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Scientists at UNL take part in international research project to hunt for the Higgs Boson particle using the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

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Gregory Snow, the associate dean for research in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Arts and Sciences, has been working on a science experiment for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for the past 17 years.

Snow’s nearly two-decade commitment has been to elementary particle research — the field that studies the smallest building blocks of matter.

His only greater dedication might only be to The Black Eyed Peas, a group he has seen in concert numerous times in recent years and whose live concert pictures adorn his office door.

However, when it comes to proving the existence or

nonexistence of the Higgs boson particle, an immensely important element of his research, which may confirm the accuracy of the Standard Model of particle physics, Snow is all business.

The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory that explains the existence, behavior and mass of all particles created by a team of scientists in Geneva, Switzerland.

“We’re asking the questions like: Where did the idea of mass come from? Why does it exist? Why is there an imbalance between matter and antimatter?” said Dan Claes, professor of physics and astronomy.

“We are interested most in the fundamental and philosophical questions of the universe.”

UNL has a small team of faculty, post-doctorate researchers, graduate and

undergraduate students who are all members of the High Energy Physics research group, which was started by Snow.

Jason Keller, 28, is a graduate student participating in the experiments.

“I became involved with (the Compact Muon Solenoid detector) early as a graduate student,” Keller said. “My area of expertise is known as ‘b-Tagging,’ which means using sophisticated techniques to look for the creation of a particle called the ‘bottom quark’ during a collision event.”

The High Energy Physics members are now working on the Geneva project and a similar project called D-Zero in Chicago. UNL receives its funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, while other universities and groups receive research funding from

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another department.

All of UNL’s experimenters have spent time in Geneva working on their project including Snow and Claes.

The team uses a machine called the Large Hadron Collider. It collides high-energy protons and creates new particles with new masses. The new particles and their properties are then recorded in the Standard Model of particle physics.

Currently, scientists are searching for the Higgs boson particle, which the Standard

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Students who use their bikes for transportation around the city must start using the designated bike lanes and streets or face a potential fine from the Lincoln Police Department.

After an influx of complaints from the community, the department is stepping up its enforcement of ordinance 10.48.170, which regulates sidewalks, including prohibiting the use of bicycles on the sidewalk, said Katie Flood, public information officer for the Lincoln Police Department.

“Downtown business owners and patrons described collisions involving injury and near misses caused by bicyclists riding on the sidewalks,” Flood said. “In response to these complaints, each day for the past month, at least one officer has been assigned to monitor activity on the downtown sidewalks.”

Lincoln police have always enforced the ordinance, but there’s been an increase of collisions in congested areas downtown.

There has been some criticism from the community on why the enforcement has not increased in other congested areas too.

However, Flood said the Lincoln Police Department has “not had complaints in those areas.”

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For Katie Kellogg, a freshman special education major, mealtimes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can be a challenge.

Kellogg is a resident vegan at Harper Dining Center. She has certain dietary requirements that don’t exactly match up with the majority of UNL Dining Services’ menus.

“Sometimes it’s really hard for me to find something that I can actually eat,” Kellogg said.

Although Kellogg has only been living at UNL for little more than a week, she is quickly beginning to notice the limitations of her seven-day meal plan.

And Kellogg isn’t the only student feeling the strain of an empty stomach.

Lauren Huston, a junior

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A cyclist riding on the sidewalk instead of a designated bike lane faces the consequence of a verbal warning, warning citation or official ticket. But this is all at the officer’s discretion.

“Official tickets will be written to cyclists that have been warned in the past but continue to violate the ordinance,” Flood said.

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The fine for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk is $5 but comes with a $48 court cost, as well as a court date. The offender then has the choice of paying the fine or appearing in court.

Steve Luebker, a student at the University of NebraskaLincoln, who uses his bike as transportation downtown, witnessed a police officer

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speaking to another bicyclist on the road.

“I wasn’t about to go on the sidewalk after that to avoid (being confronted by an officer),” Luebker said. “I don’t usually use the sidewalk unless going to a business.”

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University of NebraskaLincoln students might not have been media-savvy before, but that won’t be the case if one UNL professor has anything to say about it.

Now in its second week, a new UNL class — News Literacy, The Public and Politics — aims to make UNL students media-literate in a time when news providers are everywhere.

Today’s media environment led to the class’s creation, so students could separate objective truth from bias and make informed decisions, said Mike Wagner, assistance professor of political science and teachers of the class.

“What can we do as a scholarly community to help students sift through the never-ending supply of information to help make an objective sense of the world?” he said.

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Over the course of the semester, Wagner and his 35 students will dissect articles, commentaries and the ways politicians try to use the media to communicate with their constituents. Wagner and co-creator Charlyne Berens, associate dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, hope the class will grow into a university-wide lecture and pump out the necessary informed citizens to keep American democracy moving.

“A democracy depends on citizens paying attention and making reasonably informed judgements,” Berens said.

Berens said many students tune out news altogether because of the difficulty they have finding objective truth in articles, newscasts and other news-related pieces. That’s

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communications studies and theater performance major, now lives off campus but described her vegan UNL Dining Services experience of the past.

“There wasn’t a whole lot available,” she said. “Every now and then they’d have an Asian tofu dish, but most of the time I ended up buying food on my own.”

Huston said she resorted to buying outside food to supplement her dining hall diet, which is an added cost.

Both Kellogg and Huston began their dietary transformation as vegetarians but eventually became full vegans, who avoid eating all animal products, due to firm beliefs on animal rights.

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campus briefs Major gift provided to grain research A University of Nebraska-Lincoln crop researcher hopes to encourage the research of small grains as well as provide scholarships and fellowships to students. Stephen Baenziger, a UNL crop researcher, donated an undisclosed amount of money to the NU Foundation for the Nebraska Small Grains Fund.

The money will be used by the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Baenziger said he wanted to give back to UNL because the university “has been very good” to him. The amount of money donated was not given at Baenziger’s request.

Research funding reaches more than $130 million The University of Nebraska-Lincoln received $132.2 million for research during the 2010-2011 fiscal year. The university saw a decrease in research funding from the 2009-2010 fiscal year, which totaled $139 million. Even with the decrease of funding, the university met its goal of receiving more than $100 million in federal research awards for the first time. Grants from federal agencies including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy helped the university reach its goal.

Faculty, staff, students encouraged to use UNL Alert The University of Nebraska-Lincoln administration is encouraging new students, faculty and staff to sign up for the university’s emergency alert system, UNL Alert. The system allows subscribers to receive a notification through email, text messaging or a phone call. Students can sign up for the alert system for free at http://emergency.unl.edu/unlalert.

If there was any change in contact information, students already signed up should update their contact information to receive alerts.

UNL offers training program for beginning runners The University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers students the chance to get active with a beginner’s 5K training program. The program offers group sessions that meet from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the East Campus Activities Building. The cost is $20 for UNL students and Campus Rec members and $25 for the general public.

The program will donate half of its proceedings to UNL’s Eating Disorder Education and Prevention student organization. Students can register online at http://go.unl.edu/xzv or go to the rec centers or East Campus Activities Building.

Lifestyle program emphasizes healthy weight management The University of Nebraska-Lincoln focuses on going back to the basics when losing weight. UNL is offering a 12-week group program — Well on Your Weigh! — that focuses on good eating and active exercise to create a healthful lifestyle. A licensed and certified staff will lead group exercises, education classes and support sessions. The program is limited to people who are overweight by 30 pounds or with a BMI score of 27.5 points or higher. An informational meeting will take place Aug. 31 at the Campus Recreation Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Campus Recreation offers training programs for different levels of fitness The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Campus Recreation Center is offering a T.N.T. Intensive Training Program and a Fitness Boot Camp for beginner and intermediate-level exercisers. The T.N.T. program begins Aug. 31 and consists of 64 workouts with specialized cross-training blocks and individual nutrition plans. The program costs $100 for UNL students and Campus Rec members. The Fitness Boot Camp is less intense but still offers five weeks of workouts every Monday and Wednesday. The first session takes place from Aug. 29 to Oct. 10, while the second session begins Oct. 24 and ends Nov. 23. Campus Recreation will offer two more boot camps in the spring.

