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State sees more green jobs Demographics KIM BUCKLEY DAILY NEBRASKAN

As Nebraska moves to become more environmentally friendly, a report from the state’s Office of Labor Market Information shows Nebraska appears to have a strong supply of workers in green occupations.

The Office of Labor Market Information has released the Nebraska Green Jobs Report on its website, publishing the findings of a green job survey. The study was done as part of a six-state consortium, including Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.

The study found the percentage of Nebraska’s workforce that was considered green during April, May and June was comparable to other states’ findings.

According to the study, the construction industry had the highest amount of green employment and the largest percentage of its work force was reported green.

“Many of the jobs found in this industry are not new and emerging green jobs,” said Lindsay Burford, research analyst for the Office of Labor Market Information, in an email. “They

are jobs that have been around for ages, but they are evolving to include green tasks and job responsibilities. The costs are easier to absorb within this industry (when compared to other industries — note that there are still costs!).”

According to the report, 15 percent of workers within the construction industry are considered green. This is because there are more green opportunities found in that industry, and it is more difficult for green jobs to emerge in retail trade or the health care and social assistance industries, Burford said. The top green jobs, when measured by employment counts, were heating, air conditioning and refrigeration, electricians, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, industrial truck and tractor drivers, first-line supervisors of production and operating workers and team assemblers, according to the study.

“While the employment numbers for these occupations may not be as large as the top green occupations by employment, individuals entering these types of occupations should be aware of how much of their job

Star City Pride lauds LGBTQA STAFF REPORT DAILY NEBRASKAN

Lincoln’s LGBTQA community will come together this week for the fifth annual Star City Pride, with events spanning from July 14-17.

“The purpose of the event is to celebrate Lincoln’s LGBTQ community,” said Kara Kugler, vice president for Star City Pride. Kugler explained that ever since the Stonewall riots in 1969, gay pride events have been held every June to celebrate equality. Although June is the official gay pride month, Kugler said Star City Pride is held in July so it doesn’t conflict with other events.

Some highlights of Star City Pride include a pride variety show on Thursday and a street dance on Friday next to Panic, Nebraska’s oldest operating gay-owned bar.

Saturday will be the main day of celebration, beginning at 2 p.m. at the corner of 18th and N streets

BECKY’S NEW CAR

WHEN: July 13, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Temple Building, Studio Theatre WHAT: Premiere of a play about a middle-aged wife and mom who works at a car dealership, but wants her life to be more exciting. For more information, visit http://www. unl.edu/rep/Nebraska_Repertory_Theatre/NRT_HOME.html COST: $20 regular, $18 faculty and staff, $18 senior and military, $10 student/OLLI

MOVIES ON THE GREEN: ‘HIS GIRL FRIDAY’

WHEN: July 14, movie starts at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.)

WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: Showing of ‘His Girl Friday,’ starring Rosalind Rus-

next to Panic.

Mayor Chris Beutler will kick off the event Saturday with the reading of a proclamation in which he will declare July 16, 2011 the official “Star City Pride Day,” encouraging all residents of Lincoln to celebrate the day and join gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered members of the community in the continuing struggle for justice, peace and equality.

More than 25 vendors will be present, sharing information, giving away prizes and selling various items. Food vendors featuring 9 South Chargrill, Totally Nuts and Sweet Treats will sell food at 18th and N streets. The Nebraska AIDS Project will also be present, offering free STD testing. The Human Rights Campaign will make a firsttime visit to Star City Pride.

PRIDE: SEE PAGE 7

responsibilities are dedicated to green work,” Burford said.

One of the surprising things the study found was the impact of the utilities industry. Many states did not include that industry in their sample, she said.

Only 23 percent of utility businesses stated they did not participate in any green economic activity, compared to 70 to 90 percent of most businesses in other industries that reported none.

“This finding should indicate that the utilities industry does, in fact, need to be included in green research efforts,” Burford said.

The study also found that about one out of five businesses stated cost was a barrier in implementing or expanding their green activities. Lack of information was also cited by 19 percent of the businesses as a barrier.

The office worked with the Bureau of Business Research at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

“Nebraska has a strong supply of workers in those occupations or related occupations,” said Eric Thompson, director of the bureau and associate professor

of economics at UNL. “Which is good news for the industries, though those workers may need some retraining.”

With high energy prices and other countries investing more in renewable energy, Thompson said it’s “natural to be curious about whether Nebraska had a growing industry to meet that demand.”

Regardless of whether the business reported having green jobs, many businesses reported altered business activities that encouraged green practices, the report found.

“Recycling within businesses was a frequent disclosure by businesses,” Burford said.

“Businesses reported recycling items like paper, glass, cardboard, ink cartridges, aluminum and plastics.”

