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Vol 115, Issue 01

TITLE IX What it means for you and UNL

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Last month, I wore heels and dress pants for a networking event. I parked near the Newman Center on campus and had about a five minute walk to my car. In that five minutes of walking across campus, a truck honked at me, and two men leaned out and whistled at me. I felt my face flush and my fingers clench into my palms. They said something lewd about my legs. After the second whistle, I did something I have always promised myself I wouldn’t do. I reacted. I unclenched my fist and raised my middle finger. I was offended. I was mad. I wasn’t going to stay silent and let them think I was even the least bit flattered.

I took a deep breath and then noticed a different car had slowed down to match my walking pace. Another man stuck his head out of window to tell me to relax baby. Just learn to take a compliment.

I sat in my car for 10 minutes with the doors locked. My legs were shaking so hard that I didn’t trust my foot on the gas pedal. I texted my boyfriend and my best friend and my mom. My boyfriend apologized on behalf of men. My best friend sent a message that said “unfortunately we still live in a time where people think that’s okay.” My mother told me I shouldn’t have reacted.

When I got home, I checked my phone again. My fellow editor, Mike, had written a Facebook post about getting called “faggot” from a car on campus.

On one night, on campus, both of us had been harassed from a few cars driving through campus on a Thursday night.

Neither of us filed complaints with University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We felt there wasn’t anything we could do but turn to friends, family and social media for support. At the time, we thought there was little the university could to do address those incidents after the fact. But our experiences led us to a larger discussion about feeling comfortable on campus, and ultimately, Title IX. Title IX is legislated to protect students on campus from discrimination, to ensure their safety and comfort in attaining their education. It’s a university’s job to enforce and abide by Title IX requirements. The university relies on reports to learn of these in incidents, so administration can’t respond to the incidents that aren’t reported - like ours.

Some of those reports involve verbal harassment, others involve more heinous sexual assaults.

As news editors, we read every incident of sexual assault reported to UNL Police Department. There are far too many and also not enough. And with April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we came to the conclusion we needed to explore the many ways Title IX impacts UNL and its faculty, staff and students.

This package will be released over the course of our last publishing week of the semester. We hope you take the time to explore how this monumental piece of legislation impacts your campus, your peers, your safety and your education.

»Sincerely, » »Mike » Shoro and Mara Klecker

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UNL still under investigation almost 19 months later SARAH WONTORCIK DN

For just fewer than 19 months, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been under a federal investigation for a potential Title IX violation.

Since Sept. 30, 2014, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has been investigating whether the university “failed to promptly and equitably respond to complaints, reports and/or incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence of which it had notice, and as a result, students were subjected to a sexually hostile environment,” a member of the office told The Daily Nebraskan in October 2014.

The Title IX Education Amendments of 1972, signed into law by President Richard Nixon June 23, 1972, is a comprehensive federal law that states “no person, in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”

The law requires that these educational institutions not only respond to, but actively prevent discrimination based on sex, including

in access to higher education, athletics, career education, employment, standardized testing, education for pregnant and parenting students, learning environment and sexual harassment.

The investigation was launched after reports were made in May 2014 of a female student being raped at an apartment belonging to a thenfaculty member of the Glenn Korff School of Music. The faculty member was released from employment in mid-September, just before The Daily Nebraskan reported on the rape investigation on Sept. 24, 2014.

“As far as the university is concerned, we are cooperating with OCR’s investigation and ensuring we are complying with Title IX,” said Susan Foster, director of UNL’s Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, in an April 2016 email.

Foster said UNL conducted and completed its own internal investigation of the reported rape but declined to share details of the outcome, citing privacy concerns.

Foster was hired in early 2015 and began her duties Feb. 16, 2015.

She said she doesn’t know how long the federal investigation will continue but no other complaints have been filed with OCR since the

investigation started.

“At the end of the investigation, we assume OCR and UNL will enter into a resolution agreement outlining steps the university will take to ensure Title IX compliance,” Foster said in an email. “Similar to what OCR has done with other universities around the country.”

Attempts to contact OCR weren’t immediately successful.

Title IX investigations are not uncommon at universities. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, there are 221 sexual violence cases under investigation at 175 colleges and universities.

When Title IX was introduced in 1972, its provisions focused mainly on equality between genders. Foster said in 2011, “a government agency” pushed to broaden the definition of gender equity within Title IX. “It also means you make sure there’s nothing happening on campus that impedes somebody to be successful because of their gender,” Foster said. “We’re getting more and more info about how to do this and how to make sure we’re complying with that government agency.”

This push has brought change, according to Foster. She said since putting new reporting

protocol into place, she has seen an increase in the number of students reporting sexual assault.

Foster said she also believes some of the recent Title IX activities and awareness efforts have helped students distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior.

“It’s caused a lot greater awareness, a lot of people taking ownership individually, a lot more reporting which is good and just a change in culture,” Foster said. “It’s going to be slow, but it’s hopefully happening, that we kind of realize as a society and a community, this isn’t what we want, so we want to make sure this kind of thing isn’t happening.”

This change in culture is exactly what junior Spencer Hartman, the newly installed president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska for the 2016-2017 academic year, hopes to achieve in his time in office. Hartman said he wants to “find the root” of what causes sexual assault and “eliminate those environments.” He said sexual assault reports are often tied to alcohol.

“I think having an impact on alcohol culture, we will also have an impact on sexual assault cases. I do believe the two are linked,” Hartman said. “When alcohol is involved, that enables or

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DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM provides a more likely environment for sexual assault to occur. So how can we as student leaders drive that conversation from peer-to-peer?”

Hartman said he believes a top-down policy approach is never effective in changing culture.

Hartman said he has been working with various stakeholders, including Foster, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco and directors of Greek Affairs, to figure out how to get a conversation started among students about the connection between alcohol and sexual assault.

“How do we more organically drive this conversation, and how do we have honest conversations with students, particularly leaders in the Greek community?” Hartman asked. “I believe that, if we can make a difference on this issue within the Greek community, we can leverage the Greek community as leaders on campus to make a campus-wide difference in lowering rates of sexual assault.”

Last week, The Daily Nebraskan reported on a recent social policy change within the Greek system. Starting May 7, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council will eliminate all references to social policies from their govern-

Hartman said the Greek community has a ing documents.

The change in policy came after a variety large influence on the culture at UNL. He believes if the conversation about Title IX, sexual of incidents involving underage drinking were assault and its connecreported to the university. tions to alcohol conA document sent to all sumption starts within ...we assume OCR sorority presidents said the Greek community, it the Office of the Dean and UNL will enter will spread throughout of Students met with 21 campus much more efchapters this year and all into a resolution fectively than another but one of those meetings new policy. took place after underage agreement outlining steps In his campaign, Hartmembers were provided the university will take to man stressed it was his alcohol at chapter events. ensure Title IX compliance.” goal to make UNL the All of the sexual assafest and most inclusive sault cases investigated SUSAN FOSTER campus. That puts all Title have involved underage IX issues at the top of his members who were prooffice of institutional equity and priority list, not just sexual vided alcohol at a chapter compliance director assault. event prior to the alleged “(Having an inclusive assault, the document campus) means including said. students in the conversations about the culture on Hartman said after visiting with Foster and others on campus over the past few weeks, they campus and including students in the decisions that will shape their community,” Hartman said. were able to reach the conclusion that rates of Hartman said he believes Title IX has been sexual assault are higher within the Greek comsuccessfully promoted throughout campus in remunity.

cent years. He said as a freshman he had no idea what Title IX was, but now, not only has he heard the words “Title IX” much more often, but he also understands what Title IX is and what it stands for.

