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hen Micah Davis heard that his college would merge with the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, he wasn’t surprised.

In fact, Davis, a fourth-year architectural studies major, found out the news through word-of-mouth four days before it was officially announced on Feb. 11.

“I’ve been on the advisory board for the past couple of years, and it had come up that the College of Architecture was the smallest college,” Davis said. “They were looking to either increase enrollment or join with another college, so that’s how I kind of knew it was coming up.”

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture and the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts will join to create a new college in July 2015.

The combination of art, architecture and design isn’t much of a rarity in colleges nationwide. The University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign has a College of Fine and Applied Arts, which includes dance, theater, urban and regional planning and architecture. DuPage and Boston University have similar programs as well.

University officials say this isn’t a merger – it’s the creation of a brand new college that faculty and staff of both colleges will design, UNL news director Steve Smith said in an email. The process is still in the early planning stages, but those involved say the combination of UNL’s two smallest undergraduate colleges – architecture has 367 students and fine arts has 564 – will result in growth.

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503 students six years ago to 367 this academic year. In that same period of time, only 42 fewer full-time students were enrolled in the College of Fine and Performing Arts.

“The creation of the new college is motivated by a desire to create a larger, more diverse, more sustainable academic unit that creates more opportunities for students,” Smith said.

Fine arts Dean Chuck O’Connor and architecture interim Dean Kim Wilson say the primary reason for the change was to create new opportunities for students and research.

“Obviously we’re the two smallest colleges on campus,” O’Connor said. “And scale does matter when you’re seeking to align yourself with the priorities of the university – to grow enrollments and increase research, so I do think that the merger of the two colleges will make us both stronger.”

Students will see new programs in the coming semesters. For instance, Wilson said, industrial design would be a good fit for the newly formed college.

“Industrial design would be a collaborative program with probably business and engineering and even opportunities across these two colleges into a new college but also the ability to extend out into other colleges,” Wilson said.

Also, new minors will be created, Wilson said.

“They’ll enhance curriculum for all students, and they’ll be easier to administer because we’ll have a larger pool to select from,” she said.

Students, such as second-year pre-architecture major Ethan Hale and fourth-year architectural studies major Connor Griess,

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10 years later, deans say joining colleges was worth effort Enrollment, research funding have grown since 2 colleges’ combined efforts in 2003 Jacy marmaduke DN Don’t call it a merger.

Marjorie Kostelnik, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Education and Human Sciences, prefers to think of the more than 10-year-old partnership between the former Teachers College and the College of Human Resources and Family Sciences in a more positive light.

es and Family Sciences were two of two college‘s strengths were com“It wasn’t like one college got plementary and that each would absorbed by another,” she said in UNL’s smallest colleges. The idea to help the other. Also we would have join the two didn’t come from the her Mable Lee office Friday. “When a stronger college infrastructure.” administration but instead from a you think about a merger, you think They were right. Undergraduate conversation between Kostelnik, one identity is stronger than the othenrollment of the colwho had er. That wasn’t the case lege now sits at 2,950 – been dean with us. We thought we 14.4 percent more than of the Colwould do better to have a the fall 2003 enrollment lege of shared mission.” of 2,579. That’s a greater Human The College of Educaincrease than UNL’s Resources tion and Human Sciences overall undergraduate and Famihas been UNL’s newincrease of 8.5 percent ly Sciences est college since its birth during the same period. for just 18 in 2003. Faculty say the Also during the last months, blending of two colleges 10 years, scholarships and 21presented challenges, but awarded have nearly y e a r more than a decade later doubled and research Te a c h e r s they attest to the resultkostelnik o’hanlon funding has nearly College ing growth in enrollment, tripled, Kostelnik said.

Dean Jim research funding, scholarAnd inter-disciplinary O’Hanlon. ships and opportunities partnerships resulted in new institu“We thought there were imporfor students. The partnership, they tions and programs such as the Kit tant intersections between programs say, is a success. and Dick Schmoker Reading Center, In 2003, the Teachers College in the two colleges,” O’Hanlon wrote in an email. “We believed the which assists children struggling and the College of Human Resourc-

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with reading comprehension, and the Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Science, which is now the most popular major in the college.

But combining two colleges, complete with their own sets of students, faculty and traditions, hasn’t always been easy.

“Just as a blended family might struggle to come up with shared meaning around things of impor-

tance, common traditions and ways of doing things, and finding ways to feel safe with one another, we had to do the same,” wrote Richard Bischoff, chairman of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies, in an email.

The issues ranged from those of space – the Teachers College was located on City Campus, and the

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Comcast bought Time Warner Cable for $45 billion on Feb. 13, evoking questions about how the buyout will affect services at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Recently, UNL entered a threeyear contract with Time Warner, which carries less than 1 percent of the university’s data traffic and should rise closer to 20 percent in the coming months, according to Michael Ruhrdanz, director of Information Technology Services.

But the university shouldn’t see any major changes anytime in the near future, he said.

“We currently anticipate Comcast will honor the present agreement,” Ruhrdanz wrote in an email.

The current monthly price will start at $7,300 a month, however it is expected to fluctuate as UNL “purchases more or less capacity over time,” Ruhrdanz said.

UNL has three separate connections and two large network connections dedicated to reaching popular sites such as Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and Google, Ruhdanz said.

“The loss of any single connection should have minimal impact as UNL’s network will automatically reroute traffic across the remaining connections,” he said.

It is rumored that services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime may stream slower on Comcast’s Internet services. On Friday, Netf-

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University of Nebraska at Omaha student Kealinn Peterson looks through the telescope aimed at Jupiter Friday night.

The weather was cloudy, which made it difficult to see all of Jupiter’s moons.

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“The use of stream with gaming, movies and music has grown tremendously over the past five years,” said Brian Shanks, associate director of business and fiscal services in University Housing. “We had to keep growing our broadband capacity to keep up with the demand, so if that was any slower we would get immediate negative response from the students.”

Another rumor about Comcast is that rates will increase. Currently, Internet services are configured into to student housing rates but “the impact would be minimal on the overall student housing rates; it’s such a small portion of the rate,” Shanks said.

UNL also purchases its television package from Time Warner, but it’s held separately in another contract that is in effect until August 2016, so students shouldn’t see a huge difference in these services either, Shanks said.

Students living on campus or using the Internet services on campus shouldn’t be directly impacted by the merge of the two companies, however students living off campus who purchase internet and cable services from Time Warner could see some changes in the future because they will be holding their own independent contracts. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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regents add food science department to innovation campus The Department of Food Science and Technology will move to Nebraska Innovation Campus.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved an increase in a space lease at its Friday meeting to allow for the move.

What was formerly known as the Life Science Collaboration Center will now be called the Food Innovation Center. The cost for the lease is about $7.8 million, which is a $4.52 million increase. Greenhouses with the former Industrial Arts building will move to the Food

Innovation Center.

Food is one of the three focus areas for NIC, along with fuel and water.

NIC, a 2 million-square-foot campus designed to promote innovation between the university and the private sector, is slated for completion in the next 20 years, but its first buildings will be finished and ready for use this summer.

looking back: from 1 College of Human Resources and Family Sciences was located on East Campus – to budgeting, use of lab space and procedures surrounding tenure and promotion for faculty.

Each college had its own way of doing things, so administrators had to decide whether to choose one method or create a new one.

“A good thing about this is that it caused us to challenge what we thought was the only right way to do things because it was how we had always done them,” Bischoff wrote. “The result is that we are more clear, more principle-based in our decision making and more unified as a college faculty.”

Kostelnik now has offices on both East and City campuses, and some students must commute between the two for classes. But she said they haven’t complained much, and the college has maintained its sense of community.

Last week, Kostelnik took a group of students from the college out to lunch. She had them go around the table and say their favorite thing about the college.

“There were six or seven majors around that table, and almost all of them said, ‘I feel like I have a home

here,’” Kostelnik said.

As far as financial benefits go, Kostelnik said savings shouldn’t be overestimated. On the surface, she said, the consolidation saved money with the elimination of one dean position.

“But I don’t think money is the No. 1 reason why you do it,” she said. “We’ve grown, and that means you increase your need for help.”

Few faculty positions were eliminated and curriculum for individual programs stayed primarily the same, Kostelnik said.

She said the steering committee, made up of faculty, students and administrators within the two colleges, tried to evaluate each decision based on how it would affect students and improve education.

The result was a climate in which “people weren’t afraid to dream.”

“You don’t get to create a new college very often – mostly you inherit a college,” Kostelnik said. “But we got to create a new one. There’s no doubt there’s challenges, but there’s an intellectual and emotional excitement that comes from creating something new.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Tanning salon business heats up as spring break nears Melissa Allen dn With spring break around the corner, many University of NebraskaLincoln students are heading to tanning salons.

A study by JAMA Dermatology found that 55 percent of college students say they’ve tanned at least once. More than one-third of Americans have tanned and there’s been an international increase in tanning customers overall.

The United States Food and Drug Administration warns against indoor tanning because of the health risks associated with ultraviolet radiation exposure, including cancer, premature aging and eye damage. But tanning salon employees tout positive effects of tanning.

Claire London, a sales associate at Sun Palace Tanning Spa and a freshman business administration major at UNL, said the ultraviolet rays provide a natural form of vitamin D and help with skin issues like eczema, acne, psoriasis and itchy skin.

“Half of the people that come in tan for vacation so they don’t burn outside,” London said. “You can’t control sun rays, which is why tanning indoors can actually be better for you than laying out.”

Raesha Rixstine, the manager

of Tanning Zone at the West A and Coddington Location, agreed.

