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LETTERS FROM THE EDITORS

Hey, friends,

It’s been a weird day. I walked into the Daily Nebraskan offices at 3:45 Sunday afternoon. More precisely, I unlocked the doors and turned on the lights. We had a staff meeting scheduled for 4 p.m. And while I knew I was early, I didn’t imagine it would take another 15 minutes for anyone else to arrive. As I waited, I walked around in my socks and made a cup of tea. My earliness and my coworkers tardiness were due to a fairly obvious cause. I don’t know if you noticed, but a bit of snow arrived in Lincoln this weekend. Being someone who plans ahead, I walked out of my apartment an hour before I had to be in the office. If you do the math, it took me 25 minutes to clean off my car and another 20 minutes to make the usual 10-minute drive. After my coworkers struggled out of their neighborhoods, spun out in traffic, slid through intersections and slipped on icy walks, we began our meeting at 4:30 p.m. This turned into an hour of planning for our Endowment issue, which will come out in March. I don’t know if you’ve ever sat in a room full of journalists, or a similar group who deals in words, but open brainstorming tends to be a random and entertaining process. Post meeting, we were moving about the office when one of the Arts editors announced the rumor that we could have a snow day on Monday. If you’ve ever dropped a piece of bread on the sidewalk and seen a flock of pigeons descend upon it, that’s about how the DN editors looked rushing to her desk. At that point, though, the snow day was only a rumor. Our next adventure came with our attempt to order pizza. Apparently, the season premier of sporting was on, so we needed food to celebrate. We learned, though, that ordering pizza two blocks from a snowed-in campus on the night of the Superbowl means your pizza takes two hours to be ready. It’s now 6:15, and I’m really hungry. For most of the night I’ve done the usual work of editing columns and answering emails. But tonight has also been full of debating Katy Perry’s merits, tearing up at

touching commercials, rooting for different teams, wishing we were home warm in our beds and waiting endlessly for our pizza. At 8:30 p.m., the pizza finally arrived. It was cold from it’s long and treacherous journey but still satisfyingly delicious. Just as I was finishing up this letter the first time, the official announcement came that Monday would be a snow day. I’m still at work. I still have to drive home tonight, but I can sleep a bit tomorrow. Some nights, going to work isn’t my favorite. The planning and reading and organizing stress me out. Nights like this, though, even after traversing a snowy Lincoln, I truly enjoy my coworkers and our cold and shadowy office. And snow days.

Amy Kenyon Opinion Editor

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Karma Nightclub and Cabaret burns down on Saturday. Firefighters spent two hours containing the fire as bystanders and occupants of the nightclub watched from across the street. The cause of the fire is unknown.

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he first time Alex Wunrow understood the power of his voice as a student writer, he was a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a mysterious letter had appeared at his dorm. It was a fall afternoon in 2009, and returning to his dorm in Abel Hall, Wunrow spotted a white envelope taped to the door. It was from the Nebraska Athletic Department. Wunrow, an 18-year-old journalism major at the time, had recently began working at the DailyER Nebraskan, UNL’s satirical newspaper – then still in its infancy. A few days earlier, Wunrow had written an article portraying a salacious caricature of Carl Pelini in a lewd act, which prodded a slew of online comments. Inside the envelope was a plain sheet of white paper that contained one phone number and two sentences: “Alex, please call Bo. Thanks.” “I thought it was fake at first,” Wunrow said. Visiting the athletic department the next day, Wunrow was promptly greeted by one of Pelini’s assistants. She told him it was Pelini’s personal number, and that Pelini would like him to call. “It was probably a good 15 minutes of him chewing me out,” Wunrow said. “But while we were on the phone, we found out he had mistaken somebody’s comment about his wife in the comment section as something he thought I said in the article. So he calmed down after that, and we actually ended up talking for a while longer and he even ended up giving me some advice I thought was pretty good.” Pelini briefed Wunrow on his experiences with the news media, Wunrow recalled, and advised him to steer clear of a publication like the DailyER if he wanted to protect his professional prospects down the line. He should strive for accuracy and integrity, Wunrow remembers Pelini saying. Wunrow, who went on to be editor-in-chief of the DailyER during the 2013-2014 school year and engagement editor of the Daily Nebraskan in fall 2014, kept the instance in mind as a lesson in the balance of satire and offensiveness – and as conversation that would have otherwise not happened. Attempts to reach Pelini through the Youngstown State University Athletic Department for this story were unsuccessful. In its relatively short duration as a student publication – February marks the eighth anniversary of the paper’s official existence on campus – the DailyER has gained a reputation in its ability to provoke a campus and community response, both positively and negatively. Along the way, the newspaper has survived pressure from university officials, the constraints of a small student staff and threats to their funding and presence on campus. Walking the line between the subversive and the absurd, the DailyER has sought to bring an increasingly popular – and controversial – genre of news to UNL in the name of representing an alternative voice of students on

Pictured: an unchoreographed moment with DailyER staffers, who wear their unique brand of humor on their sleeves. Writers believe the DailyER serves a vital role as a campus voice that approaches serious issues with a touch of humor. campus. In this pursuit, writers aim simply to make people laugh. Yet once more, the DailyER faces the threat of a major reduction in its budget at a time of transition in its leadership when leaders say it’s more important than ever to grow and push the boundaries of student press. In January, the Committee for Fees Allocation recommended that the DailyER’s funding be cut from $6,400 to $4,800 this year, and by $1,600 each year during the next three years, until the paper no longer receives funding from student fees. On Thursday in the Heritage Room at the Nebraska Union, the Committee for Fees Allocation had just finished the open forum of the appeal meeting, at which DailyER staff protested the fund-

ing recommendation. Staff sat in the back corner with nothing to do but listen. After attesting, as students and writers, to the importance of the paper in the university and community, they waited intently. One writer swept a tuft of tawny hair across his head, while others sat tapping their fingers and feet in anxiety. The newspaper’s fate, it seemed, was in the hands of the four people seated at a table in the middle of the room. Speaking for the DailyER was founder Carson Vaughan, interim editor-in-chief Daniel Lindsay, DailyER and Daily Nebraskan general manager Dan Shattil and Nebraska Sen. Adam Morfeld, a former chairman of the UNL publications board and current non-voting member of the board. Morfeld recalled his initial doubts about the

paper. “At first I laughed it off,” he said. “But the thing about the DailyER is that it has been able to fulfill a niche that is growing in the news. It can be an outlet for those who otherwise wouldn’t read the news.” This niche of satirical student publications has stirred debate over whether the DailyER deserves to be funded through student fees. According to the three-person subcommittee that drafted the CFA’s recommendation, the DailyER doesn’t support a vital function within UNL and therefore qualifies by definition merely as a recognized student organization, not a fee user. Lindsay, the interim editor, spoke in response.

