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Jim Butlar stands in line early Wednesday morning at the Husker Athletic Ticket Office to get Husker football tickets. At 94 years old, Butlar is the oldest person to wait in line every year for season tickets.

Nancy Elley decides where her Husker football seats will be Wednesday morning at the Husker Athletic Ticket Office. People began to line the office as early as 7 in the morning to get their first-choice football tickets.

Nancy Elley and Ray Zavrel wait in line at the Husker Athletic Ticket Office Wednesday morning to buy their Husker football season tickets. People went to great lengths, even calling in sick to work, to get season tickets.

Debate ensues over tax bill LB405 would cut sales tax exemptions to pay for eliminating state income tax DANIEL WHEATON DN Every seat was filled in room 1524 at the Capitol Wednesday afternoon to hear the debate on LB405.

The Revenue Committee heard testimony from the bill’s creators, supporters and opposition for nearly seven hours Wednesday.

LB405 would eliminate $2.4 billion in sales tax exemptions to pay for eliminating the state corporate and income tax. The bill was written by Sens. Beau McCoy and Brad Ashford of Omaha.

Gov. Dave Heineman introduced the idea in January.

If the legislature passes the bill, Nebraska would join seven other states without an income tax.

The hearing began at 1:30 p.m. Discussion for and against the bill didn’t begin until roughly four hours later. Committee Chairman Sen. Galen Hadley of Kearney said he planned to have roughly three hours of deliberation, giving equal time to people

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for and against the bill and those who were neutral.

The shift in tax burden has become the center of the debate.

The bill’s supporters say the tax shift would make Nebraska more attractive to businesses. Its opposers say the bill puts an unequal burden on lower income individuals because of the proportion of income they spend.

McCoy spoke first, defending his bill.

“This is the lobbyist full employment act of 2013,” he joked.

During his statements, McCoy repeatedly mentioned the need for a dialogue about cutting exemptions.

The Revenue Committee questioned McCoy for specifics about the bill. Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha asked McCoy what his goals were for implementation.

McCoy said he wanted an open dialogue to decide what exemptions should be cut.

One of the committee’s main concerns was how removing sales tax exemptions could harm agriculture and manufacturing.

McCoy said the current version of the bill would add new layers of tax for each transaction occurring during production.

“We should do everything we can to protect and promote agriculture and manufacturing through this tax reform discussion, and we will,” McCoy said.

Heineman also spoke in support of the bill. He called out Nebraska Chamber of Commerce for issuing a statement against the bill. Yet, the chamber published a report called “100 Next Generation Ideas,” which supported some of the ideas in the bill. Three of those ideas – ending state income tax, ending deductions through a flat tax and retaining seniors — are included in the bill.

Heineman reiterated his claim that a better business climate will attract and retain Nebraska’s population.

He also explained the different goals in LB405 and LB406.

The second bill is milder than LB405, and only eliminates $395 million in sales tax exemptions but retains the state income tax.

“You can’t have cake and ice cream too,” Heineman said, referring to lowering taxes and keeping exemptions.

Ashford also defended his bill.

In opposition, Renee Fry, founding executive director of the OpenSky Policy Institute, said the reform plans are economically damaging to people in the lower and middle classes.

“This just shifts who pays the tax,” Fry said.

She said only having sales taxes would cause lower income individuals and families to spend

lb405 • Proposed by Sens.

Beau McCoy and Brad Ashford • Eliminates $2.4 billion in sales tax exemptions • Eliminates state corporate and income tax Pros: • Simpler tax system for businesses • May drive job growth Cons: • Would tax businessto-business transactions • Regressive tax less, resulting in less demand for businesses. The resulting lack of demand could cause a loss of jobs, she said.

Fry also countered Heineman’s claim that a better tax climate would draw more people to

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Clare considers running for governor in 2014 Staff Report DN

Sheehy resigned on Saturday after it was discovered he had made thousands of calls on his stateissued cellphone late at night to University of Nebraska Regent Tim Clare announced Tuesday he is con- women other than his wife. Another sidering entering the 2014 Republi- candidate, former Speaker of the can gubernatorial race, according to Legislature Mike Flood of Norfolk, withdrew immediately a Lincoln Journal Star from the gubernatorial article. race in December after Clare’s decision his wife, Mandi, was comes after Lt. Gov. diagnosed with breast Rick Sheehy’s resignacancer. tion amid a scandal and “I respect (Flood) the subsequent collapse enormously for that deof his gubernatorial cision,” Clare said durcampaign. If he decides ing an interview with to run, Clare will enter the Lincoln Journal Star. an already unpredictClare also told able race as a strong the Journal Star he is possible choice for the clare “sad for the families of Republican nomination.

(Sheehy) and his team.”

Clare spoke with Clare said he plans Gov. Dave Heineman on to talk the decision to enter the race Saturday to tell him he is “going to over with his wife, Amy, and his five take another look” at possibly enterchildren before making a family deing the race after Sheehy’s deparcision. He said his next step would ture widened the GOP campaign be to visit leaders throughout the field, according to the Journal Star.

He said he considered running late state, and he plans to make a final last fall but decided that was not the ideal time.

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Donations push CBA toward building goals

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On campus what: Oishiiyaki sale by the Global Friends of Japan Where: Nebraska Union plaza when: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

what: Heads vs. Feds: The Debate Over the Legalization of Marijuana, sponsored by University Program Council where: Centennial Room, Nebraska Union when: 7:30 p.m.

In Lincoln what: Nebraska Citizens for Science Forum, “History of Science: From Feudalism to Industrialism” where: Saint Paul United Methodist Church, 1144 M St., room 145 when: 7 p.m.

Funds raised for brand new CBA facilities reach $24 million Staff Report DN Fundraising for a new College of Business Administration building at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is nearly a third of the way complete, according to representatives from the University of Nebraska Foundation.

Matt Boyd, director of development for the new CBA building, said about $24 million in private donations has been raised since fundraising efforts began last September. The goal is to raise $84 million to go toward the new building.

“We got off to a quick start, and we feel like we’re definitely on track,” Boyd said.

The names of donors are not being released yet, but Boyd said there have been four separate gifts that were greater than $2.5 million, and one of those donations was $10 million. “(The foundation) almost exclusively meets with alumni and businesses to talk about their philanthropic interests,” Boyd said. “The majority of what we do is meet one-on-one with potential donors.”

Boyd said there isn’t a specific timeline for when fundraising will be complete, although he said the NU Foundation hopes to have raised the necessary funds within three years. He said three foundation employees are dedicated full time to the CBA project.

“We know that after a year and a half we will have asked for enough money,” he said. “It’s

hard to predict how long it will take to raise all of the funds, though, because we are on the timeline of the donors.”

Fundraising coordinators estimate that donations greater than $25,000 will contribute to 93 percent of the total fundraising goal, while gifts less than $25,000 will make up the remaining 7 percent.

“Our main focus is on these larger gifts while another group works on smaller fundraising donations,” Boyd said. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved construction of a new CBA building at its meeting last September. The 240,000-square-foot facility will more than double the college’s current space, which is housed in a building constructed in 1919 that hasn’t had significant renovations since 1993. A new building will include increased classroom and office space, as well as more lounge areas for students to utilize.

The business college saw the largest increase in enrollment among colleges at UNL this year, with a 4.5 percent overall increase, including a 25.4 percent increase in the number of firsttime freshmen, according to university figures. The college has an enrollment goal of 5,000 students by 2017, which would increase the college’s size by more than 40 percent.

Boyd said initial reactions to the CBA building fundraising effort have been positive, and he is looking forward to continuing to raise money for the project.

“We’re very optimistic,” he said. “We believe in this project.

We’re excited about the response we’ve received from the alumni and businesses we’ve talked to.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Plastic iPhone 5 could sacrifice quality for price

Kelli rollin Apple’s iPhone has taken the smartphone world by storm over the past few years. A record 47.8 million iPhones were sold from

Sept. 29 to Dec. 29 in 2012, according to an Apple press release.

That number could skyrocket even more, with talk of a release of a more affordable iPhone.

Business Insider reported that Apple may release a cheaper version of the iPhone 5 later in 2013.

The rumors said Apple would replace the metal backing with plastic to reduce cost.

Some people may be skeptical of Apple’s attempt to replace its quality materials with plastic. For college students, money is always an issue. But the possibility of a cheaper iPhone could offer students a way to save money while still keeping up with the latest technology trends.

In terms of quality, Morgan

Yates, a sophomore iPhone owner and anthropology major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, doesn’t think the release of a cheaper iPhone would be a good idea.

“I don’t think it would withstand as much,” she said. “It would be more easily broken. I think people will probably back away from it more, just because a lot of people are driven to the fact that (the original iPhone is) more expensive because it’s more quality. So I don’t think people will buy the cheaper one.”

When buying a phone, she said she considers price a “huge factor.” Yates said when she broke her old smartphone her mom had to pay for an iPhone at full price.

