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Jessica West Bower, drag queen and co-owner of Karma Nightclub, performs on Thursday night to celebrate the opening of Lincoln’s new gay nightclub. Karma Nightclub, previously known as the Q, is located at 226 S. 9th St.

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Adrian Virgen, a drag queen performer from Omaha, dances at Karma Nightclub on Thursday night.

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The Thursday night crowd at Karma Nightclub, Lincoln’s new gay nightclub, watches a performer, who would not give his name, do a strip tease on stage.

University trails Big Ten peers in female faculty LANE CHASEK DN University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mathematics chairwoman and professor Judy Walker doesn’t believe there’s such a thing as “men’s mathematics” or “men’s academics.” Walker believes great ideas can come from anybody, regardless of gender.

But even though Walker doesn’t believe in “men’s academics,” academia continues to be male-dominated – especially at UNL. At 30.3 percent women, Walker ’s employer ranks dead last among Big Ten schools when it comes to percentage of female full-time faculty members. That’s several percentage points lower than the Big Ten average of 35.9 percent women.

UNL’s female employment has increased about 5 percent during the last decade, according to UNL data. Meanwhile, the percentage of female students has remained relatively stable. In fall 2013, 47.3 percent of the student body was female.

UNL Women’s Center Director Jan Deeds said the lack of female faculty is an unfortunate trend.

“We need both men and women here to make things happen,” Deeds said.

Biochemistry professor Concetta DiRusso said women are an integral part of not only academia but of any workplace.

“You just can’t exclude 50 percent of the population from your workforce and expect to be at top performance,” DiRusso said. “In

this economy, most of us can’t afford to have capable adults not working at a paying job outside of the household.”

But while differences persist in hiring patterns, pay inequities are not as extreme at UNL. According to UNL Director of Institutional Research Judy Joy, salary models of UNL faculty members reveal no statistically significant differences between the salaries of male and female faculty. The studies conducted to obtain these results took into account such gender-neutral variables as department, area of study, faculty status, education level, tenure status and others, Joy said in an email.

However, agricultural economics professor and former chair of the Faculty Compensation Advisory Committee Wes Peterson said possible correlations may exist between other factors in these studies. For example, correlations may exist between rank and gender.

“If rank and gender turn out to be related, this raises difficult statistical problems for these models,” Peterson said.

Peterson said these correlations may undermine the reliability of the results of these studies in regard to pay equity between male and female faculty.

Some departments struggle more than others when it comes to hiring female faculty.

Matthew Dwyer, acting chairman of the computer science and engineering department, remembers there being one fe-

male on the computer science department faculty when he began working at UNL. Now, he said, there are five female faculty members in their department.

“We didn’t preferentially hire women, but we had some excellent female candidates, and we are very lucky to have them at UNL,” he said. “We have very active women in our department.

Female faculty are no different than male faculty.”

Other fields in academia are not as male-dominated. One such field is sociology, UNL sociology chairwoman Julia McQuillan said.

Two posters hang on McQuillan’s office door. Both reflect important aspects of McQuillan’s life.

The first poster displays illustrations of characters from the Divine Comedy. These illustrations were done by her husband, Stephen Lahey, an episcopal priest, ex-Marine and associate professor of classics and religious studies at UNL. The second poster relates to her a bit more directly: It displays pictures of influential women in the arts and sciences. McQuillan has had many offices since arriving at UNL, but this bottom poster — a gift from a friend when she first arrived here — has been a fixture in all of them.

McQuillan’s experience as a female professor has not been typical of her peers.

She spent nine years in graduate school at University of Con-

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Monday’s Daily Nebraskan provides some important figregarding women in university leadership positions. At 19%ures FEMALE ADMINISTRATORS the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 37.5 percent of administrators and deans are women, while 30.3 percent of our fullDEANS ADMINISTRATORS time faculty members are women. The latter number puts us DEANS ADMINISTRATORS behind all other universities in the Big Ten conference.

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ADMINISTRATORS 37.5% FEMALE WOMENADMINISTRATORS You may ask why it matters that we lag behind the rest DEANS DEANS ADMINISTRATORS of the Big Ten when it comes to women leading our univerMEN DEANS 18% FEMALE sity. One of the benefits of going to college is being exposed DEANS 37.5% FEMALE to new ideas. This is part of why diversity is so important.

18% FEMALE We talk quite a bit about racial diversity, but diversity across Chancellor Phyllis Wise 37.5% FEMALE WOMEN genders is equally as important. If we’re being taught by a never-ending line of men, there is little room for a woman’s WOMEN Chancellor Harvey Perlman WOMEN perspective. Of course, it would be unfair to hire women MEN solely because they are women rather than examining their MEN credentials. But it’s hard to believe that this divide between MEN WOMEN men and women in academia is simply because women are more frequently less qualified. There probably isn’t a simple WOMEN MEN reason, but it needs to be addressed.

We have thankfully made progress since 10 years ago.

MEN But there remains room for improvement. If you’re a male student, support your classmates and future colleagues, said, “I don’t think we’re in bad it’s still judged negatively. HillBraithwaite has now been the HANNAH EADS regardless of their gender. If you’re a female student, shoot shape.” ary Clinton, when she’s tough, department’s permanent chairDN for the stars. Gender shouldn’t determine your place in Chancellor Harvey Perlman woman for almost three years, they see her as cold or bitter.” academia. said it’s “critically important” after moving up from her gradu- According to “The White House

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UNL leadership nears gender equality In June, Maria Marron will even the score.

When Marron assumes her position as the next dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the university will boast five female and five male deans. That 50/50 split is hard to come by in Big Ten schools.

With a male chancellor, two female upper-tier administrators, three male upper-tier administrators and a current split of four female and six male deans, UNL’s leadership is 37.5 percent female.

Of Big Ten schools, UNL ranks third in female leadership, behind only the University of Minnesota (38.5 percent female) and the University of Michigan (55.2 percent). The Big Ten average is 31 percent female leadership.

Dawn Braithwaite, the first chairwoman of Communication Studies at UNL and the Willa Cather Professor of Communication, said she’s seen an increasing number of women in leadership roles during her time at UNL.

Project: Benchmarking Womate director position of 13 years. en’s Leadership” report in 2009, “I’ve been here for 15 years, 89 percent of and I would say Americans are that we have more comfortable female students “While a woman in on both undergrad things have with leadership posiand graduate levtions. But Susan els,” Braithwaite equalized a bit, Poser, law colsaid. “We’ve alwomen are still lege dean, said ways been half and that women still half on the faculty.” challenged as have to prove According to Braiththemselves more waite, women are leaders.” than men do. “naturally moving agreed up,” and although dawn braithwaite Poser communication studies with Braithwaite she doesn’t think chairwoman that while uniuniversities such as versities should UNL may need to not limit their take specific steps to hire more women, she does spectrum to just women, institubelieve mentoring and support tions should make sure women are welcome. are beneficial to women early in “The issue often is wheththeir careers.

“While things have equal- er, first of all, the university ized a bit, women are still chal- does enough to get women lenged as leaders,” Braithwaite in the pool and second of all said. “There are still people whether search committees give who struggle working for wom- women a fair shake when they en, and I think if a woman is look at applicants,” Poser said. tough or takes a tough stand, But in relation to UNL, Poser

that women students can look at other women in leadership positions to understand that those positions are open to women.

Perlman also said UNL is in better shape than others.

“Women play very significant roles within university administrations, from president through the top administration levels,” Perlman said. “I think when you look at the private sectors or Fortune 500 companies it’s more newsworthy because (women in leadership positions) are less frequent.”

About 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by women, according to a study by the Catalyst research firm.

UNL’s two top female administrators, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Ellen Weissinger and Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Christine Jackson, did not respond to requests to be interviewed for this report.

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FACULTY: from 1 necticut in Storrs, Conn., from 1989 to 1998. During this time, McQuillan lived what she called a commuter marriage with her husband, fluctuating between jobs and writing her thesis. During this time, she also fell in love with data analysis.

While still a graduate student, one of McQuillan’s professors sent her to the University of Connecticut Health Center to analyze human resources data of its employees. Women at this medical center suspected they were being given unequal pay.

They were right — and the chancellor of the medical center wasn’t happy with the results.

After a staffer in the human resources department replicated and extended McQuillan’s original model, the staff person and McQuillan then worked together to make sure the data was correct. As a result of this work, the University of Connecticut Medical School raised the salaries of its female employees by $4,000.

“That was quite an experience, getting to work with these clearly smart, successful, hard-working women who were very angry that they were paid less yet had equivalent or better qualifications than

the men who were paid more,” McQuillan said.

When she was hired at UNL, McQuillan’s husband was also hired as part of UNL’s Dual Career hiring program. Unlike many other academic couples hired at UNL, McQuillan was the new employee and her husband what was called a “trailing spouse.”

“If somebody’s called a trailing spouse, the academics tend to think they can’t be very good,” McQuillan said. “They didn’t get the job on their own. Usually women are the spouse. I was the hire. And this was so confusing to the university, they actually put my husband’s health insurance information in a separate pile.”

Despite her husband’s successes in the field of medieval studies, the low demand for his field of expertise made securing him a tenure-track position difficult.

This time period was hard on her husband, McQuillan recalled.

But beyond the difficulties she and her husband experienced, McQuillan still believes the dualcareer-hiring program has introduced many faculty members who have been assets to UNL. “Most women are following a man’s path,” McQuillan said. “Be-

Women are usually the trailing spouse. But I prefer the term ‘opportunity hire.’ Because often, the spouse or partner is wonderful, and the university is lucky to have them. “ julia mcquillan

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cause in most careers in academia, men dominate. So women have to take whatever they can. Women are usually the trailing spouse.