Many businesses cited instances of having “green teams” that strived to encourage carpooling, energy-saving mechanisms, replacing items with more energy-efficient products and purchasing energy-efficient appliances or cleaning products to be used within the business, she said.

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create tech gap STAFF REPORT DAILY NEBRASKAN

A recent Nebraska poll released on July 4 suggested rural Nebraska is making strides to connect with digital technology. This leaves the remaining technological gap a result of demographic and socioeconomic trends as opposed to actual problems with technology.

According to Brad Lubben, an extension associate professor of agricultural economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, there is very little problem getting a broadband connection to any part of the state of Nebraska.

If the state had the proper financial resources and was sure that it would be a useful tool, it wouldn’t be a problem for every home in Nebraska to have an Internet connection.

“Conceptually speaking, the access to broadband and Internet is possible,” Lubben said.

“It’s the demographics and

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The next Sunday with a Scientist will take place Aug. 21, focusing on climate change.

WHEN: July 17, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Morrill Hall WEBSITE: http://www.unl.edu/museum/ sundaywithascientist/july2011.html

COMMUNITY DESK sell and Cary Grant.

COST: Free

MOVIE TALK: ‘BUCK’ WITH KIP FLADLAND

WHEN: July 15 at 8:30 p.m., following the 7 p.m. screening of ‘Buck’ WHERE: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center WHAT: Discussion of the movie ‘Buck’ with Kip Fladland, who has trained horses.

‘Buck’ shows at the Ross July 15-28.

COST: Free, but ‘Buck’ is at regular Ross prices

Alfred Hitchcock. Afterward, enjoy an English Afternoon Tea reception. This is in conjunction with the Nebraska Repertory Theatre production premiering July 20.

COST: For the film and reception, $12.50 general admission, $10 Friends of the Ross and NRT 2011 Season Pass Holders; for the film only, $10 general admission, $7.50 Friends of the Ross and NRT 2011 Season Pass Holders

CONTACT: Kathy French at 402-472-6647 or kfrench2@ unl.edu

‘THE 39 STEPS’ PLAY PREMIERE

July 20, 7:30 p.m. to DAILY NEBRASKANWHEN: 9:30 p.m.

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HITCHCOCK AND AFTERNOON TEA

WHEN: July 17, 1 p.m. with reception following WHERE: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center WHAT: Screening of the 1935 film ‘The 39 Steps’ by

SUNDAY WITH A SCIENTIST: FISHES OF NEBRASKA

WHEN: July 17, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Morrill Hall WHAT: Learn about the different kinds of fish in Nebraska from fisheries ecologist Mark Pegg.

COST: free

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SUNDAY WITH A SCIENTIST Summer is the perfect time to go camping and fishing. Families can prepare for these outdoor adventures and learn about fish at the University of Nebraska State Museum’s Sunday with a Scientist on July 17. The event will be hosted by Mark Pegg, an associate professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, on the topic of fish in Nebraska.

“Fishing is a pretty popular recreational activity in Nebraska,” he said.

Pegg said becoming a fish ecologist was a natural step after his childhood activities.

“I grew up (being in the) outdoors and fishing all of the time, and turning up rivers and streams and whatnot,” he said.

During the event, Pegg will have specific representatives of sport fish that people can look at, touch and study. There will also be an identification game, as well as a little quiz at the end.

“It’s time to be out in the water,” said Kathy French, education coordinater at the Nebraska State Museum. “People want to do fishing.”

French said fish have come up a number of times as a suggestion on surveys given about topic ideas at each Sunday with a Scientist. She said she hopes those in attendance will be enlightened about the different number of fish in Nebraska.

“We have a lot of fish here in the state that people aren’t aware of,” she said.

socioeconomics that show up in our rural poll survey as being the biggest descriptors in terms of actual usage.”

This means education level, age and professional occupation have an effect on how frequently and how efficiently people use the Internet.

UNL has been working to use this information in a helpful way. The Center for Applied Rural Innovation is a source of numerous research projects.

“The university has been looking at the technological side of the gap in terms of where it’s available,” Lubben said.

There are also rural initiatives that have done projects to map broadband accessibility.

Educators within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL have been working to teach computer

WHERE: Temple Building, Howell Theatre WHAT: The premiere of a play that riffs on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film. Visit http://www.unl.edu/rep/ Nebraska_Repertory_Theatre/ NRT_HOME.html for nmore information.

COST: $20 regular, $18 faculty and staff, $18 senior and military, $10 student/OLLI

MOVIES ON THE GREEN: ‘THE ERRAND BOY’

WHEN: July 21, movie starts at dusk (approximately 9 p.m.)

