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NEBRASKA UNION: ALSO OCCUPIED Making use of the free speech zone in front of the Nebraska Union, students and locals regularly (and loudly) expressed their opinions on religion and politics throughout the semester. DN coverage ran: Sept. 20 (in an opinion column)

CARL PELINI ANNOUNCES PLANS TO MOVE TO FAU UNL’s four-year defensive coordinator decided to take a head coach opening at Florida Atlantic University beginning next season. DN coverage ran: Dec. 5, Dec. 6

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@dailyneb | facebook.com/dailynebraskan LANE CARR’S TEARS FAIL TO REFILL THE EMPTIED BROYHILL FOUNTAIN In a DN profile, ASUN President Lane Carr cited the annual draining of the Broyhill Fountain in front of the Nebraska Union as the saddest day of his year.

DN coverage ran: Nov. 4

ZOMBIES OVERTAKE LINCOLN, UNL In August, the Lincoln ZombieFest organized its biggest ever zombie walk, complete with human resistance. In November, Abel Residence Hall’s student government organizes a multi-day, zombie-themed survival game.

DN coverage ran: Aug. 29, Nov. 16

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PENN STATE ROCKED BY SCANDAL Reports emerged that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually abused underage boys throughout his career. Just days before the Huskers were scheduled to play at the school, some Penn State students rioted violently following the firing of head coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier (a former UNL chancellor) for allegations of covering up the scandal. DN coverage ran: Nov. 10

Jour ney through the fall semester in selected news stories at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Avoid dead-end events and you may just find yourself at a well-deserved winter break (or graduation).

AN A-MAZE-ING FALL SEMESTER 2011

END-OF-FALL-SEMESTER ISSUE Congratulations from the Daily Nebraskan to the graduating class of fall 2011!

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DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM HUSKER VOLLEYBALL CINCHES BIG TEN TITLE With a 3-0 sweep against the Iowa Hawkeyes this November, Husker volleyball claimed UNL’s first athletic Big Ten Conference title. DN coverage ran: Nov. 21, Nov. 30 (Before and after Thanksgiving break)

LINCOLN: OCCUPIED What began as a socioeconomic protest in New York City with Occupy Wall Street spread throughout the semester to become an international movement.

The tents of Occupy Lincoln can currently be seen outside the Capitol. DN coverage ran: Throughout the semester, beginning Oct. 19

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Flashback | 2011 fall semester Perlman introduces lofty goals for UNL’s future Sept. 2, 2011 In his 12th State of the University address, Perlman stated a campus growth goal of 30,000 undergraduate students, up from close to 25,000 students this year.

Graduation rates, he said, need to improve to keep up to the university’s peer institutions. In conjunction with the student increase, he called for a 160-professor raise in tenure-track faculty to 1,300 and a doubling of research expenditures to $300 million from this year’s $132 million. The need for more students and more faculty are necessary, he said, to help the university compete better with its much larger Big Ten peers.

Making History: Huskers complete 21-point comeback, top OSU for first Big Ten victory Oct. 10, 2011 With nine minutes left in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against Ohio State, Nebraska looked dead in the water. The Huskers were down 27-6. The offense was floundering and the defense was giving up yards in chunks. It had been blown out last week at Wisconsin and had been outscored 75-23 through its last six quarters. (. . .) Buckeye quarterback Braxton Miller tortured the Blackshirts with his scrambling ability all game, and he took off again on third-and-five. He passed the first down marker and appeared to deal yet another blow to the defense’s psyche.

But (Lavonte) David chased down Miller and ripped the ball out. The Huskers recovered. That was when everything changed, and the Huskers rallied to win 34-27.

Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Lincoln Oct. 19, 2011 A month ago, thousands of New Yorkers launched Occupy Wall Street, an amorphous protest against historic income inequality and the perceived power of wealth over politics that is now entering its fifth week.

Saturday afternoon, Lincoln joined New York, London, Tokyo, Rome, Los Angeles, Chicago and reportedly hundreds of other cities across the country and around the world by hosting its own offshoot of the movement.

NU volleyball player arrested in hit-and-run Nov. 1, 2011 Lincoln Police arrested junior Husker volleyball player Lauren Cook Sunday at about noon on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident. Cook was also cited for driving on a suspended license, according to Katie Flood, a public information officer with Lincoln Police.

‘Staying Together and United’ Nov. 14, 2011 The light that shined on Pennsylvania State University Friday night was a lot brighter than it was two nights earlier.

Thousands of students, alumni and community members gathered outside of Old Main, the administration building on campus, for a candlelight vigil for the victims of a sexual-abuse scandal that shook the university last week.

TransCanada agrees to reroute Keystone XL pipeline out of Sandhills Nov. 15, 2011 At about 3:40 p.m. Monday, in the first full legislature debate in an already unusual special session, Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood delivered the latest game-changing news to his fellow state senators: TransCanada had agreed to move its controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline out of the Sandhills.

— compiled by Mitch Mattern mitchmattern@dailynebraskan.com

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In its first semester as a Big Ten member, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln set the course to be big.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced plans to increase the student population by nearly 6,000 students — to 30,000 — by 2017, add 160 tenure-track faculty and nearly double the amount of research funding to $300 million.

“We have the opportunity to reset the table,” Perlman said in his Sept. 1 State of the University Address. “To now start anew to reformulate our ambitions and our aspirations, to set new goals and objectives, to rise to the elevated expectations in which we have been draped, to take advantage of the opportunities that lie ahead, to learn from but also to lead our new peers, to demonstrate that while we are in a new place, there is still no place like Nebraska.”

In addition to Perlman’s call for expansion, the University of Nebraska adopted a policy that constrains an undergraduate degree to 120 credit hours and heard a controversial proposal to

expand employee benefits.

University leaders say the beginning of the academic year has brought plenty of motion.

“This will go down as a significant period in the history of the university,” said NU President J.B. Milliken.

With UNL in the Big Ten, both UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha planning to expand, and Innovation Campus starting to take shape, Milliken said momentum is bountiful in Nebraska.

Starting next fall, freshmen will begin the 120-credit hour degree program, which university officials believe will make a fouryear degree more realistic.

In turn, Milliken and other regents said the new policy will also reduce student debt because many students will not have to remain in school an additional semester or two before receiving their diploma.

Faculty at UNL, UNO and the University of Nebraska at Kearney have begun their degree restructuring efforts.

Along with those changes, UNL officials have begun planning for student population growth with the announcement of new residence hall plans and a new

student retention program among others.

“We’re engaged in trying to figure out how to get to 30,000 students,” Perlman said, “and we’ll continue to look into that.”

Perlman will deliver an update on UNL’s expansion strategy to the Board of Regents Academic Affairs committee Dec. 20.

Ahead, the university will continue working to keep cost of attendance affordable for students while juggling the finances of an institution reliant on tight state funds, Milliken said.

In 2012, the Board of Regents will decide on an employee benefits expansion proposal called “employee plus one,” which would allow the same-sex and opposite-sex partner of university employees to receive dental, heath and vision insurance. The plus one proposal would also expand coverage to the partner’s dependents, according to the University of Nebraska website.

Milliken proposed the benefits expansion Oct. 28, citing faculty and staff equality as well as university competitiveness. However, several religious organizations have spoken out

against the expansion saying it demeans the institution of marriage.

Regent Jim McClurg of Lincoln expects a decision on the contested issue before the board’s March 2 meeting.

Despite stories from Perlman about faculty who left the university or never applied because of the absence of a plus one policy, some regents are skeptical of the proposal citing cost.

Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln questions whether the policy is needed given what he sees as university’s progress the past few years in research and growth.

“I’m not convinced that our offering or not offering ‘employee plus one’ is going to have a significant impact on the growth of faculty and the excellence of education at this university,” Clare said.

UNL Faculty Senate President Barbara LaCost said there is concern among the faculty senate about the cost of the proposal. But she said the proposal has the senate’s support and faculty hopeful it passes.

“We’re cautiously optimistic,” LaCost said.

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ASUN to focus on improving communication during spring Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan

The fall semester went by quickly for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska.

“It’s weird how fast it’s gone by already,” said ASUN Internal Vice President Jeff Lopez, a senior chemical engineering major.

“It brings a sense of urgency to the position, which I really appreciate.”

Big issues came to the forefront during fall semester, and one of the biggest ones in Lopez’s mind was communication.

Earlier in the semester, ASUN sent out a climate survey to students to gather how much they knew about ASUN. Lopez said many didn’t know about ASUN or what ASUN did.

“We all knew ASUN didn’t communicate and students didn’t know what ASUN did,” Lopez said. “That was not something that wasn’t known, but it was made such a glaring issue. That hit home really hard.”

Lopez sees communication as one of ASUN’s biggest challenges during the next semester and beyond.

“I think we can all, ASUN as a whole, just need to do better at explaining what ASUN does and really putting ourselves out there,” said ASUN President Lane Carr, a senior political science and history major. “We’re good at solving problems. We haven’t been doing a good enough

job putting ourselves out to students.”

Carr said senators, as well as the executive board, need to get out of the ASUN office to reach out to the 24,000 students on campus.

Another big issue was ASUN’s representation of graduate students.

“I’ve been proud and honored to work with graduate students who, for the first time, are calling ASUN out on not necessarily representing them well,” Carr said. “I’m guilty of it as a student body government leader and I haven’t pursued or sought to get their perspective and understand some of their challenges.”

ASUN’s response to graduate students was to create the Graduate Student Task Force. Carr said he thinks it’s going to lead into better integration of graduate students.

ASUN hosted a graduate student town hall meeting and from that, Carr said a lot of ideas are being looked at, such as putting in a graduate student ASUN chief of staff and looking at ways to give them transportation funding for conferences they attend.

“New relationships have been forged through that and it’s brought us a lot closer to GSA (Graduate Student Association), so we can really be focusing on issues important to graduate students,” Carr said.

ASUN sprang to action in late September when the

ASUN Accomplishments Important accomplishments from fall semester: ·· 24-hour Study Lounge — The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center was open for 24 hours during Dead Week and Finals Week of fall semester. ··Huskers Fighting Hunger — Students were invited to attend a presentation by Mariana Chilton, director of Witnesses to Hunger, on child hunger, which was followed by breakout sessions. ··“Say Yes 2 Better Rec Centers” — The Recreation Center campaign was approved by the Nebraska Legislature Executive Committee, despite the speed bump with the Coordinating Commission for Post-Secondary Education. ··Graduate Student Task Force — Formed on Nov. 2, the Graduate Student Task Force’ finds ways to improve ASUN’s relationship with graduate coming up spring 2012 TEDxUNL — March; TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) will be coming to UNL as a TEDx event, which is a TED talk at the local level.

