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ANNOUCING NEW EDITOR IN CHIEF

EMILY MCMINN DN

The Publication Board of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln unanimously voted Feb. 17 to appoint current Daily Nebraskan online news editor Lani Hanson as editor-in-chief for the 2016-2017 school year.

“I’m looking forward to building upon the momentum created by editors and staff members before me and helping the DN achieve its full potential,” Hanson said.

Hanson is a junior from Albert Lea, Minnesota, studying journalism and graphic design.

Hanson started working at the DN in September 2014 as a general assignment reporter. She covered the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska in spring of 2015 and was the summer editor the following summer.

Current editor-in-chief Chris Heady offered praise for his successor.

“I think Lani’s strengths are that she did a really good job helping around the news section and as online news editor,” Heady said. “She’s really passionate about getting things done quickly but also doing it correctly.”

Other candidates for the position were Amber

Baesler and Nick Gebhart.

“We had a lot of really good applicants, which is really encouraging, and I think it says a lot that people want the job so that means that people want to help further the DN in the direction it’s going,” Heady said.

“Just by our applicants it made it seem that next year would be promising.”

Hanson said she is excited for the new year.

“A lot of our senior staff members are graduating this year,” Hanson said, “so I’m excited to see what new faces and new ideas we bring into the newsroom next year.”

She has changes she’d like to make with the approval from other staff and Publications Board.

“I’d like to expand our print issues to include all four sections each print issue instead of publishing news and sports on Mondays and arts and opinion on Thursdays,” Hanson said. “I think it will create a more well-rounded paper that appeals to all readers.”

Hanson returned praise to her current boss.

“Under Chris this year we’ve increased our web traffic dramatically,” Hanson said. “I hope to continue this increase and promote engagement with our readers and grow closer as a staff.”

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FRONT PAGE PHOTO BY TYLER MEYER | DN Vocalist Wendy Bantam of Wendy and the Lost Boys performs a solo piece during their set at Bodega’s for Lincoln Exposed on Saturday, February 13, 2016.

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New class brings yoga to beer lovers

2 instructors tackled their goal of breaking down yoga stereotypes by moving class to a new Lincoln location.

ANNIE HIMES DN Malari Vandervort and Sandy Galvan know that for beginners, yoga can be intimidating.

They are both certified yoga teachers at Lotus House of Yoga in Lincoln. They understand all the typecasts associated with yoga and those who practice it.

“There is such a stereotype that comes along with practicing yoga,” Vandervort said. “That you need to be vegetarian, and you need to be a size two. And even though we know that’s not true, it exists.”

They view part of their job as breaking down those barriers that prevent people from trying yoga. They want to bring yoga to everyone – especially those unlikely to venture out to a yoga studio – so they began Bottoms Up Yoga earlier this year.

Bottoms Up Yoga is still a traditional yoga class with lots of downward dogs and warrior poses. The difference is that it is lo-

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cated in Zipline Brewery’s taproom – a welcoming space with wood paneled walls and the smell of hops wafting through the air.

And after class, everyone lingers to drink beer together.

Vandervort and Galvan said the location along with the beer puts the novice yogi at ease. “[Yoga] is something they’re not used to, something they’re a little uncomfortable with, but the environment is really comfortable,” Galvan said.

Practicing yoga in a different place, outside the studio, has drawn a different crowd.

“We have had more male clients – it’s almost a 50/50 breakdown – and first-timers,” Vandervort said. “That’s been great.”

“We are bringing yoga to people who

wouldn’t necessarily think, ‘I should do yoga,’” added Galvan.

When Katie Sloan came to the class at Zipline last Sunday, it was only her second time practicing yoga. Her first experience was with bikram (hot) yoga, but she said doing yoga in a toasty 105 degree room was very intense.

“Bottoms Up Yoga is less intimidating and more fun,” Sloan said. “I loved it. I’d definitely come back.”

For Vandervort and Galvan, it’s about building community – the kind of fun, encouraging community Katie Sloan experienced her first time at Bottoms Up Yoga.

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What do your stickers mean to you?

STEPHANIE CAVAZOS A CONCEPT BY GABRIELLA PARSONS DN

Around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, laptops everywhere are covered in stickers. From music notes to city flags, the Daily Nebraskan set out to find out the meaning behind them. We asked students why they chose to put their stickers on their laptops and their significance. Each month, we’ll find a new batch of students to feature. Here’s what they said:

I love this one. I was a part of a student campus organization called ‘Enactus,’ and they’re heavily focused on entrepreneurship.

They work on projects both local and third world. They sell jewelry made by these women in Sri Lanka who are trying to help their children go to school. And then we sell them here for proceeds, and we give those profits to the HIV Center in Sri Lanka. Center For Entrepreneurship was the first club I joined in college. I want to be innovative.”

This is my sorority. This one means the most to me. I think it illustrates what I’m a part of and who I am as a person.”

KEN RAPKIN

junior accounting and finance major

SPENCER JACKSON

freshman pre-speech-language pathology major

I think my favorite one is probably my Hogwarts stickers. I’m a huge ‘Harry Potter’ fan. A friend of mine had a whole bunch, and she gave it to me. When I first got my laptop I got a cover, and it looked too boring as it is. I thought I’d put stickers on it of stuff that I like.”

