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Brittany Lenners, a sophomore dietetics major, pulls for one last row at an exhibit at Get Rec’d in the UNL rec center on Thursday. Both campus-affiliated and noncampus-affiliated groups had booths set up with games, prizes and free food.

The event goes until 4 p.m. Friday.

photos by matt masin With the chaos of Get Rec’d going on behind him, Todd Grier, coordinator for Outdoor Adventures, tries to remained focused as he stacks crates one by one in the UNL Rec Center Thursday.

Get Rec’d offers freebies, activities for students

Hannah Malcolm, asophomore nutrition major, slides head first down an obstacle course slide while competing to win “The Ultimate Road Trip,” courtesy of KFRX at Get Rec’d.

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Alex Pavey (left) and Austin Barclay, both from Yankee Hill School, get haircuts courtesy of the College of Hair Design at Get Rec’d inside the UNL Rec Center on Thursday.

Report cites UNL’s ‘administrative bloat’ Administrators deny claim, argue Chronicle numbers are misleading

els were 43 percent greater than those of its peers.

“It appears that UNL values administrative staff substantially more than is typical for the state,” the report states, “and, by extension, institutions in the neighboring states or across the DANIEL WHEATON country.”

DN University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman Numbers released by The Chron- and Associate to the Chancellor icle of Higher Education suggest Bill Nunez disagree. the University of Nebraska-Lin“The issue is numbers cannot coln has too many administra- depict what is happening,” Perltors. man said. “Because of how they But university appear, it doesn’t administrators say show what they The issue the numbers don’t do on campus.” paint an accurate The data is numbers picture. analyzed by the Of UNL’s 6,119 cannot depict Platte Institute employees, 29.3 and The Chronwhat is percent are in facicle of Higher ulty positions and happening.”

Education was 70.7 percent fill taken from the Harvey Perlman other kinds of jobs, university’s payUNL Chancellor as administrators roll. Perlman said or other staffers. the payroll data, The Chronicle – while accurate, is whose figures come from an flawed. Both the Chronicle and analysis of payroll data and comthe Platte Institute state job titles parison of faculty and nonfaculty don’t reflect what each employee employee statistics – states the does. In some cases, employees ratios haven’t changed during labeled as administrators might the last decade. have multiple roles, Perlman A Platte Institute for Ecosaid, noting that some deans may nomic Research study conducted choose to teach classes in addiin May 2012 spurred The Chronition to their administrative work. cle’s investigation.

“The question is: What are The Platte study found that they trying to prove?” Nunez UNL has a staffing level 28 persaid. cent greater than the state averThe university has also inage. Administrative staffing lev-

creased employment in people who provide services to students.

These include more dining staff and technological support. The Chronicle found the numbers of standard administrative positions – department heads, chairs and deans – have decreased by 5 percent from 2001 to 2012.

In response to the Platte study, former University of Nebraska Board of Regents chair Jim McClurg called the administrative bloat “deeply misleading” and cited the 5 percent decrease in administrative employees.

Jonathan Robe of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity coauthored the Platte study. He said UNL’s high level of administrative staff might create a drain on resources. Money that would otherwise go toward students and student services could be redirected to the administration.

A disproportionate amount of administrators could create a cancer-like effect, Robe said, where the administration grows at a higher rate than the rest of the university. He also said change was unlikely, because “nobody wants to recommend firing themselves.”

Robe’s report concluded that because of UNL’s large staff and low graduation rate, UNL wasn’t providing a good value for students.

He said the administration should only serve the needs of the faculty – too many adminis-

University of Nebraska-Lincoln administration • Of UNL’s 6,119 employees, 29.3 percent are faculty and 70.7 percent are administrators or other staffers.

• UNL has a staffing level 28 percent greater than the state average.

• The number of standard administrative positions has decreased by 5 percent between 2001 and 2012.

• In 2009, UNL spent $11,722 per student. trators make this difficult.

“The position that sets the bar for satisfying the goal of higher education is the faculty,” Robe said.

Growth of administration overpowers the voice of the faculty, which can create tensions.

“That relationship is often

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Jon Feder, junior philosophy major, loses his balance 15 crates high while attempting Outdoor Adventures “Crate Stacking” game. Feder works for Outdoor Adventures and was one of the competitiors who stacked crates the highest at Get Rec’d.

Transit Services requests 2013-14 budget increase Cristina Woodworth DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Transit Services department requested a 62.3 percent budget increase for the 2013-14 academic year at the Committee for Fees Allocations meeting on Thursday evening.

If the budget is approved, student fees for transit services would increase to $25.10 per student per semester, from $15.46 per student per semester. About 2 percent of student fees currently go toward transit services.

“It’s our mission to provide impeccable service to students, faculty and visitors,” said Dan Carpenter, director of Parking and Transit Services. “I know in the past couple of years we’ve made improvements that have enhanced our services.”

Since 2010, Transit Services has worked to decrease waiting times, keep buses on a schedule and has altered bus routes so they are more convenient for students, Carpenter said.

The Transit Services’ overall budget would increase to more than $1.1 million in the 2013-14

transit services budget The department requested a 62.3 percent budget increase for the 2013-14 academic year from the Committee for Fees Allocation The increase would bring the Transit Services budget from $707,000 to more than $1.1 million Student fees for transit services would increase from $15.46 per student per semester to $25.10 academic year, from a little more than $707,000 for the current academic year.

With Star Tran completely taking over bus operations next

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25 On campus what: Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive a 50 percent refund

what: Last day to apply for a degree in May more information: $25 fee due with application

what: UNL Yeutter Symposium with World Bank official Will Martin where: UNL College of Law when: 4 p.m.