“Say Yes 2 Better Rec Centers” campaign was not fully approved by Nebraska’s Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education (CCPE).

The CCPE approved all aspects of the project except for the Outdoor Adventures Center. ASUN and the Government Liaison Committee worked together to speak to the Nebraska State Legislature’s Executive Committee on Nov. 1.

“A partnership was forged with the Chancellor’s Office and even the President’s Office in Varner Hall with their advocates,” Carr said. “They were able to team up with

students and made sure what the students wanted was able to go through.”

There are many projects still in the process for ASUN, such as a bereavement policy, the Nebraska State Student Association and the annual Big Event.

“It’s exciting to hear all of the accomplishments and a lot of (projects) don’t have tangible results yet,” Carr said. “It’s exciting just to see the potential for projects to get done and know we’re in a place where, right away in January, we can get a lot of things done.”

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Occupy Lincoln protestors reflect on movement, plan to march on DAN HOLTMEYER DAILY NEBRASKAN

On an otherwise ordinary September Saturday, after months of planning and preparation, the Occupy Wall Street movement began in Manhattan.

In the spirit of the Arab Spring, in which populist revolts rocked the Arab world from Libya to Iran, the protest’s participants were in it for the long haul, planning to stay for months.

On Oct. 15, the movement spread on the global scene, with like-minded marches and protests in Tokyo, London, Rome, Los Angeles, Chicago and reportedly hundreds of other cities around the world, including a march 500-strong through downtown Lincoln and another in Omaha.

Wherever they were, the protesters were united in anger over similar complaints, including historic levels of income inequality and the power of money in politics.

Corporations and the very wealthy, they said, had too much sway over politicians to the detriment of everyone else.

Many pointed to the bank bailouts after the 2008 recession where several major banks were saved from failure by taxpayer money before foreclosing on many of those same taxpayers.

As for income inequality, they pointed to economic analyses indicating the top 1 percent of earners earned a fifth of the nation’s income and held a third of the wealth, more than the bottom 90 percent.

“We are the 99 percent” quickly became the protest’s signature chant.

Because of these issues, many Lincoln protesters said they felt they’d lost their political voice.

Nearly all of those present were employed, in high school or college, looking for work or retired.

Almost immediately, the controversial Keystone XL oil

pipeline, proposed by developer TransCanada to go through Nebraska, came under their frustration. For many, the pipeline was Exhibit A of a corporation’s power over politics.

The State Department has been reviewing TransCanada’s project for the past three years before it grants or denies a permit. Throughout the process, critics have raised several objections, pointed to possible conflicts of interests and shortfalls in the department’s assessment process.

Lincoln’s “occupation” began in earnest, with about 50 tents set up in the Centennial Mall, a public stretch sidewalk and grass that extends north from the Capitol. As a public right of way, the park-like area has no closing times, making extended camping legal.

Committees handling food, media, outreach, medical concerns and other priorities were quickly organized. Donated food, money and clothing began flowing in from supportive Lincoln residents and protesters themselves. Protesters also began to fill their own niches.

William Matchett, a 30-yearold poet and handyman, became a fixture at the food tent.

Bespectacled Jo Tetherow, 60, meanwhile, took on the role of matriarch for the camp. Dana Garrison, a junior agricultural education major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, eventually became an unofficial spokeswoman, though the movement as a rule shuns a hierarchy.

The protest’s marches continued every Saturday, moving from the Capitol through downtown, before turning back to the Governor’s Mansion south of the Capitol. They shrank to about 150 the second week but continue to occur.

Even from the beginning, Occupy Wall Street has been met with police response, which

helped propel it to the national consciousness.

In the past several weeks, police and city government reaction has only grown more forceful. On Nov. 15, the original Manhattan encampment was cleared out by police, who cited health concerns in the cramped, often messy camp and the approaching winter.

Other cities’ encampments soon fell like dominoes: Denver, Los Angeles and Philadelphia two weeks later, then San Francisco. The streets of Oakland resembled a war zone, choked by clouds of tear gas with the echoing booms of flash bombs, as protesters resisted their own eviction. Seated students at the University of California, Davis were also casually peppersprayed in a video that went viral on Nov. 18.

Occupy Boston, one of the longest-lasting movements, was evicted this weekend, though the mayor voiced his support for the movement’s goals.

But here in Lincoln, the camp early on forged an open line of communication with Lincoln’s law enforcement.

City ordinances and rules were carefully examined by protest members, and the marches always had the necessary permits.

When four protesters, who acted on their own but were members of Occupy Lincoln, were arrested for refusing to leave a downtown branch of a Wells Fargo bank, many protesters said the police were professional and respectful.

The four are the only arrests associated with the protest here so far.

As Nebraska’s winter approached and night temperatures fell below freezing, the camp slowly began to shrink, as protesters either decided to support the camp from home or consolidate with

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other campers for warmth.

Even with nights just above zero degrees, several remaining campers have voiced their continued resolve.

With camps being cleared from coast to coast, Lincoln’s occupiers said the movement would simply have to adapt.

Several are working on forging a bond with Occupy Omaha, for example, and preparing workshops for next spring.

“It’s different energy, you know?” said Jason Friedmutter, 28, after Lincoln’s general assembly meeting Sunday at Indigo Bridge Books in the Haymarket. “Now the energy is, ‘Let’s organize, let’s spread the word.’ It’s transformed.”

Trina Derickson, a protester in her 30s who isn’t camping out, agreed.

“I don’t think the energy has lessened,” she said. “I think the cold is just daunting.”

The protest will continue wherever it goes, Friedmutter, a Lincoln construction worker, said. Occupy Oakland sent out a call to action for Monday, during which protests will take place at major ports along the West Coast, and Lincoln will answer.

“We’re answering with what we’re calling the ‘People’s Withdrawal of the Bailout Money,’” Friedmutter said.

It’s a symbolic action to take back the billions of dollars in bailout funds given to banks, he explained, and declare where the movement wants that money to go, such as social services or jobs.

“Part of our whole schtick is bailout cause and effect,” he said. The banks, for example, didn’t forgive any debts after taxpayer money saved them.

“We didn’t get benefits, so we’re taking it back.”

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TransCanada pipeline RHA sees boost in bills holds state’s attention during semester’s end dan holtmeyer daily nebraskan

A Canadian pipeline company named TransCanada was likely unknown to most Nebraskans before this year, but the developments of the last semester have changed that picture in a big way.

After rallies in front of the White House and Nebraska Capitol, an advertisement that drew more than a few boos from Husker football fans and passionate, hourslong hearings in front of the U.S. State Department, the Nebraska Legislature and now Congress, TransCanada has become a household name.

This coming year, it’s likely to stay that way.

Nebraska will join TransCanada and the State Department to find a new route for the company’s controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline after immense pressure to reroute the project. Recently, Nebraskan members of Congress have also gotten in on the fray, with an eye on speeding up the process.

That oil pipeline is the reason for TransCanada’s newfound local fame.

Under its original plan, the pipeline would have passed through Nebraska’s Sandhills on its way from Alberta, Canada to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.

TransCanada took its first step to fame in 2008, when it first applied for a permit from the State Department for the pipeline’s construction. An extensive federal review of pipeline safety and the route was started.

After that, unrest slowly began to grow in Nebraska concerning the pipeline’s route, which would cut a diagonal across the state, including the Sandhills, and pass just west of Lincoln.

The Sandhills cover most of north-central Nebraska, stretching west to east from Scottsbluff to Norfolk, and is known for its delicate ecosystem and groundwater tables that even reach above ground in some places. That groundwater, in turn, is connected to the much larger Ogallala Aquifer that provides water to eight Midwestern states.

The value of both natural formations, many Nebraskans began to say, wasn’t worth the risk of an oil spill, no matter how unlikely.

Opposition to the project kept growing, most significantly in the last several months. Nebraska farmers and ranchers formed an unlikely alliance with environmental

and political groups such as Bold Nebraska and the Sierra Club, calling for a route change or denial of the project altogether.

More questions arose about the relationship between the pipeline company and the government department. Among other problems, critics charged that the department’s assessment of the project’s environmental impact included information supplied by TransCanada or a company TransCanada hired.

The State Department’s decision was expected by the end of the year. Both TransCanada and the State Department denied any inappropriate relationship, though it is now the subject of an internal investigation.

Nebraska quickly became the loudest and most-urgent opponent to the project, and the State Department appeared to take notice. In September, department representatives held hearings in all six states along the route, including hearings in Lincoln and Atkinson, Neb., to receive testimony from anyone who showed up.

In Lincoln, the eight-hour hearing was dominated by emotional pipeline opponents. Some people railed against TransCanada’s treatment of homeowners along the route, including the threat of imminent domain if they didn’t allow TransCanada to develop on their land. Others spoke of the treasured Sandhills and Ogallala Aquifer, calling on the government to protect the state’s natural resources against the possibility of a spill.

TransCanada and supportive unions responded that the pipeline would be the safest ever built and the risk from a spill would be minimal. The route crosses only a sliver of the aquifer, they pointed out, and any leak would move very slowly and be detected quickly. Thousands of jobs would be supported, they said, though the exact number was never clear.

Nebraska’s government gradually moved into the fight. After persistent doubts over whether the state could affect the route, Gov. Dave Heineman called a special session of the state legislature in October to explore the problem.

The session began Oct. 31. Five bills were introduced that week that gave the state power over pipeline routes in one way or another, but the question of if the state even had the power to use any of them

still hung over the state senators.

Meanwhile, the State Department announced it would delay its decision on the pipeline until 2013, after the general election, while it explored alternative routes around the Sandhills.

Then, in a stunning move, Nebraska state Sen. Mike Flood announced the first day of general debate that the State Department had confirmed Nebraska’s authority, and TransCanada had agreed to move the route out of the Sandhills area.

His deal with the company was quickly hailed as a triumph of negotiation and was quickly approved by the legislature, along with future power to site pipelines through the state. It seemed like the long fight had finally come to an end.

Not yet, however. U.S. Congressional Republicans, including Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns and Rep. Lee Terry, introduced bills to force the Obama administration to make its permit decision before the general election in November. That bill has now been hitched to the extension of the payroll tax, which President Barack Obama supports. Obama has since threatened a veto, which the Democratcontrolled Senate likely wouldn’t overcome.

Environmental groups quickly condemned the move, saying it forced a hasty move without due caution. Clearly, the fight isn’t finished yet.

