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UNL advocates for Good relationships begin with friendship sexual responsibility University Health Center recognizes Valentine’s Day as ‘Sexual Responsibility Day’

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Health Association recognizes February as National Condom Month.

At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the health center treats Valentine’s Day as “Sexual Responsibility Day.” According to ASHA’s website, more than half of all people will have a sexually-transmitted disease or infection at some point.

Each year in the U.S., there are approximately 19 million new cases of STIs, about half of which occur among youth ages 15 to 24.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services reported 8,396 confirmed cases of 20- to 24-year-olds in Nebraska with STDs from 2008 to 2010. The

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February brings hearts together to celebrate the special day your other half expects roses and chocolates. And for couples who expect more than just flowers and candies — the University Health Center wants you to be safe.

The Healthy Huskers wellness advocates are hosting a booth in the Nebraska Union today starting at 10:30 a.m. with s ex u a l - aw a r e ness information and safer sex kits to promote sexual responsibility in the student population. “ I n c o l lege, y o u ’r e trying to navigate your w o r l d without the aid of a parent,” said Jennifer Snyder, marketing gabriel sanchez | daily nebraskan coordinator for the health center. “In that case, 15- to 19-year-old age we want students to be group had a total of aware that each choice 6,728 confirmed cases.

“The goal of Nebrasthey make has a conseka’s Sexually Transmitquence.”

The American Social ted Disease Program is

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to control and prevent the spread of STDs by providing Nebraskans with education regarding their personal health and by maintaining state-wide resources,” said Dr. Joann Schaefer, the state’s chief medical officer and director of public health for the DHHS, in a press release.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all women ages 11 to 26 be fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV. Sexually-active MSM (men who have sex with men) are recommended to receive annual HIV and syphilis blood testing and annual chlamydia and gonorrhea testing.

S ny der said s t u dents get stressed about STD testi n g b e cause t h e y t h i n k their parents are going to find out.

“If you don’t want them to know, you can pay for it by yourself so that it doesn’t go on your student bill,” Snyder said. “Our providers are good about confidentiality.”

The CDC estimates

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Parking fee Bill targets underage drinking increase proposed Sen. Tony Fulton introduces a bill to keep minors out of businesses that sell alcohol to curb underage drinking

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Monday at 2:30 p.m., the Parking Advisory Committee passed a motion to recommend a proposed increase in student and faculty parking fees. The increase in fees would help pay for the new parking garage at 18th and R streets to be completed by 2014. It would also attempt to bridge the gap between faculty and student fees.

Both faculty and student monthly parking rates would increase over a three-year period. Students with nonreserved surface permits, reserved surface permits and garage permits would

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experience a $2 increase in monthly parking fees per year for three years. Staff would also experience a $2 increase in monthly garage fees and a $1 increase in both non-reserved and reserved surface fees during a threeyear period. There would be no change in faculty and student perimeter fees.

“We look to fund a garage that is 1,040 stalls with permit fees carrying that load,” said Kim Phelps, associate vice chancellor for University Services. “We will (also) ask the institution to support

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A bill that could shut minors out of dance halls, bars and other establishments that sell alcohol is the latest strategy in an effort to curb underage drinking.

But even the bill’s introducer, Sen. Tony Fulton of District 29, said LB 992 is unlikely to pass.

“I understand the chances this bill has,” Fulton said at the bill’s hearing with the General Affairs Committee Monday afternoon. “But it is imperative that we do all we can to

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prohibit underage drinking in our state. It’s an important issue, and I’d like to take steps to address it.”

If implemented, LB 992 would prohibit minors from entering any establishment holding a Class A, Class C or Class I license, with the exception of clubs, hotels and restaurants. Local bars usually denote a patron’s minor status with wristbands or permanentmarker “M”s, but Fulton said those tactics aren’t foolproof. He argued that minors can cheat the system by cutting wristbands or washing off permanent marker.

But bar employees who testified in opposition to the bill said enforcement policies work well enough, particularly when combined with other methods.

And other opponents said the bill could cost venues valuable business.

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campus briefs UNL seeks nominations to recognize community service The Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hopes to recognize individuals at UNL for their service work in the community.

Students, faculty and staff members can nominate members of the UNL community or a community partner for outstanding work in volunteering.

Nomination forms are available in the Nebraska Union, room 222. They should be filled out and returned by 5 p.m. on March 16. For more information, visit http://go.unl.edu/dyn.

Deadline to apply for Faculty Senate grant approaches The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate is hoping to ease the financial burden of bringing in guest speakers.

The UNL Faculty Senate Convocation Committee is looking for people to apply for $150 to $750 grants to fund the visits of guest speakers during the fall 2012 semester.

For more information and to download the application, visit http://go.unl.edu/vp4. Applications are due April 2.

Webinar to teach about electronic patient records system Students, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can learn more about the electronic exchange of health care in Nebraska.

Students, faculty and staff can attend a webinar Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at connect.unl.edu/ broadband. The webinar will cover the history of the Nebraska Health Information Initiative, which was created to organize electronic exchange of patient records among doctors. Other webinars will be offered March 21 and April 18.

UNL Extension and the UNL Center for Applied Rural Innovation collaborated with other Nebraska partners on the Broadband Mapping and Planning Initiative. This initiative has coordinated to help with broadband activities in the electronic exchange of medical records.

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sexual risks: from 1 that one in five people who are HIV positive don’t know it.

“This information is alarming,” Snyder said. “I don’t think people realize all of the ways in which HIV can be transferred.”

The UHC offers free HIV testing in the Gaughan Multicultural Center from noon to 4 p.m. every Friday.

Lee Heerten, the clinic outreach and sexual health coordinator for the UHC, said HIV testing is fast and easy.

There is a finger-prick test in which they will use a drop of blood to test for HIV antibodies, he said.

While waiting for the results, a provider will ask for general information and provide advice on things that may increase risk. The provider will then name ways to reduce that risk.

After 15 minutes, the results will be ready and you are free to go.

“There are many ways to be sexually responsible,” Heerten said. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all. We want to make sure students walk away knowing that, and have the tools they need in order to be sexually responsible.” conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

minors: from 1 Mavericks hockey fans under 21 to go home.”

Cassie Greisen, associate director at Project Extra Mile, a grouping of community networks to prevent underage drinking, was the bill’s sole proponent. She called it a “worthy strategy” but conceded it may need amendment, as did Fulton himself and various entertainment groups and establishments, including the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority in Omaha. But Sen. Amanda McGill of District 26, a member of the General Affairs Committee,

Keystone petition reaches goal Petition against Keystone XL pipeline gains its needed 500,000 signatures to stop amendment dan holtmeyer daily nebraskan

The opposing sides surrounding TransCanada’s Keystone XL oil pipeline have stretched their cause from Nebraska’s Sandhills to the nation’s capitol.

In Washington, D.C., three Republican senators pushed for an amendment to a highway infrastructure spending bill that would override President Barack Obama’s denial of Keystone XL’s construction permit last month.

Across the country, however, more than 30 political and environmental organizations, including several in Nebraska, mobilized against that amendment and similar bills, betting they could gather 500,000 signatures in 24 hours for a petition to Congress against the pipeline’s resurrection.

“We’ve noticed things started to flip in the Senate, and we needed to do something big,” said Malinda Frevert, a spokeswoman for Bold Nebraska, an organization which has long rallied Nebraska’s opposition to the oil pipeline. “For a lot of senators and representatives on Capitol Hill, this is a new issue. There’s some education that has to go on there.”

The controversy first reached Congress late last year, after a special session of the Nebraska State Legislature secured a new route for the pipeline around Nebraska’s ecologically sensitive, agriculturally valuable and groundwater-rich

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs Scott Fuess, an economics professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said the Keystone project combines two of the most important concerns of Americans: jobs and energy.

“This provides an easy opportunity to pick a fight,” Fuess said.

Republicans, including Gov. Dave Heineman and Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns, have repeatedly said Obama’s rejection was a blow against energy security and jobs in a slowly rebounding economy. They also accuse the president of buckling to environmentalists on the left.

“Keystone XL means jobs,” Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry, who has sponsored a bill to force Keystone’s approval, wrote online for The Hill, a Congressional newspaper. “It would have meant the immediate creation of at least 20,000 jobs in construction, operation,

and surrounding industries. Fuenning, a sophomore nu… The reality of the situa- trition major whose family tion is – if we don’t use that closely mirrors the debate. energy resource up in Cana- Her father, a water engineer, was for the pipeline, da, somebody else will.”

The job estimate comes Fuenning said, because of from TransCanada, but is the business it would have disputed. A report from the brought him. Her mother, U.S. State Department and on the other hand, has long an independent study from supported renewable energy.

