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ASUN holds presidential debate Tammy bain daily nebraskan

Funds, graduation numbers and graduate students’ futures, were all laid on the line as the two hopeful Association of Students of the University of Nebraska parties came together for the Graduate Student Association’s 2012 ASUN presidential nominee debate, Feb. 21, in Room 212 of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center at 5 p.m. Impact Party and Party Party each answered a handful of questions after their opening three-minute statements. Along with sponsoring the event, GSA chose the questions, and 10 written questions from the audience were also addressed. One repeated issue throughout the debate was the relationship of ASUN with GSA, said Jared Leighton, vice chair of internal affairs for GSA, debate moderator and a graduate history student. Eric Kamler, a junior agricultural economics major and Impact Party’s presidential candidate, addressed this in his opening statement, and said he most wanted to foster a relationship with the GSA. Kaitlin Mazour, a junior English major and internal vice presidential candidate for the Impact Party, said a way to bring the two together is through a new UNL smartphone app. She said she knew this is the beginning of a new process, one that she said is “essential to get funding approved at all levels.” Each party had its own ideas on how to increase involvement with GSA. Impact said it would be voting for a bill that will be proposed in two to three weeks to add a graduate

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From left, Impact Party members Kyle Wroblewski, Erick Kamler, Kaitlin Mazour, moderator Jared Leighton (standing), party party members Kate Miller and Blake Rostine debate inside the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center on Tuesday. student chief-of-staff position. This individual would serve as the head of a Graduate Student Task Force within the Executive Committee, and, while the student wouldn’t have a voting role, he or she would have a seat in the meetings and be involved with the staff. The Party Party stressed the need to keep graduate students involved with ASUN and with access to funds. Kate Miller, a sophomore philosophy student and Party Party presidential candidate said there could be dinner with graduate students and the Party Party on a monthly basis. “I know we’re just sophomores,” said Blake Rostine, a sophomore German and political science major and internal vice presidential candidate for the Party Party, “but we’ll have possibly two years to work with these (plans). It’s not fostered overnight.” Mazour spoke more about the smartphone app, saying

it would bring people closer, and spoke about the page specifically for graduate students on the ASUN website. “I personally don’t have a smartphone,” Rostine said. “We’re all students, not just those of us that can afford a smartphone.” UNL already has a smartphone app, Miller added. “We feel this is ASUN trying to spend more money,” she said. Candidates were also asked what funds they would increase, decrease, maintain or take away. Impact Party would like to put less of an impact on student fees, and instead take half of that out of a cash reserve established by CFA, he said. An audience member asked what ASUN would do in the event that the travel grant — a grant being considered to give graduate students the funds needed to travel and attend conferences, give presentations, as

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well as other tasks needed to complete a graduate degree — did not pass. Both parties were in support of the travel grant. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s plan to increase UNL’s attendance rate was also brought up. Party Party said it wants to make all students feel united at UNL. Rostine said this could be accomplished by reaching out to students more, and Miller mentioned bringing together RSOs, mentioning the Daily Nebraskan, UPC and ASUN. Impact Party talked about how UNL has the lowest graduation rate in the Big Ten, and that the highest college dropout rate is after a student’s freshman year. Because of this, one of its platforms is the general studies student advisory board, Mazour said. This will help students find the right major,

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Daily Illini in debt, requesting funds maren westra daily nebraskan

The Daily Illini is pleading for help. The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $250,000 in debt to its printer, the Champaign News-Gazette, and taking new measures to stay afloat. On Monday, the Daily Illini submitted a petition with 4,000 student signatures asking for student fees — $3 per student per semester — to help fund the paper, publisher Lil Levant said. “The benefit of being

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(independent) … is that you don’t have to worry about prior restraint,” said Jill Disis, the Daily Illini’s editor-in-chief. When a student paper relies on its university for funding, it risks having administrators pull stories they don’t approve of or donors pulling funds if or when the paper offends them, Disis said. However, she doesn’t think this is something the Daily Illini will have to worry about if its request for funding from student fees is accepted. “I’m really not worried about the editorial independence of the paper,” Disis said. “I really, strongly believe this is not the

type of university that would (censor us).” The Daily Illini has always been independent from UIUC. For 141 years, the paper has relied mainly on advertising sales and not on student fees. But in the spring semester of 2010, the Daily Illini stopped paying some staff reporters to save money. Now, only managerial positions and select staff reporters receive pay, Disis said. Like most student newspapers, readers pay no subscription fee for access to the Daily Illini, meaning revenue is even harder to come by than it is for most for-profit newspapers. According to Levant, only

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2,800 signatures were required, but the Daily Illini wanted to surpass this number by at least 20 percent. Because of an outpouring of student support, Levant said, they were able to go even beyond that. In 2006, the Daily Illini’s parent organization Illini Media used all of its financial reserves to build a four-story building in Campustown, a commercial district popular with UIUC students. The purpose of this new building was to house all University of Illinois media together

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University of NebraskaLincoln greek houses are taking precautions to fend off the bedbugs currently infesting residence halls on campus. Linda Schwartzkopf, director of Greek Affairs at UNL, said each greek house is using its own defense against the pests, as there is no universal action required of all houses. While residence halls report to UNL Housing, houses are privately owned by individual greek chapters, Schwartzkopf said. They must report to national organizations and corporation boards for maintenance issues. These corporation boards, made up of chapter alumni, are responsible for the upkeep of the house. Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity took out an insurance policy to protect the house from bedbug-related expenses. “The cost of extermination would be out of this world,” said Kyle Arganbright, president of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Alumni Board. He estimated the fee would be $1,900 for every infested room, while the insurance cost about $2,500. If the 78 members currently residing in the house had to move out, the policy would help with the expenses associated with finding a temporary place for them to live. He said it also covers of any liability costs that would arise, such as if another building reported bedbugs and traced the infestation back to Sigma Phi Epsilon. The fraternity has yet to be tested for the pests but Arganbright said no signs of an infestation have been spotted so far.

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Fraternity Phi Delta Theta, though, has already had to deal with the process of extermination. Junior sociology major and member of the fraternity Drew Jagadich said the house was tested after rumors of an infestation began flying around campus. The test came back positive. The house was given a heat treatment and all fabrics, including sheets, clothing and carpets were thoroughly washed. Jagadich said the process was nothing strenuous, and only lasted around a day and a half. “There wasn’t much … hassle,” he said. Now, the fraternity is taking precautions to keep their house bedbug-free. Jagadich said the members of Phi Delta Theta are making an effort to keep all rooms tidy and neat. There will be another test at the end of the month to make sure the pests haven’t returned to the house, he said. All UNL sororities contacted declined to comment for this story. Although each house is responsible for its own precautions, Schwartzkopf said Greek Affairs is offering information for adult and student leaders within each organization. “A lot of the things Housing has learned we’ve shared with greek chapters,” Schwartzkopf said. Greek Affairs has also planned an informational meeting for corporation boards and students wanting to learn more about how to defend their greek houses from infestations. The meeting will be Feb. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.

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Israeli professor to talk politics, environment Daniel Wheaton Daily Nebraskan

The biggest issue in the Middle East isn’t a continuing Arab Spring, Bashar alAssad or even oil. It’s water, according to Alon Tal. Tal, a professor from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, will host a lecture on Israel’s struggles with its neighbors and natural resources Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union with his lecture, “Will the Environment Survive a Middle East Peace Process?” Tal is hosted in tandem by the Norman & Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies and the UNL Water Center. Jean Cahan, director of the Norman & Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, requested Tal to deliver the lecture after seeing him speak at Creighton University in Omaha. “The Harris Center received a gift for programming,” Cahan said, “and I thought I should use it for environmental issues.” The Middle East has many environmental issues similar to Nebraska, Cahan said. “I thought it would be great to have someone speak on not only water issues, but also the political conflicts,” he said. Tal is both an academic and an environmentalist, Cahan said. He helped with the Oslo Accords in 1993 — a landmark agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. And he is well-known for his knowledge of desertification, or the degradation of drylands, Cahan said. “The lecture is about how the environment has and hasn’t affected the Middle East peace process,” Tal said. Tal said he feels like the environment has been ignored in relation to peace accords in the Middle East. The focus remains on security and energy when the

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environment needs to be considered, Tal said. “Seeing as the U.S. is such a major player, this should be part of their agenda.” he said. Tal said he wishes to help fight the sense of hopelessness that can come from extended conflict. Tal also believes the shared burden of the environment can help opposing sides compromise. “Personally, I would like to help the United States guide the conversation,” Tal said. Ignoring the issue is a dangerous task, he said, explaining how using natural resources in conflict could easily erupt into war. Tal said he was happy natural resources have not been used in a variety of current conflicts, including tensions between Israel, Lebanon and Palestine. “I think that we are gaining ground with the peace process,” Tal said. Tal hopes the Arab Spring will allow new governments to balance democracy and environmental responsibility. Tal’s lecture is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. “I’m delighted to be here,” Tal said. Tal will also speak earlier in the day, at 3:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall room 107, for the Spring 2012 Water Seminar Series. This lecture is titled “Can Technological Optimism Trump the Politics of Scarcity? Water Resource Management in the Middle East.” DANIELWHEATON@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

