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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013 volume 112, issue 094

Inside Coverage

The new (double) U

Ice cream for cash

Local band strives for darker sound

UNL solicits new ice cream ideas in contest

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Cleared comeback

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Nebraska track and field volunteer jumps coach Dusty Jonas attemps to clear a jump at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Saturday. Jonas’ later cleared jump broke the national, and, for a few hours, world record.

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pROFESsOR DONALD COX USES personal TEslA ROADSTER TO TEACH

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Felice Gaer, director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, speaks to the crowd about the plight of religious minorities.

Gaer presented as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on Monday night.

Felice Gaer speaks on human rights Layla Younis DN

Professor Donald Cox poses in front of his Tesla Roadster in the driveway of his home on Sunday afternoon. The sports car has no gas motor and runs completely on electricity.

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onald Cox’s red Tesla Roadster can go from zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds. But that’s not why he bought it.

“We have it because it plugs in the wall,” Cox said with a laugh.

The only advice Donald Cox gave me as I navigated his $100,000 sports car out of the driveway was to really push down on the pedal and see what it could do.

Cox, a visiting professor of electrical engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,

owns one of a few thousand Tesla Roadsters in the world. The $100,000 car is entirely electric and faster than most sports cars.

Cox retired in August after nearly 20 years at Stanford University, but by September, he was back in the game. Besides the appeal of returning to his roots, Cox said what really got him to teach at UNL was the opportunity to conduct a class about electric cars. He called himself an “evangelist for electric cars.”

To explain his fascination, Cox had to go all

the way back to 1983, when he worked for Bell Labs with mobile phone technology. What does wireless technology have to do with electric cars? A lot, Cox said.

About 30 years ago, he had a hunch: People would like to have phones they could fit in their pockets. Cox was working on technology to produce phones small and light enough to carry around. He said he and his colleagues were the only ones in the country working on this technology at the time.

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serve to be treated as humans, Gaer said. This year’s theme for the E.N. Thompson Forum foFelice Gaer, the director of the cuses on examining connections American Jewish Committee’s between religious faiths, politics and human rights globally.

Jacob Blaustein Institute for AdGaer gave numerous exvancement of Human Rights, amples of discrimination within discussed the importance of the religious minorities such as Ishuman rights of religious minorities at the E.N. Thompson lamic extremists in Mali and the Shiite MusForum on World Issues lim attacks Monday night.

It’s my in Pakistan The lights were on focus when and IndoGaer as she walked nesia. on stage with a white discussing human G a e r blazer and black pants also shared in front of a crowd of rights to discuss a story more than 100 Univer- individuality.” a b o u t sity of Nebraska-Linwhen she coln students, faculty felice gaer a and Lincoln residents speaker at e.n. thompson forum visited Saudi Araat the Lied Center for bian school Performing Arts. where an imam — a Muslim reli“It’s my focus when discussing human rights to discuss gious leader — lied to her about teaching Zionist textbooks, thus individuality,” Gaer said. She furthering the prejudice against serves as the chair of the Leo Nethe Jewish community. vas Task Force on Human Rights “My father had one and it of the United Nations Associahas a rich history here,” she said tion of the USA, vice chair of the U.N. Committee Against Torture the imam told her about the Ziand a member of the Council on onist book.

The takeaway for Gaer: Be Foreign Relations. educated so you can’t be fooled.

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Greek Affairs adds Former UNL administrator dies at 85 new rating system Heather Haskins DN

UNL houses will be given between three to five stars in five different categories Elias Youngquist DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Office of Greek Affairs hopes to implement a Greek rating system at the beginning of next semester in an effort to provide an assessment of UNL’s Greek chapters. The values inventory would give Greek houses between three and five stars in five categories — any houses scoring below three stars will not be given any stars.

UNL is the only Big Ten campus without a system in place like the values inventory to evaluate

how Greek organizations are performing said Greg Golden, one of two graduate students working on the inventory.

“Not having (a system) is a disservice to ourselves and a disservice to the Greek community,” Golden said.

The current plan will be an offshoot of UNL’s Show Your Red character campaign, which emphasizes citizenship, dependability, commitment, respect, caring and open-mindedness, according to Luke Bretscher, the other graduate student working on the values inventory.

“Largely, the system’s goal is to gauge the strength that all of our organizations have,” Bretscher said. “All of our organizations are value-based organizations, and we’ve met with the

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and teacher education, said he worked with Alfrey for 30 years and remembers Alfrey as an advocate for students.

Elbert “Bert” Alfrey, a former “He did such a nice job of University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrator, died Jan. 29 due helping students succeed in setto respiratory complications and tings they were in,” Walter said.

Before working at UNL, Alheart failure. He was 85. frey worked at Grand Island SeAt UNL, Alfrey nior High School for was a professor and 14 years as a teacher, a director of the student basketball coach and a teaching program in principal. the Teacher’s College Alfrey was also a and later became diWorld War II veteran. rector of the Student He joined the U.S. Services Center and Navy and served on the the director of field storied aircraft carrier experiences and cerEnterprise, where he tification officer for witnessed the battles the Department of of Leyte Gulf and Iwo Curriculum and InJima. struction. alfrey In his time at UNL, Alfrey was born Alfrey helped develop Feb. 10, 1927, in Chaa program that allows nute, Kan. He was the Southeast Community College fourth of eight children.

Jim Walter, an interim chair- students to transfer to UNL and man for teaching, learning take 60 credit hours with them.

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When there were problems (with students), he was just so adept at being able to advise them.”

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Walter said Alfrey was ready for whatever life threw at him.

“When there were problems (with students), he was just so adept at being able to advise them and helping to work though them,” Walter said. “He was just a really great problem solver.”

Alfrey’s daughter Pam Alfrey Hernandez said when around 400 people attended his memorial service Saturday, she realized how giving and selfless her father had been.

“He wanted other people to succeed,” Alfrey Herandez said.

“You can’t be the teacher or the coach if you have a big ego.”

Alfrey Hernandez said her

father liked to find young talent.

“If he found a student that he thought would be a good student teacher … he would open doors,” she said. “He really liked getting out in the schools and watching the student teachers work with kids.”

He was preceded in death by his first wife, JoAnn (McGrew) Alfrey, with whom he raised two children.

Alfrey is survived by his second wife, Louise Alfrey, and his son Stephen and daughters Pam Alfrey Hernandez and Theresa Reinhard.

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Ice cream competition Global cafe event offers UNL scholarship provides outlet for conversation

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UNL Food Processing Center sponors contest to create new, unique flavor

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in lincoln what: Tuesdays with Writers where: The South Mill 48th Street and Prescott Avenue when: 7 p.m.

ratings: from 1 students to figure out what values are most important.”

The system has been in the planning process for three years, yet parts of the program still need to be decided before next semester begins.

“Funny thing about feedback is it’s mixed,” Golden said.

“Those chapters that were doing great were like, ‘This is a good idea.’ But if you’re a chapter that is continually underachieving then that’s something to recognize.”

According to Bretscher, the plan is to have a series of criteria for each category. However, those criteria have not been finalized yet.

“We’ll ask about how many participated in relay for life, intramurals, The Big Event, Dance Marathon,” Bretscher said.

Bretscher and Golden weren’t sure why the ratings were on a scale from three to five instead of one to three.

“I guess we never really thought about it,” Golden said.

“I think we’ve tried to be intentional with how we recognize the chapters, and five stars just seemed above and beyond out of the park.”

Bretscher agreed that a larger number of stars is more impressive. “(Five stars) sounds better than three stars,” Bretscher said.

While the information will be public, Golden said he wasn’t sure yet how it would be distributed, though he hopes to use it for recruitment purposes as well as a benchmark for Greek houses.

“It’s a call to action,” Golden said. “Every house should have the ability to be a great fraternity or sorority, and it’s not necessarily true that the largest organizations are the best chapters.”

Most Greek houses are already required to submit similar reports for their national chapters, so there shouldn’t be much additional work for the houses, Golden said.

“We’ve looked at a couple of the national assessment tools and looked to see if there’s some similarities,” Golden said. “Most of these questions will directly help them report to their national chapter.”

Golden and Bretscher are not the first graduate students to take on the project, but they hope to finish it during their stay.

“My hope was that we’d roll it out this last January, but when you get feedback you have to roll it back,” Golden said. “It’s realistic for us to do something in the the fall, but we find that change can be difficult sometimes. We want to make sure we kick it out at the right time.”

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Both international, domestic students gather for food and drink once a month

STaff report DN Create an ice cream flavor, win scholarship money.

That’s the premise of a new competition sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Food Processing Center aimed at attracting Nebraska high schoolers and improving in-state sales.

The contest will be open to all sophomore and junior high school students in Nebraska. The lucky student to win the contest will be the recipient of a $1,500 scholarship contingent on the winner enrolling at UNL and declaring a food and science technology major.

The contest’s website states that participants may use extracts, colors, sauces and purees alone or in combination. Solid additions, such as chocolate chips, cookie pieces or nuts, are allowed, but not required. The participants should supply a list of ingredients they will be using. If they have any components made from scratch, they should also supply instructions on how those ingredients were made.

The contest was created by Lori Byrne, the center ’s client relations and marketing manager.

It will commemorate the center ’s 30th anniversary and will also help to spread the center ’s name throughout Nebraska.

According to Byrne, the center currently has a larger percentage of out-of-state clients than Nebraska clients. Because of this, center officials hope the contest will help to spread its name more widely in Nebraska. Center officials also hope the contest will work as a recruiting tool and attract more students to UNL’s food

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ian tredway | dn science and technology programs and the center. Although Byrne said she hasn’t gotten as much feedback as she would like after emailing more than a thousand high school science teachers, she is hoping word of the contest will spread.

Rolando Flores, the center’s director, said the Dairy Store has about 100 different flavors. They want something that will present a new potential avenue, that is economically feasible and that the consumer will want to come try.

Any student who enters will have to be mindful of financial restrictions

“Don’t come up with a flavor with this exotic fruit from the Amazon,” Flores said. “We want to sell this product, so it has to be financially feasible.”

The judges for the contest have not yet been picked, but will most likely consist of members from the dairy team, faculty members and possibly consumers. Byrne said they want judges who are familiar with the products and will know what will sell.

The entry deadline is April 2, and the winner will be declared on April 30. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The global cafe is more “U.N.” than “UNL.” The event, held the first Monday of each month in Seaton Hall, focuses on bringing students from all corners of campus together for discussion and a cup of coffee — or hot cocoa, Ecuadorian tea or a doughnut.

“The idea is to create friendships,” said Laura Roost, an organizer for the event and University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science graduate student.

The event, organized by departments within the College of Arts and Sciences, creates an opportunity for conversation among international and domestic students outside of the classroom.

Around 30 people gathered in room 316 of Seaton Hall Monday afternoon for coffee and conversation. Organizers had to keep the room’s doors open to account for the crowd.

“We were worried students might not come,” said Patrice McMahon, director of Global Engagement in the Global Studies Department.

But come they did — from Saudi Arabia, Togo, India and more. The best part of the global cafe, students said, is the opportunity to meet new people and branch out socially. Garrett Allen, a senior philosophy major, loves the interactions.

“No hesitation, (a student) will ask for your name, what you’re studying and where you’re from,” Allen said.

Although the global cafe is the brainchild of several departments, McMahon credited the

students with taking ownership of it. Besides connecting people together through conversation, the event is also educational.

Students have the opportunity to discuss study abroad and financial scholarships with others who have already experienced the culture.

The event is also an opportunity for networking, not just among the students, but also the faculty.

“I’m surprised how many people came,” said history lecturer Alexander Vazansky. “It’s nice to be outside of the department and meet people with similar interests.”