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The roof collapsed at Karma Nightclub and Cabaret during a fire on Saturday night. The club is located at 226 S. 9th Street near the Haymarket district.

Fire causes roof cave-in at local nightclub BAILEY SCHULZ DN The Broadway-themed show at Karma Nightclub and Cabaret Saturday night was supposed to be just like any other for Omaha-based drag queen Anita BisQuette. But a couple hours before the show began, a fire suddenly broke out, quickly collapsing the ceiling and leaving the building in rubble. BisQuette was in Karma’s dressing room when the fire started, applying her makeup in preparation for the show. “Through the mirror, I could see on to

the stage through a cut-out hole to allow air flow, and I saw a red-and-yellow flickering,” she said. “I open the door going out onto the stage out of the dressing room and not 2 feet from me there were flames engulfing a curtain, and it was engulfing the stage.” Witnesses saw flames shooting from the building at 226 S. 9th St. at about 7:30 p.m., as occupants of the nightclub were ordered outside. All employees and occupants were safely evacuated, an employee said. The building’s roof collapsed and heavy smoke was seen pouring out of it Saturday night.

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, Bryan Samani, said firefighters remained on the scene until about 9:30 p.m. as flames continued to pour from the top of the building. He said he saw as many as three ladder trucks and 10 fire trucks in total. A crowd outside the building swelled to about 50 people as the fire raged. “It’s a shell,” Samani said of the building. “At this point it’s just outer walls.” Samani drove to the scene after learning of the fire. He said he’d been to Karma several times before and that the club meant a lot to him.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” he said. “It’s hard to fathom.” The club, formerly known as Club Q, reopened as Karma in January 2014 after a sudden announcement of its closing two months earlier. It’s known as Lincoln’s only gay dance club. “It was home for a lot of people,” BisQuette said. “It’s really important for the gay and lesbian community to have a place like this where we can come and be safe and be happy.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Survey: Faculty support medical marijuana legislation ZACH FULCINITI DN Seventy-two percent of University of NebraskaLincoln professors and lecturers responding to a survey said they would support medical marijuana legislation in the state, according to data gathered by the Daily Nebraskan in 2014. The DN sent a Google Form survey to 1,700 members of the UNL faculty, of whom 290 – 17 percent – responded. In addition to demographic questions, the survey asked if faculty members support medical marijuana legislation for Nebraska, medical marijuana legislation on the federal level, marijuana legalization in Nebraska, and marijuana legalization on the federal level. Nineteen percent of respondents said they wouldn’t support a medical marijuana bill, and 9 percent indicated they weren’t sure. Sixty-nine percent said they would support medical marijuana on the federal level, with 18 percent saying they wouldn’t and 12 percent unsure. The survey also included an option for a written response. Most respondents chose not to include their name. Faculty members cited a variety of reasons for their support of medical marijuana, including proven benefits backed by scientific research and the drug’s relative tameness in comparison to tobacco and alcohol. One faculty member spoke about his wife and brother enduring chemotherapy treatment and using marijuana to deal with the nausea. “My doctor and two other medical practitioners I’ve talked with support the use of medical marijuana,” the faculty member said. “I think legalization with regulation would do much to eliminate the revenue stream for gangs and the corresponding problem of pushers encouraging youthful abuse. As we see with alcohol, there will be substance abusers, but I prefer that our legal system ignore responsible recreational users.” Another respondent compared marijuana’s legal status to that of alcohol. “Like our earlier experiment with Prohibition, the criminalization of marijuana use makes criminals of people who are just trying to enjoy themselves,” the faculty member said. “Some users will become drug addicts, as some drinkers become alcoholics. But many more of them, like most drinkers, will temper their marijuana use so that they can still function as partners, parents, employees, employers, perhaps even professors.” Some faculty members voiced concerns over the potential for increased marijuana abuse. “We already have enough intoxicants freely available in our society,” the respondent said. “We have a long cultural tradition of the use of alcohol in our society. This is not the case for marijuana. More intoxicants will only lead to greater issues with abuse.” Only two faculty members included their names. Architectural engineering professor Ken Merkel, who’s a part of a UNL program but teaches at the Omaha campus, voiced his opposition to medical and recreational marijuana. “If convincing medical proof were offered that medical MJ has clear value, then I would be supportive of prescription MJ,” Merkel said. “But so far, it appears that medical MJ is a red herring for what is actually recreational MJ. Legalizing marijuana seems to be one more spiraling step downward as we watch our civilization and culture become increasingly more gross and dysfunctional.” The other faculty member was educational

ART BY LYDIA COTTON | DN psychology professor David Moshman. “Marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed like alcohol or tobacco,” Moshman said. “It is clearly less harmful than either of these.” The results of the survey went unpublished for about a year, but the DN decided to release them after Sen. Tommy Garrett submitted a broad medical marijuana bill, LB643, to the legislature, earlier this year. Garrett’s bill was drafted largely as a result of the efforts of the Philippi family, a relative of whose, Christopher Kranz, succumbed to aggressive brain cancer after a two-year struggle. Kranz supplemented his radiation and chemotherapy with medical marijuana, and Drew Philippi said his doctors instructed him to “keep it up” when they discovered it had helped stabilize tumor growth. It also allowed Kranz to enjoy the last chapter of his life in peace. Katie Philippi, Drew’s wife, said she hopes

that the family’s efforts will help rebrand the marijuana movement on a larger scale. “We’re trying to meet with all the senators and give the medical marijuana movement a new face,” she said, “to show them that we’re not a bunch of stoners.” Supporters of LB643 spoke at a press conference at the Capitol on Friday, including Garrett, co-sponsors Joni Craighead and Patty Pansing Brooks and family members of Nebraskans who would benefit from medical marijuana. Sen. Crawford’s original bill was inspired by Will Gillen, a boy with a severe form of epilepsy. The boy’s father, Dominic Gillen, spoke at the press conference and shared a photo of his son’s most recent epilepsy-related injury, which sent him to the emergency room the night before. “This is what we deal with on an everyday basis,” Gillen said. “This issue is so important to us because we want the chance to try something