It’ll sell more, I’m sure, because people complain now that they are too expensive.”

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This experience made her wary of cheaper materials.

If she were to buy her phone, Yates said there would be the possibility of getting the cheaper iPhone. Despite her opinions about the quality of the plastic, Yates mentioned ways she could deal with the issue.

“There’s so many covers, too, that can also protect it,” she said.

John Gallagher, a freshman pre-health major and iPhone owner, said a release of a cheaper

iPhone isn’t a big deal.

“I’m sure it’ll still be a pretty nice version, just plastic,” he said.

He noted that up until recently, Apple made MacBooks with plastic and people still bought them. Now that the iPhone may have a cheaper, plastic version available, he said the product could go over well.

“It’ll sell more, I’m sure, because people complain now that they are too expensive,” Gallagher said.

UHC privatization to appear on ASUN election ballot ASUN also passed student fee proposals, voted down voter’s guide Conor Dunn DN University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will now be able to officially voice their opinions on the privatization of the University Health Center.

At the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s Wednesday meeting, the senate unanimously passed legislation to add the question “Do you support the Bryan/University Health Center proposal to privatize the University Health Center operations?” to the ASUN elections ballot March 6.

“This is a non-binding vote,” said ASUN president Eric Kamler, a senior agricultural economics major. “But it could have a very heavy weight on the Board of Regents’ decision.”

UNL officials have said they plan to present a contract with Bryan Health to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents at its March 15 meeting.

ASUN also unanimously passed all of the University Program and Facilities Fees Fund B appropriations submitted by the Committee for Fees Allocation.

The most significant change from the 2012-2013 UPFF funding came from CFA’s decision to increase student fees for Transit Ser-

vices by 9.6 percent. Students cur- Recreation for the construction of a rently pay $15.46 per semester. For new facility.

“This is ultimately to support the 2013-2014 year, students will pay $25.09 per semester for Transit Ser- the new building,” Wehrbein said.

CFA appropriated a 1.6 percent vices. decrease in funding to the health CFA Chair Kalby Wehrbein, a senior mechanized systems manage- center as requested by the UHC. ment major, said the large increase Wehrbein said this was possible beis necessary to cover the costs of the cause the health center eliminated new bus fleet StarTran Bus Service is open staff positions and lab supplies that were no longer needed. expected to operate by September.

ASUN also voted down legisla“This is essentially phase two of the transition from the university tion that would’ve created a voter inrunning its buses to contracting with formation guide on ASUN’s website, StarTran,” Wehrbein said. “After the but senators had submitted an offifive-year contract, we will see a de- cial complaint of the vote to Marlene crease in student fees (for Transit Beyke, ASUN director, and Kaitlin Mazour, internal vice president, at Services).”

CFA also decreased $40,000 in press time.

The bill would’ve asked candifunding to the Nebraska Unions dates in ASUN’s Readership Proupcoming elections gram, which to say why they provides the free “It’s not our decided to run for national newsparesponsibility an elected posipers distributed around campus. to do the candidate’s tion and what they hope to accomplish Wehrbein said in their term of ofCFA believed it job for them.” fice. The profile was necessary Claire Eckstrom would’ve included to cut back the asun senator a candidate-profunding because vided photo as well students aren’t reading newspapers as much as in as the candidate’s name, college, major, affiliated student election group the past.

One senator asked if CFA had and position he or she is running for.

The candidates would’ve had to considered providing students with an online subscription to the news- submit their profiles to Sen. Micah papers’ websites. However, Wehr- Wullschleger, a senior English and bein said there isn’t a subscription anthropology major, by Feb. 19. The for the student body, only for indi- information would’ve then been put vidual college students who sub- on the ASUN website the following day. scribe for the collegiate discount.

Some senators believed the CFA also appropriated a 4.2 percent increase in funding to Campus information provided by ASUN

would become biased if not all of the candidates sent in their information.

Some senators felt it was the campaigning party’s responsibility to get word out about its candidates through its campaigning on campus and websites and not ASUN’s.

“It’s not our responsibility to do the candidate’s job for them,” said Sen. Claire Eckstrom, a junior textiles, merchandise and fashion design major.

Other senators didn’t want one person, who would’ve been appointed by Kamler, to control what gets put on the website. Originally, the Electoral Commission was asked to review the profiles but didn’t want to contribute to something it saw as censoring students, according to Wullschleger.

However, other senators felt the voter information guide would provide students the tools needed to make an informed vote on the ballots.

“If they aren’t willing to take 10 minutes to fill out this profile, then what kind of time are they willing to commit to ASUN in general?” said Sen. Allison Morton, a junior psychology major.

That bill was denied 12 for, 10 against and 2 abstaining.

The senate also unanimously passed legislation to maintain the technology fee at $7.35 per credit hour for 2013-2014, selected the University of Minnesota as its opponent in the annual Migration Game on Oct. 26 and endorsed the Big Red Challenge setting up an obstacle race on campus benefitting wounded veterans and the children

student fee appropriations approved by asun campus rec:

general operations:

$5,914,872 ($5,636,432 last year) facilities: $916,000 ($916,000 last year) nebraska unions: general operations: $4,040,125 ($4,040,125 last year) newspaper program: $160,000 ($200,000 last year) transit services: $1,148,912 ($707,873 last year) university health center: $5,927,118 ($6,021,643 last year) debt service on facilities: $4,245,626 ($3,614,426 last year) total fund b upff: $22,352,653 (21,136,499 last year) of fallen service members.

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Gallagher said he didn’t pay for his current iPhone, but if he had to, he wouldn’t rule out buying the cheaper one.

“I’d rather buy one that had metal, obviously,” he said, “but I suppose if it had everything on the inside and it was known to be as secure and as safe, I suppose I would.”

Gallagher said by releasing a cheaper version of the iPhone, Apple could gain more fans. He said he thinks some people might consider the company as being geared toward certain people because of their expensive products.

By releasing the cheaper phone, he said the company would appeal to a wider variety of people. news@ dailynebraskan.com

clare: from 1 decision most likely by this spring.

If elected governor, Clare would leave his successful law practice while facing the expenses of four of his children attending college. Two are currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“But if you wait for the right time, there may never be a right time,” Clare told the Journal Star.

Clare is currently a partner at Rembolt Ludtke Law Firm along with Mark Fahleson, who will leave his position as Republican state chairman in March, according to the Journal Star.

Clare told the Journal Star he would focus on “promoting the state, educating its young people, growing the state’s economy.”

He also said he has had a number of elected leaders, business owners and civic leaders from around the state reach out to him to encourage him to enter the gubernatorial race.

Clare is a political conservative, was elected to the NU Board of Regents in 2008 and was elected chairman earlier this year. He is also one of the three members of the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency, which is the group that oversees construction of the new Pinnacle Bank Arena.

He graduated from UNL with his bachelor’s of science in 1985 and went on to earn his juris doctorate degree from Creighton University School of Law in 1992.

If Clare officially enters the race, he will most likely join several other potential candidates including State Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Health officials warn of energy drink hazards andrew barry dn Anais Fournier ’s parents blame 48 ounces of Monster Energy drink for the heart attack that killed their daughter more than a year ago.

Since then, the US Food and Drug Administration has investigated the specifics of five deaths linked to Monster and 13 deaths linked to 5-hour Energy. The FDA reported in January that hospitalizations due to energy drink consumption have doubled since 2007, with 20,000 reported incidents in 2011.

Yet, the energy drink i n d u s t r y raked in more than $8 billion in sales between 2011 and 2012, according to a Beverage Industry report.

And energy drinks and energy shots saw a 19.4 percent and 8.5 percent boost in sales, respectively. Even as some experts warn Americans to treat energy drinks like drugs, consumers keep coming back for more.

Take University of NebraskaLincoln sophomore mechanical engineering major Riley Jones.

“I drink a lot of Monster, just cause I like it,” he said. “I’ve been drinking them for a long time, so (Monster) doesn’t really affect me.”

Monster brand drinks took a 30 percent share of the energy drink market last year, according to the Beverage Industry report.

Although Fournier ’s parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit, the company continues to deny any connection to her death.

The medical issues associated with the energy drink industry have largely been identified with high amounts of caffeine.

“The effects of caffeine are one of the major problems,” Uni-

equal to the amount found in the 16-ounce Monster. In a compilation of statistics, the website Statistic Brain found that Americans drank approximately 3.1 cups of coffee a day at an average of 9 ounces per cup. This is 558 mg of caffeine per day, almost twice the suggested healthy amount.

But there isn’t a significant amount of data to suggest a link between illness or death and an active love for coffee. In a series of five studies conducted between 2001 and 2011 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Murray Mittleman and a team of researchers found that regular coffee drinkers actually have a lower risk of heart failure.