UNL announces new Agricultural Research Division dean Archie C. Clutter will begin work Sept. 26 as the dean of UNL’s Agricultural Research Division and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Clutter said he hopes to use his experience with research in an industry setting to help UNL. Clutter is currently vice president for research and development at Newsham Choice Genetics, but has experience working at universities. From 1987 to 2000, Clutter was a professor of animal science at Oklahoma State University and helped several research and development positions at Monsanto from 2000 to 2007.

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Volunteers install smoke alarms Kim buckley daily nebraskan

A volunteer effort from the Lincoln Fire Department and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is trying to reduce the number of injuries caused by fires in the city.

The Lincoln Fire Department and UNL’s College of Engineering finished a summer effort to install about 1,560 smoke alarms in apartments in Lincoln last Friday.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency gave the Lincoln Fire Departments $126,000 last spring to install 3,000 smoke alarms in Lincoln apartments in areas where the fire department had seen a lot of fires, according to the 2009 fire call data.

Captain Jeff Hatcher of the Lincoln Fire Department, who helped lead the project, said the goal was to prevent burn injuries and death by fire.

“We’re coming to find out that people disable or dismantle their smoke alarm on purpose,” he said. “Many people in apartments do it because it becomes an issue.”

For instance, people who smoke might cause alarms to go off when smoking, Hatcher said.

Most times, when tenants take the battery out, Hatcher said, they don’t replace it.

Other tenants are unable to replace the battery in the detector when it dies and stops working.

Matthew Lepper, a graduate student in construction management in the College of Engineering, led the student volunteer effort.

“Everyone should have the same chance to get out if there’s a fire,” he said.

Some of the places where students helped install the detectors were hit hard by the economy, Lepper said.

He said the number of houses in which he helped install the smoke alarms initially surprised him, but after researching the

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UNL Professor Kevin Grosskopf (left) and Matt Lepper, a graduate student, install a smoke alarm in a home as part of a collaborative effort with the Lincoln Fire Department.

Each alarm also has dual detectors that sense smoke with two pieces of technology, Hatcher added, and a nine-volt battery that lasts 10 years.

However, the reaction of the tenants has been mixed.

“Some were confused why they needed new ones when they already had one,” Lepper said. “Some were excited for the new technology. Others were happy to have them.”

Hatcher said he was pleased to see the student volunteers

come out for this project.

“It’s exciting to have cooperation between the fire department and the university, working together and benefiting the community,” he said.

Lepper agreed that the fire department and the college had a good working relationship.

“They were excited to see us excited for the project,” he said.

“It had a good snowball-type reaction.”

said. “In order for that chip to have been invented, small particle experiments and research had to be done.”

Recently researchers have determined where to look for the Higgs boson, but they are still uncertain of its existence.

Accuracy machines like the Large Hadron Collider have made them confident that they will find the Higgs boson in two to three years.

And UNL has played two major parts in the Geneva research.

Researchers at UNL helped make one of the detectors and was highly involved with the installation and commissioning of the pieces in the Silicon Tracking Detector. The detector they created measures the directions of charged particles that come from collided particles.

Also, UNL’s Schorr Computing Center is a computing facility where researchers analyze crucial data from the Higgs

boson project.

Ken Bloom, an associate professor of physics and astronomy, is the manager of the computing center, and Aaron Dominguez, also an associate professor of physics and astronomy, worked closely with the installation and important elements of the collider, according to Claes.

“UNL’s involvement with high-profile aspects of the project has made UNL a unique player in research development,” he said.

The hunt for the Higgs boson is on, but Snow said that even if the particle is not found, their research will not be in vain.

“In some ways, if we don’t find the Higgs boson, our research will become more exciting,” Snow said. “We will have to rework our Standard Model and create new models but it will also lead to a lot of interesting work. It is interesting that we haven’t been able

to observe the Higgs boson, we never know where our research could lead us.”

Keller anticipates that this research will lead to advancements that will benefit society.

“The direct benefit is the increased knowledge of how the universe works and an increased understanding of nature,” he said. “Aside from technology advancements, potential cancer treatments (through the use of targeted radiation) all came about, in large part, due to particle physics research.”

For Claes, the excitement of this research comes from trying to understand the universe at its most basic level.

“We are trying to piece together the working of the universe from events too small to be seen by the naked eye,” Claes said. “We’re trying to understand the building blocks of universe and how they work.”

College View and Bethany,” she said. “With the heavy foot traffic in these areas, bicyclists riding on the sidewalks create increased likelihood for collision.”

Luebker said he sees the ordinance as inconvenient for people riding a short distance. “But the laws are there for a purpose,” he said.

When the fall semester

kicked off, officers saw a rise in cyclists riding on the sidewalk.

The rise is expected to be from students and faculty who are unaware of the ordinance and are now frequenting the area with school back in session.

After the increase in enforcement, Lincoln Police Department team officers

noticed a decline of bicyclists riding on sidewalks and saw people who opted to ride on the streets or walk their bikes, Flood said.

“Our goal is merely to inform the violators and decrease the possibility for injuries to citizens in the downtown area,” she said.

issue, he found the group had installed a typical number in Lincoln.

Part of the effort is the education on the features of the smoke alarms the student volunteers give to people.

These features make the smoke detectors better than others, Hatcher said.

They include a “hush” button allowing the tenant about five or six minutes to get any smoke out of the room if there is no fire, he said.

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collider: from 1 Model theory predicts should exist. If the Higgs boson particle does exist it will explain why and how particles have their masses.

The Higgs boson particle is named after Scottish physicist Peter Higgs who came up with the idea of the missing link particle.

Snow explained why particle research and finding the Higgs Boson may be important to the average person.

“If we do find the Higgs boson, the average man on the street may not care and it probably will not immediately change his life.” Snow said.

“What the Higgs boson will do is allow other inventors to use our findings to create new technologies.”

Elementary particle research inventors were able to make advances in high-speed computing and faster electronics.

“Your laptop may be a super-fast computer, but it needs a chip to be that fast.” Snow

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bikes: from 1 In the United States, restrictions on bicyclists riding on the sidewalks in urban areas are not uncommon in cities, including Chicago and San Francisco, Flood said.

“The ordinance was originally created to protect pedestrians walking in areas of the city defined as congested districts of downtown­— Havelock, University Place,

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Sophomore Aaron Woodman rehearses oboe in Westbrook Music Building Monday evening. Practice rooms are available to students from 7 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.

vegan: FROM 1 “In high school, there were literally no options available to me,” Kellogg said. “I ended up having to bring my lunch to school every single day.”

She was hoping UNL would be able to offer her a change but is still having difficulty seeing variety in Dining Services’ options.

“Sometimes it feels like I’m getting cheated, because everyone else gets all this awesome food and I get vegetables,” Kellogg said.

Some vegans, like Kellogg and Huston, may feel like they’re being cheated out of the costs of their meal plans, especially with limited options.

Pam Edwards, assistant director of Dining Services,

disagrees. Herself a vegetarian, Edwards understands the difficulty in locating food for specific diets.

“We realize the dining options for vegans are limited and can get repetitive sometimes,” she said. “However, we are constantly looking for new vegan recipes to add to our menu.”

Edwards said in her 15 years of working for UNL, there has never been much focus on the vegan population simply because it’s relatively small. The only attention ever brought to the subject happened years ago in the form of a vegetarian/ vegan student group that Edwards herself was going to sponsor. The group ended up not panning out, but if

the idea were ever brought to Edwards’s attention again, she said she would sponsor their activities.

“Every lunch and dinner must have a vegan entrée,” she said. “Our menu committee comes up with the recipes for these entrees, but we encourage participation from real vegetarian and vegan students to suggest their ideas for recipe testing as well.”