But I prefer the term ‘opportunity hire.’ Because often, the spouse or partner is wonderful, and the university is lucky to have them.”

McQuillan knows of many instances in which “opportunity hire” faculty were assets to UNL. One such instance is biochemistry professor DiRusso.

While still an assistant professor at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., DiRusso gave birth to her third child. The chairperson of her department at the time was supportive. He gave

DiRusso the nickname “Superwoman.” Though meant as a compliment, this nickname annoyed DiRusso.

“I was annoyed because it was very stressful mothering very young children and trying to establish my laboratory, teach and keep up with service commitments,” DiRusso said.

DiRusso first came to UNL five years ago with her husband and colleague, current biochemistry chairman Paul Black, whom she married in graduate school 34 years ago.

DiRusso is an educator, scientist and mother. Though she believes UNL has provided an ac-

commodating environment for her and other female faculty at UNL, she still believes women in academia face difficulties even today.

DiRusso’s experience in academia stretches back decades.

“The sciences in the 1970s were very male-dominated,” DiRusso said. “And at the time it was just part of the culture. It was expected women wouldn’t be as successful in science as their male counterparts.”

The biases she has faced in professional settings have been subtle.

For example, some of her colleagues in the past have assumed she’s only in her current position because of the high standing of her husband. But that simply isn’t true, DiRusso said. She had been involved in research before marrying in graduate school.

Biases such as these have rarely been unknown to DiRusso in her career.

While still a graduate student in cell and molecular biology at University of Vermont, DiRusso became pregnant with her first child. At the time, her graduate and post-doctoral mentors advised her to stay out of the lab. The chemicals present in the laborato-

ry were seen as too dangerous for a pregnant woman to be exposed to. But DiRusso resisted.

“I had to fight to stay working,” DiRusso said.

DiRusso wrote a letter to upper administration arguing that it was unreasonable to bar her from the laboratory because of her pregnancy. The upper administration agreed and allowed her to resume her work once more.

Yet despite her struggles, DiRusso still believes everything has worked out for her in the end. Not only is DiRusso a researcher of fatty acids and the effects of fat on liver health, she is also a mother who is proud of the way life has turned out for her three children.

Her youngest child, Alexandra Black, is a recent UNL graduate who is currently completing her master’s degree at King’s College London. DiRusso said academia can be a worthwhile career for anybody, whether male or female.

“Academia allows us to pursue what we love intellectually,” she said. “It offers a freedom you don’t find in any other field.”

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Desire2Learn offers option to connect to multiple apps Second Learning Management System presents to UNL faculty in hopes of replacing Blackboard

The whole idea here is really providing the opportunity for instructors to quickly grade assignments.” dan ganesh

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tyler williams dn Desire2Learn is the latest vendor to present as part of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Learning Management System showcase.

The Ontario-based vendor is a part of a series of similar presentations from vendors displaying the capabilities and advantages of their learning management systems, which they hope will replace UNL’s current system, Blackboard.

One of the biggest differences from Blackboard is Desire2Learn’s multiple free apps that coincide with the home system.

One of these apps, Assignment Grader, would allow professors to grade assignments posted to Desire2Learn from anywhere, regardless of Internet connection. This app would then allow professors to update and post graded assignments with the click of a button.

“The whole idea here is re-

ally providing the opportunity for instructors to quickly grade assignments,” said Dan Ganesh, Desire2Learn account executive, during his presentation.

Another app offered is called Binder, which is more student oriented. Binder would allow students to download and take any content they would need for classes with them. Students can also take the information on their personal Binder app and share it to all the other students in any given class. Desire2Learn has also made contracts with publishers allowing the download of e-textbooks to any Binder app.

Desire2Learn also allows teachers and students to incorporate multimedia in their learning management system.

It has a video lecture function that allows professors to record lectures and share them via Desire2Learn with students. Desire2Learn also allows students to take video notes instead of hand writing notes during class.

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The system focuses, too, on using advanced algorithms called Intelligent Agents, which analyze student use of the LMS and has settings which will send messages to alert professors of students who are struggling and falling behind before it is too late in a term to make any significant changes.

“Tools which I think will save a lot of time for faculty and increase graduation and retention,” Ganesh said.

The Intelligent Agents can also contact students who the system has identified as meeting certain criteria such as not signing on D2L for an extended period of time or receiving certain grades.

Another key distinguishing feature is the flexibility that allows all of its home widgets to be changed or reorganized. And the system uses open source code that allows professors or students to create and implement custom apps directly to their personal Desire2Learn accounts.

Desire2Learn emphasizes developing new technology and integrating technology into the face to face component of education.

“The old way of teaching and learning are going away,” Ganesh said.

Blackboard’s presentation is at 8:30 a.m. Friday in Burnett Hall room 115.

“Blackboard has made a lot of progress in improving their interface over the last few years, and their interface is much easier to use than it used to be,” said Heath Tuttle, associate director of learning and information technology. “However, from what I’ve seen here it looks like this interface might be simpler to use for people not familiar with this technology.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska marijuana cases steady despite nearby legalization Colleen Fell DN Colorado’s 2014 legalization of recreational marijuana use may bring an increase of marijuana use in Nebraska. But for now, local and state authorities say it’s too soon to tell.

Reports from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Police Department show that drug incidents have remained steady. As of Jan. 30, UNLPD reported 13 incidents for the month of January dealing with marijuana and drug paraphernalia, compared with 11 incidents of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in January 2013. Police reports show January 2012 had 12 incidents.

The fact that people may be bringing marijuana across state lines from Colorado to Nebraska hasn’t yet changed how the interstate is being monitored.

“We’re doing what we normally do to keep people safe,” said Deb Collins, information officer for the Nebraska State Patrol.

Collins said that while the state patrol is aware that it’s possible that drugs are being transported, that doesn’t change what they are looking for when they pull over cars.

“Cars from Colorado are absolutely not being targeted,” Collins said. “It’s just business as usual.”

As to whether the state patrol will see an increase of marijuana incidents, Collins said it’s too early to tell.

“At this point, it’s really too early to see if there are any trends,” she said.

Colorado and Washington are currently the only two states where recreational marijuana use is legal. New Hampshire may be following in these states’ footsteps – its state House of Representatives passed a bill on Jan. 16 that would allow recreational use of marijuana for those older than 21.

But Nebraska residents shouldn’t plan on smoking weed legally anytime soon. There are currently two bills in the works to legalize hemp use but nothing for recreational use. The first bill, LB 1102, would authorize the medical use of hemp extract and the second, LB 1001, would allow for the production and marketing of

industrial hemp. The regulations for the second bill include the condition that the THC concentration of the hemp must be 1 percent or less.

Officer Katie Flood, spokeswoman for the Lincoln Police Department, said she couldn’t speculate on what kinds of the changes the department would have to make if recreational marijuana use were legalized in Nebraska and that it would depend on the definition of the state law and what restrictions were established.

“We learn from other law enforcement agencies on what works and what does not,” Flood said.

“We would reach out to those departments with experience when re-establishing our policies and procedures related to marijuana enforcement.”

According to LPD reports, incidents involving marijuana have remained fairly steady during the past few years. The number of marijuana incidents from 2013 is recorded as 1,124 while 2012 had 1,223 and 2011 had 1,175 incidents. The number of felonies involving marijuana possession have decreased, though, with cases involving more than a pound of marijuana: 2010 had seven counts, 2011 had five, 2012 had four and 2013 had zero.

Flood said typical protocol of officers citing and arresting when probable cause exists has continued to be the norm.

Charlotte Evans, assistant chief of patrol operations at UNLPD, said she wasn’t sure what effect the legalization of industrial hemp and hemp extract would have on law enforcement.

“Although any big change like this can have an impact on the community as a whole, it’s tough to say what the specific impact to law enforcement would be if recreational use marijuana were legalized until such time that age limits, amount of acceptable product, etc. were defined,” Evans said.

In the meantime, the bottom line doesn’t change.

“We want people to remember this isn’t Colorado,” Collins said.

“The fact is that the law hasn’t changed in Nebraska.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Both fiction and nonfiction spark imagination in readers art by Alex Bridgman

Fiction allows people to expand their horizons, explore other worlds while inciting interest in all kinds of reading

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hate reading fiction.

I hate how disgustingly empathetic it’s made me. How it’s made me cry when I’ve had a perfect day. How it steals away the rest I so desperately need as I lie in bed at night. But most of all, beyond the abuse I’ve taken from the genre, I hate how dearly and irrevocably I’ve come to adore it. Fiction has taught me to love reading, and in doing so, it has made me more connected to the world than I ever thought possible.

But how do you love something that doesn’t exist? To some, it’s only a cheap facade that preaches change but does little to nothing to produce it. As novelist Paul Auster once said, fiction is “magnificently useless.” He notes how literature has never fed a hungry child and how it never “prevented a bomb from falling on innocent civilians in the midst of war.” Preaching messages can only go so far, and it is almost disheartening to see how often the powerful words of the author can fall upon deaf ears.

The “Hunger Games” series has an astounding following of intensely dedicated fans, and yet they can sometimes be their worst enemies. They’re inspired by the messages the books have to offer about how we shouldn’t be ignorant of the nation’s troubles and make sport out of violence. They proudly wear their mockingjay pins around campus and scar the pages of the books with highlighter ink and personal notes. But these are the same people who are caking themselves with the Capitol-inspired makeup line by Covergirl. In their pursuit of channeling Katniss Everdeen, they instead find themselves becoming the allegory which they are so vehemently disgusted by.