that’s been shown to be beneficial.” The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy was also represented at the press conference, by UNO students Sarah Merrigan and Allison Holmes. Holmes spoke about her mother’s struggle to find adequate treatment for her multiple sclerosis and the relief she found upon trying medical marijuana while visiting Colorado. “The laws in Nebraska deem her a criminal if she attempted to bring any home with her, and the potential consequences are not worth the risk to her or her family,” Holmes said. “LB643 would allow my mother to obtain the treatment she needs in her home state without being labeled a criminal.” ALEX ARAYA AND HANNAH EADS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Dining hall manager’s hippie roots inspire his work Joel Fogerty shares stories of his adventures, including hitchhiking, floating down the Mississippi SHELBY JANKE DN Students who frequently traverse the CatherPound-Neihardt dining hall know Joel Fogerty as the man who’s nearly always smiling. A self-proclaimed hippie, Fogerty has worked for the University of NebraskaLincoln’s dining services for about 28 years. He’s currently the CPN dining hall manager. But what students may not know of are the many adventures that Fogerty has had in his life, which include floating down the Missouri River and riding a bike from Lincoln to Madison, Wisconsin, where he met his wife Phyllis. The couple spent their honeymoon hitchhiking from Madison to the Apostle Islands at Lake Superior. “When you’re a young couple, old people pick you up and say, ‘You kids are so cute! This is so romantic!’” Fogerty said. “It was very romantic.” The couple eventually moved into a community household in Madison, living with about seven other residents, who would move in and out of the house frequently, at a time. Some of the residents the Fogertys lived with included two math teachers, a woman who enjoyed motorcycle riding and a woman whose mother ran a famous Blues bar in Chicago. Fogerty’s son, Nicholas, was also born in that house. During this time, Fogerty worked at a Goodwill to raise money for his family. Fogerty’s reasons for adventure are endless, but he said most end up revolving around people. “Everybody should do adventures,” he said. “You meet all these people. You’re young and you’re experimenting, just like you college kids. So an adventure comes along and you take it.” Fogerty returned to Lincoln in 1982 to take care of his grandmother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer ’s. He began working at Abel/Sandoz Dining Center in 1987 for 10 years before he relocated to the CPN dining hall to serve as a manager, overseeing the functions of the dining staff and the food served to students each day. “Cheerleading is my No. 1 responsibility,” Fogerty said of his job as CPN manager. “I have an outstanding group of people I work with. Their dedication, their love of work, their organization abilities, their friendliness and attention to detail… The cooks here are just superb.” A new dining center will be opening across from the Cather and Pound residence halls in 2017, thus shutting down the current CPN facility. It’s a project that has evolved over time and is still evolving. The new

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Joel Fogerty brings positive vibes and a sense of adventure to the CPN dining hall, where he has served as manager for 28 years.

building will hold housing, dining and catering services, a convenience store and Husker Heroes. “I think the new facility will have pretty much the same atmosphere because the staff will be the same,” Fogerty said. Along with its staff, CPN’s Good Fresh Local Program will also be moving to the new location. “This program is awesome,” Fogerty said. “I wish the university did more stuff with it and there could be more of a connection with horticulture on East Campus. Horticulture raising food for us would be great. There’s some going on between GFL and East Campus, but I think UNL, in an agricultural state, could do a lot more.” Fogerty’s wife grew up in Illinois with a family of farmers. The couple continues to garden and grow zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs and peppers in the summer at their residence in Lincoln. His son Nick works as an archaeologist for the State Historical Society and his wife is an administrative assistant at the Teachers College.

Everybody should do adventures. You meet all these people. You’re young and you’re experimenting, just like you college kids. So an adventure comes along and you take it.” JOEL FOGERTY cpn dining hall manager

Fogerty has lived in Lincoln for quite some time now, and although his hitchhiker ’s thumb is now serving meals to UNL students, his love for life and connection hasn’t faded since his days floating down the Missouri and taking nature walks with his father. The mantra that gets him through each day is “the influence of the frozen beef pie,” he said. It’s a reference from “Billy the Mountain” by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, who is one of Fogerty’s favorite

musicians. “It has to do with what influenced Joni Mitchell or The Eagles,” he said. Fogerty said Zappa’s lyrics are crazy and esoteric, and people will enjoy him if they listen to him more. “I think it all relates to people,” Fogerty said. “That’s what it all comes down to. No matter what you do, it’s people.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Husker Cats fights overpopulation of campus felines “We created a win-win situation for the university,” said Phyllis Larsen, adoption For 7 years, the on-campus and fostering chairwoman and an advertisgroup has provided food, shots, ing and public relations professor at UNL. “We negotiated through proper channels and spay and neuter services and committed to decrease population growth to zero percent within five years if the univershelter for UNL’s furry friends sity let us maintain these services in an orderly fashion.” Husker Cats halted population growth within three or four years, which solved the problem of overpopulation and sick cats. SHELBY JANKE The group receives donations through a DN PayPal account or checks to cover all mediThe 80 cats that live on the University of Ne- cal costs and procedures. The average cost braska-Lincoln campus will stay warm this to neuter a cat is between $85 and $90. The winter, and every winter for the foreseeable university helps pay for food for the cats so they become healthier and do not produce as future, thanks to the work of Husker Cats. much waste. Husker Cats, an organization made up There are about nine cat houses on City of faculty, staff and students, has worked Campus where the cats are fed and can stay behind the scenes for seven years to ensure a high quality of life for cats living in feral warm. The locations of these houses remain colonies on campus. The volunteer organiza- undisclosed in order to prevent vandalism or harassment to these stations. There aren’t tion provides campus any shelters on East Camfelines with premiumpus because it’s near a level food, spay and They really need residential area and is the neuter services and vacus. They should be home of predators such cinations. as foxes. Each house costs Husker Cats became domestic animals. They about $100 to build. a campus entity in 2008 “They really need us,” to deal with a popula- can survive out there, but tion of hundreds of un- they aren’t surviving well... said Rebecca Cahoon, laboratory manager at the healthy cats on campus. Beadle Center and head “We had so many REBECCA CAHOON cats not being fed,” said husker cats head of trapping operations of trapping operations for Husker Cats. “They Kim Hachiya, the comshould be domestic animunity, education and mals. They can survive outreach coordinator for the group. “It used to be common to see very sickly, diseased out there but they aren’t surviving well out there, so most people’s reaction is to try and cats. Part of the reason for that was the cats help them in an appropriate way.” were having kittens every 12 weeks, making Some assume that getting rid of the popthem unhealthy and in poor physical health, ulation of cats on campus would solve the causing the babies to be unhealthy, too.” problem, but that’s not the case. Larsen said Well-meaning individuals had tried to feed the cats, but their efforts resulted in gar- if there is an environment that will support bage that attracted bugs and mice to build- a population of certain animals, more aniings and residence halls. So a group of vol- mals will come to fill that area if others are unteers got together and formed a plan to removed. “If we removed the campus cats, more cats present to university officials.

