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Crane, auger Prop 8 mishap forces voted down in evacuation court

Construction emergency evacuates more than 100 residents from Knoll

their rooms.

While Lenners said he spoke with Housing at 8:30 a.m., Kelly Bartling, UNL news director, said Housing didn’t receive the call until 9:45 a.m.

“I know we called them at 8:30,” Lenners said. “It doesn’t matter. It’s just an hour’s difference.”

Construction workers first attempted to place a mat under the crane to give it more traction and allow it to drive back onto the trail, but according to information posted on the Housing website, the crane continued to sink.

By 5 p.m., another crane had arrived to assist in pulling the auger — or the drill — up and swinging it away from the building. Crews were hoisted to connect slings to the tilting crane and auger.

“It takes a while to mobilize a crane,” Lenners said.

An area was blocked off around the crane and students were told to back away from the site in the event that the 50,000-pound auger fell. According to Lenners, if the auger fell, it could land on the first three rows of cars in the parking lot east of Knoll.

The 110 affected students were initially told it could be multiple hours before they could return to their rooms

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Residents were evacuated from the north wing of Robert E. Knoll Residential Center Feb. 7 when an auger and the crane supporting it slipped into mud and began leaning toward the building. Residents were allowed back to their rooms at 8:56 p.m.

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It loomed over Robert E. Knoll Residential Center like a blue metallic Goliath poised and ready to club.

The 120-foot, 50,000-pound auger and the crane it was connected to had slipped off the road around 8:30 a.m. and leaned precariously close to the north side of the building.

The crane slipped while drilling holes for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s new residence halls. Sampson Construction, the company working on the new halls, immediately called the University of NebraskaLincoln Housing to advise the evacuation of students, according to Casey Lenners, safety and health official for Sampson Construction.

By 10:30 a.m. University Housing had around 110 students out of the north wing.

Blackhawk Foundations is the subcontractor for the crane.

“The crane had been stabilized at the time of evacuation,” read an email sent

by Knoll residence director Toby Toland to students at 11 a.m. “But to be safe while moving the crane they wanted to clear the section of the building that it was close to.”

At 8:56 p.m. the “all clear” was given by the construction company and students were allowed to return to

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In a 2-1 decision Tuesday morning that inspired immediate jubilation and anger alike, a three-judge panel in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s Proposition 8, an amendment to the state’s constitution that banned the recognition of same-sex marriages.

It was the latest volley in a three-year constitutional battle over whether gay couples’ relationships should be recognized by the government in California specifically. But the case, potentially on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, could tip the balance in a long-standing national debate. “(The Constitution) requires that there be at least a legitimate reason for the passage of a law that treats different classes of people differently,” the panel wrote in its opinion.

“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California.”

Proposition 8 was voted into California’s constitution in November 2008 by 52 percent of voters, just months after California’s Supreme Court ruled the state’s constitutional protection extended to same-sex marriages. Two gay couples immediately challenged the law in federal district court, where it was ruled unconstitutional in 2010.

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Housing to Faculty urged to be ‘TeamMates’ hold bedbug info sessions jacy marmaduke daily nebraskan

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Housing continued its fight against bedbugs this week. On Tuesday, the third and fifth floors of Abel were sniffed by Ricky, a new qualified bedbug-sniffing dog UNL is using.

Spots is unable to work until further notice.

Two rooms on Abel five tested positive to having bedbugs. Housing plans on investigating two floors in Abel per day this week, before checking other dorms.

The plan for Abel is as follows: •Monday — Floors two and four. Housing completed its check of the fourth floor with no residence hall rooms affected and one chair in a floor lounge tested positive. The chair has been removed for treatment. On the second floor, six rooms have been found with bedbugs.

•Tuesday — Floors three,

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five and six. Results were not known as of late Tuesday night.

•Wednesday — Floors 11, 12 and 13.

Housing has a number of information sessions planned for students. At the sessions, Housing plans to update students on its progress and educate students about bedbugs and treatments. The sessions are not open to the media.

Housing information sessions are as follows: •Feb. 8 — Selleck Quadrangle, 9 p.m.

•Feb. 9 — Abel-Sandoz Residence Center (Mari’s Lounge), 6 p.m.

•Feb. 9 — Harper/Schramm/Smith Halls and The Village (HSS Dining Conference Room B), 8:30 p.m.

•Feb. 15 — Cather Hall/ Pound Hall/Neihardt Residence Center (CPN Dining), 9 p.m.

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Athletic Director Tom Osborne’s dedication to the TeamMates Mentoring Program started with 22 hands.

In 1991, the then-footballcoach approached his team upon a suggestion from his wife to turn the players into mentors for seventh-grade and eighth-grade boys who might be at risk.

Twenty-two men raised their hands.

Osborne attended a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate meeting for the first time Tuesday afternoon to encourage faculty to partake in the TeamMates program, which now stretches from Nebraska to Iowa to parts of California and benefits about 6,000 students of all ages, according to Osborne.

Osborne and his wife designed the TeamMates program to encourage students to reach their full potential — namely, graduate high school and attend college.

Osborne said Lincoln has a 20 percent high school dropout rate — 10 percent less than the national average — and each high school dropout costs an average of

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$200,000 because of unemployment and related costs.

“In this society, if you don’t have a high school diploma, you’re almost out of luck before you even get started,” Osborne said.

The mentoring program includes a weekly, hourlong meeting. The mentor and the student generally spend the time talking and the mentor receives training to give students positive affirmation.

“I saw how powerful that was in athletics,” Osborne said. “If I told a player I thought he had a future, that he could be a great player, he would become the kind of player that he had no idea he could become.”

TeamMates internal studies revealed that 89 percent of involved students show significant improvement in attendance and 80 percent show marked decrease in discipline referrals at school, according to the TeamMates website. Osborne said these factors increase students’ likelihood of high school gradation.

“It’s not a 100 percent correlation; it’s not a silver bullet,” Osborne said. “But it’s the best thing we know of to serve as an antidote to some

of the difficulties we’re seeing in our culture around us today.”

Although Lincoln boasts approximately 1,000 mentors, 138 of whom are UNL students, faculty involvement in the program is low.

Faculty Senate presidentelect Mathias Schubert, an associate professor of electrical engineering, is a TeamMates mentor and said he’d like to see increased faculty influence in the program.

“There’s a specific subset that would benefit from being teamed up with faculty,” Schubert said. “There are kids out there who never had the opportunity to see that there’s a life beyond the virtual boundaries of this campus. So it never occurs to them that they could go to college. It’s just not in their world. There are kids out there that, if you spend an hour with them every week, (they) may end up coming to us as students one day.”

To seal his speech to the senate, Osborne told the story of a man who lived in western Nebraska 110 years ago. He was the son of an alcoholic war veteran and lived on a homestead of poor-quality land. He had no plans to attend college

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There’s certainly a ripple effect. When you invest in the life of another person, that’s very powerful.”

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until a circuit-rider preacher who came through town saw something special in him.

“He said he had the makings of a minister and should go to college,” Osborne said.

The man saved money, caught a train to Hastings and graduated college.

He attended the seminary, learned six languages and went on to become a prominent minister and legislator in the state.

The man was Osborne’s grandfather.

“My life would probably never have been the same were it not for the influence of that (circuit-rider),” Osborne said. “There’s certainly a ripple effect. When you invest in the life of another person, that’s very powerful.” jacymarmaduke@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Muslim Student Association’s executive board poses for portraits in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, home to MSA’s office. From left: Patrick Barney, vice president; Layla Younis, secretary, Symone Kayyem, treasurer; Osama Aljohani, president.

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The hardest part has been convincing people he would like to be called by his name.

Osama Aljohani, a senior electrical engineering major, is studying at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a scholarship from his home country of Saudi Arabia. Aljohani came to UNL in 2006 and said it took about two years for him to feel comfortable as a practicing Muslim on campus.

“In the beginning, it was hard since my name was Osama,” Aljohani said. “I lived on campus for two years and people made jokes, but I didn’t really know English or have many friends.”

Aljohani said every year he has had professors and acquaintances ask if they should call him by his first name. He said he will often get strange looks the first couple of days in class.

“They just need time to adjust,” Aljohani said.