The findings have led some doctors to think that the medical issues associated with energy drinks ian tredway | dn may have other causes, such as ingredients other than tions. The Mayo Clinic’s website caffeine. reports symptoms include in“It’s just kind of scary to creased heartbeat, muscle tremlook at some of the ingredients ors and insomnia. Caffeine has that they add,” Widga said. “We also been known to cause heart don’t have a lot of clear research palpitations and increased blood on what they do.” pressure, among other medical There is little legislation concerns. regulating the energy drink in“The adverse effects are not dustry currently, but because of clearly stated,” Widga said. “I the FDA’s findings, Congress is certainly wouldn’t recommend investigating the issue. Widga an energy drink for anybody.” has some suggestions on how Some medical professionUNL students can stay alert and als worry that blaming caffeine healthy. overdosing may be off-base. Ac“The best way for college cording to the Mayo Clinic, a kids or anybody to get energy is moderate and healthy dose of to eat more healthy, to get seven caffeine is between 200 to 300 mg or eight hours of sleep and to try per day. The traditional 16-ounce to be active on a regular basis,” Monster only has 160 mg. While she said. “And that’s tough for the amount of caffeine in coffee college kids, but it really, really varies by company and method works.” of brewing, reports indicate that news@ an eight ounce cup of coffee can dailynebraskan.com have up to 160 mg of caffeine, versity Health Center registered dietitian Anne Widga said.

Overdosing on caffeine – consuming more than 500 to 600 mg a day, according to the Mayo Clinic - has some serious side effects, especially if the person has any underlying heart condi-

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Citizens protest missing sidewalks tammy bain dn Jacob Masek is afraid to go down the street.

Masek is a paraplegic, and construction outside his apartment at the Sullivan Building has left sidewalks on either side of 8th Street, between R and Q streets, closed.

“I don’t have a job, but I can’t stay inside all day,” said Masek, who said he has to take the long way around his building to cross the street. And it’s no easy feat when he pedals with his hands.

Located at 311 N 8th St., the Sullivan Building is right across from a hotel being built on the east side of the street. While Roger Figard, a city engineer in Lincoln, didn’t know the exact hotel being built, he said the missing sidewalks on 8th Street were due to a lack of communication.

When a developer or contractor plans to build or remodel a building, he or she is required to visit the Public Works and Utilities Department and obtain a right-of-way permit, according to Figard.

“When they get that, we ask how they will provide reasonable access for pedestrians, as well as cars,” he said.

In this case, the right-of-way permit was given to a contractor.

“They didn’t actually have a plan or drawing,” Figard said. “We just told them they needed to provide that.”

Instead, the contractor, whose name Figard couldn’t remember, removed the existing brick of the sidewalk, leaving no room for pedestrians to walk — or, in Masek’s case, pedal.

Figard said the construction that closed both sides of 8th Street was simply missed among all the other Haymarket construction underway, and he apologized. On Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, staff from the Public Works and Utilities Department spent time where sidewalks were closed off, trying to find pedestrian

ian tredway | dn access. Figard said right now they are looking at moving existing parking meters, giving pedestrians a walkway during construction.

“I don’t want to make people go all the way around the block from R to 7th (streets),” Figard said.

Jessee Puente, Masek’s friend, said he also faced a challenge when jogging to the Sullivan Building to meet Masek on Wednesday afternoon.

“I shouldn’t be running in the street, but there’s nowhere else to run,” he said. “It’s dangerous.”

Employees of a Lincoln business located in the Sullivan building who wished to remain anonymous said the construction is most inconvenient when walking to work after parking.

Meetings are also held at the

business, which is inconvenient for people who park and walk to the meetings, one employee said.

“I don’t know if it’s dangerous per se, but it’s just kind of crappy,” she said.

“If we want to go eat, we have to walk into traffic,” said another.

Karen Shinn, owner and manager of Bread & Cup, located at 440 N 8th St., said the construction is worst when it’s icy.

“You’re trusting cars not to slide into you,” she said.

Still, Shinn’s customers haven’t stopped coming, she said.

“I feel like if this is their destination, they’re going to get here regardless,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

tax: from 1 the state.

“Taxes have very little to do with where you live,” Fry said.

Among those opposing the bill are: The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Nebraska Bankers Association, the Nebraska Retail Federation and the Nebraska Federation of Independent Business-Nebraska.

Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle also announced his opposition Tuesday.

“If the governor is serious about tax reform, I would urge him to bring all stakeholders to the table to develop a comprehensive tax package that is fair, balanced and benefits all Nebraskans,” Suttle said in a statement.

The University of NebraskaLincoln Residence Hall Association opposes LB405. RHA passed a resolution Tuesday against it because removing the tax exemptions would raise residence hall prices by 7 percent.

Meg Brannen, a senior advertising and public relations major and RHA president, testified against the bill on behalf of RHA. She said the bill would add $667 to the cost of housing at UNL. Brannen told the committee about how she pays for college. She works two jobs in order to pay for her expenses.

“To me, $667 is another 92 hours I have to work,” she said.

Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont responded to Brannen, citing the two-year tuition freeze as a way to reduce the cost caused by the bill.

“There has to be some give and take,” Janssen said.

Brannen responded to Janssen saying the increased cost might deter students from going to UNL. “We should not be adding obstacles and barriers,” Brannen said.

Joseph Henchman, vice president of the Tax Foundation, testified in support of the bill. He said that the numerous shifts to tax policy result in a convoluted tax system that hinders growth.

He described the sales tax exemptions as the government picking “winners and losers” in various industries.

“Tax systems must be perceived as fair by those that pay them,” Henchman said.

Doug Ewald, Nebraska Tax Commissioner, said the bill would create tangible cost savings for fiscal year 2015.

“The choice is between keeping the status quo and remaining competitive,” Ewald said.

Sens. Harr, Hadley and Paul Schumacher of Columbus questioned Ewald on how the bill could affect specific groups of individuals, but Ewald wasn’t able to provide answers.

Heineman first mentioned his plan during his State of the

To me, $667 is another 92 hours I have to work.”

Meg brannen senior adpr major

State address on Jan. 15. Three days later, Heineman released the details of his plan and McCoy and Ashford introduced the bills.

The hearing for LB406 is planned for Thursday afternoon.

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Legalizing marijuana will add another substance for citizens to harm themselves with, society has nothing to gain by legalizing weed

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re we a country that supports marijuana consumption? Never mind the pragmatism or the fiscal responsibility.

What kind of message do we send when we legalize a potentially dangerous substance?

Washington and Colorado recently voted to legalize marijuana possession and consumption, despite the federal laws that still prohibit it. The amendments allow patrons 21 or older to possess one ounce or less of marijuana.

They are only permitted to use it in private areas. The amendments still prohibit the sale of marijuana among users and there are not yet any regulated, non-medical marijuana dispensaries.

Proponents of overall marijuana legalization see this as an important gain that is loosening the stigma against the substance.

Some even praise its potential benefits for medicinal therapy or at least argue that it’s not as harmful as alcohol or tobacco.

The scientific evidence for and against marijuana legalization is controversial. The Office of National Drug Control Policy cites studies that show marijuana consumption can be addictive and lead to other harmful behavior such as addiction to other substances and even violence. Users risk long-term physical and psychological effects such as chronic respiratory conditions and mood and memory problems.

Proponents claim that marijuana can be consumed responsibly. Marijuana is victim to a harsh stigma when it’s no more harmful than tobacco or alcohol. Marijuana can even be consumed for medicinal purposes. Medical marijuana is already legal in 18 states and the District of Columbia.

There is significant research to prove both the harmful and beneficial effects of marijuana. At this point, disputing the validity of each case and weighing a benefit and harm against each other is useless. We should accept that there are both. However, the risk of addiction, abuse and ill health effects are a proven trend among marijuana and other drug users, while the benefits are not absolute cures for any ailments. They are therapeutic at best.

Some claim that marijuana legalization simply makes sense to protect the American taxpayer.

The government spends millions of dollars every year trying to curb drug trafficking, but many find it a waste of resources. Proponents say the governmental tactics against marijuana are mostly a result of a negative and poorly constructed stigma against marijuana as an absolutely harmful substance.

The money spent on the war on drugs may not justify mixed results. However, the marijuana

population and enforcing legal amounts of possession and consumption.

Governmental resources will be stretched in new ways and, in addition, the government would be sending a mixed message of supposed approval and prohibition. Consumers will have to be educated on the legal bounds.

But when many are already in the habit of illegal choices, they cannot be trusted to follow governmental limits.

Proponents also argue that the JANE SEU government should act on its own principles by comparing the case industry also encourages other for marijuana to that of tobacco dangerous and illegal behavior and alcohol, two disputed but lesuch as violence and exploitation. gal substances.

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Columnists question if recreational use of marijuana should be legalized at federal level in response to recent laws in Washington and Colorado

Marijuana is no worse than tobacco, alcohol; Like other drugs, legalization should come with proper restrictions, regulations, taxes

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’ve never smoked marijuana. I have no idea how it feels to be stoned. So the current drug laws work for me because they don’t affect me. Still, just because I’m fine with it doesn’t mean everyone else is, and it doesn’t mean the laws are right. That’s why discussions about marijuana legalization – like the one hosted today by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln – are a good thing.

