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Second glimpse
Bouncing back
Night 2 of Lincoln Exposed kicks off at Zoo Bar, Duffy’s
After loss, NU hopes to score more against Wildcats
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friday, february 7, 2014 volume 114, issue 091
Administrator lays out 4 sources of 2014 budget deficit Kelli Rollin DN University of Nebraska–Lincoln administrators haven’t decided exactly how to eliminate the $4.65 million deficit for the 2014 fiscal year, but they’re certain what caused the shortfall to grow so large. The current shortfall is well above last year’s shortfall of $2 million but still less than the 2011 and 2012 fiscal year shortfalls, which were $5.1 million and $4.9 million respectively. UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said he hopes to have the shortfall dealt with by April through budget cuts. In his message to the university community last week, he said the institution is well-positioned for the future and the deficit shouldn’t be viewed as an anchor to the progress that’s been made at UNL. “We hope to get it cleaned up and move forward from there,” Perlman wrote. Christine Jackson, vice chancellor for business and finance, ex-
plained on Thursday that the deficit comes from four sources. First, the University of Nebraska system distributes its $1.8 million budget deficit among its four campuses. As the largest school in the system, UNL got the lion’s share of $800,000. Second is the $570,000 cost to operate new buildings in the 2014 fiscal year, which primarily includes the Morrison Center. The Morrison Center on East Campus is the Nebraska Center for Virology where research is conducted on diseases and viruses. The third part of the shortfall comes from UNL’s $2 million shortfall that was carried over from past years as a result of decreased tuition revenue. It’s only the last $1 million of the shortfall that has anything to do with this year’s enrollment. Although enrollment increased slightly in the fall with a larger freshman class, Perlman said spring enrollment was relatively
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lincoln exposed: Round
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Lincoln Exposed kept the party going Thursday night, drawing large crowds at Duffy’s and the Zoo Bar, with acts like Powers, Pat Bradley and Josh Hoyer and the Shadowboxers, getting concert-goers on their feet.
photos by Amber Baesler
ABOVE: Members of The Wondermonds perform at Duffy’s on Thursday night as part of day two of Lincoln Exposed. The Wondermonds cover popular funk music. RIGHT: Ted Alesio performs with Weldon Keys at Duffy’s Thursday night. Lincoln Exposed will run through Saturday night at various locations in downtown Lincoln.
for more lincoln exposed coverage, see page 5
NU president bill sparks heated debate For more than 2 hours, Nebraskans testify on legislation to conceal applicant identities Colleen Fell DN Debate ran for two and a half hours at a legislative hearing Thursday for a bill that would shield from the public the identities of all University of Nebraska presidential applicants, save for the lone finalist. About 10 people testified at the Committee for Government, Military and Veteran Affairs hearing for LB1018, introduced by Kearney Sen. Galen Hadley in late January. The committee heard from several proponents for the bill, including members of the NU Board of Regents and University
search because of the risk of losof Nebraska administration. They ing their current jobs. argued that by making the proHadley testified for the bill cess confidential, the university and said that while the current would be able to attract a larger pool of more qualified applicants. process of searching for the university president has Opponents of the worked in the past, it’s bill included mostly no longer appropriate people working in for current times. An journalism and media. agreement reached by They made the arguthe Nebraska Legislament that the secretive ture in 2007 stated that process contradicts the university would Nebraska’s tradition have to release the of transparent goveridentities of the top nance. Current pracfour candidates. tice calls for disclosure “The job of the of the four finalists. presidents is changLincoln Regent clare ing,” Hadley said. Tim Clare spoke on “Now we expect them behalf of the NU Board to interact with adof Regents, saying the board unanimously supports the ministrators, governors, other members of government, big dobill. nors to the university.” “We owe this to all NebrasThe senator said that if a kans,” he said. choice for the university presiClare said the board is interdent doesn’t have the necessary ested in attracting applicants who qualifications, it “could put a chill are currently sitting presidents or on donations.” chancellors from other universiSen. Bill Avery, chairman of ties. He said sitting presidents won’t apply to a non-confidential the committee, said he wanted
to know how past searches have been flawed as they have resulted in outstanding leadership. “J.B. Milliken has been one of the best presidents,” Avery said. Hadley said he thinks Milliken would have been chosen as the current NU president in a closed search as well. One factor that was discussed, currently not mentioned in the bill, is the possibility of having a period of time set – senators mentioned a week to 10 days – where the finalist would visit University of Nebraska campuses and the public would be able to voice their opinions about the candidate. “I think there’s nothing wrong with having the finalist … meet the people of the campus,” Hadley said. Opponents of the bill said this measure isn’t enough to justify keeping the public in the dark for the rest of the process. “That horse left the barn when the regents … picked a person,”
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Democratic governor hopeful reflects on UNL connections Lane Chasek DN
Though campaigning has cut into the time Hassebrook spends with his family, he said his decision to run for governor was a decision University of Nebraska regent. Exmade by his entire family: his wife ecutive director of the Center for RuKate and sons Anton and ral Affairs. Now Chuck Peter. Both sons attend Hassebrook wants to UNL – Anton is a senior add another title to his mechanical engineerlist: governor of Neing major and Peter is a braska. junior civil engineering Hassebrook, a Unimajor. Hassebrook said versity of Nebraska–Linhis sons’ ages makes the coln alumnus, is the sole campaigning experience Democratic candidate in more comfortable for his the gubernatorial elecfamily. tion, which will be held Though Hassebrook Nov. 4. He filed the neclives in Lyons, Neb., essary paperwork on hassebrook with his wife, he grew Jan. 28 but has been camup in a rural area near paigning since June 2013. Platte Center, Neb. Campaigning can be In 1976, while an undergraduate exhausting but is still an energizing at UNL, Hassebrook became a vista experience, Hassebrook said. At the end of the day, he enjoys it.
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Student returns to reality after magical internship UNL sophomore shares experiences from interning at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom
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Learning Management Showcase – Blackboard when: 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. where: Burnett Hall, Room 115 more information: Session will be streamed and recorded using Adobe Connect at http://connect.unl.edu/ lmspresentations.
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“925,000 Campsites: The Commodification of an American Experience” when: 4:30 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center more information: Reception to follow at the College of Architecture
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“The Importance of Being Earnest” lecture when: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 1523 N. 33rd St.
IN LINCOLN what:
UNL Print Sale when: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Constellation Studios, 2055 O St.
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Bobby Miles & Friends – Benefit Concert for People’s City Mission when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: MoJava Cafe, 48th Street and St. Paul Avenue
Mara Klecker DN Katlyn Loof’s graduation cap was a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. She was handed her diploma with the Cinderella Castle in the background. It wasn’t her graduation from college, of course. The “earning of the ears” came in December 2013 after her eight months as a restaurant and guest services intern at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Loof, a sophomore hospitality and tourism management major, was one of the 7,000 interns selected from more than 60,000 applicants for Disney’s College Program. Though an exact number of how many University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have been in the program isn’t available, at least five students and recent graduates are currently interning at Disney Parks. Loof heard about the internship through a friend and decided to apply herself. She was a freshman and didn’t think she’d land it but wanted to see the application process. It started with an online form, then a half-hour phone interview and finally, an email that told her she was “right for Disney.” Loof was ecstatic, but she knew she’d miss a semester of school, though she did find a way to take online classes and completed 12 credit hours while interning. She took three days to decide before telling her parents at dinner. “They couldn’t believe it – they didn’t even know I had applied,” she said. “It was incredible because I was 18 moving to Florida for my first internship. They thought I was kidding.” The sacrifices of moving away were worth it, Loof said. Her average day involved waking up in Disney Housing with her roommates, who she now considers her best friends. She’d go to the pool or walk around the park – she was required to spend hours exploring the different lands to gain park knowledge. She helped with engagements – she estimates there are about 20 a day – and planned Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and the Not-So-Scary Halloween party. If it was a weekend, she might go to the beach or downtown Orlando with her friends. At 2 p.m., her shift would start and she’d dress up in a costume that fit the theme of the restaurant she was working at. Sometimes colonial, sometimes a Fantasy Land outfit that looked like something from a Cirque du Soleil show. To go from one land of the park to another in costume, she’d use the underground tunnels so as not to “destroy the magic.” Most of Loof’s training emphasized making magic for the guests. She was required to create three magical moments
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Katlyn Loof, a sophomore hospitality and tourism management major, interned at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
The customer relations were definitely the most challenging but also the most rewarding.” Katlyn loof
sophomore hospitality and tourism management major
honestly, if I went back to Disney, I wouldn’t come back,” she said, laughing. Jordan Weatherfield, a December graduate in hospitality and tourism management, also dreams of landing a full-time event planning job with Disney. Weatherfield is currently a transportation and parking intern at Downtown Disney until May. “It doesn’t even feel like I’m working,” he said. “I’m here to play all the time because everyone is friendly and interested. I have a family here.” At the start of Weatherfield’s internship, he and the other interns were in a bus driving into the park. They were encouraged to yell and scream. “It was just so cool to finally be here, to have a job that will help me reach my goals and to actually be working at Disney,” Weatherfield said. “It was just so – to use Disney’s word – magical. Loof agreed. “It really is the happiest place on earth,” she said. “It’s crazy to think I worked there.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
a day – giving a plush toy to a Make-a-Wish child or handing out a fast pass to a family that struck her as “needing a little magic.” “Those were the best,” Loof said. “Because of that, I definitely have a Disney mentality and an eye for detail.” Loof was also never allowed to say “no” to a guest, instead she had to find ways to get them what they needed or suggest an alternative. And sometimes, she had to give that suggestion using nonverbal clues, if the guest didn’t speak English. “The customer relations were definitely the most challenging but also rewarding,” Loof said. “I know that having that experience will help me in my future positions.” Two days after returning to Nebraska, Loof landed a job as the special events intern for the American Diabetes Association in Omaha. Eventually, she dreams of going back to Disney, but declined the offer to come back as a seasonal worker this summer. “I had to say no because I need to get through school, and
hassebrook: from 1 volunteer for the Center for Rural Affairs, an unaffiliated non-profit organization founded in Nebraska in 1973. By 1978, he was promoted to a full-time position with the center and has been there for 36 years. During his time there, Hassebrook worked to create policies that were more supportive of family farms, small businesses and small towns and communities. Since 2003, the center has been located in Lyons. Hassebrook was elected to the NU Board of Regents in 1995 and served for 18 years. As regent, he became a chief advocate for providing financial aid to students of modest means. “During the time when I was going to college, it was possible to graduate with only $1,000 in debt,” Hassebrook said. “But by the time I joined the Board of Regents, that was no longer possible.” As a gubernatorial candidate, one of his platforms is education reform. Hassebrook believes early