But things are much better now than they were. Aljohani has made friends and adjusted to life as a Muslim on campus, partly thanks to the Muslim Student Association (MSA), of which he is now president.

The other officers of the organization agreed that MSA both helped them make friends as well as spread awareness about the Islamic religion.

Symone Kayyem, secretary of MSA and a junior international business major, said she has encountered stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims among UNL students.

“I met someone on campus who said to me, ‘You’re way too pretty to be Muslim,’” Kayyem said. “And I thought, ‘Oh, I didn’t know Islam had a face.’”

Kayyem said many students are often “shocked” to find out she is Muslim because she doesn’t wear the scarf covering many Islamic women wear.

Whether a woman chooses to cover has to do with her own personal faith journey, Kayyem said.

“Once I’ve reached a certain point in my religion, once you’re ready to do that, that’s when you’re ready and that’s when you cover up,” Kayyem said.

Aljohani, whose family came with him to Nebraska, said his wife experiences similar misunderstandings.

“People will ask her, ‘Does your husband make you wear that?’” he said. “They don’t understand that it’s her choice.”

Kayyem said many women in Western culture see covering up as being oppressive but Kayyem said the effect is actually very liberating.

“It gives them more respect; it empowers them,” Kayyem said, “(A woman who covers) is not defined by what she wears, how long her hair is, or how much makeup she wears.”

Junior international studies major Patrick Barney is a convert from Christianity. He said he’s dealt with misunderstandings among his peers and family members who, despite living in the Middle East for eight years, still don’t know much about Islam.

“My dad is a Christian conservative, and a big fan of Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh … He told me I was going to hell, and he threatened to kick me out,” Barney said. He said his mom and sister were afraid he would try and convert them.

The students said practicing the Islamic faith as a college student can bring challenges, like fitting in five prayer times a day or observing the Islamic dietary restrictions.

Aljohani said finding a place to pray, as well as scheduling the prayer, can be difficult.

“It’s kind of hard to go outside to pray,” he said. “Some people might make fun. But some are comfortable praying

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If classes interfere with prayer times, Aljohani said, Muslim students must pray right after class.

As far as the dietary restrictions, Kayyem said Muslims must eat meat that has been prepared and blessed in a special way, similar to Kosher food.

However, for Muslims who are visiting other countries, it is okay for them to eat meat prepared by Christians or Jews, who are considered “People of the Book.”

Pork and alcohol, however, are still forbidden.

“Honestly, pork is sort of fatty,” Kayyem said. “I don’t want to eat it, even if it’s allowed. If it wouldn’t be for my religion, it would be a personal choice.”

The MSA officers agree the group has given them a home on campus and a way to grow in their faith.

“The religion is so vast and there’s so much to know, it’s nice to be in this group and have people you can ask questions,” Kayyem said. “There’s always someone you can relate to.”

With about 30 active members, MSA has several activities a month including halaqa studies, which Kayyem explains are kind of like “Muslim Bible studies.” There are also events celebrating Islamic holidays or simple get-togethers. Students of all faith backgrounds are invited to these events.

Kayyem said she hopes people who are curious about the Islamic faith come to events or ask questions to learn more and to dispel some of the stereotypes.

“Just don’t be shy,” Kayyem said. “Come up to us. We really don’t bite. This is why MSA is here.”

Students wanting to learn more can visit the MSA office in room 348 of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center or visit MSA’s website at www. unl.edu/msa/home. maryrezac@ dailynebraskan.com

bedbugs: from 1 Housing has a enough heat-treatment equipment to treat up to six rooms each day. Newly discovered rooms will be chemically sprayed before they get heat treated.

Housing reported that new discoveries are being found before students have noticed on its website.

Beginning Feb. 13, Housing plans to inspect about 250 rooms each day. Housing has established an agreement with Plunkett’s Pest Control from Minneapolis to expedite the bedbug search.

Plunkett’s will also bring extra heat treating equipment, which will allow housing to heat treat up to 26 rooms per day. news@ dailynebraskan.com

After last week’s heated debate over restructuring the Residence Hall Association’s executive board, RHA proposed three new bills Tuesday in the hopes of finally winning the senate’s support.

However, that hope faded as two of the three bills failed to pass. Constitutional Revision 02 was tabled for more discussion this Tuesday because the senate could not reach an agreement on restructuring RHA. While the executive board revised its approach, the senate members were given time to think of amendments they could make to the proposed legislation.

CR 02 was separated into three new bills.

The first bill was CR 03, which was the only bill the senate passed for the evening.

RHA President Kevin Rush, a senior special education major, said the executive board wanted to add a three-year plan requirement to RHA’s constitution. The current executive board, each year, would create a three-year plan to serve as a guide for future executive boards, to prevent potential stagnant periods at the beginning of the year.

“This would allow for a format that is a bit more structured throughout the years,” Rush said.

The bill passed unanimously.

The second piece of legislation was CR 04, the first part of last week’s CR 02 and a source of disagreement among senators.

RHA currently has six committees. With this bill, those committees would be combined into a large-scale events committee, a small-scale events committee and a residential enhancement committee.

Sen. Megan Brannen, a

rha meeting, feb. 7 bills 1. CR03: Adding the Three-Year Plan Requirement to the RHA Constitution 2. CR04: Restructuring Committees

3. CR05: Restructuring the Executive Board votes 1. Passed unanimously.

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3. 24-6-0, bill fails. Needed a two-thirds vote to pass.

junior advertising major, said the executive board felt the current committees were either being overworked or under-utilized.

“A lot of committees don’t know what they’re designed to do,” she said. “Larger committees with more focused goals would change that.”

In the end, the bill failed by roll call vote — 25 for, five against and two abstaining. Twenty-eight votes were needed in order to pass the bill.

The last bill was CR 05, which involved restructuring of the executive board. The new structure would continue to include RHA’s president, vice president and treasurer as voted positions. However, the secretary position would be eliminated and replaced with an appointed “chief of staff” position.

Suddenly, deja vu hit the room as the same comments from last week’s meeting returned to debate.

Although the senators were now warming up to eliminating the secretary position and replacing it with a chief-of-staff position, some senators felt that position would be overworked. To fix this, Thomas motioned to amend the bill by creating a “director of

communications” position that would share some of the chief of staff’s work and also serve as a substitute for the senate speaker in the meetings.

RHA secretary Sarah Elwell, a senior animal science major, felt the amendment was unnecessary because she never felt overworked while she was taking minutes for each meeting.

Elwell said if the senate wants to create a director-ofcommunications position, it should give the position something other than taking minutes because she thinks taking minutes is a minor part of her position.

Three two-minute recesses were taken in order to write up amendments for the bill, switching around different roles for the two positions to perform.

Despite the proposed amendments, the bill failed with 24 for, six against and zero abstaining. The bill required a two-thirds vote of the entire RHA body to pass.

RHA treasurer Ryan King, a junior computer science major, said he was disappointed with the outcome. He said he doesn’t foresee any more constitutional revisions this year. conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

Forum encourages faculty input on research goals maren westra daily nebraskan

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman said in his Sept. 1 State of the University Address: “Research defines the nature of the university.”

He outlined a set of goals to improve it even further.

Now, the discussion of how to reach those goals is being brought to the public.

On Feb. 8 and Feb. 9, two research-growth planning forums will be held to discuss the Research and Economic Development Growth Initiative, which outlines a plan to reach some of Perlman’s goals.

These goals include spending $300 million on research annually by 2017, with half of that sum coming from federal awards; doubling faculty memberships to, and recognitions by, national honorary societies; and assuming leadership in research affecting global problems such as food scarcity.

Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Prem Paul said UNL can meet these objectives by making more strategic investments, choosing research ventures that are relevant to the university and prioritizing and

planning projects cohesively.

“The objectives I have proposed are ambitious, but realistic,” Perlman said in his address. “What we need is an institution-wide commitment to research and to fashion an ambitious agenda for the future.”

The Research and Economic Development Growth Initiative is the Office of Research and Economic Development’s response to that call for new growth. It has been drafted, but the forum is intended as a way for faculty to voice concerns and ideas before it is finalized.

“We really would like our faculty to provide their ideas and advice as we finalize this plan,” research communications coordinator Vicki Miller said.