In that regard, it seems fitting to disregard fiction. It’s almost just to deem it “useless” in a world where action is more credible than thought, where science and history are more important than art. But regardless of what people say, fiction is real.

Every story is rooted in truth. Even the most outlandish pieces of science fiction can find patches of reality etched within their pages. The characters might not be real, but the emotional responses they draws out of readers, such as laughter and denial, are genuine.

According to a study published in the journal Science, people who read works of fiction compared with those who read works of popular fiction or serious nonfiction were more empathetic and in tune with other’s emotions. Fiction has the ability to make us more aware of the world around us and less likely to be harsh with our judgments.

It causes us to read into other people’s situations just as we would while reading a novel. Because nonfiction lives in the realm of facts and figures, it can be difficult to digest everything on a human level.

From my own experience, fiction has the ability to bring history to life for me. I could read a hundred million historical novels telling me about how harsh life in industrial Victorian England was for children but never come to terms with what that situation would feel like. It’s not until I pick up “Oliver Twist” or Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl” that I am able to realize statistics into impoverished children. It’s also at that point where my desire to read nonfiction grows.

The greatest gift fiction has to offer us is its ability to open us up to newer, greater things. As Neil Gaiman put it, “Fiction is a gateway drug to reading.”

One does not simply read “The Book Thief.” You find other texts to cross reference what’s going on historically in the book. It leads you to a book on the Holocaust, which makes you interested in real people’s struggles during that time. You find autobiographies, such as “Night” by Elie Wiesel, and suddenly, “The Book Thief” becomes so much more than a work of fiction. It helps you take all the combined knowledge you’ve picked up from pieces of nonfiction and make it real.

Whereas nonfiction summarizes the past, fiction is always moving forward, forcing us to take events of the past and see them as living people in our present lives. Science fiction has inspired scientists and engineers to take

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us to space. Orwellian novels make us more aware of our political landscape, and Harper Lee opened our eyes to how prejudices lead to foul injustice. That is why I believe fiction to be a vital part of our humanity.

History inspires and fuels fiction, but it is fiction writing which challenges history. Although this genre might be a fabrication of our own imaginations, you cannot say that it isn’t real. You can see and apply it to your everyday lives, and it helps us all connect and feel less alone in the world. You can dislike fiction, you can even hate it, but you cannot ignore the impact it has on reality.

Emily Kuklinski is a sophomore English and theater major. Follow her on Twitter @TheFunnyEmily. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Nonfiction books challenge readers with true-to-life adventurous, alluring stories that aren’t at all dull

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always struggle when looking for things that are worth reading. Middle school was the last time I read seriously, and these days I just try to have something on hand. Most of my free time is spent sleeping or going out with friends, but at least every once in a while I enjoy sitting down and reading for an hour or two. This is a pretty small portion of my life, and it’s probably the same for you.

Nevertheless, it’s important to take the time because reading books is an important part of being a wellrounded person. The problem is, of course, deciding what to read. There’s a lot of junk out there, and you have to search for the things that you will really enjoy.

That usually means rooting around in the fiction section, which contains some of my favorites such as “The Great Gatsby,” “Dracula” and “Harry Potter.” However, I recently discovered that by doing this we are neglecting an entire genre of worthy books: nonfiction.

This genre, unfortunately, gets a bad rap. The first thing that comes to mind when someone says “nonfiction” is usually boredom or something similar. This is a bias I had to overcome, too, but once I did, I found a whole new source of entertainment. Well-written nonfiction books are not only enjoyable, but they are also a window into our crazy world.

Need convincing? Let me start by talking about biographies. I love biographies, and like all great love stories, it started with a pivotal opening scene. In high school, I took a creative writing class. One of our proj-

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ects was to read a nonfiction book. The teacher had a list of acceptable books, and I thought for sure that it was going to be awful. So, naturally, my first instinct was to pick the shortest book on the list. That turned out to be some sort of baseball book, and someone had already checked it out. Instead I meandered around the deserted nonfiction section until I decided to do something novel. I picked out a book that actually sounded interesting to me – regardless of the length.

That book was “Cleopatra: A Life,” by Stacy Schiff, and it was definitely worth the time. I dreaded opening it. I put it off; I thought about switching books. But in the end I started it. And once I started it, I was hooked.

I couldn’t believe it — I actually enjoyed reading it. The famous queen was mysterious and surprisingly adept at her position, and her life was as colorful as expected, if not always in the way I thought it would be. It’s simply a great story, and with Schiff’s excellent writing the book really held my attention.

This got me interested in the nonfiction section, so the next time I was looking fruitlessly for a slightly unique read in the fiction section, I decided to cross the Rubicon again and see what the nonfiction section had to offer. I ended up reading two more biographies about other people who interested me: Steve Prefontaine and Albert Einstein. I enjoyed both of the books just as much as I did the book about Cleopatra.

Well-written biographies are priceless because of all the different views they can offer you on a person. They are also just fascinating because of the weird little details they include. The people they are about are usually amazing, and their lives are amazing as well. If you don’t believe me, take a look at one yourself. The important part when picking out a biography is picking one about someone you are interested in, written by someone with credentials. A popular one that I also enjoyed is “Into the Wild,” by Jon Krakauer, and it also offers a slightly different style of nonfiction writing.

This different style is what I like to call real-life adventure stories. I was initiated into this category for the first time by the book “Born to Run,” by Christopher McDougall. Like Cleopatra, it was something I was interested in, and it was also a great story. These types of books can also offer more modern points of view and expose us to the more modern-day experiences of others.

Another style of nonfiction is historical writing, which is less centered on an individual person. As an example, I really enjoyed the book “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson. It’s a historical account of a serial killer who was active during the Chicago World’s Fair, but it is also about the architects who designed the fair, as well as simply the fair itself. While satisfying my desire for something creepy, the book also introduced me to a part of history and a different way of thinking about architecture that I never would have encountered otherwise.

Nonfiction books broaden our knowledge of the world, the past and others, and if well-done, they do it in an entertaining way. Unlike fiction, they also present information that is totally of this Earth and can give us stories that are real-life experiences that we will never have because we can’t possibly have them all. Nonfiction also reminds us of where we come from and just how intricate and strange our world really is. Most importantly, nonfiction presents a world that is ultimately – at its core – just like our own.

Devin Grier is a freshman biological systems engineering major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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@DNArtsDesk 7:34 p.m.: At least the commercials are also not exciting.

@DNArtsDesk 5:51 p.m.: We didn’t even realize the game had started until 4 minutes ago. Stay tuned for more Super Bowl coverage from DN Arts Desk!

@DNArtsDesk 7:46 p.m.: Super Bowlads-featuring-bears count: 3. Prediction for overall total: 3, we guess? That seems like a weird trend.

@DNArtsDesk 6:03 p.m.: It’s early in the game, but neither team has been punching. The team that ups their punching will be champs. @DNArtsDesk 6:24 p.m.: The Seahawks go up 15-0. Denver will need to score at least 16 points now.

@DNArtsDesk 8:46 p.m.: Eli Manning standing in the bathroom, staring at himself in the mirror, trying to figure out how to comfort his brother without grinning.

@DNArtsDesk 6:50 p.m.: Doesn’t matter what language you speak, Coca Cola will not discriminate with who it will give diabetes. @DNArtsDesk 7:11 p.m.: Bruno Mars should realize no one ever cares about the drummer (or Bruno Mars)

@DNArtsDesk 9:52 p.m.: Dumb dog.

Those are horses, not megadogs.

Hang out with your own species and drink Budweiser like a normal dog.

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What Is Jazz? searches for answers Kekeli Dawes DN What Is Jazz? didn’t begin as a band name.

At first, it was a tongue-in-cheek advertising slogan.

Guitarist Aaron Stroessner, a doctorate in musical arts candidate at the Glenn Korff School of Music, needed a poster for his recital of original compositions this past November that would really get people through the door.

It read in large text, “What is Jazz?” followed by “I have no idea, but you should come to Aaron’s recital,” written in much smaller print.

“I don’t pretend to answer the question,” Stroessner said of the photo.

“I just tell people to come.”

He hopes the band name may do the same when the same group that played his November recital, featuring Russell Zimmer on trumpet, Mike Dee on saxophone, Tommy Van Den Berg on trombone, Josh Hoyer on organ, Jeff Utter on bass and Chris Varga on drums, plays the Lincoln Exposed festival on Wednesday at 10:15 p.m. at the Bourbon Theatre.

Stroessner likes postulating the question today, but he didn’t know what jazz was in his early days as a musician. He grew up as a guitarcrazed metalhead in the ’80s who loved the instrument but never had the skills to play the fiery solos he heard on the radio. He says he started growing as a musician not in the small town garage bands of his younger days, but in blues groups and sessions.

It was his interest in blues that transformed his idea of what jazz was.

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Aaron Stroessner began with rock ‘n’ roll in the ‘80s, a fan of metal, but transitioned into jazz through his interest in blues. tened to Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue,’ and that was a turning point (for them), but it was for me — because at that time I was really getting into that real kind of blues,” Stroessner said.

“There was a really great player in Madison, Wis. — he was a slide player from the Delta; his name was Paul Black. I was so into what he sounded like and was so into the blues. Then a year or two later I was listening to ‘Kind of Blue’ and I was like, ‘Wait a minute. These songs are all blues!’ And I was shocked. All of a sudden it was really easy to understand.”

It was then he realized jazz could reach across genres and styles. What Is Jazz?’s upcoming set features two sambas, a genre of music intended for rhythmic dance, that has since been interpreted through jazz in many dif-

ferent ways.

Stroessner recalled watching a guest jazz drummer perform while he was studying at the Berklee College of Music and struggling to make sense of the style of playing.