“We control how long you go tanning in here,” Rixstine said.

“You go for low for the first couple times until you build up a tan. We make sure you don’t burn ever, because sunburning is the biggest cause of skin cancer.”

The Skin Care Foundation warns against a “base tan.”

“There is no such thing as a safe or protective tan,” the foundation’s website reads. “Any tan at all is a sign of skin damage.”

Tanning Zone receives about 30 to 40 percent student customers, Rixstine said.

With spring break, prom and weddings coming up, there’s a seasonal increase of customers beginning in February and March and lasting until early summer.

Sarah Towne, the general manager of Max Tan, said the tanning season began early this year for the location at 40th Street and Old Cheney.

About half of the customers are students from UNL, Southeast Community College and Wesleyan University. The increase in customers might be because of the economy, Towne said.

“The economy has really turned around, and people get to put the luxury back into their lives,” Towne said.

Although students make up a large percentage of customers, there

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Ashley Kunz, a sophomore global studies major is, an employee of Tanning Zone in the West Coddington Market. Students make up 30 to 40 percent of the salon’s business. is not a tanning salon closer to UNL than the West A location of Tanning

Zone. Because of parking and space available, setting up a tanning lo-

cation closer to campus might be a hassle for everyone, Towne said.

“We’ve talked about setting up a location downtown in the past since a chunk of our customers are students,” Towne said.

“But with the one-ways and parking, it’s just easier to set up in a shopping strip mall where there is more space and parking.”

Max Tan, Sun Palace Tanning Spa, Tanning Zone and Palm Beach Tan have promotional tanning deals in the Campus Cash booklets.

When Morghan Roberts moved from California to Nebraska for college, she tanned to maintain her skin tone. Roberts started up tanning again this month by using Campus Cash coupons for her spring break trip to Panama City, Fla. “I’ve always been tan, so when I came here and turned white, it scared me,” said Roberts, a junior fashion merchandising major.

“It feels good to tan when during winter. It’s warmth from the cold.”

Erica English, who also is preparing to go to Panama City for spring break, agreed.

“Especially when it’s in the winter and it’s so cold, for 15 minutes it’s warm and feels really nice,” said the sophomore child, youth and family studies major.

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new college: from 1 look forward to new opportunities including new minors.

The announcement of the consolidation comes after the College of Architecture failed to find a new dean in the spring of 2012. The college has been without a permanent dean since July 2011.

“In higher education in general, national searches for high-level university positions are sensitive to many factors, and so it is not necessarily unusual for a search to result in the lack of an external hire,” Smith said.

Wilson said she is looking forward to being a faculty member of this new college and that students in the College of Architecture will not be at a disadvantage, despite the college being the smaller of the two. The architecture program would still be accredited and have largely the same faculty. Wilson said the partnership would create new courses that weren’t possible before.

“For example, Chuck is in the process of growing a very strong graphic design program, and our students are really excited about this,” Wilson said.

Wilson thinks there won’t be fights about who is “on top” or “on bottom.” Instead, collaboration will benefit both colleges.

“I understand people’s fears of the unknown and change but I think that we’re both very, very confident that this is going to turn out well for students, and faculty and staff,” O’Connor said.

College of Architecture information technology services manager David Bagby said some people within the college will go through a “mourning process” and may express reservations about joining a new group. Bagby said once the partnership happens, people’s opinions will shift – “then you see what a million dollars can do for students.”

Griess said some students are

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Mommsen’s pencil case lies open in a window of Architecture Hall while she completes a perspective drawing for her class. concerned that appointing the current dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts as the dean of the new college will favor the fine and performing arts over architecture.

“I think that having a dean that understands both ‘sides’ of the college would be ideal, but I think Dean O’Connor will be a wonderful dean for the combined college,” Griess said.

Both deans addressed this concern.

“It’s a leadership position,” Wilson said. “His area of focus is secondary. I’m assuming he’ll fundraise for all the entities and the vision will articulate where we’re going and he’ll administrate that vision. We all are part of creating that vision and his responsibility is to maintain university goals as well as ensure that the vision articulated is ensured.”

O’Connor said his goal will be to ensure all members of this new college are as successful as possible.

“I think our two colleges and our students, at this point, share a lot in common in terms of our interests in creative thinking and creative process, which in itself requires an open mind – openness to change,” he said. “I think that’s in our DNA. At the end of the day we hope that in five years or so, our students have more skills and the knowledge they need to be more successful in their careers or as artists, so those are my goals.”

Senior fine arts and graphic design major Rachel Kocarnik said this will bring real world experience to students in terms of working with those who aren’t in the same field.

“I hope it’s a positive thing where we can all work together and not something where it’s more of competitive thing,” she said. “It will be good for everyone. You don’t have to always be around people who are like minded and like you - just to be with other people and learn from then and what they have

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Kelli Mommsen, a sophomore interior design major, sketches in a corner of Architecture Hall on Thursday afternoon. to offer.”

Davis also said he’s excited about interacting with new students, but not necessarily in classes.

“Architecture students are kind of close-knit and don’t always talk to other people,” he said. “It’s a good opportunity to meet some new friends.”

Both deans will lead a steering committee that consists of faculty and staff that solicits advice from students, alumni, professional architects and community members.

All comments, concerns and input will be put together to formulate a

vision for a new college, with a new identity. This will take a lot of work, discussion and consultation, the deans said.

“We’ll be involved on the dayto-day basis,” Wilson said. “(We’ll be) totally engaged – leading the process collaboratively.”

She also said they can assure there will be no cuts across any areas according to upper administration.

“I think the new college will have plenty of work for everyone and I don’t see wanting or having intention to lose anyone at this

point,” O’Connor said. “We need all hands on deck.”

College of Architecture information technology associate John Ross said UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ellen Weissinger and O’Connor have all been up-front in emphasizing the partnership is not about cutting jobs.

“I mean, we’re growing,” Ross said. “So I don’t think we’ll be able to offer support to a larger college with a smaller staff.”

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Nebraska should continue its current Electoral College system, avoid unhelpful changes

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he Unicameral has taken up a bill to change the way Nebraska delegates vote. Sen. John Murante is following a national movement known as the National Popular Vote movement. According to its website, the NPV strives to “guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the entire United States.” The bill preserves the Electoral College, while ensuring that every vote in every state will matter in every presidential election.

“In the 2012 presidential race, the candidates spent their time in states with large numbers of electoral votes, while small states like Nebraska were largely ignored,” Murante said in the Lincoln Journal Star.

As much as I would like to have presidential candidates visit our state and cities, changing our election laws is not the correct way to ascertain notoriety. Bringing candidates here will allow Nebraska to temporarily be in the national spotlight similar to swing states, but isn’t presidential candidates visiting only some states exactly what this legislative movement is trying to avoid? Nebraska’s system is not like others, but in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, states are allowed to delegate their electoral votes as they wish.

In Nebraska, the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote will receive two – representing our two U.S. senators – and then each of the three electors will vote on behalf of his or her congressional district. This has been the system since 1991, thanks to a bill by Sen. DiAnna Schimek.

Schimek stated that this change would “encourage grassroots activity and encourage more people to vote.” Proponents also hoped it would push more presidential candidates to visit Nebraska. Since 1991, we haven’t seen this goal truly come to fruition, but coalescing our election system with the NPV surely isn’t the answer.

I question Murante’s aforementioned motive.

Even if Nebraska changed our law to delegate all five electoral votes to the popular winner, presidential candidates would still be more inclined to visit larger states. Even before 1991, Nebraska wasn’t exactly a hotspot for candidates. This movement Murante is advocating for means Nebraska will not assign any votes to candidates that the majority of the state doesn’t vote for, such as President Barack Obama’s one vote in 2008. Murante is essentially trying to ensure the popular vote winner of the national election will receive all of Nebraska’s votes. This will take away the voice of people in Omaha who voted for Obama in 2008, and bringing presidential candidates here isn’t a positive tradeoff.

Battleground states are known as battleground states because of the amount of electoral votes they possess and the fact that they inconsistently assign them to presidential candidates every four years. The quote “so goes Ohio, so goes the nation” rings true when discussing why candidates only focus on a handful of states. We need to accept that Nebraska simply doesn’t have a large voice in this respect. Nonetheless, Nebraska still has two U.S. senators and three members of the House, and we have a voice through candidates and through congressional and gubernatorial elections.

Changing our law won’t bring many more candidates to Nebraska than have already visited in the past.

Some people also feel we should switch to an election that models direct democracy or a president solely elected by the people. In this scenario, representatives and delegates are unneeded if citizens vote for the candidate. Direct democracy may be more democratic in some ways, but that doesn’t make it a perfect system. It may incentivize voting, but that isn’t enough to actually increase the turnout. There are other, better ways to do this.

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tion if it were a direct democracy.

By contrast, neither the NPV movement nor Murante have said anything about increasing voter turnout, only that this will ensure the winner of the popular vote wins the presidency. The NPV movement won’t necessarily decrease turnout, but it certainly won’t help. We need to incentivize voters in other ways.

The NPV movement and a direct democracy alike would also bypass the U.S. Constitution. To change this system, we would need a constitutional amendment. Creating a law is definitely easier, but a law can also be reversed just as easily. If an amendment were not proposed, it would only take a piece of legislation to override any current legislation that dictates how the respective state delegates votes. This will cause confusion and even less uniformity in national elections. States that are unhappy with their electoral processes can propose changes to the Constitution and correctly modify the election process. Regardless, each state is different, and that needs to be understood before we change a 200-year-old document.

I wholeheartedly agree with how Nebraska delegates electoral votes because it works for us.