childhood education should be ex- come. This expansion of technical panded in Nebraska. Already, Has- training in high schools and community colleges would also help sebrook said, a number of children remedy shortages of welders, diesel are beginning kindergarten far behind their peers. An expanded pre- mechanics and other professions in the state. school system could help remedy Hassebrook also wishes to exthis problem, he said. pand the produc“We all have a tion of wind enstake in this issue,” If those ergy in Nebraska Hassebrook said. children and opposes Gov. “If those children Heineman’s prodon’t have an op- don’t have an posal to cut the top portunity to sucincome tax rate. ceed in school, it’s opportunity to Meg Mandy, going to come back succeed in school, Hassebrook’s comand cost us.” munications direcH a s s e b r o o k it’s going to come tor, first met Hasalso wants to exback and cost us.” sebrook while an pand technical undergraduate at training for Nebraska high school chuck hassebrook University of Negubernatorial candidate braska at Omaha. students who may Before Mandy not be considering graduated in 2008, pursuing four-year degrees. Technical training pro- she was a history major with a migrams at community colleges, if nor in political science. She was also expanded, could allow individuals involved in student government. who haven’t pursued a four-year Mandy got the opportunity to know degree to greatly enhance their in- Hassebrook when he was a regent
and thought highly of his work. When the opportunity to aid Hassebrook’s campaign arose, Mandy seized it. She has now been working with Hassebrook since July. Hassebrook’s son, Anton, is optimistic about his father’s chances of becoming governor. Because of how busy he has been with his studies as a senior mechanical engineering major, however, Anton hasn’t noticed many differences in his day-today life. He thinks the reality of his and his family’s situation will likely become more apparent in summer, when classes are finished and election day looms closer. Anton said his father feeds off seeing other people thrive. He also said his father would work 80 hours or more a week to see things get accomplished. “The man does not believe in vacation time,” Anton said. “He’ll work obscene numbers of hours and just never take a vacation. He’s pretty incredible.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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deficit: from 1 ...we will need to address the structure to provide greater incentive for distance education programs that bring in new money.” harvey perlman unl chancellor
flat. Therefore, administration estimated that tuition won’t be able to cover as much of the university budget as anticipated. Jackson said the number of enrolled students and number of credit hours those students take are accounted for when administration estimates tuition revenue. Only tuition from students who take classes on campus, not online, is fully accounted for when figuring the budget. Perlman said in his message that because of an incentive structure UNL made to promote online courses in individual colleges at the university, about 53 percent of that tuition revenue goes directly to the colleges. This money is left unavailable to help with UNL’s base budget. “While this program has been important in creating teaching capacity and providing other resources to the colleges, going forward, we will need to address the structure to provide greater incentive for distance education programs that bring in new money rather than those that divert base tuition dollars,” Perlman wrote in a statement to the university last week. Jackson said UNL had a positive enrollment of freshmen this year, but the number of graduat-
ing students hurt the numbers, as tuition revenue was lost. Funding for research at UNL increased about $5.6 million from the 2013 budget to the 2013-2014 budget. That’s the smallest increase research at UNL has received since 2008. The largest increase in allotted funds for research was from 2010 to 2011 with an increase of more than $32.4 million. Research and instruction hold most of the weight in the UNL’s budgets. In the 2014 budget, instruction made up about 18 percent of the total budget and research made up about 20 percent. For 2014, a decrease in spending of more than $3.9 million was applied to instruction. The instruction category includes academic affairs, international programs and funds for each college. It also includes things such as research, that haven’t already been accounted for and online education. “The university historically has tried to preserve reduction as best it can so it does not impact our two priorities, which are our undergraduate teaching and research,” Jackson said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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LPD urges residents to be cautious on roads Tyler Williams dn
tion and personal officer Koan Nissen of university police. The primary reason pedestriLincoln drivers reported dozens an vehicle accidents occur is from individuals crossing streets outof vehicle accidents this week side of the designated crosswalks due to icy streets and snow, but or jay walking. This is even more the collisions were only a fraction of the 1,483 accidents reported on dangerous when a individual enand near University of Nebras- ters the road from in between two parked cars, rendering him or her ka–Lincoln’s campus in 2013. almost invisible to a driver until Accidents of all types are more common around busy in- it’s too late. “As a pedestrian you have tersections and typically spike in some responsibility,” Nissen times of inclement weather such said. as heavy rain or snow fall, police Situational said. Areas like N. awareness is also 17th and N. 16th It is simply the pedestrians streets between O best protection and Vine streets about from traffic acare prime examcidents. Looking ples of places that using good, solid both ways before accumulate higher judgement.” crossing and gaugnumbers of vehicle ing cars speed and and pedestrian ability to stop can accidents simply Koan Nissen greatly reduce due to the amount university police your risk while of traffic passing crossing a street. through. Even removing “Officers are always aware of just one ear bud or turning down high volume intersections,” said your music can be the difference Officer Erin Spilker of the combetween crossing safely and bemunity service unit of Lincoln ing involved in a serious acciPolice Department. “Especially around the university, there is a dent. “If you’re getting ready to lot of pedestrian traffic and officross a busy street, take that extra cers are aware of that.” However, there are basic second,” Nissen said. Joggers running at night things that can be remembered should also stay on the sidewalk by both drivers and pedestrians as much as possible and wear that can reduce the number of acreflective clothing to make them cidents and diminish the severity more visible to drivers. of accidents that occur. “It is simply about using While pedestrians have the good, solid judgment,” Nissen right-of-way when crossing the street, they must remember that said. Most vehicle-on-vehicle accivehicles won’t always follow this dents that occur are rear end collaw. “In a pedestrian versus ve- lisions caused by either following too closely or being unable hicle accident the vehicle is going to stop due to road conditions. to win every time,” said educaUNLPD and LPD both report a
uptick in accidents during times of bad road conditions such as heavy rain and snow fall or dense fog. “Anytime there is inclement weather and you get drivers on the road, that introduces a element of danger,” Nissen said. Spilker recommended to drive at least five miles per hour slower than normal. “The number one thing is if you don’t have to be on the road, don’t,” Spilker said. However, bad weather isn’t the only danger. Drivers must remember how dangerous cars can be and use their utmost attention while driving, police said. Studies conducted by several groups such as Car and Driver magazine and Transport Research Laboratory in London, among many others, show that texting while driving impairs a driver ’s reaction time more so than alcohol. A 2012 Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study indicated that texting while driving caused more than 3,000 deaths and 330,000 injuries per year. Texting while driving is banned in Nebraska. Additionally, police focus on highly traveled areas while enforcing traffic violations. “In those highly traveled areas, the ultimate goal is to slow people down and be aware of pedestrian crossings,” Nissen said. However Nissen did explain that it’s difficult to measure the success of getting drivers to abide by these laws with this kind of enforcement. “If I pull you over today and that stops you from running a red light 10 years later, well mission accomplished, but how do you measure that?” Nissen said. Citizens can do their part to help stop reckless drivers when
BY THE NUMBERS
1,483 accidents were reported on or near campus in 2013
3,000
Number of deaths caused per year by texting and driving, according to a Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study
330,000 Number of injuries caused per year by texting and driving, according to the same study
they see one by reporting dangerous drivers to the LPD nonemergency number at 402-4416000. For officers to be able to find a reckless driver, they need a license plate number, description of the vehicle and, if possible, a description of the driver. news@ dailynebrsakan.com
Law college leaders say tuition is low enough Gabrielle Lazaro dn A panel is calling for the American Bar Association to rethink pricing methods used by law schools and take on the responsibility of preparing graduates for successful careers. The University of Nebraska College of Law’s tuition is relatively low compared to other law schools across the country,and had an 87 percent rate of graduates finding employment in 2012. “That’s more than 10 percentage points above the national average,” said Susan Poser, dean of the College of Law. “The UNL College of Law was also ranked number 4 best value law school in the country by the National Jurist Magazine along with ranking number 61 of 200 law schools by U.S. News & World Report in 2013 – moving up 28 points from last year at number 89. Curriculum review started in 2010 as the college tried to figure out how to best prepare lawyers for the best practice, Poser said. Since then, curriculum has been expanded in areas such as international law, patent and intellectual property law, human rights, immigration, space cyber and telecommunications law, and
agriculture and environmental law, in addition to traditional areas such as constitutional law, litigation, tax, family law, criminal law and business law. An entrepreneurship clinic, a place where students can get practice and experience providing legal advice to clients, was added along with joint degrees in various majors and dual degree programs with the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and with the Gerontology Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Poser said. “The curriculum is strong and that helps make my job easier,” said Tasha Everman, assistant dean and director of career services. “We have excellent professors who are training our students well.” From day one, students at the College of Law are exposed to all of the different practices available upon graduation and every other week there’s an Exploring Opportunities program that brings in a panel of attorneys practicing in specific areas. Students have the opportunity to learn from and network with experts in fields as diverse as corporate transactions, health law, criminal prosecution or defense,
political briefs LAWMAKERS DEMAND IMMIGRATION REFORM
A coalition of 14 state senators have sponsored a resolution calling on Nebraska’s congressional delegation to act on immigration reform. Lexington Sen. John Wightman led the effort, which would add Nebraska to a list of 31 other states demanding federal immigration reform. The resolution, LR399, says that immigrant populations have been key in maintaining population in rural areas. An estimated 35,000 to 40,000 immigrants live in Nebraska illegally.
BRUNING, JANSSEN SHAKE UP GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Republican shakeups continue as more candidates enter and exit the race for the Governor’s Mansion. On Monday, Fremont Sen. Charlie Janssen dropped out because he felt there wasn’t a “clear path to victory” in the primary. Instead, he’s planning a run for the state auditor position. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jon Bruning said he’s interested in running for governor. Bruning would join an already crowded field of Republicans, which includes Omaha businessman Pete Ricketts, state Auditor Mike Foley, Omaha tax attorney Brian Slone, and state Senators Tom Carlson and Beau McCoy.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE BILL withdrawn
Nebraska’s one of two states that awards electoral votes by district, which is why Omaha’s electoral vote went to Barack Obama in 2008. Fremont Sen. Charlie Janssen wanted to change that though LB 382, but on Wednesday he withdrew the bill, saying he wouldn’t have enough votes to stop a filibuster.
GROUPS CROSS PARTY LINES TO address OVERCROWDING
The Platte Institute, a conservative advocacy organization, and the Holland Children’s Movement, an antipoverty group funded by Omaha philanthropist and Democrat Richard Holland, released a report Thursday addressing how to tackle Nebraska’s prisons. The report backs Omaha Sen. Brad Ashford’s prison reform bills, which would increase supervision of ex-inmates and help prisoners transition back into society.
—Compiled by Daniel Wheaton, news@ dailynebraskan.com
The curriculum is strong and that helps make my job easier. We have excellent professors who are training our students well.” Tasha Everman
assistant dean and director of career services, college of law
environmental law or national security, she said. “As a part of our curriculum we also meet with the students about becoming a professional,” Everman said. “Our goal is to empower them to take control of their own career path. They are the ones in charge of their career, and we’re here to support them, through resume reviews, mock interviews, on-campus interviews as well as developing and maintaining relationships with employers, around the country, we help ease their transition to the practice.” First-year law student Mike Wehling said in several of his classes, he learns how certain issues are applied in real life and in a real career. He also said he’s confident in finding a job in Nebraska once he graduates.
