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Farm bill to be re-evaluated Sandoz receives

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Melissa Konecky’s brother, Vince Konecky, 15, drives a tractor on their family farm in Wahoo, Neb.

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Stephanie Smolek, a junior agricultural journalism major, laughed as she talked about her boyfriend’s love of the farm life.

“I don’t know what my boyfriend would have done if he hadn’t been able to drive a tractor when he was, like, five,” Smolek said, “I think his whole life would have been

different.”

On Feb. 1, the Department of Labor announced that it would re-evaluate several items on the controversial agricultural labor reforms, targeted toward kids under 16.

In particular, the DOL said that it would revisit the parental-exemption clause, to which, it had proposed changes.

In a press release, the Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, cited the DOL’s respect for the traditions of rural America and the traditions of farming families and its continued effort to keep children safe on the farm as part of the DOL’s decision to reconsider

some of the proposed restrictions.

According to Jordan Dux, the national affairs coordinator at the Nebraska Farm Bureau, the DOL had a fairly hands-off policy in the past regarding young family members working on farms. Prior to this change in regulation, permission to work on the farm could be given by parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles.

In the original wording of the DOL’s restrictions, children under age 16 would not have been able to work on a farm if it was not directly owned by the parents.

Dux said that the DOL had decided to reconsider

Sandoz Residence Hall received its first report of what appeared to be bedbug bites yesterday from a student living on the seventh floor.

“We didn’t have the dogs to check the room for bugs, but we’ve treated the room anyway just to make sure,” said Glen Schumann, the associate director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Housing Facilities Operations.

UNL Housing Director Sue Gildersleeve provided the information at Thursday night’s bedbug information session in Harper Dining Conference Room B. Although this wasn’t the first report of bedbugs in Sandoz, it was the first report of bedbugs possibly being in a student’s room.

Schumann said the report was called in around noon and treatment of the room

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its position after seeing the large number of business models family farms can follow — including limited liability companies, owned and operated by several family members.

Melisa Konecky, a junior animal science and agricultural leadership major, is the oldest of four siblings and grew up on a dairy farm in Wahoo, Neb. “Farming is what I like to call our ‘family job,’” Konecky said. “My family has been involved in agriculture for at least three generations. My 15-year-old brother can probably do

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The creation of a graduate student travel fund will be put to a vote on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23.

Any student who would be eligible to receive the grants will be able to vote.

This includes graduate students, distance graduate studies students and any student taking a graduate studies class (800 level or higher).

Graduate students would pay $1 more per credit hour, for the first 12 hours, said Association of Students of the University of Nebraska President Lane Carr, a senior history and political science major. The money would go into a revolving account in the Office of Graduate Studies.

According to Carr, students will be able to submit requests for travel grants from the fund with their information and a brief synopsis of what they’re doing.

Those applications will then be reviewed by a board of graduate students and approved or denied.

“We’re trying to tailor it to fit the needs of our graduate

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Growing up, Jon P. Crowe watched as his father try to create the perfect pizza dough. P. Crowe and his father, Jon S. Crowe, always wanted to own their own pizzeria.

“We always had pizza in our blood,” P. Crowe said.

“We had pizza three to four times a week.”

Two years after his son graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, S. Crowe found his answer.

While searching for franchise opportunities in the pizza business, S. Crowe’s research brought him to Toppers Pizza, a franchise out of Wisconsin.

And from that came an opportunity to open the first Toppers Pizza in Nebraska.

S. Crowe recently left his life and job in Sydney, Neb., for Lincoln, where he and his son are now the owners of the first Toppers Pizza at 1226 P. St., next to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. The grand opening is this Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Several things about the franchise attracted the men.

Its demographic, P. Crowe said, appeals to 18- to 24-year-olds, and the business stays open until 3 a.m.

— perfect for college stu­ dents.

S. Crowe reached out to Toppers, to gain an understanding of their demographics and motives, he said.

A little more than a year ago, the father and son flew to Whitewater, Wis., the location of Toppers headquarters and Toppers’ first

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students,” Carr said. “People who are presenting research can present, fine and performing arts students can go for auditions or performances that will better their learning and better them as students.”

While researching the travel fund, members of ASUN’s graduate student task force looked at what other Big Ten universities were doing and tried to create the best plan that would work for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“Basically what we’ve done is pulled a little bit from each school,” Carr said.

However, ASUN Sen. LJ McElravy, a human sciences graduate student, said he disagrees with the current plan being proposed.

“One of the current problems with the vote is that only the students who helped create it have an opinion,” McElravy said.

According to McElravy, though the Graduate

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Student Association voted on the plan, only 15 members were present at the meeting. Furthermore, McElravy said he worried that there wasn’t enough student support for the plan.

“There was a survey done in the fall that was put together with ASUN and GSA that went out to all students, the graduate students

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specifically were asked if they would approve of a $1 per hour increase,” McElravy said. “Fifty-one percent said no and 49 percent said yes. What I’m worried about is we know there are students who have concerns about raising student fees and I worry that it’s only

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began later in the evening, because the equipment was already in use on other rooms.

As of 10 p.m., the room was still being treated with the heat equipment. Using heat treatment on a room takes up to eight hours, Schumann said.

The treatment was expected to finish about 2 a.m. Gildersleeve said there haven’t been any student complaints about the activity being late at night,

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I don’t want you leaving here thinking the sky is falling, because it isn’t.

location. They saw how Toppers was run.

“They didn’t take themselves too seriously,” P. Crowe said.

While the men tried to keep themselves calm from the excitement, they were impressed with Toppers’ food and service, P. Crowe said.

After that weekend, Toppers sent the Crowes an offer.

And they accepted.

“It’s a marriage so to speak,” S. Crowe said. “You want to make sure they’re the right people for you, and you’re the right people for them.”

The men spent one month working every job at a Toppers in Wisconsin, even running a store for a week.

The next challenge was finding a Lincoln location.

“We literally just stumbled upon the location,” S. Crowe said.

His son agreed.

“This one just spoke to us,” P. Crowe said.

As Lincoln’s Toppers, the farthest location west so far, prepares to open its doors Saturday, the Crowes also plan to give free food for a year to the first 50 customers who spend at least $10.

The lucky 50 will receive their own coupon book, and one specified menu item will be free every week all year, P. Crowe said.

The items range from pizza to other items that aren’t commonly found in pizza restaurants. This includes quesadillas, wings

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dn flashback Game cancelled Feb. 10, 1904 University people will be disappointed to learn that our first college basket ball (sic) game has been declared off. One of the conditions under which the Highland Park team agreed to play here was that they must be able to sign a game with Wesleyan the night before and this they were unable to do. It is not yet known definitely whether the girls’ game Saturday afternoon will take place or not.

The big game of the season will be played in Lincoln on March 5 with Wisconsin. This will be our first encounter with Wisconsin in basket ball and if a big crowd does not turn out to the game we should be forced to return to our old opinion that college spirit in the University of Nebraska is dead, and all that remains for us to do is to hold the funeral service over its remains.

Feb. AWS judges approve 9 skits for coed follies Feb. 10, 1950 Nine campus organizations, represented by talented actresses and originality will present five skits and four curtain acts at the annual Coed Follies Show, Monday Feb. 27. The dramatizations, designed to be light and humorous, will be judged on five considerations: originality, cleverness, audience appeal, talent and appropriateness.

In addition, one campus coed out of a field of 20 candidates, will be chosen as Typical Nebraska Coed.

Pass/fail blessing could curse those seeking more education Feb. 11, 1974 The option of taking courses pass/fail may seem a blessing now, but students applying to graduate or professional schools may change their opinion of that grading option.

Undergraduates taking many courses pass/fail may be at a disadvantage when applying for postgraduate study, according to UNL graduate and professional schools officials.

Abortion bill debated Feb. 9, 1996 A bill that would prohibit abortions when there is an “existing sign of life” spawned almost four hours of testimony and debate Thursday in the Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature.

Sen. John Lindsay, the Catholic attorney from Omaha who introduced LB1380, defined those signs as the presence of circulatory and respiratory functions or the presence of cerebral functions.

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Being “too skinny” or “too fat” has always come down to the number on the scale when a doctor is reading a patient’s body mass index. However, a recent study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, linked patients’ weight diagnosis to the weight of their doctors.

“Our findings indicate that physicians with normal BMI more frequently reported discussing weight loss with patients than overweight or obese physicians,” the lead author of the study, Sara Bleich, said in a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health news release.

The study said that 93 percent of normal-weight doctors would likely diagnose a patient as obese if the patient’s BMI was the same or greater than their own.

Bleich, an assistant professor with the school of public health, said physicians with normal BMI have a greater confidence in their ability to provide diet and exercise counseling and perceive their weight loss advice as trustworthy when compared to overweight or obese doctors.

Only 7 percent of overweight and obese doctors were likely to report feeling the same.

The study was titled “Impact of Physician BMI on Obesity Care and Beliefs” and was published in the online research journal “Obesity.”

The research was conducted from a national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary-care doctors.

Bleich and other researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine determined that

physicians with a self-reported BMI below 25 were of “normal-weight.” Any BMI above 25 were considered overweight, and over 30 — obese.

Weight and height are used to calculate a patient’s BMI, said Dr. Nate Haecker, chief of staff of the University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“The University Health Center sees many students who are obese,” Haecker said. “About one-third of U.S. adults are obese so it is a problem in all health care settings.”

