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LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS

Dear reader,

Sometimes I feel like I spend most of my time answering questions from other staffers.

A few I get a lot: “Will you take a look at this story?” “Do you have my paycheck?” “Why do you have a rubber mallet on your desk?”

But in the realm of repeats, one question reigns supreme.

“Why are so many people still reading that e-cigs column?”

Let’s talk about that.

Most pages on our website sport a red sidebar that displays the five most-viewed articles of the week. Four of those spots are devoted to the most interesting, most shared or most controversial pieces we produced within the last seven days. And the other spot, almost without fail, is devoted to an opinion column we published on Feb. 19, 2014, with the headline “ROONEY: E-cigs carry harmful side effects for smokers, nonsmokers.”

Last semester, as part of an ongoing effort to expand our readership, we started monitoring our Web traffic. The aforementioned column has amassed about 97,000 pageviews since it was published, 53,000 more than the second-mostviewed article of all time. For further reference, our mostviewed article this academic year got less than one-fifth of the pageviews the e-cigs column has racked up.

Why does this matter? I don’t know, but it’s pretty interesting.

No offense to Jennifer Rooney, but I wouldn’t say the column is the very best thing on our website. It’s not the most controversial. Nor is it the most shared.

My theory: The column simply turns up frequently when people search for side effects associated with e-cigs, which are

as popular now as they were when the piece ran in the DN a year ago. Because the headline includes the words “e-cigs,” “side effects,” “smokers” and “nonsmokers,” search engines have found it relevant.

In other words, the copy editor who wrote that headline did a damn good job. I can only hope this year’s staff will produce a new e-cigs column, a story destined to live on in search engine results for eternity.

So if you were ever wondering why that year-old column holds such a permanent spot on the “most popular” list, now you know. And if you never even noticed this mysterious phenomenon, you probably don’t work at the Daily Nebraskan.

Jacy Marmaduke Editor-in-chief

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p until a year and a half ago, junior advertising and public relations major Ben Ramos had never picked up a camera. Now he has 10 weddings booked and plans on booking 30 senior portrait sessions for his photography business in 2015.

When Ramos first came to Nebraska he was on track to become a nurse. He had taken all the necessary math and sciences courses, had passed the nursing school entrance exam and was admitted and ready to go to the University of Nebraska Medical Center ’s nursing school. But something was missing.

Scrolling through his Instagram feed became more than just a way to pass the time or stay connected with friends, Ramos said.

He had become fascinated by the feeds of professional photographers. The clear and bright pictures of mountains and forests, the professional portraits and the work of other photographers around Lincoln, such as Wyn Wiley, inspired Ramos to go out and try to take some pictures of his own.

A month and a half after that first trial run with his mom’s camera, he started Ben Ramos Photography.

“When I picked up a camera, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into,” Ramos said. “I thought it was just going to be a hobby, but it ended up snowballing into something more. I still think I would be a great nurse, but there’s just something about the feeling I get when I’m behind a camera and I get that perfect shot I’m wanting. I guess I didn’t get that feeling when I was studying to become a nurse.”

In every shoot, Ramos tries to capture his subject in the most genuine state he can.

When he takes a laughing picture, he wants to hear his subject actually laughing so he can get the best reaction possible.

From the start of each shoot, Ramos tries to use all in his power to accomplish this. Ramos meets with his clients to plan out exactly

Ben Ramos, a junior advertising and public relations major from Chicago, is pursuing his passion for photography at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. For Ramos, taking pictures is a rewarding profession. “I love the idea of telling stories through capturing moments that can’t be recreated. I love raw emotion, making people feel beautiful or making them feel special. I do what I do for others.”

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A&E columnist Cait Thiesfeld says she owes her drinking loyalty to Duffy’s Tavern for its fishbowls and outdoor fire pit.

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Reliving my bar-hopping days in downtown Lincoln CAIT THIESFELD DN Here’s a crash course in bar-hopping: If the bartender knows your name and drink of choice, then you’re doing it right.

Before arriving in Lincoln five years ago, I wasn’t much of a public drinker. My first and last heavy drinking experience was on the evening of my 21st birthday, which I do regret, and I will admit that it put a damper on going out on later occasions. But that’s a story for another time. Spoiler: Don’t flirt with the waitress, it gets you nowhere.

Lincoln is a complete 180 from life in the suburbs back in Kansas City. The strip of bars are dazzling to the newly indoctrinated in booze and beer, but it’s a strip of home territory for those drinking connoisseurs who have been at it a little longer. I’m still dipping my toes into some of Lincoln’s local bars, but from my bar crawls across the downtown swoop, my pubs don’t disappoint.

First on my crawl comes my loyalty to Duffy’s Tavern.

Starting out with a rum and coke, I take my drink back to the fire pit. Most nights, it’s lit up and surrounded by freezing college stu-

dents. With some luck though, I’ve gotten there before it has filled and can take a seat as the flames warm me in the brisk windy outdoors. I can definitely see why it’s considered Lincoln’s No. 1 college bar. Everybody knows where Duffy’s is and who can deny themselves a straw to a fishbowl full of liquor? A stranger had just come through the doors and purchased what appeared to be Sharkwater but lost his friends in the mess. Not even knowing my companion and me, the kid called us over and asked for some help. He ended up helping us finish about three-fourths of the drink; afterward we should have called it a night.