DIANA MARCUM

junior agricultrual and enviromental science and communication major

God is greater than the highs and the lows. I’m really drawn to my faith. I put it on the inside (of my laptop) so I can see it everyday. It’s like a daily reminder. He has a plan. I might not understand it now, but there’s a happy ending. If it’s not happy it’s not the end.”

SAM WIGLE

sophomore pre-elementary education major

‘Keep Austin Weird’ is on everything in that city. Austin is my favorite city, and it’s their saying. It’s to support local businesses. My brother lives there, and I just really like that city and want to support it.”

DELANEY ECKHOFF

freshman psychology major

My favorite are my ‘Four Sisters’ stickers. I work in that boutique, and it started my interest in fashion.”

HARPER LUNDGREN

sophomore journalism major

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Actors flow into multiple roles in opera JACOB ELLIOT DN Oh dear Hoffman, don’t you worry. The Muse will comfort your blessed suffering.“The Tales of Hoffman” will be performed at Kimball Hall Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 21 at 3 p.m.

The story starts with Hoffman, a French poet who is strong in love, but stronger yet in tears. Hoffman is out drinking, when a letter from his lover, Stella, is intercepted by a villain, a devilish figure by the name of Lindorf. It is here where the story starts, as Hoffman begins to lament to the patrons of the bar about his past lovers and the tragedy that has befallen him.

Typically, this is where I would tell you who is playing Hoffman, however, it’s not that simple. Hoffman is played by three separate actors. In Act I, he is played by Jon Suek.

In Act II by Alfonzo Cooper Jr., and in Act III

by Mathew Clegg. All three manage to keep the illusion of being Hoffman, despite their physical differences.

In each act, there are major characters, three of whom are played by a different actor.

There is Hoffman, his lover and his nemesis.

The only character who remains constant

throughout the play is Nicklaus, the female Muse of poetry who hopes to destroy Hoffman’s romantic life to get him for herself.

Patricia Kramer gives a magnificent performance, switching from the elegant Muse to the mocking Nicklaus with ease. And yet, both characters feel distinctly different, with the Muse seemly embodying the drama with in the play and Nick as the comedy.

Act I tells the tale of Hoffman and Ophelia, the mechanized girl, played by Bethany Eckloff. Tricked by his nemesis, a salesman named Coppelius, played by Timothy Madden, he is led to believe that Ophelia is a real woman.

Eckloff’s performance is stiff and lifeless, which is very much needed when one is performing a robotic being. A smile plastered onto her face for the entire scene and entire act seems to be more comedic slapstick than dramatic.

Act II is the longest act and seems to set the tone for the drama in the opera. Antonia, played by Devin Kemp, is a singer plagued by a mysterious illness. While there is still some comedy through the act, the entire scene seems to have a sort of dread about it.

Hoffman sneaks onto and off the set, trying to maintain his love, unaware of the tragedy

that is to befall her.

Giulietta, played by Lee Ann Frahn, Hoffman’s last lover, is revealed. A courtesan with many lovers, she is offered a diamond ring from Dappertutto, a magician and incarnation of Hoffman’s rival, for Hoffman’s reflection. This act is the one of the more tragic; in Act I he fell in love with an inanimate object, in Act II his lover was lost, and in Act III he falls in love with one who does not love him.

Frahn does an excellent job portraying the passionate Giulietta, switching from warm passion to cold cruelty. Clegg as well seems to do an excellent job as the wineridden Hoffman, his actions sluggish, yet his voice still strong.

I won’t spoil the ending for you. However, it should be noted that the story does not end too well for Hoffman. I expect “The Tales of the Hoffman” to do well for itself. Its actors and costuming were wonderful during the dress rehearsal, and I expect them to further themselves by their first performance.

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Lighting creates emotion on simple set The set designer for ‘Tales of Hoffmann’ uses rented LED lights to color the stage for every mood and emotion.

MAURA GILLAN DN Caught between the love of his life and his passion for writing, the poet Hoffmann finds himself spiralling quickly into madness.

Students of the University of NebraskaLincoln opera program will perform Jaques Offenbauch’s “Tales of Hoffmann,” an opera that follows Hoffmann through his journeys of love and loss.

“Tales of Hoffmann” will be performed Feb. 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

Hoffmann falls for three women, who are all metaphors for a single person, Stella. But once his Muse arises, Hoffmann is caught between what is real and what is not.

“For me it came to the sense of what I call the artist’s descent into madness,” said Professor JD Madsen, university scenic design instructor and set designer of “Tales of Hoffmann.”

For Madsen, the challenge of designing was in visually depicting Hoffmann’s inner madness. The creativity of artists is often achieved through hardship and personal experience. For Madsen, this opera shows the struggle of a man in love and how it ultimately fuels his creative process.

“Some of our most truly creative thinkers in the world are probably a little off their rocker,” said Madsen.

For Madsen, this inner turmoil creates a vortex of of self-fulfilling tragedy, which is exactly what he did. Using the works of artist Lee Bontecou as inspiration Madsen constructed a large steel funnel grid, within which the opera takes place. Madsen also credits his colleague Douglas Clark with inspiration for this set, as he was the one to first introduce him to the works of Bontecou.

Many of the structure’s squares are covered muslin, a basic cotton fabric, double muslin and canvas, all of which are painted to resemble old parchment. The various levels of fabric thickness allow for different

amounts of light to shine through. The fabric catches the color of the lights from behind, while the holes allow the lights from above to illuminate the actors. They also play into the conceptual idea of a man’s mind falling to pieces. This is where lighting and coloration of the set become crucial.