The University of NebraskaLincoln’s Residence Hall Association’s agenda focused on charity Tuesday, as the senate allocated funds for two nights of casino and a Super Smash Bros. video game tournament. In Senate Bill 19, Robert E. Knoll Residential Center asked RHA for $800 to host the UNL Hall Brawl for its second year. This event sponsors a Super Smash Bros. tournament to raise money for the Relay For Life charity. Relay For Life is the main volunteer-driven cancer fundraising event of the American Cancer Society. Entry to the event would cost $5. Between 150 to 200 people attended last year’s event, according to Knoll representative Max Wheeler, a sophomore mechanical engineering major. “It was a lot more than we expected,” he said. Knoll raised $578 for Japanese tsunami relief and gave $500 away in prizes to those who attended. Knoll awarded a $200 gift card for the first place winner, $100 for the runner-up and $50 for third place. However, Wheeler said first and second place was awarded to people who weren’t UNL students. “It was great we got people from the community,” he said. “But the funding for the event is coming from student fees, which is why we’re only allowing UNL students to attend this year.” Wheeler said they planned to give away the same amount of money in gift cards as the previous year. The gift cards

would be for Best Buy products. The senate was concerned because the Knoll Residence Association didn’t plan on spending any money for the event itself. Wheeler said they approached RHA for funding because it’s a campus-wide event and they didn’t want to pull from floor funds, but the senate wanted KRA to pay for the prizes. Thus, the senate amended to cut down the request from $800 to $475. “I think that $100 is definitely enough of a draw to get people to play,” said Sen. Megan Brannen, a junior advertising major. The bill passed unanimously. The Village Council presented the next bill, SB20. The Village asked RHA for $1,000 to fund its upcoming “Village Casino Night,” which it will be hosting for the fourth year in a row. The Village said it will already be spending $2,105 from its own budget. “Just under 200 people came last year, which is huge for us,” said Sen. Caitlyn Wessling, a senior biological sciences major. Wessling said the event will be held in Morrill Hall on April 19 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. She said $700 worth in prizes will be given to those who attend and the money raised will be donated to the Friendship Home, a domestic violence shelter in Lincoln. The Village hopes to raise $1,000 and is asking students to pay $5 for entry. Poker and blackjack will be some of the

games involved. “There will also be beginners’ tables so that it’s not just hardcore poker players coming to the event,” Wessling said. Some of the prizes might include a Kindle, Blu-ray player, TV, gaming systems and gift cards to places like Red Mango and Ticketmaster, she said. The bill passed with 32 approvals and three abstaining. The last bill was SB21. Kauffman Residence Association asked RHA for $200 to support its own “Kauffman Kasino Night.” The event would raise money for the People’s City Mission, an organization that provides food and shelter for the homeless. The bill passed unanimously. The event is planned for March 1, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m,, and entry will cost $5. Sen. Nate Watley, a junior computer engineering major, joked about how this casino event will be a primer for the “serious one.” RHA President Kevin Rush, a senior special education major, also addressed Senate Resolution 16. The bill focused on RHA’s 2012 campaign guidelines for those who want to run for the executive board positions. Rush pushed forward with the bill because he said RHA didn’t have current legislation that determined how campaigns would go. In order to run for an executive position, one must have a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher, be in good disciplinary standing and be a resident of UNL Residence Halls.

rha meeting, feb. 21 event 1. Knoll Residence Association “UNL Hall Brawl” 2. Morrill Hall “Village Casino Night” 3. “Kauffman Kasino Night” funds 1. $475 2. $1,000 3. $200 votes 1. passed unanimously 2. passed 32 approvals, 3 abstaining 3. passed unanimously The election is scheduled for March 29. Prior to the election, those seeking to run must attend at least one of the following informational sessions: Feb. 28 at 9:30 p.m. in Mari’s Lounge of Sandoz Residence Hall, March 6 at 9 p.m. in Neihardt Piper Pit or March 14 at 8 p.m. at the RHA Office in Room 346 of the Nebraska Union. conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

illini: from 1 to maximize efficiency. A Jan. 19 letter was sent to UIUC alumni from award-winning film critic Roger Ebert, a former editor-in-chief at the Daily Illini who has been assisting the paper in fundraising. According to Ebert’s letter, a new business plan put in place is supposed to get the Daily Illini back on track by the end of 2012, but the immediate debt they owe is still a pressing concern. Levant was hired as the new Daily Illini publisher this year. He has been trying to raise money for the Daily Illini by consolidating the different UIUC media outlets onto two floors so the other two floors can be leased out. One tenant has already committed to renting the fourth floor and another has signed a letter of intent for the first, according to Ebert’s letter. Other money-saving methods the Daily Illini has implemented include budget cuts, the consolidation of paid staff positions and an advertising payment method based on commission to correlate with the success of the paper’s performance. According to an article in

Crain’s Chicago Business, Levant said students are working on a Daily Illini iPad app and are asking online readers with more than eight page views per month to think about donating. “We had a great show of support from students,” Levant said. “They’ve been involved and extremely supportive.” Levant said Ebert’s letter was initially only intended to be sent to around 20 or 30 alumni “with the most capacity to give,” but since it was made public and Crain’s published an article about the situation, the fundraising has become much more successful. According to Levant, more than $14,000 was donated to Illini Media in the 24 hours after the article was published in Crain’s. “For over 100 years, Illini Media has been providing outstanding professional development for aspiring media professionals,” Ebert wrote. “Many, including myself, would say that they owe their careers at least in part to their experience at Illini Media. It’s now time to give back.” Disis said that she knows the next few years will be difficult

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asun: from 1 she said. Kamler said he looked forward to bringing forth issues and spoke of past things ASUN worked with the board on, such as the second recreation center on campus, and “employee plus one” benefits. Miller said she was aware that the Party Party’s personable, fun platform brought the party’s professionalism into question. “We really look forward to being professional with the board of regents,” she said.

Party Party reiterated its personable platform in the closing arguments. Miller called for an ASUN where “everyone’s needs are met and everyone has a chance.” “It’s our money,” she said, closing with the ABBA lyric, “Take a chance.” Speculators of the event seemed pleased with the discussions. “Debates show the differences between two parties, and this definitely showed two parties,” said Mike Dunn,

a junior communication studies major. Grant Forssberg, a history graduate student, said he especially liked that GSA was “integrated structurally” into the debate. “The format gave graduate students a chance to ask questions of potential representatives,” he said. While Forsberg didn’t openly endorse either of the parties, Sylvia Jons, president of GSA, a higher education graduate student and the graduate student senator of

ASUN and chair of the Graduate Student Task Force, immediately endorsed Impact Party after the debate. She said it wasn’t just the knowledge of ASUN that brought her to endorse Impact Party, but also the dedication Impact had for the task force. “We know we don’t have all the answers,” Rostine said. “We don’t come in with our own steadfast agenda. There’s no other way to do it.” Rostine spoke more of getting funds for RSOs aside

from UPC, which wouldn’t be a competition, but a supplement, he said. He added that you can’t have too much of a good thing. When asked about their opponents, Miller said, “They always do a good job.” Kamler said he didn’t see how the debate could have been better, and felt like Impact Party “came off looking professional and smooth.” However, he said he was surprised by Party Party’s debate. He felt they stressed their lack of experience, and

he himself was “not pleased hearing fluff coming from Party Party,” he said. However, if Impact Party wins, he isn’t opposed to taking Party Party’s platforms into consideration. “Government’s a neverending job,” he said. “The system’s not perfect by any means. That’s why we have elections: to bring the ideas of an opposing party.” Wroblewski agreed. “We encourage people to come talk with us,” he said. tammybain@ dailynebraskan.com

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Preston Love (center) and Martha Parker from Omaha speak with Nebraska State Sen. Mike Gloor of Grand Island, Neb., about the legislature’s voter ID bill in a lobbying event organized by the bill’s opponents yesterday in the Capitol Rotunda. The bill, LB 239, would require most voters to present a valid government ID, such as a driver’s

license, before they can mark the ballot on election day. The bill has been resurrected by State Sen. Ken Schilz from Ogallala. Fellow Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont introduced the bill but shelved it in January after protest from AARP Nebraska, Lincoln and Omaha’s NAACP chapters and other groups, which claim it unfairly burdens students, those in poverty and the elderly. They also

say it diverts money to a nonexistent problem, a claim supported by previous interviews with officials in the Nebraska Association of County Officials and the Nebraska State Department. Schilz and Janssen fully expect a filibuster when the bill comes up for debate later this week, but Schilz said in an interview the debate was worth having a discussion about election integrity.

Kraft letters: from 4 etry Marathon. It has been one of the best-loved annual student events that allow people to share their reading and translation of poetry in Russian. The event is modeled after famous Russian poetry evenings, where many 20th and 21st century artists, from Mayakovskii to Voznessenskii and Grishkovetz, made their names. This year, the Poetry Marathon will take place at the Nebraska Union on Wednesday, Feb. 22,

from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Annual Russian Culture Night is another hallmark of the club, traditionally featuring Russian music, food, dancing and intellectual diversions — quizzes and games with themes from Russian history and culture. Come and share a night of entertainment and learn more about Russian culture. You will dance to Russian rock and some traditional folk tunes.

