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After trailing by 21 points against crossstate rival Creighton, freshman Jessica Shepard and the Huskers stormed back to win 65-63 on Sunday afternoon.

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Nebraska came back from a 21 point deficit to win the game on Saturday.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The day I moved into college, I knew exactly three people in the state of Nebraska.

One was a professor, another was a friend who didn’t actually move in until the second day of classes and the other was my Grandma.

It was a muggy August afternoon and after moving in the mini-desk I’ve had since third grade, a few books and a few clothes, I wandered around my fraternity house looking for something to distract me from the enormous life decision I’d just made.

I heard some yelling coming from inside a room downstairs and when I opened the door, I found eight people crowded in a room with two lofted beds and a dirty futon. Two guys sat on the floor, controllers in hand. Three packed onto the futon, two perched on the arm rests, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on the TV. I timidly found a spot where I could watch Chelsea beat Barcelona 2-1. Someone called next game. I chimed in that I wanted in after that. They all nodded.

I didn’t know any of the controls to FIFA. I’d never met any of these people and quite frankly I hated soccer. Honestly, I think I just wanted to fit in a little.

As we played, we swapped stories and controllers.

Trevor played in the band in high school in Lincoln. Rob too, but in South Dakota.

Keith played drums in a band in Norfolk. Jake from Nebraska City liked The Avett Brothers. So did Jon from Bellevue. So did I. Between yellow cards and penalty kicks, we talked about why we came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, why we joined the Greek System, why we chose our majors and if we had girlfriends or not.

Soon, the circle of conversation and competition became a nightly ritual.

We donned Rob’s room the “FIFA Room,” and every night, over a game or four, we talked out the weirdness of being a freshman. In a lot of ways, in the privacy of our virtual world, we grew up a little.

That was almost four years ago. Now, things are different.

Rob’s trying to get into law school and Jake into medical school. Jon’s at divinity school. Keith, Trevor and I are looking for a nice box to live in next May, if we don’t get jobs.

We don’t really have time for FIFA chats anymore. And soon, in less than six months, the FIFA chats will end completely when we graduate.

A few days ago, I stumbled across a journal entry I wrote on Aug. 26, 2013, which sparked this whole sentimentality.

It was just a small moment I wrote down to remember. It was a FIFA penalty shootout Rob and I had. We went back and forth a few times and then finally, Rob guessed right, his goalie blocked my shot and he won.

I laughed in frustration and Rob laughed in victory. I looked over at him with a grin and extended my hand.

“Heck of a game, man,” I said He shook my hand.

“Heck of a game.”

He got up and walked out the door.

“Again when you get back from class?” I shouted as he made his way down the hallway.

“You bet,” he said that night.

With dead week here, and my final semester on the horizon, I’ll cherish that answer for as long as I can.

Sincerely, Chris Heady Editor-in-Chief

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Muslim students share concerns about Islamophobia MATT HANSON DN

While working at Husker Tech in Henzlik Hall, sophomore biochemistry major Ayat Aribi realized she’d left her political science textbooks at her office in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. Aribi had a test the following Tuesday and needed to study while she worked, so she texted her friend to ask if she could bring the books to her.

But her friend was too scared to help.

It was the night of November 13, 2015 – the same day that Islamic State attackers had killed 130 people in a series of coordinated attacks in Paris, France – and her friend, a Muslim who wore a hijab in public like Aribi, was too scared to walk in public.

“Go look at Yik Yak,” she texted Aribi, referring to the popular anonymous social media app. “I’m honestly scared to walk downtown right now. I’m not comfortable right now.”

So Aribi opened the app on her phone.

What she found both scared and angered her. Amid the usual stream of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Friday night yaks was an undercurrent of threats, misconceptions and

unrestrained expressions of racism and Islamophobia directed towards Muslims and “Arabs” living in America, abroad and here in Lincoln. Muslims like Ayat Aribi.

“I’m tired of Islam spreading their (expletive) hate filled so called religion and killing people,” one user wrote.

“Now I understand why we had Japanese internment camps,” wrote another. “We need them back. Swear allegiance to Western values or GTFO. We’re not going to feed and nurture any of you ‘airplane into building’ parasites.”

The series of Yik Yak comments that frightened Aribi and her Muslim friends on Nov. 13 foreshadowed the tide of Islamophobic sentiment that has rippled through American politics and society since the Paris attacks. Moreover, the yaks which conflated Muslims and Islam with terrorism and violence highlighted the fine line that Aribi and other Muslims said they have had to tread since the Paris attacks – the one between defending Islam as an inherently peaceful religion and condemning the radical strains within it that have inspired violence around the world.

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DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM going on,” PhD candidate Hatem Kittana said. “I feel bad about terrorism, (but) I’m totally confident that I don’t have to defend my faith. I know that my religion supports mercy… I know like the back of my hand so many Muslims have this peaceful (mindset).

The terrorists don’t belong to Islam.”

At the same time, other Yik Yak comments from the night of the Paris attacks expressed outright hatred towards Muslims, something that multiple Muslim students said they have felt since Nov. 13.

For Aribi, it’s hard enough to convince Americans that Islam is peaceful without them attacking her and her religion. When such hostility gets directed at her, on top of the confusion that already surrounds Islam and its place in the world and in America, she said it is nearly impossible to reach across the cultural and religious divide.

“I’m exhausted,” Aribi said. “There’s literally nothing I can do in the world to change people’s opinions. There is no hope right now.”

Kittana also feels worn down from fighting Islamophobia. After four years here, he’s increasingly frustrated that Americans still lump him and the rest of the world’s 1.9 billion Muslims together with a handful of Islamic terrorists.

“To try to indict us for what ISIS is doing right now – to be fair, I think they have a very good reason because for people here, (Islamic terrorist groups) still resemble Islam – but

I’m tired of telling people that they are not so many of what is the real message of our Muslims,” Kittana said. “They do not rep- religion. We are ambassadors of our religion, resent me. They do not represent my faith, as you are an example of that. So it is very or the vast majority of Muslims around the important to stick to the right, righteous life.

You cannot convince anybody if you are doing world.” wrong yourself.”

While some Muslims have lost hope of MSA treasurer and computer science distinguishing themselves from the radicals in the minds of all Americans, others still graduate student Sara El Alaoui described the aim to change minds. This past Friday, more challenge of representing Islam in America in than 40 Muslim men gathered in a dimly lit similar terms.

“Be what a Muslim room on the second floor should be,” El Alaoui of the Nebraska Union I’m tired of telling said. “We have some for the Muslim Student Association’s weekly people that (ISIS) are really great values that people sometimes tend prayer and sermon. Sitto forget. For example, ting with their legs fold- not Muslims. They do not smiling at someone is ed over each other, the represent me.” charity. Just by being men listened intently to what we actually should the sermon.

