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tuesday, February 4, 2014 volume 114, issue 088

Inside Coverage

NU softball leaving last year behind

Bass Line

2013 WCWS qualifiers ready for 2014 season

Lincoln native Emily Bass has found her niche playing blues music. Bass, a single mother, has been pounding keys since childhood with her sister, an activity that goes on still today.

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Members of Bold Nebraska, an anti-Keystone XL pipeline activist group, rallied Monday morning to protest a new report from the State Department which found no significant environmental impacts with the construction of the pipeline.

2 Coca-Cola recognizes US diversity Backlash ignores reality of American diversity

4 Poetry in a time of war and conflict Noted poet Brian Turner speaks with the DN

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Two protesters outside of the Governor’s Mansion talk with one another during a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline. The rally, which happened at 5 p.m. Monday, was scheduled just 48 hours prior. The rush to publicly demonstrate discontent for the pipeline comes from the recent studies that have come out about the pipeline’s expected impact on the environment, which could be the driving force for Obama’s approval.

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bout 40 people showed up about 200,000 barrels of oil per day.

The pipeline’s fate rests on the to an impromptu rally at the Governor ’s Mansion to voice shoulders of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. Betheir opposition to the Keycause the pipeline crosses the Canastone XL pipeline. dian border, Obama has the power to On Friday, the State Department released the final Environmental Im- approve or deny their permit.

Bold argues that the pact Statement. The pipeline will cause enreport states that there ...farmers vironmental harms if a aren’t any major envileak happened across ronmental impacts from and the Nebraska Sand constructing the piperanchers are Hills, possibly tainting line. the Ogallala Aquifer.

The rally was orga- fighting for their “The State Departnized by Bold Nebrasment acknowledges ka, which is part of the livelihoods...” there is risk to our wavocal opposition to the Jane Kleeb ter, and Keystone XL pipeline. bold nebraska director will increase tarsands TransCanada, a Calproduction,” said Jane gary, Alberta, energy Kleeb, Bold Nebraska’s company, plans to build an oil pipeline from the oil sands of Al- director. “TransCanada is fighting for berta to the Texas Gulf Coast. The pipe- their bottom line, while farmers and ranchers are fighting for their liveliline would go from Alberta through hoods and the Ogallala Aquifer, which Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and at one point our governor stood with us to protect. We are in this fight to win Texas. If constructed, it would deliver

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Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska, talks with a participant in Monday’s rally against the Keystone XL pipeline, held outside of the Governor’s Mansion. This protest was one of a series of more than 300 vigils held throughout the United States in the past two days. Kleeb felt it was important to hold this particular vigil outside of Gov. Dave Heineman’s mansion because she feels as if he is responsible for the pipeline’s potentially dangerous route through Nebraska. “He’s the one who pretended the sandhills were much smaller in order to give TransCanada an out on a route,” Kleeb said.

Greek Affairs to reinstate Sigma Chi in May gabrielle Lazaro dn

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ed for a probationary period in 2011.

A year later, Sigma Chi returned to campus only to be suspended again in fall 2012 for being charged After a difficult five years hazing for procuring alcohol for minors. and sexual assault claims, probaSince then, different members tion and suspension, the Sigma Chi of Sigma Chi have attended various fraternity will once again return to workshops such Horizon Leaderthe University of Nebraska-Lincoln ship training, which is an event Greek system on May 1. that only 1 percent of undergradu“We had hit a point where our focus had to be on improving our ates can attend each year, according to Moore. Sigma Chi also hosted organization and becoming better workshops such as from that stance,” CHOICES, an alcosaid Sigma Chi All we hol and drug safety president and junior could do program and Mispre-architecture masion 365, which is an jor Alex Moore. “All was focus internal recruitment we could do was program. focus on improving on improving The fraternity ourselves and show ourselves.” also brought in Jack that there’s really Ehrke, a leadership good stuff coming Alex moore education graduate sigma chi president from Sigma Chi. We student, who lives in hoped that eventuthe house and serves ally we could find as a mentor. a common ground, and that’s what “Jack is instrumental,” Moore happened.” said. “He’s been great and a key to In 2009, former members filed our success through his connections lawsuits against the fraternity. One on campus, his leadership and helpmember claimed he had been hazed for months while another alleged he ing guys with academics. Academhad been sexually assaulted during ics are a huge focus for us – having him around to check papers, help an off-campus party. These incidents led to the fraternity’s four-year suspension, which was eventually liftsigma chi: see page 3

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Brian Swain, Dylan Mahler, Adam Bauer, Trevor Jorgensen and Mike Elofson eat dinner at Sigma Chi’s house next to Henzlik Hall. Sigma Chi members strengthen their brotherhood through philanthropies and participating in intramural activities.

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ON CAMPUS what: Test-Taking Strategies Academic Success Workshop when: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. where: Love Library South, Room 110

what: East Campus Health Promotion & Outreach Booth when: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. where: Nebraska East Union

Perlman holds meeting about $4.7 million deficit StAFF REPORT dn Chancellor Harvey Perlman held a closed-door meeting with campus leaders on Monday to address the budget reduction proposal of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s $4.7 million budget deficit.

During the meeting, Perlman indicated that UNL must address the university’s distance education program as part of the July 2014 budget. The current budget requires distance education, online and differential tuition funds to go to individual colleges; they are not used for the entire university budget.

The budget shortfall is largely because UNL’s budget increased revenues in distance, online and differential tuition programs, but they do not support the campus base budget, even though they fund individual colleges, according to UNL news director Steve Smith.

“It has created a budget problem that we have to address now,” Smith said.

Smith said he can’t comment on exactly on what will be in the budget reduction proposal, and it is in the preliminary stages.

The budget reduction pro-

posal will be sent to the Academic Planning Committee in the middle of March, and APC will have hearings and make recommendations for the chancellor in April.

“Our goal is to have the budget issues resolved before May commencement,” Smith said.

Members of the Academic Planning Committee, Deans and Directors, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the UNL senior administrative team, the presidents of the University Association for Administrative Development, University of Nebraska Office Professionals Association and the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska were included in the meeting at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.

The about 45 university members listened to Perlman talk about how to address the budget problem and then had a questionand-answer session, Smith said “This is a routine part early in the budget reallocation process,” Smith said.

The breakdown of the $4.7 million budget deficit includes UNL’s share of the University of Nebraska system’s deficit, the base revenue adjustment, which goes to operating expenses, maintenance and additional building

budget deficit by the numbers • UNL’s share of the NU-wide deficit: $800,113 • UNL Base Revenue Adjustment: $998,112 • Additional building operations and maintenance: $570,610 • Total Fiscal Year 2014 budget cut: $2,368,855 •UNL’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget deficit, carried forward: $2,289,442 •Total FY2014 deficit: $4,658,297

operations and last year’s budget deficit. news@ dailynebraskan.com

what: Prairie Schooner Winter Launch Event With Poet Brian Turner when: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q Street

what: Genetically Modified Comedy when: 9 p.m. where: The Cask, 728 Q Street

protest: from 1 and are confident Pres. Obama will make the right decision and deny the permit.”

While the pipeline is a divisive issue inside Nebraska, outside it is a partisan issue. Many Republicans support the pipeline because of the construction jobs it could create, while some Democrats oppose it because the expansion of tar sands oil could further the effects of climate change.

“The environmental analysis of Keystone XL released today once again supports the science that this pipeline would have minimal impact on the environment,” said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive officer in a press release.

“The next step is making a decision on a Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. I believe that this project continues to be in the national interest of the United States for two main reasons: supporting U.S. energy security and the thousands of jobs our multi-billion dollar project will create.”

Obama has placed a decision on the pipeline on the back burner — Keystone remained out of his State of the Union Address last Tuesday.

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UNL sports Ken Dewey as unofficial weather guru

During his career as a professor of climatology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ken Dewey has become the university’s unoffical weather guru as he has worked as a forecaster for Chancellor Harvey Perlman, Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler and Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, and he has even conducted regular weather updated on Lincoln’s KLIN morning show. Recently, Dewey has brought his climate and weather reporting to Facebook and Twitter, typing out monthly weather summaries, which has gained him interview requests from local media outlets. This has especially become the case since the National Weather Service’s office in Lincoln closed. Currently, Dewey helps run UNL’s Lincoln Weather and Climate website as well as a climate-related blog titled SNR Climate Corner.

Art professor featured in Drawing Magazine

Francisco Souto, an associate professor of art, is featured in the winter 2014 issue of Drawing Magazine. The article is named “In Search of Lost Time, Pencil in Hand,” and it discusses how a printmaking injury in 2006 led Souto to explore new forms of art. Souto’s current work involves drawing on paper, which he then laminates onto a wood panel. Next the panel is covered with a heavy, clear UV protective varnish which is then sanded with steel wool.

Souto finishes by adding more drawing onto the panel, layering it again with varnish before adding more drawing. Some of Souto’s recent work can be found in the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney and will also be a part of an exhibition in Lincoln in mid April at Keichel Fine Art.

Athletics accepting faculty, staff applications for baseball season passes

Husker Athletics is now accepting faculty and staff ticket applications for the 2014 baseball season.

Full-time faculty and staff can apply for two reduced rate tickets, however there is no discount for faculty and staff for general admission passes.

The cost for a season pass in the upper and lower levels of Haymarket Park is $279 for faculty and staff. Part-time employees can buy season tickets at the general public price of $310 and general admission season tickets can be purchased at $186 for adults and $124 for seniors and children.

IN LINCOLN what: Weight Loss Surgery: New Options & Support Information Session when: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: Bryan LifePointe Campus more information: Preregistration required: bryanhealth. org/calendar or 402481-5490

Campus briefs

Next E.N. Thompson Forum to focus on armed forces Amber baesler | DN

Father Robert Matya celebrates Monday night mass at the Newman Center. Father Matya has been serving there for 15 years and will continue at the new location as well.

Newman to complete student center by fall Staff report dn The Newman Center is on track to build its new church and student center, but a sorority house is the last part of the project that needs to be completed.

The $25 million project includes the finished house of Phi Kappa Theta, part of the sorority the Newman Center is helping start the new church and the new student center, said Jude Werner, director of development of the Newman Center.

The center has raised $16.6

million out of the $25 million project, but the center’s staff hopes to get more funding to complete the last phases of the project, he said.

“We trust God will provide,” Werner said.

The Newman Center has been constructing the new St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church since its members moved from their old center last March.

The student center will be finished by fall 2014, and the church center will be built by April 2015, Werner said.

The construction process so far has included additions of

geothermal wells that go more than 600 feet in the ground, basement walls, an elevator shaft and two stairwell towers.

By the end of this semester the new church and student center will have their steel frames up, which will shape the building, Werner said.

When students come back in the fall, they will see “a neat change,” Werner said.

In December of this year, they hope to move into student center because its construction will be complete. news@ dailyNebraskan.com

The next E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues will discuss issues surrounding today’s armed forces. Lincoln native Derek Chollet, the assistant secretary of defense in the Obama administration, as well as Andrew Bacevich, a military historian and author, will be led in a discussion moderated

by UNL history professor Tim Borstelmann on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. A pre-talk will be given by Lloyd Ambrosius, a UNL professor of history, at 6:30 p.m. in the Lied’s Steinhart Room. Chollet is an international security strategy adviser and also deals with policy issues relating to European, African and Middle Eastern nations and organizations. Prior to his appointment to the cabinet, Collet served as a special assistant to the president and was senior director for strategic planning on the National Security Council staff. Bacevich teaches at Boston University and has written several books that critique the United States military. Bacevich argues that political, military and economic crises facing the United States are intertwined.

