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wednesday, december 11, 2013 volume 113, issue 071

Inside Coverage

Gluten-free pageantry

A Twitter petition

Student sings, raises disease awareness

Class tweets beg for cancellation of semester final

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Unrivaled adversity

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Ridge Kiley, a former Nebraska wrestler, demonstrates the double-leg takedown at Unrivaled Sports Performance, the gym he started after graduating from Nebraska. photo by jennifer gotrik

meals on

wheels story by Tyler Williams | photos by shelby wolfe

The 10th annual Incredible, Edible Car Competition, hosted by the East Campus engineering programs, took place at the Nebraska East Union on Tuesday. The event acts as an open house for prospective students of agricultural and biological systems engineering, and for potential employers to meet with students.

students compete in edible car racing, engineering challenge

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he Gluttons are the champions.

The four team members – Yuki Naoe, Tyler Kingsley, Hannah Jones and Luke Monhollon – won the 10th Annual Incredible, Edible Vehicle Competition with their car, Meals on Wheels.

Twenty-six teams of freshmen agricultural engineering and biological systems majors competed for ice cream and University Bookstore coupons in the Great Plains Room in the Nebraska East Union on Tuesday afternoon. Biological systems professor Evan Curtis organized the event, which retiring biological systems professor Dennis Schulte started 10 years ago.

The competition began as a fun and creative way for students to get experience designing something while also working with the real world limitations of time constraints.

Biological system engineering majors, Claire Tunakan, Stephen Enke and Amanda Vansaut race to finish eating their edible cars during the fourth annual Incredible, Edible Car Competition hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus engineering programs at the Nebraska East Union on Tuesday.

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UNL parking fines may increase Parking Advisory Committee considers increasing citation, event fees to fund StarTran contract Lane Chasek DN The cost of parking citations and special events parking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may increase.

The University of NebraskaLincoln Parking Advisory Committee passed a motion Tuesday to develop a budget that would allow UNL to fund the StarTran buses currently serving UNL’s intercampus bus route. To fund these StarTran buses, certain parking citation fees, as well as the prices for parking at sports

events, may have to be raised, Parking and Transit Services director Dan Carpenter said.

This budget will split the funding for StarTran buses for 2015 equally between general student fees and parking and transit fees. Carpenter said the committee will take whatever measures are necessary to keep the prices of student parking permits the same in the near future.

Three parking citation fees increased by $5 this year, Carpenter said. These citations include parking in front of an expired meter (a current fee of $15), not displaying a valid parking permit or displaying a parking permit so that its expiration date isn’t visible (now $35) and parking in unauthorized areas (now $35).

Fees for parking in handicapped zones will not be raised, Carpenter said. Fees for this type of violation will be kept the same as per state law, with the first

violation costing students $150, the second violation costing $300 and the third violation $500.

Stephen Burnett, a faculty senate member on the Parking Advisory Committee and professor of classics and religious studies, suggested that raising the fee for overtime violations at parking garages would be reasonable.

Overtime violations occur when cars parked in a parking garage are left overnight or left at the parking garage past the garage’s operating hours, Carpenter said.

The Parking Advisory Committee also hopes to raise revenue for funding the StarTran system by increasing the cost of parking at sporting events.

Parking at UNL volleyball games costs $4, but may be increased to $5 next year. Parking Advisory Committee senate faculty member and broadcasting professor Barney McCoy suggested that less-attended UNL

parking citation costs Current parking citation cost

expired meters:

$15

no valid parking permit:

$35

parking in unauthorized areas:

$35

Proposed special event parking cost

volleyball games:

$4 to $5

football games:

$15 to $20

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Love Library access to be 24/7 after renovations Kelli Rollin DN University of Nebraska Lincoln Libraries are extending its hours to 1 a.m., in January 2014, but the first floor of Love Library will be open 24/7 once renovations are done.

“The students we’ve talked to, they’re pretty excited about our building having a 24/7 space,” said Dean of Libraries Nancy Busch, who led an open forum meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

She said Lincoln is growing and it’s more common for people to be out late, so the all-access hours are a good thing.

At the meeting, Busch reviewed

the library’s master plan, which includes making the first floor of Love Library North a commons area and moving the books to an off-campus storage unit. The library is pushing toward a more open setting with a circulation desk in the center of Love Library South with common areas surrounding it. The renovations also include the addition of a coffee shop in the library and more wheelchair-accessibility.

Renovations are expected to start in fall 2014 and end by fall 2015.

Busch said she would like to maintain the link, the outdoor pathway under the bridged second floor,

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Final exam protest goes viral on Twitter

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Gabby Lazaro DN What started as a single tweet encouraging a communications final to be canceled turned into a full-fledged social media movement via Twitter.

The Communication in the Digital Age class’ hashtag, #unlcomm498, was retweeted about 1,000 times by about 500 different people between last Thursday and Friday. Several Husker athletes, basketball player Doug McDermott from Creighton University and even the comedian and Nebraska native, Larry the Cable Guy all helped in the #unlcomm498 movement.

Senior communication studies major Carla Talmadge sent the initial tweet about 15 minutes after professor Jordan Soliz ended class on Thursday. Then three or four other students quickly joined in encouraging others to retweet to get their exam canceled, said Kayla Simms, a senior communication studies major.

“I retweeted Carla and then it just basically snowballed,” said Alexander Lai, a junior computer science major. “None of this was actually planned – it just gained momentum. Everyone in our class has Twitter for in-class assignments and we’re kind of a close-knit bunch. If we see something interesting, we retweet it.”

Almost the entire class of about 30 students got involved and some began reaching out to others – including celebrities and athletes. Lai tweeted “Help retweet so we can get our final canceled.”

Husker football team member and fellow classmate Walker Ashburn was the one who reached out to Larry the Cable Guy, who retweeted Ashburn on Thursday.

Although Soliz never challenged his students to this or made it an assignment, he did lecture about social movements and digital media – specifically the role of Twitter in class that day.

“The students decided to take it upon themselves to start a protest against the second exam,” Soliz said. “I came out of a class I was teaching that afternoon not knowing what was going on. I thought it was pretty innovative and creative.”

The class made a joke about making their own social movement to get the final canceled, and Soliz didn’t turn it down, Simms said.

“We were trying to put the theory into action,” she said.

“We’re a pretty rambunctious and outgoing bunch of students.

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Husker football player and COMM 498 classmate Walker Ashburn’s tweet at Larry the Cable Guy was retweeted by the comedian and Nebraska native. swers and going with the flow, and Jordan (Soliz) is pretty laid back.”

Soliz responded with a YouTube video emphasizing the importance of exams.

“We thought it’d be interesting to point out that there was no argument in their protest. We thought it’d be interesting to reframe it,” he said. “It was just for fun – education should be fun.”

Simms said she’s impressed with the outcome and other campuses getting involved, but she’s pretty sure students didn’t expect the final to be completely erased.

“He said that he should still recognize us for our efforts,”

she said. “It’s kind of ominous what’s going to happen – if it’s going to be a light exam or if there’s going to be some serious extra credit going on.”

Soliz also mentioned he thought it was interesting that some of the students who weren’t in class that day saw the tweets and actually thought it was a thing – if they actually got a certain number of retweets, there would be no exam.

“It started to take a life of its own,” he said. “It was pretty interesting to watch, like I said, I give them credit but I’m not canceling the exam. That was never part of it.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Legality surrounds delivery drones Nam Tran DN Drones might be able to deliver packages to your doorstep.

Last Sunday, CEO and Founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos announced on “60 Minutes” that the company is developing and testing unmanned aircraft delivery drones for orders placed through the Amazon website.

Those drones would then deliver packages to a recipient’s house in 30 minutes or less.

Bezos said he believes by 2015, Amazon will have regulations governing commercial use of the drones in place.

Matt Waite, a journalism professor of practice and founder of the Drone Journalism Lab, said he believes that the public will be waiting a little bit longer for drones to deliver packages to people’s homes.

“I absolutely believe that someday, your Amazon purchases will fly themselves to your house,” Waite said. “But, when Jeff Bezos is talking about 2015, that would be the soonest it would happen, that is really underplaying how little is going to be possible in 2015.”

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has said that the first rules that are going to come out for smaller drones like the one Amazon is talking about are not going to be allowed in the air without a pilot in command of them, Waite said.

There are many safety provisions that need to be discussed when it comes to drones, Waite said. Drones need to safely land when in trouble, they need to be able to stop themselves when dropping or go slow enough as to not hurt other people.

inge johannsen | dn There is also the issue of law and property ownership and provisions, such as the legality for Amazon to fly over a person’s property.

“Currently under legal regulation, as a land owner you own up to a certain altitude in the sky, generally about 500 feet, where the national airspace begins,” Waite said. “So if Amazon is flying over your property below 500 feet are they committing trespass? Legally, yeah they kind of are. Are these Amazon drones going to have to follow the street and not fly over people’s property? Well, if that’s the case what if there’s an art festival going on, are these going to be allowed to fly over crowds of people?

Currently, the FAA will not allow you to fly over people,” Waite said.

Right after Bezos appeared on “60 Minutes” to talk about Amazon’s drone program, there was a social media uproar, during which people were talking about shooting down drones as soon as they see them fly over their property. In Deer Tail, Colo., a man proposed to the city council that it start selling permits to the city to allow for people to shoot down drones and take them.

But the FAA considers shooting down drones a felony.

“I always tell them it’s a terrible idea because you’re putting bullets in the air. Even if it’s buckshot, you

could still hurt somebody pretty significantly,” Waite said.

Other than being utilized for delivery, drones are being tested for a variety of different things. Waite said he believes the single largest user of drones in the future is going to be farmers.

“They’ll be using them to monitor crops and livestock,” he said.

“They’ll be using them to analyze fields and figure out what needs what and where and when. They’re applying it where and when it’s needed so they can save money and increase their yields.”

Archeologists looking at certain sites, wild life managers, agronomists, transportation, engineering, the list of people that could benefit from an inexpensive way to get shots or data from the air about any given thing goes on, Waite said.

Drew DuPont, a sophomore broadcasting major, worked at Valentino’s Pizza for three years and believes that drones could easily be used for things such as delivery of food like pizza orders from restaurants.

“Yeah, I think in the future Val’s or any other big fast food company will be using drones or robots to deliver orders placed to people’s houses,” DuPont said.

Also an intern at Husker Vision, DuPont believes that sports could soon be seen through the eyes of drones monitoring and broadcasting games live.