HATEM KITTANA be… I guess that’s al“There’s a lot of misunl ph.d candidate ready the best way to conceptions about this represent Islam.” religion,” Sheikh Hany For mechanical engineering graduate stuMakkawi said, his voice calm and soft, yet urgent. “There’s a lot of misconceptions dent Mahmoud Elzouka, simply performing good deeds and kind gestures doesn’t seem about Muslims. Some come from non-Muslike it will be enough to change people’s lims, and many from Muslims themselves. So minds about Muslims and Islam. what’s our responsibility?”

“Being a good person has limited impact,” Makkawi paused and scanned the men Elzouka said. “We try to convey our culture sitting in front of them, as if waiting for one and values through lectures but it does not of them to answer. work. If I am a young person on campus and I “We need to stick to the right side, to take have four classes everyday I’m not going to be the right path, with the belief that it is all from willing to attend another lecture where someour creator, Allah,” he continued. “We must do this to help correct this misconception by one’s talking and I’m just listening. So I’m still

confused about how to convey our values.”

Both Kittana and Aribi, who is the president of the Middle Eastern Student Association on campus, said that the solution to Islamophobia at UNL should involve some form of uniform, compulsory cultural awareness curriculum.

“The thing is, we have all these workshops and it’s the same five to ten people who come every time,” Aribi said. “We need to be forcing people to come. We should have all freshman be required to do a cultural sensitivity or racism sort of thing.”

According to UNL vice chancellor of student affairs Juan Franco, this sort of mandatory cultural awareness education has been proposed and discussed in administrative circles. In order to implement anything into the university’s core curriculum, however, Franco said that the faculty would have to approve any change or changes.

“Although one of the objectives of the core curriculum is to actually deal with cultural awareness, it’s not doing the job that we hoped it would,” Franco said. “So we’re going to have to revisit it. I don’t know if completely replacing it is the answer. Certainly making it more inclusive of other topics or focusing more, but again, that’s not my decision to make.”

Weekly crime: December 7 A weekly report of the crime logged by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department LUKAS ZIEMBA DN

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department responded to five vandalism reports last week — four of which occurred at Alpha Gamma Nu fraternity — trespassing in the Robert E. Knoll Residential Center game lounge and a false fire alarm at Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

On the morning of Monday, Nov. 30, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department was dispatched to the north parking lot of the fraternity Alpha Gamma Nu on East Campus because several parked cars had been vandalized. The estimated cost

of damage is $2,325.

On Dec. 5, at 1:48 a.m., a UNLPD officer was dispatched to Knoll and made contact with non-UNL affiliate Destiny Hannah-Marie Ogden in the Knoll game room. Ogden admitted she knew she was not allowed in the building but just needed a place to stay warm, the report said. Ogden was cited and released for seconddegree trespass. Ogden was transported to the People’s City Mission, according to the report.

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Paying for college impossible while in school New study shows that students can almost never pay off college debts even while holding a full-time job BAILEY SCHULZ DN Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce released a study in October revealing what most college students already know: You can’t pay off college expenses by working through it.

More than 70 percent of college students throughout the past 25 years have held jobs while enrolled. While about 40 percent of undergraduate students and 76 percent of graduate students work at least 30 hours per week, and 25 percent of working learners work full-time in both a job and college, that doesn’t mean they graduated debt-free.

A student working for the federal minimum wage makes $15,080 a year before taxes, a number that isn’t high enough to pay tuition at most colleges, let alone expenses such as rent, books, room and board and groceries.

Ashley Betts, a senior family science major who works at Hy-Vee and has an internship at the Child Advocacy Center, said that she works about 60 hours a week to help pay for rent, food and school. Even with so much time working, she doesn’t expect to pay off college before graduation.

“It’s not possible,” she said. “With how expensive rent is and just all sorts of other bills, there’s just no way you can pay off your tuition at all.”

Junior Jennifer Christensen agreed that paying off college can be difficult. The elementary education major said that it’s even more difficult without assistance from family or FAFSA. “I become very frustrated with the amount of classes that I can’t take due to what I can pay for,” she said. “I’m put in a situation where I have to reduce my class level so that I can work more to compensate for what I do take; so that frustrates me a lot.” during college has the strongest negative impact Justin Chase Brown, the University of Neon students from low socioeconomic status. These braska-Lincoln’s director of Scholarships & Finanstudents are more likely to work full time, which cial Aid, said that along with tuition increasing, hurts their chances of graduating or doing well in generational differences are one contribution to college. why paying off college can be such a long-term “There are academic consequences to working commitment. Today, students tend to go to colmore than 15 to 20 hours per week, based on studleges further away from home, which could both ies,” Brown said. “Those can actually have a cost increase tuition if they’re if you’re working so much paying out-of-state and that it affects your grades to add on rent expenses if With how expensive where you maybe get disthey decide to move out of rent is and other bills, missed, or you maybe lose their homes. a scholarship, an academic Additionally, Brown there’s just no way you can scholarship. There could said that there are econombe a cost to working rather pay off your tuition at all.” ic differences in the jobs than a benefit.” students hold now.

But with tuition risASHLEY BOTTS “Wages obviously senior family science major ing so fast, it’s becoming have not kept up with how more and more difficult for much tuition and fees have students to keep up with gone up across the counpart-time jobs. Between 2001 and 2012, tuition intry,” he said. “It’s been several years since it’s been creased 46 percent on average across the nation. really possible for a student to be able to work To take on rising tuition prices, Brown recomtheir way entirely through college.” mends families start saving for college as soon as The Georgetown study showed that working possible.

ART BY MICHAEL JOHNSON | DN “We see a lot of people come in with zero saved up, even though they make enough where they could have saved, but they decided at some point that it wasn’t worth it or that they didn’t think it would put a big enough dent in, and so they didn’t do it,” he said.

For students who do work during college, Brown suggests having a part-time job that has a good investment in one’s long-term career.

“Maybe a work-study job or there are even oncampus jobs that aren’t necessarily work study,” he said. “We have access to research labs and things like that where you could work and gain some valuable experience that is an investment in your future and an investment in maybe your goals, your individual goals, for what kind of job you want to have in the future.”

Internships are another way students can gain a little bit more than just money.

“A paid internship has value beyond wages,” Brown said. “You’re getting a future investment in learning, learning the trade or learning in the vocation that maybe you’re interested in.”

