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Dan Glickman, former U.S. secretary of agriculture, speaks in front of a crowd in the Great Plains room at the Nebraska East Union. Glickman emphasizes the importance of agricultural jobs in the United States and their need for growth.

Panel discusses US agriculture’s uncertain future Melissa Allen DN Tuesday night, about 500 Nebraska citizens, students and state senators attended a panel discussion on food and agricultural production in the first Heuermann Lecture of the semester.

Ronnie Green, vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, led a panel discussion in the Nebraska East Union. The members were: Catherine Woteki, United States Department of Agriculture undersecretary for research, education and economics, Dan Glickman, a former U.S. secretary of agriculture, and Philip Pardey, director of the University of Minnesota International Science and Technology Practice and Policy center.

The discussion, titled “Regaining the U.S. Lead in Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education,” addressed topics of food security and development and how the U.S. compares with other agriculturally driven countries, such as China, Brazil and India.

This year marks the third year of the Heuermann Lectures.

Martin Massengale, director of the Center for Grassland Studies, serves on the advising committee for the lectures and is involved in the speaker selection process.

“The panel this evening is appropriate for the discussion on how to regain leadership in the U.S. in agriculture like it has in the past,” Massengale said earlier in the day.

“The former secretary will have a good impression and understanding of the current status in research and education of where we stand and what is needed to push us back to the top.”

Before the panel discussion, speakers made introductory speeches on the current state of agriculture in the country and the projections of production for the future.

“The growing food system is growing more fragile,” Glickman said during the lecture. “But the U.S. holds a unique position in the global call for action.”

One issue in food production is public awareness of agricultural issues, the panelists pointed out.

“In public relations, food issues are being talked about as more people are aware of what they are eating,” Glickman said. “But we hear very, very little about agriculture in the future. It creates a negative perception on agriculture.”

In the U.S., agriculture provides 10 percent of jobs. Land-grant universities, such as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, receive 50 percent of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s total grants to agricultural research and technology. However, the total factor productivity, or longterm change in agricultural technology, has been declining for the past decade. Because of this, China has surpassed the U.S. in agriculture research.

“There is the recognition of the magnitude of the future challenges of agriculture, both in the U.S. and globally,” Woteki said. “It’s important to recognize this as a national security issue. Agriculture has a role to play in the solution in the incoming challenges of the future.”

Dave Bruntz, a farmer from Friend, Neb., and UNL alumnus, said the importance of the lectures is not just to inform people on the problems and answers of world issues, but to showcase the university’s efforts to keep up with food production research. “(I learned) about how important wheat research is,” said Bruntz, who is a member of the Nebraska Corn Board. “The setting up of High Plains (agriculture lab) in Grant, Nebraska has timing with the U.S.’ role in the world food supply.”

Past lectures are archived at the Heuermann Lectures website, “and they feature a variety of speakers who range from UNL faculty to World Food Prize recipients to past U.S. secretaries of agriculture,” said Judy Nelson, Heuermann Lectures project manager, in an email. “Each brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with the audience.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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incoln has a drinking problem.

A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early January ranked Lincoln as the 10th drunkest city in the U.S. The ranking reported 33.2 percent of Lincoln residents have a drinking problem, defined as either binge drinking or heavy drinking.

While the drinking rate for Lincoln is at a high, the drinking rate for students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has decreased during the past 15 years. Linda Major, assistant to the vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said the university has made major strides to lower the binge drinking rate across campus since 1998.

The binge drinking rate among UNL students in 1998 was 62.4 percent, decreasing to 40.7 percent by the spring of 2012, according to Major.

“Obviously there’s always improvements to be made,” Major said. “Still, we rank below the national binge drinking rate which is between 45 and 46 percent.”

Duke Engel, substance abuse counselor at the University Health Center, said he was initially surprised when he learned of the CDC rankings.

“I was surprised because of the

Parking and Transit asks for 6 percent fees increase Parking director requests $72,000 increase, UHC requests no budget increase Kelli Rollin DN Parking and Transit Services requested a $72,088 increase to its budget, or a $1.57 increase in student fees per semester, at Tuesday night’s Committee for Fees Allocation meeting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

At the same meeting, the University Health Center presented a budget plan that would allow for construction of a new building without an increase in student fees.

Dan Carpenter, Parking and Transit Services director, said the requested 6.3 percent increase is because of the transition of having Star-

Tran operate campus bus routes. Last school year, the university operated buses in addition to StarTran as the transition was going on. This year, StarTran operates all routes and the university operates none, so costs differed.

“It’s our mission to transport students in and around campus and in between campuses,” Carpenter said.

He said the transition to StarTran was ultimately cost effective because the university would’ve needed to purchase several new buses. The five-year cost for having UNL and StarTran provide bus service was $1,537,600.58 more than having StarTran operate for five years.

Carpenter said ridership has increased and December 2013 ridership doubled December 2012 ridership.

The increase also accounts for Parking and Transit Services paying for 50 percent of transit costs instead of the previous 49 percent. Student fees previously covered 51 percent of fees but now will also cover 50 percent to make it an even split.

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“We’re trying to have a hold on fees or have a small rate of growth on fees, which is challenging when costs continue to increase,” Carpenter said.

He said the communication between Parking and Transit Services and StarTran has “greatly improved” and that secret riders check up on the bus services weekly.

Carpenter said Parking and Transit Services puts out an annual survey to get feedback. He said they’re looking at creating specific bus routes that won’t stop at every corner on 27th Street so buses are on time and flow better. He said 27th Street stops and prompt arrival of buses have been a concern.

Also, to attract more students to perimeter parking, Carpenter said he’s looking at reducing the cost and will advertise that when the time comes. He said the permit cost could be reduced from $26 a month to $23.

Fuel and maintenance of buses factor into the budget, but Carpenter

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to combat binge drinking. efforts made and the importance of Major said the university uses the issue at the university,” Engel an environmental approach, besaid. ginning with the local hospitality Many students plan their social scene. For example, she said UNL lives around drinking, which can cut into overall success during col- works regularly with bars and restaurants in the downtown area to lege, he said.

“We want students not to just talk to owners about not over-serving customers and implementing to survive college, we want them to and following all laws surrounding thrive here,” Engel said. drinking.

Drinking habits can also stay The University Health Center with students long after college is can also provide screenings, brief over.

“The more and longer a person interventions and alcohol education drinks during college, the more like- for students.

The UNL Campus Task Force, ly they are to carry on that way after which meets every college is done,” Entwo weeks and is gel said.

We want comprised of variThe key to not ous groups around getting carried away students campus, is in the with partying is to not to just survive process of planning plan ahead, he said, new projects to help He said when college, we want combat binge drinkstudents come to ing. One new project him for help, he them to thrive is a bystander interstarts with having here.” vention program, them take a look at which will provide their abusive drinkDave Engel information on how ing habits and begin substance abuse counselor to help in sticky situto look at healthy ations. boundaries.

“We find that “You can’t drink heavily Wednesday, Thursday, students want to take care of each Friday, Saturday and Sunday and other,” Major said. “People think think that it won’t negatively im- ‘Maybe, I should do something,’ and the truth is that everyone is pact you,” he said.

Aside from counseling, the uni- thinking that.”

The group is also in efforts to versity offers alternate approaches

reduce football gameday drinking that happens in the parking area of the Indian Center on Military Road.

“Many students are under the impression that you can’t get in trouble for drinking there because police can’t patrol it,” Major said.

“That is not true at all.”

She said the group is aiming to reduce consumption and legal problems at the center.

With the university’s past efforts, Major said there have been other significant changes.

Since 1998, there has been a 44 percent decrease in wild party complaints to local police and a 77 percent decrease in repeat party complaint offenders, Major said.

Aside from legal problems, there are other incentives to students setting boundaries for their alcohol consumption.

“Students pre-occupy their time with planning social lives around drinking, which is unfortunate,” Engel said.

He said he wishes more students would take advantage of the different clubs, such as Campus Nightlife Activities and other opportunities.

“I want students to stop and think about what they are doing,” Engel said. “Are you missing some wonderful opportunity because you didn’t stop to find out about it?” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Explore Center helps students find interests The center for exploratory, prelaw and pre-health majors extends hours for students Mara Klecker DN With questions on their minds and schedules in their hands, students lined up for advising at the Explore Center on Tuesday.

It’s one of the busiest times of the year for the office, a resource center for exploratory, pre-health and pre-law majors located in Love South 127, and the seven advisers have their doors open, meeting briefly with

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each student. The walk-in policy will continue through the first week of classes between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to accommodate increased demand.

Explore Center Assistant Director Katie Kerr encourages students to come by this week and look into opportunities and events the center will offer throughout the semester.

“We are always here, our doors are always open, and we love to do as much planning with and helping students that we can,” Kerr said.

Planning and helping can include mock interviews, practice LSAT exams or a proofread of an application essay. It could be a meeting with a representative from a dream medical school or law school. Or for the exploratory majors, it could be an advising session or a chance to meet students from different majors to

hear more about programs they may be interested in.

“We have a good grasp on all of the different exploratory courses offered and we have the connections with all of the colleges and advisors, so we can really help direct undecided students to classes and people that are going to help them find a right fit,” Kerr said.

This semester, the Explore Center plans on hosting events such as Speed Date Your Major, where exploratory students can hear quick highlights of various majors offered. The center will also sponsor free career placement tests, as well as many preprofessional workshops where students can learn about topics from resume writing to interviewing.

Though Katherine Kruse, a

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Spring Into Wellness: Healthy Weight Management when: 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. where: Nebraska East Union

Private donations to fund library project Lane Chasek dn Private fundraising will be required to make the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries renovations a reality, Libraries Dean Nancy Busch said in an open forum Tuesday.

Busch said private donors have already donated money to the Library Commons project – which is expected to be complete in fall 2015 – although she was unable to disclose who had given the money or how much had been given.

But money still needs to be raised for the terrace and gardens that will potentially surround Love Library once this project is completed. Busch said the land around Love Library will cost approximately $5 million to landscape.

“So anybody who wants that entire area named after them, feel free to donate $5 million,” Busch said jokingly.