Instead we crossed the street to bar No. 2, The Bourbon.

Aside from being an amazing venue that has had people screaming for more, The Bourbon has become a place that I have frequented on enough occasions that my drink is known by the time I walk up to the bar. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not at this point in life. Here, my drink of choice is the White Russian. Served up in a tall glass, the bartenders make for great discussions on politics and crime. Although I can’t remember the first night I came across the

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SURVIVING AND THRIVING ON VALENTINE’S DAY

If you’re single...

It’s that time of year again when all decorations turn pink and red, little baby cupids and flowers start to pop up and greeting card companies meet their yearly quotas. Yes, it’s almost Valentine’s Day. While this holiday might bring about warm, fuzzy feelings of love and excitement for some, it can also serve as reminder of how single a person is. But that’s OK, because if you end up being single on Valentine’s Day, it’s not the end of the world. Valentine’s Day is just 24 hours out of the year. Here are some ideas to help get you through it.

1. Treat yourself

Who said you need to have a significant other to get flowers? You can just buy them for yourself. There are several Lincoln florists such as Fields Floral and Gifts, Abloom and Oak Creek Plants and Flowers that offer Valentine’s Day packages. Even better with flowers, you can send them to yourself and others will think you have an admirer in case you would like to pretend that you’re not spending Valentine’s Day single.

Another go-to is chocolate. Chocolatier Blue is a gourmet chocolate shop in Lincoln that offers assortments of truffles and candies with flavors such as coconut almond and lavender honey. This store also offers several chocolates in heart shapes if you aren’t sick of heart decorations at this point.

2. Have a night for yourself

What’s wrong with just having a Saturday night for yourself to relax and destress after a busy week? Absolutely nothing.

Spend a night watching some scripted romance on Netflix to make up for the lack of real romance in your life. There’s something for everyone on there. “Say Anything,” “Blue Valentine,” “Safety Not Guaranteed;” take your pick. Get some takeout from a local restaurant and have the chocolates you bought yourself for dessert. Who knows? A night on a comfy couch with a warm blanket, some good food and a movie might be better than any could-be date you might have gone on.

3. Spend it with friends

If you’re in a relationship...

I don’t really do date nights.

Give me a bottle of Jack or a fine bottle of red wine and I’ll gladly go on the date. Take me out for a dinner or movie and I’ll question your motives.

Date nights are just better if they’re spontaneous.

Still, here are some possibilities to make this upcoming Valentine’s Day an event to remember.

1: Stargaze at The Observatory at Holmes Lake

What a better way to stay cheap and enjoy the darkening sky till 10 p.m. You won’t even get in trouble with the parents. Even if you don’t know a wit about astronomy, you can impress your date with twinkling stars and a romantic atmosphere.

2: British Invaders at a Laser Light Show at Mueller Planetarium

Leave the scene early, and you may be hallucinating. But listening to “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” while being surrounded with a display of brightly colored flashing lights may be an ideal way to spend Valen-

tine’s Day. A mind-altering date could even provide some perspective about a significant other ’s true colors.

3: Dinner Date...I know, so conformist

Seriously though, there are a lot of great places to eat that’ll treat you to the best. And if you want the best Lincoln has to offer for an amazing dinner and within a five-minute walk from the Nebraska Union, consider Ploughshare Brewing Company. Now I’m not just saying this, but with three courses, including vegetarian options, with a grand finale of a Menage A Trois (no joke – just check the menu), you will leave your date happy and satisfied.

4: Just Wing It

As stated before, I’d rather be taken out on a whim than have to plan, change clothes, makeup and all that crap. Just find someone, preferably single, and have some fun. Go bowling. Watch something risqué. Go streaking in the dark. And when Qdoba is offering free burritos for a smooch, just do it.

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Rather not be alone on Valentine’s Day? That’s cool too. Chances are you’re not alone in the struggle of having to endure a holiday designed for couples, so go out and find some friends who are in the same situation and spend your day with them.

Whether you decide to stay in or go out, having friends with you might make you feel less alone on a holiday that’s meant to be spent with a special someone. Plus, with your friends there’s no pressure to look nice, act cool or impress anyone like there would be on a date. You can have a crafting night, a fondue party or go to a small concert with a local band. You’ll still be able to do anything around town and not feel weird about it being Valentine’s Day because you will have your best company with you. There’s strength in numbers, and your friends should always be there when you need a pick-me-up. That’s what they’re for.

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BEN RAMOS: FROM 4 In that very split moment I just get it for some reason by accident. Those are some of best photos just because it’s so raw and it’s so natural. I like the photos that tell my audience something about a person just through the photo with no caption.”

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what they want from their session and how he can best achieve their vision. He has clients show him their outfits beforehand so he can coordinate two or three of the best locations around Lincoln to take them to. He lets high school seniors bring a friend on a shoot instead of their parents.