“(The University of Nebraska) does a lot to help you after you’re done and even when you’re still in school,” he said. “Compared to other schools, it’s way better priced. The price is really good for the quality of education you’re getting that’s something that really drew me toward (the university).” It’s important that students in Nebraska who are considering going to law school are able to look past the whole national media blitz, Poser said. “These reasons just don’t exist in Nebraska, we have low tuition, and we have a very high valued school,” she said. “Students are finding jobs, it’s a lot more complicated situation out there than the New York Times would let you think.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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TOP: The “Man Cave” chair, designed by Doug Oberier, right, is auctioned by Hilligoss. The chair features a wheeled base, exhaust pipes and a cooler that doubles as a footrest. LEFT: The UNL Women’s Club hosts “Take a Seat for the Night,” a charity auction that features both live and silent auctions at the Lincoln Country Club on Thursday night. David Hilligoss, right, is the auction’s emcee.
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Women’s agriculture conference will focus on ‘critical difference’ nicole rauner dn The annual Women in Agriculture Conference is meeting for its 29th year. The conference is being held at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney on Feb. 20-21. The last day of early registration for the conference is Friday. With women becoming more than half of the land owners in Nebraska, the conference looks at the critical role of women and how to plan and care for their land, said Cheryl Griffith, project coordinator of the conference. The conference has workshops and speakers that help educate the attendees about marketing, crop and forage insurance and beef nutrition. This year, its theme is “Making the Critical Difference.” Sponsors of the conference include Reinke Irrigation, Farm Credit Services and Nebraska Farm Bureau. Griffith plans the conference to give attendees a leg up in the industry. “Many of them (women) find themselves in that group and haven’t really had the education or having to make a decision as well, this is a great way to kind of get started with that,” she said. The connections and networking opportunities for students at the conference give hope to students’ future endeavors. Commodity groups, other estate and federal agencies and University of Nebraska–Lincoln extension will be attending the conference. The commodity groups, as well as some of the producers that attend, might hire students, Griffith said. Kim Madsen, a junior hospitality major at UNL, has an interest in agriculture but isn’t able to attend the conference.. “I live in Nebraska and it’s a driving force for the economy,” Madsen said. “It’s important and relevant for the Midwest.”
if you go Women in Agriculture: “Making the Critical Difference” when: Feb. 20-21 where: Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center, Kearney, Neb. cost: $100 for general registration to register: go to https://www.regonline. com/Register/Checkin. aspx?EventID=1374571.
The registration cost of the conference is $100, which can be a concern for student’s on a budget. But early registration and the experience outshines the price, Griffith said. “If you’re unable to get a scholarship it’s still cheap for the networking you can get and valuable education you can get,” Griffith said. The Women in Agriculture Conference is the longest-running women’s conference of its kind. Last year, a heavy blizzard interrupted the conference and only half of the people who registered were able to attend. This year, Jolene Brown will get to be the keynote speaker and make her speech she prepared last year but couldn’t attend. “We asked Jolene to come back,” Griffith said, “so she’s going to do the thing she planned on last year.” Griffith said she hopes the weather cooperates and more students are able to attend. “Definitely potential employers and just learning about the business is a great thing for students to take part in.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
hearing: from 1 said Alan Peterson, attorney for Media of Nebraska. Jack Gould, issues chairman for Common Cause Nebraska, an organization that advocates for open public records, said putting a single candidate up for public scrutiny isn’t the way to handle the issue. “I can’t think of a worse stain to put on a person’s back,” Gould said. The effect on a potential president’s career would be disastrous if they were rejected by the public at the end of the search process, Gould said. Opponents also raised the issue of growing government secrecy, saying that if the bill were to pass, it would set a bad example. Peterson of Media of Nebraska said Nebraska’s open public record policy, which has been in effect for 158 years, shouldn’t be changed because of the NU Board of Regents arguments. “Why would we change the exception of public policy for one
party?” he said. Another major argument from the opposition testified that the idea of keeping the process a secret goes against the philosophy of the university. John Bender, journalism professor and member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee at UNL, said the bill is contrary to the nature of the public university. “It seems contradictory to begin that person’s tenure with a basically secret process,” Bender said. “We want candidates for these jobs that are open to public scrutiny.” Opponents of the bill said increasing the number of potential candidates won’t necessarily help the university find a better president. “You might get a bigger pool, but how deep is it?” Peterson said. “You don’t need a bigger pool, you need a big fish.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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d n e d i to r i a l b oa r d m e m b e r s HAILEY KONNATH
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DN quotes of the week “You just can’t exclude 50 percent of the population from your workforce and expect to be at top performance.”
Concetta DiRusso
UNL biochemistry professor, on women in academia
“God’s put me in some amazing situations where I have incredible partners, I have great coaches, so for me to take that would be selfish. It’s not all me. It’s the people around me that help me do what I do.”
Tim Lambert
Redshirt freshman wrestler
“The Latin phrase ‘Universitas magistrorum et scholarium,’ from which university is derived, means a university of teachers and scholars, not a university of wealthy alumni.”
Oliver Tonkin
Opinion columnist
“I’m talking about things such as eating those special mushrooms and believing that a giant cartoon frog is trying to gobble you up. Then, the next thing you know, your roommate wants to know why the hell you have barricaded yourself behind the couch, crying and holding a flyswatter because frogs prefer the taste of bugs rather than human flesh, right? The little, red scorpions, which were made out of licorice, crawling up the wall were pretty cute though, I have to admit.”
Joe Wade
Arts & Life columnist, on memories that can inspire songs
“All we could do was focus on improving ourselves. … We hoped that eventually we could find a common ground, and that’s what happened.”
Alex Moore
Junior pre-architecture major, Sigma Chi president
“Lincoln is a city that continues to grow artistically, and these festivals have proved it. Whether it be music, design, photography – it’s festivals like these that showcase and network art and the fans thereof.”
Zach Watkins
Member of band AZP, on Lincoln Exposed
“I would like to clarify that despite my ponytail and asymmetrical facial hair, that was not my penis in Burnett Hall.”
Ian Francis
Wrongly identified as Burnett Hall flasher on Jan. 30
“There’s no team in the Big Ten playing better than Nebraska right now.”
John Beilein
Michigan men’s basketball coach
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ASUN’s WTF-UNL needs fixing “
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TF UNL?” – as seen on Facebook and as heard in grumbling conversations across campus. Students complain, and now someone is answering back. Since last Wednesday, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska is asking students “WTF?” That is, “What to fix.” ASUN launched a Facebook page titled “WTF-UNL” for students to submit requests, concerns and questions about anything and everything UNL. Turning “WTF” to “What-to-fix” was clever. When the page went live, I thought it was a joke or parody account. When I realized it was a real entity of ASUN, I was unsure of what to think. Is this supposed to get attention and relate to students? I like the idea of having an open forum for student concerns, but WTF-UNL doesn’t have the support to be the resource it could be. One of the biggest criticisms for ASUN is the lack of accessibility or that it seems out of touch with real student needs. Although ASUN has made efforts to improve these problems, WTF-UNL hasn’t realized its true potential. With WTF-UNL there is opportunity for our student government to give students a direct line to ASUN. But so far, WTF-UNL is a small social media tag on Facebook and Twitter. If ASUN senators really want students to speak to them directly, WTF-UNL should become a more widespread campaign. At the time of publication, the page only has 491 likes, and the partner Twitter handle @WTF_UNL only has 3 followers. WTF-UNL has the potential to become a real active platform students could use to ask questions and submit ideas. But their attention needs to be actively sought to build campus and social media presence and for the tag to do what is intended. Some of the concerns on the Facebook page have easy answers simply because the student
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isn’t aware of the resources already available. The UNL Residence Hall Association has commented on some questions with answers on how to get bed rails and footballs from their residence hall. If an action such as WTF-UNL was an active campaign, ASUN could really improve the quality of life for students. The reality of the student body is that most students don’t care about ASUN senate bills and resolutions (not that they shouldn’t). But they want to be cared for and protected. They want to have well-maintained residence halls and adequate parking space. A friendly place to get questions answered honestly and promptly could be enough to finally entice students to trust their student government as a resource. However, I wouldn’t support the campaign if it were named WTF-UNL. While it’s short and attention-grabbing, I don’t like the idea of having WTF-UNL plastered around Facebook and campus in general. The reference is clearly to a profane word, and I can’t picture UNL being taken seriously. Imagine if a tour guide or New Student Enrollment leader had to tell students and parents, “And if you have any questions or concerns about campus, there is WTF-UNL.” It appears ASUN wants students to post their honest and serious concerns with the intention of giving honest and serious responses, but how can anyone take this seriously and expect real help with such a tongue-in-cheek title? The WTF-UNL presence also needs refine-
ment simply because ASUN can’t fix everything. While I appreciate the openness of a Facebook page allowing everything to be fair game, there are some things that ASUN will inevitably have to balk at. For example, one student wrote to the page: “I booked time with an adviser a week ahead, and she told me she still wouldn’t have more than 15 min to help me, handed me a sheet to pick my classes by myself, and she suggested the wrong class for my pre med obligations.” On the public Facebook page, there was no follow up, even just to explain what ASUN can and can’t do. This post is just left hanging, which makes the page look inactive and inattentive. If submissions are going to be made public, the page administrators need to follow up with some kind of public response. Furthermore, although ASUN can reach out to academic affairs for issues like the one mentioned earlier, it’s perhaps not the best use of the page to bring up issues that ASUN itself can’t fix or address. If something such as an open platform for student concerns and questions hosted by ASUN is really going to take off, it’s first going to need a name change. Something that’s still short and clever but less satiric-sounding. ASUN should also front a better campaign to make this service known to students. The campaign should be in person, on campus and online. This might mean appointing a specific committee to promote the movement and handle student inquiries. The committee should also report back to other ASUN committees and senate about what’s trending in student concerns and advocate for change. If ASUN wants to be effective and trusted by its students, it shouldn’t rely on cleverness and brief Internet tags. ASUN should do what it promises and care for its student body. Jane Seu is a senior political science major. Follow her on Twitter @jane_seu. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.
Intramural rules discourage women
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t’s not cute when you say you don’t watch women’s sports. I know women can’t dunk. I understand that part. But an utter disregard for women’s abilities in sports is unacceptable. Appreciating the Lingerie Bowl (oh excuse me, they’ve changed it to the more politically correct Legends Cup) isn’t cutting it. This attitude permeates all levels of sports, sadly even affecting our own co-ed intramurals through the Campus Recreation Center. On a positive note, the Rec has made strides to give girls a fair shake in these games through modifications to rules. But some rules do just the opposite. I played for a team called Eagle Storm, a ragtag group of self-proclaimed nerds with a desire to win. We competed in both co-ed flag football in the fall and co-ed indoor soccer in the winter. Our record was three wins in our two years of play, and two of those were forfeits. In that time, I’ve come to really resent the scoring system. The main problem I see is handing girls extra points for scoring. This perpetuates the belief that it’s harder for girls to score. I can admit that on average men are faster and stronger, but this wasn’t apparent while I was playing. Some of the best blockers in flag football were a highly disciplined group of sorority girls organized into a phalanx-like structure. Honestly, if they want to give anyone a handicap, it should be the people who have to play against the Greeks, but I digress. At the top levels of a sport, the men will, for the most part, be faster than the women, thanks to biology. Even if skill levels are roughly equal, speed makes a huge difference. However, at the college intramural level, everyone sucks about the same. The problem with boys “outperforming” girls is basically a non-issue because boys end up guarding boys, and girls guard girls.