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CD WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: Showing of ‘The Errand Boy,’ a 1961 movie directed by Jerry Lewis. The comedy follows Morty Tashman, who is hired by Paramutuel Pictures CEO to spy on employees and report any incidents of waste or unproductiveness.

COST: Free

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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS EMILY BLISS editor-in-chief BEA HUFF RHIANNON ROOT assistant editor opinion editor BOB AL-GREENE SARAH MCCALLISTER assistant editor copy chief

Explicit smoking labels insult sense Smoking is bad, m’kay? We know this. Very few people believe that smoking is beneficial to your health.

However, the Food and Drug Administration doesn’t think we got the message. Because of this, new graphic warning labels are now slapped onto cigarette packages in the hope that these images will scare smokers into quitting.

These images include a cadaver, diseased lung tissue, a man with a hole in his chest, a woman smoking near a baby and a diseased mouth, to name a few. The text paired with these images varies: One reads, “Cigarettes are addictive,” another “Tobacco smoke can harm your child,” and the kicker, “Smoking can kill you.”

Really? Smoking can kill you? We had no idea. None whatsoever.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said of the new warning labels, “With these warnings, every person who picks up a pack of cigarettes is going to know exactly what risk they’re taking.” Sebelius must think we’re illiterate because the Surgeon General’s warning label has been on cigarette packs since 1965.

Information about the negative impact of smoking isn’t in short supply: It’s everywhere, from ads on TV to public school assemblies. There are few, if any, ambiguities about the consequences of smoking. The information is available and the risks associated with smoking are present in the public consciousness. Further, there are few ads that actually promote smoking.

So why does smoking persist? Because many of us choose to do it — just like many of us assume the risks if we choose to skydive, ride motorcycles or refuse to eat our vegetables.

We’re informed adult consumers; we know what we’re getting into if we choose to smoke.

We object to these labels because they’re insulting and unhelpful.

There are better ways to engage in a discourse about the consequences of smoking. Such childish scare tactics aren’t going to change the minds of smokers or break their addiction to nicotine.

We want a dialogue, not disgusting labels.

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EDITORIAL POLICY The editorial above contains the opinion of the summer 2011 Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author; a cartoon is solely the opinion of its artist. The Board of Regents acts as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board.

The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of Daily Nebraskan employees.

» THE DAILY NEBRASKAN CONGRATULATES THE 2011 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS RECIPIENT: Jennifer Birdsall GRADE: UNL Graduate Student COUNTRY: Macedonia WHY: Birdsall was interested in going to Macedonia after researching the country and becoming interested in the culture.

WHAT: Birdsall will be teaching English and hopes to use social media to create an electronic pen pal program between American and Macedonian students.

FUN FACT: Birdsall teaches K-5 students with behavioral disorders for Lincoln Public Schools.

RECIPIENT: Alyx Dodds Garner GRADE: Graduate COUNTRY: Germany WHY: Garner spent three years in Germany as a child and held a summer internship in the country.

WHAT: Garner will teach

English and lead an economics club.

FUN FACT: Garner hopes to teach at the university level after going to graduate school for either German or economics.

RECIPIENT: Jenna Gibson GRADE: Graduate COUNTRY: South Korea WHY: Gibson became interested in South Korea from her time as a Lincoln International Networking Community mentor and having a partner from Seoul, South Korea.

WHAT: Gibson will work as an English teaching assistant and plans to write for an English-language newspaper.

FUN FACT: Gibson was the Daily Nebraskan Editor-inChief during the 2010-2011 school year.

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YA novels shed light on hard times Last month, Wall Street Journal columnist Meghan Gurdon was met with vicious backlash for her article against violent young adult literature. If you haven’t followed YA literature in the last few years, it may seem an open-and-shut case of free speech.

But it’s a little more complicated than that. Reading Gurdon’s descriptions, it’s clear that the literature field is not the same one with which I grew up. But Gurdon completely fails to grasp what literature means to an adolescent. Even dark literature provides immeasurable benefit when it has an effect on someone. And despite good intentions, her argument rests on a victim that simply doesn’t exist. Gurdon quotes one scene of the 2011 novel “Rage,” where main character Misty “sliced her arms to ribbons, but the badness remained, staining her insides like cancer. She had gouged her belly until it was a mess of meat and blood, but she still couldn’t breathe.”

In another novel, “Shine,” a gay teenager “has been savagely beaten and left tied up with a gas pump nozzle shoved down his throat, and he may not live.” Not exactly Judy Blume levels of iniquity.

Gurdon’s article isn’t a raving cry for book-banning. Gurdon’s concern is that rather than helping children through suicidal or dark thoughts, authors are normalizing extremes that simply don’t exist. They depict characters overcoming great evil and depravity, but at the same time make children think the world is more evil and depraved than it really is.