“I realized right then that it was a lot deeper,” Stroessner said, “What he was doing was a lot deeper than that.”

“In rock music, basically, you’re really hammering out that two and four,” Stroessner said. “Funk rhythms in the end; it’s kind of absolute. There is no ahead of the beat or behind the beat — there only is the groove. If you’re behind the beat, who is playing the beat? In jazz, it’s all inside. All the players know where the one is; no one has to state it. Now we’re going all round what everybody already knows.”

In jazz, much is left unsaid. Sometimes cues are intentionally masked or removed entirely. As a group, there’s a certain amount of trust to have between players.

“When I play with Chris (What Is Jazz?’s drummer), I like to play some of the same songs,” Stroessner said.

“But if we are doing the same repertoire, he’d give it a completely different feel, because he doesn’t really want to play it the same way. So it’s a little bit of a surprise.”

Imagine getting ready to play “Don’t Stop Believin,’” but the drummer plays as if you’re starting to play Disney’s “Shall We Dance.” Not that you should expect something like that at What Is Jazz?’s upcoming set at the Bourbon, but that’s the sort of thing that one can often expect from jazz music — the unexpected, in a way, is expected.

Jazz isn’t always complete spontaneity, Stroessner pointed out. Bill Evans, a pianist, famously played the same set for every show he would play on a tour, only making very small changes to his solos, as if he were fine tuning a masterpiece.

It’s a combination of both worlds — the structured and chaotic, to organically find some new order. Jazz can be written, but to Stroessner, what’s on the page is only half of the story. He plays in the UNL Jazz Ensemble each semester, a group that debuts original compositions each spring.

“The big band stuff we have here there’s a bit of a danger when those performances are 90 percent reading and 10 percent improv,” he said.

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‘Coven’ gives feminists new voice on TV amanda stoffel

I am the next Supreme.

Or at least I wish I was. And it’s all Ryan Murphy’s fault.

The most recent installment of Murphy’s “American Horror Story” television series reignited the intrigue of witchcraft with “American Horror Story: Coven.” Just like Andrew Fleming’s 1996 cult classic “The Craft” made me have a weird obsession with lying like a board at all times, “Coven” not only made me want to wear black every Wednesday and listen to Stevie Nicks continuously (it turns out that she, too, is a witch), but it also made me wish to have the ability to cast enchantments and rage against a society that wishes me dead, all while looking absolutely fabulous.

For those who don’t watch “Coven” but plan to in the future, who are not caught up on this season, or who just “don’t do feminism,” turn back now. This column will defi-

Which TV shows do you think engage social issues best? Hit us up on Twitter @dnartsdesk. nitely recap some of the twists of this season’s episodes and will absolutely turn on the feminist critiques, so consider yourselves warned.

For those readers who are still with me, welcome. While not everyone may agree, I must say, right here and now, that this season of “AHS,” while campy at times, had me hooked from the first episode.

There was enough tension and drama between the Voodoo queens and the witches of New Orleans to cause heart palpitations. And if I am being

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WEEKLY CALENDAR

MONDAY

TUESDAY

3 what: Dave Hall, Percussion when: 7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall cost: Free

what: Hopsin w/ Dizzy Wright when: 8 p.m. where: Bourbon Theatre cost: $20

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Poetry at the Moon with ft. reader Lisa Kovanda when: 7 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Cafe cost: Free what: Sum of Us Group Exhibition kick off when: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. where: Bermis Center for Contemporary Arts

WEDNESDAY

4 what:

Dad’s beer night 4 p.m.-2 a.m. where: Duffy’s Tavern cost: No cover charge when:

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$2 Sangria All day where: Sebastian’s Table when:

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Discount movies All day Tuesday & Thursday where: Lincoln Grand Cinema cost: $5 per ticket (free popcorn with NCard) when:

what: Prairie Schooner Winter Issue Launch Event ft. Brian Turner when: 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. where: Great Plains Art Museum cost: Free

THURSDAY

5 what: UNL Maker Club’s first meeting when: 7 p.m. where: Scott Engineering Center cost: Free

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Kick off of Lincoln Exposed when: 6 p.m. where: The Zoo Bar, Duffy’s Tavern, Bourbon Theatre

FRIDAY

6 what: Randy Rogers Band when: 9 p.m. where: Bourbon Theatre cost: $15

what:

Student Appreciation Night when: All day where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center cost: $1 tickets, $1 popcorn, $1 drinks

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Valentine-themed what: Student discount Dance with The Bobby movies Layne Orchestra when: All day Tuesday & when: 7 p.m.

Thursday where: Pla Mor Ballroom where: Lincoln Grand Cinema Cost: $5 per ticket (free what: “And You Thought popcorn with NCard) Slavery Ended in 1865?

Human Trafficking in America” what: Eclectic Tuba when: 6:30 p.m.-7:30 when: 9 p.m. p.m. where: Knickerbockers where: First-Plymouth Church, Pilgrim Hall

Poetry depicts more than just romance

SATURDAY

7 what:

First Friday 5 p.m.-7 p.m. where: Sheldon Museum cost: Free when:

what: A series of Laser Light Shows - Beatles/ U2/Pink Floyd when: Beginning at 7 p.m. where: Morrill Hall cost: $8

what: Bobby Miles & Friends - a benefit concert for People’s City Mission when: 7 p.m. where: MoJava Cafe

SUNDAY

8 what: Horsin’ Around 2014 when: All day where: Animal Sciences Complex

what: “The Cowboys” (1972 Film) when: 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. where: Nebraska History Museum cost: Free, limited seating

what: 10th Annual Dinosaurs and Disasters when: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. where: Morrill Hall

what: Friends of Lied “Emerald Nights” Gala when: 6 p.m, where: Lied Center for Performing Arts Sunday

movie releases: “The Monuments Men,” “The Lego Movie”

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what: Winter Lecture Series on Climate Change when: 7 p.m.-8 p.m. where: Hardin Hall cost: Free

what: Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham “Disorderly Conduct” Tour when: 3 p.m. where: Pinnacle Bank Arena cost: $48.50

what: Sunday Night Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Shawn Hustle Russell when: 9 p.m. where: Ramos Pizza

mary riepma ross media arts center releases:

“The Broken Circle Breakdown,” “Liv & Ingmar”

UNL reacts to Hoffman’s death

poetry to read maranda loughlin

The word “poetry” is almost always associated with love, flowery language and 17th century romance.

Ask a student to write a poem, and there is almost always an audible groan because of his or her predispositions and associations to this type of writing.

But poetry isn’t just romance, flowery language or 17th century writers declaring everything beautiful, sensual and deep.

For years there has been a pigeonhole view of what exactly poetry is and what it does for a reader.

It is a common misconception that poetry is brimming with ornate language wrapped around gooey sonnets and odes to sweethearts. While this may be true sometimes, this isn’t true in a larger sense.

So why don’t people give poetry a chance?

It may be the lack of time or the lack of energy. But it also may very well be because of our ignorance to the myriad of types of poetry around us.

Poetry is contemporary. This year at the 2014 NYC Mayoral Inauguration speech, freshman poet Ramya Ramana recited her poem “New York City: Dedicated to Mayor Bill de Blasio.” Poets In Unexpected Places is a group of people who travel on trains and ferries and meet at stores, street corners, parks and laundromats combining music and poetry to deliver to the NYC community.

The poetry scene is just as alive in Lincoln as well.

Not only are there classes and the literary magazine Laurus that publishes poems by students, but Lincoln is also the hometown of Ted Kooser, a Nebraskan poet who was a consultant for the United States Poet Laureate and is now a spokesperson for poetry and a presidential professor at the University of NebraskaL i n c o l n .

Within a fivemile radius of campus there are multiple poetry events taking place at coffee shops and local bars.

Poetry is cont e m p o r a r y.

Poetry is local.

Poetry is accessible even in Lincoln.

More importantly, poetry is not just rhyme schemes, measured patterns and proclamations of love.

I started reading poetry in high school because I was forced to. I was in a forensics class surrounded by people who loved the poetry language and shared book titles and authors unabashedly. It was there that I discovered that poetry wasn’t just what they taught you in class.

I was given new authors to check out in the poetry world every week: Anis Mojgani, Derrick Brown, E. E. Cummings, Barbara Hamby, etc. These were poets I had never heard of before in my life who wrote in such an extreme way

• “The First Straw” by Jeffrey McDaniel • “Shake the Dust” by Anis Mojgani • “Pleased to Meet You Yellow, My Name’s Blue” by Derrick Brown • “Joy” by Alysia Harris • “Tattoo” by Ted Kooser • “A Finger, Two Dots Then Me” by Derrick Brown • “Ode on Dictionaries”

by Barbras Hamby • “Humanity I Love You” by E.E. Cummings • “Jellyfish” by Andrea Gibson • “For Those Who Can Still Ride in Airplanes”

by Anis Mojgani

about living and dying and everything in between — from rocking out, to breaking through stereotype barriers and to, yes, love.

Poetry is not just the “Two roads diverged into yada yada yada...” It is shouting vocabulary with cadence and exploring feelings and topics in a concise and precise way. It’s exhilarating if you broaden your knowledge and open-mindedness to the form.

Basically, if there is a way to say simply what poetry is and what it does for the reader, it is this: Poetry is simply what you want it to be. It gives readers insight into a rhythmic and conceptual world.

Then there are poets.

And I am not one of them.

But, I do like to write, and I do like to play with poetry.

The form itself is restrictive not only because of the concise nature but also because of the confining essence of poetry, which makes it unduly artistic.

The fact that you have to get your point across, or the feeling you are trying to portray, in a minimal amount of words lends itself to more articulate language and precise word choice, metaphors, similes, etc. Try writing it if, for anything, a good laugh, but also maybe for a glimpse into a poet’s world.