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from around Lincoln will come and replace them,” she said. “People dump cats on campus because they think they will be fed, but a feral colony is a community and will not accept another cat coming in.” Husker Cats is made up entirely of volunteers. There are eight to 10 leadership positions on the organization’s Steering Committee, plus 15 volunteer feeders. “We have over 350 members on our Facebook page who have looked, volunteered or donated financially,” Hachiya said. “The group’s most critical need is finding foster families for kittens and cats until they can find an adopted home.” Others can become involved with Husker Cats simply by liking its Facebook page of the

same name. The group also works with students who need to write stories, film documentaries or collect data for various classes. In the past, volunteers have helped the organization at the Big Event by cleaning out the feeding stations on campus. Students are also encouraged to serve as a foster home if they’re living off-campus in a building that allows animals. “I love that people saw a problem that was bigger than people could handle on their own,” Cahoon said. “I took a campus cat home with me, but I realized you can’t take every cat home with you. It’s wonderful that people are working together to make this a better place.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

UNL hires new civil rights, Title IX officer JACOB ELLIOT DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has named Susan M. Foster as director for Institutional Equity and Compliance. Foster, who will begin her duties on Feb. 16, will be a member of the chancellor’s senior administrative team, acting as UNL’s chief civil rights officer and Title IX officer. She will be responsible for overseeing and directing the federal and state regulatory mandates of UNL’s

campus. Foster will also be responsible for creating the university’s affirmative action plans for women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities; investigating allegations of illegal discrimination and helping develop an inclusive, supportive campus. “Recognizing and appreciating diverse experiences, beliefs and perspectives expands our collective knowledge and allows us to successfully work together in our ever-expanding world,” Foster said in a press release. “I am eager to work collaboratively with university leaders and orga-

nizations, community leaders and organizations, faculty, staff and students to implement strategic initiatives and programs that create, promote and support a thriving, safe, diverse and inclusive environment for everyone.” Foster is a 2009 graduate of the University Of Nebraska College Of Law and has an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She has also taught at Millard Public Schools for seven years. During her tenure at Jackson Lewis PC, she provided guidance to clients seeking advice in areas of

employment and has provided training to human resources personnel and management in employment law. Foster is taking over the role from interim Title IX coordinator Arturo Pérez, the current director of the Office for Equity, Access and Diversity Programs. Pérez was temporarily handling the duties Foster will undertake when former Title IX coordinator Linda Crump retired last July. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Instructor reports assault by student NEWS DESK DN A female instructor met with the dean of students and UNLPD on Wednesday to express her concern about a student who allegedly placed her hands on the instructor in a threatening manner. The crime report states that at about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a female student became upset over an academic issue during class in Oldfather Hall. An investigation into the manner determined that an assault didn’t occur; however, UNLPD met with the student and an alternative class schedule was arranged.

FEMALE STUDENT HECKLED NEAR NEBRASKA UNION

A female student was heckled near the Nebraska Union Wednesday, according to police reports Wednesday. The report states that at about 10 p.m., Aaron Aspedon, 29, began yelling at the student “come here, come here.” The victim said the man started running toward her from the grass near the Canfield Administration

Building, cutting off her path. The student ran back to Love Library and called the police. Aspedon was cited for disturbing the peace, received a trespassing letter and was sent to the non-profit organization The Bridge Behavioral Health because of his inability to care for himself. Police said he was under the influence of narcotics.

BIKE THEFT RESULTS IN CHASE ACROSS CAMPUS

University police found three boys in the bushes outside Othmer Hall Thursday after they and another boy stole a bike, according to reports. At about 3:25 a.m., a community service officer saw the boys trying to steal a bike from a rack near Cather-Pound-Neihardt Dining Center, UNLPD Sgt. John Backer said. As officers approached, Backer said, the boys fled toward the Nebraska Union, prompting the department to dispatch several officers in a chase across campus.

RA REPORTS SHATTERED WINDOW IN SELLECK

At about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, UNLPD responded to a reported vandalism at the 4000 building of Selleck Quadrangle. The crime report states that a 5’x4’ window was shattered on the south side of the second floor. Estimated damage to the window is $1,000. There are no suspects, and police are no longer actively investigating the case.

JUNIOR FACES MIP, DUI

Kathryn Nevanen, 20, a junior hospitality restaurant and tourism management major, was cited for DUI, MIP, careless driving and minor attempting to purchase alcohol after officers witnessed her driving the wrong way at N 17th and Q streets without her headlights on at about 2:40 a.m. Saturday. The report states Nevanen showed signs of impairment with a BAC of .220. It also states that Nevanen possessed an ID indicating that she was 21 years old, which was not hers. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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of truthfulness, accuracy and fairness. But Vaughan sought to change these guidelines, which he said had not been updated since the 1970s. Rallying the support of the student body, Vaughan issued a petition that received several thousand signatures – more students than who participated in student government elections that year. Since then, Vaughan said, the DailyER has received full support from the publications board. In spring 2010, Wunrow said, the DailyER faced its first major threat of extinction. ASUN had on its docket a measure to cut funding from the DailyER, rumored to have been prompted by university officials. When the decision fell into the hands of Justin Solomon, ASUN president at the time, Solomon declined to cut the DailyER’s budget and said it was worthy of student fees. Then in 2013, CFA recommended a funding decrease of $1,100 for the DailyER. Behind this was the intention that the DailyER should work toward self-sufficiency. Thursday, the CFA echoed a similar message. Committee members said they made the recommendation to hold the DailyER accountable and to avoid increases in student fees. By the end, the recommendation was upheld unanimously. Five CFA appropriations bills will now be voted on in Wednesday’s ASUN meeting. If the decision is upheld, the DailyER will have one more chance to appeal. CFA, which oversees the distribution of more than $18.5 million of student fees, voted to recommend $165,000 to the Lied Center, $239,983 to the University Program Council, $508,328 to ASUN, $125,900 to the Daily Nebraskan and $4,800 to the DailyER. Morfeld asked that all fee-users be held to