No one involved in the project

has been surprised by the costs, Busch said.

“The infrastructure on the first floor of Love North needs to be updated,” Busch said. “Many of the stacks of books there are aren’t ADA-accessible. Space is also an issue. The Burnett testing center, the largest on City Campus, only has 68 seats. The Library Commons will have 2,000, not just for testing but for other activities as well.”

Busch also said C.Y. Thompson Library on East Campus will be renovated in the near future.

However, unlike the project on City Campus, the C.Y. Thompson project is still in the planning stages. Busch said the plan for C.Y. Thompson Library will be submitted to the NU Board of Regents by March.

Though the plan for UNL Libraries is extensive and expensive, Busch said the renovations that will be made are necessary.

Dana Boden, agricultural li-

brarian for C.Y. Thompson Library, said she looks forward to the upcoming renovations on both campuses. The library was told for a while that it wasn’t on the radar for renovation, and the staff is excited for a newly renovated building, she said.

“It’s also amazing how much libraries have changed these past few years,” Boden said. “So much is online now, and UNL Libraries will now be able to provide our students with this information completely for free. This truly is an exciting time. I’ve been working as a librarian for 30 years, and I know that change is constant. But change just seems to keep speeding up.”

Busch also said UNL Libraries may purchase Content Café software, which will allow students to preview a book’s table of contents, as well as other parts of the book.

The information forum was one of several that have been held since fall semester.

These forums allow students,

COurtesy photo faculty and staff to learn about the latest developments taking place in the development of the Library Commons project. Future forums will be held throughout spring semester, with the next forum on Jan. 30.

The Board of Regents will vote

on whether the Library Commons project will proceed as planned at its Jan. 24 meeting.

Though the project still must be voted on to advance to the next stage, Busch is optimistic the project will be approved. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Paul A. Olson Seminar: The Trans-Mississippi Exposition when: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q. St.

Annual series kicks off Gonorrhea rates with groundwater lecture increase in Nebraska, US gabrielle lazaro dn

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MyRED, Blackboard, MyPLAN?!?! when: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. where: Love Library South, Room 110

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“Green Fire” Film Screening when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Hardin Hall, Room 107

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Blue Nebraska when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St.

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Meadowlark Open Mic Night when: 8 p.m. where: Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 1624 South St.

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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus with Zed Tempo and John Larsen when: 9 p.m. where: Vega, 350 Canopy St., Suite 220

correction A headline in Tuesday’s Daily Nebraskan about the Sheldon Museum of Art’s new leadership contained an error regarding Christin Mamiya’s title. She is interim director of the Sheldon.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s annual series of water lectures will begin again Wednesday. This year ’s series is focusing on rural water issues.

The School of Natural Resources and the Nebraska Water Center, which is a part of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, are sponsoring these lectures, which UNL has held for the past 40 years to present university research and extension programming to the public for free.

“UNL has both undergraduate and graduate programs in the water sciences and has quite extensive water research and extension programming,” said Steve Ress, communications coordinator at the Nebraska Water Center. “One of our goals, particularly, is to be one of the pre-emanate water research institutes in the country.”

This year ’s water lectures will last until April 23, all from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the first floor auditorium of Hardin Hall on UNL’s East Campus.

The eight-week lecture session will feature both local and national speakers from the University of Illinois, Purdue University, George Mason University and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. In-state speakers are from UNL, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Hastings Utilities and The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District.

Generally, a committee is put together and speakers are invited, some local to the university and others are national level speakers, Ress said. There can be faculty and state or federal experts in water issues, he added.

“Every year we try to group the lectures together into some kind of theme or a common topic area, and this year we’re primarily doing rural water issues,” he said.

The first speaker, Marty Link, associate director of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, will speak about ground water quality in Nebraska.

“I’m going to give a lot of background on ground water itself ­where it’s at, where it comes from,” she said. “I think that’s all part of understanding ground water, giving some background on it, because so many people take advantage of it here in Nebraska. You turn on your water and don’t even think about where that’s coming from.

I want people to be more aware of where their water ’s coming from.”

Link said educating the public about where ground water comes from is an important part of the effort to protect it.

“My example is recycling,” she said. “You know, 50 years ago people didn’t think of anything of tossing cans and paper out ­ even throwing it out the window driving down the road­ and now people have waste bins for recycling and it’s all because of education.”

Link has spoken at many UNL functions, including the Oct. 15 University Water Confer-

CDC reports show nationwide increases in three STDs, but Nebraska’s rates are below average Courtesy photo

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has hosted annual lectures relating to water issues for the last 40 years.

Water Lecture Schedule All lectures are from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Hardin Hall’s first-floor auditorium

Jan. 15 Ground Water Quality in Nebraska Marty Link, associate director of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

Jan. 22 Williams Memorial Lecture: Rural Private Wells: Concerns and Well Owner Responsibilities Steve Wilson, groundwater hydrologist at the Center for Groundwater Science, Illinois State Water Survey at The Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign Feb. 12 Social Capacity: Getting Producers to the Conservation Table Linda Prokopy, associate professor of natural resources planning at Purdue University Feb. 26 A Vision for an Ultra-High Resolution Integrated Water Cycle Observation and Prediction System Paul Houser, professor of global hydrology, George Mason University March 12 Kremer Memorial Lecture: A New Approach to Source Water Protection Planning: Groundwater Site Investigations Becky Ohrtman, SWP program director, and Dan Cook, project manager at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources April 2 The Potential to Increase Agricultural Water Use Efficiency through Variable Rate Irrigation Tim Shaver, nutrient management specialist at the UNL West Central Research and Extension Center April 9 Nitrate and Uranium in Drinking Water Marty Stange, environmental supervisor at Hastings Utilities Karrie Weber, assistant professor at UNL School of Biological Sciences April 23 Managing Water Resources for Multiple Benefits Don Kraus, general manager at the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District ence, as well as many national meetings for the Ground Water

Protection Counsel.

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staff report DN Gonorrhea is on the rise in Nebraska.

Cases of the sexually transmitted diseases increased 5.7 percent between 2011 and 2012 in Nebraska, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual STD survey released Jan. 8. Nationwide, gonorrhea increased 4.1 percent.

The survey also found that chlamydia and syphilis are increasing nationwide — chlamydia by 0.7 percent and syphilis by 11 percent. In Nebraska, however, syphilis and chlamydia both slightly decreased.

For all three STDs, though, Nebraska had fewer cases per 100,000 people. According to the report, Nebraskan rates of gonorrhea for 2012 were 77.6 per 100,000 people compared to 107.5 nationwide. Primary and secondary syphilis were at a rate of .4 per 100,000 Nebraskans compared to 5 cases per 100,000 people nationwide. Chlamydia was at a rate of 366.2 Nebraskans per 100,000 compared to 456.7 people per 100,000 nationwide.

According to a 2010 CDC report on Nebraskan STDs, Nebraska ranks 40th in syphilis infections and 35th in chlamydia and gonorrhea infections in the U.S. Both gonorrhea and syphilis are bacterial STDs, which if caught early can be treated and cured.

According to University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Health Center, the three easiest ways of reducing your chance of STDs is by wearing a condom, limiting your sexual partners and getting tested.

“There (are) a couple of reliable ways of reducing the risk for STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections),” said Lee Heerten, a wellness educator for UHC’s Sexual Health Education and Outreach.

“The most obvious would be to use condoms. Condoms reduce the risk of almost all STIs, including gonorrhea and syphilis.

Reducing your number of partners can also reduce your risk.”

He had one more tip.

“Though it doesn’t necessarily decrease the risk, we encourage people to get regularly tested for STIs,” he said. “The sooner you know you’re infected, or you’ve tested positive for one of these things, the sooner you can get treated and prevent spreading it to somebody else.”

Researchers from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Nebraska Adult Sexual Literacy Project are planning on sending out a survey this Friday to 3,000 households to determine

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the sexual literacy of Nebraskans. Dr. Christopher Fisher, an assistant professor at UNMC, said in a press release that people should be knowledgeable in all forms of health and sexuality in order to help provide accurate information to their children and help prevent the spread of illness.

Once the survey returns and reveals what Nebraskans don’t know, Fisher will be able to work with partners in order to inform Nebraskans and increase sexual literacy. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Vice chancellor reviews research at Faculty Senate Nicole Rauner dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Faculty Senate looked at a variety of issues at its first meeting of 2014.

Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development, discussed the Research and Economic Development Growth Initiative and said federal spending had stabilized or decreased in regards to money for research purposes.

The initiative’s plan is to get goals together and do collective steps to achieve Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s 2017 campus goals, such as reaching $300 million in research expenditures and doubling the amount of faculty who receive national awards and faculty working in the private sector.

“I think we still believe in a longer term,” Paul said. “The goal we set forth, we will achieve those.”

The High Power Laser Science Collaboratory, sponsored by an $1.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation, will be available for faculty to use in late spring, Paul said.

Paul also praised the East Memorial Stadium Research Fa-

cilities, which is one of the first athletic facilities mixed with academics. The sector is 28,200 square feet of labs and offices, as well as 24,191 square feet of the Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory.

Matthew Hecker, dean of students, reviewed the racially insensitive incidents that occurred on campus last year as a member of University Appeals and Judicial Board. He said while multiple incidents were indeed insensitive, there wasn’t always action that could be taken to the Judicial Board.

“The students don’t understand what we cannot do,” Hecker said.

He said not everything can have judicial action, but academic actions can be pursued through the university on a scholastic level. With a particular incident of an insensitive word written in chalk on a public sidewalk on campus, Hecker explained there wasn’t a lot to do because there was no indication of what student did this or if it was even a student.

Members agreed that the faculty also needs to be educated on these types of problems as well as students. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Studies sex could improve intelligence, researchers find

A romp under the covers may actually improve your intelligence, according to studies conducted by researchers in Maryland and South Korea.

Two studies, one by the University of Maryland and one

by Konkuk University in Seoul, showed that sexual activity in mice and rats improved mental performance and the production of new neurons in the area of the brain that stores long-term memories.