In Lincoln what: PRCA Championship Rodeo where: Pershing Center when: 7:30 p.m. more information: Tickets on sale at Nebraska Union, the Pershing box office and all Ticketmaster locations. $30 day of.

Veterinary center up for revamp Cristina Woodworth DN The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will hear a proposal for a new $45.6 million veterinary diagnostic center on University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus at the board meeting Friday.

The proposed 65,000-squarefoot project would be more than three times larger than the current facility and would include diagnostic, research and animal labs as well as offices and support facilities, according to documents compiled for the board.

“I think it’s a good project,” said Regent Lavon Heidemann of Elk Creek, Neb. “I think it’s needed and I commend the groups in Nebraska who are pushing for a lab that is still certified because, with the lab we have right now, there’s a possibility it won’t be certified anymore.”

UNL’s current 18,000-squarefoot veterinary diagnostic center, built nearly 40 years ago, lags behind in modern technology and accreditation standards put out by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, (AAVLD), said Alan Moeller, assistant vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

“The current facility is woefully inadequate for today and tomorrow’s needs and does not meet standards of the AAVLD,” Moeller said. “We have an inflexible and obsolete functional arrangement, ADA (American Disabilities Act) shortcoming and need much more space. Overcrowding and ventilation problems could affect the safety of people and the quality of tests.”

Moeller said the veterinary lab provides a number of benefits to the state including research into preventing E. coli outbreaks in humans, preserving the health of the large animal agriculture industry and providing educational programs for practicing veterinarians and livestock producers.

“The construction of a new state-of-the-science, full-service veterinary research and diagnostic laboratory in Lincoln is critical if we are to continue to protect both animals and the public from disease,” he said.

Veteran graduation stats to be released to public Statistics will aid universities in creating programs, recognizing veteran students

nebraska veterinary diagnostic center at unl $45.6 million 65,000 square feet Proposed start of construction: August 2014 Proposed completion: August 2016

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A new veterinary facility would address the emerging biocontainment and bio-terrorism issues associated with contemporary food and animal safety, according to board documents.

The Nebraska Legislature recently approved more than $40 million in state funding for the project, with $5 million more to come from private donors.

“Fundraising got off to a slow start, but gift activity is increasing, and I am confident we will reach our goal,” Moeller said.

With the Board’s approval, construction would begin on the building in August 2014 and would be completed in August 2016.

Heidemann said he sees the project as a necessity now that the current building could possibly fail accreditation requirements.

“We’re at the point where we almost have to do this,” Heidemann said. “Some people are looking at the size and the scope of the project, so there’s an issue there. But we either have to renovate what we have or build something new.”

The current veterinary science center became the central, fullservice laboratory in Nebraska after two other smaller labs closed during the past decade because of budget cuts.

“The Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center is an essential resource of the state of Nebraska,” Moeller said. “The impact this lab has on the Nebraska economy, the health and safety of animals and humans and the education of our youth is significant.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

A partnership between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Student Clearinghouse will soon make graduation rates for students attending college under the GI Bill public.

There are few current and accurate statistics on the academic performance of student veterans, due in part to a lack of formal identification and tracking of them within colleges and universities.

Deb Quinn, Veterans Affairs clerk for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, estimated between 525 and 550 students are attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln under the Montgomery GI Bill or the Post 9/11 GI Bill. A more precise number may be available next year, thanks to the addition of a checkbox on the university’s application that will identify incoming students that have previous military experience.

About 480,000 students were enrolled in college under the GI Bill nationwide in the fall 2012 semester, according to a Jan. 5 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Advocacy group Student Veterans of America engineered the partnership because it has “grown increasingly concerned about the possibility of cuts to the GI Bill if lawmakers and the public perceive that veterans aren’t graduating,” according to the Chronicle article.

The VA will give the Clearinghouse information for as many as 1 million student veterans, and the Clearinghouse will use the information to determine how many veterans graduate, the article said.

Dominic Biondo, vice president of the Student Veterans Organization, feels the gradua-

tion rate statistics should have veterans, it will feel less like been made available before being on an island,” she said. now.

She also remembers the “I think it’s great that these transition from military life to rates are finally going to be colstudent life after enrolling in lected and released to the pub- Morningside College followlic,” he said. “I don’t know why ing her service in the Marines it has taken so long for this in- from 2000 to 2004. For her, it formation to be released.” was campus involvement that Biondo attended UNL from helped her “put structure back 2008 to 2012 under the GI Bill into (her) existence.” She hopes after four years of serving in that the mentoring program the Air Force and a seven- will help student veterans be month deployment to Iraq to more willing to identify themwork as an all source analyst selves and their needs, find in support of interrogations. each other and get involved.

He remembers “There are struggling to a lot of people Once find other stuwilling to help dent veterans out,” she said. we fully and on-campus “It’s just creatveteran resourc- implement a way ing that supes. port network to to count veterans “When I make it easy for came to UNL, on campus, we students who I felt as though will be able to were in the miliI was on an istary to be able to land,” he said. see our own see where they “That is why can go.” graduation rates.” the SVO and the Had the university have graduation rates joined forces to been available in Dominic Biondo make our camprevious years, vice president of the student pus more veterBiondo predicts veterans organization an friendly – so UNL as well as the next group other universiof veterans does ties would have not have to go through the same recognized a need for student struggles I went through.” veteran services and starting UNL is in the process of de- pushing for additional proveloping more programming grams earlier. for student veterans.

