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living the legacy Students participate in service projects across Lincoln as part of MLK Week

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Jaden Cook jumps rope at the Malone Community Center while an audience gathers and counts the number of times she hops over the rope. Many of the audience members are volunteers from Africa, who are in the U.S. for five weeks learning about American democracy and civic engagement.

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Edson, a member of a group of students visiting the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from Africa, works with Damian Wilson at an afterschool program hosted by the Malone Community Center. Edson, who is from Angola, hopes to help bridge the gap between American and African cultures.

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Ivan, who is from Mozambique, tries to get a piggy back ride from Desmond Parks at the Malone Community Center’s afterschool program.

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Nick Banks, a senior communication studies major, performs in the MLK Week Poetry Slam on Wednesday night in the Nebraska Union. The poetry slam was open to anyone, and all poems addressed issues about Martin Luther King Jr.

UNL introduces carpooling program for faculty, staff Program offers lower-priced permits for two or more people at different addresses Kelli Rollin DN Staff and faculty can now cut their parking costs with a new carpooling program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The program is in the testing stages for faculty and staff, but COURTNEY CAIN | DN Director of Parking and Transit There is currently only one carpool parking permit spot Services Dan Carpenter said stureserved on campus.

It is located on the north side of the Unidents could get the money savversity Health Center near 15th and Vine streets and is marked ing opportunity in the future, by a “carpool permit only” sign. too.

With the carpooling program, two or more people are required currently limited to 25 carpoolWhen carpoolers can’t ride to sign up for a carpooling permit, which allows the cost to be together on a day for any reason, ing groups. Carpoolers are given an assigned space within an asa certain number of daily parkdivided among riders. signed lot or garage. ing permits For faculty, that means “We’re looking at how we are availOnce you paying a bit less than can have an alternative (to) evable with the $300 at most, instead get to a eryone driving singly to camcarpooling of the $592 price tag pus,” Carpenter said. permit. The certain price, for individuals.

He said he wants to better permits are All rider vehicles people won’t want good for three maximize the use of the availare registered for the able parking space before more years, so they permit, and riders to pay.” building is done. The more parkcan carry have to register with ing garages and lots that are over from dan carpenter a carpooling group. built, the higher parking costs director of parking and other years Riders also must become, he said. if they aren’t transit services live at different ad“Once you get to a certain used. dresses. For example, C a r p e n - price, people won’t want to pay,” a husband and wife he said. ter said the growing number wouldn’t be able to buy a carpooling pass because they would of faculty and staff spurred the carpooling program, which is most likely carpool already. carpool: see page 3

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Junior nutrition and health sciences major Amanda Dinneen and elementary and junior special education major Sierra Weber use the Campus Recreation Center’s newest addition. The touchscreens feature a social media feed, calendar of events and other information about the rec center.

Digital display screens pop up throughout campus Lane Chasek DN New digital display screens are bringing the University of NebraskaLincoln another method to receive emergency alerts, such as the chemical smell that was reported at Architecture Hall on Tuesday.

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“That chemical smell alert was cleared quickly,” said Nate Morris, desktop solutions supervisor with UNL Information Technology Services. “But this incident shows how these digital signs give students a new way to receive emergency messages like this.”

These digital screens have been in-

stalled at Memorial Stadium, the Campus Recreation Center, the College of Business Administration and other locations at UNL, and more locations will soon be added. According to Todd Lanham, coordinator for information technology at the Rec, the digital signage was installed at the Rec the Fri-

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ON CAMPUS what: Trent Graphics Print and Poster Sale when: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. where: Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery

what: MLK Week: An Evening at the Sheldon when: 4:30 p.m. where: Sheldon Museum of Art

what: Second Chance Cinema: Captain Phillips when: 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center more information: Starring Tom Hanks. $1 for UNL students with NCard. Event not open to public.

what: Summer China Education Abroad information session when: Noon to 1 p.m. where: Nebraska East Union, room tba

International, domestic student retreat celebrates diversity On 5th NSE retreat of its kind, partakers visited leadership center in Aurora to build friendships

Taking the retreat off-campus makes for a great learning and bonding experience because when students are off-campus, you’re in a kind of neutral zone, a zone that isn’t home to anybody.”

Aakriti Agrawal

Lane Chasek DN New Student Enrollment hosted a retreat at the Leadership Center in Aurora, Neb., for both international and domestic University of Nebraska-Lincoln students last weekend.

This retreat was the fifth of its kind, internal events coordinator for NSE Mike Wismer said. This retreat was the fourth time Wismer had attended the event and the third time he has helped run it.

Wismer said the purpose of the event is to help international and domestic students build connections on campus, promote interaction between international and domestic students and provide international students with an opportunity to transition into college life in the U.S. The retreat is similar to a Power-Up Camp NSE hosts for domestic incoming freshman at UNL in July, Wismer said. The next retreat to Aurora will take place during the fall semester.

The retreat’s location in Aurora provides students attending the retreat with both an indoor basketball court as well as a pool. This location also gives students a chance to get away from campus, an experience Wismer said is beneficial to students.

“When you get these students away from campus, you force them to take part in more interactions with other students,” Wismer said. “These interactions make the retreat a more impactful, meaningful experience. The retreat’s location also provides some international students with a unique experience. Some of our international students have lived their entire lives in cities and have never seen the countryside before.”

Associate dean of NSE Pat-

sophomore actuarial science major

rick McBride said the current retreat is an improvement over similar activities NSE hosted in the past.

Before, NSE hosted a camp which was held right before classes began. According to McBride, international students at the camp had to get over jet lag and often didn’t understand why so much money was required for them to attend the camp. The event was then moved to a later date, making it easier for American students to commit to volunteering or attending the event.

McBride said the retreat provides ways for international and domestic students to interact more with each other. Students often begin their interactions with games, such as the knot activity. In this activity, students criss-cross their hands in such a way that their arms form knot. The students must then communicate in order to untangle themselves. McBride said activities such as the knot game then lead to discussions of deeper, more meaningful topics.

McBride also said this retreat provides domestic students with an opportunity to learn about other cultures.

“At this year ’s retreat, I got the chance to listen to a very vivid description of Malaysia,” McBride said. “Before then, I’d never worked with Malaysian students. The retreat was a fascinating time for me. And many of the international students didn’t expect to learn about countries beside the U.S., like Brazil, Syria and Angola.”

Students from Brazil, China, South Korea, Indonesia, India and other countries attended this semester ’s retreat.

Aakriti Agrawal, a sopho-

more actuarial science and finance major, first attended the Aurora retreat the first semester of her freshman year. Agrawal was born in India and spent most of her childhood in Singapore. After attending her first retreat, she attended the retreat again during her second semester, this time as a volunteer.

“The event is great,” Agrawal said. “Since this retreat takes places during the weekend after the first week of classes, it gives students a chance to become more accustomed to their surroundings. Taking the retreat off-campus makes for a great learning and bonding experience because when students are off-campus, you’re in a kind of neutral zone — a zone that isn’t home to anybody.”

Agrawal said the retreat is an opportunity for international students to become better adjusted to college life in the U.S. “A lot of people don’t realize that college life in America is different,” Agrawal said.

“For example, in some countries, you can’t raise your hand in class. It’s considered a distraction.”

Agrawal also said that in some countries, professors don’t hold regular office hours to meet with students. Project work and even homework are also aspects of college life some international students might not be used to.

“This retreat gives students the opportunity to discuss these differences, as well as an opportunity to form lasting friendships by stepping out of their comfort zones,” Agrawal said.

“In all, it’s a great experience.

I’m seeing people from the retreat around campus, and we’re still saying hi to each other.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Schafer seeks to keep regent seat Kelli Rollin DN

Schafer said. “Public service has always been a part of my life.”

The 45-year-old member of From pumping gas to becoming the Army National Guard said his goals while on the board a member of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, Rob would be to keep tuition affordable, continue excellence in Schafer wants to serve people.

Schafer, an attorney and academics and research and continue support for veterans’ edumanaging partner at cation. He also said he Carlson, Schafer & wants to grow public Davis law office in and private partnerBeatrice, filed for the ships and advance agDistrict 5 seat on the riculture at NU. NU Board of Regents Schafer pumped on Jan. 7. Gov. Dave gas, delivered feed Heineman appointed and did other vehicle him to the board in maintenance while in March 2013 to fill high school and colthe vacancy of Lavon lege to pay for school.

Heidemann became “It taught me a lieutenant governor. lot about how to deal The term for rewith the public and SCHAFER gents is normally customers and a good six years, but Schafer work ethic,” he said. “I was appointed to fill didn’t make a lot of money, but I the vacancy for a two-year term until he could run for election. If was happy to have a job.”

The Pawnee City native and he is elected, he will stay for four more years, which adds up to the farmer decided to join the Army National Guard when he was six-year term.

“It’s an opportunity to serve,” 17 to help pay his way through college. Schafer said his fam-

ily wasn’t wealthy and he didn’t want to be a burden with his schooling expenses.

“The Guard has become a second family to me,” Schafer said.

Because Schafer, now a husband and father of two, was young when he joined the Guard, his parents had to sign a release form. He left for training early in his junior year of high school and came back just in time for his senior year. Schafer, who played football, came back from the Guard a day before practice.

He said one of his goals in the military has always been to make the rank of colonel. Schafer was recently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

Barry Kennedy, president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, has known Schafer since he was a boy. Kennedy is also from Pawnee City and said his son was one grade behind Schafer in school.

“I’ve always known Rob to be a pretty focused individual,” Kennedy said.

The aspiring colonel said he

enjoys spending time with his family and goes outside whenever he gets the chance. Working on the farm with his dad and brother are among the things he enjoys.

“Those are golden times,” Schafer said.

He said he’d like to be known as a family man, community minded person and someone who does good work for his clients.

“Definitely those three things,” he said.