Sara Werner, a senior history, Spanish and political science major, said the cafe is worth fitting into her schedule.

“It’s once a month, so I can really make time for it,” Werner said. “You meet people you wouldn’t necessarily meet.”

Junior political science and marketing major Vincent Chechevi said the event’s turnout proves students are interested in global interaction.

“It fulfills the need to expose students to opportunity,” he said. “It’s easy to become complacent and not aware of the outside world.”

Henry Cabrera, a senior political science, women’s and gender studies and global studies major, decided to participate in the event because of his international relations class. But he said the event could use more representation from a certain region.

“More Asians,” he said.

“There’s a lot of xenophobia at UNL, and something as simple as coffee can go a long way.”

The global cafe meets the first Monday of every month in Seaton Hall in room 316 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Refreshments are provided by donations and the College of Arts and Sciences. news@ dailynebraskan.com

MyPLAN feature encourages more professor feedback New addition to advising system helps keep tabs on students’ progress Staff Report DN

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Professor Donald Cox’s Tesla Roadster plugs into an outlet in his garage. When fully charged, the car can go about 200 miles at 65 mph before needing to recharge. he said. He estimated electric cars Cox draws a connection bewould have a significant presence tween the cellphone’s unexpected in America within five to 10 years. popularity and the future of elecElon Musk, one of the cotric cars. Cox said naysayers had founders and CEO of Tesla Mothree main objections to wireless tors, agreed. technology: It wouldn’t work, no“I’ve actually body would want made a predicit, and it would In order to tion that within 30 be too expensive. years a majority of These are the same get people new cars made in objections people the United States have to electric acquainted with will be electric,” cars, Cox said. electric cars, we Musk said. “And I Now, the techlet people drive don’t mean hybrid nology to support — I mean fully mobile phones our car.” electric.” with lithium ion As for Cox’s batteries is growdonald cox Tesla Roadster, ing to support visiting professor he is more than electric cars. happy to let just There are about anyone drive it or his famabout three to six lithium ion batily’s other electric car, the Tesla tery cells in a laptop. The Tesla Model S. Roadster has more than 6,800.

“In order to get people acAffordability, Cox said, is the next step. Tesla Motors is making quainted with electric cars, we let people drive our car,” he said. the technology more affordable,

“There’s been well over a thousand people drive our roadster.”

Twenty-three students took Cox’s class on electric cars last semester. At the semester’s end, he offered all of them a chance to drive his car. Some former students have even borrowed it for days at a time.

That doesn’t make Cox nervous.

“If you’re awake and alive, the car takes good care of you,” he said.

He’s only been a little concerned once or twice — like once when he was riding in the passenger seat on a California freeway as his student passed 85 miles per hour.

“I was ready to holler at 90,” he said with a laugh. “I shouldn’t admit going that fast.”

For those who take his car for a spin, he has one warning.

“My insurance will cover the car, but the tickets are all your own.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

A new feature in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s online student advising system will allow professors and advisers to keep better tabs on how students are doing in their classes.

MyPLAN, My Personal Learning and Advising Network, is UNL’s advising system, implemented in January 2012.

A new feature will allow the system to send out “flags” and “kudos” automated messages to students in regard to their academic performance or class attendance.

Flag messages will be sent if there are concerns about a student’s performance in a class or if they have missed too many classes. Kudos messages can be sent out by professors to recognize a student’s strong academic performance or participation in a course.

“Advising coordinators across campus are excited by how the MyPLAN flags will create a more proactive environment,” said Bill Watts, director of campus advising services, in a press release. “The flag process will help advisers not just refer students to resource centers but also encourage conversations around academic success — what it looks like for each student and strategies students can use to achieve it.”

If a student has three “flag” messages during a single semester, an automatic email will be sent to the student’s academic

adviser, encouraging the adviser to reach out to the student and refer them to some of the university’s academic resources.

MyPLAN was implemented as part of a broader campus effort to improve academic advising for undergraduates.

Amy Goodburn, associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said in a press release that more than 20,873 advising notes were entered for undergraduate students using MyPLAN during the fall 2012 semester. She said UNL students also scheduled 5,077 online advising appointments using MyPLAN during the same time period.

“Opening the flag and kudos features is the next step for supporting our undergraduates’ academic success,” Goodburn said in the press release.

University officials said the new MyPLAN message feature will allow advisers and professors to provide early feedback to students about their academic performance.

“We have academic support centers to assist students, but sometimes students need to be encouraged to use them early enough in the semester to make a difference,” said Nancy Mitchell, director of undergraduate education programs, in the press release.

Mitchell also said research into university retention rates has shown students have better odds of academic success when professors provide this early feedback about the student’s performance in a class.

MyPLAN offers several other features for students and professors including online advising appointment scheduling and attendance rosters that have accompanying student photos. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL will conduct Study: Facebook may foster user envy national NSSE student survey Heather Haskins DN

National Survey of Student Engagement will access student opinions on education

graduate in four years, while peer institutions reported 73 percent.

“That was a significant area of concern, and we really wanted to change the messaging around graduation,” Goodburn said.

She said the university did so by encouraging students to dekelli rollin velop four-year plans and reducdn ing the amount of required credit hours.

Beginning Tuesday, the University Goodburn also said the survey of Nebraska-Lincoln will survey showed programs such as learna portion of the undergraduate ing communities had a positive student body and gather student impact on student success. opinions on different aspects of “That told us that we really their education. wanted to increase participation UNL participates in the Na- of first year students in high imtional Survey of Student Engage- pact practices,” she said. ment, or NSSE, every three years She said there will be 25 firstand encourages all undergradu- year learning communities next ate freshmen and seniors to take year, up from this year ’s 15. the survey. Students will receive “We are really aggressive in an email from the university with developing new ones because we the link to the survey, which will really want to get first-year stube available through March 5. dents involved in those learning This is UNL’s sixth time particicommunities,” Goodburn said. pating in the NSSE. “We really believe that they’ll Amy Goodburn, associate vice make an important difference for chancellor for Academic Affairs, them in terms said the survey allows of retention the university to receive We are and academic student feedback so engagement.” interested it can make improveT h i s ments and determine in hearing what year ’s survey the impact of different focuses on acprograms. She said the the students are ademic advissurvey can also improve experiencing.” ing, an area retention rates. university of“We are interested Amy Goodburn ficials want to associate vice chancellor in hearing what the stuimprove. dents are experiencing “ T h i s in their undergraduyear, we have ate education and what activities a special set of questions that are they are participating in,” Good- focused on academic advising,” burn said.

Goodburn said.

She said the NSSE also allows Watts, director of campus adUNL to compare itself to its peer vising services, said he is lookinstitutions such as Ohio State ing forward to hearing feedback University and the University of about academic advising.

Iowa, which is important for the “This is an enormous opporuniversity’s improvement. tunity for us at UNL to really Goodburn said UNL conducts gain a better sense from a broad the survey every three years cross section of students about because figures don’t change their interaction and satisfacenough from year to year and sur- tion with the advising structures veying the student body is labor on campus,” he said. “UNL is at intensive. The survey takes 15 to a moment in time with Chancel20 minutes for students to com- lor Perlman’s leadership where plete and takes time for research- we want to see what we can do to ers and UNL to analyze results improve our retention and graduand implement possible change. ation rates.”

Bill Watts, director of campus Watts and Goodburn said a advising and assistant dean for lot of student input is vital to the student success at the College of NSSE and encourage students to Arts and Sciences, said students participate. may be burned out from taking Large student participation university surveys, but this one would allow improvements to be really matters. made not only at the university “This is one where we have level, but also at the college level, peer comparisons and can do col- Watts said. The more feedback lege level data if the participa- and information, the more spetion is great enough,” Watts said. cific improvements can be.

“This is one that I do believe can “It’s optional, but we really lead to changes.” hope that we can get a high reGoodburn said UNL has made sponse rate, because if we don’t some changes and improvements get a high response rate, then we from evaluating 2010’s NSSE. She really don’t know whether the said one question asked first-year programs that students are identistudents if they expected to grad- fying are the ones that need to be uate in four years. The survey re- improved,” Goodburn said. sults reported 52 percent of firstnews@ year UNL students expected to dailynebraskan.com

Jacht Student Ad Lab adds 18 new members for spring The semester’s team will advertise for real-life clients to get more experience

and Swanson Russell have helped Jacht gain clients and transform into a successful startup.

Student staff members at Jacht said the real-world experience surpasses anything that could be taught in an advertising class.

“In no class do we receive the Cristina Woodworth same experience working directly DN with clients,” said Matt Sueper, a junior advertising and pubThe University of Nebraska-Linlic relations major who will be coln’s student advertising agency, a returning Jacht staff member Jacht Student Ad Lab, has an- this semester. “It’s basically an nounced its student staff for the internship that covers our capspring 2013 semester. stone requirements. I love being Eighteen new students will able to work with established join 11 returning student staff advertising professionals.” members to make up Jacht’s team Caitlin Hassler, a senior adfor this semester. Jacht is a stuvertising and public relations dent agency that does advertismajor who will be a new Jacht ing for real-life clients such as staff member, said being inthe Nebraska Shrine Bowl, the volved with Jacht Club gives Pinnacle Bank Arena and the students an extra boost over Nebraska State Stroke Associaadvertising students from other tion, according to the Jacht Club universities. website.

“I think Jacht is A m y popular because stuThis Struthers, dents realize that even associate though our education semester professor of is great, we have to set a d v e r t i s i n g competition for ourselves apart from our and public competition,” Hassler relations and spots at Jacht said. “Jacht is a great the main fac- increased.” way to do that.” ulty adviser Students from a amy struthers for Jacht, said number of majors beassociate adpr professor the applicant sides advertising and pool for the public relations are also agency was involved in Jacht Club, very competitive this semester. including graphic design, eco“This semester the competinomics, business and marketing tion for spots at Jacht increased majors. tremendously, a sign we are Sueper said Jacht has the most building a strong reputation as a clients they have ever had this great opportunity for UNL stusemester, and he is excited to see dents,” Struthers said in a press what the agency has in store. release.

“With Jacht, you can start Applicants went through a your career before you even leave selection process that included a school,” he said. “It’s successful resume and portfolio review and because Jacht is a company made an interview with Jacht faculty up of very talented, very drivand student leadership. en students willing to sacrifice Jacht Club was created in fall (their) time to be able to become 2010 as UNL’s first student advereven better at what they do.” tising agency. Partnerships with news@ local ad agencies Bailey Lauerman dailynebraskan.com

Facebook does a lot of things, but making people happier isn’t one of them, according to a new study conducted by Humboldt University in Berlin and Technical University in Darmstadt, Germany.

The project was called “Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users’ Life Satisfaction?”

The study, according to a Los Angeles Times blog post, surveyed the opinions of 357 Facebook users. More than one third of the users polled reported feeling negative feelings such as jealousy, loneliness and frustration, mostly because of Facebook status updates and pictures of others having fun.

Sometimes, these pictures and posts don’t necessarily reflect reality.

“I could imagine that some people might be kind of disturbed by the differences they see on their page (as opposed to reality),” said John Bender, a professor of journalism.

Bender said he hopes things will get better.

“You would hope that as people became more accustomed to using social media that they would be more thoughtful about what they post,” Bender said.

Sophomore psychology major Rebecca Haimann said she has felt envious of friends on Facebook.

“I have had friends go to Disney World,” Haimann said with

ian tredway | dn a smile. “I am definitely envious of that.”

However, that doesn’t stop her from using the social media site.

“It is a good way to escape your own life for a second,” Haimann said.