Legalizing pot would mean EMME GRAFTON that it could be freely used and sold by adults under a system However, the National Instiof regulation. Alcohol is an ex- tute on Drug Abuse says chronic ample of a legalized drug. In our marijuana use can “lead to decountry, people of a certain age creased brain functions.” Smokcan make, sell and consume al- ing cigarettes or consuming alcohol. Just about the only time cohol can cloud your brain, too, you can get punished for having but they are both legal. a beer is when you’re in a car On that note, pot is actually or when you’re making a scene safer than alcohol. When conin public. Legalizing marijuana sidering chemical toxicity, mariwould mean treating it like aljuana is “about a hundred times cohol, rather than cocaine or ansafer than alcohol.” The U.S. other hard drug.

Centers for Disease Control and Right now, marijuana is Prevention doesn’t even have a treated like cocaine. It’s curcategory for deaths caused by rently illegal for people to use marijuana use. It’s virtually impot for recreational purposes. possible to overdose from mariRegular Joes can’t grow it in juana. You can’t say the same for their backyards without facing alcohol. jail time and a fine. In Nebraska, As for tobacco, it can cause you’re fined up to $300 if you emphysema and lung cancer. have one ounce or Pot use is not less of marijuana linked to eion you. If you’re In a perfect ther of those carrying more than illnesses.

Acworld, people one pound of the cording to Dr. stuff, you can get would only drive Richard Beassent to prison for ley, director of when they weren’t five years and have the Medical Reto pay a $10,000 under the influence search Institute fine. of New ZeaMarijuana is of any substance. land, a study the most widely But our world isn’t showed only used illegal drug in one of the pot perfect, and pot the world, so those smokers had punishments seem isn’t worse than emphysema, a tad strange. Acbut 15 of the cording to TIME, alcohol. We’d just cigarette smoksomewhere be- have to design ers did. Anothtween 119 million er study found laws to control and 224 million no connection adults worldwide stoned driving, between mariuse the drug. juana and lung Also, 56 percent of much like we do cancer.

That Americans support with drunk drivers.” means pot can legalizing marijuacause “airflow na for recreational obstruction” use. (because come So why are on, it’s smoke, people still talking about this? after all) at best.

One argument is that smokMarijuana is harmful, but so ing marijuana is unhealthy. So is are smoking and drinking. So smoking tobacco, and yet ciga- the current drug laws are rather rettes are free to buy in every gas hypocritical, in that respect. station you see. Fatty foods and At any rate, harming youralcohol are also bad for you, but self is one thing, but harming there are a ton of liquor stores others is quite another. Some get and McDonald’s in America. nervous at the thought of people Have we forgotten about “driving around stoned out of medical marijuana? Pot iss used their brains.” Again, though, to decrease pain in patients, and think about alcohol. In 2010 it provides relief from nerve alone, 10,228 people died in aldamage and other injuries. cohol-impaired driving crashes.

Smoking weed also increases the Driving drunk is illegal, but alappetites of cancer patients un- cohol is legal. dergoing chemotherapy.

In a perfect world, people

would only drive when they weren’t under the influence of any substance. But our world isn’t perfect, and pot isn’t worse than alcohol. We’d just have to design laws to control stoned driving, much like we do with drunk drivers.

On a different note, many are worried that legalizing marijuana would send a confusing message. Legalizing it would make it seem like it’s a good idea to smoke pot. That’s what happened with smoking tobacco, after all. It’s not like we have educational programs set up that tackle this issue. Kids don’t take health classes in high school where they learn how tobacco gives you lung cancer and emphysema. We just send them out into the world completely uneducated about drugs! Right.

As for the argument about pot and crime, just ask California. Between 2010 and 2011, the state had a 20 percent decrease in underage crime. Homicide went down by 26 percent. A study done by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice showed that the relaxed marijuana possession laws deserve the credit for this change.

And take a look at the numbers. According to the FBI, there were 1.5 million drug arrests in the U.S. in 2011. That’s one marijuana arrest every 42 seconds.

In 2010, our federal government spent over $15 billion in the war on drugs . Then the state and local governments spent another combined $25 billion. That’s a ton of freaking money that could be used for better things.

Our government wouldn’t have to enforce the prohibition rules if pot was legal. That would save exactly $8.7 billion a year. Also, legalized pot would yield another $46.7 billion a year in tax revenue.

Legalization doesn’t mean that pot smokers would suddenly overrun the world. Colorado seems to be doing fine, now that its residents can use marijuana recreationally. Just like with beer or cigarettes, adults 21 and older can buy pot for personal use.

The key here is the restrictions Colorado applied to the use of pot. Colorado residents can’t use their pot in public. They can still get fired if they test positive for pot at work. And if they drive with copious amounts of THC (the primary ingredient in pot) in their blood, they get in trouble.

In the end, that’s all it would take: restrictions, regulations and taxes.

We’re not a drug-free nation when it comes to marijuana. It’s time to own up to it.

Emme Grafton is a junior English major.

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Up in Smoke

story by Cara Wilwerding | art by Natalia Kraviec

Nebraska Smoking Ban hinders attempts to open a hookah bar in Lincoln, denying underage students an after-hours activity

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tudents say it’s time for hookah to make an appearance in Lincoln’s nightlife.

While the downtown streets boast plenty of hangouts for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students of age, those under 21 may wonder where to turn. Students such as Molly Rezich, a freshman music performance major, think a hookah lounge would be a worthwhile addition to the downtown scene.

“I think it would be a super lucrative business,” Rezich said.

“You can’t smoke in the dorms, so if there was one close to campus, that would make sense.”

Marco Serrano, co-owner of Omaha’s Hookah 402, thinks a hookah bar would provide students with more options for time off from busy study schedules. He also said he hopes to build camaraderie between patrons by hosting local bands and open

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Footloose & Fancy offers trends, customer service yuliYa petrova dn

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Senior music major Brittany Bydelak records her album “Cold Sun.” Throughout last semester, Bydelak wrote songs for her upcoming album.

Relationships, colors inspire music major’s debut album ally phillips dn Local singer-songwriter Brittany Bydalek’s inspiration to create an organic, stripped-down sound for her first album “Cold Sun,” ranged from relationships to visual beauty.

Throughout the time Bydalek, a senior music composition major, has spent discovering her style and niche within the singer-songwriter world, she said she has realized the importance of the people in her life and how they can affect her music.

“Almost everything that’s happened in your life has to seep through in your songs,” she said.

“So never date a songwriter, which Taylor Swift has shown everybody.”

Bydalek began writing songs in sixth grade when her guitar teacher, Sommer Waite asked her to sing along with what she was playing.

“I hated it, and my voice was really weak,” Bydalek said. “I would battle her on it.”

As she got older, she enjoyed singing more and began writing her own songs.

Bydalek came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study music and became interested in composition. She said her classmates in Westbrook are extremely beneficial to her work.

“A lot of what’s happened in the music building is just forming relationships with people who are really talented,” Bydalek said, “and learning how important it is to not only gain connections but gain friendships with people ... who are passionate about what they do and you can collaborate on things.”

Bydalek has wanted to release an album for a few years, but it was too expensive.

“I wanted to either have a good CD, or not really do it until I could do a good CD,” Bydalek said.

After saving up money, Bydalek decided to make an EP for her senior thesis project saying she wanted to go big or go home.

While discovering her identity

as an artist, Bydalek looked at other singer-songwriters for inspiration — the band Nickel Creek, for example. She said their song, “Should’ve Known Better” heavily inspired one of her songs.

“It’s not half as cool as (Nickel Creek) at all,” Bydalek said. “If I could reach half the coolness of Nickel Creek, I would be so happy.”

Throughout the recording process, Bydalek was able to collaborate with Lexi Woodard and her quartet, as well as Philip Zach.

Woodard graduated from UNL and plays viola. She has been friends with Bydalek for a few years and has played Bydalek’s compositions multiple times.

“It’s really interesting to see how she’s progressed so much because, with her first piece that I ever played on, it was great writing, but it was a really academic approach to string writing,” Woodard said, “which is to be expected for the first writing of your string

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Footloose & Fancy’s story began back in 1975, when the store only sold Birkenstocks.

Now Lincoln has two Footloose & Fancy locations. The downtown branch was recently renamed Threads-Footloose & Fancy and has sold apparel since July 2012, along with the assortment of footwear brands for which the company is known.

In 1995 Jane Stricker was hired on and found the store was a perfect fit for her. It sold a basic and necessary part of everyone’s daily outfit, but also a part some people regard as the most important: shoes.

“I’ve always loved shoes as a little girl, so that’s why initially I got the job,” Stricker said.