“This is already happening in other countries, I think it’s a matter of time till most major sports broadcasting companies will be utilizing drones to their advantage,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UHC shirts fail to meet logo regulations Becca Jarratt, a member of the leadership team of the StuCommunications dent Advisory Board and senior major, said she wore discourages advisory chemistry the shirt at events she volunboard from wearing teered at, such as the homecoming parade and while giving T-shirt with misuse tours of the health center. of trademarked “N” Smith said no one will get in trouble for wearing the shirts, but this is a learning opportunity for everyone.

Layla Younis When Jarratt found out that DN she couldn’t wear the shirts, the first thing she did was ask the Members of the University adviser of the Student Advisory Health Center Student Adviso- Board why the decision was ry Board have been discouraged made. from wearing this year ’s Health “(The adviser) explained Promotion and Outreach shirts. that the Nebraska “N” was not The gray shirts have “Uni- used in a correct manner, acversity Health Center” written cording to university regulain white, but the Academic “N” tions,” Jarratt wrote in an email. is in the middle of the word Jarratt said she understood “university.” the reasoning behind the deciSuzanne Forsion and wasn’t kner, lead wellupset about it.

We have ness educator at “We underthe health center, another stood this, and said she was nomade a group tified by UNL’s T-shirt without the decision to abide Communication logo in question, by these wishes,” Department that she said. so we have the use of the James Guest, academic “N” another option.” director of the could not be used University as part of a word Health Center, becca jarratt or acronym. student advisory board said the shirts Steve Smith, were made with director of UNL’s the help of an newsroom, said the academic outside vendor and no one “N” is a brand of the univercaught the mistake early on. sity and there are standards the “It wasn’t intentional,” university has to follow to make Guest said. sure incorrect brands aren’t Students can still wear last used on promotional material. year ’s shirts designed by the “It’s our practice to not Jacht Club, Guest said. blend in the “N” with a type,” “We have another T-shirt Smith said. “The “N” is a standwithout the logo in question, so alone icon. It’s not intended to we have another option,” Jarratt be used in a string of letters.” said.

Forkner said she found out The shirts were given to after students and staff wore people associated with the Unithe shirts at the Winter Wellness versity Health Center, such as Festival, which was held Nov. the advisory board, Forkner 12 to Nov. 14. said.

The Winter Wellness FesThe only thing the health tival is an event hosted by the center can do now is move on, health center to inform students Guest said. on how to stay healthy during news@ winter. dailynebraskan.com

Sorority returns to campus after 1-year suspension Nicole Rauner DN

ness, loving your body and sexual health awareness and prevention.

The sorority has continued After a yearlong suspension to have pledges even after its based on hazing allegations, suspension, having introduced seven new members this semesSigma Lambda Gamma of the ter. But Morales said reputation University of Nebraska-Lincoln can be difficult to change after an Nu Beta Chapter has returned to incident. campus.

“It does hurt Lia Morales, There were your reputation,” the sorority’s Morales said, “but president, said no hard people do know she is eager to parus personally and ticipate in Greek feelings. They it helps if you events. were more happy know the person.”

“We have met Schwartzkopf all the require- to get us back on said the sorority ments to be back campus.” has handled their on campus,” she lia morales new pledging syssaid. “That insigma lambda gamma president tem admirably. cludes paying our “They were fees, turning in acvery transparent ademic work and from the beginning, they were holding certain events.” very forthcoming and cooperated Linda Schwartzkopf, director fully,” Schwartzkopf said. “They of Greek Affairs, said the sorority will come back a better and stron- did everything that was required by them. They have focused this ger organization. semester on scholarship and lead“I think that the process they went through has raised their lev- ership and service and values that are common to Greek associael of awareness,” Schwartzkopf tions,” she said. said.

Not only did the sorority Last week, the sorority took part in Winter Gammaland. It work hard to better their reputation on campus, but other sororiwas a holiday-themed party with white elephant gifts, cookies ties welcomed them back into the and hot chocolate. During Finals Greek community as well. Morales said the Greek community Week, the sorority will sell goodie has been supportive and shown bags at a booth at the Nebraska nothing but support for the reUnion. The bags purchased to turning members. send to students include granola “If we needed a helping hand bars, candy, pencils and erasers. they were there for us,” Morales On Sept. 30, Sigma Lamba Gamma hosted a week to pro- said. “There were no hard feelings. They were more happy to mote diversity and the empowget us back on campus.” erment of all women. The week news@ included events surrounding topdailynebraskan.com ics such as mental health aware-

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parking: from 1 sporting events, such as soccer, could have their parking fees decreased to encourage more people to attend these events and increase revenue.

Parking fees for football games could also be increased from $15 to $20, McCoy suggested. However, both McCoy and Carpenter said further research will need completed to determine whether increasing parking costs for football games would generate enough revenue. McCoy said looking into how other Big Ten schools have handled increased parking fees would be beneficial.

At present, no budget has

been constructed projecting how much revenue increased parking fees might raise, Carpenter said.

Carpenter also said parking lots surrounding the underconstruction Innovation Campus may provide UNL with additional parking space and revenuegenerating opportunities.

“But before we do that,” Carpenter said, “We need to take into consideration the fact that a lot of capital needs to invested in that area before any revenue could be made from it. The area where Innovation Campus is currently being constructed has pothole problems and large sections of concrete which need to

be replaced.”

Though funds must be raised to pay for the StarTran bus system, it is cost-effective for UNL, Associate Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance Kim Phelps said. According to the Parking Advisory Committee’s projections, the total cost for splitting the intercampus bus routes between UNL and StarTran buses would cost UNL a total of about $12,380,000 over five years. Allowing StarTran to operate all intercampus bus routes would cost about $10,842,000, saving UNL more than $1.5 million. news@ dailynebraskan.com

The lower level of both libraries has a tunnel connecting the buildings where some collections are stored, but Busch said she would like to see that space be utilized by students. Right now, only employees are allowed in the connecting tunnel.

When construction starts on the main entrance and outside link, Busch said she’d like for the tunnel

to be readily available for people to use for their convenience. She said when the construction on the entrance is finished, she’d like for the tunnel to remain open, since it will already be fixed up.

Pearson agreed and said the library’s intentions are to “find a way for everybody to go down there.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Jessica Robertson, a senior advertising and public relations major at UNL, will attend the Most Promising Minority Students conference in New York City on Feb. 11-12, and also be featured in USA Today. She plans to use the conference as a means of finding potential job opportunities and networking with advertising and public relations professionals.

Advertising student wins minority award melissa allen dn Jessica Robertson remembers the exact moment she realized she wanted a career in advertising.

The advertising and public relations senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was 11 years old when she took a magazine quiz that predicted what career would be best based on the personality of the quiz taker. A decade later, she now has that quiz framed and mounted on her wall.

This month, Robertson got accepted into the Most Promising Minority Program for the American Advertising Federation. The national program selects students who show leadership in their communities and have high GPAs. “I was in disbelief, honestly,” Robertson said on learning of her acceptance into the program. “I didn’t think I qualified at all, because my college trajectory has not been typical. Sriyani Tidball, my adviser, said we should go for it. We submitted my application 20 minutes before deadline. When we learned that I got accepted into the program, I was so happy for the both of us.”

The program conference will take place in New York City, Feb. 11-12, and it will enable the selected students to meet and network with high-end advertising companies.

Robertson will be featured in USA TODAY and the magazine Advertising Age, and her resume will be submitted into the 2014 Most Promising resume online database for future employers

gram and has served on the Uniand connectors to see.

Robertson deserves this rec- versity Program Council.

The Most Promising Minority ognition, Tidball said, assistant professor of advertising in the Program will give her an opporCollege of Journalism and Mass tunity to map out what her future career opportunities are for after Communications. she graduates in May. “She’s so bright, keen and “My goals have been set on open to advice. It makes her finishing school,” she said. “Now unique,” she said. “You see students, you work with them, and (the program) has opened up for then when they get recognition – me, and I’m going to keep my eyes and ears open to an oppornational recognition – it’s so entunity this might bring me. But I couraging to see that.”

Growing up in Aledo, Texas, have no definite plans yet. Maybe Robertson was very involved in I’ll throw my cap in the air, maybe.” high school orgaRobertson wants nizations and the She’s so to use her advercommunity. bright, keen tising education to She created and was presiand open to find a career that will benefit people dent of two clubs: advice.

It makes who don’t have all Young Democrats the same opportuand a recycling her unique.” nities she’s had, she group within her said. school’s National sriyani tidball “That’s the only Honor Society. advertising professor area I really want She also volunto be involved in,” teers for the Aledo she said. “I care a lot Ride for Heroes, which raises funds for volunteer about education and the opportunities it’s given me. That’s where firefighters for her home state.

I want to direct myself in the fuBeing involved has taught her ture, just work on continuing that a lesson in leadership, she said.

“It taught me to stick to my cycle and doing something with purpose.” guns and stand by what I beRobertson has a lot of open lieve,” Robertson said. “It made opportunities for her future, Tidme really appreciate the work that goes into any team effort, and to ball said.

“She’s very warm and friendappreciate people individually ly,” Tidball said. “I mean, she’s a for what they have to offer to a real, sincere person. Those qualiteam.” ties make people relate to her Robertson chose to attend UNL after receiving the National very easily. She’s very open and Hispanic Merit Scholarship. Dur- transparent, and that opens up ing her five-year career, she’s possibilities for people like that.” news@ mentored an eighth-grade girl for dailynebraskan.com the TeamMates mentoring pro-

between North and South libraries.

“Right now it’s dark,” she said.

“It feels cave-like.”

She said it could look more inviting and be more convenient to go between the two libraries if the link was enclosed with glass, much like the current entrance to Love Library South.

Some concern was brought up about students saying they feel uncomfortable walking to or from the library at night and feeling uncomfortable in certain hidden places in the library itself.

Deb Pearson, associate professor and head of facilities planning at UNL Libraries who attended the meeting, said concerns like these have been and will continue to be tended to.

Concerns of lighting around campus and the library were brought up, which Busch said the university will address in the master plan.

Pearson said the library worked with facilities management and planning in the past to address the stacks areas that feel secluded and unsafe. She said when changes were made the stacks areas were more open. Pearson said the library collaborated with the Women’s Center to see how comfortable women would feel in the changed area.

Busch said having police monitor the library at night could be a possibility, but she doesn’t think students or community members will cause many problems with the all-access hours.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” she said. “It may not be an issue.”

Four entrances to Love Library South will eventually be opened with the completion of renovations.

Busch said the southeast entrance of Love Library South will soon be opened for the first time, but accessibility ramps need to be constructed first.

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Deidre Sandall, a biological systems engineering major, laughs while competing in the 10th annual Incredible, Edible Car Competition at the Nebraska East Union on Tuesday.