“Once we fully impleLast year, a Student Veteran ment a way to count veterans Task Force was established and on campus, we will be able to recent efforts include the de- see our own graduation rates,” velopment of veteran support Biondo said. “However posigroups as well as a new mentive or negative this number is, toring program to train facUNL will be in a better position ulty on ways to be a resource to adjust and find ways to keep for student veterans. The task graduation rates high or ways force has developed a sign to increase them.” similar to the LGBTQ Ally Safe Biondo and Roost agreed Zone stickers. These “veteran that the release of accurate and military friendly stickers” statistical data on student vetwill be placed in classrooms or eran graduation rates may be offices to indicate that a faculty the needed push to ensure the member is willing and precontinuation of student veteran pared to help student veterans. programs both at UNL and othLaura Roost, a political scier universities. ence doctoral candidate and “That’s just the way of former vice president of the the world,” Biondo said. “It’s Student Veterans Organization, about doing something because is optimistic about the future the numbers say we should.” news@ for UNL student veterans. dailynebraskan.com “I think for future student

Brewery names beer for UNL alumnus after Twitter campaign ‘Samson2013’ hashtag pays off for North Carolina beer lover on a mission Andrew Barry DN With a few friends, a pair of brewery owners and Twitter, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate found the recipe for a new beer. Derek Samson and a group of devoted tweeters used the social media tool to convince North Carolina brewery Natty Greene’s Pub and Brewing Co. to choose him as its next beer ’s namesake.

Samson’s affinity for Natty Greene’s brew developed in Greensboro, N.C., but his love for beer has its roots in his college ex-

periences.

“The seeds of this were probably born back in my days in Lincoln,” said the 1996 UNL graduate and former Daily Nebraskan staff member. “There was many a house party at 2314 Holdredge.”

Now an editor for USA TODAY and in transition from Charlotte, N.C. to Pittsburg, Pa., Samson still appreciates a quality beer. He said Natty Greene’s has always provided for him.

Natty Greene’s is now rewarding Samson’s loyalty with the “Samson Brew.” Prior to giving him this honor, the owners of the company did not know that Samson existed. And he probably never would have entered their radar if they hadn’t read a tweet

by Samson’s friend Ryan Fagan.

“I’ll sign the Samson Pale Ale petition. You shoulda kept all the receipts over the years,” Fagan

jokingly tweeted at Samson and Natty Greene’s.

The first tweet in support of Samson’s dream would be one of many, with Samson’s friends, coworkers, distant acquaintances and even some strangers hashtagging “samsonbrew2013,” moving the company toward its final decision.

“We’ve never had anybody ask us and say ‘Man, I’m a huge supporter of your brand, a huge supporter of your beer, and it’d be an honor to have a beer named after me,’” Natty Greene’s coowner Kayne Fisher said.

Less than an hour after the original tweet, and with an extra push from Samson, the Natty Greene’s company confirmed that they were considering the idea.

“I don’t know if they realized I was serious,” Samson said.

“I don’t know if I realized I was

serious at the time. But by end of night it had already started to gain a little traction.”

The next day Natty Greene’s notified him of their decision.

Samson has continued the movement since Natty Greene’s confirmed the brewery’s plan. He even went to a costume shop and took pictures of himself dressed in colonial era apparel to help generate ideas for the future label.

“I was photoshopping my face on their beer box,” Samson said.

Fisher said Natty Greene’s is excited by the prospective marketing opportunities Samson has presented. He also said they are considering continuing Samson’s legacy by creating an annual campaign and having the most loyal customer pick the style for the next Samson Brew.

For me beer is a lot like pizza, you know?

I don’t really think there’s a bad one out there.”

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“We can pick somebody each year, so nobody feels left out,” Fisher said.

The brewery is also hoping to transform Samson’s campaign into a charity event to raise money for a local run-down recreation center. The current plan is to release the beer on April 4 at its Greensboro location, in a ceremony in which Samson will christen his new beer. Until then, the

beer ’s style will remain a mystery.

“I’m pushin’ hard for an IPA (India Pale Ale),” Samson said.

He’s happy with any style though, as long as it has his name on it.

“For me beer is a lot like pizza, you know?” he said. “I don’t really think there’s a bad one out there.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Mathematics conference seeks to encourage young women Kelsey Hill DN The 15th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics will be held from Jan. 25 to Jan. 27, and all undergraduate women interested in mathematics are encouraged to attend.

Glenn Ledder, an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Christine Kelley, an assistant mathematics professor, stepped in as co-chairs of the conference this year and are excited about the opportunities for students to gain networking experience and exposure to the life of a graduate student. The conference will be held on UNL’s City Campus on Friday

A specific goal for the conferand at the Embassy Suites Downtown Lincoln Hotel on Saturday ence committee is finding suitable speakers who can provide good and Sunday. mentorship. The two featured They’ve invited mathematispeakers are cians at all different Cathy O’Neil, stages in their careers They can an independent and from a range of consultant who different programs see thier runs the blog and schools across the potential after Mathbabe, and country to attend.

Rekha Thomas, “We like to get they interact a mathematics geographic diversity with these other professor at the among our panelists University of in general,” Kelley christine kelly said. “People who assistant mathematics profes- Washington in Seattle. want to stay in a spe“We want to cific region may have have speakers someone to network who are clearly accomplished,” with at the conference, and if Ledder said. “Part of our idea of they continue on in the field of having mentors at different levels math, they’ll be each other ’s colis we want to be able to show the leagues.”

students that there is no ceiling.