Stricker graduated with a bachelor ’s degree of fine arts in ceramics and didn’t have specific knowledge about the business side of the shoe world, other than the years of experience she had working at Footloose & Fancy.

Stricker explained she continues to learn more about the shoe business by traveling to markets and visiting places such as Las Vegas and Salt Lake City to attend training sessions.

Stricker takes her husband and co-owner of Footloose & Fancy, Matt, to the sessions.

The store hasn’t only taught her about selling shoes; it’s also where she met Matt. He stopped in to have a pair of Birkenstock Derby’s repaired and met Jane.

Between 2001 and 2002, the couple married and decided to become owners of both Footloose & Fancy locations.

The two said they enjoy being part of a company whose philosophy is to fit and style people for everyday life, fusing fashion with function.

“It’s a store that’s great for finding brands that you can’t find anywhere else,” said Haleigh Riggle, lead merchandiser at Footloose & Fancy, as well as a Newton shoe brand representative. “It’s a very relaxed atmosphere, (here at Threads) cool innovative products.”

Stricker said she enjoys having Threads located downtown because she remembers shopping downtown as a child, and she loved the idea of having a store downtown.

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Maria Voronina and Eric Sullivan talk with Haleigh Riggle, lead merchandiser, and Rich Haggins, sales associate of ThreadsFootloose & Fancy on Wednesday. “It’s really chill, and since it’s a small company you get your hand in everything,” Riggle said.

“Being downtown, you get a wide range of customers.”

Stricker explained customers are able to pick out an entire outfit at the Threads-Footloose & Fancy location. The other Footloose & Fancy, however, which is located at 70th Street and Pioneers Boulevard, doesn’t carry clothing. Threads sells everyday wear including dresses, pants, sweaters, even denim brands like Lucky. The store also sells workout clothes and carries popular brands like UGG and Ecco. But trends are constantly changing, and Threads is no different than any other store trying to keep up with what’s in style.

“We bring in fresh brands — keep evolving — trying to find new brands,” Stricker said.

“Sperry’s are back into fashion, (so) making sure we stay fashion-driven.”

She said she and the employees at Threads-Footloose & Fancy are more than just sales associates; they are trained and specially educated through the 3point5 program. Employees utilize their expertise about shoe and clothing brands to help customers. They know how the shoes are made, what the soles are made of and whether clothing fabric is waterproof. Employees have tried on all the clothes and are aware of how things fit and look. All the focal points of each brand are known so associates can effectively assist cus-

tomers that walk through the door.

Stricker said Threads-Footloose & Fancy prides itself on being a “sit-and-fit” customer service type of store: Customers are fitted and consulted on which shoe is right for them based factors such as the size, foot ailments, heel spurs or fallen arches.

Threads spreads customer service throughout the city of Lincoln. They participate in a shoe drive, where people can drop off gently worn shoes for Threads to donate to the People’s City Mission and Friendship Home. Stricker said most brands sold at Threads have a story behind them. For instance, TOMS Shoes works on providing shoes for children in need.

“We’ve taken on clothing, so we can give that same customer service for clothes, same quality service for clothes (just like we do for shoes),” Stricker said.

Along with the spirit of customer service, Stricker explained the importance of being passionate in one’s profession.

“You have to love what you do, wake up every morning and be excited to go to work,” Stricker said. “This is my environment.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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New generation realizes a different reality NEW GAME PLUS B

nathan sindelar View of reality varies between older, younger generations Parents always seem to have that quirky way of introducing their children, you know, the lighthearted jokes that break the ice at family and friendly gatherings.

For me, it began with names and a handshake, a “nice to meet you” and then the kicker, their go-to line of dialogue.

“His virtual life is better than his real one,” my parents would say.

In junior high and high school, when things like free time existed, my favorite extracurricular activities involved pressing buttons and making things on screen jump and shoot.

Well, it’s actually still my favorite pastime, but whatever. The hours in my basement bedroom, oblivious to the world outside of “Metal Gear Solid” and “Shadow of the Colossus” probably justified the saying.

The adults laughed that same “ha-ho-ha” they always did.

“Video games, am I right?” And I laughed too. What else does

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one do in the face of insistent reiteration, time and again? While I heard a thousand variations, to each new guest or acquaintance, the punchline delivered anew.

“Yeah, in there, he’s saving the world, but out here...” They left the silence to finish the jest, a love-filled poke at the ribs.

It was funny. My parents were funny. But outside of starting conversations, the idea brings to mind an important question.

Are my memories, my experiences and profuse amounts of time spent after football practices and on Saturday mornings somehow less than, in some way different? Extend that thought.

Are those same parts of life, for millions of people around the world, less than or separate from “reality?”

Hopefully, the answer is no.

I doubt my dad divided his basketball life and his real life.

Are all those evenings spent on the driveway court, the ones that stretched into the next morning with a group of buddies, different from reality?

I remember his stories. He described his crew as psychos and fanatics. They lived for their sports, their games. In the winter, they rotated two basketballs in and out of play. When one became too frozen to bounce, it went inside to thaw while the replacement came out of hibernation and allowed the game to continue.

When I buy an Xbox 360 controller, is that any different than

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“It’s just been so cool to see someone I know just make these huge leaps musically and turn into someone who I could actually see doing this for a living,” Woodard added.

While composing music, Bydalek said she keeps in mind the person who inspired the song.

“Knowing what (the players) are passionate about and knowing what they can really get into is really important too,” Bydalek said.

“Musicians won’t play things super well if they aren’t passionate about it. They’ll play it adequately, but they won’t put much heart in it.”

Woodard’s quartet plays in two of Bydalek’s songs, “Rhyme” and “Tranquility.” Woodard said she understands the message behind “Tranquility” and envisions it being clear for others as well.

“It has just a really beautiful concept, so I felt like our group really enjoyed thinking about tranquil, peace, harmony within yourself and how do you transfer the music she wrote into that feeling,” Woodard said. “She loves that piece, and I see so much of her personality coming through it. The lyrics she wrote are so personal to her, but so universal. She just really captures the human emotion in all of her writing.”

Zach is the owner and musical producer at The Grid Studio in Lincoln. When Bydalek proposed recording at his studio, he said he was excited.

During the first few conversations between Zach and Bydalek, his goal was to help her grow even more as an artist.

“That’s part of the process: figuring out what she wants and then chasing it in the studio,” Zach said.

Bydalek said Zach’s musical style allowed her to break away from what she is familiar with and experiment with new sounds.

“I didn’t want to have my first

the Spalding they spent $50 on? them, situating the game simultaneously in a virtual and physiIs my Playstation 3 console so far removed from the football field, cal realm.

This is augmented reality. Or, the court and hoop? In size ceras the Oxford English Dictionary tainly, but in function I’m not so sure. I’ll never forget my long defines it, “the use of technolnights of “Call of Duty,” shout- ogy which allows the perception of the physical world to be ening, laughing and competing hanced or modified by computwith friends via Internet connection, across space, into the wee er-generated stimuli perceived with the aid of special equiphours. ment.”

Maybe the conception points As our technologies advance, to a generational divide, a difference in the way we perceive it seems the real and digital become more inseparable. life. I wonder if the kids who In the trailer for the upcomgrow up in a world where digiing documentary, “The Pirate tal representations of images and information are physical entities, Bay Away From Keyboard,” a film about the founders of the fully accessible to touch, slide, peer-to-peer file sharing website, click and interact with, will see The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde Kola separation in their experience. misoppi says, Apple sold “We don’t use nearly 50 million We don’t the exprescopies of its iPhone sion (in real last quarter, acuse the life). We say cording to a press expression ‘away from report. In onekeyboard.’ We fourth of a year, (in real life). We think the Interthe company sold net is for real.” nearly 50 million say ‘away from Is that an touch screen devic- keyboard.’ We think outlandish or es, and that’s not naive claim toonly ignoring its the Internet is for day? iPad but the pleth- real.”

In the end, ora of other touchpeter sunde I know my oriented smartkolmisoppi parents were phones, tablets and the pirate bay co-founder merely having computers made fun with me. by other companies Our lives are as well. This physidifferent, not necessarily for betcal interaction is pervasive. ter or worse, just separated by Does that make it more real? time and technology.

An upcoming game designed But the nature of play never

by NianticLabs@Google, “Ingress,” blends digital game sys- really changes, and lessons, extems with physical features of periences and memories created Earth. Statues, parks and librar- on the gridiron, in the paint or ies are turned into territories and even in Mario’s “Mushroom Kingdom” are equally as valulandmarks that players can hack able. and control. The game is made arts@ for Android devices, and playdailynebraskan.com ers must be within range of these special areas to interact with

CD be really sweetsie,” Bydalek said. “There are some sweetsie songs on there, but I’ve been able to work with him and get out of it a little bit and venture beyond where I normally have been.”

Zach said the combination of his and Bydalek’s styles is beneficial.

“I find that, many times, a collaboration from two completely different worlds ... can produce things that are better than each other by itself,” Zach said.