“My family fell in love with (my senior pictures),” said Jace Anderson, one of Ramos’ past clients. “I got a lot of comments from my

friends that I should go into modeling after they saw them. I was flattered.”

The average session with Ramos lasts about two hours. In this time, Ramos said he usually takes about 1,200 photos and then selects and edits 80 to 100 finals for his clients depending on what package they purchased.

Staying true to his goal of capturing individuals in their most natural states, no two shoots or packages are alike.

Ramos said he hopes to continue to expand his business and get his name out to as many people as possible, so he can start traveling to shoot various weddings and senior portraits. As of right now, he has no set strategy as to how he wants to do this, but he does know he won’t be putting his camera down anytime soon.

“I feel like some of my best shots are the ones that are taken by accident,” Ramos said.

“In that very split moment I just get it for some reason by accident. Those are some of best photos just because it’s so raw and it’s so natural. I like the photos that tell my audience something about a person just through the photo with no caption.”

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to check out the Zoo is Tuesday nights for Jazzocracy. Grab a drink and head to the stage. Sit and enjoy.

Heading down a nearby alley, I find myself at Barrymore’s.

About a year ago, my husband had me walking down a dark alley to a bar he said I would never forget. To this day, it remains one of Lincoln’s illustrious gems that provides a backdrop view of the back of the Rococo Theater along with a good list of fine martinis, I have to choose a classic Bond move: martini, shaken, not stirred. It’s one hell of a night that’s beginning to get interesting. Seating is never a problem, the visual displays and vaulted ceilings create an intense atmosphere, and what

better place to drink than the original backstage of a theater?

My next bar has me walking several blocks west, but it’s well worth it upon entering Knickerbockers.

Name another bar that serves tacos for less than two quarters during the week? Don’t have one, huh?

After a long walk downtown, it’s a happy welcoming sitting down to a small glass of Wild Turkey. Some people may look at me strangely, but I like my hard liqueur. In a bar that has been rocked by thousands of performing bands, with such a great history of music Knickerbockers has become a favorite for locals.

On to my last stop for the night before head-

ing home. Someone has to write that term paper.

At the end of the night, nothing kicks back better than a premium beverage served at The Other Room. Around the corner from the Mill, it isn’t long until the green light shines and you can enter into another era. The bartender is renowned for creating pre-prohibition style drinks and if that wasn’t enough to make The Other Room enticing, the hush-hush attitude is evident by their strict shaming of cell phone usage.

In fact, this place is so secretive that I shouldn’t even be telling you about it. But, some secrets are too good not to share. Seating is limited, so don’t expect to get in with all of your friends.

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BAR CRAWL: FROM 5 Bourbon Theatre, my most favorite occasion was receiving a pass from a death metal band and watching Gwar perform with late frontman Oderus Urungus. Don’t shy away from the seemingly small bar up front, just wait until you see the large stage, full bar and stairs in the back.

Next on my tour is the Zoo Bar. Open since the early ‘70s, the Zoo Bar is an old favorite for many. The darker and dimmer the better, and the Zoo doesn’t disappoint. With a history deep in musicians performing onstage, from Magic Slim to Otis Rush, the history beckons anybody with a love for booze and great music to enter. Sitting down at the bar, I’ve had a few shots here and there but my favorite is a nice glass of whiskey, hold the ice. The best time

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MARCUS PAYNE COMMUNICATION STUDIES ALUMNUS Marcus Payne’s long strides the talent agency Applause Inare hard to keep up with when ternational, he finds dancers, wearing heels. actors and models to perform at showcases that can lead them I learned this when I ran him to their big break. down for today’s campus style.

Payne graduated from the Uni- Shoes: Nikes versity of Nebraska-Lincoln with Pants: Top Man a degree in communications Shirt: Urban Outfitters and a minor in history. He’s Coat: Top Man working as a hip-hop dance instructor and talent scout. With Hat: Brixton Supply It’s nice to see people actually care about fashion and wear actual clothing to embark on a new day.”

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When he’s not too busy with his job as an English professor at the University of NebraskaLincoln, Buhler devotes himself to local band Tupelo Springfield. he’s the lead singer and guitarist.

Buhler incorporates his musical talents and love for Shakespeare into his teaching. As a high school teacher, Buhler started setting class literature to music in a class setting. His love for classical literature and musical experimentation allows his mind to put an interesting spin on lectures.

“One of my first experiments was taking a then-current song by The Cars, ‘Just What I Needed’,” Buhler said. “I found that it worked really well with the ‘Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens.’ It went over reasonably well, and through the years, I’ve discovered that popular music structures not only help de-mystify classic literature, but they also really provide insight to how it’s constructed. It allows the two terms to shed light on each other.”

Inside of the university, Buhler adapts his musical talents into his course teaching. Developing innovative techniques and methods of teaching to keep students focused and engaged.