Utilizing lights set at the back of the stage, professor Laurel Shoemaker, head of lighting for the production, uses rented LED lights to color the stage for every mood and emotion.

“It just looks like muslin on steel until we turn on the lights and change the colors,” Shoemaker said.

The importance of lights in this show cannot be stressed enough. As the set on its own lacks color, it’s up to the lights to visually indicate to us the mood of the show and let us into the mind of some of the characters.

“The color of the set is telling the story of the opera in its own way,” Shoemaker said.

While the color of the lights might indicate what someone is feeling, the simplicity and abstractness of the set leaves location open to interpretation. The tactful abstraction to this set is something Madsen has worked hard to achieve.

“I tell my students abstraction is not a

right; abstraction is earned after you’ve practiced realism,” Madsen said.

When done right, abstraction can leave a major impact. That impact is created when one finds the connection between story,forms and color.

“The beauty of theater and art is this continuation of conversation and finding the merging of these shapes and stories,” Madsen said. “This is just about understanding how does this form work and how do we utilize it inside the context of this story.”

Some of the stories context is left to the audience’s interpretation. There is no defined time of the setting of this story. The styles of the show change from Rococo to Baroque to Victorian steampunk. The versatility of the lights and set are useful in the way that audiences are invited to engage rather than be told exactly what to think and feel. Audience members contextualize the show.

“I get the feeling that this is very different than things that are common to audiences’ expectations and experiences here,” Madsen said.

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Expect the unexpected in ‘The Life of Pablo’ After a lengthy wait fans receive the unexpected from Kanye West’s new album.

NICK NIENDORF DN The wait for Kanye West’s new project has been one of the most bizarre periods of time leading up to an album release ever.

We knew it first as “So Help Me God” and its singles, “All Day,” “Wolves” and “Only One,” left us wondering what the hell Kanye meant when he said the project would be “cookout music.” But eventually, “So Help Me God” evolved into “Swish,” the most Kanye album title ever.

Kanye’s twitter served as both the only beacon of truth regarding the album and also an absolute crapshoot of misinformation.

The tracklist changed countless times, and the title changed with it to become “Waves.”

Among West’s rants, apologies to Michael Jordan, a rant against rapper Wiz Khalifa, defamation of memes and a released “final” tracklist, we finally got a definitive title: “The Life of Pablo.”

Debuting his work at Yeezy Season 3, West showed the world a 10 track album with cover art straight out of MS Paint. Fans held their breath Feb. 11, expecting the official album release to come any minute. This continued through Feb. 12, when West blamed Chance the Rapper for the delay and through the entirety of West’s SNL performance Saturday, which concluded with West convulsively telling the world the album was out on Tidal and on his website.

Thousands of F5 keys were brutalized that night as the world eagerly refreshed Tidal to listen to the album. After hours of waiting, “The Life of Pablo” finally dropped early Sunday morning.

Frustration, doubt and expectation be damned; Kanye delivered.

“Ultralight Beam” opens up the album, and we’re wrapped in a cloak of gospel and warmth. West delivers us a message of hope as an airy synth rumbles on and a ponderous drum kicks in. R&B singer The Dream struggles with his newfound fame, and Kelly Price beautifully lets us know that everything’s going to be alright in the end.

Once Chance the Rapper begins his verse, we’re engulfed by a million clever cultural and biblical references. You’d be a fool to expect Chance not to deliver, but each bar is so well done that even the biggest “Acid Rap” doubters will be satisfied.

The godly images and feelings continue as Pastor T. L. Barrett is sampled in the opening part of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1.”

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We hear producer Metro Boomin’s tag as spoken by rapper Future, and a trap beat engulfs the sample’s choral singing. Kid Cudi’s hook reflects the cheeriness of “Ultralight Beam” and an autotuned West echoes The Dream’s remorse. We begin to expect the album to feel similar to a beefed up version of “The College Dropout,” but with more of the gospel feel West had mentioned previous to “The Life of Pablo’s” release.

Instead, we get the worst lines on the entire album, reminiscent of some of the weaker, lyrical parts of “Yeezus.” “Now if I f**k this model/ And she just bleached her a**hole/ And I get bleach on my T-shirt/ I’mma feel like an a**hole.” We go from an awesome Cudi/West tandem onto the wrong side of the “Kanye lyric line.” It hurts even more because the rest of the song is actually pretty good as West reflects on his relationship with ex-girlfriend Amber Rose and his life in the media since.

This ultimately drives home the album’s sole, but glaring flaw: its inconsistency.

Rihanna feels terribly out of place and shoehorned in “Famous” and the line about Taylor Swift on the same song leaves us asking, “Why?” Again, once the song gets

past those two points, it’s a solid effort by West, and the production is simply amazing. “Highlights” suffers the same fate with West’s Gopro and Ray J lines that just aren’t very good. But, the back half of his verse features a catchy, pace-changing flow, which is simply smile-inducing. Young Thug’s singing on the song is also a perfect fit for the chorus.

The patchy start doesn’t mean the record doesn’t ever find its footing. After grinding through the horror known as “Freestyle 4,” we’re greeted by a wonderfully awesome stretch of songs.