“I haven’t seen any opposition go away,” said Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska’s executive director, by phone. “We definitely are kind of pushing back on Sen. Johanns and Sen. Terry. They are completely turning their back on Nebraskans’ concerns.”

Calls to Shawn Howard, a TransCanada spokesman who has traveled to Nebraska throughout the semester, were not returned by press time. But TransCanada and its supporters have consistently contended the pipeline would create thousands of jobs, add to American energy security and would be safe wherever it’s built.

The vote will likely come before the end of the year. Whatever happens, next year will also bring its share of developments between a Canadian pipeline company and a Midwestern state. danholtmeyer@ dailynebraskan.com

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A brand-new guest meal plan, bathroom clocks, a banquet of rice and water and only one firm event rejection — to the University Planning Council — adorned the Residence Hall Association’s semester.

The semester snowballed, picking up progress and bills along the way, with the majority of this semester’s bills coming in the last quarter of the semester.

According to the executive board, this was typical for RHA. As the year goes on, RHA and hall senators gain experience leading to more bills and largescale projects coming later in the semester or in the year.

“Residence halls tend to spend their money first then they tend to do larger-scale events at the end of the semester, especially with Dead Week,” said RHA treasurer Ryan King, a junior computer science major.

“I think we’ll have a lot more large-scale events second semester. People have gotten more comfortable planning events so they’ll be more likely to put on those events.”

The most important news to come out of housing was the approval to build two new suite-style dorms that would replace Cather and Pound residence halls. The new dorms would be combined with Knoll on the blocks of 18th, 19th and R streets.

This doesn’t mean the year wasn’t without excitement. RHA approved a new plan to place a number of guest discounts on student lunch plans, approved the purchase of clocks for residence hall bathrooms and hosted a hunger banquet to draw awareness of social issues. All three of these larger events were approved within the last two meetings of the semester.

“I think that, especially during the end of the semester, our senate did a good job of gelling and we were able to really focus on what our organization was,” said RHA President Kevin Rush, a senior special education major.

Almost every event that came forward in the year was approved, that is, except for the UPC’s last-minute request for $6,000. Due to miscommunication between UPC and RHA, it was believed that RHA would allocate $6,000 for the stage and generator to be used in the Mac Miller homecoming concert.

RHA did not hold this same idea. With a programing budget of $11,000, the senate didn’t feel comfortable with allocating more than half of its budget early in the semester.

One of the reasons money wasn’t available for the homecoming concert was the restructuring of money at the beginning of the year. Money that normally would have gone to the programming fund was

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Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, especially freshmen, spent a lot more time in the University Health Center this semester for upper respiratory problems, according to Jennifer Snyder, marketing coordinator for the health center.

In total, the medical clinic received 11,262 visits during the period from July through October, 313 more visits than last year. Counseling and Psychological Services also reported a steady increase in student visits, however, dental services decreased this semester.

Students were especially receptive of the free flu shots the health center offered this year.

The freshman class was the largest group of flu shot recipients.

“We gave more flu shots this year, more than ever before, but that’s probably because they were being offered free for the first time, and people like free,” Snyder said.

The awareness and outreach campaigns received much more attention from students

this year, she said. Snyder said she believed the “Stress-Free Zones,” were the most popular. Students could break away from studying for finals and participate in de-stressing activities such as free massages, arts and crafts and petting dogs.

Other awareness campaigns the UHC hosted were Healthy Mondays, National Collegiate Awareness Week and Movember (men’s health awareness month).

The UHC is currently in the process of hiring a nursing director for the medical clinic.

Linda Rizijis, the former nursing director, retired earlier this semester after working for the UHC for more than 30 years.

Snyder said she hopes the health center will have a new nursing director decided upon early into next semester so the medical clinic can keep things moving forward.

Next semester, the health center really hopes to push forward with its usage of Facebook and Twitter, Snyder said. “It’s always about raising awareness,” she said. “And social networking is one of the best ways for doing just that.”

The UHC will be participating for its first time in “Get

Rec’d,” a two-day event that gives students free food and other items from local vendors like Raising Canes and Chipotle. Snyder said the students who visit the health center’s booth will be entered into a drawing for a chance to receive a free iPad. In March, the health center will spend time raising awareness about women’s health in accordance with women’s health awareness month. Also in March, immediately before spring break, the UHC will send staff around the residence halls with free “goodie bags” in order to encourage students to have a safe spring break. A water bottle, toothbrush, BandAids, pain relievers and condoms are some of the items that will be inside each bag.

For students looking for work or volunteering opportunities, the UHC offers different options. In February, the Health Education and Outreach department will be looking to recruit students as wellness advocates to give health education in the residence halls and fraternity houses, as well as “Healthy Huskers,” certified peer educators that give health talks to different groups

on campus.

Student workers such as Chi Kalu, a grad student advertising major, can also be hired for paid jobs in the health center.

Kalu works closely with Snyder in coordinating all of the UHC’s marketing activities.

“I’ve loved every job I’ve had, but this is the best so far,” Kalu said. “We say you get free smiles, and it’s so true. You definitely feel welcome here.”

Shadowing opportunities in which a student shadows a nurse or medical provider for a two-hour period are also available. “If you’re interested in the medical field, it’s a good way to get in and see what we do,” Snyder said.

According to Snyder, the health center is pretty quiet during finals week. The pharmacy tends to be busy because students are rushing to fill their prescriptions before they leave for winter break.

“Once everyone leaves, it’s pretty much zombie land around here,” she said.

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instead delegated to RHA’s various committees. While it freed up more money for committeespecific activities, it did detract from the larger programming fund. It may affect the number of events that receive funding next semester.

“Our committees have most of their budgets intact, which frees up a little more money for our fund,” King said. “However, I do think there will be some hard choices, especially at the end of the year, and we may have to say no to some organizations.”

King added that it will be important for organizations to come to RHA further in advance so they can be prepared in the event they don’t receive funding.

A number of new events have started aligning for next semester’s schedule including a 24-hour scavenger hunt, a larger scale “Lil’ Sibs Weekend” and a large, still-unnamed event from the sustainability committee. According to Rush, the sustainability committee is also looking into giving students a movie channel.

“It would give students the ability to view eight to 10 movies a month,” Rush said. “Most likely it would increase student fees and what we’re looking at is if students would be into this.”

The executive board is also looking into making a bid for receiving compensation for next year’s board. “(It’s been) something that was put on the back burner,” Rush said. “I think this is an important thing after being on the board a couple of years. The

job can be a 40-hour-a-week job.”

Rush and RHA are looking at what other Big Ten schools do, and they are putting together a packet to bring to the senate.

With a busier second semester, Rush said it will be more difficult to effectively find good days for events to take place.

“Most likely there will be an event coinciding with our event on whatever day we decide to hold it, but we’re just going to have to have it that day,” Rush said.

Elections for next year are already in sight.

“For me it’s going to be bittersweet toward the end of the semester, so when I say I’m ready to get working with a new group, I’m also a little nervous because I’ve been working with this organization throughout my career,” Rush said.

The varied collection of people that make up the executive board work well together according to Sarah Elwell, a senior animal science major and RHA secretary.

“Mike likes wild ideas, I’m the person who sits there and goes, ‘Hold on, we can’t go public with this until it’s organized and possible,” Elwell said. “Ryan will be making an informed debate from the side and Kevin listens and eats his Mongolian beef until the end where he gives a five-minute speech that ties it all together. I know personally that if everyone in the group was like me, I couldn’t handle it. Though if they were all like me, there would be no crackers that get ground into the carpet in the office, I will say that.”

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editor’s note: from 6 Entertainment section as it works toward being a hub for UNL and Lincoln arts. Look for more reader interaction, like student-voting on favorite locales and businesses.

Finally, look for more issues relevant to students in 2012. Our annual endowment issue — an extra publication each spring semester printed through extra DN funds — is set to cover student loans, providing a look at all economic issues facing students both preand post-graduation.

We hope that sounds

like something you want to be a part of. If it doesn’t, we hope you let us know. Send emails with your thoughts to editor@dailynebraskan. com or post on our Facebook or Twitter. I can attest to the fact that the DN is the result of the hard work of its staff members each night, but they shouldn’t be the only ones determining its content. That job belongs to its readers.

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DN wants your ideas for spring semester

Wow, it’s been a fast four months.

And for the most part, they’ve been positive. We’ve heard a lot of good things around the Daily Nebraskan offices this semester. We went into the year with the goal of improving upon a spotty spring semester, and it looks like we’ve accomplished that, at least in part.

I can’t thank the editorial staff of the Daily Nebraskan enough for that. Many of our readers will never stop by our offices in the basement of the Nebraska Union, but there isn’t a more talented and dedicated group of students to be found on campus. Each day, dozens of students’ perspectives and decisions find their way into the paper, some of whom are credited, some of whom are not. This year, members of our staff have been there to refocus their sections’ content in what we hope has been a more relevant direction for students. They’ve brought us a redesigned print version. They’ve spearheaded an entire multimedia section, which currently boasts 60 videos. They’ve instituted weekly point-counterpoints and brought us great design packages across all sections. They’ve beared with me as I’ve tried to introduce new initiatives such as a revamped Facebook content, reader polls, greek house distribution and increased greek interaction.

Yet we owe so much of our success to readers as well. You’ve responded to stories we’ve run this semester and made us a part of dialogue on ticket shortages, on the Occupy movement, on Nebraska-Penn State interaction, on ever-present issues of university policy. You’ve contacted us through Facebook, Twitter, email and our website. We hope to see more of that next semester, because more than anything, this is a newspaper for you.

To that extent, we have a few initiatives planned to improve the paper even more for spring semester.

Look for the continued development of our multimedia content, tying video and slideshows into more news coverage. Look for regular photo stories — like our current by-the-numbers coverage for football games — appearing in all sections of the paper. Look for more regular schedules in our Arts &

editor’s note: see page 5 editorial policy The editorial above contains the opinion of the fall 2011 Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author; a cartoon is solely the opinion of its artist. The Board of Regents acts as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of Daily Nebraskan employees.

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College experiences foster life lessons

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ne paper and two finals left, and then I will be done with college for good.

Unless I plan to attend graduate school sometime in the future, my college days are finished.

The past 4-1/2 years have at times seemed to trudge by, yet simultaneously sneak past me like a ninja. The close of college marks the end of 17-1/2 years of education, but not the end of learning.

Education is often confined to lectures and textbooks, but there’s much more to discover outside the classroom.

As I reflect upon my college years, I can’t recall half of what my professors taught me. But life’s experiences have revealed to me a few essential lessons: Lesson one: We need people.