Young adult books like “The Outsiders” and “Go Ask Alice” have dealt with issues of family dysfunction, rape, drug addiction and prostitution since their release in the late 1960s and early ’70s. It’s also impossible to deny that YA books have gotten much more violent since then.

Until recently, these books simply unsheltered adolescents. They prepared them for the more taboo realities of the world.

And unlike adult-centric M-rated video games or R-rated movies, YA books are specifically written for adolescents. They exist to help them through the more turbulent and confusing stages.

While the author’s intentions may be to show that people are able to overcome even the most awful horrors, Gurdon said it can make acts like self-mutilation seem like a norm and reasonable option.

That argument didn’t stop the explosion of anger, passion and #YAsaves Twitter hashtags after Gurdon’s article was published. “YA helped me figure out that I was depressed, and it kept me from committing suicide. #YAsaves” and “I always have something to take me away, to tell

CAMERON MOUNT me I’m not alone, to remind myself that I’m lucky to be alive #YAsaves” are just two of the thousands of tweets that flooded out in response to Gurdon.

One of my favorite authors, Sherman Alexie, wrote the most heartfelt and convincing rebuttal. His own YA novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” was one the targets of Gurdon’s article. In the article, he spoke of his experience with drug addiction, mental illness and being raped.

“Does Ms. Gurdon honestly believe that a sexually explicit YA novel might somehow traumatize a teen mother? Does she believe that a YA novel about murder and rape will somehow shock a teenager whose life has been damaged by murder and rape? Does she believe a dystopian novel will frighten a kid who already lives in hell?”

There are extremes that happen every day that Gurdon or I can’t even imagine.

For those victims, these novels give amazing strength that no other outlet in their lives provides.

Alexie continues: “I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons — in the form of words and ideas — that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.”

But as much as I cheer Alexie here, he’s not quite on the same page as Gurdon.

Alexie is fighting for the teens stuck in the worst possible situations. Gurdon is arguing that teens are still forming their world views, and wallowing in depravity will give otherwise happy teens a skewed and inhumane mindset.

What neither writer addresses is how teens approach reading. Gurdon seems to think that happy teens are devouring dark literature and instantly changing their personalities.

Yes, YA literature is transformative.

But if a book’s theme doesn’t relate to them personally, it’s not going to incite a change. They might as well be reading Shakespeare in elementary school — it’s not for them.

I tried reading the dark 2004 novel

“Crank” when it came out. Its themes, like meth, did nothing for me. It simply didn’t channel my thoughts or emotions.

I went back to reading what interested me, “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” and there was no harm done.

Adolescence is a sensitive time where big changes can still be made, but young adults aren’t passive sponges like young children. Hence, the “adult” in “young adult.” They read to be affected, and won’t read if they aren’t.

Plus, the grand majority of YA selection is not as bleak as Gurdon suggests. The American Library Association’s Top 10 YA books of 2010 include the standard adventure, drama, comedy and science fiction anyone would recognize from middle school book fair shelves.

Most importantly, if a teenager does read a book that’s darker than they’ve been exposed to, and it hits a chord, this is always a good thing.

Books lay out the emotions and thought processes behind otherwise enigmatic behaviors. Books reduce judgment and increase empathy. Whatever level a teen is connecting with a book, they are enjoying these benefits on that level. If it’s a dark level, it’s because they connect to it. It’s because that’s what they need at that time.

Gurdon worries that books like these will open an option of cutting or suicide that they hadn’t considered. But it’s much more likely to provide a more rational and humane grasp of a situation that before seemed out of their control. There is nothing wrong or dangerous about gaining empathy and sense out of a dark and confusing state of mind.

Gurdon’s heart was in the right place in her article, and I don’t think the anger she provoked was necessary. But she seems to think that authors are out to outdo each other in sensationalism as if they’re writing shock-value “Hostel” screenplays. This simply isn’t the case.

Young adult fiction authors write from their individual and true experience, just like any other writer. It’s never contrived to exploit a teen’s sensibilities. That’s not how fiction is written. And like Alexie writes, it’s naive to think that an adult’s expression can’t connect with that of an adolescent.

Darkness isn’t for everyone, but the best regulators of where teens feel emotional, humane payoff are those feeling those emotions themselves. It can’t corrupt if it doesn’t apply, and when it does, it can save lives.

CAMERON MOUNT IS A JUNIOR SECONDARY ENGLISH EDUCATION MAJOR. HE CAN BE REACHED AT CAMERONMOUNT@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

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Harry Potter is the boy wizard, someone our generation has grown up with. We have transitioned from childhood to young adulthood looking to Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger for courage, guidance and advice. Harry Potter and his lightning bolt scar have become symbolic for our generation.

On July 15, the cinematic portion of the saga will end.