Georgetown’s study backs this up, claiming

that 63 percent of college graduates who held paid internships received job offers, while only 37 percent of those with unpaid internships and 35 percent of those who had no internships at all were offered jobs.

And holding a job in one’s field of study helps with more than just your future career. The study shows that students who hold these jobs end up performing better in college as well.

For students facing any financial troubles, Brown recommended receiving help from the university, specifically the financial aid office.

“We don’t always have the resources available to cover everything or to help a student with everything, but we can definitely work them through their options and talk about it in a comprehensive way. And that can include spending habits as well as the financial resources that we’re able to offer and help them with any possible private loans or parent loans.”

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Lincoln homeless shelters prepare for winter SARAH WONTORCIK DN As winter approaches, Lincoln’s homeless shelters are preparing for one of their busiest seasons of the year.

Supportive housing administrator at Community Action and Lincoln Homelessness Coalition chair, Lee Heflebower, said that whenever there’s extreme weather, it becomes very difficult for homeless people to survive in the elements, and winter is more dangerous than any other season.

“Nebraska is one of those states where there’s just brief periods of time in the spring and the fall where people can stand to live in their cars or tents if they don’t have a place to stay,” Heflebower said. “We have pretty brutal winters and pretty brutal summers, so anytime it gets terribly hot or terribly cold, people need someplace to be. They just can’t survive out in the weather, that increases the needs for shelters. In the summertime, you might be able to find some place that’s shaded that you can maybe tough it out, but in the wintertime, it’s just dangerously cold. You cannot survive.”

Director of care management at CenterPointe Denise Packard also becomes very concerned about the homeless population in the winter, she said. However, she said she also feels that, because it gets so dangerously cold, people are more willing to ask for help.

“It’s dangerous for the individuals; they could get hypothermia,” Packard said. “I worry.

I worry about those individuals that are living on the streets, under the bridges, without shelter. I worry about their physical health. I worry

about their mental health, just because it’s hard to survive those dangerous elements.”

Amy Pappas, director of operations at People’s City Mission, said that, despite winter being a more dangerous season, she’s seen more families come to the shelter to escape the extreme heat in the summer. She contributes it to the fact that winter is widely seen as the more dangerous extreme.

“A lot of landlords are a little bit more lenient in the wintertime, as far as evicting people if they’re behind on rent when it’s cold out, than they are in the summer,” Pappas said. “You’re more likely to freeze to death in the wintertime than you might be in the summertime to get too warm.”

Every January, Lincoln does a point-in-time count, where they count all the homeless people in shelters and on the streets to get an estimated total. This count, however, does not include those who are living with family or friends, without a house of their own. Since 2012, the number of homeless people, accounted for by the point-in-time count, has decreased from 981 to 715, a total decline of 266. However, there are still 715 people living in shelters and on the streets. While donations of regular hygiene and food items are greatly appreciated, Packard said she believes the best thing people can do to help is to educate themselves.

“There’s a lot of judgment passed on to people that experience homelessness, and they don’t deserve that,” Packard said. “They’re people. That could be my uncle. It could be my brother. It could be my dad, my sister, my aunt, and I realized they have a story. They are just like you and me. They are no different, and they

UNL group given $2.5 million to study child development STAFF DN A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research group has been given a $2.5 million federal grant to help progress understanding of early childhood development, and the group has partnered with a research intervention called Getting Ready, according to a UNL news release.

The team, which is made up of UNL professors Lisa Knoche, Susan Sheridan, Helen Raikes, Christine Marvin and Leslie Hawlie, has a goal to better language and socialemotional development with children, ages newborn to toddler. Put on by UNL’s Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, it’s one of four national studies funded by the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, the news release said. Their findings will help educate both local and national Early Head Start partners which provide early childhood services for low-income families.

They hope to enhance early childhood development by strengthening the relationships between children, their parents and early childhood professionals.

“By establishing long-term relationships with community partners, we are able to better understand their priorities,” Knoche said in the release. “This study was born out of specific needs of EHS agencies, as they expressed interest in strategies that will promote coordination across home and center environments.”

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The People’s City Mission works to alleviate poverty in Lincoln and the surrounding area. The family shelter provides a temporary living space for families in many different situations. deserve help.”

Both Pappas and Packard said they believe that they’re making a difference in people’s lives every day. At People’s City Mission, people who

come in aren’t only given a place to stay. They’re provided with whatever guidance they need to

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Female engineers face prejudice, stereotypes noticed when her professor referred to the class with a masculine pronoun.

Female engineering students “We were deciding partners for a group project and our professor said ‘Once you find often face sexist stereotypes your partner put your name and his name and prejudices within the on the sheet,’” she said. “And I immediately picked up on that.” classroom.

Being the only female in her classes isn’t something she’s aware of all the time; although, she said it sometimes strikes her as weird.

MARCELLA MERCER But when it comes to engineering job DN fairs, Curtis said she notices she can be treatUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln student Han- ed differently. Some companies will jump nah DeBoer scored an ‘A+’ in an engineering at the opportunity to speak to a female engineering student, she said. When this hapclass as soon as she walked through the door.

On the first day of this semester, her profes- pens, she said she can feel she’s being sought sor said that all the girls in the class auto- out to diversify a company rather than for matically started with a 100 percent average her merit.

“That’s something I fight against,” she and that points would be docked as they completed assignments. In contrast, boys said.

Bree Drda, a senior chemical engineering would begin with an ‘F’ and have to work major, said she has received some comments their way up.

“It wasn’t really clear if he was joking or from her peers about how female engineers can get a job simply as a diversity hire. Hownot,” the sophomore civil engineering major ever, she said she didn’t want to be treated said. any differently than her male colleagues.

While DeBoer said she assumed her pro“I sort of subscribe to the philosophy that fessor wasn’t serious, his opening words showed that the environment for female you present yourself as an engineer first and a woman second,” she said. engineering students can differ from that of Drda said that while her gender isn’t an their male peers. issue in the college, she sometimes feels the According to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, only 14 percent of en- need to prove she’s capable of being an engineers are women. Studies show that more gineer.