Another group of researchers in Texas published a study last month correlating a lack of sexual activity with mild cognitive impairment, often a condition preceding Alzheimer’s.

‘16 and Pregnant’ led to decrease in teen pregnancies

The MTV show “16 and Pregnant” has led to a decrease in the number of teen pregnancies, according to a study released Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

In the 18 months following the show’s premiere in 2009, teen births dropped 5.7 percent. The researchers said the show accounts for one-third of the overall decline in teen births in those months.

Researchers found that the show led to increased Google searches and tweets about sexual health, contraceptives and abortion.

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coffee enhances short-term memory, says johns hopkins Study Beyond improving focus, caffeine can also enhance working short-term memory, found researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

The study, published Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience, tested subjects’ image memory after giving them caffeine.

Those with the larger dose — ­ 200 to 300 milligrams, or about half of a Starbucks venti coffee —­performed better on the test. The placebo had a larger effect on the subjects than the small dose of caffeine – 100 milligrams.

Hallucinations common in long-term gaming

Heavy gamers may experience hallucination-like experiences found one study by the Nottingham Trent University International Gaming Research Unit in the United Kingdom.

Researchers collected data from 483 gamers through online forums, finding that many gamers experience “distorted versions of real-world surroundings,” a condition called Game Transfer Phenomena, or GTP, where the sensory stimulation from the game transfers to the player’s reality. GTP is similar to the Tetris Effect, which occurs when people devote so much time to an activity that it begins to pattern thoughts, mental images and dreams.

The data did not include the gamers’ psychological profiles, so much of the data was self-reported.

—compiled by mara klecker, news@ dailynebraskan.com

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said he’s thankful gas prices have decreased, at least for the time being.

Parking and Transit Services has requested and received budget increases every year since 2010 with one exception in 2011-12, amounting to a total increase of $750,912 during the last five years.

Dr. James Guest, director of the University Health Center, presented a budget that would finance a new building without raising student fees, as requested by Chancellor Harvey Perlman. The student fees paid to the UHC will remain the same as this year.

Guest said the budget is “somewhat fragile,” meaning future budgets will depend on things such as increased enrollment or more contracts with insurance companies for other sources of revenue.

“We’re trying to have a hold on fees or have a small rate of growth...which is challenging when costs continue to increase.” dan carpenter parking and transit services director

He said the health center has been able to save money by converting to electronic records and salary savings. For example, Guest said the UHC doesn’t do drug testing for the athletic department anymore, so when the employee that dealt with the tests retires, the position won’t be replaced.

UHC employees may receive salary increases in the future, but Guest said he won’t expect student

fees to cover any of those increases because of Perlman’s request.

“We were asked not to increase student fees or charges, and that’s what we’re going to do,” Guest said.

CFA will announce its recommendations of allocations for UHC and Parking and Transit Services at its Thursday meeting. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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sophomore elementary education major, knew what her interest was coming into college, she sees the importance of the Explore Center. After working there for more than a year, she said the best part of the job is seeing students find an interest after using the center ’s resources.

“It’s great to see students who don’t yet know what they want to do and, because of us can, identify what they are passionate about,” Kruse said. “That’s really the goal here ­ help students find their passion.”

Kruse also said the Explore Center is a positive place. Students can come in and meet someone who is excited to help. Kerr agreed.

“Our staff is energetic,” Kerr said. “We really do love working

It’s great to see students who don’t yet know what they want to do, and because of us, can identify what they’re passionate about.

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with students who are trying to find their interests, so we have a plethora of resources available to help.”

Both Kerr and Kruse want to see more students take advantage of the resources. In the center ’s year and a half of existence, Kerr said student traffic has increased dramatically, and the feedback has been positive. Looking toward this semester, she said she

hopes to see that continue, with more students attending events and meeting with advisers.

However, students themselves must take the first step.

“The sooner students come into see us, the sooner we can start helping them,” Kerr said. “That’s why we are here, and that’s why our doors are open.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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OPINION

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 dailynebraskan.com

d n e d i to r i a l b oa r d m e m b e r s HAILEY KONNATH

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Athletes need equal consequences

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Strict parameters place Lincoln on undesirable list Lincoln landed on a list that doesn’t deserve a toast.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Lincoln the 10th drunkest city in the country, with 33.2 percent of Lincolnites having some form of drinking problem. But it’s important to note how the CDC defines different categories of drinking.

The DN Editorial Board feels that the parameters used in the study were too stringent. Heavy drinking was defined as having more than one drink a day, and binge drinking as a man having more than five drinks in one sitting and a woman having more than four. We may have a lot of people who fall under the CDC’s umbrella of “drinking problems,” but it’s also worth recognizing that we live in a college town and a social center of Nebraska.

The ranking also fails to recognize the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s efforts to reduce drinking on campus. It’s true heavy drinking can be a part of the college experience, but current rates are well below what they were in the late ‘90s.

The board applauds the UNL Campus Task Force for working on several programs to encourage healthy habits and provide resources for dealing with them habits may become unhealthy.

On the other hand, we as students must also take it upon ourselves to remember to be responsible. Be safe while drinking. Remember to stay hydrated, keep track of how much you’re drinking, don’t leave your drink unattended and always have a designated driver. Be smart with balancing your work and play.

Let’s raise our glasses to starting off the spring semester without a hangover.

opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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ameis Winston, the Heisman-winning quarterback for the national champion Florida State University football team, was accused of rape by a young woman. In a press conference last month announcing that no charges would be filed against Winston, the prosecuting attorney gave a bizarre conference filled with laughter and light humor.

Much to the delight of FSU, Winston played in the national championship game and helped the team beat Auburn 34-31. Athletes receive preferential treatment during the judicial process when accused of sexual assault. A study done by Jeffrey Benedict and Alan Klein found that male athletes are less likely to be convicted of sexual crimes than the national average.

These crimes don’t only happen in college.

NFL quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault multiple times and has never been convicted; he chose to settle privately without officially admitting any guilt.

Athletes are often put on a pedestal by our society. We have serious emotional investment in athletes and teams, and we want to see them play and win. We buy their jerseys, we emulate their skill moves and celebrations, mourn in their defeats and bask in their glory as if we were their teammates. Sports are big business. There are plenty of people who have a vested interest in seeing their team win.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a sports fan. I’m not suggesting we be more critical on athletes or make some judgment on their conduct. However, we idolize them like gods and then treat them like children when they do something wrong. Instead of shielding athletes from responsibility and consequences, we must hold them to the same standard we hold to ourselves. After all, athletes are human, too. I believe society does a disservice to athletes by the way we treat them. We need to support everyone with equal consideration.

Better equipping athletes, and everyone, with rehabilitation and education will lead to healthy relationships.

I shall make no judgment on Winston or Roethlisberger or whether they are guilty or innocent. I like the theory behind our justice system that presumes innocence before one is proven guilty. Yet rape culture in the United States, and particularly on college campuses, threatens the well-being of women and men alike. It degrades our community and adversely affects many peo-

OLIVER TONKIN

ple’s lives to an unimaginable degree.

There were 11 reported cases of forcible sexual offenses at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the last three years, according to the UNL Police Department. Compare that to the Lincoln Police Department’s report of 498 crimes of rape or attempted rape in the same time period.

Then consider that 60 percent of all rapes go unreported, according to a survey done by the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI reported only 10 percent of rapes lead to an arrest, eight of which lead to charges. Four out of those eight lead to a felony conviction; of those, three will serve a prison sentence. That means roughly 97 out of 100 rapes go unpunished.

The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics approximate 91 percent of rape victims are female. Ninety-nine percent of rapists are male.

Eighty thousand cases of rape were reported in 2008. Many perpetrators of rape do so multiple times, thus it doesn’t mean there’s 77,600 new rapists walking our streets every year. The fact is nobody can give an accurate count on how many serial rapists are out there. It’s extremely difficult to prove someone guilty.

Our justice system relies on procedural guilt rather than factual guilt. There’s a process that requires the rights of the accused to be respected and revered, one of the principle components of our nation’s foundation. A simple “he said, she said” case often won’t suffice in our courts. Contrary testimony of the alleged perpetrator and victim creates a situation vulnerable to reasonable doubt, thus irrefutable proof is often lacking in rape cases. We can’t rely on the judicial system to perfectly administer justice with imperfect evidence and testimony. In the words of William Blackstone, “it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”

Sometimes prosecutors simply don’t have the evidence necessary to charge someone. Victim

blaming often results from this. Many victims suffer vile personal attacks from strangers and acquaintances. Consider the Steubenville, Ohio instance in which two high school males, Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays, were convicted of rape. Even CNN chose to focus on the ruined lives of the perpetrators and how tragic it was that it would harm their collegiate football aspirations, rather than, you know, the harms they caused to the actual victim of a brutal crime.

Victim blaming has been perpetuated by everyone from major media like CNN to individuals on Tumblr and Twitter. They show vulnerable pictures of men and women, evoking blaming responses from many visiting these sites. Many associate themselves with universities. For example, UNL Passouts and UNLConfessions both have dubious qualities. Sure, much of the content and images may seem benign, but particularly with UNL Passouts there’s an element of repugnant implications of photos of UNL students passed out and comments ranging from inconsiderate to outright exploitative. An example tweet from UNLConfessions from Jan. 14: “#965 I honestly just transferred here for the husker football and the sluts.”

Sometimes victim shaming isn’t enough.

Sometimes people will threaten those who report being raped. Notre Dame freshman Lizzy Seeberg was allegedly sexually assaulted on Aug. 31, 2010 by a football player. Ten days later she committed suicide. In between, she received threatening text messages including this one: “Don’t do anything you would regret. Messing with notre dame football is a bad idea.”

The justice system is partly complicit in perpetuating this paradigm of athletes receiving preferential treatment. We may never be on their level with their athleticism, but they need to get on our level with accountability. It’s our fault we put them on this pedestal, and now it’s our responsibility to treat them fairly and to also change the culture of sex in our society. Sure, the Daily Nebraskan readership knows all about it.

But brevity and reticence aren’t the right strategies to foster change.