Edwards emphasized the need for further university inclusivity on the vegan front.

Kellogg and Huston are both proud of their lifestyle choices and described several benefits of being vegan, like having more energy throughout the day and

notably clearer skin. But the choice has had its downsides.

“Nebraska seems somewhat turned off by the idea of veganism,” Kellogg said.

“It’s difficult to go out to restaurants and find something on the menu that I can eat.”

On the other hand, Huston noticed certain restaurants are becoming much more vegan-friendly.

“Taj Mahal in Lincoln has a great selection of vegan items,” she said. “If you’re interested in more snacktype foods, Open Harvest has a large variety available.”

Despite her difficulty with the dining halls, Huston never went to Dining Services to discuss her desire

for more vegan selections.

She felt that it was pointless because she was only using the dining halls during the summer.

“I think that if other vegan students want a change in the food selection at the dining halls, they need to go to Dining Services,” she said. “The staff there is willing to accommodate you if you bring attention to it.”

Edwards also said if any students would simply like more information about what specific foods are available to them, regardless of dietary habits, they need only come speak with her and she’d be happy to assist them in any way she can.

in the hopes of improving their news media knowledge.

One student, Michael Menish, a senior language arts education major, said he would take the class because it would help him become an active media consumer.

Right now, Menish said he’s not really interested in politics or entertainment news, unless it is an election year.

He changes the channel between the traditional broadcast networks, ABC, NBC and CBS, for his nightly newscasts and only reads a newspaper when he’s back home in Norfolk.

This type of a class would challenge him to pay more attention when he watches and reads, something he thinks is uncommon among his peers because of the massive amounts of information available.

“I think people take what’s thrown at them,” Menish said.

Another student, Rebecca Roberts, a junior child, youth and family studies major, said she could benefit from the news class because she really doesn’t watch that much news as it is. Roberts said she rarely, if ever, reads a newspaper and seldom

watches a nightly newscast, except when she wants to learn about big international events.

Most of the time her TV is tuned into the E! Network, where Roberts learns the latest celebrity gossip. When she’s on the web, Roberts said she might catch a news headline on MSN.com. But that, she said, is the extent of her news consumption.

If she had the time, Roberts said she would take the class so she could learn about bias in the media and how to detect when someone spins a story to gain an upper hand.

“I wouldn’t think people will lie about that stuff, but that’s just me being naive about politics and news,” Roberts said.

While Wagner said he hopes to see the class grow after its initial semester, he said it’s equally important for the students in the class to challenge their beliefs and see the world through multiple lenses.

“If citizens can’t pay attention to what’s going on and do so objectively, the American experiment is in trouble,” Wagner said.

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class: FROM 1 causing students to bypass the news media and creating even more misinformed voters, she said.

Berens said she’s excited for the class’s potential to become a class taught to hundreds of UNL students each semester.

Talks between Wagner, Berens and others about the class began after hearing about a news literacy class at State University at Stony Brook in Stony Brook, N.Y., she said.

Two UNL students said they would take a large-scale version of the class in the future

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Bikers should not be fined for using sidewalks Bicyclists should be able to ride on the sidewalk.

Unfortunately, in downtown Lincoln, this is a violation of ordinance 10.48.170. This law wasn’t enforced heavily until recently. The enforcement began after a slew of complaints entered the Lincoln Police Department.

For the first offense, the rider is left with a warning. After that, the fine for riding a bike on downtown sidewalks is $53 after court costs, an outrageous sum.

For many college students owning a car isn’t practical, especially with UNL’s current parking lot issues. Having a bike makes a lot of sense. Bikes are a quick and relatively inexpensive method of transportation.

However, getting around downtown Lincoln can be difficult, even dangerous for a bicyclist. This is in part because the bike lanes are right in the middle of the street.

We here at the Daily Nebraskan aren’t experts in physics, but it seems to us that a car travelling even at a low speed could seriously injure a bicyclist if they were to collide. Collisions and accidents seem probable because of the placement of the bike lane in the middle of the street. Several of the DN editors have nearly run into bicyclists while driving.

Putting bicyclists in the middle of the road is irresponsible and dangerous.

So where can the bicyclists ride without fear of injury?

The sidewalk! Oh ... wait.

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Bittersweet to be third wheel

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ow was the seventh weekend in succession with your two closest friends, who just happen to be boyfriend and girlfriend?

I bet you went to the zoo this time, and I bet that was just splendid. I’d wager the three of you spent several hours poking around giving all animals, especially ones that were asleep or defecating, plenty of attention. You probably took pictures of Boyfriend and Girlfriend in front of said animals, as they provided the best opportunities to strike provocative poses. I’m sure you also managed to get a quick pic with either Boyfriend or Girlfriend, or sometimes both, if a benevolent stranger caught the strained smile on your face and knowingly took pity.

How did you feel when Girlfriend confided in you close, personal, intimate details about her close, personal, intimate relationship with Boyfriend, your best friend, while he went through his renal routine?

How did you feel when Boyfriend confided in you close, personal, intimate details about his close, personal, intimate relationship with Girlfriend, your best friend, while she occupied the john doing things neither of you were comfortable acknowledging?

Back to the zoo. How lucky that you found something interesting about gorillas staring dumbly at dead tulips, while

dillon jones the Boyfriend and Girlfriend engaged in one of their intimacies that do not include you — because then things would get complicated among you all and bring about the destruction of your sacred Tri-Force.

It was smart thinking to bring a book to entertain yourself during the ride home so that Boyfriend and Girlfriend had the space to regale themselves of past experiences with each other and engage, yet again, in intimacies that you, yet again, are encouraged not to participate in.

Did you ever wonder why you were there?

Did you ever experience the headcold-like feeling when you see Boyfriend and Girlfriend staring into each other’s eyes, as you realize, though you are physically there, you are no more part of the action than the gorilla?

Where did you look?

At Boyfriend and Girlfriend, right?

You looked and made a note of the way they looked at each other. You made a note of how it felt like they

were completely unaware that sometimes the force of their adoration for each other made your stomach ache and your heart twinge. That you experienced involuntary jealousy and frustration because they had no idea that they made your stomach hurt sometimes or your heart twinge sometimes. And then, they looked at you and saw the peculiar twist on your face as you mulled these terrifying thoughts and asked you if you were “good.”

You smile. “Yes.” That, right there, is the art of the third wheel. The thing is, you were in fact “good” when they asked you if you were “good.” You understood that the reason they asked you was because, they were, in fact, at least partially aware of this subtle debilitation (i.e. the stomach and heart thing) and they asked you this question that was peppered with their love for you. It was their way of communicating the appreciation of the friendship you all share.

The look they gave you when they asked you that question, a question that was sautéed with their affection for you, was as full of love as the one they gave each other. It was terribly and terrifically hard to say “yes,” but you did it, and smiled back at them. Moreover, you returned their look of love with one of your own.

It is an art.

Dillon Jones is a sophomore English major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Tax reform debate lacks specific arguments

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his past summer, the President and Congress were engaged in a high-stakes political game of chicken regarding the debt ceiling. After months of arguing, bargaining and compromising, Congress passed an amendment to raise the country’s borrowing limit, cut spending and preserve the United States’ premium AAA credit rating. This resulted in a credit downgrade and market chaos.

In this new economic uncertainty, political commentators have revived an old debate: Should those who can afford to pay more taxes be required to pay more taxes?

This tax debate is a great opportunity to examine government programs and find practical solutions to reduce the deficit. But all the talk is focused on the taxes instead of the programs that need help. This means Republicans and Democrats are limited to rehashing a broad theoretical debate instead of making progress toward specific practical solutions.

Proponents of a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans say a tax system more closely tied to percentage of income would be more equitable and fair. Nebraska’s own Warren Buffett made headlines

saying he feels “coddled” by the government because he’s not paying more in taxes.

Opponents of the tax increase counter by saying raising taxes would deter business owners and entrepreneurs from creating new jobs. They also claim taxing the rich more is a tactic to “punish” the economically successful.