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Every year, the Daily Nebraskan is supported by your student fees, in addition to advertising revenue. And every year, we are proud to call ourselves an independent journalistic voice on campus — run by students and for students, without any university official exercising editorial control. Unfortunately, the rest of college journalism isn’t all as fortunate as the DN. The Daily Illini, the independent student paper of the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, faces a growing debt to its printer, in part because it has always relied on advertising revenue, not student fees. While it’s admirable and amazing that the Daily Illini kept its doors open and papers printed for 141 years without a dollar of student fees, this is impossible in today’s economic climate. Today, a day like any other, we are especially proud of the support the students of the University of NebraskaLincoln show this paper each year. We know you don’t always agree with the choice of coverage, the opinion of columnists or the reviews in Arts & Entertainment. But without your support, we wouldn’t be able to exist. College student papers are an essential part of a budding journalist’s education. Classwork in reporting and editing can only go so far without real, practical experience. The Daily Illini, among its many alumni, counts film critic Roger Ebert. Current and former UNL students working for the DN have been offered internships at Bloomberg, National Public Radio and the Chicago Tribune. They also won national journalism awards and went on to work for the Washington Post and The New York Times. It’s not easy to accomplish such feats without experience gained at a college newspaper. The Daily Illini is in trouble. We at the DN wish the paper the best and hope UIUC’s students recognize the value of student journalism on campus. The Daily Nebraskan is grateful to UNL’s students for recognizing that, year after year.

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Feminism is for everyone

’m not a feminist or anything, but I think women should earn the same amount of money as men.” “Is it sexist that these women say they’d let Chris Brown beat them?” “Wow, it’s sexist to say a woman should expect to be raped if she’s in the military, right?” These are all (paraphrased) conversations I’ve had in the past week or so. And by no means was this unusual. I jokingly call myself a “token feminist” and occasionally I’m specifically called in to see if something is sexist. What’s unusual is that so many people are completely unsure if something is sexist and are afraid to label it as such. In the same vein, college-educated upperclassmen have no idea what feminism is and make an “eww” face when they say the word. Here’s what feminism is, according to Merriam-Webster: “The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” Boom. That’s it. Really. So, if you believe women should receive equal pay for equal work, you’re a feminist. If you believe calling a man a “pussy” is sexist, you’re a feminist. If you believe people should make their own decisions regarding their health and bodies, you’re a feminist. If you believe women aren’t extensions of men and are their own separate and unique beings, you’re a feminist. Congratulations, and welcome to the wonderful world of feminism. So why is there all this confusion about the term? Why do so many who agree with feminist ideals refuse to acknowledge they’re feminists? The answers are nuanced, complicated and vary depending on whom you speak to. But no doubt, part of the trouble comes from the actual history of feminism, specifically the radical feminist branch of the feminist tree. Another place is in the popular media (TV shows, movies, etc.), which have “Straw Feminist” characters. A third place is the prevalence of misinformed lunatics speaking about feminism, like Bill “You can’t explain that” O’Reilly and Rush

rhiannon root “Oxycontin” Limbaugh. Radical feminism became popular during what feminists call “The Second Wave.” The wave lasted from the 1960s until the 1990s, though some feminists argue it ended in 1980s. (For the record, we’re in the Third Wave.) It was really only popular for about five to 10 years. As writer Rachel Fudge explains it, “The ‘radical’ part came from its proponents’ background in the student left, civil rights, and antiwar movements, and was coupled with ‘feminist’ to formulate a radical approach to women’s liberation.” Indeed, radical feminists spoke out about once taboo subjects like rape, abortion, porn, violence and how limiting gender roles really were. Radical stuff, in the 1960s. Some of those who fit under the radical feminist umbrella were thinkers like Andrea Dworkin. Dworkin argues in her book “Intercourse” that women having sex with men in a patriarchal society is inherently degrading to women and dooms women to inferiority. Thank goodness there’s room for disagreement and discussion in the feminist community. Again, radical feminism is a branch among feminist theory, and it’s one most mainstream feminists reject. But this is where part of the misconception comes from. And while I respect radical feminism as a part of feminist history, I reject many of its notions on sex, porn, power and female superiority. (Radical feminism sometimes comes dangerously close to female supremacy, which is as stupid as male supremacy.) Misconceptions about radical feminism are what often bleed into popular culture

into a trope called “The Straw Feminist.” As Anita Sarkeesian of feministfrequency. com explains, the “Straw Feminist” is a “deliberately created, exaggerated caricature of a feminist that is used to undermine and ridicule feminist movements.” Here are a few examples: Betty DeVille from “Rugrats” (better known as Phil and Lil’s mom), the woman in “Legally Blonde” who complains about the word “semester,” Femme Fatale from “The Powerpuff Girls.” The list could go on and on. As Sarkeesian said, the troubling thing is that many of these characters bring up legitimate concerns. (Except the semester thing. Semester, by the way, has nothing to do with the word “semen.”) And their portrayal makes it impossible to take them seriously. Ditto for news media, especially with hosts like O’Reilly and Limbaugh, who purposefully misunderstand what feminists stand for — equality for people of all genders. And there’s a lot to gain from this misunderstanding, too. Keeping people, especially women, away from a philosophy of empowerment means that the status quo is maintained and people like O’Reilly and Limbaugh will stay on top. And more importantly, it keeps women away from access to power. Why else would the stereotypes about ugly, hairy, fat, slutty, angry, lesbian, braburning feminists persist? No sane person would want to identify with those stereotypes. But the fact remains that we need feminism. When we have hearings on contraception with only old, religious white men in our nation’s capital, we have a problem. When we have young women who say they’ll allow a pop star (Chris Brown) to beat them, we have a problem. When we have pinheaded people saying women in the military should expect to be raped, we have a problem. The answer is feminism. We need feminism and feminists. Stand up and fight for your equality.

Rhiannon Root is a senior news-editorial and history major. Follow her on Twitter @rhiannonroot and reach her at rhiannonroot@ dailynebraskan.com.

Ax attendance policies, make classes useful

he first day of class is like a wedding vow: You will be there and you will put the work in — in sickness and in health. We’ve all been there: stuck inside a classroom, listening to a professor drone on about a subject we care nothing about. You might take out your laptop and peruse Tumblr or Facebook. You might also try to pay attention, but as it wavers you just nod along to what the teacher is saying while the subject matter goes in one ear and out the other. The other option is to skip class. Originally, that seems like a glorious idea — until you remember the first day of class when the professor said you’re only allowed to skip three days, and after that, your grade starts to drop significantly. As an out-of-state student taking a grand total of 32 credit hours this year, I’m paying approximately $19,768 to go to school this year alone. This isn’t like my lowly job at Cracker Barrel, where I get paid $7.85 an hour, and I only make that if I actually show up. I’m paying nearly $20,000 in tuition,

and if I decide I don’t want to roll out of bed in the morning — because of the weather, because I don’t feel well or simply because I don’t feel like it — and spend a long time finding parking and walking to class, that should be my prerogative, and I should be able to do so without any punishment. If skipping class on a consistent basis causes me to fail my classes, again, that should be my own choice. Ultimately, I feel as though I should be the one holding all the cards. I took a general education class last semester that, quite frankly, bored me to tears. Once I had missed my designated three days of class, I strolled in every day, computer and a coffee in hand — the only items that allowed me to keep my eyes open. For the first couple classes, I — and many of my peers — took the time to take notes on the things we discussed in class. However, we quickly caught on. The professor only talked about things on the PowerPoint, and after class he posted the PowerPoints on Blackboard. After we figured that out, no one took notes.

danae lenz We didn’t have a single homework assignment due in the class. We only had six papers, and in all of those papers, we were allowed to use the PowerPoints as sources. So each day, I showed up physically, but not mentally, ultimately wasting both my own time and the professor’s. And I still received an A in the class. Let’s face it: We’re college students and, for better or for worse, we react far better to positive reinforcement than negative. It’s like when we were children. Our parents told us we needed to do something, and if we didn’t do it, we’d be punished. Did that ever work? Did that ever put the fear of God in us? For me, it rarely

did. However, when my mom told me I’d get ice cream or a cookie if I did something, I usually couldn’t get that chore done fast enough. Although we are older now and hopefully wiser, that mindset hasn’t changed. Likewise, this semester I am taking a class in which the professor takes attendance every day. However, this particular professor doesn’t make a certain number of absences count against my final grade. Instead, he makes it so if you attend class every single day, you get a reward: a 1 percent increase of your final grade. And trust me when I say 1 percent is worth a lot in this class. Needless to say, I haven’t missed a single class yet, and I don’t plan on it. I understand as college students we should be grown up enough not to need incentives and that’s fine. I’m not saying that this particular professor’s policy should be a university-wide one. All I’m saying is, don’t punish me when I’m paying for my seat in the class. I think many times professors are scared if they have no attendance policy, students won’t ever show

up to class. There is, however, a simple way to solve this problem: Make the class worth our time. I’ve had fantastic teachers in the past make seemingly boring subjects into interesting ones just as often as I’ve taken classes that should have been fascinating and fell far short of that. In a similar vein, this time of year, classrooms are full of coughing, hacking, sniffling students. Many of those students, who no doubt didn’t want to leave their beds that morning, are in class because of the attendance policies. And trust me when I say I want them there just as much as they want to be there — which is not at all. Get rid of the attendance policy, UNL. It will decrease the spread of illness and increase the amount of productivity because the students who are there are the ones who truly want to be there. If you’re worried about students not showing up, it’s time to up your game. Let us worry about ourselves.