Oliver Tonkin is a senior political science, global studies and Latin American studies major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com.

Legalizing weed poses fiscal benefit

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You know, it’s kind of weird that you can just walk down the street and buy marijuana the same way you can buy alcohol here,” I said to the soft-spoken woman who owned the small T-shirt shop in Breckenridge, Colo. as I was paying for a shirt. “It’s definitely not like that back home.”

“Where are you from?” she said. Before I could answer, she glanced down at my Nebraska Huskers jacket and continued, “You know, the world hasn’t ended, and there isn’t rioting in the streets. I don’t know why some people were so worried about others smoking weed to begin with.” Our conversation ended, and I walked out of her store, but our conversation made me think.

I’ve been to Colorado since the recreational use of marijuana was legalized at the state level for adults 21 and over, and one thing is for certain: There wasn’t rioting in the streets, and the world didn’t end. In fact, people I talked to who live in the state say nothing has changed at all. According to Time Magazine, legal marijuana is working for Colorado — especially in the financial sense. If the successes of legal marijuana continues for Colorado, I foresee many states following suit.

Back in 2012, Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would allow the sale and purchase of recreational marijuana for the first time in U.S. history. On Jan. 1, 2014, adults 21 and over could legally purchase weed in the state without a doctor’s order.

Residents of the state can purchase up to an ounce of marijuana, and non-residents can purchase up to a quarter of an ounce. Though it’s still federally illegal to grow, sell and purchase marijuana, Colorado and Washington State are the first to legalize pot on the state level, creating a gray area between federal and state law. United States Attorney General Eric Holder “notified the governors of Colorado and Washington that the department, for now, will not seek to preempt those states’ laws, which followed voters’ approval of ballot measures that legalized recreational marijuana use,” CNN reported in August 2013.

On New Year’s Day, 24 dispensaries opened up in

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the state to sell recreational marijuana, and sales totaled more than $1 million. Over a week, sales totaled $5 million. What do all these numbers mean for Colorado and for the rest of the states in the country? Tax revenue.

With state taxes at 35 percent and the ability for cities to add their own sales tax, the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana in Colorado will bring in about $70 million in revenue this year, according to the Colorado Department of Revenue-division of taxation. The first $40 million in income will be spent on education and schools, while the remaining will be spent on marijuana regulation.

Once other states see the amount of income generated from the taxation and regulation of marijuana businesses, they won’t want to miss the opportunity to make money. In states with larger populations such as Texas, New York and California, the income generated from weed could be much greater, and the opportunities to spend the new revenue are endless.

Some of the problems that worried lawmakers and non-supporters of marijuana legalization haven’t turned out to be problems — at least not yet.

Concerns including public consumption, drugged driving, minors’ access to marijuana and trafficking to outside states — all have laws in place to deter users from doing so.

The Huffington Post reported that there were only four citations in Denver during the first week of the year. “We’ve written four citations for public consumption since Jan. 1, and that’s relatively small

considering the number of people consuming right now,” Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.

It’s too early to know exactly what 2014 will hold for law enforcement related to marijuana in Colorado. However, data from 2012 and 2013 gathered by the Colorado Judicial Branch shows a 73 percent decline in charges related to possessing 12 ounces or more of marijuana, and public consumption charges dropped by 17 percent. Instead of the increase in charges and prosecutions that non-supporters feared, this drop shows that legalizing the drug will not only bring in tax revenue, but it’ll also save money in law enforcement and in the courts dealing with drug offenses.

Jeffrey Miron from Harvard University decided to figure out the law enforcement savings from the legalization of marijuana and concluded that the savings would be about $8.7 billion nationwide, an MSN.com article published in 2012 reported. Miron also believes the nearly 750,000 marijuana-related arrests could be significantly reduced to nearly zero.

Ultimately, it will be the states’ search for additional income that will drive the legalization of marijuana in the rest of the U.S. The opportunity to tax weed, often at a high level, and the savings as a result of less arrests, prosecution and jail time will be too hard to resist in a time when state and local budgets are getting tighter.

Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington D.C. and Vermont are next in line to legalize recreational marijuana, with current initiatives and talks taking place in the states. Washington State is set to sell recreational marijuana in the same fashion as Colorado later this year. If it meets similar success, I predict other states will quickly follow the same path. In the meantime, maybe now is a good time to buy stock in Taco Bell.

Travis Eubanks is a freshman speech-language pathology major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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aRTS & LIFE

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 dailynebraskan.com @dnartsdesk

Latest singles offer mixed listening experience Joe wade kekeli dawes dn

Two of The Daily Nebraskan’s music writers took a semester-long hiatus and spent their days and nights in their respective music basement dungeons filled with old 8-track cassettes, 33s and dozens of Todd Rundgren albums. After 16 weeks of self-inflicted musical isolation, they’ve been dragged out of their dank cellars by the good editors of the DN Arts and Life section to listen to the songs you’re already sick of that they haven’t even heard yet.

Lorde “Royals” from the album “Pure Heroine” Joe Wade: Lorde is one of the biggest break-outs in music for a while now. Yes, she can make a groovy song. Yes, she’s got a message with the music. But am I the only one who thinks that she sounds a little pretentious? Serious question, please comment.

Kekeli Dawes: Pretentious, for sure. This song was released in the summer and wasn’t satisfied eating the entire season. It wanted winter, and it wanted fall, too. It won’t stop until she eats Miley Cyrus. And no, this song isn’t special. Nor is she.

Eminem “The Monster” from the album “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” JW: Favorite song on this list hands down. Eminem always could write a damn good lyric.

Overall, “The Monster” is one song I’ll be tapping my toes to until it snows again.

KD: I have to disagree, man. Rap pop for the fail, this time around. This is Eminem at his mediocre best and is one of the easiest checks Rhianna has earned to date. It’s so unforgettable — good thing they keep playing it.

Drake “Hold On, We’re Going Home” from the album “Nothing Was the Same” JW: It’s sexy done right. It’s also going to be my favorite song to dance to at wedding receptions for many years to come. If I could dance, that is.

KD: Damn Drake for writing such an infectious hook of a song.

The drums burst with ‘80s synthy delight. Aubrey, yet again, couldn’t sing rapey lyrics any sweeter. He knows exactly who you can be.

We’re all good girls, and now we know it.

Imagine Dragons “Demons” from the album “Night Visions” JW: Imagine Dragons is one of the two-thousand-teen bands that seem to not be going away anytime soon. This song is sweet, sappy and not too crappy.

KD: Not too crappy indeed. It’s one of those generally good pop songs that just isn’t bad. And nothing else. The guy does have a great voice and sounds excellent doubletracked but, wow, the drums are awful.

Florida Georgia Line “Stay” from the album “Here’s to the Good Times” JW: Last week, while scanning through the country and rock albums at one of Lincoln’s libraries, I realized that glasses are cool to wear in album cover artwork for musicians in rock as well as other genres; not so much for country musicians.

KD: I hope this song brings great harmonies back into mainstream pop music, but I doubt it. I’m not a huge fan of the twang, but this record’s solid. I listened to this one twice.

Mahboob Attaie, working behind the counter, prepares an order to go for a customer. Attaie has to manage many orders during the dinner rush.

GYRO Restaurant differentiates itself with menu, service

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t’s 1 a.m. on a Saturday, and you’re stumbling down O Street after a night out and a series of bad decisions.

You might not look so hot anymore, but just around the corner on 14th Street is your holy grail: Ali Baba Gyros.

The Greek restaurant has been a staple for after-midnight cravings for almost 27 years since Naquibullah and Mahboob Attaie first introduced their gyros to the Lincoln community.

The brothers said they do what they do for two simple reasons.

“We love the food, and we love the customers,” Mahboob said.

Over the years, Ali Baba’s loyal customers have been as unchanging as the chalkboard menu behind the counter.

“I know every customer by name,” Mahboob said, “And they know me. I always talk with them.

I’ve seen everything here.”

However, it took a while for the family-run business to gain its fan base. Current owner Nader Mashhad said the Lincoln community didn’t know what a real gyro was until Ali Baba Gyros opened.

“Other places had gyros, but they weren’t original recipes.”

Mashhad said. “They were precooked. Ali Baba introduced the real gyro to people. When they came here, Papa John’s was on the other side of the street, along with other businesses that increased foot traffic. It took a while — almost

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Ali Baba Gyros, located on the corner of 14th and O streets, next to Gourmet Grill, is one of two gyro restaurants on that corner. This restaurant has been in business since 1990. seven or eight years — but more and more people discovered the gyro.”

A gyro is a dish of roasted meat, commonly served on pita bread with tomato, onion and tsatsiki

sauce. Ali Baba also tosses in a helping of steak fries with every order.

The sauce, however, is what makes the gyro, Mashhad said.

“Everybody can buy the meat.

Everybody can buy the bread. Ev-

erybody can cut the tomatoes and the onions. But the sauce, the sauce is the secret to everything,” he said.

It’s also what distinguishes Ali Baba from George’s Gyros, which is right next door.

ali baba: see page 7

Beyonce “XO” from the album “Beyonce” JW: I like the song “Flawless” a little better. Also, it doesn’t have an ambient sound on the back-track that sounds like my phone vibrating when I’ve got my headphones on. No matter how good a song like “XO” is, that shit seriously freaks me out.

KD: This is such a cute, loving song, but it’s not unbearably sweet. It’s more happy and uplifting than cute. Very positive. My mother would like this.

John Newman “Love Me Again” from the album “Tribute” JW: He looks like that “Gangnam Style” guy but sings like Gnarls Barkley. Basically it’s one of the coolest things ever.

KD: I find this so far from cool. It’s simple: British import who got away with terrible style across the pond and sings in an absurdly strange way on purpose. And I despise pseudo soul and disco string arrangements.

They must hate him over there as well.

Runza renovation leaves classic taste in tact Disclosure “Apollo” from the album “Settle Special Edition” JW: Since they’re brothers, I wonder if they fight about “you got synthesized square waves in my sine waves” … eh, probably not.

KD: *raves*

A$AP Ferg — “Shabba Remix” JW: I don’t have enough subwoofers on my hooptie to fully appreciate the amount of bass this brings to the table, but that’s what student loans are for, right?