Haecker said the health center probably sees slightly less obesity than a typical clinic in the community because less than 20 percent of obese patients are adolescents — a different patient population than what the UHC receives.

“But it is still a problem on college campuses,” he said.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity is estimated to cost $147 billion annually in health care costs. Obesity increases a person’s risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said that only one-third of overweight and obese patients report receiving an obesity diagnosis or weightrelated counseling from their physicians. In addition, an article in the Associated Press reported that many doctors aren’t talking to overweight kids about their weight, according to a study conducted

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by the University of North Carolina.

Haecker said there wasn’t much formal education about non-surgical weight management and nutrition options for doctors when he was attending medical school.

Despite this, Haecker said his years of practice have made him very comfortable about discussing obesity with his patients.

He also said that he thinks most health care providers feel obligated to practice what they preach, yet there are still lots of physicians that do a poor job of caring for their own body.

“One of the best physicians I’ve ever met was an overweight smoker but was adored by his patients and provided wonderful care,” Haecker said.

“His patients appreciated the fact that he was ‘real’ and admitted to struggling with the same issues they did.”

Jason Thomas, a firstyear medical student at the

University of Nebraska Medical Center, said doctors who are in shape are more likely to talk to their patients about getting in shape.

“A lot of taboo things that need to be talked about are overlooked in the doctor’s office,” Thomas said.

Tyler White, a UNL senior pre-med and biology major, said that it’s tough for the doctor. He said that although he understands the weight of younger doctors coming out of medical school who work 30 to 40 hour weeks during their residency, he would have a hard time taking advice from a 35-year-old obese doctor.

“It’s frustrating for doctors when patients don’t take their advice and then repeatedly come back with more complaints,” White said.

“You can’t be there every second to slap their hand away from that cookie,” conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

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toppers: from 1 and buffalo chicken pizza.

“70 percent of our menu items, our competitors don’t have,” P. Crowe said.

However, the competition is friendly, and not aimed at local pizza places, such as Yia Yia’s and Lazzari’s.

“We love the local guys,” P. Crowe said. “I don’t want anyone to stop going to Lazzari’s. I went to college here and I love Lazzari’s.”

He went on to say that he doesn’t expect Yia Yia’s patrons to give up their loyalty, and after long days of training, the future staff at Toppers winds down at Pies and Pints in the Haymarket.

With deliveries, Toppers always includes paper plates, crushed red pepper, napkins and Parmesan. It also includes toys such as little army men for kids, dog treats and ping pong balls.

Scott Gittrich, CEO of Toppers Inc., and the original owner of Toppers, came up with this notion. He started the pizza business in 1991, and the Lincoln location will be the 37th store. He said Toppers has always made food from scratch and featured “fun menu items” such as Toppers Sticks and Potato Topper pizza, a pizza that features miniature potatoes and is loaded like a baked potato.

Gittrich said Toppers offers 20 “unusual pizzas.”

New non-pizza items are placed on the menu based on trial and error of recipes, Gittrich said. While not every recipe works in the long run, Toppers consistently makes sure the recipes can be made quickly and

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Ross Bonesteel (left) holds TopperStix while Jon Crowe holds a buffalo chicken Topper pizza at the new Toppers location on Thursday. efficiently, Gittrich said.

Toppers first expanded in the late 1990s, when two Toppers workers who had just graduated college, approached Gittrich about opening their own franchise. Now the crew at the original Toppers is excited about Lincoln’s location, Gittrich said.

In 2012 alone, Toppers has opened four locations.

P. Crowe and Gittrich both said Toppers plans to expand to Omaha and is looking at other Nebraska college town locations such as Kearney and Hastings. The stores must open in markets of at least 25,000 households.

They would like to see about eight locations open in Omaha.

“I love meatloaf and spaghetti, and tacos are fine,” Gittrich said.

But Gittrich, who gained most of his experience by

working at a Domino’s Pizza in Illinois, said the ideas of both the free food for a year and the delivery items came from suggestions. Toppers asked local college students how it could improve, and a resident assistant in a dorm talked about how students tore apart boxes for plates, and used paper towels for napkins. Soon, every single delivery provided paper plates and napkins, and the quirky toys soon followed.

For now, the Lincoln location has joined the Chamber of Commerce, and is prepared for large crowds.

One man has even asked to camp out a few days early, though his tent is nowhere to be found.

“The only way they’re (the customers) going to know what it’s all about is if they come down,” Gittrich said with a laugh. tammybain@ dailynebraskan.com

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has filed a lawsuit against alcohol brewers, retailers and distributors in Whiteclay, Neb., to put an end to “a serious violation of both our civil and criminal justice system,” according to attorney Tom White, the tribe’s legal counsel.

White said the defendants have been actively involved in the smuggling of alcohol for years from the 12-person town of Whiteclay to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 250 feet away, where the sale, possession and consumption of alcohol are illegal.

“Whether it’s Wall Street or Whiteclay, the problem is not the laws — it’s the way we enforce them,” White said.

Alcoholism affects 85 percent of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation families, according to a document released

by Nebraskans for Peace, which hosted the news conference Thursday to announce the suit.

The lawsuit states that one in four children is diagnosed with fetal alcohol damage and 58 percent of tribal children will be raised by grandparents. White said there is “no question” that distributors, brewers and retailers in Whiteclay are aware of

the end destination of the 465,092 gallons of beer sold in 2010 — more than 13,000 cans a day.

“It’s like handing a baseball bat to a person in an alley knowing they’re going to hit someone,” White said.

“They know exactly the consequences of the profits they’re making.”

The tribe is suing more than a dozen defendants for about $500 million — but White said that amount could increase.

“They are helping people violate the laws and this lawsuit is about holding them responsible,” White said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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“We’re relieved that the dog will be sweeping all rooms in Sandoz early next week,” she said.

During the information session, Gildersleeve said she has been trying to speak with UNL’s Education Department about reports she heard of students being asked by their professors to pile their backpacks on top of each other in a corner of the classroom.

“This just doesn’t seem like a very good practice to us, given our current

situation,” she said.

Housing believes the bedbugs attach themselves to backpacks and clothing in order to travel from place to place.

An HSS student said her professor asks the class to pile the backpacks in a corner of the room to prevent cheating during exams.

“If it was my backpack and coat, I would want it separated from other people’s stuff,” Gildersleeve said.

Gildersleeve said that there have been a very

small percentage of students reporting bedbugs before the dogs locate them in the dorm rooms.

She said that they will continue to sweep every floor of every residence hall as scheduled.

“I don’t want you leaving here thinking the sky is falling, because it isn’t,” Gildersleeve said.

The next information session regarding bedbugs will be Feb. 15 at the Cather-Pound-Neihardt Dining Hall beginning at 9 p.m. conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

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Judy Domina’s son celebrated his 13th birthday without candles.

He was in the hospital, declared a ward of the state when he was refused authorization for mental health treatment.

Domina had adopted him 127 days before.

“This child had a forever home and is now another part of the system,” Domina said.

“He will always have a forever home, and I will never give up on him.”

Domina, executive director of Nebraska Family Support Network, said she continues to advocate for her son, but Sen. Tanya Cook said his fate is a common one because of Nebraska Medicaid’s denial of behavioral health treatment for children.

Cook’s LB 1063, otherwise known as the Children’s Health and Treatment Act, aims to expand the term “medically necessary” for purposes of medical assistance. The new definition would include treatment for behavioral conditions such as autism, ADHD and adjustment disorders. The bill would also

eliminate distinctions that make authorization of care difficult for children younger than five and of deteriorating condition.

Under current restrictions, Cook said many parents are forced to surrender control of their children to the state, which will provide care for severe behavioral issues that Medicaid does not cover.

“The state is quite simply shifting this cost from the state Medicaid budget to the state welfare budget,” Cook said.

Kelly Love, a licensed psychologist who practices in Lincoln, said she consistently must turn away young patients whom the state declares unsuitable for coverage, although she recommends that they receive treatment. She said the denial of behavioral treatment for children younger than five prevents early intervention that could be valuable.

“I can’t help them,” Love said. “Because I can’t get reimbursement for the sessions.”

But Nebraska Medicaid Director Vivianne Chaumont, who testified in opposition to the bill, said the child healthcare discussion shouldn’t “begin and end” with doctors.

She said changing the current

definition of medical necessity, which substantially covers a wide variety of health issues, would hurt the state.

“This bill overturns standard practices around the 50 states and will cause an indeterminate but substantial financial impact,” Chaumont said.

Pat Connell, an administrator at Boys Town in Omaha who is connected with various health organizations, said he doesn’t go a week without a phone call from a parent whose child has been denied further care based upon current standards. Opponents of the bill said medical assistance programs discriminate against children who do not display signs of improvement. “(The parents) say, ‘If my child had diabetes, if my child had cancer, we would be outraged that they’re being denied further care because they’re not getting better,’” Connell said.

Connie Kroksh, the adoptive mother of two teenage girls with behavioral issues, said she feels caught in the middle by medical assistance standards.

Both the girls were sexually abused at a young age, and one was placed in an out-of-state

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treatment center two and a half years ago. When the girl was discharged last month, officials told Kroksh she would be afforded welfare funds if she made her daughter a ward of the state. But Kroksh’s request was denied, and the Department of Health and Human Services refused behavioral care for the girl, who was cutting herself and had assaulted a police officer.

“I took these children in, I attempted to give them a loving home and I was assured at the time that they would get the help they need,” Kroksh said.