If each state feels the need to create election laws based on Nebraska’s or to work with the NPV, so be it. But Nebraska’s election process shouldn’t necessarily be a model for other states, and likewise we shouldn’t adjust our model to fit with that of the NPV. Nebraskans have voices in Congress and the Unicameral. Even if our small population doesn’t yield a great deal of political power during election season, we still have leaders in Washington we can rely on.

Mark Batt is a political science major. reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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A direct popular voting system should replace the outdated Electoral College

he basic premise of a democracy equates one person with one vote, yet the United States fails to adhere to that ideal. The Electoral College is an outdated and undemocratic framework that violates the basic principles on which our nation was founded. Our current systems weights a person’s vote depending on what state you live in and allows for the possibility that a candidate who wins the most votes loses the election.

The Electoral College consists of 538 votes — 100 from two senators per state, 435 elected representatives split up in districts based on population and 3 for the District of Columbia. Although Nebraska and Maine can split their electoral votes, they constitute only nine of the 538. Otherwise, it’s a “winner-take-all” system that incentivizes presidential candidates to campaign in battleground states that are up for grabs. They otherwise ignore states that are strongly Democratic or Republican.

Few presidential candidates campaign in Nebraska. If we eliminate the electoral system and adopt a popular vote for the presidency, then candidates would have equal incentives to visit all the states, rather than just a few.

More egregious, however, is the possibility that a candidate who wins the most votes loses the election.

One excellent example is the 2000 election, where George W. Bush won the presidential election against Al Gore in a contested election that ultimately the Supreme Court decided. Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush. Intuitively, that would make Al Gore the winner in most elections. But not in this country. This failure emphasizes the underlying flaws in the entire theory behind the Electoral College, yet this has occurred four times in history.

More than 105 million people voted in the 2000 election, according to the American Presidency Project.

George W. Bush won 30 states’ electoral votes. Of those 30 states, just more than 26 million voted for Bush. That’s all it took. He could have plausibly got as few as 21 million votes to win the election spread throughout certain states.

It also happened in 1824 when John Quincy Adams was elected president, despite losing both the popular and electoral vote. No candidate received enough electoral votes, but then the House of Representatives voted Adams for president. In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was elected president despite losing the popular vote, and in 1888, Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost to Benjamin Harrison in the Electoral College.

In an attempt to mitigate these flaws, several states have signed into law the National Popular Vote plan, which guarantees its state’s electoral votes will go toward the presidential candidate who received the most votes nationally. Nebraska State Sen. John Murante of Gretna

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brought this proposal to the Legislature on Feb. 12. While this could be a band-aid to this problem, a more permanent and constitutional solution is required.

When the founding fathers crafted the structure of our nation, they had to reconcile the tensions between states’ rights and the federal government. They saw the creation of two houses of Congress instead of one as a fair compromise. Each state has two senators, thus weighing them equally, in theory, across the United States. The House of Representatives is meant to weigh each state based on population; however, this is not the case.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census and adjusting for the total electoral votes adding the senators, there is significant variation among several states. Wyoming has 189,433 people per electoral vote. There are 30 states that exceed 500,000 per vote. Nebraska’s ratio is 366,365 per vote. If the Electoral College were eliminated, each vote would count the same.

Many people claim that the United States has been one of the most successful democracies in the world. We enjoy stability and a high quality of life, yet are we truly a democracy? The two-party paradigm continues to inhibit third parties from effectively emerging into the political fray. Other than for a few instances of fleeting third-party cameos, the Democrat and Republican parties monopolize elections. Millard Fillmore, a Whig, was the last president who was neither a Democrat or Republican. That was in 1853, 161 years ago, when trains and telegrams were technological marvels. Voters can’t afford to vote for a third party and instead will choose the lesser of two evils, which only reinforces this undemocratic system.

When I think of the technological progress in communication with the Internet, social media and an increasing educated citizenry, I would think that we would have more discourse and opportunities for third parties to represent us. Instead, the reverse has happened. What’s to blame? The United States is a more diverse, educated and connected nation than we were in the 1850s. How come we haven’t had a more diverse political representation?

Some may argue that the Electoral College, while not as effective as it was originally designed for in the past, still should continue by virtue of its historical novelty. While the phrase “electoral college” isn’t explicitly stated, Article II of the Constitution mandates the implicit framework for it. So, it’s in the Constitution, right? Well, it’s gotta stay, right? That’s why we have amendments. The Constitution has the Three-Fifths Compromise, which enumerated appropriation and votes to non-free persons (slaves) to the tune of three-fifths per person. We ended that, so why can’t we end the Electoral College?

The American people are ready to support such a change. The Washington Post, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University conducted a study in 2007 that found 72 percent of Americans favor replacing the Electoral College with direct election for the president.

Supporters of the Electoral College would point to states’ rights and the need to balance the power between big states and small states.

But that’s why we have the Senate.

Furthermore, our nation has changed over time. More than ever, the United States is an integrated and diverse nation. While we have regionally based cultural pockets spread throughout the country, our country is more united than ever before, politics notwithstanding.

It’s time to embrace the 21st century. A direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College. Shouldn’t each of our votes count the same?

Oliver Tonkin is a senior Latin American Studies, Political Science and Global Studies major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan. com or @thebrutalwolf on twitter.

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Bringinghome the bacon BaconfEAST brings a large crowd, bacon aroma to the Lancaster Event Center

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The Legacy Retirement Home, among others, shows off pork displays at its booth Saturday, including a whole-roasted pig, complete with an apple in the mouth.

Sporting her bacon-themed headwear, a face painter shows off her work to a child at the first ever BaconfEAST at the Lancaster Event Center on Saturday.

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aturday afternoon, the smell of bacon wafted throughout the Lancaster Event Center, covering any lingering smell of the horses kept next door.

BaconfEAST, a festival devoted solely to the consumption and adoration of the pig-originated meat and the many ways it can be cooked, was well underway, .

The East Lincoln Business Association was responsible for bringing BaconfEAST to Lincoln for the first time.

The event has shown up in other Midwest cities, including Denver, Chicago, Des Moines, Iowa, and Kansas City.

Susan Kirkpatrick, the driving force of this event, was the first to bring the idea of hosting the feast to the board.

“She said that we needed to make an event that had never been done before in Lincoln,” ELBA executive board member Peggy Galloway said. “Because our organization is only five years old, we thought that BaconfEAST would be a great way to get our name out there while also bringing something new to Lincoln.”

For a first-year event that required a $20 prepaid ticket to get in, there was a high turnout. Excited custumers awaited different bacon hors d’oeuvres, creating a line that wound around the We came whole center and spilled out the doors to the sidewalk. because There were cupcakes with bacon bits sprinkled on top of the cake and doughnuts there is bacon, with strips of bacon smothered in caramel and bacon is frosting. There was turkey wrapped in bacon, chestnuts wrapped in bacon, sausage good.” wrapped in bacon, chicken wrapped in bazoe urtel con – bacon wrapped in bacon – just about serendipties cupcakes cook any variety of bacon a person could think of. There even was bacon beer, beer brewed with bacon.

Each vendor was also surprised by the multitude of bacon enthusiasts. The large crowd especially impressed Dallas Schilling from SchillingBridge Cork & Tap House, who, invited by a mutual friend, came to BaconfEAST in the hopes of promoting the opening of the new restaurant in Lincoln.

“It’s an incredible turnout for the first year doing it,” Shilling said. “With about 1,100 tickets sold, I’d say this year was a success.”

Others were impressed but not completely surprised by the turnout.

“We came because there is bacon, and bacon is good,“ said Zoe Urtel, a cook at Serendipities Cupcakes, who was showcasing their bacon cupcakes. “This cupcake is a daily cupcake that we always have; it wasn’t made special today.”

Granted, many of the items being passed out on the floor were already on the menu for many of the restau-

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Serendipities Cupcakes brings maple bacon cupcakes to the first-ever BaconfEAST at the Lancaster Event Center on Saturday. The event featured dishes with a prominent bacon centerpiece that competed for first-, secondand third-place prizes. The event, which had 1,000 tickets available, sold out ahead of time.

Passion for yoga inspires student to become instructor cassie kernick dn “Don’t be loose-banana monkeys; be six-pack ab monkeys.”

The room erupts in subdued chuckles as the 13 attendees strive to keep their balance through their laughter. Yoga is sometimes thought of as a serious practice, but this isn’t the case when Liza Thalken, a senior psychology major, is the instructor.

Anyone who feels intimidated right away can breathe easier — literally.

“Don’t be afraid to make a Darth Vader-like noise when you breathe out,” Thalken said. “No one here is going to judge you.”

The senior psychology major teaches Yoga for Athletes every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Campus Recreation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Do not be intimidated by the name; it is actually a relaxed form of yoga. The class aims to be a restorative practice with a specific focus on stretching and injury prevention.

On average, around 10 to 14 individuals attend.

“So far, there has been consistently about 13 people, which is good because otherwise, it would

be awkward with the space issue,” Thalken said.

Thalken’s youngest sister, Rosamond Thalken, a freshman biology major, said she enjoys attending her sister’s class weekly.

“I really like going to Liza’s class because all of the moves are restorative and relaxing while also still being a challenge,” Rosamond said. “It’s also really nice to have a smaller, more personal class setting,” The class takes place in the Studio at the Rec, so it can be cramped at times, but Thalken always finds a way to adjust the mats so anyone who wants to attend is able to. The smaller crowd also allows the Kearney native to practice her teaching skills, as she received her Level One certification in Seattle, Wash., the weekend before Christmas break.