Cor nell Fuenning said University’s It sounds like it she generally Global Lawould be really sided with her bor Instimother, addtute pegged good for us. If ing that the pothe number there’s a way for tential payoff instead at us to tap into an of fossil fuels about 5,000 or jobs wasn’t temporary oil supply on our worth the envijobs – just continent ... that ronmental im0.04 perwould be great. pact. cent of the But not all stu12.8 milThat’s kind of a dents agreed. lion unembig problem for Preston Philployed in us right now. lips, a junior January. marketing and Cornell is Preston Phillips m a n a g e m e n t highly rejunior marketing major major, said he garded in supports the labor research, Fuess said. He de- pipeline but agreed Obama scribed TransCanada’s es- needed to take his time.

“It sounds like it would timates as “extravagant” when compared to the en- be really good for us,” Philtire country’s 243,000 jobs lips said. “If there’s a way for us to tap into an oil supadded last month. ply on our continent ... that A New Battleground would be great. That’s kind Just as national politics of a big problem for us right have brought the pipeline now.” new support, it has also Nevertheless, the petibrought new opposition. tion against Republicans’ Much of the Nebraskan op- measures continued apace. position came from conser- Less than two hours into vative landowners, but en- the 24-hour petition blitz, vironmentalists, concerned 100,000 people had signed about the impact of the oil the petition, Frevert of Bold that would flow through Nebraska said, and she was Keystone XL, have come to confident that Bold Nebrasthe fore. ka could be part of another The extraction of the oil grassroots victory over oil sands’ namesake releases interests. By 7:30 p.m., orseveral times the pollution, ganizers reported they had including carbon dioxide, met their goal with more of regular oil mining, they than 500,000 signatures. point out. Most climate sci“Consistently in this camentists agree carbon dioxide paign we’ve had more peocontributes to global climate ple than they have money,” change and is present in the Frevert said. “Now those atmosphere at levels never voices are being amplified encountered by humans. on a national level.”

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Professor remembers Houston UNL clarinet professor played with orchestra in Whitney Houston’s Super Bowl XXV performance tammy bain

said amendments won’t be enough. She can’t get behind the bill at all.

“Most underage drinking happens at a person’s house, not (these venues),” McGill said. “I have a problem with limiting minors’ opportunities.”

Hobert Rupe, executive director of the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, suggested that such decisions as LB 992 be left to city ordinances rather than resorting to a statewide change.

“This would be using a hammer to kill a fly,” Rupe said.

Sandhills region. Pipeline opponents hailed the outcome as a grassroots victory over big oil.

That seemed to settle any question of the project’s approval, but Obama punted his decision past the November election, then rejected the proposal after Congressional Republicans sped up that deadline.

Obama cited the need to find a new route through Nebraska and sidestepped a political catch-22 between his labor and environmental supporters.

The political saga around Keystone XL, which would extend an existing pipeline network within the U.S., has likely entered the national stage to stay, however. It is already the subject of numerous Congressional hearings and bills, and has become a rallying point for a Republican Party angling for the White House.

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As fans all over the world were touched by Whitney Houston’s death, the passing struck the chord of one University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor in particular.

Diane Barger, a UNL School of Music clarinet professor, was invited to be a part of the orchestra that accompanied Houston during the National Anthem at Super Bowl XXV, on Jan. 27, 1991.

“Basically what we did was we recorded without her, the music,” Barer said. “Then she recorded in her own sound system booth over that.” S he was the second clarinetist in the Tampa Bay stadium.

The accompanying orchestra also performed “America the Beautiful,” and the two tracks were sold on CDs for memorabilia, Barger said.

While Barger didn’t get the chance to meet Houston personally, she came within about 20 feet from her at one point, she said.

“She seemed very, very nice, but boy that woman could sweat,” she said with a laugh. However, she added, “She seemed lovely and so gracious.”

While the accompaniment did play at the Super Bowl, they had to play to the recording they had made, because the performers weren’t used to such a sound delay in the acoustics of the stadium.

“She (Houston) sang on top of her soundtrack,” Barger said. “I don’t know if her mic was turned off or how that worked.”

While Barger wasn’t an avid Houston fan, she respected her as a musician, she said.

“Did I buy a bunch of her albums? No. But she had such an amazing, incredible range as a musician,” she said.

Barger also remembers the experience, not just for getting to play, but how great Houston’s performance was.

“When people think of the national anthem, they think of Whitney Houston singing that, that year,” she said.

“I’ve never had any kind of opportunity like that since.”

That opportunity was the first thing that came to mind when Barger heard of Houston’s death, she said. Later, many updated their Twitter and Facebook pages about Houston’s death. As professor Robert Woody, an associate professor of music education, tweeted about that particular performance, professor Tony Falcone replied to the tweet, mentioning Barger had performed there and tagging her.

Falcone said he didn’t know exactly when he’d heard of Barger’s Super Bowl experience, but it was

sometime during the course of their 15-year friendship.

He too had thought of that Super Bowl performance when he heard of Houston’s death, a performance he had watched on television.

“I’m about the same age that she was,” he said. “I’m very familiar with her career when she got her start. I was certainly aware of the things that she did.”

As for Barger, she’ll remember Houston for the voice that no one has since been able to replicate, she said.

She has her own copy of that Super Bowl national anthem, and for a couple of years, even received residuals from a performing arts fund for her experience.

“It’s very humbling to be a part of that history,” she said.

“That’s certainly a recording that will stand the test of time. It’s one of the best national anthems anyone ever heard.”

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cops briefs Speeding leads to additional charges Officers pulled over Mackenzi Madison, a sophomore hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major, for speeding on North 17th Street at 1:30 a.m., Thursday. Once she was stopped, the officer noticed she was intoxicated.

She submitted to field sobriety tests, and had a blood alcohol content of 0.139. Officers noticed that there was a 1.75 liter bottle of vodka within reach of Madison. She was cited for speeding, minor in possession and driving while intoxicated. She was then transported to detox.

Forgotten turn signal results in five MIPs After midnight on Friday, officers stopped a sport utility vehicle for failing to indicate a turn.

After smelling the odor of alcohol and vomit coming from the vehicle, the passengers were asked to exit and submit to field sobriety tests.

The driver was not intoxicated and was merely warned for his traffic violation. The other five people were cited for MIPs. John-Robert Bloom, a sophomore economics major and Kaitlyn Neuberger, a freshman nutrition major, refused to submit to tests. Dayton Stange, a sophomore criminal justice major, Grant Garrison, a sophomore nutrition major, and Quentin Orr, a sophomore advertising and public relations major, all agreed to tests. The three yielded BACs of 0.131, 0.203 and 0.242 respectively. Because of Orr’s level of intoxication, and vomit-soaked clothing, he was transported to detox to recover.

Pound floor residents report marijuana Late Friday evening, residents on the Floor 13 of Pound Hall called police because they smelled marijuana. Officers found Amanda Wilhide, a freshman general studies major, in possession of marijuana. She admitted to using it, and was cited for possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia.

Students discovered with alcohol in Schramm Hall At 1:06 a.m. Thursday officers were called to Schramm Hall, because of a noise complaint.

Although nobody was drinking, officers confiscated a 1.75 liter bottle of McCormick vodka and a 750 milliliter bottle of Jose Cuervo tequila.

Scott Campbell, a freshman general studies major, Tanner Andersen, a sophomore actuarial sciences major, and Heath Lee, a sophomore agribusiness major, were all cited for MIPs. student slides into car, leaves scene At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Emily Waring, a junior biological systems engineering major, was cited for leaving the scene of an accident and not possessing valid insurance. Earlier, Waring was driving in the parking garage and slid on the ice causing minor damage on another vehicle.

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CBA to launch ethics code mary rezac daily nebraskan

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Business Administration is launching a new code of ethics today with an event at 3:30 p.m. at the Lied Center, featuring business ethics speaker Diann Cattani.

According to a March 2011 article in the Deseret News, Cattani was a business manager and consultant for a family-owned human resources firm, from which she embezzled more than $500,000. Eventually Cattani turned herself in.

“She found she couldn’t live with herself, turned herself in and paid a high price for it,” said director of CBA’s Business Ethics Program Janice Lawrence. “Part of her message will be how important it is for students to stick to their own moral codes.”

Lawrence said the new ethics code is exciting for students in the college.

“(The new ethics code) is student-conceived, studentgrown, student-written and studentcreated,” Lawrence said.

L a w r e n c e and the student advisory b o a r d met once a week cattani for the past year to develop the code. She said the students first researched different ethics codes, and then surveyed the student body of CBA for its input.

“They asked the students, ‘What do you think the culture (of business) is now?

What would you like it to be? What do you think the employers are looking for?’”

Lawrence said.

The committee then compiled an ethics codes with tenets on integrity, honesty,

professionalism, respect business ethics to real life by hearing someone talk and compassion.

Lawrence said students about their experiences.”

Lawrence said everyone will get a chance to sign the code of ethics at the event who attends will also retomorrow and to hear about ceive a card, similar to a Cattani’s experience as a credit card, with the code of ethics and the mission former business manager.

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relationships: from 1 Mike Scheel, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor of educational psychology, said college students in general are more vulnerable because of the developmental phase they’re going through.