Foster also said Title IX awareness has been much more prevalent on campus recently.

“We have brochures that are being distributed everywhere and lots of in-person training to employees, faculty and student groups like athletics and Greek community,” Foster said.

On top of this, every freshman or incoming student was asked to complete online training on Title IX before the fall semester started.

There have also been high-profile documentaries and lawsuits about Title IX that have given it exposure recently.

“I think that the Office for Civil Rights has made a very conscious effort for bringing it to the forefront for encouraging complaints and auditing universities,” Foster said. “To me this is all about respect and dignity. We need to have a bigger conversation about that.”

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Providing resources, hope to survivors BAILEY SCHULZ DN Walking up the Nebraska Union’s stairs can be one of the scariest moments of a student’s life.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln victim advocate and prevention specialist Morgan knows her office can be an intimidating destination.

Morgan works at the Women’s Center through Voices of Hope, a Lincoln-based nonprofit that offers free and confidential services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of abuse. Morgan asked that her last name not be published due to the nature of her position.

She became interested in victim advocacy after taking a women’s and gender studies class at UNL in 2004.

“It was really eye-opening for me,” she said.

“I had thought about these issues before, but I think seeing the statistics was alarming... I felt like I (had to) be a part of the solution.”

In graduate school, Morgan conducted research focused on victimization and advocacy.

She tried teaching and research, but discovered it wasn’t her calling.

“I realized that direct service was what I really wanted to do,” she said. “I wanted to help individuals.”

She joined the Voices of Hope staff in 2012.

Although she has regular walk-in hours in the Nebraska Union, she’s able to meet with students wherever they feel comfortable, including at Voices of Hope.

Morgan offers intervention services, support groups, advocacy and one-on-one counseling for students and staff at UNL. “Essentially, I bring those services (of Voices of Hope) to UNL’s campus,” she said.

The services she offers depend on the case.

She might help students with a protection order or room reassignment. She may help connect others with law enforcement or the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, which provides Title IX resources.

“Every single student that comes in to see me, I’m talking with them about the Title IX process,” she said. “I talk about what that looks like, (and) that often feels or can feel very over-

ART BY ALLY FRAME | DN whelming for a student. They’re not sure what that’s going to entail or what will happen if the perpetrator’s notified or how will that impact their safety.”

Almost everything Morgan hears is completely confidential, with a few exceptions in cases involving crimes such as child abuse.

While Morgan is able to offer suggestions and a safe place to talk, she said she doesn’t push victims into taking any sort of action they aren’t comfortable with, such as reporting an incident to police.

“We really have this mentality that the client who comes to see us is the expert on their own life,” she said. “It would be naive for me to think that I know what’s best for somebody that I just met, you know. So I really see myself as the advocate to present options, to present resources.”

The services she offers are available to all students, faculty and staff on campus.

Morgan said she’s worked with victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and other forms of abuse. She said the cases she most commonly sees on campus are sexual assaults,

especially during the beginning of semesters, in what she refers to as “the red zone.”

Morgan said the first six weeks of classes pose the biggest threat to students, especially for freshmen and sophomore students who are away from home for the first time.

“There’s a lot of beginning-of-the-semester parties, there’s a high correlation with alcohol consumption,” she said. “A lot of times that’s used as a weapon to make somebody vulnerable.”

While Morgan couldn’t provide numbers, she said she has seen an increase in visitors this year.

She said a big part of that increase is due to outreach. This year, her services were advertised with posters and magnets placed on fridges in every housing unit, fraternity and sorority.

While Morgan enjoys her work, she said the job can be both challenging and rewarding.

“There’s a lot of vicarious trauma that comes with it, but there’s also a lot of rewards,” she said. “It’s rewarding to be able to be there and support that person. They’re very grateful

to have somebody in their corner.”

Morgan said it’s impacted her daily life a great deal.

“It’s been challenging,” she said. “It’s hard to hear stories of trauma day in and day out, and that’s why self care is so important. But it’s such an important role. We need advocacy, and we need students to be able to know about their rights, and so it’s an important thing to have on our campus.” * * * The room is welcoming, with walls painted in relaxing, neutral tones surrounding soft chairs. The shades are drawn, dimming the room slightly. A white noise machine plays in the hallway. The sounds of crashing waves, rhythmic and soothing, can be heard from inside.

This is the workplace of Sue Andersen, a community education coordinator and advo-

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Updates on the 11 reported rapes to UNLPD this school year EMMA OLSON DN Eleven rape cases have been reported to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department this academic year, compared to six last academic year.

Over the last 10 calendar years, there have been 35 rape cases reported to university police, according to UNLPD incident logs.

The Daily Nebraskan followed up on each report – as of April 23, 2016 – from the 2015-2016 academic year.

UNLPD Capt. Jerry Plessel said cases sometimes hinge on whether a survivor wants to proceed with criminal charges.

“This is a control offense,” he said. “We want to put all the control with the victim. We can’t force a victim to proceed or report. We try to initially get what occurred and give them time to decide if they wish to proceed.”

Plessel emphasized the importance of the assaulted person’s comfort level and autonomy in each situation.

“On these cases, we need to be extremely careful to not force the victim or make them do

something they don’t want to do,” Plessel said.

University police didn’t offer many specifics on each of this year’s cases, mostly opting to discuss whether each case was open or closed.

According to UNLPD, a case can be deemed closed by four designations: inactive, unfounded, exceptional clearance and non-criminal case.

An inactive case is closed because of insufficient evidence to make an arrest or establish probable cause that a crime has occurred. An unfounded case is closed because there is compelling evidence the allegations are false.

If an offender has not been identified, an offender’s location is not known, sufficient evidence has not been gathered and circumstances outside of an officer’s control prohibit arresting the offender, there can be no arrest. Exceptional clearance occurs if all four criteria are met.

A non-criminal case occurs when the case does not involve a criminal act or the allegations were false.

- Sept. 5, 2015: A female student reported a sexual assault by a freshman male at Sandoz Hall. UNLPD investigated the incident and arrested 18-year-old Christopher Petersen of Scottsdale, Arizona. Prosecutors charged Peters-

en with first-degree sexual assault shortly after the incident. Court documents show the now 19-year-old Petersen’s case was turned over to the district court. His trial documents have been updated as of April 4.

- Nov. 3, 2015: A student belatedly reported a rape that occurred in fall 2014. UNLPD was informed by an outside agency that a rape occurred in Abel Hall. The case was closed and cleared by exception.

- Nov. 15, 2015: A student reported a recent off-campus sexual assault. The alleged rape occurred near the 2200 block of Holdredge Street.