There is no high point that women can’t cross. I think it’s very inspiring and we’ve heard that from a number of women who come.”

One woman told him she wasn’t planning to attend graduate school but changed her mind after the conference made her feel more confident about her career prospects, he said.

Department of Mathematics chairwoman Judy Walker and vice chair Allan Donsig started the conference, which is funded by two grants, Ledder said. The money covers the students’ lodging and pays for almost all of their food, Kelley said.

Prem Paul, vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development, has been to almost every

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15th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics when: Friday, Saturday, Sunday where: UNL City Campus and Embassy Suites Downtown Lincoln Hotel for times and more information: Go to http://www. math.unl.du/~ncuwm/15thAnnual/ conference and he’s been invited to give an opening speech this year, Ledder said. About 30 visiting faculty members and about 275 students will attend the conference, Participants who come from smaller colleges, where there are very few math majors and even fewer women among them, flour-

ish in this setting where they can connect with like-minded peers and role models who also love math, Kelley said.

“They can see their potential after they interact with these other people,” she said.

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Morrill Hall to host 9th ‘Dinosaurs’ event LPD seeks police officer impersonator Elias Youngquist DN

Police warn against supicious vehicles after teen encounters faux officer Lis Arneson Dn A police officer impersonator in Lincoln has caught the attention of city law enforcement, who now warn drivers to be on the lookout.

On Jan. 16, a Lincoln teen was headed west on South Street near S. 27th Street when she saw emergency lights behind her. According to the Lincoln Police Department incident summary, the 17-year-old pulled over to the side of the road until a male voice over the vehicle’s loudspeaker informed her that he was not pulling her over. The teen continued driving west.

The vehicle followed her for an additional two miles, until she pulled into a driveway. The other driver pulled in behind her vehicle, reversed, and left the area.

No related incidents have been reported, but if a driver finds him or herself in a similar situation, LPD Public Information

Officer Katie Flood said police advise them to be cautious.

“When a driver is uncertain whether the individual is truly a member of law enforcement, we recommend driving to a welllit and populated area such as a shopping center or convenience store,” Flood said via email.

If the driver has safe access to a cell phone, he or she can call dispatch to confirm or refute the officer ’s identity, Flood said. According to policy, officers inform dispatch when initiating a traffic stop. Therefore, the dispatcher should immediately know whether the vehicle following is a local officer.

Flood said there are no suspects in relation to the incident.

Impersonating a police officer is a Class I misdemeanor.

The car was described as white, 1990s, four-door, with an 8-inch blue stripe and black “POLICE” decal on both sides. The car also had newer LED overhead emergency lights.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call LPD at 402441-6000 or Crime Stoppers at 402-475-3600. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Kids and their families will have a chance to become extinct, climb volcanos and play with hail at “Dinosaurs and Disasters,” a collaborative event between the University of Nebraska State Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences on Feb. 2.

For the ninth year in a row, Morrill Hall will host the Earth science exhibits put on by professors and graduate students from the earth and atmospheric sciences department from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..

“Kids think that science is hard, and it is hard, but we want to show them how much fun it is,” said Mary Anne Holmes, cocoordinator of the event and professor of practice in the Depart-

ment of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. “It’s worth the hard to have the fun.”

According to Kathy French, co-coordinator for the event and education coordinator for the museum, the event will host 22 stations ranging from an extinction-themed, room-sized board game to a green screen where kids can make their own weather forecast.

Last year the event drew more than 2,000 children and parents, and event coordinators expect a similar turnout this year.

“There’s a physical limit of the number of people we can fit in the building,” Holmes said.

“We’ve kind of hit the equilibrium of people who can come and exhibitions that we will have.

Bigger and better every year is not our prerogative.”

Visitors will also be able to bring in fossils and rocks they’ve

ther-reaching educational event. found to have them looked at by a UNL geologist.

“This was a great way to “Sometimes people will describe the disaster that was dig up rocks and fossils or find happening,” French said. “Unthem in their grandparents’ fortunately the next year was basements, so it will give them (Hurricane) Katrina. There were a chance to find out more about major disasters that kept hapthem,” French said. pening and that’s how it kind of The Muelgot started, explaining ler Planetarthe disasters.”

Kids think ium will also Regular admission that science price is $6 for adults, play the show “Into the is hard … but we $3 for children and Deep,” a show free for those 4 years about oceanic want to show old and younger. Ade x p l o r a t i o n them how much mission is free for and deep sea UNL students. creatures for fun it is” “The college kids the day. are welcome to come,” The event Mary ann holmes French said. “I always began as an try to encourage the event coordinator explanatory education group to program for come in and look at the tsunami that struck in the new ways to present lessons.” news@ Indian Ocean in 2004 but has dailynebraskan.com grown to become a much fur-

to measure where UNL is using its resources, and he said the conducting and managing of research at UNL contributes to the appearance of bloat.

In the Platte study, Robe also said he was concerned that UNL

spends disproportionately less on students than does its peers.

According to 2009 data from the Delta Cost Project, UNL spent $11,722 per student. This is almost half the amount spent by Ohio State, at $22,191.

admin: from 1 tenuous,” Robe said.

Agreeing with Perlman and Nunez, Robe said the data did not define what an administrator was.

Nunez said counting administrators isn’t a good way

“It is notoriously difficult to determine how colleges and universities spend their money,” the Platte Institute states.

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transit: from 1 year, Carpenter said the main reason for the budget increase would go toward paying a nearly $2 million contract with the company.