Kayla simon This itself speaks to the unfortunate idea that boys shouldn’t play hard against girls. While I think it’s wise to hold back from ramming into girls, I think it’s more important to avoid ramming into people in general. It’s intramurals, not Big Red Welcome after all. It’s flag football. There’s almost no contact, so a handicap for females is kind of moot. This attitude exists outside organized sports as well. While playing pick-up matches, boys are looked down upon if they lose the ball to a girl. Common excuses include, “I was going easy on her,” or “If she wants it that badly, she can have it.” If you ever watch a pickup game, girls have to prove themselves as worthy to be passed to. When a girl loses the ball, it means all girls suck. When a guy does, he just made a bad play. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where girls are discouraged from playing because they’ll never get the ball. And when a girl actually succeeds in a sport, she’s called butch or manly. So we’re either incompetent and pitiable or talented and a macho man. There’s no winning this one. I definitely support rules that encourage cooperation. That’s why open/closed play rules during flag football are such a good idea. For those unfamiliar with the modified rules, you start the game with a closed play. During closed play, anyone can pass to anyone (which means a guy can throw it to another guy). If those two dudes complete the play, the next
play must be open. An open play means a girl has to be involved in a pass in some way, either as the quarterback or the receiver. It penalizes teams for not utilizing their girls. These rules emphasize the importance of passing to girl teammates, which seems to be a common issue for guys. It doesn’t rely on the assumption that girls are inferior in skill, but rather than men have a tendency not to pass to them. There’s a lot more strategy that goes into open and closed plays, but I’ve found it changes things up and allows more dynamic play. It’s also great that the Rec requires a certain number of girls on the field at a time. That ensures that everyone gets a chance to play and offers more time for women to “prove themselves.” But we shouldn’t make rules just to have them. Explicitly awarding women more points by virtue of their gender are inherently discriminatory. It often tips the game in one direction. If there is one decent girl against a team of bobbling imbeciles, it’s a recipe for mercy ruling. It kills the game for both parties. Our team never got close enough to the goal for a penalty kick, but according to the intramural soccer rules on the Rec website, only women can take them. While I understand the rule’s intention, I’m not a fan. It puts a lot of pressure on the girls on the team to perform in front of people who don’t expect them to succeed. I just don’t see a need for it; penalty kicks happen so infrequently that it really has no influence on the co-ed aspect of the game. The range of co-ed sports offered at the Rec along with the willingness to modify rules is a step in the right direction, but it’s worth taking a look at whether said rules actually benefit or hurt the parties they claim to. Kayla Simon is a sophomore Communication Studies and Political Science major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.
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On the night two of Lincoln Exposed, bands take the stage at bars around downtown Lincoln.
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TOP: Emily Bass slams on her keyboard to a self-written song with her jam band at Duffy’s Tavern on Thursday night as a part of Lincoln Exposed.
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LEFT: Jared Alberico (left) and Charlie Burton (right) play at the Zoo Bar on Thursday night. The duo blend rock and roll with blues.
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RIGHT: Pat Bradley performs at the Zoo Bar as part of Lincoln Exposed 2014. On stage, it was just him, his guitar and an amp.
Sower Records label aims to branch out to Omaha Gabriella Martinez-garro dN The seeds of folk, bluegrass and Americana are being sown right here in Lincoln. Sower Records, the brand new label that features some of Lincoln’s notable roots-based artists, such as Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band, Little Marais and Bonehart Flannigan, is making its presence known in Lincoln. Mike Semrad, Gunter Voelker and Max Morrissey began the roots record label in late 2013. For Semrad, the desire to start Sower Records began after a 10-year absence from Lincoln. The Lincoln-native moved home from Chicago two years ago after testing the waters, learning how to tour and fall into the right circles. While in Chicago, Semrad said he also worked at the Old Town School of Folk Music, a bluegrass and Americana-style music institution. “I was able to meet all these unbelievably sought-after musicians in the folk world and the bluegrass world,” Semrad said. “I was exposed to this music, and I kind of grew up in that vibe, too. It was kind of cool to be thrown into this different big city and just to survive and learn and, sort of, play with different people.” Although Semrad stayed in Chicago for a decade, he said he experienced a clique-y music scene and moved back to once again experience the tightlywoven musical community in Lincoln. “I missed the cohesiveness of working with a community of people that support you,” Semrad said. “I never really got that sense or feeling from Chicago.” Shortly after moving back to his hometown, Semrad began playing local venues and contributing to Lincoln’s setting. Semrad, his wife, Kerry, and four others joined together to form The Bottle Tops, a bluegrass band who is signed to Sower Records. While reconnecting with his hometown, Semrad said he noticed the number of local superb roots musicians including fellow Sower Records founders, Voelker of Jack Hotel and
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courtesy photo Morrissey of Bud Heavy and the High Lifes. Semrad said he credits the initial seed of inspiration to start the record label from Sower Records’ artist, Gerardo Meza. After approaching Voelker, who immediately thought of calling the label Sower Records, Semrad, Voelker and Morrissey joined together to recruit bands and begin the process of starting Sower Records. Semrad said the point of creating Sower Records was not to make a profit, but rather to create a central hub where one person could find a collection of roots sounds. “It wasn’t about money, it wasn’t about selling records,” Semrad said. “Well, I guess, it was kind of about selling records, but that was an afterthought to the point where one person could come to a website and find out all this information about all these bands, and then maybe buy a record.” The process from concept to reality was quick for Sower Records. Within about three weeks, the recording label held their first meeting, bands were already organized and t-shirts were ready to be sold, Semrad said. The recording label is spreading the word about itself and its bands through newsletters, posters and stickers for curious Lincoln residents. Many of Sower Records’ bands, including The Bottle Tops and Bud Heavy & the High
Who might you like to hear on Sower Records?Drop us a line @dnartsdesk on Twitter. Lifes, will release new albums in the coming months. “It’s a really exciting time for Sower Records because so many of the bands are stoked and just excited about putting out really good music,” Semrad said. “And there are some really great records coming out.” Voelker said he credits the camaraderie of the label to the diversity of its members. “The idea is for bands to put all of their resources together because what we found, and it seems to me that this has always been true, is that when we sat in a big room, all of the people that we approached, we had a huge pool of resources,” Voelker said. “Not just musically, but we had people who were really good at networking, really good at writing, all sides of it.” Semrad said the success of Sower Records is also due in
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A screenshot from his YouTube video shows Tyler Mancuso performing acapella versions of various pop songs. His cover of Bastille’s “Pompeii” has more than 200,000 collective views.
UNL student Tyler Mancuso makes viral YouTube video Mancuso talks his love for music, hopes for making it onto “The Ellen Show” someday Maranda Loughlin DN After being rejected twice from the campus music group, The Bathtub Dogs, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln actuarial science major decided to take matters into his own hands. Tyler Mancuso filmed, edited, performed and posted covers of multiple radio hits onto YouTube, including “Pompeii” by Bastille. Now, the student has more than 200,000 views on YouTube, MSN and multiple other websites. Some special fans he gained were employees from Ellen DeGeneres’s show. Coincidentally, Mancuso is a fan of Ellen as well. The Daily Nebraskan had the chance to talk to Mancuso to get a glimpse into the process of creating an acapella YouTube music
number, while simultaneously wearing a closet-full of outfits. We also had to know what it’s like to go viral. Daily Nebraskan: What’s a day in the life of Tyler Mancuso? Tyler Mancuso: “It took about two weeks to do the project, so it basically came down to class, the gym to play basketball and in any free time between, I would make music. Then, I always gotta make time for church on Sundays. Honestly my life is mostly about school, gym, music and then church is the most important part of my life. I always make sure to make time for that of course, but I also watch a lot of YouTube videos too. You could probably classify me as a ‘YouTube Junkie.’” DN: When did you start making acapella music videos? TM: “Well I started making acapella videos when I came to Lincoln in 2011, and then I just started to do it in my free time. I had seen a couple videos like it, and I thought to myself ‘I could do those too.’ My first couple videos were pretty crappy. But it’s just like anything else, you’ve got to practice to get better at it. So I got better with each video, and then my last two videos were pretty popular. Combined with
MSN and YouTube, which have separate video counters, I have about 220,000 hits on those videos. I know it’s crazy.” DN: How does it feel to be swept up overnight by the number of views? TM: “I guess the ‘dream’ of all of this was to make something that positively influences people, meaning that they could find two or three minutes of enjoyment out of the clip or whatever. And if it could reach a wider audience then great, but if it was just my Facebook friends, that’s okay too. The fact that people liked it was cool within itself. I’m so happy that people enjoy it and that people actually wanted to share it with other people because they liked it so much. It just feels good knowing that I can do something to make other people happy. You know, whatever you make of yourself in the world, just make it positive. So, I am just happy I was able to do that.” DN: So how did “The Ellen Show” find you? TM: “The first day my video was out, I actually didn’t think it was going to do that good. It only got like 800 views or something.