“Waves” was one of the causes for the album’s delay, but it was worth it (thanks Chance). It’s similar in feel to “Ultralight Beams” with more of a Kanye stamp to it.

The choppy, looping synths in the background are incredible and the beat is modern, but understated.

We then get absolutely punched in the face in the next song by “FML.” Kanye sheds all ego and grandioseness in the first verse and leaves himself raw and exposed, speaking about his romantic history. It feels as if you’re stumbling through a pitch black cave, with only a despondent and strung out West

as your guide. The Weeknd contributes to this stark depression in the chorus as he tries to deflect the prying eyes of the world and struggles to remain untouched by those around him.

“Real Friends” continues this trend of reflection as West looks back at lost connections with loved-ones as a result of a growing fame and an influx of lechers into his life. The instrumental is, again, ominous and borderline unsettling in the most moving way. Despite the slow pace and nature of the song, I found myself quoting it nonstop for days after my first listen.

“Wolves” follows after, and it’s hard not to be underwhelmed by the subtraction of Sia and Vic Mensa from the single. Originally, the song focused on three points of view to go along with the haunted wolf howling and bubbling synths, but the song has been downgraded with one of Kanye’s weaker verses from the album. It’s still a memorable and striking part of “The Life of Pablo,” but we’re left wondering what could have been.

Some consolidation can be taken in the fact

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Album breaths romance into country

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KEITH FINN DN Modern country music seems to follow a certain formula to be successful. However, The Wildwoods’ new album “Take A Chance” doesn’t follow modern country norms. The album is a relaxing throwback to country roots, which is nice to see out of a local band.

The new album exposes soft and relaxing acoustic country music. Band members Chloe Pinkman and Noah Gose’s voices work together to display both high and low ends of the vocal spectrum. The harmonies of the two vocalists give extra substance to the mostly acoustic background.

Love songs comprise the majority of the lyrical content. The cover of the album shows a couple on a hill, reaching for each other as one of them is carried away by a heart shaped balloon. The artwork fits well with the album’s content.

Gose is credited with writing the songs, except for the track “You,” which is Pinkman’s only writing credit. She sings, “I wanna move

forward and win this race ’cause I think I’m falling for you.”

The album also includes some clever instrumentation. The trio is very well-versed with the instruments, especially Pinkman on the violin. I seemed to notice the best part of most of the songs is when the violin soars into the picture. On the end of the track “Dance With Me,” the trio even incorporates the kazoo.

“Take A Chance” is a country album filled with love songs. The musical talent displayed on this album will produce a sigh of relief for any country lover.

The Wildwoods are a country music band based out of Lincoln, consisting of Gose, Pinkman and her brother Noah Pinkman. The band is holding an album release party for “Take A Chance” at Vega on Feb. 19 starting at 7 p.m.

The event will feature Sawyer Jay Kreikemeier and Root Marm Chicken Farm Jug Band as openers for The Wildwoods.

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PABLO: FROM 7 that we get a Frank Ocean outro to the song, confirming he hasn’t fallen off the face of the Earth.

Of the next three tracks, only “30 Hours” feels like it belongs on the album.

The melancholy and introspective mood of the single fits in with the album’s theme.

West again struggles dealing with his stretched out love life alongside the ardent gaze of the media.

As good as “No More Parties in L.A.” is, it feels the most out of place, which is evident in its initial exclusion from the album. It’s a shame when you consider how potent the combo of Kanye and Kendrick Lamar is. They create a lyrically robust track which is very memorable, but just feels off in the project. “FACTS,” another single, received a new sound courtesy of Charlie Heat, but still suffers from very weak lyrics. These two songs feel more like bonus tracks and, although they were released as part of the album’s body, Kanye might very well declare them as extras in his coming revisions.

We finish off with “Fade,” which will undoubtedly get a ton of club play with its ridiculously good bassline sample of Mr. Fingers’ “Mystery of Life.” The lyrics are minimal but fall in line with the tone of the album as featured rapper, Post Malone, struggles with the process of coming up in the industry.

“The Life of Pablo” almost feels like a collection of singles instead of an album.

There are a ton of connections between songs, but none of them feel strong enough to hold it all together. Thematically, the lyrics do a decent job of delivering Kanye’s struggle with fame, faith and the media to

us, but there are times where it simply falls apart in that regard. It’s a possibility he plans on restructuring some of the album and potentially omitting some tracks, but, for now, we’re left constantly searching for the current train of thought.

The production on it might be my favorite in West’s catalog. The sounds are so diverse and different, but even when they collide, they complement each other perfectly. When looking back at most of West’s other work, the overall production of “The Life of Pablo” stands tall alongside “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” and “Late Registration.” There wasn’t a single song that didn’t at least catch my ear and only a couple tracks have forgettable instrumentals. There are so many different influences, old and new, that you’ll be hard pressed not to find a stretch of songs that you love.

The album itself is great, even by the standards we’ve grown accustomed to with Kanye. The album just isn’t bulletproof, which isn’t surprising after all the tracklist changes that have occurred and still might happen.

In the end, Kanye accomplished what he always sets out to do with art,to do something different. It’s not “Yeezus;” it’s not “The College Dropout,” and it’s not anything else he’s done. It’s “The Life of Pablo,” and while the project doesn’t feel incredibly cohesive, it’s still a must-listen for anyone, regardless of their status as a Kanye fan.

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COURTESY PHOTO | DN Their partners at Zipline Brewery share this vision.