In Germany, the researchers found that, like Haimann, many others were envious of their friends’ travel photos, while 30 percent envied their friends’ happy families.

Women tended to focus on physical appearance and social standing, while men focused on accomplishments at home and at

work.

Haimann said she thinks there’s a correlation between negative emotions and time spent on Facebook.

“It can lead to depression if it comes in huge doses like that,” Haimann said. “If you try to go on a lot it could probably affect your mental health.”

Freshman psychology major Morgan Hough said although she doesn’t log in very often, she could see how Facebook could lead some people to feel negative emotions.

“There can be bullying on Facebook or people can talk

bad about people on Facebook,” Hough said.

According to the study, users who were more passive, using Facebook mostly to look at other people’s posts and photos instead of posting their own, were more likely feel bad about themselves.

Some people compensated for their feelings of inadequacy by posting unrealistic photos and exaggerated status updates, causing their friends to also feel inadequate.

Researchers called this trend an “envy spiral.”

Sophomore political science and English major Jennifer Swenson said Facebook doesn’t often upset her, but she occasionally gets angry with people on her friends list.

“I have Facebook friends with considerably different political views,” Swenson said. “I tend to have pretty liberal political views. There were a lot of offensive things (posted) about Obama during the election.”

Swenson says she will not “unfriend” these people.

“Generally, I know them well enough that it would be weird to unfriend them,” Swenson said.

Swenson has also experienced envy of her friends who post about getting an internship, but she said she’s never come away feeling bad about it.

“I have never been like, ‘Oh wow, my life is just as mess,’” Swenson said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL expert plans UN conference Brittany Schave dn Don Wilhite wants to help governments prepare for drought.

That’s why Wilhite, a climatologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be keynote speaker at a global conference.

“High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy: Toward More Drought Resilient Societies,” which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 11-15, will focus on reforming inefficient drought policies.

“Typically, governments haven’t prepared well for drought,” said Wilhite, who is also helping to plan the conference.

As a drought management specialist, he said much of his career has focused on helping societies become better equipped to handle droughts. He’s worked with numerous state and federal agencies, according to his UNL bio.

Mark Svoboda, who will also be speaking at the conference, has worked with Wilhite for the past 18 years. Svoboda considers Wilhite a mentor and someone who loves what he does.

Not many people have dedicated as much to their career to the study of drought as Wilhite has, according to Svoboda.

“He truly is Dr. Drought,” he said. “His reputation is known worldwide, period.”

Most climatologists gather information and statistics about predictions for the climate, Wilhite said. But his career has been different.

Wilhite received his master ’s of science in geography from Arizona State University. He went on to get his Ph.D. at UNL in geography and climate and water resources. He founded the National Drought Mitigation Center in 1995 and has been a professor

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Professor Don Wilhite, a climatologist and professor at UNL, is assisting the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to plan a global conference on growing concerns about drought conditions.

The convention will be from March 11-15 and will have representatives from countries all around the world. at UNL since 1977.

He left the NDMC in 2007 to become director of UNL’s School of Natural Resources until 2012.

Today, he’s a professor in the school.

“I was interested in that inner relationship between climate and people in terms of how humans affect the climate and how the climate affects people,” Wilhite said.

Drought Mitigation Center, such as the drought monitor. Through the conference, the monitor can be shared with other countries.

According to Svoboda, the meeting will have great significance.

“It’s a real, strong effort to sort of coalesce countries around the world to talk about drought,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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e.n. thompson: from 1 The Holocaust showed the world how religious minorities are persecuted, through mass deportation, mass killings and mass coercion, she said. That’s why world leaders and everyone needs to learn from the past, Gaer said.

World leaders are responsible for their actions, regardless of their religions, she said.

“It’s the deed, not the creed,” Gaer said.

To Gaer, this means leaders should not receive impunity when crimes against religious minorities have been committed.

“As Americans and world citizens, we need to take accountability,” she said.

Gaer told the audience members they needs to be human rights advocates because people look to the U.S. as a leader.

“Remember your voice matters, and you can be recognized,” Gaer said. “That means you and me, and there is no better time to act then now.”

Katie Cervantes, who has been working as the coordinator of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues for three years, said Felice Gaer was picked because she would speak about human rights and religious minorities.

Cervantes said the E.N. Thompson Forum likes partnerships, which is why the lecture is sponsored by the Dorothy and Myer Kripke Fund of the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies.

Elizabeth Weber Edwards, assistant director of graduate student development for the Office of Graduate Studies, had her psychology 121 students come to the event to learn about global education.

According to Wilhite, the drought of 2012 is not over, and the impacts may be even worse in 2013. Droughts tend to be less severe in the fall and winter, he said, but the outlook for the spring and summer is not good.

At the conference, Svoboda will speak on the early warning system for drought and some of the tools created at the National

“I think she was thoughtprovoking on her emphasis on individual rights and her call to action,” Weber said. “Even if (the students) didn’t get anything else, her grounded approach is something they can take away.”

The next E.N. Thompson Forum will be held on Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. when Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Laureate, delivers her speech, “True Islam: Human Rights, Faith, and Women.”

For more information on the E.N. Thompson Forum series, visit enthompson.unl.edu.

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Don’t let social media affect your happiness Nine years ago this week Facebook began. If the website were a person, it would be in fourth grade. Such an anniversary requires reflection, especially because our generation is the one that’s latched on to social media so firmly. Each member of our editorial board has an account with the social media giant. We use it daily.

Facebook has changed not only how we consume media, but also how we relate to one another. In a recent study, using Facebook frequently was linked to depression. Researchers found that Facebook users often compared themselves with their friends’ cheerful status updates and feeds. We even compare ourselves with physical appearance and social standing.

Facebook has also been linked to narcissism. Social media often asks us to perform for an audience, rather than be ourselves.

Basically, we share happier, more fantastic news than we would if we were sitting down with a friend over a cup of coffee.

With these things in mind, the DN would like not only to remind you to use social media responsibly, but also to remind you that Facebook and other social media platforms present an augmented image of reality. You’re seeing a sunnier version of your friends’ lives. If you actually sat down with all of them you’d probably discover they aren’t doing nearly as well as it may seem.

People lie on the Internet, period. Arm yourself with this knowledge the next time you log on.

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All women deserve well-fitting bras

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inding a good bra is difficult.

What’s even harder is when you’re shopping for one when you’re a 38DDD. Working in lingerie and being a larger chested woman myself, I’ve discovered the importance of finding comfortable bras.

Women would come to me with the same problem: Their bras don’t fit. I measured many of them and discovered they weren’t wearing the right bra size. Several women have told me they can’t find their bra size anywhere. Their only solution was to cram into bras that didn’t fit.

For those who are unaware of how bra sizes CHRISTIANNA FRIEDMAN work, the number is the band size measured around the waist. While the letter is the cup proceeded to fold the dime-sized A-cup she size, also known as the difference between the had just sold to a normal customer.” bust and the band size. One thing I discovered There’s always this stigma that goes along while working is the larger the difference in cup with woman with larger breasts and smaller size and band size, the harder it is to find a bra waists, that they’re “whores” or “streetwalkthat works, like 32F or 56A, is nearly impossible. ers.” They can’t fathom that sometimes women Finding bras beyond a DD is a very diffi- just have larger breasts, but even if she did have cult task, especially if you’re trying to find a implants, what would that matter? Would that bra that isn’t plain beige or black. Sometimes make her any less unworthy of finding a decent women just want somebra that fits properly? Maybe that’s thing pretty and colorful to one of the reasons for this bra size disEvery wear under their clothes. crimination.

According to retailers, the woman The problem doesn’t only lie bigger the cup size, the within larger chested women, this deserves to feel more plain the bras should problem of size discrimination also be. comfortable, exists within smaller chested women.

Being a bigger chested Often times when you’re looking for a beautiful and woman and having a small bra that’s under a C cup trying to find waist is another difficult sexy.” one is a difficult task on its own. Somesituation for many womtimes they won’t have the type of bra en. you’re looking for or when you do Soraya Roberts, who writes for Slate.com find the right bra you’ll discover that it’s coatpaints a story of when she walked into a lined with about two inches of padding. What is gerie shop. “Two months ago I walked into this: Victoria’s Secret or 7th grade gym class?

Neiman Marcus’ lingerie department in San Another thing I’ve heard from smaller Diego and asked the saleswoman if she had chested women, is that the only bras in their any bras in my size, 28G. Like a deleted scene size are for pre-teens, meaning either training from Pretty Woman, she treated me as if I was bras or fuzzy pink ducks. Not exactly the taste a pair of Lucite platforms away from a high- of a modern adult woman. way strip club. ‘Oh, we don’t do that here,’ she So why do all of these problems exist? Sevsaid with a hint of embarrassment. She then eral retailers don’t carry all sizes or not many

of some sizes because they feel they won’t sell as well as others. According to Edmark, who owns HerRoom, an online Texas based lingerie shop, “Stores cut off the tails of the bell curve of bra sizing because you can sell a heck of a lot more 34Bs then you could ever sell of a 28G.” So it’s great for the women who have 34Bs but what about the rest of the population? One thing these retailers should realize, if you specialize in certain products or start a line, word will get around and women will shop there.

Here’s the thing about women people should realize. We’re willing to pay top dollar for a good bra that fits, is comfortable and looks cute. The problem is we just don’t have a lot of options and if given more options, the revenue for these companies would increase.

Until then, my fellow confounded bra shoppers, there are some stores that specialize in bras.

So fear thee not. For women with larger chests with any band size Fredericks of Hollywood carries a variety of sizes up to a 42F. Another good online retailer is MyRoom. com, they offer all the way up to a 56K, they also offer smaller band sizes for those with larger chests and smaller waists. For the smaller chested women, Lailides.com. They offer a lot of smaller cup sizes and don’t contain a lot of padding. Soma is also a good place to check, their bras a readily available in store or online.

So it doesn’t matter if you’re full figure, small chested with bigger breasts, or only have one breast. Retailers should recognize that we are a diverse population of women with different bodies. All women aren’t created equal and there should be more of an attempt to help out the vast majority of women. Finding bras can be a difficult task especially if you don’t fit inside this tiny box that the media has in mind of a perfect body. Every woman deserves to feel comfortable, beautiful and sexy.

Christianna Friedman is a Junior and Secondary Education major. Follow her on Twitter at @ChristiFriedman and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Allowing gays in Boy Scouts would enhance character

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he beloved Boy Scouts of America (BSA), known for instilling young men with quintessential American values, has come under fire.

Why? Because some are questioning if the group’s ban on gays is acceptable or antiquated.

Yesterday, 1.4 million people signed a petition. Its purpose: to lift the ban on gays being allowed to participate in BSA. As a former Boy Scout, I can’t imagine being told in my preteen years that I couldn’t join because I was gay. Excluding LGBT youth doesn’t promote the goodness I believe BSA stands for.

It’s 2013. Gays and lesbians can serve openly in our military, get married in several states, yet can’t be involved with Boy Scouts of America? While that’s absolutely unacceptable, signs of progress are thankfully occurring.

Boy Scouts of America spokesman Deron Smith made a statement last week saying that the organizations ban on openly gay members may be lifted. Tomorrow, the organization will vote, and one can only hope that acceptance will prevail over bigotry.

Even President Barack Obama has entered the debate, saying: “My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life.”

Before socially conservative-minded people freak out, realize lifting this ban doesn’t necessarily mean gays and lesbians will be involved with your troop. In-

stead, removing the ban will allow individual troops to decide whether to admit LGBT people.

While I believe this is a cop-out, it’s a step in the right direction.