UNL announced the transition to Star Tran buses at the beginning of last semester as part of an attempt to increase ridership and replace an aging fleet of buses.

Kalby Wehrbein, chair of CFA, said a budget increase is expected during the transitional years to

Star Tran.

“This the transitional period we’re going through when we’re replacing the aging fleet and going to the Star Tran system,” Wehrbein said. “We’ll see an increase this year and next year, but it will level off and decrease in future years.”

Along with the increased costs associated with the Star Tran contract, Carpenter said Tran-

sit Services will see decreases in their maintenance and personnel budget allotments because Star Tran will provide all of the buses.

UNL Transit Services will pay an hourly fee for the Star Tran bus drivers.

Carpenter said there had been some discussion about possibly eliminating the summer bus service to cut down on costs, but said that option was ruled out.

“We’ve always discussed whether or not it was viable,” Carpenter said. “But having (the summer bus service) available and serving the best interests of students is why we’ve continued on.”

Carpenter said 95 percent of transit services ridership comes from the fall and spring semesters, with the other 5 percent coming from summer riders.

He added that an increase in revenue could occur in several years when the university might decide to sell off their old buses.

Wehrbein said CFA members will thoroughly examine transit service’s request before voting on such a large funding increase.

“No one likes to see a substantial increase, so I know the CFA is doing a good job looking in-depth at the numbers and deciding how

to make a good decision for students,” he said.

Committee members requested Transit Services to resubmit their budget request by next Tuesday because of some calculation errors. The committee is scheduled to vote on the proposal at its Jan. 31 meeting. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Firefighter and paramedic Phil Lewiston tells the audience to first dial 911 before beginning CPR on a victim.

FROM RIGHT: Yifeng Chen, a graduate student in civil engineering, Valerie Crook, manager of the Instructional Design Center, and Terry Hiatt, an accounting technician in the graduate studies department watch as Phil Lewiston of the Lincoln Fire Department demonstrates hands-only CPR on a practice dummy in the Nebraska Union Auditorium on Thursday.

stayin’

Orville Friesen, supervisor of the Instructional Design Center reads through a pamphlet that outlines the steps to performing hands-only CPR.

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HOW TO PERFORM CPR 1. Call 911 2. Get directly over victim, remove outer layers of the victim’s clothing.

3. Put heel of your palm on the victim’s sternum (center of the chest) and cover with your other hand.

4. Push hard and fast in the center of chest until help arrives.

You should strive for a rate of 100 compressions per minute (approximately the same beat as “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees).

5. If there is another person on the scene, have them locate an AED (automated external defibrillator).

FACTS

An audience participant practices her CPR technique on a practice dummy during the free CPR training class.

For more information, visit easycpr.org or the Lincoln Fire Department’s website.

• ”Hands-only” CPR can be just as effective as conventional CPR. • Hands-only CPR should only be used on adults and teenagers.

• Cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack: a cardiac arrest causes a sudden stop in the heart’s beating, a heart attack occurs when blood supply to part of the heart is blocked.

• In the event of a cardiac arrest, By-stander CPR (preformed before a first response team arrives on the scene) may mean the difference between life and death.

• To dial 911 on campus, you must dial 9-9-1-1.

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mission accomplished?

Undergraduate mission trips prompt discussion over necessity and efficiency

Trips provide view of global poverty, but waste time, resources

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any undergraduates with a desire to put their idealism into practice will visit the Third World for an “alternative spring break” or other similar short-term service trip. Medical missions are an especially popular type for pre-health students interested in showing off their charitable hearts. Whether they are a biology, history, French or any other major, they all seem to agree that our poor friends to the south desperately need an American to dispense medications to their communities. Oddly enough, nonmedical professionals not only have little to offer when it comes to the practice of medicine, but probably harm the health of many individuals in the long run.

First, an important distinction must be made between the type of medical mission trips taken by undergraduates and those of organizations such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors without Borders.) Typically, the locations which undergrads or church groups visit are relatively safe but impoverished areas that just need some more money or supplies. In contrast, Doctors without Borders creates a stable medical presence in places in dire need of health care, especially for victims of war and natural disaster. Besides the difference in location, the latter is staffed by trained professionals and the former by sophomore liberal arts majors who just learned Mendel’s Laws.

The limited liability and relative freedom of the camps draws many students to the programs.

The coordinators call it “clinical experience”; I call it reckless.

In effect, the patients who place their trust in the volunteers act as toys for the little undergrads to play doctor with. The implicit equating of less legal liability with less responsibility dehumanizes the impoverished people needing real medical care.

While having an unlicensed volunteer practice medicine – even of the most limited variety, such as handing out vitamin supplements or aspirin – could be a rewarding experience, for good reason, it isn’t allowed back home.

Of course, many student groups show some responsibility by having

SHARIQ KHAN physicians join them and take the lead in diagnostics and treatment.

But even amongst those who do, one has to wonder whether the undergrads, who may as well be toddlers in terms of their medical know-how, have any positive role in the operation.

Even if the doctor calls all the shots and the students stay within their scope of practice (i.e. nonpractice), the price of traveling would waste precious resources on expensive plane tickets. Prospective volunteers must evaluate the relative value of the short presence of a volunteer versus the potential medications or equipment that could be bought in their place.

With a very quick Expedia search, I found that the lowest price for a ticket from Omaha to Lima, Peru (the destination for one group on campus), in the middle of June costs approximately $750. The price for one full regimen of antidiarrheal drugs can be as little as 30 cents.

For some perspective, lack of access to antidiarrheal medications kills 1.5 million children a year, mostly in Africa and South Asia.

