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Students walk by the bakery inside the Nebraska Union Tuesday. The bakery has begun offering healthier food choices and is giving students a chance to rename the store by giving suggestions via Facebook posts and a banner hanging near Runza.

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Wikipedia, Reddit institute blackout to protest Stop Online Piracy Act dan holtmeyer daily nebraskan

Anyone working on last-minute papers today will have to find another source of free information: For the first time in its 11year life, Wikipedia’s Englishlanguage pages will be offline until midnight EST. The user-generated encyclopedia announced plans Monday to join Reddit, a social news site, and other sites in a self-imposed blackout in protest of two coordinated Congressional bills, the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property Acts. Both aim to curb online copyright infringement, or the use or access of material like movies and music without permission of its owners, by expanding the government’s power to punish infringers. SOPA has been temporarily shelved to build more consensus in the House of

Representatives. Wikipedia, Facebook and Google have united with legal experts from universities across the country, media organizations and other members of the technology industry in opposition to the bills, which they say could severely hamper or even censor the freedom of expression that has defined the Internet throughout its short history. Supporters, including the Motion Picture Association of America and the music industry, say it will protect intellectual property from an Internet freefor-all. With the 24-hour shutdown, Wikipedia hopes to drum up awareness of, and opposition to, the bills, site co-founder Jimmy Wales told the New York Times Monday. “When you consider the magnitude of how many people use Wikipedia globally, there is a potential here for really creating

some noise and getting some attention in the U.S.,” Wales said, adding that he saw the pair of bills as a First Amendment issue. During the day, the site will post information for visitors to contact their state representatives about the bills. Such a politically charged action is an unusual move for the tech industry, which has generally stayed out of politics. That’s a measure of how seriously the industry takes these bills, said Michael Wagner, a professor of political science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “A lot of these companies are apolitical until they feel like they can’t be,” Wagner said, though he added that the move might not be as effective as Wales and others imagine. Still, he said, “People are very resistant to changing how (the Internet) gets used.” The bills behind the controversy, if passed, would institute

a penalty of up to five years in prison for someone who streams copyrighted content without permission 10 or more times in six months, a measure some students said could quickly have an impact very close to home. “I know people with terabytes of downloaded content,” said Grant Isaacson, a freshman business administration major who said he agreed with the bills’ intentions, if not their reach. Several other students said they would get in trouble under the statute and wouldn’t talk on record. The bills’ main provisions would allow the U.S. government to go after websites that enable or facilitate illegal access to copyrighted material by ordering advertisers, credit

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Series to focus on masculinity Mary Rezac Daily Nebraskan

Exploring masculinity is the focus of the Women’s and Gender Studies Spring 2012 Colloquium Series, which launches today. “Normally, I think when people think of women’s and gender studies, they think it’s just the study of women and femininity,” said Rose Holz, associate director of women’s and gender studies. “But the word gender is about men as well, and with this series we wanted to incorporate men into the study more.” Marina Camboni, the first speaker of the series, is a professor of Anglo-American language, culture and literature at the University of Macerata, Italy, and is the cofounder of the Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association. She will be addressing masculinity in the translation of Walt Whitman in her talk, “Whitman’s Leaves, Gambreale’s Fogelie d’erba, and the Language of Futurism

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and Fascism” at 5:30 p.m. in the Bailey Library, located on the second floor of Andrews Hall. The Department of English is co-sponsoring the event. In addition to the talk, students are invited to a Brown Bag Lunch event with Camboni Friday from noon to 1 p.m. in Seaton Hall, Room 316. Jan Deeds, associate director of Student Involvement and the Gender Programs’ Women’s Center, worked with the UNL Women’s and Gender Studies program to put together the colloquium. She said the series gives students a chance to explore gender further. “I’ve always been interested in masculinity and femininity,” Deeds said. “When studying gender, you need to look at both gender roles – the impact that it has on each of us.” Deeds, who also teaches UNL’s new “Introduction to Men’s Studies” course, said she is looking forward to Michael Kimmel, the second lecturer of the series. Kimmel wrote

spring 2012 series: “Masuclinity” Wednesday, Jan. 18, 5:30 p.m. “Whitman’s Leaves, Gamberale’s Foglie d’erba and the Language of Futurism and Fascism” who: Marina Camboni, University of Macerata, Italy where: Bailey Library, 229 Andrews Hall Friday, Jan. 20, Noon Brown Bag Lunch who: Marina Camboni, University of Macerata, Italy where: 316 Seaton Hall Thursday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men who: Michael Kimmel, sociologist, author and lecturer where: Nebraska Union Auditorium Tuesday, April 3, 12:30 p.m. Incorporating Masculinity into Women’s and Gender Studies who: James Garza, Jan Deeds, and Iker GonzálezAllend, University of Nebraska-Lincoln where: Nebraska Union (Room to be posted) “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men.” “Kimmel is one of the early scholars in masculinity, and his

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Last year, students bustled into the Nebraska Union’s Corner Bakery to buy a quick snack or cut through on the way to use the computer labs or restroom. But the Corner Bakery, as students have known it, will no longer be a cornerstone in the Nebraska Union. The newly structured facility will offer different, healthier options and a chance for students to choose the new name. “Students help make our decisions and we thought it would be fun to let them choose,” said Gregg Jablonski, assistant director of Nebraska Unions. “It also sparks the interest to students and to let them know healthier options are coming.” No longer sporting a neon sign, the store has replaced it with the simple request to “Name This

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Senator fights obesity with proposed bill Jacy Marmaduke daily nebraskan

LB 753 — Provide for childhood obesity prevention measures and create funds through sales taxation of soft drinks. Introduced Jan. 4 by Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln. Daily Nebraskan: Can you give a brief summary of the bill? Bill Avery: The (Nebraska) Medical Association here in Lincoln has been trying to get somebody to carry this bill for three or four years now and I’ve been resisting. It’s an attempt to combat child obesity by removing the sales tax exemption on sugar beverages. Right now, sugar beverages are defined as food, even though they have no nutritional value, and they’re exempted from the sales tax. We believe

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that if you impose the sales tax, then not only will that generate some revenue that can be used for obesity prevention programs in the schools, it might discourage some consumption of sugar beverages that we know contributes to obesity for children. Ninety percent of the money this would generate — about $11 million — would go to the Department of Education to be used in anti-obesity programs in schools. DN: Why did you decide to carry the bill? Avery: Sugar beverages

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Store.” Just across from Runza, a banner hangs on the wall for students to write their name suggestions. Students can also submit ideas on the “UNL Student Involvement” Facebook page. Jablonski said it’s been fun to see the response from students. Rachel Bruss, a journalism and mass communications graduate student assistant, said she thought the suggestions were creative so far. “You’ve got to give (the students) credit,” Bruss said. Bruss said some of the most creative names she has seen so far have been “Healthy Husker” and “Treat Yo’Self.” Entries on the Facebook page include “The Red Breadbox,” “Cornucopia”

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Residence Hall Association funds Super Bowl party Conor Dunn Daily Nebraskan

Tuesday night at its first meeting of the semester, the Residence Hall Association allocated $400 to Selleck’s Residence Hall Association to fund its upcoming Super Bowl party. “We’re asking for money for food,” said Sen. Mina Holmes, a freshman general studies major. “We may not need the money, but we wanted to come early and make sure that we have enough rather than too little.” The party is planned for Feb. 5 in Selleck’s basement from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Advertising for the party is expected to start next week. Holmes said the board is expecting approximately 200 attendees, and any UNL student is invited to come to the party. Holmes said any leftover funds would be returned to RHA. The budget bill for spring semester allocations was also introduced during the meeting. Ryan King, RHA treasurer and a junior computer science major, said final census

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numbers were taken Tuesday, but the actual allocation portion may still change. RHA ended up with more funds in its budget than it needed last semester, King said. “We had to do some switching around,” he said. “We expect the budget to be less than last semester’s budget.” The budget will be voted on in two weeks, King said. RHA president Kevin Rush, a senior special education major, told RHA members the executive board wants to put together a piece of legislation for a spring concert in April. “RHA will work together with the University Program Council in possibly funding an opening artist or band for the concert,” he said.