“We learned more about ourselves and how we interact with others,” said Ravi Raghini of his team “Bread Sticks.”

Raghini said he and his group members, Emmie Johnson and Sara Heindel, worked hard at constructing their bread-based car.

“You really have to think it through” Heindel said.

The competition took place in three stages. The first was a poster presentation of how the vehicle was designed, the ingredients used and the caloric content of the ingredients. This was the only part of the competition that will impact the grades of the students involved.

The second stage was the physical competition, where all teams participated in a preliminary elimination round. Cars that break apart were removed, and all remaining vehicles were rolled down the 90-degree slope.

The vehicles were judged on the straightness of the course, the physical stability and the distance traveled.

In the final stage, the teams

We learned more about ourselves and how we interact with others.”

Ravi Raghini team bread sticks

devoured their creations within four minutes. Winners were chosen and awarded the prizes once the cars were consumed.

The event also allowed students to meet with UNL alumni representing major companies throughout Nebraska and see posters of professional quality.

Joel Stanberg, a 2005 graduate, and Michael Classey, a 2009 graduate, came to the event representing their environmental and civil engineering consulting firm SCS Aquaterra. “(We’re here) to support the department, which serves as an opportunity to interact with students,” Stanberg said.

Although the Bread Sticks

were excited and anxious to be in the competition, Johnson admitted that she “was kind of dreading it because you have to be creative.”

For team Rainbow Skitteers – comprised of Zachary LaPointe, Jacob Lez, Jamella Pederson and Anna Petrow – planning took two to three days, taking more time than originally thought, LaPointe said.

The edible competition allowed students to compromise, work as a team and come together, said Rainbow Skitteers teammate Jacob Lenz.

“It’s a lot of fun and the rewards are sweet,” Pederson said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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DN needs more international voices

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Love Library needs to begin 24/7 access sooner Finally, all University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, will have a space to study long into the night.

The first floor of Love Library will be open 24/7 once renovations are done, which is expected to be fall 2015. The announcement came at an open forum meeting led by Dean of Libraries Nancy Busch Tuesday afternoon.

The Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board commends this decision. We only wish these hours could begin earlier.

The library will extend its hours to 1 a.m., beginning January 2014. This is a positive change too, but many students still won’t be done studying by then.

UNL’s campuses are sorely lacking in 24-hour places for students to study. Students who live in the residence halls have access to a number of study rooms in their dorms.

But students who live off campus can’t access these. Many buildings also have extended hours for students in certain majors. But again, these aren’t accessible to everyone.

With many students’ busy schedules – which include classes, jobs, internships, athletics, clubs and other extracurriculars – expecting students to be done with work and ready to leave campus early in the evening just isn’t realistic. Especially during Dead and Finals weeks, when all-nighters become all too common, having a quiet, easily accessible place for students to be productive is important.

And for many, the library is the perfect environment for productivity.

It will require increased staffing and, consequentially, more money for the library to operate 24/7. But this is a worthwhile investment.

Many of us will be gone by fall 2015, but to those who will still be around: Count your blessings. You’re a lucky bunch.

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he recent Association of Students of the University of Nebraska scandal has been of interest to most everyone on campus lately. As a result of his racial comments at a senate meeting, Sen. Cameron Murphy has been highly criticized, especially by racial minorities. Although he somehow avoided impeachment, Murphy had to bear an official reprimand at the ASUN meeting and negative publicity on campus. The whole “racist comment by the ASUN senator” story was compelling enough to be actively read and shared across campus. In addition, it was provoking enough to upset University of Nebraska-Lincoln students both online and offline. Given the heated situation, we all seem to have an open hostility to intolerance, narrow-mindedness and lack of diversity.

A similar issue regarding diversity on campus was brought up on the first page of the Daily Nebraskan on Sept. 23. According to the piece, more than 80 percent of the UNL student body is composed of white Nebraska residents. Statistics by US News and World Report show that UNL ranked 21st out of 254 national universities for being the least diverse campus in America. Another article published on the same day by the DN titled, “Minorities struggle to find like-minded students at UNL” introduced a black student who finds herself detached and isolated from everyone else in her dorm. Clearly, we know that we lack diversity and care enough to be upset about the campus being intolerant of racial minorities. However, that’s about the extent of our concern.

The fact that we acknowledge the problem may sound promising. Unfortunately, our actions don’t seem to speak louder than our awareness. In other words, our brain is fully aware that we need diversity, yet our heart is unlikely to embrace it. As an international student myself, I’ve experienced numerous moments of awkwardness, feeling like I’m not wanted in a group as a member. When doing group work, my opinions were rejected eight out of 10 times because I was, in their words, “too international” for them. Especially in the beginning of my residence in the United

pus. It independently represents our minds, thoughts and insights, ranging from what issues we believe are important to how we perceive them. Thus, having more minority students to write for the DN will bring more diverse minds, thoughts and insights to the paper. For the readers, this will only benefit them by exposing them to a greater diversity and helping them understand it better. For the non-minority employees at the DN, this will be an opportunity to learn how to work with minority students as a team. For the racial or States, I couldn’t get away from being treated like a foreigner and a stranger. Many times I ethnic minority students, this will be a chance was assumed to be Chinese or asked if I was to pitch their ideas and convey them to the from China, unless I identified myself as Kore- non-minority audience.

The question, then, is how can we encouran first. Once identified, some age the minority students to work even went on to ask whether I for the DN? What possible aid We need had ever eaten a dog in Korea should we offer to attract them? or whether Koreans eat dogs. to stop just Considering that most of the miI remember myself trying very nority students have language ishard to calm down when one worrying about sues and the college newspaper American student asked me, requires its workers to read and publicly in class, whether I the minorities on write fluently in English, the DN was from North or South Ko- campus but start may be seen as a white Amerirea. Of course this made evcans’ club to the minorities. eryone burst into laughter, offering them a Therefore, I suggest that the DN including the professor, but I chance to speak.” should employ a language assisdidn’t and still don’t find that tant who works as an interpreter funny at all. and translator for minority students, espeI’m not writing just to whine about how being an international student and a minor- cially international ones, to easily participate.

Speaking from my personal experience at the ity on campus sucks. I’m writing to throw DN, I’ve had some troubles with word choice out a question and suggest the most feasible and message delivery as a non-native English and effective remedy for the given situation. speaker. Although it made perfect sense in my It’s shameful that our best moves have always been nothing more than using Facebook to language, it could be understood differently in click “like” on stories or to share them on our English, especially in a written form.

We need to stop just worrying about the timeline. Yes, this might spread the word, but what can this possibly achieve beyond that? minorities on campus but start offering them a chance to speak. Help them escape from beWe have to start looking for a more active solution. How can we actually obtain diversity ing underrepresented and unheard-of. Having on campus? What can the university and indi- a language person staffed at the DN would viduals do in order to expand this mutual in- definitely bring more minority reporters and terest? I believe having the minority students’ writers to the newsroom and, eventually, the diversity we long for. voices heard through the DN is the answer.

Haeyoon Kim is an international The DN newspaper is more than just one political science major. Reach her at of the many local papers in Nebraska. It’s opinion@ a collective voice of UNL students on camdailynebraskan.com

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Cursive connects students with work

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emember those weeks spent in grade school tracing single cursive letters? Remember being told how important it was going to be to your academic and professional life? And then it wasn’t.

Beyond my grade-school curriculum, I was rarely required to use cursive ever again and I scoffed back at my elementary school teachers.

The only time it was distinctly required might have been signing the PSAT honor pledge, which many students actually find to be the it’s that kind of intimacy and patience with most difficult part of the exam. the words that add meaning to what I’m writStudents who grow up without practicing ing. It’s imperative to be neat and precise with or forming an appreciation for cursive writing every letter and every word. It’s not far from are missing an important part of their intel- creating artwork itself. lectual and academic development. Cursive There are practical reasons to keep teachshould continue to be taught ing cursive. Our founding docuand practiced, and students ments like the U.S. Constitution It improves shouldn’t lose out just beand the Declaration of Indepencause we’ve entered the digiour writing dence are written in cursive. We’ll tal age. continue teaching them to our Once cursive is no longer and our reading children but won’t teach them required, few students con- cognition. It the skills to read the original coptinue practicing it and revert ies. Then they might as well be a connects us back to print because it’s easiforeign language to them, full of er to write and easier to read. with the past supposed important but archaic Now, computers are becoming ideas. But really the language and a more common tool in class- and holds onto writing isn’t so difficult to read if rooms and even hand print is those things that students knew these basic skills. becoming obsolete. Cursive They would also have an appreisn’t only losing its empha- make us human ciation of times before the digital sis but also losing its place in in our written conveniences when everything curriculums. Nebraska still was carefully handwritten. maintains cursive in its cur- communication.”

If young people don’t learn to riculums but doesn’t teach it write even their names in cursive, or require it beyond the third their signatures are much easier grade. Curriculum writers argue there simply to forge when they are printed. The signaisn’t time to keep teaching this outdated skill. ture needs to be somewhat cryptic in that it’s It might seem tedious but cursive teaches us unique to each person. It also shows someone’s more than just a way to write. Cursive teaches character and personality. Without the skills of us to connect with our writing. It connects us cursive writing, signatures have no art or senwith our handwriting as an expression of ourtimentality. selves. It also teaches us to have discipline and In the digital age, handwriting – let alone pride in the way we write. cursive handwriting – is becoming obsolete.

I don’t write in cursive often. I usually save Might we lose the ability to write by hand all it for special notes and letters. Admittedly, I together? Our connection with text and with have to practice a few times before I do. But

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writing becomes much more mechanical and much more about the object – the computer, the phone, or the tablet – than about the words themselves.

This’s also why I never type my notes for classes. Poking around on a keyboard is simply not the same as connecting with the ink and the paper. We aren’t letting the brain practice its complex cognitive functions between its verbal and spatial capacities that ultimately help us cement these things into our memory. Stronger and more efficient memories would make us all better students. I’m not at all convinced that typing is faster. We’re only typing faster because we don’t practice writing fast and well.

Not to mention the distractions the computer provides. Writing by hand forces a minimalist approach to focus on the words and the words only. It makes writing an uninterrupted process that’s not deviated by music selections, social media or other websites. Cursive especially requires the discipline and patience to connect letter to letter, word to word and thought to thought. It’s not just a movement of the hand but a process of the brain.

There’s pleasure in learning how to write well. We’ve all seen impressive handwriting of certain friends or other people we know. It might be impeccably neat or strangely artistic.

In the digital age we lose out on those chances to learn about each other. We lose that identity within ourselves and our way of self-expression.