This case was also cleared by exception.

- Nov. 17, 2015: A sexual assault was reported anonymously to UNLPD. The responsible party had been identified at the time, and there were potentially multiple victims involved. The case was closed and is inactive.

- Nov. 25, 2015: A sexual assault was reported at the University Suites. A male student forcibly had sex with a female student, according to the incident report. The case is inactive.

- Dec. 4, 2015: A UNL female student reported she was sexually assaulted inside a fraternity house at a fraternity formal. The case was closed

and cleared by exception.

- Jan. 12, 2016: A belated sexual assault was reported. The incident report lists the location as a “UNL Support Facility.” The case is currently inactive.

- Jan. 14, 2016: A belated rape was reported to UNLPD. The incident occurred in on-campus student housing, where a male student reportedly had unwanted intercourse with a female student, according to the incident report. The case is inactive.

- Feb. 2, 2016: A belated sexual assault was reported, but the victim did not want to provide a statement and chose not to pursue criminal charges, so the case is inactive, according to the report.

- Feb. 12, 2016: A sexual assault was belatedly reported to have occurred in Cather Hall.

The case is closed and inactive.

- April 5, 2016: A rape was reported at Delta Upsilon fraternity. The case is still open and under investigation.

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Battling stigmas, shame as a male sex assault survivor ANDREW BARRY FOR THE DN He didn’t know if he was drunk or drugged, but his body froze as his thoughts raced.

“I could tell you everything that happened, but there were periods of time where I felt like it was happening to someone else,” Caleb Byers said. “At one point in time, I actually went out of my own body, and I was looking down at what was going on.”

After being sexually assaulted by a 63-yearold in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in June 2012, Byers, who was 20 at the time, said he felt alone.

As April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, some national and local advocates are worried male sexual assault survivors aren’t receiving adequate support. Byers, who is a senior studying psychology at the University of Nebraska Omaha, didn’t report his sexual assault until about a year and a half after it happened. With a lack of physical evidence, the police recently dropped the case. He said he felt his experience was minimized. “(Society) create(s) this environment where a male sexual assault is not seen as serious for a man as it is a woman,” he said.

Byers said he still regularly sees his assailant.

“Every time I see him, it sends me on the verge of a panic attack, and my chest gets tight,” Byers said. “It’s hard to breathe.”

According to the Journal of American College Health, about 1 in 25 – or 4 percent – of college men are sexually assaulted before they graduate. Other national studies show rates of 6 percent or higher. In fall 2015, a little more than 13,000 males were enrolled either full time or part time at UNL. Assuming UNL’s statistics are consistent with national averages, at least 524 current male students at UNL will be victims of sexual assault during their time in college.

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Caleb Byers, a senior at the University of Nebraska Omaha, was sexually assaulted in June 2012. He now advocates for other survivors through his website wearenotpowerless. com.

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DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM Despite the statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department Sgt. David Dibelka Jr. confirmed there haven’t been any police reports made by male sexual assault survivors to UNLPD in more than 10 years.

The same study in the journal showed 1 in 5 – or 20 percent – of women said they had been sexually assaulted in college. Female reporting rates at UNL are likely less than 1 percent, but rising. In 2015, UNLPD responded to 23 reported sexual assaults of females, up from 17 the year before and just one in 2005.

On the recent “End Rape on Campus March” event Facebook page, sponsored by Voices of Hope, UNL PREVENT and Nebraska Wesleyan University, the organizers only listed statistics on females in the description. However, the study their data was pulled from indicated between 15 and 20 percent of college sexual assault survivors are male.

UNLPD Sgt. Aaron Pembleton said society needs to treat male sexual assault more seriously if reporting rates are to match reality.

He said he believes UNLPD is fully capable of being sensitive to survivors and carrying out respectful investigations for men and women.

“Does it happen more often than it’s reported to us? Absolutely,” Pembleton said.

“It’s hard to go to a certain group, especially with the stigma of police being white, males, masculine. (Survivors) think ‘Those people are probably the worst out of this public group.’”

Byers said there were several barriers to him reporting his sexual assault.

“I think it’s worse for males because the males have roles and are supposed to be dominant, assertive, stand up for ourselves, never let ourselves be taken advantage of,” he said.

“It’s humiliating. It’s absolutely humiliating. should be making differentiations. For me, it is just about being inclusive.”

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In the future, he wants to pass a grant proSusan Foster, the director of the university’ posal that would allow college campuses across Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, said some men don’t report rape for several Nebraska to have better reporting techniques, reasons, some of which are the same for wom- such as anonymous online mechanisms, hotlines and more prepared and educated faculty. en.

“College campuses, for a variety of rea“Many males find it difficult to accept their sons, have a higher per-capita incidence of experience,” she said in an email, “they suffer denial and repression, they do not want to be sexual assault because there’s a lot more factors involved; younger people, drugs, alcohol, stigmatized by societal expectations and stereotypes, they do not want to be viewed as a a lot of substance issues,” he said. “Making victim, they experience self blame and fear of sure we have concentrated resources on colhostility/doubt and judgment from their peers, lege campuses to prevent, educate and then also providing reporting mechanisms for viclaw enforcement and medical providers.” tims of sexual assault on college campuses is a Legislation brought forward in February priority for me.”

by Nebraska Sen. Adam Morfeld tried to make Many of these resources already exist for it easier for all survivors to report sexual asstudents and the general public through orsaults.

“I think that a victim of sexual assault ganizations such as Voices of Hope in Lincoln. is a victim of sexual assault,” Morfeld said. The organization has a 24-hour confidential hotline, short-term counseling and other ser“Whether it’s male or female, I don’t think we

vices for crisis intervention and advocacy. All of their services are free.

Morgan is the UNL campus advocate for Voices of Hope. She asked that her last name not be published due to the nature of her position. She said her job is to be a confidential source for UNL students to ask questions about sexual assault, either as survivors or as who she calls “secondary victims,” usually friends or family members of survivors. She said Voices of Hope is equally inclusive to all gender identities. But she said she’s worried because her office is located in the UNL Women’s Center, male victims might be hesitant to come forward.

“I want men to know it’s a safe place for men to come but also to get information,” she said. “I think often, others do react very differently, when, in fact, male survivors deserve the same information, validation and support as any female survivor would.”

Steve LePore, the executive director of 1in6 – a national organization dedicated to providing services for men who have experienced sexual assault – said the difficulty of coming forward after being assaulted varies among survivors, regardless of sex.

But men face different barriers to reporting, and those often have something to do with the organizations available.

According to LePore, one of the biggest problems for male sexual assault survivors is their access to services. While there are many organizations dedicated to female survivors, he guessed – correctly – there are no organizations in Nebraska specifically working with

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A recent history of notable UNL Title IX incidents NOAH JOHNSON DN Here’s a recent history of notable incidents involving Title IX at University of NebraskaLincoln.

Since Sept. 30, 2014, UNL has been under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education for potential Title IX violations. According to an article by The Daily Nebraskan , UNL is being investigated on “allegations that the university ‘failed to promptly and equitably respond to

complaints, reports, and/or incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence of which it had notice, and as a result, students were subjected to a sexually hostile environment,’ according to a member of OCR.” The complaint was submitted in early May 2014, an anonymous source told The Daily Nebraskan in fall 2014.