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ASUN hopefuls turn to social media for votes Thanks to lower costs and looser rules, ASUN parties take to social media during campaign season REECE RISTAU DN Marlene Beyke remembers a time when students relied on big, colorful posters to spread a message.

Through the advent of Twitter and Facebook, students interested in being campus leaders can now reach hundreds of people instantly. Ignite for ASUN, a party running for the Association of

Students of the University of Nebraska elections, has about 500 followers on its social media accounts.

Beyke, the ASUN director, said the biggest change has been in the numbers.

“You reach more people with social media,” Beyke said. “When you get on Facebook and add your friends and they add their friends, you start with a base of 50 people and the numbers just skyrocket.”

She said when she looks at student election groups’ financial records after an election has been conducted, she noticed that more money is being spent on items such as T-shirts – physical items that can be handed out – and less on posters.

“Walking past a bulletin board in a specific college, people are not as prone to stop and read,”

Beyke said.

Kevin Knudson, the presidential candidate for Ignite and a junior political science major, said he understood the amount of people who could be affected by social media. The party took an alternative route when announcing its candidacy and did not make a statement in the Nebraska Union, as is typical, and instead posted a video.

“You can only reach so many people when you do that,” Knudson said.

The trend of using social media has increased in the past few years, according to ASUN president Eric Reznicek, a senior finance and marketing major.

Reznicek said he sometimes worried about groups that were not being reached.

“You do have to wonder who

you’re now not reaching as well,” Reznicek said. “Everyone has this perception that social media is something that reaches the world when, realistically, you’re still only reaching your friend circle.”

However, Reznicek said he understands there are significant benefits.

“There’s a two-way dialogue,” he said. “So, instead of just posting a poster saying ‘Vote,’ … you post that online and someone can respond.”

Social media becomes more infused with reaching students every semester. Last Wednesday, ASUN launched a Facebook page called “What-to-Fix UNL.” The page is designed for students to be able to post concerns about campus and for officials to respond efficiently.

Reznicek said traditional

methods, such as fliers, table tents and sidewalk chalk are still utilized. The difference with social media is that it’s safer for campaigning. He said there are many strict campaign rules about how long posters can remain posted that don’t apply to social media.

Getting more students to share platforms has also been an important aspect to social media. Knudson said this was the hope behind Ignite announcing its party with a video; the share feature.

No other parties have yet to announce their candidacy, online or in the union. The Ignite for ASUN Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook. com/IgniteforAsun and its Twitter page can be found at https:// twitter.com/IgniteASUN. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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ASUN exec sponsors 8-year-old Tyler Williams dn Cassidy Denney finished treatment for a rare tumor when she was 3 years old. But five years later, she might be developmentally delayed because of the amount of medications she took at a young age.

Cassidy was first admitted to the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in March 2006, where she was diagnosed with hepatic hemangioendothelioma, which is a non-cancerous, extremely rare tumor on the liver.

Because of its rarity, all of Cassidy’s treatments were experimental, and as the tumor grew, it affected her heart, lungs, thyroid, circulation and ability to eat. She began chemotherapy at 5 months old, was prescribed nine separate medications, put on 24-hour oxygen and had to use a feeding tube. At 6 months, her doctors contemplated a liver transplant, but her condition began to improve.

Jeff Story, Association of Stu-

dents of the University of Nebraska’s external vice president and Dance Marathon volunteer, is sponsoring the 8-year-old as part of a Dance Marathon event to raise money for the Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha.

Dance Marathon, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student organization, is hosting its annual dance marathon on Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the UNL Campus Recreation Center.

The marathon is part of a nationwide movement that began in 1991 in memory of Ryan White to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in their communities. The movement has grown to include more than 150 schools and raised more the $400,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network in the past 10 years.

Story is one of many students registering and dancing at the marathon to benefit families such as the Denneys. He said there were two reasons why he volunteered to sponsor.

It’s a good feeling being apart of something bigger than yourself, and you’re raising money for a good cause.” hannah riggle

senior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major

“I have heard nothing but positive things about the event and wanted to take part in the goodwill for families,” he said.

“Secondly, my fraternity (Phi Delta Theta) has never been involved in (Dance Marathon) before, so we made it a goal to get more active participation from our members this year.”

Story and other representatives are asking for donations to sponsor dancers, and entry fees will also go toward Children’s Hospital and Medical Center.

He will be helping in the family room during the actual event, making sure all the family members and miracle children are comfortable watching the event as well as being a friendly face.

Hannah Riggle, a senior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major, is participating as a family representative for the fourth time.

“It’s a good feeling being apart of something bigger than yourself, and you’re raising money for a good cause,” Riggle said.

Individuals interested in registering to dance can go to Dance Marathon’s website, http:// dm.unl.edu/. Individuals can also donate and learn more about the Dance Marathon movement and its impact on Children’s Miracle Network at that web address. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL prepares for winter storm Nam Tran DN Lincoln is in a snow emergency.

The city government made the announcement at 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. The city could face 5 inches with wind chills reaching 10 or 15 degrees below zero on Tuesday, with several more inches possible by Wednesday.

During a snow emergency parking will be banned on emergency snow routes, bus routes, arterial streets and routes and other major streets. A map of the snow routes are available on lincoln.ne.gov.

Central and south central Nebraska is also under a winter weather advisory, which will extend throughout Tuesday to 6 a.m.

Wednesday morning.

“The heavier snow will come Tuesday afternoon for the afternoon drive, and the Lincoln area is expecting probably 3 to 4 inches by early evening Tuesday,” said Scott Dergen, meterologist at the National Weather Service Support Center in the Valley area. “When it’s all set, it should be done before sunrise or around sunrise on Wednesday.”

The University of NebraskaLincoln’s Landscape Services is making sure all of its equipment is ready, said Eileen Bergt, assistant director of Landscape Services.

“We have staff coming in early at 6,” Bergt said. “If it snows significantly more on Monday night, we’re going to get them in earlier.”

Because the major part of the storm will start about 11 a.m., Bergt said staff will be clearing snow throughout the day.

“Right now, we’re waiting just like everybody else,” she said.

The decision to close the university is made by Chancellor Harvey Perlman, with recommendations by the vice chancellor for business and finance. Some of the factors taken into consideration are safety or security concerns; local and regional travel conditions; weather advisories;

big ten briefs former mayor to teach classes at minnesota

The former mayor of Minneapolis will teach several courses at the University of Minnesota. R.T. Rybak served as mayor for 12 years, stepping aside in January. Last week, he took on a new role, instructing a class titled “Mayor 101.”

Rybak will also teach a course called Generation Next, which will focus on closing the gap between middle-white class students and low-income minority students in Minneapolis.

The course is part of a university-wide initiative called “Retaining all Our Students,” which is focused on increasing the first-year retention rate of lowincome students.

Iowa receives $17.2 million for auto safety research

The University of Iowa received $17.2 million through three grants to research automotive safety. The funds are provide as part of the Safety Research and Education Program, which was established by the recent Toyota Economic Loss class action settlement in California.

The money will fund national surveys and educational campaigns on vehicle safety technologies, as well as a study on the impact of age on driving behavior.

The research team is partnered with the National Safety Council and hopes to reach 90 percent of U.S. adults with the educational campaigns.

The University of Iowa has conducted driver safety research for 25 years and has access to an advanced driving simulator.

Wisconsin study: same-sex classes might not be better than co-ed

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Lincoln could face up to 5 inches of snow throughout the day Tuesday and possibly more into Wednesday with wind chills reaching 10 to 15 degrees below zero. campus conditions and available campus resources, said UNL News Director Steve Smith in an email.

Since 2009, UNL has decided to cancel classes a few times. Evening class were canceled on Dec. 8, 2009, and all classes were canceled the next day. In 2011, classes were canceled on Jan. 10 and 11 because a large snowstorm coincided with the first day of the spring 2011 semester during students’ return.

Last year, classes were canceled on Feb. 21 during Winter Storm Q. On average, Lincoln receives 25.9 inches of snow during a normal season. This season, Lincoln has only receive 10.1 inches of snow, most of which came from the snowstorm on Dec. 7 and 8.

“Of course, snow removal is the biggest part of Landscape Services’ role on campus during a winter weather event,” Smith said. “Their job is to work to get the campus open in time for morning classes and remove snow if it accumulates during the day. All department personnel are involved in snow removal to make the campus as accessible as possible.”

Students can sign up for UNL Alerts at unlalert.unl.edu to receive up-to-the-minute details on any weather-related closures via e-mail and/or text massage. All students, whether they are from Lincoln or from other places where snow and cold weather may be less predominant, should be prepared for

Nebraska’s winter weather, Smith said. He encouraged students to look through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s preparedness guidelines at http://emergency. unl.edu/students/winterpreparedness.shtml.

“We’re also reminding the UNL community via social media on Monday about these resources and guidelines so everyone can take the appropriate precautions,” Smith said. “Winter in Nebraska can be an adventure, so it’s our goal to make sure everyone is aware and ready and, if necessary, can take steps to ensure their personal safety and well-being.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Service opportunities set for break Diego de los Reyes dn The Center for Civic Engagement is offering students the chance to travel outside their bubble, learn about different experiences and help others through its Alternative Service Breaks, or ASB. Shelby Bates, a secondary special education major and student employee at the center, said that these service breaks are not only an opportunity to travel to different locations for a reasonable cost but also to serve the larger community in the country or abroad.

“The primary goal is to find some topic that students are interested in and that they could learn more about,” she said.

Some of the topics include disaster mitigation, homelessness and different cultures.

From March 22 to 27, the center is offering three possible locations for the service break experiences: Denver, St. Louis and Macy, Neb. They expect 10 to 15 students per destination, and they will travel in University of Nebraska-Lincoln vans.

“In Aurora, which is just a suburb of Denver, the number of (African) refugees is rapidly increasing,” Bates said. “They’re just now developing a new refugee complex.”

She added that the main theme of this experience will be cultural awareness.

In St. Louis, the theme is homelessness.

“They’ll be staying at a day shelter called The Bridge,” Bates said. “They’ll be staying where the day shelter is located, and they’ll be helping to do different community cleanup projects.”

The third option is Macy, Neb., which is within the Omaha Reservation, and it will focus on education.

Students in this service break will be doing projects based on what the elementary, middle and high schools in the area need.

McKenzie Bailey, an junior elementary education major, spent her last spring break at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and wants to go on the trip to St. Louis.

“We looked at their education

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Students in same-sex classrooms may not provide any educational or social benefits in comparison to co-ed classes, according to a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The study is the largest and most thorough effort to examine the issue to date.

The belief that boys do better verbally in a same-sex classroom were not supported by the study, nor was there evidence that girls in all-girl classrooms performed better in math and science or had higher self-confidence.

The researcher cited other social psychology theories, suggesting that gender segregation contributes to stereotypes. The study was published in the online Psychological Bulletin on Feb. 3.

ILLINOIS RESEARCHERS CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE PAPER PRODUCTS

Two researchers at the University of Illinois are working to develop more sustainable paper products using grass fibers. Eric Benson, a professor of graphic design, and Steve Kostell, a professor of art and design, are collaborators in Fresh Press, which is a research project focused on using indigenous fibers and agricultural waste to make paper products.