“A lot of them are on their own for the first time,” he said. “The challenges of being in college come from both in and out of the classroom.”

Molly Sowers, a freshman pre-veterinary medicine major, said she feels better when she is single.

“I think most humans crave some sort of interaction though, especially when we’re experiencing

negative emotions, situations,” Sowers said.

Sowers said interaction doesn’t necessarily have to take place with a significant other.

Cutrona said people differ in how comfortable they are with relationships. She said there is research that shows people who avoid intimacy can benefit just as much as anyone else by having a supportive close relationship.

“Some people are much happier being by themselves,” Scheel said. “It’s a personality characteristic.”

Ben Fischer, a freshman computer engineering major, said he is still waiting

for the right girl. However, he said he feels best when he’s helping someone else, regardless of his relationship status.

“Basically, do what makes you happy, not what society believes will make you happy,” Fischer said.

Cutrona doesn’t recommend temporary emotional satisfaction through engaging in the practice of “hooking up.” She said men and women have their hearts broken frequently when hookups mean different things to different people.

Nicole Lape, a freshman child, youth and family studies major, said it’s important to be “happily

single” before being “happily together.”

“If you depend on another person for your happiness, what will happen to you if that person leaves or dies or cheats?” she asked.

Scheel said if people are dependent on the other person for all forms of happiness and can’t first make themselves happy, that’s a good indicator of not being in a healthy relationship.

Cutrona said what truly eliminates loneliness is making good friends.

“And the best romantic relationships start as friendships, so either way, you win,” she said.

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parking: from 1 parking operation.”

The cost to construct the new garage is about $15 million.

In addition, 32 parking stalls will be added through the demolition of the gas station near Andersen Hall, and 30 will be added at 14th and R streets.

The recommendation will go to Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance Christine Jackson, which, if approved, would be sent to the Board of Regents for review. The garage is a response to the increase in demand for parking caused by the building of a new housing project near 18th and R streets, and a predicted increase in parking demand from an extension of the Campus Recreation Outdoor Adventures Center.

Matt Hilgenkamp, the external vice president for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and a senior accounting major, voiced concerns about student reactions to the price increase, but acknowledged that UNL may have limited options.

“I don’t think students are going to be happy,” he said. “(We either need to) build this parking garage or we need to reduce drastically the amount of demand (for parking).”

Other committee members were also concerned about costs. “(I’m) worried about putting a majority of the costs on the people who can’t afford a one-dollar-a-month or a twodollar-a-month increase,” said Parking Advisory Committee chair Tausha Ward Armbruster.

Faculty Senate member and communication studies professor Ron Lee worried about faculty members who, displaced from surface parking, opt to park in a garage instead. In three years, those faculty members would see a $132 hike from fees they are paying currently. He feared this wouldn’t sit well with the Faculty Senate.

However, other members argued that this increase was in proportion to the natural

increases in the cost of living.

Committee members also discussed other options, including carpooling and a possible addition of a rental car service on campus for students who only need a car occasionally.

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“A lot of campuses implement it,” Carpenter said.

“We’d like to see having that option on campus.”

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Heineman must consider value of NU’s request Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman recently voiced his disapproval of the University of Nebraska’s Build a Healthier Nebraska initiative government funds request. He said his priorities lie in cutting income taxes for the middle class and replenishing the cash reserve.

While these are both legitimate and admirable causes, the Daily Nebraskan urges the governor to take a long, hard look at the impact of the fourpart construction initiative.

The cancer center, nursing facility, health care training facility and veterinary diagnostic center are all integral to the future of the university system. These facilities, especially the cancer center, are key to ensuring research in Nebraska is competitive. With such a shortage of nurses, the nursing facility and health care training facility are both important.

The Daily Nebraskan understands that the state budget is in a crunch. There are certainly other projects vying for funding that should be considered. But higher education shouldn’t continue to be shoved by the wayside.

Investing in education should be a priority, especially when the money is invested in something like cancer research.

Heineman said the university should be getting its funding from private donors. But as University of Nebraska communications manager Melissa Lee pointed out in a Feb. 13 Daily Nebraskan article, about 99 percent of private donations are designated for specific purposes. It’s unrealistic to expect $91 million in donations for the project.

An investment in this initiative is in no way a waste of funds. The Build a Healthier Nebraska initiative will not only help Nebraska stay competitive but will benefit the state as a whole for generations to come. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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Take Oscars with grain of salt

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he Oscars is the only award show worth watching. Even when I first started watching them at age 8, I knew no other could match the glamour and spectacle. The cool kids of the celebrity world are always there, making the Oscars the definition of Hollywood prestige.

Even if you don’t particularly care, the words “Academy Award” have a certain weight. But do they deserve that weight?

When you break it down, the Oscars are just as arbitrary as every other award show and “best of” list. They shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

Most lists for movies are lumped together by year. That’s totally unfair, because there’s no other reason for them to be grouped with each other. Every movie has a different message to convey. Each movie has a different way of executing that message. “The Descendants” and “The Artist” are competing for best picture, yet they have almost nothing in common.

How do you decide whether a film about a “dysfunctional” family has anything over a story of failed celebrity? Or vice versa? Not to mention “The Artist” uses different sound and color techniques than “The Descendants.” Silent movies are uncommon, but does that actually make “The Artist” better than the rest?

The same goes for acting awards. Maybe the reason Meryl Streep loses so often is because she’s always pitted against her equals. I don’t think I could choose between her, Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, Annette Bening, Tilda Swinton or any other oft-nominated actress. Each actor fulfills his or her role in his or her own way.

Sometimes the best performances are the subtle ones, but they probably aren’t going to get nominated. Heath Ledger, for example, was amazing in “Brokeback Mountain,” but lost to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s “Capote” in 2005. Ledger’s character is clearly more reserved, and therefore less interesting to the Oscar voters.

All it really comes down to is which movies leave the right impression. Critics

erica Bartz and members of the Academy (theoretically) have an educated opinion, but they’re still biased. Despite years of experience, a critic could still hate a movie on a whim.

The content often gets in the way of a person’s enjoyment. Critics are no exception.

Whether the content was well-executed or not often gets shifted to the side.

As a result, “best of” lists and award shows become popularity contests. Movies like “Melancholia” and “Shame,” though acclaimed, are about an apocalypse and a sex addict, respectively. Their content is obviously not traditional fare for the Academy Awards. They could take the Oscars into potentially scandalous territory.

As for actors, the ones who are nominated usually undergo a transformation.

For example, Charlize Theron in “Monster” competed against the equally capable Naomi Watts in “21 Grams” in 2004.

Theron, however, had a drastic physical transformation as a serial killer prostitute, while Watts’ character was tamer. Theron, obviously, won the prize. Best actors of late often play complex real people, like Jamie Foxx in “Ray” (2004) and Sean Penn in “Milk” (2008). Their characters usually have a tragic life or unique personality to portray. The more dramatic an actor’s role is, the more attention they get.

So why have awards in the first place if they’re so arbitrary? What’s the point of having favorites of the year?

Even though the Academy’s powers aren’t always used for good, they still have the potential for good. Directors, actors, editors and others still need to be recognized for their accomplishments. Although “Melancholia” wasn’t nominated for any

Oscars, it still received “Oscar buzz” and awards from other places. If it didn’t have that buzz, the wider public probably wouldn’t know about it.

Unfortunately, mediocre films can still win the prize. “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) and “Crash” (2005) are recent examples of wins that surprised everyone. Others didn’t even deserve to be nominated, like “Avatar” (2009) and “Seabiscuit” (2003). But it’s not the end of the world. What’s important is recognizing talent. The movies which were supposedly robbed get recognition regardless. In the end, the goal of getting attention is met.

Also, one can’t ignore that award shows have multiple categories. Besides best picture, there’s also best editing, best sound-mixing, best screenplay, etc. These categories are much easier to compare movies with because they have a narrower focus. Measuring “The Descendants” and “The Artist” in terms of sound is much easier than comparing the overall quality.

In addition, people can’t help rating each other’s work. You can point out the uselessness all you want, but we all still want to feel superior to everyone. Even if you’re just a critic, comparing tastes with others is essential to the culture of criticism.

Award shows shouldn’t go away altogether. Even though there are some definite evils to their process and effects, they can still bring appropriate recognition. Award shows are also about fun and entertainment, not just high art. If the movie business was completely serious, it wouldn’t be nearly as exciting. Viewers are tuning in for the actual show, not just to see who won.

Basically, the Oscars shouldn’t be the end all, be all. Despite the inevitable snubbing, directors make fabulous movies without prompting from any award show.

People should take them for what they are — shows. They’re entertaining to watch, but don’t forget that the nominees are simply the tip of the iceberg.

Erica Bartz is a senior film studies major. Reach her at ericabartz@ dailynebraskan.com

Occupy movement deserves more coverage

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ept. 17, 2011 may not sound like an important date, but this Friday marks the 6-month anniversary of the beginning of Occupy Wall Street. Protesters moved into Zuccotti Park in the heart of New York City’s financial district that day. What do we know now looking back?

