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BY THE NUMBERS Here are the numbers of requested single rooms in the Big Ten during 2013-2014:

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Construction workers finish cutting down a tree on Centennial Mall, just across the street from Andersen Hall. The tree removal is part of the Centennial Mall’s renovation plans.

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ADAM WARNER | DN Sophomore Cody Claridge stands in his room in Sandoz Hall. Living by himself has allowed Claridge to make the room his own in ways most students can’t.

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About 60 trees are being cut down along Lincoln’s Centennial Mall to accommodate planned renovations.

The removal process began Monday and will take about a week, according to J.J. Yost, planning and construction manager for Lincoln Parks and Recreation. The plan is part of phase one of the renovations that will likely be completed by 2015.

The changes will include grading the land to implement a continuous walking path with no stairs, new water and lighting features and greenscapes and park furniture, Yost said.

The trees are being replaced and some have already been planted and

another 120 will be planted during phase two, which will begin in late spring or summer, Yost said.

All of the trees should be removed in about a week, but that could vary depending on weather, Yost said. Some trees can be taken out during wet conditions, but others cannot. The trees consist of many varieties, shapes and sizes.

Renovations have begun with the three blocks in the center of Centennial Mall, which permits vehicular traffic, and phase two will encompass the two blocks at the north and south ends of the mall, where traffic is not allowed.

Full details of the planned renovations can be found at necentennialmall.org.

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owned his own room. But there was a differlaying his guitars and getting a ent problem. A bad reaction to the antibiotics good night’s rest are the main reasons Cody Claridge wanted a single he was prescribed for a bout of pneumonia caused a brain injury. He’d halroom when he translucinate. Lose track of days. ferred to the UniverForget whole weeks. Doctors sity of Nebraska-Lincoln in We know experimented and with time, August. singles are Claridge was back to normal.

The sophomore pre-nursThat is until his first night at ing major had a roommate at popular, and we Kearney, when a few alcoholic the University of Nebraska at know students drinks retriggered the epiKearney. The two got along sodes. well, and it was better than enjoy them.”

Even though the episodes the years Claridge had spent at home, sharing a room with Sue gildersleeve stopped, Claridge knew he university housing director needed to be closer to family. his two brothers – one two Just in case. So he came back to years older, the other 11 years his hometown of Lincoln, enyounger. Between snoring and crying, there wasn’t much peace when Clar- rolled at UNL and moved into a single room in Sandoz Hall. idge laid down to sleep in those years.

Claridge’s room is one of 439 singles in By his senior year of high school, Claridge

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Food Science and Technology plans move to NIC Nam Tran Dn Nebraska Innovation Campus will be the new home of the Department of Food Science and Technology in 2015.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a plan at its monthly meeting on Friday to add about 117,000 additional square feet of space to Innovation Campus and move the food sciences department from its home on East Campus. With $4.5 million in leased space, the total lease commitment has more than doubled from its initial $3.3 million to $7.8 million.

“We realized that in order for us to have the best partnerships and for us to be able to continue to grow and further develop our food science and technology program, it made the most sense to relocate the entire department to that phase one

of Innovation Campus and build the partnership with ConAgra and other companies in the food arena around that facility,” said Ronnie Green, vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The benefit for students is that they will have the newest food science and technology program facility in the country and that it will be combined with ConAgra Foods and other major food companies as part of that campus, he said.

“The biggest reason for doing it is building around that partnership with ConAgra, and I’m referring to other companies because we do expect this to have a domino effect of working with a number of the major food companies in that food innovation center,” Green said.

The entire food science and technology department will be moving to the campus, where there will be new classroom spaces, and it will

It’s a huge benefit to our students in addition to the research and the innovation capacity for the department as well.” ronnie green

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accommodate all of the food science class offerings, lab and lecture courses. One of ConAgra’s primary interests is in developing this relationship with students and careers in the industry as well.

“It’s a huge benefit to our students in addition to the research and the innovation capacity for the department as well,” Green said.

The only part of the existing food industry complex that is not moving is the Dairy Store, which will remain on East Campus.

Green said it was also necessary to immediately connect the StarTran bus service between the three campuses as a part of the move.

Nebraska Innovation Campus Executive Director Dan Duncan said it’s a long process and classes probably won’t be held there until the fall of 2015.

“We’re just anxious to get the construction finished and get them moved,” Duncan said. “I’m looking

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Graduate student Alejandra Ramirez works with tissue culture cells. Ramirez’s lab research is part of her thesis for a master’s in food science.

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The University of Nebraska has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to collaborate on research and education in the areas of information assurance and cybersecurity. The agreement, announced by NU President J.B. Milliken on Feb. 12, formalizes a letter of intent that was developed last summer between the two universities. It was signed

by Milliken and IIT Delhi Director R.K. Shevgaonkar, who was formerly a visiting professor at NU’s Peter Kiewit Institute. The Memorandum of Understanding commits the two universities to engage in joint research projects, create opportunities for faculty and student exchanges, jointly organize conferences and workshops on relevant topics, and exchange information on relevant teaching materials and literature.

NU will assist IITD in the creation of a new Center for Cyber Systems and Information Assurance. Other NU partnerships in India include those focused on water and food security, education and early childhood development, and medicine and public health.

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Excel Essentials when: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. where: Architecture Hall, Room 107 more information: Register online at training.unl.edu. courtesy photo

Traci Roberson began the UNL Historypin channel in 2012, and the channel features about 650 photos and has more than 24,000 individual views each day.

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Biochemistry & Redox Biology Seminar – Peter J. Lammers when: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Beadle Center, Room N172

Archives shifts content online with Historypin Gabrielle Lazaro DN

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Women shooting bowstrings in the ’50s, students making cheese in the ’40s and a snowball fight outside of Fedde Hall in the ‘60s are all photos captured on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Archives and Special Collections Historypin channel.

“These are images people might not necessarily think we’d have so we’re putting them out there to find,” said Traci Robison, an archives associate for the University Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections.

The UNL Historypin channel is an online historical archive that couples images, audio and video with Google maps and a timeline.

Its key feature is to overlay modern photos with historical ones when Google Street View is availcourtesy photo able. Users also have the option of Historypin allows people to interact with historical photos adding their own story and inforadded from the UNL LIbraries’ Archives collection. mation to the content.

Currently, the channel has and the simple method of tying about 650 photos with more than we have.”

UNL has also collaborated on in photos to a geographic place, 24,000 individual views every day. according to Mary Ellen Ducey, The site also gets about 100 new Historypin projects. For instance, University Libraries’ Archives and there’s a project called “Rememviews daily. ber How We Used To” where they Special Collections librarian.

Started by Robison, the chan“Another important thing nel has six different collections. have contributed photos of people Two of them are military themed working on old computers and the we have to do is make sure copyright and ownership of the image construction of Memorial Stadiand focus on World War I and remains with the University of um, complete with World War II. horses helping in Nebraska,” she said. “And that’s There’s a univerWe have one thing Historypin does well. the building prosity history-based They offer a platform but you cess, Robison said. a lot of collection includdon’t have to give up anything in Historypin is ing a alumniinteresting and a global site that return.” themed section Before it began utilizing Histostarted in 2010 titled “Cornhusk- unique things rypin, Archives added most of its by the nonprofit er Memories.” down in the behavior change content to Libraries’ website.

There’s also a “(Historypin) is quite a bit difcompany, “We Are collection that fo- archives.”

What We Do.” The ferent,” Robison said. “It reaches a cuses on the 1906 traci robinson company’s theme different audience and it’s also inearthquake in San archives associate teractive. It provides data and is a is trying to help Francisco. different genera- good research method.”

Robinson said Robison wants to see more tions learn from the remaining colpeople use the Historypin app. each other. lections focus on places people “They wanted younger gen- The app has a “repeat” feature from Nebraska have traveled. erations to learn about history and where a person can view an image “We have a lot of interesting of a certain location, go to that loand unique things down in ar- in the mean-time have older generations learn about technology,” cation and recreate the image. chives,” she said. “It’s a way to let Robison also hopes to add a people know what’s here and let Robison said. historic tour of campus in the fuArchives kicked around the them use what we have because ture, although she said it will take that’s the reason we’ve preserved idea in 2011 and, got involved in some time in finding the right im2012. and kept things – so people can ages and information.

What UNL Libraries found learn from them and use them. news@ appealing about Historypin was This is just a great way for people dailynebraskan.com to connect with and use the things its potential for a wide audience

Entomology Lecture when: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Entomology Hall, Room 202

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Gubernatorial Candidate Forum when: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where: The Knolls, 2201 Old Cheney Road

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Jordan Holt and Anna Welter when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St.

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Dave Leverett, Great Plains Massacre, Corey Wallroff when: 9 p.m. where: Knickerbockers, 901 O St.

NU Study: Liberal states tend to be healthier

A University of Nebraska study has found that people who live in liberal states tend to be healthier. The study, which is forthcoming in the journal Social Science and Medicine, combined data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to measure health, a 2009 Gallup Healthways Survey to measure levels of social trust and a 2010 index that rates liberalism in state government. The study found states with high levels of liberalism and high levels of social trust have higher levels of health and well-being. However, the study also found that even in the absence of a liberal government, strong communities prove good health. The study’s researchers conclude that good health doesn’t just depend on exercising more and eating healthier, but on social factors and government programs as well.

Hixson-Lied symposium to feature artistic director richard move

The Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium at the HixsonLied College of Fine and Performing arts is celebrating its fifth annual season with its artistic feature “Performing Partnerships: Great American Collaborations of the Stage.” The symposium will examine how artistic partnerships form, what sustains them and what new hybrid forms are created from these partnerships in American modern dance, musical composition, choral singing, visual arts and filmmaking. On Wednesday, the symposium will feature a screening and discussion of Richard Move’s film “BloodWork: The Ana Mendieta Story,” at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Move is a director, choreographer, performing artist, filmmaker and artistic director of MoveOpolis and Move It! Productions. There will also be a lecture on Move’s work at the Van Brunt Visitors Center at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and a performance of his portrayal of 20th century dance icon Martha Graham at 7:30 p.m.

Friday at the Johnny Carson Theater.

International quilt study center and museum joins online showcase

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum is adding about 100 high resolution artistic pieces to the Google Art Project. This online showcase will allow people to view its quilt collection online. People who use Google Art Project can browse artistic works by the artist’s name, artwork, type of art, the museum, country, collections and the time period. Viewers can also utilize the website with Google+ and invite others to view and discuss their favorite art works through a video chat or guided virtual tour. There are currently more than 57,000 high resolution artworks available for viewing through the program. The Google Art Project is part of the Google Cultural Institute which creates technology to help the cultural community shift its art, archives and various other material online. news@ dailynebraskan.com

single rooms: from 1 UNL’s traditional residence halls this year. That number has fluctuated slightly in the past two years – 456 in 2012 and 453 in 2011. And that’s not counting the 358 single rooms in the suite-style buildings. This opening of University Suites last fall added 103 single rooms and the East Side University Suites will add about 100 more singles when it opens its doors next fall.