Benson and Kostell hope their work might provide corrugated cardboard, laminated building materials or maybe the insulation in art gallery walls.

The pair has experimented with fiber plant pulp from corn stalks, soybean vines, tomato plants sunflower stems, rye and prairie grasses, the two want to reduce the number of trees cut to make tree pulp for paper.

Beyond trying new plant pulps, the researchers have used agricultural waste from the university’s Sustainable Student Farm. To be more environmentally friendly, the paper is bleached through ultraviolet lights instead of chemicals.

The researchers hope to also boost the local economy by buying agricultural waste from farmers.

—Compiled by mara klecker news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Center for Civic Engagement is planning three possible locations for alternative service breaks during March, including Denver, St. Louis and Macy, Neb. system and how it was run,” Bailey said. “We got to see the community life too, and got a little bit of the insight into the culture there.”

Both Bates and Bailey emphasized the learning that goes on these service breaks experience.

“I guess I had just sort of a trivialized idea of what service meant, like volunteering your time and stuff like that but going there, what hit me the most was the personal impact.”

Bailey commented.

Students interested can attend informational meetings this week at the Center for Civil Engagement, at the Nebraska Union in room 222.

The first session will be Tuesday at 5 p.m. and the second Wednesday at noon.

Information provided at the meeting would depend on the students who show up, Bates said.

“If it’s a group of students that have never gone before, the primary

I guess I had just sort of a trivialized idea of what service meant ... what hit me the most was the personal impact.”

McKenzie bailey junior elementary education major

focus would be what is an ASB and if that is something they are interested in,” Bates said. “And then for the students who have been in one before it would be more (about) what we’re serving, what projects the can expect to do, and what sites can see in the city.”

Students can apply at the Center for Civil Engagement, and get more information at their site at http://engage.unl.edu/asb. The application needs a $25 deposit, and the whole

trip is expected to cost between $175 and $275.

“For me, it’s not only volunteering, because you’re also traveling, and you’re experiencing the world,” Bates said, “I definitely get something from it, so you’re not only paying to volunteer, you’re paying to learn about something else, to become more well rounded and to have an experience that you typically wouldn’t have.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

study for tests and watch over study hours is pivotal to where we’re at.”

Throughout this process, Sigma Chi members tried to keep things as normal as possible by continuing on with their Monday night dinners and chapter. They also still participated in community service and philanthropies. But continuing to grow in numbers was somewhat of a challenge, Moore said.

“It was definitely harder,” he said. “We couldn’t get the Greek applications people fill out so basically we strategized how we did recruitment. … We got alumni help and started getting out there and meeting people to bring into the house who would be good members. We got pretty good at that and that was a huge key to our success.”

These efforts led to the fraternity doubling in size. Moore hopes to have more than 50 members by the start of next year.

However, the fraternity is also more selective when choosing members than they were in the past.

“We’re really looking for a 3.0 GPA and above,” Moore said. “GPA is huge … We’re looking for guys that are motivated and willing to take on challenges. We have to have involvement from everyone if we’re going to maintain success.”

Members started to have a feeling they’d be brought back to the UNL Greek system in December, and about a month ago it was made official at a meeting between the international fraternity, local alumni and the university, Moore said.

“I’m very optimistic, they’ve been working very hard in terms of workshops and seminars that they’ve been attending to learn how to have a model chapter,” said Juan Franco, vice chancellor for student affairs. “I’m particularly pleased that the alumni board has been working with them closely.

Often times that’s what lacking. In this particular case, they’ve very involved.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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campus pro-tips:

winter preparedness

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Lincoln could be in for several inches of snow throughout Tuesday and possibly Wednesday morning. Whether or not class is canceled, cold and slush are a reality we will likely have to live with. Here are a few tips for dealing with the winter weather.

1. Wear layers and scarves, gloves and hats. Nebraska wind doesn’t care about that Northface. It doesn’t care about those two sweaters you’re wearing under it either. It may care about three pairs of pants, four pairs of socks, six sweaters, two hats, two pairs of gloves and a ski mask. Think “I can’t put my arms down!” in “A Christmas Story.”

2. Give yourself some extra time to walk to class. Look for ice. Do you want to be that person who falls in the middle of the crosswalk by Henzlik, your books spilling from your bag and sliding across Vine Street, tripping other students and causing mass destruction?

3. Remember the rules of the road and common sense. Contrary to popular belief, they actually haven’t changed.

4. Keep eating. Bring canned goods in your backpack. You cannot predict just how long it could take you to get from Burnett to the union in these conditions. It could be weeks, man.

5. Wear boots. Not Uggs. Real, water-proof boots. (This is assuming you value the existence of your feet, which admittedly you may not.)

6. Take time to heat up your car. Invest in Rain-X. Have a scraper with a brush. Don’t be the reason 14th Street gets shut down during rush hour, all because “eh, I’ll make it without scraping,” but you just drove your car into Noodles & Company.

7. Don’t turn your heat too far up or down. Don’t burst your pipes or crank up your heating bill. (You don’t pay the heating bill for Duffy’s do you? Go hang out there.)

8. Consider keeping a shovel in your trunk. You tell yourself a Husker linebacker will show up to dig you out of your parking spot after class, but one probably won’t.

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Coke commercial celebrates diversity

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merica the beautiful. A melting pot of nearly every culture and language in this world.

America, the byproduct of immigration from every corner of the globe.

A multilingual America.

Coca-Cola, a multinational corporation with a diverse consumer base (and a Turkish American CEO, Muhtar Kent), decided to show that diversity in its “America the Beautiful” Super Bowl advertisement on Sunday.

This was met with anger and hostility from some.

And that hostility is hypocritical.

If you think this commercial doesn’t represent American values, you’re mistaken. As a Huffington Post article says, we live in a country where the inhabitants speak 381 languages, where one-eighth of our population is foreignborn and where there is no official language.

We are a nation of immigrants. Unless you are indigenous and speak a tribal tongue, the use of any other language (including English) is the product of that immigration, and thus is “un-American” by the standard of everyone tweeting #SpeakAmerican.

My question is simple: What exactly does it mean to speak “American”?

Many Americans speak English because of our foundation as a former British colony.

Yet none of us speak proper olde English. The United States’ dialect of English is very different from the English many of our ancestors spoke. Unless you’re speaking the olde English of our British colonist founders, you’re not speaking “American.”

Speaking of our British roots, our first presidents were not only initially British citizens, but also spoke several languages. As the idea of our nation was conceived, the importance of multilingualism as a building block was apparent.

Not only is understanding several languages an important skill in the American marketplace, understanding the different vernacular within regions of the U.S. is integral.

There are several dialects of English spoken in the United States. Is someone speaking less fluently in “American” if they use a Southern dialect and speak with Southern slang? Or is the Midwestern English speaker more American solely due to having a less

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pronounced accent? What about those who speak fluent English with a noticeably foreign accent?

Are any of those people less “American” than the other? It’s problematic to associate patriotism with one language or dialect in the multicultural society we live in.

Language use evolves along with its people. And the people of the United States don’t only speak English. Also, if you’re going to tweet about speaking “American” (and I’m assuming you mean Americanized English), the least you could do is be grammatically correct and spelling error-free. Tweets like “Your in America, speak American” don’t constitute as proper English/“American.”

If you fail at understanding the quoted grammatical error above, please review your fourth grade English/“American” lessons immediately.

For whatever reason, feelings of resentment are provoked by this Super Bowl ad. Xenophobic Americans feel that the presence of non-English languages representing our country somehow threatens their preconceived idea of what it means to be American.

I feel as though they forget their heritage.

Many of us are descendants of non-English speaking immigrants, some of whom came to this country without English fluency (and never acquired fluency). Oftentimes, first-generation immigrants are in the process of learning.

Are they any less American than their children and grandchildren who will acquire fluency?

It should also be noted that those involved in the commercial were singing AMERICA the beautiful. They weren’t singing about their country of origin. That in and of itself is a patriotic statement.

English, Spanish and several other languages were spoken/sung in the Super Bowl

ad. Thinking locally, a report by Lincoln Public Schools showed that we live in a city where more than 50 languages are spoken by students receiving an education in our schools.

In other words, English isn’t the sole language that represents this country, state, or city.

If you want to take a look at the West Coast, there are several cities where Spanish is the predominantly spoken language. Go to the East Coast, and you’ll find plenty of people learning and speaking French as a way to communicate with their French Canadian neighbors.

If you’re going to boycott Coca-Cola for its supposed “un-American” advertisement, you should rethink your reasoning. If you’re thinking of switching over to Coke’s rival Pepsi because they’re somehow more perceivably “American,” please remember Pepsi’s CEO Indra Nooyi is from India.

Hell, if you’re going to boycott “un-American” products, good luck buying anything in the near future. The laptop or cellphone you’re using to post #SpeakAmerican on Twitter instead of paying attention in a lecture hall? The parts of it were gathered from all around the world, and more than likely manufactured in Asia.

“E pluribus unum,” which is printed on some of our currency, translates to “Out of many, one.” One nation made from the contributions of its diverse citizenry, not all of whom speak English as a first language (or at all, in some cases).

Our country is diverse, and the Coca-Cola ad demonstrated that beautifully.

Also, as NBC pointed out, an overlooked aspect of the Coca-Cola ad: It was the first Super Bowl advertisement with a gay family in it. Another overlooked fact: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the Beautiful” was a lesbian, according to the New York Times.

Coca-Cola gave Super Bowl viewers a glimpse at what America truly looks like: ethnically diverse, multilingual and continuing to become more LGBT-friendly. #America #Pride Damien Croghan is a senior newseditorial and global studies major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Super Bowl brings light to society’s ignorance of issues

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couldn’t believe my eyes after watching the Super Bowl, and I’m not talking about the game. I was absolutely amused by all that anted up Super Bowl Sunday into the biggest American sporting event of the year yet completely disgusted by it. Like any writer, I sat and took note of anything I could turn into a story, but my list of observations turned into a list of accusations that I couldn’t refrain from addressing.

According to the A 21 Campaign, a non-profit that works to fight human trafficking, the Super Bowl is the single largest magnet for sex trafficking and child prostitution in the United States. You’re probably wondering what sex trafficking has to do with the Super Bowl. In theory, hundreds of hungry fans swarm into New York and New Jersey, and other host cities, with an increased demand for sex and, in turn, sex trafficking. Keep in mind that these crimes happen every day, in every state and all around the world, not just during the Super Bowl. However, sex crimes started spinning out of control a few years ago. Since then, the Super Bowl has continued to be a focal point for the A 21 Campaign and other anti-trafficking awareness movements such as I’ve Got a Name, a local non-profit I work with.

Sex trafficking is often passed off as prostitution, so it’s not too surprising that people don’t want to believe in this correlation between human trafficking and the Super Bowl. Deadspin and other publications have clearly noted their bewilderment on this pressing issue. Contributing to the widespread ignorance on the issue is NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy. He’s repeated the same message for the last three years, that the Super Bowl’s status as a human-trafficking phenomenon is an urban legend. Hah, whatever you need to tell yourself to make you sleep at night, right? Wrong. History has shown that the truth is always revealed in situations such as these. In fact, the relationship between sex crimes and the Super Bowl was affirmed just the other day when the New York Police Department shut down a high-priced Asian prostitution ring operating near Super Bowl Boulevard.