Keep teaching cursive and keep practicing it. It improves our writing and our reading cognition. It connects us with the past and holds onto those things that make us human in our written communication. Let us not reach toward computers and other cold, inanimate objects in the name of progress or efficiency.

Speed and instant gratification aren’t worth sacrificing this tradition that teaches us to carry patience, discipline and expression in our words and our writing.

Jane Seu is a senior political science major. Follow her on Twitter @jane_seu. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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free pageantry UNL freshman hopes to expand Celiac Disease Awareness through Miss nebraska S t o r y b y G r a c e S o l e m - Pf e i f e r

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Lianna Prill, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman, qualified for the Miss Nebraska pageant in June 2014.

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uring her senior year of high school, Lianna Prill traveled a total of 16,000 miles around the country.

When she wasn’t studying for school or applying for college like her peers, Prill spent her weekends making appearances at pageants and speaking engagements as the reigning 2012 Miss Nebraska Outstanding Teen. Now in her freshman year of college at the University of Nebraskan-Lincoln, Prill has already qualified to compete in the Miss Nebraska pageant in June 2014.

“I was one of those girls who admired Miss America, but I never wanted to get involved myself,” Prill, a double major in broadcast journalism and advertising and public relations, said. “I just didn’t think it was a possibility for me.”

Prill got her start in the pageant circuit during her junior year of high school at the suggestion of her parents after her mother was asked to judge a local pageant. Lianna Prill recalls it was her father, Scott Prill, who first encouraged her and her two sisters to enter in the final remaining preliminary pageant of the year.

“The girls were very enthused at the idea,” Scott said.

“We’re not pageant parents at all, and they wanted to do it.”

Despite having just three weeks to prepare, Lianna Prill won her first pageant, qualifying her to compete in the Miss Nebraska Outstanding Teen pageant. After winning the state competition, she advanced to compete at the national level.

Prill said many of her competitors have more pageant experience, but the transition into the activity was an easy one.

“A lot of different experiences really prepared me for (pageants),” Lianna said. “A lot of people were really confused why I won right off the bat, but with dance experience and speech experience and even showing cattle growing up — that just morphed me into the person that I needed to be.”

Lianna Prill, 19, is now looking to continue her career with the Miss America Organization. In September, she won the title of Miss Crane Festival, making her eligible to compete in the Miss Nebraska pageant.

While Prill looks forward to the opportunity to showcase her singing talent and represent her state, she said she’s driven most by the opportunity to spread her platform of celiac disease awareness, a very personal cause.

For most of her childhood, Prill suffered from daily migraines and flu symptoms. After her father was diagnosed with celiac disease, Lianna decided to write a speech on the subject for her high school speech team. It wasn’t until she began researching the disease that she recognized the disease’s symptoms as her own.

Since her diagnosis, Prill has cut gluten and dairy out of her diet and is eager to spread the message of awareness.

“Now I’m a new woman,” Prill said. “All that stuff with

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Lianna Prill, a broadcast journalism and advertising and public relations double major, seeks to raise Celiac disease awareness with her pageant platform.

being sick that I just wanted to forget about was actually part of a plan. I can’t wait to share that story and hopefully save some lives.”

Film awards season may hold surprises vince moran

It might be soon to predict winners with varied pictures, performances in running So it’s finally December, and with it the holiday season filled with Christmas music, cold weather, snow and, most importantly, awards-season movies.

While Oscar hopefuls “12 Years a Slave,” “Gravity,” “Captain Phillips” and “Nebraska” have already hit theaters, audiences will finally get a chance to see Martin Scorsese’s fresh-offthe-editing-table “The Wolf of Wall Street,” David O. Russell’s stylish ‘70s crime flick “American Hustle,” The Coen Brother ’s moody and musical “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Spike Jonze’s comic take on modern technology, “Her.” The various critics’ awards are being announced almost daily now, and two of the most respected groups, the New York

In past years the award winners and nominees from the various awards shows tend to quickly fall in line, looking almost completely identical.”

Film Critics Circle Awards and The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, set the stage for the coming awards season.

New York picked the mostly unseen “American Hustle” as their film of the year, while Los Angeles had a tie between the less shocking choice “Gravity” and the incredibly surprising, “Her.” In past years the award winners and nominees from the various awards shows tend to quickly fall in line, looking almost completely identical. For instance, past best picture winners “Argo,” “The Artist,” and “The King’s Speech” easily won nearly every award for best picture handed out.

This year it seems no film has become the standout critical darling these three were. Right now it’s a neck and neck race between “12 Years a Slave” and “Gravity” for the big Oscar prize, but any of these upcoming December films could potentially beat them out if they have the right box office returns and critical reviews.

The past three Best Picture winners have been fluffy, crowdpleasing, uncontroversial softball films, showing Oscar ’s resistance to embrace a darker, more hon-

est and relentless film like Steve McQueen’s brilliant “12 Years a Slave.” And while Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” has the happy ending Oscar loves, it’s a sciencefiction film, which puts it at a disadvantage despite its groundbreaking visuals. For these reasons, either of these films could have a tough time finding votes if one of these upcoming releases better encompasses The Academy’s politics of picking the most popular and likeable film instead of the most artistically relevant one.

“Her” poses the most interesting and unexpected threat to these frontrunners. Jonze, whose past films include “Being John Malkovich” and “Where the Wild Things Are” and who was thought to have been too eccentric for The Academy’s taste, has racked up his share of awards for his film for both Best Picture and Director.

The Best Director category is similarly torn between McQueen and Cuarón who are in the driver ’s seat but other past winners Scorsese and the Coens and winless Jonze, Russell, Alexander Payne and Paul Greengrass are still in sight.

Best Actor may be the most difficult category to guess at this point, with Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave,” Bruce Dern in “Nebraska” and Robert Redford in “All is Lost” all received honors so far. However, Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club,” Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and Tom Hanks in “Captain Phillips” are also in contention.

Best Actress, on the other hand, may be the most predictable category of the year, with the award almost already in hand for Cate Blanchett’s brilliant emotional performance in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.” Her closest contenders are Sandra Bullock in “Gravity,” Emma Thompson in “Saving Mr. Banks” and Judi Dench in “Philomena,” each of whom give satisfying performances more to Oscar ’s taste but who fail to be as unforgettable as Blanchett’s performance of a lifetime.

Jared Leto’s career has been nearly nonexistent for the past several years, but he’s back with vengeance and winning nearly every early award that comes

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In addition to school and pageant preparation, Prill also keeps busy working as an intern for National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, training restaurants and campuses across the country to go gluten free. Prill said that her pageant circuit is a starting point for many passionate and driven young women.

“Coming into it I thought that everyone was going to be stuck up and materialistic,” Lianna said. “I was really surprised. Everyone was very real. I think you find that in the Miss America system because it does have a talent portion, so that forces contestants to be a little more well-rounded.”

While Prill reports an overwhelming positive experience with pageants, she’s not oblivious to negative stigmas perpetuated by popular culture and shows such as Toddlers and Tiaras.

“That portrayal is very discouraging because being in the inside you don’t see that at all,” Prill said. “You see all the friendships you build, all the really awesome experiences that you get, and I feel like people don’t realize all the hard work and dedication that goes into pageants. You don’t have to just be a pretty face.”

The official areas of competition for the Miss America Organization are evening wear, talent, interview, onstage question, as well as lifestyle and fitness in swimsuit. The latter competition is one of Prill’s least favorites as she prepares for the Miss Nebraska pageant.

“I’m not a fan,” she said. “You just have to walk across the stage in swimwear, it’s probably thirty seconds at the most but it’s something I’m not comfortable with and I don’t feel like it’s as fitting. The Miss America Organization is the biggest scholarship provider for women in the world. And I just feel like that’s the oddball event, but it’s the price you pay for getting to do everything else that you love.”

The payoff for Prill comes during her favorite part of the pageant, the talent portion. Lianna Prill’s parents say that her singing ability sets her apart from other competitors.

“I try to be unbiased but I sit back there a lot of times in awe,” Scott Prill said. “When she sang at the Miss America Outstanding Teen pageant in Orlando, they termed her ‘the Nebraska Adele.’”

Lianna Prill will be eligible to compete for the title of Miss Nebraska until the age of 24. While she dreams of introducing the state of Nebraska in the Miss America pageant, she’s also eager to see what other doors the pageant community may open up.

“Ideally, it would be awesome to win and I would love to before my time is up, but I also have to see what opportunities open up before I commit to competing every single year,” Lianna said. “You can’t plan everything.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Black Panties’ marks return to explicit sound R. Kelly’s latest album drops retro sound to return to his classic rap beats, crude lyrics Gabriella Martinez-Garro DN R. Kelly loves sex.

R. Kelly loves sex so much that he has created an entire career out of his passion for making love.

Just take a look at the album covers for his newest album, “Black Panties.” The deluxe edition displays a sea of black-panty clad women surrounding the R&B singer while the regular cover is a photo of R. Kelly donning a “Phantom of the Opera”-esque mask while a panty-clad woman cuddles up to him as he plays her like a violin.

After all, his music is made up of songs about women. He loves women, especially what they’ve got going on down there, and he wants to sing about it.

That’s essentially what “Black Panties” is — R. Kelly’s ode to the

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lovely ladies in this world.

Gone is the retro sound that accompanied R. Kelly in his last two albums, “Write Me Back” and “Love Letter,” two albums inspired by the soul and Motown singers of the ‘60s.

“Black Panties” is a return to a

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1st college semester leaves freshman with serious highs, lows Kieran Kissler

Student ranks best, worst experiences as college freshman Wait a second.

It’s almost Finals Week?

Where did the time go? I could have sworn that just yesterday I was sitting in my first college class, trying to figure out what the hell a syllabus is and why I should care about it. Now, all of a sudden, I’m supposed to be on the edge of a mental breakdown with a thousand coffee cups in my trash can.

Maybe I failed to read the syllabus right after all.

Because the seasons have now

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Because the seasons have now transitioned from pumpkin spice latte to peppermint mocha, I guess it’s time for some reflecting.”

for all of the imaginary Coca-Cola bottles on campus. Who in their right mind would choose Pepsi over its red counterpart? After all, we are the Huskers. C’mon, Harvey.

Now for the best parts: 1. Changing my major.

Similar to most freshmen, I came into college with no clue of what I actually wanted to do.

Somewhere along the way, I was able to figure out what I suck at and then decided to do the opposite of that. It’s worked nicely so far.

2. Meeting new people Yes, this is a stereotypical ideal about the college experience. I’ll save you the boring details about how great my friends are and how much college has stretched me and just say this: there are some really

great people on this campus and it would be a shame to miss out on meeting them.