Paul said there are many steps to putting the Research and Economic Growth Initiative into play, but the first step is the forum because even simply setting goals gives the university a target to aim for.

“By setting goals, you can then achieve them,” he said.

Students are also welcome to attend, though Paul said the focus will be on the concerns and advice of faculty. Wednesday’s forum will be held in the Cottonwood Room of the East

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Union from 10:30 a.m. until noon. Thursday’s will be in the Nebraska Union Auditorium from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will be webcast at research. unl.edu.

Viewers who have questions during the webcast may email unlresearch@unl.edu.

The Office of Research and Economic Development will be managing the email during the presentation.

UNL has most commonly used research awards to measure the success of its research, but the university is attempting to define successful research in other ways, Miller said.

“We have a growing research enterprise at UNL,” she said.

According to Paul, UNL’s admittance to the Big Ten accounts for some of the increased pressure on the university to excel in research.

“You have to be flexible and look for new opportunities,” he said. “It’s an everyday effort.” marenwestra@ dailynebraskan.com

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knoll: from 1 and at 3 p.m. were allowed to be escorted into their rooms to retrieve necessary items. The students were later told that by 8 p.m. Housing would know for sure if students would be able to return to their rooms that night.

By 8 p.m., hotel rooms were reserved for students who didn’t want to make other arrangements, but Housing was hoping to know for sure if students could move back into rooms by 10 p.m.

“I got a lot to do — I’ve got art projects to complete,” said Alex Bridgman, a junior art major. “Who’s going to answer for my grades? I can’t just say, ‘Sorry, I couldn’t do my art project; there was a crane in my room.”

As he walked back to Knoll and saw the gathering of students being informed in the lobby, his initial fear was that his room had been crushed by the crane. Around 10:30 a.m. he said he was awoken up by a loud knock on the door and looked out his window to see the crane “dead center in the window.”

Academics was an issue facing many students unable to enter access their rooms until 3 p.m.

“It kind of stinks,” said Marissa Baxter, a freshman actuarial science major. “I have to go to a class in two minutes and I don’t have my homework.”

But Housing handled the situation well, she said. “They got everyone out right away.”

According to Lenners, the crane’s accident only set the crew back 20 holes, which they could easily make up Wednesday.

“We’re all done for tonight and there’s no threat,” Lenners said. “We’re going to go back in the morning and get the train back on solid ground. Everything

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proposition 8: from 1 appealed the law again to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Whether the fight ends there depends on what those supporters do now. They could accept the ruling, ask all 27 of the circuit’s judges to look at the decision again, or appeal the ruling straight to the U.S. Supreme Court. Reports in the Los Angeles Times indicated Proposition 8 backers intended to take the latter route.

The decision centered on the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which extends “equal protection” to all citizens, which can only be taken away through “due process” of the law. By stripping away a right gay couples had enjoyed for several months, the appeals court said, Proposition 8 violated that command.

Because it relies on those specific circumstances, the decision narrowly applies to California, prompting doubt over whether the Supreme Court would take up the case if it’s appealed.

“It’s hard to predict what they’ll do,” said Richard Duncan, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln law professor who specializes in constitutional law and has written

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extensively in opposition to same-sex marriage. But, he added, “It is exactly the kind of case the Supreme Court ought to decide.”

Different federal circuits with different guiding precedents could lead to legal confusion only the U.S. Supreme Court can solve, Duncan said.

If the issue makes it to the high court, the decision could go either way, he said. Eight of the nine justices are considered likely to split 4-4, with Justice Anthony Kennedy as the presumed swing vote.

Amendments against gay marriage are in place in 29 states, including Nebraska. If the Supreme Court agrees with yesterday’s decision, those state laws would be overturned, Duncan said. If the court disagrees, same-sex marriage remains a state-by-state issue.

“I think it shows promising progress,” said Ashley Moffat, a junior psychology major and president of UNL’s Queer Ally Coalition. “(It’s) likely to be appealed, but it shows how the courts are ruling in favor of equal rights.”

Conservative anger over the decision could work to Republicans’ advantage in an election year, said Michael Wagner, an

assistant professor of political science.

“Anger is a great motivator,” he said, adding the Republican base could be further energized by the perceived threat against “traditional,” or heterosexual, marriage. The circuit court’s decision also comes at a significant time in the gay rights movement.

Despite his ambivalence on gay marriage, for example, President Barack Obama ordered the U.S. Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government’s 18-yearold equivalent of Proposition 8. New York became the sixth state to legalize state recognition of gay marriages last June, and several others, including Washington and New Jersey, are currently considering the same.

Public opinion also appears to be shifting in that direction, after several recent polls showed support for gay marriage at or above 50 percent.

“The change is often glacial,” Wagner said. “But sometimes a boat hits an iceberg, and things happen fast.”

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Using parts of each schools’ travel grant systems as a model, we believe we have created a fantastic proposal. Here is what we were thinking: Each year at UNL, there are around 65,000 graduate credit hours accumulated in all sessions. Our proposal is to create a “Graduate Student Travel Grant Fund” by assessing a $1 per credit hour fee to all graduate-level courses, thus anyone (including undergraduates, distance students, etc.) who pays the $1 per credit hour fee for graduate-level courses is eligible to apply and receive funding for this program. Awards can used to pay for travel, research and other expenses associated with other graduate programs.

You have the chance to vote whether or not to approve this proposed travel grant on Feb. 2223 on MyRED. We wanted you to be aware of this proposed fee so

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from opinion better integrating graduate student leaders into ASUN to ensure that any and all gaps in communication are quickly and effectively filled.

Additionally, the Grad Student Task Force has already begun tackling some of the specific issues you identified as important in the survey. One such concern is the availability of Graduate Student travel grants. The task force identified this as a priority, and our university administration has been very supportive. The senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and the dean of the Office of Graduate Studies have been invaluable in crafting and supporting the policies that will govern the proposed travel grants.

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In the meantime, know that we have heard your concerns and that we are working to make your time at UNL happy and productive. We’re diligently working to create an integrated student government that best serves the needs of undergraduates and graduates. We’re excited to continue the collaboration and we’re committed to serving all students at the university.

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Construction crane blunder handled well

Tuesday, bedbugs took a backseat to a completely new threat for some University Housing residents: a 120-foot, 50,000 pound auger and the crane attached to it.

Residents of Robert E. Knoll Residential Center were evacuated around 10 a.m. Tuesday when the auger sank into the mud and began precariously leaning toward the north end of the building.

Through the combined efforts of Sampson Construction and University Housing, the approximately 110 residents affected spent a day away from their rooms, but were able to safely return around 9 p.m.

The Daily Nebraskan lauds Sampson for alerting Housing in a timely manner and ensuring the safety of the residents in danger. Workers labored all day and well past dark to secure the auger and crane, and to successfully lower it without damage to the building or to any persons. Especially considering the task required overcoming a failed first attempt, the diligence of everyone involved is commendable.

The residents affected also deserve recognition for enduring hours without access to books, homework and projects, not to mention other personal items — namely a change of clothes, toothbrushes, etc.

It’s not every day your safety, living quarters and life’s possessions are threatened by a rogue crane. Toby Toland, the Knoll resident director, wrote in an email to students Tuesday evening, “I have been amazed at the patience and respect of those residents affected.”

The DN would also like to remind students that, although the crane slip-up was inconvenient, it isn’t a reason for resentment toward the construction or the construction company.

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letters ASUN promises more grad student communication Dear Graduate Student, In an October 2011 survey, the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) found that you do not feel represented by your student government. Our lack of communication and

inadequate representation is regretful. We are excited to tell you, however, that we are working hard to address this and that we have done something about it.

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s students pour into testing centers, does anyone stop and think, “Why am I taking a multiple choice test?”

Granted, most don’t meditate just before being evaluated on their knowledge of psychology or astronomy, but the reflection still remains: is this really the best testing method?

It is obvious why multiple choice is favored in lower level classes, where hundreds of students can be enrolled. Why spend hours grading essay exams when a computer can compile the data and distribute the grades in a matter of minutes?

Creating a question bank may be a bit of a hassle initially, but it only has to be updated if the course material changes. It’s also useful when testing a large amount of information, and can prevent students from bluffing if they haven’t learned the material thoroughly.