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Once UPC finishes compiling a list of different possibilities for opening music, Rush said he will present it for the board to vote on. At the end of the meeting, Rush said each of the executive board members will be coming to the end of their four terms in April and they will be looking for replacements. “It’s a very rewarding experience that opens up a lot doors,” Rush said. “We really want to make sure we have good people filling these positions.” conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com

we see it.” But other actions that would invoke these laws are decidedly less nefarious. A video of a family singing “Happy Birthday,” a copyrighted song, infringes copyright, Bender said, just as a video of someone singing along with any copyrighted song would technically qualify. The bill doesn’t make anything illegal that isn’t already, he pointed out, but gives copyright holders, along with the government, sharper teeth in dealing with actions like illegal downloading. Before, if a copyright holder discovered its content uploaded by a user onto a site like YouTube, it would just ask that site to take it down. With these bills, it’d be able to hit that site in the wallet if enough action wasn’t taken quickly enough. The problem many opponents see in this broad approach is the potential for collateral damage on expression that is perfectly legal, Bender said. “The concern is that this is so protective of copyrights … that it is going to infringe on the legitimate expressive activities of other entities,” he said. Many opponents have also voiced concerns about how the measures could allow competing service providers to charge each other with enabling copyright infringement, or give companies or

the federal government too much power over what finds its way onto the Web. Others have pointed out that websites could be so afraid of invoking the laws that the innovation and sharing power of the Web will be diminished. Bender went so far as to say that if these bills had been in place a decade ago, “we wouldn’t have YouTube.” Bender said he was sympathetic to that concern while supporting the aims of copyright protection in general, echoing the sentiments of most bill opponents. “I appreciate the need for copyrights; I’ve benefitted from copyright,” he said with a laugh. “(But) copyrights have become so powerful that there is a threat to other creative activity,” a decades-long trend in favor of copyright holders over those who might take that material and build from it. This in turn, Bender said, could end up hurting the point of copyright in the first place: encouraging new work, art, speech or other expression. Several UNL students agreed with Bender and the coalition of opposition to SOPA and Protect IP. “You can’t censor information,” said Tess Mayer, a sophomore studying fashion merchandising. “That’s what the Internet is for.” danholtmeyer@ dailynebraskan.com

masculinity: from 1 book is about (the) area between being a boy and being a man, which guys seem to get stuck in, especially today,” Deeds said. “It’s a definite role, and the idea of being a ‘guy’ is very stereotypical and very much a part of the culture today.” Deeds said Kimmel’s book takes a look at why men are getting stuck in “Guyland” today and what can be done about it. “The message of society seems to be that being a man is boring and old, and being a guy is more fun,” Deeds said. “But Kimmel looks at what that does to society and the men stuck in it who don’t find

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SOPA: from 1 card payment processors like PayPal and Internet service providers to stop doing business with those sites. The bills would effectively hit sites that pave the way to copyrighted material right where it hurts. If the bills are taken to their extreme, some opponents fret, a site like Facebook could be ordered shut down because one user-posted copyrighted material. “(These bills) allow copyright holders to go to court to get orders directed at domestic websites that are infringing on copyright,” said John Bender, a journalism professor who specializes in media law and freedom of expression issues. He described the issue as “a California Civil War” between Silicon Valley and Hollywood. For example, he said, if the search engine Google helped a user reach a game or movie illegally, the owner of that content could get an order that would prevent advertisers from working with the site. “And, of course, that would be Google’s main revenue,” Bender said. Foreign servers that host copyrighted content illegally are prominent targets of the legislation, which Bender said made sense. “China’s the one that would be foremost concern,” he said, adding with a laugh, “They really don’t respect intellectual property, or see it in the way

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that role very satisfying. He doesn’t judge, but he tries to understand the process and open a discussion about it.” The series will conclude in April with a roundtable discussion, “Incorporating Masculinity Into Women’s and Gender Studies,” featuring Deeds, James Garza, associate professor of history and ethnic studies, and associate professor of Spanish Iker Gonzalez-Allende, all of whom have studied masculinity. Examining masculinity in no way takes away from the study of women or the feminist movement, Deeds said. “The controversy is that men’s studies will push

women’s studies out of the way, but that’s not the case at all, and I wouldn’t be involved if it were,” Deeds said. “By opening up men’s studies, we hope to have male students who ask, ‘What does gender mean to me?’ And we can further explore how gender affects men and women.” Holz encouraged students interested to discover what the series has to offer. “Go to satisfy your curiosity,” Holz said. “I really push students to start thinking critically about gender. We always kind of assume it’s this monolithic thing and we don’t really analyze what it might be.”

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Committee for Fees Allocation heard 2012-2013 student fee requests from the Daily Nebraskan, the DailyER Nebraskan and University Program Council Tuesday night. UPC is asking the committee for a 5 cent per student increase to pay for the graduate assistant position that helps with the organization. CFA questioned the necessity of having a graduate assistant, but UPC said the position was needed. “The graduate assistant is vital to our organization,” said Jason Dunn, senior film studies major and president of UPC. “Without the graduate assistant we wouldn’t have the manpower to hold the type of events we currently do.” Both the Daily Nebraskan’s and DailyER Nebraskan’s presentations focused on the publications’ continued efforts to raise money through advertising, which will include hiring a new advertising manager after the current manager retires. There was much discussion about whether the newspapers could save money by eliminating the paper edition, relying solely on the Web. Dan Shattil, the Daily

Nebraskan general manager, made it clear both publications anticipate continuing the print editions for the time being. Daily Nebraskan Editor-in-Chief Ian Sacks, a senior English major, said it would be a “huge loss of presence for the university to not have a printed paper.” Last year, both publications received an increase in funds. This year, both publications are seeking the same amount they were given last year. “We could ask for an increase this year, but we will not,” Shattil said. “We are requesting the same amount for both the Daily Nebraskan and the DailyER Nebraskan.” Despite a joint presentation, there will be separate votes on the Daily Nebraskan’s and the DailyER Nebraskan’s proposals Jan. 24. UPC’s request will also be voted on Jan. 24. Nolan Johnson, a junior management major and CFA chair, has been pleased with the presentations so far this year. “I thought the presentations went really well,” Johnson said. “The Daily Nebraskan and the DailyER Nebraskan aren’t asking for increase, so that’s great. And UPC, it’s for employee benefits, so it’s completely understandable and something that needs to be provided.” EmilyNitcher@ DailyNebraskan.com

bill: from 1 are not a necessity and they’re not nutrition. So there’s no reason why that should be lumped into the food category and exempted from the sales tax. Let’s turn the question. Let’s say we already tax sugar beverages and my proposal was to exempt sugar beverages from the sales tax. Nobody would support that. You know what they would be saying? “You can’t do that, because that will encourage kids to drink more soda pop and they’ll get fat.” All I’m doing is trying to contribute to the antiobesity effort and provide the state with some resources to fund a larger anti-obesity program. DN: Why did you initially resist carrying the bill? Avery: I resisted for three years. I knew that people would misrepresent it and there would be stiff resistance to it. I get some pretty nasty emails about this. Let’s say that a can of pop cost you $1. You’d have to spend seven cents of tax on that in Lincoln and that’s causing people so much heartbreak, you wouldn’t believe. I’m trying to create a nanny state? People say, “You’re trying to take my soda pop away from me.” No, I’m not. Buy it. Buy all you want. Just don’t ask the state to subsidize it. DN: How have reactions been so far? Avery: I knew what the reaction would be. I knew it would be extremely negative and it would be easy fodder for misrepresentation, and

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that’s what’s happened. I mean, look at the blogs on this story. Just the other day they did a man-on-the-street interview on this bill, and every single person opposed it. I’m getting phone calls in my office, just awful, mean, nasty reactions. DN: Have you heard any positive feedback? Avery: Oh yeah, I’m getting a little bit. But it’s going to have to go through the revenue committee, and there are a lot of people on that committee who are up for re-election this year, and they’re going to be afraid to vote for it because they’ll be accused of raising taxes. So I’m not hopeful. But I’ve got two more years with this. I can come back with it. Most of these bills are multi-year products. A lot of times that first year is spent educating, and then the next time you come back with it you’ve got a better chance.