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friday, February 7, 2014
lincoln exposed
Concert crowds kill the concert experience robert specht
I wouldn’t consider myself an introvert, but there are many people out there whose company I consider a great misfortune. Many of these people attend concerts. Here’s the problem: I attend concerts. I attend concerts a lot. Many would say I attend too many concerts. I say I attend too few. But, as though it were a universal law, at concerts there are all these people: loud people, drunk people, wholly inconsiderate people, people whose money spent for cover and drinks could have been spent, say, on charity instead of furthering my personal bitterness. Don’t get me wrong, concerts shouldn’t exist in a vacuum. The most important part of the live experience is the energy the audience brings when they’re enraptured, moved by the performance
taking place before them and being changed by the experience. If there were no crowds, the shows would just be practices, not performances. But I’m not talking about the concertgoers who contribute to this greatness, I’m talking about the ones next to them. You know the ones: the guy who just spilled his beer on me trying to grope his way to the front where his imaginary sister/ girlfriend is; the dancers who take up half the floor with their intricate and terrible routines; the couple sloppily making out; the two dudes having a shouting conversation in the back at the bar during Orion Walsh’s quietest song; that girl who spent the sound check shrieking in my ear from excitement and who, for some reason, is currently on stage drunkenly touching the band’s equipment and harassing them; and of course, the one person who does hardcore dancing in an attempt to leave everyone in the audience injured. These people commit social atrocities routinely, and their sheer lack of awareness leaves me flabbergasted. Should I bite my tongue and tolerate the surrounding insolence found at local concerts, or
At concerts there are all these people: loud people, drunk people, wholly inconsiderate people. People whose money spent for cover and drink could have been spent, say, on charity, instead of furthering my bitterness.” just sit in my room and listen to albums alone (as I do through most of the day)? I am a stubborn, proud man. I cannot let this insolence hinder my enjoyment of the things I love! The problem isn’t necessarily the behavior itself, rather the context in which the behaviors are performed. While moshing and crowd-surfing and loud screaming is perfectly acceptable at a metal or other high-energy show, such behavior would be simply abhorrent in a softer, slower setting. And it would be bizarre to see a crowd standing perfectly still at an electronic dance music or punk show, although in Nebraska this seems to be a more common occurrence. Not every show is as slow as a Bright Eyes show, people, you can move and
‘XCOM’ challenges, breaks game players miles rothlisberger
No matter how someone might try to argue the opposite, an alien invasion on planet Earth would suck quail eggs. Honestly. If an extraterrestrial race manages to develop space travel before humans do, then it has likely found a way to develop laser guns, heat rays and the perfect roundhouse kick before humanity, its iPhones and pitiful roundhouse squibs. And the video game series “XCOM” hits home on how badly mankind would get its behind handed to itself on a platinum dish with sprinkles of chives. As one of the earliest, most renowned and difficult strategy games ever, “XCOM” has pit players and their global extraterrestrial task force against a mysterious, otherworldly race on PC since 1994. Luckily for modern gamers, developer Firaxiz has recently birthed “XCOM: Enemy Unknown” for the current generation consoles. Also luckily, or unluckily depending on one’s stance, the recent rendition still puts up a hell of a fight for players. Players are tasked with managing the world’s best defense against the invading foes, which entails balancing an array of limited resources while sending out squads to exterminate the monsters and explore what’s left behind. Every player-action holds potentiallydebilitating consequences. Even outside of combat, one must make decisions on which countries help protect from any potential predators, what types of research to develop so as to increase fighting
capacity or what items to build panic levels as they return to the and buy for soldiers. What players safe house of the game. To add inchoose to focus their time on will sult to players’ simple mistakes in likely cost them somehow in the fu- combat, there lies a memorial to all ture; Money spent researching alien the soldiers lost, reminding them physiology might prevent players of the magnitude of their collective from spending it on medipacks for failure. Only until one truly squanders troops or new armors. However, the real punishment all the nations’ trust or all other oplies in the hellish landscapes of portunities to keep the XCOM orgabattle, specifically the tough alien nization afloat is he or she allowed to lose. By that point, players will baddies. Despite a lack of tripods be a hollowed shell of a person who and blue cat-looking creatures with has witnessed many horrible things bows and arrows, the enemy con- from his favorite soldier “Wakka sists of a variety of unique and alNakka!” receiving the rough end of together nasty aliens, ranging from a plasma round after being flanked short grunts that power up others to humanoid beings that release to every country pulling from toxins. Sure, a player could receive XCOM permanently. But, as any otha squad of buff, cuser hard game that tomizable marines By that loves to provide a with rifles and shot- whip-crack to evguns that can hold point, ery misstep, players their own during learn. After awhile, combat, but all that players will be a as one hones their may be for naught. If hollowed shell of skills, he or she can one attempts to play maybe salvage a through the Classic a person.” little pride in their difficulty or higher, tactical achievethey might as well ments - if by tactical achievements, find five caskets for their troops. During the game’s turn-based one means only half of the squad dies every mission. squad combat, one must be as sharp Many lessons are learned as a tack polished on a grindstone while playing “XCOM: Enemy Unfor 12 hours, as tactical as a comknown,” a title that proudly exists puter and as spatially-aware as a in this sick domain of masochistic self-conscious teen. One wrong step games. Some may learn that, if they and your most valuable soldier will fall right into an ambush. Even the somehow became a commander, they would doom the entire human little grunt aliens will literally tear race. Others realize just how unprethe player’s entire squad to pieces, pared everyone is in general. then mix those pieces into some However, once strategies fall weird alien cocktail and drink it beinto place and once the down-paycause they need the sodium. But, even if one’s line of troops ment for that UFO shelter finally fails to last 17 hours, let alone 17 ends, the experience is unforgettable. days, the crushing loss does not Miles Rothlisberger end there. One’s not let off the paincame out of the womb ful and tetanus-filled hook with a ready to fall down every simple “Game Over” screen. Oh no. stairway in sight to make Once the slaughter ends, the life “interesting.” Give a game continues on, forcing playsarcastic comment about ers to face the crippling loss of their this crock arts@ soldiers or witness their poor choicdailynebraskan.com es reflected in the world’s increased
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Cake baking directions: Step One: Mix flour and sugar vigorously. Step Two: Bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil. Step Three: Pour butter, cocoa and water over flour and sugar. Step Four: Mix in eggs, milk, soda and vanilla. Step Five: Bake in a greased and floured pan at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Frosting directions: Mix all ingredients in bowl vigorously. Pour over cake. Serves three a buttload of cake. —Compiled by JacK Forey art by randall owens arts@dailynebraskan.com
express emotions! That’s what limbs are for! During Wednesday night of Lincoln Exposed, many of these aforementioned grievances were not to be found, because of the sparse crowds at the Bourbon. However, a lack of people made the problems that were there all the more noticeable (and harder to tolerate). With only 20-30 people in the bar during most times of the night, the more inconsiderate lot stuck out even more, drunkenly heckling the band and screaming, their dance moves taking up a majority of the floor causing everyone else to have to move out of their way. And most of the crowd were up the stairs, away from the stage, sitting around the bar. These people seem to pay for the social bar experience instead of
the music itself, which is disheartening as a spectator but especially as a performer. This is found at any show, regardless of popularity (at last year ’s sold-out Tallest Man On Earth show in Omaha there were people sitting and talking at the bar throughout his set). But at smaller shows, the terrible experience is even more intimate. This would be fine during, say, Domestica’s set, when the band is so loud that it drowns out any crowd chatter and leaves them with mild tinnitus as proper comeuppance, but for a small acoustic set, the crowd chatter is a definite detraction and it worsens the entire concert experience. Not a single person on earth cares what Instagram filter you use, Gerardo Meza looks cool no matter what. Ponder in silence these artistic decisions, there is a greater art before you. Also found in these small local shows are “one-band audiences.” Crowds will form and dissipate due to the various friends of band members who can’t be bothered to make a night out of seeing their friend’s band. Well over 30 people filled the Rye Room in the Bourbon Wednesday night at 11:00 p.m. to see Producers of the Word,
and as soon as the group had left the stage, the bar was back down to under 20. The $6 cover could have given them an entire night of music, or at least free stickers and dancing by Thundersandwich, but I guess these people have better things to do. Perhaps it’s how I was raised. Growing up attending classical concerts, you learn a different set of rules for etiquette. When the performer is on stage, you never talk. Ever. You must never do anything that would be a detriment to the performers and those around you, and god forbid you attend the concert drunk. Who do you think you are? You’ll miss everything without a clear mind! While I’m not a complete teetotaler, and I do believe a performer-audience rapport makes for the best concerts, I think people could take a leaf from the symphonic and develop empathy and courtesy for their fellow concertgoers. We are all here to see great music. Is that not the point of concerts? Robert Specht is not a bitter old man, but he certainly complains like one. Reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com
Emotional story of ‘Broken Circle’ lacks solid ending ‘Broken Circle’ tells tragic story of two lovers and their family through a fractured timeline Jack Forey DN This has been done before. It’s very good, but it has been done before. “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” a Belgian film up for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, tells the story of Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) and Elise (Veerle Baetens), two starcrossed lovers whose bond is tested by the death of their child. Didier sings in a bluegrass band. He expresses a love for all things country. He’s an atheist, but he has a starry optimism about him. Elise works in a tattoo shop and is herself tattooed to oblivion. She has a tattoo for every boyfriend she ever had; all she needs to do when it’s over, she says, is get it covered up. They also have a child they didn’t plan for. Didier steps up and builds a house in which to raise the child. We sense some trepidation, and so does Elise. Seven years go by, and their child, Maybelle, dies of cancer. There is an unforgettable shot during the funeral; while white roses are being thrown onto the small white coffin, it is suddenly splattered with mud by seemingly impatient grave diggers. The timeline of the movie is fractured, a la “Blue Valentine” or “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” It opens with a scene during the terminal stages of Maybelle’s cancer. We cut back and forth be-
tween scenes where Didier and Elise meet, when they’re raising Maybelle and the multiple performances by their bluegrass band. Sometimes the fractured narrative works. In the early scenes, the contrast between the optimism and joy of having a child and the deep pain of knowing that the child will die soon builds intrigue. Otherwise, it feels like a gimmick. Sometimes it’s just too obvious. Minutes before Didier and Elise are about to separate, we are given a flashback to when Didier and Elise first meet. Elise explains what she does with the tattoos of her exes names. It’s completely obvious what will happen next, so there’s no suspense when the big reveal happens. It’s a very good film all around. Heldenbergh and Baetens have genuine chemistry, both in their tender moments alone and in their performance on the stage. They fulfill their roles convincingly, hurling insults and blame at each other for a tragedy they had no control over. It’s all very effective, moving and sad. The problem I personally had with the movie is that it never seemed to go anywhere. The worst possible scenario is obvious in the first moments of the film and that’s exactly what happens. The disjunctive timeline of the film seems like a way to sidestep its shortcomings. I can imagine if it had been produced with a linear timeline, it would have been more predictable and much less interesting. It’s all very sad, but there’s no catharsis. The performances, the score, the songs, the cinematography, just about everything that needs to be right about a movie is done right, but there remains that itching question in the back of my mind: what’s the point? Maybe the director only wanted to explore these two characters
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN STARRING
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because he felt for them. That’s good enough for me. All this being said, if you feel like seeing two people fall in love, have a child, lose that child and spiral into mutual self-destruction, all set to Dutch bluegrass music, then you definitely ought to see “The Broken Circle Breakdown.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
‘Liv & Ingmar’ sweet but dark Jack Forey DN “Liv & Ingmar,” a documentary by Dheeraj Akolkar, details the touching relationship between Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman, a legendary actress and master filmmaker, as the film describes them. It’s a straightforward, elegant and true to life documentary, but just beneath the simple premise of the film is an affirmative message: that the greatest filmmakers do not simply create, but take the pain and wisdom from their own lives and sublimate it into art. Liv Ullman tells us the story of her romance with Ingmar Bergman, as a male narrator periodically reads us Bergman’s love letters. Even at 74, Ullman radiates natural beauty and kindness, relating the five-decade long love story between her and Bergman, which began long ago on the set of “Persona.” She tells us of a moment when Bergman had yelled “Cut!” and she had started reading a book, as she always had between takes. Liv looked up and saw Ingmar and Sven Nykvist, the cinematographer, filming her. She lets them film her as she reads, and we are shown a photo of Ingmar staring intently at Ullman while this is going on. Ullman senses that Ingmar is making love to her with his camera. After “Persona” wrapped, the two of them separated from their spouses and lived with one another, though they never married. Bergman took Ullman to an island off the coast of Norway, where the two of them lived together, but not happily ever after. Slowly, their relationship turned violent, as Bergman’s domineering persona became too much for Ullman to handle. Bergman always wanted to
wanted to be alone and almost never allowed guests in their home. He wouldn’t even allow her to be out after certain times. She says of this part of their relationship, “It began to feel like I was living in someone else’s dream.” In the course of the difficulties in their relationship, Bergman continued to use Ullman as an actress, often subjecting her to cruelty on the sets of his films. On the set of “The Hour of the Wolf,” Bergman directed Ullman to move closer and closer to a house fire, until she could not get any closer. “I knew that was not him directing,” says Liv Ullman in the film. “I know that voice was Ingmar to Liv.” The two of them later separated after a fiveyear partnership. We see clips from many Bergman films throughout “Liv & Ingmar,” but the clips that resonate most are those from Bergman’s TV miniseries, “Scenes From a Marriage,” in which Liv Ullman plays the wife. Seeing these two characters, both loving and hating each other, so close and so distant, reminds us that honesty is at the heart of all great cinema. Through Ullman’s words and Bergman’s filmmaking, we understand the strange love the two of them shared. We may not be able to put it into words, but we can feel it. “Liv & Ingmar” feels like a Bergman film that Bergman never filmed. It is a sensual, yet cold and intellectual experience. The romance and friendship between Ullman and Bergman is so dramatic, it feels like it’s being told to us from a book of fairy tales. Visually, the film is downright sumptuous. Imagine a collage of the finest moments in all of Bergman’s works, combined with video, film and photos of Liv and Ingmar
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Liv Ullmann, Ingmar Bergman, Samuel Fröler
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together. The effect of all these documents and images is something like magic. The story Ullman tells is charming, fantastic and unbelievable at times. Altogether, it’s a wonderful piece that proves, through imagery, that the greatest art imitates life. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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The 2014 Olympic Winter Games began Feb. 6 in Sochi, Russia. The world’s best athletes will vie against one another in hopes of bringing home gold for their country. Here’s a quick look at five reasons you should tune into the Olympic coverage during the following weeks.