One of the biggest problems with the movement is the demands made. Without central leadership to hold negotiations, contacting the group directly remains difficult. This, in turn, makes it hard to know exactly what they are protesting. Vagueness is reflected in Occupy’s demands, which vary from city to city. The group still lacks any official stance.

The biggest sentiments include discontent with the income distribution, the impact of money in politics and the reinstitution of the Glass-Steagall Act, the repeal of which has been speculated to be a major force in the current global recession. This was all culminated in the widely popular phrase “We are the 99 percent.”

The scope of the Occupy movement has been quite broad, citing 95 cities across 82

countries as well as in more than 600 smaller communities at its peak, according to its website.

This occurred on Oct. 15 when worldwide marches and protests marked the five month anniversary of marches in Spain against their banking industry.

Just less than a month later, police dispersed many of the encampments for a variety of reasons (or excuses, depending on perspective). These culminated in the coordinated efforts to expel protesters in New York, Oakland and Zurich simultaneously on the eve of Nov. 14.

Protesters in Lincoln are still camping out, and in many other cities groups gather daily or on the weekends. Their continued participation raises an interesting question: What has changed in the six months since Occupy began?

Basically, we’re talking about money. The lasting effects are hard to gauge and certainly can’t be determined until after elections this fall, but it has remained a major point of discussion in politics, most recently in President Obama’s budget proposal for the upcoming year.

The president officially unveiled his budget message to Congress

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today for the 2012 fiscal year.

His proposal would extend the disputed 2001-2003 tax cuts with a major stipulation: He wants to eliminate these cuts for households with an income of more than $250,000. There was no specification of the income this would generate, but it addresses one of the major demands made by the occupy protesters.

The President’s proposal is unlikely to manifest itself in Congress, where financial reform for the highest tier of incomes has been vehemently opposed by the Republican majority in the House.

When these extensions were due to expire last fall there was extreme tension in Washington and a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension was limited to two months rather than a full year on Dec. 17, so discussion should

come up very soon.

As far as the mainstream media is concerned, interest in the topic has waned. The news cycle has shifted to other topics. At its peak discussion of “income inequality” changed significantly by the media “from less than 91 instances in the week before the occupation started to almost 500 instances,” according to a Nov. 11 article on Politico.com.

A more direct impact on everyday people was a change in policy by several major banks. With horrendous timing, major banks like Bank of America and Wells Fargo rolled out propositions that would charge debit card holders a fee ranging from $3 to $5 per month where their debit card were used.

Protesters attacked this fee and policy, which was set to roll out in 2012. This was reflected in the Occupy protesters backing of National Bank Transfer Day, in which consumers were urged to collectively switch from major banks to smaller ones or credit unions.

According to a Huffington Post survey, an estimated 650,000 consumers joined a credit union between the Sept. 5 announcement of the fee and National Bank Transfer Day on Nov. 5. Reports

from credit unions showed approximately 40,000 consumers switching on that final day.

Without a major election season in 2011 it was hard for the movement to have political discourse without electing new officials to office. If the Republican primary in Florida were any indicator, the political discourse in the country is going to undergo a massive shift. Voter turnout for the primary in Florida was down 14 percent from the 2008 elections, a sign of discontent with the potential candidates and with the party.

If the goal of the Occupy movement was simply to raise awareness about income and wealth distribution issues, then it has been fairly successful. Legislatively speaking, its demands are largely unmet. Consumer impact took a jab at major banks, another small victory.

But there isn’t much left the moment can accomplish after having become old news. I suggest that protesters pack up their tents, decamp and head back inside until November, when the real change can take place.

Kerry Jarvi is a sophomore Political Science major.

Reach him at kerryjarvi@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sound Surveillance provides fans with live, one-take music videos

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e’ve all watched YouTube videos of our favorite bands playing live and felt that the video and a u d i o quality left a little s o m e thing to be desired.

Fortunately there is a new trend in the Midwest of photographers, videographers and sound engineers hitting the streets to strategically capture those musical moments we love most and give them a professional touch.

Sound Surveillance is the creation of Ben Semisch and Matt Hovanec.

Their mission is to produce live one– take videos using multiple cameras and editing software to help music lovers explore the growing music and art scene in Nebraska with the quality they feel the performers deserve.

“The original idea came from Love Drunk, who we collaborate with,” Semisch said. There are several groups basically doing the same thing with live one–take video. We all have a passion for the local music scene and want to help showcase that. We get a lot of chances

to help each other out and because it’s not a competitive atmosphere it’s a lot of fun.”

Love Drunk released its first official video in June 2010, offering viewers the experience of watching real-time recordings without any of the distraction of excessive cutting and splicing, typical of many professional music videos, and leaving intact the elusive raw energy that sometimes doesn’t make it into the studio.

“There are several projects similar to Love

Drunk around the c o u n t r y , ” s a i d Django Greenblatt–Seay, t h e founder of the mobile audio and video recording studio.

“I think what really makes us stand out is that we take it on tour the way a band would tour. We bring along our entire 16-channel recording studio including mics, stands, cables, rack equipment, monitors, etc. And we don’t charge anybody anything.”

Semisch officially started Sound Surveillance with the help of Hovanec in October 2011.

“Ben and I are good friends and we hang out a lot,” Hovanec said. “Neither one of us knows how to relax, so we over-extend ourselves and do stuff like this for fun.”

Hovanec is the owner and an engineer at Plan C Recording Studios in Lincoln.

“Django was doing Love Drunk and I helped out with a few different shoots doing audio and really got into it,” he said. “Eventually I bought a camera and just started filming a few things.

Then Ben started the whole thing and I wanted to help out with what he was doing. He was filming shows and using the audio from his camera or from a field recorder.”

Sound Surveillance uses the open forums of Facebook, YouTube and HearNebraska.org to post its videos.

Close to 70 videos have been posted since it was created four months ago and many more are yet to be released.

“Sound Surveillance is a baby right now,” Greenblatt–Seay said. “Ben and Matt almost completely know the ins and outs of Love Drunk. They will certainly do some things differently, but there are no limits to what they’ll be able to create. They are extremely passionate, motivated and generous people, full of ideas. It’s adding to the already booming guerrilla videographer community here in Omaha.”

The Lincoln Exposed music festival this past week saw Hovanec pushing through everpresent crowds to let his thirsty camera drink in

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“First By Water Then By Fire” is the fourth solo release for Lincoln folk musician Orion Walsh.

The EP is a collection of five soulful protest songs, all of which are both poignant and pungent.

The opening track, “Water Then Fire,” mirrors the EP’s title.

Walsh sings above an unnerving banjo and organ: “First by water, then by fire, each and every man will be found a liar, on the final day. Just as quick as the waters drowned, the fire will consume all of the ground, leaving only ash.” The incredibly apocalyptic lyrics parallel 2 Peter 3:5-10, the Bible passage that accompanies the EP. The song’s unearthly organ carries through to the second track, “The First Shall Be The Last.” The track calls out society’s preoccupation with consumption and technology and later moves on to Walsh expressing an anti-war sentiment.

The piece teeters toward being a catch-all protest song, but with a ripping guitar line and angry accompanying band it lands in the territory of spirited outcry, ending with the searing line, “Your pride should be your downfall.”

Walsh becomes incredibly specific on “Gulf of Mexico,” a track that narrates the 2010 British Petroleum oil spill. With a burning refrain and guitar part, “Gulf of Mexico” might just pack the biggest punch on the album.

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“First By Water Then By Fire” takes a quiet turn with the final two tracks. While “Journey of a Spruce Tree” and “In One Day” are undoubtedly more reserved in sound, the songs maintain the muscle of their three predecessors. “In One Day” steals the show as a soaring album closer, complete with trumpet, trombone, euphonium and cello.

For a record predicated on a Biblical passage, Walsh steers

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clear of preachiness and instead masterfully toes the line between anger and empowerment. katiefennelly@ dailynebraskan.com

Songs serve as reminder of importance of love neil orians The other night at the Grammys Adele won six awards, including Album of the Year.

For those of you unfamiliar with the pop diva’s patented sound, her songs are mournful and full of heartbreak and a sense of hatred for the one that got away.

Well Adele, I’m really happy for you and I’m going to let you finish, but genuine love songs are the best genre of all time.

Don’t get me wrong, Adele is fantastic. She is a genuine performer and I’m very happy for her and all her success. However, this doesn’t eliminate the undeniable fact that love is magical.

Don’t forget that much greater divas have given us more iconic songs championing the power of love. The late, great Whitney Houston lent her incomparable voice to “I Will Always Love You,” in her beautiful 11-is-her-only-volume style.

French Canadian, Queen of James Cameron films Celine Dion granted a very ’90s audience “My Heart Will Go On.”

And really now, who will ever forget Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe?” These great divas gave us reasons to smile at the end of the 20th century.