And we have every indication that it will go out with a bang.

Across the country, theaters will fill with fans dressed in everything from wizarding robes and rounded spectacles to Quidditch uniforms and magic wands. Lincoln will be no different.

This year, Harry Potter fans in downtown Lincoln will have two options to see the midnight premiere of “Harry Potter and

the Deathly Hallows: Part II.” The first option is to buy a ticket to the midnight premiere – if they were quick enough.

“Ticket sales are very strong for opening night. Many locations are sold out,” said Carlo Petrick, director of communication for Marcus Theatres.

The midnight premiere at the Grand sold out quickly.

Fans also have the opportunity to buy a set of tickets for $45.

This will give them access to a two-day “Harry Potter” marathon at the Grand Theatre. On July 13, the Grand will be playing the first three “Harry Potter” movies, and the next day it will show the last four in the series.

The theater will then close the event with the midnight premiere of “Deathly Hollows: Part II.” If neither of these options appeals to the fans, there are still tickets available for opening day, opening weekend and for the coming weeks.

But no matter when fans decide to see the film, the midnight premiere is the centerpiece of the extravaganza.

“I fully anticipate that there will be a lot of people dressed in their favorite Harry Potter characters garb,” Petrick said.

“We always have a lot of people dressed like their favorite character.”

Harry Potter has been an important and iconic character to this generation, and many fans will be sad to see it end. The midnight premieres are a last siren call for followers who love the characters and the story, and who yearn for future offerings from J.K. Rowling that would continue the series past Harry’s Hogwarts years. Fans who wish that these midnight shows could last forever will turn out in force because, as Petrick put it, “They just have a lot of fun coming to the theater.”

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Twitterus!

The magical world of Harry Potter is colliding with the magical world of Twitter. Here are a couple accounts you may want to be on the lookout for. @JK_ROWLING, J.K. ROWLING

Yes, this is the legit Twitter account of the Harry Potter mastermind (it’s blue checkmarked and everything), however, she’s not worth following.

She’s only produced seven tweets, all of which say something to the effect of “Yes, this is the real J.K. Rowling.

No, I won’t be tweeting much.” Give her a break … she’s too busy creating literary magic and raking in billions of dollars to bother with silly, little Twitter.

ACTORS

The only two primary actors of the Harry Potter series to have verified Twitter accounts are Emma Watson (@EmWatson), who plays Hermione Granger, and Tom Felton (@TomFelton), who plays Draco Malfoy. Watson rarely tweets, but Felton reliably produces a couple each day. While both actors’ accounts are fairly generic (“I’m so excited for such-and-such premiere” … “Thank you to the fans” … etc.), a Harry Potter fanatic would enjoy the updates from the stars themselves. And there are the occasional gems that just make you LOL: Felton

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Map Pottermore With the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” on Friday, an era is coming to a close. And fans worldwide are wondering what their lives will be like post-Potter.

However, fans can stop fretting … at least for the time being. J.K. Rowling, the brain behind the seven-part book series, has found a way to extend the magic and give readers more Potter. Or rather, Pottermore.

Pottermore is described on its yet-to-belaunched website as “a free website that builds an exciting online experience around the reading of the Harry Potter books.”

In a YouTube video released on June 23, Rowling revealed (in a somewhat cryptic manner) that Pottermore will be “an online reading experience unlike any other.”

According to a Time magazine article, the site won’t be so much of a “Harry Potter” game, but rather a series of illustrated environments fashioned around moments from the books. The online user will be able to recreate the stories by traveling through places in the plot and exploring the scene for themselves, gaining additional information about the story in the process.

“It’s the same story, with a few crucial additions,” Rowling said in her announcement. “The most important one is you.

“Just as the experience of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create the story, so Pottermore will be built, in part, by you, the reader.”

Rowling, herself, will also be joining in the Pottermore experience, revealing new details about the world of Harry Potter that she’s been “hoarding for years.”

In addition to the online reading experience, Pottermore will also be the exclusive place to purchase digital audio books and, for the first time, e-books of the “Harry Potter” series.

The site is set to be open to the public in October. However, an online challenge presented on July 31 (which just so happens to be Harry Potter’s birthday) will allow a select group of fans early access to Pottermore.

“Pottermore is the place where fans of any age can share, participate in and rediscover the stories,” Rowling said.

-COMPILED BY SARAH MCCALLISTER

Harry Potter Day If you feel the need to pick up your “Harry Potter” books and reread them in anticipation of the last movie making its way to theaters, you’re not alone. According to Vicki Wood, youth services supervisor of the Lincoln City Libraries, everything “Harry Potter” has been checked out recently. The books, audio books, books on CD and the DVDs of the movies have all been in high demand, most likely in anticipation of the last “Harry Potter” movie, Wood said.