3. The Abel Dining Hall staff I’m being as sincere as it gets here. They’re the reason that I even get to eat, which already puts them in a very special place in my heart. Besides that these workers are some of the most genuinely nice people I’ve ever met. Thanks for always having good pudding, guys.

4. Not having to do the “Walk of Shame” This isn’t meant to shame anyone who has shacked up somewhere on a Friday night; it’s just that sleep is very valuable to me.

I’m stoked about not having to wake up early with what seems like the whole world watching me as I walk across campus in

last night’s clothes. I much rather prefer waking up at noon in my toothpaste-stained sweater and Wal-Mart sweatpants.

5. Runza There isn’t just one specific incident that put this fine eating establishment on my list. It’s because it’s always there for me – like a best friend. Having a bad day?

Order a Runza sandwich. Want to celebrate? Buy a combo meal. Feeling bored? The kid’s meal comes with fun little games on the bag.

Everyone has a special place for Runza in their hearts, even if they are just expensive Hot Pockets (which, for the record, they aren’t).

Kieran kissler is a freshman secondary education major. Reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

The best music collaborations

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Kanye West/Bon Iver, “Lost in the World” Kanye and Justin Vernon seem like an unlikely pair. Kanye, the blunt and confident rapper, and Vernon, the lead singer of the indieworshipped Bon Iver, have collaborated multiple times recently, but none of their material is as memorable or well done as “Lost in the World.” The song, from Kanye’s 2010 album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” uses both Bon Iver’s “Woods” and beautiful instrumentation to complement Kanye’s emotional and poetic rhymes.

David Byrne/St. Vincent, “Who” The iconic Talking Heads singer mixed with one of the coolest rocker chicks of today could only produce a cool sound. When they joined together for their 2012 album, “Love This Giant,” the complementary sound was undeniable. “Who,” the first single off the album, is easily the frontrunner in showcasing Byrne and St. Vincent’s combined talent. As two artists who have always created an edgy sound, “Who” was the perfect demonstration of how the two could push boundaries together.

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signment, so karma still had her way with me. Did I mention this happened last week?

3. Waking up next to a toilet There’s nothing quite like waking up and having no idea how you ended up on your friend’s bathroom floor with a half-eaten sandwich laying in their shower.

If there’s one thing that all college freshmen have learned the hard way, it’s that those red solo cups get easier to refill as the night goes on (sorry, mom). And if this hasn’t happened to you, then kudos for being more responsible than I. 4. Elevator conversations All right, someone help me out here. I still have yet to master elevator etiquette. Do I say “hello” when they step inside? Should I wave goodbye when they leave?

What about when they try to talk to me about last week’s episode of “American Horror Story” – how do I politely tell them to shut up and not spoil it for me? UNL should really look into creating a workshop for this kind of thing.

5. Every single time I remember UNL is a Pepsi campus Let’s hold a moment of silence

Queen/David Bowie, “Under Pressure” Freddie Mercury and David Bowie are musical legends. It should be no surprise, then, that their 1981 collaboration delivered in a big way. “Under Pressure” is the perfect collaboration in that it showcases each artist while still complementing the other. Unlike many modern-day collaborations, “Under Pressure” never feels phoned-in. The stylistic choices of both Bowie and Mercury, along with the rest of Queen, are evident. The song was a huge hit in the ‘80s and hit No. 1 on the U.K. charts.

Queen loved it, too. The band played the song at every live show after its release until 1986.

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transitioned from pumpkin spice latte to peppermint mocha, I guess it’s time for some reflecting. My first semester of college has proven to be memorable in more ways than one. I’ve compiled my top five best and worst parts of college throughout these last few months.

To entertain the dark and jaded soul that exists in all of us, I’ll start with the lows.

1. Getting on the wrong bus This is a classic freshman mistake. Who would have known that the numbers on the front of the bus signify different routes? Clearly, everyone besides me. I ended up spending an hour in south Lincoln, chatting with slightly homeless people along the way and completely missing my class.

It was a character-building experience.

2. Skipping class all day to binge watch “Sons of Anarchy.”

Damn, those bikers have gotten the best of me. There’s really no excuse for this other than Charlie Hunnam’s jawline seemed much more appealing to me than my professor’s coffee breath. I ended up missing out on a 20-point as-

Jay-Z/Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind” Together, Hova and Alicia Keys were never going to settle for anything less than a showstopper. With “Empire State of Mind,” that’s exactly what they got. With Keys’ electrifying vocals and Jay Z’s loving verses dedicated to his home, it’s a passionate song that elicits hometown pride for those who may not even call New York City home.

Stylistically, the song is perfect for each of the artists and neither one ever sounds like they’re being forced into an uncomfortable collaboration. Although innovation in collaborations is usually interesting, comfort almost always comes through.

Because of its success, “Empire State of Mind,” will likely be played for years to come. And I’m totally okay with that.

Kanye West/God “I Am a God” Even for Kanye, scoring a collaboration with someone as big as God is pretty impressive. The song off his latest album, “Yeezus” is certainly impressive. Kanye West sings that he is a god but also credits the big guy upstairs as helping him create the song.

“I know he the most high/But I am a close high.”

With a song as good as “I Am a God,” one can only hope Yeezus and Gman will be creating more songs for years to come.

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Christian Bale and Casey Affleck star in “Out of the Furnace,” a new crime/thriller from director Scott Cooper.

Cooper fails to create engaging film, despite cast Vince Moran DN “Crazy Heart” director Scott Cooper ’s new film “Out of the Furnace” features an amazing ensemble of actors, but ultimately fails to incorporate the diverse collection of famous faces into an organized and coherent film.

Each actor almost feels like they are acting in their own movie. Cooper ’s handheld photography isolates them from each other, and often dialogue scenes feel choppy and poorly edited together. There are also moments of no dialog when there clearly should be, and Christian Bale is forced to make uncomfortably goofy faces at the camera until the scene ends.

OUT OF THE FURNACE Bale sports a sometimes distracting accent to play Russell Baze, an impossibly nice and sympathetic mill worker, even STARRING after his girlfriend dumps him Christian Bale, while he’s in prison, and lives in Casey Affleck, a not-so-nice small North East Zoe Saldana American town. That is until his brother Rodney goes missDIRECTED BY ing and he takes the law into his Scott Cooper own hands to punish the people responsible for his disappearance. overacts every scene to get as Bale does what he can with much out of his bizarre characthe material, which isn’t much. ter as possible.

Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard, WilI have no idea how realislem Dafoe and Forest Whitaker tic Cooper ’s representation of are also in the cast, but the re- these people are, but their oneally impressive and memorable dimensional characterization performances come from Casey as stupid, goofy-looking, drugAffleck and Woody Harrelson, taking thugs seems problematic who play the most animated and lazy at times. characters in the film. The two Surprisingly, despite the are involved in the most thrillfilm’s violent plot and subject ing scenes in the film, and their matter, it’s actually quite borhot-headed characters play off ing. The fighting and other aceach other well. tion scenes are Affleck plays and gory, The fighting bloody Russell’s brothbut they’re forgeter Rodney, an scenes table and uninterIraq war veteran esting. One never are bloody and who’s having feels on edge in trouble adjust- gory, but they are the film, which ing to civilian life make the scenes forgettable.” and turns to unwithin it that are derground street supposed to be fighting instead tense, merely frusof embracing the mill work his trating. father and brother have comMuch like “Crazy Heart,” mitted their lives to. His perforCooper manages to work with mance is raw and intense, but talented actors and put them in unfortunately Cooper focuses some interesting situations with on Bale’s less interesting characsome good ideas, but fails to ter instead of delving into Rodbring it all together successfully. ney’s tragic soul.

“Out of the Furnace” seems to Harrelson has a great time have something to say about the hamming it up as Harlan Dehorrible living conditions of the Groat, a ruthless criminal moun- lower-working classes and the tain man who participates in oppressive situations they find drug dealing and street fighting. themselves in, but he never quite He makes himself known in the figures out what it is exactly. over-the-top first scene, which Instead, “Out of the Furnace” features a hot dog and a driveis a “The Deer Hunter” rip-off in movie. These mountain men, without being as emotionally stiroften called inbreeds by the oth- ring or intellectually gripping. er characters, are comparable to arts@ Tolkien’s orcs, and Harrelson dailynebraskan.com

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to win again and the award is his way for his unrecognizable turn as a transvestite in “Dallas opened up for the heartbreaking performance by Lupita Nyong’o Buyers Club.” Unfortunately, Michael Fassbender will likely be in “12 Years a Slave,” June Squibb’s delightful turn in “Neoverlooked for any major wins because of the despicably evil braska” and Oprah Winfrey’s talented performance in “Lee Dancharacter he plays in “12 Years a Slave,” a performance which en- iels’ The Butler.”

However, none of this is cercapsulates the atrocity of slavery tain and a lot could too well for Academy voters to be It’s possible change once the public and all the comfortable voting that The critics have gotten for it. James Franco to see this month’s also surprisingly Academy once most exciting retied in the L.A. critleases and their ics awards and was again made questions are anrunner-up in the the mistake of swered.

New York awards Could Johan for his offbeat turn honoring someone Hill actually bein “Spring Break- too young in a come a two-time ers.”

Academy Award The New York year with more nominated accritics surprised noteworthy tor for his turn in everyone when “The Wolf of Wall they named last candidates.”

Street?” Who will year ’s winner for stand out the most best actress, Jennifer Lawrence, their Best Support- in the stellar cast in “American Hustle”? Is the Coen’s interpretaing Actress of the year in “Amerition of the 1960s folk music scene can Hustle.” It’s possible that The truly a match made in heaven?

Academy once again made the And, how can Scarlet Johansson’s mistake of honoring someone too voice performance in “Her” make young in a year with more noteup for her disappointing physical worthy candidates, only to find absence? that person giving more worthIt’s going to be a busy and while performances a couple eventful December at the movies years down the road, but they do get a little trigger happy when a to find out.

Vince Moran is a senior talented beautiful young actress English, film studies and lights up the screen. history major. Reach him at Because Lawrence is fresh arts@ off her Oscar win, she’s unlikely dailynebraskan.com

Perhaps being away for so long has made R. Kelly as crude as ever.”

classic and explicit R. Kelly with guest spots from 2 Chainz, Kelly Rowland, Ludacris and Juicy J, among others.

The album is also ripe with humor, something evident from simply glancing at the tracklist that includes songs like “Crazy Sex,” “Show Ya Pussy” and “Throw This Money On You.” Not only does R. Kelly want to assure listeners that he loves sex, he wants to assure you he’s good at it too.