“Right now I’m doing a capstone course and the general theme is Shakespeare and his interpreters,” Buhler said. “I also teach non-dramatic literature too. I’m a Milton scholar, and a Milton fan, so when I get the chance to teacher upper level I’ll grab that immediately. In all of the classes, I integrate my interest in music because music is often a great part of these texts or they have been set to music. I tried to encourage performance in classrooms to refresh my own understanding of how theater works.”

Music has always been a part of Buhler’s life. Playing in cover bands, bar bands and club bands through his teaching days allowed him to enter the Lincoln music scene, where he’s been an active member for 25 years.

“I’ve been in a couple bands for the 25 years that I’ve been here,” Buhler said. “The current band that I’m in, Tupelo Springfield, formed when one of my colleagues, Jack Vespa, was interested in music and we would just pull together music that we liked and play together. Eventually, the people in the department asked us to play at different functions; student back to school events, holiday season parties, and it started to take a life of its own.”

Vespa, an English professor at UNL, considers Buhler not only a bandmate but one of his best friends in Lincoln.

“As a bandmate in Tupelo Springfield he has taught me a lot about music,” Vespa said. “We consider him the musical director because of his experience in club bands, and his ear for chords and notes.”

“He has taught me a lot about collaborating

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Stephen Buhler, English professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and member of the band Tupelo Springfield, poses inside Andrews Hall. Tupelo Springfield started six years ago among colleagues of Andrews Hall. in a band, playing on songs in a way that I might not hear them initially, whether they are my own or some cover that we’re doing, in order to explore various arrangements and sonic possibilities.”

Tupelo Springfield transformed into an original songwriting band instead of a cover band with the help of a former graduate student, Jack Schultz. Eventually, the band added drummer Kelly Stage. Stage had years of percussion experience under her belt and adjusted well with the previously established band dynamics. The foursome wrote and performed in Lincoln before Schultz graduated and moved on in his career.

“The three of us have continued on,” Buhler said. “We try to gig at least once a month with our schedules. Even when we don’t gig we get together and share songs and inspire each other and create this creative outlet. We try to allude to Shakespeare writing and Sonnets with our lyrics and vocalization.”

Tupelo Springfield opened the Zoo Bar on the Saturday night of Lincoln Exposed. In addition to playing that gig, Buhler has been working on different side projects musically and theatrically.

“Along with Lincoln Exposed,” Buhler said. “I’ll be going to a studio in Lincoln to put down some guitar tracks for friends of mine in a band in Southern California. At one point they said ‘Steve, we’re not adding any lead guitar parts if we can’t have you.’ With the wonders of technology today, it’s a relatively easy thing. We have such amazing engineers and producers here in town. Christopher Stephen will be doing this for me and sending what I come up with.”

Apart from music, Buhler is dedicated to Lincoln’s theater scene. The Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music are bringing in the Baltimore Consort to the Sheldon Museum on Friday. They will be performing an all-Shakespeare music program. Buhler will be giving the pre-concert lecture for the event. He’ll also be giving a paper

at the spring Shakespeare Association of America meeting where he’ll talk about the character of Sir John Falstaff and musical nostalgia.

In addition to events, Buhler is greatly involved in the Flatwater Shakespeare Company in Lincoln.

The company, founded by Bob Hall, stages plays in Wyuka Cemetery. The company allows people outside of a university setting to stage Shakespeare plays. Buhler’s involvement includes educational director and dramaturg for the group.

He provides soundscapes and has even acted in some of the performances as well.

When Buhler isn’t working around Lincoln, he helps his wife, Carla, with their 18-acre farm just outside of the city. The couple plans to raise goats and chickens after minor cultivating has been complete.

“My wife, Carla, is a master gardener,” Buhler said. “She became interested in a larger canvas.”

The farm is in the process of turning back into prairie and grazing land for goats which will ultimately lead to milk and cheese production. Accompanying the goats, the farm is also home to about two dozen chickens.

“We supply friends and neighbors, which could end up becoming a business,” Buhler said.

“I’ve been a diligent farmhand: feeding the animals every morning and evening and collecting the eggs and providing labor for Carla.”

Buhler said he enjoys the way his life experiences have led him to this chapter and said he hopes to continue this journey.

“It’s been an amazing adventure to be in a situation where you can just step outside and just savor the landscape, savor the vast Nebraska sky,” Buhler said. “It’s an incredible gift. I don’t think that I could have predicted this direction but if you had told me 25 years ago that this would be the shape of my life, I’d be a bit surprised but definitely delighted.”

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DAILY NEBRASKAN EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

It’s time to talk about UNL’s sexual assault problem We’ve noticed an alarming trend. In The numbers are frightening.

2014, 10 sexual assaults were reported It’s hard to feel safe when you’re in to university police, by our count. the dark. We, as advocates for our readThree more have been reported since ers, can promise you that we will bring then. That’s compared to just four more light to this issue. We will unearth reported in 2013. Statistically, we can be as much information as we can about sure the true number of sexual assaults sexual assault on this campus, tell you is far greater than those reported to what officials are doing to combat the police. atrocities and give And the worst part? you information on Statistically, we can how you can keep No one is talking about it. yourself safe. be sure the true There have been no number of sexual assaults It’s easy to speak statements from uniout against sexual is far greater than those versity officials about assault when the the spike in reports. problem is a caricareported to police.