If this sounds like a bunch of Democratic and Republican talking points, that’s because it is.

Both left-leaning and right-leaning partisans have already made up their minds regarding tax policy.

Now that tax policy is back in the news, each side is once again trying to convince the other of its philosophy, while refusing to be persuaded by the other’s point of view. Unfortunately, the debate is unable to evolve from this stage due to a lack of specificity in the argument for increasing taxes.

This not only limits the discussion to recycled sound bites and catchphrases, but also stifles the ability of the government to analyze the real issues at hand and find workable solutions.

According to an Aug. 10 CNN poll, a significant number of citizens support increasing taxes on the richest X percent of Americans

by Y, to increase tax revenues

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by Z. Regardless of how the variables are filled in, this is the basic formula found in the argument for raising taxes.

What isn’t clear, however, is the purpose that this tax would serve.

There is certainly no shortage of potential justifications, and a case could be made for applying the new tax revenue to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, the national debt, a third stimulus package or business incentives to combat unemployment. The tax increase could even be a part of a larger tax reform plan. However, while there are plenty of prominent voices advocating for a tax increase on the wealthy, those same voices are not united in promoting a target for the tax revenues that would result from it.

Without a specific reason for increasing taxes on the rich, the discourse is unable to reach a

problem-solving stage. If, for example, the argument was that taxing the rich could help save Medicaid, the debate could focus on Medicaid instead of the tax increase. Economic and healthcare experts could analyze Medicaid’s problems. Members of Congress could propose alternative solutions. Then, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office could weigh in on the most cost-effective option — one that might have a chance of becoming law.

On the other hand, when the only argument for raising taxes on the wealthy is that they can afford to bear a larger tax burden, none of that can happen. Democrats and Republicans revert to talking points and are unable to agree on tax legislation. Most importantly, the problems of Medicaid remain unsolved.

This lack of specificity also hurts Democrats’ ability to make the case for raising taxes on the wealthy. Cost-benefit analysis is an essential component of the policymaking process, especially in the case of economic or fiscal policy. With unemployment at 9.1 percent nationwide, it is especially critical to consider the advantages and disadvantages of a tax increase that would undoubtedly

have an effect on the economy and jobs. That doesn’t mean that every tax increase is inherently bad, but it does mean that any change in tax policy should have its merits weighed against its faults. Without a clear goal, all we have to weigh against reducing business’s incentives to create jobs is the moral satisfaction of making the wealthy pay more taxes.

This may be a comforting fact to Democratic ideologues, but it will do little to assuage the hardships of the unemployed who will have to work harder to find employment.

I’m not saying the current discussion about taxing the rich is a conversation not worth having.

Rather, the debate over tax policy in America is both necessary and important. But arguing without specifics gets us nowhere. Both sides are stuck repeating an old debate with stale rhetoric and are unable to evaluate the real issues.

We need to refocus the debate on a specific program or programs that need fixing.

Then both parties can stop talking in circles and start problemsolving.

Ben Kantack is a senior political science and Spanish major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Musician Cheryl Wheeler said it best: “In their odes to Joy and Jesus, do you think they once foresaw their pieces on our wireless devices?”

Cellphone technology has enabled millions of people around the world to answer phone calls after a short, relaxing replay of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” or a quick lapse into Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro.”

However, at the University

of Nebraska-Lincoln, classical music isn’t just found emanating out of the purses of college women and faculty members around campus. It’s also performed classically, on every instrument from the flute to the cello to the harp. This week, it happens to be a performance on the piano by faculty member Ann Chang, Ph.D. As a faculty member at UNL, she will be giving a free performance at Kimball Recital Hall Aug. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

“I’ll be performing very standard repertoire for the

piano,” Chang said, “consisting of pieces by Chopin, Bach, Schubert and Beethoven.”

Chang currently serves not only as the artistic director for the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln but is also an artist-in-residence at UNL. “The purpose of our faculty recitals is twofold,” said John Richmond, director of the UNL School of Music. “It kind of dispels in a dramatic way the terrible mythology that those who can’t do, teach. Our teachers do such

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a great job.”

Chang certainly embodies this message. As a college professor, she does what any professor is expected to do: She is responsible for teaching college students the ins and outs of performance as well as the performance industry. She prepares them for a career that could be unfruitful and difficult but also helps them discover their love for the instrument, and for the music.

“It’s always exciting to perform a recital in the early part of the semester as students

come back,” Chang said. “It’s nice to connect with them in this way.”

But as Richmond puts it, these recitals are not just to reach out to students.

“It provides an opportunity for our faculty to perform for our students and perform for them what they teach them to do,” Richmond said. “It also provides a marvelous cultural resource for the community.”

Community members are encouraged to attend these concerts to see what the UNL faculty and School of Music embodies and to expose

if you go Ann Chang, ArtistIn-Residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music when: Tuesday, Augu.

30 at 7:30 pm. where: Kimball Recital Hall on UNL’s City Campus how much: Free themselves to the types of music and culture they may not find in their everyday lives. adrienneanderson@daily-

RMV brings AfroCaribbean to Lincoln Chance SolemPfeifer Daily Nebraskan

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Last Saturday marked the anniversary of Omaha band Blue Bird’s first practice. The seven-member group has had an eventful year with a twoweek tour on the East Coast and now, gigs in the Midwest including Sioux Falls, S.D., and Kansas City. But this week, Blue Bird is staying in Omaha and playing at The Waiting Room.

Blue Bird is known by its fans for possessing an eclectic sound stemming from

genres including soul, pop, doo-wop, folk and Americana, which is folk music with country influences, according to Blue Bird keys and clarinet player Ian Simmons.

Blue Bird’s musical influences include ’50s girl groups, the Mamas and the Papas, Roy Orbison, Otis Redding, ABBA, ELO, Emmylou Harris, Leonard Cohen and the Kinks.

Lead vocalist and Blue Bird director Marta Fiedler said the group didn’t want to limit their music to just one genre.

“We didn’t have any musical intentions, we just figured

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There is perhaps an obsession with the tangible when it comes to musical criticism. “That riff was technically sound.” “The inter-line rhyme in that lyric was quite subtle.”

But from a concert-goer’s perspective, there’s no more coveted trait than being able to make toes tap and hips sway. This is where RMV, a Lincoln-based Afro-Caribbean band, boasts spades.

“Making people move: That’s what we’re all about,” said Patrick Kazadi, RMV’s manager and backup vocalist. “If the crowd is having a good time, we’re having a good time.”

It’s been a summer of “having a good time” for the seven-piece, which has played numerous outdoor gigs in Lincoln, Omaha and Kansas City. They’ve brought a style of music that historically is played out of doors (harkening back to its Haitian and Caribbean heritage) back to its roots. For RMV (which stands for Results May Vary), though, the darkened stage of Duffy’s, 1412 O St.(where the band will play Wednesday night) or the Zoo Bar suits them just fine. Any time, any place — that’s the mantra that keeps the group rolling along.

“Playing outside is nice,

but the setting doesn’t matter to us very much,” Kazadi said. “We can’t allow our surroundings or the atmosphere to affect the way we play — to distract us from what we’re trying to accomplish.”

What the group is aiming to do, beyond the goals of any burgeoning group, is bring a specific style to the Lincoln music scene that’s currently absent: mainstream R&B earworms with a traditional Haitian twist. Locally speaking, RMV stands chiefly alone in this genre and it’s not something they have a problem with.

“In Nebraska, we consider ourselves to be THE source for this kind of music,” said Danel Jacques, RMV’s maestro and keyboardist.

“We know there are reggae groups, but as far as Haitian music goes we wanted to expose people to something

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if you go RMV’s “End of Summer Show” when: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 9 p.m. where: Duffys Tavern, 1412 O St. how much: Free they’re probably not familiar with.”

But this also presents a challenge, begging the question, how does the band present a relatively unfamiliar musical style in a way that’s relatable to audiences?