Poet John Donne once wrote, “No man is an island.” He couldn’t have been more correct. We need others in our life to guide us, encourage us, challenge us and change us. Whether it’s family, friends, significant others or peers, we need people to help us learn and see things differently. Their support is imperative to help us get through the toughest of circumstances.

The people I’ve grown to appreciate most while in college are my parents.

Their financial contributions have helped me bear some of the burden of student bills, rent and other expenses. My mom and dad often slip me money for gas and groceries whenever I visit them, and their thoughtfulness and care are meaningful blessings. Gradually, they’re weaning me off their funding, but they’re doing so with grace.

I’m grateful for my parents’ generosity, but also for their encouragement. They’ve lifted my spirits out of despair and helped me press on when I wanted to give up.

My parents are my biggest fans and helped me believe in myself. I owe a large part of my achievements to their loyal support.

Since my parents can’t always be there for me, friends have also been crucial.

Without my friends, I’d be very lonely. I might not have made it through some of my toughest classes without them. Sometimes there are things I need to talk about that only my close friends can understand.

bethany trueblood I’ve grown to appreciate and love my friends like they were family. Their infectious joy picks me up when I’m down.

Their care, concern and comfort make my troubles seem small. They keep me sane and encourage me through all of life’s ups and downs. Maybe I could live without friends, but it would be a dull and depressing life.

Lesson two: Love is hard to find and even harder to let go.

I never dated in high school because I didn’t see the point and I didn’t know any guys I wanted to date (except one, but he only saw me as a “good friend”).

Moving onto a college campus, the dating possibilities seemed endless. Despite the abundance of males, meeting the right guy (who wasn’t already dating his high school sweetheart) seemed an impossible task.

My junior year my life changed when a staff member and I developed a mutual affinity for each other. The relationship evolved at a slow, natural pace and before I knew it, I had my first boyfriend.

He was the first guy I dated, fell in love with and broke up with. My world was rocked — and wrecked — in ways I never imagined because of the relationship.

While the break-up was more painful than anything I’ve experienced, the loss has helped me realize the strength of my heart and its capacity to heal.

Finding someone to love on a college campus proved to be difficult; letting go of that love has been even more challenging.

Maybe I’m afraid I won’t find another guy to love since it took so long to find the first one; maybe I believe no one will ever love me like he did. But my heart’s resilience gives me hope that I can love again. A break-up, although heart-wrenching, isn’t the end of the world.

Lesson three: My future career might not require my degree of focus.

To my understanding, college is supposed to prepare students for a career in their field of study. For those studying to become nurses or teachers, the path is pretty straightforward; but for those who study art, English or journalism (just to name a few), it’s hard to know which direction to go.

Several of my journalism colleagues aren’t sure they even want to be journalists. But they love social justice and enjoy writing or using different media platforms.

They hope to join the Peace Corps or work with nonprofit organizations, locally or abroad.

My desire to be a traditional journalist has lessened through the years, although I’m not sure I ever wanted to work in a newsroom. I feel more inclined to work with nonprofits, but in what capacity I’m not sure. Perhaps it will mean writing news releases, designing informational brochures or planning fundraising events. Whatever it looks like, I want to be directly involved with helping an organization that is doing real good in this world.

These are just a few of the most significant things I’ve learned during the past few years. As I anticipate post-grad life, I look forward to what other lessons I’ll learn.

I plan to use the next five or so years to volunteer, try different things and gain new interests. I’ll nanny and maybe work at a coffee shop while I research job opportunities. My time in college has been significant, but only a small part of the education that life has to offer. There’s so much more yet for me to discover about the world and myself.

Graduation is but a milestone marking past achievements and opening the door to greater learning opportunities.

I can’t believe the end is here. But then again, maybe it’s only the beginning.

Bethany Trueblood is a senior newseditorial major thankful for her time at UNL and the Daily Nebraskan.

She bids both a bittersweet farewell.

Reach her at bethanytrueblood@ dailynebraskan.com.

Jackasses of 2011 prove too many for only top 10 spots

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ow, 2011 was a wild year. Cool things happened this year, like Seal Team Six kicking ass and killing Osama bin Laden, Mississippi rejecting a really stupid abortion law and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell getting repealed. Unfortunately, there were a lot of jackasses — even here in Nebraska — who sought to ruin things for everybody.

So, readers, it’s that time of year again when we ridicule the hell out of these awful people. And for the first time, we’re going to have dishonorable mentions on this list as there were so many jackasses, 10 couldn’t contain everyone!

Dishonorable mentions: Dr. Pepper, for airing an advertisement that said its new product, Dr. Pepper Ten, isn’t for women. Then the ad spouted off this gem, “Keep the romantic comedies and lady drinks.” I’m not drinking Dr. Pepper again until all its products are for women.

Ndamukong Suh, for being the dirtiest player in the NFL, already. We all saw that helmet shake and stomp during the Thanksgiving game. You’re making Nebraska look bad. Clean it up.

Gov. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), for demanding an apology from a critic, who happened to be a high school student. The teenage girl, Emma Sullivan, tweeted “Brownback sucks.”

She may be right about that. At least Brownback had the balls to apologize.

10. TIE - Attorney General Jon Bruning and Gov. Dave Heineman Bruning is here because he equated people on welfare to raccoons in a speech. Poor people aren’t animals.

Poor people are PEOPLE. Such insensitivity and stupidity speaks volumes about how he’ll treat Nebraskans, if he’s elected to the Senate. Yeah, I’m

scared too.

Gov. Heineman, for acting like the most helpless politician ever.

Nebraskans protested the Keystone XL pipeline’s path over the Ogallala Aquifer from the get-go. (Otherwise we wouldn’t have collectively lost our shit during that “pipeline” ad at the Husker game earlier this season.)

Gov. Dave Heineman, what are we paying you for? It’s certainly not wringing your hands and acting like a doofus.

9. John Cook In case you missed it, Lauren Cook, John Cook’s daughter and setter for the NU volleyball team, broke a motorcyclist’s leg while she was driving on a suspended driver’s license. She didn’t stop after she hit the motorcyclist. Here’s what Coach Cook said in response to the scandal: “Days like this, I wish my kid was a sorority girl.

This wouldn’t probably be a big deal.”

If a genie were to pop out at that instant and grant that wish, wouldn’t it make more sense to say, “I wish my daughter hadn’t been driving that day”? Just sayin’.

8. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius The FDA approved Plan B, emergency contraception, for girls under the age of 18. The agency said Plan B is safe. But Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius decided to make sure young women under 18 weren’t able to get emergency contraception over the counter. Sebelius said, “a 10-year-old or 11-year-old going to a drugstore would be able to, alongside bubble gum or batteries, be able to buy a medication that potentially, if not used properly, can have an adverse effect.”

Yeah, because a large number of 10-year-olds are having sex! Be afraid, America. Of course Sebelius added, “If the application were approved, the product would be available, without

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prescription, for all girls of reproductive age.” What’s wrong with that?

No one should be forced to have an unwanted pregnancy.

7. Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas) By now you’ve probably seen the commercial and the crazy shit Perry said. If not, here’s the kicker, “But you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.” Perry also claims that Obama has been waging a war on religion and attacking religious heritage. And by religion Perry means Christianity. And by war, Perry means not treating Christians as better than any other faith. By Perry’s rhetoric you’d think Obama would be throwing Christians to large prides of lions.

The good news is that if Perry’s right-wing insanity wasn’t totally apparent before, now it is.

6. Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) Walker took away collective bargaining rights for all public employees, except police and firefighters.

Collective bargaining, in a nutshell, is the idea that a group of people (a union) can get together and say, “Hey, we need better pay/working conditions/work hours/whatever” to their employer. Then the employer and the union can negotiate terms.

By taking collective bargaining away, Walker is in effect saying, “Don’t like your working conditions?

Too bad! You’re stuck with them!

Muwhahaha!”

5. Shane Webber This guy is a real piece of work.

Shane Webber cyber-stalked his own girlfriend for three years! Three years!

How someone can act like this I haven’t the slightest idea. There is no excuse for such behavior.

I hope the ex-girlfriend finds someone who treats her well. As for Webber, well, I hope that his computer melts off his face and hands.

4. TIE- Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Herman Cain We’ll never know the full story here, but this much is for sure: Strauss-Kahn and Cain handled it in the media about as poorly as one could. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was the head of the International Monetary Fund. He was accused of raping a hotel maid, named Nafissatou Diallo. The case was dropped because Diallo’s credibility was called into question. On a related note, DSK has been allegedly tied to a hooker ring.

Herman Cain is in a similar boat.

Multiple women have come forward and said Cain sexually harassed them during his time at the National Restaurant Association. He’s also accused of having a 13-year extramarital affair.

Stay classy.

3. TIE- Anders Behring Breivik and Jared Loughner Going on a mass killing spree of innocent people isn’t OK. 2. Congress- Oh, Congress, you silly jackasses, don’t you know that pizza isn’t a vegetable? People in this country are affected by your idiotic actions and inability to work together. We’re depending on you to help the people.

We’re depending on you to stimulate the economy. To help those who are in messy situations. And of course, help out poor college students. We are the future, don’t you know? If you don’t, well, elections are coming soon. Hopefully voters will find more

responsible people to elect into office.

1. Penn State administration If you knew or suspected someone of raping children, you’d call the police, wouldn’t you? The Penn State administration didn’t call the police.

One man, Mike McQueary, witnessed an alleged assault in the showers. He called his father. He didn’t call the police. Joe Paterno didn’t call the police after McQueary told him. Paterno told the athletic director, Tim Curley.

Curley didn’t call the police, either.

This inaction isn’t the same thing as Jerry Sandusky’s alleged actions of using his own charity to molest children, however, it’s equally heinous.

These actions are unacceptable.

They are a moral failing of the highest degree.

When we elevate a sport to such a high status, and give those within it god-like statuses, society sets itself up for trouble. Abuse of power is more common when people believe they’re infallible. We need to seriously re-evaluate how we treat athletes and coaches. They’re not gods. They’re just regular folks.

Under normal circumstances, this end of the year column would recommend some outrageous punishment, like feeding Tony Hayward to a shark, for the top jackass. Not this year, readers. Here’s what I’d like to see happen for the victims: Penn State should foot the bill for each of the victim’s college educations, to any institution they want to go to and for how ever many degrees that person wants. I’d also like to see Penn State foot the bill for therapy sessions for all the victims who want them.

Well, that’s the year in jackassery.

Let’s hope next year’s jackasses won’t be nearly so awful.

Rhiannon Root is a senior news-editorial and history major. Follow her on Twitter @rhiannonroot and reach her at rhiannonroot@ dailynebraskan.com.