For those who think private clubs like BSA and governmental organizations aren’t comparable, I’d say you’re wrong in this case. Yes, BSA has the right to decide who it will or won’t admit. But sometimes, organizational bureaucracy needs to be combated, especially when it hinders opportunities for minorities to participate.

BSA’s mission statement states “The Boy Scouts of America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.” What qualifies as “eligible youth,” though? If it excludes LGBT youth, it’s fundamentally flawed. Gay kids struggle with acceptance from their peers as well as within themselves during adolescence.

Creating bureaucratic borders for them isn’t helpful — it’s downright mean.

Some of us have been there: in elementary school, our class was playing a game. Maybe it was kickball. The team captains pick through your class, one by one, until you’re the last one left. Then the team captains argue about who needs to take you under the wing.

We often view bullying as something that happens on the playground at elementary schools. We don’t see it as an institution. But that’s exactly what this ban is: institutionalized bullying. Ban-

DAMIEN CROGHAN ning gay kids (or gay troop leaders) makes those excluded feel like the last kid picked for kickball.

The Scout Oath states: “On my honor I will do my best / To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law / To help other people at all times / To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.”

None of that adds up to excluding gays and lesbians. You can’t “help other people at all times” if you won’t allow them to participate in your organization.

The “morally straight” part is what many cite as reasoning to keep gays and lesbians out.

Just because an organization is Christian in nature doesn’t make it inherently homophobic. As a matter of fact, I’d like to think the opposite. Christianity is about love, acceptance and understanding, not exclusion.

If we have decided as a country that the gay part is sort of irrelevant. Once I openly gay Americans can defend our have children, I want to be the best dad I freedom, why don’t they have the freecan be. I want to be the parent who goes dom to be members of BSA? I mention to the PTA meetings, the soccer matches the military because BSA principles often and possibly lead my future son’s troop mimic military principles and discipline. of Boy Scouts.

The point of being a Boy Scout is to And why shouldn’t I be allowed to? have responsibility and values instilled Many argue that organizations have into you. Gay kids are capable of having the right to ban members. It’s part of their morals and values. And gay parents are freedom. However, I’d argue that once capable of instilling those the happiness of the majorvalues as troop leaders. ity hinders the pursuit of Gay kids are Using religion as a way happiness for minorities, capable of to cover up prejudice is unsomething is wrong. acceptable. The same rea- having morals and Telling gay people sons were used to exclude they aren’t allowed to be racial minorities from pub- values.” a part of an organization lic institutions. Fun fact: just shows how out of step Racial segregation was often justified leaders of BSA are. Telling gay Eagle using the Bible. Interracial marriage also Scouts, like Ryan Andresen, who comhad religious opponents. pleted all of his requirements, that they Those prejudiced opinions are anti- aren’t allowed to earn their Eagle Scout quated. I can safely say I don’t know of status because they’re gay demonstrates a single person who truly believes that the institutional bullying I mentioned people should be excluded from public earlier. institutions based off of the color of their Not giving someone access because of skin. So why do we still think it’s debattheir sexual orientation (or anything else able to exclude LGBT people? they have no control over) isn’t right. You The fact of the matter is that organizacan’t rationalize ignorance. Homophobia, tions evolve with the culture of its mem- by definition, is the IRRATIONAL fear of bers. When the Boy Scouts of America homosexuality. Key word: Irrational. was founded in 1910, homosexuality was Letting gays and lesbians particia prosecutable offense and a mental dis- pate in BSA will only enhance the orgaorder. That’s a far cry from now, where nization’s overall message of upholding many states (and the District of Colum- strong moral character. bia) now have same-sex marriage or civil Damien Croghan is a senior news-editorial and global studunions. ies major. Reach him at opinion@ Someday, in the distant future, I’m dailynebraskan.com going to be a parent. A gay parent. But

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Lincoln band UUVVWWZ, composed of, from left, Dustin Wilbourn, David Ozinga, Jim Schroeder and Teal Gardner, released its sophomore album “the trusted language” with Omaha’s Saddle Creek Records this month. The band plays at the Bourbon Theatre on Friday to start its U.S. tour for the new album.

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The band, now made up of Jim Schroeder on guitar, Dustin Wilbourn on bass, David Ozinga on drums and Teal Gardner as lead vocalist, knew they wanted a different sound — a darker sound.

UUVVWWZ will release “the trusted language” Tuesday, just days before kicking off its 15-city West Coast tour the following weekend. The band said two years of writing and recording the album was a tedious process, but one it’s excited to show off on tour.

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them to record what they thought was the best version of every song, even if that meant picking apart every detail and rerecording multiple times.

In Schroeder ’s Lincoln home, a long brown paper hangs in the dining room scrawled with lists of “Fig 1,” Fig 2” and “Fig 3,” in black sharpie. It’s the band’s way of organizing the structure of the second-to-last song on the new album. Schroeder usually leads those discussions, often bringing up his doubts with the band after analyzing the details in his own head.

Gardner said their change on this album to a harder, darker sound was inevitable.

“Some of the darker strains from the first album is the stuff that hung out with us the best, I think,” she said.

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to “the trusted language” is that some of the riffs on the first album started as jokes, Schroeder said.

“There’d be a riff we would play for everyone, and we’d just laugh and make it into a song.”

But the second time around, there was no room for joke riffs. The band sat down and hashed out what they wanted to sound like, something they put eloquently in their album press release.

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with experimental poetry, which functions as a conduit toward a schizo-cultural critique and embodied project,” it read.

Moreover, UUVVWWZ wants to flip the predictability of song structure on its head while still using a traditional pop structure.

Schroeder ’s guitar follows the hard and dark aesthetic of “the trusted language,” switching from heavy, grungy chords to cleaner, more deliberate

Sixty seconds into “the trusted language,” UUVVWWZ’s second album set to release Tuesday, listeners can hear the amount of thought put into the album. As often as any rock band can create a pleasant but predictable song structure, UUVVWWZ does the opposite on “the trusted language.”

Torn apart, each instrument facilitates an interesting range and progression throughout the album. Put together, the end result is a cohesive but off-the-wall sound in which it’s easy to lose your thoughts.

Tied together by Teal Gardner ’s vocals, the eight songs on the album are a stretch from the band’s selftitled first album, released in 2009. A new drummer, David Ozinga, could be part of the sound change. “The trusted language” is harder and more obscure at some points but remains interconnected from start to finish.

The slightly off, curious tone of the album has the rare ability to focus the listener into the details without taking away the carefree, fun aspect of UUVVWWZ’s music.

“No Apart” opens the album with heavy chords, soon met by Gardner ’s rich voice that captures the power of this band. The distortion of the sound is just enough to be unexpected, but listenable. Just from this track, it is clear what you are about to hear in the songs to come. It’s the same UUVVWWZ, with a more focused and determined individuality.

A similar rigidity can be found on songs like “GRIPS,” which features severe but smart guitar and bass lines to back up Gardner ’s wide range (and rapping) and “Open Sign,”

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Bolzen Beer Band adds life to traditional polka, looks forward to US tour Lederhosen-clad band infuses polka with personal style

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Though it would seem that to most young musicians playing polka music would be foreign, Brazier and Socha said this is not the case. Many of the styles and beats of modern music, even poppunk and grindcore, are similar to gabriella martinez-garro that of polka. dn “I lived in San Diego for two years and taught marching band They may dress in lederhosen, and several high schools,” Brabut don’t let that fool you. Bolzen zier said. “Marches are basically Beer Band isn’t your grandma’s polka, and when you have that polka. style down, it kind of becomes auStarted by Dave Socha after tomatic, and I definitely brought he lived in Germany and became that to the table, to the band.” interested in polka music, the LinThe band said the fans that coln band has recently released a come to their shows are as eclectic new album, “Sex Drugs Polka,” as the sound itself. after a year of From middle-aged playing live shows We’re trying “punk rock dudes” around the United to European music to make States. Socha said fans who can apthe band came to- our sound like preciate their polka gether after he saw a little heavier, Bola real band.

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Brian Brazier few members ro“Pretty much, tated in and out bolzen beer band brass player anybody that sees of the band, Socha us live is gonna like learned the accorit, no matter what,” dion, and he and Brazier became Socha said. “I mean, it really is all the two main members of the Bolabout the experience. The album’s zen Beer Band. great, but I think we really capThough the lederhosen-clad ture people with the energy of the band has played at family re- live performance.” unions, wedding receptions and Last year alone, the band said concerts in small-town Nebraska, it had over 75 live performances Brazier said he wants the band to across the United States, includbe taken seriously. ing SXSW. “Right now we’re trying to “SXSW was last year, but make our sound like a real band,” we’re excited to play it again this Brazier said. “Not an entertainer schtick. We don’t wanna be beer band: see page 7 a schtick; we want to be a real

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The Bolzen Beer Band is a local group that flaunts their lederhosen as well as their original spin on polka music. The group recently released their new album, “Sex Drugs Polka,” and hopes to play gigs in Europe this year.

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Funk musician strives to develop Lincoln’s music scene casey kettler dn It takes a unique vision to return to Lincoln for its great musical opportunity. That is exactly what Lucas Kellison did six years ago, and it seems he made the right choice.

With the coming release of his sophomore album “TYRA” and a partnership in one of Lincoln’s premier recording studios, Kellison has set his sights on creating the professional music scene that has largely been absent in Lincoln.

After a brief stint in Philadelphia working with The Roots, Kellison’s thoughts turned to the big picture.

“I started thinking about the grand scheme of things. One of the biggest parts of my life is family, and I couldn’t responsibly raise a family while working just to make my rent on the East Coast,” he said. “I never could have had my own studio, and I certainly couldn’t have made this album.”

By all accounts, working as a session musician or producer couldn’t cut it for Kellison. He makes no qualms about his disdain for the state of the contemporary corporate music scene.

He said he laments the trend of simplistic four-on-the-floor beats, superficial lyrics and singers who rely on the pitch machine instead of their diligence and soul.

“It’s like they extract all the guts out of the music, leaving only the shell,” he said.

Kellison has a very different idea of how music ought to be created.

Since he snuck into a Parliament Funkadelic show when he was 16 years old, he has been enamored with funk music. Not surprisingly, he is meticulous in defining what constitutes the music he loves and outlines a difference between music that is “funky” and funk music.

“Funk music is serious in nature; it’s not funny. The music is kind of a party but that’s the juxtaposition. Pop music today is just channeling disco music, it stays at the surface level, it’s superficial,” he explained.

“In the same way soul music can be funky, funk music can have soul.

Woody Guthrie is funky. Radiohead is extremely funky, only not in the

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Lucas Kellison leans against his amp for a portrait in the SadSon Music Group Recording Studio in Lincoln on Monday. Kellison, who describes himself as a “dark funk” artist inspired by 1970’s funkmasters such as George Clinton, Parliament Funkadelic and Dead Prez, released his first album “The Young Rebel’s Art” late last year.

American sense,” he said. “D’angelo, Erykah Badu ... these are maybe the most recent funk musicians. D’Angelo is in funk heaven.”

And if there is a funk heaven, George Clinton would be God. Kellison collaborated with Clinton twice on “TYRA.” “Now that I have worked with my idol, I think I could call it quits and be perfectly happy,” Kellison said.

Also on the new album, Kellison

works with vocalist Leela James on “Hottest Degree,” and rapper Dead Prez on “Kaleidoscope.” The presence of these nationally successful artists certainly sets “TYRA” apart from other local efforts, and Kellison points to this as another reason that working in Lincoln affords unbounded opportunity.

“With the advance of technology, you don’t have to be in the same place as another artist to collaborate,” he said.

Despite his success, Kellison isn’t one to stand still.

“Lucas always has something going on,” said collaborator Sean Beste.