cops briefs Double hit-andrun at Sandoz Amy Barrier, 20, of Alvo, Neb., struck two vehicles while attempting to park in the north end of the Sandoz parking lot Sunday afternoon. As she was parking her red Buick, she hit a gray 2005 Acura on the passenger side. Attempting to correct her accident, Barrier reversed and struck a Ford that was parked behind her. She then fled the scene after caused an estimated $900 in damage. Barrier did not make any attempt to contact owners of the damaged vehicles. Authorities tracked Barrier using her license plate number and towed her vehicle. Two hours later, Barrier was arrested after she called police to report her towed vehicle. Delta Tau Delta false fire alarm, MIPs Cody Philipps, a sophomore athletic training major, was charged with false reporting after setting off a fire extinguisher in the main lobby of Delta Tau Delta at 3 a.m. Saturday. Philipps took responsibility for setting off the alarm and was also charged with a minor in possession. As the authorities were in the house, they found Troy Willett, an undeclared sophomore, standing in the rear parking lot in a T-shirt and boxer shorts. Other fraternity members attempted to hide Willett from the authorities. Willett had a blood alcohol level of 0.255 and was also charged with an MIP. Both Willett’s and Philipps’ parents were notified. Toilet-papering incident outside greek house Sigma Pi Epsilon members were seen throwing toilet paper on the trees near Alpha Chi Omega Friday evening. Nobody was charged, but the members of Sigma Pi Epsilon were asked to remove the toilet paper. The alternative consequence was to suffer a littering charge. However, the toilet paper was still present on the trees days later. Transient arrested near Ice Box Officers were called to the Ice Box arena Saturday evening on the reports that intoxicated males, who had previously been asked to leave, didn’t leave the premises. When they arrived, officers found Robby Young, a 49-year-old transient. Young was submitted to alcohol tests and had a .393 BAC. He was given a UNL trespass policy letter for his actions and was sent to detox. —compiled by daniel wheaton DANIELWHEATON@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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bakery: from 1 and “The Begrained Snackery Emporium.” One of the funnier names written on the banner was “Get Baked,” which was not appropriate to choose, Jablonski said. “We’re also trying to get away from the bakery aspect,” Jablonski said. Years ago, he said the Corner Bakery was a fullfledged bakery, but it gradually moved away from that aspect. Along with asking for name ideas, Jablonski said he is looking for ideas of what to sell. “Who knows better than the customers themselves?” he said. Currently, the store is selling hummus and pita chips, salad options, fruit, soy milk and vegetarian options. The deadline for choosing the name is Jan. 20. Students are welcome to submit ideas via Facebook or write them on the banner. The final decision won’t be decided upon before next week at the earliest, but the change most likely won’t go into effect until the school year has ended. “This summer, we’re hoping to do renovation on the different areas,” Jablonski

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Reading standards need to be addressed

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magine running into a phrase you’ve never heard of. What would you do? For some people, “I’m not an English major” could be a good reason to move on. There might be a group of people who would choose to Google it. Often, they’ll find a related article somewhere on the Internet. Even among this small group, people will tend to stop reading the article when they think they understand the topic. Reading seems too time consuming and worthless, even for college students. Too many times, we run into unfamiliar topics. To find out the explanation, we generally take two steps. First, search the Internet for a related article; second, search the article for the key word. By following this, we’ll normally reach a conclusion. If we find it - we copy, paste and paraphrase it, giving us a legitimate statement while not plagiarizing. If we don’t find it, we’ll figure out, one way or another, how to tell a professor we can’t work on something we don’t know. That may be just, because it’s not on Wikipedia. How about using the library? Yeah, the electronic one is a good source, but regular books don’t have a keyword search function. Don’t get me wrong, the phenomenon described above only applies to some college students. However, with the pressure of playing video games and partying, it’s likely to spread among a larger group. This is just in college. What does the situation look like in high school and other lower level education institutions? According to one article from the New York Times, on average, U.S. students haven’t improved much on their reading skills since the 1990s. Reading is one of the most important ways to learn new knowledge. The world has changed so much with the implementation of information technology. The challenge we’re facing today is that we have more information and knowledge than before. However, children’s reading skills haven’t improved. It’s no secret that high school diploma holders currently have the highest unemployment rate. It’s also not uncommon to have a bachelor’s degree as a minimum educational requirement. When we’re facing a

world with more knowledge than ever, the same level of reading proficiency as 20 years ago probably won’t build a more competitive labor force. According to statistics from Education Week, even though there is a six percent increase in high school graduation rates in the class of 2008 compared with the class of 1997, a 71.7 percent national high school graduation rate is not something to be proud of. If we look at Nebraska, the high school graduation rate is 77.3 percent, higher than the national average. However,

if we compare it to 10 years ago, we had a 0.2 percent drop. Students’ performance has become a public concern. From the federal level to state level, many acts have been passed and many reforms have taken place to help students learn. Action is also needed from the public. Educating the next generation shouldn’t be a topic debated only by a politician. It isn’t only a political view, but also a part of personal philosophy. While listening to the politicians debating, each person should have his

or her opinion and actions as well. The government can build schools and improve education infrastructure, but it can’t study for the next generation. Reading, one of the most important ways to learn, can be improved without politicians and government. In the election season, instead of spending hours criticizing faulty policies, reading would be a better way to spend time and seek change.

jiajun (Abe) xu is a junior finance and economics major. reach him at jiajunxu@ dailynebraskan.com.

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SOPA fails to solve copyright infringement The coordinated congressional bills Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property acts would allow the U.S. government more freedom with penalizing copyright infringers. Some websites, notably Wikipedia and Reddit, are joining together for a self-imposed blackout to oppose the bills. The legislation has created an outpouring of opposition from not only websites, but legal experts, media organizations and members of the technology industry. While the Daily Nebraskan recognizes the importance of copyright, it does not support these acts in their present form. Preventing the free flow of information on the Web is not the answer to protecting copyright. The acts could drastically limit creativity online. If such censorship is permitted by the government, it will be difficult to see where a line can be drawn. Any website, including social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are at risk of being shut down. Facebook could be hurt simply because one user posted something with copyright infringement. Such sites without editorial oversight should not be punished for the content of its users. SOPA sets a dangerous precedent of the government being able to shut down or hinder a website. It’s threatening the very essence in which the Internet matured. With these acts, a day without Wikipedia could become a lifetime without Wikipedia. And then, how will you ever do your homework?

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or those of you who aren’t avid watchers of “Saturday Night Live,” I’d like to draw your attention to an episode from about four years ago. America was still entrenched in the great Democratic nomination saga of 2008. Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama. And in case you can’t remember back that far, it was a nail-biting good time. During his own campaign, Republican nominee Sen. John McCain made a guest appearance on the “Weekend Update” portion of “SNL.” His jests to the Democratic Party went something like this (well, actually, exactly like this): “You have two incredibly talented candidates. Why not take every possible second to weigh each of their pros and cons? For all you know, there are a bunch of cons you even don’t know about yet. Cons that won’t reveal themselves should you choose a candidate too early.” While that may just seem like gratuitous quoting, McCain has a point. In fact, in a bizarre moment of clairvoyance, he seems to have summed up this election’s GOP potential nominees well. It’s been a long, scandalriddled ride. Makes sense given the amount of time we’ve had with the candidates. The GOP seems to have taken a cue from the Democratic National Committee this election cycle. Countless debates have still left us with multiple candidates and not a lot of information. A pattern seems to be forming in the political landscape. It’s taking longer and longer to pick a candidate. Is that because we are getting less and less decisive? Possibly. Is it because the candidates are getting worse and worse? Maybe. It’s difficult to assess merits anymore given the idea of “media creations.” Focus has shifted from ideas to personas. What a candidate wears or sounds like is given as much