Danae Lenz is a junior news-editorial major. You can reach her on Twitter at @danaelenz or at danaelenz@ dailynebraskan.com.

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incoln isn’t just a college town. It’s also a popular resettlement community for refugees. One journalism class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is bringing together students and Lincoln refugees to tell the stories of the refugees’ lives abroad and their journeys to Nebraska. Special Topics: New Voices is an elective class offered in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The class serves two purposes. First, students improve their reporting and writing skills by interviewing refugees and writing long-form stories throughout the semester. Second, Tim Anderson, the co-creator and professor of New Voices, recruits refugees who are interested in learning about American journalism to write their own stories. All completed stories are published on the Nebraska Mosaic website. “A lot of students have interests out in the world and involving refugees in the site lets them tell their own stories,” said Anderson. Anderson said the class was co-created with advertising professor Phil Willet after the school won a grant competition designed to fund journalism projects for refugee communities in 2010. Once the Nebraska Mosaic program website was launched last October, student and refugee stories could be published. Faris Peer is a refugee from Iraq and has been living in Lincoln since last August. He has recently written his first story to be published on Nebraska Mosaic. He said writing for Nebraska Mosaic has improved his English, which he said he hopes will help him get a job as an interpreter. “It’s not hard to write in Arabic, but translating to English and the way journalists here write, it takes a long time,” Peer said. Peer’s first story was about a man he knows personally who also left Iraq as a refugee,

bringing his six children with him. The man had to leave his wife behind and refused to take a picture for Peer’s story, saying it could be dangerous for his family still in Iraq. Peer also had to leave Iraq, but was able to bring his wife and daughter. “There are two reasons we left Iraq: We worked with U.S. military so we would be in trouble with the government and because of our religion,” said Peer. Peer currently has family waiting for visas in Jordan so they can also move to Lincoln. “I think stories like this are super valuable because it makes people think about their own lives in a different perspective,” said Emily Nohr, a senior newseditorial major enrolled in New Voices. Nohr said she usually meets with a refugee from Burma, the subject of her current story, once a week. “I know I’ve learned a lot just talking to her,” Nohr said. “I’ve learned we have so much in common even though we come from opposite sides of the world.” Anderson compared the students in the class to foreign correspondents and said Lincoln is a much more diverse community than it seems. Nohr agrees that the class has exposed a part of Lincoln that she never knew existed. “It’s like being in a study abroad course,” she said. “I knew that Lincoln was a big resettlement area for refugees but I didn’t know to the great extent that it actually is.” Now in his third semester of teaching the class, Anderson thinks it’s important for journalism students to get out in the community and learn the refugees’ stories. Nohr said she thinks the refugees can appreciate the fact that their own stories will be told. “It’s letting them have a voice in what has happened to them and I think they realize how important that is.”

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››Editor’s NOte: For reasons of personal privacy, students quoted here, as having appeared in TNE and sSs tweets, have chosen to remain anonymous. Their eyes are everywhere — from O Street to Vine St., from North Bottoms to South Stadium and all places in between. They are the secret societies of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and they are always watching. For decades, Theta Nu Epsilon and the Senior Scroll Society have been the silent observers of UNL greeks, letting no social incident go unmentioned, no rumor go untouched through an anonymously written newsletter, delivered once a semester to UNL greek chapters. With the rise of social media, TNE and sSs have taken to Twitter for up-tothe-minute observations of greek going-ons, dramatically increasing the presence of their organizations and broadcasting UNL greeks’ shortcomings and misdeeds for the world to see. But for organizations with mission statements of: “Little is known, what is known is kept secret” and “Establishing strong leadership and unity within our fine greek system,” respectively, some greek administrators and student leaders are questioning whether the broadcasting of student social behavior and shortcomings live up to the original goals of the groups. Linda Scwhartzkopf, UNL director of greek Affairs, and Jeff Beavers, UNL assistant director of greek Affairs, are alumi of the UNL greek system and have seen the

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nate ruleaux At first I didn’t understand why the girlfriend didn’t believe me when I said I was going to Main Street Cafe. When I asked why she couldn’t place me there, she simply said, “There’s usually a line.” But there was no line when Mike and I showed up at 8 p.m. In fact, besides us and the three other people we were meeting there, the space was empty. And it stayed empty until 10 p.m. Now, I understand weekend bar crowds don’t come out until late at night, but there’s usually somebody around. Like an old creepy man who’s been there all

day or something. The bar tender talked about the cheap drink deals, the dance floor, the soon-tocome DJ and the fact that soon the place would be crowded as hell. “Why is it a Cafe?” Mike asked him. “We serve lunch sandwiches,” the bartender said. We weren’t there for any such perks, even though the guy mentioned the $1 Long Island Iced Teas several times. The drinks were great. They were cheap, not too fancy, not too shitty and went down smooth. I couldn’t believe I’d gone so long as a 21-year-old in

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Contrary to popular belief, the Lumberjack Club does not shoot the breeze, carry axes and put back pancakes all while clad in plaid at their meetings. They do, however, throw philanthropic ragers for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students. One of the main goals of the Lumberjack Club is to allow students to have a good time, while making a difference. The club has accomplished this goal through several philanthropic events. In the past three years, the organization has donated more than $6,000 to various charities and orchestrated four off-campus dance parties. “We just go with the flow,” said T.J. Henning, a junior broadcast journalism major and vice president of the club. “If there’s something we want to do, we’re going to do it,” In high school, Joel HunterPirtle, now a UNL advertising and new media major and president of the Lumberjack Club, wanted a reason to leave class on Club Day at Lincoln Southeast. His high school created this day to allow club

members to meet during their class time. However, he did not like any of the clubs offered, and thus founded the Lumberjack Club. With the help of his teacher, a former lumberjack himself, HunterPirtle was finally able to skip out on class to eat pancakes and wear plaid. Even in its beginning stages, the Lumberjack Club sought to give back. The group cleaned a bike trail and partook in “guerilla gardening.” At night, the club would find a public spot in need of a makeover and plant flowers. After high school, the club was carried onto the UNL campus, evolving from its high school confines. The Lumberjacks began hosting dances in the Harper-Schramm-Smith conference room. The first two dances held modest numbers of 100-200 people. However, in the fall of 2010, the club hosted its third and final party on campus. The 100-person conference room struggled to fit the 750 guests in attendance. The next morning, the president and vice president had a chat with the University Police Department, concluding that it would be best to take their

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parties elsewhere. Since then, the Lumberjack Club has booked dance

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tyler keown My room is a sanctuary dedicated to myself. The awards, the medals, the cocktail napkins with phone numbers, they all adorn my walls as signs of what I am and what I have done. Entering into my room, you are humbled. Of course, you would already be humbled by my invitation to come in, but you would be further humbled. Your room is not as nice. You do not receive phone calls from HGTV offering eightdigit contracts to codevelop a show about your interior design skills. You do not have well-written notes slipped under your door from your celebrity neighbors asking you to please bring down your property value. And that’s okay, reader. Your shoulders are neither broad nor toned enough for that sort of weight. But perhaps you want to live in a nicer

situation than you currently do. I don’t blame you. Those Big Time Rush posters and “drawings” your nephew did aren’t doing you any favors hanging from your walls. And what is that stain on your rug? It looks like you dropped a glass of chocolate milk and tried to clean it using ketchup. Ignoring your thirdworld room, living in the dorms itself is a con more than a pro. Yes, at first you’re excited to be surrounded by like-minded co-eds who are willing to talk to you because they don’t know what you were in high school, but honestly tell me you’re not sick of it by now and watch me laugh at you. Between the communal restroom, the awful artwork on your board you’re too polite to erase and the unearthly grunts coming from inside the room of the kid your RA doesn’t even know, the appeal has been lost. A good option is to just move off campus. Find a few friends (or acquaintances, in your case) you can deal with for long stretches and pick out a house. People are graduating all the time and entering the real world,

But with a bit of hard work, maybe you can convince yourself than you’re living somewhere other than a place where at least five dozen people have thrown up. leaving behind their happiness and open houses to move into. These houses will be awful, of course, because they’ve been previously occupied by college students. But with a bit of hard work, maybe you can convince yourself than you’re living somewhere other than a place where at least five dozen people have thrown up. Living can be hard to do or so I’ve been told. You shouldn’t fill your minds with worries about where you’ll live, if only to conserve your brain powers for other pressing issues in your life, like how to clap on beat at Husker games and remembering how to pronounce the word “Runza.” tyler keown is a freshman broadcast journalism major. reach him at tylerkeown@ dailynebraskan.com.