And love songs will always be what defines a generation.

We don’t focus on the issues behind the baby boomers or the ’80s. We think about the great love songs that remind us why believing in the concept of love is still worth it.

But of course, love songs don’t always come from the mountain tops. Sometimes they speak to us at our lowest points, during moments of heartbreak.

Just about any My Chemical Romance song will satisfy this notion. Bonnie Tyler gave us the bittersweet “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and an insanely hard to understand video to go with it. Every other Childish Gambino song is about some girl that broke his heart. For every song about triumphant love, I’m sure you can find a song about heartbreak and loneliness.

But think about it. Would those songs matter if there were no love songs to counter them? What would be the point of complaining about how heart broken you are if there were no one to sing about the heart in the first place?

I’m not exactly the most optimistic voice in the music industry. I’ll be the first to say I’m downright moody and jaded most of the time. However,

MUSINGS FROM THE MOSH PIT love songs are something that remind me that everything is worth it. Getting my degree, working as hard as I can and basically being a decent person to other people is worth it because love is a real thing.

The songs remind us that love is a wonderful, crazy thing.

It makes us act goofy and forget there are problems in the world. Love songs remind us of those special someones who make us feel warm inside no matter where they are in the world.

This Valentine’s Day, forget the corporate nonsense and Hallmark pomp and circumstance. In reality, a day is just a day. There’s nothing truly significant about Feb. 14 outside the spike in heart-shaped candy sales. Let this day pass or celebrate the intended celebration of love if you feel like it. I, for one, will be taking the opportunity to celebrate my love for someone by listening to all the love songs that remind me of him. If you like smiling, I suggest you do the same.

Neil Orians is a senior fine arts major. He believes in a little thing called love, just listen to the rhythm of his heart. Reach him at neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com.

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house at Plan C on Oct. 23,” Hovanec said. “We filmed 28 bands from 10 a.m. until about 2 a.m.”

It was a non-stop effort to promote Plan C and Lincoln musicians.

“We spent 16 hours that day and then spent weeks editing,” Semisch said. “It taught us a lot. Our plan is still just to capture as much as we can and right now we are transitioning toward better quality. We are still learning and building off that.”

Sound Surveillance will be shooting new video next month at the SXSW music and film festival in Austin, Texas. joewade@ dailynebraskan.com

If you are new to the dating scene in Lincoln, you may find there isn’t a variety of fun date ideas downtown. Dinner and a movie is overused and going out for drinks is uninspired.

Luckily, Lincoln still offers a unique variety of venues to make a real impression on your significant other.

Uncork your creativity Painting isn’t everyone’s thing, but The Corky Canvas’ owner, Angie Bergren, promises to take any difficulty out of painting with her user-friendly approach.

At The Corky Canvas, Bergren teaches groups of people how to paint, stepby-step. Participants pay $35 and receive a canvas, paint and full instruction from Bergren.

Although each session focuses on a different painting, Bergren said people can paint anything if they are feeling creative. As an added benefit, at the end of the night, participants get to take their painting home to show off.

With time split up between instruction and painting, Bergren believes it creates a great dating atmosphere.

“I think it’s something different, as opposed to a movie where you can’t really talk and get to know each other. Here you can,” Bergren said. “With the instruction, it’s not 100 percent focused on your conversation, so it’s not as awkward for first dates.”

To further alleviate awkwardness, Bergren also serves drinks to customers of legal age. Bergren said minors can still come to paint, as long as they are 16.

NU football player Cameron Meredith is one of Bergren’s many customers.

When Meredith isn’t busy breaking into backfields, he’s breaking into girls’ hearts with creative dates.

“It’s just a great way to socialize and get away from the usual downtown scene,” Meredith said. “You can see everyone else’s paintings which is nice and the conversation in between is fun too.”

Meredith’s date, Alyssa Johnson, agreed.

“It’s a really good, creative date,” Johnson said.

“The only other one is Paint Yourself Silly, but this has a really good turnout.”

Anyone interested in attending a session at The Corky Canvas can make a reservation via their website. But book early, as Bergren warned that classes can fill up fast.

Release your inner child As a college student, it can be tough to shell out a lot of money on a fun date.

Still, Leanna Millard, general manager at Champions Fun Center, claimed she has the solution.

Champions, boasts a variety of activities for your inner child, including bowling, miniature golf, go-carts and

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Abbi Burris and Trey Buchholz attend dancing lessons at the Pla Mor Ballroom on Sunday night. Burris said that dancing was a form of “old school fun.”

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NU football player Cameron Meredith and his date, Alyssa Johnson, put the finishing touches on a painting at The Corky Canvas on Feb. 9. The Corky Canvas lets painters of any skill level be creative. batting cages.

Millard said that although many kids come through the door, she also sees a lot of college students.

“I was surprised by how many college kids came in for Valentine’s Day last year,” Millard said. “Girls know their boyfriend can’t spend much money on dates when they are in college. Champions is a great place to have fun for around $10.”

Millard said Champions has a relaxed atmosphere that can make any date a breeze.

Some of Champions’ activities are located outdoors and are weather-permitting.

“Obviously you can’t know with Nebraska weather,” Millard said. “But we had go-carting in December and January this year.”

Despite the outdoor situation, Champions still offers a variety of indoor activities including a full arcade, bowling and an adventure challenge.

All Champions activities are priced well under $10 dollars, allowing for a night of activities that won’t break the bank.

“You can go to a movie and spend $8 on popcorn,” Millard said. “Or you can go to Champions and have some real fun.”

Dance your heart out On Sunday nights Pla Mor Ballroom, fills up for its country-themed night, Country Sunday.

Pla Mor owner Mike Ruth said the event makes for a great romantic date night.

“It’s one of the more popular places on Sunday nights,” Ruth said. “We’ve actually had several couples that have

met at Pla Mor and then got married.”

Before Country Sunday starts at 8 p.m. there is an hour-long dance lesson designed to teach the basics.

Al and Roberta Doeden teach the lessons and have been providing dance instruction longer than most of their students have been alive; 33 years.

At each lesson the Doedens teach two dances, a couple’s dance and a line dance.

Roberta Doeden said that the lessons and Country Sunday make an excellent date.

“Dancing is the way to a woman’s heart,” Doeden said.

“It’s no longer diamonds, although they do help.”

Trey Buchholz and Abbi Burris agree. The couple has been attending Pla Mor’s Country Sunday for a few weeks now.

“We’ve been working on our dancing for a while now,” Buchholz said. “Dancing takes a lot of skill and it’s fun to learn.”

Burris said the couple plans to continue attending.

“There is always more to learn,” she said.

The cost to attend Country Sunday is $5 a person and the dance lessons are free. If you do attend, the Doedens and Ruth encourage you to arrive early, as the dance floor fills up after 10 p.m.

If you don’t like country music, Ruth noted that Pla Mor also offers a few other dance nights to get you and your date moving, including ballroom dance lessons and a singles night every first Friday where couples are still welcome.

“It’s just old school fun,” Buchholz said. kevinmoser@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers finish second in first Big Ten meet michelle o’donnell daily nebraskan

Wyatt Baier vaulted the Huskers to second place in Iowa last Saturday.

Baier, a sophomore, led the No. 11 Huskers to second place at the meet in Iowa last w e e k end. NU posted a score of 336.500, falling behind No. 6 Minnesota baier (340.00) who took first place.

The No. 12 Iowa Hawkeyes placed third with a score of 334.500.

The Huskers started the competition on pommel horse, posting a score of 54.100, slightly below their season average of 54.750.

“We just did average,” NU coach Chuck Chmelka said.

“We started off with two fairly good routines, and then our dismounts began hurting us. We got a lot of deductions on the judges sheet from dismounts.”

After the first rotation, the Huskers were in third, where they remained after getting a score of 54.300 on rings in the second rotation.

“We were down to both teams, which we expected, to be honest,” Chmelka said. “We talked about it, but if we would have hit like we’re capable of, we would be in the lead.”

The Huskers overtook the Hawkeyes to move into second place after posting a score of 57.00 on floor. NU was lead by senior Andreas Hofer who posted a score of 14.60, earning him second place overall on floor.

“On floor, we did some really good routines,” Chmelka said.

“But we had some struggles again. Wyatt Aycock fell down, and that’s the first floor routine he’s missed all season.”

NU earned a high enough score of 56.600 on parallel bars to keep them in second place,

but fell back into third after posting a score of 56.500 on high bar.

“High bar went okay,” Chmelka said. “But vaulting was exceptional.”

On the final rotation, NU took to the vault and ended up with a score of 58.00 that overtook the Hawkeyes again and landed the team in second place overall. Baier led the Huskers with a 14.70, earning him an event title on vault.

“I was really pretty nervous at this meet,” Baier said. “It was the first big meet of the year and I wanted us to go out and hit out routines.”

Baier also used this competition to do his floor routine for the first time at a meet.