“Genius” is a great unapologetic track about R. Kelly’s proficiency in bed. “Girl tonight you’re lying with a sex genius,” Kelly croons. The well-produced track is one of few tracks on “Black Panties” that manages to get its point across without entering into complete ridiculousness.

Although there are no songs that reach the absurdity or level of genius as, say, “Trapped In The Closet,” a few tracks assure listeners that R. Kelly has not lost his unique, and inappropriate, touch.

“Cookie,” is one of the album standouts in terms of hilarity as

R. Kelly sings about licking the, ahem, cream in the center of an Oreo cookie. A sexual metaphor about a cookie has never been so vibrant.

Of course a conversation about “Black Panties” would not be complete without discussing the album’s brilliant track, “Marry the Pussy.” That’s how much R. Kelly loves sex. He wants to marry the very genitalia that allows him do to so, and there’s nothing more romantic than that.

The song repeats the phrase over and over until there’s nothing left to believe except that R. Kelly really is in love.

Though “Black Panties” is neither the best in R. Kelly’s collection of love letters to the female population (“Ignition Remix,” anyone?), nor is it his most absurd, it’s still a return to form to the king of R&B love and absurdity.

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R. Kelly, or Robert Sylvester Kelly, released his latest album, “Black Panties” on Dec. 10. The R&B artist continues with his frequently sexually themed material on the new record.

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Wrestling: from 10 team awards for best lifter and doctor said. spirit of excellence.

The beginning of Kiley’s high “Ridge was what we call in school career showed just how hard he could work to get back what he the wrestling world a ‘grinder,’” Nebraska assistant coach Tony Erhad lost. He came back from the devastating injury, becoming the sland said. “He showed up every match and gave you everything state runner-up his freshman year.

He slipped his sophomore year but he had. He has nothing to hang his head about. He was a kid that was still able to finish third at state. was fun to coach because he would Kiley was once again faced with show up and work hard for you adversity. every day.”

“I went into districts ranked Kiley’s teammates saw first third in the nation my junior year,” Ridge said. “I got upset and didn’t hand what Ersland was talking about. make it to state.”

“He was a hard worker,” juAdversity. nior Jake Sueflohn said. “Wrestling A loss in any sport is devastathim, we saw things that we didn’t ing, but when a wrestler is ranked nationally and gets beaten, he may see wrestling other people. I don’t think I have seen a wrestler as flexnever be the same again. Doubt ible as him. I think it helped me a creeps into his mind like a spider ready to spin its web. After placing lot having to work on my shots and finishes.” at state his freshAlthough he had man and sophoI actually success in the eyes more years, nothof his teammates and ing less than being think coaches, Kilye didn’t state champion everywould do, but he running a business accomplish thing that he wanted lost and did not is easier than to in his college caget that opportuwrestling.” reer. nity.

“I did not acWatching state complish everything wrestling knowridge kiley I wanted to. I wasn’t former nebraska wrestler ing that he should an All-American,” Kihave been there ley said. “I had shorthurt. What he determ goals for college and I may cided next changed his life forever. not have accomplished those, but He did not sit and dwell on the loss at districts. Instead, Kiley it has helped me set new goals.”

Kiley graduated in the spring used it to motivate himself, just of 2013 and was already planning like when the doctors said that he could’nt wrestle because of his eye his small business. Working on it during his last two years at the unisurgery. He pushed harder than he versity, he worked out the business had before. He was not prepared to plan for his gym, Unrivaled Sports be mediocre.

Performance. The trouble with That drive and push is what starting a business is the process. gave Kiley the state championMore adversity. ship his senior year. Finally, his “I think it took a solid three hard work had paid off. Kiley was months of just process before we the best wrestler in the 112-pound opened,” Kiley said. “We jumped weight class in the state of Iowa.

He did all of this while still mak- through a lot of hoops and had a lot of little things had to happen. ing the honor roll throughout high school. He had proven his worth Every day I had a new to-do list, and the next day I had something and he earned the attention of new I had to do.” many college wrestling programs.

Even though it has been diffi“I was originally supposed to cult, the lessons he learned during go to Iowa State,” Kiley said. “I wrestling have helped him stay the signed with Iowa State in Novemcourse. ber of my senior year. I changed my “I actually think running a mind right before school started. I went on a late visit, and they had business is easier than wrestling,” to pull some strings to get me in. It Kiley said. “The attributes that I brought over are clearly hard was a crazy ride to get me here, but work, discipline, dedication. All of I’m glad it all worked out.” that stuff makes this seem so much Kiley, who majored in marketeasier than going through a twoing, came to Nebraska and enjoyed and-a-half-hour practice of grind every second of his time at college.

“The University of Nebraska matches and cutting weight. I consider it an easy transition because was awesome, I definitely picked the right place to be,” Kiley said. wrestling taught me so much.”

After months of starting the “Being a student there, the acagym, which opened this fall, and demics are really prestigious, and so going through the business the months that followed training his new warriors, Kiley finally school, it was all a good fit for me. could debut his gym at “Dynasty It felt like I just clicked with NeCombat Sports: Season’s Beatbraska.” ings,” a pro-am mixed martial arts Kiley was a four-time letter winner and a three-time NCAA event. With eight guys on the card, the young gym was ready for its Tournament qualifier. He won

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Ridge Kiley (top), a former Nebraska wrestler, demonstrates how to counter a double-leg takedown at Unrivaled Sports Performance in Lincoln on Monday night. Kiley graduated from UNL in May of 2013. debut.

The Pershing Center was rocking with rap, dubstep and heavy metal blaring out of the speakers.

Ring girls dressed as Santa’s little helpers were chatting as the ring announcer, in his suit and shiny shoes, stepped into the middle of the cage. All around were men in jeans with beers in hand and women dressed in tight clothes and heels.

It may not be the UFC, but it is fight night.

The fans are a strange breed.

They survive on energy drinks and crazy hairstyles. They are adrenaline junkies who want to see the gladiators battle it out.

On Friday at Season’s Beatings, the crowd hushed for the national anthem. In quiet anticipation, Kiley waited with his first fighter backstage. The announcer belted out the fighter’s name – Cody Keck – and the warrior and his coach walk confidently out onto the stage. Each step closer to the cage makes the crowd louder and more radical.

There are two kinds of coaches

in MMA. There are the flamboyant, get-the-crowd-on-its-feet kind of coaches, and then there are those like Kiley: stoic, focused and ready.

The crowd silenced as the fighters began their dangerous duet. Punches flew, kicks smacked against bodies and, at every heavyhanded lob, the crowd became more and more restless. Keck came out with intensity, but inexperience landed him in a bad spot. Stuck in a triangle choke, blood trickling down his head from multiple elbows, he was forced to submit.

The crowd was ecstatic by such a finish, but Kiley and his fighter were sullen.

“It was a hard loss,” Kiley said.

“Our guy just got caught in a bad spot and he got tapped out. He and I had a short talk to get our focus back, and I went back out with the next guy.”

Adversity.

That would be the only loss that Kiley’s gym had. Every single one of Kiley’s guys came out with a new passion. After four straight victories for Unrivaled, Livingston Lukow stepped into the cage. This

was for the amateur light heavyweight belt. After two rounds, Lukow was tired, but so was his opponent.

“Ridge said something to me in between the second and third round,” Lukow said. “He said, ‘trust your conditioning,’ and something just clicked. I looked across and saw him dying and I caught a second wind.”

Lukow ended the fight with a punishing right hand shortly after the start of the third round.

The night was a success. Unrivaled considered a 7-1 record and a championship belt an amazing debut.

The following Monday, Kiley and his guys were back at work.

“We train harder than anyone and condition better,” Kiley said.

“If a person comes in and they want to fight, we will train them.

If they just want to stay fit, we will do that too.”

Kiley’s fighters all attest to what he can do as a coach.

“He pushes us harder than anyone else,” Lukow said. “He knows what excellence is and wants us to

be at that level.”

Many athletes who become coaches struggle to give up competing themselves. But Kiley has made the transition to coach seamlessly.

“The event made me realize how much I enjoy coaching,” Kiley said. “I loved helping these guys every step of the way, and I am happy when we win and sad when we lose, but I love it.”

Kiley may not appear to be an intimidating guy. He stands 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds. He is muscular and has one eye that does not focus on what he wants it to focus on. Looking at Kiley, many people would miss what he stands for and what he aims to do. He wants to make Unrivaled Sports Performance the best gym in the Midwest. After a life of ups and downs, and with a successful wrestling career under his belt, Ridge Kiley knows something about adversity.

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Big ten teleconference Indiana coach Tom Crean

On the Hoosiers’ season thus far: “We’re just trying to make sure we get an identity that we really can build on the sense of both ends of the court, and the sense of rebounding on both ends of the court and most importantly trying to gain some understanding and get some experience in all these games as we prepare for the big ten season.”

On freshman forward Noah Vonleh: “He really wants to be not only a great player, but a great winner and a great teammate. He’s got a unique work ethic in the sense that it’s been just commonplace for him to be in here, inside this building every day, not only when he needed to, but the other times, on half days, and nights and mornings; he’s just constantly, whether he’s trying to work on his shot, or his post-up game, his free throws, spending more and more time absorbing more film on his own. Those are the type of things that lead you to believe that he´s going to have a fantastic career, and he´s doing that.”

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery

On players Jarrod Uthoff and Gabriel Olaseni: “They both have been really consistent. I think that’s a key factor. They’re putting up numbers.

Their game is scoring the ball better than they’ve ever had. He’s (Olaseni) so much more confident offensively. He’s blocking shots, he’s running the floor. Really been impressive. Jarrod is trying to do what we thought he would do: scoring and rebounding. He’s leading us in rebounding, shooting about 90 percent from the foul line and shooting the three ball really well. It gives us an incredibly valuable weapon coming off the bench.

On team health: “Everybody’s good. Josh (Oglesby) is getting closer, but other than Josh everyone’s good. I’d be surprised if he wasn’t ready for Pine Bluff.

An outside shot for Friday night, but that might be pushing it.”

Illinois coach John Groce

On junior Rayvonte Rice’s offseason: “He had about as good of a sit-out year as anyone I’ve had in my 18-19 years of coaching. From an academic perspective, from a strength and conditioning perspective, losing the 30 pounds, and he’s dropped 10 percent body fat, really getting that part and ability has helped his game as much or more than anything. All the time he had in practice where I thought he competed, and had the chance to go head-to-head every day against Brandon Paul, which I really think helped his development.”