About one in five rooms at the suite-style dorms are singles.

Campus-wide, single rooms and single suite-style rooms made up about 13 percent of dorm rooms at UNL for 2013-2014.

University Housing director Sue Gildersleeve said she knows students want privacy. The rise in demand for single room options is nothing new. The trend the Atlantic magazine wrote about last

week is something UNL Housing has seen in the last decade, she said.

“We’ve met much of the demand for privacy through the suite styles since 2010,” she said.

The housing master plan was developed in 2002 and 2003 and focused on providing a diverse range of options for students living on campus, Gildersleeve said.

“We knew that most of our inventory at the time was traditional residence halls – basically everything other than Kauffman,” she said. “We felt it would be a strong point for our campus to be able to offer different options.”

Claridge said he was impressed with the options of housing arrangements UNL has to offer. But after living in a freshman dorm at UNK, he knew he wouldn’t meet people if he didn’t

live in a traditional residence hall.

So he chose Sandoz, and he hasn’t regretted it.

Besides just wanting his own space to play his acoustic and electric guitars and to decorate with Beatles posters, Claridge wanted a place he could meet new people.

“I was worried I’d be lonely in a single but it kind of forces you to make more friends,” he said. “I decided I wasn’t just going to sit in my room, and luckily the floor setup is just conducive to meeting people.”

Gildersleeve also thinks traditional halls are important for meeting new people, specifically for freshman.

“Most housing professionals would agree that it is the best way to start a freshman experience to share a room with another stu-

I was worried I’d be lonely in a single but it kind of forces you to make more friends.” cody claridge sophomore pre-nursing major

dent,” she said.

Even though a majority of students had a room to themselves at home, living with someone else is a good experience and helps expand friend groups, Gildersleeve said.

Though there are no new residence halls planned for the near future, Gildersleeve said UNL housing will continue to watch enrollment rates and occupancy rates

and listen to student requests.

“As long as research continues to support the benefits of shared rooms, we would still probably think along those lines if we were to build something else,” she said.

Claridge doesn’t see much of a downside to living alone, at least for him. Besides the extra bed he can’t move out of his room, he’s pretty content.

“I can do what I want with-

out having to ask or worry about someone else,” he said.

That includes female guests.

Not having a roommate is an easy way to avoid any awkward conversations, he said.

Next year, Claridge plans on living with a friend in The Village.

Both he and his roommate will have a single room and share a common space in between.

Gildersleeve said she is glad UNL has the opportunity to provide students with options and rooms that have the privacy they want.

“We know singles are popular, and we know students enjoy them,” she said. “We have always had the goal of meeting students needs and this is just one way we can do that.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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big ten briefs 150 Urbana-Champaign faculty oppose union drive

A union drive is underway at University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, in the wake of a two-day strike by the faculty union at the Chicago campus.

However, more than 150 professors at the Urbana-Champaign campus have signed a letter in opposition to the union drive.

The average full professor salary at the Urbana-Champaign is $141,699 a year, compared with $132,834 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Union opposition argues the cost of living between the two locations makes up some of the difference. More than 1,600 tenure-line and 300 full-time, non-tenuretrack faculty are eligible for a union at Urbana-Champaign.

The possibility of unionization comes after the controversial failure of a global campus program, an admissions scandal, pension reform and a system president who was forced out.

Iowa outlines efforts to address sexual assaults

The University of Iowa president released a statement last week in response to the eighth report of sexual assault and one additional warning about a sexual assault not involving sexual contact since the beginning of the academic year.

Six of the nine cases occurred on campus. Five involved acquaintances, and three were not investigated by the victim’s request.

The latest report came Friday, when a female student informed university staff that she had been sexually assaulted on Feb. 15. She did not want an investigation.

The statement announced a university-wide increase in education, preventative action and victim support.

Officials also addressed the believed reasons for the higher number: More victims are reporting the assaults and university police are now counting victim reports that come through other channels, such as university housing staff.

minnesota to go smoke-free in july

The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is going smokefree starting July 1. The new policy bans smoking, selling, distributing or advertising tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on university property. It doesn’t ban smoking inside vehicles.

The University Senate passed a resolution more than a year ago calling for a smoke-free campus. With preapproval of the director of Environmental Health and Safety, smoking will be allowed as par of research studies, traditional Native American ceremonies and theatrical productions.

The Crookston and Duluth campuses have already banned smoking and currently, Twin Cities smokers must stay 25 feet away from university buildings.

Penn State’s Red Cell lab ensures dance Marathon security

More than 15,000 students at Penn State University participated in a 46-hour Dance Marathon this weekend and raised $13,343,517.33 for the Four Diamonds Fund.

To ensure the safety of the students at the high-profile event, the Red Cell Analytics Lab used military tactics to detect and combat security threats.

An evacuation plan was made and members stationed themselves in the Emergency Operations Center, looking for social media trends that would indicate any threats.

Membership in the lab is limited to academically strong students in Information Sciences and Technology. The lab has been opened since fall 2011.

This was the first time the lab monitored the dance marathon event.

Michigan state receives $100,000 grants to study global food problems

The Global Center for Food Systems Innovation at Michigan State University awarded more than $100,000 in grants to six teams working toward solutions to global food value problems.

The teams will have 12 to 18 months to look at global trends and find solutions.

Ideas include developing a data-sharing platform to enable local scientists to improve productivity, improving the ability of east African countries to adapt to climate change and solving vitamin-A deficiencies using orange sweet potatoes.

The center works with the U.S. Agency for International Development to help students find solutions to problems involving food systems.

—Compiled by Mara Klecker news@dailynebraskan.com

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Fire drills incite student concern Maddy Wurtele DN

If weather is unfavorable during a fire drill, Andrews recommends finding a warmer place to stay, such as another residence hall Last year the University of Neor the heated bus stop near the braska-Lincoln Police Department Abel/Sandoz building. If students responded to 80 fire reports, inare unfavorably dressed during cluding 19 actual fires and 61 false alarms, according to its daily crime a fire drill, he advises that they use their own judgment to decide log. Each semester, UNL’s residence halls are required to issue a when it is appropriate to find different clothing before evacuating. fire drill to ensure students underKeeping that in mind, he said stustand how to properly evacuate in dents should treat drills as if a fire case of a fire. was actually happening.

While fire drills are intended to But Craghead said she believes keep everyone safe, they can often students have become so accuselicit dread from students. tomed to hearing false fire alarms “Fire drills are and having to really inconvenient evacuate the during the middle Fire drills building that of the day,” said are really when an acCheyenne Cragtual fire occurs, head, a freshman inconvenient they won’t biochemistry major. leave their The first fire during the middle room. drill of the school of the day.”

“I think it’s year is always scheduled toward cheyenne craighead important to have fire safefreshman biochemistry major the beginning of fall ty but we’re semester. The secadults, we ond semester fire know how to drill is usually planned two weeks evacuate a building,” she said. in advance.

Students are required to evacuWeather also plays a concern ate during fire drills, but UNL is for students have when it comes to fire drills, especially if the drill not responsible for administering discipline: The fire marshal is. is issued when a student is taking “Fire marshals don’t have a shower. much of a sense of humor when it “I don’t like fire drills because comes to safety,” said Kelly Clark, they always have them when it’s facilities operations manager for really cold outside,” said Pooja Chand, a freshman political science Abel and Sandoz residence halls.

Residence halls aren’t the only major. place on campus concerned about Weather plays a part in the defire safety. The Campus Recreation cision of when the drills will hapCenter also takes precautionary pen, but bad weather rarely cancels measures. While not required to drills. practice fire drills, steps are taken “We look at the 10-day forecast, to ensure all workers are informed but it would be hard to cancel it,” on fire evacuation procedures. said Rob Andrews, assistant diThere are cards with emergency rector of residence life for Selleck, evacuation procedures at each Kauffman, Abel and Sandoz resiworkstation. dence halls.

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All Rec employees are also required to take risk management training and are tested on their emergency service knowledge through Blackboard.

Employees are required to get

100 percent of the answers correct to pass these tests.

“Our biggest concern is making sure everybody gets far away from the building,” said Robin Bowman, assistant director of Injury Prevention and Care for the Rec Center. news@ dailynebraskan.com

More than 4,700 companies seek interns Staff Report DN With summer a few months away, college students are beginning their search for summer internships.

More than 4,700 companies are hiring internships across the United States, according to a Glassdoor.com internship survey. New York City ranked first on the survey with 893 companies seeking to hire interns, and Los Angeles second with 499 companies.

The search can start in Lincoln or Omaha and can extend outside of the Midwest. There isn’t a main company in Nebraska that hires a large number of interns, said Emily Wilber, assistant director of Career Services.

“There are just employers here and across the city who are hiring one or two (interns), and now local employers are starting to think about summer interns,” Wilber said.

There isn’t a standard season for internship recruitment, but it varies by the area, she said.

The No. 1 best company to intern with, based on reviews, was Facebook, according to the glassdoor.com survey. Other tech giants followed, including Google, Intel, Microsoft and Apple.

Cities in the Midwest hold some of the fewest internship opportunities in the country. Denver has 140 companies searching for interns, and St. Louis has 49

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More than 4,700 internships are available across the country for students, but a small percent of companies hire interns straight out of an internship, according to a millennial brand survey. companies, while Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., have a combined 164 companies. Chicago has the highest number of companies looking for interns in the Midwest: 381.

Receiving an internship is one thing, and getting hired straight out of an internship is another. A millennial-branding study found that of the 225 U.S. employers surveyed, 16 percent said they would hire 50 percent or more of their interns.

In the survey, 52 percent of em-

ployers said the intern’s experience is on their minds, while relevant courses carry the most weight at 69 percent, with referrals from previous bosses or professors is second with 65 percent.

While internships may not directly lead to immediate permanent employment, 49 percent of employers from the millennial study said they prefer applicants with at least two internships before graduating college.

“It’s not just about building

your resume – it’s building your confidence, finding if that’s the right place for you, meeting people who can be mentors to you and being part of a network there is all kinds of benefits,” Wilber said. “If you go in mindfully, you go in with a plan and take advantage of the opportunity and show initiative, volunteer for projects and ask to sit in on meetings and really go that extra step it can be a great experience.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

food science: from 1 forward to that fall when the stu- sophomore food science and technology major. dents are there, the Students will faculty are there and Food be around the food we have a real criticompanies, which cal mass of people.”