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It’s been real NOAH BALLARD Because you’re sitting on the edge of an extra-long dormstyle bed, and in the background “Eyes Wide Shut” is playing on the second-hand television set, and you’ve started to notice that it’s 2008, and your friends aren’t really using AIM anymore.

Instead, they’ve been posting pictures of their friends and their parties and that one night they smoked a clove cigarette – even though they always refused to smoke with you back in high school. You turn up that CD your friend Lauren bought for you when you got out of the hospital, when you drove around central New Jersey for the last time in her BMW, and she told you that you’d be fine, and you knew that nothing would be the same when you would get on that plane, just as it hadn’t been the same when all your friends had gone off to college and left you to amuse yourself in the desolation of retail and community college classes with all the other screwups you’d promised yourself you’d never become but suddenly were.

You get on that plane and watch your father sit in the row in front of you with that guy from Wisconsin, and he brags about you as if you aren’t sitting right behind him. It makes you feel good for a minute, until you can’t even recognize the person your father is talking about, and you put on your headphones and close your eyes. Outside, between you, an inch of glass and 35,000 feet of air, there is nothing but a few wispy clouds

and listless farms you never really considered actually being there.

You land. You drive for 45 minutes. You unpack on the 10th floor of Pound Hall, the same building in which you’d spent a week three summers ago during that convention when theater was your priority, when you’d been the narrator in that Sondheim musical, when you’d been in love with someone else entirely.

Your roommate, also from New Jersey, does not exist – he’s living somewhere else with his girlfriend, too scared to tell his parents about their premarital living situation.

(You notice, nearly four years later, that your anti-roommate has married this girl, and they seem to be happy living the Nebraska life.) You wonder if you’ll ever live with someone.

But it’s months later, and you’re standing on top of the 12th Street parking garage. It’s autumn, and you’re wearing a blazer that doesn’t fit you, staring at some theater performance major who seems pretty enough to make you forget that you left things, like theater, behind. You have a French test in the morning, but you’re not going to pass that class anyway. Standing with her, looking at the stars and the Sesame Street awnings of Lincoln below, is enough, even though this girl will disappear from your life.

It’s beyond a Facebook status or one of those stories you save for when you see your high school friends and feel like making your life sound exciting.

But there are those moments, too: You join the newspaper. You sleep with a pretty girl and pretend you’re mature enough to not develop emotions. You make Christmas party mistakes. You wake up on foreign floors and in foreign-made cars. You’ve forgotten about the promises to stay in touch with whomever, but you do it anyway when you have time. Your MacBook isn’t the newest one at The Coffee House anymore. You haven’t watched television in months.

You suddenly get upset when a football team doesn’t play to their potential. You’re a stranger to the person you were: a little hairier; smoking a little more; still nothing like the man your father described.

The girl tells you she loves you, which sounds strange because you’re not certain if you’re worth loving, if you exist at all: “I drink, therefore I am,” you say at O’Rourke’s with your friends, but not out loud, and eventually you don’t talk to those people anymore, either. They grow up or don’t, leaving or staying. And your mother calls to check in more than your father. You stop doing the math to calculate how many cigarettes you’ve smoked this week, month, life.

You wake up next to the girl and tell her you love her too. You share an apartment now and this is real life because you tell people about it. “This American Life” is playing on her iHome in your home and you’re home together reading Kundera, thinking, if nothing else, how being heavy is unbearable. She asks how your

writing is going. You keep your first novel on the top shelf of your closet – thousands of words and cloudy ideas meant to be coming-ofage, but were they really?

Now, you’re home for Thanksgiving a month before graduation sitting around a large, wooden table with your friends in Princeton, drinking Hefeweizen, drinking Stoli and cranberry, drinking with a master’s student, an engineer for Ford, a researcher for BristolMyers Squibb, a career undergrad, an Occupier, a 1-percenter, a Ph.D. candidate with whom y o u got so high i n h i g h school t h a t watching the sequel to “Alien vs. Predator” seemed like a legitimate idea, that making promises seemed realistic, that being cruel seemed negligible.

For all your fears were valid during that first semester of college: These people became who they wanted to be, or didn’t, but don’t seem to mind either way.

And another week goes

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by, and then another 16 follow. You sleep late. You keep ordering the same kind of coffee. Your parents are flying in a few days to see you dressed in all black, to see the bags under your eyes, to see that money’s been well-spent, to see that

you left your dorm that first morning.

Of course you did – your fear was only temporary. For this is another bittersweet Sunday night, after all.

Monday is only hours away and so are you.

NOAH BALLARD IS A SENIOR ENGLISH MAJOR. REACH HIM AT NOAHBALLARD@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

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› EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Gay, TJ Romance and Faleasha Savage wish to not have their real names used in the article to protect themselves and their careers.

For Lincoln’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally community, Club Q was the place to be this past Friday night, as scores gathered to bid farewell to Crush, a local drag king troupe giving its final show after five years in the limelight.

The troupe consists of three women who assume male personas during performances: C Styles, Dr. Gay and TJ Romance.

Having entertained Lincoln’s GLBTQA community since February 2007, the troupe, or “bois” band, is splitting up because the members are all going in different directions in their personal lives.

C Styles, whose real name is Catherine Balta, is pursuing a degree in advertising from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dr. Gay, a UNL alum, married in September and plans to move to Oregon and TJ Romance is getting married this summer.

Divergent future plans aside, the Crush bois are best friends on and off stage after five years of focusing on each other and their performances, C Styles said.

But for the bois, it’s time to move on.

“We kind of have our own families now,” TJ Romance said.

“They’re no longer Crush bois; they’re Crush men,” said Faleasha Savage, a former Club Q drag queen and friend of the bois.

While Crush provided nearflawless lip syncing and choreography to packed house shows in Lincoln and across the country for five years, its most significant contribution to the GLBTQA community was acting as a role model for it.

“I hope they realize what they’ve done for people,” Faleasha Savage said. “They have taught (the GLBTQA community) how to respect individuals.”

On and off stage, Crush has mandated a group policy of standing as inspirational examples for the queer community,

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Dr. Gay reaches for the crowd’s dollar bills during his drag performance at Club Q’s final crush show on Friday. It will be his last time performing together with the two other drag kings that make up Crush. emphasizing all-inclusiveness Friday. also found personal meaning in no matter how one might iden“They didn’t care who you the half decade of entertainment. tify on the sexual orientation were,” Faleasha Savage said of “I wanted to be the best,” C and gender spectrum.

Crush’s all-inclusive stage.

Styles said. “I feel like we’ve done “We are all the same,” Dr. As for just the king commu- that and I feel very proud of that.”

Gay said. “We all just want to be nity, Crush has made an impact For the troupe’s farewell show, loved and be treated equally.” there, as well. it performed a slew of audience Along with acting as role Lennyx Bower-West, a drag favorites, opening with a renmodels for the queer commu- king whose real name is Wes dition of Queen’s “Bohemian nity, Crush has also impacted Staley, reigns under the title Mr. Rhapsody” and ending with a the drag community, launch- Q 17. He said when he saw his Crush medley of the troupe’s ing performers into their drag first Crush show two years ago, favorite numbers including “Evcareers and bringing together he knew he wanted to try drag. erybody” by the Backstreet Boys, seemingly opposite drag forces: “There’s going to be a big “Y.M.C.A.” by the Village People kings and queens. gap in the king community and fitting ending with *NSYNC’s “(Crush broke) the barrier because they got a lot of peo- “Bye Bye Bye.” between drag king and drag ple started,” Lennyx BowerBefore the group exited the queen,” Faleasha Savage said.

West said. stage for the last time, Crush emBefore Crush, kings and Although the Crush bois will braced in a momentous threequeens often performed in stick around the Q for a while man hug while a packed club separate shows and, while the performing individually, Len- audience roared in support.

Crush shows are heavier on the nyx Bower-West said the loss The Crush bois ended a king side, the troupe has includ- of Crush saddens him.

5-year career on a high note, ed queens in its shows, includ“My initial inspiration is one that resonates with lessons ing Faleasha Savage, who came gone,” he lamented. of respect, pride and love from back to Nebraska from Mesa, While Crush has impacted a grateful community.

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With winter break nearly upon us, it’s the perfect time to stay indoors and watch some favorite holiday films.

In considering what characters are the most memorable in holiday films over the decades, I have tried to focus on the most indelible personas rather than strictly on the quality of films they are in.

There may be better holiday films, but I’m hard pressed to think of more memorable characters than these. The list skews toward Christmas films; hopefully Adam Sandler and Noah Ballard can live with that. Here are the top five holiday movie characters: 5. Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley, Jean Shepherd as adult voice), “A Christmas Story” (1983) “A Christmas Story” only rivals “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the most prominent movie of the season. Ralphie is that bespectacled kid in the 1950s who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. The combination of the child actor and wonderfully humorous adult voiceover make us root for Ralphie, even if he shoots his eye out.

4. The Grinch, (Boris Karloff), “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” (1966) The perfect storm of talent, “The Grinch” is one of the most memorable screen villains, who of course has a change of heart in the end (it grows three sizes to be exact).

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brings a wonderful, seasoned texture to the narration and voice of the Grinch. Thurl Ravenscroft sings that unforgettable song. And Chuck Jones of Looney Tunes fame and one of animation’s greatest directors, gets his animators to project such life into these drawings.

3. George Bailey (James Stewart), “It‘s a Wonderful Life“ (1946) Stewart gives a heartfelt performance as George Bailey, a man who gets to see what life would be like without him.

Despite the film’s sentimentality, Stewart is excellent as usual and is the true everyman of Hollywood cinema. Director Frank Capra described the film’s theme as “the individual’s belief in himself,” making George Bailey a classic American hero. This film makes an excellent pairing with Ernst Lubitsch’s “The Shop Around the Corner” (1940), in which Stewart plays Alfred Kralik, a man who professes his love to his co-worker and secret pen pal on Christmas Eve. 2. Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) Back in 1965, the Peanuts characters warned us all that Christmas was becoming too commercial. The special featuring Charles M. Schulz’s unforgettable characters has been ingrained in the collective memory with yearly broadcasts, but that doesn’t

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Fall semester offers unmissable records for holiday break listening KATIE FENNELLY DAILY NEBRASKAN

With winter break in sight, the hopes for more free time only grow stronger. No class for three weeks means more time to do things you really enjoy.

Whether you are spending your break at home by the fire or driving 10 hours to see your great aunt Hilda, this is a great time to catch up on music you may have missed this semester. And if you are going to be in a car for 10 hours, it is best to have some good music for the ride.