Unfortunately, the student perspective is quite different.

An advantage to taking multiple choice tests­, other than the SAT, is that with absolutely no knowledge of the subject material, a student can expect to get a grade of approximately 25 percent.

In addition, students only have to memorize associations between topics rather than specific information. For example, I may remember the commercially marketable incandescent light bulb was invented

by Edison sometime in the 1870s, but not that he filed the patent in 1879. When faced with the question on the test, then, I only have to remember that association, not the specific year.

As students, however, the darker side of multiple choice testing becomes apparent.

There can be several factors that come into play when considering the shortcomings of this kind of testing in reflecting the knowledge base, the implications of encouraging learning exclusivity and just plain poorly worded questions.

Math exams are a great example of situations where handwritten exams are almost essential for a simple reason:

kerry jarvi partial credit. A professor or TA grading a test can usually identify where a student went wrong when applying numbers to a formula and can award partial credit for when a hurried student forgets to carry the two. Multiple choice, on the other hand, is all or nothing. Using the aforementioned example of Thomas Edison works both ways. Even if I managed to remember a specific invention from the 1870s, it wouldn’t mean anything when choosing between 1875 and 1879.

As much as these facts about Edison may be interesting, they present another dilemma, as multiple choice tests eliminate the need for depth of knowledge in a subject area. Tests over terminology are the worst offenders, because they only require a flash-card-deep understanding of the material rather than requiring students to understand the context. This extends into the student study, which provides incentives to ignore the contextual implications and focuses solely on digesting as many facts as possible to prepare for the test. In other words, learning the test rather than learning for the sake of learning.

The bane of the test taker’s existence is the poorly worded question. Questions that have a “most correct” answer are usually ambiguous, and, typically, it’s left to the discretion of the test taker to perceive which answer the teacher is looking for.

First, more background on Edison.

Contrary to popular belief, Joseph Swan unveiled his carbon filament light bulb (identical to Edison’s) 10 years prior to Edison’s patent. Edison, however, was the first to produce it in the United States as well

as the first to market it as cheaper than oil.

Now, a question: Who invented the light bulb? a.) Thomas Edison b.) Albert Einstein c.) Joseph Swan d.) Thomas Jefferson Wondering what the correct answer is? There are arguments to be made for either Thomas Edison or Joseph Swan, but without more evidence, it’s impossible to know. For the record, it’s C, because Edison would eventually lose a patent lawsuit to Swan on the matter.

There are some things that can be done on both ends to make the process more pleasant for all those involved.

For educators, there are simple and free programs and training sessions available online to help prevent tests from meeting some of the shortcomings previously mentioned.

Another viable option is having more than one section to a test, offering a writing portion along with the multiple choice section so that students must prove both breadth and depth of knowledge.

Students can also prepare themselves for these types of tests using simple techniques. Narrowing options one-by-one may seem obvious, but in many situations it can be particularly helpful and can control the “impulse response” that may be wrong if the question isn’t read thoroughly. Make sure the answer selected completely answers the question, and don’t be afraid to change answers. Study early and often. The more confident an answer the better.

With the steadily increasing demand on the education system and no foreseeable change in average class size, multiple choice tests aren’t likely to leave any time soon without a systemic change. What can be done is to make best of the situation at hand.

kerry jarvi is a sophomore political science major. reach him at kerryjarvi@ dailynebraskan.com.

Policies change through action, not Facebook

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utrage seems to be a good emotion to pin on the American people this year.

It’s not like they haven’t had things to be upset about. This past year, we saw the American government nearly collapse during the budget debate, and the deficit talks over the summer left much to be desired.

Occupy Wall Street burst onto the scene in the fall. Presidential candidates constantly received backlash, whether it was sexual allegations against Herman Cain or Rick Perry taking flack for his campaign ad that negatively portrayed gay people serving in the military. President Barack Obama has received his share as well.

But honestly, it all seems rather superficial. How many people actually took to the streets during the budget talks? Aside from police raids, the Occupy protests have tried to remain peaceful.

And outside of snarky blog posts and YouTube comments, Americans really didn’t get too fired up about Herman Cain or Rick Perry’s stumbles.

Let’s face it: Outrage isn’t what it used to be.

Case in point — in 2010, to help solve its own budget problems, France raised their retirement age

from 60 to 62. To say the French were outraged would be an injustice. The people rioted, shutting down airports, damaging property, caused fuel shortages and even forced the cancellation of a Lady Gaga concert.

In the United States, where the retirement age is already 66, there was little sympathy. But the French people supported the violent nature of the protests.

It’s hard to imagine the American people ever becoming that upset.

We’ve entered a day and age where it’s easy to be what I call a “part-time protester.” Tools like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr allow us to share, retweet and reblog things that catch our eyes. Upset about that recent Congressional vote? Retweet the sarcastic tweet of your choice to express your outrage. A great blog post will get reblogged around to other blogs before disappearing.

I shouldn’t even have to mention the cliched copy and paste Facebook statuses.

But how much effect does that honestly have? Sure, you got your opinion out there — for the entire 10 seconds it took for it to get buried in everyone’s newsfeeds.

It offers the illusion of appearing engaged in the debate while still being a spectator.

How many of us have written a

jason frye letter to our congressman or congresswoman, aside from being forced to in grade school? Have any of us actually ever called our congress representatives? Many of us vote, but we seem to end our engagement after that.

When it comes to protesting, Americans don’t seem to want to get their hands dirty. But if the history of the past few months indicates anything, protests can be extremely effective.

Take a look at the recent battles over the Stop Online Privacy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act. For those who don’t know, SOPA and PIPA were two laws Congress considered to crack down on online piracy.

The actual situation was a different story. The two laws threatened to begin an age of internet censorship. Severe penalties would be imposed on sites that hosted copyrighted material, regardless of whether it was the site or the users

of the site who posted the material.

Entire websites like YouTube and Reddit could have disappeared.

Faced with the lobbyists and the entire Hollywood machine, the tech industry took another approach to combat the bills — grassroots protest.

Websites informed their users, the ones who would be most affected, about the ramifications of the laws.

Wikipedia and several other websites went dark in protest. Tumblr even all but dialed your congressman or congresswoman for you, allowing you to call them with the click of a button.

The results were overwhelming.

On the day Wikipedia went dark, both bills were temporarily shelved due to the amount of feedback received.

All the retweets and Facebook statuses of the world could never have accomplished this. It was old fashioned, simple outrage. Instead of sitting around, people took action.

And it worked.

With so many different ways to get engaged in the political process today, there’s little excuse to sit out.

On the simplest level, the White House has launched “We The People,” (https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/ petitions) a website where anyone can petition the government. Once a petition reaches a certain level of signatures, it’s guaranteed a response.

And before you knock the value of petitions, consider the story of Molly Katchpole. Her online petition against Bank of America’s proposed $5 debit card fee received more than 300,000 signatures before Bank of America backed down.

The lesson is clear — when the American people are willing to put their foot down, they can be effective.

So, by all means, keep copying and pasting those Facebook statuses. Social media is a great tool to spread information about the issues that you care most about.

At the very least, you’re spreading the word about what could be an important cause.

But a retweet will only tell your friends and followers how you feel. A quick phone call will also let your congressman or congresswoman know. I don’t have to tell you which one will probably do more.

The next time you feel strongly about something, take the next step.

Maybe we can end the generation of part-time protesting Americans.

At the very least, you can start by liking and retweeting this column. I certainly wouldn’t protest that.

jason frye is a senior music education major. follow him on twitter at @lewisjlf and reach him at jasonfrye@ dailynebraskan.com.

Sophie Hines, a freshman textiles and clothing design major, has been sewing clothes since she was a child and modeling since the summer after her freshman year of high school. Between the two professions, Hines said she prefers designing clothes rather than wearing them in front of a camera.

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ophie Hines, a freshman textiles and clothing design major, has had a knack for sewing clothes since she was a toddler.

“It’s my favorite thing to do,” Hines said. “I like putting stuff up on the mannequin until I get it the way I want it.”

Hines attributes much of her success to her adoptive parents, who are the owners of Select Model Management. Although she began sewing a long time before becoming a part of their family, they introduced Hines to modeling and fashion photography.

“My family and friends have been very supportive of my work,” she said.