Leading up to the Super Bowl, ring leaders sent a mass text message to their customers that read, “New sexy & beautiful girls R in town waiting for u,” said State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. These women were provided with cocaine, crack and other drugs by two dealers who were arrested alongside the ring members. Considering this and

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the number of studies saying a third of child runaways in the United States are trafficked into the sex industry, it’s presumptuous to say these women are indeed prostitutes. Further investigation is being done to identify any victims of sex trafficking. But the fact is these crimes are happening every day.

The Super Bowl is a representation of just how far our society will go to put issues as serious as sex trafficking on the back burner. With a dad in public relations and an eye out for propaganda, I’ve always been fascinated by the notorious Super Bowl commercials. Aside from Butterfinger ’s latest, gone are the days of simple, humorous advertisements. Particularly during the Super Bowl, when everyone is watching, you’re likely to see feel-good commercials more focused on reaching the masses than being complete-

ly authentic. Basically the brilliant advertisers of our world are doing everything in their power to make you forget all your troubles and fake a smile for 30 seconds.

And you don’t even think twice about it.

It works. Sometimes a commercial is produced so well it actually makes me want to buy what its selling.

With other commercials, though, I see right through their marketing tactics. You know, something just doesn’t sit right with me when Axe, a brand with a sexdrenched past, changes the delivery of its message. It tries to make more people buy the product, only to send the same message that pissed everyone off in the first place. Previously, Axe branded itself with half naked women running on the beach in slow motion. However, this year, Axe tried to get the people back on its side with the latest commercial, which launched the line “Axe Peace.” The commercial shows several situations where tyrants and dictators come close to violence but end up kissing the woman of their dreams instead of pulling the trigger. Still, Axe sends the same message: If you wear our product, you can get any woman in the world, oh and you can #kissforpeace? Yeah, I really want to put my trust in Axe cologne. The contradiction continues.

I enjoyed the Chevrolet commercial that supported World Cancer Day. But I was bothered that the company used something that has real and tremendous effects on many people’s lives to capitalize on the consumers. I do see the company’s intentions, consider that a handful of the employees could have fought the battle of cancer and appreciated the gesture made by their company. But at the end of the day, we all know what the purpose of any $4 million commercial is: to make the $4 million back, and then some.

We live in a world where it’s become easier to turn our heads than to face the difficulties within reality. Money and power trump voice and reason, and contradiction can be disguised as truth. The choice is ultimately up to us as consumers to pick and choose which companies we’re going to give our buck and more importantly, which issues we’re going to pay attention to. The Super Bowl is merely one day where our own societal repercussions are brought forward. If we want to address any of them, we ought to start by being honest with ourselves.

Gabriella Parsons is a freshman journalism major.

Reach her via twitter at @gab___i (that’s 3 underscores) or at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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The latest issue of the Prairie Schooner is focused on war and conflict. The issue is being edited by Brian Turner, a noted war poet.

Prairie Schooner’s event will launch ‘War and Conflict’ spectives.

“This collection seems to not be Event will introduce really concerned with a specific time zone or place,” she said. “It menWinter Issue that tions the Civil War, the Gulf War, examines conflicts World War Two. It mentions people of a lot of different ages and profiles. around world from We have accounts from soldiers various perspectives who served and family members and spouses.”

At the beginning of the event, a UNL grad student who grew up Zach Fulciniti in Iran will discuss his childhood DN and memories of conflict. Attendees will then hear from several other In previous years, the University of UNL students who have been exNebraska literary journal, the Prai- posed to war zones. The event will rie Schooner, has had portfolio is- also feature a multimedia presentasues that’ve dealt with themes such tion from photojournalist Elliot D. as Native American or Irish writing. Woods as part of his ongoing “AsBut the 2013 Winter Issue takes signment Afghanistan” project. on an issue directly impacting much “War and Conflict” arose as of the world today: “War and Cona potential issue for the Schooner flict.” when Turner visited Lincoln in De“We are currently in conflict as cember 2012. His reading was popua country around lar with students the world and and faculty, Kunhave been for kel said. over a decade,” “He talked what are you looking e d i t o r- i n - c h i e f about the responKwame Dawes forward to reading sibility we all said. “And I think should carry for in the latest Prairie people underesthe experiences Schooner?

Let us timate how rein a war zone,” markable that is.” she said. “The know at @dnartsdesk The war in impetus was to on Twitter.

Afghanistan, let him have a which began in platform to show late 2001, is offia wide range of cially the longest war in American experiences and authors. He feels history. The Winter Issue gives the passionate about educating and faperspective of those affected by that cilitating conversations about war war and others. The guest editor, and conflict. We knew he could put Iraq War veteran and poet Brian together a wonderful collection of Turner, will be speaking at the Winwriters and dialogues.” ter Issue Launch Event on Tuesday.

The 2013 Winter Issue event will The Launch Event, which will close with a printed roundtable disbe held at the Great Plains Art Mu- cussion. seum and begins at 7:30 p.m., will “It’s kind of like an interview but also feature readings from several with five people answering,” Kunkel Schooner contributors, including said. “It creates differing opinions Ted Genoways, who translated sev- around the same subject. Questions eral poems for the issue, and Mihae- like ‘Are there even heroes in war la Moscaliuc, who wrote an essay still?’ All five people in that printed titled “Apples.” discussion have very different re“What I’m looking forward to sponses. It was cool to say there’s about the event is seeing the writing no final word, there’s no conclusive come to life,” managing editor Mar- opinion about war and conflict.” ianne Kunkel said. “The themes, the The Winter Launch Event will quarrels, the memories that haunt be free and open to the public. the print issue investigated aloud “One of the things I think this and in a group of people in a mix of event will do is put a human face to presenters and audience.” the idea of conflict and the idea of The issue takes on a topic not war,” Dawes said. “I’m looking fortypically associated with creative ward to that.” writing, Kunkel said, and it explores arts@ that topic through a variety of perdailynebraskan.com

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Emily Bass is a mainstay in the Lincoln music scene bringing people back for many years to hear her folksy, bluesy style.

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orking two jobs while trying to raise a child would be enough to make the most determined individual want to curl up, watch Netflix and hide from any other responsibilities at the end of the day.

However, at the end of a long day, Emily Bass still finds time for her passion: music.

It’s not surprising with her musical background that playing shows is part of Bass’s weekly repertoire.

“My folks are both very

musical, and I have an older sister – they put her in piano lessons when she was 5 years old, and I was 3,” Bass said.

“My folks tell me, I don’t remember this, but they tell me that I would hear what she was playing and go to the piano and play it right after she was done. So they, at that point, decided to put me in lessons.”

After beginning lessons at 4, Bass’s affinity for music continued to grow. She has learned to play several other instruments over the years but

none that has resonated quite like playing the piano.

“I played classical music in high school and a little bit in college at Wesleyan,” she said. “And then I got a job playing blues piano, and it really just stuck, so I really dove into that and kind of nerded out on it, and it has been what I’ve been doing ever sense.”

Although originally born in Lincoln, she moved to Boston for nine years before returning to Nebraska. While her city changed, her love of music prevailed. The single

mother now plays at five every Monday night at the Zoo Bar. Often she plays piano and sings blue by herself, however, on certain Mondays she is accompanied by one or two harmonica players. Her sister, Anna DeGraff, who is the lead singer of The Blues Messengers sometimes joins Bass on Mondays to do harmony.

“It’s some of the most fun I’m ever had,” DeGraff said.

“Almost every Monday I play with her at the Zoo Bar. I stick to vocals with her. We’re both

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Iraq veteran, poet Brian Turner works with UNL’s literary magazine His poetry on war has gained much attention across US, memoir will be published September Hannah Ratliff DN Iraq veteran, author and poet Brian Turner recently spoke with the Daily Nebraskan on his experiences with war, his history with writing and his involvement with UNL literary magazine Prairie Schooner. Turner’s poetry on war, love and loss has gained attention from veterans and citizens alike for its perspective into the day-to-day experiences of a soldier in combat.

Turner’s next book, his own memoir, is anticipated to be published in the U.S. this September.

Daily Nebraskan: When did you first start writing poetry?

Brian Turner: I’m trying to remember which poet answered that question with “When did everybody else stop writing it?” When we’re little kids – I think it was William Stafford that said that – but when I was a little kid, like many other little kids, I guess before I can even remember. And then I kind of stopped writing when I was maybe 9 or 10 years old. I stopped writing poetry or writing poems, but when I was a teenager I had a band so I was thinking maybe poetry would help me write better lyrics for that band, so I started taking it more seriously.

DN: What is it about poetry that you like more than other mediums you could use to express yourself?

BT: Well I also write other things, too. I’ve written a series of short stories but mostly essays. And what I like about the essay, with an essay, it sort of feels like you can wander the page, walk the imagination and follow up on tangents and things like that more.

Poetry, I think, has that available, but that’s not usually how I approach it.

One of the things I really love about poetry and I think learning that it exists, for me, is like there are things that need to be said, and there’s no other way to say them. So that’s why, in those cases, the poem is the right example for what needs to be said.

DN: How did you get involved with Prairie Schooner?

BT: You know, Kwame (Dawes) was very kind and invited me to guest edit the issue, the “A War Portfolio” part and also was just a really wonderful sort of mentor in the background, guiding the process, and I was also working with Marianne (Kunkel), and the two of them were just really clearly helpful and inviting to me. To bring me on as a part of their much longer, much deeper conversation about literature that they take on issue by issue with Prairie Schooner, it’s one of the finest (magazines) in the country, so I was honored to be a part of it. (Dawes) is one of the people I look up to. He’s one of America’s great writers. You have a real gem there in Lincoln with Kwame Dawes.

DN: When did you serve in Iraq?

BT: I served one time in 2003 to 2004, with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. I went back in 2010-2011, just a few years ago, with National Geographic, not as a soldier but as a writer, and I went to Baghdad specifically. I wrote “Here, Bullet” in my notebooks when I was in Iraq, I was a sergeant in the Infantry, so the poems I wrote in my notebook were

I was learning, at least, how to listen to the moment. To try to vitally describe it within the poem.” brian turner veteran, poet

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Brian Turner will be guest editing the latest issue of the Prairie Schooner, UNL’s literary magazine. Turner, an Iraq veteran, is known for his poetry written about his experiences with the war. collected once I came back, and I sent them to Alice James Books as part of a contest they had, and it was chosen to be published that year. The second book of poetry is called “Phantom Noise”, and that book is written after, not too long, but a few years afterwards. And I think they kind of work as bookends, “Here, Bullet” is sort of a soldier in the war and then “Phantom Noise” is more of the war in the soldier that comes home, or the war that comes home. I’m just now finishing up a memoir coming out this year called “My Life as a Foreign Country,” and that’s going to be published by WW

Norton in September. That book is prose, so like I said earlier, some of the things that come up in the poems, and in the memoir as well, are much more generational. So the first two books are poetry, and they’re very close to my own experience and those around me, while the memoir is more generational and goes back to different wars and is more connected to my family.

DN: How did your experiences in Iraq influence your work?

BT: Well, if you looked at the work I wrote before “Here, Bullet,” and before going through that, I had much longer, more musical lines –

then I went to Iraq. And I think that as a writer I was often superimposing my own voice over many different subjects, and then when I was in Iraq, things changed. I felt more, in a sense, as a writer who’s in a sort of witness mode – the idea is that the lines became much more spare, more direct and more clear. I think that was because rather than superimposing my voice over subjects, or the moment, I was learning, at least, how to listen to the moment. To try to vitally describe it within the poem or bring it to life in the poem.