Kaley Cook credence as his or her politics. Personality is important, and should be a factor to a point. However, it should be assessed through a candidate’s beliefs – not vice versa. There is an idea of seeming “presidential,” but there is also the infamous idea of whom who you’d rather have a beer with. Somehow, the fact that you don’t want to have an alcoholic beverage with someone means they should not run a country. Does that mean that, conversely, anyone you do want to have an alcoholic beverage with has the qualifications to run a country? New social controversies have changed the game as well. Chiming in on a heated issue can draw attention to a campaign – without uttering a single word of policy. Don’t inform us, entertain us. Please don’t have a clear plan to fix the economy and don’t you dare remember all of the government agencies you plan to cut. But do tell us how much you despise gays and vaccinations but love Christmas. That’s certainly the most important issue to be faced in office. (And be sure to tell voters all this while walking in a forest. With your kids and a dog. The dog may seem superfluous, but it’s actually very important. All of these details show voters you have family values and you intend to take them all the way to the White House. And that’s completely reasonable. After all, what family hasn’t faced an economic crisis and guerrilla war?) Even religious beliefs get in the

way of political beliefs. Mitt Romney’s Mormonism is one of his most memorable traits. In fact, his attempt for the presidential nomination inspired the “I’m a Mormon” campaign. This campaign was started after a June Gallup poll reported 22 percent of Americans would not vote for a Mormon for president. These ads may be backfiring a bit, however. Mitt Romney is an ex-governor of Massachusetts and has experience with health care reform. But I’m guessing you don’t remember that. Thanks to comedy shows like “SNL” and faux-news programs like “The Daily Show,” caricatures of candidates are more easily perpetuated. Who doesn’t remember Tina Fey as a folksy Sarah Palin being the highlight of the last election? Humorous sketches call attention to candidates’ personas and continue to paint a picture of a personality for the viewers. All of this has very little to do with politics. The ongoing debates seem only fuel for the media’s fire, rather than offering an actual chance to understand what the candidates would do if they won the presidency. Candidates seem more inclined to give a good sound bite rather than a good answer. Elections ought to be less about a media portrayal of a candidate and more about what a candidate says and does. It needs to be based on political ideas and knowledge, not whether or not you would give your drinking buddy launch codes. “SNL” performances are funny — and can hit on real issues — but it’s important to base your opinions of political figures in reality. And political figures need to work to give us better versions of themselves, hopefully with more honesty and with better answers than in the past.

kaley cook is a sophomore international studies major. reach her at kaleycook@ dailynebraskan.com.

Melancholia endures through life’s rituals

ast Thursday, I saw “Melancholia,” Lars von Trier’s poignant film starring former teen-icon Kirsten Dunst. Dunst, perhaps surprisingly, is startling as Justine, a 20-something melancholic who struggles to find meaning in life’s empty rituals. The film takes place during Justine’s failed wedding and the months that follow, during which a giant blue planet arrives on a crash course with Earth. Unlike the usual Hollywood fare — worshipping beauty and whatever morals are useful to the ruling class — “Melancholia” is a film about what it means to be human. Justine is presumably well-educated, has a high status career writing ad copy and a fiance bearing the gift to end all wedding gifts: a private orchard. Still, with these birds in hand, Justine falls victim to depression at the reception and breaks ties with her family, her boss and finally her loving fiance. We all know Justines of the world, and some of us are Justine: We perpetually see the glass as half empty or even a fraction of a percent empty. To von Trier, this pessimism, this feeling of vacuity, cannot be filled any more than Earth can be saved from interstellar projectiles. “Melancholia” portrays life as not just meaningless but hopelessly meaningless, an impassable

bridge across wedding games, promotions and other inane rituals. I agree with von Trier’s beautiful film: life is pretty meaningless. And I won’t try to assuage the reader with some happy horsecrap about finding happiness. But I do think von Trier, at least in this film, fails to indulge the real causes behind melancholia. For the first time in modern U.S. history, industrialization provides us with unprecedented safety, food and even the burgeoning fruit of gender equality. But a funny thing happened on our way to modern society. Industrialization became so good at provision, our own actions became superfluous. Our safety is controlled not by us, but by police, courts and politicians. In most cases it’s illegal to try and control our safety. And our friends and family are not dependent on each other, but upon their jobs with corporate America, even for values. If tomorrow, society says learning X is most valuable, we must extoll X to our children and not that which we know. And when we vote in elections, or wish to challenge the status quo, we have at most a tiny fraction of a say. And so, industrialization isn’t all modern medicine and air conditioning. We’re helpless as individuals trying to control that which industrialization controls better. And the

David Logan dependency of humans on the system — rather than upon each other — means the fracturing of close knit groups that were common to preindustrial life. Indeed, most relationships in 2012 exist briefly and to only to support our social machine. Our relationships to professors are based not on treating them as people, but on earning a grade. Our relationships to children are based on coaxing them into whatever is deemed valuable by society. And our relationship to the cashier at Sbarro is based only on what we — and they — can get out of it. The result of these relationships is a lifetime of loneliness and heartache, leaving one serving of small talk for another. I don’t mean to give the idea this is all sinister. Who wants to live without modern medicine? And this lack of individuality wasn’t instituted by Lex Luthor and Dr. Doom. It’s only the inevitable result of living in a machine with seven billion parts. To allow any

one person substantial control over their own lives and values would disrupt the machine, and put the benefits of progress in jeopardy. And consider how fast things would grind to a halt if we were loyal primarily to each other instead of our careers. Business would collapse if people skipped work whenever their friends needed them. Technology would stall if we let kids skip the classes and social situations they hate. Agriculture would collapse and everyone would starve if we tried to feed people real food instead of easily produced crap. And so on. And so, individual action is — and must be — largely meaningless in 2012, and nothing will come off the bench to fill in. Not video games in which we pretend to be a soldier, not letters after our name and a 500-page dissertation, not more entertainment or better technology or another relationship in which we painstakingly coax something out of another human being. Now to Justine. I’m speculating, but Justine is sad because no one ever depended upon her for anything important. Justine’s family and friends depend on our mighty empire, and Justine had little control over her life other than to do something beneficial to the machine: selling ad copy. Justine’s relationships existed mostly so she could progress

in the system. Most importantly, people endlessly used Justine so they could progress as well. Justine funneled through our lifestyle with all its bells and whistles and came up feeling empty and alone. So, while I agree with Lars von Trier that life’s rituals are empty, life itself is not intrinsically empty. Justines of the world need to feel wanted and needed, and to take actions with consequences their loved ones depend on. They need to feel valued beyond their clothing, beyond their sauce choice at Subway and beyond every other value dictated by advertising. Essentially, they need exactly that which is a worthless burden on modern society. To von Trier, to Justine, melancholia is an impassible bridge for humanity. Peace of mind is no more likely than surviving collision with a gas giant hurdling toward the Earth. To me, peace of mind is only another casualty of a lifestyle which has brought so much comfort and safety. And until industrial technology once again bails us out with better antidepressants and better clinical psychology, nothing will end melancholia. Nothing, that is, except for a giant freaking planet. Thank God it’s 2012.

david logan is a non-degreeseeking graduate student. reach him at davidlogan@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Sheldon’s docent program immerses students in art

wo current docents led four new interns through the galleries of Sheldon Museum of Art late Friday af-

ternoon. One floor below, Jeff MacDonald, the layout leader, and a small team worked to install the layout of a model train set, putting in wiring, painting backdrops and building models of Nebraska towns around the tracks. This semester, the Sheldon will not only add on to its docent program, but will also be hosting a variety of exhibitions within the next few months. The two student docents, Amanda Washburn, an art history graduate student and Shulang Zou, a senior art history major, stopped at various works, asking their peers questions about each piece. Silence answered them, but that’s not how it always goes. “The rewarding part is having those conversations with people and getting to interact with people who are interested in art, as well,” said Washburn. “It’s no longer a typical tour.”

The Sheldon offers interactive tours to those passing through. Docents pick the works they want to discuss. Along with offering information about the works, they are also expected to encourage conversation among the tourists about each piece. Starting Jan. 28 at 2 p.m., these tours will be offered to the public free of charge. They will be held each consecutive Saturday at the same time. The Sheldon currently has two docent programs, one for students and one for adults. The adult program is used primarily to give tours to every fourth, fifth and sixth grader in the Lincoln Public Schools system. Starting in 2011, the student docent program has undergone revision. Students attend a six-week training session on Friday afternoons, beginning in September, where they practice tour-giving techniques with each other. Once initial training is complete, docents are also required to meet once a month to discuss new exhibitions or programs in the museum. Student docents give tours

to University of Nebraska-Lincoln classes and volunteer for the Sheldon’s events. Regina Flowers, a graduate student in art history and the docent coordinator, said the museum strives to have a high number of docents so the students only have to work a few hours every week. “It’s important for us to reach out to the university,” she said. “It’s giving them an investment into the university.” Anyone can fill out an application to be a docent. The positions are completely voluntary. With the changing of the semester, the docents will have new exhibits to lead tourists through. The Sheldon is currently in the process of installing “Railroads and the Making of Modern America,” which will open this Friday, 150 years after the founding of the Union Pacific Railroad. The exhibition will contain several pieces from the Sheldon’s collection and the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. Some art enthusiasts in Nebraska have also loaned