Kennedy said Schafer portrays leadership qualities because he does a lot of research when discussing issues and is willing to step into leadership roles.

“He knows the value to getting all the information he possibly can,” he said.

The Nebraska Chamber of Commerce President said the Chamber doesn’t endorse Schafer, but he always will.

“I always have a really high regard for him,” Kennedy said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs unlpd arrest freshman for burglary

When University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police officers were called to a fraternity house early Monday morning on a trespassing call, they found more suspicious activity than they had bargained for.

Members living at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house called police after they saw someone inside the house who didn’t live there rifling through a wallet. The wallet belonged to one of the members who called police.

Members of SAE were able to keep the suspect, Drew M. Weinert, a freshman art major, occupied until police arrived. There was no altercation.

While in SAE, Weinert stole one wallet, $85 and three watches, all of which were recovered, according to police.

Weinert was arrested for burglary.

While at the fraternity house, police also saw three men standing near the house. Police said they saw that the men were visibly intoxicated and approached them. Two of the men ran from the officers until officers caught up with them. Adam Spinola, a sophomore business major, did not run. Samson J. Farhart, a freshman business administration major, and Spinola were both cited with minor in possession and failure to comply and were released.

The third person was not cited.

Trespasser chases woman to Abel Hall

A woman had a scary situation as she walked across UNL’s campus Sunday morning.

The woman, a non-UNL student, was walking on 16th Street when she thought that she was being followed by a man she didn’t know.

She decided to cross onto Vine Street, and she said the man followed. When she began to jog, the man ran after, yelling things at her.

The woman eventually went into Abel Hall, and the man stayed outside.

Police caught up with the man, Markest A. Gray, 36, of Omaha, near 13th and Q streets.

When police questioned Gray, he said he felt disrespected by something the woman said or a look she gave him.

Cameras caught Gray following the woman.

Gray was cited and released for disturbing the peace and was given a UNL Trespass Policy Letter.

He also was cited for littering after he tore up paperwork given to him by police and threw it on the ground.

KAPPA DELTA REPORTS UNKNOWN SLEEPING WOMAN IN HOUSE Members of the Kappa Delta sorority house called UNLPD Friday evening after they saw an unknown woman sleeping in one of the beds in the sleeping quarters of the house.

Police made contact with the woman, who was a friend of one of the members of the sorority, and escorted her out of the house.

There were no citations.

GOVERNMENT VEHICLE VANDALIZED ON EAST CAMPUS

UNLPD were called to East Campus Jan. 16 on a call of a tire slashing.

A vehicle belonging to the United States Department of Agriculture had a slashed tire.

The vehicle, parked in the southeast corner of 37th Street and the East Campus Loop lot, was not heavily used.

Police are not sure when the slashing occurred, but said it probably happened within the last month. There were no similar reports of tire slashing on or off East Campus, and there have been no reports of anyone suspicious in that area.

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correction An article in the Daily Nebraskan on Wednesday with the headline “UNL hosts ‘We Challenge U’ blood drive” incorrectly stated one of the dates and locations of the blood drive. Students will be able to donate at the Campus

Recreation Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, or at the Kauffman Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 27-29.

department using it to locally control the messages displayed on their signs.

Christopher Dulak, assistant director for marketing and development at the Rec, said the digital signage will provide students and visitors with years of service and will improve their experiences.

The digital displays in the main entrance of the Rec have advertisements for classes and events at the center, but Dulak said these advertisements don’t pay for the signs themselves.

Other digital signs currently using Four Winds software at UNL are located at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, Haymarket Park, the Barkley

Center, Henzlik Hall, the Home Economics Building, the School of Natural Resources at Hardin Hall and the Education Abroad office at Love Library South.

Future locations of these signs include the UNL Computer and Phone Shop, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, the unions, Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Glenn Korff School of Music and University Housing.

Departments interested in participating in the Four Winds digital signage software initiative can contact Nate Morris at nate.morris@unl.edu. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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These signs use a digital signage management software called Four Winds, which several departments joined together to purchase for $87,000.

Lanham said this software is flexible and new features will be downloaded for it in the near future.

The screens include touchscreen technology which allows students to scroll through information displayed on the screens and interact with their different features.

At the Rec, the digital signs display the UNLRec Twitter feed, along with a daily schedule and list of upcoming events and classes being held at the Rec, as well as other buildings

such as the Pershing Military and Naval Science Center.

Theresa Lorenzo, a graduate student in natural resources, noticed the digital signs for the first time yesterday.

“You can see all the classes taking place here,” she said. “I think it’s really convenient.”

CBA has a series of digital display screens throughout its premises as well. Students and visitors entering CBA from its north, east, south or west exits can see the screens. They can also find them in CBA’s courtyard or computer labs. The signs display information such as an alphabetical listing of CBA faculty members, a campus map, a three-dimensional map of the CBA

building and a list of events such as executive power lunches, Education Abroad information sessions, career fairs and networking receptions. Morris said other Big Ten schools, such as the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois, use the same digital signage software, as do hospitality services such as hotels and casinos.

Morris was a member of a Request for Proposal (RFP) committee that considered different bids from companies like Four Winds that make digital signage software. The departments that pooled funds together for the purchase of the campus-wide Four Winds license include the Athletics Depart-

ment, Biological Systems Engineering, Campus Recreation, CBA, the College of Education and Human Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Nebraska Unions, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, School of Natural Resources, Southeast Research and Extension Center, University Communications, UNL Computer and Phone Shop and UNL Police.

“Purchasing this software was a grassroots kind of effort,” Morris said.

The result of their efforts will allow departments to display information to students and visitors in a costefficient, centrally managed way, he said. Four Winds software allows each

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UNL panel discusses staff social media strategy Tyler Williams DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln communications team hosted a question-and-answer session Wednesday to share tips with faculty and staff for getting the most out of social media.

The panel consisted of five UNL faculty members: Donde Plowman, College of Business Administration dean; Carissa Martin, an administration technician for the College of Arts and Sciences; Amy Struthers, a professor of advertising and public relations who also runs the Jacht Club, a student group that teaches students to market products for actual clients; Jemalyn Griffin, associate director of recruitment for the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts and director of the Cast, a student-led social media program; and Jenny Green, director of alumni affairs and head of the scarlet guard.

About 30 UNL faculty and staff members attended the session in

the Nebraska Union Auditorium.

Claire Abelbeck, director of digital communication for the Alumni Association, said she found the session useful.

“I learned good ways that our students can use social media, such as policies and procedures and ways to make it beneficial to students posting,” she said.

WHAT IS YOUR TIME COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL MEDIA, AND DO YOU USE A CONTENT CALENDER? PLOWMAN: We have a strategy in our social media and have a student run our postings. … We do try to reign it in and keep a centralized approach. It doesn’t take that much time. It’s just being consistent.

GREEN: As an adviser to students, it’s difficult because it’s about them, and they don’t keep a consistent schedule like we do. We made a social media contract with our students, and they make 10 posts a week.

WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS DO YOU USE?

STRUTHERS: We use HootSuite extensively as well as editorial calendars. We use HootSuite and we are looking into how to use more analytics.

MARTIN: We’re trying to figure out how to represent the diversity of our college. We use Google Analytics to see how students find and checkout our website.

GRIFFIN: The No. 1 way people find our site is through Facebook.

WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES WHEN IT COMES TO CROSS POSTING? GREEN: We don’t use cross posting. We tailor our posts to both Facebook and Twitter. We use the higher character count of Facebook to give out more information and use the immediacy of twitter to contact and message students.

PLOWMAN: We have a lot of great stuff on our Web page, but no one goes to the web page, so we use Twitter and Facebook to get people on our web page.

WHAT ARE THE EMERGING TRENDS? WHAT IS NEXT?

PLOWMAN: I think we have not even begun to use social media to its fullest yet.

GRIFFIN: A trend I can definitely see is videos being more popular,” Griffin said.

STRUTHERS: Snapchat is absolutely where it is at. Where young people go, older people will follow, and they are trying to get away from us with apps like Snapchat, GREEN: Another app is GroupMe, and I have a ton of closed groups on Facebook, and I think more people are going more private.

WHAT RISKS ARE WE FACING WITH STUDENTS RUNNING SOCIAL MEDIA? GRIFFIN: Social media is a great tool, but it has to be monitored, and we had a half-day training session on social media and branding. … You have to prepare them (students) and let them know what you expect.

GREEN: Privacy is huge, and you do put a lot of trust in your students, but it’s their colleagues, and they know what’s funny and good.

STRUTHERS: We do have students making social media for our clients, and we have a lengthy approval process ending with the clients making the final call for that.

HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN THE PERSONAL TOUCH? MARTIN: We make a huge point to watch every hashtag and post to make sure it doesn’t feel automated.

GREEN: Every morning I go through and wish every member happy birthday from the Scarlet Guard, and that keeps us personal.

HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A BALANCE OF PROFESSIONAL AND HUMOURS POSTS? MARTIN: We try to recognize our faculty but we also have fun things that reach out to students while not missing important things.

STRUTHERS: There has got to be a personality to it and that is the challenge of finding a personality for your brand.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH NEGATIVE COMMENTS? GRIFFIN: Nine times out of 10

I usually just let it go, and normally advocates for your group will comment, and it will resolve itself, and I definitely don’t encourage deleting posts because the whole point is a open discussion.

STRUTHERS: Letting those comments stay makes the conversation real and not appearing sterilized MARTIN: I use it as an opportunity to make things right and resolve the situation... not trying to hide it.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE POSTING MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY OR POSTING NUMEROUS SETS OF INFORMATION, AND REPOSTS? GRIFFIN: You need to balance how much you post to give your audience time to take information in, and so they don’t miss anything.