On the freshmen’s contribution: “They’ve given us a lot. Those guys are learning every day, but I like the development of all those guys and the fact that they’ve been able to play in every game and go start the development on there, and that’s such an important part of what we do. I mean, think about the UNLV game we won in Vegas. Our freshmen came into the game and really stepped up and made big plays in their first road game. I thought that was very encouraging. We’ve got competitive guys, in that class we recruited and guys who have a lot of pride, guys who are used to winning. That certainly helps in terms of their transition.”

Northwestern coach Chris Collins

On benching a couple of previous starters: “We had lost three games in a row, and when something like that happens, I felt like my instincts were telling me that we had to shake it up in some way. I didn’t know what that was going to be after the NC State game. I was disappointed. I felt like in the NC State game, that was where we fought the least. I felt at least against in Missouri and UCLA we really fought those guys, we just got beat by better teams. In the NC State game, I felt like it was a game where they brought the fight to us and we kind of wilted. I wasn’t pleased with that and I felt we needed to switch it up and change. I didn’t know what those changes would be, and I decided to give James Montgomery a chance. Of all the scholarship guys on our team, through 10 games, he was the one guy I really hadn’t given a legit chance to get some playing time. I wanted him to get out there and try to set the tone with his defense and guard the point guard and bring energy and give us a lift. I thought he did a great job with that; we got off to a great start and he really set the tone.”

Penn State coach Patrick Chambers

On the team’s balance: “We had four guys in double figures. In my three years here, we haven’t had that. It’s nice to have that type of flexibility and a lot of skill on the floor, and they’re sharing the basketball, which is good. We’re a little bit older and a little bit wiser, and we’re playing like it.”

On their upcoming game in a different on-campus venue, Rec Hall: “I was just in a meeting and I was just talking about ‘bridging the gap,’ gaining the history back that once was 75 and 80 percent winning percentage over in that building, and we’re trying to tap back into that. We got a great crowd, we’re sold out, we’re ready to go; there’s truly an event around that, so for these players to be a part of history, and ’91 team come back, it should be an amazing day. It’s going to be great for Penn State basketball.”

Purdue coach Matt Painter On handling finals week: “We take a couple days off. We take off Sunday and we take off Wednesday. We really don’t talk much about Butler until we get to tomorrow’s practice, and today was just to compete and get after it, and work on some things that we need improvement and to give our players some time to prepare for finals.”

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo

On the start of the season: “We’ve had a funny start. We’ve played some real good basketball, we’ve played some average basketball, and coming off of a more disappointing loss, not because of the loss, but how we played. I did not appreciate how we played, and yet the game ends and we got a team full of injuries, some were before the game, some were during the game and one was after the game.”

On defensive rebounding: “I’m really not sure what I have; we’ve had Matt Costello be a great rebounder – he hasn’t been a real good one, but we’ve been kind of floating three different guys around in that position. He’s actually been decent for the number of minutes he’s gotten. He might’ve had his best game the other day, and now it looks like he’s going to be out two or three weeks minimum. I think I’ve done a poor job adjusting to the new rules. I brought some officials in before the season. We’ve been the more physical team like Indiana and Purdue, but all of a sudden it made you feel like there’s no contact. There’s more contact outside than there is inside, and we haven’t adjusted to that.”

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan

On Josh Gasser ’s defensive performance: “We couldn’t have asked for anything else from him. He did a great job and his teammates helped him. He’s just a tough young man who takes every assignment and gives it his best. He’s really been key to us this year.”

On the benefits of the Canadian trip: “You have to go to August to the Canadian trip. That gave us an opportunity to get some of our least experienced guys some experience in games, because I thought the teams we played were pretty good. We came into the semester, and they realized some of the things we didn’t get done on that trip, or some things we were lax. They knew that the drills we were going to be doing in September and October were going to be geared to helping us shore those areas up, and they accepted that.”

Michigan coach John Beilein

On freshmen Derrick Walton and Zak Irvin: “They are having really good years for freshmen. They’ve both have been able to come up against good competition at times and separate out onto the floor. From the beginning really feel as comfortable as freshmen can feel in this department.”

On what difference it makes if Arizona is No. 1: “I don’t think, for one it’s an issue to be made, I know it didn’t make any difference to us when we had a short time with it last year. They know they’re a good team, but they also know people will be gunning for them because they’re a very good team. I’m sure the media loves a No. 1 team, and watching and seeing how they do, but for us it’s just another really good team that we get to play here at home.”

Ohio State coach Thad Matta

On LaQuinton Ross: “He’s had a great week, and as I told LaQuinton this morning at workouts, ‘if what you think you did yesterday is important to you, then you haven’t done anything today.’ That’s the big thing: We want to continue to drive him to be a solid basketball player. I like the level he’s playing at right now.

He’s very engaged. Everything we’re doing, and having his ability to score the basketball, definitely makes us a better team.”

On his thoughts about the rule changes: “I like where the game is right now. I think it’s being called the right way. I haven’t seen a drastic change to be honest with you. I think everyone is a little more aware in terms of the players. They’re probably playing sounder defense. I haven’t seen anything drastic in terms of boy we need to change, and we’re going to need to play zone.”

Minnesota coach Richard Pitino

On how the team adjusted to a stealorientated defense: “They’ve done a pretty good job with it. I believe we’re almost at 9 steals per game which is pretty good; our goal is 9 or 10. They’ve been aggressive.

They’ve pressured the ball. It all starts with our guards at the front of the press. They can speed guys up and we can start our press.

If they don’t do that we’re not very effective. Deandre Mathieu has been very good and leads our team with 21 steals. Austin Hollins has been tremendous as well and Andre (Hollins) has followed right behind them, so they’ve done a great job.”

On the combination of Andre and Austin Hollins: “We’re pretty lucky to have two experienced veteran guards in year one of trying to build this program. They’ve both done it before. They’re both really good players, great kids, never have a bad day, show up to work every single day. On and off the court they’re the epitome of student athletes. So I’m lucky to inherit those types of kids when taking over a program.”

Nebraska head coach Tim Miles

On freshman Tai Webster: “He’s a strong guard that is able to get fouls, and he’s a distributor. He can make the next pass, which is important for us. We got some guys that are ‘score first’ mentality guys, so he’s a really nice blend for what we’re doing. We expect big things out of him.”

On David Rivers’ absence: “When we look at our lineups, and they’re small, you need to be more agile. Dave’s our fourth base, and if we don’t need to go four-deep we won’t, and we just haven’t the last two games. Dave’s done nothing wrong, but when I look at his production, that’s where he fits in the rotation and that’s where he’ll stay until he proves otherwise or we’re in foul trouble and we need him. Dave’s just got to stay ready for his opportunity to come again.”

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A LOOK INTO THE RECENT HUSKER SPORT SCENE THROUGH A STATISTICAL LENS

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Against the University of Miami on Dec. 4, the Nebraska men’s basketball team held its largest lead in the second half, 16, after senior guard Ray Gallegos made a layup with 12:05 to play. NU went on to win 60-49. On Sunday at Creighton, the Huskers’ smallest deficit of the second half was 15 after a pair of Terran Petteway free throws with 1:48 left. The Bluejays won by 15, 82-67.

SWIMMING & DIVING

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In its victory against Utah State on Sunday, the No. 19 Nebraska women’s basketball team made 8 of 15 3-point attempts for a season-high 53.3 percent. Tear’a Laudermill, Rachel Theriot, Brandi Jeffery and Sadie Murren made two 3-pointers each, and senior forward Jordan Hooper attempted zero 3-pointers for the first time in her 107-game NU career. The Huskers’ second-best 3-point shooting effort came in a 78-55 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Nov. 21, when they shot 40.7 percent behind the arc.

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WRESTLING

At the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas, the No. 10 Nebraska wrestling team advanced five wrestlers – Anthony Abidin, Jake Sueflohn, James Green, Robert Kokesh and TJ Dudley – to the finals. Green, ranked No. 4 in the country, won the 157-pound weight class to improve to 13-0 on the season. Green has five wins by major decision to go with a pin and a technical fall.

At the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, the Nebraska swimming and diving team claimed eight top-five finishes in 21 events, including wins by sophomore Taryn Collura in the 100-yard freestyle and freshman Anna Filipcic in the 3-meter dive. The Huskers took third out of eight teams at the invite.

VOLLEYBALL For the 30th year in a row, the No. 9 Nebraska volleyball team won its first match of the NCAA Championships, sweeping Fairfield on Friday. With a sweep of Oregon on Saturday, the Huskers moved to the third round of the tournament for the 26th time in 30 years. Nebraska is second all-time with 88 victories in the NCAA Tournament.

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Sophomore leads by competitive example Nedu Izu DN Nebraska coach Tim Miles walked into the locker room after Sunday’s loss to Creighton and saw one of his players crying.

The player with tears rolling down his eyes was redshirt sophomore guard Terran Petteway.

“I got to the locker room and he’s broken up in tears,” Miles said in his postgame news conference.

With 1:14 remaining in Nebraska’s 82-67 loss in Omaha, Petteway and Bluejays senior guard Grant Gibbs were ejected after a scuffle on the floor for a loose ball.

Petteway walked toward the Century Link Arena away locker room untying his shorts and untucking his jersey in despair.

“He apologizes to his teammates immediately,” Miles said, “and says, ‘I’m sorry, I lost my cool. I shouldn’t have done that, I want to represent us better than that.’ He really is about the right things that way.”

Although Nebraska was well out of reach for a comeback, Miles said he was pleased with Petteway’s effort regardless of the double-digit deficit.

“I thought it was great hustle,” the coach said. “Everybody was diving around; our guys are diving, their guys are diving. It was a hell of a play from both teams.”

Before the refs deemed his foul a flagrant two, the Husker shooter scored 21 points, with 17 of those coming in the second half before his exit.

And it wasn’t the first time the 6-foot-6 player displayed leader-like characteristics this season.

After his freshman season at Texas Tech, Petteway transferred to Nebraska and sat out the entire 2012-13 season because of the NCAA’s transferring rules.

Petteway said a year off the court wasn’t easy.

“I had to learn patience,” he said. “I was not patient at all.”

Although he had yet to play a second on the court, his ability to push his teammates in practice last season is what assisted him in being named co-captain with sophomore guard Shavon Shields and senior guard Ray

sports briefs Husker named diver of week After earning first place in the 3-meter dive at the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, Husker freshman diver Anna Filipcic was named the Big Ten Diver of the Week.

Filipcic recorded a 331.10 in her dive last weekend in Iowa, helping Nebraska to a 462-point third-place finish out of eight in the meet. Both of Filipcic’s dives in the meet met NCAA zone diving standards.

The freshman diver also competed in the 1-meter dive in Iowa, finishing with a score of 277.15.