The Daily Nebraskan previously reported that a 21-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a former Glenn Korff School of Music professor. According to an initial police report, Lincoln police were called to an apartment complex near the Nebraska State Capitol May 8, 2014, at 4 a.m.

8 | MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 Shortly after UNL was placed under investigation by OCR, it released a statement regarding the Title IX complaint. The Oct. 6, 2014, press release stated, “On Monday, Oct. 6, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln received a letter from the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights informing us of a Title IX complaint.” The press release also states UNL took “timely and appropriate action” in responding to the allegations.

The press release said the university’s Title IX coordinator began investigating within two days of receiving notice of the incident. The release said the coordinator met with and took a statement from the alleged victim, who was provided information about available options, including working with police. In June 2015, the accused professor was acquitted of charges of rape. The federal investigation of UNL is still ongoing.

Immediately following coverage of the investigation by The Daily Nebraskan, UNL hired a permanent Director for Institutional Equity and Compliance, Susan Foster. Previously, the position had been occupied by Interim Title IX Coordinator Arturo Pérez.

In September 2015, UNL required certain UNL employees to report any form of sexual misconduct they know of.

“The campus has been very welcoming and accepting of this responsibility,” Foster said.

DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM Employees who are responsible for reporting the Athletic Department of violating her right misconduct include deans, directors, department to receive a fair education by failing to prevent chairs and several other employees within uni- sexual harassment on campus. In 1993, Redmond had reported to the University of Nebraska-Linversity departments. coln Police Department that Peter sexually asFormer University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman Christopher Petersen was charged saulted her twice in the first week of fall classes with first-degree sexual assault in September in 1991.

In March 2001, The 2015. According to court Daily Nebraskan reported documents, Petersen went The campus has the University of Neinto Sandoz Hall with a been very welcoming that braska announced its men’s woman, and the two started swimming program would kissing. After the victim and accepting of this be discontinued. The prostopped, Petersen continresponsibility.” gram was cut primarily due ued to undress her. After to budgetary concerns, as the woman told Petersen to SUSAN FOSTER both men’s and women’s get off of her, he continued swimming programs cost to grope her and pin her office of institutional equity and a combined $1.3 million a under his body weight. compliance director year, making it the most Petersen was later arrested expensive Olympic sport at and jailed on suspicion of UNL, according to an article first-degree sexual assault. written by University of Nebraska Athletic ComHe was released from the Lancaster County Jail munications. The Athletic Department could not on a $50,000 bond but could face anywhere from cut the women’s program due to Title IX rules. Ac18 to 50 years in prison if convicted. cording to a DN article at the time, “the Athletic In 2006, the University of Nebraska agreed to pay $50,000 to former UNL student Kathy Red- Department is already lagging in the proportionmond after she reported she was raped twice by ality aspect of the legislation designed to provide former Nebraska football player Christian Peter equal athletic opportunities to women.”

Although nearly half of the student populain 1991. Redmond filed a civil discrimination lawsuit against the university in 1995, accusing tion at UNL was female at the time, only 37 per-

cent of its scholarship athletes were female. Former Athletic Director Bill Byrne said the school must show a commitment to offer increased opportunities for female athletes to avoid a lawsuit from the Office of Civil Rights.

In 1999, a former UNL professor, David Hibler, was accused of sexually harassing a former UNL student. The student sued Hibler in February 1998, alleging she was harassed by Hibler while she was a student in a fall class. The lawsuit also stated the university mishandled the charges and did not provide her with a safe environment. The university was later dismissed from the lawsuit, after a judge ruled the university did not act with deliberate indifference once it became aware of the allegations filed against Hibler.

The Daily Nebraskan previously reported Hibler allegedly asked personal information of the student and used that information to establish a personal relationship with her.

The student said Hibler forced his way into the apartment and proceeded to make unwelcome physical advances. The lawsuit against Hibler was ultimately dismissed by Judge Warren K. Urbom, and the student and Hibler reached a settlement outside of court, according to the student’s attorney.

feel safe. * * * She now knows this is an impossible goal, but she is still devoted to helping whomever she Although Sarah’s only a junior in college, can. she’s been advocating for friends and other “I think that you learn that you’re part of a process,” she said. “So it’s an honor to be a part women for more than four years.

The first time she advocated was outside a of that process.”

Starbucks.

For victims seeking help through Voices of I was the beginning of spring in her junior Hope’s walk-in services, the doors are open on year of high school in weekdays.

Omaha, and the weather The building doesn’t Walking down the was just warm enough stand out from the neighstreet, you just kind for Sarah, who has been boring homes. The center given a false name for itself is two combined of start numbering people this article, and her friend houses, with a wrapto sit outside under the around porch and brown off: one, two, three, four... giant green umbrellas siding. The only indicator you can’t let go of it.” near the cafe. it’s not like the other housThe outdoor location es in the neighborhood is a let them enjoy the weathsign that reads “Voices of SUE ANDERSEN er but, more importantly, Hope.” victim advocate it gave them a secluded Walk-ins are given a place to talk. brief form to fill out and ofThat was where Sarah’s friend revealed ten offered coffee or water before they’re taken what her relationship with her boyfriend was to a room to speak with a staff member.

Andersen said visitors most commonly truly like. She said she was often pressured and forced into sexual situations by her long-term come in as a result of partner violence and doboyfriend. mestic dating violence.

“I didn’t know how to deal with it,” Sarah Many of the cases she’s seen involve verbal abuse and manipulation, forms of abuse that said. “It wasn’t even something on my radar at that point... I didn’t think that that could hapdon’t leave marks.

“It’s about power and control,” she said. “A pen basically anywhere around me or to anyone near me.” lot of this intimidation, using emotional abuse, That opinion has changed since she startisolating... it’s not against the law.” ed college. Sarah said she was shocked at the Andersen said she’s seen various tactics of abuse throughout the years and each case af- number of problems college women have with things such as assault and relationship violence. fects the victims in different ways.

“It was really saddening,” she said. “I reIn each case, it’s up to the victim to decide whether to report the case to law enforcement. ally wanted to help out. I really wanted to get involved.”

As an advocate, Andersen can only offer guidThis semester, Sarah began working at PREance and a place for their voice to be heard.

“Anytime that we’re victimized or some- VENT, an organization at the Women’s Center working to stop relationship violence. thing traumatic happens, it impacts your life, Sarah said since high school, she’s advocatand it’s forever part of what you’ve experied for two or three women. But she’s worked enced,” she said.

to reach out to even more women through PREVENT. “The advocacy that I’ve done has been personal as opposed to professional,” she said. “Professionally, a lot of what I do is focused around awareness, and then personally, it’s helping friends through (relationship violence).”

Sarah said she tries to help women with these problems whenever they can. Some she has met on her dorm floor, others in clubs.

“When they’re first starting to open up, it’s almost easier to talk to someone who’s not directly in contact with you all the time,” she said.

“Since I knew these people but didn’t really know them well, I think it was easier for them (to talk).”