The key is getting the crowd on the hook with reworked covers, like Bruno Mars’ “Grenade,” for instance.

“Everybody knows that song,” Jacques said. “But when they hear our take on

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I just want to be myself, hipsters Neil Orians

Apparently MTV’s Video Music Awards were Sunday night.

The only reason I found out about it was because of the upset Facebook statuses I read the next morning. Otherwise I had no idea that we were even in that part of the year.

This made me realize something. I am completely out of the mainstream. Hell, I’m barely in any stream at all.

And you know what? I’m actually growing tired of it. I am actually sick of not knowing who is in the Super Bowl and when. I am upset that I missed out on the VMAs the other night and yes, I even care about the Grammys now. I realized we live in a world that is fueled by the idea of what is and is not popular. Just because I don’t inherently agree with that notion of superiority based on corporate support doesn’t mean I should strive to stay away from it. I have already admitted my awkward homo-boner for Katy Perry, why do I keep striving to be something I am not?

It’s all because of the hipsters. Those damned indieloving, underground, pretentious douche bags that we’ve been told exist. The bane

of my existence ever since I moved here. How did I let myself become one? It all started with that Shopko eye exam when I got my Rivers Cuomo-inspired lenses, and the rest is history. I somehow allowed myself to become a cynical punk-preaching bastard that happens to have a column in a student-run newspaper in Nebraska.

So I guess this is a bit of a dilemma. On one hand I enjoy the sense of superiority I gain from being awesome and individual. On the other hand, that’s a super ridiculous smug statement to make and I can’t believe my hands typed that. How hip is too hip? I feel that in Nebraska we tend to try too hard to be more artistic or more individual than the art cities. Why go to Chicago?

That place is so mainstream.

New York City has been old for years. Lincoln is the new Greenwich Village.

But how far does one go before selling out, so to speak? I guess I could look at it like Steve-O’s dad does in “SLC Punk”: “I didn’t sell out, I bought in.”

High art is dead; regular art died with it. I genuinely feel like there’s nothing to sell out to anymore, everything is commercialized anyway. I just want to be able to be myself without feeling pressured that I should be “more punk.”

Hell yeah, I rock out to “Firework” whenever it plays on the radio in my car. It’s perfectly acceptable to have a purple mohawk and not like The Sex Pistols, but good luck

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convincing the community that’s OK. I’m sick of feeling like I have to actually try hard to be myself. So here’s a list of some of my more unpopular opinions I’ve kept inside for fear of rejection from damn near everyone.

Jaden Smith’s verse in that one Justin Beiber song is actually good. Stop saying that Lady Gaga is an artist, she’s just someone who likes to play dress up and takes it a little too far. “Glee” is the worst thing to happen to music since bad music. The “Green Lantern” movie wasn’t that bad, so stop moaning about it.

I liked Lil Wayne’s last single (the one that was badly autotuned and was about like how to love or whatever). I also liked Taylor Swift’s last single.

Most punk is really bad. Most Ska is really bad. Reel Big Fish is terrible, yet I can’t stop listening to them. I will always have a soft spot for Relient K. Travis Barker isn’t that great.

The new Blink 182 song “Up All Night” is growing on me.

Older Brand New is better than brand new Brand New. Being individual doesn’t matter much when everyone thinks you’re a prick, so just be yourself and screw the rest.

Neil Orians is A senior fine arts major. Reach him at neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com.

bird: from 5 Not only is Blue Bird’s sound diverse but so are the members. Fiedler, along with her backup vocalists Carrie Butler, soprano, and Samantha Brock, alto, all have classical orchestra backgrounds, and Blue Bird members Simmons, Rob Mathews, Matt McClure and Vince Giambattista have all played in other bands, including Eagle Seagull and Thunder Power.

“What makes us unique is all the different influences we put together to make the sound that we have,” drummer Mathews said.

Blue Bird uses a variety of genres and musicians but also instruments: violin, bass, drums, clarinet, keys and guitar. And anyone of the members has enough fluidity to sing any parts if they want to, Fiedler said. Each member

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Thursday, Blue Bird will show off their diverse music with bands The Benningtons and Sun Settings.

“Playing in Omaha is great because it’s an excuse to get our friends together and play with other great bands,” Fiedler said.

Fiedler said Blue Bird’s music is something every generation enjoys from grandparents all the way down to children, another aspect of the band’s fluidity.

“I think it’s unique that we make music that’s kind of timeless,” Fiedler said.

Blue Bird’s Facebook page allows users to listen and buy songs from a playlist including “The War,” “Don’t Leave Me,” “Everything Can Change” and “Metamorphosis.” bethanyknipp @dailynebraskan.com

Lil Wayne returns with new album Matt Havelka Daily Nebraskan

After a slow summer in the rap music world, the selfproclaimed “Best Rapper Alive” is back with a new album.

Lil Wayne is almost 30 years old and if “Tha Carter IV” gives us any indication of his mental state, he’s a grown man and he’s got a lot on his mind.

Two years ago Lil Wayne was coming off the multiplatinum smash hit album “The Carter III,” and it seemed like you couldn’t turn on a radio without hearing his trademark lighter flick followed by his bullfrog voice croaking out classic lines. He was riding a tidal wave of success, and it seemed like he could do no wrong.

A year later, Lil Wayne’s stranglehold on hiphop culture was slipping through his fingers. A year-long prison sentence was looming, and his rock-rap album “Rebirth” was hitting the shelves and underwhelming critics and fans alike.

Upon his release from prison he quit his longtime codeine syrup habit and stopped trying to be a rock star, and his newfound creative energy brought innovative focus to “The

Carter IV”.

“The Carter IV” (which hits shelves Tuesday) explores Lil Wayne’s newfound maturity and his growth as an artist. There are still remnants of the goofy swagger and playful lyricism that made him famous, but for the most part the album feels like the first album from a new chapter in Lil Wayne’s career.

There are themes of regret on “Nightmares at the Bottom,” lost loves on “How to Hate (feat.

T-Pain),” and his recipe for brushing off the haters on “Abortion.” Plainly stated, this isn’t the same Lil Wayne CD that you jammed out to in high school. It’s Lil Wayne for adults.

“Devil on my shoulder/ The lord is my witness/ So on my Libra scale I’m weighing sins and forgiveness,” Lil Wayne proclaims on “She Will (feat. Drake).”

These kinds of self-defeating contradictory lyrics define what separates this album from the previous three installments of “The Carter.” There are fewer party songs than the Carter’s past, and I’m sure that will divide some of his fans, but the raw and ferocious lyricism is still present, and in hip-hop, that’s all that matters.

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With that said, the hit single “How to Love” feels out of place on the record.

Had it been left off the final track list I would have proclaimed “The Carter IV” the best rap album of the year.

Two of the stronger tracks on the album don’t feature Lil Wayne. The interlude and outro carry one continuous beat and features blistering verses from Tech N9ne, Andre 3000, Nas, Bun B and Busta Rhymes. It’s not very often that you find a rapper willing to give up six minutes of his album to other rappers, but he did it for the greater good of the music. Weezy is a different breed of rapper, and even more so than before, he’s confident and willing to take risks.

“The Carter IV” reveals Lil Wayne’s ability to rise above the youngsters of the rap world. His lyricism and originality proves that even though hip-hop is a young man’s game, Lil Wayne is a grown ass man. matthavelka@ dailynebraskan.com

Sage Francis boasts unconventional rap Neil Orians Daily Nebraskan

Sage Francis is the stage name of Paul Francis. He’s a 34-year-old burly white dude from Providence, R.I. On the surface he’s the least likely artist to create a legitimate career in indie rap. However, he happens to be the most amazing underground rapper you will ever listen to. His career started off as a slam poet and he eventually added music to his work; the performance value and artistry of his work clearly transitioned into hip-hop well.

The seventh studio album from Sage Francis is absolutely phenomenal; anything less would be insane. I was first introduced to his work my senior year of high school when I found a copy of his third album, “Personal Journals.”