“My family is falling apart.”

For public interest attorney James Goddard, the discrepancy between state practices and federal standards, which state a legal requirement to provide behavioral care, is reason enough to adopt the bill.

“We’re not following the federal rules,” Goddard said.

“That’s clearly a problem.”

being communicated to the students who support it.”

On an individual level, McElravy said he is a proponent of travel grants and that he would use them if they were available.

“I wrote two papers and presented in Denver and Omaha and I had to pay for those trips out of pocket and if I don’t write papers, I am less likely to get a faculty job later on,” McElravy said.

McElravy’s concern lies more with the students who don’t travel much, if at all, yet would still have to pay the same fee as those who were able to take advantage of the fund.

One of the largest groups of graduate students, business master’s students, is one

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group that typically doesn’t have to present a thesis and therefore wouldn’t be able to use the fund as extensively as others. However, despite not having to present a thesis, Andrew Keck, an ASUN senator and MBA student said he felt that the funds could still be utilized for MBA students.

“Since we don’t have a thesis we don’t have to present anything, but I know that there are times when there are conferences we can attend,” Keck said.

Though the fund may start off relatively small, Carr said he hopes to use student support to leverage more institutional support and increase the fund. eliasyoungquist@ dailynebraskan.com

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CFA approves transit fee increase Emily Nitcher Daily Nebraskan

The Committee for Fees Allocation spent two hours Thursday night debating one bill, in a meeting many members considered the most critical of the year.

Parking and Transit’s 20122013 proposed budget would increase student fees by $5.90 per semester.

Parking and Transit said it needs to replace an aging bus fleet and has plans to do this either through purchasing the buses themselves or entering into a contract with StarTran. A contract with StarTran would leave all busing to the company but still operate the routes that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln buses currently use.

The decision isn’t up to CFA— it will be later determined by university officials.

CFA’s job Thursday night was to decide how much money should be taken from student fees to fund the project.

The cost for replacing the buses could be funded three possible ways: using money from student fees, money

from parking permits or the capital replacement fund.

The CFA subcommittee initially recommended it give the full requested $707,873, but CFA focused on another possible amendment as proposed by CFA chair and junior management major Nolan Johnson.

Johnson’s amendment would give $515,555 to Parking and Transit and ask that they get the rest of the money from reserves.

“It gives a chance for Parking and Transit to give back to students,” Johnson said.

Parking and Transit currently uses that money to fund more parking structures.

CFA spent nearly 45 minutes discussing the merit of this amendment.

Chris Seidholz, senior mathematics, economics, and music major and member of the Parking and Transit Committee, was against the amendment.

“The idea that we should be taking from revenue is like putting a band aid on the gaping wound that is the

parking and transit system right now,” Seidholz said.

Andrew Wesely, senior economics and finance major and another member of the Parking and Transit subcommittee, said he felt that not absorbing the costs now would be harmful for the future.

“I can’t see how this makes sense morally or businesswise. Our children’s children, my professors love saying that, will end up with these costs,” Wesely said.

The amendment was voted down 8-5.

After the amendment was voted down, attention turned again to the subcommittee’s recommendation.

Many CFA members regretted having to vote for a fee increase, but the amendment passed with an 8-5 vote.

The passed budget will now go before the Association of Students for the University of Nebraska sometime in the next few weeks to be voted on.

Seidholz said he thought this issue was one of the most complicated CFA has ever

farm bill: from 1 more stuff than most kids in his class. This last spring he planted crops, he harvested them himself with the combine and (he) can work cows like a champ.”

Konecky, like other farm kids, said that her good grades and work ethic relate directly to growing up doing farm work.

Konecky said she agrees with the idea behind the restrictions but doesn’t think that the DOL should be able to tell farmers who they can and can’t hire.

“The restrictions are kind of bogus, but the idea is good,” Konecky said.

According to Agri-Pulse magazine, the original proposals generated more than 10,000 public comments and a variety of letters from lawmakers and agricultural interest groups.

“Many people see this as an attack on the way that farmers and ranchers raise their kids,” Dux said.

According to the DOL, these proposals would not have prohibited in any way, students’ ability to work on their parents’ own farms.

Also, according to the DOL fact sheets, the proposal would not have limited students in 4-H and Future Farmers of America in terms of raising, showing and selling livestock at county fairs on their own behalf. Nor would it eliminate agricultural education programs.

“Trying to keep kids safe is important,” Dux said, “but letting kids get their hands dirty is also very important.

Farming is something you

learn by doing.”

In the Feb. 1 DOL press release, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said, “The Labor Department listened to farmers and ranchers across the country.

This announcement and the additional opportunity for comment represent a common-sense approach to strengthen our agricultural economy while keeping farm kids safe. It reflects the Obama administration’s commitment to the American values that will keep our rural and agricultural economies growing, and keep rural communities and families prosperous.”

“It’s really a slap in the face for us,” Dux said.

“In the 15 or 20 pages of concerns that agricultural groups submitted to the DOL for consideration, they chose just this one; and then they said they heard us.”

The proposed changes would also prevent teenagers from operating most large equipment without a permit, given after the individual had completed appropriate training courses.

According to the DOL this rule is very similar to one that has existed in non-agricultural youth employment for more than 50 years.

“The equipment that we use is bigger than in the past, but it is also safer,” Dux said. “Most is now equipped with roll bars and seatbelts.”

In a 1998 study, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health estimated 14,590 individuals

under age 19 were injured in agriculture-related accidents.

The DOL’s restrictions also include prohibiting children under the age of 16 from entering a pen with a sow and suckling pigs, a cow with a calf (umbilical cord attached) and also bulls and horses used for breeding operations.

The new regulations would also prohibit students from working in feedlots or for county grain elevators or in and around silos.

According to NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” on Dec. 28, 2011, the restrictions were aimed at farmers who employ migrant laborers and their families, but family farms and farmers who employ relatives got caught up in the broad description of the new regulations.

The new regulations would not, according to the DOL, interfere with chores or providing help to neighbors.

For families like Konecky’s, the farm goes beyond just the immediate family and provides employment for other kids in the area, many of whom wouldn’t otherwise have jobs.

“These restrictions would definitely hurt my family,” Konecky said. “We have local kids that work for my family year round. They help us to put up hay and silage, they come over to help fix our machinery, they milk cows for us.” ashleyburns@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Really thankful for the hard work of the subcommittee and CFA. I’ve always seen CFA as a partnership to provide service,” said Dan Carpenter, director of Parking and Transit Services. “We want to keep fees low, but it’s not possible unless we reduce service.”

CFA also voted on the proposed budgets for the Campus Readership Program and Nebraska Unions. Both fee users were not asking for a fee increase and both budgets were unanimously passed by CFA. EmilyNitcher@ DailyNebraskan.com

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TO HEART Forget about ‘Singles Awareness Day,’ barriers to fun on Valentine’s Day don’t include singleness

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ere’s a challenge for the mopey, relationship-hating D e b b i e Downers: Have some fun on Valentine’s Day. You don’t have a significant other to spend time with? Good. You have the opportunity to have some fun with no strings attached. Enjoy your independence.

To most, this probably seems like a strange attitude to have. Bitter people refer to it as “Single’s Awareness Day” and bitch about not having someone to cuddle with. The cutesy, couple-oriented activities irritate most who are perpetually alone.

Who decided that your happiness was contingent on a man buying you flowers? Or having a girl in your life to buy flowers for?

Like any issue, solving the bleak aspects of singleness on Valentine’s Day is a process, and there are several steps to this process.

Step one: Redefine the term “significant other.” So what if you’re not Facebook official with someone in your life? You (hopefully) have a few friends you define as “significant.”

Step two: Spend time with the significant people in your life.

I’ve had many chick flick movie nights on Valentine’s Day. Invite a few friends over. Buy a box of chocolates for yourself.

Feel free to indulge: It’s a holiday. Self-loathing is a dish best served with an overload of sugar and carbs. Plus, the moral support of your friends should reinforce your appetite.

If that seems too girly for you, there are other options. If you want a more one-on-one experience, go on a friend date.

What’s that, you ask? It’s when you and a friend get dressed up and go out.

It looks couple-like, but that’s the point.

Go to dinner and a movie. If you want to try out a nice restaurant, go to Grisanti’s (6820 O St.).

They have great Italian food, and the free garlic bread is definitely a perk.

Another good choice would be Granite City

damien croghan (6150 0 St.).

If you’re in downtown Lincoln, check out a few of the classier bars with a cool atmosphere. I’d recommend Marz (1140 O St.) or Barrymore’s (124 N. 13th St.). Both exude a classier vibe than Brother’s, and the drink prices aren’t too high. You’ll feel good and sociable. Just avoid

drinking yourself into a resentful stupor if you’re feeling down about Valentine’s Day. No one likes an emotional drunk.

If going downtown is too expensive, or you’d like to stay in, go home.

Find a good recipe for your favorite dish, rent a DVD from your local Redbox, buy a cheap bottle of white wine, and ta-da!

Faux classy Valentine’s Day dinner. Inviting a friend is optional.

Note: I only recommend going downtown and drinking if you’re of age.

Stay sober, minors!

Step three: Have a sense of humor. You can either sulk about being single, or have some fun with it.

I bought all of my friends Valentine’s cards a few years ago. It might sound stupid, but my X-Men and Snoopy cards made people laugh at least. And they’re relatively cheap: you can get a pack of 20 at Walgreen’s for $5.