Katie Nelson Whenever my housing situation for next year comes up in conversation with my mother, it usually goes something like this: Me: I think I’d like to try living off-campus next year, Mom. Mom: Great! What’s the name of that dorm, again? But no matter how lost the cause may seem, I will not live on campus next year. Most of my friends dispersed to Ivy League schools when we left high school and when we talk about housing for next year, it usually goes something like this: Me: I think I’m going to get a house off-campus with a few friends. Any random friend: The housing is far too expensive here in (wherever Ivy League schools are located). Usually these conversations just depress me, though, because they remind me that I’m still living in Lincoln, and I’m sure you can sympathize. It’s February and you’ve decided you’ve

had it with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s housing department — you’ve had it with your roommate, you would rather starve to death than consume any more dining hall food and, besides, there are bedbugs (too soon?). So, you decide to do what most people your age do: round up a few buddies and begin the hunt for off-campus housing. With every Google search, you become increasingly giddy for the life of freedom that lies just beyond oncampus housing. Let’s face it: Living off campus is more fun, plain and simple. You can drink and have your way with other substances whenever you want. You can come home after midnight without verifying that you are, in fact, a student. And you don’t have to deal with those bloody freshman. As an added bonus, you get to cook for yourself. And clean — an entire house or apartment. Remember: The cleaning personnel don’t follow you off campus. And say goodbye to those bedbugs. Judging by your meager income, I’m guessing you’ll be able to afford an upgrade: roaches. I understand the reason you are reading this column is because

you are searching for answers, and answers I can provide. Ignore the words of my counterpart; chances are he will spend most of his time telling you how much he loves himself (but really, can you blame him?). One thing is certain: If you are considering making the big move and popping the question (will you room with me?) to potential roommates, you must be mature. Lucky for you, I have created a simple three-question maturity test that should help you to determine whether or not you are ready to forego Selleck’s endless world cuisine for constant meals of Ramen noodles. 1. Are you tempted to constantly sprinkle “that’s what she said” into every day conversations? 2. Do you think the sunglasses Bono wears are cool? 3. Are you actually reading this column for constructive advice? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may not be ready to venture off-campus next year so sit back and enjoy another round of “Guess tonight’s dinner meat.” Katie Nelson is a sophomore broadcast journalism major. Reach her at katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

Lost phone experience calls for moments of reflection brandon Perchal “Facebook message me,” was the most common phrase I used last week. Living without a phone was like being sent back to junior high — if I wanted to reach my parents I had to use a pay phone

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still pay phones on campus (they are in the backside of the Union by Wells Fargo). Once found, I had to figure out how to use them. I had to put a dollar in quarters into the slot, dial the area code with a one in front of it and dial the number hoping that, after figuring out that process, I would hear a familiar voice on the other end of the line. The task of using a pay phone was inconvenient, and it made me miss my cell phone even more. Why was I mourning the loss of an inanimate object that had no feeling and no life unless it was plugged in for at least four hours? It is a form of communication we all can use. A phone is convenient enough that we can talk or text a person without the hassle of learning UNL’s WiFi hotspots or the in’s and out’s of pay phones. However, some of the problems I encountered last week seemed frivolous by

the time I got a new phone. Our society is hooked on phones, as they cater to our communicative demands. We want tasks done immediately and not a week from today. Although not having a phone did slow down communication I had with my friends, I ended up getting a lot of things done. If I had to concentrate on homework or studying I simply had to log off of Facebook until I got the job done. It was sort of a gift from God that I ended up misplacing my phone, but now, having a phone just feels weird. There’s now a bulge in my pocket the size of a deck of cards, friends are talking to me constantly and learning how to work this new phone is almost as bad as learning how to use a pay phone. However, it’s that theme of convenience in our society that keeps pushing me to learn how to re-use a cell phone again.

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lumberjack: from 5 parties at the Bourbon Theatre and Red 9. According to Hunter-Pirtle, the steps involved in planning a dance party are extensive, which is why the club was ready to retire their plaid after the last dance party at Red 9, that is until the Party Party (currently seeking ASUN election) approached the club with an idea to help market their party for the upcoming elections. For Hunter-Pirtle and Henning, the mission statement of the Party Party and their political goals seemed to coincide with those of the Lumberjack Club. Since their freshman year, the two Lumberback officers wanted to promote a more social community on campus for different groups to come together and Party Party

promotes a similar community-based goal. The latest Lumberjack Club dance will be held this Thursday at the Pershing Center, the proceeds of which will benefit the World Energy Project, which works with communities around the world to develop sustainable energy solutions. This charity, as others have been in the past, was carefully selected by the Lumberjack Club. Past recipients of Lumberjack Club money include Aqua Africa, a nonprofit that drills water wells in east Africa and the Lincoln Food Bank Backpack Program, which gives backpacks of food to underprivileged students for the weekend. “I don’t like to just throw money at a charity because we’ve heard of it,” Hunter-Pirtle said. “I knew the

if you go Lumberjack Club Dance Party Party when: Thursday, 9 p.m. where: Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall how much: $7 (in advance), $10 (door) director of Aqua Africa and I lived across the street from the elementary school and we got to meet the people of the World Energy Project.” Having grown in most every way since the Lumberjack Club was just a reason to get out of high school classes, today the organization aims to prove that making a difference in Lincoln and worldwide can be as easy as wearing plaid and “dancing your axe off.” jourdynkaarre@ dailynebraskan.com

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twitter: from 5 two organizations grow and change during their tenure at the university. “TNE has a longer history with the university and scrollers came on to counter the negativity of TNE,” Schwartzkopf said. “I think they initially had the intention to highlight the positive things in the greek community and that their campus roll call only highlighted positive things. At some point they evolved to be really similar to TNE and really focusing on negative things.” Specifically, students and greek administrators have taken issue with the bulk of the two organizations’ tweets, which often consist of singling out UNL greek chapters and individuals for weekend escapades, often going into lewd detail and mentioning users’ names. A sophomore UNL sorority member who has been mentioned in tweets from the TNE said that these two organizations have crossed the line with their Twitter

updates. “Everything about it is wrong,” the student said, “I don’t think any person has the right to say these things that are all hearsay about other people have no consequences.” Schwartzkopf further asserted that the tweets on both accounts overstep ethical boundaries and are potentially fueling a negative perception of the greek community for non-greek students. “I am very worried about the reputation of the greek system,” she said. “I don’t think that what is being tweeted is at all representative of the greek community that I know. It gives a completely false impression. If you read, it appears that fraternity men are sexist, racist and homophobic.” Samantha Hansen, a junior political science major and president of Alpha Phi Sorority has seen members of her chapter mentioned in an unfavorable light on TNE and

sSs Twitter accounts. “In theory, it is a good idea that a secret greek thing is all our own, but I don’t think that negative acknowledgement could count as support,” Hansen said. “They aren’t doing much of a service to anyone.” By nature of Twitter, updates are made public through TNE and sSs accounts for the approximately 3,400 combined followers, as well as an unofficial follower. Scwartzkopf and Beavers claim that everything said in both newsletters and Twitter pages is not only be taken with a grain of salt, but completely disregarded for what they view to be a lack of factual information and a deviation from the original mission of both secret societies. “If you read their most recent tweets, there is nothing watchdog about this,” Beavers said. Still though, some students see the opportunity to return to their foundation of servitude, by focusing on the

accomplishments of their greek peers. IFC President and senior political science and economics major Tyson Johnson said the organizations would do well to use their role as a big brother for the benefit of the greek system. “I think that there is the possibility that these groups could serve a good purpose on campus as a watchdog,” he said. “The way they function now is more of a gossip role. They could take the opportunity to recognize the good things that go on on campus, but I think right now that is not their original intent.” greek administrators and elected greek student officials who oversee operations of everyday student life often use the words accountability and leadership to guide their inner workings. According to Beavers, the members of these faceless organizations will not play a meaningful role in UNL greek life, as they fail to live up to ideals

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that active members of the greek community strive to uphold inside and out of the greek Affairs office. “They will not change,” Beavers said. “They don’t have the leaders that want to do good right now and they are only recruiting people

that will be like them.” “All we can do is try to make our greek community the best we can make it and work with the leaders that we know do a good job and that we believe in,” Beavers said. sampeshek@ dailynebraskan.com

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Service learning programs Nebraska music website mix class and volunteering hires new managing editor Rachel Staats

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“When will I use this in real life?” is a common question asked in many high school classrooms, a problem that stems from not knowing how to apply classroom material in a significant way. To combat this, teachers and administrators at universities across the nation have instituted service learning programs aimed at teaching students to apply their lessons to the real world and increase student engagement in the community. At University of Nebraska-Lincoln, service learning began in the mid1990s. Since that time, service learning has greatly increased at UNL, with approximately 200 classes including some kind of service learning component in their curriculum. According to Linda Moody, director of the Service Learning Center at UNL, these classes span all colleges and fields. “Most students will take a course with some kind of service learning component,” she said. Erica Rogers, a graduate teaching assistant in the English department, said service learning projects are beneficial because they help students gain a localized and global perspective on issues. “Service learning provides us the opportunity to engage in the public,” she said. “That’s the remarkable potential.” When service learning began at UNL, students mainly participated in what was called the Community Challenge, a one-time service learning event. Moody said this provided students with an easy way of getting involved because it meant they would only have to make a one-time commitment. Over the years, the time students commit to service projects has lengthened, Moody said, because students want to stay involved in causes they care about. The Service Learning Center still assists with The Big Event, a day organized by ASUN where groups and individuals band together and volunteer in the community. Still, many students come to the center to find a cause to help with on a more frequent basis. “Students learn best when they learn in context,” Moody said. “If we can find a cause that students are passionate about and then get out of