a similar standard, saying it was unfair to ask a small student publication to reduce its budget by 25 percent. He also went on to support student ownership of the paper, at only 15 cents a semester per student. This comes at a time of transition for the DailyER, with Lindsay having stepped in as interim editor-in-chief in January. With rising costs in printing and a decline in interest of print advertisers coupled with the minimal revenue from online advertisements, leaders of the DailyER fear overhead costs will make it difficult to achieve self-sufficiency and could come at a sacrifice to the paper’s quality and goals to innovate and expand readership. Meanwhile, with the support and quality of writers on staff, and with his experience as editor of the DailyER’s entertainment section, Seeds, Lindsay is confident of the DailyER’s future. “We want to be a testing ground of creativity,” he said. “We’re really focused on innovating as much as possible, with expanding more content online and doing new things with video.” Lindsay said the DailyER also plans to expand its presence on campus by hosting more events in addition to its annual debate for ASUN’s election. For Vaughan, the genre of satire the DailyER creates is itself equally able to “enrich, enliven, and humanize.” “But probably enliven more than the others,” Vaughan said with a laugh. “At its core, satire acts as a catalyst for democracy,” he continued. “In today’s world, you would think that things like comics or simply words are easy to dismiss. Satire is goofy. But then you realize you can actually make a big impact with it.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

DAILYER: FROM 4 For Lindsay, now a junior English major, the DailyER has been an organization capable of provoking interest in issues on campus and change in the way students view the news. Lindsay cited last year’s ASUN elections, for which the DailyER created a fake opposing party, the #Party (pronounced Hashtag Party), in response to limited student interest in the election and only one party on the slate. “Though we only did it for fun, and maybe it was a bit disingenuous,” Lindsay said, “still I think the important thing was that we helped start a dialogue among students about the election. I think in that way humor can be an important force in making people interested in certain issues, by getting you to see the world through a different lens.” Morfeld pointed out that last year, the DailyER had an average readership of 4,000 students for each of its semi-weekly issues, and the paper received a higher approval rating than the DN in student elections last year. Opinions over the years, however, have varied between university officials and students. Since the beginning of its publication, Vaughan wanted the paper to be bold and to push the boundaries of satire. It also became a way to keep dominant powers at the university in check. “I’ve always seen it as an equal opportunity offender,” Vaughan said. The idea for a satirical newspaper at UNL began the summer after Vaughan’s freshman year. At one point, Vaughan and friends became so bored, “we found ourselves hitting each other with broomsticks, realizing we had cabin fever and should probably become adults and do something with our lives.” “We also wanted to have a creative outlet for those who weren’t necessarily interested in journalism or other more serious forms of writing,” Vaughan said.

One of the benefits of a humor publication, Vaughan said, is its ability to bring together writers from a variety of backgrounds who might not otherwise write. At his high school in Broken Bow, Nebraska, Vaughan had established a newspaper modeled after The Onion. It was successful enough that the principal even banned one issue, Vaughan said. “We thought it was weird that the DN sort of held a monopoly on students’ voices, and that there were no alternative sources of news. We felt someone had to bring in a fresh voice.” And it’s this tradition editors like Wunrow have worked hard to carry on. Through satire, Wunrow said, the DailyER plays a role that the DN or traditional journalism could never fulfill. Wunrow recognized the opinionated spin each article in a satirical newspaper has the ability to take. This freedom, he said, allows newspapers such as the DailyER to address issues that would be thought too controversial otherwise. “It’s good, especially on a public campus, to have that dissenting voice,” he said. “If important, high-level people at the university think this paper shouldn’t exist, then that is even more a reason why it should stay.” Though this at times can be tough work, Vaughan said, it also comes with rewards. “We always thought it was worth it when we could be funny but also could make a point relevant to students, in hope that it would cause people to reconsider an issue,” Vaughan said. “But even if an article just made someone laugh, we were satisfied.” Before it ever printed an issue, the DailyER failed to secure a vote of acceptance from UNL’s publications board. The board members cited their doubts that a satirical newspaper would uphold the Board of Regents’ guidelines for student press

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Huskers’ road struggles continue Saturday as turnovers plague Minnesota game JOSH KELLY DN The road woes continued for the Nebraska men’s basketball team as the players traveled to Minnesota during the weekend. They entered Williams Arena, also known as “The Barn” where the Huskers saw students dressed up as gophers, cows and chickens. Even Minnesota coach Richard Pitino’s son was wearing a little chicken outfit. The crowd in Minneapolis, Minnesota was into it as Nebraska had one of its worst offensive performances against the Gophers. In the 60-42 loss to Minnesota the Huskers felt the pressure from both the crowd and the opposing players. Under coach Tim Miles, Nebraska has achieved a 6-23 record on the road. Although the Huskers have only won one game on the road this season, coach Miles said his team has been playing a lot better away from Pinnacle Bank Arena. “I’m surprised we’re not better on the road,” Miles said after the loss. The first half on Saturday was one of the worst of the season for the Huskers. They scored 16 points and turned the ball over 15 times in 31 possessions against the Gophers, leaving a sour mood in the locker room at half. “We had a lot of things go right, but when we dig a hole as deep as we did, it’s hard to overcome,” Miles said. Heading into Saturday the Huskers were committing 13 turnovers per game. They passed that season average before the first half buzzer sounded. The constant turnovers, the constant miscues – they all led to rushed shots and shot clock violations. All of that resulted in the team’s second-lowest-scoring output in a half this season. According to Miles, the early turnovers discombobulated the team and it was hard for them to get a rhythm with such sloppy play. “The turnovers, I think, got them off kilter for a while,” Miles said. Turnovers have been a battle in and of themselves for Nebraska. In 13 of their 21 games, the Huskers have won the turnover phase of the game with a 9-4 record. When they lose the turnover battle, they’re 3-4. The only game where they had the same amount of turnovers was in their loss against Rhode Island earlier in the season. Miles said the players may have felt the Gophers were closing in on them too quick with the full-court press, leading to haphazard shots

Husker coach Tim Miles tries to get the attentition of his team after a defensive breakdown.