If you go this route, don’t put too much thought into which cards to buy. The more nonsensical, the better. Also, feel free to aim for nostalgia.

Are the Power Rangers cards too ridiculous? Probably. But if you’re a ‘90s kid like me (and most of your college classmates), you probably have fond memories of Saturday morning cartoons. Evoke that nostalgia.

Step four: If the previous three steps don’t work out, do NOT feel bad.

We’re in college, people are genuinely busy. Maybe your friends had dates to go on. Don’t be a depressing cock block. Instead, be proactive, and don’t be afraid of spending a night in.

Valentine’s Day is on a Tuesday this year. If you’re like me, you have plenty of midterms and projects

with due dates rapidly approaching. Work on that.

The best distraction from being single is burying yourself in homework and other studious activities.

I’m not going out at all this year because I took a co-worker’s Valentine’s Day shift. I might not be going on a date, but I’m making money.

That leads me to the Step five: Get over your high expectations of Valentine’s Day. It’s easy to be disappointed when you’re a hopeless romantic ... or looking to get some action. If you look at it like it’s just an overcommercialized Hallmark holiday you won’t be let down.

Smile. Turn that frown upside-down, Debbie Downer. Be a Practical Polly, or Realistic Reynold.

Enjoy being single on Valentine’s Day rather than acting like it’s a burden.

Damien Croghan is a senior news-editorial and international studies major. Reach him at damiencroghan@ dailynebraskan.com

Valentine’s Day celebrations are ways to show love and affection for your significant other

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sually I view Valentine’s Day in a state of indifference. I don’t protest against it, nor do I glorify it by any means.

This year I am excited to spend it with my girlfriend.

I know people see it as the evil, Hallmark holiday that is merely a capitalistic ploy at acquiring money. No more than a clever ruse, Valentine’s Day hides behind the mask of love and pulls on our heart strings in order for stores to make a quick buck. But despite these views, I like to look at it a bit differently.

Regardless of the holiday, the odds are Feb. 14 is going to occur. So instead of it being just another day where we trudge to class, attempt to act like sophisticated students and then head home to ponder our homework for a few hours, why not enjoy

it?

I’m not saying that days can’t be enjoyed without a holiday, but it’s nice to change things up every now and then. And a holiday does just that.

Besides, participating would definitely be better than protesting with bitter feelings over a silly day.

So why not just have fun with it instead of saying bah-humbug to poor Cupid?

If you still insist on protesting Valentine’s Day, then you must also dislike Halloween and St. Patrick’s Day, because those are fairly pointless holidays as well. Though they have their historical purpose that many will point out, what they celebrate now is either dressing up or drinking large amounts of green beer. By participating in them you are joining in the same consumerism that you adamantly oppose during Valentine’s Day. What most people probably despise about Valentine’s Day is its discrimination toward single individuals, which, as Damien Croghan explains, doesn’t have to be the case.

As for me, I hope I can

ryan duggan portray what the day is like, and should be like, for those in relationships.

For the gentlemen, this should be a pretty easy day not to go wrong.

Stores are decorated for the Hallmark holiday and your girlfriend will probably be reminding you of the impending day, so any forget-

ful actions would have to be intentional.

If your girlfriend tells you not to get her anything, she really means, “you better get me something sentimental that shows how much you care for me.” So please, do not get her a teddy bear and sign a card that expresses your affection through someone else’s words. If you can, do something more personal. Incorporate your gift into something meaningful. Write a poem, make your own card or, perhaps, make her dinner.

You can still get her flowers and chocolates, if you wish, but let her know why she is unique by doing something special for her.

As a side note, this shouldn’t be the only day that you do something special for your girlfriend.

Valentine’s Day should be a fun excuse to spoil her, but one among many days.

Any efforts on Valentine’s Day may be futile if it’s the only time of the year you do something special. Most

girls would rather you do something sweet on a random weekday for no other reason than to say “I love you.” But if you can do both, you’re golden. So don’t focus too much on this one day.

Ladies, you really don’t have to do anything different. Just keep it sincere and meaningful, and the guy will probably be happy. However, don’t set unreasonable expectations on the gifts you are about to receive. If you’re really hoping for a nice necklace and you get something else, by all means be happy with what you have.

As I said before, it should be about the meaning behind the gift, not the gift itself.

A friend of mine once sent flowers to his girlfriend’s house for Valentine’s Day. Upon receiving them she said to him, “These aren’t pink, they’re fuchsia. I wanted pink flowers.”

Regrettably, he sent her another dozen pink flowers. Don’t be that girl.

Also, don’t compare your gifts with others.

Your love poem and night out to dinner aren’t any less significant just because your friend got two dozen roses sent to her house, chocolates, a life-size teddy bear and tickets to a concert. More stuff doesn’t mean more love.

Another very important thing for girls and guys to keep in mind is to know the seriousness of your relationship. Don’t drop the L-bomb just because it’s Valentine’s Day. If the relationship is relatively new, keep the gifts light but affectionate. If you have been in the relationship for a while, well, you know what to do.

With all of this relationship talk, I just want to take the time to say one more thing. Erin Elizabeth Jobman, I hope you are reading this, because I just want you to know that I love you, and I hope that you are having a splendid Friday.

Ryan Duggan is a Junior English and Classical Languages Major. Contact him at ryanduggan@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Pretty Things Peepshow to bring burlesque dancing and sideshow gags to Bourbon Theatre stage on Valentine’s Day

Story by Cara Wilwerding | Art by Bea Huff

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The films “The Princess Diaries,” “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Pretty Woman” all feature a female character struggling with day-to-day life who gets the guy in the end. They also have something else in common: Larry Miller.

The established comedic actor started performing in comedy clubs in New York in the 1980s and began acting when he moved to Los Angeles. Miller always dreamt of being an actor, comedian and writer. With his current national tour, he proves he can do all three.

“Cocktails with Larry Miller,” a one-man comedy show written and performed by Miller, will take the stage at the Lied Center for Performing Arts this Saturday.

Executive Director Bill Stephan and Artistic Director Ann Chang of the Lied Center attended a national booking convention last year to set up this season’s schedule. Miller performed his act at the convention and Stephan was on the hook.

“It was very, very funny,” Stephan said. “And we knew that from seeing this performance, this was a show that people here in Nebraska would really enjoy and find entertaining.”

Considering the emphasis Miller’s comedy places on relationships, Stephan said it was ideal to schedule this performance the weekend before Valentine’s Day. “We thought it was the perfect time for the perfect

Instead of buying your sweetheart chocolates or flowers this Valentine’s Day weekend, why not show a little skin?

Maybe even add some flexibility, flames and sharp weaponry to spice it up.

Members of the Pretty Things Peepshow will perform at the Bourbon Theatre Sunday, at 7 p.m.

Based in New York City, the Peepshow is a combination of burlesque and dangerous sideshow acts. The evening will include sword swallowing, knife-juggling, fire eating, a straightjacket escape and even an electric chair, among other hazardous tricks and sight gags.

The current cast is comprised of Miss Heather Holliday, host Donny Vomit, go-go Amy and Lil’ Miss Firefly.

Amy, owner, producer and performer for Pretty Things, said she loves the beauty and sparkle of burlesque dancing. According to Amy, Pretty Things is unique because it provide both visual appeal and in-your-face acts.

“It sort of takes a lot of the sideshow acts that are quite dangerous or scary and it makes them a lot easier and more fun to look at because we do them in such a beautiful manner,” Amy said. “It’s a totally different twist on it.”

Each group member has a history that lends itself well to such an out-of-theordinary business.

Donny spent six years hosting the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and also worked at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in Times Square. He is a master of whip cracking, animal

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Kinnear asserts Talented bands kick off music festival presence in diverse roles Lincoln Exposed bands entertain, fire up audience at Zoo Bar

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tom helberg Greg Kinnear is best at playing authority roles with a twist.

He can be unusually pompous and self-assured, but he maintains enough charisma that he is never truly unlikable.

In “You’ve Got Mail” (1998), directed by Nora Ephron, Kinnear plays Frank, Meg Ryan’s boyfriend at the beginning of the picture. Playing into the formula of classical Hollywood cinema, the audience knows exactly how the story will end from the beginning of the

film.

Kinnear is cast as a bookish, self-important writer. The character is slightly off-putting without ever being truly unpleasant, but we know that Meg Ryan can’t end up with him. He is characterized as less of a man than the Tom Hanks character. Of course, Hanks is the much bigger star, another clue as to who will get the girl. Kinnear is quite good at playing this character.

While all this might seem obvious, these tropes of

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Being one of the first artists of a four day, 60 act music festival isn’t easy. You’re setting the tone for audiences. You’re laying the groundwork that will help them decide whether they will come out the next night or stay home. The Lincoln Exposed bands at Zoo Bar on Wednesday did everything they could to ensure the former.

A country-blues band, Dr. John Walker and the New Hokum Boys, kicked off Lincoln Exposed at the Zoo Bar Wednesday. They served as a pallet cleanser for what was to come, with older members playing softer music while listeners passively enjoyed the music, sipping on drinks and chatting with friends and family.

Singer John Walker and

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Peter Blakeslee of Dr. John Walker and the New Hokum Boys, plays his drobo on Wednesday night at Zoo Bar. The band kicked off the evening on the first night of Lincoln Exposed. his crew played both cover songs and originals. Their rendition of Townes Van Zandt’s “If I Needed You”

demonstrated an appealing combination of the band’s taste for country-folk, as well as blues rock.

