days, “fail” campaign weeks.

Jeffery Hohlen of UNLPD. “We’re News@dailynebraskan. posters will pop up around campus, not out to get anyone. We’re just com Major said, and UNL buses will feadoing our jobs.”

Some universities, like Northwestern University, said issuing an administrative citation and providing a person with education and support is a better method for ending alcohol-related problems on campus, rather than arresting and putting the perpetrator through the court system. “(Our county) has the second largest court system in the state,” The study examined around “There is a stronger satisfaction said Deputy Chief Daniel McAleer 1,600 students at a liberal arts colwith ‘belongingness,’” she said. of the Northwestern University lege in the Northeast part of the According to her, students are Police. “We have to be sensitive of satisfied when they feel they belong country in 2009. It defines binge how much of the court’s resources to a group, and alcohol can initiate a drinking as four or more drinks for we use.” a woman or five or more drinks for bonding experience for students to McAleer said the Clery Act a man in a single drinking session. A find these groups. report show typical bingeOnly drinker has a drinking Hsu said the study did present $75/Semester w/ College ID is necessary StartstoSep 4thwhat crime looks like at a university. evidence suggesting the drinking session like this at least once every However, he did say the report’s two weeks, it said. habits of study respondents were news statistics can cause confusion and influenced by a desire to fit in. @dailynebraskan.com can be misleading.

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Really, it’s true. The frequency at which an undergraduate binge drinks contributes to the sense of satisfaction he or she feels with his or her social life, according to a recent study published by the American Sociological Association.

Carolyn Hsu and Landon Reid coauthored the study which suggests binge drinkers are more satisfied with their college experience than non-binge drinkers.

The study used social status to compare drinking habits and satisfaction. Students in a higher social status group — defined by the study as “wealthy, white, male, heterosexual and Greek-affiliated undergraduates” — were more likely to binge drink and were happier than

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The comparisons didn’t end there, however. Hsu and Reid also found students in lower status groups who did binge drink were more satisfied than the peers in their status group and nearly as satisfied as students in the higher status group.

And the opposite was also true: members of the higher status social group who didn’t binge drink were less satisfied.

“Students in all groups consistently liked college more when they participated in the campuses’ binge drinking culture,” Hsu said in a statement.

Linda Major, assistant to the vice chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said she wonders if the stronger correlation is about the groups, rather than the drinking.

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“Sometimes the different categories can be daunting for folks to get a clear picture of crime occurring on campus,” he said.

The University of Iowa deals with alcohol violations similarly to Northwestern. David Visin, associate of public safety at Iowa, said his university aims to reduce the incidents of dangerous and illegal drinking.

“In general, the university advocates that if our students choose to consume alcohol, that they should do so responsibly,” Visin said.

The “Think Before You Drink” campaign at the University of Iowa has decreased some high-risk drinking, Visin said.

Iowa is also a dry campus, but allows for some drinking on gamedays. During football games, open containers are allowed in the stadium. But Visin said they still look out for incidents of public intoxication.

Each year, the universities must present a crime report of the past year, as well as a report of overall crime in the past three years. If there was an offense that did not break the law, but violated university policies, it is not included in the report.

However, the report can also fail to point out the efforts universities are making to reduce crime.

People who read the report tend to think a university with high numbers of reported crime is an unsafe university. But accordSep 4th ing Starts to Abigail Boyer, assistant director of communications for the Clery Center for Security on Campus, that may not be true.

Even though a university may have a higher number of alcohol arrests or violations, it could mean that specific university has a better alcohol eduction program or quicker response to alcoholrelated incidents on campus than a university with lower numbers, she said.

UNL has dropped 12 percent in alcohol violations that did not include an arrest since 2008. Boyer said an increase or decrease in arrests and violations can’t spell out if a university police department is properly enforcing the law or if there is less drinking happening on campus. Each university has a different set of policies, she said.

“It’s important to look beyond the numbers,” Boyer said. news@dailynebraskan. com

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Lincoln rebranding campaign headed in ‘right’ direction The city of Lincoln wants you to know life is right here.

This summer, the Chamber of Commerce and Archrival, a Lincoln-based advertising agency, began a rebranding campaign.

“Life is Right” targets young professionals in particular and encourages moving to, or staying in, Lincoln for the long haul.

The campaign has a number of ways it’s promoting the city.

Live music downtown on summer Fridays. Random days of free parking downtown. A catchy website. A Facebook page featuring an entertaining “Annex Omaha” photo album.

Along with this, the infrastructure in Lincoln is being drastically revamped. The roads have seen a spectacular improvement, additions to the campus are under way, and a new arena in the Haymarket is in the process of being built.

A lot is happening in Lincoln, and this campaign is essential in letting people know that the city is only going to get better.

The Daily Nebraskan commends “Life is Right.”

Along with the new improvements, the campaign rightfully draws attention to some of Lincoln’s already established finer points, which may not always get the acknowledgment they deserve. And the campaign’s design is visually appealing, too.

Lincoln is often overlooked as a place to start a career or raise a family. But the city is more than Omaha’s little, football-loving brother. The campaign is doing a good job of pointing out the things that make Lincoln a cool place to live.

Clint Runge from Archrival said Lincoln has done a poor job marketing itself in the past. Better marketing is not only good for the city itself but can be good for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, too. An improved city image could even help UNL reach Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s enrollment goals.

The Daily Nebraskan thinks Lincoln has a lot to offer these days, and the rebranding certainly can’t hurt the city’s outlook.

Life is pretty “right” in Lincoln. It’s nice that the city is offering this lifestyle to others and building a Lincoln the community can be proud of.

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Getting in shape, place at Rec

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t first glance, the regular attendance at Campus Recreation Center consists of weightlifters, athletic champions and Greek gods.

Then you will notice someone like me, a tall lanky guy who looks like he got lost on his way to the classroom and somehow wandered into the weight lifting area.

I mean, what is a guy like me doing in the exercise room, and why is everyone so jacked around here?

For example, I went to go work out on Friday and when I walked in, it looked like I had just walked on the set of some Gold’s Gym commercial. It was unreal how physically fit our campus’ students are. In fact, according to Men’s Fitness, UNL is ranked ninth in most fit colleges of America! After seeing this, I feel confident that if UNL was to take on another campus in a prison rules, back-alley rumble, we would win hands-down. Regardless, how can someone like me work out without lifting as much, running as fast or playing basketball as great as the others?

When I walk into the lifting area, I am often greeted by a large group of in-shape women on the elliptical machines. As I then travel back to the weights, I meet a group of guys in tank tops lifting twice my bodyweight, and to my amusement they occasionally flex in the mirror.

However, to combat this type of atmosphere, here are five tips to remember.

1. Despite the crowd, the rec is made to be used by everyone, especially those of us who need the equipment most. It is astonishing how you always feel like the only one who isn’t in shape.

Don’t let these brazen-bodied men and women get to you. There are ways to combat the awkwardness. I can assure you that with a little work and perhaps some reorganizing of your schedules

Marc Marean and routines, you can also be a confident rec-goer.

It doesn’t take much to have a good time and start getting in shape.

2. Bring a friend. There is strength in numbers, and as this is true in any feel-good movie where the lonely kid gathers his team of rag-tag friends to stop a bully, this is also true when going to the rec. Both can help each other improve the other’s weight goals, lap times, volleyball serves, etc. A friend will not only help you improve but, I can assure you, it will be a much more pleasant experience. Bringing a friend also provides great accountability on the days you really don’t want to go. Also, consider bringing a group of friends.

Everyone will have a good time playing basketball, swimming laps or biking. The more the merrier.

3. Bring music. If you don’t enjoy the company, feel free to bring your iPhone, iPod or MP# player and jam out to your favorite tunes. Consider making a workout playlist that will help you focus on reaching your goals. Music helps with outside distractions and can aid in getting that extra push near the end of an exhausting

day at the gym. My only warning would be to remain aware that you don’t accidently start singing. I can assure you, you will only look foolish by doing so.