“Customers have commented that they’re reading the whole series because of the final movie coming out,” she added.

The “Harry Potter” book series is a popular subject among library customers, which is why the library is holding a Harry Potter Day on July 20 at the Gere Branch Library. The Eiseley branch already did a Harry Potter Day in June that 527 people attended, Wood said.

During Harry Potter Day, children can make hats, wands, house crests, potions and disappearing ink, Wood said. The Nature center will also bring an owl and a snake to the library, as well as a trivia game.

“People can wear costumes if they want, but there’s not a costume contest,” Wood said.

“It’s only if you want to wear one.”

KIMBUCKLEY@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

WHEN: July 20, 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Gere Branch Library COST: Free

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hirteen minutes and 41 seconds is hardly enough time to get to know someone.

Yet, in this business of music journalism, that’s about all you get with busy schedules, readers who want you to get to the point and low cellphone batteries.

Most musicians will leave it at that, too. That’s more than enough to work with, right?

Well, every so often there comes along a fellow like Luke Redfield with a little more on his mind than what a few of my questions can scrounge up.

He has novels of things to add, all packed into a handful of crisp stanzas sent in an email a few hours after the interview: “I busked my way through Europe in 2006.

“Lived in a 7-by-7-foot shack in Homer, Alaska, where I played with local musicians, including Jewel’s family.

“Been homeless on the streets of San Francisco, where I sold my bike and car so I could eat.

“Slept on the floor of a recording studio in Austin, Texas, for a couple months.”

Just a little more info to toss in, you know. And to think, Redfield also managed to fit six years of living in Alliance, Neb., my hometown of less than 10,000 that doesn’t offer much in the way of wild adventures. This guy has been everywhere, man, and you know what they say about what goes around. It comes back to spill its soul for the culturally impoverished panhandle after filling up on Lincoln just a few days before.

Daily Nebraskan: I’ll start by saying I’m from Alliance,

and from Facebook, it looks like we’ve got some mutual friends including my old neighbor and bandmate and my old babysitter. When did you live in Alliance, and what did you do?

Luke Redfield: I lived there when I was a child, from the ages of 7 to 13, so I was a little kid. My dad was a preacher there. We moved around a lot, but I was born and raised in Minnesota and lived in Alliance those years.

DN: So having lived there, what is it about Alliance that made you want to go back just a few months after your last show?

LR: Well, I hadn’t been back in about 10 years. It’s a great little town in the middle of nowhere. I played at 1910 (the Secret Coffeehouse) in the spring, and I saw a bunch of old friends, and everyone was really appreciative. Do you know Timm Hoff?

DN: Yeah, I do.

LR: He treated me really well, and we had a good turnout, so I wanted to come back and play another in Alliance.

DN: How do shows in small towns like that compare with ones at theaters, like the one you’ll have here in Lincoln?

LR: When I went to Alliance, it was sold out and, like I said, everyone seemed to like the show. I’ve also played shows in small towns where there are just a few people, though. If they promote it enough, it’s always a good time because small towns off the grid don’t get too much talent coming through, and when they do, they appreciate it. Alliance, Scottsbluff, Chadron, that whole area is kind of special for that fact. They respect

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was also published on hearnebraska.org. The reporter is working as both an intern for Hear Nebraska and a reporter for the Daily Nebraskan.

the arts, and whenever touring artists are coming through, they patronize and respect them.

DN: Now just talking about your music in general, do you have a favorite song to play?

LR: I’ve been writing some new ones lately, but in terms of playing live, I don’t know if I have a favorite. “Down the Line” is a fun singalong, a railroad hopping anthem. There’s one about the working-class family on the range up near where I was born, too, that I like quite a bit. Those are special because they recall a place that’s dear to me, and they all have catchy choruses (laughs).

Lately, I’ve been writing more poetic, little bit darker stuff.

I’m working on a new record now, and I’m done recording.

But I’ve been writing more stuff the past couple weeks, just more literate, a little weirder, avant-garde, not typical straight-up traditional folk, but folk with elements of art folk, for lack of a better term.

It’s stream-of-consciousness where I strum some chords and say whatever’s on my mind. Sometimes the words won’t make sense as much as they describe a feeling. Some of my stuff now that I play is very literal in that it describes a story, while this is more fragmented, open to interpretation.

DN: Do you have an idea why you’ve drifted more to that style of writing now?

LR: I don’t know why — I’ve always written that way every so often, but those songs haven’t made the album in the

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Weak characters Web creates endless hurt strong comedy musical opportunities CAMERON MOUNT DAILY NEBRASKAN

If comedies exist to make us laugh, “Horrible Bosses” is entirely effective. It delivers steady laughs beginning to end, escalates when it needs to and restrains itself enough to not lose the audience, a la most Will Ferrell movies.