Together with his recently formed live band, The Undisco Kids, Kellison says he’s going to try and expound on his success. Even though he has just completed “TYRA,” Kellison is hard at work in the studio on two additional albums.

With local artists Dan Beard and

Danny Firestone, Omaha-based keyboardist Charlie Hull, as well as Kearney musicians Spencer Hansen and Luke Oswald, The Undisco Kids are preparing to release Kellison’s brand of Nebraska-funk in what Kellison described as, “a revolutionary method.”

“He’s very driven,” said TJ Saddler, Kellison’s partner in Sadson music group. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘TYRA’ delves into funk, displays diverse musical personality Kellison’s second album filled with sharply-produced funk

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when: Sunday, 8:30 p.m. where: The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., Omaha how much: $18 (in advance), $20 (day of show)

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casey kettler dn Lucas Kellison is looking to get dirty with his new album, “TYRA.” “Funk is in the dirt, and the dirt will be where I forever reside, in all walks of life,” said Kellison, channeling his idol, George Clinton.

The forthcoming album puts this grit on display, tapping into deep groves to address topics ranging from politics to love to the state of music.

The young rebel’s art, or “TYRA,” rolls through 18 tracks of sharply produced, funky songs. Though there are often many things going on, the mix is never muddy, and it’s clear that Kellison has an exceptional ear for harmony.

“TYRA” represents a big step forward for the Lincoln songwriter. Featuring Clinton, Dead Prez and Leela James, Kellison’s sophomore album highlights the diversity of his influences.

With Latin elements, gospel, R&B, hip-hop and the pervading influence of funk, the album keeps the listener at full attention. Yet the most shocking element of the album lies in its fearlessness.

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Dark funk artist Lucas Kellison sits at a baby grand piano in the SadSon Music Group Recording Studio in Lincoln on Monday. “I play the bass, guitar and the keyboards (and) piano,” Kellison said. edgement can all be wonderful byproducts, but these things are no longer the objective of my artistic investment.”

This attitude comes through.

“Wonder of the World,” is a song about Che Gueverra, and “Man Enough (to be a Woman)” is

a bold song for any artist to make.

“Kaleidoscope,” Kellison’s collaboration with Dead Prez is a surprise simply in its positivity and isn’t

even the most hip-hop song on the album.

Both collaborations with Clinton and Parliament deliver what you’d expect in the form of weird funk. “Hottest Degree” with James caters well to her unique voice in the form of an aggressive R&B groove.

“TYRA,” marks the first release in a few years for Lucas Kellison and represents a big step forward for him and his SadSon music group. It is undeniably funky and grows on the listener with each listen. Ultimately, it is a look into Kellison’s diverse musical personality.

It doesn’t have a definitive release date yet, but be looking out for it in the coming months. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Local musician reaches audience through new EP, live shows Brian Vranicar creates unique blues, pop-rock sound cynthia todd dn Omaha native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Brian Vranicar is learning no matter how different the musical style, an EP is a sure way to attract listeners.

He sparked an interest in for music at a young age and continues to develop his blues-pop sound.

“I started playing guitar in eighth grade,” Vranicar said. “I was a little obsessed, not sure if it was super healthy, but I would practice guitar for three to four hours a day.”

After hours of continuous practice, Vranicar became comfortable with his music.

“In high school, I was really serious with music,” he said. “I started learning more about technique and music theory because I not only wanted to learn guitar, but I wanted to learn about music so I could communicate with other musicians also.”

Vranicar came to UNL in 2007 as a guitar performance major and later switched to communications and received a minor in music.

“The style of music I play is kind of blues, pop-rock, and it wasn’t really the music we were really focusing on, which was fine. UNL is more of a classical school, and I like playing classical and jazz,” Vranicar said. “I also kind of wanted to have something to fall back on, so I went with a communications degree, but I still played in some jazz bands

“I know some people who do here.” it the other way around,” VraniHe decided to take a step back car said. “I’ll have a rhythm (and) from playing live shows while in college to branch out of his high chord progression and then I can hear the melody, and I can see how school identity. the song is going to be after that.”

“I didn’t want to stretch myself During his senior year in coltoo thin; I was going to school, playing a lot of music with the school lege, Vranicar moved back into the rhythm of playing live shows and and I was working,” Vranicar said. began recording his original music.

“This might sound weird, but it was “I lived in a house my junior nice to step back a little bit and build and senior year with a couple of relationships with people outside of guys and one of my roommates acmusic.” tually ran a recording studio out of Although Vranicar refrained our house,” Vranicar said, adding from playing too many live shows the studio was named Coda Record in college, he still focused on his House. His friend, Riley Friesen, music and songwriting. now lives and produces music in “I like songwriting, and sometimes it comes easy, but I usually LA. Despite rooming in the same go through seasons where I’ll write house, Vranicar never had the opa song or two, and I’ll go weeks portunity to record with Friesen. or months without any ideas,” Vranicar said. “It’s something I re- Instead, he caught the eye of one of ally enjoy and it’s really cool when Friesen’s coworkers, Phillip Zach, who took over Coda you write your own Recording House song, and you see I’ve written and offered Vranicar people singing it opportunity to back to you; it’s just more about an record. a really cool feelVranicar dethe transitions in ing.” scribes his sound as Various things life...the fear of blues-pop, with a influence Vranicar’s mellower, “groovy” songwriting. the unknown.” sound and a lot “I write about of blues-inspired a lot of different brian vranicar rhythms. things,” he said. “I lincoln guitarist, unl graduate “It’s not your write about relationtraditional 12-bar ship ups and downs, blues that sounds and in the last year, I’ve written more about the transi- like B.B. King,” Vranicar said.

“The style I play is more-so guitar tions in life and kind of the fear of driven, and I also don’t see a lot of the unknown and the emotions — people doing the blues-pop fusion, fear and excitement — that come so I think that makes for a unique out of that.”

In the process of writing, music sound.”

In Vranicar’s last semester of comes first for Vranicar. He says it comes more naturally to initiate a college, he began recording his EP with Zach. His self-titled EP came rhythm before adding lyrics to a out in May 2012. Since the release, song.

Vranicar has been playing two to three shows a week around the Lincoln and Omaha area.

“Having a CD definitely helped to start launching some shows,” Vranicar said. “You get taken a little more seriously if you can walk into a place and hand them a CD and business card — it’s a lot easier to get gigs.”

Releasing an EP also helped get his name out to local fans.

“When I saw him live, I really enjoyed his orginal songs,” said Elease Greedy, a freshman dietetics major at UNL. “His CD is lovely.”

Vranicar doesn’t have any definite plans to tour outside of Nebraska anytime soon, but he continues to have a strong fan base with continual support from family and friends.

“I’ve got some great fans,” Vranicar said. “It’s been fun meeting new people at shows too; it’s really cool to have people who interact with you through that music who you wouldn’t have met otherwise.”

Vranicar’s family has been nothing but supportive toward his music career. They attend shows and help sell EPs in order to get his name out.

“I don’t think this is something you could do by yourself,” Vranicar said. “It took a lot of help to make the CD and even get a website up; I definitely could not have done any of that alone.”

He isn’t sure whether or not music will always be in his future, but he said he has high hopes for what he would like to come.

“I love performing,” Vranicar said. “I’m just riding it out as long as I can, and we’ll see if a time comes to move on to something else. I don’t know if or when it will so we’ll just see.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Local artist Brian Vranicar fuses blues with pop-rock in his music.

He recently released an EP and has been playing shows in Lincoln and Omaha.

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my jam “Ever After” by Marianas Trench cynthia todd dn If Panic! At The Disco and Hedley had a baby, Marianas Trench would probably be the result.

The band’s third studio album, “Ever After,” takes listeners into an hour of creative storyline to which I constantly find myself listening.

The four-piece Canadian band created an album that plays on loop with no breaks that successfully paints a story. Interludes at the beginning and end of each song connect each distinct track together to portray a vivid tale involving the heartless queen Caroline, an exiled king, and Porcelain, the damsel in distress. It’s like reading a fairytale, minus the reading part.

Don’t get me wrong, each song can definitely

stand on its own. “Stutter” takes me back to the 1940s.

I mean I don’t know how to swing dance, but the song makes me think I can.

Along with being incredibly catchy, songs like “Fallout,” “Desperate Measures” and “So Soon” all contain incredible vocal ranges. The high note in “Haven’t Had Enough” could probably shatter a glass within seconds, which only proves the talent within this album.

I find it hard to come across bands that stay true to their own distinct sound and don’t sell out in the world of cliche pop-rock.

That’s what draws me to Marianas Trench. This album is risky and dives into places most artists wouldn’t go. Creativity is the key theme in “Ever After,” and they portray it with flying colors.

My high school jazz band director once said, “It’s easier to play the blues if you imagine a fat man sitting on the front porch eating a greasy bucket of fried chicken.” That is exactly the thought when listening to “Get Up!” by Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.

The album was released on Jan. 29 and is Harper ’s debut on Stax Records. Harper and Musselwhite previously worked “TYRA” together on John Lee Hooker ’s album “The Best of Friends.”

Lucas Kellison According to an interview with Harper on Radio.com, Hooker courtesy photo said, “You and Charlie have Ben Harper worked with Charlie Musselwhite to create his something special.” newest album, “Get Up!” While the lyrics don’t always carry the Mixing gospel and blues, the intended meaning, they are complemented by strong music. concoction is all soul. In mere moments, the listener is hypnotized by the howling, rattling “Blood Side Out” is a jumpin’ ever, is the simplistic beauty of moan of the music. The sound is blues-rock burner so hot the lis- “We Can’t End This Way.” It’s a a sweltering bouquet of Southern feel-good sing-along/clap-along, Americana. Musselwhite’s lyrical tener can feel the sweat roll down their ankles. And lines from that which radiates from the heart. precision while playing the hartrack such as “something illegal is The song has a feeling that is immonica embodies on my mind/But possible to misunderstand. The the muddy depth it ain’t murder,” issue with hearing the message Mixing while the whine only keep the fire of Harper’s lyrics falls into the of Harper’s vocals gospel burning. The es- pseudo-white-boy category. It all cries out from the sence seems to be depends on the listener ’s perand blues, the dusty crossroad. restless emotion spective.

Harper’s lyrics concoction is all This album has a lot of heart without actually fall into a pseudosaying anything, and humanness to it. The three prolific category, soul.” yet the amount of places it takes the listener are a not unlike Jimi emotion makes rowdy bar room, a spirit-filled Hendrix attemptchurch and back home. That’s the ing to capture the poetic force of the song feel like it is screaming something. Harper presents him- difference. A Dylan lyric will tell a Bob Dylan lyric. The interpretation of a song’s meaning gets lost self with all the confidence of a the listener something; but Harpin the vibe and groove, leaving preacher, but the sermon could er, on this album especially, will the listener unsure of the point de- stand a little more message, may- take the listener somewhere. Like the movie “O Brother, Where Art spite it sounding good. The song be.

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Genus Specificity — Bands such as Grizzly Bear and Panda Bear seek to associate with a specific bear species.

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To Display Mathematical Proficiency — British band 2 Bears wants you to know that both members of the band are, in fact, bears. Minus the Bear wants subtract one bear from any situation.

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To Obfuscate — Cowboy Indian Bear. Non sequitur. (Great music, though)

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To Inspire Fear — Seabear? Is that a thing? If so, one would do well to avoid it.

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uuvvwwz: from 5 guitar riffs, sometimes all in one ner to work on her side project of studying playground and playsong. scape design at playgrounds all Additionally, drummer Ozinga replaced a former member over the West Coast.