GREEN: I think it’s a great way to build relationships to give credit when credit is due when you repost. news@ dailynebraskan.com

East Campus bowling Number of ASUN senate members could increase league begins next week REECE RISTAU DN The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska voted Wednesday to let University of Nebraska-Lincoln students decide whether they’d like more representation.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln students to vote for the option of adding more senators to the senate during elections on March 12. The current senator-to-student ratio is 1 to 698. However, if 66 percent of students vote in favor, that ratio would decrease.

The question students will have the option of responding to is: “Do you support a periodic increase of elected senators in ASUN to better represent the student body, with additional senatorial slots being added for election to reflect the growth of the university?”

The bill was submitted in line with Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s plan to increase student enrollment. Sen. Will Duden, a junior business administration major, said a constitutional change augmenting the senate size would make things easier.

“It’s a great idea, considering the increase plan by (Harvey) Perlman,” Duden said. “The senate wouldn’t have to keep adding senators to the constitution, they would be continually added.”

on Feb. 1. The training will be led The bill originally stipulated the increase would be from the by Nathan Svare, an AmeriCorps current 35 senators to 38; however, VISTA leader.

Senators also unanimously after an amendment by Sen. Cameron Murphy, a graduate student in passed a bill commending NU nutrition, the question will read as President J.B. Milliken for his work serving the University of Nebraska previously stated. school system. The Before the bill outlined variamendment, many The senate ous aspects of Milsenators were opwouldn’t liken’s resume in posed to the bill.

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Sen. Annie Himes, have to keep Two senatorial a senior global studies, Russian and adding senators to slots have opened within ASUN. history major, said the constitution.” up Claire Eckstrom, she did not think it a senior fashion would increase efSen. will duden design major, and ficiency. junior business administration Lauren Goodell, a “As far as effimajor senior marketing ciency, I don’t think major, are only tak(ASUN is) efficient,” Himes said. “I don’t think I’m as ing nine credits this semester and efficient as I should be. Expand- are not eligible to continue being senators. The senate is looking for ing the size of our group could be students to fill the slots, one in the detrimental to the environment we College of Business Administraalready have in this body, which is a body that is not living up to its tion, one in the College of Education and Human Sciences. full potential.”

UNL has been selected to host Sen. Kate Kollars, a senior anthropology and biological sciences the Big Ten Conference’s confermajor, agreed with Himes and said ence for student governments. The it’s “easy to get lost in a larger event will happen in August 2014, said Eric Reznicek, president of group than a smaller group.”

ASUN and a senior finance and After deliberation by many of the senators, the bill passed with 27 marketing major. ASUN executives senators for, 1 against and 2 having returned Monday from a similar event at the University of Minneabstained. sota.

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Melissa Allen DN Registration for the 8th annual Bowling League at the Nebraska East Union ends Friday.

Groups of four to five students can submit a league application on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Involvement website at involved.unl.edu/bowling-league.

Starting on Jan. 30, The eightweek event will kick off with Raising Canes and T-shirts, and teams will compete to win a first-place trophy. For $150 per team, students can attend one or both of the sessions starting from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Thursday at the Lanes ‘N Games bowling alley in the Nebraska East Union. Free food brought in from downtown restaurants will be available for participants every week.

The Bowling League gives students the chance to meet new people, have fun and eat good food, said Noah Blomendahl, a senior animal science major and coordinator for the Bowling League for Student Involvement.

“It gives students something to

do on Thursday nights,” Blomendahl said. “There’s the opportunity to meet new people you wouldn’t normally hang out with and to enjoy a night of bowling that’s not too costly. Who doesn’t like to go bowling every once and a while?”

It’s also a good way to network if students and faculty team up, said Blomendahl.

For four years, Mike Jackson, assistant director for information strategies for Student Involvement, has created a bowling league out of his student design team staff.

“It’s a lot of fun outside of the office,” Jackson said. “None of us are the best bowlers. It gives them the chance to get to know each other outside of class and design lab.

It’s a way for us to go, ‘Hey, we’re good designers, but we’re not the best bowlers’. We get to share that experience together.”

Students who are not on East Campus often might learn a thing or two about the facilities, said Reshell Ray, associate director of Student Involvement and assistant manager of the Nebraska East Union.

“Not all students know that we

have bowling lanes on campus,” Ray said. “One of the goals for the lanes was to bring more students to the East Union. It’s a nice set of lines that are updated, renovated. It’s a really good facility.”

The Bowling League gives students the opportunity to engage in a recreational sport in the winter time, Ray said.

“It provides a good kind of group development activity,” Ray said. “It’s very organizational, and it’s during a nice time frame for students. It’s something to do for January through March, right up until Spring Break.”

Skye Sabatka, a senior agronomy major and student staff member of Student Involvement, said the Bowling League gives students a chance to build on their bowling skills.

“The Bowling League is a cheap, fun alternative for Thursday nights for students to participate in, and to network with other students you may have never met before,” Sabatka said. “It’s good, wholesome fun.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL now offers special parking areas for faculty and staff who carpool to campus. Parking and Transit Services Director Dan Carpenter said the program may eventually be offered to students.

Carpenter said he’s talked with other universities that have student carpooling permits, but Parking and Transit Services hasn’t yet worked out how UNL could do it.

“It could be a possibility,” he said.

Jacob Grothe, a senior biological science major, commutes to campus and uses the perimeter parking pass.

Grothe said he used to park in a park and playground area for free. But he found that parking near campus was more convenient, especially on cold days.

He said if Parking and Transit Services offered students carpooling permits, he would choose that instead of what he has now.

“It’s like sharing an apartment,” Grothe said. “When you split the cost more ways, it becomes cheaper.”

Grothe said trying to figure out friends’ schedules could be a challenge when carpooling, especially if one student needs to stay on campus hours longer than others.

But despite schedule conflicts, he said he wouldn’t mind staying on campus all day if someone he rode with has class. He said he would still do it because he’d be saving money and being on campus might keep him more focused on homework.

Carpenter said if UNL were to expand parking on campus, they would add more surface lots because more people buy those

permits. However, he said parking would be more displaced and spread out if that happened.

Though he said utilizing the existing parking to its full capac-

ity is key, he also encourages other means of transportation, such as riding the bus or biking. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Carpooling program should be open to student commuters

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arking has long been a headache on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. The new carpooling program in its testing stages could provide some relief — for faculty and staff, anyway.

It’s only available to 25 carpooling groups right now, but the system is sound: Among the perks are lower permit costs, occasional allowances for daily permits if riders can’t drive together and the obvious advantages of saving on gas and helping out the environment. Parking and Transit Services Director Dan Carpenter said the program could be a possibility for students in the future, and the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board hopes the future comes sooner rather than later.

Even a limited number of spots dedicated to student carpools could help dozens of students. As of fall 2013, 66.5 percent of UNL students live off campus, many of whom purchase expensive commuter parking passes. Carpooling would surely be more complicated with more students, whose schedules can vary drastically by the day. But we’re willing to bet that many students would be willing to make the sacrifice of convenience to save money.

The carpooling program would be superior to the city bus system and bike lanes aren’t the most desirable options. Buses aren’t a reliable source of transportation for students who live farther from campus and could fall victim to delays — and many students don’t live close to bus stops.

Bike lanes are only now beginning to see a surge of support in Lincoln, but we’d choose a warm car filled with our friends in favor of a frigid bike ride to campus. As parking passes increase in price, students will be searching for alternatives to the parking status quo and Parking and Transit Services will be searching for ways to lure students to purchase permits. So if Carpenter is worried about students not going for the carpool option, he shouldn’t be. Students will jump at the opportunity to save money. The university just needs to give it to them. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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Sochi Games must be boycotted

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ladimir Putin, you’re an asshole.

It might be too late to move the Winter Olympics, but it’s not too late to critique your homophobic, repressive regime. The Sochi Games are Russia’s attempt at showcasing modernity in a post-Soviet Union world. It’s entirely undermined by the fact that people can be incarcerated for distributing “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” to minors (in other words, robbing LGBT youth of a sense of pride or educational background concerning their sexuality). It’s undermined by the political instability of the North Caucasus region the Games are taking place in. The area is a hotbed for terrorism and violence, according to heritage.org. Crisis Group claims that “armed conflict in the North Caucasus region is the most violent in Europe today,” citing more than 1200 deaths in the first half of 2013 alone.

Another fear is that female jihadists, called “black widows,” have entered the supposedly safe security apparatus of the Olympic Games, according to Fox News.

The Olympics are meant to unify the world, not to be made into a discussion of arbitrary politics. However, it’s safe to say that freedom of the press, LGBT acceptance and public safety hardly constitute as arbitrary.

Having the Games take place in a more tolerant country (where Kremlin propaganda doesn’t ignore major issues by repressing the media’s ability to cover them) seems like a good idea. According to Freedom House, Russian journalists are threatened with physical attacks or steep fines if they cover sensitive or controversial topics.

The issues surrounding gay acceptance and LGBT discrimination in Russia is one of those controversial subjects. Finding credible Russian sources regarding the North Caucasus region may also prove difficult because of the provocative nature of the information.

Some may argue that by being overly political during the Olympics, we are robbing athletes who’ve trained their whole lives of

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their opportunity to compete on a global scale.

We’re denying their glory, their legacy.

I would argue that we are robbing LGBT athletes of being treated as decent human begins. We’re denying LGBT parents who’ve raised Olympic athletes the ability to go to watch their children without fear of persecution.

I’d also argue that we’re putting Olympic athletes who are straight allies in a tough spot: compete in a country where the administration admittedly puts down LGBT people or don’t compete at all.

Putin promises that athletes won’t be discriminated against, but the Kremlin’s current record on LGBT-specific human rights violations speak louder than his empty words. Also, Putin’s previous statements have equated being gay with pedophilia, and also he blames gays for Russia’s low birth rate. His inflammatory remarks contradict his message of safety and acceptance in Sochi.

A very recent example of Russia’s repression of gays is the arrest of Pavel Lebedev. His crime? Displaying a rainbow flag. The New York Daily News expresses concerns that people who are outspoken in regard to LGBT rights may not even be granted visas to enter the country.