“Zipline is amazing,” Vandervort said.

“We know one of the owner ’s wives, Heather, and she also instructs yoga. Her husband, Tom, and his partners are all about building community. It’s not about making money or having high numbers, it’s about building community. When Sandy and I were shaping this, we were like that’s our goal, our number one goal – we just want to create community.”

A community is forming at Bottoms Up Yoga. Last Sunday’s class filled Zipline’s taproom to the brim. Before class, people

were chatting and laughing, meeting new to talk to your neighbor. Everyone is so friends and catchnice, and you don’t have ing up with old. have the nicest mat or The ValenIt’s different than going to yoga gear or physique.” tine’s Day class to a yoga class. You’re Bottoms Up Yoga is was Michele creating a fun, inviting May’s eighth not afraid to talk to your place for yogis of all sorts time at Bottoms to meet up, stretch out Up Yoga, and she neighboor. ” and enjoy craft brews. said it’s the atmoNearly an hour afMICHELE MAY sphere that keeps ter last Sunday’s class yoga participant her coming back. ended, everyone was “It’s differstill sitting around ent than going to a yoga class,” May said. “You’re not afraid Zipline’s mahogany tables or up at the bar.

Small groups of yogis filled the taproom,

drinking beer and enjoying conversation.

Vandervort and Galvan said they are excited about the future of the event. Bottoms Up Yoga is capped at 15 participants, and the event continues to sell out each week.

“I’m excited about the summer and the chance to take the event outside,” Galvan said.

Moving Bottoms Up Yoga just outside to Zipline’s parking lot during the summer months would create space for even more people to practice yoga followed by a pint of local craft beer.

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UNL should implement smoke-free campus policy

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reathe in. Do you smell that? You’re sitting outside on a campus bench, enjoying the long-awaited warm weather, and then a breeze ruffles your hair. As you inhale, you expect the crisp smell of spring’s beginning. Instead, you get an unwelcome lungful of cigarette smoke. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, this isn’t a rare event.

Currently, UNL allows smoking on campus, excluding inside buildings and campus vehicles. Students and faculty are free to puff within 10 feet of campus buildings, meaning quite a bit of campus is fair game. For us nonsmokers, this can be disruptive at times.

Whether we’re walking to class or just enjoying the fresh air, we shouldn’t have to be exposed to secondhand smoke, which has been proven to have adverse effects.

A 2014 report by the Surgeon General found almost 2.5 million nonsmokers have died since 1964 because of secondhand smoke.

When smoke exposure can cause serious issues such as coronary heart disease, strokes and lung cancer, it only makes sense to protect those who don’t wish to smoke.

But what about the traditional cigarette’s trendy cousin, the e-cigarette? As it stands, the medical community isn’t sure what effect ecigarette vapors have on nearby non-vapers.

The World Health Organization suggested banning them indoors, but outdoors, where the vapor has room to dispel, secondhand vapor may not be a problem. Though I don’t care for the smell of e-cig vapor, there’s currently not a lot of evidence that it should be banned on campus.

Although it would be good to see UNL create a no-smoking policy (excluding e-cigs), this does not mean I’m calling for government legislation on the problem. Having a sweeping ban on smoking seems extreme, but it’s fair to allow universities to place their own restrictions. If students and faculty absolutely have to smoke, they’d have the ability to leave campus.

This would be annoying to them, but it may

encourage some people to quit smoking. That said, about 17 percent of adults smoke, so it’s important to acknowledge how many people would be affected by a change in policy.

The transition would be difficult for smokers, but it’s about time UNL hops on board with the smoke-free movement. The University of Nebraska-Omaha plans on becoming a completely smoke-free and tobacco-free campus beginning August 2016. The University of Nebraska Medical Center doesn’t allow smoking, including e-cigarettes, anywhere on campus.

As a medical organization, I’m sure it recognizes the dangers smoking poses to students.

These Nebraskan universities aren’t the only ones to adopt smoke-free campus policies. According to the Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative, there are currently 1,475 U.S. college campuses that are smoke free (this does not include e-cigarettes). In 2012, there were only 774. I can only hope the number will continue to increase.

I’m writing this as I sit at my ridiculously cluttered desk in the basement of the Nebraska Union. Even here, in the DN office, I can’t escape the smell of smoke that’s somehow managing to filter through the closed window next to me. This is the reason I’m asking for a smoke-free campus. I’m concerned about my health and the health of others who choose not to smoke.

Despite our decision to not smoke, we can’t escape. And we shouldn’t have to. I’m probably biased as a non-smoker, but it seems to me that the nonsmoker sitting on the bench admiring the finally-warm weather should be the one to stand their ground, not the person polluting the air.

A smoke-free campus policy would give non-smokers that breath of fresh air we need.

And though it would also have the positive effect of helping current smokers quit, I’m not asking that UNL try to micromanage people’s health choices. That said, my eating a greasy Runza instead of a salad doesn’t affect the people sitting next to me. Smoking does. Ciga-

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ALEXA HORN IS A SOPHOMORE JOURNALISM AND ADVERTISING MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @ DNOPINION.

Stringent voter ID laws undermine democracy

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e are waist-deep in the 2016 Nebraska Legislative Session, and the talk of the season is bills, bills, bills.