In other words, 2,500 children’s diarrhea could potentially be cured for the price of one ticket to Lima. For the price of a group of 30 useless undergrads’ plane tickets, 75,000 regimens could be distributed by a stable, dedicated charity or local health system.

And this doesn’t even include the

price of accommodations or food. A more detailed cost-benefit analysis isn’t really necessary.

After knowing such numbers, one would have to either be sadistic or an extreme egoist to insist that a two-week glimpse into how the other half lives has more value than donating the saved money to charity.

The intermittent presence of doctors from rich countries in a community also destabilizes the local, usually informal, health system. If we take the perspective of some poor Peruvian family, would we more likely choose the American doctor or the locally trained doctor? Naturally, we choose the American doctor, who’s more prestigious and probably white. Meanwhile, the local clinician’s efforts to create a consistent connection with his patient population are delayed indefinitely.

From the standpoint of longterm health improvement, the most effective strategy for students to engage in would be to campaign for more foreign aid or help promote local community initiatives and infrastructure, rather than deepening the dependence of Third World countries on our charity work.

The lack of interest in allowing developing nations the freedom to develop their own solutions to local problems (perhaps with monetary support from developed nations) springs partly from the continued “white man’s burden” mentality that Westerners know best and that brown people shouldn’t be trusted with true sovereignty.

I don’t mean to say that there are no benefits to be had from undergraduates going on medical missions. The trips really do provide a more comprehensive view of global poverty than a National Geographic documentary, though let’s not kid, the students are still spectators.

They are free to reflect from the comfort of a warm bed and a full stomach, minimizing any true understanding of the conditions of poverty. Relatively speaking, however, the trips are just a waste of time when examined for their efficiency.

ShariQ Khan is a freshman Microbiology major. Email him at Opinion@ dailynebraskan. com

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magine waking up in the morning with a searing toothache you cannot assuage, or waking up to your dead 4-year-old child who has perished because of untreated diarrhea. Imagine having a cough and knowing full well that you may die soon because of your untreated tuberculosis (TB).

These scenarios sound pretty farfetched, right? As much as I agree with you, I want to also point out that these are very real scenarios that a large portion of our world’s population faces on a daily basis.

Sadly, much of the world can’t wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. In fact, many wake up feeling like absolute shit.

I won’t bog you down with my Sarah McLachlan-type techniques, and no, I’m not looking for a donation for anything. The point I want to get across is that the health of our world is failing and we need to utilize every resource we have to help the rest of humanity on this planet. A popular method is mobile clinics and medical mission trips. These trips have a reciprocating effect in that they prove to be beneficial not only to the individuals receiving the care, but also to the volunteer devoting their time to help.

Today, diseases and illnesses the US has long conquered still affect a large population of our world. Diarrheal disease is the second leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years old, resulting in a whopping 1.5 million deaths (roughly the population of Nebraska) a year. The causes of death seem so trivial, right? Let’s take it one step further. In 1953, TB killed almost 20,000 people in the United States and today; we have since reduced that number by 98 percent. This is not the case with the rest of the world, however (surprise, surprise). TB, second only to HIV/AIDS, is the greatest infectious disease with 95 percent of TB deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries.

A popular method today to assist nations of poverty is to provide aid through medical mission trips and mobile clinics. Critics of such methods often claim that medical mission trips force the resident population to become dependent on this foreign medical help. This is often not the case.

Many healthcare trips now focus on a three-step process: medical treatment,

JAI KUMAR MEDIRATTA education and development.

These three steps are designed to assist nations in gaining independence and getting back on their feet.

The medical components of the trip target under-served populations where high levels of poverty and illiteracy run rampant, most commonly in rural areas. As a result of this illiteracy and poverty, the population can’t produce doctors or doesn’t have access to quality medical care. For example, in Latin America, there exists only two doctors for each 1,000 people. The less-than-adequate health conditions are accentuated with many doctors choosing to leave their communities in search for better economic opportunities in cities. This essentially leaves a large portion of resident populations stranded and unattended.

Thus, these medical trips step in place of the doctors who have abandoned their post and provide for the people. The medical teams provide a range of relief from extreme situations like emergency surgery to more minor incidents such as fevers and gingivitis. And while I say that fevers and gingivitis are “minor” conditions, in reality, they are life threatening for the underserved populations.

Besides treating the population of their illnesses, the next step that many missions strive to do is create a sense of self-independence. When communities become motivated and empowered enough to take their health into their own hands, they are one step closer to becoming self-sufficient. Public health and preventative medicine are often taught during these mission trips. In addition, local health care personnel are exposed to and taught about modern diagnostic and treatment methods. The hopes of these efforts are that the people will actively maintain their health

and that the problem of brain drain, where doctors leave rural areas for better economic opportunities, will cease to exist.

In the final step, doctors and missionaries, not to be associated with religion, work on the development of the area and population. This includes the building of schools, digging of wells and maintenance of local health facilities. Other projects include the construction of indoor bathrooms and fully functional sewage systems. These are all aspects that are critical to maintaining the community health, sanitation and morale.

After assessing the three-step method, many critics point out that these short-term medical mission trips are pointless. Once the trip is over, the medical attention ceases to exist and the population relapses into despair. I would say these critics are being absurdly harsh and placing the blame on the wrong group of people. The medical mission trips serve to provide a temporary relief and assist in developing self-independence. While these groups provide aid with good intentions, they can’t provide forever. Local governments need to be aware that medical missions are shortterm efforts to assist in long-term causes. However, it isn’t uncommon for organizations to consistently provide for “check-ups” on communities that have achieved self-sustenance.