She said she helps by talking through problems and offering resources. Since joining PREVENT, she makes sure to carry around a sexual assault advocacy packet.

Sarah said after these conversations, she often suggests a visit to the Women’s Center.

“That was really helpful because I’m not qualified to go through therapy with them or anything like that,” she said.

She said her job is mostly being there when others need her, offering a shoulder to cry on and pointing them in the right direction for resources.

“I hope that just I gave them a choice, I gave them an option,” she said. “Whether they take it or not, that is entirely in their control.”

Sarah said she hopes through these advocacy roles, she gives these women back some sense of power that they may have lost in their lives.

“Having power over your own life is something that I took for granted for so long,” she said. “Just having control over your how you are living your life is just, it’s something that I wish everyone had.”

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VOICES OF HOPE: FROM 5 cate at Voices of Hope.

Andersen has worked for Voices of Hope for 28 years but was introduced to the nonprofit when she began using its services more than 30 years ago.

She said since joining the staff, she’s advocated for thousands of victims. Each individual case file is locked in a file cabinet in that room.

Whether it’s answering calls on the crisis landline or working with walk-ins, Andersen is paired with victims through various channels.

As an advocate, Andersen provides direct service to people who have experienced abuse such as relationship violence or sexual assault.

“It’s really a lot of listening,” she said. “Advocating is kind of walking alongside someone.

It’s not in front, not in back. I’m not going to do things for them but provide information to empower them to make the choices that are best and safest for them.”

Andersen said after so many years of working as an advocate, her work has had a large influence on her personal life as well.

“I always say that once you know this stuff, you can’t ever not know it,” she said. “It’s not a job. It’s a way of life.”

Andersen said statistics about sexual assaults, such as that between one-in-four and one-in-five college women report surviving rape or attempted rape, are numbers she finds hard to forget.

“Walking down the street, you just kind of start numbering people off: one, two, three, four... you can’t let go of it.”

As a single mother with four sons, Andersen said the job has changed how she’s raised her children.

“I know working here impacted how I raised them and how I talked to them about violence and violence against women and feminism and equality,” she said. “They’re great men.”

Andersen said at the beginning of her career, she imagined herself as a super advocate, someone who would say all the right things every time and make every woman and child

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MALE SEXUAL ASSAULT: FROM 7 male survivors. In addition, many of the survivors he has talked to said they were initially treated as perpetrators when they sought help.

“One of our main issues as an organization is to de-stigmatize the issue by dialogue,” he said. “At the very top of the list is a misconception that is quite simply that men cannot be abused.”

Byers said he saw that stereotype play out during the investigation of his own sexual assault.

Despite the stigma, he insists through awareness, the public can empower men who’ve been sexually assaulted to view themselves as survivors rather than victims.

“For a very long time after my assault, I thought of myself as a victim,” Byers said.

“That adjective defined me. It affected how I perceived the world and how I perceived myself.”

About one and a half years ago, he made

a video recounting his experience and posted it on a website he made called wearenotpowerless.com. The website includes information about sexual assault, specifically male sexual assault, and links to other articles and advocacy websites.

“I see myself as an advocate, a voice for other survivors,” he said. * * * The hospital staff couldn’t determine if the Byers twins were identical or fraternal.

As 24-year-olds, they still look similar to one another, with square faces, angular chins.

Sometimes, stubble grows under their bottom lips. Byers is a little bit shorter, but both have lean, muscular bodies. They call themselves “meatheads,” often lifting weights together.

Between the two of them, they have four cats - all named after Sherlock Holmes. They both love superheroes and are avid gamers.

But when Byers told his brother, Lukas

Byers, he was sexually assaulted, Lukas started laughing, he said.

“That was hard to hear, hard to see too,” Caleb Byers said. “I can’t tell you how many times he’s apologized since then. I think he’s been my biggest support in all of this.”

Byers said his brother laughed mostly out of shock. He knows now he has friends and family who support him. He identifies as bisexual, but for a long time, he resisted coming to terms with it and has only come out to his friends and family within the past year and a half.

“I’m dealing with the shame, humiliation and struggling with my own sexuality all at the same time,” he said. “It’s terrifying to admit to the ones you love that you’ve been taken advantage of, especially as a male in today’s society.”

As an advocate for other survivors, and through networking with different organizations, he said he felt himself grow in strength and self-understanding.

“I guess you could say I lived by the bottle,” he said. “I drank as soon as I woke up, before work, after work, at work, before I went to bed.

It was my way of handling it. It was just numbing.”

He used his brother as his support system until he moved to attend the University of Iowa.

Byers said without his support system, he had difficulties emotionally and physically, including self-injuring. He carved smiley faces and words like “shame” into his legs with razor blades.

“I was going to die,” he said. “The realization finally hit me that something needed to change.”

It took him two and a half years to find his strength again, and he wants other survivors to know one thing: “You are not alone, and you are not powerless.”

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CAVAZOS: Reporting assault is hard, but important STEPHANIE CAVAZOS

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hort. Young. Black hair. Black sweatshirt. Jeans. BMX bike.

I don’t remember anything else.

Sorry.

On Sunday, April 10, at 9:12 p.m., I gave that description to a dispatcher at the University of NebraskaLincoln Police Department.

Forty-five minutes earlier, I was walking home from work at the Nebraska Union. I walk this route every Sunday about 8:30 p.m.

I didn’t think anything of it.

Drake’s “Wednesday Night Interlude” was playing through my headphones. I was texting a friend.

I felt a hand touch me from behind, underneath my backpack, right against the pocket of my favorite jeans.

In the matter of a couple seconds, a boy riding past me on a green BMX bike violated me on my walk home.

“What is wrong with you?” I yelled out to him.

He didn’t say a word.

He silently turned the corner to 17th Street. We made eye contact.

I hesitated to call someone. The moment was gone before I could do anything. What was I supposed to say? What would the police officers even do?

I tweeted about my assault. I said: “Here’s what it’s like being a woman on a college campus.”

A friend reached out to me. She told me she’d heard reports about other girls experiencing the same thing. Maybe this was the same guy.

I called UNLPD. The dispatcher listened to my story. She frantically recorded my information. She told me they had someone in custody. She asked if I would like to come in to identify him.

I said yes.

An officer picked me up at my apartment.

She took my information and gathered the facts. I had to go identify the person on the bike.

I asked the officer if I could bring a friend with me. I was scared and didn’t want to go alone.

She said no. It wasn’t allowed.

I had to sit in the backseat of the police car. I felt like I had done something wrong, like I was the one at fault. I remember feeling angry: Angry that I was in the back of a police car, angry that I wasn’t at home finishing an English assignment that was due the next day, angry that my time was wasted by a sexual predator.

We drove to the Union so I could identify the boy from across the street. There was a bigger Lincoln Police Department SUV and other police officers waiting.

One of the male officers said they would bring out the boy and I needed to tell them on a scale of one to 100 how sure I was it was him.

They brought the boy out and shined a flashlight in his face. I knew in three seconds it was definitely him.

Short. Young. Black hair. Black sweatshirt. Jeans.

A BMX bike sat upside down on the sidewalk.