DN: Do you think you write about war as a cathartic process for yourself, or so that citizens can better understand what war is like?

BT: I think it’s a little bit of both, I don’t think there’s a dividing line, there’s probably a border shared. What I mean by that is, it goes back to [Robert] Frost’s maxim of, “No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.” But if I rewind myself to when I was a Sergeant in Iraq writing poems, it didn’t feel cathartic at the time because I still have the same pressures to bring me back to the page the next time I had a chance to write. There was potential dying, being mangled, being wounded psychologically, and there were people around me who were having that happen to them. All of that was still possible, so the same pres-

sures were involved in the moment.

When I look back over time, though, even though I would have said, at the time, “It’s not cathartic,” when I look back, I can see that you know, the poems and the notebooks were the things where the larger part of my imagination could speak its mind or be a part of the moment. As a Sergeant, I was often quoting poems or speaking in a sort of poetic language during the moment, if that makes sense. But Sergeant Turner, as a role, is too small of a space for any human being to live in, so the notebooks were the place where I could enlarge my imagination.

But the poems, if I go back to the Frost quote, if there’s surprise and tears in the writer, hopefully if it’s shared with the reader, then perhaps they might find their own. That’s part of the hope, I suppose, in communication of what a poem might do.

DN: What kinds of things would you write about before you went to Iraq?

BT: Well, I wrote on a wide variety of subjects. I wrote about a failed marriage, I wrote about invention, I wrote about intimacy, I wrote a book about work and labor, many different manuscripts, you know. So the poems made it into publication, but none of those manuscripts made it into publication as a book. They were very dif-

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Independent artist enjoys musical freedom if you go

Folk singer Orion Walsh will perform his new album ‘The Tale of a Broken Compass’ at Zoo Bar

what: Orion Walsh Performs during Lincoln Exposed when: Feb. 5 at 10:45 p.m. where: The Zoo Bar how much: $6

Staff Report DN A few years ago, Orion Walsh’s friend gave him some advice.

“It seems to me like you’re just a broken compass,” he said.

“You don’t know what direction you’re going.”

This year Walsh took the analjennifer gotrik | dn ogy and titled his new album “The Orion Walsh is a folk singer-songwriter from Nebraska who has Tale of the Broken Compass.” spent the last decade touring and putting out albums. He will Although the influences of be performing songs from his most recent album “The Tale of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie are still apparent a Broken Compass” at Zoo Bar on Wednesday night, as part of in his music, this album differs Lincoln Exposed. from the rest in that it’s more solemn and down-tempoed than his artist have a lot of people writthe Zoo Bar. past two albums and EPs. As an independent artist, ing for them. They’re told what “This album is definitely a Walsh feels fortunate in having to wear, they’re told what to do, more raw folk sound, with nothand the label makers are making the artistic freedom ing but vocals to write and perform more money, but they are making and a piano the songs personal the corrupt people rich.” and guitar Walsh has had experience to him, as well as backing it,” Who’s your favorite with the record industries with much that he alone says Walsh. his previous band, Slow Coming wants to put out.

“The songs folk artists? Tell “A lot of labels Day. He recalls that after his past are more inus on Twitter at @ are corrupt, and the band sold more than 10,000 alfluenced by general population bums, the band members only repersonal expednartask doesn’t know the ceived a couple thousand dollars. rience than in Though still a struggle in inside and outside the past.” of the music indus- other regards, being an indepenWalsh will be showcasing this rawer style try,” Walsh said. “I could write a dent artist allows Walsh the abilof music as a part of Lincoln Ex- book; I could make a documen- ity to choose where he wants to compromise as a musician and tary about it. A lot of these bigger posed on Wednesday 6:30 p.m. at

allows him to set his own priorities in song making.

“If I’m independent, I know that the product I’m putting out is produced by me, and I’m not being told what to do with it,” Walsh said. “And I don’t think you should be told what to do with art or with music.”

In attempts to spread such musical freedom to other artists, Walsh has created his own record label, The Hunter Records, which has recently signed two new artists.

“They don’t really do the same music I do,” Walsh said. “They use acoustic guitars – so kind of more of an artist collective is what I’m involved in now, as opposed to a label that is very focused on money.”

Despite his prior issues with the industry, Walsh believes that the benefits of music make it worth it.

“Persistence is a key with music. Just sticking it out and over time you will gain respect from your peers,” Walsh said.

“Also it’s nice to have food and a roof over my head.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

brian turner: from 5 ferent, but there’s a similarity in that, pletes the poem, they finish the poem. talking about the books I published So what I’m alluding to is that I can after I went into combat, “Here, Bul- learn about my own work through let,” “Phantom Noise” and the mem- those who might read it. So they’ll see oir, too. All of those, the landscape things in my own work that I can’t was war, but that’s not actually the see, that I may have blinders to. I can subject. And that’s true for the other learn from that, too. I do remember there was one very thorough review ones, too. The subject is actually love of one of the books in England, and and loss. So on the surface, like a lot of I remember reading that, and it was war films or novels, you could say it’s a war novel, but it’s actually looking very helpful, and it gave me insight into things that I hadn’t quite seen at the human condition, and it’s usubefore in my own work. ally about love and loss.

DN: In your interview on Air DN: Tell me more about that.

How do you see love and loss in war Schooner (the Prairie Schooner’s podcast) you referred to yourself poems? as an “embedded BT: Well, I can’t poet.” What is an tell you that. The “embedded poet”? poem is finished in There’s so What does that the reader. They have much that’s mean to you? their own definition, BT: It’s workbut just like a movie lost in this world, ing off the idea of or a novel, when you an embedded jourstep away from the it’s hard to keep nalist. So it’s pretty book or walk out it.” simple, really, it’s of a movie theater just someone who’s or finish reading a brian turner veteran, poet a poet who happoem or hearing a pens also to be in poem out loud, then uniform, so when we can sort of talk about this, whatever it is, that piece they’re in combat they may, in some of art. I don’t want to put myself in ways, if they write poetry about the experience, then in a sense they’re the position that some authors may choose, which is that they know what a bit like an embedded journalist. the poem is doing and what its work Which refers to possible issues with is. Because as authors we might have that, too, because with an imbedded hopes for what the poem might do, journalist, often times, their lens is but I don’t know how it’s going to fin- focused outward from their position.

They may turn to the left and right ish in the reader. That’s, for me, part of the mystery and part of the joy of and see the soldiers around them, but sometimes you can be too close the whole process. The reader com-

to some subjects. So if a war is taking place between two different groups, but the lens that it’s viewed through is only embedded with one group, then the reader who eventually comes in contact with that artwork will see issues with the results. So I guess what I’m saying is I had a very narrow lens, but with that, I did the best I could to see the world around me.

DN: You say in your poem “Ferris Wheel” that “the history books will get it wrong.” Why do you think the smaller, more personal experiences that you write about are more important than the way that wars are described in history books?

BT: There’s so many ways to approach that question, and it’s a good question, it’s just there’s so much in it. If you fast forward to, say, 100 years from now, and you flip through some textbooks on American history, there’s a good chance that, depending on the textbook, you might just see ‘The Gulf Wars’ or something.

It’s like a tombstone. You’ll see the parentheses, and you’ll just see the year the war was born and the year that it ended. And that’s one of the ways that historians get it wrong. I love history, and I’m a history buff, and I like what historians do, but it’s one of their flaws. That every war listed, as far as I’ve seen, historians always put those tombstone markers, where historians try to break it down, and they don’t recognize that wars outlive the dates they’re given.

There are many instances like that. It’s

one of the ways that history fails, and there’s others like that. I love journalism, but the lens that journalists often apply are complicated, and sometimes complicit and conflicting. So the reports that come back, they don’t often match some of the things that are happening on the ground. So once historians pick up that kind of material, what do they have to work with?

They have these various lenses, so are they going to see a full picture of what happened? There’s so much that’s lost, you know. Even in an individual person, whether they’re a historian, a reporter or not, like if I’m in a platoon and someone commits suicide — and that’s happened in my platoon — the person next to me has a vastly different experience of that moment than I do. So where’s the full experience of that moment? There’s so much that’s lost in this world, it’s hard to keep it.

The poet tries, in their own way, often times, to suspend the moment and preserve something so you can have an experience. One of the questions is, what is that experience?

DN: Where can interested readers find your work?

BT: You can find it in the usual places, online, Amazon or local independent bookstores. If they don’t have the cash, they can probably go to the local library, or go online to places like fishhousepoems.org, which is a wonderful website. They have lots of contemporary poems as well as links to me reading my poetry. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Coming out of Templeton, Cal. Night Riots has opened for acts like Aerosmith and have been named a “critically overlooked band” by MTV.

Overlooked rock band, Night Riots, will perform at Vega Rolling Stone, MTV has named this upand-coming band as one of best unsigned, overlooked groups Mac WAll DN After spending a few years gaining a West Coast following with a California sound and live shows bursting with energy, the band Night Riots has jumped on the bus and gone east, touring across America.

Tonight, the band will make a stop at Vega in Lincoln to continue its showcase. Tickets are $2 for adults and $4 for minors.

Night Riots is a five-piece rock band with touches of electronic and synth sounds. The five members include Travis Hawley, Mikel Vk, Matt DePauw, Nick Fotinakes, and Rico Rodriguez, hailing from Templeton, Calif. They’ve played through a large part of California already and will show up in Lincoln fresh from a show in Kansas City.

The band, with the exception of the drummer, Rodriguez, grew up together in central California and have been playing together since they were teens. Originally named PK, the band gained large following and has been featured on both Rolling Stone and MTV lists of the best unsigned or overlooked artists. After the name change, Night Riots independently released “Young Lore,” its first release with a new moniker.

The band has been touring for barely more than a year, but the members said they have already adapted to excite concert-goers no matter the venue.

“They’re a great up-andcoming band,” manager Jimmy Throgmorton said.

Throgmorton has been with Night Riots for about three years

and said over the course of the tour the band has been “growing in numbers in every city they perform in.” He attributes the recent growth to the energetic live sets and also the band’s frontman’s great stage presence. MTV called the band “critically overlooked,” and the band has already opened for Aerosmith.

Since changing the name because of copyright issues, Night Riots’ catchy new EP is a promising first installment of its growing sound. Many bands try to change their music alongside their new name and quickly fall out of popularity. Night Riots, however, has only been building off of it.

“It was more of a mental change than anything else,” said lead singer Hawley. “Sometimes you play music as a certain thing for long enough and somehow your music can be defined by the name and the following you have already built.”

Hawley said the title Night Riots fits the group’s music better.

Hawley’s musical sense comes from a large mix of bands and sounds.

“I personally try to listen to as many types of music as I possibly can,” he said.

In other interviews he has likened the band to The Cure, but no easy or obvious comparison exists. What’s important, he said, is that the band’s music is catching on across the country.

Now that the music is going east along with its creators, it’s important that Night Riots acclimate to life on the road. Hawley said he is still getting used to tour life.

“Being on the road is a lot of work and it’s only meant for a certain type of person.” he said.

“I think that we just happen to be lucky enough to be those types of people.”

Concert-goers can expect to hear a lot of the newest album, as well as the old PK content from the past few years all on display at tonight’s show. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

emily bass: from 5 classically trained, but I can’t do the whole blues stuff on the piano0 that she can. It’s just not in my blood.”