Medical mission trips also provide a beneficial experience for those who attend them, especially undergraduate students. Students and volunteers are exposed to a culture and environment that is radically different from their own.

Besides the experience of cultural diversity, students also learn basic medical treatment and other life-saving strategies. In essence, these trips provide students and volunteers with the life lessons and skills that they would need to survive outside the comfortable, sheltered life they live in.

If you are looking for a unique spring break experience, consider a medical mission trip in place of Cancun. You won’t regret it.

Jai Kumar Mediratta is a freshman biochemistry, microbiology and German major. Reach him on twitter at @Jai_K_Mediratta or email him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Kansas City band Diverse is currently touring their MIchael Jackson tribute act. The band also routinely covers popular hip-hop artsists, like Common, A Tribe Called Quest and Mos Def.

King of Pop tribute band treats tunes via diverse backgrounds Kansas City band covers influential Michael Jackson tracks, albums

Globally speaking, the talent of this group of musicians has opened doors. Just last year, the core members of Diverse: Mehari, Ryan Lee (drums) and Ben Leifer (bass), recorded a forthcoming album across the pond in Paris and have toured across Europe.

The band has been on a tear of late, winning the 2008 Gene Harris Jazz competition in Boise – an accomplishment that financed their self-titled 2009 album. Pitch Magazine recently named Diverse one of five musical acts to watch in Kansas City.

On top of all that, Mehari was the 2008 National Trumpet Competition winner and the 2009 Plastic Sax Man of the Year.

“Everyone in the group really has the ability to circumnavigate all the genres because we all love all types of music,” Mehari said.

In its current Michael Jackson tribute lineup, Diverse features, in addition to the core of the band, a trio of critically acclaimed vocalists in Anthony Saunders, Julia Haile and Lee Langston, as well as Kinyon Price (keys), Tim Braun (guitar), and Brad Williams (percussion).

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Staff report dn It’s human nature to be drawn in by the songs of Michael Jackson, and the Kansas City band Diverse won’t stop till you get enough.

As their moniker suggests, the band comes from a wide array of backgrounds from jazz and gospel, to neo-soul and R&B. The uniting force between these diverse backgrounds comes from the pop songs made famous by Michael Jackson, according to Hermon Mehari, the band’s leader and award-winning trumpeter.

“Everyone loves Michael,” Mehari said. “He’s reached a lot of people, and I feel as musicians there’s something we can learn from that. He’s an artist we all share in common, not just within this band, but around the world.”

And around the world the group has been.

if you go DIVERSE: A Tribute to Michael Jackson when: Friday, 8 p.m. where: The Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St. how much: $7 (21+), $10 only musician that Diverse channels. They dabble in hip-hop and the band has taken on and performed the music of Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest and Common.

As for the difficult task of taking on the music of Michael Jackson, Mehari ultimately painted the band’s strategy a diligent one.

“Our approach to the music is to learn as exact as possible, using the discipline we have built from being serious with our instruments,” he said. “Once the music is learned, we make arrangements here and there to some of the songs while trying to stay true to the music.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

During the course of a week and a half at the end of January, many of the most talked about movies of the coming months are released unto the world. Well, to 46,000 people in Utah, anyway.

Mention the Sundance Film Festival and you’ll get nods of recognition, though it seems to exist as a hallowed and mysterious event rather than one of popular attention as it’s actually happening. That’s because these are brand new movies with little for audiences outside of Park City. Bring up 2013’s offerings now: “The Spectacular Now,” “Upstream Color” or “The Way, Way Back” and you’ll get a lot of blank stares.

But the same was true during the course of other Sundance premieres over its history: “Reservoir Dogs,” “The Blair Witch Project,” “Clerks,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “28 Days Later,” “Bottle Rocket,” “Donnie Darko” and “Memento.”

The list goes on and on. And while Sundance was once shrouded in secrecy, trailers and reviews now make it easy to be in the loop as these films make their splash.

“Upstream Color” (April 5) is the second film from Shane Carruth, director of the ultra-complex time travel thriller “Primer,” which became a cult classic after its own Sundance premiere. Carruth has had nine years to perfect his skills since that premiere, and early reviews suggest he has. The sci-fi romance plot follows a woman drugged by a thief and drawn into “the life cycle of an ageless organism” where “identity becomes an illusion.”

Details are cryptic at this point, but reviews point to a sort of “Tree of Life” with a sci-fi twist. Sam Adams of The AV Club called it “one of the most transcendent experiences of my moviegoing life,” and more emotional (and less convoluted, plot-wise) than Carruth’s first film.

Beware of typical Sundance hype, like Time’s headline of “Did One of the Best Movies Ever Made Just Debut in Park City?” but do keep an eye out for this one.

The Most-Likely-to-ShatterChildhood-Memories Award goes to “Escape From Tomorrow,” filmed in secret at Disneyland Park. Director Randall Moore turns the Magic Kingdom into a dystopian nightmare, as the protagonist slowly loses his sanity on a holiday vacation with his family. Disneyland marionettes come to life, princesses turn to ghouls, and classic theme park rides transform into acid-trip hell.

For all of- the legal implications, it’s best to consider this film in limbo. The crew went to hilarious lengths to avoid being caught, with scripts and shooting directions kept on iPhones and the audio recorded with smart phones. With no attempt to hide Disney’s logos and characters, there’s a chance this could end up as folklore beyond the well-reviewed Sundance premiere.