In June of 2010, Andrew Norman and his wife moved to Lincoln from Michigan with the dream of starting an organization that would raise awareness of the Nebraska music scene. Hear Nebraska, his nonprofit website, was the result — a place where volunteer journalists and bloggers write stories about the musicians who call Nebraska their home. Now, more than a year later, Hear Nebraska is taking its next step forward by introducing a new managing editor. “We want to promote the fact that Nebraska has a very rich music culture,” Norman said. “It should be a source of pride for all Nebraskans, not just those hanging out at the Zoo Bar or the Bourbon.” Though Norman has been working as the managing editor at Hear Nebraska since its conception, he is also juggling a full time job as a copywriter at Thought District. This prompted the recent change in staff at Hear Nebraska. “It was clear that for Hear Nebraska to grow, we were going to need to hire somebody,” Norman said. “Michael Todd was an intern last summer and he just really impressed us.” Todd, who has been the new managing editor for only a few short weeks at Hear Nebraska, has an extensive background in the field given his young age. Besides working as an intern at the organization, he also worked as the copy editor of the North Platte Telegraph and worked on the staff of the Daily Nebraskan during his college years. “I had been wanting to do something I loved, something I could pour time and energy into and never tire of the work,” Todd said. “What Andy was offering was a dream job, to put it bluntly. So I accepted.” As the new managing editor, Todd has a variety of jobs, including controlling the

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Seth Mangels (left), a sophomore accounting major, works with 2010 alumna Miseon Lee on a customer’s tax return as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance service-learning program in which tax help is provided for free for UNL students and Lincoln residents. Both said the work was great practice for an accounting career; they and others have processed hundreds of tax returns this year. their way … it’s amazing the positive impacts they’re making in communities.” One way UNL students and staff at the Service Learning Center are helping the community this year is through volunteer tax returns. Throughout tax season, student volunteers will be assisting with the free preparation of taxes for low-income individuals, working families and students. According to the Center for Civic Engagement website, in 2011 more than 800 tax returns were processed. This year they have approximately 600 returns already. With students continuing to volunteer through April 11, this year may be much busier for the center than past years have been. Through all of this, the Center’s goal is to increase connectivity among students and the community, Moody said. Rogers agreed that students have the potential to make a big difference in both the Lincoln and UNL communities. “I do believe students have a lot to offer the community around the institution,” Rogers said. “I wanted them to see themselves as capable of changing the world, or at least part of it.” Research shows one of the most difficult obstacles for teachers to overcome is deciding how to teach a class in which all students have their own learning style. Whether they are tactile, visual or auditory learners, each student has a unique style that works best for them. Rogers said she believes service learning is the key to helping students learn in the way that works best for them.

Service learning in the classroom can be hours-based, research-based or projectbased. Generally speaking, hours-based classes require 20 hours of volunteering in a semester, similar to volunteer requirements of many high schools. “Research says that the learning outcomes are met right around the 20 hour mark,” Linda Moody said. “After that, the benefits start to decline.” In Rogers’ classes, students are expected to find a cause they believe in and create their own service project. “Service learning projects really need to be student-designed and student-driven,” she said. If this is not the case, she said it is easy for instructors to push their own views on students instead of allowing them to decide what is important and what they care about for themselves. She said once students start their volunteer moment they begin to learn a lot about themselves. “I think the majority of students find something valuable in that moment,” Rogers said. “Through the process we all walk away with something.” She stressed that the entire process was labor intensive for both students and teachers, and that it is essential for teachers to care about the projects their students are doing. But Rogers added that once teachers see the positive impact it has on their students they will want to continue. “When you get to see that kind of beauty reflected back to you, it’s worth doing again,” she said. rachelstaats@ dailynebraskan.com

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Michael Todd, who previously interned for the Hear Nebraska website, was just as its new managing editor.

the website, allowing readers to really “hear Nebraska,” as Norman said. With Norman working on fundraising and raising awareness of the organization and Todd managing the content, Hear Nebraska has the opportunity to grow beyond the readership it has now and really embrace a new generation of readers. “Michael brings youth,” Norman said. “He’s very inquisitive; he loves to learn; he loves to take on different forms of media.” This youthfulness has also helped bring in new writers and contacts for Hear Nebraska, propelling the magazine even further forward. “It just marks a big step for Hear Nebraska,” Norman said. “We hope people are excited about where we’re headed.”

content of the magazine, monitoring Hear Nebraska’s various social media platforms, and contributing stories to the website. But the vision of the organization, Norman said, wasn’t what was changing – it was merely the way things were run. “It’s part continuation, part growth,” he said. “We want to continue doing the same kind of high-level multimedia reporting that we’ve done every day. But it also allows me to do fundraising and do more events.” Todd agreed. “I’m carrying on the mission Andy started,” he said. “It’s not really a shift in vision at all — we’re just trying to provide more content.” This content increase will include blog posts, video and media content, and eventually streaming radio to

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ruleaux from a & e: from 5 this town with no one ever telling me about this great deal. We drank for two hours from a little corner table near the door. Our group just talked and pleasantly drank like adults, eventually having to raise our voices along with the noise of the night crowd that gradually funneled in the door. Bros and Hoes. Suddenly the bar and my never having been there made sense. There was a reason none of my friends came here. It reminded me of that “South Park” episode where the “Jersey Shore” people take over America. The place reeked of cheap booze, French brothel perfume and skunk cologne. Every man sporting the

same short haircut and gel design. Glitter and phony jewelry shimmered by the dark of the bar. It was uncomfortably clean. The layout of the main room, along with the stone bathrooms, gave off a fake feel — not really like a bar at all. It was like a restaurant chain that wanted to make you exude class, even though they just heat up precooked meals. The men and women here were clad in shirts from the Buckle, bedazzled in different skull and eagle patterns. We stayed at our quiet table the whole night, only having to dive into the swimming pool of these sweaty bodies to fight our way for the occasional piss. Around 11 p.m. the line

out the front reached past O’Rourke’s. I was smoking when one of my companions came out. “What’s up man?” I said, curious because he wasn’t a smoker. “They kicked me out? I’ve never been kicked out of a bar before,” he said. He was tipsy, but clear. He’d done nothing wrong. If anything, he was one of the most relaxed people there. He wasn’t standing or fist pumping or dancing in the dark with the normal crowd. And I think that was the problem. He wasn’t a Bro. It was the only conclusion I could come to. nate ruleaux is a senior news editorial and senior theater performance major. Reach him at nateruleaux@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska senior Madeleine Geibert and the Huskers are currently on a six-match win streak, leading to a 7-1 record early on in the spring season. nation. Thus far, the 22ndranked duo remains unbeaten with an 8-0 record, an accomplishment that Geibert attributes to years of playing with each other. “I always enjoy playing doubles with Steffi,” she said. “She is very funny. It is one of the best feelings in doubles, when your partner knows already where you run or where you play the ball.” In many ways, the successes of No. 28 Nebraska

(7-1) can be attributed to the contributions of the Geibert/Weinstein pairing. “Having those two is very encouraging for the team,” Weatherholt said. “They’ve played together for a long time, and to know that our No. 1 team is probably better than theirs, that’s a huge psychological advantage for the rest of the team.” While four weekend victories will ascend Geibert to No. 2 on the career combined wins list, it doesn’t come as a

surprise to her teammates. “She’s been a huge factor to the team’s success since she arrived here,” Weatherholt said. “She is a humble, natural-born leader. Nobody is surprised the least bit.” Well, almost nobody. When Geibert was asked what it would mean to her to break the record, she responded with a puzzled look on her face, “I had no idea,” she said. jcreid@ dailynebraskan.com

forced a bevy of turnovers and held Illinois to 51 points the second time around, a total that would have likely been lower had the bench players not played the game’s final five minutes. Now the Huskers must prepare for another team of fresh faces as they travel to West Lafayette to take on Purdue Wednesday night. NU is feeling confident after the Illinois beatdown, but will face a feisty Purdue team fighting for their NCAA tournament lives. Even after losing E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson to graduation — both now play for the Boston Celtics — the Boilermakers have scrapped their way to a 17-10 record, 7-7 in Big Ten play. Their gritty demeanor is best displayed by leading scorer Robbie Hummel. After being named First Team

All-Big Ten as a freshman in 2007-2008 and Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year the following season, Hummel has been struck by devastating injuries. The senior tore his right ACL in February of 2010, and just after recovering tore the same ACL in practice in October, costing him all of last season as well. He’s avoided any major injuries this year, but Sadler said he isn’t the same player he once was. Hummel never shot worse than 43.8 percent in his first three seasons, but is shooting less than 40 percent this year. “Just on the outside looking in, the toughness has to be on an all-time high for him to come back from the things that he came back from, especially projected to be a player that he was,”

Sadler said. “In all reality, he probably thought he’d be playing in the NBA right now. He’s a player that’s getting better each and every game, but probably not back to where he was before he was hurt.” Even with the injuries, Hummel is still a lethal player when he’s on. Although the Huskers are pleased with their defensive effort against Illinois, there is no time to relax. NU, and its post players especially, will be tested Wednesday night. “We had a lot of effort and intensity (against Illinois),” Richardson said. “Everybody stepped up and took pride in their defense. We’ve just got to take the defensive game from Illinois to Purdue and hopefully we’ll get the same outcome.” danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.com

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Big ten homeroom men’s basketball 1. Michigan State (22-5 overall, 11-3 Big Ten) Senior forward Draymond Green was named National Player of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Tuesday for his play in the Spartans’ wins over Wisconsin and Purdue. Green scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in each of those games. Michigan State might as well have been named team of the week as well after they had no problem with either the Badgers, a 69-55 win, or Boilermakers, a 76-62 win.

be looking to add to its resume and earn a better seed over the next few weeks.