Poetry is a totally underrated form of literature that does not get enough credit. As readers, we are often turned off by the form because of our preconceived notions. But if you throw away your preconceived notions of poetry and give it a chance, you could find pleasure in this artistic and descriptive form. maranda loughlin is a senior journalism major.

Reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Write us your best 140-character poem on Twitter at @dnartsdesk.

“In some magical fairy world, I am as cool as Lester Bangs. Just when you think you know the cool bands, Bangs blows into town and tells you you’re late to the party. No one did snobbery like Philip Seymour Hoffman, and his work on ‘Almost Famous’ was OG. When I was younger, I thought I wanted to be a rock writer, and Hoffman’s Bangs, a brash, unmerciful critic who somehow retained an unflinching passion for music, was the ideal to strive for. Hoffman immortalized him, and just like Bangs, a master of his craft, we’ve lost him far too soon.”

Zach Fulciniti

“While a relatively minor role, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s turn in one of my favorite films, ‘The Big Lebowski,’ serves a special role in establishing the relationship between the two title characters. Playing the ass-kissing butler of the disabled Jeffrey Lebowski, Hoffman offers the earnest and quipping lines of dialogue a perfect blend of sincerity and faux pageantry. As well, his reaction to Bunny’s sexual proposal is priceless.“ Nathan Sindelar

“Lancaster Dodd is a thinly veiled fictional take on L. Ron Hubbard, and he’s crazy. Or is he? This performance in ‘The Master’ is one of the highlights of Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s career, as he brings authority and focused madness to his cult leader persona. His role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s film earned him an Oscar nomination, but he did not win.”

Jack Forey

“I’ve always been a big Charlie Kaufman fan, but Hoffman’s performance in ‘Synecdoche, New York’ really cemented it as my favorite Kaufman film. He plays a very delicate character with a mind constantly on the edge of insanity. Hoffman played the role masterfully, making you feel such empathy for the character and his vision.”

Tyler Keown

“I loved him in ‘Almost Famous.’ (His death) shows a sad situation with drug abuse, especially prescription drug abuse, in this country.”

Jeff Gomez

He was an amazing actor.

He could do comedy, drama and action. Not many actors have such variety.

My favorite film of his was ‘The Savages.’ I wish I could’ve seen more of his work.”

Markus Schoof

senior global studies, history and political science major

It was so sudden. I couldn’t believe it. He was such a funny actor.

It’s really tragic.”

Trevyn Flanders

junior nutrition and health sciences major

I actually didn’t even know until just now.

Wow. I really liked him in ‘Along Came Polly’ and ‘Capote.’

That’s really sad.”

Paige Duin

sophomore business administration major

Maybe his death will spread awareness of the terrible problem of drug addiction in our society.”

Angelica Jasiak

freshman broadcasting and advertising and public relations major

Compiled by Jack Forey | photos by Jake Crandall

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Steal from the dining hall. Nothing says “I do what I want” like collecting coffee cups and plates from the various dining halls on campus. Friends will enter your room and see your impressive collection of second-rate silverware and cereal bowls.

Sure, this is probably a link in the vicious economic circle that leads to the rising costs of meal plans, but hey — they asked for it.

Start a revolution. This one is admittedly vague, but screw you for trying to impose rules on my writing.

Who are you, the journalism police? Basically, do whatever you want. Show up to an important meeting stoned. Walk up to strangers and hand them important-looking pamphlets. Go to parties, and tell everyone there why they need to stop eating processed food, like, right now. Petty things such as “rules,” “manners” and “customs” aren’t going to stop you from being an individual.

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completely honest, there were at least five episodes that either had me crying, yelling, screaming, falling out of my chair from sheer inability to deal with what was happening or any combination of the above.

Angela Bassett is my queen and Jessica Lange rules right alongside her.

And between the talents of Lily Rabe and Sarah Paulson, the cast of “AHS” proved on more than one occasion that female television actors deserve more than Emmy awards; they deserve some damn Oscars (or whatever a hypothetical higher power for television awards would be called).

Now that my fan-girling session has been completed, allow me to explain that I understand that Murphy’s writing for the show was not always perfect nor was it always as nuanced as it could have been. However, anyone who watched this season of “AHS” should have, at some point, understood that Murphy never writes a show simply for the sake of writing a show (the last three seasons of “Nip/ Tuck” and “Glee” are being omitted for argument’s sake). Instead, Murphy writes with the full intention of offering up criticisms (even if they are his personal ones) of modern day culture in the hopes of both mirroring society while simultaneously challenging it to change.

And “Coven” may be his strongest case yet.

From the first three episodes of the season, it became clear that something was missing from the plot: men. While there were male actors written in, the story of the supernatural women of the South made it clear that struggling and being persecuted is more intriguing when it is left to the ladies.

As I wrote in my Halloween column, I understand equality for everyone is the ultimate goal of the feminist movement. But every movement has to start somewhere. And since the fight for women’s rights began, that focus has needed to be on demanding that women are viewed and treated as equals in society. Because American society, while making steps toward equality, still has a very long way to go before it can call itself “feminist” or even “equal,” the focus has needed to remain on that battle for women’s

Ways to resist authority

Join a Facebook group. The government will hate it when they look at their quarterly NSA report on your social media activity and see that you’ve liked the pages “Awaken the Mind,” “Conspiracy Watch” and “Say No to GMOs.” They will tremble at the great potential for social progress our generation wields through social media.

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Disrespect the police. Millions, if not billions of police officers brutalize and mistreat citizens each year, so screw those guys. We don’t need them. Any time you see a working officer, promptly erect your middle finger in their general direction. If you ever get the chance, graffiti genitalia all over one of their cruisers. Remember to draw both penises and vaginas; it’s 2014, no need to be sexist.

Stop calling your mom and dad. Your parents are the ultimate authority by nature, so if you’re looking to be a true rebel, this is the way to go. Ignore their calls and texts.

When Thanksgiving eventually rolls around and you have to own up to the fact that you haven’t spoken to your parents in months, face the music by showing up to dinner with several strangers carrying picket signs protesting Monsanto products.

He writes out music on a program so he can hear it played back, but once in a session, the script may change.

He said jazz can exist on the page, but it also exists in the minds and manifests itself through the hands of the musician. So the music changes along with the people who play it — and even that can be unexpected.

Dee knows this firsthand. His said his first true jazz experience was playing a solo during a high school jazz

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He still studies Adderley’s style.

“The feel is just out of this world,” Dee said. “To this day I’m still trying to get his feel and add my flavor to it. That’s what it’s all about because you don’t want to hear an exact copy

of Cannonball Adderley. You want to hear a mix of all your influences to make a new sound.”

“It’s kind of ironic that part of the band is rehearsed and well-conceived,” Stroessner said, “But on the other hand you might have a substitute playing in the band. So there’s a part of it that can be very loose or very unexpected. But that’s very common in this world of music.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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For a while, I believed that Misty or Queenie would be the next Supreme. Misty was a long shot for the title, but the passing of Marie Laveau presented an opportunity for someone who could exist in both the witchcraft and Voodoo worlds to rise and unite their powers.

As some of my academically inclined friends pointed out, though, Murphy writes to challenge current standards but never reaches into a realm of utopian idealism. Whether feminists wish to admit it or not, there is still a racial divide within the movement. As such, Murphy appointing a Supreme that could alleviate and bridge that divide would be too far reaching, even for a show where clairvoyance, resurrection and telekinesis are everyday happenings.

I’m not saying that Murphy is a perfectly feminist writer. And I’m also not going to deny that I am disappointed at the fact that a male writer is so visibly fighting for the feminist movement in the world of popular culture more than many women writers, but more power to him. Every movement needs allies.

“Coven” gave its audience access to the subdivisions of the feminist struggle which includes racial divides, maternal struggle, the female instinct to “Mean Girl” each other and the battle for the old ways to resist those of the new.

Popular culture is a medium in which the vital first step to any progress or change, dialogue, can be presented on a large and creative scale. Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story: Coven” offered such a platform, and in doing so, warrants our examination and criticism. You may agree or you may not. Either way, the spell of denying the truths of feminism is crumbling.

Power is on the rise.

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rights. Murphy understood this and, therefore, wrote a world in which a majority of typical female television tropes don’t exist.

The allegory of feminism was apparent through the entire journey of “Coven.” A majority of the episodes would even pass the Bechdel test, which is a miracle in itself. Most films can’t even boast those standards, let alone produce 13 hours of content that abides by a more feminist standard.

Bearing the torch of the traditional feminist was Fiona Goode, whom Murphy clearly defined as a woman fighting the stereotypes of maternal, submissive home-maker from the very first episode. Fiona gave a voice to many women within the movement in the last minutes of her life on the show. When she is nearing her end, the exchange that Fiona has with newly appointed Supreme daughter, Cordelia, speaks volumes about the dichotomy that being someone with a womb has: Women must wish to be mothers, love their children always and never regret giving birth.

In case you missed it, I’m referring to the words: “You took my power the minute I gave birth to you. A woman becomes a mother. She can’t help but see her mortality in that cherubic little face.”

These words not only express the darker side of possessing the abilities to reproduce but also illustrate the internal struggle of the feminist movement: women battling women. Although Fiona is addressing her own daughter, the continuous competition amongst women to put down those who could be seen as more desirable (a la “Mean Girl Syndrome”),is all too common.

Furthermore, this battle is given a visual allegory through the fight to become the next Supreme. And if Fiona Goode is dying because there is a new power rising, then so too must the past waves of the feminist movement make way for the modern era. Every Supreme has her time, with each new leader offering more than the one before her.