“We put him in on floor,” Chmelka said. “He had a couple of mistakes that he never had in practice, which were nerves, and that’s why we put him in.”

Baier got over his nerves by the time his turn came up in vault, earning the top score on the NU team.

“It was a beautiful vault,” Chmelka said. “He was the last one up, and there’s always a little bit of pressure, but he handled it and he just nailed it.”

The Huskers are back in the gym this week getting ready to face off with the Golden Gophers again when they travel to Minnesota this weekend.

After falling to the Gophers last weekend, NU is looking forward to competing against them.

“They’re a better team than I thought they were,” Chmelka said. “They’re solid. I know their coach is really good and very thorough — he does a great job. They don’t really have a weakness.”

Even though No. 6 Minnesota is ranked higher than the No. 11 Huskers, NU won’t let that affect their confidence.

“We have our work cut out for us,” Chmelka said. “But if we can hit it, we’re right up there. There’s no doubt about it. We just have do a better job and hit key areas.”

Huskers fall three spots in Monday’s action daily nebraskan

After a chance to improve upon its start from yesterday, Nebraska women’s golf team struggled in the second round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic on Monday. While there was shifting among the leaderboard, the Huskers failed to take advantage of the close in on the leaders.

The invitational in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico helped kick off the start of the spring golf season for Nebraska and other women’s collegiate programs across the country. The three round, 54-hole invite started with the first round on Sunday, with second round action on Monday.

After finishing in 11th place in the first round on Sunday, the Huskers fell three spots Monday to drop into 14th place out of the 15-team field.

With a total team score of 623, the Huskers were able to place ahead of fellow Big Ten competitor Penn State. NU’s second round score of 314 was five shots higher than on Sunday. Georgia was able to overtake LSU for the lead in the second round by one shot to finish with a team score of 585 after the two were tied following the first round.

Senior Madeleine Sheils dropped a few spots from her even-par round of 72 yesterday. Sheils finished tied for

Big Ten coaches: Spartans’ stock rising Lanny Holstein daily nebraskan

Michigan State went 3-0 in Big Ten play this past week, and with its 58-48 win over Ohio State on Saturday, it moved into a tie for the lead in the conference with three weeks to go.

The Spartans defeated the Michigan Wolverines a week ago Sunday as well as the Penn State Nittany Lions in the midweek before their game with Ohio State. Coach Tom Izzo was very pleased with his team’s performance over that stretch.

“It was definitely as grinding a six days as we have had in a while,” he said. “We feel fortunate to get out of there, but the road gets no easier this week with Purdue and Wisconsin. We think we’re in for a hell of a finish.”

The Spartan’s game with Ohio State was arguably the most important game of the season for both of the teams involved.

The Buckeyes came in riding a six game win streak and had risen to third in the national polls.

They were in strong position to claim a No. 1 seed in the postseason tournament if they could keep winning down the stretch.

The Spartan’s came in a game down in the conference standings and needed a victory to claim a share of the lead.

“The win at Ohio State, of course, was a signature win for Michigan State,” Izzo said. “I thought that we played a team that really played well defensively. They turned us over a lot, but what it came down to, they just missed some shots.”

Ohio State coach Thad Matta blamed his team’s loss on a combination of poor shooting and strong defense from the Spartans.

“We had some opportunities, and some shots didn’t fall,” he said. “A couple easy ones maybe, and I think it took a little wind

out of our sail there, but it was probably a combination of both.

“I’m giving Michigan State all the credit here.

They limited those opportunities. We didn’t have a lot of them, and we weren’t able to take full advantage.”

Izzo was happy with his team’s defensive performance as well.

“It was probably one of the best if you look at it going in with a game plan and coming out, but I think it was aided by the fact that they missed some shots. It made it so that we were able to dig down on (Jared) Sullinger,” he said. “He still had a big game, but we were able to get in there.”

Michigan State’s development on defense this season has come at the right time. They seem to be peaking as of late, and are not giving up baskets as easily as they had in the beginnings of conference play.

“It all starts at the point,”

Izzo said. “Keith (Appling) has done a very good job, and it’s been a little surprising that we have been very solid inside with both our bigs, (Derrick) Nix and (Adreian) Payne. The Xfactors have been (Branden) Dawson, (Brandon) Wood and (Austin) Thornton, guys like that. Two of them weren’t good defenders at all and they just became it.

“We are getting to be a ball-hawking, more aggressive team, and I think a lot of that is my fault. We are trying to get back to that.”

The Spartans are hoping that their rise to the top of the league leads to more success in coming weeks.

“It’s important, but what you do in one game doesn’t always translate to the next game, you know,” Izzo said. “It works the other way too. Sometimes you think you’ve accomplished something, and guys get a little fat and sassy.” lannyholstein@ dailynebraskan.com

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Michigan State’s 58-48 victory over Thad Matta’s Ohio State has the Spartans tied atop the Big Ten standings at 9-3 in conference play.

15th place with a four-over-par 76 on the second day of the invitational with a total score of 148.

Georgia’s Emilie Burger remains on top of the leaderboard but now shares that spot with Purdue’s Laura Gonzalez, who vaulted up in the standings after being tied for 19th place on Sunday. Gonzalez helped lead a comeback for the Boilermakers, who were only one spot from the bottom after the first round, but finished in sixth following the completion of Monday’s round.

Sophomore Steffi Neisen was the only member of the Husker’s roster to improve upon her score from Sunday. Neisen’s 77 was one stroke better from her 78 on Sunday, and was good enough to put her tied for 41st.

Nebraska’s Kayla Knopik shot an 80 while freshman Shelby Martinek matched her score of 81 from Sunday.

Sophomore Katelyn Wright fell out of scoring position for the Huskers after shooting five strokes higher than Sunday with her 85. Individual competitor Katie Keiser shot an 87 to finish out the Husker’s lineup.

Nebraska still has hopes to jump up the leaderboard with the final round tomorrow. Tee time for the last 18 holes of the 54-hole competition is at 5:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

hoppen: from 10 Every team has some special talent (you couldn’t always say that about Iowa State and Colorado) and that’s a big reason why we’ve seen so many upsets.

You never know when Illinois’ Brandon Paul is going to score 43 points and knock off Ohio State, the conference’s best team.

Of course, there’s the ever-present elephant in the room for the Big Ten — the games are ugly. Teams are defensive-minded and physical, leading to lower shooting percentages and underworked scoreboard operators.

But you know what I’ve discovered? Ugly can be kind of beautiful.

Believe me, I love offense. Who doesn’t? It’s tremendously fun to watch Duke and North Carolina

sprint up the floor and put up scores in the 80s and 90s.

But I can appreciate the brand of basketball the Big Ten endorses, too. Guys legitimately care about defense. They aren’t constantly thinking about the next offensive possession.

And from what I’ve seen, there aren’t a lot of andones in the Big Ten. If you take it inside, you can expect to get pummeled. No easy buckets. I like that. file photo by jon augustine | daily nebraskan Is the Big Ten perfect? Of course not. There are go- The Big Ten has proven to be a worthy opponent for the ing to be some unwatch- Huskers. NU is 3-10 in conference play in its innagural able games, some slugfests season. featuring so little offense But it’s become obvious that you can almost hear the teams have improved, Dick Vitale crying softly in that sentiment has become now — different doesn’t a popular one among na- mean worse. the background. dan hoppen is a senior But this season has shown tional pundits. news-ed major. reach him I miss the Big 12.

The Big me that Big Ten basketball at danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.COM has a lot to offer, and as Ten is a very different style of basketball.

basketball: from 10 13-0 run to go up by 16 before four minutes passed.

NU seemed to go into the same shooting funk that haunted them in a loss against Michigan as it struggled to score at the end of the first half and at the start of the second.

After a Jordan Hooper 3-pointer, Nebraska responded to the Gopher run with a 17-4 run of its own to cut the lead to three at 44-41 with 11:35 to go.

“It’s the nature of what we have done all season,” Yori said. “Most teams when they are down 16 just quit, but our guys have some toughness in them and battled back tonight.”

It was back and forth for

the remainder of the game with the biggest lead belonging to Minnesota at seven points. Any time the Gophers seemed to take control of the game, the Huskers responded with a run of their own.

Hooper kept Nebraska in it with strong outside shooting. The sophomore made four 3-pointers to set the tone in the second half. She finished with 20 points, six rebounds and four steals.

The game was tied at 58 with two minutes to go when Nebraska failed to score the remainder of the contest. The Gophers took the lead for good on a putback layup with a minute to go to upset the Huskers.

Minnesota outrebounded Nebraska 42-31, the highest rebounding margin against NU this season.

“Defensive rebounding late in the game is critical and we didn’t get the job done,” Yori said.

Besides Hooper, Nebraska struggled to shoot much like it did in its previous loss to Michigan on Sunday when it shot just 25 percent. It was a similar story on Monday as the Huskers shot just 31 percent as a team, not including Hooper.