Since Hines’ parents are involved with fashion, they understand and encourage her chosen career path.

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out of Omaha but has now moved to Los Angeles.

“It’s fun, but it’s hard work,” she said.

Hines began modeling the summer after her freshman year in high school. Currently, she is working on being placed in New York City.

“I would probably have to move there for a while since it’s hard to get established within just a couple months,” Hines said.

Her experience in modeling has positively impacted her designing skills.

“Being around people who are conscious of how everything looks helps me to be more aware of what looks good and what doesn’t,” Hines said.

Although modeling has influenced her as a fashion designer, Hines prefers making clothing.

“I’d much rather be styling a shoot than be the

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model for it,” she said.

Around the time she began modeling, Hines started participating in the farmers market in Lincoln with her friend who also sews clothing. The two sold items at the market for three years.

When designing clothes, Hines tends to make looser garments since she has a fear that fitted items won’t fit everyone. She especially enjoys creating dresses.

“I try to make things I would want to wear ... things I think are cool,” Hines said.

Some of her creations, including clothes and headbands, are sold in local boutiques like Stella’s and Tsuru. Hines tries to establish relationships with owners of such stores so that they will consider selling some of her items.

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Film student fuels passion into thesis Senior’s project nearly ready for film festivals ADrienne Anderson Daily Nebraskan

For someone who wants to pursue a career in the everchanging industry of film, senior Josh Land, a film and new media major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, seems to be doing everything he can to succeed.

Land has spent time interning at three separate production companies in Los Angeles, each run by prominent industry figures such as Alexander Payne, Robert Downey Jr. and George Clooney. Land’s duties at these production companies included reading scripts and doing administrative work. He’s also worked on several upperclassmen’s thesis film projects. Now, he has just finished editing the first cut of his own thesis film, a project that, if there had been a budget, would have cost a couple hundred thousand dollars, he said.

“The film is called ‘Lucid’ and it’s coming together really well,” Land said. “It won’t be done for the next few months because we have several post-production stages we have to do, but we’re making progress.”

The film, which was created for his capstone thesis project, was supposed to be a mere six minutes. But according to Land, “to tell this story, it just couldn’t be done in six minutes.” The film turned out to be 24 minutes long, and Land is sure it couldn’t have been done without the team of people he was working with.

That team included Brian Watt, the director of

photography, who has a master’s degree in photography and is recognized as a top ten photographer by the Arizona Professional Photographers Association.

“He’s not even a film major; it’s just this thing he does on the side,” Land explained. “I just knew that he knew how to shoot beautiful pictures.”

Watt’s skills, combined with the use of the same camera that shot “The Social Network” and the free lighting equipment provided by Death Grip Electric led to a film that will one day be ready to submit to film festivals across the Midwest and the United States.

“Lucid” tells the story of two brother physicists who figure out a way to record their dreams and use those dreams to further the progress on a job they’re working on. The twist, says Land, is that every time the character records his dreams, it’s killing him.

“The film is looking really good,” said Matt Miller, a senior film and new media major at UNL. “The shots look amazing, and Brian did a really good job with composition and lighting. I

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So what is the next step?

First, Land and his crew will finish the post-production of the film and premier it at the end of the year.

“This is why I’m making that film,” Land said. “To show what I’ve learned.”

From there, they will begin to submit the film to as many film festivals as they can. As for Land, he will be getting ready to graduate and move forward with his career.

“I don’t know exactly what I’ll be doing in the hopes of pursuing directing, but you’ve got to work somewhere to make ends meet,” he said. “I’m going to use my references and move out to L.A. to get some work out there.”

Land said he’ll have to find a way to make a steady income while he’s getting started. But eventually, he hopes he can pursue film as a career.

“It’s just something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid,” he said. “It’s a hard profession to get in to but it’s resonated with me. Obviously you’ve got to do what you’re passionate about.” adrienneanderson@ dailynebraskan.com

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The hills are alive with the sounds of blues, hip-hop and rap.

The Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (BRO) will be entertaining more than a lonely goatherd with its debut presentation of “The Hills Are Alive” at the Lied Center for Performing Arts tonight at 7:30 p.m.

This evening’s show will present the music from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” using different vocals and instrumentation.

“Ultimately, this show is the Sound of Music score re-imagined,” said Bill Stephan, executive director of the Lied Center.

Peter Kiesewalter formed the New York-based Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata about two years ago. Kiesewalter has also worked as a member of the East Village Opera Company, a group that writes new musical twists on operas, and said several other members of East Village and freelance musicians have participated in BRO. The national tour will bring seven of these musicians to Lincoln. Kiesewalter is on keyboards, Matt Beck on guitar, Jeff

Lipstein on drums and Jeff Allen on bass. Three singers, Carolyn Leonhart, Jason Paige and Victoria Cave will accompany the instrumentalists.

Kiesewalter booked the group’s first show immediately before Christmas, but was looking to produce a performance somewhere between straight up holiday music and a holidayinspired show.

Kiesewalter recalls always associating “The Sound of Music” with the holidays and from there, he began to experiment with the score.

“When you hear a rock band is about to play ‘The Sound of Music,’ you might think, ‘Oh, they’re going to do silly things with it,’” he said. “Irony is too easy and, frankly, I’m tired of it.”

After reviewing the project, the Rodgers and Hammerstien Organization gave BRO the rights to change the score. They are the only group that has been granted permission to do so, according to Stephan.

Kiesewalter sat down with the movie’s score and began to work through it, song by song. He said he looked for “musical suggestions” or lyrical hints

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within the scores for clues on how to rewrite each piece. He added that he sometimes stripped the music away from the piece and only looked at the lyrics.

“The Sound of Music at this point is kind of a part of (Americans’) collective DNA,” Kiesewalter said.

“I wanted to look at the music through a distinctly American filter.”

And that filter gave him some interesting ideas.

Songs were rewritten using inspiration from several different genres, including blues, rock and rap. He mixed “Do Re Mi” with the Jackson 5 song, “ABC.” When Kiesewalter began working with “Climb Every Mountain,” he found inspiration in soul and R&B as well.

“It reads like the tracks to a Mary J. Blige album,” he said.

The album, “The Hills Are Alive,” was released in 2011 after a year of work.

Kiesewalter said listeners have had varied reactions to it, ranging from horror to absolute enthusiasm.

The performance allows people who have seen the movie to hear the music presented in a different way as well as introducing others to “The Sound of Music” for the first time. “(It’s like) ‘Wow, I’ve never heard the “Lonely Goatherd” presented as a Led Zeppelin track,’” Kiesewalter explained.

He said the hardest part of writing the album was obtaining the copyright permission for songs.

Kiesewalter is currently focused on “The Hills Are Alive,” but has tentative future plans to revamp Handel’s “Messiah.”

Just as this performance will be BRO’s Nebraska debut. Stephan said the Lied Center is currently expecting about 500 people to attend.

The show is an “Arts for All” event, and plenty of tickets are still available for students.

“You hear these songs for years and years, and now you hear them and they are very hip,” Stephan said. “It’s old but new.” katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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fashion: from 5 “Most of the owners have already seen my things around,” Hines said.

Two years ago, her headbands were selling really well in boutiques and from

her website. The next craze was over her flower hairpins.

“I’ve been trying to find a balance between putting things online and in stores,” Hines said. “Stores have a bigger audience because they already have established customers, whereas I have to get people to look at my site.”

Recently, Hines has been more focused on creating clothing. She will have a trunk show at Tsuru on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m., where her items will be for sale.

Hines has two agents, Brad and Ann Luchsinger, who have been working with her for two years on styling photoshoots and taking pictures of her garments.

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Big ten homeroom women’s basketball 1. Purdue (19-5 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) After falling to the Huskers in a triple-overtime thriller, the Boilermakers rebounded later in the week to beat Illinois 77-66 on Sunday. Junior forward Sam Ostarello led the way with a career-high 21 points and a double-double after only averaging 3.2 points per game last season.

Purdue will have another tough test this week to stay in the top of the Big Ten as they take on Ohio State in Columbus on Sunday.