The Olympics also have a history of being a place for international dialogue. They have a way of unifying people from every nation on earth. Where else would you rather have your voice heard? Where else would you find a more diverse audience?

Protest comes in many forms, though.

Inclusion of LGBT Olympic athletes in Russia could be viewed on the same token as the inclusion of nonwhite athletes during the 1936 Olympics.”

Sometimes it’s holding signs with a legible message outside with a large, like-minded group of people. Other times, it’s more subtle.

In the 1936 Olympics, having black athlete Jesse Owens compete in front of the Nazi regime could be viewed as protest. The fact that he won four gold medals (more than any other athlete in those Games) is simply a metaphorical slap in the face to racists who believed in white supremacy. Although Owens’ participation wasn’t necessarily intended to be protest, it made a lasting impact.

Inclusion of LGBT Olympic athletes in Russia could be viewed on the same token as the inclusion of non-white athletes during the 1936 Olympics. To the ire of at least one International Olympic Committee member, President Obama has placed three openly gay athletes on the U.S. Olympic delegation.

But is this enough? Are Obama’s delegation choices going to make the necessary waves to prove a point to Putin’s homophobic regime? Or is it too subtle?

Sometimes, such as during the 1980 Olympics, protest is anything but subtle. President Carter vehemently opposed having the Games in Moscow, citing Russia’s military involvement in Afghanistan. While this arguably happened solely because of Cold War tensions, it’s important to note that this was the first and only time the U.S. ever boycotted the Olympics, according to the History Channel.

Another issue is the U.S. could be viewed as hypocritical for boycotting the Olympics on the grounds of LGBT discrimination. After all, this country is going through its own LGBT rights movement. Gay marriage is only legal in 17 states.

That being said, at least the United States is on the right track. LGBT issues are at least being discussed, written about by journalists and considered a priority by many. Meanwhile, in Russia, the rights of the free press are constantly under attack. The country is unsafe for LGBT people. Moreover, those in power in Russia are repressing their own people through misinformation and censorship. That alone is worth boycotting an athletic competition, even if it is the Olympics.

Damien Croghan is a senior newseditorial and global studies major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Celebrity rape allegations emphasize rape culture

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n news that simultaneously made me sad and incredibly nauseous: Conor Oberst, singer-songwriter in Bright Eyes, frontman of Desaparecidos, the Mystic Valley Band and Monsters of Folk, was accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 2003.

The allegations surfaced in the comments of an XOJane article titled “I Dated a Famous Rock Star & All I Got Was Punched in the Face.” The relevant comments were initially tied to an account, which has since been deleted. The comments containing the allegations can still be read in full on several reputable music sites, including this bit describing the incident: “Conor definitely took advantage of my teenage crush on him. At first, I was flattered when he was playing with my hair and had his hand on my leg.

It was like my dream come true at that point. But then he clearly wanted to go further and I made it very clear and told him I was a virgin and wasn’t prepared to change that right then but he didn’t stop.”

Based on the known content of the

comments, the relevant research about false allegations, the prevalence of rape culture in the United States and Oberst’s response to the situation, I believe these allegations should be treated as true.

Before I say anything about this issue, I would like to add the disclaimer that I am a cisgender adult male. I have never been involved in an alleged rape, nor have I witnessed an alleged rape. My perspective here will inevitably be colored by my own life and experiences.

But as an Omaha native and former Bright Eyes devotee, I am familiar with the cult of personality that surrounds musicians such as Oberst in certain circles. I care about this, and I need to talk about it.

To start with, rape allegations are rarely false. How rarely depends on who you ask; it’s hard to do research on rape allegations in a culture that so often discourages rape victims from coming forward. According to a 2009 study by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, only 2 to 8 percent of rape accusers

For every rape victim who does come forward, there are countless more who were too intimidated by a biased culture to speak up.”

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are ever prosecuted for having made a false accusation. This doesn’t necessarily mean that 98 percent of rape allegations are true, but it does serve to highlight an important feature of rape allegations: People almost never come forward with unfounded accusations.

In the patriarchal culture of the contemporary United States, where 87 percent of police officers are male, they’re not proven true very often, either. Last month, Angie Epifano wrote about these concerns for the Huffington Post after being forced to withdraw from Amherst College because of a rape allegation. “As a survivor, living in silence is terrifying, but sometimes being ‘out’ can be even more horrific,” Epifano said. “I’ve found that the retaliation, harassment, and abuse that survivors receive after they are out is often more traumatizing than

the rape itself.”

For every rape victim who does come forward, there are countless more who were too intimidated by a biased culture to speak up. The pressure to stay quiet for fear of backlash is incredibly strong.

There are often more negative than positive consequences to coming forward.

This is especially true in the case of a public figure such as Oberst. As soon as the allegations spread across the Internet, the victim was tracked, harassed and accused by a legion of Bright Eyes fans.

Even after stating she could never sue or press charges, accusations that she was lying flooded in. Violations to her online privacy forced her to delete her XOJane account and Tumblr page, after pleading for privacy and respect on both sites.

Oberst’s public persona is that of a quiet, emotional artist, and many of his lyrics are poetic and personal. But there’s a significant disconnect between a stage personality and the way someone acts in everyday life, as noted by the original XOJane article. He’s certainly had nothing issue-sensitive to say so far; according to a brief statement from his publicist (the only words we’ve heard from Oberst on the issue), Oberst has now begun speaking with a libel attorney.

The possibility that Oberst is a rapist has proved hard to swallow for mu-

sic fans across the country. I sympathize with this difficulty. I have been listening to Bright Eyes for years and have a strong emotional connection to much of Oberst’s work. Not only that, but in independent music circles, Bright Eyes is the most widely known band from Omaha.

During the past decade, I have allowed Bright Eyes, and by extension Oberst, to represent my hometown. Upon meeting people across the United States and even Europe, I have enthusiastically described myself as being from the same city as him.

I can no longer draw that line with a clean conscience.

In terms of this case, there’s very little we can do. However, we need to take the necessary steps as a society to prevent this from happening in the future. Keep up with the issue through media. Don’t try to discover this woman’s identity, per her wishes. Commend her bravery for coming forward. Do not shame the victims of rape. Shame the rapists. Do not rape. And until further notice, do not buy any more Bright Eyes records.

Benjamin Curttright is a junior English student and a longtime member of the Omaha independent music scene. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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aRTS & LIFE

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Give me a break

Spring vacation presents adventures, financial challenges for students story by Hannah Ratliff | art by Sean Flattery

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ollywood has long been fascinated with the idea of spring break. According to movies such as the recent “Spring Breakers,” it’s a week in which every wild party you’ve ever imagined happens in real life, on a tropical beach somewhere.

Despite the images movies and imaginations have produced, a tropical beach does not await all University of Nebraska-Lincoln students at the end of midterms.

However, some students will end up with sand between their toes. Sophomore film and new media major Kate Westberg has been planning her trip to Cancun, Mexico, with 10 of her sorority sisters since last year, when they first started talking about a tropical spring break together. For them, the opportunity to have a week of beach-going, sunbathing, shopping and scuba diving is worth the cost, which isn’t cheap.

Westberg says the current cost of their resort’s package (which includes airfare, food, drinks and lodging) is about $1,000. Booking the cheapest available package for the same trip now is $2,179. To Westberg, the cost is worth the time she gets to spend with friends.

“It’s definitely something more popular amongst my friends to go somewhere sunny and warm and lay out and get a nice little base tan going,” Westberg said.

“I think it’s just a good time to let everything go and not have to worry about your school stuff.… College is a highly stressful environment, so I think people get excited to go somewhere where they don’t have to be reminded of all the stuff they have to do when they get back home.”

But not everyone is beach-bound. Freshman exploratory major Caitlyn Do has different plans; she’ll

be participating in a spring break mission trip to either Colorado or Arizona through the Newman Center this year.

“Well, everyone wants to go really exotic places, and that’s really fun and all but, for me, I think a mission trip is just a really good opportunity,” Do said.

“When I heard about it, I didn’t want to pass it up.

The first mission trip I went on was an amazing experience. … I feel like after college I might expand on it and maybe even travel to different countries and do mission trips there.”

The Newman Center sends groups of five to seven people on mission trips across the country each spring break to serve the poor and underprivileged. For $220, students are sent to different cities for four to six days, depending on the location, where they participate in activities, such as working in soup kitchens or in women’s shelters.

“You come back with memories of helping people,” said Courtney Casper, senior business management major and Newman Center mission trip chair. “It just makes you feel like you’re using time for something worthwhile.”

Freshman exploratory major Isabel Reininger said she plans on staying in Lincoln with her mom. They might take a road trip to Kansas City or Chicago for a couple of days, but more than likely they’ll spend the break relaxing at home. This, to a lot of people, seems like a logical decision. Travel costs can be expensive for those who don’t live within driving distance. In fact, the only reason freshman fashion merchandising major Sammie Harkless can go home to Ohio for the break is because her parents covered her $500 plane ticket.

“Being in college, I’ve realized I can’t pay for much, and I’m sure a lot of people have realized that,” Harkless said. “So unless they’re having financial support from other people, I really feel like (most students) wouldn’t actually be able to go on (a big trip). If you’re left by yourself to pay for it, then really most college kids can’t actually afford to go.”

Though the expenses of spring break trips keep some students from being able to participate, that doesn’t mean they can’t go anywhere at all. For those who want to travel inexpensively, there are more financially responsible options. Megabus offers bus rides from Omaha to Chicago for as little as $15. The company also offers transportation to Iowa City, Iowa, and Des Moines, Iowa, out of Omaha. Additionally, connecting buses out of Chicago to more than 20 cities, including Atlanta, Nashville and St. Louis are available. As long as arrangements are made in advance, tickets are cheap, with some as little as $1.