Ever since I was captured by his story telling rhymes.

I will be perfectly honest, his work pushes all of my buttons in the best way.

His word play and mashing of idioms creates a visual language.

I refer to Sage Francis as a storyteller. He doesn’t always tell just his own stories, but when he does he speaks with such a genuine voice. The first track, “Little Houdini,” tells the story of Christopher Daniel Gay escaping prison and evading the police chase that ensued. Gay did this to visit his mother on her death bed. Sage Francis tells this story behind a country-influenced indie beat with a vibrating organ

backing the acoustic guitars and drums. The lyrics are delivered in a violent triplet pattern, in conflict with the 4/4 base. It is probably the best opening song to an album I’ve ever heard.

The best song on this record is easily “The Best of Times,” a retrospective self portrait that gives us the life story, anxieties, hopes and dreams of the artist in question. Typing the lyrics for you to read in this article would not do his piece any justice. You just have to listen and listen intently. Look up the music video on YouTube and just watch. Don’t let it play and multi-task on your homework; watch this video and let it sink in.

The musicality of this record is interesting to say the least. It is anything except your typical hip-hop sound. There are no beats normally associated with rap. If it weren’t for Sage

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Francis’s rapping it would easily come off as an indie record: vibraphones, pianos, acoustic guitars — very literally every instrument you wouldn’t normally hear in hip-hop.

That’s easily half the reason I love this record so much. The musicality is truly original, much like his themes within his lyrics. It only makes sense that his music would play off his unconventional take at rap.

All that being said, every song on this album is worth listening to over and over and over again. Just put it on repeat and let it play.

neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com

rmv: from 5 it, they start to think about the music in a different way.”

Once the impact of familiarity has hit home, RMV peppers in original tracks that inform the audience that there’s plenty of originality and creativity with respect to the band, not just musical prowess.

“When they recognize something that they know, they’re more likely to accept our music and the feel

of our music,” Jacques said.

RMV is only one of three bands that fall under the umbrella of RMV Entertainment Studios, which is owned and operated by Jacques and Kazadi. For several years there was personnel overlap between RMV and the other two groups (which indulge in both hiphop and rock sounds), but moving forward, the three bands have exclusive members and are well-suited to

play some of Lincoln’s more genre-tailored venues.

“It’s been great for us,” Jacques said. “It’s allowed us to diversify where we can play and sometimes when RMV doesn’t get the call, one of our other groups will.”

On Wednesday night, the band will be working with newcomer, Juan Delhon, on lead guitar. There is no cover for the show.

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FOOTBALL PRACTICE NOTES Dan hoppen daily nebraskan

kicking duties filled The competition to replace Alex Henery is, for the moment, decided.

At Monday’s press conference, NU coach Bo Pelini said junior Brett Maher will handle both the kicking and punting duties for the Huskers Saturday against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Maher is competing with Mauro Bondi, a freshman from Boca Raton, Fla., for the right to replace Henery, the most accurate kicker in NCAA history. Henery was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of April’s NFL Draft.

“Obviously, (Henery) was pretty close to perfect,” Pelini said. “It is a tough act to follow, but I feel good about our guys and think we are in good hands. We have a lot of confidence.”

While he named Maher the starter, Pelini did not close the door on the competition. He said Bondi had a good camp and has done well with the opportunities he’s been given.

“Until they get out there and do it, we will see,” Pelini said.

DENNArd to play saturday Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini put an end to one of the most pressing camp questions since cornerback Alfonzo Dennard pulled a leg muscle during practice last week by confirming the senior would play Saturday.

“He’ll be a go,” Pelini said.

It’s still unsure whether Dennard will start and how much he will play. If Dennard doesn’t start, sophomore Andrew Green will draw the other corner spot opposite Ciante Evans. Pelini also listed Josh Mitchell and Dijon Washington as players who would see more time in Dennard’s absence.

But the positions are far from settled. The Huskers plan on using Saturday’s game as a laboratory of sorts, testing out many different combinations in the secondary.

“You’re going to see (Justin) Blatchford at the nickel,” Pelini said. “You’re going to see Ciante at the nickel.

You’re going to see four, maybe five different safeties at different times. This early season, the competition continues, especially now with the heat of the game in who’s going to perform. So you’re going to see a lot of guys back there playing different combinations.”

Meanwhile, Bo Pelini said the mending Dennard is getting closer to full strength.

The senior was named a preseason All-American by several publications, and while the Huskers want him to play Saturday, it’s important that he gets fully healthy by the time NU’s tougher opponents, particularly those in the Big Ten, roll around.

“He is ahead of schedule right now,” Bo Pelini said.

“We have no real timetable. He is doing very well and looks comfortable. You don’t want to put him out there too soon.”

Familiar faces on NU’s sideline The Cotton family presence at Nebraska has steadily grown through the years.

Barney Cotton came on as the Huskers’ offensive coordinator in 2003, and after leaving for a few years, came back to Lincoln as NU’s offensive line coach in 2008.

That was the year his oldest son, Ben, became a Husker tight end. He has since established himself as a dominant run blocker whose efforts helped the Huskers led the Big 12 in rushing yards last year.

Two years later, another son, Jake, signed with the Huskers as an offensive lineman. Jake redshirted last season and is in the mix for playing time this season.

And in late June, Sam Cotton, another tight end, gave a verbal commitment to the Huskers. A senior at Lincoln Southeast, Sam is rated a three-star prospect by rivals. com.

College is commonly viewed by students as a way to become independent and separate a little from family.

But Ben Cotton embraces his family’s company inside Memorial Stadium.

“It’s really a dream come true,” Ben Cotton said. “I think it might be one of the first times in NCAA history that happens, where you’ve got a brother on the team, your dad is a coach and another brother that’s going to be on the team. Fortunately, I redshirted (in 2008), so it’s possible that all three of us (brothers) are going to be on the same team.”

The eldest Cotton is especially excited for Sam to arrive because the two play the same position and he looks forward to taking his brother under his wing. He hasn’t always had that opportunity with Jake.

“Sam, playing the same position (as me), wants to hear more of what I want to say and what I want to teach him,” Ben said. “Jake, he likes to do his own thing and turn to my dad. He doesn’t always want to hear big brother.”

Dad isn’t a bad place to turn to. Barney Cotton played at Nebraska from 1975-1978, then spent four years in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and the St. Louis Cardinals. He’s been in the coaching business since 1989, including offensive coordinator stints with New Mexico State and Iowa State.

Ben Cotton said the biggest advantage to having his dad on the coaching staff isn’t necessarily having him for football – it’s about just having his father around when he needs him, a luxury most college players don’t enjoy.

“If you ever have to blow

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off steam or go over some stuff, it’s a lot easier to relate to someone in your family than a coach you’ve only known for four or five years,” Ben said.

There are times when the situation isn’t ideal. Football conversations that usually die on the field often carry into family gatherings.

“You’ll never get the last word in and you will always finish the issues over family dinner or something away from the stadium where you normally wouldn’t with just a regular coach,” Ben said, with a smile. defensive ends condition for new roles While Jason Ankrah may have won the starting defensive end spot opposite Cameron Meredith, Carl Pelini said to keep an eye on junior Josh Williams, who is just starting to get comfortable with the weight NU coaches asked him to put on when he arrived at Nebraska in 2008.

“Josh has had a great camp,” Pelini said. “I think he’s taken a definite step ahead. Last year he put on a lot of size. That first year he put on all that size, he didn’t quite look comfortable with his size. Now he looks comfortable at 270. He’ll be the first guy off the bench on both sides.”

The situation is similar to that of Jared Crick’s a few years ago. Now, Crick is a 6-foot-6, 285-pound AllAmerican candidate who figures to be a top pick in next year’s NFL Draft. But when he arrived on campus in 2007 out of Cozad High School, Crick weighed a slight 250 pounds and planned to play defensive end.

The coaches saw a dominant defensive tackle in that frame and asked Crick to put on 30 pounds.