The three-day conference is just the start of a 200-hour certification program that Thalken calls “the respected yoga teacher certification.”

Thalken said she hopes to move to Colorado post-graduation. While she is considering working on a master’s, she said her main goal is to continue to take yoga classes.

“I would just like to save up money and keep going to these

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Yoga instructor Liza Thalken teaches classes designed specifically for athletes. Although yoga for athletes is not taught as traditional yoga, Thalken said it utilizes many similar moves. yoga certification classes and keep just experiencing the world of yoga,” she said. “The main problem is that it’s really pricey, but that’s because it’s really good quality stuff.”

Thalken is going through YogaFit for her certification, which,

according to their website, is “the largest yoga fitness education school in the world.” The program provides certification in levels Two through Five but also allows students to get their certification in concentrated areas, such as yoga for depression, pre-natal or elders.

“The one that I am mainly interested in, because of my psychology major, is yoga for warriors, which is a program that is designed specifically to cater to veterans,” Thalken said. “It’s people with post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s a really big thing that’s coming out, like yoga therapy is up and coming, and that is so intriguing to me.”

Yoga is currently a huge passion for Thalken, but it was only two years ago that she started attending any form of yoga class. Her love affair with the practice began quickly once she started attending classes regularly last year.

“I wasn’t super dedicated until I started noticing how much less pain I had in my shoulders from all the desk sitting and stuff like that,” Thalken said. “I also have a cousin who teaches yoga, and that’s been an extreme blessing for her. I think it all came together at the right time, and I thought, ‘I might want to try this; I might want to go get certified.’”

While she only teaches the one class at the Rec currently, she said she hopes to continue to expand her knowledge of the practice and teach more if possible in the future. She attributes her love of instructing to her passion for living a

healthy lifestyle and her past positive experiences from instructing theater and dance in high school.

“My goal is to have multiple things I’m involved in that all revolve around health and wellness,” Thalken said. “I would love to keep teaching because it’s the one time where my mind is completely clear.

I still stutter over words sometimes, but I always know where I’m going and can think quick.”

For some, yoga is solely a physical practice, for others it is a spiritual endeavor, but for a select few, the practice of yoga becomes a way of life. While she would not yet refer to herself as a “yogi,” Thalken said she has found that the lessons learned from yoga can really change the way a person views all aspects of life.

“It makes me appreciate the present. So then, when I walk outside, instead of being like, ‘Oh my gosh, this cold sucks,’ instead I feel connected,” Thalken said. “I feel the sensations and just observe them. I know that I got that from yoga, and that it’s just appreciating and valuing my experience as a human at this place in time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Of Japan: Warriors’ Art, Artist’s Medium, Gentleman’s Symbol when: 3 p.m. where: Nebraska Union cost: Free

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FarmHouse strives to instill ‘Stranger by the Lake’ builds tension nearly flawlessly key values in its members Madeline Christensen DN You won’t see FarmHouse among the many houses residing on Greek row, but that hasn’t stopped the East Campus fraternity from making its mark across the University of NebraskaLincoln.

From student body presidents to Innocents Society and Mortar Board members, academic dominance to intramural dominance, the men of FarmHouse continually strive to be involved on campus and in the community.

Junior mechanical engineering major and FarmHouse president Ryan Drvol is the ninth of a long line of FarmHouse alumni in his family, spanning from the 1970s to today. But that isn’t the only reason Drvol quickly found a community in the East Campus house.

“The FarmHouse guys were so sincere, and I knew that they truly cared about me and wanted me to be a part of the house,” Drvol said.

“I knew that I could trust them and that they would push me to become a better man, not only academically, but physically, socially and spiritually.

There was not really a specific moment when I realized that FarmHouse is where I wanted to be, but it was a gradual affirmation that this house was the right fit because of what it stood for and because of the high quality guys within it.”

FarmHouse fraternity first came to UNL in 1916 and created a brotherhood based on the motto, “Builder of Men.” Throughout the last century, those values have not changed, Drvol said.

“I believe that the standards we hold at FarmHouse separate us from other fraternities on campus,” he said.

“We hold ourselves and our brothers to high standards in order to develop ourselves into stronger men.”

FarmHouse bases their standards on four pillars: building men physically, spiritually, academically and socially.

“Not only this, but our fraternity was founded upon Christian values, which we still hold today, and this is evident in how we interact with others,” Drvol said. “We believe that progress shall mark our every step and that we must continually build upon past successes in order to grow closer and closer to the peak of excellence.”

Those values stood out to third-

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The FarmHouse fraternity on 36th and Apple street is one of UNL’s fraternities located near East Campus. FarmHouse was officially recognized as a professional fraternity in 1916. year member Cory Foland, an architecture and biology major and new member educator at FarmHouse.

Foland initially didn’t think going Greek was something that interested him, but after meeting a few members of FarmHouse, he said he realized it was a fit.

“I found that the Greek system can be different than the stereotypical fraternities you hear about,” Foland said. “The guys at FarmHouse had similar values to mine, got good grades, attended things like Bible studies, and were very involved in service and volunteering. It wasn’t just about drinking and partying.”

Philanthropically, FarmHouse takes part in fundraisers and service events throughout the year. Because it are located off City Campus, it often teams up with other houses to complete philanthropies.

Among other events, FarmHouse is known for organizing “Rake and Bake” with Alpha Gamma Rho, where members rake leaves around the off-campus neighborhood East Campus fraternities call home, and “Festah Italiana” with Delta Delta Delta as well as “Raising the Roof” with Alpha Chi Omega, where spaghetti and Raising Cane’s is catered to raise money for various charities.

In the past year, FarmHouse has raised more than $19,000 for service organizations and has served more than 4,000 hours in the Lincoln community.

As far as living away from the rest of the Greek community on campus, Foland said he kind of enjoys it.

“It gets you away from the hustle and bustle,” he said. “It’s so much quieter on East Campus and easier to find a place to study in the union.”

FarmHouse originated as an agriculture fraternity in 1916, which is why it’s found on East Campus, but that reputation isn’t all true anymore — although a number of FarmHouse members are agriculture majors, many are not.

“I would say it’s about 50/50 — it’s not overpowering at all,” Foland said. “I really like having the agriculture majors around, though. It keeps you connected to your Nebraska roots.”

Drvol said the most rewarding part of being a FarmHouse brother has been meeting 90 other college guys and watching as they grow to become men.

“It is amazing to see the good that can come when this many guys have common values and a common vision,” Drvol said. “Having fellow brothers there to push you to become a better individual but also there to help you along the way is something you will only find in a fraternity like FarmHouse. Upon graduation, I will not only take with me a set of lifelong friends, but I will also take with me everything that I have learned from fellow brothers along the way.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

chel is Ramiere’s killer. While their sexual relationship blooms, Lack of score, Franck’s friend Henri warns him that his lover is trouble. character building It wouldn’t be completely apsets Cannes Film propriate to call “Stranger by the Lake” a thriller, save for one or Festival winner apart two excruciatingly tense scenes.

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by Guiraudie adds knows his lover is a killer, but and dramatic stars fooling around to the movie’s at- his sexual appetite overrides his with another tension...” mosphere and tenfear of a similar fate. In an imstranger, and sion. portant scene, Michel beckons when he returns One such Franck into the lake when no one to the beach, he finds only Michoice is the use of unsimulated else is around. Franck is visibly chel and his lover frolicking in sex acts. This is territory most frightened and declines, and then the lake. Their shenanigans take filmmakers don’t cross into, but swims out anyway. As he treads a turn when Michel holds Ram- here it brings a fascinating realwater, making his way slowly toiere underwater until he drowns, ism to a movie about characters ward Michel, he breathes heavily, shortly before getting dressed completely detached from emowondering what fate awaits him. and leaving. In the darkness of tional reality.

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‘House of Cards’ makes anticipated second-season debut Netflix’s hit drama builds on first season characters, explores inside view of American politics Keith Finn DN ››Note: This review contains spoilers for the first and second seasons of “House of Cards.”

Francis J. Underwood is the hunter, and Washington, D.C., is his domain.

Netflix’s hit political drama series “House Of Cards” premiered its anticipated second season on Valentine’s Day, which was good news for dateless singles like myself. Season one of “House of Cards” was a critically acclaimed smash, pioneering the Web-based original series format. Season one

took home three Primetime Emmy Awards, and season two will be a force to be reckoned with come television awards season.

Season one concluded with Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) being told he will be sworn in as the vice president of the United States. His conniving plan was revealed through his constant side narrating throughout the series, showing the real intent of his actions to the viewer. Spacey plays the most powerful man in Washington extremely well, putting the fear of God (or the fear of Frank Underwood) into everyone.

Multiple storylines continue in season two. Ever since the death of U.S. Rep. Peter Russo, who was murdered by Frank, a team of journalists sniffed out the trail of blood leading to the soon to be VP. One of the journalists and Frank’s former lover, Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara), is starting to make connections to the death of Peter Russo and Frank’s involvement with him.

The journalists’ venture to uncover the truth has numerous twists and

courtesy photo could turn out to be deadly.

There are bumps in the road for Frank’s ultimate quest for power.

Some problems come in the form of rivals like Raymond Tusk (Gerald McRaney), whose close friendship with the president makes things difficult for Frank. Other complications are humorous, like Frank desperately practicing his horrible

baseball throwing motion for a first pitch at an MLB game.

Season two explores more characters in depth than the first season. Frank’s wife, Claire (Robin Wright), causes multiple media frenzies that bring attention to herself and her husband. Rachel Posner (Rachel Brosnahan), the prostitute who is part of the Russo

cover-up, is put into hiding and is under close watch by Frank’s chief of staff Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly). Even Frank’s go-to smalltime barbecue cook, Freddy Hayes (Reg E. Cathey), starts to acquire some fame once Frank becomes more powerful, which may not bode well for Freddy.