I said “150.”

The officer laughed.

An LPD officer told me I could step out

of the vehicle.

This was the second remark that made me feel like I was the criminal.

He, too, asked for my information.

He told me the suspect I identified was a 16-year-old boy and I was the third woman that night to report an assault.

Because he’s a minor, I wasn’t allowed to receive any information about him.

Because he’s a minor, I’m not allowed to contact him or his parents.

Because he’s a minor, his parents will be notified, and they’ll take it from there.

Because he’s a minor, “There’s not much we can do,” the UNLPD officer said.

So I went home.

The following afternoon, April 11, a timely warning bulletin was issued at 1:30 p.m. on UNLPD’s website.

“The individual is a 16-year-old Hispanic male, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 130 pounds, who often rides a BMX style bicycle,” it said.

The document did not address the consequences of his actions. The warning was for people to stop making mistakes by walking alone at night. Don’t visit unpopulated areas.

Don’t walk in unlit areas.

Again, I felt like I had done something wrong.

On Wednesday, April 13, The Daily Nebraskan published a story about the incidents.

The reports dated back to March 30.

This was the second time he’d been arrested for these same charges.

I paid close attention to the quotes from Sgt. Doug Peterson.

“Monday evening (April 11), the juvenile was referred to the county attorney for trespassing charges after being arrested near 14th and R streets when a witness saw him riding a bike on campus property,” the story read.

He was on campus again after these reports. Just one day after he’d been arrested for third-degree sexual assault.

“We can’t keep him off campus,” Peters-

en said. “That’s up to him. If he continues to come on campus, we will continue to arrest him.”

He can come back to campus. He’ll just get arrested and be referred to juvenile court.

He doesn’t face any consequences. Yes, he was arrested and barred from campus. But that doesn’t keep him off campus. He can come back into my life.

It’s been 15 days since the incident.

In these last 15 days, I haven’t taken the same route home as I did that night because I can’t bring myself to walk on that sidewalk again. I haven’t worn my once-favorite jeans.

I’ve given a lot of thought to whether I made the right decision by calling UNLPD. I think men, women and everyone who feels unsafe on campus should be encouraged to call the authorities. There shouldn’t be any hesitation to call the police in an unsafe situation.

By sharing my experience, I hope to give confidence to anyone suffering from acts of sexual violence on or off campus. I hope to encourage anyone who feels unsafe because of the actions of others to stand up and use their voice. And I hope to reassure anyone who identifies with my story that you’re not that alone.

At the time, I wasn’t sure my voice would matter. I wasn’t sure if I, a 20-year-old college student, could make a difference.

But I did.

I called UNLPD, and through a long, uncomfortable process, I was able to help someone. I not only helped the police department, but I prevented future cases of assault.

And if a single two-minute phone call was able to prevent others from experiencing what I did, I wouldn’t hesitate to make that call again.

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Rainout hands Huskers winless road trip to Minnesota

The Nebraska softball team suffered back-to-back losses against No. 24 Minnesota on Friday and Saturday. Then a rainout from severe weather on Sunday left the Huskers empty-handed from the weekend road trip.

TREV MCDIFFETT DN After dropping the first two games of their series against Minnesota, the Husker softball team was denied a shot to salvage a game due to a Sunday rainout.

The Husker lineup was blanked by Gopher ace Sara Groenewegen on Friday. Groenewegen went the distance for Minnesota by pitching a complete seven innings and waving nine Husker batters on her way to a onehit shutout. It was her fifth of the season as the Gophers took game one 6-0.

The Huskers were off to a good start in game one, though. With junior pitcher Cassie McClure stuck in a bases loaded jam, the Huskers were able to slide out of the pickle with a runner ’s interference call on the Gophers.

In the bottom of the second, however, the Gophers got settled in and Kayla Wenner blasted a solo homerun to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead.

The next action would come in the bottom of the fourth for the Gophers. Syndey Fabian took McClure’s 0-2 pitch deep for a two-run homer to left-center scoring Dani Wagner.

In the fifth, Minnesota would continue to provide extra run support for Groenewegen.

Maddie Houlihan started things up for the Gophers with an RBI single up the middle, scoring Erika Rozell. The Gophers would go on to tack on two more runs on a Husker error and on a fielder ’s choice.

On day two of Nebraska’s trip to Minnesota, the Huskers would not let the Gopher slide by quite as easy on Saturday.

Groenewegen was back in the circle but it didn’t phase the Husker offense as much.

Down a run in the top of the third, the Husker offense began to take off. MJ Knighten took the first pitch she saw deep down the left field line for a two-run tear, scoring Kiki Stokes.

With Alicia Armstrong on third and Mattie Fowler on first, Dawna Tyson cleared the bases on an RBI double to left center to give the Huskers a 5-2 lead.

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In the bottom of the fourth, the Gophers opened up the floodgates for eight runs in the inning. Paige Palkovich and Wenner hit back-to-back jacks for the Gophers to put them down by one.

Following the pair of home runs, the Gophers took the lead on an RBI triple and an RBI double. Groenewegen would then come up with a chance to make up for her four earned runs in the third.

And she did.

Groenewegen took Kaylan Jablonski deep for a grand slam to cap off a busy fourth inning for the Gophers.

In the top of the sixth, the Huskers would begin to chip away at the Gopher lead.

Jablonski led off the inning with a solo homer to help narrow the gap making the score 106. Laura Barrow took an 0-1 pitch to center

scoring Madi Unzicker. 10-7 Gophers.

Down to their final three outs, the Huskers dug back in to even the score. After reaching on a fielder ’s choice and a single, Armstrong and Fowler stood at second and first for Tyson.

Tyson sent a 1-0 pitch over the left field fence to tie things up at ten for the Huskers.

The Gophers now had a chance to prevent the game from going into extras where the Huskers are 2-1.

In the bottom of the seventh with two outs, fans saw a rematch of Friday’s game.

McClure vs. Groenewegen. The Gophers had runners in scoring position for Groenewegen as she dug in with a chance to win her team the game.

Groenewegen saved the crowd the suspense by driving the first pitch she saw down

the right field line for the walk off Gopher win.

Nebraska’s loss still had some positive milestones that came with it. The Huskers had season highs in: extra-base hits, five doubles, three homers and one triple. Knighton became the first Husker to have 50 hits, 50 runs, and 50 RBIs in more than one season (2015).

The Huskers will be back in action on April 27, to face in-state rival Creighton in Omaha. First pitch will be at 6 p.m.

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Men’s golf places 13th at B1G Championships RON PETERSEN DN The Nebraska men’s golf team finished tied for 13th at the Big Ten Championships in Newburgh, Indiana, this last weekend with a total of 918 shots, finishing +54.

Junior Michael Colgate started number one in the lineup but finished third on team and placed 54th overall with a score of 231 shots at +15.

“The Big Ten did a great job running the tournament,” Colgate said. “It was held at a great golf course, and it was in terrific shape.”

With the weather being flawless, the team stuck to the game plan they have had at every regular tournament.

“My driver was on for the most of the week.

However, with the course being so wet from the rain, it played pretty long for me,” Colgate said.