“At first,I thought it was going to be a daunting task, gaining 30 pounds over a spring into a summer,” Crick said. “It’s kind of easy to gain 30 pounds the wrong way, but to do it the right way was really tough. At times it was rough.”

“I gained a lot in the weight room that spring also, but just the fact that you’re 30 pounds heavier, it doesn’t matter how strong you are.

It’s going to be awkward for you. It was a big adjustment for me, but once I did I felt a lot better. I started getting my speed back and it’s worked out so far.”

Pelini said that Williams, now 270 pounds, put the weight on much quicker than Crick did, causing his adjustment period to take a little longer.

“Some guys can’t handle it,” Pelini said. “I don’t just look at a guy and say, ‘Hey, I want you to be 270.’ That’s after extensive talks with (strength coach James) Dobson and our nutrition guys.

You do it a few pounds at a time and just kind of see what happens.”

BIG TEN HOMEROOM

Compiled by Austin Epp 1. Wisconsin First game – vs. UNLV Last year, the Badgers led the Big Ten in scoring with 41.5 points per game, thanks to the tremendous three-headed rushing attack of John Clay, James White and Montee Ball.

The trio scored a combined 46 rushing touchdowns, 11 more than any other team in the Big Ten. With White and Ball returning, the Badger’s backfield looks like one of the best in the nation.

junior running back Edwin Baker was fourth in the conference with 92.4 rush yards.

ence in both rushing and passing yards per game.

9. Northwestern First game – at Boston 5. Penn State College With three straight postFirst game – vs. Indiana season appearances, State Joe Paterno’s Nittany Lions Northwestern is another team the top dogs of the went 0-4 against top-25 teams last season in what Big Ten have to look out was somewhat of a grow- for. Senior wide receiver Jeremy Ebert led the Big ing season with freshman Ten in receiving yards while quarterback Rob Bolden. fellow senior quarterback With a year of experience Dan Persa was second in now, expect Bolden and passing yards. Together his team to pull out some the two should keep wins against the top dogs 2. Nebraska secondaries scrambling in the conference. in their final hoorah as First game – vs. TennesWildcats. see at Chattanooga 6. Iowa The hometown Huskers are coming into their inau- First game – vs. Tennes10. Purdue see Tech gural Big Ten season with First game – vs. Middle The Hawkeyes are a lot of a lot of hype. Defensively, Tennessee people’s dark horse pick they’re probably the best The Boilermakers begin to come out on top of the in the conference, but the Legends division because this season on a six-game big, reoccurring question losing streak, but return of their less-challenging in Lincoln is whether the 18 starters from last year’s cross-division schedule. offense will stay consisHowever, Iowa is returning squad. Unfortunately, one tent. The answer lies with of those starters won’t be only five starters on both quarterback Taylor Martisides of the ball, losing key playing. Quarterback Rob nez. If Martinez can prove Henry is expected to be players like quarterback to defenses that he can Ricky Stanzi, wide receiver out for the season after beat them through the air, then he, along with tailback Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, tearing his ACL during fall Rex Burkhead will run this running back Adam Robin- camp. Henry finished 10th team to Lucas Oil Stadium son and safety Tyler Sash. in the conference in allpurpose yards as a freshfor the first-ever Big Ten man. championship game.

7. Michigan First game – vs. Western 11. Minnesota 3. Ohio State Michigan First game – at Southern Denard Robinson, last First game – vs. Akron California year’s Heisman frontrunA brand new Buckeyes We’ll get a good look at team will take the field this ner for the first half of the the Gophers early as they season, had this offense year after a controversial travel to the Coliseum to looking scary good. The offseason in Columbus.

Wolverines led the confer- take on the Trojans, in The big names of former what could be the start to ence with 448 yards per head coach Jim Tressel a long season up north. game. The problem is and former quarterback Their defense could keep they also led the conferTerrelle Pryor are out, but them in some games with ence in yards allowed per expect new head coach nine returning starters, but game. If new head coach Luke Fickell to have his football team ready to play. Brady Hoke can stiffen up offensively they will have to improve as they finhis defense, this team will If they can win the showished 10th in the Big Ten in down at home vs. Wiscon- be contenders late in the points per game last year. sin Oct. 29, it will put them season. in the driver’s seat of the Leaders division.

12. Indiana 8. Illinois First game – vs. Arkansas First game – at Ball State 4. Michigan State The pass-happy Hoosiers State Finishing tied for fourth in only managed one conFirst game – vs. the conference last seaference win last season, Youngstown State son, the Fighting Illini are in which came in overtime Don’t sleep on Sparty. no way a pushover. Talent- against Purdue in the seaRemember this team fined, dual-threat quarterback son finale. Usually teams ished tied for first place in Nathan Scheelhaase, now that lead their conference the conference last seaa sophomore, is the catain passing yards don’t find son with Ohio State and lyst for this team. Scheelthemselves in last place, Wisconsin. Senior quarhaase was one of two but that’s exactly where terback Kirk Cousins was second in the Big Ten with players, Denard Robinson this one-dimensional team 226 pass completions and being the other, to finish in might be for the second the top 10 of the conferstraight year.

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Unfamiliarity and new environments became natural to Bri Badje and her teammates during their trip to England. The trip was designed to help Nebraska refocus and find ways to win on the road, which plagued the team last season.

Overseas travel emphasizes NU’s need to win road games andrew ward daily nebraskan

A tavern in London is known as the birthplace of football, or in American terms, soccer.

It was 1863 when 11 clubs and schools set up the first professional football organization.

The origin of this sport was where the Nebraska women’s soccer team went this summer to compete and also to bond as a team.

Junior Jordan Jackson said the squad also learned how to truly love soccer because of how people in England treated the game.

“It was nice to see how passionate people in England are about soccer,” she said. “It showed us how to appreciate the game even more.”

With a team that has as many underclassmen as the

Huskers, a trip overseas like this could only have benefitted Nebraska. NU has 17 underclassmen on its roster.

One of those underclassmen, sophomore Bri Badje, said both she and her teammates experienced an increase in maturity from the trip “Ever since we went to England, I feel both mature as a person and a team,” she said. “This makes us a better team from a year ago.”

Badje and her teammates have competed well so far in the 2011 season despite being unable to achieve a victory in the early going.

However, the Huskers played well against a couple worthy opponents in No. 3 North Carolina and Sun Belt Conference-favorite Denver. Nebraska lost by a late-match goal in both games.

Jackson said a defining

moment during the England trip was when NU matched up against Birmingham, one of the top teams in England. The junior forward said it was interesting to see how well the Huskers matched up.

“They were the best English team and England has some fantastic soccer,” Jackson said. “It was really interesting and fun to watch us battle and become better because of that type of competition.”

Another reason NU decided to take the overseas trip was to get better in road games. Nebraska was 2-5-1 on the road in 2010, compared to 9-1 in Lincoln.

Jackson mentioned the Huskers poor road record a year ago was probably one of the reasons they did not make the NCAA tournament in 2010.

In England, Badje said it

was a much more difficult environment than any road game NU faced during the season.

“You are in a place that is completely unfamiliar to you,” she said. “We had no fans, so it definitely was a different atmosphere, but I feel like it helped us a lot.”

Though the road woes have continued for NU this year, as it dropped its first game away from Lincoln in a 3-2 loss to Denver, Nebraska seems to be more motivated to do better on the road.

Jackson said especially with the England trip under their belts, the Huskers feel they can do a lot this year.

“We feel more like a family than we ever have because of that trip,” she said.

“We will succeed because of it.” andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com

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Hayley Thramer’s ability to fill in after captain Jordan Wilberger struggled against New Mexico State was undeniable. However, Thramer remains humble, acknowledging her performance does not put her above her teammates. weekend, Thramer said she feels that it wasn’t just her on the court who kept the team going.

“Everybody was happy for me to be out there,” she said.

“But as a team we just came out with a different mindset, and that’s what helped us as a team.”

There is no way to tell

what will come of this weekend. Thramer said she feels that NU’s talent at the middle blocker position means every player is worthy of time.