“Every spring break and fall break, we see increases in the volume of people using our services,” Mike Alvich, vice president of marketing and public relations for megabus.com and Coach USA said. “College students are the ones who really helped us get launched.”

Whether it’s finances, family or the desire to do something different, Hollywood’s dream of spring break might not be the way all students spend their week off. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Megabus offers unpredictable round trip nate sindelar maranda loughlin dn

Dearest Megabus,

After a tank of gas, three large fries and a five-hour wait in a Walgreens parking lot, we almost gave up on you.

The car was in reverse. Our dreams of Chicago and all of its pizza and polish sausages were dashed; no big ass shiny bean thing for us either. We were about to head home and cancel a vacation we’d looked forward to for more than a month.

You, Megabus, you were so alluring with your discounts and already cheap travel, those supposedly cushioned seats we saw in a Google search, the thrill of the high road. You seemed so … mega.

Sure, we ignored the images of burning and toppled buses, but we’re poor college students. A ninehour drive, there and back, without wear and tear on our own vehicles for just more than $150?

You were like finding the last Keystone in the corner of a party after the keg ran out. What’s the worse that could happen?

Well, for one thing, there were the unfortunate folks standing outside, dropped off by trusting loved ones who believed in you, too. They stood for hours in negative wind chill weather — one college boy wrapped in a Chicago beach towel, a woman holding her child who wore a single pink coat or the one man who, all alone, walked to the stop. We were lucky enough to sit inside a warm car, but many of the others were not.

When people were cast out of the Walgreens at midnight, there were still three bitter hours to go.

Finally, the dull roar of your majestic bus came around the corner at roughly 3 a.m. The hotel receptionist heard our cheers over the phone, just after we’d asked her to cancel our reservations. She wished us a happy trip, and we quickly hung up and ran out of the idle car. Our two duffle bags and two backpacks filled with cameras, film, Twizzlers, Cliff Bars and clothes bounced around

sean flattery | dn us we scrambled onto the two-story bus.

Sweet respite at last — well, sort of.

Megabus, we’re sorry to say, but you’ve got quite the climate going on up there. At first, the transition from below zero temperatures into your swamp-ass humidity was welcome. It reminded us that we didn’t put on deodorant but, then again, it didn’t seem like many passengers did.

After 30 minutes, though, when the hats and gloves, the coats, the sweaters and scarves were peeled off in moist lumps, there was nothing left to shed aside from our dignity. Your body-odor rainforest jellified us all into one distinct collage of perspiration and humiliation.

But you got us there, didn’t you?

We have to give you that. You know what, though? We can’t say you got us back.

Megabus works like this: the further in advance you book a trip, the cheaper the prices. In fact, we just looked at a week-long trip to Chi-town over our coming spring break: $15 up and $15 back. So, we

planned our winter break early, not knowing we’d scheduled a weekend during Chicago’s coldest recorded temperatures in its history of recorded temperatures. In fact, it was colder there than in the South Pole.

While out and about, modeling American Apparels’ most expensive items and indulging on polish dogs by the pound (which will surely cause problems later in life but, you know, that’s tomorrow’s issue), we received this message: “Valued megabus.com Customer, We regret that due to the weather forecast in the Illinois and Iowa regions, we are cancelling your service. Please follow the links provided to reschedule free of charge, or to obtain a refund. We apologize for the inconvenience that this causes, however the decision has been taken in the interest of customer safety.”

While certainly an “inconvenience,” we overcame the setback with a rescheduled return date and another night at the Congress Plaza Hotel, which graciously extended our stay for the cheaper rate we’d

bought from Expedia.

It was only when you, Megabus, decided to cancel the second return trip that shit began to get real.

“Valued megabus.com Customer, Please be advised that the trip listed below has been cancelled due to severe winter weather along portions of the route. We apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause, but the safety of our passengers and operators is always our first priority.”

And, you know, this might have all been passable, too, had it not been for the Megabus that cruised past us with a smug flick of the windshield wipers while we sat in a Panera Bread for 12 hours waiting for a $200 last-minute midnight Greyhound ride home.

Oh yeah. Didn’t think we’d notice, did ya? Well, we did, and we gotta say, it’s over. You and us — we’re done. We’re through.

We won’t even mention the pseudo-cab ride to the airport renta-car center (definitely just the bell-

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5 things you should know before traveling We’re still stuck in the middle of January, but with the cold temperatures and even colder winds, what’s the harm in daydreaming about your spring break plans? While you’re spacing out the facts, discussions and numbers you should be jotting down for that eventual test, you might be thinking of places you’d rather be. Spring break can be a great to time have fun with your friends and blow off some steam after midterms, but it is also notorious for the alcoholic troubles many college students have. Being aware of the spring break antics can help you have a good time while also being safe come March.

1. Three out of five women know friends who had unprotected sex during spring break (American Medical Association).

2. About 2,600 Americans are arrested during spring break overseas each year.

3. Last year, the Business and Professional Regulation, Alcohol Beverage and Tobacco Division confiscated 20,000 fake IDs in Panama City and Daytona Beach, Fla., alone.

4. The average male reported drinking 18 drinks per day and the average female reported 10 drinks per day (Journal of American College Health).

5. About 31 percent of 651 college freshmen surveyed reported binge drinking during spring break (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research).

—akua dawes arts@dailynebraskan.com

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Eyes of the World offers shoppers international goods Kieran Kissler DN For Emily Lanik, traveling around the globe is more than just an opportunity or hobby; it supports her livelihood.

Eyes of the World Imports is a local store that has been providing Lincoln with imported jewelry, clothing and other various goods since 1992. As the owner of the store, Lanik went to international lengths to make her dream a possibility.

Originally hailing from Illinois, Lanik grew up in Lincoln and later moved to Santa Cruz, Calif., to attend college. After nearly completing her speech pathology degree, she had a sudden change of heart and moved back to Lincoln to live with her mother and pursue her retail interests.

“I was waiting tables for people with master’s degrees, and I thought to myself, ‘What am I doing?’” Lanik said. “So I moved back here and started two full-time jobs so I could open this store.”

For her store, Lanik saw a chance to help keep her prices low with an alternative method of importation.

Instead of going through a third party, she meets the company and buys from them directly. The idea of direct-importing can be beneficial to all of the parties involved, Lanik said, whether it be the buyer, seller or the eventual customers. Because the product goes through fewer hands, Eyes of the World Imports can sell it for less.

“When you import directly, you’re sure of who you are working with; it’s not just some kid working for 10 cents a day,” she said. “I get a lot of comments about how low my prices are for the product that is sold.”

For Lanik, direct importing also involves traveling to the countries and villages where the pieces are made in order to ensure quality and

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Eyes of the World Imports aims to sell pieces that are made in fair workplaces. Owner Emily Lanik first inspects working conditions and welfare of the employees before agreeing to sell their products. fairness in the workplace. She also inspects the working conditions and the age and welfare of the employees before agreeing to a business partnership with any company. If she finds any sort of treatment she doesn’t agree with, she chooses to not go through with the partnership.

“I will walk into places where I am probably not supposed to go, but I really need to make sure everything is OK if we’re going to develop a working relationship,” Lanik said.

“We’ve always focused on cottage industry, not factories, and femalerun businesses. That’s the one thing we really try to focus on because of the oppression that women have to put up with throughout the globe.”

Lanik began direct-importing from other countries when her nowhusband traveled to orphanages in Guatemala to provide food and aid.

When he came back, he would have

a backpack full of foreign goods made by the locals, which Lanik would then sell in her store. In 1994, Lanik traveled for the first time to Indonesia, which is where a large portion of her products now come from, and through two decades of trade, she’s found close friends in her business associates.

“Now when I go to Indonesia, it’s kind of like an extended family,” she said. “They fight over who is going to pick me up from the airport.

After 20 years, we’ve developed a strong relationship.”

In addition to Indonesia, Lanik gets a large portion of her products from Mexico. Many of the items that come from Mexico are a part of her popular outdoor selection, which caters to local gardeners and landscapers. While her jewelry is the highest-selling product, many customers are also drawn to the unique

Negative stigma around weed fluctuates with economy ZACH FULCINITI

zach fulciniti dn I like to smoke weed.

That shouldn’t come as a surprise to people who know me.

I first smoked when I was a freshman in high school. I was so young. I didn’t know what marijuana looked like; I couldn’t recognize the smell.

Now, I might be sitting in class and catch a whiff, and I’ll look around for the kid with bloodshot eyes who still has his backpack on.

Growing up, I never understood the appeal of alcohol. My dad would drink the occasional beer, my mom the occasional margarita. Who the hell puts salt on their drinking glass?

My dad might offer to let me try his beer. I would always accept because, you know, everyone drinks — there’s gotta be a reason.

But I never really discovered what that reason was. I thought it was gross. Even now, at the occasional party I attend (I’m very cool), there’s a keg and Jello shots and, sometimes, grain alcohol, but it does nothing for me.

And when I was a high school freshman, and my best friend told me that he smoked weed, I was confused. Isn’t it illegal? Doesn’t it, like, kill?

Long story short, it doesn’t kill. It never has. To overdose on marijuana you’d have to consume your body weight’s worth in a matter of hours. The average joint usually contains less than a gram.

I’d have to smoke somewhere around 200,000 joints. If you can pull that off, you don’t need weed, because you are Superman and you can fly and set shit on fire with your eyes.

So my friend and I went into the woods, and I took two hits

from a small glass bowl. I couldn’t light it on my own; he had to do LEGITIMIZE it for me. I burned my finger for IT a long time before I finally got it right.

And after that I was even more confused. We smoked some weed, hung out in his basement and watched TV. We talked. We ate some food. We had a good remember that great industrial feat of ours, the military build-up time doing the same boring things we would’ve been doing anyway. in the early ’40s that allowed us to Why did the government think I beat the Nazis? We couldn’t have done it without cannabis. The deserved to be labeled a criminal U.S. government even produced for that? a film in 1942 called “Hemp for I still don’t completely understand it, but I’m much closer now. Victory,” encouraging farmers to Marijuana became illegal in the grow as much as they possibly ’30s. Before that, it had been com- could. Marijuana policy has alpletely legal anywhere and ev- ways been about economics.