4. Come at a different time than the crowd. I have found that time of day is also a huge factor.

Early mornings and late nights are a great time to have the equipment all to yourself and can make working out a little more tranquil. I just recently discovered that weekends can be a great time since a majority of our students are still recovering during the day from a hard Friday or Saturday night.

Remember, some college students will begin getting too busy to work out and will stop attending. When it comes to working out at college, it usually turns out like a new year’s resolution. The effort is initiated for about a month or two at the beginning of the year, after Christmas break and before spring break. After that, students decide they no longer need to work out or they slip into old habits. Hold out for a couple of weeks and the crowd will be a lot more bearable.

5. Get involved in an intramural team. This is not only a really great way to meet other people with similar interests, but it is a lot of fun and you will get stronger by competing with your team.

Exercise is so much easier when you are alongside students with your skill sets and abilities, not including the amount of encouragement you get from participation.

Once again, the Rec should be place where people strive to not only get fit at their own comfortable pace, but also to have fun. Don’t be concerned about how others perceive you. If people care about how out of place you seem, then they probably aren’t pursuing anything at college besides weightlifting. Just keep calm and carry on.

Marc Marean is a sophomore Secondary Education major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com

New technologies need attention

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cience fiction has become reality.

In March 2011, a paralyzed woman with an implanted system called Braingate passed the 1,000-day mark of operating the device — an achievement that has by-and-large gone unnoticed in a medium dominated by news of celebrities, sports and shootings.

But we need to take notice, as this single feat is the sign of an age where humankind will no longer be limited by our physical nature. This can be done if such radical technologies are made public, endorsed and mass produced to the point of improvement and integration into society.

Only then can we transcend the limitations of the human body and fundamentally improve the lives of millions of people.

Ever since the dawn of computers, their potential in the medical field has been obvious. As technology has progressed, the applications have also increased to include remote surgeries via robot, instant analysis of blood via computer database and cross-world conferencing.

Braingate is no different from any other potentially game-changing technology in the medical field. It employs a minuscule silicone chip inserted directly into brain tissue to read electric signals. These signals are then interpreted into digitized code for the computer to read, and voila: a mouse-pointer on the screen moves where desired. This wafer-thin chip also has the potential to navigate wheelchairs and even robotic limbs. In a word, the potential is amazing for individuals who have been physically or mentally handicapped in some way.

Humankind has a moral obligation to aid the infirm, the crippled and the handicapped. These individuals often live in painstakingly difficult worlds, and their experience as human beings is markedly different than that of an able, healthy person. Braingate is the first of many ideas of its kind to come that can — and will — change the course of the lives of these people. Fusing technology and medicine will alleviate the pain of liv-

BRETT BERGSTROM ing a handicapped life for millions of people.

This is not the only application. Imagine handicapped men and women enabled to work online because Braingate allows them to operate a computer. Then they can follow their dreams of success as easily as anybody.

Next, imagine a crippled individual who, in the future, can control new robotic limbs with his or her mind because of technologies such as Braingate. This is a future too delicious to deny, but has unfortunately remained elusive because of lack of publicity.

Of course, to alter and enhance the brain’s functionality via technology inevitably introduces questions of ethics and morality. For example, much testing will need to be done in the future in order to ensure the safety of such devices as a fully operational Braingate. This testing will in all likeliness be costly in both monetary terms as well as in terms of human cost. Any experimentation with something as complex as the brain should be taken with the utmost care, knowledge and consent.

The question of who, in the future, qualifies best for neural augmentation will also be a factor.

Would professional athletes undergo surgeries to enhance their abilities, or would devices such

as Braingate be delegated strictly to patients in need? These questions necessitate much deliberation so that ethical boundaries may be drawn.

Additionally, detractors of such neural augmentation will argue that scientists are attempting to play God; that such work is neither natural nor moral; that once we begin incorporating computerized components into our bodies, we cease being human. These mindsets are extremely dangerous to the advancement of our society.

Humanity must not shy away from shaping its own natural landscape to produce a better version of itself. Technology is the next frontier, and conquering it fully is the only way to unleash the true potential of humankind. Braingate is just the beginning. Nanotechnology and stem-cell therapies will mold the medical landscape completely within the next 20 years, while computers, Internet solutions and overall connectivity will grow exponentially and hopefully mesh with such projects as Braingate, but in even larger ways.

Acknowledging these facts and wholly endorsing such radical treatments as Braingate is the best way to promote positive change in our society.

The earliest science-fiction writers dreamed of flying machines and space travel. Humankind reached both and drastically changed the connectivity of societies worldwide. Later writers took their imaginations even further, and wrote of androids, neutrally augmented humans and the philosophical questions that accompany such worlds. It appears as if we are on the cusp of great breakthroughs once again. Technologies such as Braingate need to be recognized, understood and fully endorsed — this is society’s portal to future social affluence. The future is coming much faster than society might think. Prepare yourselves for radical — and positive — change. Pushing programs such as Braingate to the forefront will open up a realm of a million possibilities.

Brett Bergstrom is a Freshman Journalism and Advertising major.

Reach him on twitter at @brett_bergstrom or opinion@dailynebraskan. com

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Samantha Koraleski, a junior elementary education major, holds a student at a rural Ugandan student. Koraleski spent a month this summer in Africa as part of the Educate Uganda program working with orphans and on school improvement projects.

Teacher in a Strange Land cara wilwerding DN Sam Koraleski is an enthusiastic teacher.

As a junior elementary education major at the University of NebraskaLincoln, she hopes to educate students not only in the United States, but abroad.

This summer, Koraleski spent nearly a month working on school improvement projects in Uganda. She went on the trip with an organization called Educate Uganda, which she has been a member of since her freshman year of high school.

“I felt very proud of an organization that is so focused on something that I’m so passionate about,” Koraleski said. “Education is a huge part of my life, and it will be forever.”

During the first ten days of the trip, Koraleski worked with orphans in a village called Nkokonjeru. Educate Uganda sponsors 1,500 orphans and works with 28 different schools in the area.

“Their passion and drive to go to school is something that I think anyone could learn from,” Koraleski said.

Volunteers updated records, ensured students were going to school,

photographed old and new Ugandan tional experiences of two Ugandan students. students and communicated with Lillian and Shannon are both schools about expectations and concerns. The organization also works fourth graders living in Uganda.

However, Lillian attends a more on improving existing schools by purdeveloped school, while Shannon chasing textbooks and giving water goes to a rural school in the mounsupplies and building latrines. tains. Lillian’s school is sponsored Despite the organization’s hard

by Educate Uganda work, Koraleski is and Shannon’s school hungry for more, esIt helps is not. pecially when it comes people “I think it will help to interacting with the people relate to the students. understand why students in Uganda “I personally more,” Koraleski said. would have liked to it’s so important “They do chores just work in the classrooms to sponsor a like we do, but their more than I was able chore may be walking to,” she said. “Because child.” three miles to a well to we’re there for such a Karen van dyke short amount of time, President of Educate Uganda get water when all we do is unload the dishany time I did spend washer. It will help in the classroom, I was people visually see what goes on sort of a distraction. I hope to someday go back to teach or help in a class- in a day in Uganda, instead of just hearing us talk about it.” room for a longer period of time.”

President of Educate Uganda KarAfter the first ten days were up, Koraleski stayed in Uganda with a en Van Dyke said making this video has been a dream of hers for quite fellow UNL student and one Creighton University student, while the rest some time. The organization gives of the group returned home. During talks for local high schools, prayer this time, the three worked on a video groups and Girl Scout troops, but Van Dyke thinks the video will enhance project to show the contrasting educa-

these presentations greatly.

“I think it’s just one more tool for people in the United States to learn what it’s really like,” Van Dyke said.

“They love learning about another culture and a day in the life of a child in Uganda. They realize the hardships

and problems that they face. It helps people understand why it’s so important to sponsor a child and help them get to school.”