The 3-point shot was a problem early for Nebraska once again as it shot just two of 10 from behind the arc in the first half. It

bounced back in the second half though going six of 13, four of those coming from Hooper.

Jeffrey provided a nice spark for the Huskers though, as she created havoc in the Minnesota backcourt on the defensive end.

Offensively she hit a couple of big threes to help the Husker comeback in the second half.

NU returns to Lincoln to take on Northwestern Thursday beginning a twogame home stand.

“We know what’s at stake and this will be the biggest game of the year for us to this point,” Yori said. andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com

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Mark Manning and company have managed four come-from-behind victories this season against top-15 squads.

Huskers grind for comebacks Zach tegler

The art of the rally is one of the most captivating storylines in sports. Whether it’s Eli Manning leading a touchdown drive to defeat the Patriots in the Super Bowl (twice), the St. Louis Cardinals plating two runs to tie the contest down to their final out (twice in the same game) or the 1993 Buffalo Bills scoring 35 unanswered points against the Houston Oilers to win a playoff game by three in overtime, comebacks capture the awe of sports fans.

And the No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team has nearly mastered the trade.

Four times this season, the Huskers have trailed by four points or more against opponents currently ranked in the nation’s top 15. Four times, NU has mounted a comeback. In three of those occurrences, the rally led to a Nebraska victory.

The Huskers’ rebounding ways were first apparent in their second dual of the season

in November. The opponent: current No. 14 Kent State. Nebraska was competing in the Wrestle for a Cure Duals in Harrisburg, Pa., but in its first contest, NU found itself in a 14-7 hole with five matches remaining. Then Nebraska freshman Robert Kokesh kickstarted a string of four consecutive wins with a victory at 165-pounds.

The run resulted in a 19-17 upset for the unranked Huskers.

One month later, Nebraska was ranked No. 21 in the country and made its home debut against then No. 14 (and current No. 10) Wyoming. After three matches, the Cowboys held a 9-3 advantage, but once again, the middle of the Huskers’ lineup came through. This time around, the rally was sparked by NU freshman Jake Sueflohn’s victory at 141. Although Nebraska faltered in the dual’s last two matches (both to ranked opponents), five straight wins earned the Huskers a 1915 victory.

Another month into the

season, the Nebraska wrestlers rose to twelfth in the nation.

No. 6 Ohio State came to Lincoln for the Huskers’ Big Ten conference opener — but the Buckeyes quickly put a hamper on the home team’s excitement.

Ohio State jumped to leads of 7-3 and 10-7 before another NU freshman, James Green at 157 pounds, won to begin the comeback. Another rally. Another upset. Nebraska was victorious by a final tally of 18-16.

But NU’s most impressive resurgence came in a defeat.

Sunday, the Huskers and Buckeyes met for the second time this year at the National Duals in Stillwater, Okla. In the first four matches of the dual the Buckeyes earned a decision, a major decision, a technical fall and a fall to claim an 18-0 lead. Just as in the first matchup, Green garnered the breakthrough win for Nebraska. After victories at 157, 165, 174 and 184, the Huskers had cut an 18-point deficit to a sixpoint hole.

But Ohio State’s Andrew Campolattano ended NU’s comeback hopes, beating NU freshman Spencer Johnson 4-3 at 197.

And oh, what might have been.

Huskers’ heavyweight, senior Tucker Lane, won with a pin in the dual’s final match. Nebraska and Ohio State each won five matches on the day; a 21-18 loss may have felt closer than that for the Huskers.

And it isn’t just the team that is clutch. Many individuals, notably Sueflohn and senior James Nakashima at 197 pounds, have notched comeback wins in matches they trailed in.

From all of this, two trends arise. One is that the Nebraska wrestling team is never going to give in – no matter the size of the challenge that faces it. NU coach Mark Manning said after his team’s loss to OSU Sunday that the Huskers are full of character and always maintain belief. While it is true that nearly all squads in any sport maintain

that mindset, the NU wrestling team has proven it through concrete results this season.

Also, the rallies show that the core of the team really does lie in its freshmen. Since Johnson entered the Husker lineup, five of Nebraska’s 10 starters are freshmen, and in each of NU’s come-from-behind wins, it was a freshman who won the first match of the surges.

Now, as Nebraska has come back for victories at ranging levels of competition, it is time to find out if the Huskers can pull the largest rally of all: a rally at the national level.

No. 8 NU has four losses on the season. The next comeback to be made is at the conference and NCAA tournaments.

With one more resurgence, the Huskers could win titles on a grand stage and rise into the ranks of the nation’s elite.

Now that would be a captivating story. zach tegler is a sophomore news-editorial major. reach him at zachtegler@ dailynebraskan.com

Huskers capture 17th Master’s Classic Nedu izu daily nebraskan

More than 1,400 fans witnessed Nebraska women’s gymnastics capture their 17th consecutive Masters Classic title after outshining No. 20 Washington, No. 22 Michigan and Southern Utah, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Saturday.

The No. 8 Huskers finished first with a score of 196.55, as the Wolverines posted a 195.825, the Huskies posted a 194.150 and the Thunderbirds posted a 191.90.

NU appeared in front of an electric atmosphere, and they got support from Nebraska athletes Jamal Turner and Christopher Niemann.

But the football wide receiver and basketball center weren’t the only two that seemed impressed with NU’s performance.

UW’s coach Joanne Bowers complimented NU coach Dan Kendig and said his team put on a great show.

“He is one of the most respected coaches around the country and is the best person to do this job,” she said. “He and his team ran a great meet tonight.”

The Huskers began the meet on vault where they posted a season-high team score of 49.45. The score is also the second highest in Master’s Classic history and all Huskers posted over 9.80.

Junior Lora Evenstad began the meet with a 9.80 score in the event and was followed by 9.925 performances by Jessie DeZiel and Janelle Giblin. The two set career-highs and tied for the crown in the event.

The record-setting performances set the tone for the rest of the meet, Kendig said.

“It could not have started off any better on the vault,” he said. “Lora started us off with a

great vault. It just seemed like we had better landings tonight all the way through. It was a pretty special night on vault.”

Nebraska then moved to bars where another two career-highs were set and helped tally a team score of 49.275.

After a 9.80 start by Emily Wong, Jamie Schleppenbach scored a 9.775 which set a career and season best for the sophomore. Evenstad and Giblin then followed with 9.90 scores, a career-high tie for Giblin.

The Cornhuskers then moved to beam and, like their last home meet, had troubles from their opening performer.

Giblin, who began the event, suffered a fall finishing with an 8.500 score.

Kendig said it was tough seeing his athlete have problems two home meets in a row.

“This is a kid that rocks in practice and is so confident,” the coach said. “(Giblin) had trouble again and it’s really mind bothering to me. But the impressive thing was that the other five kids fought.”

The junior’s teammates picked her up, scoring at least a whole point higher the rest of the event. DeZiel and Wong led the Huskers posting scores of 9.85 and 9.775, helping the team finish with a 48.450 score.

“I loved the fight in the team today,” Kendig said. “We’re a good meet a way from getting exactly what we want.”

After three rotations, the Huskers led, 147.175-146.850, over second place Michigan.

And it was the floor performance that helped the team finish strong at home and capture the Masters Classic.

Besides a step out of bounds from opening performer Schleppenbach that turned a 9.80 into a 9.70, NU followed

with five scores above 9.80 to help the team finish with a 49.375 on floor, the highest among all four teams.

“We were on and together all night and had one of our strongest lineups for all four events this year,” junior Brittany Skinner said.

Skinner finished third for the Huskers with a career-high 9.875 score. She was then followed by Wong’s 9.925 performance which was a career-high and earned her the event title.

Kendig was impressed with Skinner’s performance and said it’s an encouraging sign of things to come.

“She came back from having trouble last weekend on floor to a 9.875 and took third on floor,” the coach said. “And it’s going to get better then so we’re really excited.”

But the highlights didn’t end there for the Nebraska women’s gymnastics team.

Another plus were the performances of so-called “allarounders” who performed for the Huskers Saturday night.

All six of the Huskers that appeared at the meet competed in all four events.

“I can’t believe we had six all-around competitors,” the 19th-year headman said. “That’s something I’ve never had.”

Out of the six gymnasts, freshman DeZiel captured the All-Around title for the fourth time this season, posting a 39.45.

Skinner, who finished third for the Huskers with a careerhigh 39.35, said the difference today in their performances was that they were cool, calm and collected through the clatter that surrounded them all night.

“It’s weird because there were four teams,” the junior said. “But we didn’t hold back.

We let it all out and had fun tonight.”

The floor performance was

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Brittany Skinner was one of only six Huskers to compete as an all-arounder this weekend for NU coach Dan Kendig.

Skinner’s first all season after being bothered by injuries during the fall. However, that wasn’t the only reason the event was special for Los Altos, Calif., native.

During her performance, the crowd noise kept increasing during her floor display, the loudest of any gymnast’s performance all night.