No alerts from UNture, a black shadow LPD. No articles in the And the worst part? of an issue that Lincoln Journal Star or No one is talking about it.” seems more nightOmaha World-Herald. mare than reality. It’s No rumble of concern harder to acknowlamong the student edge that sexual body. assault has cast its shadow over your So we’ll be the ones to ring the alarm own community. To understand that bells: Sexual assault, defined for these Lincoln, Nebraska, a city that regularly purposes as rape or molestation, is a ranks among the safest in the nation, problem at the University of Nebraskaisn’t protected from the nightmare.

Lincoln.

We don’t want to be alarmists or We don’t know why reports have fearmongers. We want to start an ongoincreased, and we won’t pretend to have ing conversation that will continue until all the answers right now. What we do sexual assailants face charges for their know is this issue needs more attention crimes. Until students feel safe telling on campus. Increasingly, our peers are police about the horrors they have faced being attacked, demeaned and scarred at the hands of people they thought they emotionally and physically. As camcould trust. pus leaders sign on to national sexual Until rape stops going unnoticed.

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Meatless Mondays are about education Kayla Simon

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hat do global warming, climate change and Meatless Monday have in common? They’re the center of a debate where no one quite knows the definition of what they’re arguing for.

Global warming refers to an average global temperature increase over time. Climate change represents the local effects of this – changes in humidity, currents or precipitation that may irrevocably destroy certain economies and settlements.

Those are simple. The debate is whether humans are part of the problem. A University of Nebraska-Lincoln report , “Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Implications for Nebraska,” says yes.

Meatless Monday was a proposal by environmental studies majors that sought to place a three-sided placard in dining halls about the effects of meat on health and the environment. They also made an effort to contextualize the situation by providing information on Nebraska’s beef-linked economy. The students weren’t seeking to eliminate meat from the menu, just to educate people on its effects.

The ASUN senators in Agricultural Programs shot it down instantly.

As much as I love a moderate compromise, I’ll make my stance simple – Meatless Monday needs some redefinition. The university should accept this proposal and eliminate meat at least one day a week. The agricultural backlash to a reasonable proposal proves that we need something a little radical. If it causes a stir, at least people are looking into a controversial issue instead of letting it slide by.

In 2014, the United Nations declared climate change a threat to human security. Although developing countries barely add to emissions, they’re disproportionately affected. As climates change, traditional methods of farming, fishing and living are threatened.

Relocation or site destruction are the only options for many. Farmers within our own borders will see these effects as well. The White House’s fact sheet on Nebraska finds that rising temperatures will disrupt crop growth cycles and increase landscape fragmentation. This makes East Campus’ flare-up in response to educating the student population unfortunate.

Let’s not single out Nebraska. Across the U.S. people cling to what’s familiar and comfortable. People are still buying Furbies at a five million percent markup, even though Tamagotchis were clearly superior. I get the

ART BY DUNCAN REED | DN same plain tuna sandwich at Subway 95 percent of the time.

In those cases, though, it affects just the people who choose to remain closed minded.

Climate change will hit everyone, even if one area is the main culprit.

Some opinions have changed, though. A 2013 study by Stanford found that the majority of Americans agree that the government should take measures to reduce greenhouse gases by businesses. As Meatless Monday shows, though, this doesn’t mean much in concrete terms.

What will it take for us to change our policy, and not just our minds? Some individual responsibility would be nice. The study above shows a tide of public opinion conducive to this end, but a reliance on our government or enforcers to do our dirty work. In the dining halls, I frequently enjoy the options including meat, but if they weren’t there, I would choose something else.

As Americans, we love our freedom to do what we want, even if it’s stupid. We guard

our second amendment with the fervor of a new mother, warning legislators to use hand sanitizer before they even think of touching it. I don’t think our society’s mentality puts enough blame on the individual in this situation.

And so we sit and wait, while natural disasters and global temperatures pile up on our to-do list, hoping that it’ll just go away.

If the typical individual doesn’t want to change their lifestyle and the typical government doesn’t want to offend that individual, nothing changes. We need a leader, a hero we may not want, but that’s we need.

The university has an opportunity to do something drastic. Sure, we could be proposing carpool programs and transportation regulations, but the university has little to zero control of its students in these respects.

The dining halls, on the other hand, are fully in its jurisdiction. By mandating meatless Mondays, it sets a standard that we’re serious about being green, not just peacocking to prospective students. This dialectic between

the College of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources and the rest of campus is an opportunity.

The Omaha World-Herald reported that ranching leaders are afraid these motions could be a “slippery slope to vegetarianism.” As hilarious as that image is, it’s highly unlikely that people will stop eating meat. I wouldn’t advise it completely. Eliminating it one night a week would make enough of a statement.

We can’t just keep jobs to keep jobs. If there’s a better way of doing something, people have to change. That’s how capitalism works. As much as I love the inexplicably red hot dogs Nebraska has to offer, something’s gotta give. Meatless Mondays would be better for our heart health, but also for the longterm health of our Heartland.