Science Duncan said will For Kaitlin Recreate more internimer, moving to moving to ship opportunities the new campus Innovation and hopefully lead will mean better to post-graduation resources and op- Campus will employment opportunities for stuportunities. dents. She said it be a great “I think just will also allow the opportunity…” hanging out and indepartment to grow teracting with all of as a whole. kaitlin reimer those people will be “Food Science sophomore food science and a huge benefit for moving to Innovatechnology major students,” he said. tion Campus will be NEWS@ a great opportunity DAILYNEBRASKAN.com for the department,” said Reimer, a

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Ramirez seeds epithelial cells and keeps them in an incubator.

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Living with random roommate creates college experiences From the University of Northern Iowa to the University of Tennessee, more and more public universities are beginning to offer single rooms for students who are willing to pay for the privacy.

Even at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the rise in demand for single room options helped push the opening of University Suites last fall. This provided 103 more single room options for students and will provide an additional 100 when the East Side University Suites open next fall.

Despite the popularity to live alone, University Housing director Sue Gildersleeve said traditional halls are important for meeting new people, especially for freshmen.

The Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board agrees.

College is a time for adventure, new experiences and most importantly – making mistakes. For the first time in their lives, students no longer live with their parents and guardians. For the first time, students are making decisions for themselves. Some are good. Some are bad. But that’s all a part of the experience and making a mistake means doing something you’ve never done before.

One new experience can be living with someone a student doesn’t know. UNL requires freshman to live in the dorms for their first semester in college. While the thought of living with an unknown person can be frightening at first, living with someone new teaches roommates all of the dirty details about who they live with.

Roommates recognize the dirty underwear left on the floor to the late-night guests to the mandatory shopping sprees after failing a calculus exam together. Living with someone means learning to respect and be considerate of someone else. And that respect often fosters a friendship that some students will keep the rest of their lives.

The university should continue to offer a variety of living options with the roommate requirement for a freshman’s first semester. Students shouldn’t duck out of the room at all costs and plan different sleeping schedules to avoid their roommates. Instead, make the most of this unknown territory and take time to grow as a person. opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Ukraine turmoil may solidify EU

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n Saturday, the situation in Ukraine went from potentially volatile to downright chaotic.

In today’s political climate, citizens revolting against corrupt governments in faraway countries isn’t exactly new (see: Arab Spring, North Africa, Syria, Venezuela). But, recent protests in Ukraine are unique in their involvement with the ongoing power struggle between Russia and the West. For the next few months, all eyes will be fixed on Ukraine, and you, dear reader, should be paying attention as well.

At the risk of oversimplifying a complex issue: Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, Ukraine has been a nation of divided allegiances. There are a lot of people in southeastern Ukraine who speak Russian and want a closer relationship with Russia, but there are also a lot of people in western Ukraine who speak Ukrainian and want to join the European Union. And, for the past 15 years or so, Ukraine has seemed destined for EU association, culminating in the appropriately named EU Association Agreement of November 2013. The agreement was designed to put Ukraine on the fast track for full membership in the EU (Free trade with Europe! Financial aid! International legitimacy! Influence in European policy!). Under intense pressure from Russia, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych rejected the agreement at the last minute. Pro-European protests have been building ever since.

The protesters had a fairly short list of demands. They wanted: (1) The release of former prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko,

Young women should look to true feminist activists

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irls Love Beyoncé” is the song title from a popular song by Drake. The statement seems to have considerable relevance in my peer group. Every Instagram “Woman Crush Wednesday” has at least one post of the “bootylicious” Destiny’s Child clad in almost noth-

Recently, the suggestive pictures of Beyoncé Knowles have been accompanied by the words: “You have the same amount of hours in the day as Beyoncé,” insinuating that if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish just as much as the millionaire pop star.

Yet I recurrently question why Beyoncé is worshiped as Queen “B” for her self-claimed title of a feminist powerhouse.

It’s hard for me to worship someone who asserts she’s an advocate of women’s rights on the grounds of equality to men, when in the next moment she produces a song that articulates a drunken hookup after a night out.

“Panties right to the side, ain’t got the time to take drawers off,” are just some of the lyrics from her recent hit “Drunk in Love.”

There’s nothing wrong with participating in raunchy, drunken sex. However, the promotion of “having your breasteses for breakfast” doesn’t exactly scream feminism.

Young women aren’t bowing down to “the queen” because of her feminism. Rather, they’re practically drooling over the singer’s body: her smooth, chocolatey skin and voluptuous curves – especially as swimsuit season is approaching. They’re mistaking Beyoncé’s on-the-surface beauty for the true meaning of a powerhouse.

As women, we should recognize and learn from true feminists. This is not donating money to multi-million dollar foundations. Nor is it exploiting your body to dominate the tabloids, as Beyoncé does. Because, no matter how many hours a day we have, most of us will never come close to resembling Beyoncé.

Even her “empowering” songs are merely a facet to videos featuring scanty outfits and choreography. Their goal is to make you feel good and to make her money.

In contrast, the Olympics are the perfect spotlight for activism. If you followed the protests over equality in the Olympics, you likely encountered news about Pussy Riot, a performanceart group composed of feminists. They epitomize the real definition of powerhouses and are bound together with strength.

The valiant women of Pussy Riot started peacefully protesting the government of Russia starting in 2011 by doing guerilla musical performances. Three inherent members of the

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group were arrested in 2012 for performing in a Moscow Cathedral and were unjustly imprisoned for two years.

According to CNN, their most recent arrest during the Sochi Olympics was because of a new music video against the oppressive Russian government and posing in front of an Olympic sign while lip-syncing their lyrics. They were wrongfully beaten and detained, sacrificing their freedom and bodies to take a stand for equality.

Innocent women who have dedicated their lives to feminism are sitting in jail, while there’s no mention of Beyoncé following up with her philanthropies. In reality, she was tweeting to an Olympian – actually supporting an entity that is indirectly tyrannizing women for simply performing “offensive” lyrics. Sounds like something humans all over should be striving to prevent. Especially Beyoncé, who is fond of offensive lyrics herself.

Instead Beyoncé is being molded into a product of popculture while her puppeteers are stringing her around on “The Beyoncé Experience” tour. She is being Instagrammed as a powerhouse without making any personal sacrifices. Meanwhile, women who truly represent equality are being beaten and oppressed, and not one of my peers has mentioned these feminists as women to look up to.

So, next time you want to worship a “Woman Crush,” I urge you to break the confining mold of society and post a rousing quote or picture that embodies equality.

I challenge you to delve through the deepest intricacies of your brain and question why you worship the women that you do so endlessly. If you find that it’s simply her body that’s bridging her to activism, dare to look past these superficial qualities and promote parity through action.

Savannah Tyrrell is a sophomore advertising & public relations major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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who spent two and a half years in prison after losing the 2010 presidential election. According to CNN, her supporters claim the charges were the trumped-up reaction of a political rival. EU policymakers agree, listing Tymoshenko’s release as a condition for EU association.

(2) A rescinding of Yanukovych’s presidential powers.

(3) Emergency elections to potentially remove Yanukovych from office.

(4) Eventual legal amnesty for those jailed in the protests.

Last Saturday, everything came to a head.

Yanukovych was pointedly not resigning.

He gave multiple speeches about not resigning. Saturday morning, Yanukovych apparently resigned. He disappeared from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. He fled to the southern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. He announced he had not resigned and condemned the protests as a coup. The Ukrainian parliament gathered for an emergency session. According to the Kyiv Post, Parliament voted 328-0 to impeach Yanukovych and set early presidential elections for May 25.

Tymoshenko was released and gave a passionate and undeniably political speech in Kiev. Any

government presence in the Ukrainian capital (riot police, presidential attendants, guards, peacekeepers, soldiers, etc.) disappeared over night.

A busy day, to be sure. Its impact will be felt throughout Europe and Russia, and these events will undoubtedly affect U.S. foreign policy as well.

Vladimir Putin, president/prime minister/ fearless leader of Russia, is likely going to be very unhappy. Tensions between Europe and Russia will escalate as the pro-Europe side establishes a new government in Ukraine. There are already talks of splitting the country into two, with the south receiving significant aid from Russia and the west moving closer to Europe politically.

Proper handling of the situation will be instrumental in solidifying the EU as an entity.

Confidence in the European association has been low since the 2008 financial crisis. Additionally, relations between Russia and the rest of the world have been fairly, well, cold since the New York Times reported on Putin fixing elections and making extremely questionable humanitarian decisions with regards to human rights. If the EU can keep Ukraine together peacefully – if the May elections go smoothly and the transition of power goes smoothly and the government stops shooting civilians – it will go a long way toward reestablishing the legitimacy of the European Union.

Which would, of course, be good for the U.S. Benjamin Curttright has never been to Ukraine, and he feels kind of guilty writing at length about the country. He is a junior English major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

FAMILY Act supports men’s role in raising child

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ust because he’s not the one who pushed a person through his pelvis doesn’t mean the father of a baby isn’t exhausted and deserving of rest.

Yet, employers in the United States expect only the mother to take considerable time off work to adjust to living with and caring for the newest member of the family. As students moving into the workforce, we should be aware of the possible legislative changes concerning workers with families.

While the Family and Medical Leave Act allows for 12 weeks of unpaid leave in case of a new or sick family member, this isn’t as helpful as one might think.

As Senator Kirsten Gillibrand writes in her Huffington Post article, “In far too many cases, unpaid leave means families must face the stark choice between a paycheck and caring for a loved one.” This observation has led her and Rep. Rosa DeLauro to create the FAMILY Act, which would allow for up to three months of paid leave for new parents.

Yes, parents, this means the father could come home, too.

Our culture makes this idea seem a little odd. But the rest of the world doesn’t seem to think so. According to Forbes, the U.S. is one of only three nations – the other two being Swaziland and Papua New Guinea – who don’t offer paid leave for situations involving new or sick family members. Of the rest of the world, 50 nations offer paid leave for fathers and mothers, or at least the option of splitting the time off between the two parents. This policy allows parents more time to learn this new balancing act of work and child rearing.

Housework is more evenly shared, and the child gets the quality nurturing and attention he or she vitally needs – all while the parents still have their paychecks.

Sounds marvelous. Why don’t we do that here?

Instead, we have employers who, according to an ABC report, are hesitant to hire or continue employing women in their 20s, knowing they will soon be likely asking for 12 weeks off. This makes it difficult for a woman to keep a solid grasp on her professional career.

But women aren’t the only ones who suffer. If they aren’t paid, fathers are more pressured to keep the family financially afloat. Longer hours at the office mean less time at home to bond with the new family.

In his blog about working fathers, Dr. Scott Behson of Fairleigh Dickinson University said an employer who

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offered more generous accommodations to workers with families would see more success in the long run: “Acknowledging and accommodating work-family demands helps attract, retain and get the best out of a high-quality workforce.”

Even so, there’s a stigma that follows working parents. Their desire to nurture their new child is almost contemptible in the workplace, and fellow employees discriminate against them as much as, if not more than, the employers, according to ABC Radio.