The sisters will both be performing separately at Lincoln Exposed. DeGraff’s band, The Blues Messengers, will play at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at the Zoo Bar, while Bass will be playing earlier in the week, at 6:30 p.m.Thursday at Duffy’s.

“Mostly what we’ll play at Lincoln Exposed will be my originals,” Bass said. “I do sample a fair amount of traditional blues music: Big Maybelle, Big Momma Thornton, Buddy Guy and some Jimmy Reid. Magic Slim of course was one of my huge influences. I played with him when he was still alive here.”

While her music sees large in-

with a new formula for writing mufluence from jazz and blues musicians, Bass also finds a lot of in- sic where I give myself 20 minutes spiration from musicians outside and kind of a form, and then I don’t of her genre. Carol King, Led Zep- edit it at all. I just throw down whatever I can possible, pelin, Joni Mitchell whatever fits, whatand The Beach Boys ever makes it musihave all had stock in Music is a in that moment, Bass’s musical develgreat outlet cal and I play it and we opment. put together whatAlthough she’s for me, it releases ever we can as quick had influences from a lot of stress.” as we can.” many other artists, the After these unsong writing method filtered 20 minutes, she currently underemily bass she does sit down goes is truly an origiperformer and edit what has nal process. been created, to see “I used to sit if a viable piece of down and kind of music has been created. While she take things that I had written, things that I had an idea for music, and try often composes music on her own, to match them to music,” Bass said. the “we” she refers to above is about her younger sister, DeGraff, who “Lately, I’ve been kind of playing

sometimes collaborates with Bass on original pieces.

When she has time, Bass also likes to play shows at local bars or at Blues Festivals in surrounding towns. However time is one of the largest constraints on her music.

“I’m a single mama with a full time job and it can be pretty busy,” Bass said.

Because of her busy schedule, Bass’s main goal with her music is just to continue to play.

“Music is a great outlet for me, it releases a lot of stress, it is very different from what I do for a living,” she said. “I just hope to keep it going, hope to keep creating, hope to keep playing, hope to keep collaborating.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Emily Bass, a local pianist and singer, plays at the Zoo Bar on Monday. She can be found playing here every Monday at 5 p.m. with no cover charge, just a bucket for donations.

Oscar-nominated shorts show off filmmaking capabilities amanda stoffel

amanda stoffel dn As all eyes turn to admire the gowns and glamour that the 2014 Oscars will bring, nominees will anxiously await to see if their lives may change forever.

In conjunction with the larger categories of “Best Picture” or the several “Best Performance” categories, The Academy Awards also seek to expand the scope of recognition by offering golden statues to those who accept the challenge of telling their story in less than half the time of a feature length film.

The daunting task of delivering a well-rounded, emotionallydynamic and articulate tale within a fraction of the traditional time is no easy feat, and in many ways, it’s more difficult.

The 2014 nominees for the “Shorts” categories demonstrate their capabilities to create telling tales with such restrictions. With the

sub-divisions of “Documentary,” “Live Action” and “Animated,” film makers have a variety of options to choose from when deciding how they wish to present their creations.

Nominees in all three categories rose to the challenge of the short form well, and in doing so, have created a tight race amongst the 15 total nominees.

The films in the “Documentary” category have the potential to shatter an audience’s heart. “The Lady in Number 6” examines the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor and pianist, a 109 year-old Alice HerzSommer. “Karama Has No Walls” explores the destruction and revolution of Yemen during 2011. The documentary “Prison Terminal” offers no relief from the bleak times in life, as it follows Jack Hall who serves a life sentence in the Iowa State Penitentiary and who is also on hospice.

Two of the documentary films do offer some moments of light, however. “Cavedigger” is a visual undertaking, as it shows how Ra Paulette transforms sandstone hills in New Mexico into works of art.

My personal favorite in the category, though, is “Facing Fear.”

With the current climate of Russian politics and the continuous fight for equality and tolerance within the United States and around the world, “Facing Fear,” although

not astounding in its production, provides a tangible representation of how tolerance can occur. By telling the story of a former skinhead and one of his former victims reconciling and now working together, “Fear” demonstrates that change of one’s self must come from within, providing audiences with food for thought.

The “Live Action” films also show a mix of the dark and light parts of humanity. “That Wasn’t Me” gives a hard hitting look into the world of child soldiers with two hostage Spanish aid workers and the struggle of attempting to salvage the morality of a child soldier who had no choice in the crimes he committed. “Just Before Losing Everything” also holds to brutal subject matter, as it shows the struggle of a woman finding the courage to leave her husband.

The most visually demanding film in the category is “Helium,” which warrants a resting place within the soft part of your heart. Dealing with a terminally ill child and the fight to make death less daunting, “Helium” shows how stories hold power and may help heal.

The shortest film by far in the category is “Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?,” a lighthearted seven-minute film following the perils of being a human with a family. Sim-

While Oscars night will spend most of its time focusing on the bigger fish in the pond, don’t forget the challenge that the short films face.”

ple and charming, this little number provides some relief from the heavy nature of its fellow nominees.

As a fan of dark humor, I was delighted by “The Voorman Problem.” Starring Martin Freeman (of “The Hobbit” fame), “The Voorman Problem” prompts the audience members to ponder on their belief in deities. The film presents a prison psychologist dealing with the challenge of an inmate who, quite literally, has a God-complex.

Dark and twisted, I found this film intriguing and clever.

Finally, the “Animated” category gives even more creative license to the stories we are told. The beauty of this category is that literally anything is possible because the stories are drawn and can exist in any world they wish. After the success of last year’s winner “Paperman,” all of the nominees this year took note of how powerful human nature and everyday life can be.

The longest nominee is “Room on the Broom,” which tells the story of a witch, her broom, a cat, a dog, a bird and a frog, all of whom find friendship. A typical storybook trope based off of the book by the same name, this film was adorable and giggle-inducing, all the while reminding us of the importance of being kind and being good friends.

My least favorite film of the category comes from last year’s winning company, Disney.

“Get a Horse!” is the short that is shown before the box-office blockbuster “Frozen.” The concept is clever, as it involves Mickey Mouse coming out of his old, blackand-white world and stepping into a modern, three-dimensional one.

But as a fan of classic cartoons and less digitized animations, “Get a Horse!” will more than likely fall behind the other nominees.

“Possessions” shows a world in which the items we discard over

time will eventually find souls and wish for repair. Creative in its story, “Possessions” causes the contemplation of the objects we use as well as how we choose to abandon them.

My two front runners are both, like “Paperman,” unscripted. “Feral” is a raw animation story that offers up a wolf boy and his struggle to find a place in the human world.

Beautifully rendered in a simplistically stylistic black-and-white style, “Feral” could very easily take home the gold.

It’s biggest competitor, however, is that of “Mr. Heblot.” With charming songs that tell his tale, “Mr. Heblot” is placed in a steampunk style future and shows how an introvert finds companionship and love in a dog that’s made out of a toaster. Adorable and relatable, “Mr. Heblot” isn’t a tear jerker, but it’s bound to strike a few chords in the heart of an audience.

So, while Oscars night will spend most of its time focusing on the bigger fish in the pond, don’t forget the challenge that the short films face. And who knows. Maybe one day their creators will have even bigger stories to tell.

Amanda Stoffel is a senior film studies and communications major. Reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Drew Preston DN “The Punk Singer,” directed by Sini Anderson and now playing at the Ross, is a biopic looking into the life of Kathleen Hanna. Its focus begins during her early college years at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. From her early artistic endeavors in college, the documentary follows her through her musical career.

Hanna came onto the national scene with her feminist punk band Bikini Kill, which played from 1990 to 1997. After the band broke up, the film went into detail about Hanna’s other music projects, including her solo project “Julie Ruin” and her synthpunk band, Le Tigre.

Feminist punk music is compelling in its own right, and those involved with the creation of the documentary knew they weren’t dealing with weak subject matter.

Some of the storytelling techniques only serve to draw viewer interest even further, even though I was already fairly excited to see this movie beforehand.

The filmmakers brought on board some very high profile guest speakers such as Joan Jett and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth fame. People like these give viewers a sense of scale for how important Hanna has been in music during the last 20 years.

As with any music documentary, there was plenty of concert footage throughout. Most of it was from her Bikini Kill years. The footage was as raw, loud and energetic as you would expect from a ’90s punk band. They also spoke volumes about Hanna’s character. Her manner of dress and crowd interaction in some of the footage made Hanna out to look like a one of a kind subject for this documentary. One of my favorite pieces of concert footage in the film was Bikini Kill’s show at the pro-choice rally on Capitol Hill, which shows how aware Hanna was of her message and place in popular culture at the time.

Up until the end of the segment about her time in Le Tigre, the film comes off as a perfectly normal music documentary. While not necessarily bad, there are many like this. It was just another filmmaker producing a documentary to make a cool band look cool.

However, Anderson’s work here has both broader implications for culture and gives an especially intimate look into Hanna’s personal life.

The film gave an account of the Riot Grrrl movement of the ’90s, the feminist punk movement that

courtesy photo Kathleen Hanna, the subject of “The Punk Singer,” was known initially for her role in the feminist punk band Bikini Kill. was spawned because of people like Hanna. It showed some of the real-world implications of her music, something greatly appreciated.

Hanna speaks to the audience throughout the film. In the first half of the documentary, she explains what was going on in Bikini Kill at the time, something that could probably have been read elsewhere before seeing the movie. Toward the end of the Le Tigre segment and on, her narration becomes more personal as she describes her struggle coming to grips with her inability to play music. Some of the topics discussed were alluded to early in the film. “I don’t know why Kathleen stopped playing shows in 2005,” one of the guest speakers explained.

She stopped playing because of serious illness – Lyme disease – that went undiagnosed for five years. By this point, she was a wreak and decided to keep this news out of the public ear. Her explanations of some of her personal struggles ended in tears and were among some of the most poignant moments in the film.

Nobody would have thought the punk kid from an hour ago would be in tears.

The film ended on a hopeful high note, with Hanna returning to the public to play in her newest project’s first show, called The Julie Ruin. It was a great moment seeing her return to music after dealing with sickness for so long.

All in all, this was one of the better music documentaries I’ve seen in a while. Hanna was an excellent choice of subject, the concert

Tyler Keown DN I go big, not home.

You can see it in my appearance. I’m tall, I’m busty, and my voice is pretty loud.

You can also see it in the kind of games I get addicted to on my phone. “Flappy Bird,” the latest, is a punishing, unforgiving game that requires real precision and practice to get good at.

And that’s why I love it.

You control a bird flying through an endless series of gaps. The controls are simple yet sensitive – a tap on the screen propels the bird up quickly. The bird dives hard after it hits its apex. You have to erratically manage this dumb bird, getting a point for each gap you clear.

Victory is found in two places with “Flappy Bird.” First is the victory in setting a personal best, in finding out what you’re made of and

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It wasn’t a perfect documentary, but I enjoyed it immensely. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The second, and real, victory is triumph over your friends. At time of print, my current high score is 40. My close friend’s is 18. I have gone big – he has gone home. And at his home he will stew in his mediocrity, a division of 22 points hovering over his head that doesn’t leave when he closes his eyes.

This is what having an iPhone is about: help. Help finding where to eat dinner, help figuring out who the hell played the lead in “Momento,” and help recognizing that without losers, there are no champions.

I applaud you, “Flappy Bird,” for showing us all something about ourselves, for unapologetically holding up a mirror to society. Sometimes it’s good to realize the world isn’t as soft as we’d like it to be.