“It was awesome. I’ve been waiting for this routine for a year and a half now and I finally got to do it,” she said. “Just from that routine I feel more

confident in myself.”

With the victory, Nebraska improves its record to 4-1 on the season.

Kendig said it was great to see Skinner back in all four events and that he was content with all his gymnasts’ performances.

“Overall, I’m really pleased with what the team did and what we came in to accomplish,” he said. “It was a good day all the way around and I’m proud of all of them.” neduizu@ dailynebraskan.com

followed with a five-pitch walk to score Taylor Edwards, who began the inning.

It was the next batter that broke the door wide open.

In the next at-bat, junior Gabby Banda worked through a successful at-bat, hitting a grand-slam deep over the center field wall to lessen Arizona’s lead to 6-5.

After scoring again in the fifth and sixth to take a 9-6 lead, the Wildcats crawled back scoring four times in the top of the seventh.

Arizona’s Lini Kori hit her third home run of the night to help the team head into the bottom of the seventh leading ahead of the Huskers, 10-9.

But Huskers weren’t intimidated.

In the final inning, NU’s Edwards began the comeback with an RBI single, which left the bases loaded for the next batter, Courtney Breault.

“We have 21 outs to make things happen,” Guile said.

“It’s team work and it was great seeing everyone contribute all around.”

With two outs, the Arkansas transfer lined a 1-2 pitch into right field to give her team the win.

Guile said the clutch hitting that day is the memory that the team will remember most from the tournament.

“It was great to see our hard work pay off and come from behind to win it,” the Olathe, Kan., native said. “There were things in that game we could have improved on, but it was great feedback to what we are good with.”

More positive news came Monday for NU as Guile was named Big Ten Player of the Week, the first Husker softball player in history to receive the honor.

The first baseman batted .550 in the six games last weekend, going 11-for-20 at the plate, producing one home run, three doubles, eight RBI and eight runs scored.

Despite beginning the season 3-3, the team also outscored their opponents 38-37, with four of those games being played in less than 48 hours.

Revelle said playing six games in four days was a good challenge to start the team’s 2012 season.

“We got tested in a way that will only make us better,” the coach said. “It’s not about how you come out of it — it’s how you grow from that experience. To face three ranked teams and a quality opponent in OSU, it shows you have some good things going on with this group.”

Guile agreed and said the quality pitching they faced this weekend will only make NU stronger for their Troy Cox Classic tournament in Las Cruces, N.M., next weekend.

“The pitching was some of the best in the country,” she said. “It was good to play the teams we did and start the pre-season with them. All we saw prior to this weekend was the best opponent, which is ourselves.

“We want to take the momentum, get ready for our next opponent. Being such a competitive group, we want to be the best we could be. Every game is a learning experience.”

The team’s first opponent, Washington, who they lost to, 4-0, won the Kajikawa Classic tournament undefeated.

Although she feels the team could have left 4-2, Revelle said she doesn’t like to dwell in the past, but learn from it.

“We would have loved to have left 4-2, and that Georgia Tech game stung us,” she said. “But I think we had some good things happen this weekend. (Washington) had a great quality pitcher and we want to see more of that in the next tournament.

“It’s great to see that in the beginning of the year and we’ll definitely build on that. I think this offense will only continue to generate more runs.” neduizu@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska loses its second straight, this time a 64-58 road loss to unranked Minnesota on the Gophers’ home court.

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What a difference a change in scenery makes for Minnesota.

In Lincoln on Jan 22., No. 15 Nebraska dominated the Gophers in a 64-49 win with the lead stretching out to 24 points at one point in that contest.

It was a different story in Minneapolis Monday night as the Huskers were upset by the Gophers 6458 at Williams Arena for their second straight loss coming off a bye week for NU. “The break was relaxing, but we haven’t done a good job getting back to work after it,” Jordan Hooper said.

The loss was the second time Minnesota (1314 overall, 5-8 Big Ten) knocked off a ranked opponent in Big Ten play at home this season as it improved its record at Williams Arena to 10-4. The Gophers are just 1-7 on the road this season.

“We were really passive for probably the first 25 minutes of the game,” NU coach Connie Yori said.

“We didn’t attack until we needed to and by then we had just been passive for too long.”

It looked like Nebraska (19-5, 8-4) was going to run Minnesota out of the gym again when the Huskers jumped to an 11-3 lead in the game’s first five minutes.

The Gophers bounced back though and outscored NU 24-13 the remainder of the half to lead 27-24 at halftime.

Minnesota continued to attack at the onset of the second half going on a

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Big Ten offers NU tougher trials this season

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Despite Jordan Hooper’s 20 points and six boards in 23 minutes, the Huskers were unable to overtake the Gophers.

No. 20 Huskers have weekends of what-ifs Nedu Izu

during the tournament.

Senior Ashley Guile said she Daily Nebraskan couldn’t explain the repeated Nebraska softball could have mistakes made by the NU deleft this weekend’s tournament fense.

4-2 to begin the season.

“I wish I had an answer to Tatum Edwards could have it,” she said. “With the way we remained an undefeated pitch- think about things, there’s no er. excuses to what happened.

But neither of those things Now we have to use the feedhappened in Nebraska’s last back from this tournament and game of the Kajikawa Classic, work on that. as the Huskers lost to Georgia “What’s done is done and Tech, 6-5, in a game where we’re taking it from there.” they committed But don’t let five errors. the negative The position performance We have new changes for the numbers fool Huskers might girls at different you. have caused Despite the positions, but the faulty play, e r ror-filled none of us but NU coach weekend, the Rhonda Revelle expected that Cornhusksaid there’s no ers did have we’d make that excuse. its share of many errors.

“We have highlights this new girls at We’re not going weekend, different posiincluding a to beat it to death tions, but none c o m e b a c k by reliving it, but of us expected win against that we’d make we’re going to get No. 8 Arizona. that many er“Arizona better.There’s no rors,” Revelle is one of the excuse. said. “We’re not best in the going to beat country,” Rhonda Revelle Guile said. it to death by nu softball coach reliving it, but “Starting out we’re going with them beto get better. ing our second game was a big There’s no excuse.” test for us.”

Errors weren’t the only thing In their second game of the that caused the team to leave tournament, the Wildcats led Tempe, Ariz., with three wins the Huskers, 5-0, through three and three losses. innings and a hit-by-pitch by The Husker pitchers surren- pitcher Ashley Hagemann with dered an average of six runs the bases loaded in the top of per game, including an 11-3 the fourth forced in another loss against Oregon State, a run to stretch the lead to 6-0. game that ended in six innings, However, the Huskers didn’t and a Beaver team that fin- let the deficit bother them goished 19-28 last season. ing into the bottom half of the Nebraska also had 13 errors inning.

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Junior Morgan Guile earned a Big Ten Player of the Week award after going 11-20 with 8 RBI during a six-game period.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the NU bats came alive as two walks and a bloop

single to center field by sophomore Edwards loaded the bases. Junior Brooke Thomason

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There’s really not a whole lot more to say about Nebraska basketball at this point. The team is struggling to find any sort of answers and just lost by 16 to the worst team in the conference. It’s going to take some time for them to get the situation fixed.

So instead of piling on, I’d like to take this space to observe the Big Ten as a whole. The move in football was analyzed on every level, but it has seemed to go under the radar basketball-wise, despite the fact that Big Ten hoops is in much better shape as a whole than its pigskin counterparts.

I’ll admit, I wasn’t excited about the move coming in. I’m a fan of Big 12 basketball and loved seeing teams like Kansas and Texas come to Devaney.

I was going to miss Kansas’ perennial abundance of talent, Missouri’s breakneck pace and Kansas State coach Frank Martin’s terrifying glares.

Once NU divorced itself from the Big 12, I thought the days of seeing players like Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley and Blake Griffin were gone.

I was wrong.

The Big Ten has exceeded every expectation I had of it as a hoops conference.

Coming into the year, it appeared to be one of the stronger leagues. But did anyone really expect it to be running neck-and-neck with the Big 12? Did anyone think two-thirds of the conference would have a legitimate shot of making the NCAA tournament on Valentine’s Day? The Big Ten has five teams ranked in the top 20 right now, all of which are virtual locks to be dancing in a few weeks. Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois and even Northwestern will all have the chance to make their case in the coming weeks that they too deserve to be included in the field of 68.

And the talent? There’s no lack of that. Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger snaps up all the headlines and is probably the conference’s only national player of the year candidate, but there are some really good players in this league. Draymond Green has not only kept Michigan State afloat, but he’s got a young, unproven squad playing much better than last year’s underachieving bunch. Cody Zeller has seized control of Indiana as a freshman and brought the Hoosiers back from the brink.

But the guys that fly under the radar are the ones who’ve really impressed me. John Shurna of Northwestern leads the league in scoring while shooting 48 percent. Penn State’s Tim Frazier is second in scoring and nearly notched a tripledouble against the Huskers Saturday.

The depth is astounding.

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