Here are the best albums of the semester: First, the best local album of the semester: It’s clearly “Coriolis” by Elijah Jett, also known as recent University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Michael Todd. The album plays with multiple genres, yet has an instinctual flow. Todd’s voice captures a feeling of sincerity that lingers throughout the album. And “God’s in the Grass” has an easy, gospel sway.

Glover brings the show’s comedic genius to his own material, which is filled to the brim with pop culture references, especially on “Bonfire.”

“Heartbeat” is eclectic and honest. The album holds its ground and is an important step in establishing Glover as an accomplished rapper.

suburban tale about days gone by with the band’s second album. The drama might feel muted, as it’s hidden over textured layers of gleaming guitars and hazy melodies. The album is very fluid, yet each song has its own feel. “Green Aisles” is a nostalgic number, and “All the Same” closes the album as a soaring seven-minute reflective piece.

4. ‘THE WHOLE LOVE’ – WILCO: Wilco would really have to mess up to make a bad record.

“The Whole Love” is a strong addition to an impressive library. Opener “Art of Almost” is a clean break for the band.

It’s footed in orchestral flourishes and guitarist Nels Cline’s freakouts. The rest of the album delivers with a much simpler sound. “I Might” is fueled by popping organs, which overpower the dark feel of the lyrics. “Standing O” is crunchy, driven rock, but “Born Alone” steals the show. The album feels much more textured than its predecessor.

5. ‘DAYS’ – REAL ESTATE: Real Estate captures a hazy

3. ‘THE RIP TIDE’ – BEIRUT: The album needs time to steep, as first-time listeners might find the worldly horn influences and Condon’s voice jarring. Album opener, “A Candle’s Fire,” is a suitable introduction into Beirut’s overall feel. And “Payne’s Bay” showcases Condon’s developing strength as a composer.

Given a fair chance, “The Rip Tide” proves innovative and surprisingly buoyant amongst this year’s album releases.

2. ‘CAMP’ – CHILDISH GAMBINO: Childish Gambino is the rapping alter ego of Donald Glover, who you may know from NBC’s “Community.”

1. ‘EL CAMINO’ – THE BLACK KEYS: Out just a week ago, “El Camino” has quickly garnered acclaim from across the board.

And the praise is more than justified.

The album’s sound is heavy, yet deliberate and quick. “Little Black Submarines” starts off slow and acoustic, but grows into a fiery, driven ballad. And “Gold on the Ceiling” has a thundering beat and has the same buzz as the band’s successful “Tighten Up.” The Black Keys blend their outright blues influences with the early days of rock ’n’ roll, and the result is stunning.

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Off-road Christmas playlist provides refreshing tracks KATIE FENNELLY DAILY NEBRASKAN

The weeks leading up to Christmas are great for a number of reasons. It’s ugly Christmas sweater season, lights are everywhere, there are plenty of cookies to go around and people just seem happier.

But none of these can touch Christmas music. Radio stations devote weeks, and sometimes months, to the stuff. But if you don’t monitor your listening well, you might suffer from Christmas music burnout before Thanksgiving.

Radio stations have a limited catalog of Christmas music and it’s easy for the songs to get repetitive. It’s hard to hear Paul McCartney sing about how he’s simply having a “Wonderful Christmastime” more than once or twice a season.

And if you’ve ventured past the radio to get your Christmas music fix, good for you! But, let’s be real. Sufjan Stevens is trying to establish himself as king of original Christmas songs and while he’s doing a good job, it’s hard to get through the nine volumes of “Songs for Christmas.”

Here are some choice recommendations to help you survive your Christmas music burnout: • “The Blizzard” – Camera Obscura: It’s a cover of a 1964 Jim Reeves song, but there’s no reason to listen to the original, unless you need proof that Camera Obscura’s version is far superior. The song is a story about someone traveling through a blizzard to reach his beloved Mary Ann. It doesn’t end well, but the song itself is a joy. It’s not explicitly about Christmas, but anyone who has survived a Nebraska winter can relate to the howling winds and numb toes.

• “Christmas Lights” – Coldplay: Coldplay does Christmas, and rather well. “Christmas Lights” is proof that holiday songs can be both sad and hopeful at the same time. The beginning is pure melancholy, but is quickly replaced by a soaring melody. It creates a similar emotion as “It’s a Wonderful Life.” And while the movie is a holiday classic, Coldplay achieves the same effect in four minutes, compared to the movie’s two hours. The song fits in with Coldplay’s other recent releases and, honestly, is good enough to listen to anytime of the year.

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Christmas” – Noah’s Ark Was a Spaceship: For a little local flair that isn’t “Christmas in Nebraska”

by Mulberry Lane, check out Noah’s Ark Was a Spaceship’s soon-to-be Christmas classic. It’s raw, with a lot of distortion, but “I love baby Jesus and all the reindeer,” feels sincere. Also, it’s on “Christmas for Pine Ridge,” a fundraiser for Lash LaRue Toy Drive, which collects and delivers toys for the children of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.

• “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” – Julian Casablancas: The song is actually from a 2000 Saturday Night Live skit.

The skit, which features Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan, is bizarre yet memorable. Why Julian Casablancas, the front man for The Strokes, thought covering the song almost a decade later was a good idea is beyond me.

And yet, it works. It’s mostly synthesizers and, like most of his solo album, feels like it belongs in a weird combination of the `80s and the distant future.

• “Joseph, Who Understood” – The New Pornographers: It’s a shout-out to Joseph, who, let’s face it, doesn’t get enough credit. Dude had a lot on his plate. This song also wins the award for the most religious of the list, but not in an in-your-face kind of way.

The super-religious songs (“O Holy Night,” anyone?) are really only bearable the week of Christmas. Also, just throwing it out there, but “The Little Drummer Boy” alone has the ability to ruin Christmas. What infant is going to enjoy listening to some little boy bang on his drum? The only thing that baby wants to do is sleep. Babies also have sensitive ears.

Do you really want to be responsible for Jesus’ lack of hearing? Good job, little drummer boy, good job.

• “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – Darlene Love: OK, so they play this one on the radio, but it’s hard to leave it off of a good Christmas playlist. And while Death Cab for Cutie’s version would probably fit the theme of this list better, there’s something to be said for the original. Sorry, Ben Gibbard, but Darlene Love has pipes. And although the song itself is sad in nature, there’s euphoria to be derived from it too.

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Ironically, he found the only real tree left in a lot filled with glamorous looking aluminum constructions. Charlie Brown’s sad looking little Christmas tree of course becomes beautiful at the end when everyone pitches in to decorate it. The tree becomes a symbol for something greater than what Christmas has become today. The rare Christmas special to actually acknowledge the birth of Christ, today the message of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” has

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Roommates 1 female roommate wanted for the second semester in a 3 bedrrom, 2 bath apartment close to city campus. Mostly college population. Full washer, dryer in unit. No smoking or pets. $260 in rent plus electric and cable/internet.

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Roommate needed. Starting January- December 2012. Rent $ 150 per month, plus cable and electric which is about $100-150 more. 5 min. away from East campus, and 15 away from City. Three bedroom apartment, I’m a quiet, clean, responsible senior in need of a third roommate to replace my current roommate who just got married. So, if you need a place to live for the next year I think you just found it! No drama would be great! E-mail if interested jjarec12@huskers.unl.edu.

Seeking 1 male roommate for 4-bedroom, 2-bath duplex at 921 Gunners Court. Available in January for spring semester. Rent is $283/month + 1/4 of utilities. Only 10 minutes from city campus. Spacious house, great roommates, great location. Contact Max at mcolson5@gmail.com or call 402-499-6154 for more information.

Sublease an apartment for the second semester, located at Claremont Park Apartments north of city campus, two other males to share rent with. Under $400 and no utilities. Call 308-379-6445.

Two female UNL students seeking a roommate for 3 bedroom loft at Lakeview Park Apartments. Rent $294 a month plus utilities (electric and internet); washer and dryer included in unit. If interested call or text 308.520.4376 or 308.641.8572

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Spend an exciting Holiday evening in Historic Havelock! On Saturday, December 17th, partake in the 2nd annual Havelock Progressive Dinner. Enjoy food, drinks and fun as your party moves up and down Havelock Ave. Listen to live music from “On the Rocks” at the Isles reception hall after party. Win door prizes from Havelock merchants. Tickets for the Progressive dinner are just $25 per person and are available at the ENGINE HOUSE or Isles pub and pizza. Call 402-467-2880 for more information!.

2 roommates needed. I’m a 21 year old female living at the fountain glen apartments in a 3 bedroom loft style apartment. The rent is $292 per person plus internet and electric per month, so total would be under $350. It’s a very nice apartment located in the Highlands.

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Female roommate wanted January thru May or second semester. 3 bedroom townhome, 3 baths, $400, all utilities included. Northwest Lincoln, close to campus. Call 402-649-8767 ir 402-649-2405.

Looking for 1 female roommate to move into a 4 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse located in the Capital Beach area. It is a very nice house with a 2 car garage, full kitchen, laundry room with washer and dryer, and a nice sized patio. The room available is the master bedroom, it has a walk in closet and bathroom attached. There are currently 3 other girls living at the house.

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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE SEMESTER: HANNAH WERTH

COACH OF THE SEMESTER: JOHN COOK

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Those glasses on Hannah Werth’s face aren’t just for looks.

Even though they’re now a part of her volleyball uniform, at the beginning of this season the outside hitter from Springfield, Ill., decided she didn’t need them.

And that was a mistake, she said.

“I didn’t think I needed them, I thought I was fine,” she said. “The goggles really helped me hone in and focus and helped me to be that much better of an athlete.

“I can feel a difference in my body so it was a good transition.”

Those goggles must have made a real difference for Werth. After she donned the red-and-black frames against Iowa State and in Big Ten play, she averaged 2.77 kills and 3.15 digs per set during the regular season.

And her defensive ability helped the Huskers stay alive in difficult situations.

As the reigning Big 12 Conference defensive player of the year, her teammates expected a lot from her and she’s delivered, co-captain Bridgette Root said.

“She’s always been a great defender but she really upped it this year,” Root said. “There are so many times she has stuck her arm out and saved a point for us.”

This season, the junior was second on the team to libero Lara Dykstra in digs with 314.

Werth’s ability to move around the floor makes it hard to slip balls by her for points, a rarity among outside hitters, NU assistant coach Dan Meske said.

“She can really change the tide of matches with her quickness,” he said. “And it really sets her apart from other attackers.”

Since Nebraska’s move from the Big 12 Conference in July, only one Husker coach has been able to bring home a title from the Big Ten Conference.

After compiling a 17-3 record in conference play, John Cook’s volleyball team won the Big Ten Championship.