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that didn’t have much confidence behind them. The defense was more aggressive and the crowd was rowdier than usual. The Nebraska offense was able to get a little more production in the second half, but just as Miles said, they dug a hole too deep to escape. Defense kept the game from being a blowout as they kept the Gophers at bay, who average 85.8 points per game. The 60 points Minnesota scored against Nebraska on Saturday constituted its lowest scoring game at home this

season – the lowest since its 55-54 loss to Northwestern on Feb. 1 of last year. “Our heart was there, but the execution wasn’t for us to win on the road,” Miles said. There were just a few positives from Nebraska’s loss to Minnesota on Saturday, but the lack of success away from Pinnacle Bank Arena is leading to a problem for Miles’ team. He said after the loss he needs to get his team to turn around quickly as the Huskers season is looking bleak, sitting at tenth place in the Big Ten

standings. “I’m surprised we haven’t had a more successful season when it comes to wins and losses. But at the same time, that’s the way it goes,” Miles said. “It’s my job to figure out how to get us back on track and to get this team winning road games, and winning home games.”

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Senior Hailie Sample goes up for a rebound against Michigan. Nebraska beat Michigan for their second straight conference victory after beating Illinois on Thursday, Dec. 29.

Husker women get 2nd win in a row CHRIS BOWLING DN Husker senior guard Tear’a Luadermill’s third consecutive three-pointer looked better than her first two. As she sank away and watched the ball sail through its arc, it passed through the net and the crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena erupted in cheers. It was the end to an 11-point run from Laudermill that stretched the Huskers lead against the Wolverines to 69-56 with 2:46 left in the game. From there it widened to a 75-60 after junior guard Rachel Theriot scored the final two from the free-throw line in the last eight seconds. But that wasn’t the ending the first half painted. At the end of the first twenty minutes, the

Huskers were struggling on both sides of the ball, and it was showing in a 31-25 deficit to the Wolverines. They were able to contain the senior forward Cyesha Goree, holding her to only two points but were still shooting 36.4 percent while allowing Michigan to shoot 52.2 percent. Nebraska hadn’t led once. The Huskers came out with the same five they started with and cut Michigan’s lead until it was tied at 33 at just under 3 minutes in. At 16:02, they would pick up their first lead off a senior forward Hailie Sample layup. From there on out, it was a battle between each team, which traded blows for the majority of the second half. But with 5:33 left in the half and the Huskers leading by three, Laudermill stole the ball, shut down the Wolverines momentum and kicked off a run that would last a little over two min-

utes. That included three consecutive 3-pointers while the Huskers went 0-6 on the same shot. Laudermill had 19 points while Theriot and Sample both had 14.The Huskers as a team shot 59.4 percent and on defense, they recovered 24 defensive rebounds- 35 overall- with Emily Cady leading the team at 8. Sample said that even though the end of the game looked like the Huskers had dominated the scoreboard, the battle on the court was much more even. “It was a tough game that came down to the 50/50 shots and we just came away with more of them,” Sample said. Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico said the game was a story of great playmaking in the first half that wasn’t followed through in the second.

“Well, we’re undefeated in February,” coach Connie Yori said as her first comment after the game. For her, the first half was all about Michigan as they had the momentum and were taking advantage of a Husker defense that was falling behind. But at half she told her players they need to, “guard, guard, guard,” which helped them come out with the energy that was missing, which only helped the game on the other side of the ball.” “The better we defended, the more we helped our offense,” Yori said. She also said that the Huskers showed a greater sense of urgency for the fate of their season. SPORTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Husker sophomore Gazmine Mason finished 12th overall with a score of 218.50 to help the Huskers win the Prairie View A&M Invitational.

Huskers win tournament for 3rd consecutive time CODY NAGEL DN The No. 1 Nebraska women’s bowling team competed in the Prairie View A&M Invitational this past weekend in Arlington, Texas. The Huskers, looking to win the invite for the third straight year, faced a highly talented field. Day 1 of competition consisted of five fivegame Baker matches. The Huskers defeated No. 14 Valparaiso 991-845 in a low-scoring first match and later went on to defeat No. 10 North Carolina A&T State and No. 8 Stephan F. Austin State by a combined pinfall of 260. Nebraska then faced No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson University. The Knights of FDU defeated the Huskers 1,103-1,026 and defeated the No. 3 Red Wolves of Arkansas State 1,055–1,050 in the final match of the day, finishing atop the team standings after day one. In Nebraska’s last match, they defeated No. 4 Central Missouri, 1,122-1,121. After four games, Nebraska had a 928-865 lead, but the Jennies of UCM battled their way back in the fifth game. Down 29 pins, the Huskers needed a perfect three strikes in the 10th frame. Senior Lizabeth Kuhlkin came through in the clutch, giving No. 1 Nebraska the win. The Huskers finished day one in second place, 24 pins behind No. 2 Fairleigh Dickinson. In day 2, teams competed in five traditional team games. After winning their first match against No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 1 Nebraska fell to No. 3 Arkansas State, 1,106-1,089. After the loss, the Huskers added a 1,041-837 win against host team, Prairie View A&M. Nebraska split its last two matches of day two, losing to MarylandEastern Shore 1,060-969 and defeating Alabama State 1,057-1,008. Fairleigh Dickinson and Nebraska remained at the top of the team standings with total pinfalls of 10,857 and 10,607. Arkansas State made

a leap from eighth to third with a pinfall of 10,332. In the final day of competition, before the 12-team field competed in a match-play bracket, the teams bowled one traditional game. The Huskers defeated No. 5 Sam Houston State 1,116-918. The best-of-seven Baker match-play bracket seeding was based off the total team pinfall for the weekend. As the second seed, Nebraska faced the third seed Arkansas State in the first round. The Huskers swept the Red Wolves 4-0. Advancing to the Championship match, the Huskers bowled against Fairleigh Dickinson. Nebraska dropped its first game 212-142 but stormed back with 238-204 and 257-178 victories, taking a 2-1 advantage. In the fourth game, the Knights tied the match at 2–2 with a 237-212 win. With the two teams trading victories, the Huskers won a close fifth game 249-247, taking a 3–2 lead. Once again, in the sixth game, FDU battled back, scoring 280 to Nebraska’s 202. The Knights hit 11 of the possible 12 strikes. In the seventh and final game, it was senior Lizabeth Kulkin sealing the match and giving the Huskers a 216-172 win. Nebraska defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 4-3 and claimed its third straight Prairie View A&M Invitational title. “We have had good fortune here; I was impressed with the team’s resiliency over the weekend,” head coach Bill Straub said. In the individual standings, sophomore Gazmine Mason finished 12th with an average of 218.50 and senior Andrea Ruiz finished 16th with an average of 215.60. Although the Huskers placed first, Straub said, “We didn’t have a very good event, we had some real good portions of the event, but our shotmaking wasn’t good We were fortunate to have won.”