Forty years later, Ronald Reaerywhere. If you were to go back in time and ask Abraham Lincoln gan declared marijuana, a plant why weed was legal, he would grown by George Washington, “probably the most dangerous say, “Why not?” drug in America It became illetoday.”

Weed isn’t gal, not because it If only Reagan was harmful, but completely had been around because business long enough to see owners were con- harmless, but blue sky. cerned about the we’re not going Today, most many industrial purposes of hemp. to make cupcakes people, including our president, have They were conconcluded that cerned that hemp and red meat marijuana is far paper, which is illegal are we? less harmful than cheaper, easier to alcohol, less harmproduce and bet- The beef lobby ful to your body ter for the environ- wouldn’t allow it.” and to your family ment than paper and friends. made from wood, Weed isn’t completely harmwould cut into their profits. This less, but we’re not going to make was of particular concern to William Randolph Hearst, a newspa- cupcakes and red meat illegal, are per magnate whose publications we? The beef lobby wouldn’t allow it. were, like everything else, printIn any event, it shouldn’t mated on paper made from wood.

Hearst used his network of 28 ter what you or I think about it. publications in major cities across If people want to smoke weed, they’re going to. If a decades-long the country to rebrand the canwar on the plant won’t stop them, nabis plant, which includes both nothing will. hemp and marijuana, as a catalyst During the course of the seof violent crime. Many others, mester, I’ll be writing a lot more including business owners and about marijuana: the subculture, government officials, jumped on the evolution of drug laws, the the propaganda bandwagon and many medicinal uses. And the in 1937, the Marihuana Tax Act fun, because you know, it’s pretty made possession or sale of canfun. nabis illegal.

Basically, I’m tired of worConsider that in the ’40s our government stopped enforcing rying about what people will the Marihuana Tax Act so hemp think of me when they find out I could be used for manufacturing smoke. Plenty of people reading during World War II. That’s right, this smoke, too, and I encourage you all to join me in obliterating the stigma.

Do you smoke weed? I’d love to hear about it. Send us a letter.

Let’s take our freedom back. zach fulciniti is a freshman journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Eyes of the World Imports is open everyday at 1501 South St. The local store has been providing Lincoln with jewelry, clothing and other items since 1992. clothing and hair accessories that the store carries, she said. There’s a wide variety of prices to go along with the unique selections; everything from incense sticks to pieces of reclaimed-sailboat furniture are sold.

“I really enjoy the atmosphere in Eyes of the World Imports,” said Rachel Kermmoade, a frequent shopper and University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore English major. “They offer a variety of unique products, which fit my eclectic taste, and I think the prices are very rea-

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Lanik has tried her hand at designing pieces as well. She carries her own vintage jewelry line named after her daughter, Eve. This jewelry line is also popular with customers, and because she doesn’t sell it to other retailers or offer it outside of her own store, it’s become her most unique product.

As Lanik looks to the future of the store, she doesn’t have any immediate plans for change. The store recently moved to a smaller build-

ing, which has given Lanik and her employees a simpler layout and space to sell.

However, Lanik is looking forward to the opportunity to travel to more countries, especially now that her daughter will be able to accompany her more often when she graduates high school.

“I just want to keep it simple in the future,” she said. “I really love it here, and I’ve got my dream growing right now.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Evil things the wind has done to you With winter still in motion, chilly breezes can frequently dampen the spirits of — HOLY MOTHER! Man, that stupid wind is freezing. Damn strong, too. How on earth is it this windy?

How? Scientists say magnets or planetary movements, but that’s complete bull. Seriously, the wind must be some living thing that loves to screw with us.

1. Increases chances for hypothermia or disease: Since World War I, chemical and biological warfare has been banned because of its inhumanity and monstrosity. Apparently, nature’s own army never agreed to the pact, because this freezing Nebraska air will help anyone unlucky enough to be within its reach to obtain anything from the common cold to pneumonia to, we guess, some horrific undiscovered plague. Also, if one boldly refuses to wear anything fewer than five layers of clothing and a blessed talisman around their neck, they should expect hypothermia to slowly kill off their unprotected fingers and noses.

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2. Defiles every inch of your body: Even with multitudes of clothing, any hapless victim outside cannot stop the wispy tendrils of oxygen and nitrogen from brushing up against every inch of the human body, with what is likely sick pleasure. The horror. The horror.

3. Blows important items away: Even if some brave soul tolerates the presence of demonic currents, the wind will find some way to make everyone’s day miserable. Whether it be a simple folder containing important homework and papers to, maybe, a social security card or debit card, anything caught outside pockets or backpacks will be whisked away, leaving the wind’s newest play-toy in a state of anger and tears. Yet, the wind shows compassions at times; it will blow social security numbers toward people who are definitely willing to take advantage of the situation.

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4. Besmirches hair: The despicable and cold winds find thrills in any chance to humiliate. Hair, being the puny item on a human’s person that they somehow still manage to preen over, is devastated when caught by the gleeful northern blows. Perfectly combed, neat hairdos will become tangled wretches of rope. In the case that one’s hair is immaculately gorgeous, the wind helps them out. Bastard.

5. Helps advertise the Daily Nebraskan: Besides soda cans, small children and pets, the wind blows copies of the DN all across campus, which actually advertises the name and image of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s student-run paper. While this would normally be considered a redeeming quality for the otherwise abysmal wind, one must remember no one likes litter, and no one wants the DN to be “that paper that’s always on the sidewalk.” That, and the paper always seems to land so that only the news section receives attention. Come on. We want some street cred, too, wind.

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hop’s friend), and the actual cab ride back because we’re not goddamned 25 years old or losing a cellphone or a pair of keys or the suffering so many others were subjected to who could not afford another night in their hotel and were forced to sleep at the bus station.

With tails between our legs, we sulked into the Greyhound, a smell of helplessness and cafeteria pain wafting through the air. The place was a pit of despair. Children and adults alike howled. When we asked how an employee was doing that day, she choked on her laugh and said, “Are you kidding me?”

This was just before a sweaty man in a bear hat roared and scolded some poor schmuck for dropping his glove.

He literally said, “Pick up your damn gloves, or I will call the police!”

By the time the employees told us they couldn’t find our Omahatagged luggage and that we just had to hope it would be there when we got home, we looked deep into each other’s eyes and telepathically gave you, Megabus, the finger. Actually, we’re doing it again now as we type this.

In any case, we did make it home. Sure, there was the moment our bus driver pulled over and whipped out a map, unable to find the next stop. Of course, it was our bus Bear Hat Man wandered onto.

Yes, some woman informed the entire bus that she was late getting home six days and without her

medication.

As we recall, she said, “I’m a (schizophrenic). I hear voices in my head; it’s my conscious. Everybody watch out!”

But by the end of the trip, she and the bus driver exchanged numbers.

Literally, “My god, you’re a hoot,” said the driver. “I gotta get your number; we need to go out.”

“Hell yes,” said the woman.

“We’re gonna tear it up. Ever been to Vegas?”

In the end, though, we did get our luggage, and we laughed as some passenger walked by saying, “I am never going through Greyhound again. I’m taking Megabus next time.”

No. Don’t. Please.

This column is an open letter to Megabus, a breakup piece. This story is a warning to all those who might consider that cheap, rolling wheelhouse of misplaced excitement for their traveling needs. Sure, you can make it to most places for that tempting $15, but there are no guarantees you’ll make it back.

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Maranda Loughlin and Nathan Sindelar are senior journalism majors and might actually consider Megabus again, because screw it. Reach them at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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1. Michigan State (18-1 overall, 7-0 Big Ten)

The Spartans have proven to be one of the best teams in not just the Big Ten but in the entire country this season. They are 3-0 against currently ranked opponents this season. Sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior center Adreian Payne, who are averaging 18.3 and 16.2 points per game respectively, have emerged as leaders. As a team, the Spartans are averaging 79.9 points per game, which is second in the conference. Their next game is on Saturday against rival Michigan.

2. Wisconsin (16-3, 3-3)

Wisconsin ripped off 16 wins in a row to start the season and proved they were a force to be reckoned with early on. The Badgers have since cooled down, dropping their last two to Indiana and Michigan.

As ESPN announcer Dan Dakich said during the game against Michigan, “This is not your father’s Wisconsin,” meaning rather than winning games with stingy defense like they are known for, the Badgers are outscoring teams by averaging 75.8 points per game. That’s not to say they aren’t playing defense, though, as they are second in the Big Ten holding opponents fewer than 63 points per game. They lost to Minnesota in Minneapolis on Thursday.

3. Michigan (14-4, 6-0)

After a slow start, the Wolverines have come out hot in Big Ten play, winning their first six games, including a big win against Wisconsin on Saturday. They have been led by sophomore guard Nik Stauskas, who is averaging 18 points per game and shooting 44 percent from three.

As a team, the Wolverines are one of the most efficient in the country, shooting a conference-leading 48.8 percent from the field. Their schedule does not get any easier from Wisconsin and Iowa, as they play Michigan State in East Lansing on Saturday.

4. Iowa (15-4, 4-2)

The Hawkeyes may be one of the best statistical teams in the country. They are in the top 10 in the nation in assists, points and rebounds.

They have also cracked the top 10 in the AP poll this late in the season for the first time since 1993. They are blowing out their opponents, winning games by 20.2 points on average. Iowa is led by senior guard Roy Devyn Marble’s 19 points per game in conference play and junior forward Aaron White’s 16. The Hawkeyes fell at Michigan on Wednesday.

5. Ohio State (15-4, 2-4)

The Buckeyes have been one of the most up-and-down teams in the country this season after winning their first 15 of the season and peaking at No. 3 in the USA Today poll.