Entering this season, NU’s No. 5 preseason ranking hid the fact the team had lost a lot of talent the year before, including Sydney Anderson, Kayla Banwarth, Tara Mueller and Lindsey Licht.

Cook was forced to start a true freshman at libero and his best middle blocker, Brooke Delano, was far from 100 percent following shoulder surgery.

Nebraska started the season somewhat sluggish and split the 10 sets it was forced to play against New Mexico State and Colorado State, neither of whom reached round two of the NCAA Tournament. At that point, the Huskers sat at No. 11 and didn’t look much like Big Ten contenders to Cook, who said the Huskers’ performance was as bad as he’d ever seen against NMSU. And yet, there they were with the championship trophy when all was said and done. According to Meske, the Huskers never could have done it without Cook’s continuous push for improvement across all spectrums of the program.

“Probably the No. 1 word I’d use (to describe Cook) is inspiring,” he said. “Just because he pushes (his assistants) just like he pushes the players. He challenges you to be a better coach.

It’s inspiring to work around someone who works as hard, and in my opinion, there’s no one in volleyball who works as hard and we’re all better for it.”

The Big Ten title wasn’t the only accomplishment on the season. The Huskers defeated the top-ranked team in the country (Illinois) for the first time under Cook, beat each of the seven other Big Ten teams that reached the NCAA Tournament and reached No. 1 in the AVCA coaches poll for the first time in four years. For all of its accomplishments, NU was given the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

To senior co-captain Brigette

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Nebraska outside hitter Hannah Werth averaged 3.15 digs per set this season. The junior finshed the year with a 314 total kills.

But it isn’t just the numbers and the athleticism that Werth brings to the floor.

She’s constantly jumping around the court and takes part in a pre-match dance routine with senior Brooke Delano.

“She brings a spark,” defensive specialist Paige Hubl said. “She’s a well-rounded athlete but it’s more than that. She brings energy and excitement and that’s not something you can get in the weight room or on the court.”

That carefree attitude is something that comes natural to Werth, she said. And getting everybody else to have fun is a crucial part of helping her teammates to have a memorable volleyball career at NU. “It’s all about getting us in that mindset that yes we’re out here to have fun,” Werth said. “I feel like I need to be the life of the party so everybody can enjoy the moment because you never know when it’s going to end.”

And one moment Werth was sure to enjoy was when the Huskers beat undefeated No. 1 Illinois in the NU Coliseum.

She had 17 digs with 14 kills on a night with 27 attacks in four sets to help lead the Huskers to a 3-1

She can really change the tide of matches with her quickness and it really sets her apart from other attackers.”

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win against the Illini.

But the crowning moment of that match for Werth came with the score at 2411 in the fourth set. Werth notched the final kill by smashing the ball into Annie Luhrsen of the Illini to give the Huskers the victory against her home-state team.

“The feeling of that victory over Illinois is the best feeling I can remember having all year,” Werth said.

“And no one can take that away from us, so it was pretty cool.”

After that match, Werth and her teammates celebrated. And it’s safe to say she was leading the pack as the player that matured as time went on this season.

“She really grew this year as a teammate and somebody to look to,” Root said. “She just puts a smile on your face.”

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Nebraska coach John Cook led the Huskers to the school’s first ever Big Ten Conference championship.

Root, the Huskers’ success this season, and every season, is due in part to the intensity Cook brings to the Husker sideline. “(Cook) works so hard at his job,” she said. “Probably works harder than any coach in the conference or even the country. The way he gets his team working hard and going, just really makes him a great coach.”

But even with that work ethic, the team still had issues at times during the season.

In early November, Cook’s daughter, All-Big Ten setter Lauren Cook, was held out of two home matches against Michigan and Michigan State after felony charges were brought against her following a hit-andrun accident. Despite the situation affecting his personal life and his team, Cook kept the Huskers on course, and NU won both matches.

Had they lost either, the Huskers would not be outright Big Ten champions. To Hannah Werth, the ability of the team to rally in tough situations comes down to the charisma of its coach.

“I can’t imagine, especially in the position he was put in (coaching the team),” Werth said. “I think he did a really good job of handling the situations at hand. He always tells us ‘the great ones adjust.’ Our coaching staff has done an amazing job this season really keeping us focused on the process.”

Despite the season not ending how Cook wanted, as the Huskers failed to make the Sweet 16 for the first time in his 11 seasons as coach, his players feel that, with him as their coach, they will be able to continue the program’s success.

And that’s something his players are very thankful for.

“It’s a dream a lot of girls have across the whole country.

I’m pretty blessed to be able to play for him,” Paige Hubl said.

“He does deserve this award – not even a new conference, he had a new coaching staff, a new team. Every day you always feel you’re his top priority – it’s a great feeling as a player.”

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MALE ATHLETE OF THE SEMESTER: REX BURKHEAD ANDREW MCCLURE DAILY NEBRASKAN

Superman couldn’t be a greater nickname.

Rex Burkhead’s performance this season for Nebraska set the tone for his teammates, serving as the team’s most consistent player, rushing for more than 100 yards seven times.

His strong play throughout the season has earned him the title of Male Athlete of the Semester from the Daily Nebraskan.

On and off the field, Burkhead has proven himself to be an effective leader who is thought of highly by teammates and fans in the community.

Burkhead’s meeting and support of Jack Hoffman, a 6-yearold boy from Nebraska who has undergone multiple surgeries to remove a brain tumor, shows his commitment to fans of all ages, with Burkhead even wearing a bracelet this season that says “Team Jack – Pray.”

His teammates recognize his skill but also acknowledge what he does for others.

Following the regular-season finale against Iowa, senior linebacker Lavonte David told Burkhead he was proud of his on-field performance.

“He’s been working hard here since day one, working hard,” David said.

The junior running back from Plano, Texas, has used his abilities as a receiver and efficient runner and even tried a couple of rollout pass plays that didn’t work out but still demonstrated his all-around skill.

He rushed for 1,268 yards this season, good enough for 21st-best in the country, and caught 16 passes for another 142 yards.

In the Iowa game alone, Burkhead rushed 38 times for 160 yards and one touchdown, breaking Cory Ross’ record of 37 carries, which was set in 2003.

The ever-humble Burkhead didn’t want to break the record, but found himself in for the game’s final series to take a

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Husker running back Rex Burkhead ran for 1,268 yards this season and had a school-record 38 carries against Iowa. knee to end the game, and after some coaxing from Marcel Jones and his fellow linemen, Burkhead agreed to take a carry one last time for the seniors on the team.

In the post-game press conference, quarterback Taylor Martinez was quick to promote Burkhead’s play in the game.

“He’s a great back and obviously he came out and played for us today,” Martinez said.

“He did a really good job and I’m proud of him.”

In the Iowa game, Burkhead was relied on to be the majority of the team’s offense, something he credited to the other members of the offense.

“The offensive line did a tremendous job up front, Tyler Legate at fullback, tight ends and the wideouts out wide did a tremendous job opening up holes,” Burkhead said.

During the course of the season, Burkhead was called upon to put the team on his back and shoulder the load of the offense.

He had 261 carries during the season and another 16 receptions, scoring 102 of the team’s 366 points on 17 touchdowns,

averaging 119.1 yards per game, falling behind only Martinez in total offense this season.

Before the season started, his teammates jokingly referred to him as an old man, something Burkhead took in stride, and an element he used for motivation for the younger players who looked up to him all season.

“The old man? Maybe because of my looks, my hairline, my bald spot,” Burkhead said. “I guess it’s not natural for a 21 year old. I’ve been called that a few times because of that, but I am stepping into that role this year.”

His maturity as an explosive, all-purpose back set the tone for the 2011 Nebraska football team, and despite a season that had two blowout losses, Burkhead’s on-field talents helped in a nine-win season and served as motivation for the rest of his team.

After the Iowa game, Lavonte David summed it up best: “I know I’m an older guy, but I kind of look up to Rex because of the things he does day in and day out.”

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women’s bball: from 12 the next NU possession to begin the second-half scoring streak. Regulation ended with the two teams locked up at 70-70.

Moore made two free throws to tie the game at the end of the first overtime to send it into a second overtime.

Both Hooper and Moore owned the second overtime as they hit back-to-back threes to give Nebraska its final lead. The Huskers outscored Northern Arizona 13-4 in the final overtime session.

In a game where NU was heavily favored, the score was tied 13 different times and there were 14 lead changes. Northern Arizona gave the Huskers all they could handle after a short turnaround from their game on Thursday.

“Kind of made my heart beat faster than normal, but we got the job done,” Hooper said.

Another bright spot for the Huskers was another strong performance by Emily Cady.

The freshman scored nine points, including the game’s first seven points and an important layup in the first overtime, and she also recorded a team-high 10 rebounds.

Hooper said all the freshmen responded well to such a tough victory.

“For how young we are, everyone responded really well

to the adversity we faced,” Hooper said.

Turnovers were a problem once again for NU as it recorded more the 20 for the fourth straight game. Every player on the roster recorded at least one turnover, adding up to 27 for the team.

Moore, in particular, has struggled as of late with ball security. The junior had her second straight game of five or more turnovers after beginning the season leading the Big Ten in assist-toturnover ratio in the first five games this season.

The turnovers are just a complete mental lapse, according to Moore.

“Sometimes it’s a mental mistake for me and other times I have no idea what I saw after committing a turnover,” Moore said. “I have to get better at taking care of the ball.”

Even though Nebraska struggled in many aspects of the game Saturday, Hooper said the young Huskers will become better because of this matchup.

“How well we conditioned really came out in this game, especially with the short turnaround,” Hooper said. “We came out more weathered as a team and now we know that teams are going to give us their best effort when we take them on.”

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Sophomore Jordan Hooper scored 32 points on 11-for-17 shooting to lead the Huskers to a double-overtime victory against Northern Arizona on Saturday.

Embrace the DN, follow its progress, growth Andrew McClure I got the privilege of being allowed to write a goodbye column for the sports section from the section editor, Doug Burger, so here it is.

One of my roommates, an electrical engineering major, and I would always joke this semester about how he was going to work on his senior design project (which was impressive, Brog, even though I found some typos on it) and I would always say I was going to work on a real project: the newspaper. I still find it fascinating, even after three years at the Daily Nebraskan, that I work on a project that goes from idea to print on a daily/nightly basis.

I’ve spent this semester as the assistant sports editor, copy chief, editorial board member and web chief and have spent at least 40 hours a week working on the paper in some capacity.

And during the course of the semester, I worked with a lot of great people who all shared the same goal: bringing you, the reader, a paper five days a week.