The president of the UNL Society of women are pursuing engineering but represent only 18 percent of engineering majors in Women Engineers, Megan White, a senior biological systems engineering major, said the United States. At UNL, the percentage of female engineering students is slightly lower women engineers might be initially considered less capable then men. than the national average, which is about 16 “I believe the biggest difference between percent. This means that out of the College of women and men in engiEngineering’s 3,008 stuneering, though, is that dents, 479 students are (My) philosophy is women oftentimes have women. to prove themselves to The number of that you present be competent and a viwomen in each major within the college varies yourself as an engineer first able asset whereas men are sometimes assumed widely. The biological and a woman second.” to be those things until systems engineering mathey demonstrate othjor is 44 percent female: BREE DRDA erwise,” she said in an senior chemical engineering major the highest rate in the email. college. Meanwhile, the White said she construction managejoined the society because she wanted to ment major has the lowest rate, with only 5 connect with other women interested in the percent of students being female. same professions as her. But the national soEmily Curtis, a senior mechanical engineering major, said she’s had two classes in ciety helped her become a better leader and the College of Engineering where she’s been provided her opportunities to inform others about engineering. the only female in the room. In one of these “My hopes are for more women to beclasses, she said she was the only one who come engineers,” she said. “I hope by the

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Bree Drda is a junior at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln who has made the decision to take the fall semester off to pursue an engineering internship, but will return to classes in the spring.

time my future daughter is entering college, society’s view of women engineers will have changed enough that she will have no hesitations or limitations on becoming a female engineer if she so desires.”

Curtis, who’s involved with engineering outreach efforts in Lincoln, said she hopes more girls will become exposed to the field of engineering as they’re growing up. As more women become engineers, young girls will have more role models to look up to in the field, she said.

Drda said one stereotype she hopes will end is the idea that women should only seek out careers they’re passionate about. Although some women do major in engineering because they love it, it’s also OK for them to enter the field because they’re seeking a high-paid, stable job, she said.

These job prospects were what made DeBoer pursue engineering.

“I work hard enough that I could do the

math,” she said. “I’m not passionate about it. Sure, it’s kind of interesting sometimes. I don’t hate it, but it’s also practical and makes money.”

In the college, Drda said that most of the time gender doesn’t matter when everyone is working hard and facing the same difficult classes.

“We’re all kind of in it together,” she said, “I see some encouraging signs in my male classmates who have been very supportive of me.”

All engineering students face similar struggles, Curtis said.

“There are days where we ask ourselves, ‘Are we cut out for this?’” Curtis said. “But every engineer goes through that. I don’t think I’ve met an engineer who hasn’t.”

ing on the street. They also provide information about the soup kitchen and other warm places they can go, such as a community center or a senior center.

“I think we’ve actually saved some lives,” Packard said. “The best part is watching people’s lives change and better for the long haul. I love watching that. I’ve seen it

happen over and over again. When I walked into this field I said, ‘If I can change one person’s life for the better, I’m going to be happy and feel like I’ve done a good job,’ but we’ve been able to do that as a community multiple, multiple times.”

Packard said there is one moment from her work that has stayed with her. A man that

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“The best part is seeing the kids and the families and how excited they get when they’re getting close to being able to move out,” Pappas said. “The kids are all excited because they’re getting their own places. You get excited for people when they have little successes, maybe

it’s finding a job, maybe it’s getting off drugs and alcohol or getting an apartment. Those are always fun things.”

Packard works with an outreach team at CenterPointe that travels throughout the community and distributes hand warmers, blankets and sometimes coffee to those people who aren’t living in a shelter and are instead liv-

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What to know about UCLA football STAFF DN

A week later, UCLA beat then-No. 13 Utah 17-9 to climb back to No. 23 in the AP Poll. The win against Utah set up a matchup with rival USC for the Pac-12 South title. UCLA missed its chance for a date with Stanford, falling to USC 40-21 in its final game of the regular season.

Now, the stage is set for a game with 5-7 Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl in San Francisco.

Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen has led UCLA behind center this year, racking up 3,351 yards on 266 completions. Rosen threw for 20 touchdowns, while getting picked off only 9 times. Some of Rosen’s favorite targets include senior Jordan Payton (1,069 yards on 75 receptions) and junior Thomas Duarte (820 yards, 49 receptions and 10 touchdowns).

The workhorse for the Bruins in the backfield this year is junior Paul Perkins. Perkins has fought for 1,275 yards on 225 carries. The 5’11,” 210-pound redshirt junior from Queen Creek, Arizona, averages 5.7 yards per game for UCLA and has made 13 rushing touchdowns. Perkins also has 27 receptions and 234 after the catch.

UCLA and Nebraska have split wins in the series at six apiece. UCLA holds a two-game winning streak. The Bruins defeated Nebraska 36-30 in 2012 and 41-21 in 2013.

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In a season of surprises, UCLA was No. 13 in the preseason AP Poll, but finished 8-4 and unranked.

The Bruins won their first four games, climbing to No. 7 in the polls following back-to-back wins against then top 20 opponents BYU and Arizona, the latter being a 56-30 road victory.

From there, the Bruins stumbled. They lost to the unranked Arizona State Sun Devils, who finished the season 6-6, 38-23 at home.

The next week, UCLA lost to 56-35 to Stanford in a game that wasn’t even that close. The Cardinal led 56-20 entering the fourth quarter, and Heisman Trophy candidate Christian McCaffrey torched the Bruins for 243 yards on the ground and four scores.

The two losses knocked the Bruins from the top 10 to unranked.

The next week, UCLA beat then-No. 20 California 40-24 in the first of three straight wins.

The other two were against Colorado and Oregon State. The Bruins’ win against the Beavers was their largest margin of victory this season.

They beat Mike Riley’s former team 41-0 in Corvallis.

Standing at 7-2, UCLA was back in the rankings, coming in at No. 18, but it was dropped from the polls the very next week after it lost at home to Washington State 31-27.

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‘Destination Omaha’ becoming reality for Huskers SETH OLSON DN Two games down and two to go until ‘Destination Omaha’ becomes a reality for Nebraska volleyball.

After weekend victories against Harvard and Wichita State in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament, No. 5 Nebraska will march on to the Sweet 16 in Lexington, Kentucky, to play No. 11 BYU Friday.

Nebraska coach John Cook, who holds a 53-13 NCAA Tournament record during his 15 years with the Huskers, has used geographic analogies to describe the team’s road to Omaha.

Earlier this season, the team was at the Gretna outlet mall. Then, the Huskers made it to Papillion, an Omaha suburb. Now, after punching its ticket to the Lexington Regional, Nebraska is entering Omaha, Cook said.

And the Huskers aren’t stopping until they arrive at the CenturyLink Center.

“We are going to put our heads down the entire season and go point-by-point until they tell us we aren’t playing anymore,” Cook said. “We have to focus point by point on our way to Omaha. That’s what we’ve really tried to emphasize with this group.”

The Huskers (28-4) will arrive in Lexing-

ton having won 12 straight games, the longest winning streak since 2011.

“We are peaking at the right time,” senior middle blocker Cecilia Hall said. “Previous years, we haven’t finished as strongly at the end of the season, but right now, we had a strong finish in conference play, so I think that is going to help us be strong in the tournament.”