They are now on a four-game losing streak, including the last two to unranked Minnesota and Nebraska.

Their early success was led by junior forward LaQuinton Ross, who is averaging 16 points in Big Ten play so far. The Buckeyes team defense has been one of the best in the country, allowing just 57.9 points per game.

They take on Illinois at home on Thursday.

11. Nebraska (9-8, 1-4)

9. Illinois (13-6, 2-4)

7. Purdue (13-6, 3-3)

Similar to their in-state rivals, the Hoosiers, Purdue also lost their first two in Big Ten play before having a winning streak ended by Northwestern. Purdue has a balanced scoring attack, with three players averaging more than 11 points per game in conference play. The Boilermakers are third in the conference in offensive rebounding and fourth in overall rebounding margin. Their next game will be a big test when they take on Wisconsin on Saturday.

The Huskers defeated Ohio State on Jan. 20. When the fans stormed the court, they all forgot the Huskers had lost their last five and had not won since defeating The Citadel on Dec. 21. Nebraska is scoring just 69.3 points per game, which is secondworst in the Big Ten. A bright spot, however, has been sophomore forward Terran Petteway, who is averaging 17.4 points per game. The Huskers have a chance to add another Big Ten win when they take on Penn State in Happy Valley on Thursday.

After two wins to start the Big Ten season, the Illini have lost four in a row, most recently to Michigan State on Saturday. Illinois can attribute their struggles to shooting just 41.6 percent from the field, which is 302nd in the country. The Illini’s one scoring bright spot has been junior guard Rayvonte Rice, who has scored 15.7 points per game during Big Ten play. The Illini will take on Ohio State in a battle to end fourgame losing streaks in Columbus on Saturday.

8. Indiana (12-7, 2-4) 6. Minnesota (15-5, 4-3)

The Gophers are coming off a huge win against Ohio State on Jan. 16. They have been the victim of some close losses in conference, getting downed by Michigan by 3 in their opener and Michigan State in overtime on Jan. 11. They have relied heavily on junior guard Andre Hollins, who leads the team scoring 16.2 points per game and is also second in rebounds and assists. The Gophers hope to bounce back from back-to-back losses when they travel to Pinnacle Bank Arena to take on the Huskers on Sunday.

After losing their first two in conference play to Illinois and Michigan State, the Hoosiers were able to bounce back by beating then-No. 3 Wisconsin at home on Jan. 14. They went back to their losing ways, dropping one to Northwestern on Saturday and to Michigan State on Tuesday. They have been one of the best rebounding teams in the country, pulling down 42.7 rebounds, which is sixth in the country. Sophomore guard Yogi Ferrell leads the conference in scoring during Big Ten play, averaging 19.2 points per game. Their next game is on Sunday, when they travel to Illinois to take on the Illini.

12. Penn State (9-10, 0-6)

Penn State is winless in the conference, losing its first six. Penn State has scored the basketball well early on in the season, averaging 76.1 points per game. The Nittany Lions also have two players who are averaging more 16 points per game. Their big issue has been defense, allowing more than 73.6 points per game. That’s more than 4 points higher than the next worst team in the conference. They take on the Huskers at home Thursday in a battle of the two worst conference records in the Big Ten.

10. Northwestern (10-10, 3-4)

After a slow start to the season, the Wildcats have been on a run as of late. They have owned the state of Indiana in their last two conference games, defeating Indiana and Purdue. Despite the team’s recent hot streak, it is still struggling offensively, scoring just 62.0 points per game, which is last in the conference by 7 points.

That mark is also 338th in the country. Their next two games are against Iowa and Wisconsin, so it looks unlikely the Wildcats will add another notch in the win column this week.

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Senior sets goals on way to becoming leader Tom Blackwell’s work ethic got him to Nebraska, where he wants to leave his mark in final season David Stover DN For most seniors, the last season is the last time to make an impression on their peers, their universities and their legacies. Tom Blackwell hopes to make a lasting impression as he is approaching his last hurrah as a Husker student athlete.

Blackwell’s tennis journey began at 9 years old, but he did not fully start taking it seriously until he was 12. The strategy of the game was the quality that stuck out most as his hobby soon turned to a pasfile photo by morgan spiehs | DN sion.

Senior Tom Blackwell had a winning singles record of 16-14 in his “The competitive scheme of it I junior season and is 2-0 so far this spring after winning matches loved,” Blackwell said. “Traveling against Florida Gulf Coast and Florida State. to tournaments, pushing up in the rankings. I used to look at the rankings every day and would set goals goal to play in college,” Blackwell I could grow and be successful in and not stop until I had met that said. school.” goal. It’s different than a team sport With those accolades, Blackwell With the hard recruiting of Mcgrowing up, but I got used to it.” began getting recruited.

Dermott, Blackwell embraced the His goal setting at a young age “Most schools I was looking at mentality of “if you want me, I want has contributed to his successful were Big Ten schools,” Blackwell you,” and the Floridian packed up work ethic. said. “I had a lot of his rackets and brought his soughtAs a sophomore offers, but Coach after talent to America’s heartland.

I always in high school, he Mac (Kerry McDerFreshman year was a growing won the Florida mott) was my favorexperience, as Blackwell earned a visualize Class 2 championite coach. He was the record of 6-13 singles record but ship, posting an im- how I want to play first to show interest, nonetheless gained early experipressive 20-1 overall the night before.” and he kept the inence, which would be beneficial to record. Blackwell’s terest until the very him as he continued to develop. successful season end of the process.

The next year he got into more tom blackwell earned him a spot Recruiting a player meets and posted an 11-16 record. senior tennis player on the first-team Allhard can work beThen came the transformation Jacksonville squad. cause he made me of pulling all of his talents together, In addition, he won feel wanted more as Blackwell finally made it over the the Southern Open and Florida than the other coaches even though .500 winning mark with a record of Open. they offered me the same thing.

16-14, including two wins and no “When I was about 14, I started “Coach Mac was the biggest realosses against ranked opponents, in to get really good and get into the son, but Nebraska also had amazing his junior season. Blackwell won his national rankings. I then made it my athletic department where I knew first eight matches.

“I just felt like last year my work well embraces the ultimate game- plans to graduate with a degree in finally paid off,” he said. “I didn’t face mentality, especially as a senior. communications and wants to pur“I am super intense,” Blackwell do as well in the Big Ten as I would sue a law degree as well. After comhave liked, but I set a goal, and last said. “I always visualize how I want pleting that, Blackwell has dreams to play the night before, as well as year getting somewhere around 15 of joining the military, if his mom wins was a huge accomplishment the day of the match. I like to get will allow him. He wants to serve loud and motivate the team. Getting the country through using his law for me.” a lot of sleep and a good breakfast is Goal setting and weight lifting degree in the field. also huge for me. Ice bathing the day are major characteristics that have Blackwell’s work ethic has carbefore so my body is fresh.” contributed to the development of ried him far, and he looks to enjoy When Blackwell is not intense, the one last hurrah of his tennis caBlackwell’s work ethic. he likes to be outside, whether it be reer to leave a lasting impression on “I pride myself in being a hard worker,” Blackwell said. “I can fishing, hiking, running or moun- the team, the season and his college tain biking. sometimes be too relaxed off the career. sports@ “I love anything outdoors,” said court, so I make up for it on the dailynebraskan.com Blackwell. court and weight room. I always Once the season ends, Blackwell work hard in the weight room, never skipping a set, and hit a lot extra during the season.”

His work ethic has become apparent, as he is one of the team members McDermott is hoping will step up during the spring season, which started with a win against Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday and a loss to Florida State on Monday.

McDermott said Blackwell, fellow senior Brandon Videtich and sophomores Dusty Boyer, Marc Herrmann and Andrew Dzulynsky – the major returners on the roster – will need to be leaders to the younger players.

“Guys that are new to the program will need to learn from the older guys, and also I hope that these guys will teach our older guys some new things that will help us as The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation a team in the future,” said McDermott.

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Nebraska/ Minnesota game part of Relay for Life initiative

At four conference games on Saturday and Sunday, the Big Ten Network is teaming up with the American Cancer Society to promote the Suits and Sneakers Awareness Weekend, during which college coaches around the country will wear sneakers along with their normal coaching apparel as a visual reminder of the battle against cancer.

Nebraska’s men’s basketball game against Minnesota at home on Sunday is one of the games where the promotion will be taking place.

Along with Nebraska, other Big Ten schools hosting games as part of the initiative are Indiana, Purdue and Northwestern.

Of those four schools, whichever student section has the most students wearing suits and sneakers at the game will receive $10,000 toward its school’s Re-

lay for Life initiative. Students wearing suits and sneakers will be counted at halftime.

Bowling coach takes leave of absence

Nebraska bowling coach Bill Straub, who was hospitalized two weeks ago, is taking a leave of absence from coaching to focus on his recovery from a successful emergency surgery for an aortic dissection.

Interim coach Paul Klempa led the Huskers on Friday at the Mid-Winter Classic in Jonesboro, Ark., where No. 6 Nebraska finished third out of 13 teams.

Softball team in top 10 of preseason rankings

The Nebraska softball team, which advanced to the Women’s College World Series in 2013, made its debut in the 2014 rank-

ings at No. 9 in the USA Today/ NFCA poll.

Nebraska went 45-16 last season and returns its entire pitching staff, including senior All-American Tatum Edwards and sophomore Emily Lockman. Another All-American, senior Taylor Edwards, returns at catcher. Nebraska is one of seven teams in the country with more than one All-American on the roster.

Michigan, which won last season’s Big Ten title, opened at No. 5 in the country. This season, Nebraska will also play No. 1 Tennessee (last year ’s national runner-up), No. 2 Oklahoma (last year ’s national champion), No. 3 Washington (which defeated Nebraska in the WCWS last year) and No. 7 Arizona State.