When I started at the DN in 2009, I wasn’t sure what to expect of where I would go as a writer, and I certainly didn’t think I would one

day apply to be the editorin-chief of the paper. And while I didn’t get the position, I still wanted to work as hard as possible to make the paper the best it could be.

I hope that this semester has seen improvements in the product that readers pay for. There are more than 100 people who work for this paper in one way or another, all of whom are full-time students in addition to employees of a job that sometimes keeps people in the Nebraska Union until 3 a.m.

I’ve been lucky enough to work with talented artists, reporters, editors, designers and photographers, and the individual contributions of everyone are what allow for there to be a paper Monday through Friday.

Last week, Kevin Moser wrote a column that offered some similar praises and also encouraged anyone who did not like the paper to come work for it and attempt to make it a better product. I offer the same challenge to everyone who feels the same way.

This is the university’s newspaper, funded partially by you and partially by advertisements, and is one of the rare jobs that offers experience in something tangible, gets you paid and lets you make friends with a bunch of college-aged kids in a friendly environment.

Nearly every section is always hiring (although design and photo fill up quickly at the start of the semester) but there is always

a way to commit some positive changes and ideas to the paper.

From assigning stories to reporting on them to editing them to placing them on a designed page to printing the paper, hours of work go into this product, and I hope people reading the paper can appreciate it.

The journalism industry is one that is undergoing a great amount of change and having a student newspaper is a privilege that many universities have done away with in the last few years in an effort to save students money. Here, that cost to each student is a little more than $2 each year and gets you the DN and the Dailyer Nebraskan, a publication that offers a satirical take on national and local news.

If I haven’t made it obvious enough, I hope that everyone takes the opportunity to embrace this publication.

Love it or hate it, it is a reflection of lots of peoples’ time and effort, and while not always a perfect production, it means a lot to everyone who is involved with it.

Although I recognize this as a shameless plug for the paper, I hope the true merit and work of the students who commit their time and energy to it will be recognized in the years to come.

It’s a chore to produce, and we do it for you.

Andrew McClure is a senior news-editorial and political science major.

Follow him on Twitter at @andrew_mcclure or reach him at andrewmcclure@ dailynebraskan.com

WRESTLING: from 12 he was going to shoot.”

He added that having the Coliseum crowd on his side provided momentum. After Kokesh claimed the lead, the 800-plus fans in the building were vocal in their support for the remainder of the match.

“It’s always great to have that,” he said. “Great crowd.

Love the fans. It always helps to have them behind you.”

Manning said Kokesh has an intangible quality that gives the Huskers an extra dose of motivation.

“He’s going to lay it out on the line for his teammates, and that’s contagious,” Manning said.

In the next contest, NU’s Tyler Koehn was matched up with No. 18 Patrick

Martinez. The 174-pound match was back-and-forth into the third period, when Koehn scored a takedown that brought the crowd to its feet once again. Koehn said Martinez had beaten him handily earlier in the year and earning a 6-3 upset spiked his morale.

“That’s a big confidence booster,” Koehn said.

Manning praised Koehn for his performance and for closing out the match.

“That was kind of a ‘getover-the-hump’ match for him,” Manning said. “He stayed aggressive late and that was a good sign.”

Koehn added that his teammates’ four-match win streak preceding his match.

“It helps you a lot,” he said. “You want to keep it

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The Huskers would drop their last two matches, but it was too late for Wyoming.

Of Nebraska’s five straight match victories, three were turned in by freshmen.

“They’ve quieted their nerves a little bit better,” Manning said of Sueflohn, Green and Kokesh’s recent performances. “That’s a great trend to keep going.”

With the victory, Nebraska improved to 5-0 on the year, but there was some anxiety on the Nebraska bench before they got rolling against the Cowboys.

“They’re a well-coached team,” Manning said. “I didn’t feel a sense of relief until toward the end.” zachtegler@ dailynebraskan.com

men’s bball : from 12 over 27 times in a pre-season exhibition against Doane College. “(Thursday and Friday we) spent a lot of time on our halfcourt offense,” Sadler said. “We got our turnovers down to 11, and that’s what we have to do to win on the road.”

The Huskers also got some assistance from freshmen David Rivers and Josiah Moore.

Rivers managed five points, including a 3-pointer, and an assist in 13 minutes of Paid Advertising

action while Moore produced a bucket and an assist in only nine minutes on the court.

“As the season goes along, you’ve got to get some guys some more minutes,” Sadler said. “Josiah and David did a nice job. We’re going to get a chance now these next two or three games to maybe get them some experience. It’s just been hard for them to get that with the schedule we’ve had.”

The youngsters will have two games to get some Paid Advertising

playing time as Alcorn State and Central Michigan come to town following the conclusion of finals week.

And following the TCU victory, those games look appealing for Sadler before Big Ten Conference play begins.

“It’s a great win for us,” Sadler said. “Now we get some home games and, hopefully in the next 10 days, this basketball team will get a lot better.”

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back in business Nebraska downs No. 14 Wyoming at the NU Coliseum Saturday to improve to 5-0

story by zacH tegler photo by morgan spiehs Redshirt freshman Robert Kokesh defeated third-ranked Shane Onufer from Wyoming at 165 pounds to help the Huskers defeat the Cowboys 19-15. Kokesh improved to 13-2 this season. NU will take on South Dakota State and North Dakota State in back-to-back matches next weekend.

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fter a pin at 125 pounds and a one-point victory at 133, the No. 14 Wyoming wrestling team took a 9-3 lead in its dual against Nebraska.

Then it ran away with the contest.

The Huskers did, that is.

Facing a six-point deficit at the NU Coliseum, No. 21 Nebraska won five consecutive matches on its way to a 19-15 victory Saturday night.

The streak began in the

141-pound match. NU’s Jake Sueflohn cruised to an 11-2 win against Wyoming’s McCade Ford, cutting the Cowboys’ lead to 9-7.

NU coach Mark Manning said Sueflohn’s performance was the spark that ignited his team’s comeback.

“It started with Jake stepping on the mat and doing his job,” Manning said. “He’s a go-getter. We’re never going to have to worry about whether he’s ready to go.”

Brandon Wilbourn and James Green kept the win streak on track for Nebraska. Wilbourn’s 11-5 victory against Brandon Richardson gave the Huskers a lead they would not relinquish. Green, the 16th-ranked wrestler in the 157-pound weight class, defeated Dakota Friesth 6-5.

But the decisive matches of the dual came at 165 pounds and 174 pounds.

First, Nebraska’s Robert Kokesh

squared off against the No. 3 165-pounder in the nation, Shane Onufer. After two scoreless periods to open the match, Kokesh took the lead with an escape early in the third. Kokesh, ranked No. 10 in the country, put the match away when he scored a takedown with two seconds remaining. With a 5-0 win, Kokesh avenged a 6-3 loss to Onufer a week earlier.

“The first match, I was beating him 3-2 with 40 seconds left in the

third period and I made a simple mistake,” Kokesh said. “I just had to wrestle a lot smarter in this match and I think I did that.”

Kokesh credited the coaches with preparing him for the match following his loss in his first shot at Onufer.

“I knew what he was going to do,” Kokesh said. “I knew what

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Nebraska guard Bo Spencer scored 22 points and NU overcame a 10-point deficit to defeat TCU on the road Saturday night. The senior from Baton Rouge, La. now has four 20-point games this season.

11-0 run leads Huskers to victory Robby Korth daily NEbraskan

Bo Spencer played in front of a special crowd Saturday night.

Seventeen of the point guard’s family and friends made the trip to Fort Worth, Texas, from his hometown of Baton Rouge, La., to see Spencer lead Nebraska basketball with 22 points in a 69-57 victory against Texas Christian University.

Three of those points came from an unlikely half court shot to close the first half. With 2.9 seconds left on the game clock following two made free throws

by J.R. Cadot, TCU had a 37-27

lead on NU. Caleb Walker inbounded the ball to Spencer and the senior could barely handle it, but he collected it, ran down the court and fired up a shot. It caught the back of the rim and went in.

“That was a big shot going into the second half,” Spencer said. “It was a good confidence boost, because we were down 10 and not playing our best basketball.”

After that shot, things picked up for the Huskers following a sloppy first half.

“I felt like at halftime we had not played very well,” Nebraska coach Doc Sadler said.

“We gave up 37 points and our defense, on the road, can’t do that. In the second half, you saw we picked up for all 20 minutes and that got (TCU) out of rhythm.”

The Horned Frogs opened up the half with a bucket to give them a nine-point lead.

But NU rallied with an 11-0 run of its own to give the Huskers a 41-39 lead with 15:41 left in the half.

TCU kept it close, but with the score tied at 45 with 10:26 left in the game, Spencer missed a 3-pointer but Brandon Ubel was in the right position for a tip-in and the Huskers never

looked back.

And it was their defense and fundamentals that won the Huskers the game in a hostile environment, Spencer said.

“I think it was about stepping up and making stops,” Spencer said. “We were getting to the boards in the second half. We all wanted to get a win on the road and that’s what we did.”

Another key for NU’s road win was eliminating turnovers, Sadler said. The team has come a long way after turning the ball

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Sixty-three points, 14 rebounds, nine assists and seven steals.

That was the combined stat line of sophomore Jordan Hooper and junior Lindsey Moore in a 97-88 double-overtime Husker victory at Northern Arizona Saturday afternoon. Hooper scored 32 points and added eight boards, while Moore recorded 31 points and nine assists in 42 minutes of action.

The performance by Hooper and Moore marks the first time in Nebraska women’s basketball history two players scored more than 30 points in the same game. Moore said they were just taking what the defense gave them.

“For some reason they kept backing off Jordan and letting her shoot,” Moore said. “I knew I needed to find her and we both shot the ball well.”

Hooper finished the game with five 3-point baskets and shot a season-high 65 percent from the field. She also was big on defense in the second half, recording a team-high four steals.

Hooper and Moore scored the majority of their points in the second half and overtime periods. Both players

For some reason they kept backing off Jordan and letting her shoot. I knew I needed to find her...”

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scored 25 points in the second half and overtime periods to lead Nebraska down the stretch.

“The second half just felt so much better than the first for both of us,” Hooper said.

Moore in particular struggled, even for the majority of the second half, as she had only nine points in the first 32 minutes of the game.

The junior scored 22 of her 25 post-halftime points in the final eight minutes of regulation and overtime.

“When we had the eightminute media timeout, I looked up at the score and knew we had to start taking some better shots,” Moore said.

At that moment, the Lumberjacks had just scored seven unanswered to go up 58-56. Moore then scored a layup to tie the game on

women’s bball: see page 11