KD: As a proud Jamerican, I could not endorse this song until I was sure Shabba Ranks himself knew it existed. Now, as a proud Jamerican, I still can’t endorse this song. A$AP Ferg went to fashion design school. That’s completely unrelated to this but, contrary to what you may hear on this record, A$AP Ferg is a smart guy.

pop music: see page 7

built on these.

It took me working in a office directly below a Runza to finally give it a fair chance.

TYLER Like 99 percent of the Daily Nebraskan staff, I was all about KEOWN the place once I actually tasted it.

Their food is so, so good. The beef, oh Lord. Prime and succulent, I dream of the beef. The dough has Every other Thursday at my high the texture of a week-old baby’s school was “Bunza” day. skin! I weep for those who haven’t I’m not sure if our lunch ladies experienced a good Runza. thought they were being cutesy The Runza in the Nebraska or trying to avoid legal ramifica- Union has become a regular haunt tions, but a Bunza is basically just for my friends and I. Which is a poor man’s Runza. The dough why my nerves were frayed when was all over the spectrum — one I found out there was going to be week it’d be essentially uncooked, renovations over winter break. the next it’d be burnt to all hell, It was irrational — architectural and occasionally, it’d somehow be renovations aren’t going to afboth. fect food quality, not to mention Their franken-sandwiches you can’t take 15 steps in Lincoln turned me off to the idea of doughwithout running into another wrapped cabbage ‘n’ beef for a Runza — but it was concern comlong time. At Husker games, my ing from the same part of my brain dad would offer to buy us Runthat worries zas at halftime, about things and I’d wince, like whether assuming it I’d die if the was the ingreworld sudWhat are your dients, not the denly flipped thoughts on the shabbiness of down and our class-C union redesigns? who’s going high school’s to win best acTweet using the cafeteria, caustor in a drama hashtag ing problems. at the Golden #dnartsdesk.

It didn’t help Globes. that the nearThe union est Runza was still looks an hour’s drive like the set of “Dexter,” but the from my rural farming commu- Runza renovations are finished. nity, so my opinion could only be And really, “renovations” is kind

The union still looks like the set of ‘Dexter’ but the Runza renovations are finished. And really ‘renovations’ is kind of stretching it.”

of stretching it. They added new bar-style seating, sans bar stools, in case you want to sit with your friends but not look directly at them. I think they changed the tables too, but maybe not? I was kind of too excited about Temperature Tuesdays returning to take note of the actual aesthetics of the restaurant. I’m pretty sure they took out those weird lounge-style chairs too, but again, Temperature freakin’ Tuesdays.

Explanation of Temperature Tuesdays for the uninitiated: take the temperature at 6 a.m. every Tuesday, and that’s how much your Runza costs (with the purchase of medium fries and a drink.)

I have good news — Runza still tastes good. Even if the ketchup dispenser was empty when we went (to be fair, I’ve worked fast food and the last thing you want to do during the lunch rush is glop out a toddler-sized bag of sauce into a dispenser), it was delicious.

Let’s get allegorical. My fears were rooted in nothing other than being afraid of periphery change,

something that might have happened to you as the new year comes out. The new year might seem scary, but really, the important things aren’t going to change.

My friend described quantum physics to me over text the other day. This is paraphrasing from memory, but she said time is like a loaf, with slices overlapping, or something? I don’t remember or understand it, but basically, that means time is meaningless, an arbitrary, outdated scale we no longer need because we know that when the sun goes down, it’ll come back up eventually.

What I’m saying here is that 2014 is just a number, while your life’s beef is what matters.

Make your life succulent, like the prime ground beef you’ll find in a Runza. Don’t be distracted by the small changes and focus on what makes you, you. Be the fast food you know you can be, not a Bunza.

For my sake and your’s, don’t be a Bunza.

Tyler Keown has the priorities game on lock.

Get life advice from him at arts@dailynebraskan.com

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‘Cupid Deluxe’ album explores complexities of love keith finn dn Blood Orange is a New York artist focused on the future.

On his second album “Cupid Deluxe,” Hynes shows what love looks like in all spectrums of the word. A known supporter of the LGBT community, Hynes combines his adoration of all types of people with his soulful singing and production. His beautiful falsetto, sung throughout the record, is wonderfully delivered above an array of music styles.

The album perfectly delineates the joys of deep affection and the trials of heartbreak.

The album’s first track is the percussion–influenced “Chamakay.” Starting the song are 808 drums that are followed by a marimba, giving the song a tribal tone. Hynes is accompanied by Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek, and the song sounds like a conversation between two parties.

They sing, “I see you’re waiting for a guy like me to come along, but baby girl you’re wrong.” The song is about heartbreak and the inevitable end of a relationship when two souls are not right for each other. Even though the lyrics explain that they have tried being together, they just aren’t right for each other.

Another superior song is “You’re Not Good Enough,” which has the same structure as a new wave song. The composition includes a bluesy guitar with synth chords that fit nicely together. The reverberated sound of the gated drums during the song give it the bona fide ‘80s sound. “Uncle Ace” is a disco-influenced song with a driving percussive beat and a funky guitar riff. In “Uncle Ace,” Hynes says he is “not like the other girls.” Although he doesn’t identify himself as gay, he tells a

“CUPID DELUXE” Blood Orange story of two lovers that’s more subtle than other pro-LGBT tracks.

“Chosen” starts out with a quartet of saxophones, which are then joined by a drum machine that sounds like it was sampled out of Nine Inch Nails’ “Pretty Hate Machine.” The saxophones continue through the song and, even with the loud drums, it’s a calm, beautiful ballad. “High Street” features the British hip hop artist Skepta and gives a nostalgic narrative about his teenage years. Back then, his dreams seemed improbable, but now they are more in his grasp.

“Cupid Deluxe” is a phenomenally put together album.

The sound of Hynes’ voice parallels the sound of the late ‘70s, early ‘80s R&B singers. The cluster of music genres put together in the production of “Cupid Deluxe” gives it a unique place in today’s electronic music. Blood Orange is making a name for himself and the message he delivers through his art. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Step 1: Clean your iTunes Home for a solid fresh start. It’s hard to rake through thousands of songs to create the perfect playlist. Weed out the music that you no longer listen to, but keep the songs and albums that are tied to memories or that make you smile when hearing. Delete the tracks and albums that you haven’t listened to in years and that you don’t see yourself listening to in the future. It’s cut throat.

Step 2: Search for music to replace the scraps you deleted.

There’s a world of websites awaiting the drags and clicks of your computer mouse to dump into the depths of your iTunes. Grab new tunes and old tunes alike — classics, jumpy beats, smooth jazz — whatever music serves as dessert to your ears. To search for music that adapts to your taste, try perusing Pandora, 8tracks and Pitchfork. Pandora and 8tracks allow you to search for playlists that include specific artists, songs or just feels, while Pitchfork gives reviews of single songs and includes important music updates.

YouTube is also a classic music database at your disposal to search for wacky tunes.

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Step 3: Figure out what you want the playlist for. There are the typical playlists: road trips, workout compilation, parties, cheesy mix tapes for the significant other, etc. Then there are the non traditional playlists: walking to class, an ambient running playlist, new covers of old classics, mashups or even a punkrock compilation to face the demons of your middle school self.

Picking a playlist that doesn’t limit Playlist 2: Night drive you to a genre type or time “Anything Could Happen at Midnight” mashup of M83 vs. era is important in makEllie Goulding by SMADALEINAD ing the most “All These Things That I’ve Done” by The Killers rounded, “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Michael Jackson yet flex“Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper ible mix of songs. Yet, “Towers Down Under” mashup of Bon Iver vs. Men At Work the best “Lying Together” by FKJ part about “Runaway” by Kanye West making a playlist “Cough Syrup” by Young The Giant is that it “Lovit” by Marian Hill can be both “Punching In A Dream” by The Naked and Famous. limited or “I Want You” by Savage Garden limitless; a playlist “Miracles” by Norwegian Recycling is a creative “Hands Down” by Dashboard confessional way to express “Home” by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros yourself, your feelings and your “City Life (moods remix)” by Ashtraynutz life through some“Satellite Stories” by CAMPFIRE one else’s voice.

Step 4: Pick the songs and compile a new playlist.

This, of course, is the capstone to making any playlist because without it, all you have is an empty iTunes, an empty heart and ears throbbing for new jams. In every playlist there should be at least one

‘Anchorman’ sequel lives up to comedic expectations

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Iconic Ron Burgundy, news team return with similar oneliners, idiotic charm Sean Stewart dN In 2004, the comedy dynamite team of director Adam McKay and actor Will Ferrell was firmly established with “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.”

Though the first “Anchorman” was weaker than many of the movies the pair would go on to make, it featured what’s perhaps Will Ferrell’s most iconic character, the titular Ron Burgundy. Fans had to wait nine years for the reunion, but Ron Burgundy and his news team are finally back together and on the air.

The wait was worthwhile.

Accompanied by his news squad, Burgundy’s idiotic charm and insensitivity brought him plenty of problems in the first film.

Mostly, however, his shenanigans just provided the barest amount of plot necessary to stuff the movie with the team’s nearly endless stream of now-legendary lines.

“Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” sets itself up in essentially the same way. In fact, the sequel feels more like an extended or unrated edition of the first film. The script plays off the success of the first movie so heavily that many of the jokes are practically lifted from the first installment and taken to the next step.

In almost any case this kind of repetition would be tiresome and lazy. The rare kind of strength “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” holds as a comedy, however, is its characters. Nine years ago audiences fell in love with the pure ridiculousness of the news team. In the time between the two movies, fans armed with a slew of beloved and repeated one-liners reveled in the sheer over-the-top nature of the first romp. As a result, the sequel’s stretching of that threshold isn’t just easy comedy; it’s precisely what every fan has been pining for.

courtesy photo Like the first film, “Anchorman 2” features a slew of cameos — so many that at points the film begins to feel like just a continuous string of them. The guest appearances are far too funny to spoil here, but suffice it to say they culminate in a scene whose A-List cast probably fills half of the end credits. It’s the point when the second movie’s raucous playfulness pulls immeasurably beyond that of the first.