“My putting is starting to get to where it needs to be so that is definitely encouraging.”

If the team wants to improve in the Big Ten next season, they will need to minimize mistakes while working on the overall fundamentals.

“We have potential and at times we have shown we can compete with everyone else,” Colgate said.

Junior Justin Jennings was number two in the lineup going into the invite while finishing second on the team and tied for 52nd overall with a score of 230 shots at 14 over par.

“It’s always the most fun tournament of the year,” Jennings said. “It’s a great field and great chance to do something special.”

The team played flashes of great golf over

the weekend, but failed to be consistent.

“I tensed up and tried too hard on the tough stretches,” Jennings said. “I need to get better about freeing up and trusting myself. I also didn’t bounce back well after making a bogey this week, I need to work on that too.”

Jennings thought the team this year is very young and inexperienced so each tournament has helped them grow.

“They will learn a lot from this and will be much better next year,” Jennings said. “I’m looking forward to it.”

Freshman Jackson Wendling came in at number three in the lineup and finished with the fourth best score on the team. He tied for 60th overall in the invite with a score of 235 shots at 19 over par.

“It was a privilege to play at the Big Ten’s,” Wendling said. “It was nice to play against the

best teams in the conference.”

With the course being a good shape, Wendling wishes his short game were better than it was.

“I would have liked to putted a little better and made a couple of better decisions here and there,” Wendling said.

As a freshman, he will get plenty of more chances to play at the course when he gets older so he will get the opportunity to play there again one day.

“We kept grinding no matter how we were playing,” Wendling said.

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Meyers’ big day leads NU to win in series finale DAVID STOVER DN The Nebraska baseball team avoided more than one type of thunderstorm that was coming its way on Sunday afternoon as it defeated Nicholls State 4-2 in the rubber match of a three game series.

After struggling on Saturday in a 7-1 loss, the Huskers turned to left-handed pitcher Jake Meyers on Sunday, to give them the performance they needed.

Meyers delivered seven innings of scoreless baseball in his fourth start of the year, improving his record to 3-1.

He even found himself contributing on the offensive end.

After a solo home run in the fifth inning from leftfielder Luis Alvarado, Meyers extended the Huskers lead in the bottom of the sixth.

Senior Steven Reveles and junior Ryan Boldt began the frame with consecutive singles, and later advanced to second and third after a Jake Placzek sacrifice bunt.

With one out, Meyers hit a three-run home run off of NSU starting right-handed pitcher Alex Ernestine to give Nebraska a 4-0 lead.

The Huskers did not extend its lead any further, and Ernestine was relieved after 5.2 innings pitched.

Nebraska right-handed pitcher Garret King came in relief for Meyers in the top of the eighth inning and struggled.

In a sequence of six pitches, he walked a batter on four straight pitches and hit a batter to put runners on first and second for the Colonels.

King was then relieved by right-handed pitcher Jeff Chesnut, who retired the next two batters before allowing damage.

The Colonels got back-to-back singles from Justin Holt and Joey Morales, which scored base runners Kyle Reese and Ethan Valdez.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Chad Luensmann came in relief in the ninth inning,

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Nebraska soccer players and athletic trainers help carry star Jaycie Johnson off the field when she suffered a gruesome injury tearing her ACL against Penn State last fall.

Star player remains positive after ACL injury BECCA MANN DN On a warm Friday night in September 2015, the Nebraska soccer team welcomed its third-highest ranked opponent, No. 12 Penn State, to Lincoln.

The matchup was the first time Nebraska hosted Penn State at the brand new Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium. The Huskers were looking for a win after falling 3-1 to the Nit-

tany Lions on the road last season.

With adrenaline pumping, a goal from Nebraska forward Caroline Flynn put the Huskers up 1-0 early in the match and brought cheers from the crowded stands.

However, a play just four minutes later would completely change the mood of the game.

Junior forward Jaycie Johnson raced down the field against a Penn State player, fighting to shoot the ball out of bounds. Before she could get there, a Penn State defender made contact with the outside of Johnson’s

leg causing it to cave in and her to fall to the ground.

She felt her knee pop and sharp pains shoot through her leg. When Johnson wasn’t able to stand up, it was clear to everyone in the stadium that something was wrong.

“Jaycie goes down sometimes, but when I saw her pounding on the ground, I knew it was a little bit more than just a regular tackle,” Flynn said. “I was definitely scared.”

After helping Johnson off the field and into the locker room, Johnson’s trainers thought the fall had affected her ACL. The

next day an MRI confirmed the collision had torn Johnson’s ACL and sprained her MCL. After leading the Huskers in goals both her freshman and sophomore year, Johnson was looking forward to another great year with the team. However, all of those plans were lost with her season-ending ACL tear.

During her freshman year, Johnson earned Big Ten Freshman honors three times as well as Big Ten Offensive Player of the

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Year in review: Top 5 moments in Husker athletics ROSS MILLER DN

Littered throughout this year in Nebraska athletics have been national and conference championships thrown in with multiple upsets.

Many will be remembered for years to come.

Let’s take a look back at the top five moments in Husker sports this school year.

5. Wrestling wins duel against No.7 Cornell The Husker wrestling team finished as high as No.4 in the country this year. Powered by national runner-up TJ Dudley, Nebraska earned that rating with one of the biggest wins in Husker duel history. Nebraska opened up an 18-4 lead through only six matches to start the duel against the perennial powerhouse Cornell.

In a preview of what turned out to be the national title match, Dudley lost to the top-ranked wrestler in the country, Gabe Dean by eight (11-3). The 14 point lead, because of two bonus point matches, early in the duel were enough to upset Cornell. Nebraska won the duel against the Big Red Bear, and also defeating Princeton in the triangular to climb to No. 4 in the country.

4. Men’s indoor track and field wins Big Ten title For the first time in a decade, the Husker men’s team defended its conference title. Landon Bartel jumped a 7’2.25” high jump to win the Big Ten title. Kaiwan Culmer edged out the Big Ten triple jump crown with a leap of 51’8.5”.

Two of the top three 60m hurdle athletes in the Big Ten indoor meet were Huskers. Two of the top-seven 60m dash runners and three of the top-eight 400m runners came from Nebraska.

3. Men’s basketball upsets No. 11 Michigan State After splitting the first 16 games of the year, the Nebraska men’s basketball team was on the ropes. The Huskers responded with their best four game stretch of the year. Winning at Rutgers and Illinois before taking care of Minnesota at home seemed routine. But it propelled the Huskers to their biggest upset of the season.

Up next was Michigan State on the road.

The Spartans had spent multiple weeks atop the national rankings before ending the year as a No.2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That did not faze Shavon Shields and the Huskers, as they led by six points with 1:55 left. Michigan State hung around, hitting a three to cut the lead to 70-68 with less than a minute left in regulation. That would not be enough, however, as Nebraska snapped a ten game losing streak against ranked opponents, and won its third straight conference road game for the first time since the turn of the century.