But despite a cast with excellent rapport (and Charlie Day of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” at his lovingly madcap best), it doesn’t click on all of the levels it could have. It borrows heavily from “The Hangover,” but never seems to realize that if it took a few more risks, it would have just as much potential to be an enduring classic.

“Horrible Bosses” manages to stay fresh despite a not entirely original plot. Three friends hate their respective bosses and decide their lives would be better if the bosses were dead. What starts as hypothetical drunken banter turns into a trip to a seedy bar to track down a hitman. Like “The Hangover,” much of the comedy comes out of surprise and escalation, so the rest is left unexplained.

A principal joke in the movie is how similarly the characters’ situation parallels Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train.” Like in that movie, the characters decide to “trade murders” in order to erase any motive in case they are caught.

Unfortunately, this awareness of influences is part of what keeps the movie from excelling. The problem isn’t that the movie is too close to “Strangers on a Train,” “Office Space” or “The Hangover.” Nothing is ever completely

original, and those influences are balanced quite well here.

But the best comedies know when to add a jolt of originality, a quotable catchphrase or a bombshell twist. There’s a feeling of disappointment even behind the big laughs in “Horrible Bosses” that it’s not quite going far enough or treading its own territory. The pop culture references are better suited for a weekly show like “30 Rock” than for a feature film.

Kevin Spacey was born to play this kind of soulless slime, and Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell give their all as the other horrible bosses. They’re surprisingly effective villains, even beyond the over-the-top cameo factor.

The three good guys (well, aspiring murderers, but more on that later) have a fantastic rapport, but never quite define themselves enough to constitute an entire movie. Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis’s characters have no family or life outside their jobs to speak of, and Charlie Day’s fiancee only factors into two quick scenes.

This isn’t helped by the fact that Bateman and Sudeikis are much too similar and exist mainly to bounce witty dialogue back and forth. It’s genuinely funny dialogue, mind you, but it’s not tied to any three-dimensional character you can get to know. You’ll laugh, but you won’t remember them after you leave the theater.

Not only are the characters flat, but they’re glaringly inconsistent.

The movie’s charm comes largely from the three main characters being likable, mostly rational, nice guys. Sudeikis’s character claims that people will die under his boss’s new environmental plan, but he’s the only one even close to an ethical argument for

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murder, and it still doesn’t fit with anything else his character has said or done.

I don’t care if comedic protagonists are moral or not. Comedy is specifically meant to push those buttons. But comedies do still have an obligation to make me believe in the characters, even if it’s on a ridiculous and offensive level.

Because of this, the ending has no choice but to be an obligatory, empty wrap-up. There’s just no way to resolve things where there’s no real substance to begin with.

That said, “Horrible Bosses” is the funniest movie to come out in quite a while. While its characters aren’t as strong, it nailed dialogue and big laughs much better than “The Hangover Part II.” But even though “The Hangover Part II” disappointed me, it will likely stick with me longer than “Horrible Bosses.” The “Hangover” crew simply knows how to create an event movie, one with solid, lasting personas.

Obviously, not every comedy with “Hangover” similarities has to work within the same archetype, but “Horrible Bosses” clearly sets up some unmet expectations.

Day’s energy alone is worth a ticket, and you’ll likely laugh more than at any other movie this year. I just wouldn’t expect a “Horrible Bosses Part II.” CAMERONMOUNT@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

RURAL: FROM 2 applications in order to bridge these socioeconomic gaps. One of the most important teaching methods has been through social networking and how those networking sites can be useful to business operations.

Yet as UNL works to bridge these gaps, there haven’t been any significant problems, at least none that keep the university’s audience in the dark.

“We adjust our programs to reach our audiences,” Lubben said. “Audiences that don’t access the Web find us through the local extension office.

We’re still reaching all those audiences.”

This gives the university something to work toward. Using the information from the poll, UNL can understand that it isn’t the inability to connect

that keeps people from using digital technology. Instead, it is the monetary issue that must be addressed, instead.

“That’s sort of the fundamental priority with how to connect all those audiences and get them more connected to the information we offer,” Lubben said.

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Piracy in music has been an issue since the dawn of the Internet.

However, regardless of your stance on music piracy, the Web is a great tool for the DIY musician — and that’s not limited to indie and punk bands. Any genre can get in on the amazing resources the Internet has to offer.

Bandcamp.com is a website many bands are using now to distribute their music. It allows for bands to take in donations for downloads instead of set prices.

Of course, it also allows for setting prices, as well as free downloads.

It’s a wonderful way to get your music out there to a large audience. A quick browse through the artists page gives you an extremely diverse range of acts spanning most all genres. I could spend hours downloading music from these bands.