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Nebraska falls short on road in weekend meet the event.

The high bar was an area of concern for Nebraska coming into this week’s meet, but the team knew it was still early in the season, and the problem would fix itself, Schryver said.

“It was great today,” Schryver said. “It shows that we can do it.”

Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka said the results on high bar were great to see.

“I’m very pleased,” Chmelka said. “(Antonio) Castro did his best routine all year.”

As the Huskers regained confidence in the high bar, the squad struggled in the pommel horse event. The Huskers scored a 66.5 in the event, while the Huskers didn’t score less than a 70 on the pommel horse in the first two meets of the season.

The team fell on a three pommel horse routines, Schryver said, but the scores were also out of their control.

“The judges are a little stricter here, but they’re consistent,” Schryver said. “Especially on pommel horse, but we knew that coming in.”

The judge also judges for the U.S. Olympic trials on pommel horse, Chmelka said.

“He’s fair, but it’s difficult,” the coach said. “He’s a tough guy.”

Chmelka said Schryver’s score on pommel horse was could’ve been better.

“Eric’s routine would’ve scored higher in any arena in the country,” Chmelka said.

Schryver also said the harsh critique will prepare the team for the judges at nationals.

Nebraska also had problems in the parallel bar event, as the team put up a 68.45. Sophomore Sam Chamberlain totaled a 14.9 on his parallel bar routine, leading the squad in the event.

Huskers stumble on pommel horse, find success on high bar, and NU goes down to Gophers, Illini Eric Bertrand DN The No. 7 Minnesota men’s gymnastics team defeated both No. 8 Illinois and No. 9 Nebraska on Saturday in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers came out on top with a final score of 435, while the Illini placed second with a 432.7, and the Huskers rounded out the competition with a 420.65.

The Gophers earned a seasonhigh final score on the backs of three events: floor exercise, still rings and vault. In each of these events, the team produced a 74 or better.

With a 15.1, the Gophers’ senior Zach Chase paced the squad on the floor.

The Fighting Illini earned five event titles in the meet, but it was not enough to overcome the Gophers.

The Illini’s redshirt sophomore C.J. Maestas produced an allaround score of 85.4, with his best performance on the rings. Maestas shattered his career-high in the event by scoring a 16.05. The Illini’s 75.1 on rings was a meet-high event score because no one in the line-up finished with less than a 14.

In the high bar event, the Huskers scored a season-high of 70.4, which was led by senior Eric Schryver. With a 14.9, he also placed second to Illinois’ senior Jordan Valdez, who scored a 15.35 on

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Senior Eric Schryver helped pace the Nebraska squad in the high bar event, with a team-high score of 14.90 on Saturday at Minnesota. Schryver also contributed a 14.15 on the parallel bars, and a 14 on the pommel horse. The Huskers came up short of Minnesota and Illinois, with a total score of 420.650.

The Huskers’ strongest event was the rings for the third consecutive meet. The team scored a 72.15 led by junior Robbie Kocks, who earned a 14.85.

Schryver said the team has spent more time in practice on the

Huskers holds impromtu intrasquad meet at home Jacqueline Juffer, senior Shannon Guy, junior Natalie Morris and sophomore Taryn Collura. They posted a time of 3:50:56, which was more than enough The Nebraska swimming and diving team was scheduled to travel to for first, as second place finished with a time of 3:57:31.

Columbus, Ohio, to compete against Senior Bailey Pons Ohio State and Michitook the 1,000-yard gan. The Huskers were freestyle with a time of all set to compete in one 10:16:19. She also took last conference meet besecond in the 200-yard fore they begin priming freestyle, second in the themselves for the con500-yard freestyle and ference championships. fourth in the 400-yard IM. But Mother Nature Sophomore Bria wasn’t going to have the Deveaux was active all Huskers get between day, as she claimed an those two rivals. individual title in the Because of snowy 100-yard butterfly with conditions, the Huskers a time of 58:07, third were unable to fly out Flannigan in the 50-yard freestyle to Columbus in time to with a time of 24.62 and make it to the meet. So was a part of four difrather than try to reschedule a meet ferent relay teams. Her relay teams with one of the schools or cancel the took third in the 400-yard medley, meet altogether, they decided to have first in the 200-yard freestyle, first in their own intrasquad meet, to keep the 200-yard medley and second in themselves on pace for where they the 400-yard freestyle. want to be.

The Huskers also showed off their The intrasquad meet began Fribalance in individual events, as only day and ran until Saturday. The meet one swimmer won multiple individbegan with the 400-yard medley relay. ual titles. Senior Morgan Flannigan The top-team consisted of sophomore

gether in a meet, Schryver also said.

Overall, the coach said was impressed with the score based on line-ups that he had to put together because of the team’s battle with the flu and injuries.

“We did very well,” Chemlka

said. “The score doesn’t show it.”

The Huskers will continue their road trip Saturday, when they will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to battle the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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areas where they struggled the week before, and sometimes that causes the team to falter in the events they previously succeeded in.

The squad’s total score will increase when they can put it all to-

took first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:54:07, which was a two second lead over the next swimmer. She also won the 500-yard freestyle by five seconds with a time of 5:00:49.

Not only did Flannigan claim multiple individual titles, but she also broke her personal record in the 1,000yard freestyle with a time of 10:18:01.

She placed second in this event.

Flannigan wasn’t the only record breaker, as sophomore Michaela Cunningham also shattered her previous season-best in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:17:69. This eclipsed her previous mark of 5:23:32 she set in the Hawkeye Invitational in December. Cunningham also set a seasonhigh in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:57:92, which was .69 seconds away from her career-high.

The final score for the meet will be marked down as a victory for the Huskers, as they scored 268 points through 17 events.

The Huskers now have three weeks to prepare for the Big Ten Championships. On Feb. 19, the team will head to Minneapolis to compete in the conference championships. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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three wins and two losses, which made the Huskers 7-3 in the competition.

Day three secured the championThe No. 6 Nebraska bowling team experienced some minor setbacks dur- ship when Nebraska was able to beat Sam Houston State and Vanderbilt, ing the weekend. Despite one of their star players getting sick, the Huskers with an overall total of 9-4 in match were able to pull together as a team to play for the weekend. Winning the win their second consecutive cham- championship for this tournament pionship at the Prairie View A&M for a second consecutive year was important for the Huskers because of Invitational.

Some of Nebraska’s competitors the challenges they faced during the competition. included No. 3 Central A few players Missouri, No. 8 Vanderstepped up, Klempa bilt and No. 10 Sam said, including senior Houston State.

Yan Ling and redshirt Day one of the comfreshman Alexandra petition was a successMosquera. ful one for the Huskers, Ling averaged 187.2 with four-out-of-five pins in five games, while wins in Baker matches.

Mosquera averaged Nebraska was in second 174.3 pins. place after the first day, “They really helped just behind Sam Houskeep us on track during ton State, who went 5-0 the competition,” KlemLing on day one. pa said. “Without their “This was a very contributions, it would challenging weekend,” Nebraska interim head coach Paul have been a lot harder for us to stay Klempa said. “The field was strong, on track. It really helped set us up for the playing conditions were challeng- today (Day 3).”

Ling said the lanes were not faing, and our star player, and anchor, (junior) Liz Kuhlkin ended up com- vorable, which made the teams have to work harder to earn better scores. ing down with the flu. It was a tough “We had a lot of teamwork condition to play on.”

On Saturday, Nebraska added through out the whole competition because the conditions were so

tough,” Ling said. “The lanes were not that forgiving. They were tough.

We had to make more quality shots in order to get the pins to fall.”

Even though the Huskers came away with the victory, Ling said the team gained much more in this tournament.

“What we can take away from this competition is how we mesh as a whole team. We really started to form and take shape toward the last day, and really focused on taking responsibility on our own so we can do our stuff,” Ling said.

Klempa said he hopes to work on a few of the team’s habits in order to prepare them for their next competition on Feb. 14 in Houston, Texas.

“A lot of it (practice) will be on spare shooting,” the coach said. “A lot of it will be on psychological work on making shots under pressure. We usually find out the playing conditions a week in advance, so we try to work on how the lanes will affect how we play depending on where we’re going. We prepare a lot of different ways. We beat ourselves too much so that’s going to be the focus in practice. We can make it easier on ourselves if we play more efficient.

I’m proud of them, and I’m happy that they ended up coming out on top.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore guard Rachel Theriot also contributed 10 points in the Huskers’ win in Iowa City, Iowa.

Theriot led the team in assists with four and didn’t commit a turnover in the game.

IOWA WIN Senior forward Jordan Hooper and junior gaurd Tear’a Laudermill carried the Huskers in their 80-67 win against Iowa. The two combined to account for more offensive production than the rest of the team. The duo also matched the squad’s defensive rebounds. Here’s a look at Hooper and Laudermill’s stats.

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for the game. Freshman forward Allie Havers and sophomore guard Sadie Murren added the only 3 bench-points for the Huskers, while the Hawkeyes’ bench added two.

Despite 22 points for junior guard Samantha Logic and 16 points for junior center Bethany Doolittle, the Hawkeyes couldn’t get any closer than 11 points to Nebraska for the rest of the

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“They had really good help-side defense for when someone gets beat on a drive or a lob-side pass,” Logic said. “They drew a couple charges on us, and that put us on our heels too.

All around I think their team defense is good.”

Laudermill closed out the game for the Huskers with 4 points from

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 15 15 free throws and a layup after a missed three-pointer from Logic, leaving the final score at 80-67.