Cue Destiny’s Child. Some are forgettable. Most are amendments to already-established laws. So what’s the huge deal, right? Why the brouhaha, you may ask. Well, fellow citizen, your voting rights are at stake.

LB912 dictates that Nebraskan voters who have moved but not sent in a confirmation card

by a certain deadline will be required to show two forms of identification at their polling place to vote. Sen. Jim Smith introduced this bill into the legislature in Jan. 2016. Two days later, it was referred to the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. On Feb. 10, the bill faced a hearing.

The bill makes several amendments to Nebraska Statute Chapter 23 Section 329. This specific section deals with voters who have moved. According to current Nebraska law, if someone has moved within the state, he or she

is sent a confirmation letter, which says the state has been notified of the move. The law says “If you fail to return the [confirmation] card by the deadline, you will be required … to affirm or confirm your address.” The amendment being proposed by Sen. Smith, in addition to cutting the word “affirm,” adds conditions to this statement. To be able to vote, the amendment says you must provide two forms of identification that confirm your new address.

Admittedly, this bill is tame compared to other states’ efforts to tighten voting laws. There

are states such as Texas, Kansas and Tennessee that implemented laws requiring voters to show photo identification before they vote, regardless of whether they are already registered. While this may be no problem to some, to others, it creates a whole world of barriers.

Requiring photo ID has been shown to restrict a much larger portion of minority communities compared to white communities. This is because those lower on the socioeconomic

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‘Death with dignity’ drugs afford patients compassionate care Riley Slezak

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ou’re sick – so sick that your quality of life is in a permanent free fall, and death is closing in on you. You’ve been told you have six months or fewer to live. You’re presented a choice: either accept the suffering the rest of your life offers you, or ask your doctor to prescribe life-ending drugs to end the pain.

This is a scenario that may become a reality to Nebraskans. Under the new bill Sen. Ernie Chambers plans on proposing, doctors in Nebraska would be allowed to prescribe lifeending drugs to their patients who have fewer than six months left to live. Chambers originally tried to fight for this legislation in the late 1990s, but that attempt was unsuccessful.

Four other states have already passed this type of legislation, and California will soon become the fifth. Chambers has the chance to position Nebraska as a leader in the idea of expanding terminally ill patients’ rights if he presents this bill and can get it through the legislature.

This might seem like a radical idea, and for Nebraska’s political landscape, it may be. But,

in my opinion, allowing patients to have a greater influence over their own care and the rest of their lives is a good thing. Only people with terminal illnesses can understand the suffering and burden it places on them and their family.

Whether or not this program is the best for terminally ill patients is for the patient to decide when the time comes. It isn’t the responsibility of anyone else to tell these people how to handle this incredibly difficult time in their life. As Chambers said, “It’s so easy to hurt others when you can’t feel pain.”

The main criticism of the bill is that the use of these life-ending drugs is the easy way out and that it isn’t compassionate to the families of those who are terminally ill. Critics of these types of programs say if this option is available, insurance companies and doctors will begin to push for these drugs.

I would agree with those who have concerns over patients feeling bullied into taking the lifeending drugs by their doctors’ suggestions. It would also become problematic if people made this choice without the mental capacity to do so or without thinking it all the way through.

I understand the hesitance people may have towards the government providing people with a way to prematurely end their lives, but the bill would have restrictions and requirements to ensure this program helps those who matter the most in this situation: the patients. These would most likely include doctors having to inform patients of other care options, patients having to verbally request the drugs twice, having to submit a written request and to be experiencing

“intolerable suffering.”

Other precautions that Oregon, Vermont, Washington and California have included in their versions of the bill give doctors and others involved in the process immunity from criminal and civil liability as long as they follow the law. In addition to this, the bills also say doctors have the option make patients go through a mental health evaluation if they don’t feel the patient understands the situation fully.

The patients’ listed cause of death would be their illness, not suicide. This would help to ensure that the patients and their families aren’t stigmatized for their choice. It would also help with concerns about this program making suicide seem like an accepted practice.

With all of these rules and restrictions, this option would be beneficial for citizens of the state. Allowing patients to obtain life-ending drugs gives patients the ability to decide their own fate, to die at home in peace and to lift the heavy burden family members have from watching their loves ones suffer through the end of their lives.

Another great aspect about the use of these life-ending drugs is that those who don’t want to use them, don’t have to. However, those people who would like to end their suffering early and relinquish both the emotional and financial burdens their families are experiencing should be able to. This isn’t to say that anyone who has a terminal illness should go out and end his or her life in some horrific or irresponsible way, but there should be an avenue for people to end their lives if they wish to. This is exactly what

this bill would provide for Nebraskans who fit the criteria.

One in three patients who obtain the prescription drugs do not end up using them. Once again, this emphasizes the fact this program does nothing but give patients a choice concerning their own lives. Another interesting statistic about these so called “death with dignity drugs” is that while most members of the general public wish to die at home, only about 20 percent actually do so. In contrast, 90 percent of patients who participate in this program end up dying in their own homes surrounded by their loved ones.

In a 2014 Medscape survey, 54 percent of doctors favored physician-assisted deaths for terminally ill patients. This number was up from 46 percent in 2010, a sign that the idea of patients having this valuable choice has gained traction as time has gone on.

At the end of someone’s life, especially the life of someone who has gone through the pain of being terminally ill, having a choice is important. It’s important that people go in the way they wish to, instead of having to live just to die in a worse state than they’re already in. When they are presented with this bill, the legislature should make the right choice and be a leader for terminally ill patients and their rights.