2. Ohio State (21-2, 8-2) Following a disappointing loss to Minnesota last week, Ohio State came out with a vengeance to beat Wisconsin 72-58 on Monday. Senior guard Samantha Prahalis was lights out for the Buckeyes with a career-high 34 points and was named Big Ten player of the week. Prahalis additionally contributed five assists, two rebounds and four steals to help complement Big Ten leading scorer Tayler Hill, who scored 18 points.

3. Nebraska (19-3, 8-2) The Huskers are coming off their first signature Big Ten win with their victory against Purdue to clinch the No. 13 ranking in the polls. In their first-ever meeting against the Boilermakers, five Huskers were in double figures, with sophomore Jordan Hooper leading the way with 27 points. The women prepare along with the men to face Michigan at home this week as the Huskers look to continue to build up their Big Ten victories.

4. Penn State (18-5, 8-3) Junior guard Alex Bentley knocked down a 3-pointer from behind the arc with 38.9 seconds left to give Penn State a victory after it struggled to get started and trailed Minnesota 32-24 at the half. The 68-65 victory was the first win for the Nittany Lions against the Gophers in Minneapolis since 2001. Sophomore guard Maggie Lucas also led the way for the Nittany Lions by scoring her 1,000th career

point, becoming only the third sophomore in school history to do so.

5. Michigan State (14-9, 6-4) In a battle between instate rivals, Michigan State senior Porsche Poole hit the game-winning shot with 3.9 seconds left to accumulate a game-high 23 points in Michigan State’s 65-63 victory against Michigan in Ann Arbor on Sunday. This victory marks the Spartans’ 11th straight victory over the Wolverines and gives them two consecutive victories after previously dropping four straight. Last season’s Big Ten champions look to find a rhythm as they finish out their up and down season.

6. Michigan (17-7,6-5) Despite dropping to the Spartans on Sunday, Michigan senior guard Courtney Boylan managed to earn a career-high 22 points.

The Wolverines still remain strong at home this season with a 9-2 home record and improved that record earlier in the week with a victory against Northwestern. Even with an upset against Ohio State earlier in the season, the Wolverines could still use another key victory as they come to Lincoln to face the Huskers this Thursday.

7. Iowa (14-10, 6-5) Iowa lost a top performer in junior guard Jaime Printy after she tore her ACL in her left knee against the Hawkeye’s overtime win at Wisconsin. Iowa’s top scorer will be watching from the sidelines as she sits out for the rest of the 2012 season.

Despite this loss, Iowa shot 70 percent from the field in the second half to power past Indiana 83-64 on Sunday.

8. Minnesota (12-13, 4-7) The Gophers had a tough week in the Big Ten with consecutive loses to Illinois and Penn State. Even with beating Ohio State at home, the Gophers have found themselves near the bottom of the Big Ten. Minnesota looks toward the end of this season and the future in freshman guard Rachel Ban-

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ham, who leads the team in scoring with a 15.8 average.

9. Wisconsin (8-15, 4-7) After the Badgers started to move up in the standings with three consecutive wins against Northwestern, Minnesota and Michigan, they fell back down again this week with losses to Iowa and Ohio State. Wisconsin’s game against Ohio State had its bright spots with a school record of 12 3-pointers. The Badgers struggled when it came to maintaining possession, turning the ball over 22 times.

10. Northwestern (13-10, 3-7) Northwestern fought back to tie Michigan in the second half on Sunday after trailing by 16 in the first half. Even with all of these efforts, the Wildcats suffered another loss to fall to 3-7 in the Big Ten. The Wildcats have found themselves near the bottom with their only wins coming against the worst two teams in the Big Ten: Indiana and Illinois.

11. Illinois (8-16, 2-9) After taking an early lead, Illinois was able to secure its first Big Ten home victory of the season against Minnesota by shooting 52 percent from the field. The Illini face No. 10 ranked Ohio State this week at home, but after that have a chance to rack up some more wins with their remaining four games of the season against opponents that make up the bottom half of the Big Ten. 12. Indiana( 5-19, 0-11) The Hoosiers failed to capture their first Big Ten victory of the season against Iowa on Sunday and managed to lose by 19 points even with the Hawkeyes missing their leading scorer. Indiana will still be looking for that first victory as it prepares to face Illinois this upcoming Sunday in Bloomington. With a week’s worth of rest and a home crowd the Hoosiers may be able to push past the Illini.

Bars provide unique venues for studying Nate Ruleaux “This is possibly the worst place to do homework, in the history of ... worst places to do homework,” I texted the girlfriend while finishing off pitcher number two.

It wasn’t the beer, the music or the sticky table at O’Rourke’s that made reading this short-story pointless. It was the yelling of the older drunk chicks at the table next to Ted and me.

“Your butt just hurts because you LET HIM PUT IT IN THERE!” the wrinkled blonde chick screamed.

“YOU SLUT!” the brunette said, pushing Blondie so hard she almost took out the table, their drinks and the stools.

The yelling and screaming about cocaine stories and oil wrestling flirtations was focused on the men sitting with them, and continued for 20 more minutes.

At the same time as all this, a homeless man started shouting at the window directly behind my head. It was something about Jesus, but he soon got distracted by some poor bastard who passed by on a

1. Ohio State (21-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) The Buckeyes are ranked third nationally and are playing their way to what looks like a No. 1 seed come tournament time.

They have beaten three ranked teams in their last six games, the closest being a six-point victory at Wisconsin on Saturday. The team’s last loss came almost a month ago on Jan. 10 at Illinois.

2. Michigan State (18-5, 7-3) The Spartans got a big win over their rival, the Michigan Wolverines, in impressive fashion 6454 Sunday. After their game with Penn State on Wednesday they get two tough games in a row: at Ohio State on Saturday and then back home against Wisconsin on the 16th. That stretch will be crucial for the Spartans.

3. Wisconsin (18-5, 7-4) Were it not for their loss to Ohio State on Saturday, the Badgers would be in the No. 2 spot on this list. Wisconsin is playing at high level defensively, averaging a mere 49.8 points per game allowed, good for first nationally, and is only two games out of the lead in the conference. Offensively, the team also has three players averaging double digit points per game: Jordan Taylor (14.0), Jared Berggren (10.5), and Ryan Evans (10.0).

4. Michigan (17-7, 7-4) The Wolverines are the most up and down team in the Big Ten right now.

They have perfectly alternated wins and losses over their last eight games including wins over then ninth and 20th ranked Michigan State and Indiana, but also losses to unranked Arkansas and Iowa. Coach John Beilein’s team has a very good shot at contending for the Big Ten crown with only one

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bicycle. He then turned his holy message to the bicyclist, chasing after him.

Along with those distractions, there was the difficult task of keeping myself from people-watching. Specifically, at all the kids out on a Monday night. I’m blown away that the youths of Lincoln are holding hands in seas of slutty attire towards the Bourbon Theatre.

With, what the brunette chick called, “Pre-paid pussy band tickets they bought with mommy’s credit card.”

The kids are off to see a band I associated with the looped CD that used to play at the public pool back in my middle school summers. I had no idea they were still relevant and popular.

Ted kept banging away at his history paper, and I couldn’t figure out how he could stay so focused. Then I looked down and realized that I’d done all my work already. For some reason, the bar had become the new best place to do homework.

There were so many distractions, friendly and scary faces, that I had forced myself to keep my notes to my work and push forward. Sure it might not be the deepest analysis I’d ever written but it was done.

“Let’s make a thing of this,” Ted said, closing his computer. I nodded in agreement.

“How about another?” I asked, finishing off the end of the pitcher in celebration.

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“Nah,” he said, thumbing through his wallet.

“No man, I have pitcher cards.

Although I did promise Duncan I’d save them for when he got here.”

The moment I said “here,” I shit you not, I looked through the window to see Duncan walking into the bar.

He and another college graduate friend were stopping in for a beer.

We sat and caught up and drank. Duncan had put in his two weeks notice during week two of his restaurant job.

His friend was a marine relaxing before post-college deployment. They knew each other from a University of Minnesota janitor job similar to my own.

We finished up around 9 p.m., good and buzzed.

It was off to the apartment then, to print off a night of work done with ease and entertainment. I fell asleep feeling fine and woke up in the same mood.