While Koraleski enjoyed working

Uganda: see page 7

Rebrand gives Lit mag to digitally publish short story from UNL writer Lincoln new face Ploughshares to publishes eBook story from UNL lecturer, writer Schaffert

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Rachel staats dN There’s no other way to say it: Timothy Schaffert, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln English lecturer is on the rise as an author.

His 2011 novel “The Coffins of Little Hope” received national acclaim and attention and Schaffert’s forthcoming follow-up effort was snapped up by a major publisher.

This month, Schaffert’s story “Lady of the Burlesque Ballet” was the first story to be published in a brand new format from Ploughshares, one of the nation’s foremost literary journals, Pshares Singles. This eBook format allows the journal to publish longer stories they can’t fit in one of the three issues they release every year.

“The great thing about Pshares is that the story received a lot more individual attention than if it had appeared in a print journal,” Schaffert said.

Recently, Schaffert’s story was also featured as one of the spotlighted Kindles singles on Amazon.com, which gave it more exposure to readers.

But the journey to being published by Ploughshares wasn’t an easy one. He submitted a story about 20 years ago that was rejected. Then a year ago he submitted “Lady,” only to be rejected again.

“The editors felt it was too long,” Schaffert said. “But their rejection was accompanied with an excellent opportunity: they asked to publish it as the first in their series of short stories for eReaders.”

While Ploughshares has published their issues digitally since 2010, according to Andrea Martucci, managing director of

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“Lady of the Burlesque Ballet,” a short story from UNL lecturer and writer Timothy Schaffert, will be published by Ploughshares literary journal this month in a brand new electronic format.

Ploughshares Literary Journal, the Pshares Singles are a new way to experiment with a new product: digital-only stories and nonfiction pieces that are longer than what they already publish, but still short enough to read in one or two sittings.

“Our goal is to get the attention of a wider audience of readers, people who appreciate great writing and great storytelling but who may or may not be a part of the literary world,” Martucci said.

Ladette Randolph, editor-inchief of Ploughshares, is a UNL alum and an former editor at the University of Nebraska Press. She was very excited about “Lady

of the Burlesque Ballet” when it first came across her desk a year ago. Length is the first criteria for selecting stories, but Randolph jumped at the chance to publish the story that is, according to reviewers, akin to an “adult fairy tale,” in Pshares.

“I guess they mean that the story has some of the conventions of classic fairy tales (such as) elements of the fantastical, the uncanny,” Schaffert said. “We tend to think of classic fairy tales as being written for children, though many of the stories were meant to appeal to adults.”

The hope for Schaffert is that the e-book format will prove to be

a useful one in getting people to read his story.

Martucci believes, based on the way books are being consumed recently, that this is likely.

“The rules of media are changing so rapidly,” she said.

“Modern audiences are impatient, and they demand new content, convenience in distribution and a cathartic experience that they can fit into their busy lives. I think eBooks are becoming more popular with readers because they strip the reading experience down to its purest form.”

schaffert: see page 6

Within the past year, Lincoln has seen a lot of changes. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln moved to the Big Ten. The Haymarket Arena is under construction.

Streets are constantly being resurfaced and many new businesses are popping up.

The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce decided to embrace this changing face of the city and create a brand for Lincoln to share with everyone, especially local businesses. The target audience of the new rebranding project is young professionals, with the hope being to have them move to or stay in Lincoln.

About a year ago, the Chamber of Commerce took its idea to Bailey Lauerman, a Lincoln marketing communications firm, to help begin researching how to change the image of Lincoln. Bailey Lauerman took on the job as a way of supporting where its own business began.

“Number one, Lincoln is our home,” said Rich Claussen, Executive Vice President at Bailey Lauerman. “What’s good for Lincoln is what’s good for Bailey Lauerman, and it’s good for not just our company, but also our people.”

The Chamber of Commerce and Bailey Lauerman conducted a survey asking Lincoln residents their opinions about Lincoln.

After about 800 responses, they compiled the results and handed them to Archrival, a local marketing agency, which helped create the new logo and message along with it.

“I’ve felt for a long time that the state of Nebraska, including

the city of Lincoln, does a poor job of marketing itself,” said Clint Runge, the creative director of Archrival. “Outside of the state borders, everyone thinks Nebraska is pretty lame. (They think) it’s hick people running around with corncobs on their head. It’s partly our fault for not doing a good job at marketing ourselves.”

Bailey Lauerman and Archrival looked for a design that would be timeless and unique to the city.

The new brand is a bold typeface with an arrow pointing up and to the right.

“The arrow came with us trying to point people in the right direction.

It’s pointing toward Lincoln,” Runge said.

A website was launched to help those in and out of the community see ian tredway | dn the new look of Lincoln. Lifeisright.com incorporates two interactive features. Lincolnites are encouraged to write what they love about their city.

Another option is to take photos and upload them to the website.

“You’re not having a paragraph of just generic information,” said Jenny Sundberg, business development manager at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce.

“You’re getting this really organic, genuine response from the community.”

Businesses can get involved by creating their own branch of the Lincoln brand. They can pick a one-word action verb and see it below the arrow pointing toward Lincoln. Members of the art community have settled on the brand: Create Lincoln.

“There are several cool ways in which this brand can kind of

rebrand: see page 7

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Tyler keown It is October of 2006. I just asked my little brother to play badminton with me in the backyard. It requires some persuading, but we eventually end up on either side of our lopsided net.

We’ve been playing for 20 minutes. Fifteen-year-old me has been winning easily, what with my large wingspan. My brother grows frustrated and wants to go inside, but I insist on a few more minutes of play.

Oh, what a mistake.

I serve the birdie. I have to stretch to reach his return and hit an easy lob. His eyes spread wide; he sees the opportunity I’ve given.

He reaches back, miles back, and hits the birdie with every bit of his being.

The birdie breaks, separating the plastic tip and the netting.

The plastic beelines toward me in a blur. I catch a glimpse of it as it connects with my right eye.

My brother laughs as I hit the ground, but his laughter ceases pretty quickly as he hears me scream. I think about how I’ll have to adapt to being blind in one eye and scream more.

We go to the eye doctor, where I have to convince the nurse or whatever that I’m not faking it, I actually cannot see out of my right eye.

I end up with an eye patch for a week. Every time I blink, I get shooting pains through my face.

Eventually I heal, leaving behind a kind of cool scar on my

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small-town America, where men keep their hair short and kids play badminton after school to keep themselves entertained.

Maybe I can’t appreciate art and the forms it can take. Hair can be a canvas, I guess, but in my mind, the best canvas is an actual canvas.

Maybe I’m just really shallow and judge others based on appearance. That is a very real possibility, and I should probably evaluate who I am and how I treat others after I finish writing this.

It’s just that doing crazy things with your hair has always struck me as a way to force others to view you a certain way. I cannot look at a person with rainbow-colored hair and assume that they are not artsy. I cannot see a guy with slicked-back hair and not assume that he is a time traveler that got stuck in 2012.

Creativity shouldn’t be forced on others. Painters don’t walk around holding their work to their

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chest, because that would 1) be really inconvenient, but also 2) ruin the connection they may have with someone that would choose to come and see their art.

I don’t want to give the idea that I disapprove of others because of what they choose to do with their hair. I have friends with unique hair. It can be an extension of a person, and that’s pretty neat.

However, if you’ve half-shaven your head, I assume that you are half-shaven where it really matters: on the inside. tyler keown is a sophomore broadcast journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

Sophomore year a time of searching

Fashion’s Night Out

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right pupil and the memory of the pain I felt.

This is not a pain I thought I’d feel again. Then I started looking at my classmates and their hair.

Here is a disclaimer: My hair isn’t the greatest. I’m sort of balding and my hair curls and puffs like a Chia Pet’s would if I let it grow too long. But I do what I can to look decent.