The Huskers will stay on the road as they travel to Madison, Wis., to go head-to-head against the Badgers in another Big Ten matchup Wednesday at 7 p.m. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The No. 6 Nebraska rifle team headed down to Lexington, Ky., to take on No. 10 Murray State and No. 1 Kentucky Saturday. The team started the weekend defeating the Racers 4,652 to 4,593, but the squad came up short against the Wildcats 4,680-4,662.

The Huskers jumped on the Racers early in the match firing a 2,298 in the smallbore portion.

Freshman Lauren Phillips led the team with a score of 580. She was followed closely by freshman Rachel Martin who shot a 576 and sophomore Denise Martin who shot a 575.

The Racers were led by senior Bill Harvey and junior Kelsey Emme, who both put up 571’s in the smallbore portion of the match.

NU continued its success in the air rifle where they scored 2,354 to Murray State’s 2,317. Junior Kelsey Hansen shot a 591 for the Huskers.

Phillips continued to have a successful match finishing close behind Hansen with a 589.

Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said she was happy with her team’s performance in the opening match.

“Although it may not have been the best scores, I believe it was our best match this year.” Underwood said.

The team did not have much time to celebrate their win against the Racers, as they had to be up bright and early to take on No. 1 Kentucky at 7 a.m., an hour earlier than the usual 8 a.m. start time for most Nebraska rifle matches.

The matchup with Kentucky brought more impressive shooting from the Huskers.

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Freshman Rachel Martin earned a 588 in the air rifle against Murray State on Saturday. She also posted 584 in smallbore against Kentucky.

Nebraska nearly matched Kentucky’s 2,321 in the smallbore by shooting a 2,316. Martin once again led the way in the smallbore with a 584.

Wildcats’ senior Emily Holsopple led the squad on smallbore, with a 583. The Wildcats also had good production come from redshirt senior Aaron Holsopple, who earned a 581 in the smallbore.

Kentucky was able to pull away in the air rifle shooting a 2,359 to the Huskers 2,346.

The Wildcats were led by freshman Sonya May and sophomore Connor Davis, who both shot 592 in the air rifle event. Kentucky’s lowest score in the air rifle was a 585 from junior Elijah Ellis.

By shooting a 591, Hansen led the Huskers in the air rifle, and she was followed by Martin,

who shot a 586.

“The team did a great job competing this weekend,” Underwood said. “We had two tough back-toback matches. I think we learned a lot about where we need to be mentally.”

The team will be on short rest before traveling to West Point, N.Y., to take on North Carolina State and Army on Feb. 8-9.

“This match (Kentucky) does not change anything for next week.” Underwood said. “We will still have the same game plan and just try to fine tune the strategies we learned this weekend.”

The trip to West Point will be team’s last two regular season matches before the NCAA qualifiers which begin on Feb. 22. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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The women’s 4x400-meter relay came away with a close vicThe No. 9 Nebraska track and field team won at the New Mexico tory. The relay team of junior Chantal Duncan, senior Mara Collegiate Invitational on SaturWeekes, senior Shawnice Williams day. and reigning Big Ten women’s The men’s track and field team outscored eight other teams track athlete of the week, freshand won two events en route to man Kadecia Baird, ran a seasonbest time of 3:38.59 seconds. The victory at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Nebraska scored relay team’s time is second in the Big Ten. 138.5 points, beating out LSU’s They beat out the 103, Notre Dame’s 69, second-place Notre TCU’s 66, New MexDame team of junior ico’s 61, UCLA’s 60, Jade Barber, senior MiAir Force’s 47, Utah chelle Brown, senior State’s 43 and No. 11 Megan Yanik and sophArizona State’s 35.5. omore Margaret BamgThe women’s team bose, who finished in finished second at the 3:38.91. same meet, winning Baird won the two events along the women’s 400-meter way.

Eighth-ranked dash in a time of 53.59.

LSU won the New Her time leads the Mexico Collegiate Invitational with 151 Akinmoladun Big Ten and is 12th in the nation. Weekes points, ahead of Nefinished fourth in the braska’s 121, New event, as she ran a personal-best Mexico’s 87.5, Notre Dame’s 75.5, time of 54.97.

No. 22 Arizona State’s 66, UCLA’s Duncan finished second in 57.5, TCU’s 42, Utah State’s 33.5 the women’s 600-meter event in and Air Force’s 27.

1:30.53. Her time was a personalThe men’s team was led by best and is currently third in the sophomore hurdler Oladapo Big Ten. Akinmoladun. Akinmoladun won Senior jumper Patrick Raedler the 60-meter hurdles event with a personal-best time of 7.69. Akin- won the men’s long jump with a jump of 24-11. His jump was a moladun’s time is the second-fastseason-best as well as the leadest time in Nebraska history, only ing jump in the Big Ten. Raedler, behind Lehann Fourie’s record of a team captain, has not lost in the 7.67, as well as second in the Big

long jump this season.

Junior Carlie Pinkelman’s personal-best shot put of 52-8.25 headlined the women’s throwing events for the Huskers. The throw was good for second at the meet and third overall in the Big Ten. Senior and captain Annie Jackson placed fourth with a throw of 5110.5. In the weight throw, senior Veronica Grizzle threw a personal-best 63-3.25, which was good for third.

In the men’s throwing events, sophomore Will Lohman placed third in the shot put with a throw of 60-6.5. Senior and captain Chad Wright finished right behind him at fourth, with a throw of 60-6.

Senior Travis Englund finished third in the men’s high jump, clearing a high of 6-10.75.

He finished behind New Mexico’s senior Django Lovett and UCLA’s sophomore Cody Crampton, who each jumped 7-0.25.

On the women’s side, junior jumper Marusa Cernjul placed second in the high jump. She ended the day with a high of 5-8.

Senior Jillanna Scanlan finished fourth with a high jump of 5-6.

Senior Dexter McKenzie finished third in the men’s 200-meter dash with a time of 21.19. His season-best time is third in the Big Ten. Senior Tim Thompson finished fifth with a time of 21.28.

Freshman Jacob Holtmeier placed second in the men’s 800-meter event. He finished in a personal-best time of 1:51.39. The

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Sophomore hurdler Oladapo Akinmoladun helped lead the Husker men to a first-place finish in the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational, with a career-high time of 7.69 in the 60-meter hurdles. time put him seventh in the Big Ten. Junior Connor Gibson finished sixth with a personal-best time of 1:53.48.

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Kansas hands Nebraska second consecutive loss Huskers take 1 point in doubles, earn 2 more points in single, but it’s not enough to defeat Kansas Thomas Beckman DN The Kansas Jayhawks women’s tennis team won the doubles point and went on to secure a 4-3 victory against Nebraska Friday in singles play. The Huskers were looking to put an end to their two-game losing streak This match was a nonconference meet, and it didn’t follow the ITA format, so the squads were allowed to play through all of their games.

The Huskers’ doubles team of senior Maike Zeppernick and junior Izabella Zgierska fell 6-2 in the first match, but the team of sophomore Maggy Lehmicke and freshman Mary Hanna countered back with a 6-4 victory. The overall meet point would come down to freshmen Lisa Andersson and Hannah Sulz, but they ultimately came up short 7-6.

This would put Kansas up 1-0 entering singles play.

After a huddle to refocus themselves and a 20 minute intermission, the players split up to take on their competition.

Lehmicke, the No. 63 player in the nation, was paired up with Kansas’ No. 1 sophomore Maria Jose Cardona. The first set was dominated by Lehmicke, as she took the first set six games to one.

However, the next set was much closer, and was tied 4-4 at one point.

Lehmicke would go on to finish Cardona off, take the second

set 6-4 and notch the Huskers their first point of the match. This helped enliven the team after the loss in doubles.

“It was important as a team to have high energy coming off that loss,” Lehmicke said. “It’s always tough to lose a doubles point, but the energy that we held was pretty high.”

The next finish tipped the scales back in the Jayhawks favor as Kansas’ senior Dylan Windom took down Hanna two sets to zero.

Windom took the first set 6-3; however, the next set would see much more of a fight as Hanna would take six games. Windom went on to win the set 7-6, and make the overall meet 2-1 Jayhawks.

Kansas would also go on to take the next set as well, as Kansas’ senior Paulina Los defeated Andersson 2-0. With their backs against the wall, the Huskers got a much needed point from Zgierska who won her match 2-1. Zgierska was playing through an injury on her right leg, and was wearing tape on her right thigh.

“I just hurt myself a little bit during doubles,” Zgierska said.

“You just have to get over it and step on the court and it’s like a new game. So I just approach the singles and try to play my best, then care about the injury.”

Immediately after the ball fell on Zgierska’s court, and during her celebration for her personal victory, the Jayhawks’ senior Claire Dreyer wrapped up her match against Zeppernick to secure the overall victory for the Jayhawks.

Sulz then defeated Jayhawks sophomore Anastasija Trubica in three sets.

Despite how it ended, Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said he was still proud of how his team competed and is looking forward to the next match against Eastern Michigan.

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No. 63 Sophomore Maggy Lehmicke claimed victory both her single and doubles match on Saturday at the Nebraska Tennis center.

Lehmicke took down her singles opponent, junior Maria Belen Luduena, in straight sets by a score of 6-1, 6-4.

“I was incredibly proud of the effort in singles after the doubles point came down to basically one or two points,” Jacobson said.

“Then they come out and fight in the singles and fought as hard as

gymnastics: from 10 what I can contribute to the team,” Wong said. “We had our highest team score so far this season. And it was great that all 12 girls got to compete — that was probably the most exciting part of the night, to me.”

Nebraska started out on the vault, where they were led by Wong’s season-high 9.925. Aiding her was junior Desire’ Stephens with a 9.875, as well as sophomore Hollie Blanske and redshirt freshman Ariel Martin, with identical scores of 9.825.