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Huskers keep optimism after loss This is a close-knit group; they have great energy. It allows us to play at a higher level than we would otherwise if they didn’t care so much about each other.”

Despite third straight defeat, tight-knit NU women’s tennis team focuses on process instead of results Thomas Beckmann DN Friday’s dual with the Kansas Jayhawks seemed like the opportunity the Nebraska women’s tennis team was searching for in order to end a losing streak. Kansas was just opening its dual season, and it was on the road, and Nebraska was still ranked 36 in the nation going into it.

But the Jayhawks didn’t have the opening-day jitters, as they scratched and clawed their way to a 4-3 match victory in which three of the six singles matches came down to a third set.

The meet started off with Kansas losing the initial doubles match to the combo of Maggy Lehmicke and Mary Hanna 6-4, but the Jayhawks rallied back with two match victories to take the doubles point.

After that, the two went to war with each other, constantly firing back serve after serve, volley after volley and smash after smash.

Lehmicke seized the first singles match to make the meet 1-1, but Kansas took the next two matches.

With Nebraska’s backs against the wall, NU’s Izabella Zgierska won her match in the third set, but after she won, the Jayhawks had snatched the victory with a win from Claire Dreyer.

“For me, personally, that was just how I played today; I played well,” Lehmicke said. “I think it’s more important how we did as a team, and the fact that we lost 3-4 doesn’t really make that much of a difference because really it was a matter of a few points.”

The common denominator among every single one of these

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Junior Izabella Zgierska won her singles match in Nebraska’s dual loss to Kansas, the Huskers’ third loss in a row. matches was the steady composure that each player held. Whether the Huskers had just suffered a close defeat or they had just won a set 6-1, each player maintained the same positive outlook that she entered the meet with.

“I think that helps everybody; everybody’s pumped up and is

fighting,” Zgierska said. “I was fighting next to Maike (Zeppernick). She was fighting for every point, and I think that helped me to win my game too.”

With this constant optimism, it instills a mindset of living in the moment, they’re not going to bother with what happened be-

fore, no matter how good or how bad, and they’re not looking beyond the moment.

Rather, they are completely invested in the moment.

“This is a close-knit group; they have great energy,” coach Scott Jacobson said. “It allows us to play at a higher level than we would otherwise if they didn’t care so much about each other.”

The team has said that this mindset allows them to play at the top of their game.

“We can’t tell if we can win or not,” Zgierska said. “We have to fight for every point and see how it goes. We try to focus on the process and not on the results, so I think that helps a lot and that’s how all of us approach the game.

“Don’t focus on the point you played before. Just focus on the next point.”

This mindset means the team won’t be held back by the loss or by the lingering thought of a three-dual losing streak, as it prepares for Eastern Michigan coming to town on Valentine’s Day. “We’ve just got to look forward to the next event,” Jacobson said. “It’s a tough one today, but I’m sure this group will bounce back with a lot of fire moving forward.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior jumper Patrick Raedler (above) and senior sprinter Mara Weekes will be married in Barbados in 2016.

Track seniors compete after engagement Mike Shoro DN Senior sprinter Mara Weekes is accustomed to hearing the sound of a starting gun. In the future, she will be hearing the sound of wedding bells.

The All-American athlete is engaged to another All-American athlete, senior jumper Patrick Raedler. The two Nebraska track and field teammates have been engaged since last summer and are set to be married Jan. 8, 2016.

Their current plan is to have a beach wedding on the south coast of Weekes’ native Barbados.

Both Raedler and Weekes said they still have several details to plan, as the wedding is still two years away. But the two said they at least had an idea about certain details in the wedding.

“I would say from now it’s more like Mara is going to do probably the whole planning thing so she’s satisfied with it because I don’t want to mess anything up,” he said.

Weekes said they will probably stay in Barbados for the honeymoon, which she added means it won’t really be much of a honeymoon for her.

They echoed each other’s wishes for a small wedding.

“We’re trying to keep it close-knit, like families and close friends,” Weekes said. “My family is way bigger, so it’ll probably bring us around somewhere like 90 to 100 guests.”

Raedler said the only reason the wedding would get big would be if a lot of her relatives came.

He said he had always wanted to get married on a beach.

Raedler’s desire for a less traditional wedding and Weekes’ desire for a theme led them to the beach idea. Raedler said they were on the same level on almost everything except for one detail.

“I told her I’m going to wear what I want, even though if it doesn’t fit to the theme, and she was kind of disagreeing with

women’s basketball brief Hooper collects second league award of season

Senior forward Jordan Hooper was named the Big Ten Conference’s women’s basketball player of the week for the second time this season on Monday.

After passing the 2,000-point mark for her career against Minnesota on Jan. 16, Hooper had 25 points and 10 rebounds on Wednesday to help Nebraska defeat Michigan and hit 1,000 career rebounds.

She also passed former Husker Kelsey Griffin on Nebraska’s all-time scoring list and now has 2,078 points in her NU career.

Hooper added another 25-point performance in the Huskers’ victory against Iowa on Saturday, a game in which she also had 13 rebounds for her Big Ten-leading 10th double-double of the season.

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Senior forward Jordan Hooper scored 50 points and had 23 rebounds in two games, wins against Michigan and Iowa, to earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors.

The award was the eighth career weekly honor for Hooper, who

is the third player from Nebraska and fifth player from the Big Ten to have

that,” Raedler said.

Raedler, a native of Germany, said he proposed to her at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City in the summer of 2013.

“She came to Germany to visit me over the summer,” Raedler said, “and I told her that we would go somewhere but she didn’t know where.”

He said he knew she had always wanted to go to Italy, and the trip was a total surprise to her. The day after they arrived in Rome, Raedler took her to St. Peter’s Basilica.

“Going on through, the start was a normal visit or whatnot,” Weekes said, “and then he proposed to me at the altar.”

“I was really nervous, especially like 10 seconds before,” Raedler said.

He said Weekes told him that she had felt his hand shaking while he held hers before he proposed.

The wedding date was not just pulled out of a hat. The date benefits them both.

“We just want to make sure we get graduation out of the way,” she said, “and we’re both from different countries, so we just want to make sure we’re settled somewhere before we actually go ahead and get married. We just want to make sure we have things in place first.”

Where exactly they will settle down is not yet certain.

More than likely, they will end up settling down somewhere in Germany or Europe, Weekes said. Raedler said living in Germany or Europe is a possibility, but he said his biggest concern was living in a place with the best opportunities for him to go to graduate school.

Wherever they end up, they will trade in their track spikes for dress shoes and their red and white uniforms for wedding attire.

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2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

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softball: from 10 The No. 9 Nebraska softball team returns six outfield starters from the 2013 team that went to the Women’s College World Series, including All-Americans Tatum and Taylor Edwards.

So. Kiki Stokes Jr. Kylee Muir

Fr. Kat Woolman

So. Alicia Armstrong Kiki Stokes Jordan Bettiol

Brooke Thomason

Alicia Armstrong

Fr. Marjani Knighten

So. Hailey Decker Jr. Mattie Fowler

Sr. Tatum Edwards

Hailey Decker

Projected 2014 Starting Lineup

Sr. Taylor Edwards

Mattie Fowler

Gabby Banda Tatum Edwards

Taylor Edwards “We’ve being doing this forever,” Taylor Edwards said. “We have an incredible bond together on and off the field.”

When Tatum Edwards was asked about the Women’s College World Series she said it as the ride of her life.

“I was living out a dream,” Tatum Edwards said. “But our focus is on this season and what we can do with this team.”

The Huskers have a season full of

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tough competitors, but Revelle isn’t worried she said.

“They’ve experienced some success,” Revelle said. “And now they know what they need to do and what to give to their team. That is clear for them.”

This season the Huskers will face competitors such as No. 1 Tennessee during the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, followed by No. 2 Oklahoma.

“I want to get us battle tested,”

Revelle said. “We want to play as long into our season as we can.”

To ensure that they can play far into the season, the Huskers have set goals for the season and plan to pace themselves to accomplish those.

“We can’t focus on the external part of it,” Revelle said. “It’s an individual journey, and we’ll focus on getting better every day.”

The players do have their individual goals, and they are determined

going into the season.

“We are all pressing forward,” Tatum Edwards said. “We want to be leaders and great teammates.”

The team camaraderie of the Huskers softball team will carry them to what should be a successful season, Revelle said.

“We’re going to play each game with the idea that we can finish,” Revelle said. “And finish strong.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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women’s basketball Big ten homeroom 1. Penn State (17-4 Overall, 8-1 Big Ten)

The Nittany Lions solidified their spot in the top of the Big Ten Conference standings with two wins last week. Penn State got its redemption win against Purdue, as Purdue has been the only team to down the Lady Lions in league play. Penn State saw its 20-point lead against Northwestern disappear before winning by 4. The squad managed to get crucial points off the bench and earned the win at the charity line late in the game. The team has a big game on Thursday against Iowa.

2. Michigan State (15-7, 7-2)

The third-best shooting team in the Big Ten claimed two wins last weekend. The Spartans hold a .449 field goal percentage and put up 160 points in their previous two games. Although the Spartans eked out a four-point “W” against Wisconsin, the team remains alone in second place in the Big Ten. The balanced attack was in full effect last week, as five players scored double-digits in both games.

Freshman Aerial Powers totaled 31 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists in the two outings last week. Michigan State’s slate of games for this week offers a challenge, as it will travel to Lincoln, Neb., for a showdown with the Huskers.

3. Nebraska (15-5, 5-3)

Offense, defense and everything in between. The Huskers picked up two wins last week against Michigan and Iowa. The squad scored more than 80 points in both matches and held both opponents to fewer than 67. Senior forward Jordan Hooper seemed to bounce out of her funk, as she tallied 50 points and 23 boards. Junior guard Tear’a Laudermill also exploded with 44 points in the two games. Nebraska continues to sport the Big Ten leading plus-13.9 scoring margin and defensive rebound percent with .763 percent.

A trap game could be in store for the Huskers, when they travel to Madison, Wis., for a bout with the Badgers.

4. Iowa (17-6, 5-4)

The Hawkeyes saw their three-game winning streak come to an end when they lost to the Huskers 80-67. The Hawkeyes just don’t seem to have an answer for Nebraska, as they have yet to claim a victory against the Huskers in the Big Ten. Fortunately for Iowa, that will be the only match-up against Nebraska this season. Bethany Doolittle kept her tremendous blocking game up, as she added 9 blocked shots in last week’s matches. She has totaled 77 rejections this season. Huge match for the Hawkeyes on Thursday as they try to get back on the winning side at Penn State.

5. Michigan (14-8, 5-4)

It’s difficult times in Ann Arbor, Mich., as the Wolverines have dropped three of their last four. The team lost by 33 points to Nebraska and 16 to Minnesota.

The Wolverine’s weak spot has been offense all season, but they compensated for it with solid defense. When the defense isn’t there, it’s going to get ugly really quick.

Freshman Siera Thompson set a new program record for 3-pointers, as she now has drained 53 on the season. She was also able to contribute 29 points in the two losses.

The Wolverines are taking on two teams this week that tend to be toward the middle to bottom part of the Big Ten, but both Northwestern and Purdue were narrowly defeated by Penn State last week.

6. Minnesota (14-9, 3-6)

The Big Ten’s leading scorer, junior guard Rachel Banham, faltered against the Hawkeyes last week by only scoring 9 points.