A thing that I do not do: shave just one half of my head and grow out the other half. I am not Skrillex, nor have I ever claimed to be.

Another thing: dying my hair colors that are not found naturally in not only human hair, but the hair of the entire animal kingdom.

Your hair is purple and pink. It might be a mark of individualism to you, but to me, you are waging war against nature. And nature always wins.

I guess I just don’t understand what people think when they decide on their hairstyles.

Maybe it’s being a product of

One phrase that was over used a lot last year was “You will always remember your first year of college.”

Staying up countless hours of the night, making new friends and sharing bathrooms with everyone on your floor are just simple enjoyable memories that can sum up freshman year.

Being the newbie in college was like going back to the bottom of the totem pole and starting off everything completely new. Besides our obvious change in residence, we also changed the way we looked by wearing our room keys around our necks and having maps in our pockets.

Let’s face it: some of us looked like tourists going to Disney World for the first two weeks of last year. However, we soon learned that college wasn’t even remotely like Disney World. With the endless amount of work for each class that seemed to be Dante’s seventh circle of hell, it made us realize that no college course was going to be a cakewalk when it came to getting an A. Now we’re sophomores and our once-innocent, Bambi-esque appearance is a thing of the past. We’re now accustomed to the college environment and beginning to re-enter the

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tunity to supplement the longer collections with bite-sized stories that our readers can enjoy between longer issues,” Martucci said.

It also gives other authors, like Schaffert, more opportunities for publication. arts@dailynebraskan. com

New ‘Counter-Strike’ a sure-fire game classic nate sindelar dN To play “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” is to experience gaming from a simpler time.

Against the likes of “Call of Duty,” “Halo” and “Battlefield,” it is a bastion of gameplay purity.

The killstreak rewards and weapon attachments of today’s biggest firstperson shooters are nowhere to be found. Instead, players will come across one of the most tightly balanced and fine-tuned multiplayer games of all time.

“Counter-Strike” (“CS”) started in 1999 as a user modification of Valve Software’s famous “Half-Life.” Seeing the popularity it began to attract in the modding community, Valve began developing it as an official product in 2000.

Matches featured five counter-terrorists and five terrorists battling over different objectives on various maps. In each round, players had only one life available and, if killed, sat out the remainder. This brought the intensity of survival and importance of strategy to levels matched only by its later iterations.

“Global Offensive” (“GO”), the series’ most recent outing, developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve, brings that classic formula along with updated graphics, new game modes and community features to the current generation of gamers (for only $15, by the way).

As a caveat though, shredding in “Modern Warfare 3” won’t guarantee topping the leaderboards on “CS.” This game has a learning curve as slight as a brick wall. Many of the opponents players will encounter have been playing for years and are already familiar with weapon and map tactics. Shooting is a task-management system of reflex, precision and balance. Hold down the fire

button too long and watch an entire clip pepper the wall behind your opponent. Run around letting the noise of the character’s footsteps ring out and expect to get ambushed. As odd as this may seem, the challenge is part of what makes the game so great. The thrill of victory compared to other multiplayer games is unrivaled.

However, for users looking for a more player-friendly experience, the new modes, ELO ranking and matchmaking systems offer a smart range of options to help everyone have fun.

“Arms Race,” a new mode based on the classic “Gun Game” mod for older versions of “CS,” is a deathmatch-style game rewarding new weapons for each kill. This is a great place for beginners to find their legs, especially because there are respawns. “Demolition,” an original game-type exclusive to “GO,” offers a similar form of acquiring guns, but combines it with the round-based, one-life rules of “Classic Competitive.”

Quick game timers make sitting out after a death bearable and the ability to watch teammates and talk with other dead players makes it a joy. The in-game chat and microphone facilitate great trash talk between rounds, adding to the stakes.

Along with the ELO system that ranks players based on their performance relative to others, matchmaking is designed to put similarly skilled participants together.

There are 16 total maps. Classics, like Dust, Office and Dust 2, are remade, adding much more detail to the arenas than previous installments. New maps offer diverse scenery and scenarios for combatants to duke it out.

The weapon purchasing system is back in the classic modes. Players are rewarded with in-game money for killing others, defending hostages or planting bombs. The revenue

sane. I can’t help that I want to find a career I legitimately enjoy. I’m just hoping I can make up my mind by the end of the year.

Some days I want to be a shoe designer for Adidas and others I want to be the next Grace Coddington in the fashion world. I can’t be the only sophomore with this dilemma. I’m just hoping and praying that I can make up my mind by the end of the year and decide what I actually want to do.

It’s no wonder why Hollywood doesn’t capitalize on stereotyping sophomore year in college. Trying to follow what a sophomore’s career path and his or her decisions can be more confusing than watching the movie “Inception.” And who wants to watch a movie where a 19-year-old pulls out all his or her hair and develops bags under the eyes during the course of nine long months?

It’s just frustrating and the pressure is overwhelming at times, but

I don’t want this column to scare future freshmen from boldly going forth into their college experience.

Because once you acknowledge that you’re confused, overwhelmed and perturbed, you can finally concentrate on what you want to do in a career field that you truly love.

Although the journey to get there will be long and rough, myself and other sophomores can’t wait to complete it.

So what does it mean to be a sophomore? Even though the freshmen are too wide-eyed and the seniors too jaded to try and explain what it means to be a sophomore, it’s up to us to strike out on our own and finally commit to a path.

We may live to regret it, but at least we’re not wearing lanyards. brandon perchal is a sophomore fashion advertising major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

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This year and our courses aren’t getting any easier, but we are more prepared for it than last year. We also don’t look super clueless when it comes to finding our way around campus or which crazy people we want to listen to in front of the Union.

That’s just a small part of what it means to become a sophomore.

By the end of this academic year we’re supposed to FINALLY declare a major for our future career path. Now that seems pretty daunting, especially if you’re very indecisive like I am.

There are not enough words to even describe how exasperated I am by this.

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Arabian Fables (II) More fanciful Arab myths to sway world opinion.

Earlier this year, we published our message, “Arabian Fables (I),” in which we made clear how the Arab propaganda machine creates myths and lies with which to misinform the world. We discussed the myths of the “Palestinians”and of the “West Bank” and the mythical concept of “occupied territories”. In today's message, we shall address three more of these myths.

What are some of these myths?

cities, especially Jerusalem.

The Arabs decided to call these towns and villages Jerusalem (“Arab East Jerusalem”). The Arabs “settlements”, with their connotation of illegitimacy have assiduously propagated the myths that Jerusalem and impermanence. The world, including the United is an Arab capital, that (after Mecca and Medina) States, is much agitated over these population centers Jerusalem is their third holy city, and that it is and, goaded by the Arabs, declares them to be intolerable to them that infidels (Jews) are in impediments to peace. What nonsense! Nobody possession of it. considers the tens of thousands of Arabs who continue The reality of course is that Jerusalem was never an to stream to these territories as impediments to peace.