The familiar laughs aren’t the only place that the sequel outshines the original. While the first film touched lightly on gender roles in the work place, it never really tried to be more than a surface comedy.

The sequel amps up the satire to the point of obviously and brutally scathing. McKay and Ferrell use the sequel as an opportunity to indict the news industry for its current, often less than noble tactics — placing their origin at the dimwitted hands of Ron Burgundy. Moments in the film dealing with the downfall of integrity in the news world ring so funny because of their unfortunate truth.

I’m not sure I would feel comfortable saying the two films are exactly great, at least not as a critic. But as an audience member, I haven’t laughed so hard in ages. At points I was quite literally buckled over and unable to breathe.

“Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” is what it is. It’s sidesplittingly hilarious. It’s ridiculous.

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Step 5: Burn the playlist on a

CD. After all, a playlist is kind of like a journal entry about how you were feeling or what you were needing at that specific moment.

Even if you forget about the CD in the next month, week or day, later on you may find it buried under the seat of your car or hidden in a pile of a semester ’s worth of laundry and fall in love with your totally rad playlist all over again. compiled by Maranda Loughlin

Ways you wear your backpack and what they say about you

Held In Hand: We take for granted in these five potentialities that each backpack is the same, standard two-strapped bundle with a small handle for holding and hanging at its top’s center.

If you so choose, forgoing the straps and carrying the bag by this handle will let world know you’ve chosen something more than it could begin to contemplate. You’ve chosen deliberate inefficiency to degrees thought only possible of University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bookstore lines on the first day of class.

The Two-Strap Front: So you’ve decided that one or no straps are simply not options for your canvas rucksack’s fuax-vintage transportation, but you’ve also decided two-strapping that synch-rag would be far too traditional. No, what you’ve found is a new third-trimester bulge, a front butt for the ages that’s filled with the junk of your locker’s trunk. This method definitely means you’re the king shit of the sidewalk.

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be a variety of different paced songs intertwined together to keep yourself interested. Optimally, a playlist has at least 15 songs and no more than 25. More than 25 songs will make the playlist boring.

The One-strap: Slinging your back sack over your shoulder by half of its designed threads screams coolguy to anyone in sight, even if you’re a woman. The move slumps in the face of business-casual and sags with mocking lumps at even the slightest suggestion of care. If you want to let everyone know you’re the real deal about not giving a shit, this is your move.

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The Two-Strap Normal: There you are … oh wait, no that was someone else. No one sees the two-strap normal wearer. This move is a phantasm of the reasonable, its wearer a kaiju of common proportions. “Why stand out?” you ask yourself, eating a Nature Valley bar on the way to Psychology 101. Your style suggests a level of practicality and sensible thrift that the Great Depression time travels to marvel at. Nice work, you!

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Arcade Fire “Afterlife” from the album “Reflektor” JW: The “scream and shout/till we work it out” strategy has never worked for me in any of my relationships. Just saying. Cool song, though.

KD: I don’t know. A cliché song about losing one’s religion is just as bad as a cliché song about love. It’s not a bad thing if the music is good — and sorry to say, there’s too much going on here.

Pitbull feat. Ke$ha — “Timber” JW: “Yeah we got yer ‘Coyote Ugly’ dancers, yer creepy bald guy and yer catchy as hell vocals of Ke$ha.

What more could ya want?” Yeah, it’s catchy, but so is herpes.

KD: Is “Timba” Spanish for country-pop-edm-poop fusion? It’s another grossly overt cornering of all major music consumption markets. It’s the polar vortex of the winter music season. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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ali baba: from 5 “A lot of people always ask me why there’s two gyro stores right next to each other downtown,” Mashhad said. “We use different spices, different ingredients. We have a very traditional gyro. If you taste them both, you’ll understand what I’m saying. Two gyros may look the same, but they’ll never taste the same.”

Ali Baba also boasts the only authentic chicken kabob in Lincoln.

“Other places make something like a chicken kabob, but it’s not even close to what Ali Baba’s has,” Mashhad said. “The original chicken kabob comes from here. Nobody else has it in town. The way we marinate it, and the seasoning —nobody can get even close to it.”

Mashhad said more than anything else, people keep coming back to Ali Baba because of the staff.

“These brothers are the most friendly people in the town,” Mashhad said. “Most of the regular customers who come we’ve known for a long time, and they tell their kids.

I think we’ve been around for about four or five generations — students who come here now had parents who went to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and came here and, sometimes, even their parent’s parents love Ali Baba’s. That’s how it works.”

Because Ali Baba Gyros is heavily visited by UNL students, Mashhad said they’ve seen it all.

“You see a lot of young people come in here, 21-year-olds who get drunk and, of course, we all know what that’s like,” Mashhad said.

“We’ve seen a lot of things — people who accidentally get left behind by their friends. Sometimes there’s an argument, and occasionally there’s a

fight. But the Lincoln Police Department is very, very nice.”

Mashhad said he hopes the students always come back to keep it interesting.

“There is so much going on in downtown Lincoln,” he said. “We’re just here to provide some good food before everyone goes home for the night. Then you can wake up the next day and do it again.”

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Junior forward Emily Cady averages 14 points and 9 rebounds for No. 18 Nebraska. Cady is second on the team behind senior Jordan Hooper in those categories and leads in shooting percentage.

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Sophomore forward Terran Petteway leads the Huskers averaging 17.3 points per game. He and two other transfer players - Deverell Biggs and Walter Pitchford - are three of NU’s four leading scorers.

Midseason checkup for Nebraska basketball DN basketball beat writers discuss women’s and men’s basketball seasons at halfway point Nedu Izu, Andrew Ward, Eric Bertrand DN Nedu Izu: All right guys, we’re already halfway through both Nebraska men’s and women’s basketball seasons, which means conference play is well underway. While the women are currently 2-1 in the Big Ten Conference, the men sit at 0-4. Although there’s still plenty of basketball to be played, do you think both squads will continue to go in opposite directions, or will they both be successful as the season improves?

Eric Bertrand: I think this trend will continue throughout the season, Nedu. The Big Ten is one of the toughest basketball conferences for both men and women, and the men’s squad isn’t quite there yet. The men’s squad has a lot of upside with the youth on the team, and only two seniors leaving after the season (Ray Gallegos and Mike Peltz). This team is a year or two away from contending in the Big Ten. As for the women’s team, they are playing good basketball, apart from the hiccup against Michigan State.

Andrew Ward: It’s hard to say whether the men’s team will be any better than it was a year ago. One thing we do know though, the schedule gets a lot easier for the squad. Three of the next four games are at home, where Nebraska plays a lot better. Again, I don’t know if the Huskers will be any better, but I do know that the road gets a little easier for them in the next couple weeks.

NI: I have to agree with Eric on this one. Andrew, you pointed out that the men are better at home. However, I see them ending up on the losing end of those potential nail-bitters against No. 11 Ohio State and Minnesota, similar to how they did against Michigan last week. The women, on the other hand, seem to be carrying themselves well behind Jordan Hooper and can gain plenty of momentum if they beat Purdue on Sunday. Which leads to my next question: what do you all see that Connie Yori’s team is doing right that Tim Miles’ team is lacking right now?

EB: Defense, defense, defense.

The women’s team is playing solid on both sides of the ball, but they’re holding opponents to just 59 points a game and a 37 percent field goal percentage. The men’s squad, on the other hand, is allowing opponents to shoot 45 percent from the field, last in the

conference. And the men’s scoring margin is only at plus 1.2, which is second to last in the Big Ten. Tim Miles’ squad just isn’t as sharp on defense right now.

AW: Everyone on the women’s team seems to know her role. Jordan Hooper is the star and needs to shoot. Emily Cady needs to grab rebounds and get to the free throw line. Rachel Theriot knows she needs to run the offense and distribute but also be able to create off the dribble. The men still seem to be searching for their identity, which isn’t necessarily Miles’ fault. The players just need to commit to his system, which could take another season or two.

NI: I agree with both of you.

It’s not so much that defense isn’t the men’s strong suit; their opponents are just turning the ball over less and making more baskets. You make a great point about identity, Andrew, as the men do

have more playmakers this season but no real starring assist or rebound men or in-the-paint shooters. The women, like you stated Eric, have done well on defense, and defense wins championships.

Which leads me to my final question — do any of you see either Husker basketball teams finishing the season with a conference title?

Or do you think both conferences are too challenging for that to be possible this season?

AW: The women have the best shot they’ve ever had in the Big Ten. Penn State is a really good team, but vulnerable. Nebraska tends to get hot at the end of January into early March, so that race could turn out to be a doozy. On the men’s side, they still have a couple years to go before they can compete for the conference crown.

When you’re going up against teams coached by Tom Izzo, Thad Matta and Bo Ryan, it’s hard to compete at the top.

EB: I completely agree with Andrew. The men’s squad just isn’t ready for that. The top men’s teams in the Big Ten are just too good right now. As for the women’s team, the conference is just as competitive because any team can beat another Big Ten team. Penn State lost at home to Purdue by 10 points on Sunday. Andrew put it best: it could actually turn out to be a doozy come that time.

NI: Yes, I think the men may have dug themselves in too big a hole starting out conference play, especially in one where there’s no room for error. Unless they become streaky here on out, they may be in for a season worse than last year. And like you two already said, this year ’s postseason for the women should make for an entertaining finish. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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of games, I need him in there to defend and to get some rebounds for us.

“I think it’s too early to tell. I think the bottom line is that there shouldn’t be any difference. There’s no way that there should be any differences in the leagues versus any of the officials that referee numerous leagues which most of them do. It should really be the same across the board.”

years. He’ll have both a bachelor ’s and a masters in engineering when he’s done at Michigan, so that’s one thing. The other thing is that we won a Big Ten championship with him starting every one of our games at center.”

“I’ve watched a good chunk of Michigan’s games already and (Derrick) Walton’s doing a steady, solid job, and then they bring Spike (Albrecht) in, who’s got a lot of games under his belt. He’s probably more like a junior than he is a sophomore because of going through the Final Four last year.”