Even though he didn’t executive produce the second season, David Fincher’s influence on the show is prevalent with scenes and camera shots similar to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “The Social Network.” Jodie Foster and Robin Wright show off their camera work by guest directing some episodes in season two. The acting and writing of the corrupt inner workings of the American justice system is impeccable, one of the reasons why Wright won a Golden Globe this year.

“House Of Cards” is evolving the way we watch television.

Streaming a quality original television show is a completely new and profitable concept. Netflix’s mission for dominance with season

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Awareness of events in Russia should not end with Olympic games amanda stoffel

The resounding sound of majestic horns and the crescendo of cymbals mark the beginning and end of each segment of Olympic coverage.

Feb. 23 marked the end of this year’s winter games in Sochi, two weeks that held tension, terror and threats for athletes from all across the globe.

Fortunately, the games made their progression in a peaceful manner, with no casualties among Olympians.

However, while the Games concluded with minimal conflict, there

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are plenty of implications that arise from the Games being held in a place that has infamously embraced bigotry through its policies and demanded perfection from its athletes, lest the country be stripped of its pride.

While the world was turning to watch Shaun White lose out on his medal possibilities and witness Olympic icon Evgeni Plushenko surrender to the instability of the human body and walk off the ice, forfeiting him from competing for yet another medal, the security forces of Russia were turning their eyes to national security.

As was demonstrated by the Boston Marathon bombings of 2013, which occurred on Patriot’s Day, there is evidence of the importance of symbolism to terrorists. And while the tragedy of Boston occurred in April, the date of the Olympic closing ceremonies marked the anniversaries of several significant events in Russia.

The Soviet Army was established on Feb. 23, 1918, making that date the formerly known Soviet Day, now known as Patriot’s Day of Russia.

More significantly, however, the date in 2014 is the 70 year mark of what is known as “Operation Lentil.”

Joseph Stalin had his hand in the operation back in 1944, when he ordered the relocation of over 500,000 Chechens from their homes, placed them in cattle cars and sent them to Siberia for their alleged cooperative actions with the Nazis, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s website.

Now I’m not saying that I’m a historical expert. If we’re being completely honest, my knowledge of world history and world politics is significantly less than what it should be. Thus, my knowledge about the history of events in Russia was only expanded thanks to the glorious invention that is the Internet.

lieve it would be too large of an assertion to say that they probably believed in that possibility because of current political practices and not because of the ethnic cleansing that was “Operation Lentil.” I must admit that I, too, fell into this category of people.

It is a great sigh of relief to know that there was not tragedy in Sochi.

We must remember, however, that just because Americans are no longer flooding the Sochi streets, that does not mean that we should disregard Russia, its people or its power.

With the final trumpeting of horns, the 2014 Olympics ended peacefully.

It is the hope of this columnist that when the Games return in the warm climate of Brazil in 2016 that the effort to understand the entire context of the power that the Games bring with them will be worthy of a medal. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

countries, such as Russia, is work to become allies for those who need them most, like members of the LGBTQ community that is being repressed in the already cold country.

It is no secret that Americans are oftentimes viewed as existing with a “holier-than-thou” demeanor by those of other countries, and this demeanor is oftentimes completely unwarranted (probably because plenty of people in the U.S. still believe the “Affordable Care Act” is different than “Obamacare”).

All politics aside, if there is to be hope for better international relationships with other countries and become more inclined to conduct intellectual conversations about how to aid in the positive progress of other nations, we must start with ourselves.

CNN reported before the Sochi Olympics began that more than half of Americans feared a terrorist attack would occur at the games. I don’t be-

Furthermore, the assertion that the United States has any room in the argument of a sparkling national history is far from correct. Everything from the dark past of slavery, the Civil Rights that was birthed by the copious amounts of segregation and inequality for African Americans, and most recently, the mass shootings that have plagued the country in past years, all paint a widespread cloak of hypocrisy over the country, especially when judging the political policies of other countries, including Russia.

Consider this a call to acknowledgement. The Olympics may be over, but their message of peace is one that resounds throughout decades. As such, it is vital that we as Americans work to better our personal understandings of the countries that host the beloved Games.

No country is perfect, nor is any history untarnished. But perhaps the key to bettering our relations with

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Takeaways from “Nancy & Tonya”

The documentary “Nancy & Tonya” aired on Sunday, with Nancy Kerrigan talking in depth about the attack she faced in 1994 and Tonya Harding yelling a lot. There are some things that may not have been known before this 20th anniversary feature came up.

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NU thrives in final indoor meet of regular season Mike Shoro DN

I talked to my coach this week, and he wanted me to go out, stay out and just try to keep the lead.”

The Nebraska track and field team ended its home indoor season in dominating fashion. NU’s women and men combined to finish first or second in more than half of the events at the Nebraska Tune-Up meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday.

The Tune-Up was the last rie was the women’s pole vault home indoor meet of the year. The champion. She won with a high of Tune-Up gives athletes who will 12-10 3/4. Sophomore Tess Merrill compete in the Big Ten Indoor finished second, with a jump of Championships one last chance to 12-2 3/4, and senior Maggie Macompete before the indoor posther finished tied for fourth with a season. personal-best jump of 12-2 3/4.

Sophomore Levi Gipson won Junior Shawnice Williams won the men’s 600-meter run with a the women’s 600-meter event in a time of 1 minute, 18.54 time of 1:29.70, .65 seconds. Senior Jodiseconds off of her Rae Blackwood finished personal-best time third in a time of 1:19.43, set at the Frank Seand freshman Mate Kovigne Husker Inviroknai finished fourth tational on Feb. 8. Juwith a time of 1:19.46. nior Ellen Dougherty Gipson said he will finished second bebe competing in the Big hind Williams with a Ten Indoor Championpersonal-best time of ships next weekend in 1:31.93.

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“I talked to my “It was probably coach this week, and Williams good to get a 600 in behe wanted me to go fore conference,” Gipson out, stay out and just said. try to keep the lead,” He also said he would have Williams said, “so that’s basically liked to have run under 1:18.00, what I was trying to do this week.” but this competition gave him a The Huskers also notched the better idea of what to do at confer- top two spots in the men’s pole ence this weekend. vault. Sophomore Christian SandSenior thrower Veronica erfer won the event for the fourth Grizzle won the women’s weight time this year with a high of 17-1 throw, with a throw of 64-9 1/4.

1/2, and junior Craig Driver finHer winning throw beat sophoished second with a high of 16-9 more Tristen Sharp’s second-place 1/2. throw by almost 10 feet. Sharp Former Husker Mara Griva threw a 55-3. won both of the events she comNU had three athletes in the peted in. She won the women’s top four in the women’s pole long jump with a score of 20-3 3/4. vault. Sophomore Paula And-

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She also took the women’s triple jump crown, finishing with a long of 42-0 3/4. Griva, the 10-time AllAmerican, who graduated from NU spring 2013, was competing unattached.

Sophomore Kari Heck finished second to Griva in the women’s long jump and was the first collegiate finisher. Heck’s longest jump was 18-11 3/4. Another NU jumper finished right behind Griva in the triple jump.

Senior Anna Weigandt placed second with a season-best jump of 40-0 3/4.

Senior captain Ellie Grooters finished second in the women’s 400-meter dash in a personal-best time of 54.71. Sophomore sprinter Morgan Woitzel finished fifth, with a personal-best time of 56.35.

Senior captain Miles Ukaoma finished first in the men’s 60-meter hurdles. He ran a season-best 8.01.

Junior Marusa Cernjul finished second to one of the best high jumpers in Division II, Akela Jones of Oklahoma Baptist. The three-time NAIA champion won the high jump with a personalbest jump of 6-1.5. Cernjul’s jump of 5-9 3/4 was a season-best.

The Huskers will send 32 women and 32 men to the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Friday in Geneva, Ohio.

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NU rebounds with win in 4-team tournament Vanessa Daves DN The No. 8 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team defeated Bridgeport, Ky., and Wisconsin-Stout at the 24th annual Masters Classic at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday.

In the first rotation, Nebraska started on the vault. Junior Jessie DeZiel snagged the event title with a career-high score 9.975. Redshirt freshman Ariel Martin tied her career-high score of 9.875 to win the third-place title.

“We’re almost where we want to be (on vault),” Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said.

Senior Emily Wong didn’t compete on the vault this week so she could rest.

“We probably would have had a higher team score with (Emily), but it’s not about that,” Kendig said. “It’s about down the road, winning the bigger meets.”

At the end of the first rotation, Nebraska ended with a team score of 49.200 on vault; Bridgeport had a team score of 47.400 on the uneven bars; Wisconsin-Stout notched a 46.475 on beam; and Kentucky posted a 48.950 on the floor. The Wildcat’s Kayla Hartley led the team and notched a 9.85 to tie for the second-place title.

In the second rotation, Nebraska headed to the bars, where Wong, DeZiel and sophomore Hollie Blanske all scored a 9.90. They tied for first place in the event.

“To get three 9.90s in one event — that’s huge,” Kendig said.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin–Stout was on the floor, where the team earned a score of 47.200, and Bridgeport scored a 46.525 on beam. Kentucky was on vault, where they notched a team score of 49.125. They were led by senior Holly Cunningham, who earned second place in the event.