Arab capital and that it was, until the Jews revitalized The term “settlements”, too, is a propaganda myth it, a dusty provincial city that hardly played any created by the Arabs. economic, social, or political “Refugees.” In 1948, when role. Jerusalem is mentioned “The Arab propaganda machine has six Arab armies invaded the hundreds of times in the Jewish Bible and has been the created myths that have been accepted by Jewish state in order to center of the Jewish faith and much of the world. No peace in the Middle destroy it on the very day of the focus of Jewish longing East is possible until those Arab myths its birth, broadcasts by the advancing Arab armies ever since the Romans have been exposed for what they are!” appealed to the resident destroyed the Temple in the Arabs to leave their homes so early years of the first as not to be in the way of the invaders. As soon as the millennium. Not once is Jerusalem mentioned in the “quick victory” was won, they could return to their Koran. homes and would also enjoy the loot from the Jews, As to “East Jerusalem”: There is East Saint Louis, who would have been driven into the sea. It didn't turn there is East Hampton, and there used to be East out quite that way. Those Arabs who, despite the Berlin, but, until the Arab propaganda machine created urgings of the Jews to stay and to remain calm, the concept, there was never in history an “East foolishly left, became refugees. Those who decided not Jerusalem”, let alone an "Arab East Jerusalem". to yield to those blandishments are now, and have been The eastern part of Jerusalem is now predominantly for over 60 years, citizens of Israel, with all the same inhabited by Arabs, though their proportion is rights and privileges as their Jewish fellows. decreasing. But what is the reason for this? It is because But what happened to those refugees—by best the Jordanians destroyed all traces of Jewish presence estimates about 600,000 of them? Did their "Arab from the eastern part of the city and drove all the Jews brethren" allow them to settle in their countries, to out during the 19 years (between 1948 and 1967) in work, and to become productive citizens and useful which they were in occupation of the eastern part of the members of their societies? No! They kept and still city. The world, informed by Arab propaganda, keep them, their children, their grandchildren, and in considers those Jews who wish to return to the eastern some cases even their great-grandchildren, in part of the city to be troublemakers or worse. miserable “refugee camps”, so that they can be used as The concept of Jerusalem being a holy Arab city and political and military pawns in order to keep the the capital of whatever political entity the burning hatred against Israel alive and in order to “Palestinians” may eventually form is a myth and so of supply the manpower for the unremitting fight against course is the concept of “Arab East Jerusalem”.

Israel.

“Settlements.” When Jordan came into possession During those more than sixty years, Israel has taken of Judea/Samaria and the eastern part of Jerusalem, in more than three million Jewish immigrants from all following the invasion of the newly-formed Jewish parts of the world and has integrated them state, and stayed in occupation for 19 years, it productively into its society. According to the systematically obliterated all Jewish villages in the area “Palestinians”, the Arab “refugees” have now under their occupation, drove out the Jewish marvelously increased to five million (!). It is the intent inhabitants, and left the area “judenrein” (free of and fervent desire of the Arabs that all of them should Jews)—the first time that concept had been applied return to Israel so as to destroy the country without since the Nazis created it during their short and bloody the necessity of war. reign in Germany. When the Israelis recovered these The “refugees” are a red herring and another myth territories, they rebuilt these villages, created new created by the Arab propaganda machine. ones, and built new towns and suburbs to existing The Arab propaganda machine, aided by the most high-powered public relations firms in the United States and all over, has created myths that, by dint of constant repetition, have been accepted as truth by much of the world. No sensible discussion, no peace in the Middle East, is possible until those Arab myths have been exposed for what they are.

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Uganda: from 5 “In the first part of the trip, you’re going from school to school,” Koraleski said. “It’s sort of a celebration; everyone’s so excited to see you and give you gifts.

They’re just genuinely happy. After the big group left, we were able to go into the classrooms, see the dayto-day lives of the people there and experience the culture in a more real way.”

Van Dyke said the contribution made by Koraleski and coproducers on the video project is extremely significant.

“For them to have the dedication and willingness to stay on for another two weeks, I just applaud their dedication,” she said. “They weren’t being paid, but they were generous enough with their time to give that to us.”

Koraleski hopes to have the video finished in about a month,

with orphans and on school improvement projects during the first ten days, she said the second two weeks of the trip helped her see a more authentic Uganda.

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With the focus of bringing in and keeping young professionals, Runge said he realizes it’s not just about the brand, but the results.

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Koraleski said the trip solidified her career ambitions of wanting to teach young children.

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Jerry Kill, Minnesota

On fall camp - “We’ve had a lot On the state of Minnesota of hitting each other, and a lot football - “Our 12 seniors of trying to get a plan together. have done a great job getWe try to see where we are at ting our younger players as a team, see where we are at ready to go. We do have depth wise, and I think everya young team, but I think body is at the time of year where they are ready to start they are a hungry team, and playing some football.” they’ve worked hard. I think we have a better team than we had a year ago, but we have to go prove that.”

On playing Alabama - “You still go into every opener a little unsure of where you are at as a football team. That’s some- On building stability - “I think that’s been the most critical thing that you find out, good and bad. Playing the defend- thing for us. The kids have been hearing the same coaching national champs, a very good football team that’s been es say the same thing for the second year in a row. They put together over the last four years, we’ll have our hands haven’t had that here for a long, long time. There becomes full, but at the same time you look forward to these kind a trust factor, and they understand what we are trying to of games.” teach and achieve.”

Bo Pelini, Nebraska

On opening with Southern Miss - “It’s probably a little bit of an upgrade. Probably the biggest concern is that we don’t have a lot to go on. There are a lot of unknowns going into this game.

You have to be ready for a lot of different things.”

Tim Beckman, Illinois

On quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase - “It’s always very, very important at that position to have a player that’s proven. Nathan’s been to back to back bowl games and he’s picked up our system very fast. We’re excited to see him out there this weekend.”

Bret Bielema, Wisconsin

On the late start time for Wisconsin’s opener - “I think if you give everybody in Wisconsin a couple extra hours to tailgate that makes them happy, so that’s a good thing.”

On representing the Big Ten well in the nonconference - “Well that’s probably something that I’ve become more in tune to as I’ve been in the league longer. When you first move in, you are worried about your own house and not the whole block, but as you’ve seen certain things happen the last few years, we are Big Ten brethren. It’s something that we all hopefully take pride in, in everyone playing well.”

Urban Meyer, Ohio State

On who will call the defense - “I watch, and I sit real close in the meetings. Luke Fickell is going to call the defense, Evert Winters is going to take charge of the back end and the secondary play. The good thing is that there are two guys without egos calling the defense, and they’re working together. It’s been very

On his returning defensive starters On how ready the Huskers are “They had opportunities if they had “This kind of gives us our initial benchmark of where we wanted to, to go out early, and that positive so far.” are and what we have to do. Nobody at this time of year is had been the norm here at Illinois, but they decided to a finished product. You have to improve each week and get come back.”

On how Ohio State compares to the other programs he has better. That’s where we are.” taken over - “I really don’t know. I know we have some good Danny Hope, Purdue players here. I’ve taken over a team that’s won a bunch of Kirk Ferentz, Iowa On Rob Henry - “He’s a heck games in recent history, so I don’t think we are that far off, but On starting four offensive lineof a quarterback prospect, it’s not fair to make those comparisons.” men from Iowa - “That wasn’t you know as a passer he is our intention, but it’s not a surdevelopmental, but someone Kevin Wilson, Indiana prise. We’ve had a lot of good that we thought had tremenOn the Indiana quarterback situation linemen. We’re excited to see dous potential as a passer.

- “As we move toward the season, how these guys perform as He’s an incredible athlete and a great runner. He’ll play there’s been three guys, Tre Roberson, well.” some for us at the quarterback this year, but also at some Matt Kaufman and Nate Sudfeld that other positions. He’s a guy that you want to create some have got the bulk of it. Those are our On the Big Ten scheduling tough nonconference games - special packages for.” three in that order. I’ve really been im“I’m comfortable with what we’re doing. I think we’re on pressed with Tre. He’s embraced the the right track. Scheduling has always been the challenge, On playing his alma mater - “Well, I’m excited about it. I challenge, even though he played last seems like it has. I think it’s going to continue to be one. I’m don’t see anything difficult about Purdue playing Eastern year and had five starts. He knew that comfortable with what we’re doing.”

Kentucky University. I think that’s something to get excited he needed to play at a higher level, take about. I’m proud to be a graduate of EKU, and I’m excited care of the ball and be more efficient in Mark Dantonio, to play EKU.” the passing game.”

Michigan State

Bill O’Brien, Penn On representing the Big Ten in nonconference games - “CollecState tively we as a group will stand toOn what he expects from his gether, but at the end of the day, linebackers - “We have a good it is how we play, how Michigan returning linebacking corp.