Nebraska swept defending national champion Penn State to end the regular season. Junior libero Justine Wong-Orantes said it was the best team performance all season in terms of confidence and sticking to the game plan.

“Penn State isn’t a bad team,” WongOrantes said. “The fact we can sweep them on our home court is definitely a confidence booster at the right time for the NCAA Tournament.”

The signature victory was just what the Huskers needed as they inch closer to the goal they have been working toward since their season ended one game short of the Final Four last December.

In huddles during matches this season, the Huskers frequently said ‘Omaha’ to remind one another where they wanted to end up.

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NU volleyball moves on after weekend sweep SETH OLSON DN

en digs for the Huskers.

“Mikaela and Kelly were in a great rhythm tonight,” Cook said. “Every set Kelly gave her was right on the money so she was Next stop: Lexington, Kentucky.

The Lexington Regional will see its top in a groove tonight. Wichita State had a hard seed next weekend after Nebraska volleyball time matching up with her.”

Fellow outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen also brought out the brooms and swept Wichita had a potent night, finishing with 11 kills State, 25-19, 25-19, 25-14 Saturday night in on 26 swings with only one error, good for the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

A night after dropping the opening set, .385 hitting. Rolfzen also added 13 digs for the Huskers made sure they wouldn’t fall be- her 14th double-double of the season and her hind early. Nebraska used a 4-0 run early on seventh straight in the postseason.

With Nebraska leading 15-10 the second to ease out to a 10-6 lead and held the lead set, Nebraska’s best attackers had already throughout the set to cruise 25-19.

True freshman Mikaela Foecke led the combined for 17 kills on 29 swings without a Huskers with 12 kills on 20 swings without single attack error.

And with the offense humming, Nean error, good for .600 hitting. The outside braska finally figured out its defense and hitter said it was the team’s game plan to come out with more energy than against made adjustments for Wichita State’s elusive speed. By getting the Shockers out of system Harvard.

“We came out pretty dull last night,” and forcing high balls, Nebraska was able to contain its opponent.

Foecke said. “Tonight, you could see we had “Speed kills and Wichita State does very more of a fire in our eyes and that we wanted creative things with its speed,” Cook said. it. Our destination is Omaha, and we’re tak“But when they got out of system and were ing it one game at a time, but you have to unable to go fast, we made them pay. We won play with a lot of heart to get there.” a lot of the long rallies tonight.”

The Huskers were given troubles early The Huskers were on cruise control bewith Wichita State’s fastfore the intermission paced offense. Nebraska too. The five point could simply never get The emotions are cushion at the media two blockers at the net pretty bittersweet timeout mark was more simultaneously. As a rethan enough to win sult, Nebraska did not re- knowing it was my final comfortably—though it cord a single block in the didn’t appear that way first set, and the Shockers match at the Devaney.” at set point. made them pay hitting KELSEY FIEN When junior out.364. nebraska volleyball side hitter Annika Al“Wichita State is gobrecht took a thundering as fast as anyone in ous back-row swing, the country,” Nebraska coach John Cook said. “Minnesota is a little the ball landed half a foot before the end-line bit behind them, but for Wichita State, it according to the replay on the video screen, but the official called it in. works great and that’s why they are so sucThe livid crowd of 8,132 wanted a chalcessful.”

But thanks to a red-hot offense hitting lenge, but Hunter took the matter into her .417 as a team, the Huskers didn’t need their own hands when she reached over her shouldefense. Foecke led the charge with six kills der and tapped a kill in the middle of the floor which sent all six Shockers diving helpalone in the first set.

Cook attributed Foecke’s standout per- lessly for another 25-19 win.

By the time the Huskers emerged from formance partially to sophomore setter Kelly Hunter, who chalked up 38 set assists while the locker room, they had imaginary brooms pushing the Huskers offense to .347 in the in their hands as Nebraska dismantled Wichmatch. Hunter also added four kills and sev- ita State 25-14 in what would turn out to be the final set played at the Devaney Center

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No. 4 Nebraska will play No. 13 BYU next Friday. BYU knocked Nebraska out of championship contention last season in the Elite 8. this season.

Fittingly, seniors Alicia Ostrander and Meghan Haggerty finished the match each with a kill—a proper home court sendoff for the veterans.

Fellow senior outside hitter Kelsey Fien also had a performance to remember for her final home match of her career. Fien was the third Husker in double-figure kills with 10 on 26 swings.

“The emotions are pretty bitter-sweet knowing it was my last match in the Devaney,” Fien said. “But the mindset I had for the game was to go all-out and enjoy every last minute of the Big D because I don’t have any more games left there.”

For coach Cook, he was pleased not only with the play of his team, but also with the

fan support, as Nebraska sold out its first weekend games, being a host school. The environment the fans created was echoed to Cook from Wichita State coach Chris Lamb after the match.

“Our fans are awesome,” Cook said. “The ultimate compliment was from Chris Lamb who told me, ‘Always appreciate what you guys have here.’ That is from a coach and a team who appreciated being in a big time environment for the NCAA Tournament.”

No. 4 Nebraska will next play No. 13 nationally-seeded BYU next Friday in Lexington. The Cougars are the very team which knocked the Huskers out in the Elite 8 last season.

and there is so much interest here at Nebraska. It’s a big deal and these kids hear about it all the time.”

Cook has heard fans tell him, ‘Hey, I’ve got my tickets to Omaha,’ multiple times.

“I don’t know how many thousands of times I’ve heard that,” Cook said. “So why not embrace it? It’s there. Embrace it, and we’ll use it to give us an edge.”

Working on national championship points will also give the Huskers an edge.

Cook outlined three criteria national championship teams are able to meet this time of year: serving under pressure, taking a big swing against a big block at 24-24 and staying disciplined with the game plan while

staying on the opponent’s tendencies.

“That’s how we train all year long,” Cook said. “So, I like to think we are training to be great in the defining moments and be great in big matches in the Final Four.”

Cook cannot single-handedly deliver the Huskers to the Final Four. It’s a team effort, which is why Cook is enjoying the journey.

“I’m going to make sure they continue to enjoy the process,” Cook said. “But I’m just along for the ride at this point.”

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DESTINATION OMAHA: FROM 9 Senior outside hitter Alicia Ostrander said the team hasn’t gone over the top with the theme and the Huskers have not felt pressured by it.

Cook has not felt the pressure either. This is due to the preparation of the team, which Cook believes is one of the best he has ever coached.