Kickstarter.com is also a great tool. It allows creatives (writers, musicians, artists, etc.) to submit proposals. The accepted proposals are submitted to the Kickstarter community, and funding

is garnered through the awesomeness that is crowdsourcing. Many bands fund recordings and production of CDs through Kickstarter. If the full funding goal isn’t made, have no fear, investor: You will get your money back. If it goes above the goal, that just means the artist gets to put out a better product.

Donations are based on an incentive scale, giving out gifts/services for each money amount. Andrew Huang of Songs To Wear Pants To and Your Heart fame ended up selling his banjo (lovingly named Ban Jovi) to an extremely supportive fan to support the creation of a music video.

MySpace is still a fairly legitimate tool for bands. Its interface has always been modestly media friendly, allowing bands to upload photos, music and video, often without many limitations to space.

In fact, MySpace originated as a music-only service.

Purevolume.com is another music-themed social media site from the Web 2.0 boom of the early 2000s. My favorite part of Purevolume is the random band generator at the bottom of the website. Enter in a genre or two and it’ll give you a random band that fits into your desires, ranging from small indie acts to larger national acts.

And finally, for the touring bands, there’s Indie on the Move (indieonthemove.com). It is by far

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the best DIY touring social media site out there. Across the country, bands and venues alike are putting shows up that need bands and musicians to play. Knickerbockers and Duffy’s have used Indie on the Move to fill up shows. They also offer an email service that sends out show announcements in cities across the country. Often these shows are aimed at specific genres or draws. It’s a great tool for finding out about shows, and artists are able to offer reviews on venues.

This is probably the best part of Indie on the Move: It’s saved me from playing absolutely terrible venues that wouldn’t pay artists.

There are gigabytes of resources out there for musicians to grab.

Despite my extremely pretentious and cynical view on the music industry, now is the best time for DIY musicians to grow and flourish. So have at thee and make something awesome of yourself!

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The event is completely voland drag queens and kings. There ed by B & L Productions. There will also be a variety of local artists is no cover charge; attendees must unteer-run, and Kugler said they still have a few shifts to cover, inand performers, including bands, be 19 or older. poets, solo artists and belly dancKugler said they expect 3,500 cluding setup, tear down, security, ers. The night will close with a people to attend Star City Pride recycling and cleanup Sunday afternoon. For more information, or dance featuring DJ Spencelove. year.

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What: Roost will study the role of women’s nongovernmental organizations in Rwanda’s post-genocide recovery.

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Why: She became interested in Caribbean literature after taking a women’s literature course as an undergraduate in 1997.

What: Walker will research how Jamaican women address the statue of women through letter-writing since 1962.

Fun Fact: Walker was involved with UNL’s Transnational Feminism Group.

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Recipient: Alexandria Knipe Grade: Graduate student Country: Turkey Why: She became interested in Turkish pottery because she thought their surfaces were unique.

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DN: And having seen the world, how does Nebraska stack up with everywhere else?

LR: It gets made fun of a lot in other places I’ve been (laughs), but I have a soft spot for it. Coming back to it now, I love that people are laidback, friendly, with not a lot to prove. It’s not the hustle and bustle you see in New York or London, and the heartland is a great place, cornfields and prairies, people just loving life especially in the summertime, around the Fourth of July.

Since I lived here as a kid, and I’ve had fun playing, I hope to continue the tour through there and play at least once a year as long as I can.

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It’s cool.to read the newspaper.

past. Sometimes I’ll just write about towns and people I’ve met. But I’ll do a lot of reading poetry and novels, and I’ll channel some of those authors. If I’m traveling, I’ll sing about experiences, and if I’m reading, I’ll write about that.

DN: Are you reading anything right now?

LR: I’ve been reading “The Sea Wolf” by Jack London.

That’s it right now, just Jack London. In the past, I read a lot of psychology, Joseph Campbell, Albert Camus, philosophy, some English and Spanish poets. I read a lot of Keruoac and Mark Twain when I was younger that got me inspired to travel the world.

DN: Do you think you were always meant to see the world, or was it something in what you read that brought that out of you?

LR: Yeah, subconsciously I think I always wanted to travel, but it didn’t really strike me till my mid-20s that I should see the world. I had a longing, but I pretty much stayed put in Minnesota and Nebraska before I decided to really see the world for myself. But I was pretty content to be wherever I was as a kid. It was the travel journals of other authors, vagabond authors of America that really got me going. And once you’re on the road, it

Recipient: Sarah Lee Grade: Graduate Country: South Korea Why: Lee hopes to experience a new culture and meet new people.

What: Lee will work as an English teaching assistant.

Fun Fact: Lee studied in Lima, Peru, during the summer of 2008.

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