In the third rotation, Nebraska performed on the beam. Wong led the team with a 9.925 score, notching herself the event title. Following her was

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Junior Jessie DeZiel earns a 39.525 in all-around competition at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday. Her two highest scores came on vault (9.975) and the uneven bars (9.90). senior Jamie Schleppenbach with a score of 9.85 to tie for the second-place title.

“Overall, we were good on beam, but we’re still better than that,” Kendig said.

Bridgeport performed on the floor and notched a score of 48.350, while Wisconsin-Stout performed on vault and notched a 47.575.

Kentucky was on the bars, where it earned a team score of 48.775. They were led by sophomore Amy Roemmele, who scored a 9.90 to tie for the event title with Blanske, DeZiel and Wong.

The crowd began chanting “Husker Power” in the beginning of fourth rotation, where Nebraska performed on the floor. They were led by DeZiel (9.850) and Wong (9.925). DeZiel tied for the second-place title, and Wong won the event title.

“We got a 49.175 on the floor, and I think we’re better than that, and I think that’s what’s encouraging,” Kendig said.

Bridgeport put up a 47.400 on the bars. Kentucky competed on the beam, where junior Shannon Mitchell earned a 9.85 to tie for second-place with Schleppenbach.

At the end of the meet, Nebraska earned a team score of 196.850 to win first. Kentucky posted a 195.200 to claim second, Bridgeport scored a 190.350 for third, and Wisconsin-Stout earned a 188.850 for fourth.

All-around winners included Kentucky’s Audrey Harrison, who placed fourth with a score of 38.80. In third place was Bridgeport’s Lissette La Fex with a 39.00.

Nebraska won the top two allaround titles, with Blanske’s score of 39.125 earning her second place and DeZiel’s 39.525 earning her the firstplace title.

“I still have a lot of work to do as far as consistency goes,” Blanske said.

“Each meet I’m getting more confident and a little bit better.”

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Women’s tennis

Huskers take NU notches NU continues 7th in first day 2 victories in success, adds of season opener weekend trip 2 more wins Staff report DN

The Nebraska women’s golf team has had very little time to practice outdoors so far this season. That didn’t stop the team from finishing seventh after one day of play in its first meet of the season. The Huskers shot a 582 collectively during Sunday’s two rounds of play. Oregon leads the tournament through 36 holes with a 553, trailed closely

by Ohio State with a 559.

Sophomore Cassidy Stelzmiller shot a 144, which was good enough for even par, to lead the Huskers in Peoria, Ariz. Stelzmiller was followed closely by seniors Katelyn Wright who recorded a 145 and Steffi Neison who totaled a 147.

Sophomore Cassie Deeg shot a 149 for Nebraska, and freshman Jordan

Chael followed with a 155.

Chael shot an plus-10 82 on the first 18 but rallied, shooting a 73 on her second round. All of the Huskers improved during the second 18 holes, aside from Neison.

Wright and Neison displayed their seniority by being the only two Huskers who shot under par during individual rounds. Neison’s came during the first round, when she tallied up a minus-1 score of 71.

Wright’s big round came during the second 18 holes, when she finished with a two-under-par 70.

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Sydny Boyd DN The No. 59 Nebraska men’s tennis team traveled to Atlanta, Ga., where it defeated both University of Alabama-Birmingham (5-2) and Georgia State (6-1) last weekend.

The Huskers had a hard week of practice leading up to the matches this weekend.

“There aren’t any bad teams,” assistant coach Fungai Tongoona said. “So we have to be good in practice to be good in the games.”

Against UAB in doubles, the Blazer’s Rafael Rondino and Luiz Felipe Pinto beat Husker sophomores Andrew Dzulynsky and Dusty Boyer 8-4 at the No. 3, while senior Brandon Videtich and sophomore Bradford Zitsch beat the Blazers’ Lucas Dirube and Donovan McSeveney 8-6 at the No. 1 spot. UAB earned the doubles point at the No. 2 when Chris Helliar and Mitchell Martell defeated the Huskers’ sophomore Marc Herrmann and junior Beau Treyz 8-6.

“It was good to see the character of this team today bounce back,” coach Kerry McDermott said. “They didn’t let the loss of the doubles point affect singles.”

Moving into singles, with UAB up 1-0, the Huskers switched into overdrive and won five of their singles matches. At the No. 1 spot, Boyer earned the win over the Blazers’ No. 86 Helliar 6-4, 6-1, while Herrmann defeated Rondino 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 at the No. 2.

“They had a good attitude throughout the match,” Tongoona said. “Most of the time, we are ranked. But, they didn’t let that affect them.”

Senior Tom Blackwell beat UAB’s Dirube 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 3, while Dzulynsky beat Blazers’ Stepan Vancurik 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (102) at the No. 4 spot. UAB earned its only singles victory at the No.

5 when McSeveney beat Treyz 6-3, 6-2. Freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos beat Pinto in the last singles victory at the No. 6 saw a 6-1, 6-4 win.

“We need to be professional,” Tangoona said. “After we win, we need to be professional and move onto the next match.”

Taking the excitement from Saturday, Nebraska played Georgia State on Sunday, winning, 6-1.

“We need to be good in big and small matches,” Tangoona said. “Every hour of every day.”

Nebraska’s No. 1 position duo of Videtich and Zitsch started off the match by beating Georgia State’s Robert Schulze and Sofiane Chevallier 8-6, while Herrmann and Treyz took the doubles point at the No. 2, when they beat the Panthers’ Valentin Horvat and Eric Baum 8-6. The last match went unfinished with a 7-7 score with Boyer and Dzulynsky and GSU’s Thomas Cook and Jannis Koeke.

“It was a really good team effort,” Tangoona said.

The Huskers had the 1-0 advantage as they moved into singles play. The lead went up to 2-0 at the No. 1, when Boyer won against Georgia State’s Cook 6-0, 6-4. The Panthers took the No. 5, when Baum beat Treyz 6-4, 6-1, making the score 2-1.

At the No. 4 spot, Dzulynsky downed GSU’s Chevallier 6-1, 6-3, while Stavropoulos beat Georgia State’s Felipe Jaworski 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 6. At the No. 2 singles, Herrmann outlasted the Panthers’ Koeke 6-4, 7-5, while Blackwell defeated Panther Schulze 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) for the No. 3 spot.

“If we continue to play at this level,” Tangoona said. “Then we should have a great rest of the season.”

The Huskers have a doubleheader trip on March, 1, to Ithaca, N.Y., against Cornell and Monmouth.

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The Nebraska men’s golf team continued the season at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic Desert Intercollegiate this weekend, finishing the tournament toward the bottom of the leaderboard.

During the three day weekend, the Huskers shot a +37 as a team and finished the meet in 18th place out of the 23 teams that competed. The Oregon Ducks took home top honors as they posted a -27 team score, including a -8 from sophomore Sulman Raza. The top individual performance came from junior Julien Brun out of TCU.

Senior Matt Record held the top score for the Huskers, as he posted a -1 on the day. He would be the only Husker to come up with a negative score, as the second-lowest Husker score came from senior Mike Siwa who recorded a +5 during the course of the weekend.

Juniors Ross Dickson and Calvin Freeman both ended the meet with a +9, and freshman Justin Jennings rounded out the Husker lineup with a +10.

The Huskers have a couple of weeks away from action, and then on March 10, they return to action as they head off to Aiken, S.C., for the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate.

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The Husker women’s tennis team is riding high, as it picked up two victories on Saturday against the Air Force Falcons and the Northern Iowa Panthers, improving the team’s record to 5-3 on the year. Nebraska has had four wins in a row.

The first match against Air Force started off with the Husker freshman pair of Lisa Andersson and Hannah Sulz trouncing the Falcons’ Anastasia Hueffner and Marcelli Magday, 8-2. The other two duos followed suit, as the Huskers took the doubles point by winning all three doubles matches.

As the Huskers went on into singles play leading 1-0, senior Maike Zeppernick started things off by winning her match 6-2, 6-0.

The Huskers would continue to roll as they won four of the six singles matches and recorded a final score of 5-2.

A couple of hours after the Air

Force match-up, Northern Iowa was ready to take on Nebraska. The Panthers were 5-4 entering the competition, and afterwards they would drop to .500 as the Huskers downed the Panthers 4-1.

The pairs team of Zeppernick and junior Izabella Zgierska kicked off the afternoon meet with an 8-3 smack down of Northern Iowa’s Elvira Lopez and Astrid Santos. Sulz and Andersson would secure the match point by taking down Panthers’ Krissy Lankelma and Sydney Wolfe by a score of 8-6.

Zeppernick would continue to dominate, as she took her singles match starting with a 6-1 set victory and finished it off with a 6-0 set victory. The Huskers would only drop one match as they secured the overall meet, 4-1. Because it was a best-ofseven match, Maggy Lehmicke and Andersson would not go on to finish their singles matches.

Nebraska returns to action on Friday to take on Drake at the Nebraska Tennis Center.

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“I’ve said this from day one: He always keeps us in the game.”

With DeLeon’s performance on the mound, the Huskers had their chance to take the game.

But the Beavers’ sophomore All-American and 2013 Pac-12 freshman of the year, Andrew Moore, stood in the Huskers’ way. “(Moore) has an impressive resume, but everybody seemed to be on their game today,” Headley said. “We were just clicking today.”

Moore began the game with a clean slate, not allowing a run through five innings. With the Beavers up 1-0 going into the sixth, Moore was keeping the Huskers in check.

With two outs and the bases loaded, Headley stepped up to the plate. With a 1-2 count, the third baseman notched a single, which brought in a run.

The Huskers weren’t finished.

Sophomore Austin Christensen blasted a two RBI single after Headley. Freshman Ryan Boldt followed Christensen with another single, but only brought in a run.