State plays right now. I think evwith (Gerald) Hodges, (Michael) erybody right now is chasing the Mauty and Glenn Carson in dream. There is a lot of optimism the middle. I think if these kids right now, and we are trying to communicate well and are be one of those teams that is in sound in the run fits, there is no reason why they can’t play it for our own conference.” well. These are veteran linebackers that have played a lot of football for Penn State.

On preparing for Boise State - “We’ve talked about Boise from A to Z and back and forth. We’ve hit every different On handling his player’s nerves going into game one aspect of them as a program and who they are offensive- “These are college guys, so when they run out onto the ly, defensively and special teams, but all these plans, they field for the opening kickoff they are going to be excited. seem to change when you get to game time. When the We just have to make sure that they understand that once game comes, the players seem to take over.” the ball is snapped we are playing football against a good football team in Ohio University.”

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Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

On quarterback Kane Colter returning as the Wildcats leading passer, rusher and receiver - “It’s an amazing stat line for Kane. He’s had an amazing offseason just focusing on one position.”

On the new kickoff rules - “Initially some guys might try to overanalyze that thing. They might try to change their scheme a little bit, but at the end of the day, it’s about a 40 yard sprint and a dangerous collision. I am a fan of the new rule moving the kickoff to the 35.”

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Gina Mancuso celebrates after scoring a point. Mancuso leads the No. 1 ranked Huskers in kills after the opening weekend, registering 40. Nebraska toppled top-ranked UCLA to claim the top spot. one of those girls who possesses that mentality everyday.”

And one thing’s for sure — if she continues on this promising track she’s on now, the G-Train will be riding her way into a second-straight All-American award.

Meske said the selection wouldn’t come as a surprise to her coaches either.

“It wouldn’t surprise us at all,” Meske said. “She was one of those

On running back Stephen Houston - “Stephen is a big back.

He’s 220 pounds. He catches the ball well, he’s got really good feet, but the ability for a 220 pound guy to be a presence, to get the tough yards, to move through trash, but also to get the blitz in pass blocking, that’s what sets him apart.”

girls that we thought had a chance to win it last year, and she did. Our goals as coaches will always be to create that type of a player. But knowing Gina, that’s the farthest thing from her mind.

“She’s got a bigger goal in mind and I think everyone would agree that (a national championship) is her main focus right now.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

“I was still trying to prove who I was as a player.”

Through trying to prove his worth in the coming weeks, Whaley became lost in himself. His performance on the field nose-dived alongside his performance in the classroom.

“I just wasn’t carrying myself like I was supposed to be. It was affecting school, and it was also affecting football.”

He lost his starting position in the linebacking unit and the black shirt that went along with it. By the fall of 2011, Pelini didn’t even put him on the 105-man fall camp roster.

“I sat at home in my apartment for two good weeks.”

Bo sat Whaley down and told him he was free to transfer. Too proud to give up, Whaley asked him how he could stay.

“If you want to be here, show me you want to be here.”

Easier said than done. Whaley was stranded in Bo’s doghouse.

Thankfully, he had seen this before.

Fellow linebacker Phillip Dillard found himself in a similar situation in 2009. Dillard was coming off an injury and was trying to reestablish himself in his senior season but faced an uphill climb.

Dillard persevered. By the time he graduated, Dillard was a SecondTeam All-Big 12 selection and was named the recipient of the Tom Novak Award, given to the player who “best exemplifies courage and determination despite all odds.”

Whaley finds himself at a similar crossroads.

“I stood by Phillip Dillard every day when he was going through what he was going through,” Whaley said. “Never get down on yourself because you never know when your number will be called. Just make sure you’re ready when your number’s called.”

Now, on the dawn of his senior season, his number has been called.

“Alonzo has progressed as far as his maturity goes, as much as anyone on the team, not just as a football player, but as a person off the field as well,” defensive coordinator John Papuchis said. “He’s a leader, he’s a worker, and I’m just proud of the progress he’s made, not just as a player but as a man.”

Whaley wasn’t ready to be a man in 2010. He had been handed the keys to a car he didn’t purchase.

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Alonzo Whaley celebrates after a play in the 2010 season. Whaley played in most of the games in 2010 before failing to make the fall camp roster in 2011. This season, Whaley is a projected starter.

But Whaley has been saving.

For two years, every dime and every nickel he could salvage went into his piggy bank. A bank he plans to smash into a million pieces on Saturday.

“Right now I feel like I’m in a position where I earned it,” Whaley said.

“It’s not given to me. It’s going to be hard to take it away now.

“This is my last go around. I’m

going to try and soak it in and not be too emotional about it because at the end of the day, when the last day ends, that’s it.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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women’s golf

Wright aims to elevate game, take leadership Golfer hopes to add consistency to her game after a strong finish at conference

Steffi Neisen being the only returning golfers from last season’s squad, Wright looks to be a leader on the golf course.

“We definitely need leadership and quality play from them,” NU women’s golf coach Robin Krapfl said. “With such a young Angela Hensel team, the younger players need DN someone to look up to and learn from.”

Katelyn Wright saw it all least According to Krapfl, part of season. that leadership comes with the The Nebraska women’s golfer confidence she hopes Wright can had some of her top moments in have coming into this season. the spring of last season. Wright “She has all the talent in the led the Huskers at the Westbrook world. She is probably our longest Spring Invitational in hitter and is a great February and posted ball striker,” Krapfl a single-round careersaid. “It’s just a matbest score of 71. ter of the confidence to But this success believe in herself that didn’t come without she can shoot the low some struggles. Batscores and do it every tling health issues time she steps out on throughout the fall the golf course.” season, Wright found Probably the most herself often scoring frustrating part of the near the bottom of the game for many golfHuskers’ roster. ers can be the mental wright By putting some aspect, which Wright strong work in during knows much about. Afthe fall season, Wright ter scoring in the 80’s was able to come back to be a vital for the first two rounds of the Big part of the Husker roster during Ten Championships last year, she the spring season. came back in the final round to “Fall season was definitely a shoot a 73, which was one of the little tough,” Wright said. “I did lower scores in the field. a lot of work in the offseason and “Coming back the third round was able to come out in the spring at the Big Ten Championships and and play some really good golf. I shooting one of the low scores of was proud of myself with how I the day really showed me where I stuck with everything.” was in my game both mentally and While Wright had only the physically,” Wright said. fifth-best stroke average on the While Wright has the talent and Huskers’ roster last year at 79.06, is capable of shooting in the low Wright’s stroke average for the scores, she hopes it can all come tofinal 15 rounds of the spring was gether for some greater consistency almost two strokes lower at 77.20 as she prepares for the fall season.

“During the mid-spring sea“For me personally to be where son, it felt like everything was I want to be I need that confidence,” coming together,” Wright said. Wright said. “I have to realize I’ve “All the work that I put in the off- put in all that time and all that season was starting to show.” hard work. Now I just have to go Wright hopes that kind of out and play golf.” progress will carry over into this sports@ dailynebraskan.com season. With her and fellow junior

joseph: from 10 come a better football coach.”

Papuchis, one of Pelini’s graduate assistants at LSU, benefited greatly from the tutelage.

“My role as a graduate assistant there was more than most graduate assistants,” he said. “I was kind of (Pelini’s) right-hand man there, and the fact that he had that kind of trust and belief in me gave me the confidence to be where I am now.”

Pelini’s relationship with his assistants, based in the support and the freedom that he allows them, makes him a popular man in the coaching

ranks. His years of quizzing GAs on ideology and investing in their opinions have built him a web of coaching ties. And in a profession where relationships are key, Pelini is building them by the bushel.

“Because he invested the time in me when I was young,” Papuchis said. “I always have been and always will be loyal to him for that.

He took a chance, and I am indebted to him to make sure he gets the absolute best every day.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

football practice notes Competition on defense

As the first game approaches, a number of positions on defense remain thick in competition.