And it certainly doesn’t help when, even while arguing for paid leave for both mothers and fathers, author Liza Mundy claims that “paternity leave might give men a new mind-set, prompting them to trade more money for more time at home, more flexibility, or both. In this way, it could make men behave more like women.”

Ahem. Men with a strong desire to help out at home are not “more like women.” It isn’t unmanly to rear a child. As a society, we generally expect the father to be the strongest support of a family, yet we often restrict that to financial support. A truly supportive father is one who will make an effort to get home on time for dinner every night. A father who will go to soccer games and concerts, who will help clean the kitchen more than once in a blue moon and who isn’t too exhausted to read bedtime stories.

What makes a real man isn’t how much bacon he brings home. Real men are present and active in the lives of their families. The FAMILY Act would help fathers make that happen.

Annie Stokely is a sophomore English major. Follow her @Anna_Bee_94. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Fuzzy’s Taco Shop offers $1.50 tacos on Tuesday nights, instead of the usual $1.99.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop has a bar area in addition to restaurant style seating. Tuesday is also trivia night, which starts at 7 p.m.

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t’s Tuesday, and you have nothing else to eat. You‘re sick and tired of eating Ramen noodles and Hot Pockets. You realize there’s nothing better that would satisfy you more than a delicious taco. Taco Tuesday in Lincoln gives you options of where you and your friends can spend it.

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop on 1442 O Street, is the closest Mexican restaurant within walking distance of campus. It has quality tacos for fair prices. Fuzzy’s menu features a variety of options on its menu, including a grilled veggie taco made with a mix of shredded zucchini, squash and carrots served on a soft corn tortilla and topped with garlic sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, cilantro and feta.

“I’m trying Fuzzy’s for the first time,” Jim Kelsey, 33, said.

“They have really good tacos.

I like to get a couple of the soft and hard shells tacos with some spicy ranch sauce, or hot Where is your sauce and put the hard shell inside of the soft shell. Like a favorite place taco baby.” to get tacos? Let us With Taco Tuesday being all the rage in Lincoln, the know on Twitter at @ most popular place to be is 12th Street Pub. Every TuesDNartsdesk. day, it sells tacos for 50 cents each. It even has vegan tacos, if you have that one friend who loves to ruin everyone’s night with his or her healthy life decisions.

“I normally try to bring a couple friends, or it’s just me and my girlfriend that usually come here,” patron Analee Avery said.

“It’s a little ritual for us. I like to get their vegan tacos. I’m not a vegan at all, but I like their vegan meat because it’s very flavorful.”

The best place in town to get a good bargain on Taco Tuesday is 12th Street Pub, not only for the tacos but also the $2 beer. The atmosphere of the pub very young, and lively with a combination of individuals who just want to have a good time.

“The taco can’t be over portioned with one ingredient,” associate chef Scott Earnest said. “Everything has to be equal. That’s my idea of the perfect taco, and they do a pretty good job of that here.”

Worth noting is the similar deal at Watering Hole, which serves 50 cent tacos Tuesday evenings as well. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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El Mariachi Taco Cantina recently opened for business across from the Pinnacle Bank Arena. The owners of El Mariachi also own another restaurant on east O Street called El Rancho.

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Professor ignites Math chair overcomes gender stereotypes converstations on American feminism Staff report DN

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ized contract soon, deals with the topics of imperialistic and transnational feminism and how the UnitAmerican feminism may be failing ed States has caused harm to the countries that have been invaded on a global level. during the war on terror.

When the United States “In a nutshell, we shouldn’t launched its controversial War on Terror and invaded countries try to save (Muslim women),” Deb said. “That’s what my colloquium in the Middle East, its ideals and was about. We are saying ‘saving’ philosophies, such as democracy and women’s rights, followed. but it’s really an annihilation for However, America’s definition of them. We started hurting them immediately. How can we say we feminism has largely ignored the are saving women if we are killing cultural and religious values that their fathers, sons and brothers? these countries had previously And these women are left on their held. own to care for the Basuli Deb, children.” an assistant proHow can we Deb is from India, fessor of womwhere she grew up say we are en’s and gender amid a time of revostudies at the saving women if lution for the Indian University of Nebraska-Lincoln, we are killing their people from British rule. Her interest in said the United imperialistic countries States’ effort to fathers, sons and can be traced back to secure equal- brothers? And her family’s history. ity for women “My grandparents around the globe these women are were revolutionaries has led to fur- left on their own against the British rule ther disruption in India,” she said. and inequality in to care for the “My grandfather and their lives. children.” grand-uncle were the “The mainleaders of the revolustream kind of dr. basuli deb tion and worked very feminism in this closely with Gandhi country, I have and the first Prime seen as imperiMinister of India Nealistic feminism, where we march forward for the rights of women in hru. They were seen as terrorists and thrown into prison for eight other countries to serve our own years. And to disorient the leadpurposes,” she said. “We are imposing what we want on the lives ership, they were moved around frequently.” of women whose choices might be Not only did the males in Deb’s different.” family fight for independence, but This semester, Deb hosted a colloquium called “Saving the her female ancestors were just as involved. According to her, counMuslim Woman,” based on the book she recently finished writing.

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“I liked it,” she said. “I knew I wanted to do math.”

With the encouragement from While math may be the same in both high school teachers and college professors, Walker chose to every country, it is not the same for enter the higher ranks of academic every person. mathematicians. Even with such There are undoubtedly varying levels of knowledge and skill encouragement, she still faced opposition, even in the early years of that go into an individual’s ability to complete a proof or find the her math career.

In high school, Walker was decircumference of a circle. However, bating with a teacher about how to one factor dictates who is able to solve a specific proof. dominate the field of mathematics “The teacher didn’t like how I for decades, and that factor is not was debating and told me I needed intelligence. to ‘act more ladylike,’” she said.

Judy Walker, who became the Ironically enough, the teacher Department Chair of Mathematics in 2012 at the University of Ne- who demanded more “proper” braska-Lincoln, is a minority in her behavior from Walker was also a woman who, Walker field. said, was a fantastic In her graduate math teacher. In the degree program at the years before AP coursUniversity of Illinois, es existed, Walker’s Walker was surroundhigh school math proed by 29 other classgram placed Walker’s mates, 10 of which knowledge above that were women, making of many other students them one third of the her age. Even so, she class population. was denied access to Two years later, honors calculus courses after completing their or even higher level initial post-graduate math courses in her first degree, 20 of Walker’s walker year. original classmates left, Walker laughs about removing Walker’s felit now. low nine female classmates in the “I got straight A’s my first year process. Soon, Walker was the only woman in a class of 10 fellow doc- of math classes,” she said.

It was in her earlier years of untoral candidates, dropping the ratio of female to male students to one dergrad that Walker got the biggest push from a professor to truly comin 10, a disparity Walker believes arose from well-meaning attempts mit to the study of mathematics in at increasing the number of women her calculus class at the University of Michigan with professor Mort in the field of mathematics as well Brown. as her biological sex.

“He was doing a proof on the “Faculty knew me because I stood out as a talented woman,” board and couldn’t get it to work out,” Walker said. “He kept writWalker said. “There were two feing ‘less than or equal to’ instead of male faculty members out of the just ‘equal to. I corrected him, and 70 total. There weren’t very many he got really excited about it. He natural and specific role models for told me ‘you could be a pretty good the women in my class.” mathematician. Just believe in your Walker’s journey through mathematics would seem unnatu- ability.’”

From there, Walker began to ral given the lack of fellow female mathematicians. But for her, it was expand her knowledge to its true potential. a passion project.

I find it easier to be successful if you can focus on what you’re doing and not being ‘The Woman.’ You should be ‘Jane – another grad student’, not ‘Jane – the female grad student’.

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As an undergraduate student, Walker attended the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. At the time of her attendance at the institute that summer, Walker and her fellow classmate were, she believes, the only female students at the then all-male university.

But with the positive experiences Walker had as a student, there were, and still are, traces of discrimination and societal misrepresentations she has experienced.

She recounted her time in a problem solving course that was in preparation for the Putnam Exam.

“I’m not the quickest at solving problems,” she said. “I like collaborating and coming back to them.”

After discussing her worry about not doing well in the class with her professor, she was reassured that her effort in solving the problems was more important than the solutions themselves. When she received her final grade of a C however, Walker was confused.

“I went and talked to him,” Walker said. “He responded with ‘Is a C not good enough for you?’

It was the only time I went to the department chair and honors department to argue about a grade.

The grade got raised to a B+ or something.”

After moving past the predicament with her professor, Walker moved up through the ranks of higher education, going from associate professor in 2001 to becoming a full professor in 2006, as well as being the graduate chair in 2008,

before finally finding her current position as the department chair.

With her high status, however, comes certain responsibilities, especially when searching for new faculty members.

“Search committees can pigeonhole you,” Walker said.

She said every search committee has to have at least one female and a member of an underrepresented group on it, turning the quest for diversity into a doubleedged sword.

“Committees are a lot of work and can take away from research,” she said.

Although Walker has some of the most power within the department, the acceptance of female professors by undergraduate students, as well as the general public, is one of the largest problems Walker faces. She said a lot of times, men are viewed as faculty and women are viewed as staff. This become very apparent even in the mail that Walker receives.

“I get random emails from random students addressing me as ‘Judy,’” she said. “It’s discouraging to me.”

Walker added that even academic spam from publication companies echoes this belief of women as staff members, not faculty.

“They’re calling me ‘miss,’ and they’re calling (men) ‘doctor’ or ‘professor,’” Walker said.

Despite all of these things, Walker is an avid supporter of

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‘Jack Goes Boating’ captures Hoffman’s directing ability to be set in Nebraska.

Hoffman only directed one picture: 2010’s “Jack Goes Boating.”

Sean With it, though, he proved himself Stewart to be an intelligent, creative and thoughtful filmmaker.

“Jack Goes Boating” is the story of a limo driver named Jack and his efforts at self-betterment in order to impress Connie, a woman his coI found out about Philip Seymour worker Clyde’s girlfriend set him Hoffman’s tragic death while driv- up with. The film opens with Jack ing back to Lincoln. and Clyde parked in their limos side As I’m writing this, he’s been by side, casually talking and listendead 20 days, almost three weeks. ing to Jack’s stereo. Jack’s music is No one else seems to still be talk- exclusively reggae and Clyde asks ing about it, yet I’ve found myself him, “Are you a Rastaman, Jack?” working Hoffman into conversaFrom this simple opening it is tions every day – often with the immediately clear that we’re seesame people. I guess people are ing a very different Hoffman. He moving on. Why can’t I? is best known for his toweringly After Hoffman’s death, I have charismatic or been making it a explosive roles, priority to work and there are through his filmcertainly exploography. As I’ve sive elements done so, my sense here.