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Despite shooting a team high score, senior Kelsey Hansen and the Huskers fell short to the Horned Frogs.

Rifle loses, despite new record SETH OLSON DN The Nebraska Rifle team is bringing its best stuff to the final two home matches in senior Kelsey Hansen’s career. Yet despite shooting a new team high score at home, the Huskers fell to TCU 4,678-4,666 on Saturday at the NU Rifle Range. Going into this weekend’s regular season finale, the Huskers knew a good score would go a long way in helping them with the upcoming NCAA qualifiers. “This weekend is important because the qualifying score we use is from our best home match,” Hansen said. The Huskers were looking to best their score from the 4,653 they posted back on Oct. 12 against Ole Miss. They did just that on Saturday by posting a 4,666, but they will have a chance to improve that score once again on Sunday. Not only are this weekend’s final home matches important for posting a new high score, but they’re also crucial for instilling confidence as the postseason begins. “These final regular season matches are so important because they are going to give us confidence moving forward,” Rose said. “Everything we’ve been working toward is paying off. We are realizing now what we are capable of.” The Huskers got off to a strong start in smallbore by shooting a 2,312 with junior Denise Martin leading the Huskers with a 584. Sophomore Lauren Phillips added a 578, junior Maggie Mical fired a 576 and Hansen shot a 574, but the Huskers still trailed the Horned Frogs by 15 points after smallbore. Nebraska fought off TCU in air rifle though, bouncing back by posting a 2,354, besting TCU by three. It wasn’t enough though as they ended up 12 points short. Sophomore Jaycee Carter

led the way with a 593, while Phillips fired a 589 and Denise Martin shot a 587 to anchor the Huskers in air rifle. A few strong shooting performances, including Carter’s 593 mark in air rifle, stood out to Nebraska coach Ashley Rose. “Jaycee’s 593 tied her personal best for the year,” Rose said. “It is kind of weird though because she’s shooting 596 in practice, but she can’t seem to get over the 593 hump in the match. Alex (Lorentz, Jr.) also shot well with a 584 in smallbore. Her score would’ve given us 10 more points in smallbore if I had listed her as one of the five for scoring.” Despite the loss on Saturday, Rose was impressed with some of the shooting performances, especially without one of their top shooters, sophomore Rachel Martin. “The last two weeks as a team we’ve been so focused and driven,” Rose said. “All of that has come out with success and personal bests today.” One of the reasons the Huskers are so focused and driven is because of their lone senior, Kelsey Hansen, who’s hoping for a strong finish ing her final home match of her career tomorrow after finishing strong today. “The beginning was a little rough, but I stood my ground and still shot well,” Hansen said. “Tomorrow it will hit me a little harder being the last home match ever, but it hasn’t quite hit me yet.” What Hansen brings to the table is second to none and it’s invaluable to the team, her coach said. “The focus that she brings to the team drives everyone to be better,” Rose said. “She is the one individual that can try to handle too much but never fails to achieve and find success.”

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Track impresses at home SETH KORTE DN The Nebraska men’s and women’s track and field teams had impressive showings in the Adidas Classic Saturday, hosted at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Both the men’s and women’s teams took home their share of titles. Competing against Colorado State, The University of Texas-Arlington and Oral Roberts, the Husker men managed to receive nine event titles and accumulate a total of 200 points. Colorado State placed second with 138 points, while UT-Arlington finished with 108 points and Oral Roberts finished with 50. In the 600-meter dash, junior Levi Gipson had a strong showing in a close-call race with fellow teammate Jake Bender. Gipson edged Bender at the finish line to finish with a time of 1:17.82, just one one-hundredths of a second ahead of Bender’s time of 1:17.83. Gipson said he never knew Bender was breathing down his neck. “I didn’t even know he was that close, but I should have known because he’s been running well this season,” Gipson said. Bender and Gipson would help the Husker men later in the day by winning the 4x400 relay with fellow teammates Cody Rush and Drew Wiseman. Another strong competitor for the men’s team was senior sprinter Rico Hall. Hall ran a winning time and personal record of 6.77 in the 60-meter dash. Hall didn’t stop there though, going on to claim the title in the men’s 400-meter dash in a Big Ten Conference-leading time of 46.78. Freshman jumper Landon Bartel cleared a mark of 7-1 3/4 in the high jump to record a new

personal best and the second-best mark in the Big Ten this season. Connor Gibson won the 800 meters with a new personal record of 1:52.71 The women’s team won 11 events, accumulating a total of 187 and winning the title. Colorado State finished second with 152 points, followed by UT-Arlington (103) and Oral Roberts (46). Sophomore Melissa-Maree Farrington was once again impressive, as she claimed the crown in the 60-meter hurdles with her new personal record of 8.39. The Huskers claimed the first, second and third spots in the event. Farrington said the competition of teammates helped propel her to victory. “It’s really good and comforting to know that we can push each other and it’s great having your friends right there beside you,” she said. Farrington also claimed second place in the women’s long jump with a jump of 19 feet, 4 and one quarter inches, losing only to Husker jumper Tierra Williams, who won the event with a jump of 19 feet, 7 inches. Senior sprinter Brittany Johnson set a personal record of 7.50 to win the women’s 60-meter dash. Anna Peer cruised to a personal best of 9:47.08 to win the women’s 3,000 meters and Kadecia Baird won the women’s 400 in 54.29. Shawnice Williams had an impressive showing in the 600 meters, winning in 1:33.22. The Husker women finished the day strong with a win in the 4x400 meters with a time of 3:44.81. The Huskers are back in action next Saturday when they host the 40th Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

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Junior Hollie Blanske remains confident in the Huskers despite Saturday’s loss.