Filipcic was the first Husker to be given a Big Ten swimmer, diver or freshman of the week honor this season.

volleyball players collect awards

Five Nebraska volleyball players were given North Region honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Tuesday.

Outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen was named the region’s Freshman of the Year, ranking second for the Huskers with 356 kills this season.

Rolfzen joins senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson, junior setter Mary Pollmiller and sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty on the North Region first team, which includes 14 players.

Sophomore middle blocker Cecilia Hall was an honorable mention for the squad. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Thramer: from 10 file photo by Jake Crandall | dn

Sophomore forward Terran Petteway leads the Huskers in scoring and was Nebraska’s high scorer in four of nine games this season. Petteway is a transfer from Texas Tech.

Gallegos.

“There is no doubt in my mind that Terran Petteway is our hardest worker,” Miles said at the beginning of the season.

“We have to talk him out of the gym.”

And the redshirt sophomore has shown already how valuable he is to Nebraska’s offense so far this season.

Of Nebraska’s nine games, Petteway has been the leading scorer in four, including a career-high 30-point showing against UMass on Nov. 11. In games that he did not finish first in total points, Petteway has finished second in scoring, and he currently leads Nebraska’s shooters, averaging 16 points a game.

Besides being the Huskers’ best shooter, Petteway is also second on the team in defensive rebounds with 27, while also racking up 6 steals and 2 blocks.

Despite allowing Creighton to shoot for 49.1 percent on Sunday, the Husker captain said he’s noticed an increase in his teammates’ defensive play as of late.

“We go at the ball way better,” Petteway said last Friday.

“We were watching film and you can tell we took a pride in guarding (Miami’s) players and knowing personnel. Our defensive standpoint was way better than previous games.”

Against the Hurricanes on Dec. 4, Nebraska allowed its op-

ponent from the ACC to score just 13 points in the first half.

The 49 points allowed in the game’s entirety were the second-fewest the Husker defense has let their opponents tally all season.

And it’s not just on the court where Petteway has displayed signs of leadership.

In mid-November, Petteway said he observed poor body language from some of his teammates while watching film.

Whether it was erred passes or missed free throws, he noticed his younger teammates, like freshman guard Tai Webster, with their heads down in anguish.

Petteway said he finds himself as one of the guys responsible for picking his teammates back up and recognizes that he can’t just do so with his words.

“You can’t just tell somebody what to do and expect them to listen,” Petteway said. “You got to show by your actions. You have to be doing the right thing all the time. You have to be leading all the time.”

His passion to lead by example on and off the court is why Miles said he’s one of Nebraska’s captains this season.

“There’s no doubt he’s our most relentless competitor,” Miles said. “I think guys follow and respect that.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

kills and 8 block assists.

She finished the 2011 season with 97 kills, 100 total blocks and earned academic All-Big Ten. The following year, Thramer became a regular starter and her stats increased. The block numbers grew to 140, and she racked up 197 kills on 474 swings, which lead to a hitting clip of .295 percent.

On the court, sophomore teammate Meghan Haggerty said Thramer was always positive, energetic and motivated her team to play at a higher level.

And again her work in the classroom was noticed, as Thramer took home another selection to the academic All-Big Ten. “Off the court, she’s very focused in school,” Haggerty said.

Not being able to play in her final season as a Husker, Thramer said leaving the team was not an option.

“The thought never crossed my mind to leave the team,” she said.

“My concern was more, ‘Are they going to let me stay?’”

Cook gave Thramer a new role at the beginning of the year.

“Hayley is going to be a student coach for us,” Cook said before the season began. “We’re excited to have her as a student coach because of her experience in our program.

It’s great that she wants to still be a part of the program.”

Thramer attended every practice and every game this season.

Practices for Thramer would consist of helping the coaching staff with day-to-day activities and drills, rolling a ball into play and doing whatever needed to be done, she said.

As the captain on the sideline, Thramer was in charge of leading the cheers for the team to motivate the squad. Haggerty said Thramer

leads the blocking cheer in particular.

The teammates on the sideline, at the time of a Husker block, form a circle, and Thramer will point at someone. Then, that player will bust out her original dance move saved just for the occasion, Haggerty said.

Thramer said her sideline role of inspiring the team is easy because the rest of the squad is already thrilled after a key play.

“I don’t have to do that much to get our team pumped up after a huge play,” she said.

Despite being on the sideline for the games, Haggerty said Thramer’s presence was felt by her in both matches against Minnesota and in the Texas game. Thramer demanded her to make plays against the Longhorns, Haggerty also said.

“It made me want to do it for the team, but also for Hayley because I know that she can’t be out there,” Haggerty said.

Last weekend, the Huskers faced their first opponent in the NCAA Tournament: the Fairfield Stags.

In the final minutes before the match started, the entire roster was

introduced for both squads. Just after the Huskers’ freshman Kira Larson was announced, it was Thramer’s turn.

Dressed in a grey long-sleeve warm-up shirt and black leggings, Thramer was not in uniform like her other teammates as she sauntered to the baseline of the court.

“The 6-foot-2 senior from Ewing, Neb., number 17, Hayley Thramer,” the announcer said.

She gave a wave to the crowd and looked up and smiled, as the 7,920 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center belted out a monstrous roar.

Thramer said she didn’t notice the crowd’s inflection of applause for her, but the audience’s response was a typical Nebraska fan reaction.

“It just makes it that much more special to play in an environment where the fans are so into the game,“ Thramer said. “It’s a cool thing because our crowd is pretty volleyball savvy. They really appreciate the older players that have been here through it all. They just love their Nebraska volleyball.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Unrivaled ADVERSITY Former Nebraska wrestler Ridge Kiley battled odds in his wrestling career to new career: coaching mixed martial arts at gym he formed out of college

story by Austin Pistulka photos by Jennifer Gotrik

Former Nebraska wresterl Ridge Kiley coaches Justin Weaver between rounds during Season’s Beatings, the MMA event where Unrivaled Sports Performance made its debut.

Kiley and his assistants coach many fighting techniques at his gym.

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t’s a common coaching phrase.

“You have to fight through adversity.”

Something goes wrong, bounce back. Slip and get back up. All are just words that coaches use, but there is more to it.

It is the going the extra step that makes athletes great. Not just seeing fighting adversity as a cliché used to get guys pumped up before a big game, but actually having to go through hard times to become successful.

Ridge Kiley knows this all too well.

Like many great wrestlers, former Husker Ridge Kiley began his wrestling career at the young age, 4, in Eagle Grove, Iowa.

“My older brother wrestled, and I used to watch him practice,” Kiley said.

“I always thought it would be cool if I could wrestle like my older brother.”

Wrestle he did. Kiley was always trying to better his older brother, Garett.

“It was like I would start it, and he would finish it because he was so much bigger than me,” Kiley said, remembering with a smile on his face.

Kiley’s attempts to best his older brother came to a screeching halt one hot summer night. It was the summer before Kiley’s eighth-grade year when

he and some of his buddies were shooting off bottle rockets in the middle of the road. Kiley stood in the ditch at what he thought was a safe distance away.

“It was nighttime,” Kiley said. “We were out in the country on my friend’s farm. I was standing in a ditch watching them play with fireworks. They lit a bottle rocket and dropped it on the road.

It took off and hit me in the eye randomly. I was in shock when it happened; it didn’t hurt. But I couldn’t see out of it and I was bleeding a lot from my eye.

We ran to the house, and I was rushed to the local clinic.”

He was rushed to Iowa City, Iowa, for reconstructive eye surgery. Six months later, he had a cataract removed and a lens replaced.

“I was unable to do physical activity for about six months,” Kiley said.

“Missed my whole 8th-grade year of wrestling. I was told I wouldn’t wrestle again and was in shock and definitely disappointed. After time and persistence we were able to find protective goggles for me to compete with.”

Adversity.

Now legally blind in his right eye, Kiley faces challenges every day that other people do not. He also wanted to continue competing, no matter what the

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Nate Maas rains down ground and pound on his opponent Dan Mueller in the final moments of the fight. The Unrivaled Sports Performance MMA team went 7-1 in its eight fights on Friday.

Thramer takes new role in missed senior year Eric Bertrand DN She had done it more than a thousand times.

Redshirt senior volleyball player Hayley Thramer sidesteps in front of the Wichita State hitter and squats down to prepare for the jump. Once she has lifted off of the ground, her arms extend as far as her body will allow.

The result of the play is overshadowed by the next few moments.

Expecting to float back down to the surface, just like every other time, an outside hitter ’s foot came into the path of her descent and caused things to go awry.

“It was kind of half landing on them, and half landing on one leg almost,” Thramer said.

The initial diagnosis was an optimistic one: just a sprain, Thramer said.

“I was hoping that it was just like a sprained ankle where you get up and you just kind of walk it off,” Thramer said.

But nothing was certain yet.

As a nutrition, exercise and health science major, Thramer said she felt the injury was more serious.

“I knew it wasn’t right,” Thramer said. “It didn’t feel like your typical, ‘Aw, I just twisted my knee.’ I wasn’t really wanting to believe what my body was telling me.”

A couple of days later, she had an MRI done on the injured right knee. The scan results were not as hopeful as the first diagnosis.

Thramer had torn her ACL and both menisci in her right knee on the play.

“Oh yeah, I go all out,” she said.

The injury Thramer sustained required surgery, and her senior season was lost before it started.

But this was not Thramer ’s first experience with season-ending injuries.

Following her redshirt freshman year, Thramer had to miss her entire first season because of a shoulder injury. This injury also needed surgery and time to recover.

“It was still upsetting that I was going to sit out for another season, but there was still that hope that I still had three more years left to play,” she said.

Coming into the Nebraska program, the Ewing native was

ranked 64th in the nation among recruits according to Prepvolleyball.com. She lead Ewing High School to a 91-4 record in her four years there, as well as a state title in 2008.

Thramer did it all, notching 1,511 kills, 513 blocks and 636 digs in her Tiger career.

Nebraska coach John Cook said he saw potential when recruiting the 6-foot-2 middle blocker.

“She is very long and plays over the net, and we believe she has the ability to become a great middle blocker in our program after a little development,” Cook said when the 2008 recruiting class was announced. “The other thing we like about her is that she knows how to win.”

Thramer came to Nebraska in the same recruiting class as Gina Mancuso, Megan Pendergast and Hannah Werth for the 2009 season.

Thramer began to see action as a redshirt sophomore. She made her Husker debut against New Mexico State on Aug. 26, 2011.

Playing in three of the five sets in that match, Thramer recorded 4

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Senior middle blocker Hayley Thramer (left, standing) suffered a knee injury during a spring match, ending her Nebraska volleyball career. Thramer played two seasons for the Huskers.