“The rewarding part is having those conversations with people and getting to interact with people who are interested in art, as well.” Amanda Washburn art history graduate student

works from their private collection to the museum. In addition to artwork, the exhibition will also feature between eight and 10 material objects from the UNL library and the Nebraska State Historical Society, including a leather-bound traveler’s atlas from 1850. William G. Thomas III, a history professor and guest curator, organized the exhibition as a continuation of his current research and the publication of his book, “The Iron Way: the Civil War, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America.” Thomas said he likes to

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“People don’t learn by staring into a mirror – people learn by encountering difference.” This quote by Ronald Heifetz sits in the lobby of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. Today, the same pro-diversity adage will hopefully resonate through the words and actions of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and community members alike. The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center will host “Outspoken,” an open mic night in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Gaughan Center’s Unity Room (212). Bianca Harley, events coordinator for the Gaughan Center, said the open mic night will allow students to express their creativity in any way they want. Students will perform poetry, spoken word, song and dance on a variety of topics, such as race, gender,

family, love, loss and religion. “Anybody can participate. They just have to be a student to win the prize money,” Harley said. The prize for first place is $100, second place is $50 and third place is $25. The first-place winner will also have the opportunity to present their work at the “Why Should Martin Luther King, Jr. Matter to Me” event on Jan. 24. Nicholas Banks, a junior business administration pre-law major, plans to write poetry for “Outspoken.” He said he enjoys writing that can capture emotions in real life settings. “I like wordplay and the power of words,” Banks said. “How you can say the same thing in various combinations? It’s more of a way to release who I am in certain aspects.” Banks said this open mic night is different from others because it accomplishes two separate tasks. First, it brings together different communities on campus

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While translation opens literature to new and global readership, it’s a delicate process that can lead to drastic misinterpretation. In a lecture Wednesday titled “Whitman’s Leaves, Gamberale’s Foglie D’erba, and the Language of Futurism and Fascism,” Marina Camboni will explain how Walt Whitman’s poetic declaration of individuality and democracy was misappropriated toward fascist ideologies in early 20th century Italy. Camboni is Chair of American Literature and Director of the Ph.D. Program in comparative literature at the University of Macerata, Italy. “Whitman was one of the many writers Italian Futurists read and appreciated,” Camboni said. “They took from him what they needed. At that time they needed to find models for a ‘new man’ in tune with his own time, and new ways of giving artistic form to their experience of modernity, and he provided both.” Using transnational, linguistic and cultural perspectives, Camboni’s research looks at how concepts like “manliness” were abused by translators to advance fascist ideals. While Italian modernism provides an extreme example of translation issues, Camboni says that every reader inevitably misrepresents Whitman in his or her own way. “There is not ‘one’ Whitman but there are as many Whitmans as there are readers,” she said. “As a consequence, no reader really ‘mispresents’ him. Every reader appropriates him in his or her own way. Translators are both readers and mediators who share the cultural atmosphere of their time.” Camboni says Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” a complex and often enigmatic poem of individuality, is easily filled in by a reader’s own perspective. “An Italian modernist writer, Sibilla Aleramo, who was for a time close to the Futurists, pondering in her journal about the influence books had had on her, wrote that books, ‘more than teaching,’ provided

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“Outspoken” open mic night when: Wednesday, 7 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room (212) how much: Free to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and the Civil Rights Movement. Second, it’s a great celebration of artistic expression within the community, according to Banks. Banks plans to either write a new poem for the event or pull a piece from his personal collection. While he looks forward to performing, he is more excited to see other individuals express themselves. “In events like this, you have a lot of people break out of their shells and you uncover a lot of talent that a lot of people never would have known about,” Banks said. “‘Expressive’ is the best way to describe those people who perform for

upcoming events Lydia Loveless, Lloyd McCarter and Amy Schmidt & The Restless Things where: Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 O St. when: Wednesday, 9 p.m. how much: $5 cover Outspoken: Open Mic Night when: Thursday, 7 p.m. where: Unity Room (212) – Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center how much: Free Holiday Art Exhibit Kiechel Fine Art, 5733 S. 34th St. when: Thursday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. how much: Free where:

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Tyler “I’m just better than you” Keown I haven’t lived up to my potential, you know. “You have, Tyler,” you say aloud in the dining hall as you read this. You feel weird for talking to yourself, then realize everyone else on campus who read this column probably had the same thought. But really, I haven’t. This is a favor though. Living up to my potential means taking over the world and enslaving you all. I don’t do it because I don’t really have time to micromanage over 6 billion subservient beings. But really, all it would take is a couple of YouTube videos and a wink or two. I can pull that trigger whenever I want, so check yourself before I wreck you and everything you’ve ever loved. Unlike me, you probably won’t be taking over the world soon. Not because you can’t,

but because you really can’t. You can, however, probably do some kind of neat (relatively speaking) things if you set some goals. I personally don’t set goals. Taking time to figure out my goals would be counterproductive. I could be use that time to receive awards or make out with that cute girl in your chem class. It’s relevant for you, though. Tyler-tip: When you set your goals, set them too high. This allows you to do a few helpful things. First, you’ll let your family and friends feel better about not believing in you, because c’mon, you’re not going be an astronaut. You’re not even going to be a guy who can spell the word “astronaut.” Second, when your goals are high, people can be distracted by your illusions of grandeur. They’ll momentarily forget how mediocre you are. It’s a sweet deal. On the subject of others noticing you, the best part of not having any goal is actually not achieving it, but being able to tell everyone what you’re trying to do. It doesn’t matter that

you haven’t done anything, because now you have something to brag about other than your scar from that time you forgot how to get into a bathtub. Another worthwhile move is to write your ideas out on paper and stick it somewhere that you regularly see. This way, tear-filled nights full of regret and old “Felicity” episodes will be all the more justified, as you look at the wall and realize you’ve put on five pounds instead of losing 30. In high school, I heard the quote, “Shoot for the stars, because if you miss, you’ll be among the clouds.” I think that’s a great creed to live by, reader – if you’re me. If you try, you’re going to suffocate from lack of oxygen. I stopped breathing long ago. Not even one’s need for oxygen can tell me what to do and you have enough problems as it is. Until next week, good luck with your goals. Know that I’m not expecting much. Tyler keown is a freshman broadcast journalism major. Reach him at Tylerkeown@ dailynebraskan.com.

chance “Leave me alone” Solem-Pfeifer Acronyms can be very helpful. Without D.A.R.E., my forgetfulness as to whether drugs are bad or good would persist. But with it? We’re resisting drug abuse, no bones about it. Or else we’re recommending drug abuse. Figure it out later. Acronyms are especially helpful when it comes to making future plans, i.e. setting goals. My conception of the future is that of a collapsed star I’m slowly being sucked into. I can skid my heels against the slippery floor of the present, but sure as drug abuse is either to be resisted or recommended, the future is coming. And that’s hard for me to deal with. I’m not a baby or a dog. I can’t just desire something and then achieve it, just like babies and dogs do all the time. That would imply some sort of free will.

No, I have to make it complicated – a process so personally burdensome that goals are divisible into steps that can only be remembered via acronym. Here’s one I came up with without any influences from outside sources of any kind. It spells S.M.A.R.T. – a word I’m told connotes intelligence, which is a thing that I’m told makes me more likely to feel anything. Bombs away. S (Solitude) – Leave me alone. If a goal requires you to even look at someone else for guidance, then it blows. That “Into the Wild” guy? He had his shit figured out. I want to ride the rails, Chance. Then do it, sonny! But if you have to ask the railroad bull to stop beating you to death then you’re selling yourself short. Boxcar tramps don’t sell themselves short. Become all you can be in the context of riding in an industrial train car in complete isolation! M (Martyr) – Don’t set goals that don’t make you look like God’s gift to self-possession, should you die in trying to reach them. That “Into the Wild” kid? He had his shit figured out. Become all you can be in the context

of alienating everyone you know in exchange for time alone eating poisonous berries! A (Arbitrary) – People talk about this word like it’s a bad thing, but this universe is as random as it is hazardous. Numbers are just shapes. R (Roughshod) – Are you familiar with the word mitigated? I’ve never allowed myself to be mitigated by anyone. Be as sharp-edged as possible. Take no prisoners of any kind. Seriously, let’s just leave those prisoners behind. T (Trite) – Everything worth doing has been done. Not only should your goals be carbon copies of the average and unremarkable, try showing a genuine disdain for originality. You want to start your own digital media arts company? I’m going to type out the text from every Nicholas Sparks novel, bind them professionally and put my own name on them just to see what the hell happens. Be S.M.A.R.T., you guys. Be K-Mart Smart. Nobody does trite better. Chance solem-Pfeifer is a junior english major. reach him at chancesolem-pfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com.