Defensive coordinator John Papuchis said Jason Ankrah and Cameron Meredith will be the starters at defensive end, but the defensive tackle spot remains in question. Three guys are battling for those two spots: senior Baker Steinkuhler, sophomore Chase Rome and junior Thad Randle.

“It’s still a little unsettled inside,” Papuchis said. “I’m not 100 percent sure who’s going to start on Saturday.”

The secondary remains undecided as well. The only guaranteed starter right now is senior safety Daimion Stafford. The other safety position will be either senior PJ Smith or sophomore Harvey Jackson.

The two will likely split time on Saturday.

“Unless someone splits away, that’s how it’s going to be going forward,” Papuchis said The top five corners are sophomore Josh Mitchell, junior Andrew Green, senior Antonio Bell, junior Stanley Jean-Baptiste and junior Mohammed Seisay. Those corners will likely split time as well on Saturday, Papuchis said.

Though the linebacker position is pretty much filled, redshirt freshman David Santos is making a push for the starting position at outside linebacker.

“David’s had a good camp,” Papuchis said. “The biggest thing about our first opponent, if it’s not a base game where we can play three backers, that’s obviously going to limit who plays.”

Southern Mississippi underwent a coaching change in the offseason, and the style of offense the Golden Eagles will run is still in question. Will Compton suggested that they will likely run a spread-based attack, which is often defended using a two-linebacker nickel package.

Blackshirts amp up Aggression

Papuchis said the NU defense looks to be more aggressive head-

ing into Saturday’s game.

“I think it’s been an emphasis on the offseason, that we don’t let the offense dictate what we do defensively,” Papuchis said. “Either by tempo, or personnel, and we get back to dictating them.

That’s easier said than done, but it’s been the emphasis.”

The Nebraska defense will play against a team that went 12-2 last season and had a strong offense. Though Southern Miss lost a bunch of players on offense, Papuchis said the Blackshirts aren’t slacking their focus.

“We’re three or four days into the game plan,” Papuchis said after practice on Tuesday. “What I do like is that we were cleaner than yesterday. We’re trying to eliminate the guys who are error repeaters. At face value it, looks better today.”

Martinez throwing motion concerns

Starting quarterback Taylor Martinez turned some heads after the Monday press conference when he said he might go back to his old throwing style during the first game.

Graduate assistant Joe Ganz said Martinez was just joking with that statement.

“He’s an idiot,” Ganz said.

“He was just saying that to get you guys riled up. In camp and everything, our defense has been bringing 600 blitzes at him, and he’s been standing back in the pocket, standing tall, good release, everything has been new Taylor.”

Ganz said he has no concern about Martinez’s throwing motion throughout the season, not just this game. He is still a smart player as well, Ganz said.

“I think Taylor’s been understanding situations better,” Ganz said. “You know, when it’s second and 10, not taking a low percentage throw, a post route or a go route. He’s hitting our running backs and getting us into a third and five where we have our whole offense. I think he’s really grown in that area.”

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Brandon Ubel lofts a floater in a game last season. Ubel is one returning player in a team with a slew of fresh players and coaches.

Hoops team unites under new staff Diving board acts as unusual form of team bonding during summer session Zach Tegler DN Usually when Ray Gallegos sets an example for his teammates, he is on a hardwood floor with a basketball in his hand.

But spending mornings inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center during the summer, the junior guard discovered leadership in a different setting: the swimming pool.

“When we went in there, the first thing that happened — Ray got up on the high dive and did a back flip off of it to set the tone for everybody else,” senior forward Brandon Ubel said.

The diving board soon became a site for experimentation and oneupmanship.

“Just trying out stuff. Maybe almost hurting each other,” Ubel joked. “But we all survived injury-

free, and it was a lot of fun.”

The summer for the Nebraska men’s basketball team was not all fun and games, though. In addition to regular conditioning, the Huskers were also able to conduct oncourt summer practices with their coaching staff for the first time, thanks to a new NCAA rule.

“They’ve always been allowed to work out in the weight room.

It just made sense that the NCAA changed that rule to allow the actual coaching staff to work with the players on the floor,” NU assistant coach Craig Smith said. “I think it was vital for us.”

Being able to train with the coaching staff during the summer took on added significance for the Huskers, who are entering their first year with Coach Tim Miles and assistants Smith, Ben Johnson and Chris Harriman at the reigns.

“It’s been invaluable for us,” Smith said. “It’s allowed our players to develop a comfort zone, learn what the expectations are of the coaching staff, learn our style of play.”

For Ubel, whose past summers with the team consisted of coach-

less practices, having two hours per week with the coaches provided an opportunity to get familiar with a new way of doing things.

“The biggest thing, especially with a new staff, is getting in and getting used to not just playing with each other, because we have a lot of new guys, but getting used to the terminology that the coaches are going to use,” he said.

And just as the players benefit from contact with their coaches, the coaches learn from their players.

“It’s also allowed us coaches to find out our players’ strength, the areas they need to improve in, learn the mentality,” Smith said.

“Are they a leader on the floor?

Are they quiet? Are they toughminded? Are they going to do all the hustle plays, all the little things to make winning plays or do they take shortcuts?”

Smith said in a typical week, the players had one team workout and two individual sessions for skill-development.

The players also used extra time off the court to acquaint themselves with their new coach.

“Coach Miles has always been a people person,” Smith said. “Really believes in developing great relationships with players.”

As a whole, Smith said the summer went as well as it could have gone.

“It just felt like we got a ton done in terms of getting to know our players and building relationships with the players,” he said.

“We’ve gained a lot of traction, but obviously we have a long way to go.”

Ubel whittled the summer down to one main objective.

“If each player gets better, the team’s going to get better, too,” he said.

And even though different NCAA rules gave the Huskers and their new coaches a chance to know each other a little better, Ubel said Miles still might not know about the players’ early morning diving board contests.

“I don’t know if he should know,” Ubel joked. “No injuries resulted, so we’re all technically in the clear on that one.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

olympic medalists: from 10 He finished his opponent with a double-leg takedown, his signature move, and rose above the mat with a smile.

“It was sweet, you know. Everyone knows I have a double leg, and I actually was able to execute it,” he said. “All of my matches I think I had it going, so it was pretty cool.”

Burroughs is hoping the success he had in the Olympics will bring more popularity to his sport.

Volleyball has caught on throughout the years at Nebraska with the likes of Larson on the court, but wrestling has yet to take the prominence Burroughs would like.

In 2013, both Nebraska wrestling and volleyball will move from the Coliseum to the Bob Devaney Sports Center, a move that could drive more attention to the sports locally. For now, all the attention remains on Larson and Burroughs.

“For all the fans that love to watch the Olympics but don’t particularly watch wrestling, hopefully I gave them a little entertainment,” he said. “Wrestling is not a

I’m scared to get punched in the face. I’ve never been in a fight in my life.”

Jordan Burroughs Olympic gold medalist

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Jordan Burroughs celebrates his gold medal Monday in Lincoln. fan-building sport if you haven’t watched it before, but hopefully I showed them that it’s pretty fun.

It takes athleticism. It takes hard work, dedication just like any

sport.”

The Olympic experience made an impact on Nebraska’s participants. Both have been through a whirlwind of events during the last

year, and they said they are enjoying themselves.

What’s next for the pair? Not mixed martial arts, according to Burroughs.

“A lot of people have been asking me about doing MMA, but I’m scared to get punched in the face,” he said. “I’ve never been in a fight in my life, and I’m not as tough off the mat as I am on it. You watch me wrestle and you think I’m just this tenacious beast till you meet me in person, and you’re like, ‘Is this the guy I just saw wrestle?’ I’m really a lover and not a fighter.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Role of GAs set Pelini’s staff apart

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NU assistants praise Pelini for treating them as equals on staff Lanny Holstein DN Bo Pelini is creating his own cradle of coaches.

The Nebraska fifth-year head man, from the famed coaching hotbed of Youngstown, Ohio, is taking it upon himself to foster the development of his young staff.