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9. Northwestern (14-8, 4-6) 5. Indiana (18-6, 6-6) The Wildcats are really Faltering down the much better than the restretch is not the goal of cord here would indicate. any team, but it seems to A good deal of the team’s be the case with the Hoo- struggles can be attributsiers. This team caught ed to playing in the brutal fire early in the season as Big Ten conference and evidenced by its impres- getting beat on night after sive victories over topnight by top 25 teams. ranked Kentucky and Forward John Shurna third ranked Ohio State, leads the conference in but has since struggled scoring with 19.6 points to beat any of the teams per game. in the upper half of the conference. The Hoosiers 10. Iowa (13-11, 5-6) Iowa went undefeated will be looking to regain their early season form as this past week, winthe battle for tournament ning both of its games to improve its conferseeding rages on. ence record to 5-6. It 6. Illinois (16-7, 5-5) was the first time the Illinois is probably getHawkeyes managed the ting tired of playing close feat since the first week of games by now. The the calendar year. Is this team’s last eight games a sign of things to come have all been decided by for the team? Probably five points or less. With not. Winnable games at Indiana, Michigan and Northwestern and Penn Purdue on the docket for State this week give the the Illini, it looks like a Hawkeyes a chance to few more tight ones may achieve their longest winbe in order. It can’t be ning streak of the season good for anyone’s blood at four. pressure, but this sure is an exciting team to watch 11. Nebraska (11-11, for down the stretch.

3-8) The Huskers, conversely 7. Purdue (15-9, 5-6) This is a team that is sit- to the Hawkeyes, lost both of their games this ting right on the bubble. past week and are lookRight now, it could go either way for the Boiler- ing to salvage what is makers as far as the tour- left of their season. It may be a tough task for nament goes, and they coach Doc Saddler to get could use a few highly his team motivated for ranked pelts to add to their final seven games. their resume and move After watching the team them from the bubble to collapse on itself in the the “surefire” category. second half of their game Fortunately for Purdue, against Minnesota on the schedule presents Sunday, things are lookthem with four more ing pretty bleak. opportunities to do just that.

12. Penn State (10-14, 2-9) 8. Minnesota (17-7, What can you say about 5-6) this basketball team? They The end of the Big Ten are struggling mightily to season could be a rough do anything and everyone for the Golden Gothing. One bright spot is phers. Minnesota plays Junior guard Tim Frazier five ranked teams in their final seven games, includ- who is second in the conference in points (18.3 per ing games against Ohio State, Michigan State and game) and steals (2.1 per game). two against Wisconsin.

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sports briefs Hooper Named to Wade Trophy Watch List Nebraska sophomore forward Jordan Hooper was one of eight players added to the W a d e Trophy Wa t c h List on hooper T u e s day. The award is given annually to the best women’s basketball player in NCAA Division I competition.

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points and 9.4 rebounds per game, the Huskers have ascended to the No. 13 team in the nation according to the Associated Press poll. Nebraska currently sits in a tie for second in the Big Ten Conference standings at 8-2 — a half game behind Purdue.

Hooper leads the Big Ten with 10 double-doubles and is just one of six sophomores currently on the Wade Trophy Watch List.

The list, which currently holds 33 players, will be trimmed to 12 finalists in mid-March with the winner announced during the women’s Final Four in Denver.

Junior picks up weekly honor Husker women’s tennis player Stefanie Weinstein was named Big Ten Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.

Weinstein helped Nebraska sweep its two matches last weekend against Wyoming and Eastern Michigan.

She teamed with Madeleine Geibert to win both No. 1 doubles matches to get NU off to an early lead. Weinstein then went on to win both of her No. 4 singles matches in straight sets.

The Much, Germany native is the second Husker to receive the honor this season.

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moore: from 10 when she must, much like the styles of Kidd and Nash, both known for their passing skills. The Covington, Wash., native proved she could pass from the minute she stepped on the floor for Nebraska.

The junior ranks fifth on the all-time assist list at Nebraska with 438 assists in 82 games, which totals to an average of 5.3 assists per game in her career.

Moore, after two years of impressing Big 12 foes, now shows off her passing skills in the Big Ten conference. She ranks second in the conference with an average of 5.6 assists per game.

Nebraska coach Connie Yori said she sees Moore as one of the best point guards in the country.

“Lindsey is a classic floor leader,” Yori said. “She is an excellent passer and decisionmaker as a point guard, and

she can score in a variety of ways. I love her competitiveness on the court.”

Moore continues to use that competitiveness in every game she starts, which is 87 straight. The junior is now the emotional leader of Nebraska because of that experience on the court, Yori said.

Since starting her first game freshman year, Moore demands the best out of her teammates. That year, her team went undefeated in the regular season and held a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Moore received All-Big 12 freshman honors her first year while averaging six points and 4.5 assists. It was the leadership skills she learned from the seniors on that squad, though, that Moore took away most from that season.

“My senior teammates that year are the main reason why I have such good leadership skills now,” Moore said. “All of

those seniors helped me out with things on the court when they could have just let me struggle and they all gave me great points.

“I now use those points this season with our young team.”

The role Moore plays changes regularly every game, she said. Whether the captain scores 20 points, records 11 assists or grabs 10 rebounds, she does what her team needs her to do at the time, Moore said.

Just being put in the same category as some of the Husker greats after scoring her 1,000-point humbles Moore, she said.

“It’s a really high compliment just to be mentioned with some of the great players here because there have been a lot of them,” Moore said. “It is truly an honor.” andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com

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Wyatt Aycock has had a long road to recovery, and even though he’s not 100 percent yet, Aycock continues to improve and is ready to face off this weekend.

The NU sophomore allaround ended last season with a surgery to fix a tear in the rotator cuff on his shoulder that had been bothering him for years, only to find out there was more than one thing wrong with his arm.

“My shoulder had been hurting for three or four years,” Aycock said. “And none of the doctors I went to could ever really find out what was wrong with it.”

Aycock finally found out what was wrong with his shoulder when he got the results of an MRI he had taken at the end of last year. His rotator cuff in his shoulder was torn and he decided to get surgery a few days after the NCAAs. The doctors saw then that Aycock’s rotator cuff was not the only injury in his shoulder.

“I also found out that my labrum (type of cartilage) was torn,” Aycock said, “And I had a ligament in my shoulder that was really stretched out.”

For the next six months, Aycock could do nothing but rehab and physical therapy. To stay in shape, Aycock did some conditioning throughout the rehab,

Whalen: from 10 and only two players (Bryan Peters and Cory Burleson) are guaranteed back at the same position they played last season. These changes could really hurt NU out of the gate, as fielding was probably the Huskers’ biggest strength last year.

There are plenty of arms to find a third starter and make a quality bullpen, but new pitching coach Ted Silva will have to have the team working on its control. NU had one more walk than Oklahoma on the season, despite OU playing 14 more games (NU was ninth in the conference in walks allowed per game). Things will be even harder with the loss of closer Casey Hauptman, who hardly ever walked batters last season.

Erstad praised the team’s work ethic and senior Kale Kiser said the team was as ready for the season as any he’d been around. While coaches don’t generally call their teams lazy nor do players call their team unprepared, the confidence the team is showing means they aren’t willing to write off this season, despite Erstad’s assurances he was “building for the long haul.”

Erstad’s regime comes at a pivotal moment for Nebraska baseball. With the new stadiums coming for both basketball programs and volleyball, baseball runs the risk of falling behind all three programs in terms of fan support after being the iron-clad No. 2 sport for much of the last decade. If Erstad wins, Haymarket Park will be filled to capacity to begin and he will be given the kind of savior status Bo Pelini and Connie Yori currently hold. If the last three years repeat themselves over the next three, Husker fans will have plenty of distraction, and NU could be left as a mediocre team in a mediocre conference with an indifferent fan base — the absolute worst case scenario for the program.

As Feb. 17 approaches, there’s really no way to tell how well Nebraska will adjust to its new era. It could be like the women’s basketball team and show huge improvement because of new blood and a softer schedule.

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Sophomore Wyatt Aycock is getting back to full strength for the Huskers this season after surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff. but is now back in the practice room working on his routines.

“Even now my shoulder still gets sore, so I’m not 100 percent yet,” Aycock said, “It takes a while to come back after that.”

Coach Chuck Chmelka acknowledges that coming back from an injury is as much mental work as it is physical rehabilitation.