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The United freakin’ States: Nothing brings a country that already knows it’s the best together like proving it in random snow-filled athletic events while the whole world watches.
“Jiro Dreams of Sushi” is a profoundly beautiful and sad movie. The documentary follows Jiro Ono, a now 87-year-old sushi chef who owns and operates what many consider to be the best sushi restaurant in the world. His trademark is simplicity. His dishes are a simple combination of rice and seafood. What sets him apart from other chefs is his attention to detail and his extensive preparations. Every octopus he serves is massaged for 4050 minutes. His tuna is marinated for up to 10 days. To eat at his restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro, which seats only 10 people at a time, you must make a reservation a month in advance. The base cost for a meal is 30,000 yen, or around $300. The restaurant is one of very few in the world to be awarded three Michelin stars, the highest honor a restaurant can achieve. “Jiro” is shot beautifully. Watching Jiro, his son, Yoshikazu, and their apprentices prepare ingredients is like watching Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. These chefs are masters of their craft: They put extra pressure on their rice as they cook it, serve only the thinnest, leanest slices of tuna, delicately compress the two together
Hockey: The U.S. men’s team is now better than ever. Russia is under extreme pressure to win on home ice. And Canada is, well, Canada.
The pants worn by the Norway men’s curling team: Admittedly, I’d probably rather drink my own urine than watch four straight hours of curling, but the flamboyant pants are superb. Team No Sleep: The time change between the U.S. and Russia may conflict with your desire to watch the Olympics live. Luckily, you have nothing better to do at 3 a.m. besides, well, sleep.
Money: Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent $51 billion on this year’s Olympics. No one knows where exactly all the money went, but there should be good fireworks at the opening ceremonies, right?
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and paint each creation with soy sauce before placing it before a customer. They pour their lives into every dish and the results are incredible, for the viewers watching at home and the lucky customers actually consuming them. The film also follows the seafood dealers. They too are masters of their craft. Jiro’s tuna dealer walks into a large auction house with tuna fish all around. He inspects them carefully, but leaves with nothing. These fish aren’t up to snuff. And therein lies the sad part of “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” The pursuit of perfection, for Jiro and his chefs, has been fruitful beyond measure. But not every part of their lives are that way. . He’s probably the greatest sushi chef anyone will ever be served by, but it consumes his life. He has two children who follow so closely in his footsteps, they don’t have lives of their own. Yoshikazu wanted to be a fighter pilot or a race car driver. Jiro’s wife is never even on camera. We don’t know if she’s even still alive and it feels as if Jiro doesn’t either. He’s in his late 80s and still going because he knows his work is never done. He’ll never be satisfied. There are always improvements to be made. Everyone loves his food, but they only see the finished product, not the work that goes in.
He’ll keep going until, as one food writer says, “the inevitable happens.” He’ll drop dead before he stops dreaming of new ways to make his sushi. Like his dishes, “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” with a run time of 81 minutes, is minimalist. We don’t see Jiro’s home life, we only see him interact with friends once. We see just enough to understand Jiro’s bittersweet story. Director David Gelb understands that to understand Jiro Ono, you need only watch him work. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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But on the second day I got a message from ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’ At first I thought it was a joke, like a friend playing a trick on me or just like one of those spammers. But I opened it, and looked up the woman on Google and it did say she worked for the show. Then the message said she wanted to put it up on Ellen’s blog. So I said “Well of course that would be amazing.” It was pretty surreal how that it got that much attention in the short amount of time it was up.” DN: How did you feel when you received that email? TM: “Just the fact that everyone took interest into something that I had done is just honestly so humbling, and I was just appreciative that they were giving me the time of day.” DN: Did you make this video in hopes of being seen by Ellen? TM: “That was the dream goal, because my dream goal out of all of this is to go on ‘The Ellen Show’ and then meet Justin Timberlake, because Justin Timber-
lake is my idol, and I’m actually going to his concert on Monday. I just love all of his music and my iTunes is completely filled up with his music. But this was all a dream really, none of this was supposed to be reality.” DN: What happens if you don’t get to go on ‘The Ellen Show?’ TM: “Then, you know, I am still so appreciative for everything that has happened. This has all gone far beyond what I expected and hoped for. Like I’ve said, if I can just make something that will make people happy, then that’s completely enough reward in and of itself. Anything else that happens after that is just a bonus.” DN: You said you’ve tried out for the Bathtub Dogs twice, what happened there? TM: “I did try out for the Bathtub Dogs twice, and I unfortunately never made it. It kind of fueled my motivation to get better at singing. The Bathtub Dogs are amazing, and I heard other guys singing before my auditions, and they were all really good. But
Just the fact that everyone took interest into something that I had done is just honestly so humbling.” Tyler Mancuso these were my only two auditions I had ever done in my entire life. I’ve had a lot of practice since then, and I wasn’t as good as I am now. It definitely just fueled me with motivation. I wanted to prove to myself that even though I have this roadblock in front of me, I can still make something good out of it that will make me happy and will make other people happy in the process.” DN: So if you were to show Ellen one of your dance moves, which would you show her? TM: “I am leg dancer. I have this move where I kind of like wiggle my legs and make them look like a sign waving back and forth. I have that one go to move.
So if there is any move that I think would make me look completely weird on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ it would be that dance move. I guess you could just say I’m a leg dancer. DN: Whether YouTube success takes off or not, will you still be making videos? TM: “Now that I see people are actually enjoying it, and people are asking me if I am going to do more, I think my goal is to make a video every one or two months. But I want to make sure each video has good quality and that I am getting better with each one. The whole thing is about a two week process to make.” DN: Any final words?
Know any other student YouTube successes? Hit us up on Twitter @dnartsdesk. TM: “I am completely humbled and appreciative of all the support from UNL. It seems like everyone is really on board for getting me on ‘The Ellen Show,’ and they also are just continuing to share. If this ends up being the end of the road here, then I am just completely appreciative for all the support and positive feedback.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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Rifle looks to redeem itself after 2nd loss of season Army will be a tough opponent. They are a top 10 team and shoot well.”
The No. 5 Huskers will take on No. 6 Army, North Carolina State before NCAA championships
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David Stover DN Coming off a loss last weekend to No. 1 Kentucky, Nebraska looks to capitalize on its performance as they travel to West Point, N.Y. The Huskers will compete with North Carolina State and No. 6 Army in a two-day match. “This week each individual focused on the pieces of their performance that needed specific attention,” Nebraska senior Sunny Russell said. “We also did fun, match-like training to help us stay focused and refreshed in this more hectic time of traveling and competition.” The No. 5 Huskers posted a score of 4,659 overall with scores of 2,316 in smallbore and 2,343 in air rifle. Kentucky earned scores of 2,321 and 2,359 in smallbore and air rifle respectively, giving them a score of 4,680. “Although we split the weekend 1-1, I think it was our best performance weekend all year,” Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said, “We went in against a tough team and performed very consistently both matches.” Junior Kelsey Hansen, sophomore Denise Martin and freshman Rachel Martin all posted high scores. Hansen shot a 578 and 591 in smallbore and air rifle, respectively. Denise earned scores of 580 and 582, and Rachel scored a 584 and 586. The Huskers come into this weekend’s contest competing with Army for the first time this year and know they have little margin for error. Army is nipping at the heels of the Huskers in the
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The Huskers lost to No. 1 Kenyucky last weekend, despite junior Kelsey Hansen posting scores of 578 in smallbore and 591 in air rifle. Nebraska has put its attention on individual performances in the past week in order to prepare for Army and North Carolina State.
rankings. “Army will be a tough opponent,” Underwood said. “They are a top 10 team and shoot well at home. They have an excellent
Joseph Todaro and Michael Matthews, the combination of the two look to be the Huskers biggest competition. Matthews and Todaro are coming off superb perfor-
facility, and it is a great place for us to have one last great performance before heading into the postseason.” Led by senior All-Americans
mances and a win against the Naval Academy which ended with a score of 5800-5783. Army averages an overall score of 4,885.9. North Carolina State comes in
hungry as well, having not won any of its GARC meets this year. The Wolf Pack is led by sophomores Daniel Cliff and Alex Martin who average scores of 579.6 and 576.7, respectively. Being on a short turn-around for preparation and with tournament play approaching rapidly, Underwood wants to keep the mentality simple: have fun. “Since we have a short weekend and are on the backside of a long month of competitions we kept it short and fun. We trained finals one day and did a fun team elimination tournament,” Underwood said. Having fun is one mindset, but Underwood does not want that to take away from the Huskers’ goal of taking momentum into tournament play. “My expectations are for us to implement some of the focuses and strategies we have been training, seeing where we have fallen short in competition,” Underwood said. With a good week of practice and continuing to have a positive psyche, the Huskers’ mindset of staying the course is helping them get over the loss and embrace the present. “We are very much looking forward to a strong weekend,” Russell said. The Huskers come in with a record of 8-2. Underwood says they hope to add two more victories to the win column in hopes of carrying the momentum into the NCAA Qualifiers in Murray, Ky. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
Softball team heads on the road Josh Kelly DN The No. 9 Nebraska softball team is ready to suit up after a long break to compete in its first weekend of competition at the Hotel Encanto Invitational in Las Cruces, N.M. After a few weeks of practice, coach Rhonda Revelle believes the team will continue to progress in the early phases of the season. “Our focus is really coming in to work every day whether it’s practice or playing a game, working to execute the game plan,” Revelle said. “Our goals remains the same. I feel like in our first three weeks of practice that we’re better than we were three weeks ago. Next Monday at this time we’re going to be a better team than we are today.” The Huskers return many of the starters from last season’s College World Series, and leading the group is senior pitcher Tatum Edwards, who was one of the many players anxious to get back to the routine. “Finally being able to get in our cleats or getting in our practice jerseys together has really shown us how we can work as a group,” Edwards said. Five freshman players join the roster, and they focussed on getting acclimated to the team and meshing with the veteran players.“They’ve all done such a great job of responding to how we work together and the girls who have already worked together last year,” Edwards said. “I think that’s been the main thing we have hit on.” One of the things the freshmen had to understand was the team’s hunger to get back to the College World Series, which left a sour taste in the team’s mouth after being knocked out last season by Florida in extra innings. “Even though we got to play in the College World Series, don’t get me wrong that was fun, but we lost,” Revelle said. “That’s really what is in the mind of our players. How do you get to that point of the season and turn those losses into wins. We’re fortunate
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Senior Brandon Videtich (above) with his partner sophomore Bradford Zitsch defeated Wisconsin 6-3 in doubles competition. Nebraska took overall win 4-1 against the Badgers.