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Women’s gymnastics suffers 1st loss in Big Ten competition LAUREN BROWN-HULME DN The No. 7 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team experienced its first loss of the season Saturday, losing to No. 4 Michigan, 197.300 to 195.875. Nebraska, currently the No. 1 vault team in the country, won the event title for vault. However, Michigan’s scores in bars, beam and floor resulted in an overall win for the Wolverines. A similar outcome occurred last season, with the previously undefeated Huskers falling to Wolverines at home. Husker junior Hollie Blanske said Michigan has always been a rival of the Huskers. Blanske said just because the same result against Michigan happened this year doesn’t mean Nebraska can’t eventually beat them. “We’re just as talented, and I know we’ve worked as hard as they have,” Blanske said. “It just wasn’t our meet. If anything, it’s going to fuel our fire and make us work harder.” Blanske said she was proud of her team’s ability to give its best effort despite recent illnesses and tough judges. Blanske said this past weekend’s vault rotation was the best the team has seen, with 5 out of the 6 members of the lineup sticking their landings.

Husker senior Jessie DeZiel said her team shouldn’t dwell on the loss. She also said the Huskers didn’t expect a win against Michigan, but instead that their goal was to compete against themselves by improving upon what they did in the last meet. “They are the best team in the Big Ten right now, and we’re right behind them. We know when we compete against Michigan it will be a close competition,” DeZiel said. “It was a good experience for us to be able to compete (at Michigan) because that’s where the Big Ten championships are. We got a feeling for what it will feel like in a couple months when we’re back there competing against them.” DeZiel said the team hasn’t “peaked” yet. Blanske agreed and said the team’s goal is to peak when it matters most, not early on in the season. “That was the difference between us and Michigan last year,” Blanske said. “We peaked around nationals and they peaked around the Big Ten championship and beat us there. But our ultimate goal is to win nationals. If that means losing a Big Ten championship and winning a national title, I would much rather take the national title.”

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After spending three weeks on the road, the Nebraska men’s gymnastics team welcomed the Army Black Knights on Friday for its 2014-2015 home opener. It was the first meeting for the teams since 2005. The two teams competed head to head in a different setting from the triangular and quadrangular meets they’re used to seeing. “It actually worked really well; it was fast and there was no time to be nervous,” freshman Daniel Leal said. The Huskers started the night by leading Floor Exercise 71.650 to 70.450, with a high score of 14.60 coming from freshman Kyle King. Personal records were set by sophomores Coleman Tokar, Austin Epperson and Travis Gollot with scores of 14.50, 14.40, and 14.2 respectively. The high point of the night for the Huskers came while competing on the Pommel Horse. Six Huskers set new personal records, including junior Ethan Lottman, who also set a team record with a score of 14.850. During the third rotation, Army moved to vault as the Huskers took on the still rings. The Huskers faced obstacles on the rings, earning a team score of 68.200 with help from senior Brenon Sommers, who set a career-high 13.60 in the event. The top score came from Leal, who earned a 14.20 and set a new personal best for the freshman. Heading into the fourth rotation, the Huskers fell behind Army. The vault rotation featured junior Sam Chamberlain, who tied his career high with a score of 14.75 and helped the Huskers regain the lead 281.600 to 277.750. “When the first person hits their routine, the team just starts with a great energy” Leal said, “Everyone just starts screaming and yelling. It’s great.” The high energy and team support helped the Huskers land top individual scores in floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings and parallel bars. Leal took home event titles on the parallel bars and still rings, while also scoring personal bests on the high bar and pommel horse. The final rotation of the night occurred for the Huskers on the high bar. Seniors Louis Klein, Lottman and Coleman Tokar and sophomores Austin Epperson and Leal all set personal records in the event and landed the team a high score in the event. While the top two all-around scores were secured by the Black Knights, Nebraska landed the win with a final score of 421.750 to 412.800. Nebraska now holds a 3-0 lead over the Black Knights in all time meetings and ended the night with a new season-high team score. “I’m really proud,” coach Chuck Chmelka said. “Tonight was the highest score we’ve had this year. Could it have been higher? Absolutely. But could it have been lower? Absolutely.”

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Wrestling remains undefeated in Big Ten RILEY BOWDEN DN The No. 10 Nebraska wrestling team remains unbeaten in Big Ten Conference duals after wins at Northwestern and against Indiana at home over the weekend. “I’m seeing a lot more drive from the whole team,” Nebraska junior Anthony Abidin said. “We bulldozed over two good teams and are looking better everyday.” The Huskers traveled to Evanston, Illinois, on Friday and defeated the No. 24 Wildcats 25-11. Northwestern is the third-straight ranked opponent Nebraska has defeated, keeping their dual record against ranked opponents unblemished. After the first seven matches of the day, the Huskers only led Northwestern 12-11. Two major decisions kept the Wildcats in the dual until late. Third-ranked 149-pound redshirt sophomore Jason Tsirtis earned his team four points

with his major decision over Nebraska sophomore Justin Arthur. Northwestern senior Pierce Harger, ranked eighth at 165-pounds, defeated Nebraska junior Austin Wilson in a major decision, bringing the Wildcats within one point with three matches remaining. In the very next match, the Huskers took a commanding lead as senior Robert Kokesh won by forfeit, putting the Huskers up seven. No. 18 sophomore T.J Dudley and No. 20 sophomore Aaron Studebaker both won their matches, sealing the victory for the Huskers. Studebaker improves to 2-1 against ranked Big Ten opponents on the year. The only other loss the Huskers suffered was to No. 4 senior Mike McMullen in the heavyweight division. Key wins for the Huskers came at 133-pounds and 197-pounds. Unranked sophomore Eric Montoya defeated Northwestern junior Dominick Malone 6-2. Malone was the 20th-ranked wrestler at 133-pounds. Studebaker downed No. 12 senior Alex Po-

lizzi at 197-pounds. The Huskers dominated at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday, defeating the Indiana Hoosiers 33-6. Nebraska took a commanding 21-0 lead after winning the first five matches of the dual, before dropping their first match at 165-pounds. No. 6 redshirt senior Taylor Walsh defeated Nebraska’s Wilson 5-2. Wilson wrestled Walsh close but dropped his second match against a top-10 wrestler of the weekend. The Hoosiers’ only other victory of the night came in the 174-pound weight class. Wrestling for Nebraska instead of AllAmerican Robert Kokesh – who was out on rest – was senior Brandon Wilbourn. He was defeated by No. 16 redshirt sophomore Nate Jackson. Abidin continued his rise to being one of the top 141-pound wrestlers in the Big Ten, going undefeated on the weekend. He defeated Northwestern junior Jameson Oster 9-7 .

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Tai Webster battles with two Michigan State players during the second half of the basketball game. The Huskers won 79-77.