outspoken: from 5 Harley said a number of participants have already signed up, including one high school student. She is excited to hear students’ thoughts on issues of diversity that are problematic in today’s society. “I always love to see the

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creativity from students on the relevance of MLK in 2012 and dealing with those same issues 40 years later,” Harley said. “Everyone has their different views.” Students will have the chance to share these views in a number of other events

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this week. Wednesday at 7 p.m., UNL law professor, Brian Lepard, will lead an international human rights lecture, also in the Gaughan Center. Tomorrow from 2 to 6 p.m., students can participate in service learning projects at various sites

around the community. The week’s events will end Friday with the Afrikan People’s Union MLK Banquet in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. The theme this year is “Looking Back to Go Forward.” Tickets are $10 per person or $70 per table for the 7 p.m. event, which

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features keynote speaker, John Ewing, the Douglas County treasurer. Banks thinks these events have the power to change students’ minds about racial issues. He said he thinks, once people see, they will understand. “It opens the door for

more communication between everyone because everyone has something to offer,” Banks said. “If we learn something through arts, music or poetry, it’s a common language. It’s something that no matter who you are, you can find common ground.” carawilwerding@ dailynebraskan.com

Graduation brings up uncertainty nate ruleaux On my first day back to college, I had a lot on my mind. It was a weird day; I forgot my headphones, remembered the tuna casserole I made for lunch, spent around $500 on textbooks and am still waiting on that loan. It’s the last semester of senior year, but don’t be fooled. I still have an extra summer and fall to go. It’s a weird time in the life of a college student. Many everyday faces just disappeared to December graduations and those that didn’t disappear have still faded away a bit into that thing called “life after college.” The other day, I’d gone over to a friend’s house for a mini “start of the semester” party. It was last minute, since the Ross lost power and had to cancel a mid-day showing of that new bummer apocalypse movie. This meant my date plans got put on hold. I went over to drink responsibly. It would be five hours until the next showing, which meant I was going to drink two of the six PBR tall boys I’d picked up on the way. I left the other four out in the car. Everyone else had plans of getting all sorts of something. But I was holding strong, smoking a small number of my cigarettes and sipping my shitty beer. The party was just a small gathering of people, fighting over what song to pull up on YouTube and trying to figure out which “Sex in the City” character each person’s

personality matched. Mine HORIZONTAL I.D. was the main chick, who is married to Ferris Bueller in NEBRASKA real life. The men in the house immediately retaliated with a debate as to who was which X-men character. I got Wol- a thousand miles away. And verine. First time in my life, at night you realize the girlactually. And there was some friend is still at work, so sort of mature, cool validation there was no reason to make so much pasta. in that. But many faces have gone, Then, as it tends to hapold ones keep popping up. pen from time to time when This big-sister-type chick you’ve been in a two-year from back in the day just relationship, I got in a tiff via text message with my girl- happened to bump into me friend. Just one of those mo- on her lunch break. It was ment’s notice, drop of the hat first time I’d seen her in a little, dumb fights. Needless year and here we were: same people, different look. My to say, we best friend were not gofrom high ing to the later s c h o o l It’s a weird showing of lives here the movie. time in the life again. I I couldn’t of a college mean, he’s hold out; I a phone student. Many went out to call and a the car and everyday faces 1 2 p ack grabbed those just disappeared away. I forfour tall boys got what to December and had Devthat was on pour my graduations and like. first of five those that didn’t In the whiskey Diet end, this disappear have Cokes. w h o l e I found that, still faded away graduatout of the sea bit into that ing thing niors (or sedoesn’t thing called “life niors who bother me. were going to after college.” If anything, be super seall it does niors) I was is makes not alone in you apstill having no preciate people even more. It idea or serious care in the brings you together with the world about what life was gopeople you still have. And ing to be like after college. People have two categories it makes you excited for the with two options each: “You time you have left and all stay or you go” and “You do that life–shit that comes afwhat you wanted to do or terwards. Once everyone started to you don’t.” crash, the girlfriend called, And I just can’t figure out we made up and she drove whether I should find comme home. fort or terror in that way of Nate Ruleaux is a senior thinking. news-editorial and Either way, you wake up Theatre performance major. Reach him at one day to realize you can’t nateruleaux call that guy about catch@dailynebraskan.com ing that drink because he’s

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sheldon: from 5 incorporate artwork into his work and after talking with the Sheldon’s director about including pieces in his digital research project, he decided organize an exhibition. “Surprisingly the Sheldon has a rich and interesting permanent collection and set of items that deals with the RR system,” said Thomas. “It kind of naturally came together, kind of beautifully, I think.” But the railroad theme will not be confined to a solitary gallery. An operating scale railroad model is being installed in the entryway of the Sheldon. The installation is a two-rail, O scale layout of the Burlington and Union Pacific railroad routes in Nebraska, circa 1950. Model buildings have been built alongside the tracks and signs of towns along the railroad will be painted onto the backdrop. “It’s the era that Jim and I appreciate versus modern railroading,” said MacDonald, who has been working on the project since December. James Seacrest loaned the model trains to the museum.

A timetable of the trains’ departure and arrival times will be created in an attempt to add to the allusion of being in a train station. Visitors are encouraged to imagine where they would go if they were about to climb into the tiny trains and to write or sketch that place in a “destination book” beside the railroad model. Laura Reznicek, the Sheldon director of development, said she hopes this will help to draw a wider variety of people to the display, from children to adults. “This is for kids, young and old,” MacDonald said. “People like to play with trains.” But if trains don’t trip the imagination, February will bring variety to the Sheldon’s railroad exhibition. The “All is Pretty: Warhol Portraits” exhibition will open Feb. 3 and will feature 30 photos taken by Andy Warhol in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the displayed works will be Polaroids, but there will be some 8x10 -inchprints, as well. Photo subjects will vary from celebrities such as Sylvester Stallone and Margaret Hamilton to objects such as

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9. Iowa (11-9, 3-4) In its third and final game against three straight ranked opponents, Iowa pulled off an upset at home against the No. 13 Michigan Wolverines. However, the Hawkeyes couldn’t build off the victory, losing Tuesday night against Purdue, 75-68. Iowa has the weekend off and will prepare for a showdown with new cross-state rival Nebraska next Thursday.

6. Wisconsin (14-5, 3-3) The winner of two-straight, Wisconsin got back on track last week after losing its three previous games. However, their last win was not very convincing. The Badgers shot a miserable 31 percent from the field against struggling Nebraska at home. Wisconsin still finds itself outside of the top 25 and will look to start a new winning streak against Northwestern and Illinois this week.

10. Minnesota (14-5, 2-4) Entering last week, Minnesota was winless in Big Ten play. Now they have two victories, including an impressive victory at Indiana and another road victory against Penn State. Even after losing star forward Trevor Mbakwe during the non-conference schedule, the Gophers have remained competitive. They face Northwestern Sunday in what should be an exciting game between two Big Ten schools on the rise.

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5. Michigan State (12-6, 4-1) The Spartans have been impressive thus far in the early Big Ten season. Their only loss came at the hands of the No. 10 team in the country, Ohio State. MSU has been the strongest rebounding team in the conference throughout the season led by Lykendra Johnson, who leads the Big Ten with nine a game.

9. Minnesota (10-9, 2-3) Despite struggling in the conference early the Gophers have played well on the defensive end. They rank fourth in the conference in scoring defense, giving up just 59 points a game. That defense will need to be in play as the next two games for Minnesota are against two teams tied for second place.

6. Michigan (14-4, 3-2) Michigan followed up a huge win over Ohio State with a loss at Penn State the next game. This has been a theme for the Wolverines all year, win a big game and then lose the next. If Michigan is going to compete for a Big Ten title, it has to be more consistent.

10. Wisconsin (5-12, 1-4) Despite having a terrible overall record in the conference, the Badgers have been competitive thus far in Big Ten play. Wisconsin almost upset Nebraska at home after winning its first conference game against Illinois. If the Badgers can hit 3s like they did in that game, teams won’t want to play them late in the season.