The coach goes out of his way to educate his coaches on the philosophies and techniques that make a successful joseph leader on the sideline, something that is uncommon in college football, according to members of his staff.

Terry Joseph, the recently hired Husker secondary coach, says part of Nebraska’s appeal to him came from Pelini’s willingness to give his assistants freedom in their work.

“Bo is a guy that trusts you to do your job,” he said. “He’s not going to watch over you every second of the day. He gives you a lot of freedom to be a responsible guy on the staff, to do your job, and that’s appreciated because it’s not like that a lot of places.”

Joseph is the latest in a line of former graduate assistants made coaches under Pelini. The head coach has developed many of his defensive assistants from the ground up with the mentality that any coach on the staff can help the team.

“For Bo to hire me, (John Papuchis), (Mike) Eckler, Corey (Raymond), all guys who GAed for him at one time, he’s been like that for a while,” Joseph said. “He’s been like that even when we were GAs. He wanted to know your opinion. He wanted to know what you thought, and he wanted you to be a thinker and not yes men.”

Pelini’s methodology regarding his graduate assistants differs from the norm in college football, according to defensive coordinator Papuchis. Pelini uses his GAs as major contributors, and while coaching at LSU, that was something the Tiger staff wasn’t used to.

“He totally changed the culture at LSU,” Papuchis said. “There are some places where the graduate assistants are viewed more as interns or the office gophers. You fetch lunch and you make coffee. That’s still part of the job to some extent, but Bo felt like each guy in the room could offer something.”

Pelini looked at the position differently. He looked at it as an opportunity to build coaches.

“I think the thing that is different about Bo is that he invested in teaching his coaches,” Papuchis said. “I think sometimes there is the mentality that you have to learn it on your own. He took the time to teach us why we were doing what we were doing, how it worked, what the coaching points were and he was interested in helping you be-

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Alonzo Whaley pursues a Western Kentucky ball carrier in the 2010 season opener. Whaley was thrust into the starting role for that game, the first start of his career. He finished the game with a career-high nine tackles and was vaulted into the starting lineup.

Senior linebacker Whaley looks to step up after a frustrating past; hopes to end NU career on high note

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ou can hear the pain in Alonzo Whaley’s voice.

It’s the same grit you hear coming through the chords of a man down on his luck. The same gravel spit out by a man tarnished by decades of wrong turns and rainy days.

He’s an easy guy to root for.

Whaley stands in the hallway of the press box, surrounded by the same tape recorders that sucked lifeless quotes out of countless teammates. But Whaley opens up his heart, his aged eyes show his regret.

“At the end of the day, I never looked at myself and said ‘What am I doing wrong?’ I started to blame other people because I was too immature to realize that it was something that I was doing.”

Zo, as his teammates call him, has reclaimed the starting outside linebacker spot for Saturday’s season opener. He has walked a long road back to this point.

In 2010, he was fighting to get on the field when teammate

Will Compton sustained a foot injury, allowing Whaley to slip into the starting lineup. He made his first career start that week — the season opener against Western Kentucky — where he caught fire, bagging a career-high nine tackles.

“I didn’t earn that. I got thrown into it,” Whaley said. “It wasn’t the fact that ‘Oh, he earned that, so he’s going to play.’ It was going through a walkthrough on Thursday, and pow, Will goes down and breaks his foot, and oh, guess who’s up now?

Alonzo.

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Former Huskers honored post-London games I was just proud to be representing Nebraska over there.”

Medalists Burroughs and Larson return to NU, reminisce about Olympic success Lanny Holstein DN The road to London started in Lincoln.

For former Huskers Jordan Burroughs and Jordan Larson, the roots of their Olympic journeys lie in their time at Nebraska. The pair was back in town Monday night.

Burroughs, a wrestler, and Larson, a volleyball player, were made ceremonial admirals in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, the state’s highest honor, in a ceremony at the NU Coliseum.

Both Larson and Burroughs thanked the attendees for all their support and made reference to the state as reason for their success in London. Larson valued her experience playing at Nebraska as among the most important factors for her.

“Playing for Nebraska helped me because we played in front of big crowds,” she said. “There was about 17,000 people at our first match, so it was nerve-racking

Jordan Larson

silver medalist

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Jordan Burroughs and Jordan Larson pose for a photo at Monday’s ceremony alongside Husker volleyball coach John Cook (left) and Nebraska governor Dave Heineman (right). because it was the Olympics of course, but playing in front of that

many people (at Nebraska), that definitely helped.”

The United States had the largest delegation of athletes in London

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and fan support was unquestioningly in the country’s favor, according to Larson. Still, being from Nebraska, the 25-year-old outside hitter felt pride in representing not only her country, but her state as well.

“Playing for Nebraska, I knew I had a lot of support back here from all the fans,” she said. “I was just proud to be representing Nebraska over there.”

Burroughs too felt proud to represent the state where he competed in college. Although he wasn’t born in the state, Burroughs said he feels pride in being a Husker. When he won the gold medal in the 74-kg division, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream for the New Jersey native.

The way it finished for him made the moment even sweeter.

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Volleyball

All-American ‘G-Train’ Mancuso focuses on a championship Team success, not individual merit, drives NU senior outside hitter Nedu Izu DN If you hear the sounds of a train coming from the NU Coliseum during August through December, don’t be frightened. It’s just the call of one of Nebraska’s volleyball players.

Gina Mancuso, also known among her fellow teammates and fans as “G-Train,” has made quite a name for herself since joining the team in 2009. During home matches you will occasionally take in chants of “choo

choo” when the Public Announcer reveals her name to serve.

But how did the Omaha native acquire the unique nickname? The answer: it was formed four years ago from a certain family member in the stands.

“My cousin Mike Cherney started it for me in high school,” Mancuso said.

The chant was started when Mancuso attended Papillion-LaVista High School and has since then been carried over by teammate Paige Hubl.

Her opponents witnessed themselves how the nickname came about last season, too.

It was 2011, Mancuso’s first year as a starter, and the then-junior played an intricate role in the team’s success. The outside hitter began each match for

the Huskers and led the team with 407 kills, nearly 70 more than second place holder Morgan Broekhuis (344).

The breakout year landed her a spot on the First-Team All-Big Ten and First-Team All-American squad.

According to Mancuso, the honor didn’t come just from her own remarkable numbers.

“I was just honored and blessed enough to get the chance to play,” Mancuso said. “Obviously I can’t do anything without my teammates. I have to give credit to everyone who helped and supported me.”

But if you ask Mancuso, the personal honors and awards aren’t important to her.

In their first season in the Big Ten Conference, the Huskers soared, winning the conference title. However,

after being seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament, the team was quickly eliminated by Kansas State in the first round in front of a Husker home crowd.

That’s what Mancuso’s main goal is this season — to assist the team in not only winning the conference championship, but winning the national championship as well.

“I’m not looking for awards or anything like that,” Mancuso said.

“As a team, we have one goal and that overall is what we’re striving for.”

NU assistant coach Dan Meske said Mancuso’s team first approach is what has helped her become the type of player she is today.

And it’s not just the team the senior believes will look better this year.

Mancuso also said she sees herself be-

As a team, we have one goal and that overall goal (of a national championship is what we’re striving for.”

Gina Mancuso senior outside hitter

coming a better player this season and credits the training this summer for it.

“I try to improve on all aspects of the game,” she said. “You always hope everything can get a little bit better. I’ve focused this summer on servicing and passing. Those were always a goal.”

And Mancuso has shown that the hard work does pay off, too.

Through three matches, Mancuso has recorded three assists and currently leads the team with 40 kills, while averaging 3.64 kills per set.

And this was just the first three games of the season. If the past weekend was a small preview of what’s to come this season, NU fans are in for what looks to be an exciting ride, Menske said.

“She’s always striving to get better,” he said. “For Gina, that speaks volumes to the type of player she is.

It’s always about improving and getting better each day. Gina is definitely

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