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upcoming events Clean Part Reading w/Lily Brown and Benjamin Paloff where :

when: Saturday, 7 p.m.

Drift Station Gallery, 1746 N St. how much: Free

Lincoln Exposed

when : Thursday through Saturday, 8 where : Bourbon Theatre (1415 O St.),

p.m.

Duffy’s

Tavern (1412 O St.), Zoo Bar (136 N. 14th St.) how much: $6 per night, $20 four-day pass

Prairie Schooner Irish Issue Launch Party when : Friday, 1 p.m. where : Sheldon Museum of how much: Free

Art

IAS presents Jazz Trombone Player Chris Washburne

when : Friday, 5:30 p.m. where: Rococo Theatre, 140 N. 13th St. how much: $12 (concert only), $27 (dinner

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‘Albert Nobbs’ examines gender roles, lacks joy

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Emotional tale delves into the life of a 19th century servant cameron mount daily nebraskan

It’s a story of quiet misery told in the barest of plots, but “Albert Nobbs” carries a charm that’s impossible to shake.

Glenn Close stars as Albert, a butler in a 19th century hotel, who saves tips under her room’s floorboards and has never revealed that she is a woman.

As Albert’s guarded backstory surfaces, its emotional weight becomes increasingly complex. Albert isn’t fulfilling an emotional need, only an economic one, and is trapped in a life of terror, confusion and horrible insecurity.

Luckily, partial relief comes early in the film through hotel guest Hubert Page (Janet McTeer). Page is forced to stay in Albert’s bed and by a chance mishap involving a flea, learns his secret. Mr. Page is bulking, confident and, as it turns out, a woman as well. It’s an unbelievable coincidence, but made up for by the theatrical reveal of her bust to the unsuspecting and petite Albert. Sadly, Page provides Albert more confusion than confidence. As Albert attempts to court the young

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and beautiful Helen Dawes (Mia Wasikowska), it becomes obvious that Albert has no understanding of companionship or basic human desires. He muses over whether to tell the uninterested Dawes of his secret before or after the wedding and plans out their living arrangements with heartbreaking naivety.

Close’s joyless but powerhouse performance, a lively supporting cast and Brian Byrne’s beautiful film score provide the film with an entirely unique balance.

Unfortunately it isn’t a satisfying balance and, despite

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one uplifting beach scene, the film is desperately in need of joy and expression.

Nevertheless, these are fascinating character sketches that leave an indelible imOSCAR pression. NOMINATED For that, “Albert Nobbs” is worth the time.

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show,” Stephan said.

Miller said he believes everything is a relationship, one of the reasons he chooses to feature the topic so prominently in this performance.

“Number one is the relationship with yourself,” Miller said. “If you don’t have that, you have nothing.”

A lot of the material for “Cocktails with Larry Miller” comes from relationships in his own life. As these evolve, so does his act, which he constantly rewrites.

While on the phone, Miller mentioned a conversation between him and his wife that took place that morning. She wanted him to change his clothes as he dropped off pizzas and baseball equipment for his son and before recording his weekly podcast. Miller said he would oblige, but slipped off without changing.

Although Miller kids in his one-man show about the white lies he tells his wife, he admits there is still truth in them.

“What I’m really saying is ‘I love you and I’m glad we’re together, but I’m not going to do what you want,’” he said.

At that moment, he realized this marital quirk was ripe for comedy.

“And right there, that’s funny,” Miller said. “And so in a sense I just wrote something ... it’s endless.”

Though Miller is better known for his on-screen acting, he chose to return to the stage with “Cocktails with Larry Miller” because he said he believes all performing can be traced back to people sitting around a campfire telling stories to each other.

“There is nothing more pure than a one-man show,” Miller said. “One person telling stories and one person saying, ‘Do you know

if you go “Cocktails with Larry Miller” when: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts how much: $17.50 (students), $35 (public) what I mean?’ ... It’s very pure and it’s very basic and it’s getting deeper for me every day in every way. So I hope to be doing that for the rest of my life.”

Miller could not say enough about how much he loves to perform for people and how blessed he is to be performing this show for audiences across America.

“All I can tell you is I am going to be happy and fulfilled on that stage at the Lied Center Saturday night as I was on that movie set last week or the next one coming up,” Miller said. allyphillips@ dailynebraskan.com

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C+ Film shorts exhibit vast spectrum of art, history Grade

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the romantic comedy are a great collection of comerooted in classical Holly- dic performances. Kinnear’s wood cinema. We know Captain Amazing is arrogant Cary Grant and Rosalind and kind of a jerk, but hiRussell will end up together larious to watch. He is rein Hawks’ “His Girl Friday” luctant to accept help from other super(1940) from heroes and the very Kinear’s Captain meets an unfirst scene. timely though W h a t Amazing is humorous demakes a arrogant and mise.

Stiller film like kind of a jerk, but as Mr. Furithis enjoyable or not hilarious to watch. ous is good, doing his is how it usual uptight reaches its shtick before conclusion. it wears out Kinnear doesn’t play only one kind its welcome, and William of character, however, and H. Macy grabs the meatiest thankfully branches out role as the Shoveler.

In “Little Miss Sunshine” from playing nerds. He is at his best when in some kind (2006), directed by Jonathan of authoritative role. He ap- Dayton and Valerie Faris, peared in “Mystery Men” Kinnear plays the father of (1999), directed by Kinka a dysfunctional brood. As Usher, as Captain Amazing. the patriarch, he is flawed The Ben Stiller superhero but well-meaning. He defarce doesn’t quite hold its mands nothing but success own as a film, but it boasts from everyone in his family,

a trait which drives some of them away. He is tough on his young and overweight daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin), butts heads with his suicidal brother-in-law (Steve Carell) whom he doesn’t understand, and clashes with his wife (Toni Collette) over money. His character travels a subtle arc and in the end he learns how to better relate to his family.

Kinnear has had a varied career from an Oscar nominated role in “As Good as it Gets” (1997) to the Miley Cyrus vehicle “The Last Song” (2010). No matter the quality of his projects, the character actor is a great talent on screen. He’s always a commanding presence, even when he’s not in charge. tom helberg is a senior film studies major. Reach him at tomhelberg@ dailynebraskan.com.

The Oscar shorts road show returns for 2012, bringing the nominated live action, animated and documentary shorts to the Mary Riepma Ross.

The live action category boasts some strong films, but was still the weakest short category this year.

My personal favorite of the lot is “Pentecost,” directed

by Peter McDonald. This hilarious short follows a young boy who is a last minute altar boy replacement at a mass where the archbishop will be in attendance. The oddball blending of soccer and the Catholic Church is very funny and the payoff at the end is uproarious.

“Time Freak,” directed by Andrew Bowler is sadly a mixed bag. The dialogue is too on the nose, but the concept is ingenious. A scientist invents a time machine, but becomes too preoccupied fixing the problems of yesterday to explore any other periods.

“Tuba Atlantic,” directed

by Hallvar Witzo and “The Shore,” directed by Terry George, are both solid dramas and both share the themes of reunion and

reconciliation. “Raju,” directed by Max Zähle, falls into cliché at times, but the melodrama is still deeply affecting. The short follows German parents who adopt a child in India, only to have the boy disappear the next day.

As usual, the animation program is more lively and less emotionally taxing to watch. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg directed one of the highlights: “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.” The short seamlessly blends live action miniature sets with CGI characters. The short, which tells the story of Mr. Lessmore and his titular flying books, promotes literacy and the exchange of information.

Another standout is a new short from Pixar, “La Luna,” directed by Enrico Casarosa.

This short’s script is tightly plotted and observes three generations of Italian men who share an unusual job.

The son seeks the approval of his father and grandfather and ultimately gains it by finding his own identity.

The documentary category covers weighty topics, as expected. “The Barber of Birmingham,” directed by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday, is about James Armstrong, an

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unsung hero of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. President Obama’s inauguration serves as the film’s climax and fulfillment of Armstrong’s work.

“Incident in New Baghdad,” directed by James Spione, is about the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike by U.S. soldiers that killed civilians and wounded children.

Ethan McCord gives a firsthand account and the film covers some of the same history as last year’s “Hell and Back Again,” which is nominated for best documentary feature.

The rare opportunity to see these short films is a treat, and viewing them all in one place is even better.

They are not to be missed. tomhelberg@ dailynebraskan.com

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exposed: from 5 The four member band put on a relaxing show for the audience, who seemed to enjoy the performance.

They exuded chemistry with Walker playing guitar and singing and Peter Blakeslee playing dobro, which created a unique picking sound. Dave and Nathan Morris accompany the two on bass and percussion.

The Tijuana Gigolos took the stage next and made the most of a warmedup audience. After only one song they had several Zoo Bar patrons on their feet dancing. Before the band even started, listeners were raving about how talented and entertaining the Tijuana Gigolos are.

And they definitely did not disappoint. They started off with a jazzy tune, with Josh Hoyer taking the lead on saxophone. Their next song was even more upbeat and lively, mostly due to Marty Steinhausen’s intense vocals. His range of notes was incredible and he kept the energy up throughout the entire performance.

By the second song a mixture of people from young to old couples and one seemingly homeless

peepshow: from 5 traps, chain saw juggling and fire eating. In Donny’s human blockhead act, he shoves ridiculous objects up his nose. According to Amy, this weekend’s repertoire includes a six-inch nail.