2. Purdue (15-3, 5-0) Purdue is undefeated in conference play, winning its first five games. The only problem is it has played four of the five worst teams in the conference record-wise. The Boilermakers should continue to roll, though, as they don’t play an uppertier Big Ten school until the 7. Northwestern (12-6, 2-3) second half of the conferOne of the reasons Northence season. western has struggled 3. Nebraska (15-2, early in the conference is 4-1) opponents shoot a high Before a disappointing loss percentage against the to Penn State on Sunday, Wildcats from behind the the Huskers were the hotarc. Northwestern is allowtest team in the Big Ten. ing opponents to shoot a However, it only gets tough- league-worst 36.5 percent er for NU as it plays its third from behind the threeroad tilt in four games at point line. The Wildcats No. 1 Ohio State Thursday. will need to fix this if they Nebraska needs leading are going to go back to scorer Jordan Hooper to their early season sucget back in a rhythm ofcess. fensively for it to pull off the 8. Iowa (10-8, 2-3) upset in Columbus. Iowa has been the big4. Penn State (13-4, gest disappointment so far in the Big Ten. The 3-2) Hawkeyes were a preSurprisingly, Penn State’s season top 25 team and only Big Ten losses have a team that many thought come at home. In Sunwould threaten for the day’s win at Nebraska, conference title. Iowa can the Nittany Lions proved score with anyone but its why they were picked to defense ranks last in the win the conference in the conference giving up 66 preseason. If that type of points a game. Giving up offense continues, led by that many points won’t guards Alex Bentley and win many games in any Maggie Lucas, expect big conference. things from PSU.

11. Illinois (6-12, 0-5) The Illini have lost three of their last four games by a combined five points and the other loss was by seven in overtime at Iowa. The tools are there to win games; they just need finish the deal. Illinois has a dynamic player in Karisma Penn, who ranks tops in the Big Ten in both scoring and rebounding, who needs to take control of the games in the clutch. 12. Indiana (5-13, 0-5) Unlike Illinois, the closest Indiana has come to winning a conference game was an eight-point loss to Northwestern at home. The Hoosiers rank either eleventh or twelfth in every statistical offensive category in the conference. The offense needs to get better if the Hoosiers are going to win a game in conference. — Compiled By Andrew Ward

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It was a record-breaking team score and a stunning debut by a freshman that helped the Nebraska women’s gymnastics team begin the 2012 season 1-0. This past Friday the No. 6 Huskers defeated the Denver Pioneers, 197.375195.225, in the squad’s season opener at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. T h e barmore Nebraska women crushed their previous opening-meet record of 196.55 set in 2004. NU coach Dan Kendig said he was impressed with his team’s debut performance. “Wednesday, I came to practice not sure if we had a team to put on the floor today,” he said. “But tonight we came out and competed as one. Momentum was on our side. We started out great and this is the best we’ve ever started.” The Wednesday prior to the meet, the squad was hit with news that junior Kassandra Nathe and freshman Desire’ Stephens would not be able

to perform due to injuries. But the Huskers didn’t let that bother them, as seven different gymnasts performed, including a premier performance by sophomore Deanna Barmore. In her first career regular season start, Barmore kickedoff the meet with a vault score of 9.875. Kendig said her potent start led the team to a strong finish. “Deanna started this whole thing on vault,” he said. “She stepped up and gave us a good vault. When you give the team that good of a starting point, the rest of the team will score big.” The team finished the event with a 49.375 score, including a 9.925 performance by Janelle Giblin, who won the vault crown. But the Husker rally would not stop there. Giblin led the team with a career-high 9.90 performance on uneven bars, helping her capture her second crown of the night. The junior ended the evening in second place in the all-around with a score of 39.500. Nebraska then moved to the balance beam which was conducted by sophomore Emily Wong. Wong took home the event crown when she hit a 9.925 score to preserve the Husker’s lead against the Pioneers, 148.025146.600, after three events. The Huskers concluded

the meet on floor and began the event with scores of 9.850 and 9.800 by Giblin and sophomore Jamie Schleppenbach. But it was freshman Jessie DeZiel who secured the meet for the Huskers when she ended the night with a score of 9.925. The freshman said she was happy to get her first college meet out of the way. “It felt great and the team atmosphere is awesome here,” she said. “We were all cheering for each other, getting upbeat and it was just fun being surrounded by all the excitement.” DeZiel took the spotlight as she won first place in the floor event and came in second in every other event, scoring a 9.875 on bars and beam, and a 9.90 in the vault event. “When the flag went up, she was all business,” Kendig said. “She is that talented and I’m hoping we get to see her this way the rest of the season.” The freshman from Rogers, Minn., also won the allaround with an impressive score of 39.575, the highest debut in school history. DeZiel said it felt great winning the honor and knowing her coach felt confident in her performing in all the events. “All of us train in all the events because if someone gets hurt, we know we have

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back up,” she said. “It’s a big accomplishment and I’m excited for the rest of the year.” On Jan. 16, DeZiel was named Big Ten’s Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week for her performance in the season opener. Besides DeZiel and Giblin, Nebraska had three other gymnasts contribute in the All-Around, including sophomores Schleppenbach and Wong who tallied scores of 37.925 and 39.475. Senior Lora Evenstad was the fifth to perform in all events and also finished with a score of 39.475, racking up at least a 9.850 in all her events. Kendig said that it wasn’t just the high numbers and records set from his team that he thought was positive from the meet. “I think the fact that we could still be a little sore and perform at a high-level speaks volume,” he said. “We made mistakes and still competed confidently. I know when they see the video they’re going to be eager to head back into gym and practice. “They’re more critical on themselves than I am. We have a lot of work to do and this team’s willing to make those adjustments to get better. I think we’re off to a great start and we’re excited.” NeduIzu@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman Jessie DeZiel scored a 9.875 on bars this weekend against Denver to help NU to a season-opening win.

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year’s team could be. Despite everything said before, NU still sits tied for second, only a game out of first place in the Big Ten Conference. The Huskers are ranked (No. 20 on Monday), the crowds are growing and the brand of basketball is fun. Pretty soon, jokes like “Connie Yori got a new arena and Doc Sadler will be allowed to use it” might catch on. So, what should the expectations be for this year’s team? For NU to make the NCAA Tournament and win a game or two. And getting to the tournament should be doable. As of Tuesday, realtimerpi.com had NU at No. 38, and the last ESPN bracketology (Jan. 9) has the Huskers in Chicago with a No. 5 seed. If the Huskers can hold home court against Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin and beat Illinois and Minnesota on the road, that’s at least a 21-9 record (10-8 in the Big Ten) in the regular season, which would likely mean a tournament bid even should they lose their first file photo by andrew dickinson | daily nebraskan game of the Big Ten Tour- NU coach Connie Yori’s squad and the Huskers are in good nament. position to return to the NCAA Tournament this season. The five opponents mentioned above currently have programs, which lost in the long as the team is in position seven combined conference round of 32 this year. Two to win big in 2013. wins. Going 6-0 against them All this underscores how wins to surpass volleyball’s is possible, even likely. As for result, and show up the men’s different this team is from winning a game in the NCAA program, which has never the one two years ago: There Tournament, speculation on won a NCAA Tournament were no tomorrows for the the odds is completely pointgame? That would be some- 2009 squad, but for this less at this point. But the win year’s team there are plenty. thing. would have some symbolic If none of that happens? If Adjust your expectations and purpose. For the first time unthe team completely collapses comparisons accordingly. der Yori, NU women’s basketsean Whalen is a senior and loses 12 of its last 15 to ball would not have a worse NEws-Editorial Major. miss the tournament? While Reach him at postseason outcome than NU that probably won’t happen, seanwhalen@ volleyball, the gold standard dailynebraskan.com it wouldn’t be all that bad so of Nebraska women’s athletic