“I kind of thought he would be doing more at this point,”

Chmelka said, “But then as I say that, just this week he’s all of a sudden stepped up.”

The Huskers had two weeks off to work on their routines, and both Aycock and Chmelka think that the time off has benefitted the NU team.

“I think the week off helped,” Chmelka said, “We were able to step back, do some basic things like skill and sequence work, not just routine work.”

“I feel confident that

everyone is going to do well,” Aycock said, “Everyone had a good week, we could rest and focus more on cleaning our routines and problem areas.”

As an all-around, Aycock usually completes in all six events, but he is back on four events: floor, vault, pommel horse and high bar.

“This week he added a new combination on floor, practiced his dismount on pommel,” Chmelka said.

“His vaulting took off, and he did a whole sequence on high bar.”

The Huskers are getting ready to travel to Iowa this weekend to take on Iowa and Minnesota, and Chmelka thinks Aycock is ready to improve his scores.

“He’s training better and harder, with a new attitude,” Chmelka said. “He’s hungry to excel and we need that from him. I think he’s ready to go.”

Aycock is looking forward to the meet this weekend, with the time off the Huskers had to practice and clean up their routines, NU is ready to face Iowa and Minnesota.

“I think what we worked on this week has paid off,” Aycock said. “And it’s going to pay off Saturday night. I think we’re better prepared than ever.”

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basketball: from 10 down the stretch. That’s why they’re zoned in and focused on MU as it makes its first trip to the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Nebraska needs to stay alert and not make mistakes against the Wolverines if it wants to pull off another upset against a top 25 team, forward Brandon Ubel said.

“We’ve gotta come in and we’ve gotta be focused,” Ubel said. “We’ll play good defense for 30 seconds then we’ll give up the offensive rebound. And that’s the kind of plays that kills us down the stretch.”

But the Huskers will have to keep plugging away down the stretch without a big presence.

With NU’s big man Jorge Brian Diaz likely gone for the season, bench players Mike Fox, Christopher Niemann and guard heavy lineups will likely have to fill the gap.

But Diaz’s absence doesn’t have Ubel and company too worried about the games ahead.

Diaz missed five games earlier in the season due to the same foot problem so the Huskers will need to execute like they did during that stretch again.

“A couple guys are going to have to play more minutes than they’re used to,” Ubel said. “We know what it’s like; we just need to have a good game plan going into Michigan knowing how to guard and how to guard smart.”

But as the Huskers first Big Ten season draws to a close without Diaz and toward a below-.500 finish, NU’s faithful are getting pessimistic.

And as fans grumble about his team’s performance, Sadler remains unaffected.

He still thinks that there’s life in the 20112012 Huskers.

“I know some people disagree with me,” he said. “Luckily, those people really don’t matter.

You know it’s a matter of what these guys out here think and they’ve still got a lot of confidence and they still got a lot of fight in them.

“I believe that a hundred percent.” robbykorth@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska coach Doc Sadler’s Huskers fell to 3-8 in Big Ten Conference play with a loss to Minnesota on Sunday.

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complement As a Freshman, Point Guard Lindsey Moore Helped a veteran Nebraska squad to a No. 1 Seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, The junior is the leader of the No. 13 Huskers.

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ebraska led Purdue by one point with 50 seconds remaining in the third overtime.

Lindsey Moore looked at the shot clock in time to see two seconds counting down. The junior pulled up from 32 feet and swished a three as the shot clock expired. Not only did that shot give NU a two-possession lead with 47 seconds left but it gave Moore 1,001 points in her career.

“During the game I didn’t realize how close I was to getting 1,000 points,” Moore said. “After, when people were congratulating and I realized what happened, it was pretty cool to get 1,000 points in that way.”

Moore finished the game with 26 points to total 1,003 on her career.

The scoring comes in a variety ways from Moore, the 27th player in Husker history to surpass the 1,000-point plateau.

The junior can shoot. She is eighth in Husker history with more 100 threepointers on her career. Moore can do more than shoot, though, as she often spins and weaves in the lane for acrobatic layups.

This season, Moore is averaging a career-high 16.5 points per game, ranking sixth among Big Ten players.

“You have to stay on her at all times because she is a great shooter,” senior Kaitlyn Burke said. “If you guard her too hard, though, she will dribble around you and either score or make the pass.”

It is usually not about the points for Moore, like Burke said. In fact, Moore compares herself to more pass-oriented NBA players.

“Most people compare me to Steve Nash, but I think I’m more like Jason Kidd, mainly because he’s my favorite player,” Moore said.

Moore prefers to pass first and score

Moore: see page 8

WHAT’S THE DISH? Nebraska’s Lindsey Moore is a pass-first point guard. But that hasn’t stopped her from contributing in the scoring category as well.

The Covington, Wash., native scored her 1,000th career point last Thursday in NU’s triple-overtime win against Purdue.

YEAR Freshman Sophomore Junior*

STARTS 34 31 22

MPG 28.0 37.5 31.6

APG 4.5 5.9 5.6

PPG 6.0 14.1 16.5

*Through 22 games

No. 22 MU next test for Huskers Robby Korth daily Nebraskan

It’s beyond crunch time for Nebraska men’s basketball program.

With a loss Wednesday the Huskers dropped to .500 for the season and 3-8 in their first season in the Big Ten Conference.

But for the fifth time with NU coach Doc Sadler at the helm it appears as if the Huskers will finish below .500 in conference play.

But that doesn’t have the sixth-year coach with a southern drawl fazed. He knew that the new conference would be difficult for NU. After all, there are eight Big Ten squads ranked in the top 50 in RPI according to realtimerpi. file photo by morgan spiehs | daily nebraskan com.

Forward Brandon Ubel’s minutes will likely increase with the absense of Jorge Brian Diaz.

And since his team has a record similar to what he would have expected at The Huskers’ remaining try to break out of a tie for Lincoln, you better be the beginning of the sea- games are against oppo- third-place in the confer- playing some really good son his strategy remains nents that range from the ence with Wisconsin. basketball. It’s another unchanged.

MU won’t be overlook- step that we have to make bottom, 12th place Penn “I understand where State, to NCAA Tourna- ing the game. A victory with seven games left. we’re at,” Sadler said. ment-caliber teams like against the Huskers will be “A win in Lincoln “We’ve still got seven Wednesday’s opponent, important for the Wolver- (Wednesday) would be tregames and basically all of Michigan. mendous for us.” ines moving forward. them are like I thought “It’s going to be a chalAnd the Huskers know The No. 22 Wolverines they’d be. If we play very, come to Lincoln for a 7:30 lenge, just like it has been the importance of the win very well and we make p.m. tip-off, televised on for everyone the last two some shots, we got a Big Ten Network, looking years,” Michigan coach basketball: chance to make it a great to improve upon their 7-4 John Beilein said. “If you season still.”

Big Ten record in order to want to win a game in see page 9

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Under Erstad, NU must prove itself on field Sean Whalen One thing’s for certain: Nebraska’s new baseball coach talks a good game.

At his press conference Monday, Darin Erstad sounded every bit like a man ready to turn around NU’s baseball program. He spoke of his recruiting pitch, saying Nebraska “sells itself,” downplayed his lack of coaching experience by referencing great baseball minds he’d learned from (including his father and Mike Scioscia) and called NU’s facilities amongst the best in the nation.

All is well in Lincoln.

Except for one thing: Erstad’s predecessor, Mike Anderson, talked a pretty good game too.

He also coached a pretty good game, earning Big 12 Coach

of the Year honors twice. And, let’s not forget, Erstad was on the staff last season, when Anderson’s fate was sealed, as a volunteer hitting coach. The Huskers finished dead last in the Big 12 in runs under his tutelage.

The point is that talk alone won’t fix what ails the Huskers.

A move to the Big Ten Conference will raise NU’s winning percentage, but the Huskers may be competing for only one NCAA Tournament bid in its new conference. For NU to reach this season’s goal to make an NCAA regional, the Huskers will have to improve dramatically across the board.

The offense retains most of its key bats, and starting pitchers Jon Keller and Tom Lemke should get a quality start between them almost every weekend. NU’s defense, however, will be in flux, as several players have switched positions

Whalen: see page 9