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Senior pitcher Tatum Edwards hopes for a better end the 2014 season after losing to Florida in extra innings last year. Edwards helped Nebraska to 30 victories and hit 10 homeruns in 2013. to have quality opponents at day one.” With high expectations this season the team is going to hit the ground running this weekend with four games, two of them being against No. 12 Florida State. The invitational is kicked off with two games on Friday, starting with a morning matchup against UTEP, a program against which Nebraska is undefeated. Later that day will be the first meeting with Florida State. After the first day of action Ne-
braska only has one game each day: a Saturday game against New Mexico followed by the second matchup with Florida State to conclude the invitational. Before the Huskers hit the heart of their schedule, they must compete in six tournaments. Many of the competitions feature ranked opponents such as last year’s National Champions, Oklahoma. Looking at the heavy competition this season has to offer, this
year’s squad isn’t hesitant to hit it head on because they consider themselves a team to reckon with after last year’s results. “We’re not afraid to take anybody on,” Edwards said. “We have to believe that we are that team that people want to come after and fight against. I’m really excited for our preseason and going out there and playing ranked teams.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
wrestling: from 10 duals this year. Grajales is riding high on an 11-match win streak. Another key matchup will be at 184 pounds. No. 9 freshman TJ Dudley will take on No. 16 freshman Domenic Abounader. Dudley is 23-4 and 11-1 in duals this season. Abounader is 11-5 this season. Last time out, Abounader lost to Penn State’s No. 2 Ed Ruth by a technical fall. Sophomore Austin Wilson is ready for the challenge that the Wolverines are going to bring. “They have a solid team and some good wrestlers,” Wilson said. “It’s like coach (Mark) Manning says, ‘It’s all about us and what we do and the process.’ More or less, it’s just that everyone knows what we have to do and what we have to get better at and just try and better ourselves as a team. Don’t worry what they do, just worry what we have to do.” With only one dual left after this, chances at getting a better seed at the Big Ten championships are slipping away. The Huskers will take every chance they can to make a statement on Friday and at the Big Ten championships. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Redshirt freshman Tim Lambert faces Michigan, his home state, in this weekend’s dual. The No. 7 Huskers are returning home after three road-game victories to host the No. 11 Wolverines.
NU to compete against Denver in 1st home Sydny Boyd DN The time has come for the Nebraska men’s tennis team to have its first home match. The Huskers will face the Denver Pioneers at 1 p.m. at the Nebraska Tennis Center in Lincoln on Saturday. “The guys are focused,” Nebraska senior Brandon Videtich said. “We are looking forward to the first home match of the season.” The No. 52 Pioneers are looking for revenge, said coach Danny Westerman. Last season, the Huskers beat the Pioneers 4-1 in Denver. “After looking at their results and hearing about some of the new guys they brought in, it’s going to be a tough battle,” Videtich said. Last weekend, Nebraska had a 4-1 victory in the non-conference ITA Kick-off consolation match against Wisconsin. “Last week was good preparation for the Denver match,” head coach Kerry McDermott said. “Teams like Texas Tech and Wisconsin are very similar to Denver and we have to be ready to compete and be focused from the start.” This week during practices, the Huskers focused on consistency and precision. “We had a good tough week of practice,” Videtich said. “We’re ready.” The Pioneers had a similar week of practice with conditioning and mental preparation. “Everyone is good in college; no one is great,” Westerman said. “No one is too good for us to look over, and no one should look over us either. Nebraska beat us last season and we’re looking to win this sea-
son.” McDermott knows Denver is coming to the match on Saturday ready to fight. “It will be a pretty close match and the team that competes the hardest will come out on top,” McDermott said. “Hopefully, we can compete hard. With it being a home match we will protect our house.” Protecting their house will mean the Huskers need to come out on top early on during the match. The focus and precision that they implemented during practice this week will need to come into play. Similar to the Husker ’s roster, the Pioneers only have two seniors this season. The rest of their roster is stacked with freshmen and one sophomore. Last year, they didn’t have any freshmen. “We expect a great match,” McDermott said. “Denver is a well-coached team and it will be a dog fight on Saturday.” With such a tough team, the Huskers might be tempted to get ahead of themselves. McDermott said his team is very focused on the match Saturday because Denver will be ready to deliver the upset. After Denver, Nebraska will face competitors such as Louisville and Creighton. McDermott said as long as they stay focused on each match as it comes, the men’s tennis team should remain ahead. So far this season, the Huskers have proven that amid injuries, limited outdoor playing time and a tough schedule that they are here to play Nebraska tennis and defend that ‘N’ on their chest, according to McDermott. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Past Olympians set up challenge for Huskers on road at Michigan It will be a good educational experience to see the top guys in the nation and compare where we are at.”
No. 11 Huskers face a few past Olympians on No. 2 Wolverines in second away meet of season Eric Bertand DN The No. 11 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team hits the road again, as it will compete against the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday. This competition will be the second of five consecutive away meets. The team the Huskers are going up against will offer plenty of challenges. The Wolverines have an Olympic athlete, senior Sam Mikulak, who will compete in the all-around. In the 2012 Olympic games, Mikulak competed in four events for the U.S. and took fifth place on vault with a score of 16.05. He also notched two top-15 finishes in the floor exercise and parallel bars, where he put up numbers of 15.366 and 15.316, respectively. Junior Adrian de los Angeles is a member of the U.S. Senior National team. Graduate student Syque Caesar was also on a 2012 Olympic squad as a member of team Bangladesh. “I mean they’re a great team,”
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Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka said. “So they’re going to be a great opportunity for our guys to compete against the best team in the country and see where we size up.” Husker freshman Antonio Castro said the team is ready to use this match as a learning experience. “It will be a good experience to see the top guys in the nation and compare where we are at,” Castro said. With the decorated athletes on the Wolverines team, Chmelka said he wouldn’t be surprised if he catches members of his squad watching their routines. “It will be a good educational experience for our young guys,” the coach said. “If we see some of the young guys looking around, we will try to get their head straight.” The coach offered a solution for his players. “Or they could pay attention to their own business and do great themselves,” Chmelka said. With all of the gymnasts on Michigan’s squad, Chmelka said he wants the team to remember its own aspirations for the competition.
“That’s really the ultimate goal: to just focus on us, go out there and hit routines and see if we can break the 430 mark,” Chmelka said. The Husker’s season-high meet score came in the first match of the year with a 423.7. Since then, the team has posted consecutive scores of 420. Chmelka said this meet will be difficult, but the team needs to remain within itself. “It will be a very tough meet, but so what? Let’s go hit,” Chmelka said. Last weekend, Nebraska struggled against Minnesota and Illinois. The Huskers finished in third place with a team score of 420.7. The highest score in any event for the Huskers was a 14.90 by sophomore Sam Chamberlain. Chamberlain and senior Eric Schryver earned the team-high score in parallel bars and high bar, respectively. “I feel I’ve done all right on individual events, but I have yet to put it together,” Castro said. “There’s still room to improve.” In Michigan’s last time out, it defeated the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes by a final score of 444.75- 440.8.
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Freshman Antonio Castro put up the second-highest team score on the high bar even with a 13.70 against Minnesota and Illinois; the Huskers finished in third in their second away meet. The floor exercise was the squad’s best event in the meet. The Wolverines finished with a 75.2. Mikulak commanded the squad in the event with a 15.65. The still rings was another
strong event, with a score of 75.1. De los Angeles led the squad with a 15.45. Despite playing the No. 2 team in the country, the Huskers still keep the same mindset as any
meet. “Same as every other weekend, we just try to hit everything,” Castro said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
Gymnasts hope to continue 17 teams head to Devaney win streak at Penn State for NU’s annual invitational Vanessa Daves DN The No. 8 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team (5-0, 2-0) will head to State College, Pa., to compete against No. 23 Penn State (8-1, 2-0) Saturday. In their third away meet of the season, Nebraska Coach Dan Kendig said he is going to continue with his success-breedssuccess attitude. “They’re all perfectionists, and they all know they can do better,” Kendig said. “I think that’s what makes them get in the gym and get better every week.” So far this season, the Huskers have won all of their meets, three of which were against Big Ten teams. Senior Emily Wong has won the all-around title at all of the Huskers meets so far this season, claiming additional titles as well. Her all-around score from the last meet was a 39.525. At the beginning of the season, Wong was named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week. Sophomore Hollie Blanske also led for the Huskers in the last meet. Blanske’s all-around score was a 39.425. Penn State’s only loss was in a four-team tournament where the Nittany Lions took second place with 193.975; Kentucky took first. Nebraska defeated Kentucky in its second meet of the season, 196.250-194.650. The top scorer for the Nittany Lions is junior Sidney SanabriaRobles, who had a career-high all-around score last weekend of 39.275. Sophomore Samantha Musto and junior Krystal Welsh were named two of the 2014 Big Ten Gymnasts to watch this season. They both excel on the floor, where their career-high scores are 9.85 and 9.925. The last time the Huskers faced the Nittany Lions was at last season’s Big Ten Championships, where they Huskers claimed a win, 197.800-195.825. Last week, Nebraska competed at home against Minnesota. Husker athletes won all four of the events as well as the allaround title. They also claimed their highest team score on the floor of 49.350, even though DeZiel didn’t compete. Several of the athletes com-
Nebraska hosts No. 22 Illinois, 16 others in first home track and field meet of 2014 season Michael Shoro DN
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Nebraska junior Desiré Stephens scored a 9.85 in her floor routine against Minnesota last week. The Huskers claimed their highest team score on floor with a 49.350. peting on the floor had new passes in their routine. Assistant coach Dan Miller is in charge of floor routines, and he said he was very pleased with the way the girls performed under the pressure. “Each girl is a little different,” Miller said. “Some girls need to be calmed down. Some, you need to pump them up. And I try to give them little reminders – do this on this pass, or that on that pass.” Miller also said being able to compete at home with a large, engaged crowd helped pump the athletes up for their performance. “The crowd really helps,” Miller said. “It was really exciting, the crowd was really into it,
and it makes things more fun.” Junior Desiré Stephens competed in floor with a new pass in her routine, which Miller said was impressive. She scored a 9.85 and said she hopes to see more improvement in her next performance. “I just hope to keep perfecting those same passes – perfecting those, getting them better and working on the little things to make it ten-worthy,” Stephens said. Wong claimed four of the five titles in the meet for herself, including the all-around title. “It’s not really about the individual titles for me, it’s more about what I can contribute to the team,” Wong said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