KAYLA SIMON IS A JUNIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

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UNL should be completely meatless, not just on Monday Shariq Khan

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he state of Nebraska was built on agriculture, and it’s still a central part of life for many Nebraskans. Besides football and corn, the state is most famous for its beef. When a proposal was put forth to provide students with information on Meatless Mondays, many of the students studying in agriculture-related programs felt threatened.

It wasn’t only their stomachs that were threatened, but also the historical and cultural connection to meat production and consumption, not to mention their future livelihoods. These are all perfectly valid concerns, but ultimately none of these are the most important reason to oppose “Meatless Mondays.”

Going meatless for the sake of environmental sustainability is placing a restriction on the students that rely on the dining halls for most of their food.

This would be a moral stance that’s taken by the university. University of Nebraska-Lincoln takes many similar stances all the time. For example, ra-

cial harassment and plagiarism are never allowed on campus. However, unlike for meat eating, restricting racial harassment and plagiarism isn’t controversial.

Eating meat is normal today, despite the fact that it’s an especially environmentally destructive habit.

Therefore a morality-motivated restriction on food would neither be unwarranted nor unprecedented.

The problem is that the idea of Meatless Mondays doesn’t go far enough. It’s only a partial enforcement of a moral ruling. Writing papers is often difficult, yet there was never a “breaking-in” period where plagiarism was only partially banned. The historical and cultural values surrounding racism are powerful, but once a moral stance was taken by the university, it was banned on every day of the week. Doubtless there were (and are) still those who wish to be left alone to harass minorities in peace, just as there are many who might wish to be left to eat their meat.

Environmental concerns seem to inhabit a different plane of moral reasoning than those that directly affect humans in the short-term – things such as murder, plagiarism or racial discrimination. We do “the best that we can” given the circumstances. In many cases, this means moderation. For example, moderation is clearly necessary in most of the environmental initiatives launched by the university – using less paper, using more natural lighting, etc. But the limiting factor is always money and resources. Becoming the most environmentally friendly institution on earth would put UNL in danger of financial collapse. The

entity itself would be in danger. Similarly, we can’t all stop using gasoline today, or the world economy would fail. Again, the entity trying to be ethical might be committing suicide.

What is moderation in this case? Unlike our reliance on petroleum and interior lighting, the university would keep moving forward if everyone stopped eating meat. There are no barriers or competing factors, so moderation isn’t necessary. Hamburgers and chicken nuggets are mere dietary preferences, while doing what one reasonably can to protect life and the environment is a moral imperative. The “best we can do” is, without a doubt, to not serve any meat – ever – in the dining halls. If the university affirms the fact that eating meat is bad for the environment, then it has an obligation to take this to its full conclusions.

To do otherwise would be to treat sustainability as something other than a moral question. It would place environmental concerns into a sphere not governed by morals. The consequences of doing so are today more dangerous than ever. This is the major issue I have with Meatless Mondays.

Environmental sustainability is seen by many as an aesthetic value. Meatless Mondays might as well be Hawaiian Shirt Thursdays. Indeed the movement has gotten a lot sexier in recent years. It’s moved from crusty old 19th century men like Thoreau, past the hippies and has adopted a very modern, urban vibe. Surely this is at the heart of at least part of the reason that the dining hall initiative was opposed on East Campus. It’s no secret that there are

certain stereotypes at UNL. From the point of view of City Campus students, all East Campus students are country bumpkins. From the point of view East Campus students, City Campus students are liberalarts-studying yuppies. The two stereotypes are polarizing and self-reinforcing. Meatless Mondays was seen as an imposition of a City Campus hipster vegan yuppy cultural aesthetic onto the down-to-earth, heartland of agricultural campus.

This pattern has been repeated all over the world. Though there are numerous counter-examples, generally, environmentalists, have been seen as outsiders imposing their ultramodern values on the Average Joe. One need only turn on the TV to see the PR campaigns by Transcanada, the company seeking to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the middle of the U.S. The first words of most of the commercials are “I’m a Nebraskan, and I work for Transcanada.” The proud Nebraskan’s small hometown is displayed right below his name as he brings his hands up to rest on the belt loops of his jeans.

The perception of sustainability as a fad alien to one’s interests is the major hurdle in the way of a truly broad-based environmental movement. If, as a society, we continue to treat being environmentally friendly as something other than a moral imperative, we will continue to delay action, and the consequences will be dire.

SHARIQ KHAN IS A SENIOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

Women aren’t responsible for men’s wandering eyes Annie Stokely

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eronica Partridge, a Christian wife and mother, recently wrote a blog post vowing never to wear yoga pants or leggings in public again – and it went viral. Her reasoning: “If it is difficult for my husband who loves, honors and respects me to keep his eyes focused ahead, then how much more difficult could it be for a man that may not have the same self-control?” The link appeared several times on my Facebook newsfeed for a week, and the author and her husband even spoke about the … drastic … decision on Good Morning America.