The themes of Bydalek’s EP are color, list and sunrise. Though her lyrics carry the themes, so does the tonality of the music.

“It’s like a grayscale painting with just a spot of color,” Zach said. “A lot of songs are like that with the acoustic treatments and then flourishes at the end of the last chorus or something that has a lot more richness in the sounds and the tones. They’re intentionally stripped away so you feel the absence and you feel the fullness at the end.”

One of the biggest support systems for Bydalek throughout the process of writing and recording her EP has been her fiance.

“Being in a relationship with him, provides more support to my music than I would have without him,” Bydalek said. “I feel like a lot of times people view relationships as things that drain you and suck the life out of you, but really it’s more life-giving and he has encouraged me more in the past couple of weeks more than anybody,” she said. “I don’t know if I would be able to do this as easily without him.”

Bydalek is releasing her EP under the name Brittany Leigh and has posted a version of “Tranquility” on her Facebook page. She is planning on releasing it in March and said she hopes to hold an event. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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health risks

Many hookah smokers believe that because the smoke goes through a water filtration system, it is safer than traditional cigarette smoke. While this filtration system may make the smoke less thick, the same chemical risks are present as with cigarette smoke.

“People using hookah aren’t using it daily or at every break like a cigarette smoker, but people are taking in more smoke when they do use it,” said Jeff Soukup, program manager with Tobacco Free Nebraska.

A study by the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis showed that in a 45-minute hookah session, smokers were exposed to three to nine times more carbon monoxide and 1.7 times more nicotine than in cigarette smoking.

Tia Macke, manager at G&G Smoke Shop, said some customers don’t know how to correctly load a hookah, which can make the smoke especially dangerous.

“It can be more harmful, depending on how long you have the coals burning and how close you have the coals burning to your tobacco,” Macke said. “You’re literally breathing in coal and carbon monoxide, so it’s a lot more risky.”

SMOKING BAN

A number of roadblocks, primarily stemming from Nebraska’s smoking ban, make the idea of a Lincoln hookah lounge seem farfetched.

The Nebraska Legislature implemented the Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act in 2008, which “eliminates smoking in enclosed indoor areas including restaurants, bars, keno establishments, horse racing venues and other workplaces.” Cigar bars such as Jake’s are exempt from the law, so long as they hold a Class C liquor license, do not sell food and do not permit the smoking of cigarettes. Occasionally Jake’s customers bring in their own hookah and supplies, rather than smoking cigars.

But Jamal Husein, co-owner of Sultana’s Khave, said he doesn’t think hookah and alcohol mix.

“For some reason, when people start drinking, they start losing concentration,” Husein said.

“When you do the hookah, you have to have charcoal involved in it and it’s a tall pipe. They start pulling the hoses, they might tip it, burn themselves, this and that.”

Other exemptions to the smoking ban have made hookah lounges possible, but not without their difficulties. Hookah smoke is allowed in tobacco-only retailers that do not also sell alcohol, food, drinks or gasoline.

Husein used to own Nebraska’s first and only hookah bar, one which also sold food and drinks.

He opened his shop on 1st Street and Cornhusker Highway in April 2003 but began experiencing difficulties when the smoking ban went into effect. He contacted lawyers, who recommended he make the lounge a private establishment.

“We made it a private club and ran it for about one year, and the health department told us we couldn’t do it anymore,” Husein said. “We had to close the shop.”

Searching for other options, Husein opened a tobacco retail store with his wife, Sana. They now sell customized hookahs, with up

to eight hoses, along with 10 different brands of shisha, or hookah tobacco.

START-UP

Despite the difficulties that they may face, Serrano has big plans for the future. He hopes to expand his business within the next year and open an additional lounge in Lincoln. While Serrano hasn’t decided on an exact location, he’s currently interested in a building on 9th and O streets.

“We have a lot of commuters from Lincoln during the weekend, and we had a lot of want for it, just from those people,” Serrano said.

“The scariest thing about it is, during the summer months, Lincoln is basically a ghost town. To break even, you have to do well in those nine (school) months.”

Serrano’s concerns don’t seem too extreme because he’s already done this once before. With the help of his brother, Stephan, he opened Hookah 402 on Aug. 22.

Hookah 402 is listed as a tobacco retail store, so it does not sell food or beverages. On the other side of the spectrum, Omaha’s Oasis Hookah Lounge is technically listed as a cigar bar, which can serve alcohol, but not food.

Starting a business can be difficult, Serrano said, but that difficulty is multiplied when smoke is involved.

“It took us nine months to find a place in a good location that was willing to have indoor smoking,” Serrano said. “People were so against smoking, especially because of the ban.”

To help ease these critics’ minds, Marco and Stephen talked to city officials about the chemistry behind hookah smoke.

“Cigarette smoke lingers and effects building but hookah smoke doesn’t affect the building, because it washes through that water and most of what you’re smoking is molasses anyways,” Serrano said.

While business has been steady so far, Serrano said he has doubts in the back of his mind. The everpresent possibility of a law change could put Hookah 402 — and the building owner — out of business for good.

“If the law changes all of the sudden – because Nebraska is pretty conservative – and puts me out of business, the leasers just lost out on that money and a five-year lease,” Serrano said. “But I’m pretty confident that it won’t change in the near future, at least in Omaha.”

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY

When it comes down to it, smoking hookah is a getaway.

“Rather than sitting around and watching a movie, I personally would rather talk, smoke hookah, hang out and have a good time,” Rezich said.

Husein, originally from Palestine, added hookah is not only a fun social outlet for college students, but also a way to continue Middle Eastern customs.

“It’s different overseas,” he said. “You walk to any corner and we have coffee shops with hookahs. It’s just more of a tradition; people go out in the week and smoke them.”

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Grant Perdue leaps into his routine during a match earlier this season. The Huskers travel to Las Vegas this weekend.

Perdue leads Huskers into Winter Cup Nebraska travels to Las Vegas for tournament behind sophomore Perdue

ished with college, he plans to take a year off from school to train for the Olympics.

After the year of training, Perdue has his mind set on a job he gained interest in from his favorite television show, “Entourage.”

Eric Bertrand The show is about the HolDN lywood life of an actor and his friends. Perdue would like to Who would’ve thought a birth- pursue a career as an entertainday party bounce house would ment lawyer or agent. spark legitimate athletic inter“I could represent actors or est? This was the case for Neeven athletes,” he said. “Just no braska’s All-American men’s average and no boring.” gymnast Grant Perdue.

The actor ’s agent in the Perdue was 4 years old doshow has the lifestyle Perdue ing flips in the bounce house at wants in the future. a friend’s birthday party. His He plans to go to the Unifriend’s parents persuaded Per- versity of Southern Califordue’s mother to sign him up for nia because of the specialized gymnastics. program there, and California Ever since then, gymnastics seems like the has consumed place he needs to Perdue’s life. He He will keep be, he said. has been practicAs for now, working on ing almost every Perdue will join day for the past one skill over and co-captain Eric 15 years, he said.

Schryver to repAt every practice over again until resent the Huskhe puts everyers in the Winter thing he has into it’s perfect.”

Cup in Las Vegas. training.

Chuck chmelka This compe“My one men’s gymnastics coach tition host more thought going than 90 of the into to the gym best gymnasts is making sure that when I’m from across the country, as well done with practice I will leave as a few Olympians. The threewithout a regret,” Perdue said. day tournament is an individual According to Nebraska meet where athletes try to score men’s gymnastics coach Chuck enough points to make the cut Chmelka, Perdue is an elegant, for each day. powerful and a stubborn gym“Our goal is to make it to nast. the second day,” Chmelka said.

“He is definitely a perfec- “Just to be to this meet is an tionist,” Chmelka said. “He will honor, and to make it to the seckeep working on one skill over ond day is a great honor, and and over again until it’s per- it’s an extreme honor to make fect.” the Senior National Team.”

Perdue admitted that’s true.

Although Schryver didn’t “There is no point in doing have as strong of a meet his last it unless it’s perfect,” he said. time out, he is determined to Perdue’s perfectionist style put it behind him. worked in the last meet against “It’s just a business trip,” Minnesota, where he finished Schryver said. “We are there to first in the floor exercise and compete.” vault.

With less at stake in this Chmelka said Perdue was tournament, Chmelka said it ala junior floor champion, which lows the players to go for riskier made him a highly sought after moves during their routines. as a recruit.

Even with the short week of “Every skill he does, he preperation, Chmelka said this makes it look so easy,” Chmelka should be a good meet. said. “That’s the mark of a good “I think both guys will go athlete.” out there and nail their events,” Perdue said he believes he he said. only has four more years of sports@ gymnastics left. Once he is findailynebraskan.com

extended preferred walk-on offers to around 15 kids, but due to a few logistical issues, he is not sure exThe future became a tiny bit clearer actly how many will join the team.