Michigan on Tuesday have him sitting at 1,916 points with three regular season games remaining.

5. Indiana (20-7, 8-7) The Hoosiers have been in the AP Top 25 for each of the season’s past 11 weeks, but their 78-66 loss to Iowa on Sunday has put that streak in peril. Indiana is No. 24 this week, but the good news for them is that they don’t have the toughest of slates this week. The Hoosiers will face North Carolina Central on Wednesday before going to Minnesota on Sunday.

9. Minnesota (17-10, 5-9) The Gophers are halfway through a six-game stretch in which they play five ranked conference opponents. So far it has been a rough go, as they have gone winless so far. They did take Wisconsin to overtime in the first game of the stretch, but eventually lost 68-61. Up next is No. 6 Michigan State on Wednesday.

6. Purdue (17-10, 7-7) The Boilermakers are not a careless team with the rock in their hands. Purdue leads the nation with just 8.7 turnovers per contest this season. That number is impressive nationally, but among their own conference mates they are closely trailed by a few other teams. Wisconsin is second in the nation with an average of exactly nine per game, and Northwestern is fourth at 10.2.

10. Illinois (16-12, 5-10) Illinois has lost six games in a row and it does not appear that they will be changing that streak any time soon. The Illini just lost to Ohio State 83-67 on Tuesday and get Iowa on Sunday. The Illini do not look like a focused basketball team right now and things could get messy for them with Michigan and Wisconsin lurking down the road.

7. Iowa (14-13, 6-8) Iowa is coming off a huge 78-66 upset win against No. 24 Indiana on Sunday and will look to follow it with another win over a ranked opponent when the Hawkeyes square off with No. 15 Wisconsin this Thursday. Senior guard Matt Gatens led the Hawkeyes this past week scoring 30 points in their win over Indiana and 21 in a 69-64 loss to Penn State on Thursday. Forward 4. Wisconsin (20-7, Melsahn Basabe recorded 9-5) five blocks for Iowa against The Big Ten leads the nation with five 20-win teams, Indiana as well. a number bolstered by the 8. Northwestern (16Badgers latest win, a 65-55 11, 6-9) victory against Penn State Wildcat forward John on Sunday. With 20 wins Shurna broke the Northand a few notable pelts western career-scoring in its bag, Wisconsin is a record in the Wildcats’ 64sure-fire NCAA Tournament 53 win over Minnesota on team, but the Badgers are Saturday. He is now honing probably sitting too far out in on the 2,000 point mark of the conference lead to as the conference season compete for the Big Ten winds down. His 14 points title. This team will simply in the Northwestern loss to

11. Nebraska (12-13, 4-10) The Huskers got a much needed win on Saturday, 80-57 over Illinois. NU used a 36-4 run that spanned both halves in the process of posting its most impressive performance of the season to date. The performance has plenty of Husker fans wondering where this team has been until this point in the season.

2. Michigan (21-7, 11-4) The Wolverines could be a dangerous team come tournament time. They are a hardy bunch and are wellacquainted with big games. Michigan has won its fair share of them in fact. The Wolverines are tied with three other teams for second in the nation with five wins over Top 25 teams. 3. Ohio State (23-5, 11-4) Ohio State has fallen from the top spot in the conference in recent weeks after its losses to both Michigan schools. Don’t mistake that for a lack of confidence in this team as the postseason nears. The Buckeyes have all the pieces to make a run in March, and much of the blame for their recent hiccups can be attributed to the day-in, dayout pressures of playing in the toughest conference in the nation.

12. Penn State (12-16, 4-11) This was certainly a topsyturvy week for the Big Ten. So much so that both Nebraska and Penn State were able to notch “W”s on their schedules this week. The Nittany Lions got theirs against Iowa on Thursday 69-64. Junior guard Tim Frazier led the team to victory with his 18 points and four steals. — Compiled By Lanny Holstein

Big ten homeroom women’s basketball 1. Penn State (22-5 overall, 12-3 Big Ten) The Nitanny Lions claimed the top spot in the Big Ten in dominating fashion with a win over Ohio State Monday to clinch at least a share of the conference title. The win was Penn State’s sixth in a row and its 11th in 12 games. All that PSU needs to do now is win its regular season finale at home against Minnesota to be outright Big Ten regular season champions.

straight games against the Big Ten’s elite. The Boilermakers dropped games to Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan State to fall to the middle of the pack in the conference. Purdue now has to hope either Nebraska loses a few games or Iowa cools down for them to get a bye in the Big Ten Tournament.

6. Michigan State (17-10, 9-5) The Spartans are the fourth team with a 9-5 confer2. Ohio State (23-4, ence record, and thus they are one of the many teams 10-4) with a shot for a bye in the The Buckeyes looked like they were rolling again after Big Ten tournament. MSU a surprising loss to lowly Il- is an inconsistent team, but linois. OSU won two games has won two straight. The in a row, including a big win Spartans host Nebraska on Thursday for a big time against Purdue. All of that changed when it was humili- conference showdown with NCAA Tournament bids on ated at Penn State with an the line. 18-point loss. Ohio State’s hopes to win the Big Ten 7. Michigan (19-8, 8-6) title are now slim. Michigan looked impressive in a win against Nebraska, 3. Iowa (17-10, 9-5) but then squandered a big No team is hotter than lead to red-hot Iowa. The the Hawkeyes right now. Wolverines are one of the Iowa has won six straight, best defensive teams in the including wins over MichiBig Ten and they still have gan State and Michigan. an outside shot of being a The Hawkeyes now have a top-four seed in the conlegitimate shot at making the NCAA Tournament. They ference tournament. They will have to do it without star will need to win their next guard Jaime Printy, though, games against Purdue and Iowa this week to keep their as she suffered a seasonhopes alive. ending knee injury. 4. Nebraska (20-6, 9-5) With Ohio State’s loss on Monday, the Huskers now control their own destiny to a first-round bye in the Big Ten Tournament. Nebraska travels to Michigan State on Thursday and will host Ohio State on Sunday. Win both of those games, and the Huskers will be a top-four seed in Indianapolis for the conference tourney. 5. Purdue (19-8, 9-5) After it seemed like Purdue was the favorite to win the conference, it lost three

8. Minnesota (14-14, 6-8) The phrase “Home Sweet Home” can be taken literally for the Gophers. Five of their six wins are at home and a lot of those wins were against good competition. No team in the upper tier of the Big Ten wants to play Minnesota at Williams Arena right now as the Gophers have three wins against teams in the upper half of the conference at home. 9. Illinois (11-17, 5-10) After struggling at the begin-

ning of the year, Illinois has won three of its last four games. The Illini are playing better, especially after a win over Ohio State earlier this month. They continue to raise their stock for the Big Ten tournament and would be the ninth seed in the tourney if the season ended today. Illinois plays Wisconsin this week to end the season. 10. Northwestern (14-13, 4-10) The Wildcats surprised everyone and came out of their three-game losing skid to beat Nebraska. They turned around and lost to an improving Illinois squad in their next game, though, to stub that momentum. Things don’t get any easier for Northwestern as it will play Iowa and Michigan State to finish out the conference season. 11. Wisconsin (8-18, 4-10) There is no inside game in Madison. The Badgers are great on the outside with Morgan Paige and Taylor Wurtz leading the way. Wisconsin ranks fourth in the conference shooting 34 percent from behind the arc. It is tough to win games, though, in the rugged Big Ten without a big post player in the middle. The Badgers found that out the hard way. 12. Indiana (5-22, 0-14) Will the Hoosiers get a win in conference play? That’s the question in Indiana this week. Their best chance comes at home against Wisconsin this week against a struggling Badger squad. After that though, the Hoosiers travel to Purdue and then will most likely end their season early after an exit in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. — Compiled by Andrew Ward

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Nebraska’s Stefan Gollner defeated Idaho’s Cristobal Ramos Salazar on Sunday to secure the Huskers’ 6-1 victory.