But Banham rebounded with 24 against Michigan. She now averages 22 points per game. Freshman Amanda Zahui continues to average a double-double a game, as she averages 14.7 points and 10.7 rebounds. The Golden Gophers could really bolster their Big Ten record, as their next four games they take on the middle-of-the-pack to bottom-of-the-barrel teams in the Big Ten in Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern and Purdue. These games could allow the Gophers to bring their Big Ten record to more than .500 percent and get the squad back into the mix in the conference.

7. Purdue (15-7, 5-5)

Purdue took on the top two teams in the conference, and although neither game amounted to a win for the Boilermakers, the team held its own. Senior Courtney Moses ranks third in the Big Ten in 3-point shooting percentage at .455 percent, and she also is second on the team by averaging 14.7 points a contest.

Fellow senior KK Houser is seventh in the conference with 15.9 points a game. The duo will need to continue to increase its scoring for the team if it wants to make the push for postseason play. The squad gets an easier set of games this week, as they will do battle with Ohio State and the slumping Wolverines.

8. Northwestern (14-8, 4-5)

Things could be starting to look up for the Wildcats despite a loss. The team came up four points short of Penn State at home. Sophomore Maggy Lyon went for 26 points, and junior Alex Cohen added 18 of her own in the failed comeback attempt. In the blocked shot department, the Wildcats are blowing the conference out of the water with 162 rejections on the year. The closest team is Iowa with 120. The Wildcats have three players in the top 10 in the conference in the category. Watch for Northwestern to carry momentum into its lone game this week at home against the struggling Wolverines.

9. Ohio State (14-11, 4-5)

The Buckeyes rank in the bottom half and middle of the conference in most statistical categories, with the exception of scoring defense, in which they rank third by allowing 63.9 points a game. The team does have the fourth-best scorer in the conference in sophomore Ameryst Alston.

She averages 17 points per game. The remainder of the schedule won’t put a smile on Buckeye fans’ faces, as the team is slated to compete against most of the top of the conference squads. A big match is looming on Sunday against Penn State.

10. Wisconsin (10-11, 3-6)

The Badgers picked up their play last week by going 1-1, and the loss was by four points at East Lansing, Mich. Redshirt junior Michala Johnson tore up the scoring for the team, as she amounted 47 points in the two games last week.

Johnson ranks sixth in the Big Ten in points per game, as she averages 16.3. She will need to continue this level of play for the rest of the season to help give the Badgers a chance to make a push for postseason play. Also, the Badgers will need to control the ball better in future games, as they rank last in the Big Ten in turnover margin at minus-3.

11. Indiana (16-6, 3-6)

Indiana has kept its stingy 3-point defense alive. It still leads the conference by only allowing opposing teams to shoot .260 percent from downtown. The Hoosiers also rank first in the conference in 3-pointers made with 167, but they still can’t put together wins. The Hoosiers did, however, put an end to their second three-game losing skid with a win against Illinois. But the team seems to be in a trend since the start of Big Ten play. Lose three games, win one, then lose three more. The trend could break in this week’s lone game at home against fellow cellar-dweller Wisconsin.

12. Illinois (9-13, 2-7)

It’s not looking good for the Fighting Illini. Now the squad is on a threegame losing skid, and the schedule looks daunting from here. Illinois still has one match-up against Indiana, but that will be the only break for the team. The team continues to protect the ball, as they remain the Big Ten leader in turnover margin at plus-5.77. They also continue to lead the conference in steals per game with 11.3. To counter this, the team has shot .398 percent from the field, which is last in the Big Ten. And the Fighting Illini have allowed opponents to shoot .432 percent from the floor.

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men’s bball: from 10 braska’s roster, the team hasn’t missed a beat with his absence so far, as the rest of the bench has assisted Nebraska in its first conference winning streak under Miles.

Shields said he’s noticed the team’s overall confidence spike the past two weeks because of everyone’s contribution.

“It was kind of rough in the beginning, but we’ve stayed with it,”

the sophomore guard said. “Now that we know that we can play with anyone and beat anyone, I mean why not?”

With Biggs officially off the team, guys such as Rivers, Parker and Hawkins – who average 15.8, 11.9 and 9.4 minutes a game, respectively – will see more playing time off the bench and create more highlights than they did the first

That was clutch. [Nathan Hawkins] didn’t score that many points, but his presence on the floor really helped us.”

Terran petteway sophomore guard

half of the season.

And if the way they’ve per-

formed in practice is any indication of what’s to come, seeing

women’s gym: from 10 the rest of the team still competed to the best of its abilities and managed to compile a recordbreaking team score.

“I think that’s just the making of a good team – one of your teammates can make a mistake and the rest of your teammates can pick you up,” Kendig said.

“You don’t feel as guilty about making a mistake because they hit, and I think that’s something we’ve been able to do all season.”

The team had several athletes performing a new pass in their routine for the first time, including Stephens.

“My first pass was different,” Stephens said. “It was an upgrade, and I’ve never done that pass before in a competition, so I think that was really cool.”

Miller said Stephens’ first time performing that pass was well done.

“There was some concern because one of the girls who went before her fell,” Miller said. “So now we have a brand new pass, and if she falls, we have to count that fall. But I was confident in the way she’s trained. She’s strong mentally, and physically she was ready to do it.”

Kendig said floor was one of the most exciting parts of Saturday night and a great way to end the meet.

“Doing floor is fun because the crowd is into it,” Kendig said.

“Our floor routines are very well done, and now they are just getting to the point where they’re getting comfortable and really

more time on the floor shouldn’t be a problem, Miles said.

The scoring assistance from the bench players has led to the Huskers’ latest success and must continue if they want to stay above .500.

“I keep telling them that when we get on a little run here and start playing as a team, the wins will start coming in spurts,” Miles said.

“That’s the mentality that I want them to have.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore pitcher Emily Lockman made 25 starts as a freshman in 2013, going 15-6 with a 1.78 ERA and four shutouts, including a no-hitter in her fourth career start against Utah State on Feb. 16 and a shutout of eventual national champion Oklahoma.

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ast year was last year. This year is this year,” is the mantra for the Huskers softball team this season.

The Huskers have their season opener on Friday against UTEP and No. 12 Florida State at the Hotel Encanto Invitational at the NMSU Softball Complex in Las Cruces, N.M. “We’re just ready to face someone other than our own teammates,” Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle said.

The Hotel Encanto Invitational will continue Saturday against New Mexico State, as well as one Sunday against Florida State again.

The softball team ended its season last year at the Women’s College World Series after a 15-inning loss

to No. 2 Florida, coming up one run short, 9-8.

Now, ranked No. 9 preseason, the Huskers are ready to bring in new teammates and start the journey again.

The Huskers have been able to practice outside five times this preseason so far, which is different from seasons past.

“It’s great,” Revelle said. “Anytime those outfielders can see a ball and we can actually hit balls, it is really helpful.”

Last season, Nebraska finished with a 45-16 record and a No. 8 final ranking. The Huskers must replace four starters from last year’s team, which won the first NCAA Super Regional in school history and advanced to the Women’s College World Series for

the first time since 2002.

“We’re just excited,” senior pitcher Tatum Edwards said. “We know that we can hang with any team out there.”

The Huskers are focusing on the upcoming season more than their accomplishments last season.

“We are focusing on maintaining and prepping,” Revelle said. “Our approach is simple: Get a little bit better everyday.”

Catcher Taylor Edwards and her twin sister Tatum Edwards are entering their senior year, and it makes it even more special being able to do it together, Taylor Edwards said.

Non-starters step up for NU Hawkins’ big 3-pointer against Indiana just one example of recent bench contributions Nedu Izu DN Nathan Hawkins caught a pass from Shavon Shields with Nebraska down 43-46 to Indiana and elected not to shoot the ball.

The freshman guard was wide open from beyond the arc and instead of tying the game, he passed to sophomore forward Walter Pitchford in the corner. Pitchford fired it back to Hawkins, who was still open but chose to play a quick game of hot potato with teammate Tai Webster.

“Shoot it!” yelled several of the 15,107 fans in attendance at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday.

Finally Hawkins released the ball, this time toward the hoop, giving the impatient crowd what it had been asking for.

The arena went mute, and the only thing that filled the silence was the sound of the freshman guard’s swish.

The make tied the game at 46 to swing the momentum back to Nebraska’s side and eventually led to a 60-55 victory against the Hoosiers.

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Nathan Hawkins (left) scored only three points against Indiana, but his shot completed Nebraska’s 13-point comeback.

The assistance Nebraska’s bench has given the team in the final two weeks of January has

not been overlooked by the starters.

Before his game-tying 3-point

shot, Hawkins hadn’t made a field goal for Nebraska since he scored 6 points against Arkansas State on Dec. 14.

Although it took nearly two months, his latest shot was no doubt a game changer, co-captain Terran Petteway said.

“That was clutch,” the sophomore guard said. “He didn’t score that many points, but his presence on the floor really helped us.”

And he’s not the only nonstarter who has made an impact with minimal playing time for the Huskers.

In January, junior forward Leslee Smith tallied 46 points off the bench, while averaging 5 points per game in Nebraska’s last three wins. The Seward County Community College transfer is currently fifth in scoring among Nebraska’s active players, averaging 7.3 points per game and leads the Huskers with 5.9 rebounds per game.

Along with Smith and Hawkins, sophomore guard Benny Parker and junior forward David Rivers have also contributed for the Huskers’ in their past four games.

But a good chunk of Nebraska’s scoring came from former Nebraska guard Deverell Biggs, who was kicked off the team last week and will no longer be coach Tim Miles’ biggest luxury off the bench.

Although his 9.9 points per game were the third best on Ne-

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Huskers score season-high in floor routine Vanessa Daves DN It’s the fourth rotation of the meet, and Nebraska is finishing up on the floor. Junior Desiré Stephens just finished her performance, and right as senior Emily Wong is about to perform, Stephens grabs the microphone inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

“I want everybody to stand up!”

Stephens said into the mic.

The crowd is on its feet, and as the saucy Spanish music starts playing, the fans clap along to the beat of Wong’s performance. Wong’s teammates are mimicking her movements and cheering her on as she completes the 9.95 performance.

“I love performing, so I thought it was really fun,” Wong said. “[Stephens] took the mic and told everyone to stand up before my routine, so I was a little nervous going in, but I think it went well. It was fun having the girls screaming and everybody clapping.”

Assistant coach Dan Miller coaches the floor, and he said he was pleased with the outcome of Saturday’s floor routines.

“I challenged the group before

this meet to have their best performance of the year,” Miller said. “I said I expected them to have the best team performance they’ve had all year. I said I didn’t want any excuses. I didn’t want to put pressure on them; I just wanted to challenge them – and they responded well.”

On the floor that night, the Huskers earned their season-high score of 49.350, defeating Minnesota’s score of 48.975 in that event.

Contributing to the score were sophomore Hollie Blanske and Stephens, who posted career-high scores of 9.925 and 9.85.

“I feel like it was definitely my best routine of the year so far,” Blanske said. “I just went out there and had fun, and it was awesome.

I always love being home because I know there’s a lot of people there supporting me. That I know. And it’s a lot louder in the Devaney Center than it is at a lot of places we’ve competed at, and I just love that. I love all the red in the crowd. It just makes me feel at home.”

Although freshman Ashley Lambert suffered a minor fall in her first pass, coach Dan Kendig said

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