Oklahoma State has risen to the top spot in the national polls and is the only remaining undefeated team in the country. Clearly, Iowa posed NU quite the speed bump. But it could also be that the Huskers’ bandwagon was moving too fast for the wheels. Of the 10 wrestlers in the lineup for the Iowa duel, half were underclassmen. Of those five, four are freshmen: Brandon Wilbourn and Robert Kokesh are redshirts, while Jake Sueflohn and James Green are true freshmen. Lane has won more matches in his career (95) than those four have

competed in put together (80). Much of NU’s success this season has been due to the high performance of Kokesh, Sueflohn and Green, all of whom remain ranked in the nation’s top 10. But matches against more experienced wrestlers brought them back to earth. Wrestling, as much as any other sport, involves a learning curve. The young Huskers will come around – it just may not happen as soon as some thought. The fact of the matter is, though, Nebraska’s only loss so far this season is to the nation’s No. 2 team – a team

whose only loss is to the nation’s No. 1 team. The Huskers remain rated No. 7 in the country. And although the loss was tough, they can still bounce back. Manning said he will judge his squad’s fortitude in its next two meets, against Indiana and Purdue. Maybe the Huskers will show that they’ve learned. Maybe they still have some things to say about their own fate. And maybe, a couple wins will jumpstart the bandwagon once again. zach Tegler is a junior News-Editorial Major. Reach Him at Zachtegler@ dailynebraskan.com

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basketball: from 10 “He runs the floor as well as any big guy in the country and they do a nice job of running a lot of things and getting him the basketball,” NU coach Doc Sadler said. “There’s no doubt about it; he’s one of the best freshmen in the country and he doesn’t play like a freshman.” But Nebraska is coming off its best defensive performance in six seasons, NU coach Doc Sadler said, and this week’s practices have just made the Huskers look even better in his eyes. “I don’t know if we’ve had as good of a defensive practice all year, as far as attentiveness and intensity, as we did (Monday),” Sadler said. Sadler also sees a squad that has the ability to beat higher ranked opponents. Last season, NU knocked

off No. 13 Texas A&M, No. 3 Texas and No. 24 Missouri, and these Huskers can win games like that just like all of Sadler’s teams in the past. “I think we’ve got it in us, but I don’t think we’ve got it consistently,” Sadler said. “We’ve been in a lot of close ballgames. My teams here at Nebraska have always competed and put themselves in positions (to win).” And the Huskers aren’t out of hope just yet. Sadler cited a Big Ten squad that went dancing last March as proof that a weak Big Ten start doesn’t mean it’s time to start writing a 2012 Husker basketball eulogy. “There’s no reason to be down, as I told the team,” Sadler said. “You go back and look at Michigan a year ago they started out 1-6. That

doesn’t mean that it’s automatically gonna happen, but it gives you hope.” But what Nebraska really needs is wins over quality opponents fast to pad its tournament resume. And these two ranked squads might be the perfect opportunity to get what one reporter termed a “signature win.” “I don’t know what a signature win is,” Sadler said. “If you look at four or five teams in this league and they’re ranked, if that’s what you go for a signature win, then you’ve got two good opportunities this week. “But it looks like every week in this league you’re going to get an opportunity to get one of those so-called signature wins.” robbykorth@ dailynebraskan.com

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Within The No. 11 Hoosiers come to Lincoln with the Big Ten’s top scoring offense. But the Huskers have had Success at Home against ranked teams before. Just look to last season.

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ebraska men’s basketball practices don’t start slowly. From the get-go, the Huskers try to simulate an intensity that they want to start games off with, and it’s key for players to kick games off with a bang. “If you watch practice, the coaches come out and we all intense the first five minutes of practice. We come out and start getting up and down the floor,” guard Toney McCray said. “And that’s what we like to do because that translates to how the game is gonna be going ... to set the tone.” Nebraska will need to come out firing on all cylinders for its test Wednesday against No. 11 Indiana, McCray said, and making sure IU understands who will dictate play is a key for the Huskers. “We’re gonna try and set the tone in the first five minutes of the game,” McCray said. The Hoosiers lead the conference with an average of 80.8 points per game and a 49.7 field goal percentage. But that offensive explosiveness plays right into the hands of the defensive-minded Huskers, McCray said. “We were really happy with our defense and our intensity and our attention to detail really carried through in that game,” McCray said. “And we’re really hoping to carry that into our next game, especially playing at home.” One player the Huskers will need to keep an eye on is freshman Cody Zeller, one of 25 finalists for the John Wooden Player of the Year Award. Zeller averages 14.8 points a game on 65 percent shooting and his overall ability will be a handful for the Huskers.

Senior Toney McCray and Nebraska hope to get off to a fast start against Indiana after scoring 45 points against Wisconsin this weekend.

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women’s basketball

Developing team succeeding, no need to compare Sean Whalen

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The Husker wrestling team started the year 10-0, but the Hawkeyes ended that perfect start with a dominant 24-9 win.

Iowa halts Nebraska’s run Zach Tegler daily nebraskan

The Nebraska wrestling team’s bandwagon has stopped moving. The halt came almost as suddenly as the acceleration; the stall occurred sometime between the arrival and the departure of the Iowa wrestling team’s bus Friday night. The bandwagon had been carrying newly converted NU wrestling fans, those less fervent followers of the program who were amped up on a school-record 10-0 start and a coinciding climb up the national rankings. But after the No. 2 Hawkeyes left Lincoln with a 24-9 victory against the seventh-ranked Huskers Friday night, the bandwagon seemingly rolled to a standstill.

The NU wrestling team itself saw its own momentum disappear into the Coliseum rafters against Iowa. The Huskers entered the dual undefeated following a victory in their Big Ten debut and with three victories against nationally ranked teams already in the bag. Nebraska senior heavyweight Tucker Lane said after the duel that he thought his team was poised to make a statement and pull an upset. But Iowa was a different monster. The Hawkeyes romped their way to victory, winning seven of the night’s 10 matches. Iowa’s rout could have caused Nebraska’s bandwagon to crash and burn. NU coach Mark Manning said following the contest that the Huskers were simply out-hustled on their

way to defeat. Even in the three victories Nebraska garnered on the night, the Iowa opponents made the matches very competitive. And the fact that the Hawkeyes were able to display more energy than a Huskers team wrestling in a top-10 matchup at home had many of the 3,000 or so Nebraska fans departing the Coliseum early and wanting more. But did the loss wreck the NU wrestling team’s wagon? No. At the end of the day, the defeat came at the hands of one of the most talented squads in the country — an angry squad, no less. The Iowa team that squared off against Nebraska was one that was coming off its own first loss of the season. UI coach Tom Brands said the one-point

loss to then No. 3 Oklahoma State was very emotional and his team knew it had to refocus quickly. He added that the Hawkeyes took up the challenge of facing a charging team on the road. An Iowa program that has won 23 national championships in its history (all of them since 1975) was not going to take a losing streak lightly. Brands himself has coached three teams to national titles. He was not about to let a second duel in a row slip through his fingers. Brands prepared his team well; when push came to shove, Iowa outperformed the Huskers to avenge its loss. And in the two weeks since beating Iowa,

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There was a silver lining to the women’s basketball team’s Sunday afternoon loss. Granted, the 7,752 fans in attendance were reminded a little of last year’s squad — not to mention that other basketball team that shares the Devaney Center — when NU fell by 20 to Penn State. For the season itself, though, some measure of clarity has set in. The 2011-12 Husker squad is not as good as the 2009-10 version yet. That was the case before the Penn State game, when Connie Yori expressed her amazement that her team was 14-1. And that’s fine. The 200910 Husker team was led by the best player in school history, Kelsey Griffin, who would win a number of honors and be selected third in the WNBA draft. Her supporting cast included players good enough for a WNIT appearance without her the year before plus a freshman point guard named Lindsey Moore, who has made a little noise since Griffin’s graduation. The 2009 team had 10 upperclassmen. The 2011 team has 10 players right now, and six are freshmen. These aren’t just

fundamentally different basketball teams — they’re fundamentally different situations. The 2009 team was built to win that season. This year’s team, while taking nothing away from its accomplishments, is built to win next year when senior Moore will lead a much more experienced supporting cast. The many comparisons brought up between the two teams detracted from this season. Yori said it best last Wednesday when she said “the parallel (between the 2009 and 2011 teams) is that both teams are winning. Other than that, there’s a lot of differences.” There is a really nice twoyear window for the Huskers to build on the success of 2009. They have a great inside-outside combo in Moore and Jordan Hooper, a strong rebounder and developing scorer in Emily Cady, and a stable of young guards to hound and press, which doesn’t include highly touted recruit Rachel Theriot — Moore’s potential replacement — who arrives next year. Whenever the defense improves, the turnovers go down and the offense isn’t as reliant on three-pointers, this will be a dangerous team. (A higher defensive rebounding percentage wouldn’t hurt either.) But that marks a clear difference between the two teams. The 2009 team was a dangerous team. This

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