The Gophers started out the night on the bars, where they got off to a rough start when sophomore Lindsay Mable fell. They finished on the uneven bars with a team score of 48.900, while the Amber baesler | dn Huskers finished the first rotation with 49.250.

Wong tied a career-best on the bars, with a 9.95, and matched In the second rotation, Neher season-high on floor with a 9.95, as the Huskers defeated the braska moved to the uneven bars, Gophers 196.975-195.900. where Wong led the team with a 9.95. After her were Blanske and junior Jennifer Lauer, who scored Nebraska hit the floor while na Nordquist led Minnesota on career-high, identical scores of 9.90. Minnesota moved on to the beam the beam with a 9.875, which tied Minnesota moved to vault, for the last rotation of the meet. Al- Huskers’ Lauer for first place. Alwhere junior Kylie Schermann led though freshman Ashley Lambert though DeZiel placed third, the Gothe team with a score of 9.85, plachad a faulty landing phers won the beam. ing her third overon her first pass, the “We had some uncharacteristic all. The Gophers’ team still finished the wobbles on beam, but I’m proud of It’s not senior Kayla Slechrotation in the them, too,” Kendig said. “Everyreally about third ta’s score of 9.825 lead. Wong’s leading body stayed on the beam, and that contributed to the the individual 9.95 performance had was impressive.” team score, but the crowd on their Overall, Kendig said he was Nebraska was still titles for me- it’s feet, clapping to the happy with the way the girls in the lead at the more about what saucy Spanish tune. stepped up in the meet and plans end of the second Following her score on using this week to fine-tune I can contribute to rotation with team was Blanske with a their skills. scores of 98.575- the team.” career-high 9.925 and “To me, what happened today 97.850.

Stephens tied her ca- just made us feel like we’re a lot Emily Wong In the third roreer-high of 9.85. deeper team than we were going gymnast tation, Nebraska “I was really imin (to the meet),” Kendig said. “We started out on pressed with what had a great meet and did well on beam and Minnewe did on the floor,” all four events, but can we do betsota headed to the floor. Nebraska Kendig said. “I think for Desire’ to ter? We can do better on all four was led by Lauer, who scored 9.875. be able to go full in for the first time events.”

DeZiel followed her with a 9.85 in and get a 9.85 from the judges will Nebraska will head to State Colher only event of the night. just up her confidence level. She’s lege, Pa., to compete against No. 24 Schermann led Minnesota on got great presentation out there, Penn State. The meet is slated for the floor, posting a score of 9.85. and I just feel like she’s going to Saturday at 4 p.m.

Going into the fourth rotation, Nesports@ keep getting better and better.” braska was leading 147.625-146.825. dailynebraskan.com Meanwhile, sophomore Han-

they ever fought. The match was basically decided by one or two points in the end.”

Jacobson said he remains confident that his team is moving in the right direction.

“Sometimes you play a level of competition that’s great, and so you just go out and give your best effort,” Jacobson said. “I don’t think it’s so much what’s going wrong as much as it’s (we’ve)

played some tough competition, and Kansas is just a little bit stronger than us today. You just look forward to the next opportunity.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling: from 10 Those are the matches we expect to win. I think Tim Lambert is really growing and understands his strengths. Caleb Kolb is really close. Both those guys lost controversial matches.”

Mark Manning wrestling coach

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Junior 157-pounder James Green kept his undefeated season alive against Illinois on Saturday.

Green won his dual by a 10-3 decision over No. 13 Zac Brunson.

“Tim Lambert and Caleb Kolb,” Nebraska coach Mark Manning said, “Those are the matches we expect to win. I think Tim Lambert is really growing and understands his strengths. Caleb Kolb is really close. Both those guys lost controversial matches. I mean we

had a backup official. We didn’t have the regular official and that’s all I can say about that.”

Even with the controversy, the Huskers were able to pull it together and walk away with another Big Ten dual win. The Huskers added to their away win streak, that

stands at seven wins.

Even though the Huskers could not pull out the upsets against Gonzalez and Delgado, the Huskers will have another chance against both men at the Big Ten championships in March. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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BIG TWO

Junior guard Tear’a Laudermill compiled a career-high day in points, with 26 on Saturday against Iowa. Laudermill also added three assists, four rebounds and a block in the game.

Nebraska’s Tear’a Laudermill, Jordan Hooper combine for 51 points on team’s way to defeating Iowa 80-67 on road

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ebraska women’s basketball team improved to 7-0 all time against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, with an 80-67 win in Iowa City, Iowa.

“It’s kind of odd because Iowa is a very good basketball team, and they have been for three years,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “They have been in the NCAA Tournament the last two years, and they’re on track to make that happen again this year. We played good basketball against them.”

The Huskers (15-5 overall, 5-3 conference), who lost two Big Ten games in a row, have begun to turn their record around by winning back-to-back conference games against Michigan and Iowa (17-6 overall, 5-4 conference).

Part of their success came as a result of junior guard Tear’a Lauder-

mill’s career-high performance, with 26 points, 4-of-6 from the 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line.

“It is so much fun to see a player mature as both a player and a person,” Yori said. “T is definitely doing that right in front of our eyes.

She is playing great basketball and having a lot of fun doing it. She was huge for us today.”

Laudermill’s and senior guard Jordan Hooper’s performances set the stage for the Husker win. With fewer than eight minutes left in the first half, both teams were tied at 19 points.

“We kind of just went cold,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said.

The game quickly slipped away from the Hawkeyes, as the Huskers put more pressure on defense and caused them to miss shots. On the other end of the court, Nebraska started dropping jump shots and

s t o r y b y N a t a sh a R a u s c h p h o t o b y J a ke C r a n d a l l Hooper contributed 7 points on the Huskers’ 14-0 run. She added 25 points and 13 rebounds total for the Huskers — her second consecutive double-double.

The first half ended with Nebraska in the lead, 38-27.

The Hawkeyes couldn’t lessen the Husker lead in the second half.

Their 11 turnovers throughout the game gave Nebraska a chance to beat them in transition play and take advantage of the extra possessions.

“I really don’t have a lot positive to say about this game,” Bluder said. “Nebraska played very well. They ran the ball extremely well. We only had 11 turnovers, but they made us pay for it.”

Hooper continued her shooting streak with 7 consecutive points in the second half, giving the Huskers an 18-point lead.

Neither bench, however, added very many points to the scoreboard

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WRESTLING

NU continues winning streak on the road Huskers take down the Illini 22-13 despite some controvery, extend road winning streak to 7 Austin Pistulka DN

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Senior Emily Wong competes on the uneven bars at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday against Minnesota Golden Gophers, and adds four event titles, which gives her 13 on the year. Wong also tallied a season-high on vault with a 9.925.

Nebraska topples Minnesota Vanessa Daves DN The No. 8 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team defeated the No. 14 Minnesota Gophers on Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, 196.975-195.900.

“Our hit ratio was really good, and we’re just a hair away from getting a 197,” Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said.

Although top-competitor junior Jessie DeZiel didn’t compete in three events because of soreness, Kendig said he was impressed with the way the rest of the team stepped up and

led them to victory.

“I’m really proud of the team,” Kendig said. “I felt like we had a good week of practice, and it’s nice to see a good week of practice transfer into a good competition. Not only (that), but we were able to do this without Jessie DeZiel, the first time in her career not doing all-around.”

A Nebraska athlete won every event. Senior Emily Wong scored four titles for herself, including the all-around title for the fourth time this season.

“It’s not really about the individual titles for me – it’s more about

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No. 8 Nebraska went on the road and claimed a 22-13 victory against No. 17 Illinois this past weekend.

Although the Huskers are happy with the win, controversy struck and made sure that the dual was anything but boring.

The controversy stemmed from the original Big Ten referee being unable to make it because of the weather. A backup referee was called and the dual began. The new referee would not have an effect on the dual until the last half.

The dual started with No. 5 junior Jake Sueflohn having to battle back after going into the third period down 3-1 to defeat redshirt sophomore Caleb Ervin of Illinois.

Sueflohn was able to get a takedown and ride Ervin out to get the 1-point bonus for riding time. That match started the momentum going forward for the Husker wrestling squad.

“We started out with great intensity,” junior Robert Kokesh said.

“We were confident. I was especially confident in Jake’s match. He’s a grinder; he’s going to keep coming

at you. I knew that by the end of the match he was going to be on top.”

No. 1 junior James Green stayed undefeated with a 7-point victory against Illinois’ No. 13 freshman Zac Brunson. Nebraska’s 165-pound sophomore Austin Wilson continued his skid in dual matches, losing to No. 13 junior Jackson Morse by a major decision. Wilson has fallen to 6-6 in dual meets this year. Outside of duals, Wilson only has three losses.

The Huskers took the next two matches with a technical fall and a major decision from Kokesh and freshman TJ Dudley, respectively.

Then the controversy struck in the 197-pound weight division.

No. 20 senior Caleb Kolb stepped onto the mat for the Huskers to take on No. 4 senior Mario Gonzalez. After three periods, the score was tied at 1. After the first sudden death overtime, there was no score. In the first 30-second overtime, Gonzalez got a reversal to bring the score to 3-1. The next 30-second overtime saw Kolb come up 1 point short after getting an escape.

Athletes and coaches did not want to say exactly what happened, other than the takedown, calls could have gone either way. It was similar in the 125-pound division between No. 9 freshman Husker Tim Lambert and No. 3 junior Jesse Delgado.

Delgado is the reigning NCAA champion at 125-pound. Lambert took him to overtime tied at 1. The NCAA champion scored a takedown that Kokesh said could have gone a number of different ways.

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