To make the show as exciting as possible, the group often calls on audience volunteers. Donny is good about involving the audience in all his jokes, Amy said.

“Donny as a host is exceptionally talented,” Amy said. “It’s like hanging out with your best friend; he includes everybody and he doesn’t pick on anyone.”

Heather Holliday aims to amaze audience members by swallowing solid steel swords, up to two feet in length. Touring with the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the Brothers Grim Sideshow, Holliday has perfected other acts such as fire breathing, glass eating and becoming a painproof woman on a bed of nails. She has appeared on television shows such as “Miami Ink” and “The Girls Next Door.”

The Pretty Things Peepshow website describes Holliday as leaving “the women in awe and the men in love,

woman were at the front of the stage, dancing and clapping to the beat. The Gigolos fed off the excitement of the audience and appeared to get completely lost in the musical experience. With their entertaining and energetic nature, the Tijuana Gigolos put on my favorite performance of the night far and away.

Son of 76 and the Watchmen went on shortly thereafter. This soul/blues band put on a less intense, yet talent-filled show. The sax player and vocalist for Tijuana Gigolos, Josh Hoyer, is the manager, lead singer, and pianist of Sons of 76. On Wednesday night he worked what must have been some exhausting, but rewarding, overtime. The group started with a slower song but built up their soulful style and played with lots of energy. Josh Hoyer led the band with a phenomenal voice, though he was backed up with great instrumentalists.

All three performances, especially the Tijuana Gigolos, started off Lincoln exposed in style on the Zoo Bar stage. kelseyhaugen@

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Freshman earns NU set for conference season Huskers to meet 12 Hawkeys, fourth-straight No. No. 6 Gophers Big Ten award Andrew Ward daily Nebraskan

Jessie DeZiel prefers not to talk about herself.

The freshman gymnast actually gets red in the face when she is asked to boast, even just a little bit, according to coach D a n Kendig.

“It is never about Jessie,” K e n deziel dig said.

“She is a great team person. She actually gets a little embarrassed when you force her to talk about herself.”

If a time came for the freshman to brag a little, it would be now. DeZiel broke a conference record this week winning her fourth consecutive Big Ten Freshman of the Week award.

The award came in the aftermath of a win by No. 8 Nebraska in Norman, Okla., this weekend with its second highest score of the year at 196.750, to improve to 5-1 on the season.

The freshman led the way winning her third all-around title in her first season as a Husker. However, DeZiel said she just likes staying out of the spotlight.

“I would rather talk about my teammates,” DeZiel said.

“It’s hard to explain, but I just don’t know why I get embarrassed when talking about myself.”

Kendig said DeZiel’s style is what he is looking for at Nebraska.

“Really proud of the way she has performed this year,” Kendig said. “You don’t win those types of awards without competing well. She is an extremely talented gymnast.”

Like all freshman, though, an adjustment period was needed for DeZiel, Kendig said.

The Rogers, Minn., native never competed with a team gymnast program before she came to Nebraska. She only performed with her club, Twin City Twisters, which was all about the individual.

When her first Husker practice came along, DeZiel experienced something completely different, she said. People were supporting her other than her parents or her individual coach.

“In club gymnastics, it is all

about the individual,” DeZiel said. “I needed to learn to compete for my teammates, which I found out is a lot more fun because if you perform for them, they will always support you to return the favor.”

Adjusting to a team sport is hard for everyone at that age, Kendig said. Even Kendig said he struggles at times to look at his gymnasts as a team rather than individuals, but Deziel is adjusting great as her results have shown, he said.

“Though the focus is on the individual’s performance it is still a team sport,” Kendig said. “Jessie needed to learn how to show off her routines better. You can’t get by just on talent alone in college, because there is talent everywhere. You got to show off the routine.”

Because of DeZiel’s ability to adjust to the college style of gymnastics, Kendig said he expects a lot out of the freshman in years to come. Even though the NCAA is full of talent, DeZiel’s team first attitude sticks out from the rest of that talent, Kendig said.

“She realizes that the better her routines get the better the team gets,” Kendig said. “For us to be successful as a team, we need to all be doing what she’s doing.”

The scary thing for the rest of college gymnastics is DeZiel is just a freshman, Kendig said. She is still three years from graduating barring injury.

DeZiel will attempt to lead the way again this weekend when Nebraska hosts the 22nd Masters Classic at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. No. 20 Washington, No. 22 Michigan and Utah State travel to Lincoln for the invite.

Nebraska is the winner of the past 16 Masters Classics.

DeZiel continues to work and remain in the background through all the hype surrounding her and her teammates. Quietly, she keeps goals in her head to feed her drive to succeed at Nebraska.

“In the short term I want to keep on growing and competing for my teammates,” DeZiel said. “In the long term, I want to win nationals as a team. To achieve that goal I’m going to keep doing the routines and coming to the gym to get better.”

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The Huskers are ready to improve their score this weekend after tumbling two spots in the rankings to No. 11.

NU will travel to Iowa this Saturday to face off against the No. 12 Iowa Hawkeyes and the No. 6 Minnesota Golden Gophers in its Big Ten Conference opener.

“We feel like the Big Ten meet is going to be a close competition,” said NU coach Chuck Chmelka. “We really just have to go out and prove that we’re the better team.”

Even though this will be the first time the Huskers go up against Big Ten teams, there are bigger things about playing in Iowa that is on their mind.

“We haven’t really talked about the fact that it’s Big Ten,” Chmelka said, “but we have mentioned that they should get used to this gym for the championships.”

This weekend’s meet is being held in the CarverHawkeye Arena, which is also the spot that is hosting the Big Ten championships that the Huskers will be back for later in the year.

Last year for this meet, the Gophers, Hawkeyes and Huskers were ranked No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9 consecutively and the Huskers fell to both teams. This year the rankings are further apart, but the pressure is still on.

“Right now, they have higher scores,” Chmelka said, “but I feel like we’re the better team.”

NU has had two weeks off to practice and perfect new and old routines.

Sophomore all-around Eric Schryver used the time off to be smart about his training after coming back from surgery last summer.

“The two weeks off was huge for my body and my mind,” Schryver said, “It was less of a beat down on my body.”

Schryver had surgery in early June to fix a tear in the

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Sophomore Eric Schryver is ranked seventh nationally on pommell horse with a score of 14.200. labrum of his shoulder. The Dallas native only spent a week at home after his surgery before returning to Nebraska for the remainder of the summer for his physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Schryver’s rehab and training have paid off; this week he was ranked No. 7 nationally for his scores on pommel horse (14.200).

“It’s an honor, especially to see the guys I’m ranked up there with,” Schryver said, “It’s humbling, but at the same time I have to be careful not to let it get to my head.”

The Huskers are still early in their season, and Schryver said he wants to keep improving his scores and continue to be nationally ranked by the end of the year as well.

Schryver is back on three of the six events: pommel horse, high bar and parallel bars.

“He’s doing really good,” Chmelka said, “He’s not back

on rings yet, but that’s okay because the points he gives the team without rings is enough.”

The Huskers approach their season in three tiers. During the first, which included the last three meets, NU’s goal was to not have anybody get hurt and to get in shape.

“We’re entering the middle tier,” Chmelka said, “Now we’re working on perfecting things, taking each meet at a time and reevaluating each guy. We’re always trying to fix and improve things and get more points and these next three meets it should show.

The final tier is reserved to focus mainly on perfecting each sequence, and then the Huskers head to the Big Ten Conference championships and NCAA’s.

“Right now we can back off and concentrate on sequences,” said Chmelka, “We

Now we’re working on perfecting things, taking each meet at a time and reevaluating each guy.”

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do good gymnastics, but we want our deductions to get lower so our execution score will be higher, helping our team put us where we should be in the 342 range.”

The Huskers meet will be televised on the Big Ten Network, Saturday at 7 p.m.

“We think we’re ready to have a good overall competition,” Chmelka said, “We’re not going to be perfect, but we won’t have any weak events, and I know the guys can pop out a good score.” michelleOdonnell@ dailynebraskan.com

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wrestling: from 10 past their first contest, they will meet regional host Oklahoma State, Wyoming or Chattanooga in the final. The winner of the regional will advance to the National Duals Final Four.

To Ihnen and his teammates, the tournament represents a stepping stone toward meeting their ultimate goal in March.

“I think that this is the time of the year when we definitely need to step up, and I think that we’re going to do a good job of that,” Ihnen said.

“I think the coaches have us ready to make this push in this crunch time of the season. It’s exciting.”

Manning said with the final, and most prominent portion of the season waiting just around the corner, it is crucial for his team to realize the importance of the duals happening now.

“Right now the guys know the end is close. We still have six weeks left, but it’s coming up quickly,” Manning said.

“People are really going to remember what you did in March, but every week is important.”

Ihnen knows how big the National Duals are.

“You’ve got to be ready to go. You can’t go out there lackadaisical,” he said. “There are going to be good teams.”

And due to a change in the

tourney’s format, the event will not be as grueling physically as in the past, when teams would wrestle more than two duals in a day.

“Compared to the way it’s been run in the past, this is probably less of a physical grind. In the past, you could wrestle a bunch of duals in a day. It’s not any different than pretty much any other weekend for us,” Ihnen said.

Manning said the duals could provide a valuable spike in confidence for his team.

“Every match is important because you never know when someone can turn it around. Maybe they lost to someone from Ohio State.