men’s basketball: from 10 in the conference in scoring defense, holding opponents to an average of 63.3 points per game, and second in three-point defense, allowing conference opponents to make just .297 of their attempts. Bouncing back from its 11 turnovers and 5-for-21 performance from downtown won’t be the only thing Nebraska will need to modify heading into this weekend’s road match. If they’re eager to improve their 1-9 record on the road, the Huskers’ attitudes through adversity will have to change as well. “I don’t see the intensity and the fire when things go bad,” Miles said. “That doesn’t mean you have to gamble for a steal, but you better come up away with a 50/50 chance. That has to be your essence or you’re in trouble. I know the looks of determination when I see them.” Like Michigan, Northwestern is another team that plays best at home. Northwestern has won eight of its 13 games at home and has won its latest two games against
I don’t see the intensity and the fire when things go bad. That doesn’t mean you have to gamble for a steal. Tim miles
The Nebraska track and field team returns home for the 39th Frank Sevigne Huskers Invitational this weekend. It will be Nebraska’s first home meet since the Mark Colligan Memorial Indoor Track and Field Meet on Jan. 25. The Huskers will host 17 teams at the Bob Devaney Center, including Central Florida, Auburn, Iowa, Kansas State, Illinois and Colorado State as well as other strong programs. The No. 22 Illinois men’s team finished as the runner-up in last year ’s Big Ten Championship. Former Big 12 rival Oklahoma State men’s team is ranked No. 10; the Husker men are No. 9, unchanged from last week. Oklahoma State women’s team is ranked No. 24, while the Husker women are unranked. “We’re ready for anybody in the U.S I think right now, teamwise,” senior distance runner and team captain Trevor Vidlak said. “Our team looks good. Everyone’s working hard, and this is going to be another test to see where we’re at right now in the season.” Vidlak ran an official time of 4:06.07 in the mile at last weekfile photo by jennifer gotrik | dn end’s New Mexico Collegiate Senior distance runner and team captain Trevor Vidlak hopes to Invitational Meet at the Albubreak the four-minute mark in the mile run at the Frank Seviquerque Convention center in Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque is gne Invitational this weekend. Vidlak ran a 4:06.07 at the New roughly one mile above sea level. Mexico Collegiate Invitational where the Husker men took first Vidlak said with the altitude conplace and the women took second overall. version, he ran about a 4:00 mile. On Saturday, he will attempt to join the sub-four minute mile tempt to join exclusive company out a No. 22 Arizona State team. club. The Frank Sevigne Husker Inin the sub-four minute mile club. “My coach told me I could do “It’s definitely our biggest vitational meet spans two days. it,” Vidlak said. “My teammates home meet, and it’s a big one for The first day of events begins on believe I can do it, and I think I’m me because it’s probably going to Friday at noon with the heptathright in that step in my training be my last track meet wearing a lon 60-meter dash. The heptathlon where I can break and pentathlon events will wrap Husker jersey at four. I definitely Devaney,” Vidlak up at approximately 5:30 p.m. We’re ready think I can do it, said. “It’s a pretty with the pentathlon 800-meter and I’m going to for anybody special one for dash. Field events will begin at 5 give it a hell of a p.m. me.” shot this weekend.” in the U.S. I The multi-events begin at 10 The Husker If successful, he think right now, a.m. on Saturday. Both the field women are comwill be the first perand running events will begin at ing off a win and son from Lincoln teamwise.” a second-place fin- noon. to ever run a mile The invitational was named ish and the men off Trevor Vidlak in fewer than four after former Nebraska track and a first place finish senior distance runner minutes. It would field head coach Frank Sevigne. last weekend in be the second time Sevigne was posthumously inNew Mexico. The anyone has ever ducted into the U.S. Track and men scored 138.5 points, more broken four minutes in the state than each of the eight other teams Field Coaches Association Hall of of Nebraska; the first was done at the meet, including No. 12 Ari- Fame in December 2004, after dyby Leonel Manzano in Lincoln in ing of cancer in 1985. zona State. The women’s team 2005. sports@ came in second to No. 9 LSU. The meet will be important dailynebraskan.com They scored 121 points and beat for Vidlak, but not only for his at-
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Wisconsin and Minnesota on the road. Nebraska and Northwestern will enter the weekend with each team having a win in the series since the Huskers joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011. Nebraska claimed the last meeting, 6449 last season in Lincoln. Although it was a 15-point victory, the Huskers also had different starters than they do now and are averaging 64.1 points per game on the road. Snapping the losing streak against the best defensive team in the conference will be a challenge, but it’s not impossible. Though they’re number one in defense, the Wildcats are last in shooting, averaging 61.3 points per game
Senior point guard Drew Crawford, who leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16.1 points per game, said the team’s defense alone won’t help them defeat the Huskers. “We’re a great shooting team, we just have to be more consistent,” Crawford said. “We can rely on our defense but we’ll have to able to score as well.” Miles praised Crawford and said, “He’s a go to, solid minded leader,” adding that he’s putting the pressure on himself to make sure Nebraska’s road woes turn around against Northwestern. “We got to bounce back,” the coach said. “I got to get my act together I guess.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Sophomore forward Terran Petteway was held to just five points against Michigan on Wednesday when the Huskers lost to the Wolverines 79-50. Petteway, who averages 21.5 points per game, is looking to bounce back with the rest of his team in the game against the Wildcats.
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After being held to a mere 50 points against the Michigan Wolverines, the Huskers turn around for another Big Ten matchup against the top-scoring defense in the conference: Northwestern
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havon Shields scored 11 points in the first half against Michigan on Wednesday. The sophomore guard finished with 13 points, to lead Nebraska (11-10, 3-6 Big Ten) in scoring for the first time in four games. But that was the only bright spot in the Huskers’ latest 79-50 drop at Michigan. “We even got some wide open looks that just didn’t go,” coach Tim Miles said in his post-game radio
interview. The Huskers’ leading scorer sophomore forward Terran Petteway was held to just five points, snapping his 17-game streak of scoring double figures. How did the rest of Nebraska’s starters fare? Sophomore Walter Pitchford scored 10, while senior and freshman guards Tai Webster and Ray Gallegos recorded two and three points, respectively. Combining for 33 points won’t
result in a victory in Ann Arbor, Mich., especially when the home team shoots 50 percent. “You look up, and you’re reliving Ohio State and Creighton all over again,” Miles said. Shields’ team-high display was surpassed by Michigan’s sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III, sophomore guard Caris LeVert and freshman guard Zak Irvin who led the game scoring 23, 16 and 16 points, respectively. The trio also
combined for 10 three-pointers. “It’s embarrassing. That’s the way (the Huskers) feel,” Miles said after the game. “Once (Michigan) came out, and they all were hitting threes, you can just see this sense of being rushed.” And if Nebraska has any chance of defeating its next opponent, Northwestern (12-11, 5-5), the team has to play with patience and guard the ball. The Wildcats are ranked first
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NU hopes to redeem itself against Spartans Natasha Rausch DN The No. 22 Nebraska Huskers are going head-to-head Saturday in a top 25, Big Ten matchup against the No. 24 Michigan State Spartans. The Huskers and Spartans have already gone against each other earlier this season when the Spartans dominated their home court and won, 70-57. The loss for Nebraska stopped a five-game win streak. In Nebraska’s most recent game against the Wisconsin Badgers, the team took home its third-straight Big Ten win, 71-70, in overtime. Despite trailing the Badgers for a majority of the game, the Huskers came back with the help of sophomore guard Tear’a Laudermill, who dropped 21 points total including three threepointers in two and a half minutes in the fourth quarter. “T knows we’re counting on her, and she understands her role that we need her,” coach Connie Yori said. “She’s very locked in and has great focus right now.” After last year’s game against the Spartans, Yori said Michigan State’s defense is what makes it a strong team. According to Yori, the Huskers have a strong scoring front led by four of the starters. Besides Laudermill, junior Emily Cady notched the win for Nebraska against Wisconsin with the winning free throw, followed by a steal in the last eight seconds to keep the Badgers from pulling ahead. Senior forward Jordan Hooper added 15 points and four rebounds, while her teammate sophomore guard Rachel Theriot made 11 assists total. “With T playing the way she is and Jordan getting back to Jordan, Rachel’s been so consistent and Emily’s a rock, so now we have four scoring options,” Yori said. Nebraska freshman forward Allie Havers came off the bench for 12 minutes against Wisconsin when Cady and Hooper were in foul trouble and made a steal and a basket to
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Junior forward Emily Cady stole the ball with two seconds left in overtime to take home the win against Wisconsin on Wednesday. Cady finished with her 10th double-double of the season. help keep the Huskers in the game. “One of my main goals is to rebound a lot for the team,” Havers said. “I just hope to be a team player and continue to help out. “ Michigan State (16-7, 8-2) is in a four-game, conference win streak as it claims its best Big Ten start in program history. In Michigan State’s latest game against the Illinois Fighting Illini, the Spartans took a 69-53 victory. Nebraska also took the win against Illinois on the Illini home
court, 75-56. As the Spartans head to the Pinnacle Bank arena, they take with them a winning road-game record. They have won five out of their five Big Ten away games this season for the first time in their program history. Leading for Michigan State is freshman guard Tori Jankoska, who averages 12.6 points per game and has had four straight 20-point games. Jankoska now has the 10th most points by any freshman at Michigan
State with 289 so far this season. Also leading in scoring and rebounding is redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers who has 13.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. The Huskers have another Big Ten game in their midst following the Michigan State matchup. Nebraska travels to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on the Michigan Wolverines on Thursday at 6 p.m. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska comes home to contest Michigan in final dual of the year learn the best.” Lambert, a Michigan native, Bob Devaney Sports is looking forward to wrestle against his home state. Center hosts Big Ten “I’m excited, but it’s just anmatchup with No. 7 other match,” Lambert said. “It won’t be any different from IlHuskers and linois or Purdue. If we can stick No. 11 Wolverines it to Michigan, let’s do it. I’m a Husker now. I know a few guys on the team, and there’s no bad blood. Everyone’s friends for the Austin Pistulka most part off the mat, but on the DN mat you’re battling to win.” The Huskers come into the The No. 7 Husker wrestling squad dual with five starters ranked in returns to the Bob Devaney Sports the top 20 in the country accordCenter for the last dual of the year ing to Intermat. All five are in the against No. 11 Michigan. Last top 10. The Michigan Wolverines time the Huskers grappled at the come into the matchup with eight Devaney, they lost a close match wrestlers in the top 20, but only against the No. 3 Iowa Hawkeyes. two are in the top 10. Leading the The Huskers then Wolverines is No. took to the road 2 freshman heavyIf we can and beat Big Ten weight Adam foes Ohio State, Coon. stick it to Purdue and Illinois. The best matchThe team is back to Michigan, let’s do up of the night make one last state- it. I’m a Husker will come at the ment in front of the 149-pound weight now.” Nebraska faithful. class. Husker juLeading up nior Jake Sueflohn to this dual, the is ranked No. 5 in tim lambert coaches continued redshirt freshman the country. Not to do more individfar behind him is ual work at pracNo. 7 senior Eric tices. Instead of having the entire Grajales. Sueflohn is 25-3 overteam drilling the same move, the all this season with an 11-1 dual coaches worked one-on-one with record. His one loss came at the a pair of wrestlers. beginning of the season with a 2-3 “Our training schedules have decision against No. 4 Northwestchanged some during the Big Ten ern freshman Jason Tsirtsis. Graseason,” redshirt freshman Tim jales is 17-6 overall and 10-2 in Lambert said. “I really appreciate that because that’s where I really
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