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After 1st conference win of season, Nebraska seeks first road win since January 2013 at site of last road win: Penn State

Terran Petteway drives in Nebraska’s loss to Michigan on Jan. 9. Petteway, who leads the team with 17.4 points a game, and the Huskers will look for their first true road win of the season Thursday night.

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That’s how long it’s been since the Nebraska men’s basketball team has won a true road game.

The Huskers have picked up a few victories on neutral courts in the past year, including a win against Georgia at the Charleston Classic earlier this season. But mostly, Nebraska struggles tremendously when it leaves Lincoln.

Husker coach Tim Miles’ record is 1-13 in true road games as Nebraska (9-8 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) travels to Penn State (9-10, 0-6) Thursday night for a 7 p.m. tipoff against the Nittany Lions.

“This is a tough league,” Miles said. “This is a difficult thing we’re involved in. You look at Penn State, and there are three or four games where they had them won and they just found a way to lose.”

Even with the poor road record during the last couple of years, things seem to be looking up for Nebraska, which is coming off an upset of No. 17 Ohio State on Mon-

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However — as Miles was day night. Also, the last time Miles’ squad won a game away from Ne- quick to point out — three of Penn State’s conference losses came by a braska? At Penn State, 369 days combined 7 points ago.

— 3-point losses to But don’t think It’s not going Indiana and Minnefor a second the to be an sota at home and a Huskers will look 1-point loss to Purpast this game easy game to win due on the road. against a struggling “They know that Penn State squad on the road, that’s we are a possession that has lost seven away from getting of its last eight for sure.” things done,” said games, Nebraska terran Petteway Patrick Chambers, captain Terran sophomore forward Penn State’s head Petteway said. coach.

“It’s not going Nebraska will have to deal to be an easy game on the road, with guards D.J. Newbill (17.3 that’s for sure,” Petteway said. points per game) and Tim Frazier Though no road game is easy— especially when it comes to Ne- (16.8 ppg), the No. 6 and 7 scorers in the Big Ten, respectively. braska basketball — Penn State’s They lead an offense that scores 76 troubles are impossible to ignore. points a game, fifth in the conferThe Nittany Lions haven’t won a game since a 10-point vic- ence.

“It doesn’t matter if those guys tory against Mount St. Mary on are 6-0, 3-3 or 0-6 — they just come Dec. 22. They are the only Big Ten with great energy every game,” team without a conference victory, thanks to the league’s worse de- Miles said. “They remind me of fense, which gives up 73.6 points a us in many ways, except we don’t have their backcourt. That backgame.

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court of Newbill and Frazier is just terrific.”

Miles also said he hopes Shavon Shields, who had 29 points the last time he played at Penn State, builds off Monday’s performance.

He had his highest point total (18) of the conference season against the Buckeyes.

It’s all about sticking with the process for Miles when his team plays on the road.

“We just have to continue to get better, having an attitude of ‘be a better player, be a better teammate’ every day,” Miles said.

The coach said the team needs to ride the momentum of Monday’s win as well. All the players can think about is playing that next game so they can have that good feeling in their stomachs again, Petteway said.

“We have to win in bunches, as Coach has been saying all year long,” Petteway said. “Once we get that first one, we have to get them in bunches.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore Hollie Blanske had her best bar routine during the Huskers’ final rotation to help them to a win on Saturday.

Blanske gets up from fall to lead Huskers the country.

“In high school club, you mostAfter faltering on ly wanted yourself to do good, whereas here I’ll do anything to beam, Nebraska help the team,” Blanske said. “It’s sophomore hits bars totally different. It was completely focused on myself in club in high routine at crucial school, and here it’s just what I moment in meet can do for the team and how I can make the biggest impact.”

Blanske started her gymnastics career at the age of 8, much later Vanessa Daves than most collegiate gymnasts.

DN “I was a dancer, and I fell in love with it right away,” Blanske It’s Saturday night, and sophosaid. more Hollie Blanske is competing She went to a top-of-the-line in the Ozone Collegiate Classic club gym called Twin City Twisters for Nebraska in Knoxville, Tenn., in Minnesota. She was a four-time against No. 3 Alabama and No. 17 qualifier for the Junior Olympics.

Kentucky. The Huskers start the In 2010 and 2011, she was a team first rotation. Nebraska is on beam. member for the Junior Olympic Blanske watches the girls in the National Team. In 2011, she was lineup perform, and finally it’s her the Junior Olympic all-around turn. She executes her routine, per- champion, as well as the chamforming the moves she’s practiced pion on bars and floor. Her high meticulously to get her where she school honors also included winis. But halfway through, she falls. ning three regional titles and being “Right away, the team picked named the 2011 Region IV Co-Reme up,” Blanske said. “We gional Gymnast of the Year. just came together and fought By the time she entered high through.” school, she was being recruited Despite her mistake, the team from colleges all over the U.S. In still won the first addition to Nebrasrotation. The gymka, she was talking Hollie did a nasts moved to the to Arkansas, Minsecond rotation on nesota, Iowa State, bar routine floor, where anothWashington and er teammate made and wound up Denver. a mistake. But they In the end, she with a 9.85, right still moved to the decided to go to third rotation in the when we needed Nebraska because lead. it’s where she felt it most.”

And though most at home. they plowed dan kendig “Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach through vault, hitwas just perfect for ting every routine, me,” Blanske said. bars came with “I felt so at home another mistake. It happened be- here. I love the fans, loved the fore it was time for Blanske to percoaches and loved the girls. It felt form what turned out to be, in her like a great fit for me, and it was the words, “the best routine I’ve ever best thing closest to home. Plus, it’s done.” a great school.”

It was a highlight of the meet Blanske is a business and marfor her, where she felt like she hit keting major. Since she’s been at her handstands and stuck her landNebraska, she’s garnered four ing like she never had before. honors and awards as a student “Hollie did a bar routine and athlete. Now, as she starts her secwound up with a 9.85, right when ond season as a Husker athlete, we needed it most,” coach Dan she’s already seen the team grow Kendig said. as a group.

After the meet, Blanske didn’t “Our mindset is more like, focus on her mistake on beams. She we want it more,” Blanske said. didn’t focus on her career-best per“That’s a big difference I’ve seen on formance on bars, either. Blanske this team since my freshman year. focused on the fact that her team We’ll do anything to get there.” pulled out a win, beating one of the sports@ top collegiate gymnastics teams in dailynebraskan.com

UNL bowling club team spends break in Las Vegas Bowlers compete in two events during winter break, begin slate of spring meets at Illinois tournament Mike Shoro DN They say “what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”

Members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln men’s club bowling team probably hope that’s not the case.

While most students spent finals week indoors, taking exams and preparing for the three-week winter break, the men’s club bowling team had a successful week of tournaments in Las Vegas.

The bowling team placed 14th of 33 teams and ninth of 36 teams in the Glenn Carlson Las Vegas Invitational and the Collegiate Shoot-out, respectively. The Las Vegas Invitational took place Dec. 18-19 and the Collegiate Shoot-out ran Dec. 20-21.

Freshman Connor Black and senior Michael Peirce led the Huskers, placing 30th at the Las Vegas Invitational and 21st at the Collegiate Shoot-out, respectively.

Black paced the Huskers at the Las Vegas Invitational with a 199.4444 average score over nine games. The men’s bowling club president, junior Dylan Winter, finished 37th with an average score of 197.4444 over nine

games, junior Matt Sabol finished 40th with a 193.8889 average and freshman Vince Bachteler finished 45th with a 192.4444 average.

Peirce led Nebraska with an average score of 224.2 over six games at the Collegiate Shoot-out. Bachteler finished 22nd overall with an average score of 215.5, Sobol finished 38th with an average score of 208.5 and Black finished 64th with an average score of 198.7.

Winter said Black’s, Bachteler’s, Sabol’s and Peirce’s performances stood out at the Collegiate Shoot-out.

“I’d say the work we’ve been putting in at practice and the oil pattern for that tournament kind of matched up pretty well with us,” Winter said.

“Our first game, we broke the lanes down with Fresno State. We broke the lanes down with them pretty well. That helped, but they were also just making good shots.”

Breaking lanes down is the process of sculpting the oil patterns on the lanes by bowling in a specific spot to allow for more leeway in missing shots, Winter said.

The team may have been in Las Vegas, a city infamous for wild nights and glitz, but the bowling team was all business.

“I’m sure there’s probably people who think, ‘Oh, they get to go to Vegas,’ but really, the clubs, when they are traveling, they’re really focused on their sport, and I know bowling is definitely one of those sports,” said Shannon Vaccaro, sport clubs, youth activities and aquatics coordinator at the Campus Recreation Center.

Winter said the team spent the downtime they had in their hotel

rooms.

The team is now ranked 27th in the national power rankings, three spots and 193 points out of a top-24 spot needed to advance to the Club Championship in Indianapolis later this season, according tocollegebowling.com.

Winter said the team is solid right now and reaching the Club Championship is one of the team’s goals.

In terms of reaching the bowling Intercollegiate Team Championships in Reno, Nev., this April, Winter said the team would have to bowl really well at sectionals for that to be an attainable goal for them.

The top four teams at each sectional meet play at the Intercollegiate Team Championships.

The power rankings are determined by the number of power points gained at each tournament and the total amount stacked up against other club teams in the country.

The men’s club bowling team finished 34th out of 56 squads at the Kegel/ISBPA Midwest Collegiate Classic over the weekend in Addison, Ill., where sectional meets will be held later this season. There will be 10 team games over the weekend.

Six games will be on Saturday and four games will be on Sunday, Winter said.

There are three more tournaments left in the team’s regular season, with Winter calling the 45th Annual Backhaul Direct Hoosier Classic presented by Columbia 300 in midFebruary the biggest of the three. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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The varsity bowlers of the Nebraska men’s bowling club after they competed in the Great Plains Open in Lincoln on Dec. 8. The club finished in first place at the event.