Maybe they can turn a match around and then that builds confidence,” he said. “And then next week, they can build off that. And then, all of a sudden, you go into Big Ten with some momentum, and then you win a couple rounds you’re not supposed to.”

The momentum that will carry a team for the rest of the season could start taking shape in the National Duals.

“You can set yourself up to be an All-American; be a national champion,” Manning said. “That’s what this weekend really entails.” zachtegler@ dailyNebraskan.com

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Nebraska coach Doc Sadler said he isn’t disappointed in his team’s effort even with a 3-9 Big Ten Conference record. provide the perfect opportunity to get back on track as the Huskers take on Penn State, the only team below them in the Big Ten standings. NU beat the Nittany Lions by 12 at home on Jan. 11.

Although Penn State’s record is far from glamorous (10-15 overall, 2-10 in Big Ten), the Nittany Lions have been tough at home this season, winning 10 of 16 games on their home floor. They boast one of the conference’s

leading scorers in Tim Frazier, a junior guard who is averaging 18.3 points and dropped 30 on NU a month ago.

But Penn State finds itself in a deeper rut than the Huskers. It has lost five in a row and eight of the past nine, and the lone victory was a two-point win over Illinois at home.

And whatever team the Huskers put on the floor Saturday, it will be a level-headed one. Sadler, who is fighting

to keep his job, has remained calm and tried to keep everything in perspective.

“I could panic. I’m not going to do that,” Sadler said.

“It’s very frustrating. But it’s life.”

Even if Saturday just results in another loss, he’s going to continue focusing on the positives. His team is without post players Jorge Brian Diaz and Andre Almeida, two players who were going to be counted on for big minutes

this year, but are both likely done for the season.

But Sadler doesn’t see any quit in the Huskers, so he’s going to keep believing.

“If they were throwing in the towel, I’d be frustrated,” he said. “I’m disappointed in our record, but I’m not disappointed in their effort in practice. Ya’ll may have a different opinion, but that’s OK.” danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Nebraska track and field team competes away from home this weekend for the only time in the 2012 indoor season.

The Huskers are splitting up nearly 50-50, sending approximately 55 athletes to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Classic and sending another 55 to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational.

Distance coach David Harris said most of the runners are traveling to Ames, while almost all the field competitors, aside from a few jumpers, will head for Fayetteville.

Harris said the reason the runners will compete at Iowa State is that it has a 300-meter flat track that allows for a stronger performance.

“It’s a great facility to run at,” Harris said. “We just felt like that’s a great place to get some good times.”

Harris said there should be some good competition for Nebraska at the Iowa State Classic, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and host Iowa State.

Nebraska’s field events and select jumpers, however, will bypass competition in Ames for the Tyson Invitational, which features familiar foes Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas and Texas Tech of the Big 12 in a field that boasts 18 ranked schools on the men’s and women’s side combined.

Triple jumper Anna Weigandt said she, along with All-American long and triple jumper Mara Griva, will travel to Arkansas, while most of the high jumpers will opt for Iowa State.

“Arkansas has a better runway (for long and triple jumpe r s ) , ” Weigandt said. “ISU has fast runway (for high jumpers.)”

While Weigandt said most of the weigandt jumpers are divided evenly between the two events, most of the remaining field athletes will be heading for Fayetteville’s Randal Tyson Track Center, which hosted the NCAA Championships in 2010.

“It’s a nice setting in terms of the crowd for field event athletes,” Harris said.

Coaches Harris and Billy Maxwell will represent Nebraska in Ames, while coaches Gary Pepin, Kris Grimes and Carrie Lane will travel with the Huskers to Fayetteville. Coach Matt Martin is staying behind to focus on recruiting.

Harris said dividing the team between the two events allows the coaches to put their athletes in a better position to succeed.

“I guess we’re trying to pick the best of the world right now for our athletes,” Harris said.

For some of Nebraska’s athletes, the “best of the world” means staying back in Lincoln to heal or rest.

“Not everybody is going,” Harris said. “There are some athletes that have some nagging injuries and they need a rest week.”

Harris said between 15 and 20 percent of the team will be staying behind to rest. Everyone else left Lincoln Thursday and has begun to prepare for a road meet for the first time this season.

“I think it’s good for the team,” Harris said. “Other than this, all of our meets are at home.

“We’re going in to run fast times. We’re hoping there’s some competition.”

Harris said he hopes the competition in Iowa State will put pressure on Nebraska’s runners. Harris said Ashley Miller, who is undefeated this season, could benefit from losing this week by using a loss as motivation to improve.

“If we come out of there with wins it might not really be a good thing,” Harris said.

The Tyson Invitational gets started at noon today and resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The Iowa State Classic starts at 11 a.m. today and resumes at 11 a.m. Saturday.

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Pitcher Ashley Hagemann struggled in the circle and Nebraska lost to Washington Thursday afternoon in the Huskers’ first game of the 2012 season.

The ace struggled in the team’s debut surrendering five walks, including three to begin innings, in the 4-0 loss.

The Huskies scored two in the first and two in the third, and it was all they would need. The Huskers remained scoreless the rest of the game.

“We had good pitch selections at the plate,” NU coach Rhonda Revelle said, “but we didn’t make the adjustments that we should have.”

WU’s starting pitcher Kaitlin Inglesby was a threat all day for the Huskers from both sides of the ball.

After a walk and two groundout’s to begin the bottom of the first, the sophomore hit a two-run homerun to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead. She also had a single going 2-for-3 with two RBI at the plate.

In the circle, Inglesby pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just two hits and two walks, including five strikeouts to earn her first win on the season.

Revelle said the hardthrowing pitcher gave the Husker batters trouble all day.

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Fortunately for the Nebraska women’s tennis team, the forecast predicts sunny skies on Saturday when the team squares off against Air Force and Northern Iowa. Last Saturday was a different story.

Matches were delayed after the Nebraska Tennis Center lost power during a destructive snowstorm.

But it’s going to take much more than that to deter this Husker squad.

Nebraska (3-1), who is currently ranked No. 29 in the ITA national team rankings, swept Wyoming and Eastern Michigan last Saturday in a convincing fashion. The Huskers lost only one point during the dual and have continued to gain confidence as the season progresses.

But that confidence doesn’t just come naturally— at least when you ask captain Mary Weatherholt, a senior from Prairie Village, Kan. To her, it isn’t all the natural talent on the team that explains the fast start to the season, and it isn’t the six upperclassman that explains it either. Sure, those things are nice to have.

But in her mind, the aspect that has made the biggest difference is the amount of work the team has put on the practice court, and more importantly, it is the attitude the team brings to the court dayin and day-out.

“We’ve had a really good week of practice,” she said.

“Actually, I think we’ve done a really good job in practice since the season began. We’re practicing hard but keeping it light. We’re having fun and not getting overstressed.”

The senior captain also attributed the team’s early success to something else: experience.

“Just in terms of match comfortability,” she said. “I mean, the more matches you play, the more comfortable you become. It’s that simple.”

That’s an easy thing to say coming from Weatherholt, who turned in one of the best individual seasons in Nebraska history as a freshman in 2008-09. She was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and has been a starter since she joined the team.

But she does understand that everyone isn’t as fortunate as she has been to start since her freshman year.

“It’s different for everyone,” she said. “No matter who you

“We had good contact, but we didn’t force her to change her game plan and that was the problem,” she said.

After being hitless through the first four innings, Nebraska’s first came with one out by left fielder Madison Drake in the top of the fifth inning.

But NU was unable to make anything of the short spark and left the inning with the same score it started with.

Catcher Taylor Edwards, who doubled in the sixth as one of the Huskers two hits of the day, said Inglesby’s inside pitches got to the offense.

“She threw very hard and well,” Edwards said. “We were taking good looks and swinging at good pitches, we just didn’t make anything happen.”

Though she struggled with command, Hagemann’s most crucial test came in the bottom of the fourth inning.

The senior began the inning with a walk, then after a fielder’s choice, walked the next two batters to load the bases.

But the Elkhorn, Neb., native was able to regain control as the next two batters grounded out and flied out, escaping the inning.

Edwards said the circle visit from coach Lori Sippel during the inning helped calm Hagemann down. “(Sippel) just told her to relax and take a deep

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are though, the number of games you play builds your confidence. Ultimately, you view matches as getting better, not just getting through them.”

So when comfortable and constructive practice environment with a group of experienced players are combined, the result is a team on the brink of being ranked in the top 25 nationally.

There’s one more positive, too.

On Tuesday, the Big Ten named NU’s Stefanie

Weinstein as the Big Ten Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week. She is ranked No. 100 nationally in singles play and has a 4-0 record so far this season on the singles court while beating three out of four opponents in straight sets.

“I’m very honored,” Weinstein said. “I think it’s a reflection of our team and to the way we started the season.”

Air Force is coming into Saturday’s dual with a 4-1 record. Freshman Tiffany Tran has been named the Mountain

West Women’s Tennis Player of the Week, announced Thursday by the conference office.

Northern Iowa is 3-0 on the season, recording wins over South Dakota State, Northern Illinois, and North Dakota.

For Weatherholt, this is just another opportunity to add that “comfortability” to her game.

“We’ll just go out there and play our game,” she said. “I think it will be a good matchup for us.” jcReid@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska senior Mary Weatherholt and the Huskers hope to improve their 3-1 record this weekend against Air Force and Northern Iowa.

breath to get her to her comfort level,” Edwards said. “She started to look at every pitch one at a time and stayed in that moment every single pitch.”