When of loss has only Jack’s dingrown. Hoffman’s What do you ner party goes body of work is awry he smashthink the consistently seleces everything tive and impresand cries out future would’ve held sive. It’s been a in fury before marvel. By this locking himself for Phillip Seymour point, I figure evin the batheryone has read Hoffman? Let us room. Overall, articles tracing though, Jack is know via Twitter at @ and praising Hoffself-conscious man’s career. Our and reserved.

DNartsdesk. own Vince MoDespite his ran wrote a wondreads and derful tribute to love of reggae Hoffman’s acting Jack struggles legacy, so I won’t to find even momentary serenity, rehash what everyone else has al- always concerned with if not aware ready written. of everyone else’s thoughts. It’s asWhile reading the countless tonishing to see how convincingly tributes to Hoffman, though, I no- Hoffman shrinks his on-screen perticed his directorial work is only sona from larger-than-life to diminmentioned in passing. His second utively insecure. directorial project was set to be a It’s also refreshing to see Hoffprohibition-era film titled “Ezekiel man in a love story. “Jack Goes Moss” starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a Boating” is essentially a romantic drifter who can communicate with comedy — an admittedly eclectic the dead and Amy Ryan as a widow one. Hoffman didn’t fit many of the whose life he impacts. The film was

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Signs that you (desperately) need some help.

Hey, buddy. How’s it hanging? Good? Really? Well, we here at the Daily Nebraskan heard from a couple of people who care about you that you might not be doing so hot in the noggin. Sure, school seems to be going swell, and you have a bustling social life, but look, the fact of the matter is that the DN wants to help you just in case. If you show these five signs, well, we’re always here for you.

Laughing at dark jokes for too long.

Yes, yes, that off-hand joke about historical murder was sort of funny.

OK, now, it isn’t that funny. You better stop. You’re really creeping us out, man. Did you just get a glimmer in your eyes? Is murder in general funny to you? That snort probably means yes.

Trying to act cool. Sure, you just started gaining confidence. And you started talking to girls better, you say?

Well, sadly, everyone – the DN included – knows that’s all a ploy, masking your deep psychological pain and some unsettling sexual sadomasochism. So please, no bouts of self-esteem. Just find a shoulder to lean on and talk to someone. Before it’s too late.

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typical leading man stereotypes and his performance here inadvertently acts as scathing condemnation of the narrow-mindedness of Hollywood casting. The realism and gravity he brings to the role engaged me beautifully; one of Hoffman’s qualities was his ability to strip away the gloss and just present a real character. That talent is on full display in “Jack Goes Boating.” I didn’t feel alienated. Instead, I felt I was simply watching the very relatable struggles and confusions of a human being. This is the best achievement an actor can reach.

The supporting cast follows Hoffman’s lead effectively. Ryan especially is spectacular as Connie.

Her quirky persona meshes endear-

Talking to yourself. Sure, everyone says people talk to themselves every now and then. Supposedly, very creative or very intelligent people talk to themselves frequently because their brains are so filled that material seeps through – or something like that. However, we all know the cold reality. People who talk to themselves become serial killers or ice cream men if help does’nt arrive soon.

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Eating meat. Only some monstrously disturbed human being would ever consider eating the sinewy muscle tissue of another living being. Really, no matter how much you justify your sick appetites, pork, beef, chicken and fish are all gateway meats for human flesh.

Fighting your arrest and restraints. Listen, we’ll admit that we sort of jumped on you without warning. We can also admit that we kind of rustled you up a bit and tied you into your straightjacket a little too tightly. And, OK, we did pump you with unhealthy doses of tranquilizer.

But fighting will only cause chaffing at the restraints. A healthy, mentally sound human being would simply accept his or her fate and let the system do its job.

We turned you in because we’re your friends, and we promise to come visit you when you’re recovering. We can even bring you a copy of the DN to read.

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ingly with Jack’s. The couple embodies the candid insecurities and quirks of falling in love.

John Ortiz and Daphne RubinVega are both effective as the counterpoint couple to Jack and Connie, Clyde and Lucy respectively. Both Clyde and Lucy have been unfaithful and their relationship decays as Jack and Connie’s grows. It’s important to note that unlike most supporting characters in romantic comedies, Clyde and Lucy exist for more than just comic relief. They’re fully fleshed out characters. We’re shown their struggles, their aches and the nuances of their interactions with regard to life outside of the main love story. This balancing act of the two relationships is beautifully ex-

ecuted. “Jack Goes Boating” doesn’t fail to acknowledge the darker side of relationships. If anything, it seems equally grounded both in hopefulness and cynicism toward the idea of love – a nearly unprecedented phenomenon in romcoms.

Behind the camera Philip Seymour Hoffman demonstrates impressive measure for a debut.

Visually, “Jack Goes Boating” is striking. Small flourishes like sweeping in on Jack swimming laps are surprisingly effectual. Ultimately, though, it’s clear he is an actor’s director, giving the actors room to breathe with extended sequences and unhurried pacing.

Small moments such as Jack, who has been learning to swim so he can

take Connie boating, practicing his stroke on a bridge over a highway or Clyde, desperate to forget about Lucy’s affair, running to buy drugs on a corner allow the actors to really get to the heart of their characters.

The film boasts a lovely soundtrack from indie bands such as Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes that accents the tone without ever growing oppressive. In fact, the film feels surprisingly musical. It’s rhythmic. The film climaxes with the failed dinner party scene. Jack is upset over his failed meal. Clyde and Lucy are frayed, the result of the drugs in their system and the end of their relationship. Connie is shocked by seeing the pain intrinsic in relationships. The group takes turns using Jack’s reggae to cheer one another up. The scene is alternatingly hilarious and painful to watch, mirroring the dual nature of relationships thematic throughout the film. “Jack Goes Boating” is an honest and charmingly biting portrait of modern life and love. It’s a triumphant directorial debut and a delightful showcase of acting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death has shaken me more than that of any star ever has. The only comparable loss is Heath Ledger’s untimely death in 2008, but Ledger died just before I really got into film in a serious way. When a truly great actor dies before his time, we’re left with a haunting echo of the performances he would have delivered.

In Philip Seymour Hoffman’s case we’ve been robbed not only of spectacular performances in front of the camera, but the promise of a remarkable career behind it as well.

Eventually, though, all we can be is thankful – thankful for the breathtaking work we’re left with. Philip Seymour Hoffman stands among the greats of cinema and though his last film will be released later this year his contribution to film will only increasingly be felt in the years to come. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Gloria’ is honest, revealing look at middle-aged life Sean Stewart DN Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s new film “Gloria” chronicles a middle-aged woman’s relationship with a man she meets in a club.

The film immediately establishes a vibrant style, opening with Gloria in a pulsing club. From its outset the film is visually striking and awash in color. Though Lelio is careful not to ignore Gloria’s bland office job, it’s clear Gloria is much more in her skin with a drink in her hand and a flirtatious smile on her face.

When Gloria and Rodolfo meet, they seem like an ideal pair. They genuinely care for each other and aren’t afraid to laugh. Rodolfo takes Gloria to the park he runs and teaches her how to shoot a paintball gun. As the relationship progresses, though, it’s clear Rodolfo is too focused on supporting his daughters and his ex-wife – none of whom work – to give Gloria the passion she needs. When his daughters call because his ex-wife has an emergency, Rodolfo abandons Gloria at a hotel.

Through Rodolfo, the film is able to critique the ever-increasing difficulty of not being plugged in to electronics. Rodolfo’s phone constantly interrupts the moments he shares with Gloria and never for a crucial reason. The constant supply of trifles his digital connection provides him with simultaneously prevent him from being able to attain a genuine connection with Gloria.

Tragically, everyone can relate.

As the titular character, Paulina García is a marvel. She manages to seemingly effortlessly emulate Gloria’s free-spiritedness. Even more impressive, though, is thinly veiled desperation that García is able to sew behind Gloria’s every smile and laugh. She unsparingly and unreservedly embodies the confusing and often brutally lonely metamor-

phoses of mid-life.

Throughout the film, Gloria continuously finds a neighbor’s cat in her apartment. The animal disgusts her, and she casts it out without exception. After Rodolfo leaves her at the hotel, though, she finally allows the cat to stay in her apartment. The cat, ugly and hairless, serves to symbolize the everencroaching nature of age. Gloria refuses to accept the restrictions and stigmas of her age until she is broken down and left alone. A scene after the cat’s admittance features Gloria in a hair salon having her hair dried. As the camera closes in on her face, her expression and lines make her age more apparent than ever before.

The film could easily have ended here. It would have been a poignant look at the unfortunate effects of life on the spirit. Ultimately, though, it would have been the easy way out. It’s easier to do depressing well than to do uplifting well. Writer/director Lelio’s film dares to try to be uplifting well and triumphs.

Gloria removes Rodolfo’s paintball guns from the trash, drives to his home and splatters both his house and him with bright green paint.

The act of rebellion is significant not only because she does not go back to the man who has proven she is not his priority but also because of its immature nature. By paintballing her estranged lover, Gloria rejects old age and stoicism in favor of the energy and passions of an almost adolescent state.

The film closes with Gloria back on the dance floor, having turned away a prospective dance partner.

She no longer needs the validation of others to feel alive, a bold revelation few other films about relationships are willing to fully reach.

They typically insert the perfect partner at the final moment – cheating the protagonist of the achievement of self-contentment as a result. As she sways, Gloria raises her

“GLORIA” STARRING

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arms. When she does the audience can’t help but raise their hearts. The best uplifting films do not shy away from the muck of life. Instead they delve headlong into it, making the emergence from it earned and powerful. “Gloria” is a wonderful film because it acknowledges the corrosive effects of time and age but does not submit to them. It’s a wonderful film because it emboldens its viewers to do the same. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

APP OF THE WEEK “Splashy Fish” Jack Forey DN The demise of the mighty “Flappy Bird” created a vacuum of power in the market for mindless, time-killing phone applications.

Fortunately another mighty “tap app,” as absolutely nobody calls them, has risen to fill the void “Flappy Bird” left in all our hearts.

That mighty app is “Splashy Fish,” a bold, indie re-imagining of the iPhone juggernaut that was “Flappy Bird.”

Instead of tapping your phone to boost a bird up into the air, you are tapping your phone to push a fish down into the water. In both games, you must navigate these miserable animals through a series of simple obstacles, forever, until you die from extreme, undiagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome. People don’t seem to realize that “Flappy Bird” was designed in the ’90s as a way to punish disobedient children. At the time, the concept of a game that was impossible to finish was maddening, absurd and absolutely unmarketable.

Times have changed, indeed. arts@ dailynebraskan.com courtesy photo

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DR. DEB: from 5 tries with oppositional female leadership don’t see the difference between the two genders; they just see a revolutionary.

“My grandmother was very involved with the revolution,” she said. “My grand-uncle was arrested at the national convocation with my grandfather while they were addressing the meeting. Their mother took over the meeting.”

After receiving her undergraduate and professional degrees from universities in India, Deb moved to the United States to pursue additional studies in African-American Women’s Literature. While living in Connecticut, her proximity to Yale allowed her to teach and attend workshops at the university.