“This group has done a great job of preparing for each match,” Cook said. “It is one of the best teams I’ve had with how they go about their business, their preparation and focusing on the game plan.”

Because of how they have handled the entire season, the Huskers have every right to dream not only of Omaha, but also per-

haps of a national championship.

“I feel like this group has a right to be confident and have a strong belief,” Cook said. “They’ve worked hard to get to this point, and I think they are excited about this opportunity.”

It isn’t every year a team has a chance to play in its home state for the Final Four. The last time Omaha hosted the Final Four was in 2008, when Nebraska reached the national semifinals. With a chance to return, Cook has chosen to acknowledge the elephant in the room.

“I felt Destination Omaha would be better to embrace it rather than not talk about it,” Cook said. “The expectations are so high

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Women’s basketball recover from 21 point deficit ing. The Bluejays finished the half shooting 62 percent from beyond the arc, on 8-of-13 The NU Women’s basketball shooting. Faber earned 15 points from 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 from betema came back to beat yond the three-point line.

Going into halftime, Yori got rid of her Creighton at home Saturday previous game plan and made some defenafternoon. sive adjustments.

“We went to all switch. We had not switched a lot of screens — post to guard screens, guard to post screens,” Yori said. “ DAVID STOVER What we had wasn’t working.”

DN Yori said the weakness of playing a Nebraska women’s basketball coach Connie switching defensive is it often creates misYori began her press conference Sunday after- matches with can be exploited by the opposing offense. noon with a horse voice by making a joke that Originally, the Huskers wanted to put the fat lady did not sing.

Nebraska hosted its in-state rival Creigh- their defenders on those who mirrored their size, but as the Bluejays continued to move ton and improved its series record to 30-11, the ball quickly, the Huskers were unable to defeating the Bluejays 65-63. The Huskers keep up with the matriculation of the ball. improved their record to 6-1.

Creighton went on a 7-2 run before NeNebraska freshman forward Jessica braska called a timeout to regroup, and were Shepard scored a basket at the lower block to open the game, but that was followed up by down 50-36.

Nebraska’s defensive adjustment lowa three-pointer from Creighton sophomore ered Creighton’s shooting percentage to 39 guard Jade Owens. percent from the field and 17 percent from Owens’ three-pointer sparked the beginning of Creighton’s superb shooting in the beyond the arc.

Creighton would score its last three-point first half. The closest the game would be in field goal of the game in the third quarter, as the first half was five points.

The Bluejays went on to make 5 of 6 of the switching on defense caused more hurtheir attempted three-point shots before Yori ried shots.

At the 3:21 mark in the fourth quarter, the called a timeout at the 5:15 mark of the first Huskers had cut the Bluejays’ lead to three quarter.

Creighton finished the first quarter shoot- points, 58-55, and were on a 9-4 run.

Creighton coach Jim Flanery called a ing 71 percent from the floor and 80 percent 30-second time out and drew up a threefrom the three-point line. point shot for junior guard Lauren Works.

Bluejay freshman forward Audrey Faber led them in the first quarter with 13 points, She missed it.

The Huskers rebounded the ball and fed making 3 of 4 shots from beyond the arc and it to Shepard on the left block on the north 5 of 6 from the field. end of the floor.

Shepard made a high volume of shots, As three blue jeraccounting for eight of seys swarmed to her, NU’s 16 points in the first When you pass the Shepard passed to it quarter before Creighton to senior guard Rachel ball to [Theriot] you started double and tripleTheriot, who was ready teaming the six-foot-four know something good is to shoot from beyond freshman. the left elbow.

She was blocked twice going to happen.”

Bang.

by Faber, but Nebraska She made it, and JESSICA SHEPARD continued to go inside, as nebraska basketball the Huskers took a 20 of its 32 points scored 64-62 lead at the 1:35 in the first half were from mark. inside the paint.

“Immediately when I caught it, I saw the “She’s get to out of a double better,” Yori girl come down. When you pass it to Rachel said.

Junior forward Allie Havers came off the you know something good is going to hapbench and scored eight points in relief of pen.” Shepard said.

Husker senior guard Kyndal Clark then Shepard.

“Allie played really well against Creigh- fouled MC McGregor on Creighton’s next possession, giving her free throw opportuniton last year and she’s been practicing very ties. She made free throw before Creighton well,” Yori said.

As time ran down on the first half, se- fouled Nebraska twice and put it in the dounior guard Rachel Theriot made a last second ble bonus.

Theriot made one of two shots with eight three-point shot, giving the Huskers momenseconds left, increasing the Huskers’ lead by tum going into halftime and cutting the defitwo. cit to 11 points.

Creighton’s Jade committed a turnover.

Creighton took a 43-32 lead into halftime, Shepard and Havers finished with 19 and which was propelled by three-point shoot-

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The Nebraska women’s basketball team trailed Creighton 50-36 at halftime before coming back. Nebraska won the game Saturday 65-63 at Pinnacle Bank Arena 17 points, respectively. Sophomore guard Natalie Romeo had 13 points. Creighton’s Faber finished with 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting from the field and 4-of-5 from the threepoint line.

Sunday afternoon’s game was the largest comeback during Yori’s tenure at Nebraska, as the Huskers once trailed by as many as 21

points, twice.

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Nebraska football to play UCLA in bowl

5-7 Nebraska will play 8-4 UCLA in the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, California on Dec. 26, 2015.

STAFF DN It has been officially announced the Nebraska football team will face UCLA in the 14th annual Foster Farms Bowl on Dec. 26.

The bowl game set at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, home of the San Francisco 49ers, will kickoff at 8:15 p.m. CST. UCLA (8-4 overall, 5-4 Pac 12) defeated Nebraska in both meetings in its home-andhome series during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

The Bruins have defeated four ranked teams this season in BYU, Arizona, California and Utah. BYU is the one common opponent that both teams share.

This will be the Huskers 52nd bowl appearance, the third-most in college football.

For first-year head coach Mike Riley, this is an opportunity to practice more with the team and to have another chance to show the strengths of the 5-7 Huskers.

“We are excited about the opportunity to complete our season in the Foster Farms Bowl,” Riley said. “This has been a great group to coach throughout the season, and we look forward to another game with this team and being able to compete against a strong UCLA team in the bowl game. The bowl practices and additional game will allow us to continue to build as a program.

“I know our players, coaches and fans will enjoy the trip to the Bay Area. We look forward to an outstanding week of activities and an excellent football game.”

Nebraska is one of three 5-7 teams competing in a bowl this season.

The game set for the day after Christmas will be televised on ESPN.