The Huskers finished the sixth with a 4-1 lead, and this proved to be enough, but the squad still wasn’t finished.

A run in the seventh and four more runs in the eighth for Nebraska would be enough. The squad allowed another run from the Beavers in the eighth, but the Huskers still maintained the 9-2 lead.

“It was good to get a couple

of extra runs when playing a team like Oregon State,” Headley said.

Erstad said in a post-game radio show that this is what he wanted to see from his team after the previous loss to the Beavers.

“That was the type of relentless attitude we want,” Erstad said. “I would love that to be our mentality.”

The coach got his wish, as the ferocity at the plate carried over against Washington.

The Huskers had put up 11 runs after two innings. Five Huskers totaled two or more RBIs against the Huskies.

Junior starting pitcher Aaron Bummer had plenty of room to work with, as he went seven innings and allowed two runs.

The Huskers finished the game by a final score of 13-3.

After the two high offensive games, the Huskers fell to Utah on Sunday.

The Huskers didn’t have a pitcher throw more than three innings in the game, as sophomore Jeff Chestnut tossed two and a third innings and gave up a run on four hits.

The squad amassed 10 hits, but couldn’t plate enough to top the Utes.

The Huskers will take to the road again next weekend, as they travel to Charleston, S.C., for a three-game series against The Citadel.

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Big Ten showdown pits Huskers and Penn State Natasha Rausch DN With Nebraska’s junior forward Emily Cady and senior forward Jordan Hooper at the helm with more than 10 double-doubles each, sophomore guard Rachel Theriot leading the team in assists and junior guard Tear’a Laudermill stepping up with double-digit games, the Huskers are in their third-straight 20-win season for the first time in history.

With seven Big Ten wins in a row, and a recent 67-59 win against Ohio State, the No. 17 Huskers are now turning their attention to the No. 9 Penn State Nittany Lions on Monday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Theriot led the Huskers against the Buckeyes in the last game with 26 points, while Hooper added 24.

Despite having a nine-point deficit with 10 minutes remaining in the second half, Nebraska went on a 17-0 run to take the win.

“I thought we stayed poised when we needed to,” Hooper said.

“I thought what we could have done better was just box out and stuff. That’s just effort, so we’ll be fine for the next game.”

For this next game against the Nittany Lions, the Huskers will be looking to come back from its 82-67 home loss against the Nittany Lions last season.

In last year’s game, Penn State’s senior guard Maggie Lucas put 34 points on the board to help take the win. Lucas, who was the 2013 Big Ten Player of the Year, has led the team this year with an average 21.8 points per game. Other players, such as junior forward Tori Waldner and senior forward Ariel Edwards, have stepped up this season to help the Nittany Lions to a winning record.

“I think we are getting a lot more production from a lot more people in the last few games,” Penn State coach Coquese Washington said after the game against Northwestern. “Tori Waldner stepped up and has been more of a factor. Kaliyah Mitchell stepped up and has made some big plays for us, so I think just the fact that we are starting to get a little more depth and contribution is helping us kind of fight through this grind of conference play.”

The Nittany Lions are currently on a four-game win streak, with a 21-5 overall and a 12-2 conference

record. The last time Penn State lost was against the Iowa Hawkeyes, 73-70, on Feb. 6. The Huskers beat the Hawkeyes 80-67 earlier in the season.

The key to the Huskers’ success comes from the team’s spirit, according to Cady.

“We have a lot of energy as a team, and the bench brings a lot of energy,” said Cady, who had 11 rebounds against Ohio State. “T (Laudermill) is always a spark, so I think that’s what keeps us going.”

Nebraska is going into this Big Ten matchup with a losing all-time record against Penn State. Penn State holds the 5-1 all-time series.

The last time the Huskers beat the Nittany Lions was in December 2011, on Penn State’s home court, with a final score of 71-63.

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Senior forward Jordan Hooper is averaging 20.2 points a game and 9.2 rebounds a game, which is third and fourth in the Big Ten, respectively. The Huskers are facing the Big Ten leader Penn State.

Offensive woes stymie Huskers in tournament Josh Kelly DN The No. 11 Nebraska softball team traveled to Cathedral City, Calif., to compete in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, where the team went 2-3 during the weekend.

Senior pitcher Tatum Edwards said the weekend was a great experience for the team regardless of the results.

“It was nice to be out in California with the great weather, and it was a great opportunity for us,” Edwards said. “It’s good exposure for the postseason. Freshmen were playing awesome in our games, and it was a good weekend to see what we can do. Right now we’re really tired.”

Out of the five teams Nebraska faced, four of them were ranked programs, including No. 3 Tennessee, No. 9 UCLA, No. 14 Arizona and No. 16 Texas A&M. Out of those opponents, the Huskers only scraped out one win: It was against Texas A&M and in dramatic fashion, too.

Up until the seventh inning, the Huskers were up 1-0 against the Aggies until they scored a run in the top of the frame to force extra innings at the neutral site.

The next inning, both teams exchanged a run to set an opportunity for sophomore second base-

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Senior pitcher Tatum Edwards tossed 22 innings in the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, Calif., during the weekend. Edwards also notched her first no-hitter against Boise State. man Hailey Decker.

Decker hit a ball straight up

the middle to bring in the gamewinning run in the bottom of

the ninth inning, which gave the Huskers the win, a performance

coach Rhonda Revelle said is a highlight of the weekend.

“I thought we fought hard in that game until the end, and that said a lot about our team,” Revelle said.

Later that night, the team had to hit the field again to face the Arizona Wildcats, a game that started a rough stretch for the Huskers.

The Wildcats shut out the Huskers 7-0, the second shutout the team has given up and also the most runs given up so far this season. Offensively, the Huskers were only able to get two hits in the meeting.

Heading into the weekend, hitting was something the team needed to work on, and according to Edwards, the work needs to continue.

“This weekend was about coming out and competing,” Edwards said. “It was also about us not beating ourselves up, which was the case for a lot of our players. We need to attack, attack and attack some more. We need to give up less strikeouts offensively.”

On Saturday, Nebraska faced Tennessee and lost 5-3 after the Huskers gave up two runs in the fifth inning.

The weekend was then wrapped up with two final games against UCLA and Boise State.

After the Huskers lost their third game of the weekend against Bruins in a 6-2 loss, they were able to bounce back and cap the weekend off on a high note against Boise State.

Nebraska shut out Boise State 4-0, and it was also a career day for Edwards, who was able to pull her first career no-hitter against the Broncos. The senior ace only gave up two walks in the battle.

After going nine innings on Friday and throwing a no-hitter on Sunday, Edwards is mentally prepared for what is ahead.

“I can go as long as anyone needs me to go, and that’s the mindset we all need right now moving forward,” Edwards said.

Next weekend, Nebraska will travel to Oklahoma to face No. 13 Oklahoma, the defending national champions, and Oklahoma State in a four-game road trip.

With tough competition to continue for the team, there is plenty to work on at practice, Revelle said.

“I think we need to work on every aspect of the game,” Revelle said. “We’ve seen some great pitching out of the teams that we’ve faced, and sometimes we need to just cash in on our opportunities. We need to improve on everything right now.”

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Junior Kelsey Hansen recorded scores of 573 and 585 in smallbore and air rifle, respectively. The Huskers took second-place in the NCAA Qualifers in Murray, Ky., during the weekend.

NU shoots its way to 2nd in NCAA Qualifers Staff Report DN The Huskers stepped into the postseason Sunday when they competed in the NCAA Qualifiers.

“Our goal was the same as every match before this: to compete as disciplined and fearless competitors,” Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said. “With every match, the team has grown into that role, and it has been exciting to watch them compete against the top teams in the nation and excel.”

The Nebraska rifle team took second place in both smallbore and air rifle against six other teams: UT Martin, Memphis, No. 1 West Virginia, Columbus State, Jacksonville State and Murray State.

West Virginia defeated Nebraska in both events by a small margin. The Mountaineers scored 2,325 in smallbore and 2,366 in air rifle, while the Huskers scored 2,317 in smallbore and set a new team record in air rifle with a score of 2,361.

Murray State and Memphis were close behind the top two teams in smallbore with a tie score of 2,309. Jacksonville State was the

Today was just another example of how great this team is when we focus on ourselves and the team.”

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next closest in air rifle with a final score of 2,352.

“Although we shot against other schools, our goal was simply to shoot our best match and qualify for nationals.” Underwood said. “We happened to have a great air rifle day. Everyone finally clicked on the same day.”

The coach said she was proud of the performance, but for the most part, the teamwork was what stood out.

“Today was just another example of how great this team is when we focus on ourselves and the team,” she said.

Freshman Lauren Phillips took the highest score in smallbore with a 586, and her freshman teammate Rachel Martin took the highest score in air rifle with a 593. Junior Kelsey Hansen also put up high scores of 573 and 585 in smallbore

and air rifle, respectively.

“Yes, we had some great individual performances,” Underwood said, “but I am most proud of how each person supported their teammates.”

With the NCAA Qualifiers out of the way, Nebraska will prepare for the three-day Greater America Rifle Conference Championships this weekend at Oxford, Miss.

This will be the Huskers’ last step before the NCAA Championships two weeks later.

“We don’t need to be the best standing shooters, but we do need to work on our consistency and finishing strong,” Underwood said.

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pressure of expectation and still being able to get the most out of yourself in that situation.”