This class adds six scholarship for Nebraska football Wednesday. defensive lineman to coach Rick Nebraska coach Bo Pelini and Kaczynski’s unit. Maliek Collins, his staff put the finishing touches on Randy Gregory, Kevin Maurice, Ditheir 2013 recruiting class, collecting marya Mixon, A.J. Natter and Ernest 26 signatures. The staff’s work paid Suttles will join the team after Neoff for the Huskers in the form of the No. 11 national class, according to braska recruited four defensive linemen a year ago.

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“Those are guys that I think are “I’d like to thank everyone that helped put together this class,” going to make a big difference in the way we play defensively,” Pelini Pelini said. “We have kids coming in from 13 different states, plus said.

With Eric Martin, Cameron Canada, so it took a Meredith and Baker lot of hard work getSteinkuhler graduatting it all done. I’d We are ing and Chase Rome be remised if I didn’t particular leaving the team — thank everyone indid not go into volved.” about who we go Pelini why the junior-to-be Nebraska will is leaving Wednesbring in 23 freshman after and why we day — there is room and three junior col- go after them.” for the young playlege transfers for the ers to play right bo pelini fall season. Pelini away. And Pelini nebraska football coach said it was a diffididn’t rule out the cult process decidpossibility of it haping just who fit his team’s mold, but in the end, the class pening.

“Every guy is a little bit differshaped up the way he wanted. ent,” the coach said. “It depends on “I think we found 26 guys that we wanted on our football team,” how they pick things up, how they the coach said. “There were some work between now and when we kids that we recruited early on that play Aug. 31. All six guys have ability. They have the potential to conwe decided they weren’t guys that tribute.” we want on our football team. These Nebraska also added four playare guys that fit our team.”

Pelini and his staff look in-depth ers to the back end of its defense at the high school kids they recruit, Wednesday. Defensive coordinator John Papuchis said getting qualPelini said. It’s not just about throwity defensive backs is going to be a ing offers at the most talented kids.

“We are particular about who priority for the Huskers every year with the way they play defense. we go after and why we go after “When you look at the defense, them,” Pelini said. “There’s a lot most people think of recruiting more than just ability. It’s how they play on film, it’s the type of charac- three linebackers, two corners and two safeties, but we don’t play like ter they have, it’s the intangibles, the leadership. We are looking for guys that,” Papuchis said. “Most of the time, we have a nickel on the field that fit our program.” or even a dime. Those are positions Beyond the 26 scholarship rethat are a little bit harder to recruit cruits, Nebraska will bring in more than 13 walk-on players to fill out its to, but you better, if you are going to play dime.” roster. Pelini said the Huskers have

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With this class over and done with, Husker coaches can begin to think about next year’s batch of players. They might want to take a little break though, after coming down to the wire on this class.

They picked up commitment No. 26 Wednesday morning when wide receiver Tre’vell Dixon flipped his commitment back to Nebraska

for the second time. That’s the tough part about recruiting, according to Pelini. You have to stay on the recruits down to the last minute.

“Until you get that fax, no commitment is worth much, so at the end of the day, you have to keep recruiting them to the end,” Pelini said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Redshirt brothers keep bond in college “We usually try to get in difwe are trying to make each other but he also wrestles for the Huskers during the fall. ferent events because we know we better in everything.”

He received offers “I feel like we are can do well in any event we do,” from the University Jed said. pretty close,” Guy said. of Nebraska-Kearney “We are competitive These brothers have grown up to play football and with each other, which competing against each other, but wrestle, but he decidmakes us better.” they haven’t let that competition ed to wrestle and pole The brothers went define their relationship. They Jacy Lewis vault for UNL because have moved on from competing to the 2011 and 2012 dn of the Division I pro- against each other to competing Class D Nebraska State gram.

High School Track and with each other.

Brothers Jed and Guy Fenske have Field Championships.

“Seeing what NeThe brothers will not compete developed a system for competbraska has to offer In that meet, Jed placed in the Mark Colligan Memorial ing. Instead of competing in the fifth in the pole vault made me decide,” Jed meet this coming weekend due to Guy Fenske said. same events, they now try to di- and ran a leg in the their redshirt status. The next time vide and conquer. They want to Although some of 400-meter relay team, they will take the track will be at help their team get as many points contributing to a first their events overlap, the Nebraska Tune-Up on Feb. 15. as possible, instead of indulging a sports@ place finish. Guy placed eighth in Jed does not feel he is being comdailynebraskan.com sibling rivalry. pared to his brother. the 400.

The Fenskes are redshirt freshIn 2012, Jed won the long men from Sargent, Neb. In high jump title with a leap of 21-6 school, they competed in evand vaulted a height of 14 feet,

By Wayne erything together except winter placing him fourth. Guy placed Gould sports. Jed opted to wrestle, while second in the 400 and third in Guy played on the the 200 with times Every row, basketball team. They of 50.52 seconds and column and 3x3 were teammates dur23.09, respectively. box should ing football and track Guy competes in contain the seasons. the decathlon (outnumbers 1 thru 9 During track seadoor) and heptathlon with no repeats son, the brothers com(indoor) at Nebraska. across or down. peted in the 100-meThe heptathlon comter, the 200 and long bines shot put, long jump. Guy expanded jump, pole vault, Yesterday’s on his abilities to run high jump, 60-meter Answer longer distances like hurdles, 1,000-meter the 400 and 800, while dash and the 60-meJed competed in pole ter dash into one Jed Fenske vault, which has beevent. At the Frank come his focus in colSevigne Husker Invilege. tational, Guy was able to comTheir relationship is built on a pete as an unattached athlete healthy foundation of competition in the heptathlon. He placed and support. They share the same eleventh in the event with 4260The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation perspective. points.

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“My personal favorite moment is definitely winning the Big 12 title in 2009,” Burroughs said. “It was sweet. Crowd was rocking.”

Just like after the Huskers came back to beat Michigan State in their final dual at the Coliseum. For minutes following the last roar to rattle the rafters, Burroughs and Wilson become autograph epicenters. Fans crowded the maple floor to meet the Olympic champion and the new hero.

“Having it come down to Austin and him hitting the twister to get the guy on his back,” Snyder said, “You couldn’t ask for a better way to send it off.”

Starting in fall 2013, the wrestling and volleyball teams will compete in the renovated Devaney Center as the basketball teams relocate to the new Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lincoln. Many will remember the Coliseum as an intimate environment. Fans sat close to the action. Noise never escaped the low ceiling. For those lucky enough to have inhabited the Coliseum, the blares of old concerts, the foot courtesy photo screeches of basketball games and the crowd clamoring after Nebras- A wide shot of the Nebraska Coliseum during a high school basketball game. NU basketball played in the Coliseum until 1976. ka victories will continue to echo.

“It’s been a special building that’s served Husker Athletics well this night, minutes after the janitors Custodians folded in the temfor some 90 years,” Samuelson said. porary bleachers. They switched off walked out, the last cagers to grace “So we can say good bye and althe floor depart. the spotlights. They left. ways have our memories.”

The sound of their dribbling A group of student basketball An hour after Wilson’s pin, the evaporates. last fans finally straggled off the players scampered around the And more than two hours after north half of the auditorium, which floor and left the building. A cleanNebraska’s last victory in the buildwas converted to a multi-purpose ing crew stayed for 30 minutes after that sweeping bleachers, folding court about 20 years ago. Almost 90 ing, the Coliseum goes silent. sports@ tarps and wheeling away sections years ago, a basketball game condailynebraskan.com jured the first noise in the arena. On of the scoring desk.

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second after Austin Wilson flipped Nick Proctor onto his back, a roar exploded into the rafters of the Nebraska Coliseum.

The No. 13 NU wrestling team had trailed visiting Michigan State 19-17 with one match remaining – the one at 165 pounds.

Wilson vs. Proctor. The victor of the last match would win the last dual under the Coliseum’s arched ceiling.

“I tried not to think about it,” Wilson said. “I tried to just wrestle my match, pretend that the dual really wasn’t on the line.”

In the second period, Proctor earned an escape, and Wilson committed a technical violation to give the Spartan a 2-0 lead.

Then Wilson pulled out the twister.

He had used the move before. Wilson used the maneuver to win a high school state championship.

He had tried it in two matches earlier during his redshirt freshman season and lost both times.

“You have to expose your own back,” NU coach Mark Manning said.

“If you hesitate, you’re done. It’s like doing a flip. You’re going to land on your back if you stop halfway through.”

But this time, Wilson didn’t land on his back. He twisted Proctor onto the mat to score a takedown and, with 1:15 left in the second period, a pin. The fall earned six points to give the Huskers a 23-19 victory just seconds after victory was uncertain.

“All of a sudden it’s, ‘What?’” Manning said. “I couldn’t believe my eyes.”

The last 1,742 people to watch a sporting event in the Coliseum erupted into cheers. The Huskers spilled off their bench, jumping and pumping fists. Wilson lifted his arms above his head and yelled into the rafters.