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NU men’s basketball avoids upset at home MICHAEL DIXON DN Nebraska managed its way through a trap game with a 73-63 win against Abilene Christian University Saturday afternoon, thanks largely to Andrew White III. White hit just six of his 15 shots, and only four of 12 3-pointers, but made 14 of 16 free throws en route to his career-high 30 points.

“In all my years playing basketball, I don’t think I’ve ever shot that many free throws,” White said. “I think part of that was just crashing the boards, and I think my teammates did a good job of looking for me, too.”

After White made 13 points on only eight shots in Nebraska’s loss to No. 21 Miami earlier in the week, coach Tim Miles spoke about the importance of designing specific plays to give the junior from Richmond, Virginia, more opportunities.

That became a focus in the game against ACU. “We put in one or two plays that would give me an opportunity to get my hands on the ball more,” White said. “But I think more so what we did going into this game, and moving forward, is emphasize our system.”

For White, a Kansas transfer still looking to find his footing at Nebraska, it’s all about aggression.

“At times, I’m so much of a team guy that I don’t try and force myself on the game,” he said. “I’ve had some talks with my coaches, and they’ve said I need to be a little more aggressive. I’m still adjusting my personality to the expectations that are here now.”

White hit a pair of first-half 3-pointers and made 12 points by halftime, but his 10 second half free throws erased a frustrating 3-of-8 record from the field and a 2-of-7 record from three-point range.

“Almost every time Andrew shoots, I think it’s going in,” said Miles. “I’m pretty easy to please. If you make shots, I’m happy.”

And Miles is comfortable with a guy like White shooting as often as he can.

“He had the total green light, and he always does,” Miles said. “One of the things he’ll do is come into a game and survey (everything) instead of taking charge. But he’s got enough talent to take charge.”

No matter what, White will attract at least one defender each time down the floor.

Sometimes, it might be two.

After scoring at least 18 points in each of the first three games, White had just eight in a loss to No. 24 Cincinnati and didn’t score more than 15 in each of the last three.

“My scoring has been down the last couple of games, but it’s not just about me,” White said. “It’s about everybody and giving our team the best opportunity to play well.”

And balancing his secondary role at KU with his primary role at Nebraska hasn’t been easy.

“At the end of the day, I want to be a team player,” White said. “I want to give the ball up and let everyone get a taste of the scoring.

It’s just about developing a new mentality since I’ve been (at Nebraska).”

That mentality is simple.

“I just need to be more aggressive,” White said. “I need to do things to put pressure on the defense and guard my man. Me

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Nebraska defeated Abilene Christian 73-63 Saturday afternoon at PBA. doing that will give our team the best chance to win. When teams are guarding me tight, it opens up the game for other guys.”

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Huskers take gold at Winter Nationals

TREV MCDIFFETT DN It was a big weekend for the Husker swimming and diving teams.

The swim team got things rolling Thursday at the AT&T USA Winter Nationals in Federal Way, Washington. In the Winter National meet, swimmers competed for a chance to participate in the USA Olympic Swim Trials in June. The Huskers took full advantage of the opportunity.

Erin Oeltjen, Jordan Ehly, Morgan McCafferty, Katt Sickle and Taryn Collura all made Olympic Trial cuts in their respective events. Collura said she was proud of her teammates.

“I was probably more excited when they made it than when I did. Our team is so close that when someone has a good swim we all feel it. And so seeing my teammates hit their cuts made me want to try harder, and I think it really helped me elevate myself to a new level. I took their strength and used it in my race,” Collura said.

Collura, Sickle and Oeltjen made their Olympic Trial cut the first day of competition. Collura made the cut in the 50-meter freestyle, Sickle in the 400-meter freestyle and Oeltjen in the 100-meter breaststroke. Sickle was satisfied with the weekend’s competition.

“We had a lot of best times, a lot of great times.

We were able to get second swims and had a lot of Olympic Trial qualifying times, so overall it was a really good experience. We got to see a lot of fast swimming. We got to learn a lot about our races individually and got tips from the Olympians there,” Sickle said.

In Saturday’s competition, Oeltjen made an

Olympic Trials cut in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:15.74. This time was also good enough for her to win in her heat and place 24th overall.

Ehly grabbed an Olympic Trial cut in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:03.22. Ehly went on to compete in the bonus finals, where she finished with a time of 2:33.65. Her time was good enough for eighth place in the bonus finals and 24th overall.

McCafferty swam with an Olympic Trial cut time of 1:03.22 in the 100-meter backstroke.

Head coach Pablo Morales said he was proud of his team’s efforts in Washington.

“I think we fulfilled our high hopes and maybe even succeeded what we hoped to accomplish. Our girls went there and represented incredibly well.

We have five individuals qualify in six events. The girls swam great... a lot of best times,” Morales said.

Meanwhile in Iowa City, Iowa, the diving team kept competition going in the Hawkeye Invitational.

Junior Anna Filipcic,continued her success this season with a first-place finish in the three-meter dive with a score of 303.80 in prelims and 313.10 in finals. Filipcic also finished first in the one-meter dive.

Katrina Voge gave an impressive performance in the three-meter dive. In prelims, Voge finished with a score of 260.40, which was good enough to earn her a spot in finals. Voge finished eighth overall with a score of 237.

The dive team will return to competition Sunday to wrap up events with the platform dive.

The swim team will not be competing until Jan. 15 in a duel against Omaha. Morales is not worried about losing sharpness over the break.

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FILE PHOTO | DN “We have to focus on laying our foundation for the second half of the season and finishing on a high note academically. Sharpness won’t be an issue at this point because we will be starting a new

cycle and get back to training and built that back up again,” Morales said.

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NU bowling wins ‘Track Kat Klash’ meet Although the team finished third on the first day, the NU women’s bowling team won the Houston-based meet.

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kick off the day before losing to No. 8 Stephen F. Austin. Nebraska came back after that loss with a big win against No. 14 LIUBrooklyn.

Julia Bond and Gazmine Mason really stood out with their performances on day two. Both had averages more than 205: Bond with 214.2 and Mason with 208.6.

These two performances, and another top 10 performance by senior Melanie Crawford, gave the Huskers a huge advantage over tough competition throughout the weekend.

ranked teams and collecting 11 wins to 3 losses, that brought their season record to 40-16.

Individually, Bond finished third with a 214.4 average and Mason finished fifth with a 208.6 average. Both players earned all-tournament team honors with the performances.

Nebraska will not be in action until 2016 when they take on the No.1 team in the country, Arkansas State, Jan. 15-17 for the MidWinter Invitational. The Huskers will at-

tempt to keep their momentum up over the winter break and bring back the Mid-Winter Invitational championship, like they did in 2013.