2. Football upsets No. 6 Michigan State Everyone is going to remember where they were when Brandon Reilly tiptoed down the sideline to a Nebraska upset against the No. 6

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Men’s tennis splits with Michigan, Michigan State Nebraska defeated Michigan State before losing to Michigan, ending the regular season at 4-7 in the Big Ten. JOHN SCHMITT DN This weekend, the Nebraska men’s tennis team took on both Michigan State and Michigan, defeating the Spartans 4-2 but losing to the Wolverines, 4-0. The Huskers finished the regular season at 13-12 overall and 4-7 in the Big Ten. “We had big opportunities going into these matches and knew they were going to give us a big challenge,” Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said.

Nebraska finished strong against Michigan State but nearly faltered from a slow start in the doubles. Brothers Dusty and Toby Boyer fell to Mac Roy and Jasper Koenen, 6-0.

But the other pairs helped the Huskers pull ahead. Marc Herrmann and Scott Elsass defeated Colin Harvey and Michael Dube, 7-6 (4). Andrew Dzulynsky and Ford Zitsch won

PHOTO BY JAMES LIU | DN their set over Billy Shisler and Alexander Kim, 6-3 to give the Huskers the doubles point.

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John Cook and the Nebraska volleyball team celebrate during a team photo after winning the national championship last December against rival Texas.

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TENNIS: FROM 13 No. 80 Dusty Boyer was able to bounce back in the singles, winning his set over Roy, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-4. At No. 2, Herrmann fell to Michael doubles, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. At No. 3, Jasper Koenen defeated Toby Boyer, 6-3, 6-4.

The Huskers were able to win the No. 5 and 6 singles points to give them the win. At No. 5, Tomislav Antolijak defeated Ivan Rakic, 7-5, 7-6 (5). At No. 6, Zitsch was able to grab the last point for the Huskers, with his win over Shisler, 6-3, 6-2.

Nebraska looked to take the momentum into its match against No. 22 Michigan but was swept, 4-0.

The Huskers got off to a slow start in the doubles, with Herrmann and Scott Elsass losing to Jathan Malik and Kevin Wong, 6-1. Zitsch and An-

tolijak had a closer set, but fell to Lubomir Cuba and Gabe Tishman, 6-4.

Much of the same happened in singles, where Nebraska lost three straight points to lose the match. At No. 2, Herrmann was defeated by No. 93 Malik, 6-2, 7-6 (2). At No. 4, Runhao Hua won his set over Andrew Dzulynsky, 6-3, 6-1. At No. 5, Antoljak lost to Kevin Wong, 6-2, 6-1 to give the Wolverines the lopsided win against the Huskers.

Nebraska will travel to the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 28.

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SOCCER: FROM 12 Week on Aug. 26, 2013. She was named to the difference from before I tore my ACL to now All-Big Ten Freshman team, the All-Big Ten that my body still remembers the certain Second team and the Big Ten All-Tournament movements,” Johnson said. “It’s nice to see Team in 2013. In her sophomore year, John- that I haven’t lost everything.”

Most of her recovery has been focused on son started all 19 games with 38 shots and getting the strength back in her quadriceps.

11 goals.

Once she was comfortable, Johnson began The loss of Johnson on the field wasn’t running and relearning how to kick a ball. just a blow to her, but also to the team.

“It’s the little things that are very impor“Jaycie worked so hard and we had such a good thing going together, playing forward tant to process,” Johnson said. “When I was up top,” Flynn said. “Knowing that my part- able to run, that was an awesome thing for ner was hurt, (it) was not looking good for me to just kind of do something on my own without my trainer.” the rest of our season.”

Seven months out from her injury, JohnBefore her injury, Johnson scored three son said working with her trainers is more goals in nine games and helped the team to a 6-3-1 record early in the season. After she fun because she’s regained skills that weren’t was sidelined, Nebraska finished the season there after surgery.

Being comfortable enough to trust her 4-4-1 including a three-game losing streak leg is again is one against Big Ten opponents of Johnson’s main Purdue, Minnesota and WisI realized I’d have goals, and someconsin. to sit out and be thing she hopes “After Jaycie got hurt, to master by Neand shortly after we had a kind of a coach and a braska’s fall seacouple more injuries,” Flynn son opener against said. “So it was a shell shock cheerleader for the girls.”

North Dakota State for the team. We definitely JAYCIE JOHNSON on Aug. 13. struggled losing Jaycie, not Junior Forward “I’m so excited only as a goal scorer, but also that after this long as a leader on the field.” nine months I’ll get In the days after her into go do the thing I love the most with the jury, Johnson wasn’t sure how to react.

“It was a very difficult thing for me to people I love and just enjoy the game again,” grasp and understand that I’m not going to Johnson said.

She and her trainers are hopeful she will be able to play until my senior year,” Johnson said. “I realized I’d have to sit out and be able to take the field in August alongside be kind of a coach and a cheerleader for the her senior teammates for their final season together. girls.”

“I definitely see a fire in her to come And that’s what she’s been doing for the past seven months. Johnson used her vantage back,” Flynn said. “Just speaking from my own experience, having the game taken away point off the field to give advice to her teamfrom you so fast really opens your eyes to mates.

“It was very hard at first, just sitting on how much you love the game.”

Flynn suffered a season-ending injury the sidelines and watching the games and not being able to be on the field to help my her sophomore year and understands the obteammates in the game situations,” Johnson stacles Johnson has had to overcome to get said. “It was very hard to adjust to just giving where she is today.

With the pain from the injury and the them information to apply to the field.”

Her teammates have noticed and Flynn struggles that accompanied her recovery, noticed the leadership role Johnson took on Johnson said she’s grown a lot from the exas well as the effort she put forth to stay in- perience.

“It’s an eye-opening experience; it makes volved during practices and games.

“Jaycie has a loud voice,” Flynn said with you thankful and grateful of things that a laugh. “She’s definitely still heard on the are handed to you,” Johnson said. “You shouldn’t take everything for granted. Just field even though she isn’t able to play.”

Recovery takes up her mornings and she sit back and take in everything you have and attends practice in the afternoons, making be thankful for it.” for a very busy schedule. However, Johnson said the work is worth it when she masters a SPORTS@ new skill with her trainers.

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and retired the side to earn the save. Luesnmann earned his eighth save of the season, tied for eighth on Nebraska’s single season saves list.

Nebraska will travel to Omaha on Tues-

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TOP 5: FROM 13 sweep of former Big 12 foe Texas in the National Michigan State Spartans at Memorial Stadium.

Championship.

Despite a 6-7 season, Nebraska found a way to Along with the national championship, the hang around against a Spartans team that made Huskers had two All-Big Ten first team players a run all the way to the College Football Playoff semifinals. Trailing 38-26 with less than two in twin towers, junior sisters Kadie and Amber minutes left in the game, Tommy Armstrong, Jr. Rolfzen. Justine Wong-Orantes won Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year while Kadie Rolfzen scored on a one yard run. The blackshirts got a stop and got the ball back to the Husker offense was also named a first team All American.

What made the national title all the more with :55 seconds left. Reilly then made the play special was winning in front of mostly Husker that won the game and will live in Husker lore.

1.Volleyball wins national championship fans in what became a new NCAA attendance record of more than 17,000 people in nearby against rival Texas Omaha.

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