Like many others, I was bothered by the post, but not because of its content. All I could think was, “Since when are yoga pants national news?” With all the chaos going on in the world right now, we’re getting our feathers ruffled over one woman’s (fairly passive) rejection of a fad? But the more I thought

about it and the more comments I read, I realized this post is about more than legwear, modesty or religion. It’s not really even about women. It’s about men and the distorted way our culture suggests we think of them.

The main arguments I hear when discussions of modesty come up tend to be indignant, even outraged. How is it a woman’s responsibility to make sure men don’t lust after her, especially when there’s no way for her to tell what every man she comes across each day will find attractive? I was once wolfwhistled at while walking to Love Library and looking not the least bit cute: cargo pants, bulky jacket, unshowered and hunched beneath the weight of my backpack. Partridge is concerned that “thin, formfitting” clothes will cause men to stumble, but let’s be honest, if a man wants to look, he’s going to look.

Well, of course he wants to, we say. Aren’t male minds just more inclined to think that way? We’ve all heard the jokes that men think about sex every seven seconds or so. These jokes carry an idea that is insulting to every man’s intellect – and harmful to women’s. An article in Psychology Today describing research conducted by Ohio State University’s Terri Fisher states, “the more discomfort a woman feels with her own sexuality, the less likely she will report having sexual thoughts. The same is true when women believe they are not supposed to be as interested in sex as men.” We constantly tell our young girls to cover themselves up so that the boys

don’t think about them “that way,” and by doing so, we’re also suggesting to them that girls shouldn’t think “that way” at all. The real societal problem isn’t whether or not a man looks, or even whether he wants to – it’s that he’s allowed to. Where women are told to keep their feelings repressed, men are allowed, even encouraged, not to restrain themselves.

Though I’ve found myself in more than a few uncomfortable situations with some rather, hmm, outspoken men, the argument that a woman’s appearance determines the mental purity of a man is insulting. Our world today praises the strength of men, the stoic, unbreakable tough-guy figure and, yet, suggests that for all his strength, he can’t handle some thin fabric. Men are told to be strong and selfdisciplined in almost every aspect of life, yet appear helpless to control themselves around an attractive woman. It’s unfair to assume that men can hold everything together on their own, all the time, no matter what – and also unfair to use their desire after beauty as a get-out-jail-free card.

On Monday, a couple who had met through an online dating site met face to face for the first time.

The meeting was far from happy. When the man saw “his Goddess” didn’t look quite like her profile picture, “he punched her in the face and stomped on her when she fell to the floor.” The thing that troubles me most in this disturbing news report is the man’s sense of ownership over this woman he had never physically met. It seems he felt entitled to

whatever he saw in the photo and lashed out when he realized he couldn’t have it.

This sense of ownership isn’t such a far cry from the issue of modesty. It seems that because men can’t stand to lust over something they can’t have, they feel like they have the right to either call a woman out on the street or demand she cover herself up. I don’t mean to make this sound so insidious, and I don’t mean to say that every guy on the street seriously thinks this way. But it’s a thought that flits around often enough that it needs to be addressed.

Partridge’s opinion of modesty comes from her religion and the noble aim to not intentionally lead anyone astray. If Partridge thinks her wearing yoga pants can incite lust in someone, good for her for doing what little she can to avoid it. Yet something she and many others seem to overlook is what Christ actually said about lust. Discussing adultery and lust in Matthew 5, Jesus said, “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you.” Before anyone goes to blind themselves, I want to point out that Christ said nothing about the woman causing the lust. He didn’t say to cover her up, to shame her or abuse her for stirring up impure thoughts.

He placed the responsibility squarely in the luster’s hands. We should, too.

ANNIE STOKELY IS A JUNIOR ENGLISH MAJOR. FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER @ANNA_ BEE_94 OR REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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America’s goal of getting happy makes people unhappy Tegan Colton

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ast year Pharrell Williams’ pop hit “Happy” topped the charts as the year’s hottest single, plaguing radio stations and innocent ears everywhere with its irresistibly catchy beat and fuzzy-warm lyrics. Americans have gobbled up the song’s message en masse, clapping along with Pharrell in the supposed belief that “happiness is the truth.” Catchy song or no, it seems we truly believe its message.

Our social media is littered with various tidbits and life hacks on how to “be positive” and “stay happy.” Articles in every website imaginable let their readers know everything they’re doing that’s dragging them down, and many more provide tricks on how to fix it. There’s an infinite list of speakers and just as many self-help books that will help slap the frowns from people’s faces; the ability to keep a smile in every situation is almost heralded as a moral virtue. Of course, happiness is a good thing. But few

people understand that this worship of happiness essentially guarantees our loss of it.

The United States is the second-most depressed country in the world. Following closely behind France, the U.S. sports one of the highest percentages of unhappy people per capita, with more than 19 percent of its citizens succumbing to long periods of depression in their lifetime. And despite our culture’s increasing tools to help banish the blues and keep smiles on our faces, our happiness continues to slip further and further away from us. Americans today are up to 74 percent more likely to report symptoms of depression than they were in the 1980s.