However, after receiving her doctorate from Michigan State, UNL’s emphasis on research and innovation caught her eye.

Between the English and women’s and gender studies departments, Deb teaches several different classes at UNL. One of her classes, Transnational Feminism, Islamaphobia and Queering the War on Terror, deals specifically with the differences between imperialistic and transnational feminism, which according to her, is not a very well-known field. She said the United States, while usually thought to be good in intent, practices an imperialistic feminism that causes harm to other cultures.

“Imperialistic feminism is imposing our choices on others,” she said. “Transnational feminism is arguing that all women have the right to make their choices and choices are different. It’s important to recognize cultural and religious differences.”

When compared with the countries that it has invaded, the economic power of the United States is much greater, allowing it a large presence within the economies of these countries. With more economic power comes the ability to influence the politics and policies of these countries. When a country is largely influenced by American trade, it begins to resemble American culture. This is how ideals such as feminism are rapidly spread without the appropriate cultural context.

Along with the spread of imperialistic feminism, Deb’s book questions the United States foreign policies in the Middle East.

Jack Forey DN The quote that opens “Pompeii” is genuinely chilling.

It mentions “the shrieks of women, the wailing of infants and the shouting of men” in the ash cloud that engulfed the city. Pliny the Elder, historical author of these quotes and Pompeii survivor, tells us the people caught in the cloud “imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore.”

Unfortunately, this quote is the most interesting part of the film. Between it and the climax of the film, the audience is given a story that amounts to a rehash of “Gladiator.” It’s watchable, but if you’ve already seen “Gladiator” and know what happens in Pompeii, why bother?

In 62 A.D., a tribe of Celts in Britannia is slaughtered by the Roman guard, commanded by Senator Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland). A boy survives and after watching his family murdered, is enslaved by the Romans.

Seventeen years later, the boy grows into a skilled fighter, catching the eye of slave traders looking for gladiator material. The young man, dubbed “the Celt” (Kit Harrington) is taken to the city of Pompeii to fight as a gladiator. Along the way, he catches the eye of Cassia (Emily Browning), a Roman dignitary who does little in the film besides look pretty and be righteous.

In fact, this whole film just wants to look pretty. Director Paul W. S. Anderson, best known for the “Resident Evil” movies and “Alien Vs. Predator,” knows how to bring the spectacle.

One scene shows us the entire city of Pompeii from a bird’s eye view, with thousands of citizens filling the streets

courtesy photo as they move toward the stadium. Inside the stadium, a chorus of announcers in ornate golden masks announce the events to come; their presence is frightening and dreamlike. It would be foolish not to mention the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which makes up the entire third act of the film, but also has nothing to do with the preceding story other than the fact it will kill most of the main characters.

This is a competent, historical epic heavy on tasty visuals and light on character. The characters are derivative archetypes with motivations thinner than cobwebs; we have our hero in the Celt, the damsel in Cassia, our villain in Senator Corvus and an honorable ally in Atticus. Atticus is an African slave who, with one last victory in the arena, will earn his freedom according to Roman law. Atticus’s character more than borrowed from Djimon Hounsou’s character in “Gladiator,” but that hardly matters other than as

an example of how uninspired “Pompeii” is.

If you know anything about the city of Pompeii, then you know exactly how this movie ends. The climax renders all of the preceding events irrelevant. The eruption of Vesuvius has nothing to do with the struggles of these archetypal, two-dimesional characters, so why keep them archetypal?

In other words, why make it a “hero’s journey”? It would have been much more interesting if the filmmakers had tried to explore class divisions in contemporary Pompeii. You can probably guess what role a volcanic eruption could play in equalizing the classes.

If the writers had tried to work in themes of the natural world, the conflict of man versus nature, class divisions, really anything that could be remotely connected to an apocalyptic disaster like Vesuvius, then maybe this film would have been more interesting. Instead, a grand natural disaster

is reduced to a deus ex machina, and $100 million has been wasted on yet another 3D spectacle.

Just think about what you could do with $100 million. I’ll tell you one thing: you could buy 100,000 copies of movies better than “Pompeii.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

have to have that research credibility.”

The low hiring rate of the past few years at UNL combined with Nebraska’s Anti-Affirmative Action laws makes it hard to give women an intentional edge in the field. But Walker added that there were two new faculty members hired in 2012 and one in 2013, with two of the new members being female. Walker noted that this was just an added bonus.

“I would never want to hire a woman who was less qualified than a man,” she said. “You never want to put women into a position where minority status got them the job.”

And Walker has worked hard to prove that very thing throughout the course of her education.

Going into her fourth year of doctoral school, Walker applied for, and was given, a department-wide fellowship. She was not aware, though, that there was a campuswide fellowship that was only open to women as well.

“The department submitted me for it without my knowledge and I got it,” she said. “The department fellowship then went to the next person in line, who just so happened to be a male.”

At an outing one evening, Walker overheard the fellowship

recipient lamenting that the only reason Walker had received the initial reward was because she was a woman.

“The funny thing is that the only reason he received the fellowship was because of my status as a woman,” Walker said.

The best way to combat stereotypes, according to Walker, is to prove them invalid.

“Make sure you know what you’re talking about,” she said.

“Don’t ever give anybody ammunition to say that you got to where you are because you’re a woman.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“POMPEII” STARRING

Kit Harington, Emily Browning Kiefer Sutherland

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Paul W. S. Anderson

WOMEN: from 5 students continuing their academic pursuits. The key for women in fields such as science, Walker said, is finding the places that focus on their credentials, not their gender.

“I find it easier to be successful if you can focus on what you’re doing and not being ‘The Woman,’” she said. “You should be ‘Jane – another grad student’, not ‘Jane – the female grad student’.”

While Walker wishes for more women to be in her field. She said women specifically must have the credibility and capability to stand out among other candidates.

“You hire for research and train for teaching,” Walker said. “They

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“The work that I’m doing on terrorism is basically showing the other side,” Deb said. “I’m talking back to the mainstream of society, saying ‘Hey, look. This is what you’re calling terrorism.

But you’re the one who instigated it in the first place, so all they are doing is resisting.’”

One of Deb’s students and research partners, SaRena Freet, echoed Deb’s statements by adding that imperialistic feminism often neglects the differences in race, sexuality, religion and class.

Freet was Deb’s UCARE student in the summer of 2012 and was a large contributor to the research and background information that is in the manuscript of Deb’s book. As a student that has worked closely alongside Deb, Freet said she sees her as a valuable asset to the university.

“Basuli has contributed to the University of NebraskaLincoln not only as an educator, but also as an activist and researcher,” Freet said. “She actively challenges her students to engage with difficult material and ideological questions in relationship to race, class, gender, and sexuality, within a broader global context.”

While the field that Deb specializes in is still largely unknown and leaves a lot of room for growth, there seems to be an interest at UNL for continuing the conversation on imperialistic and transnational feminism.

The spring colloquium drew more than 40 students who Deb thought looked hungry for more information.

“I think there is a lot of interest in this work, especially among students,” she said. “I can see students gobbling this up. I was stunned by the focus and concentration in the audience.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Big ten teleconference Indiana coach Tom Crean

On Wisconsin: “(Wisconsin) is playing with extreme confidence. They are shooting the ball at an amazing rate right now, with the way they are shooting it from 3, the way they are getting to the foul line.”

On Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky: “His driving ability. He’s literally taking the ball from the 3-point line and getting all the way to the basket. The shooting is there, the post-up is there, without question, but the driving game is something that obviously they are spending a lot of time on.”

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery

Penn State coach Patrick Chambers On Tim Frazier:

Michigan coach John Beilein

Purdue coach Matt Painter

On favoring road games: “I’d much rather play at home. That’s how I would look at it. You would have to be focused at home on the road. That’s a little bit confusing to me.”

On facing guards in the Big Ten: “They’re difficult to defend them no matter what. They’re different. Andre Hollins is different from (DeAndre) Mathieu, who is different from Yogi (Ferrell).”

On his team’s defense: “I think it was kind of a by-product of youth and inexperience. I think we’ve done a poor job of doing that, and Michigan State really exposed some of our guys. They’re one of the best teams in the country.”

On Michigan guard Nik Stauskas: “Stauskas’ ability to pass separates him from the other guys. He’s such a good passer. He understands things. He can pull up 3s. He’s just a good all-around player. Everyone has good players, though.”

Illinois coach John Groce

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo

On long break leading up to Nebraska game on Wednesday: “We’ve approached it a little differently. I think this time of year guys would prefer to play games than to practice. I give our guys a lot of props leading into the Nebraska game.”

On Tim Miles: “I think he’s gotten a lot of out his talent. He’s gotten those guys to play really hard on the defensive end. To do that your guys have to play hard and to play for one another. Not everyone is doing that in February.”

Northwestern coach Chris Collins

On loss to Indiana: “We had a really hard fought game for us on Saturday. We were really undermanned. We only dressed seven scholarship players on Saturday night, and I was impressed with how our guys played against Indiana.”

On Nebraska: “We have a week off this week, which is much needed for us, playing Nebraska on Saturday at their place. They’re probably the hottest and one of the best home court advantages in our conference.”

On Nik Stauskas: “I think everyone in February sees some type of slump. It’s really hard to maintain what we do.

It’s a long, long season.

There’s a lot of travel. The number of games that our guys play, the number of late-night returns home. It’s tough to maintain what you do.”

On gaining confidence from a big win: “It is good because you’re only really as good, it seems, as your last game. That’s not the truth, but that’s really the perception many times. We had lost some games to really good teams.”

“Senior night is Thursday night. As Tim has said, these five years have sure gone by fast. He means more to me than just a basketball player. I know he will be a superstar in life.”

On Ohio State guard Aaron Craft: “He’s one of the best defenders in the country. He plays so hard and he’s a winner. He disrupts offenses with his defensive flow. We got to figure the best way to counter what they do, because they are playing at a high level.”

Ohio State coach Thad Matta

On Aaron Craft: “I think that Aaron has had a phenomenal career at Ohio State dating back to his freshman year. The kid has won a lot of basketball games, and the impact that he has had as player is something that you cannot put a price on.”

On impact of four-year players: “There’s good and bad to both. The No. 1 thing I enjoy about the four-year player is the strong relationship that you develop with that kid. You see his character grow.”

Minnesota coach Richard Pitino

On Michigan loss: “I thought we played really well in the first half in all but the last three minutes of the half. When we got the ball in the second half we were doing well. I thought Nik Stauskas was playing well in getting his shots. They deserved to win, and we didn’t.”

On value the of four-year players: “If they stay healthy, they’re valuable. They’re valuable because they are guys who have been through the wars.

They’ve earned their stripes. Not too many people earn their stripes anymore.”

On recent practice: “I think the best part about it was their attitude was great. You could tell that all the guys are really, really excited about the opportunity to play a top-20 team in our building.”