She added that she doesn’t feel her performance puts her above any of her teammates.

“As middles right now, I think we’re all talented,” Thramer said. “I think we’re all

pretty even.”

Thramer said she believes she has talent and feels like she could start, but she also recognizes that starting isn’t the only way she can contribute to NU. “I’d love to start, who doesn’t want to start?” she said. “But I just want to contribute. If it means I start then

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The big question is whether Thramer will start Friday against Colorado State.

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released in the backfield.

“We want to play as many guys as we can all the time, and I think we have some numbers in some areas,” head coach Bo Pelini said. “There is a lot of competition still going on. I think you’ll see a lot of guys based on the fact that there are a lot of guys that are close, especially in certain positions.”

Quarterback Taylor Martinez remembers his first game in scarlet and cream.

It didn’t take him long to get acclimated to Memorial Stadium, as he ripped off a 46-yard touchdown run on the third play of his collegiate career.

“Man, that was exciting, especially with the whole stadium erupting like that,” Martinez said. “That was the first time I ever experienced something like that.”

So what words of advice does the sophomore have for his green teammates?

As always, Martinez keeps it simple.

“Just be ready,” Martinez said. “Don’t really worry so much about the fans

and just play your game.”

But the young players aren’t the only ones desperate to get back on the field. Martinez said the Huskers are anxious to erase the bad taste last year’s Holiday Bowl loss to Washington left in their mouths. This is also the first opportunity for the Huskers to prove themselves to their new Big Ten brethren.

And, especially for the defensive guys, just the thought of hitting people again is exciting.

“We’ve been waiting for this for a long time, just getting out there and hitting somebody,” senior defensive tackle Jared Crick said. “We’ve been hitting ourselves the past couple weeks and spring, and it’s time to get out there and hit somebody else and play games again. Obviously, first game everybody is excited, but, given the circumstances that we had last year, we’re more anxious to be out there and get a ‘W.’”

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ankrah: from 10 the mental aspects of the game, are what slowed him down the most initially at Nebraska. He points to a change in mindset as one of the key factors in working his way up the depth chart.

“Usually, before when I went out there I’d get the play and I’d think, ‘Oh my God, what do I gotta do?’”

Ankrah said. “But now, I know what I gotta do. It’s just go play.”

Becoming more instinctive and less hesitant has paid dividends for Ankrah, whose strides have been noticed by Carl Pelini.

“He’s gotten really physical,” Pelini said of Ankrah. “He reminds me of Pierre (Allen) in terms as to how he defends the run. He plays at good pad level. He has a lot of lower-body strength. He’s gotten a lot strong in his upper body. He allows himself to play very physical against the run, but he still has the athleticism in a third-down situation to rush the quarterback like a pure pass rusher does.”

Pelini’s comparisons of Ankrah to Allen certainly

make sense as Ankrah views the 2010 season captain as a huge influence.

“Being behind Pierre last year I knew I’d get some play time,” Ankrah said.

“But Pierre was a leader in the defense and he was the main guy. He took me under his wing so now I feel like I can go out there and I’m the starter. I just gotta show I can do it.”

The Gaithersburg, Md., native has shown that thus far to his teammates, indicated by the words of heralded senior defensive lineman Jared Crick.

“Ank (Ankrah) has come a long way, physically and mentally,” Crick said.

“He’s starting to learn the game now, and I think that’s one of the biggest things playing defensive line.”

“That’s why he’s in the position he’s in right now,” Crick added. “He’s worked so hard at that, and he’s gotten so much better. If he’s going to be out there starting with us, he definitely earned that.”

mattpalu@ dailynebraskan.com

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Transfers and first-time players alike will suit up for the Huskers this weekend. Veterans look forward to returning to the field, while coaches prepare for the problems that can come from unfamiliar surroundings.

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Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini hopes he won’t be hanging his head during Saturday’s opener against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Although many unseasoned players will see the field, Pelini said, “You got to cut the umbilical (cord), throw them out there and see what happens.”

ne would expect nerves to be high before Saturday’s opener against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for most of Nebraska’s freshmen.

It wouldn’t even be surprising if the junior-college transfers taking Memorial Stadium for the first time felt the jitters.

But Carl Pelini?

The Huskers’ defensive coordinator is known for his tough, fiery demeanor that has earned him great respect among the players. But until the first snap is taken Saturday, the elder Pelini brother said he and the Husker newcomers share an emotion.

“All the worst-case scenarios; You look at a play and you think about what your calls are in that personnel,” Pelini said at Monday’s press conference. “You always think, if I make this call, this is the play I don’t want to see. What if this happens or this happens? He doesn’t go to his coverage on this, or he hits the wrong gap on this blitz.

“But eventually, you got to cut the umbilical (cord), throw them out there and see what happens.”

There are going to be a lot of cords cut Saturday. The Huskers figure to play a great number of freshmen, particularly on offense, where both the line and receiving corps will be flush with youngsters and the highly touted threeheaded freshmen monster is

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Jason Ankrah, No. 9, demonstrated to teammates and coaches that he was ready for a larger role on the team. Fellow defensive ends Eric Martin and Josh Williams will start the year behind Ankrah on the depth chart.

Ankrah earns starting position Matt Palu Daily Nebraskan

Stories are usually broken about players, not to them.

Jason Ankrah became an exception after Monday’s afternoon practice, as he was informed by media members interviewing him that defensive coordinator Carl Pelini had named him a starter for this Saturday’s season opener earlier in the day during Pelini’s press conference.

“Actually, you’re the one who told me that,” Ankrah said, prefacing a chuckle, to a reporter who asked Ankrah when he was informed of the news.

Although the 6-foot-4, 265-pound redshirt sophomore may not have known that he was the starter heading into the week, the revelation shouldn’t have come as too much of a shock.

Ankrah was in the middle of a heated four-player race for the starting defensive

end spot opposite Cameron Meredith throughout the spring and early fall.

He was pitted in competition against junior linebacker-convert Eric Martin, junior transfer Joe Carter and redshirt junior Josh Williams.

While all four were vying for the same spot, Ankrah maintains the group would often lean on each other for support, and moreover, pointed toward Williams specifically as one of his

biggest sources of motivation.

“We both help each other out,” Ankrah said. “Josh knows a lot more about the defense than I do, so we both look out for each other.”

Ankrah went on to admit the intricacies of the defense, along with some of

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Jordan Wilberger is a captain. Expectations run high for the senior middle blocker from Scottsbluff.

Wilberger was selected by her teammates to be a leader on and off the court.

But on Friday she was leading more off of the court than on.

After the second-straight dropped set against New Mexico, Wilberger was benched in favor of sophomore Hayley Thramer.

Wilberger’s teammates recognize her as a leader.

Before the season began, NU assistant Dan Conners said that this team’s dynamics made her and Brigette Root ideal selections for the captain position.

On the squad’s volleyball media day, Wilberger talked about being a captain and what the selection by her teammates meant to her.

“It’s an honor but it brings on a lot of responsibility,” she said. “Our team is really special; there is no one person that sticks out and everyone’s input is valued.”

On Friday Thramer’s input was valued over Wilberger’s. The sophomore came in the second set and

greatly improved upon Wilberger’s -.125 hitting percentage.

Even though she only got seven attempts, Thramer hit .571. Thramer also had eight block assists on the night, second on the team despite only playing three sets.

Coach John Cook saw a change in the Huskers after Thramer came onto the court. After that point, NU seemed to come alive.

“Hayley Thramer came off of the bench and played really well,” Cook said. “I started seeing glimpses of how I think we can play this year.”

Wilberger was noticeably absent from the court for match two on the weekend, as Thramer got the nod Saturday night against New Mexico.

Nebraska swept the Lobos.

Thramer only committed three errors on her 14 attempts and also got three block assists.

“It was a great start to my career,” Thramer said.

“It was great to come in and be able to contribute.”

Despite her presence in every set following the losses in the first two on the

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