Filipcic made history in the The Nebraska swimming and 3-meter dive as she exploded for diving team set off to Minneapolis, Minn., last weekend to the third-highest score in meet history by posting a score of compete in the Big Ten Champi348.50. That outburst onships, along with would help her wrap all other members of up ninth-place overall the Big Ten. For the in the meet. second year in a row, A common trend the Huskers finished throughout the entire ninth overall, scorchampionship meet ing 145 points. The was the team not just top spot went to the breaking their prehometown Minnesovious career bests, ta Golden Gophers but shattering them. who left everyone Filipcic went from well behind with 760 331.10 to a 348.50 points. Second-place in the 3-meter dive; Hardewig Indiana put up 649. sophomore Samantha During the four Hardewig sliced six days, the Huskers seconds off her previous career posted 10 top-16 finishes, three of those claimed by sophomore best in the 200-breast, and freshTaryn Collura, and 26 top-24 man Julia Roller posted a best of finishes. Freshman Anna Filip- 4:22.50 in the 400-yard IM and cic led the overall scoring for the then immediately beat it with a time of 4:19:47. The previous Huskers with 16 points.

“It’s a big build-up, and this career bests were getting blown out of the water. is where we want to see the pay“Sometimes you’ve got to be off,” coach Pablo Morales said.

“For some, it’s an amazing, sat- really happy with dropping a isfying result, and then others it few hundredths of a second and was a learning experience. That’s that’s part of our sport,” Mopart of taking it to the next level rales said. “They toil and train and work really hard for such is learning how to deal with the

a long time to get that one onehundredth of an improvement, and it’s a very satisfying result.

If you keep at it and keep building from one season to the next, you get those really big breakthroughs. That’s what you look forward to, and that’s what’s so great about the sport.”

Hardewig gives a lot of credit to her team for helping ignite her to explode to her career-best swim in the 200-breaststroke. By cheering for her teammates in the race before hers, she was able to clear her mind, which prevented her from overthinking her swim.

When she had received the news about the time she just posted, she was awestruck.

“I do best when I don’t think,” Hardewig said. “I try to focus in my tempo, and I try to trust in the talent that God gave me, and he’ll lead me through it. After, I was really shocked. I was hoping to do well, but that definitely took me by surprise. It was an interesting drop, but I’m glad it happened.”

The Huskers are still deciding on who they will send to Minneapolis next week to compete in the Last Chance Meet.

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Men’s BBall: from 10 After Shields sunk in his first of two free throws to make it 15-14, he and Petteway made three consecutive layups to go on a 7-0 run.

Petteway went on to score the team’s next 4 points, followed by Shields’ 6 points to assist the Huskers to a 34-25 halftime lead.

Shields finished the half with a team high 13 points – seven of those coming from the free throw line, while Petteway finished with five field goals for 10 first-half points.

The teams ended up at the line for a combined 25 times, with the Boilermakers converting all 12 of their attempts.

And they began the second half at the same spot.

Purdue’s sophomore Rapheal Davis recorded Purdue’s first two of three baskets via the free throw shot and layup to tighten its deficit to 39-30.

But unlike the Huskers’ previous game, where they recorded just five assists, NU spread the ball around with style to increase its

lead throughout the game’s final 20 minutes.

Up 59-37, Pitchford and Petteway found themselves on the receiving end on two consecutive alley-oops by senior guard Ray Gallegos to extend Nebraska’s lead to 63-38.

“The transition baskets they got just killed us,” Painter said.

With many of the Huskers in foul trouble, including Petteway and Pitchford who had 3 and 4 personal fouls respectively, bench players sophomore Sergej Vucetic, juniors Kye Kurkowski and Trevor Menke and senior Mike Peltz all played minutes on the floor. Menke made the most of it, registering his first 3-pointer of the season.

On defense, sophomore guard Benny Parker stole the show by swiping 3 of Nebraska’s 10 total steals. The 5-foot-9 guard was greeted throughout the game with chants and rightfully so, according to Pitchford.

“He might be the shortest kid

on the court, but he’s not scared of anybody,” Pitchford said. “He’s a huge impact and brings a lot of energy to the team.”

The Huskers also held their opponent to a 30.2 percent floor performance for the game.

Shields, who finished the game with his second career double-double scoring 18 points and bringing down 10 rebounds, said the victory was a team effort.

“We and play off each other and are really molding right now,” the sophomore guard said. “We just need to keep it going.”

Although the win increases Nebraska’s chances of staying in the March Madness hunt, the players aren’t fixated on that.

The number one focus on the Huskers’ minds is their next opponent.

“The next game’s Illinois,” Shields said. “That’s all we’re worried about right now.”

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Sophomore guard Terran Petteway goes up for the basket in the Huskers’ 76-57 win against Purdue on Sunday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena. He earned a game-high 29 points.

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erran Petteway entered Sunday’s game against Purdue as the No. 1 scorer in the Big Ten Conference.

The sophomore guard tallied 29 points – 11 higher than his 18.0 average – to anchor Nebraska to a 76-57 win against Purdue (15-12, 5-9 Big Ten) at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

“Not a lot of teams have a guy like him,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said after the game. “He’s pretty damn good.”

Petteway’s solid performance marked the 24th time in 26 games he’s scored double-digits and a conference-high 10

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times he’s scored 20 or more points.

The victory in front of 15,891 increased the Huskers (1610 overall, 8-6 Big Ten) home winning streak to six and their overall winning streak to five.

In Nebraska’s last game, fouls played a vital role in the team’s offense, as the Huskers went on to score a conferencehigh 37 points via the charity shot. In the opening minutes of Sunday’s game, the story played no different.

Sophomore guard Shavon Shields kicked off Nebraska’s scoring by forcing himself to the line for the Huskers’ first

two-points of the game. Although Nebraska began the first 10 minutes of the game with strong defense to force Purdue to a 5-for-20 start on the floor, the team’s offensive performance didn’t impress coach Tim Miles.

“It was awful to watch those first eight minutes,” Miles said.

Nebraska began the first 10 minutes sinking in just 2 out of its first 11 field goal attempts.

However, the Huskers stepped out of that funk four minutes later.

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Wrestling

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Junior infielder Blake Headley contributed 2 hits, a run and an RBI in the Huskers 9-2 win over No. 1 Oregon State on Friday in Surprise, Ariz. Headley also added 4 more hits in the next two games for Nebraska.

Nebraska takes down No. 1 team in country Eric Bertrand DN The Nebraska baseball team went 2-1 during the weekend, defeating No. 1 Oregon State and Washington but falling to Utah, 4-3.

The last time the Huskers beat a No. 1 team was in the

16-inning game against the Texas Longhorns in 2005.

The Huskers went with senior pitcher Christian DeLeon to start on the mound against the Beavers on Friday.

According to junior infielder Blake Headley, the starter for the Huskers outdid himself in the game.

DeLeon gave up just one run in seven innings against the Beavers. During those innings, the Beavers had four hits. DeLeon also struck out five and issued one free pass.

“Christian just rises to the occasion,” coach Darin Erstad said.

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the mat. took the next three matches to go Sueflohn is No. 6 in the country, jump out to a commanding 22-9 and he showed why he is highly lead. ranked by getting a takedown in Sophomore Austin Wilson took The No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team both of the first two periods. To top a big step forward in his hunt for took care of business in Madison, it off, he got a riding a Big Ten title. Wilson has had an Wis., on Friday, defeattime bonus point at the up-and-down year when it comes ing the No. 15 Wisconend of the match to get to dual matches, but he ended his sin Badgers 22-15. This the win, 7-1. dual season with a big win against was the last dual of the With the dual far junior Frank Cousins, by a score of year before going into from in hand, the key 12-0. the Big Ten Championmatchup of the night No. 3 Husker, junior 174-poundships. took place: Huskers’ er Robert Kokesh, earned his fifth With this win, NeNo. 1 157-pounder technical fall of the season over No. braska finished the junior James Green 20, senior Scott Liegel. No. 9 freshyear with an 8-0 road against No. 7 freshman man 184-pounder, TJ Dudley, also dual record, and a 12-2 Isaac Jordan. added bonus points for the Huskrecord overall.

Last time out, Green ers with an 11-2 major decision “I thought it was won a close match over junior Dylan Iczkowski. good,” junior Jake SueSueflohn against Michigan’s Wisconsin took the last two flohn said. “We had 157-pound backup jumatches of the night, but Nebrassome matches that went nior Jake ka had the win in our way and some that didn’t, but hand. it was a good dual meet. It was Salazar. It took Green He beat three overtimes to Next up for a good way to finish off the Big James, and win against Salazar. the Huskers will Tens.”

This weekend, be the Big Ten The Huskers didn’t start the then he beat Green was stunned Championship dual the way they would have

by Jordan in four St. Johns’, the tournament on liked to, with No. 11 freshman Tim March 8 and 9.

Lambert taking a 5-3 sudden death overtimes. defending national “(Jordan) had a The conference overtime loss to No. 9 Wisconsin pretty good week- champ.” tournament is the freshman Ryan Taylor. end,” Sueflohn said. last chance for the Going into the next match beat James, wrestlers to make down by 3, the Huskers needed “He Jake sueflohn their marks as nebraska wrestler a spark to change the momentum and then he beat St. they try to reach early. They got just that from senior Johns’, the defending national champ. I the NCAA tournaShawn Nagel. think it’ll help James out. It’s tough ment.

Nagel won with a pin only 1:27 having that undefeated streak; it’s “The biggest thing is we have into the first period. This win gave to try to stay alive,” Sueflohn said.

Nebraska a 3-point lead and a large like the weight of the world is on you. I really think going forward “All we have to do now is stay momentum swing in its favor. and at nationals being a little bit focused and relaxed and do our After Husker freshman Colton best.”

McCrystal suffered a 5-0 loss, ju- more relaxed.”

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