On sophomore forward Glenn Robinson III:

an added firepower off the bench. Our bench scoring has gotten a lot On officiating differences between con- He’s better over the last few weeks.” ference and non-conference games: On Michigan:

On senior forward Will Sheehey:

“He’s got a great fire about him and I thought he brought it. I thought he was very passionate with his teammates. I thought it carried over. I thought our guys had a great week of building some real internal discipline as far as on the court that carried over to how we played, and I thought Will was a big part of that.”

Iowa coach Fran McCaffery

On if he feels he has a championship team in Iowa:

“It’s probably too early to speculate on those things. It’s the nature of things. You’re going to project, you’re going to hope and you’re going to try to honestly evaluate.

There’s a lot of people saying, ‘Hey, we really like this team,’ and I love this team.

That said, we only played four games in league play.”

On his team’s maturity:

“Last year, we were a young team; this year I didn’t consider ourselves a young team. I felt like it was time for us to play the way we played (Sunday). The reality is that you have to go out and do it. You can talk about it, and you can play well, and you can play well and lose. We’ve done a little bit of both this year.”

Purdue coach Matt Painter

“It’s a lot of little things that add up to one big thing, and that’s a stop on the defensive end. At times, you’re going to do everything you’re supposed to do and they’re still going to score, because you’re going against good players. Something I think that’s really important for players to understand is that if you do everything you’re supposed to do, now you’ve given yourself a chance to be successful.”

On freshman forward Jay Simpson:

“He has gotten into better physical shape, and I think that’s most important. He’s given forth a better effort than his first day here, but he broke his foot and was out of shape, so it was hard for him at first, but now being healthy and being in better shape and now just trying to sustain his effort. He’s got to be more of a detailed guy if he’s ever going to be successful in this league.”

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo On Minnesota center Elliott Eliason:

On last week’s struggles:

“We didn’t play very well this past week. We’ve had two games there where I thought our defense wasn’t really good, and our offense was inept in another one. We’ve got to figure out a way to be competitive on both sides; they’re a lot better than we were these two games this past week.”

“You’ve got to make some plays. We’ve missed too many layups; I believe it was close to 15 layups in the two games combined last week. You don’t have to make all of them. No one’s perfect. I feel like we’re good enough players that we should make two-thirds of those at least. We didn’t do it, and when you don’t do that and you get that quality shot, you got to make it.”

Northwestern coach Chris Collins

On sophomore guard Tre Demps filling in for junior Dave Sobolewski at point guard:

“I think for now that’s the plan, just because we don’t know how long Dave’s going to be out. You got to make alternate plans. I thought Treshaun did a really good job. He had some turnovers that we had to cut down a little bit, but we have to keep working with him on running our team. I think it gives us a different dimension.”

Illinois:

On how Demps helped Northwestern beat

“We were trying to manage the tempo a little bit. We didn’t want to go and get in a track meet with Illinois. If we did get stops, if we were able to get a long rebound or a turnover, we wanted to try to use the clock and manage the possessions in the game. I thought that Treshaun was key in settling us and getting into our offense.”

is for him too.”

“He’s improved a lot from last year looking at him on film. He didn’t play as well offensively against us, but he still did rebound the ball.

I like him; I think he’s made great progress. I think like all big men, each year you get more experience, you make good progress. The better those guards play around him, the better the guard gets in the paint, the more contagious it

On sophomore forward Matt Costello:

“A kid who played football for four years, he’s got some toughness, but he’s got to rebound better, he’s got to defend a lot better. He can really stretch the defense, he can really shoot it; he gives you a weapon against the zone.”

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan On Indiana coach Tom Crean:

“Every guy’s a competitor, every guy’s trying to put their systems into play. Tom has done that at Indiana, he did it at Marquette, he was an assistant in the Big Ten, I was an assistant in the Big Ten. The past might seem different for a lot of the coaches, but really, they’re the same pretty much.”

On offense’s improvement:

“We’re making a few more shots; stats will tell you that. We’ve been very opportunistic. We’ve also been in some low scoring games, as well as higher scoring games. I still think it’s about the points per possession, which you’re getting if you can get them at the free throw line, if you can get them with threes with the extra point and the and-ones in the post.”

Penn State coach patrick Chambers

Michigan coach John Beilein

“He’s getting there. He’s still trying to find his way: when to shoot, when not to shoot. When he scores, we’re a lot better team. He’s had double figures a few times already… Meanwhile, at the end

“I’d like you to check how many people have two engineering degrees by the time they graduate in five

On junior guard John Johnson:

Ohio State coach Thad Matta

On continuing to play well on defense:

Illinois coach John Groce

On where he’d like to see the offense improve:

“With the loss of (sophomore) Mitch McGary, we had to tweak what we do offensively and defensively. What’s resulted is that he’s gotten a lot more touches. He’s really embraced the opportunities that we’re giving him, and he understands how hard work can really pay off. He’s been a very good captain for us thus far, and we’re thrilled when we see him be aggressive.”

On senior forward Jordan Morgan:

On if the nonconference schedule adequately prepared his team for the conference schedule:

“I don’t think there’s any way you can gauge that. I think strictly from the standpoint of we are into what we’re into; no two teams in college basketball are the same. It’s hard to find a simulation of ‘Hey, we’re going to play this team because it will get us ready for this team.’”

On turnovers:

“There were some common threads to it, and some things that we need to look at as a team and say, ‘These are the plays we’ve got to eliminate.’ For whatever reason, we’ve had moments where we weren’t as sharp as we need to be. The margin of error is small when we’re playing the caliber of teams we’re playing right now.”

Minnesota coach Richard Pitino

On senior guard Austin Hollins’ struggles:

“Certainly, a lot of it has to do with our opponent and a little bit of it is a little bit of confidence from him. He’s just got to continue to stay the course and play his game. Not try to drive it when there’s not driving lanes there; he got himself into trouble last game by doing that.”

On games against Michigan and Michigan State:

“We made some mistakes at Michigan State, especially turning the ball over at inopportune times. In the overtime we didn’t execute offensively. During the Michigan game there was a couple of defensive breakdowns more than anything and we took some shots that we don’t normally take. You lose to Michigan and you lose to Michigan State, that’s nothing to hang your head too much on.”

Nebraska coach Tim Miles

On freshman guard Tai Webster’s aggressiveness:

“I think he’s acclimating; I think he’s getting better. He had a couple of plays at the rim too that he just didn’t finish…

I think he’s going to develop further and get better and better.”

On how close he feels that Nebraska is to turning the corner in the Big Ten:

“I think we’ve learned that we got this losing thing down pat. We really know how to just play good enough to lose, and the hard part is how to have the defensive discipline and the shot selection at different times throughout the game. The other thing is we need to learn how small concentration errors can cost us at any point in time. I may consider some lineup changes in terms of lengthening our bench a little bit.” compiled by Thomas Beckmann sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Junior becomes leader for team Kelsey Hansen, in 3rd season, a main contributer to Nebraska rifle squad on, off shooting range

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Bailey Neel DN Junior Kelsey Hansen has been shooting since she was 10 years old. It’s something she picked up from her family.

“My grandpa used to shoot competition pistol, so I just grew up watching him do that, and I always wanted to,” Hansen said. “I just love being around it.”

After a month-long break, the Nebraska women’s rifle team is headed into this season looking forward to the championship season after it finished the fall season ranked fifth. The team is preparing to do better in the upcoming spring season. As one of only three upperclassmen on the team, Hansen is looking to improve her game and be a leader.

“We have two senior captains, but Kelsey plays a big role in that leadership area as well,” coach Stacy Underwood said. “She’s really good at communicating with me and seeing things that we need to improve on as a team.”

The shooters on the team are close even outside the range.

“I just enjoy being a part of it, and I hope that the team looks to me as a leader in the sport but also academically and just in general,” Hansen said. “I hope I can be a good role model for the younger members.”

Hansen began shooting for Nebraska as a freshman. Her first year, she helped the Huskers to a third-place finish in the GARC Championships and earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll.

“She is a big contributor to the

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Kelsey Hansen ranked fourth overall on last season’s NU rifle team behind two seniors and current sophomore Denise Martin. Hansen averaged scores of 582.1 on air rifle and 570.1 in smallbore. team, and I am looking forward to sis on going back to basics this her stepping up next year in the year,” Underwood said. “There are things we were doing just leadership role, both on the range because that’s the and off,” Underway they were alwood said. “She’s We have ways done since worked very hard these kids were 12 to make herself two senior years old, and we better for herself have now analyzed and the team as a captains, and she where we could whole.” plays a big role in pick up those extra Now in her points. And it startsecond full year as that leadership.” ed with changing Nebraska’s coach, Underwood has re- stacy underwood the way we were rifle coach training.” vamped the entire Hansen, along rifle program, makwith the rest of the ing it more comteam, liked the changes made by petitive and changing the way the the coaching staff. athletes train.

“Our team has totally turned “We have put a strong empha-

around and become more competitive,” she said. “We have a more competitive mindset, and we have a lot more strategies to work with.”

Hansen competes in both the smallbore and air rifle categories and is hoping to improve her game in both areas for the spring season.

“I want to keep getting better every match and develop new strengths every week,” Hansen said. “I like both events a lot, but I have a lot of work to do to improve in both of them. I’m hoping to keep getting better until the championships. That’s the final goal.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

bertrand: from 10 year, and in the current season, ing big minutes.

Now let’s look at Theriot’s Theriot already has 52. And all 52 are defensive boards. stats.

Her shooting percentages this Theriot complied a strong season are .475 from the floor, .366 freshman year by averaging 6.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3 assists, from behind the arc and .889 from starting 28 of 34 games. She also the free point line. All of these are shot .424 percent from the floor, a step up from last year.