Interestingly though, we feel far more lethargic, restless and dissatisfied than we did 30 years ago, we’re no more likely to actually admit we’re unhappy.

Why’s it that while we suffer more, more of us are struggling to admit it? Has our obsession with happiness made sadness shameful? And if so, could that explain our growing dissatisfaction with our lives?

According to recent science, the answer is yes. In 2011, the American Psychological Association published a study that showed how “the more people valued happiness, the lower were their … psychological well-being, and life satisfaction and the higher their depression symptoms.” The study found that when people placed a high value on happiness, those people were disappointed at the apparent lack of happiness in their lives. Participants began feeling failure and shame as the more they strove for happiness the less likely they were to achieve it.

They didn’t “achieve” this ultimate happiness they thought they needed and felt they were missing out on something important.

No one told them that happiness isn’t something anyone can actually obtain. Happiness, in reality, is nothing more than a transient emotion that flits in and out of our lives as it pleases. It’s a sensation, not the paragon of moral virtue. If Americans really are placing an impossibly high moral value on something so elusive and transitory, then it only makes sense why so many of us feel dissatisfied and disappointed in ourselves.

Perhaps, as psychologist Iris Mauss and her associates suggests, “the acceptance of the full range of emotions, including negative ones” is more what we should really strive for, as may be more indicative of life satisfaction and psychological well-being.

Emotions of all kinds come and go as we walk through life, and in order to be healthy, Americans have to understand that there isn’t any such thing as a “bad” emotion. Sadness, like happiness, comes with its own perks. A 2008 study published in the

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COLTON: FROM 12 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that “sad people (are) better able than happy and neutral mood people to accurately detect lies” and tend to be far more accurate judges of character in general. Additionally, sadness may even increase a person’s awareness of others and encourage people to be more giving and less selfish. Similar correlations have been reported between sadness and greater career success, the ability to effectively de-

fend opinions and creative expression. We’ve placed a lot of moral stock in happiness, but objectively speaking happiness is no better than sadness.

That doesn’t mean happiness is bad. Feeling happy helps us feel better, sleep better, make friends and enjoy life. And though sadness is beneficial in moderation, too much can lead to depression, social withdrawal and even suicide. The problem isn’t with the emotions themselves. The problem is with our

culture’s obsession and relentless pursuit of a feeling that’s only one small speck of the human experience.

Happiness can be good. Sadness can be good, too. But each of these are transitory and not the beall-end-all of our existence. Emotions are each helpful in their own way, and accepting them as they come – rather than striving for them – will help us lead healthier, fuller lives. Pharrell William’s song is bouncy and catchy, but it isn’t true. If we hold happi-

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The Food of Love: Songs for Shakespeare by The Baltimore Consort at the Sheldon Museum of Art. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Swan Lake: The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts

Love Hurts: Songs of Love and Hate at the Zoo Bar at 6 p.m. Admission is $5.

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Crossword ACROSS 1 Urban contemporary 6 “Git!”

Think we can convince the public to support another “3-year” long campaign to “fight ISIS?”

Songwriter Sundays with Hana Zara with Paul Doffing at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso at 9 p.m.

11 Sports org. of 1967-76

2 It may be performed by people in robes

41 1959 doo-wop classic

3 Unyielding 4 Part of 1-Down

42 Alpine native

5 “___ is human …”

43 “Grazie ___!”

(Italian for “Thank God!”)

14 Olive-colored bird

Don’t worry, Mr. President, you will be fine. The public already forgot about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

40 “Idylls of the King,” stylistically

15 World powerhouse in table tennis

44 Basketball Hallof-Famer Dan

16 Word of logic

48 Uses for a base

17 Bygone theory of astronomy

50 Balderdash

20 Blanket

55 It may be bitter

21 Round parts

56 “I did it!”

10 Wishy-washy reply

22 Hideous one

57 Grp. in gray

11 Deal preceder

26 Get-___ (starts)

58 Gridiron distance: Abbr.

12 Participant in an 1899 conflict

45 Thrust item

54 E.E.C. part: Abbr.

29 Obituary word

59 Sporting boots, say

30 Bugs

1 Tube rating

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8 ___-A-Che (rapper) 9 Response: Abbr.

13 ___ deal 19 Ones to whom an organization’s messages are sent

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18 Risqué West

33 “Ugly Betty” actress

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23 Frayed, perhaps 24 Funny Carol and family 25 “Woe is me!” types 26 Land visited

by Paul in the New Testament 27 Clarinet need 28 Concealments 31 “I’ll be right with you” 32 Elided phrase in a Gershwin song

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33 Easily corrupted 34 One-seat carriages 35 Assailed 36 Verona’s river

46 Certain bird herd

51 Played out

47 Per 48 Wished otherwise

37 They have their pride

49 Supporter of the Heller decision, 2008: Abbr.

38 More crafty

50 Allergy source

52 Abbr. after a telephone no.

53 One with two or three stripes: Abbr.

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Freshman Sanjaya Roy competes at the Minnesota Triangular last weekend. The Huskers scored a season high at the meet but finished second behind Minnesota.