RILEY SLEZAK IS A SOPHOMORE JOURNALISM MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA@ DNOPINION.

Feminine hygiene products shouldn’t be taxed While “necessity” items are typically tax-free, feminine hygiene products are seen as “luxuries” in Nebraska.

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y period is a luxury. No, you didn’t read that wrong.

It’s true. My uterine lining thinning while my uterus expands to an ungodly size, causing me more pain than Donald Trump’s hair and existence causes America, is actually luxurious. Thanks for filling me in, Nebraska.

Nebraska is one of 40 states that tax not only my necessary cotton on a string but also everything else I need to avoid making a damn mess while my body is trying to sacrifice me to Satan.

In all seriousness though, this is a problem. It’s happening here and all over the world, such as in the United Kingdom. One of the more popular protests started in the U.K. when a few girls began “free-bleeding” on the streets with signs. While displaying

your period to the public is kind of gross, it gets the point across.

You can say that I’m just a whiny woman who doesn’t want to pay more for tampons than she needs to. And yes, I am a woman who is being taxed for something I literally have no control over whatsoever, so no, I don’t want to pay any more for tampons than I already do. But it isn’t just tampons: the tax includes all necessary feminine hygiene products, so tax-free pads aren’t options either.

What makes this even more ridiculous is that most states don’t tax things they consider essential or necessary. Under the umbrella of “necessities” they count things such as groceries, medical items and food stamp purchases. I dived in a little further to find out what Nebraska does and doesn’t tax, and I found a list. Out-of-state aircrafts, newpapers and freaking horse racetracks are tax exempt, but you want to tax my supposedly non-essential tampons? I mean, I hope even the most non-feminist person in the world would understand how stupid that is.

And while a box of tampons is only around $7 a month for 40 years, all of that adds up. The state ends up getting around $20 million dollars in sales tax annually. As a college student on a tight budget, I can tell

you that sometimes that $7 is damn near impossible to come up with. It’s not like I can tell my period, “Wait until payday, then you can go.” Unfortunately it doesn’t work that way, and lowering prices even a little bit could help.

Even then, cost isn’t the main issue in this debate. The main issue is that feminine hygiene products are being taxed as a luxury, something that isn’t necessary, when we all know (even the men) that isn’t the case. To make things even messier, in some states, such as Utah, the bill for the tax was voted on and passed by an all-male panel. An all-male panel is a problem in and of itself because the men don’t have periods, and many men have an outrageous view of periods as it is.

If that doesn’t raise a flag, then I don’t know what will. Even President Barack Obama is confused as to why the states are taxing feminine products. YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen interviewed the president and asked him why feminine hygiene products were being taxed, to which he replied, “I have no idea why states would tax these as luxury items.” Maybe the 40 states with the tax should take the hint.

And while the tampon tax sucks, establishments such as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are trying to make it a little more

bearable. UNL made free tampons available in almost all of UNL’s campus buidlings starting in 2015. So thank you, UNL, but do you think you could put them in all of the buildings if not all women’s bathrooms?

Hint, hint.

Women around the country are fighting back against this injustice. Petitions, protests, tweets and articles are constantly being written about the tampon tax and it’s making headlines.

Before someone decides to make the joke, no, I didn’t make this rant because I was “on the rag” or however people phrase it. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go sit down with a nice book and relax with a tampon. Ladies, in the words of Tom Haverford, “Treat yo self.”

KAITLYNN SCHMIDT IS A SENIOR ADVERTISING-PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR WHO DOESN’T ACTUALLY RELAX WITH TAMPONS BUT DOES LOVE TOM HAVERFORD. YOU CAN REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @ DNOPINION.

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hen Maliaka died in 2010, the Henry Doorly Zoo’s collective heart shattered.

Our oldest elephant – the second oldest in captivity – passed away, and we knew changes were imminent. Shenga, our only other elephant, would need to move away (female elephants need companionship), leaving half of Pachyderm Hill bare until we could find Indian rhinos to take their place.

I used to visit Maliaka everyday after giving my sea lion feeding presentations. Elephants are my favorite animals, and I knew she was loved at our zoo in Omaha. I also know she was happy.

Now, in 2016, the zoo is taking steps to recover what it’s been without for six years, but with controversy.

Eighteen elephants from Swaziland will soon be finding homes in the Omaha zoo, as well as Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas and the Dallas Zoo. This sparked an uproar among animal rights groups, such as PETA, and other conservationists, who insist the animals should remain in their natural habitat to reduce their stress and prevent them from facing “a sad, uncertain future.”

But regardless of whether these elephants stayed in Africa or moved to North America, their futures would be certain. One path leads to certain death, the other to life ... in the United States. What most people fail to realize is these elephants would have been killed if they stayed in Africa. According to Room for Rhinos, sophisticated poachers are responsible for killing an average of 96 elephants every day and have caused a 60 percent decline in the elephant population in the last 10 years.

Although animal rights activists are right that elephants in captivity live about 20 years less than elephants not in captivity, many elephants don’t get the opportunity to live that long because of the actions of poachers, or because African farmers kill them for eating their crop.