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The Nebraska women’s bowling team won After losing the opening-round best-ofthe Track Kat Klash in Houston this weekseven Baker match to Sam Houston State 4-0, end.

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Roommates ROOMMATE NEEDED 3rd female roommate needed. 3 bedroom house. Clean home, nice neighborhood in Woods Park area. 10 minute bike ride, 2 minute drive to campus. Available Nov. 10. Contact Mark (402) 795-2274 in the evening. 730 Marshall Ave.

Houses For Rent 4 BDRM HOUSE

Four bedroom house (or three with an office space), two living areas, two full bathrooms, $975/mo, $800 deposit, trash and water paid.

Available January 1. 3234 Lewis Avenue. Call or text (402) 890-4582 for more details.

Duplexes For Rent 2 bedroom duplex between campuses. WD hookups, large yard, private driveway.

Non-smoking, no pets. 402-314-4516

Apts. For Rent 2 BR APT FOR RENT

846 N 27th. $500/mth. 2nd floor w/large deck.

Off street parking. Low utilities. Available immediately. Call 402-610-1188.

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Housing Roommates Looking for great roommate! Nice and tidy 3 bedroom townhouse in NW Lincoln. Close to UNL, shopping, transportation. No pets. $525/mo. + $525 deposit and 6-month lease.

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$425 a month female roommate (possibly male can be an option) to take over my lease for the master bedroom in Lakeside Village 2 bedroom apartment. Walk-through closet and own bathroom connected to bedroom (master). Close to campus. Washer/dryer in unit, fully furnished living area and kitchen. Patio. Pets allowed.

Only half electric to pay for utilities and/or wifi if you will use it. All other utilities paid for.

There’s a pool and weight room. I will pay for pplication fee. Ready for move-in and very hassle free. Can send pics. Text at (402) 613-9558 and I can show apartment.

Join the CenterPointe Team! Part-time positions available in residential program working with substance abuse/mental health clients in a unique environment. Must be at least 21 years of age and be willing to work a varied schedule including overnights and weekends.

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McFARLAND & SON’S IRISH PUB, a beautiful authentic Irish restaurant and pub, specializing in made from scratch traditional Irish fare, is looking for one additional bartender/server to complete our team. We are part of a locally owned and operated restaurant group that offers you the opportunity to have flexible hours, and a fun and safe place to work. MAY BE WILLING TO TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON! We are seeking a very hard working and committed staff of professionals. Growth potential with our locally owned and operated restaurant concepts is unlimited. Must have open availability on Sundays. If you fit these qualifications please fill our our easy online application: https://mochara.formstack.com/forms/job_ application Qualified applicants will be contacted within 24 hours.

Now hiring full or part-time employees to work for reputable construction company in Lincoln.

If you are dependable, hard working and have a valid driver’s license give us a call. We offer paid holidays and vacation for full-time employees. (402) 423-4853

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Jobs Help Wanted DOMINOS PIZZA is looking for delivery drivers.

CASH nightly earn $11 to $16 an hour. Flexible schedules, must have own car, insurance and good driving record. Apply 1055 Saunders LINE COOK - THE WATERING HOLE - Locally owned and operated restaurant group offers you the opportunity to have flexible hours, a fun and safe place to work. May be willing to train the right person.

We are seeking a very hard working and committed staff. Applicants should display a strong hospitality mentality, and enjoy working in a professional fast paced restaurant environment. Growth potential with our locally owned and operated restaurant concepts is unlimited.

Must be available to work Sundays. If you fit these qualifications please fill our our easy online application: https://mochara.formstack.com/forms/job_ application Qualified applicants will be contacted within 24 hours.

The Watering Hole West - 1550 S Coddington

The N Zone bar and grill is currently accepting applications for part time cooks. Available shifts include nights, weekends, and arena events.

Menu includes burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, wings, and appetizers. Experience preferred but not required. Please apply in person at 728 Q Street between the hours of 5-9 pm Tuesday thru Friday.

START YOUR CAREER - Locally owned restaurant chain is seeking an individual that is looking to make a commitment to the hospitality industry and looking at making hospitality their career choice. The individual should have genuine desire to provide great customer service.

They should have an out-going personality while still being mindful of the task at hand.

They should be able to multi-task, effectively communicate to not only guest but staff as well, and demonstrate good organization skills, mindful of budgets and scheduling. Hospitality industry provides a challenging experience with many dynamics coming into play so individuals that looking for an easy job please do not apply, but if you are looking for something rewarding and have the desire to be proud of the work that you do this might be the right opportunity for you.

Work Requirement: Depending on experience this path may be adjusted. Individual hired should expect to work! all shifts to have better knowledge of the restaurant and the ins and outs of the business.

They will be required to cover shifts if employees are missing in tandem with the manager.

Primarily the individual will work specific hours unless having to cover for other individuals. Individuals should have a flexible schedule to perform this job adequately. Weekends are must as this is the busiest part of the week for restaurants. If you do not have the means to make these commitments please do not apply as we are looking to promote this individual to general manager over time.

Experience: Previous restaurant-related or customer care experience desired. We are willing to train in all aspects if the individual fits our needs and demonstrates a willingness to learn and improve. Please email your resume in PDF format to offcemochara@gmail.com

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SERVERS - THE WATERING HOLE offers you the opportunity to have flexible hours, A LARGE TABLE SECTION with great earning potential, a fun and safe place to work, an ever growing guest base that is friendly and fun.

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[*the 15th week refers to the last week of classes before finals week] (This policy replaces the former Dead Week Policy) Final examinations for full semester classes are to be given ONLY at time published in the Official Schedule of Classes or another time DURING FINALS WEEK mutually agreeable to all concerned.

The only examinations allowed during the last week (15th week) of classes are: laboratory practical examinations, make-up or repeat examinations, and self-paced examinations.

However, the following must be applied: Projects, papers, and speeches scheduled for completion during the last week of classes must have been assigned in writing by the end of the eighth week and must be completed no later then Wednesday of the 15th week. This refers to the project and its scope, but not the topic. Furthermore, ALL requirements, except for the final exam, must also be completed no later than Wednesday of the fifteenth week. If the instructor is replacing the final exam with either a project, paper, or speech, the due date can be any time during the 15th week or during finals week (providing that the assignment has been given by the eighth week.) The exception to this is a class meeting one day a week on a Thursday or Friday for which all policies/requirements are shifted to either a Thursday or Friday, respectively. The Fifteenth Week policy does not apply to classes offered by the College of Law. If there is a violation a complaint can be filed at the ASUN office, 136 Nebr. Union or call 472-2581.

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