On playing zone defense: “We consistently have done it. We like having two different defenses. Zone defense helped us beat Purdue. Zone helped us with the Ohio State game at home. Zone helped us earlier this year against Syracuse. It depends on the opponent.”

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan

Nebraska coach Tim Miles

On road teams winning more games: “I think there is one simple answer: the talent level and the abilities of teams one through 12. I think that’s how strong our league is as far as overall depth.”

On his team’s success: “Even when we were taking our bumps, there were things that we were doing really well. What I’m seeing right now is some guys as individuals offensively stepping up.”

On Terran Petteway: “Terran has been one of those guys that has cut down on turnovers. He’s cut down on the amount of quick shots that he takes, and that has helped him become more efficient.”

On Big Ten Tournament: “It’s going to be an exciting tournament where anyone can come out the champion. It might come down to getting players healthy.”

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men’s bball: from 10 Work harder? Some teammates didn’t think that was possible for Parker at the start of the year.

Parker found a way to prove them wrong, though, much like he found a way to earn minutes.

He played 20 against Purdue on Sunday, 10 more than Webster.

Not bad for a guy who averages fewer than 2 points a game.

Of course, his extra playing time has something to do with the dismissal of Biggs from the team

in January, but his constant intensity forces Miles to play him. And his teammates to match it.

Just ask Nebraska guard Shavon Shields, who dreads going against Parker during practice.

“He makes me so mad,”

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Shields said. “You think you’re by him, and then he’s right there.

“He’s really set the tone for us defensively. When we see him working his butt off in the front, we want to work hard for him in the back.”

Parker ’s energy almost requires his teammates to play at a level they didn’t think they could get to, Shields said. The results are starting to show, as Nebraska has won its last five games, holding all of those opponents to less than 40 percent shooting.

Webster, in particular, has improved with Parker ’s competitiveness. Though he was saddled with foul trouble Sunday, the freshman gave a lot of praise to Parker after putting up 10 points against Penn State earlier in the week.

“Benny Parker has been an inspiration,” Webster said. “He brings so much energy and spark to the team every single day in practice. I want to go at him as hard as he’s going at me.”

And to think, Miles wondered if Parker was going to transfer before the season started. But Parker was up to the challenge, no matter how tall the obstacle.

It’s what Miles said after the Purdue game. Parker is here to stay, so get used to it. And get used to that new chant.

“Benny is the kind of guy who’s going to work his hardest and hope that everything is going to fall into place,” Shields said.

“The cream rises to the top. He’s proven that he can play in the Big Ten and help us win games.

“I’m proud of him for that.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore guard Benny Parker scored only two points, but he came up with three steals in Nebraska’s win against Purdue.

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Since the beginning of the season, freshman Tai Webster has had a firm grip on the starting spot at point guard for the Huskers; Webster has started 24 of 26 games this year. Behind him on the depth chart are Deverell Biggs – who was dismissed from the team in January – and sophomore Benny Parker. Before the season, coach Tim Miles didn’t see Parker getting a lot of playing time, and he gave Parker the opportunity to transfer. But Parker stayed and has played a vital role since Biggs’ dismissal. Here’s how the backup point guards stack up: POINTS

GAMES

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Biggs

15

20.5

9.9

1.53

3.3

15

34

7-8

Parker

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13.4

1.7

0.88

0.9

21

10

9-2

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Tune-Up puts NU in state of mind for Big Ten meet We say the hay is pretty well in the barn at that point.”

With conference championships coming up, Huskers get ready in final home invitational

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Mike Shoro DN The Nebraska Tune-Up has come, served its purpose and gone. The Nebraska Huskers now turn their attention forward. Sixty-four members of the Nebraska track and field team will leave for the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio, on Wednesday. The two-day conference championship take place Feb. 28 and March 1.

One of the key purposes of the Nebraska Tune-Up was to get the team ready for the conference championships. That mindset of preparation didn’t end when the lights went out for the last meet of the season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday night.

The Huskers have carried that mentality into their last week before the Big Ten Championships.

Coach Gary Pepin said the men and women who didn’t compete in Friday’s meet participated in practice on Saturday. He said the Huskers would have practices on Monday and Tuesday before leaving at noon on Wednesday.

But the Huskers are taking advantage of the practices they have left.

“Just getting everybody really sharp, focused and ready to go because pretty much all of the work’s done,” volunteer jumps and sprints coach Chris Slatt said.

Throws coach Carrie Lane said the one thing she is preaching this week is confidence. She said she is “trying not to reinvent the wheel

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The Nebraska track and field team readied for this weekend’s Big Ten Indoor Championships at its final home indoor meet of the year, the Nebraska Tune-Up, on Friday. The Huskers won 12 events at the meet, which was not scored. in the last week of practice.”

Other coaches have echoed Lane’s statements throughout the week. Slatt and pole vault and combined events coach T.J. Pierce have mentioned the need to treat this week like other weeks

in terms of focus and mental approach.

“The way we approach it is we try to compete damn near every weekend like it’s the Big Ten Championship,” Pierce said.

While the mental approach to

Coaches keep wrestlers on track on mat, in classroom with checks Austin Pistulka DN The Nebraska wrestling practice room has everything coach Mark Manning needs to train the young men on his team. Along the east wall are ropes and pull up bars; the west wall has an assortment of weights and treadmills; the north wall honors the Nebraska wrestlers whose careers continued past college. The south wall and ceiling may be the most important parts of the room.

Running above the practice mats are the names of every individual national champion in Nebraska history. From Mike Nissen in 1963 all the way to Jordan Burroughs in 2011, the names are hanging there for the wrestlers to be inspired to strive for greatness on the wrestling mat.

Along the south wall are 10 quotes. These 10 quotes are not just meant for wrestling, but for life in general.

Manning said his job is to “put the best men out into society that he can.”

Wrestling is a sport that teaches discipline, focus and how to fight through adversity.

As one of the quotes on the wall says, “Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities, they vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

The coaches work to get the best out of the team both on the mat and off. To do that, coaches will perform class checks to keep the athletes honest about their academics.

“I won’t say a certain number,” assistant coach Tony Ersland said, “but we do enough that our guys know that we are checking. We’ve been doing this quite a long time so we know that there are some days that are easier to miss than others. We’ll be there to check and to know if you’re not taking care of your responsibilities.”

Class checks are just one way that Manning and the other coaches keep tabs on the wrestlers.

“We have a lot of people here at Nebraska that keep them accountable as far as their academics,” Manning said. “It’s a lot to

In its first action since October, the Nebraska women’s golf team scored a season-low 869 during three rounds to finish in a tie for fourth out of 14 teams at the Westbrook Invitational.

Sophomore Cassidy Stel-

women’s basketball: from 10 LONG DISTANCE In their 94-74 victory against No. 8 Penn State on Monday night, the No. 16 Huskers shot 16 of 22 from the 3-point line. Junior guard Tear’a Laudermill was 7 of 10 from behind the arc, tying the school record for 3-pointers in a game. Here’s how Nebraska and Penn State stacked up from deep.

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Nebraska coach Mark Manning talks with junior Robert Kokesh on the mat during a duel earlier this season. Manning uses grade checks to make sure his team excels off the mat. be a student athlete in the 21st century. There’s a lot more demands than in the 1980s.”

Rob Sanders won 64 matches in his career at UNL and graduated in 2009. He knows all about what the coaches want from their athletes.

“Basically just being a good human being,” Sanders said.

“They do a good job of giving examples. There were a lot of examples my senior year after (Paul) Donahoe and Kenny (Jordan) got kicked off.”

Donahoe and Jordan were kicked off the team in August 2008 for posing nude online. Donahoe had just won the National Championship at the 125-pound weight class and was looking to defend his title.

Manning was given the choice between having a national champion or having someone who might not be as successful but would be a better person. He chose the better person.

“Our motto is ‘much is given, much is expected,’” Manning said. “With success comes responsibility. You have to know that you are representing more than just yourself.”

Along with using examples such as Donahoe and Jordan, Manning works hard to get his team out to do community ser-

vice and puts up inspirational news articles in the locker room.

“Manning does a good job of before practice talking about anything and relating it to wrestling,” Sanders said. “That’s the biggest thing. Figuring out how to relate wrestling to the rest of your life and being a dad, being a husband, even just being a son.”

Manning stresses being accountable all the time. Many prepractice talks are about being focused and how to live a lifestyle that is positive for society. Wrestlers joke about how Manning can talk forever before practice or when he is explaining a move, but his message is clear.

“Coach Manning stresses being thankful,” Ersland said. “That’s a large message he has that carries forward. Being a student athlete, especially here at Nebraska, is a privilege, and they should be thankful for every opportunity they have.”

Ersland said Nebraska is about the human and not just being an “athletic machine.” Manning said he wants every person who comes through his wrestling program to leave a better person.

“We will win some wrestling matches along the way,” Manning said, “but we got to get these guys prepared. That’s our job.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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about intensity. He said he won’t have his athletes practice much on Wednesday or Thursday other than having the athletes do some warm-ups and check approaches.

“We say the hay is pretty well in the barn at that point,” Pepin

PENN STATE

women’s golf

Sophomore fires even-par rounds on way to career-best top-15 finish to lead Huskers in Arizona

the week may not differ too greatly from earlier in the season, the physical intensity of practices and overall amount of practice has changed.

Pepin said the practices on Monday and Tuesday would be

said. “One of the main things about the conference meet is we want to try to go into it well-rested, healthy and have a good feeling about how you’re doing and stuff.”

Volunteer jumps coach Dusty Jonas shared similar sentiments, saying practice was about quality over quantity at this point in the season.

Jonas said he won’t be attending conference. He will be competing in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships. He said the students are pretty selfsufficient, though, and are great at helping each other out and correcting each other ’s mistakes during practice and meets.

“I think our kids are ready to do well, especially on the women’s side,” Jonas said. “You know, we had a season-best for (junior) Marusa (Cernjul) this week and not too far off the conference lead, so I think between her and (senior) Jill (Scanlan), I mean, it’s anybody’s game. It’s just going to be who shows up.”

Cernjul finished second in the high jump at the Tune-Up with a personal-best jump of 5-09.75.

“When you look at a list, and you’re not at the top of the list, it’s hard to go into a competition and say, ‘Why not me?’” Jonas said.

“I think they need to go in thinking that they can go and win this thing.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

zmiller led the Huskers with three rounds of even-par 72 at Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Ariz. She finished in a tie for 14th, improving on her 18thplace standing after day one of the tournament and outdoing her previous career-best finish of 33rd.

No other Huskers finished in the top 30, but only one – freshman Jordan Chael – finished outside the top 40. Chael struggled with a 10-over round of 82 in the opening round Sunday before finishing with rounds of 73 and 71.