Gardner has also been paintafter the release of the first album, ing extremely detailed designs of and bassist Wilbourn used fuzz bright colors on sticks and leavpedals to create a louder, more ing them around distorted bass presLincoln, something ence.

It’s going to she plans to conBut Gardner ’s be great... tinue in different voice is what ties cities on tour. She it all together, they to let the music said she once left said. a stick at a Lincoln “I think she speak for itself.” bus stop; her boyguides it and take friend saw a man the music out of david ozinga walking with it a obscurity somedrummer, uuvvwwz few weeks later. times,” Schroeder Schroeder has said.

Gardner agreed the layers of been spray-painting colorful postthe music work separately, but ers for the album release party at need her vocals to stay consistent. The Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln on Friday, Feb. 8. Their creative “I feel like if we totally reprojects and jobs outside the band moved the guitar or totally refurther connect them as a support moved the vocals it wouldn’t work at all because there’s a really system and a band.

And part of their work is important interplay,” she said. spreading the love for their fellow Gardner said she was listenlocal musicians. The band meming to the second song on the albers agreed that Brothers Family bum, titled “GRIPS,” recently and especially noticed the abstract Temple and Touch People deserve more recognition than they’re guitar in the section when her vocurrently getting. cals turn to rapping.

“Touch People isn’t as big as it “The guitar is basically growling,” she said. “It sounds like a should or could be,” Ozinga said.

“That guy rips music apart.” wild animal.”

“Brothers Family Temple isn’t “Maybe you don’t realize how weird you’re getting,” Gardner carved into any facades of buildings yet, so that needs to happen,” added, addressing Schroeder.

Whatever their process, it’s Gardner added.

As they set out on their first working. The band is getting tour in two years, Wilbourn said widespread attention for the new album from publications like he doesn’t have any specific goals for their string of live shows.

Rolling Stone, BBC and Pitchfork.

“I don’t want anyone to feel a “I think it’s going to be really great after that long process of certain way,” he said. “I just want writing to let the music speak for to play music with my friends.”

Gardner said she hopes people itself,” Ozinga said. can dance and have a good time.

Ozinga just finished a book “When people come to our for tour with a page for each day, live shows, I want them to have planning out all the details to avoid financial or time-wasting a sense of unburdening for themsurprises. To “maximize hang selves, a sense of relief,” she said. arts@ time in each city,” the careful dailynebraskan.com planning will also allow Gard-

“GET UP!”

Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart.”

A songwriter can’t put the blues down on paper; it’s just something that has to be felt and then played that way. Musselwhite is a legend at making the blues and has been for more than 50 years. His performance, on the album, is the warm blood pumping through its veins.

The ride from start to finish is where the real fun lies. Traveling from one song to the next, the emotions are nicely balanced. The title song, as well as “I Ride At Dawn” and “She Got Kick” stand out as easy favorites.

Sure, those individuals who find Harper ’s songwriting to be grating will tire of the album after a couple songs but a big ol’ bucket of chicken is what others will savor. It’s all comfort. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Last time I left off with the return of the ’80s and how music has distinct similarities to wine. It’s true: Music and wine have levels of complexity that make them interesting.

Will.i.am and Britney have infused their pseudo-British interpretation of new wave into the pop music scene. It’s interesting, but it seems to have stalled for the moment. The flavor of the pop scene changes quickly and these days, it’s all Beyonce’s lip-syncing, Justin Bieber’s new acoustic album and wondering if The Lumineers will win the Grammy for best new artist. Also, Justin Timberlake.

Though, I’ve lost interest, but that might just be me.

It reminds me of when I spent a summer working as a cook at a popular pizza place. A typical day involved making dozens of pizzas for the lunch buffet while listening to Britney, Backstreet Boys and Enrique Iglesias. I hated working in the production side of the food industry and vowed never to do it again. Even more, I hated the direc-

tion the music industry was going.

For nourishment that summer, I survived on leftover pepperoni and jalapeno pizzas and past-itsprime alternative rock. Really, I just wanted to crawl inside a bottle, pull a cork over my head and mature in my own isolated environment. When a teenager starts complaining about how one of the main dietary elements, at that age, tastes like cardboard, it’s a sign that the magic of childhood is gone. The pizza is still the same. However, if that same teenager makes the similar comparison to what is playing on Top 40 radio stations — the music that is inherently theirs — then the world has played a cruel trick.

The worst part about the job was looking at the schedule and finding that I had to work what they called a short-shift. It mean two things: I’d get to go home a little early, but I’d have to listen to Cher ’s “Believe” while scrubbing caked-on grease off the walls before I could leave. Turning 21 and the ability to drink couldn’t come fast enough. That was my thought while slinging sauce and cheese in an effort to save up for a new stereo to put in my car. It was a pain in the ass

converting CDs into tapes so I could have something to listen to while driving to work.

Despite the indie-folk trend of bands such as Mumford and Sons and The Lumineers, the pop scene is still catering to young stars with pretty faces.

Sometimes I imagine Billy Corgan wearing his “Zero” T-shirt wielding a baseball bat smashing ... well, I won’t make this uglier than it already is. My point is that there is still a lot of stale, repetitive music, and I’m rethinking the decision to uncork the bottle in which I was living.

Looking over the Grammy nominations, filled with fear and loathing at what I was seeing, I was finding myself in a dark place not unlike the Super Bowl just after half-time. Like many, I started browsing the internet for something interesting, maybe a new ’80s offshoot. Instead I struck gold. While checking YouTube for all-things-trending, I saw something tucked in-between all the Bieber videos.

My Bloody Valentine released a new album Feb. 2.

I suspect most wouldn’t notice, but happily, dark and brooding there it was. Its last studio album, “Loveless,” was released in 1991. The first time I heard them, I was finally 21 enjoying a few beers (still ignoring contemporary music) and watching the film “Lost In Translation.” That was the soundtrack that uncorked my musical isolation and introduced me

to the whole underground-pop/ shoe-gazing style. My Bloody Valentine’s song “Sometimes” and The Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” made me curious. The dance routine aspect of pop always seemed overrated and these were bands that, basically, stared at their shoes while producing a big sound.

Lots of current bands do this and call it “experimental.” Yet, those bands are too indie for mainstream and, despite being interesting, come off as being a little like cardboard among today’s pop scene. The Antlers’ summer release, “Undersea,” for example, failed to grab attention under the weight of mainstream phenomena like “Gangnam Style,” “Somebody That I Used To Know,” and, at the time, the Killers “Battle Born” album.

The new album by My Bloody Valentine and, the rumored, upcoming album by The Jesus and Mary Chain are deserving of the recognition afforded to the big names we are used to. Sadly, as with all underground music, this is only a minor trend among the ocean of mainstream pop and radical, unending availability of new music via the Internet.

If you grow tired of the Californian varietals inhabiting every shelf from Burbank to Boston and find comfort, like me, in the often overlooked cult-classics then savor them as if they were a bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. They don’t come often. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

uu review: from 5 which Gardner recently told Rolling Stone is “about looking for and finding a way to be open and exuberant under conditions that make no space for such wildness.”

But a mellower band can be heard in the last track, “The Trusted Language,” for which the album was named. Gardner’s haunting voice sings “I have a name I remember/ was a form of something Western/ something vaguely patriotic in sound.” The clashing of symbols and fuzzy guitar and bass stay relatively calm throughout the song, but still display a noticeable motive and attention to detail. It’s easy for UUVVWWZ to take such risks because of the level of talent in every member.

Though short, the album fully speaks to the level of work UUVVWWZ has put into writing and recording their new-and-improved sound.

“The Trusted Language” showcases the strength and originality of each member and their ability to create a unified message. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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After the release of their debut album, “UUVVWWZ,” in 2009, UUVVWWZ has created a more mature and darker sound for their sophomore album, “the trusted language.”

beer band: from 5 year because at least we have an album, we have a website,” Brazier said. “Everything that we learned from last year, we’re gonna be able to conquer this year.”

While traveling down to SXSW the Bolzen Beer Band will tour the whole way down and will tour as it makes its way back home to Lincoln. Though the band said they have a few long weekends planned for touring, they won’t tour for months at a time. However, Socha said he hopes to return back to where the Bolzen Beer Band was inspired: Europe.

“I’m almost 90 to 95 percent positive that we will be going to Europe this year to play at least half a dozen gigs,” Socha said.

“There’s a music festival that I’ve volunteered at a few times there, and I think Brian and I, and my

buddy who plays drums, we’ll play some gigs there.”

The band members said during the course of the band’s live performances, they have seen and faced the odd and extraordinary.

Most of their wildest and most memorable moments include, of course, beer.

“I’ve gotten in more trouble with this band and done more crazy stuff with this band — I mean we did a family reunion gig out in Garland, and we ended up having a naked hot tub party with a bunch of people,” Socha said. “We had an 80-year-old lady chugging a boot in Madison, we had 200 people fist bumping yelling ‘Go, go, go!’ Wisconsin fans are gnarly. I’ve watched Brian kick pitchers of beer all over the front row of the crowd.

I watched Brian hit a guy with a tuba because he tried pouring beer down the bell.”

On “Sex Drugs Polka,” Socha said all of the songs are written by the band and feature a unique twist on traditional polka style.

“The new album is songs all written by us,” Socha said. “We do one traditional, but it’s more on an homage to traditional polka. But it’s all an original, kind of a conceptual, collection of songs.”

Socha said that though their polka is different in sound than traditional polka music, it is simply part of the evolution of the genre.

“The polka of the 1800s didn’t sound anything like what became really popular in the United States in the 1950s through the

mid-’80s,” Socha said. “All that was really influenced by jazz and rock music, anyway.”

Despite the twist on tradition, Socha said education of music will provide listeners with a greater appreciation for bands such as the Bolzen Beer Band.

“With this album, we’re really trying to create an aesthetic and a style that people can connect with,” Socha said. “If you look at the cover of our album, we have shoutouts to local and national artists. I think it would be great if people would educate themselves, not only with the music but also, with where the music is coming from. It just adds a whole new dynamic with people’s appreciation for sure.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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women’s bball: from 10 after she was lying on the court, Moore was back in the game.

“It’s always scary to have a point guard go out real early in the game,” Hooper said. “I knew she was tough, I knew she wasn’t going to be out for long.”

Moore’s appearance definitely made a difference. Starting from the point when Moore checked back in, the Huskers rallied off an 11-2 run to create an 11-point lead, which included two consecutive drives by Moore for lay-ups just after reentering the game.

“That was impressive,” Yori said. “I was thinking, is she 100 percent? Well she looks 100 per-

I was thinking, is she 100 percent? Well, she looks 100 percent on those plays.” connie yori

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cent on those plays.”

Moore finished the game with 12 points and seven assists.

But her absence, as short as it was, gave NU a sneak peak of next year. With a hurt Meghin Williams on the bench and Moore in the locker room, Yori realized she had a roster on the court that she could very well see next year.

“The first thing I thought of was this is going to be next year,” Yori said. “You’re going to have to have other people do more.

That doesn’t just mean Rachel (who took over the point guard position in Moore’s absence), that means everyone else, too.”

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Nebraska sophomore guard David Rivers reaches for the ball during the Ohio State game Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Huskers lost 56-63. can capture that energy and capture that lesson, then we can come out and maybe get over the top next time and make it happen the next time.”

There are still areas that the Huskers need to improve if they are going to knock off a team such as Ohio State instead of merely hanging with them, according to Miles.

“Just mental lapses like that and our margin of error is not where you can afford that,” the coach said. “We don’t score at a high enough rate. We don’t create enough turnovers, certainly don’t get fouled to make up for some of those things.”

It’s a laundry list of improvements, but Husker players at least say they are up to the challenge.