These poachers are even attacking elephants in refugees. National Geographic, the Guardian and the AP, to name a few news outlets, have reported that poachers have taken to poisoning elephants with salt licks and that even some park rangers are responsible for killing their housed elephants. Although the idea of keeping elephants at home is romantic, it’s a hazardous option. The reality of the situation right now is if we were to keep these elephants in Africa, they would not be safe.

The regulations in place can only go so far in keeping these giants from toppling down.

Although the United States is no Africa, that doesn’t mean it cannot provide for elephants.

There’s a lot of hate directed toward zoos, but I think this stems from a lack of understanding. We all need to face the elephant in the room: People often mistake zoos for circuses. The Dallas, Omaha and Sedgwick zoos are all AZA accredited, meaning the Association of Zoos and Aquariums recognizes they have suitable facilities for housing and keeping their animals physically and mentally healthy. What’s more, the basic standards (such as the minimum amount of room and enrichment the elephants need) set by the AZA will be blown out of the water by what each of these zoos plan to do for their incoming elephants.

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The AZA Standards for Elephant Management and Care mandate that “Outdoor habitats must provide sufficient space and environmental complexity to both allow for and stimulate natural behavioral activities and social interactions resulting in healthy and well-adapted elephants.” Measurement-wise, this requires the zoo to provide no less than 5400 sq. ft. per elephant. The Omaha Zoo’s African Grasslands will have a herd room spanning about 11,600 sq. ft., which will be one of three outdoor areas the elephants can explore, making it the grasslands the largest elephant exhibit in North America. The Dallas Zoo will incorporate a unique social enrichment system for the elephants, the first enclosure to ever house elephants, zebras, giraffes and other non-predatory animals in the same exhibit,

to recreate a migratory system in an enclosed environment. The Sedgwick Zoo habitat not only has five acres of outdoor space, but an 18,000 sq. ft. indoor facility.

Each of these zoos has not only the spatial qualifications, but also the staff to ensure the elephants will live long, happy lives. Their AZA accreditation requires each of these zoos to find new ways to enrich the animals and keep them from boredom or lethargy. Although it is true elephants don’t tend to live as long in captivity as they do in the wild, these elephants will be kept together in familial units and have room to roam around their zoos. The hope is to find ways to help elephants live long, healthy lives away from their original homes.

Maliaka died at age 47 and was the sec-

ond oldest elephant to live in captivity. What I learned the day she died was this: zookeepers don’t like watching their animals die. They are scientists, they are the biggest animal enthusiasts out there. What the Omaha, Dallas and Sedgwick zoos are doing isn’t cruel. What I see are educators and conservationists who are not only trying to find ways to excite people about animals, but are also seeking ways to keep their animals happy and content with living the rest of their lives with us.

EMILY KUKLINSKI IS A SENIOR ENGLISH AND THEATRE DOUBLE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @ DNOPINION.

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CHING: FROM 10 scale are less likely to have a form of photo identification. Acquiring a photo ID is also more cumbersome than it sounds. Because most of these people are financially struggling, they don’t have independent transportation to get to a state office that issues IDs. They often live in rural areas with failing public transportation systems. Photo ID issuing offices have wonky, inconvenient hours. All of this combined results in the disenfranchisement of minorities.

Compared to 2008, 2012’s voter turnout was nationally lower. However, states such as Tennessee with new, stricter voting laws saw 3 percent more of a decline than states that maintained the voting status quo.

These state senators reason that stricter voting laws will help to maintain the integrity of the ballot.

Sounds reasonable. The problem is that the integrity of the ballot doesn’t really need maintaining.

The Brennan Center for Justice did extensive research to see whether voter fraud actually posed a threat to the order of democracy. The research found that voter fraud is “very rare” and voter impersonation is “nearly non-existent.” The center for justice also clarified that out of the rare instances where voter fraud did occur, many were a result of “unintentional mistakes by voters or election administrators.”

As much as it pains me to say it, a few fraudulent votes won’t make a difference. A significant portion of our population not being allowed to vote will have a much bigger impact. When it is primar-

ily Republicans putting these bills into motion (Hi there, Sen. Smith), it’s hard to shake the thought that their ulterior motive is to prohibit more left leaning voters from going to the polls.

Of course, Nebraska’s very own LB912 only applies to those who have moved. However, it was just last year that Sen. Tyson Larson proposed a bill that would make Nebraska’s voting laws similar to Tennessee’s. Obviously, it failed. LB912 is bringing back similar sentiments, only in a more palatable form. But most states, including Nebraska, have been tightening the laws surrounding voting rights for years. In 2013, Nebraska reduced the number of days one can submit an early voting ballot from 35 days to 30 days.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s own ASUN has publicly opposed LB912, and I wholeheartedly agree. The ability to vote is one of the virtues of this country that Americans love to extol. The glitter and glory of being a free democracy pales when faced with the fact that some Americans are being stripped of their vote. Hopefully Nebraska does not take more drastic steps toward restricting votes. We need to ensure that everyone is allowed to vote, and no one is being stopped by convoluted legislation.

We’re a democracy, so we should try to act like one.

ANGELA CHING IS A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH AND ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DOUBLE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @DNOPINION.

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52 Quest in a

Monty Python movie 53 Monopoly 47 Yule song purchase before a hotel 48 Sporting venue 54 Old VHS rival 49 Rambunctious 58 Homer’s 50 Low-voiced neighbor on chorus member “The Simpsons” 51 Deplete 59 CD-___ No”

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