As the concrete bleachers above the mat shook one last time, the scene begged one question.

What just happened?

“Well, old Austin Wilson hit his twister and sent the place crazy,” Nebraska assistant and former wrestler Bryan Snyder said. “It was great in terms of just split-second sheer joy.”

For public address announcer Doug Samuelson, who has called Nebraska wrestling for about a decade, the last-match heroics meant more than that.

“We had a wrestler from Hastings, on a night that coach Tom Osborne – a native of Hastings – was honored at intermission, in the final match ever in the Nebraska Coliseum,” he said.

“What a way to end it.”

The moment was 87 years in the making.

Almost a century before Wilson’s pin, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln still lacked an auditorium to host

‘what a way to end it’

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The Nebraska wrestling team walks off the Nebraska Coliseum mat for the last time. This was the last Nebraska athletic event in the Coliseum.

The auditorium, graced by a wooden basketball games, graduation ceremonies stage at the north end, would host everyand other events with big crowds. In 1924, thing from military balls to Boy Scout events Athletic Board member John Selleck – the to square dances to, in April namesake of UNL’s Selleck 1954, a hillbilly show. ElQuadrangle – proposed the We can say vis Presley shook his hips construction of a gymnasium near the site of the newly built goodbye and around the stage in 1956.

Future president Richard Memorial Stadium.

Nixon spoke there in 1960.

“The same guys who mas- always have our Robert Kennedy camterminded the financing of memories. paigned outside just two the stadium wanted to put a before he was asColiseum in Stadium Complex doug samuelson months sassinated in 1968. there, and they couldn’t raise public address announcer “It was kind of a hapthat much money, so they built pening spot,” Logan-Peters the stadium,” UNL architecsaid. ture librarian Kay Logan-PeBut the Coliseum isn’t remembered for ters said. “Once they got the stadium built, they could charge more for games, and then housing social gatherings.

It’s remembered for sports. they took that and financed the Coliseum.”

Two years and $435,000 later, the Coli“Kansas University, the champions, seum was finished. Ellery Davis and Walstarted the Cornhusker cagesters out on their ter Wilson, who also designed the stadium, road of defeats by dedicating the new Field Morrill Hall and Love Library, made the House February 6,” read the 1926 “Tales of auditorium a red pressed brick and Bedford the Cornhuskers” yearbook. “Four games limestone vault. lost in succession picture the slump of the “They kind of were building off an architeam following the Jayhawkers’ invasion.” tectural style that had been developed in the Eighty-seven years before NU wrestlers previous decade or so by a firm from Boswon the last collegiate competition in the ton,” Logan-Peters said.

Coliseum, a men’s basketball game between ing the ceiling.

Nebraska and Kansas was the first.

In Dec. 2012, the volleyball team also Kansas triumphed, 25-14. left the Coliseum with a win: a 3-0 sweep of Nebraska basketball, the building’s Northern Iowa to advance to the Sweet 16 of main occupant until the Bob Devaney Sports the NCAA Tournament.

Center was completed in 1976, exacted its Two months later, it was time for Nebrasrevenge in 1958. In a conka wrestling to say good bye. test many called the greatest game to take place in If the volleyball Byran Snyder, four-time the Coliseum, NU guard Gods wanted All-American for Nebraska Jim Kubacki sank a gameat the turn of the millennium, to build a winning shot with two didn’t wrestle much in the Colseconds remaining to stun iseum – the Huskers wrestled volleyball Wilt Chamberlain and No. in the Devaney Center between court, the 4 Kansas 43-41.

1976 and 2006 – but he still apAfter the basketball Coliseum would preciates the building. team left the Coliseum with “It’s kind of old. Got those be it.” an 82-66 win against Iowa metal bleachers up there,” SnyState in March 1976, Neder said. “It’s just concrete, and john Cook braska volleyball became it’s kind of old style. I kind of nu volleyball coach the sole tenant of the old like it.” auditorium.

So does Jordan Burroughs.

“If the volleyball Gods The two-time national chamwanted to build a volleyball court,” Ne- pion at Nebraska and 2012 Olympic gold braska volleyball coach John Cook once said, medalist lost his first match in the Coliseum “the Coliseum would be it.” in 2006, but he has his fair share of high moBanners honoring the program’s three national titles and 32 conference championcoliseum: see page 9 ships dangle from the arching trusses bear-

the coliseum through time

Feb. 6, 1926: In the first basketball game held in the Coliseum, Kansas defeats Nebraska 25-41.

1925: Builders break ground at the Coliseum site. The auditorium was originally planned to be part of a complex connected to the newly built Memorial Stadium, but funding fell through.

Dec. 14, 1970: The NU men’s basketball team scores a then-record 116 points in a victory against Nevada - 17 years before the NCAA instituted the three-point line.

Feb. 22, 1958: Nebraska exacts revenge on the Jayhawks - and Wilt Chamberlain - when guard Jim Kubacki makes a shot with two seconds left to beat No. 4 Kansas 43-41.

Dec. 4, 1982: The Nebraska volleyball team the Coliseum’s only permanent tenant from 1976 to 2006 - wins its first NCAA Tournament game 3-0 (15-13, 15-5, 15-13) against Penn State. Two years later, the Huskers begin a 29-year streak of hosting NCAA Tournament games in Lincoln.

March 6, 1976: In the last basketball game at the Coliseum, the Huskers beat Iowa State 82-66.

OCT. 28, 2012: The NU volleyball team upsets No. 1 Penn State 3-2 (12-25, 32-30, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10). Huskers defeat four top-ranked teams in the Coliseum.

March 7, 2009: Nebraska’s Craig Brester, the No. 2 seed at 197 pounds in the Big 12 Wrestling Tournament, upsets future Olympic champion Jake Varner of Iowa State to win the confrence title and lead the Huskers to a share of the conference championship.

Feb. 1, 2013: The Huskers’ wrestling team comes back to beat Michigan State with a pin by freshman Austin Wilson in the last NCAA sporting event to take place in the NU Coliseum.

Huskers, on 4-game win streak, travel to Northwestern Nebraska looks to keep rolling against the Wildcats Thursday night Chris heady dn The Nebraska women’s basketball team takes its four-game win streak on the road to Evanston, Ill., for a Big Ten road match with an 11-11 Northwestern squad Thursday at 7 p.m. and can be heard on huskers.com.

Nebraska (16-6 overall, 6-3 Big Ten) hasn’t lost since its 10-point home deafeat to Illinois, and since then the Huskers have been one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten. This past week Nebraska beat Ohio State on the road by nine and Minnesota at home by 24, which propelled them to a three-way tie for third place in the conference.

All-American candidate Jordan Hooper and Rachel Theriot each received Big Ten honors for their weeks. Hooper won Big Ten Player of the Week, and Theriot was honored for Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Hooper averaged 27.5 points and seven rebounds in the two wins over Ohio State and Minnesota, and Theriot averaged 10 points, six rebounds and five assists for the week.

Though Nebraska is rolling, “I think they’re a very talented Northwestern is primed for an upset. team, and I think they have really, The Wildcats’ .500 record may not really good players,” Yori said. look intimidating, but Northwestern But the Husker’s offensive atscares Nebraska coach Connie Yori. tack may be too much for the Wild“They’ve got good players, and cats, and according to Hooper, the they’re talented, and playing there confidence in the locker room is will not be easy,” Yori said after Ne- growing. braska’s fourth-straight win over “I think the couple of wins in a Minnesota Feb. 3. row have helped the confidence of Northwestern comes into the the whole team, not just me, and game with a 3-6 Big Ten record, tied we’re all shooting (the ball) pretty for fifth with Minnewell,” Hooper said. sota. After starting Yori agrees and I think the off the season 5-0, the believes her young couple of Wildcats dropped team is starting to four straight and wins in a row piece things together. have been fighting “We’re playing with the .500 line have helped the closer to our potensince. Their biggest Yori said. “I confidence of the tial,” win came last week think it helps when with a 67-65 win over whole team.” you can score. Let’s No. 24 Iowa. Though face it, when the ball they have six losses, goes through the Jordan hooper Northwestern lost by basket, a lot of good women’s basketball player just five points to No. things can happen.”

15 Purdue and 18-4 Senior point Michigan State. guard Lindsey Moore may see limDannielle Diamant, whom Yori ited playing time due to an undisrecruited heavily, has been the cataclosed injury she sustained against lyst for Northwestern thus far, with Minnesota on Feb. 3. She was helped 12.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per into the locker room in the first game. Diamant is helped by Kendall half, but then returned to score four Hackney, who leads the team with straight points just minutes after. She 14.9 points per game, and Karly finished with 12 points and seven asRoser, who leads the team with 6.4 sists. sports@ assists per game. No starter averagdailynebraskan.com es fewer than nine points per game.

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Jordan Hooper defends an opposing player earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Hooper averaged 27.5 points per game in the last two contests for the Huskers.