Unsatisfied with the close loss to OSU, they will have a week to work before they get back on the court.

“I don’t feel like it’s anything we aren’t capable of,” sophomore forward David Rivers said. “I

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rest of the team. Jain must work extraordinarily hard to claim a roster spot.

But Jain is very good at perseGagan Jain found himself somewhere no college tennis player vering. At first, McDermott was hesitant about letting ever wants to be: the Jain walk-on at all, he sideline. For Jain, this said. A former tennis has been a familiar player for the Huskposition for him this ers, whom McDerseason; he has yet to mott had coached, play a match of colhad contacted Mclege tennis.

Dermott about Jain Other freshmen last year. have been playing “He called me — and playing well up,” McDermott — ahead of him. His said, “and said ‘Hey, head coach, Kerry (Jain) is a pretty good McDermott said Jain player. He’s a pretty jain “won’t get much playgood student. He ing time probably the won’t give you attirest of the semester.” tude. He’ll work his butt off.’”

Jain, who only started playing Jain, then a senior at Thuntennis four years ago, is the most recent walk-on to the Nebraska der Ridge High School in Littleton, Colo., had emailed McDermen’s tennis program. Because he is a walk-on, he is already at a mott about walking on to the tennis team, without any luck. disadvantage compared with the Eventually, though, he was al-

lowed to walk on.

But for Jain, the battle was only half over. Now he must show every day that he has the talent and the work ethic to remain on the team.

“The coaches are constantly looking for talent, for players to win, constantly making the program better,” Jain said. “I really think that you gotta have a lot. You gotta be a really hard worker. You gotta want it.”

And McDermott has taken notice of the hard work Jain has put in, saying that he has been a good inspiration for the other athletes.

“He puts his time in and you gotta think the other guys are watching that going, ‘hey, you know here’s a guy who’s not getting much playing time but he’s busting his tail.’ So he brings that to the team,” McDermott said.

The team is young, and freshmen Marc Herrmann and

John Groce, Illinois:

Humor me for a moment and imagine that you’re reading a recipe card for creating the perfect athlete.

The recipe for success: Eat your Wheaties in the morning.

Buy a water bottle. Go to the gym.

Become strong, powerful and conditioned through constant workouts and practices. Eat. Sleep.

Drink. Go to work and classes.

Repeat.

For the most part, that’s exactly what many athletes do. But the Nebraska women’s tennis team adds a few extra ingredients to give it a more unique flavor in the world of tennis.

They add a bit of selflessness into the mix, a dash of trust and top it off with a pinch of sisterhood.

As a reporter, I am being taught not to become emotionally connect-

“We’re getting excited for this week. We got a few days of practice here getting ready for Purdue and Nebraska and I think we’re playing good basketball as of late.”

“Our guys have been really focused into our game plan with a guy like Zeller and Thomas for us we can’t afford to play those guys straight up one-on-one.”

went to the Big 12 Championship every year for both indoor and outdoor events.

He also went to the NCAA Championship every year and took the indoor high jump in 2008. As a Husker, he is ranked first in indoor and outdoor high jump having earned NCAA All-American accolades each of his four years.

In 2008, he competed in the Olympic Games in Beijing and finished 26th with a jump of 7-2 1/2.

Coach Gary Pepin admires Jonas’ motivation to jump again after surgery and months of rehab, he said.

“I think what was equally as impressive as the jump, to me, was the dedication to get back to where he is now,” Pepin remarked.

Jonas is going into his fourth season as a volunteer high jump coach for NU and said it has been difficult handling coaching responsibilities and rehabbing while trying to train.

“I don’t know if there is a balance for it (coaching and competing),” said Jonas. “You just have to spend way to much time at the track.”

Jonas acknowledges that he has to take some time for himself, he said, but he dedicates most of his time to the athletes. Pepin believes Jonas has more to contribute to the world of high jump, he said.

It is quite possible that Jonas could be headed to the 2013 and 2014 high jump World Championships and then on to the Rio Olympics in

“We got a big week this week with playing at Penn State tomorrow, then Michigan State at home Saturday.”

“We have to do a better job at preparing, better job at executing and competing. So hopefully we can learn a lot from the last week and push forward and have a better week against Penn State and Michigan State.”

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Pepin is unsure what will happen, but he has faith that Jonas has the ability to do what he wants.

“He is certainly jumping well,

and I think he can jump a lot higher than what he has done so far,” commented Pepin. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Tubby Smith, Minnesota:

Bo Ryan, Wisconsin:

On Saturday’s win against Iowa: “We were very fortunate to get the win, we didn’t play particularly well, I know they probably feel the same way I thought our guys showed a lot of courage at the end when it looked like we were gonna lose the game, but we stepped up.”

On using more bench players: “I’m just gonna have to play them, because there are plenty of opportunities, but it’s a matter of trust, it’s all a feel for what we are trying to do at the time.”

On Iowa forward Aaron White: “He’s rangy. He creates offense from defense with his deflections. He’s a rhythm shooter.

When he starts hitting those jumpers whether their 3s or 2s, he has a very good stroke, and he’s a good passer. He’s just a good allaround player.”

On offense: “The best way to show that you’re pretty good on offense is to get more shots than the other team and to get better shots and the way to get more shots is by not turning it over.”

Tim Miles, Nebraska:

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Nebraska track and field volunteer coach Dusty Jonas celebrates after clearing the 7-8 high jump mark.

On Wednesday’s loss to Michigan and Saturday win against Purdue: “You learn stuff from both games. Michigan really jumped out on us from the start, you can’t let a team like that do that to you but we did some decent things.

On Saturday I felt we played really well early.”

On having this week off from games: “It’s probably not a real break, but you know you’re rested up, we’ll just do some light stuff, some shooting...Mentally and physically they seem fine to me though.”

Matt Painter, Purdue:

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Bill Carmondy, Northwestern:

On Penn State this coming ward to maintaining the relationSaturday: ships she has with her coach and Fran McCaffery, “They have the two guards her team well beyond college.

Iowa: that are really tough, and this “You come to college and you On this week’s games: week we have our by so early in create bonds with all of these peo“We had an interesting week, the week we’re going to worry ple that will last a lifetime,” Dutreal good win at home against about ourselves and go back to ton said.

Penn State, tough loss on the the basics for a couple of days As a senior, Dutton is aware road against Minnesota. Feel as and brush up on some things that everything she does concernthough defensively we’re playing that we haven’t been able to do ing the rifle team will be her last. about as well as we can play, and recently.”

It’s her last time traveling to a that I think, is encouraging, we’re On freshman Sergei Vucetic’s certain place, her last time shootalso getting a lot of productivity knee injury: ing against a certain team. While from a lot of different people. Of“He sprained his knee a couendings are usually sad, Dutton is fensively not where we need to ple weeks ago, and those bigger eager about what’s to come. be to beat the teams of caliber guys when they hurt a lower ex“The last match is coming up, and hopefully we’ll continue to tremity it just takes awhile to get and I’m excited,” Dutton said. “I’m improve in that area.” them back on board, but hopesad about it, too, but really excited.

On taking freshman Roy fully by Saturday he will be ready As long as we keep doing what Devyn Marble out of the starting to go.” we’ve been doing I have faith that lineup: Compiled by Josh Kelly we’ll end the season well.”

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On Saturday’s loss to Indiana: “We had a heck of game down in Bloomington, it was a great atmosphere. We obviously came out on the short end but I’m proud of the way our kids battled after a rough start. Indiana is a really talented well-coached team playing at a great home environment, they are a great representative of the Big Ten. “ On sophomore Trey Burke: “Trey is a great player and obviously has a positive impact on the team...he’s leading us in scoring and leading us in assists, he’s become much more of a complete player.”

Eugene Burroughs, Penn State:

Creighton, sophomore Izabella have their moments. Their type of Zgierska was playing injured. She camaraderie is special in that they competed with her doubles team- choose to get along and want to be mate freshman Maggy Lehmicke, friends.

“This team is amazing … We’re and they fought together for the win.

Zgierska could have sat the dou- really close (and) almost like sisters,” bles match out, but she didn’t. The Lehmicke said.

I believe that this Husker team women on this team play for each has what it takes to become Big other no matter what the circumTen champions. The deciding facstance may be. tor isn’t going to be “We play for about Weatherholt’s one another,” It’s easy to opportunity to break Zgierska said. get caught a school record or They also trust whether or not the each other’s skills up in the glory team can stay undeas individual comfeated. Instead, it will petitors. of being a top be how they react to After talking competitor.

This each other and how to senior Janine they perform as a Weinreich, it was team doesn’t team. evident that trust Anybody can is what makes or play for selfbe great out on the breaks a match. glorification.” court, but it takes a During a difficult group of people who doubles match can continue to play selflessly and against Ohio State, Weinreich and trust each other to win championher doubles partner, senior Stephanie Weinstein, had to rely on one anoth- ships. This season isn’t about how great they are, because they are great. er’s skills to fight for the win.

Weinreich said that she knew she It will be about how the team as a could trust Weinstein and the deci- whole responds to the challenges they will face in the near future. sions she would make.

Liz Uehling is a “I trust her as she trusts me,” sophomore agricultural Weinreich said. journalism That trust was built on solid remajor. Reach her at lationships, and that in particular is sports@ what makes this team of 8 special. dailynebraskan.com A small group of girls are bound to

can tell that Dutton was made for this sport, she said.

“Whether she is doing good or bad, Janine fights for every shot,” Underwood said. “It’s a quality that is needed when playing this sport, and she has it.”

Dutton shares the NU freshman air rifle record and holds the NU sophomore air rifle record.

During her first three seasons, she managed to rack up nine individual air rifle titles. She has also earned All-American honors from the National Rifle Association.

Dutton’s senior year is about to come to a close, but there is no doubt that she has left her mark on the NU rifle team, and it has left its mark on her.

“This has been a great learning experience,” said Dutton. “It’s been hard at times. It’s really hard for me to be away from home, but it was something I needed. I learned how to do things on my own. It helped me grow.”

Part of being on a team is establishing camaraderie with fellow athletes. Dutton looks for-

John Beilein, Michigan:

On Deshaun Thomas in the mix for player of the year: “(We’re) proud of how he evolved. He’s playing great at both ends of the floor. Being mentioned is a great honor for him.”

“We had two wins in a great league last week. We like that. We have a great challenge this week with Michigan and Indiana, two of the best teams in the country.

We have our work cut out for us.”

Seniors aims to create calm atmosphere volved in a winter sport to keep her in shape.

“My high school had the rifle For most athletes, the skills they sport and swimming as winter sports,” Dutton said. “I didn’t possess for a sport are instilled in them at an early age. They start out want to do swimming, so I chose rifle.” young, testing their abilities in variIt was an easy choise for Dutous sports until they find the one ton, but one she cerwhere they ultimately tainly didn’t anticiexcel. pate getting her where For some athletes, she is today. In 2008, though, it comes later Dutton placed second in life. out of 162 competitors Janine Dutton, a in the Junior 1 divisenior on the Nebraska sion at the 2008 Narifle team, has earned tional Junior Olympic numerous honors and 3-P Air Rifle Champititles throughout her onships. Since then, four years on the team. the awards have kept However, being a rifle coming. star wasn’t always her “Janine has a mendutton intention. tal toughness,” coach Dutton, a native of Stacy Underwood Eagle River, Alaska, was heavily involved in cross country said. “She is a very focused perand track and field in high school. son.”

Although this is Underwood’s Since cross country and track are first season as the head coach of fall and spring sports, Dutton dethe rifle team and she’s only had cided she needed to become inroughly a year with Dutton, she

On this weeks home game win over Illinois: “We’ve had an off weekend... they played really well and we didn’t play as well, so it was a dog-fight at home but a game we found a way to win.”