Hagemann then shut down the Huskies in the following innings, but it wasn’t enough to regain any momentum for her team.

Nebraska begins the 2012 season 0-1 with the loss to No. 12 Washington and will head back to the field in Tempe, Ariz., today to face No. 8 Arizona at 5:30 p.m.

Although NU finished the day scoreless, Revelle said the successful pitching by the opponent was encouragement heading into the rest of the tournament.

“It will have a positive effect, because we finally got to take part in live hitting,” the coach said. “We were making solid contact against a pitcher that throws hard, it just wasn’t going through.”

Edwards said the loss won’t affect the team and that it needs to stay in the moment to gain success this weekend.

“We feel the loss but we can always get better,” she said. “We’re going to learn from this first game and do better next time.

“We came out on the short end today, but we will come out against Arizona and do what Nebraska softball does.”

One match at a time. Don’t overlook the lesser opponents. Keep your cool on the home court.

Those are the goals for the Nebraska men’s tennis team this weekend as it prepares for its first home duals of the season against Denver University, Creighton and East Tennessee State. And while the Huskers expect three wins this weekend, they have to get

by Denver first.

“They’re extremely dangerous,” said senior cocaptain Christopher Aumueller.

The 38th-ranked Huskers enter the weekend as the favorite against all three opponents.

Aside f r o m m a k ing the N C A A Tournam e n t at the end of the sea- aumueller son, the team’s second biggest goal is to avoid losing to a lowerranked opponent. Nebraska gets a chance to prove its ranking not only to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, but to itself as well.

“It’s kind of an eyeopener ... we have to go 3-0 this weekend,” Aumueller said. “If we don’t it’ll be hurting us big time.”

So far, the Huskers’ goal is intact with losses on the season coming from higher-ranked Virginia Tech and the top 10 ranked Oklahoma. They shut out No. 51 Texas Christian University. Now they have the chance to defeat three lower-ranked opponents in one weekend, including No. 78 East Tennessee State.

“I think we feel a little pressure, which is not necessarily a bad thing,”

Aumueller said.

Both he and coach Kerry McDermott said that pressure can be a good thing for the team; they’ve been using it to fire themselves up for the weekend.

“We’re ready to show the public what we have,” McDermott said. “It’s not hard (to fire them up).”

McDermott said the home courts are nice, but the best part for his team playing at home is avoiding travel and sleeping in its own beds the night before the match. It helps keeping them from looking past the unranked opponents like this weekend’s first opponent, Denver, which has given the Huskers fits in the last few years.

“They always want to beat Nebraska,” Aumueller said. “We’re excited to beat them at home. All of our focus is on the Denver game; we don’t even think about the Creighton and (East Tennessee State) matches right now.”

The Huskers and Pioneers split the last four matches with the home team falling each time.

The last meeting resulted in 5-2 Nebraska victory.

The Huskers get another ranked opponent in Sunday’s dual when they face East Tennessee State, but first they’ll face in-state rival Creighton. McDermott said the Creighton match provides the Huskers a chance to get some new faces on the court.

“We’re going to try to play as many people as we can,” McDermott said.

“With two (matches) in one day we’ve got to be sure and keep some guys healthy. There’s going to be a big opportunity for some other guys to play this week.”

The Huskers’ weekend stretch begins today at 6 p.m. at the Nebraska Tennis Center and finishes with 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. matches Sunday.

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With a 5-3 conference campaign in the rear view mirror, the No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team is preparing for its next opponent.

Problem is, the Huskers don’t yet know who that will be.

“More than likely, we’re going to probably hit Ohio State,” NU coach Mark Manning said speculatively.

One thing is certain, though: NU has clinched a No. 2 seed and a first round bye in the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. Nebraska will compete in the Stillwater, Okla., regional beside No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 6 Ohio State, No. 10 Wyoming, Boise State and Tennessee-Chattanooga.

The Stillwater Regional is the only one of the four around the nation to feature more than two top-10 schools.

“This is a tough regional,” Manning said. “Ohio State’s got a lot of good challenges for us, and if we were fortunate enough to hit Wyoming or Oklahoma State, there again, a

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Doc Sadler is proud of his team. He really wants you to know that.

He used the word “proud” eight times in his press conference after Wednesday’s loss to Michigan. He also said, “It’s not their fault” four times.

Few coaches would dare be so optimistic after a dismal loss, just the latest in what has been a tough first trek through the Big Ten. But Sadler looked past the scoreboard Wednesday and focused on his players’ effort, which he believed was superb not only in games, but also in the practice gym.

“If you want to ask these questions about frustrations and quitting, come out and watch them practice,” Sadler said. “See how many times they’re diving on the floor when nobody’s around.

See how much enthusiasm they’ve got. It’s not their fault.

They’re giving me everything they’ve got, and I’m proud of them. I’m 100 percent proud of them.”

Sadler’s enthusiasm and encouragement appear to be key components in keeping the players’ spirits afloat. The Huskers are just 3-9 in conference play and have lost four of their past five by an average of 17 points.

“Obviously we’re really disappointed,” forward Brandon Ubel said. “To lose this many games is not fun. We know we still have a chance to win a few games down the stretch, and if you can do that, a lot can happen.”

If the Huskers are to make a run, the time is now. With only six games left in the regular season and the losses piling up, NU can ill afford to drop many more games.

Saturday’s matchup could

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lot of good matchups.”

The Huskers’ first dual of the tournament will take place Sunday afternoon against the winner of the Ohio State/Boise State dual in the morning.

NU has already wrestled both teams this season, defeating the Broncos 34-3 and the Buckeyes 18-16. Barring an upset in that matchup, Nebraska will wrestle Ohio State.

“We’ve seen them before, so we just have to go out there and wrestle and hope we get a shot at Oklahoma State in the finals,” Manning said.

Despite the tough competition, NU senior Josh Ihnen is approaching the duals like any other.

“I think the competition is going to be tough throughout the year,” he said. “I’m just looking at it as another dual. Obviously we want to go down there and dominate and win that first dual, and then we’ll worry about the second one after that.”

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Junior Josh Ihnen and the Huskers, who have a first-round bye at the National Duals, will face the winner of the Ohio State-Boise State match on Sunday night.

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Huskers shoot just 4 for 30 in the first half, can’t recover in 63-52 loss to Michigan n ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, Atticus Finch famously said, “A lickin’ hurts but it don’t last.” The Nebraska women’s basketball team had better hope Finch was right, as NU took a licking Thursday night. In front of a crowd of 7,642 at the Devaney Center, the No. 13 Huskers put up a shooting atrocity while falling 63-52 to Michigan.

The game started out fairly well for the Huskers as Hailie Sample hit a jumper to give NU a 7-4 lead about three minutes in. The mother of all cold spells then hit coach Connie Yori’s team, as the Huskers missed their next 17 field goal attempts and 21 of their last 22 for the half.

As a result, the Huskers’ modest three-point lead gave way to a 24-1 run and a 32-12 Wolverine halftime lead, despite an uncharacteristic 10 turnovers by Michigan.

The Huskers hit just 4 of 30 field goal attempts and missed four free throws during the half.

It was a frustrating 20 minutes for the players.

“The shots just weren’t falling; you’ve got to shake it off,” Jordan Hooper said. “We just had an off night.”

Unfortunately for those hoping for a massive NU comeback, the Huskers gave up a 7-0 run to begin the second half and the score was 39-12 Michigan before many fans had returned to their seats.

NU then made a frenzied 38-19 run to cut the Michigan lead to eight with two minutes to play. Moore and Hooper came alive, combining to score 27 points in the second half while Emily Cady and Rebecca Woodberry added another 13.

But Michigan’s outstanding free throw shooting (11 for 13 on the night) and the lack of time on the clock prevented All four losses for Connie Yori’s squad this season have been by double digits.

NU from getting any closer.

For the game, NU shot 17 of to stop fighting until that final horn As bad as Thursday night was at times, 66 (25.8 percent) including 9 of 37 sounds,” she said. “I’m not worried Yori believes the crowd came through from 3 point range (24.3 percent). about (the loss). It’s just going to make in a big way for NU, as fans were standMoore led with 23 points while Hoop- us better in the future and, hopefully, ing and screaming even as NU was in er chipped in 14 points and eight re- when it comes to tournament time.” the midst of its scoring drought. bounds.

Yori was ready to move on from “This was a great crowd. We didn’t While the Huskers won on the offen- the game during her post game play well, but they didn’t give up on sive glass 14 to 10 and were plus-16 in press conference. us,” Yori said. turnover margin, five players— Hailie “Win or lose you go back to the drawNebraska now heads north to MinSample, Meghin Williams, Tear’a Lau- ing board ... that’s all you can ever do,” neapolis to take on Minnesota Mondermill, Kaitlyn Burke and Brandi Jef- Yori said. day night. NU defeated the Gophers fery—combined for two points in 67 The loss knocked NU to 19-4 over- 64-49 in Lincoln on Jan. 22. A win minutes of action. all, 8-3 in the Big Ten Conference, and would give NU seven road victories Despite NU eventually losing, Moore ended the Huskers’ four-game winning in conference play and clinch a winliked what she saw as NU erased 19 streak. The loss also continued a trend ning conference record. seanwhalen@ points of UM’s lead. of large Husker losses: NU has now lost “We’re fighters and we are not going four games and all by double digits. dailynebraskan.com