Theriot is also .354 percent from a great facilitator downtown and .588 In her for this team, as she percent from the charity line in her sophomore leads the team with 88 assists. If you first year. campaign, haven’t seen Theriot Her play earned pass the ball, you’re her a spot on the (Theriot) would missing out. She Big Ten All-Freshtake on more of a pulls off the no-look, man team. behind-the-back and But, she was leadership role.” between-the-defendalso playing alongers’-legs passes. side the No. 12 OK, maybe not overall pick in all at once, but she still makes some last year’s WNBA draft, Lindsey impressive passes.

Moore.

Sometimes even her teammates In her sophomore campaign, she would take on more of a lead- looked surprised that the ball ership role and would have to be made it to them, and you can see a more vocal leader on the court, the slight hesitation from them or coach Connie Yori said prior to the they bobble the ball a little.

Despite some of these passes, season.

She has taken on this expanded Theriot doesn’t turn the ball over duty well, as the Huskers are aver- too often. She brings an assist to turnover ratio of more than 2-to-1 aging 74.8 points a game and holdfor this season. ing opponents to just 59.2 points.

I know there is still a lot of basOnly 15 games into this season, Theriot’s game averages are ketball left, but don’t anticipate 11.9 points, 5.86 assists and 3.46 hearing about sophomore slumps from this team after the season. rebounds.

Eric Bertrand is a That seems like good improvesophomore journalism ment. major. You can reach him at But wait, there’s more. sports@ She had 94 total rebounds last dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska sophomore guard Sadie Murren plays only 12 minutes a game, but she leads the Huskers in 3-point shooting, hitting 14 of 27 attempts (.519 percent) from behind the arc.

also won national titles in 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001.

Nebraska Athletic DirecBill Straub, coach of the Nebras- tor Shawn Eichorst supported ka women’s bowling team since Straub and Klempa.

“On behalf of the entire ath1996, has been hosletic department, our pitalized since last priority is for Bill to week, the Nebraska make a complete Athletic Department recovery,” Eichorst announced Tuesday. said in a statement.

Assistant coach “Our thoughts and Paul Klempa will prayers are with coach the Huskers in Bill, his wife, Kim, Straub’s absence. Neand their daughter, braska’s spring seaas he begins the reson begins on Friday covery process. We at the Mid-Winter know that our stuClassic in Jonesboro, dent-athletes are in Ark. straub the capable hands of Straub has Coach Klempa, who coached the Huskhas been with our ers to four national championships, including one bowling team assisting Coach Straub since our program bein 2013, since 2004, when the gan.” team first competed at the sports@ NCAA level. Straub’s teams dailynebraskan.com

Track & Field: from 10 We need to stay healthy. Last year, particularly on the women’s side, we had the most injuries that we have ever had.” gary pepin

track and field coach

On the men’s side, senior Nebraska will host four home meets during the 2014 Dexter McKenzie started off his indoor season before traveling final year with the Huskers by to the Big Ten Indoor Champi- claiming a meet record in the 200-meter dash. onships on Feb. 28-March 1 in The final record of the day Geneva, Ohio. The Huskers will then compete at the 2014 NCAA was taken down the last event Indoor Championships hosted of the meet — the men’s 4x400by New Mexico on March 14-15. meter relay. Sophomore Jake Bender, sophomore Christian “We need to stay healthy,” Pepin said. “Last year, particu- Sanderfer, junior London Hawk and freshman Jacklarly on the women’s son Barbour put side, we had the together a 3:14.83 most injuries that we showing in the relay have ever had.” for the Red team.

Going into the “The fall training season, the men’s season was fun,” Peteam is ranked eighth pin said. “It gave the in the nation. athletes and coaches “It’s a nice place an opportunity to to start,” Pepin said. see the progress in The women’s the events.” team had a rough During the outseason due to injudoor season, the pepin ries, but Pepin said Huskers will comtheir recruiting year pete at home three was strong.

The Nebraska track and times, including the Nebraska Quad on April 12, the Pre-Drake field team competed in the annual Intrasquad meet in De- meet on April 23 and the Necember. The Red team earned braska Invitational on May 10.

The outdoor postseason the victory over the White team by a slight 137.5-136.5 margin. begins with the 2014 Big Ten During competition, both teams Championships on May 16-18 in West Lafayette, Ind. The Husktook down four meet records. ers will then compete May 29-31 “We normally start our season after Labor Day,” Pepin at the NCAA West Preliminary said. “Up until the time for the Round in Fayetteville, Ark. The Intrasquad meet, that’s prob- 2014 season will conclude June 11-14 with a trip to Eugene, ably the hardest work time.”

And the hard work paid off Ore., for the NCAA Championfor the Huskers. Freshman Ka- ships.

“We have a pretty large team decia Baird made her Husker debut posting a new meet re- – about a 130 athletes,” Pepin cord time of 23.85 in the 200-me- said. “It should be a good seater dash. Junior Chantal Duncan son, I’m excited.” sports@ posted an Intrasquad mark with dailynebraskan.com a 1:32.74 performance in the 600-meter competition.

men’s basektball: from 10 Shavon doesn’t feel great about where he’s at, but it’s not just Shavon.”

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per game last season and is averaging 10.4 so far this year.

But it’s the shooting percentages that tell the story 16 games into this season.

Shields is shooting just 41 percent from the field and 28 percent from behind the arc so far after shooting 47 percent from the field and 36 percent from the 3-point line a year ago.

The offense has been particularly bad in conference play.

In four Big Ten games, Shields is scoring just 5.8 points per game and hasn’t scored more than 5 points in the past three. He’s shooting 31 percent from the field in those games and hasn’t made a single 3-point basket since Nebraska loss to Iowa.

Coincidently, the three games since then also ended in Husker losses.

Miles attributes some of Shields’ struggles to the stiffer competition.

“He was getting everything around the rim, and then we saw a lot more length, so it didn’t go that way for him,” Miles said.

Miles said Shields started to show offensive improvement before recently injuring his knee.

The sophomore realizes his struggles as well, but he’s not making excuses. It’s all about trusting the offense and taking the right

shots, he said.

“Coach is always telling us to take the easy baskets to score,” Shields said. “You just got to take what you can.”

Miles quickly points out that the rest of the team shares Shields’ offensive struggles.

The Huskers rank 11th in the

Big Ten Conference at 69 points a game and haven’t scored 60 points in three of the past five games. They also shoot an abysmal 43 percent from the field. Some of that has to do with the overall wear and tear of the season, but some of it has to do with just making shots, Miles said.

“Shavon doesn’t feel great about

where he’s at, but it’s not just Shavon,” Miles said. “We have to get everyone going.”

Miles mentioned mixing up the lineups this week in practice to see if different combinations will help with scoring. However, he scoffed at the idea of Shields seeing less playing time because of his inability to

In Nebraska’s past three games losses to Ohio State, Michigan and Purdue sophomore Shavon Shields was 4 for 14 from the field. Here is Shields’ shot chart in those three games.

put the ball in the basket.

The sophomore is too valuable, Miles said.

“We miss him on the floor in a lot of different ways aside from just making buckets when he’s not in,” the coach said. “He’s really important to our program. He just knows what’s going on. He’ll move

without the basketball. He’ll screen when he needs to and that opens it up for other guys.

“I’m not worried about Shavon Shields. He’s going to be there when he heals up.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska sophomore forward Shavon Shields sprints on a breakaway during Nebraska’s 71-70 loss to Michigan on Jan. 9. Shields went 1 for 5 for 4 points in the game, and he has scored a total of 13 points in the Huskers’ past three games.

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Shields’ struggles highlight Huskers’ shooting woes

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loose ball rolled right to Shavon Shields at the elbow midway through the second half of Nebraska’s loss against Purdue on Sunday.

He looked toward the basket and hesitated. No Purdue defender approached him. Shields rose into his shot. The ball hit the back iron of the basket and fell into the hands of a Boilermaker.

Knocking down shots has been a problem for Shields lately, as the Nebraska captain finds himself in a sophomore slump halfway through the season.

It’s gotten so bad that Nebraska coach Tim Miles is even looking for ways to kick-start his sophomore captain.

“You mean keeping my fingers crossed and hope he’s going to make more shots?” Miles said.

More offense was expected of Shields this season after he earned All-Big Ten Freshmen accolades last season. It seemed like he was up for the challenge scoring 28 points against Florida Gulf Coast in the season opener.

Even the averages are up from his freshman year. Shields averaged 8.6 points

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Nebraska heads into spring indoor season After recordbreaking intrasquad meet in December, Huskers look to carry momentum to spring

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Two 2nd-year guards, Rachel Theriot and Sadie Murren, raise level of play from freshman season

Staff Report DN On Friday, the men and women’s track and field season will begin with the Holiday Inn Invitational at the Devaney Center Indoor Track.

“They’re two good teams,” coach Gary Pepin said. “How they are going to do depends on how much we can improve during the season.”

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Pair of NU sophomores experiences no slump

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Nebraska senior sprinter Miles Ukaoma runs in the Big Ten Indoor Championships in 2012. Ukaoma was a first-team All-American in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championship.

The term “sophomore slump” has been thrown around a lot in sports lately. Especially in the NFL. I don’t remember how many times SportsCenter ran the ques-

tion, “Which second-year quarStarting with Murren, who terback will struggle this seahasn’t had an opportunity at a son?” starting spot yet, has provided Is this a real thing? depth off the bench since last Looking at the quarterbacks’ season. numbers after this NFL season, I By averaging only 12 minutes would say yes. a game, Murren is 17-of-37 from Robert Griffin and Brandon the field, a jump from her freshWeeden went through a tough man season when she was 9-ofsecond year, while 42 in 18 games.

Andrew Luck, In 14 games In 14 Ryan Tannehill this year, she’s and Russell Wilshooting .459 games this son experienced percent from the little to no lag year, (Murren’s) floor — a big step the second time up from her .214 shooting .459 around. percent a season So has the percent from the ago. sophomore slump She also rains affected the Ne- floor.” in the threes, as braska women’s she is 14-of-27 basketball team? from behind the arc and leads That’s a negative, Ghost Ridthe squad in 3-pointer percenter. age at .519 percent.

Take a look at the two sophoNot too shabby for not playmores on the team: guards Sadie Murren and Rachel Theriot. bertrand: see page 9