Sophomore Cassie Deeg and senior Steffi Neisen, who finished one-two in Nebraska’s season-opening meet in September,

tied for 33rd with three-round totals of 220. In Monday’s final round, Deeg and Neisen shot rounds of 71 and 73, respectively.

Senior Katelyn Wright finished 1 stroke behind those two in a tie for 39th. Wright shot a team-low 70 in the second round between rounds of 75 and 76.

As a team, the Huskers finished 31 strokes behind tournament champion Ohio State, which is ranked No. 35 in the country. No. 19 Oregon finished second, No. 46 Wisconsin finished third and No. 45 College of Charleston tied with Nebraska for fourth. No. 36 Illinois, the only other ranked team in the field, finished in eighth place. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Then the Lady Lions started to With 18:20 left in the game, Lucas find a rhythm. earned her first 2 points of the compeWith 10:38 left in the game, the tition via the free throw line.

Nittany Lions started The frustration set a 14-1 run, which in for Lucas, as she talIn order for spanned for the next lied 3 fouls in the next us to win three minutes. Hoopfew minutes, and she er ended the run with took to the bench with today, we had a basket, and one.

13:20 left in the game. to make some This brought the score She did return to the to 79-57. court with just more perimeter shots.”

As the game than 11 minutes left in wound down, the the game. She found connie yori Huskers began to use her shot later in the women’s basketball coach the entire shot clock, game, as she finished and both teams comwith 17 points. mitted fouls. The two squads ended Nebraska took its largest lead (32) on Theriot’s 3-pointer with 12:11 re- the game with double-digit fouls.

The Huskers finished the game maining in the competition.

with four players totaling double-digit points, with Laudermill leading the way with 27 points.

Senior Ariel Edwards paced the Nittany Lions with 24 points, and senior forward Talia East paced the rebound game with 12 boards in the game.

This game marked Hooper’s second-to-last regular-season home game of her career.

“I’m going to miss this place definitely,” Hooper said. “I did have that feeling tonight.”

The Huskers return to action on Thursday, when they face Illinois at Pinnacle Bank Arena. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

sports briefs DeLeon named pitcher of week Nebraska senior pitcher Christian DeLeon allowed 4 hits and an unearned run in seven innings to lead Nebraska against No. 1 Oregon State on Friday.

On Monday, he was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week, becoming the first Husker to earn the honor.

DeLeon struck out five and walked one. He is now 1-0 on the season with an ERA of 2.38.

Junior garners 14th weekly award

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Nebraska junior gymnast Jessie DeZiel was named the Big Ten’s Gymnast of the Week on Monday, earning that title for the fifth time in her career and winning the 14th weekly award of her career.

DeZiel won the all-around with a score of 39.525, including a career-high 9.975 to win the vault title, against Kentucky, Stout and Bridgeport on Sunday. She also won the bars with a score of 9.900, placed second on floor exercise with a 9.850 and finished third on the beam with a tally of 9.80.

Husker nabs track honor

Senior Shawnice Williams, who won the 600 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up indoor meet on Friday, earned her first Big Ten weekly award when she was named Track Athlete of the Week on Monday.

Williams won the 600 with a time of 1:29.70, the second-fastest time in the nation this season. sports@dailynebraskan.com

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Junior Brandi Jeffery scored five points and made one of Nebraska’s 16 3-pointers on Monday night against Penn State.

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ebraska’s junior guard Tear’a Laudermill set up her shot from behind the arc. She sped up her release as the Penn State defender approached with 4:56 left in the first half.

Short. Off the front of the rim.

This was Laudermill’s seventh attempt from downtown, and also her first miss.

“Is this real life?” Laudermill said. “If it weren’t for my teammates who found me, it wouldn’t have happened.

The 3-point shot was the driving force behind the No. 16 Nebraska women’s basketball team’s 94-74 win against No. 8 Penn State on Monday. The victory put the Huskers (21-5, 11-3) within a half game of the first-place Nittany Lions (21-6, 12-3) in the Big Ten Conference.

Laudermill finished the game with 7 made 3-pointers, which ties a school record.

“In order for us to win today, we had to make some perimeter shots,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “It’s pretty obvious that that’s what happened.”

The first half was all Huskers, as the team finished the half shooting 78.6 percent from behind the 3-point line. They would go on to finish the game with a 3-point percentage of 72.7 percent.

Senior forward Jordan Hooper started off the action, as she drained her first two 3-point attempts. Junior forward Hailie Sample also sank two buckets underneath the basket, and Laudermill hit nothing but net on her

first 3-point attempt, which gave the Huskers a 13-5 lead.

Hooper said the team’s opening play could easily be summarized.

“It was really good,” Hooper said. “That’s how I describe it.”

The Huskers’ offense couldn’t be stopped, as they shot a 67.9 percent from the field in the first half.

Laudermill led the scoring for the Huskers with 22 points in the first, and sophomore guard Rachel Theriot and Hooper both notched 8 first-half points. Hooper also amassed 7 rebounds in the first 20 minutes.

The Huskers’ defense stymied the second-best scoring offense in the Big Ten. The No. 2 scorer in the Big Ten, Penn State’s senior Maggie Lucas, missed her first five shots in the first half.

She notched an assist and a foul in the first half.

“I thought they did a good job of trying to make Maggie take tough shots,” Penn State coach Coquese Washington said.

For the majority of the game, Laudermill and Sample would trade off the duty of guarding Lucas, but Laudermill said the efforts took a toll on the Nittany Lion guard.

“I seen her get real frustrated,” Laudermill said.

Nebraska went into the locker room at half with a 52-30 lead.

The halftime break didn’t change much, as the second half featured the Huskers controlling the game.

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DeZiel paves way on vault for Huskers Vanessa Daves DN Junior Jessie DeZiel’s 9.975 score on vault during the Masters Classic on Sunday afternoon won her the event title and contributed to winning her first Big Ten Conference honor this season.

DeZiel’s record-breaking score, which is the second-highest individual score in Masters Classic history, led the team to victory on vault.

During the meet on Sunday, the No. 7 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team defeated Kentucky (195.200), Bridgeport (190.350) and Wisconsin-Stout (188.550).

This was the first meet this season where Emily Wong, a consistent all-around title winner, didn’t compete on the vault.

“We started out on vault with only five again, but the five did a good job and went 49.200,” Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said.

“We are so close to being where we want to be on that event. The vaults are big; we’ve just got to get our landings and zone in on that a little bit. “ Freshman Jennie Laeng started out Nebraska’s rotation on vault.

It was her first time starting the event, and Kendig said he was pleased with her 9.85 performance.

Freshman Ariel Martin contributed a 9.875 that won the third-place title for vault, and junior Desiré Stephens added a 9.825.

Sophomore Hollie Blanske uncharacteristically took a step forward on her landing, Kendig said, which meant she got a lower score than usual. But even counting that 9.675, Nebraska ended up claiming the event title.

In fact, Blanske also claimed second place in the all-around title with a final score of 39.125.

“Each meet I’m getting more confident and getting a little better,” Blanske said.

Kentucky performed on the vault during its second rotation of the afternoon, and senior Holly Cunningham’s 9.90 score led the team to second place in that event.

Cunningham also earned the second-place title on vault. Senior Audrey Harrison contributed a 9.825

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No. 7 Nebraska did not score a season-high on the vault as it defeated Kentucky, Bridgeport and Wisconsin-Stout on Sunday, but it did overcome a mistake to score 49.200 in the event. to the final team score of 49.125.

Wisconsin-Stout headed to the vault in its third rotation and finished with a 47.575, which is a new season-high that landed it in the fourth-place position for vault.

Their highest scorer was freshman Kaylee Jondhal, who notched a 9.675.

Bridgeport competed on the vault during the fourth rotation.

Junior Lissette La Fex led the team in every event, notching a 9.80 in vault to place ninth and an allaround score of 39.00 that won her the third-place title. Bridgeport finished third on vault with a team score of 48.075.

Though Wong didn’t compete, Nebraska’s team still claimed the first-place title on vault.

“All in all, I’m very pleased with vault,” Kendig said.

The meet was fast paced, and

The vaults are big; we’ve just got to get our landings and zone in on that a little bit.” dan kendig

women’s gymnastics coach

all the teams were competing in different events at the same time.

Yet, in a rowdy atmosphere where everything seemed to be happening at once, Kendig said the team was able to overcome those distractions.

“I think they’ve been dealing with distractions all season, and they’re pretty good at staying focused on what they have to do,” Kendig said. “I told them to think like they’re competing against Ne-

braska on every event. Because, in a sense, we are. We’re competing against ourselves on every event to better what we’ve done in the past.”

Though the Huskers took a step back from the 49.250 they scored on the vault in their previous meet, a loss to Michigan, their vault performance on Sunday helped them earn a meet victory. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Junior guard Tear’a Laudermill made 7 of 10 shots from behind the arc to tie a school record and score a career-high 27 points, including 22 in the first half.

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Parker makes plays for NU without filling stat sheet program. But I’m going to be here. This is going to be hard on Sophomore backup you.’”

Fearless. point guard steps into Ask any player on the Nevoid left by Deverell braska men’s basketball team and that’s the word they give Biggs, makes impact to describe Parker, a sophomore with little playing time guard from Kansas City, Kan. Whether the 5-foot-9-inch, 166-pound guard is sliding on the floor after a loose ball, swatAndrew Ward ting it away from the 7-foot DN Hammons or pestering the Big Ten’s top guards, it’s always Purdue’s A.J. Hammons brings without fear. the ball to his hip, and Benny He laughs when asked if Parker sees his chance. he’s ever intimidated about goHe attacks the ball, holding ing against players more than a on like a defensive end recoverfoot taller than him and shakes ing a fumble. Hammons swings his head. the ball left. Then right. But “He might be the shortest Parker doesn’t let go. kid on the court, but he’s not The whistle blows. The refscared of anyeree’s thumbs body,” Nebraska point toward the I didn’t forward Walter Pinnacle Bank Pitchford said. want to go Arena ceiling.

Including Jump ball. anywhere else Miles.

Husker basketBefore the because these ball. season, the coach One side of guys are my told Parker he the arena begins wouldn’t see a chant no one brothers.” much playing expected to hear time this year benny parker heading into this with the addisophomore guard season. tion of freshman “Benny! BenTai Webster and ny! Benny!” transfer Deverell Biggs. Miles Then the other side com- looked him straight in the eye pletes the chant with a louder and said he wouldn’t blame him rendition. if he wanted to transfer.

“Benny Parker!” Clap, clap.

That thought only crossed Clap, clap, clap.

Parker ’s mind for a second.

“When Benny Parker came “I didn’t want to go anyin there and stripped the ball, where else because these guys that was a message saying, are my brothers,” Parker said. “I ‘We’re going to be in here all just said I have to work harder night,’” Nebraska coach Tim and took that challenge.”

Miles said. “I may be 5-footwhatever; we lied in the game

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