Freshman impresses early at No. 3 singles Grant Muessel daily Nebraskan

There he stood on the No. 3 court, the highest any freshman had played against a ranked opponent in years. Flanked on the right by the senior cocaptain and No. 60 player in the country, and junior Eric Sock to his left. He wasn’t nervous. I can’t lose, he thought. “Come on Steve!” his teammates shouted. “Let’s go, Gilbert!” they yelled. But there was no Steve Gilbert — just a quiet German tennis player who played tennis across the Atlantic about two months ago. Just freshman Stefan Gollner, the player coach Kerry McDermott calls the ideal freshman. He earned the nickname Steve Gilbert from senior teammate Drew Freeman at his first home match. “I’m Americanizing your name,” Freeman said to the confused freshman who wasn’t sure if Freeman was talking to someone else or just didn’t know the new kid’s name. But Steve stuck. It rings out in the Nebraska Tennis Center when Gollner scores after attacking the net or returns a ball so fiercely his opponent barely gets a racquet on it. But being good at tennis isn’t good enough for McDermott. “He never gives us coaches any trouble,”

McDermott said. “He does everything we ever ask.” It’s Gollner’s adaptability that impresses McDermott. He said it’s hard not to like his demeanor as a tennis player or a person. “He’s so easy to get along with,” McDermott said. “If you didn’t get along with him I think you’d have to look at yourself as a person and figure what problems you may have.” Gollner said everything moves faster in college; not just the tennis. In the U.S., the ball bounces faster on the hard courts that Germany lacks. And words bounce off the brain faster when college courses are taught in your second language. “I hope I can get used to it,” Gollner said. “I think it’s getting better.” He’s getting used to just about everything else at a pretty good pace. He shoves and jabs his teammates at practice before and after matches. He said he’s already comfortable enough with the team to poke fun at them on and off the court. Of course, it’s easier to poke fun when he’s secured a spot in the singles lineup in his second month in a new country. “I didn’t think that I’d make friends with them in such a short time,” Gollner said. “On our team, everyone is positive toward each other. I think within the team we’re perfect. There

I’m hoping that his image and personality will keep rubbing off on guys that are already in the program.” Kerry mcdermott nu men’s tennis coach

isn’t anyone who doesn’t like another.” His personality mirrors his work ethic on the tennis court, McDermott said. He said Gollner makes his job as a coach much easier. “The kid’s squeaky clean,” McDermott said. “I’m hoping that his image and personality will keep rubbing off on guys that are already in the program. You can’t say anything bad about the guy. Hopefully they can look at themselves and him and say, ‘Man, I’d like to be like that’.” They’d be aspiring to the freshman who’s already played as high as the No. 2 singles court against unranked Creighton. He became a doubles mainstay with Sock before the season began. And that match on the No. 3 court last Sunday against No. 66 Idaho? Gollner clinched the match for NU when he beat Idaho’s Cristobal Ramos Salazar in straight sets. GrantMuessel@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Huskers are experiencing a whole new batch of competition this year in the Big Ten Conference. Up next on Wednesday is Purdue, a team Nebraska hasn’t faced since 1979. story by Dan Hoppen | file photo by Jon Augustine

or years, the pillar of Doc Sadler-coached teams has been defense. Under his watch, the Huskers were consistently one of the best defensive teams in the Big 12 each season. This year, that hasn’t been the case. On the surface, the defense doesn’t appear to have suffered much in NU’s first Big Ten foray. The Huskers are allowing 66.4 points per game, fifth best in the conference. But when one digs a little deeper, the blemishes surface. NU has allowed opponents to shoot 46.5 percent, second worst in the Big Ten, and are a bit foul-happy, as the opponents of only three Big Ten teams have given more free throw attempts than the Huskers. The Huskers’ grind-it-out style is to thank for its highranking in the points-pergame category. NU typically slows the game way down by using up most of the shot clock, limiting the number of possessions its opponents receive. The Huskers are seventh in the league in points per possession, a much more telling stat that takes into account their slow pace. A big problem for NU is its lack of a post presence. Andre Almeida never suited up because of injuries and Jorge Brian Diaz, who was among the conference’s leaders in blocks, was betrayed by aching feet and is likely done for the season. That leaves 6-foot-8 Brandon Ubel as the team’s center, with 6-foot-4 Mike Fox and injury-ravaged Christopher Niemann behind him. That trio has done its part to protect the rim, but

Senior guard Brandon Richardson and Nebraska are currently giving up 66.4 points per game, which is fifth in the Big Ten Conference. The Huskers are also allowing opponents to shoot 46.5 percent from the field. there is only so much they can do with their limited size. “We’ve given up too many lane touches,” Sadler said before Monday’s practice. “It’s probably more important right now because when people get to the basket, we

don’t have the height to be a presence in there.” Guard Brandon Richardson offered a different explanation — unfamiliarity. While he said NU’s focus and concentration have been lacking at times on the defensive

end, the Huskers are facing a brand new opponent almost every game. In the Big 12, the Huskers were playing against players, coaches and schemes they’d seen before. In the Big Ten, it’s been almost completely foreign.

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Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said pitcher Tyler Niederklein (above) will move back into the starting rotation after a rough outing in the bullpen over the weekend. said. “Being put in situations to try and do it every game ... We’ll be in the situation (we were against Gonzaga) again. It’s baseball — those things are going to happen. We’ll close out games. We’ll get wins.” Closing out games would be a lot easier with more help from the bullpen, which gave up 16 runs (11 earned), after the sixth inning (nine total innings) on the weekend, while the Bulldogs scored just six in the other 18 innings. This has prompted some changes, as Erstad said Tyler Niederklein, considered a possible replacement to graduated closer Casey Hauptman, would move back to the rotation. Niederklein blew the 8-5 lead Saturday by giving up five runs in 1/3 innings (an ERA of 135.00). “That was probably my mistake (to put him in the

Richardson’s point. After surrendering 59 points and losing to the Fighting Illini on the road Jan. 7, the Huskers

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Sean Whalen Darin Erstad thinks his team accomplished something in his first weekend as coach. Problem is, “accomplishment” may not be the word Husker baseball fans have in mind for what he’s talking about. “I don’t talk any individual stuff,” he said when asked if there were any individual accomplishments. “We were 0-3. That’s about the only accomplishment that we accomplished this weekend.” Still, the mood on the diamond wasn’t nearly as negative as it could have been at practice Tuesday. While the Huskers were swept by Gonzaga in Arizona to start the season 0-3, they were close every game and could easily have started 3-0. NU led 4-3 after the sixth inning on Friday, 8-5 after the eighth on Saturday and 4-0 after the seventh on Sunday. All of this goes back to Erstad’s belief that the team needs to “learn to win.” During practice, the staff attempts to “put them into (late game) situations in practice” to get “that one big hit, that one big play” and try to get some confidence for future late-game situations. “I think they want to believe,” Erstad said, “but do they truly believe? Until (winning) happens on the field, I think that’s something we have to continue to work on.” The players realize the major commitment their coaches make to these situations at practice. “(Learning to close out games) is a big part of our practice,” Chad Christensen

“Obviously we weren’t familiar with their style of play,” Richardson said. “I don’t even know if I watched a Big Ten game. If I did, it was probably once.” Saturday’s blowout win over Illinois demonstrated

bullpen),” Erstad said. “He’s going to be more beneficial as a starter and we’ll work him back into that role. He’s up to 60-70 pitches, so he’s not far away ... we’ll get him built up quick.” With Niederklein moving into the rotation and Tom Lemke pronounced ready to start on Saturday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (game two of a doubleheader), there could be some competition for young starters such as Kyle Kubat, a freshman left-hander from Waterloo, Neb., who threw five scoreless innings on Sunday. “There’s always the pressure to do well,” Kubat said. “If I let the pressure override working hard, I‘m not going to pitch as efficiently as I did last weekend. I’m just going to go out there, throw strikes, work hard and we’ll see where it goes.”

Erstad praised Kubat for his competitiveness and lack of fear, though he added Kubat could get his fastball to go lower in the zone. That competitiveness Erstad saw in Kubat he saw in much of the team whom he praised as a hardworking bunch. When a continuation of the kind of effort the team showed in Arizona mixes with some of the late-game practice the staff implements, wins may follow. “Our guys played hard,” Erstad said. “They fought back. We were kind of behind the eight ball a few times there and we came back and fought and put ourselves in position to win at the end. We didn’t get it done, but when you put yourself in that position enough times, we’ll get wins.” seanwhalen@ dailynebraskan.com

In 2007, Nebraska offered a scholarship to the 63rdranked German tennis player in hopes of solidifying a commitment — a commitment that would give coach Scott Jacobson his highest-ranked German player in program history. Five years later, Madeleine Geibert — the once highly-touted foreign recruit — is now a crucial part of a Husker squad looking to build on a sixmatch winning streak and crack the Top 25. Geibert, a senior from Ludwigshafen, Germany, is currently third on Nebraska’s career combined wins list. Her 160 career wins have her four victories behind Imke Reimers and 12 wins behind the current leader Sandra Noetzel. She is on track to break Noetzel’s record by late March or early April if she continues to stay hot in her dominant spring campaign.

have to wait until then to reach her next milestone. As the Nebraska women’s tennis team prepares for Friday and Sunday matches against Wichita State and Colorado State, Geibert will have an opportunity to move up to No. 2 on the list. That is, of course, if she wins both doubles and singles matches. Since losing her first two singles matches this spring, Geibert has since gone on to win six straight. “What makes it even more impressive is that she’s accomplished all of this at the top of the doubles and singles lineups,” said teammate and team captain Mary Weatherholt. “She gets every team’s top players.” For instance, the Huskers squared off against No. 9 Northwestern in the Jan. 29 Kickoff Classic. The Wildcats’ doubles team is currently the sixth-ranked doubles team in the nation, but that didn’t stop Geibert and partner Stefanie Weinstein from upsetting the glorified duo 9-7. This spring, Geibert and Weinstein have become one of the more lethal combinations in the

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