On injuries: “We’re still trying to figure out where sophomore Travis Trcce is with his injury and where freshman Gary Harris is with is. One I think should be almost healed and one I think needs a little more time.”

Thad Matta, Ohio State:

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Tom Izzo, Michigan State:

Tom Crean, Indiana: “We’re excited about our future right now because we love the way our guys are working.”

“Trey Burke is such a hard matchup because he can beat you by himself, because of his explosiveness and his ability to play at the rim, in the lane and the pullup game, but certainly with the 3 point shot.”

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addressed but I don’t think taking him out of the starting lineup is the answer, he’s one of our key guys, he’s my leading scorer... I just think we have to help him through it.”

“Defensively, I thought we were atrocious and until we get that figured out then obviously we won’t be where we want to be.”

On Indiana: “They’ve got size, they’ve got depth, they’ve got shooting, they’ve got point guard play.

They are really good at both ends of the floor.”

Andre Stenger have already secured the first and third roster spots, respectively.

“I do feel like I have something to prove out there every day,” Jain said.

He also said he has found it hard to watch as other freshmen earn playing time before him.

“As much as I may look like I’m enjoying (watching the game), its actually really hard,” Jain said. “I watch a match like Marc (Herrmann’s on Sunday), which was really close in the third set against a team. I feel like I want to be out there.”

There is no doubt that Jain will get his chance to play eventually, even if it means not playing this season. He has very high hopes for himself and is already looking to reaching his full potential, he said.

“I feel like my game has no ceiling.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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ed with the people I’m assigned to interview or to add my opinion where it doesn’t belong. After all, I’m reporting strictly for news purposes and not for personal entertainment. But for this one moment, I’m going to tear down the walls of emotional anonymity and tell you there’s a lot more to the Husker women’s tennis team than a cookie-cutter recipe for success.

From the first time I spoke with the tennis players, I knew there was something special about this team. Not only do they compete with excellence, they strive to be there for one another every step of the way.

“Every time after a match, we cheer each other on and focus on the positive,” senior Mary Weatherholt said.

It’s easy to get caught up in the glory of being a top competitor. This team doesn’t play for selfglorification.

Take Weatherholt, for example.

As her last year as a Husker, she has earned a chance to become the record holder for most wins in Nebraska women’s tennis history. After asking at the beginning of the season how she felt about her circumstance, she simply replied: “I don’t look into (it) that much.

We have team goals, and that’s all I’m really aiming for.”

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Physical play doesn’t deter women’s basketball team Temporary absences on team offer fans sneak peak at next year’s roster kyle cummings dn

Basketball is a physical sport.

Almost three minutes into Sunday’s game against Minnesota, the Nebraska women’s basketball team was down five points and had yet to score. Then the Huskers found sophomore forward Emily Cady underneath to put Nebraska within three.

As Cady powered up for the layup, though, she was fouled hard.

Blood rushed out of her nose and the officials were forced to stop the game to clean the floor. Nebraska trainers hurried to stop the bleeding by sticking tissue up her nose.

Once the court was cleaned, no Husker substitute checked in, and the game resumed — Cady, tissue and all. Then she brought the fire.

The first possession after play resumed, a revved-up Cady drove through the pain for a lay-up. She failed to connect on the shot, but

teammate Jordan Hooper grabbed ta’s freshman guard Shayne Mullaney hit a jumper to put the Gothe rebound and finished with the put-back. On the next offensive phers within two points. The clock stopped and Moore was helped possession, Cady again powered through the lane for the lay-up. off the court and then to the locker room.

This time, she made it. Finally, the With their senior leader out, obligatory 16-minute media time out gave Cady a chance to take the Nebraska looked lost. The Huskers produced three missed shots, a tissue out of her nose. turnover and a foul within a min“Coach Finch always says I play better when I’m mad,” Cady ute and a half before the third media timeout stopped said earlier in the play. season.

Coach Finch H a l f w a y Cady recorded through the time10 points in the always says out, as Nebraska game, as well as continued to stratseven rebounds, I play better when egize, the crowd three steals, two I’m mad.” erupted. Moore had blocks and two assprinted back into sists. Just one long emily cady the huddle to overstat line of many sophomore forward look the team disthat Cady has procussion. duced in conference She didn’t check play this season. in yet, but her presence showed A little more than six minutes promising signs for her health. after Cady pulled the bloody tissue out of her nose, Nebraska had Coach Connie Yori waited one Gopher possession before sending the built a 18-14 lead. Junior forward Jordan Hooper converted on two of senior guard to the check-in booth. two free throws before Minnesota The crowd showed signs of life again as Moore re-entered to clean pushed the ball back down court.

Then senior guard Lindsey up Nebraska’s offensive mess.

Less than two game minutes Moore hit the floor. After being knocked down, Moore propped herself up and watched Minnesowomen’s bball: see page 8

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Nebraska women’s basketball sophomore forward Emily Cady smiles before the Minnesota game resumes after she was fouled while going for a layup on Sunday. The Huskers won 80-56.

cleared comeback T high jump coach breaks national record, aims for olympics story by jacy lewis photos by andrew dickinson

TOP: Nebraska track and field coach Dusty Jonas celebrates with head coach Gary Pepin after Jonas cleared 7-8.

ABOVE: Jonas clears the 7-8 mark at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, setting a Husker Invitational, Bob Devaney Sports Center and national record.

his time last year, Dusty Jonas was a London Olympics hopeful for the United States in the high jump.

That hope was crushed because of an Achilles injury he acquired at the same meet where, a year later, he made the comeback of a lifetime.

“A year ago today, my foot literally exploded, and I ruptured my Achilles,” Jonas said.

Jonas is a former Nebraska athlete who now helps coach Husker high jumpers. At the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, Jonas competed as an unattached athlete while still coaching his fellow Husker opponents. He soon took the lead in high jump, and it was not long after that he was competing with himself.

After clearing 7-7 to secure first place, he tried for 7-10. Two missed attempts later, he had the officials lower the bar to 7-8. He knew he could clear this, he said, and he did.

The crowd erupted with cheerI’m more ing as Jonas stepped down from the mat. excited that He had just won the event with a I made it through jump of 7-8, break- today healthy, but ing both the Husker Invitational and Bob being the world Devaney Sports leader isn’t too Center records and, for a few hours, bad.” was the best in the dusty jonas world, until a Rustrack and field coach sian jumper cleared a higher mark later that day.

Jonas wasn’t concerned about being tied for the world record in high jump. He was more concerned about returning after a year off from competition, enough so that he competed on Saturday with a cold that most of the other Husker high jumpers had been sidelined with recently.

“I’m more excited that I made it through today healthy, but being the world leader isn’t too bad,” Jonas said.

Jonas started competing for NU in 2005. While in high school, he won the 2003 and 2004 AAU National Junior Olympic Games, and during college Jonas

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NU takes first against top-ranked teams No. 6 Huskers trump competition at Prairie View A&M Invite in Arlington, Texas Josh kelly dn The Nebraska bowling team is currently on a hot streak after winning its second consecutive invite. The No. 6 Huskers finished the Prairie View A&M Invite in Arlington, Texas, with a win in the championship. To cap the weekend off, NU defeated two-time defending champion Maryland Eastern Shore in the final match 4-1.

Last weekend’s high-caliber invite had 12 teams competing, including No. 1 Central Missouri (41-5), No. 2 Maryland Eastern Shore (30-3), No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 7 Arkansas State

(24-13), No. 13 Stephen F. Austin (23-15), No. 14 Norfolk State (25-13), No. 15 Valparaiso (20-27), No. 19 Bethune Cookman and No. 20 Alabama State.

The weekend had its highs and lows, according to coach Bill Straub.

“We had a bad start. First two days had its difficulties,” he said.

“Thankfully, it’s a three-day tournament. Adjustments had to be made, and those adjustments that we had helped win it for us.”

It was the younger Huskers who stood out in Arlington, as the team was led by sophomore Liz Kuhlkin.

Kuhlkin finished third overall individually with an average score of 209.8 and a tournament-high score of 247 in game five on Sunday.

“Liz was terrific,” Straub said.

“Her success on the first two days was what kept us in it and helped set up for a tournament win on Sunday.”

The sophomore from Schenectady, N.Y., bowled a 222 in the first game, while the rest of her team averaged a 178.8 score. She then bowled a 236 in the second game to keep her team in contention when the other bowlers averaged a 179.8 score. Both Kuhlkin’s scores were team-highs for those two games.

Kuhlkin had an overall score of 1049. She was surprised with the result, she said.

“Lanes were a lot tougher this weekend compared to other lanes that we’ve bowled in like Arkansas,” Kuhlkin said. “I’m surprised I placed that high because last weekend I had a higher average score and placed fifth in that tournament. I’m still very happy with the results.”

Freshman Beth Hedley made powerful contributions to NU, as she and Kuhlkin finished in the Top 25 in the individual standings.

Hedley finished 22nd at the invite,

We work so hard...

We should do just as well coming off the two consecutive wins.” liz kuhlkin

sophomore bowler

thanks to a strong finishing score of 209 in the final game of the tournament. Other bowlers contributing this weekend were sophomore Elise Bolton and senior captain Kristi Mickelson. Bolton averaged 175 on the weekend while Mickelson averaged a 179.8 score.

Looking ahead to next weekend, the Husker bowling team will return to Arlington to compete in the Southern University-ITRC Invi-

tational. Straub tells his team that hard work pays off and to keep on working hard. It’s something that Kuhlkin thinks they have done so far.

“We work so hard,” said Kuhlkin. “We bowl three hours a day, six days a week. We should do just as well coming off the two consecutive wins.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

men’s basketball

Miles calls for more mental strength Coach: team gave “really good” showing in loss to Ohio State LANNY HOLSTEIN DN Chalk one up for the Friday press conference.

If a team ever responded to its coach’s public comments, it was the Nebraska men’s basketball team on Saturday. Twenty-four hours after Tim Miles passionately threw down the gauntlet, asking for better, more consistent effort out of his team, the Huskers re s p o n d e d with what miles their coach described as a “really good” showing in their 63-56 loss to No. 11 Ohio State.

“These guys really gave us a game effort tonight,” the coach said in the post game presser. “It’s just that our margin of error is so thin.

We have to eliminate a few things and then get everyone on the same page.”

Although the Huskers fell short, what Miles was really looking for was a little fight out of his team.

On Friday, he outlined the value of staying mentally and physically checked-in throughout a basketball game.

“I always say there are three places you can be,” Miles explained.

“You either do your job, or you don’t know, or you don’t care.”

The coach quickly eliminated the possibility that Nebraska is “doing its job” game in and game out.

“Half the time it looks like to me we either don’t know or we don’t care,” he said. “I ask the guys all the time, ‘Do you not know or do you not care?’ It’s like pregnancy, either you are or you’re not. It’s pretty clear.”

Miles cited blowout losses to Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio State earlier in the year as games where Nebraska checked out of the game mentally. Those games are the most discouraging to the coach because he feels as though the Huskers didn’t give themselves a chance going in.

“If we think we can win, then we play that way,” Miles said.

“Games like Southern Cal, Penn State, Northwestern, Valparaiso even, early in the year, off the top of my head are games that we had the right mentality, but it’s not there on a consistent basis.”

Saturday’s tightly contested tussle with Ohio State gives Miles hope for the future, he said. The coach takes no moral victory in the loss but will use the effort as a model for his team.

“What I would call it is a good learning experience to understand the mentality you need to play with every night out,” Miles said. “If we

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