For modern western fans there’s “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” writer and director David Lowery’s film (starring Casey Affleck, Ben Foster and Rooney Mara) about a couple on the run in Texas. It’s been described as “Cormac McCarthy by way of ‘The Assassination of Jesse James.’” And with nothing but positive reviews so far, it looks to be Lowery’s big break.

“Crystal Fairy” tracks Michael Cera in his “funniest adult performance” as he takes (many) drugs at a house party in Chile and finds himself on a wild, weaving road trip. Rather than following road trip comedy tropes, however, reviews suggest this is more complex, vicious and even spiritual fare.

Coming-of-age is an easy genre to fall to clichés, but “The Spectacular Now” is receiving a fair amount of hype for its originality and honesty. It follows a high school senior who wakes from a drunken stupor on a female classmate’s lawn and turns both of their lives around. Reviews say it’s full of laughs, but also tackles serious and complicated issues with heart.

“Stoker” is the first English-language film from “Oldboy” director Park Chan-wook, starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Quality mystery horrors are rare, and “Stoker” is already drawing comparisons to Hitchcock and Polanski.

Sure to get some of the most popular attention is Joseph GordonLevitt’s directorial debut “Don Jon’s Addiction,” a sex comedy in which the actor also stars with Scarlett Johansson, Tony Danza and Julianne Moore. Also, be on the lookout for Ashton Kutcher’s starring role in the Steve Jobs biopic “jOBS,” Daniel Radcliffe as yet another incarnation of Allen Ginsberg in “Kill Your Darlings” and the excellent “Before” trilogy wrapping up with “Before Midnight.”

Year after year, Sundance is proof that independent cinema can still move, energize and surprise.

For movie fans, it’s Christmas, albeit one enjoyed from a distance. cameron mount is a senior english education major. Reach him at Arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Four photographers with drastically different visions will come together in one exhibition this Friday.

From super blue infrared landscapes to vintage Polaroid shots, the alternative-visions’ opening reception will be held Friday night at A to Z Printing. The exhibition will run through the month of February.

Patricia Saldana-Neumann, Jeffrey Bollman and Meghan Davidson met each other while taking an advanced photography class at Southeast Community College. When Saldana-Neumann asked A to Z Printing owner Sue Quambusch to exhibit photography with a group of people, Quambusch suggested Aimee Poor to join.

After scheduling their exhibit two years ago, the photographers have been meeting up, building friendships and being motivated by one another’s style of photography.

“I feel like when you work collaboratively and have a show collaboratively, you get inspired and keeps you moving forward in your own artistic journey,” Davidson said.

Davidson’s work features Polaroid pictures. While Saldana-Neumann does infrared, Bollman specializes in cyanotype and Poor takes color-paired photos of nature.

“Part of (the exhibit) can seem like it’s a show that’s really disconnected, but I think it highlights the breadth and range of photography,”

Alternative Visions opening reception when: Friday, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. where: A to Z Printing, 8230 Cody Drive how much: free Davidson said. “I don’t think that people think of photography as equal in merit to a painting or sculpture or something like that, I think it is its own art and there is a wide range of types of photography. I think this show really highlights that.”

The photographers each have their own wall of six to seven prints.

“I think how we hung them and each of the pieces that we chose make a statement on their own,” SaldanaNeumann said.

The photographers believe people visiting the exhibit will be able to take something away from it.

“I think it will introduce the different aspects (of photography) that people might not know about,” Poor said. “I learned a lot because I didn’t know myself. So it’ll be a learning experience for people and a very nice experience I think.”

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When taking photos, Davidson is drawn to scenes or objects with a

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“I think there’s something really special and unique about shooting film in the digital age that we live in,”

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Davidson said. “There’s a type of purity and classic-ness to shooting Polaroids to other types of mediums.”

Davidson’s favorite photo is called “Adventure.” It’s of a friend wearing a tutu about to open the door of an older car.

“I like the feeling that it gives,” Davidson said. “It’s whimsical, fun and playful. I had a really fun time at that shoot, so it helps me remember that day.”

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Saldana-Neumann began taking super blue infrared photos a little more than a year ago.

“I think it just creates images that, to me, really look magical and it looks surreal,” Saldana-Neumann said.

To do this, she made her digital camera into one that takes infrared photos, which is often confused with thermal imaging, Saldana-Neumann said.

“Several people I talk to picture me with goggles on or special camera equipment,” she said.

Her favorite image on display at the exhibit is one she took this September. Saldana-Neumann was at Wyuka Cemetery waiting to capture a photo with the swans at the lake.

“I just love the way it turned out,” she said. “The sun was in perfect position and I just really like the way I captured the shadows, light

and vegetation.”

Jeffrey Bollum

Bollum works regularly with cyanotype. To do this, he brushes a chemical over a photo’s negative onto canvas and sets it out in the sun to create the proper exposure.

With Bollum’s work relying on the weather and intensity of the sun, he used older prints for the show.

His favorite print to be featured in the exhibit is the inside of a barn.

“It’s one of the best ones that I’ve done,” Bollum said.

Aimee Poor

Poor described her photography as the most normal. She likes to focus on pictures of nature, which sometimes isn’t easy to capture.

“You see these beautiful images and you think the photographer has just gone off and clicked a picture when that is not the case at all,” Poor said. “It takes a long time to frame and light a picture.”

After shooting with a digital camera, Poor formats her prints to be in groups of four. She has each group of photos connected by a color theme.

Poor’s favorite is her brasses theme, which focuses on tan and white.

Poor got the idea to group photos from Instagram.

“The new age is going back to the old photography,” she said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The beauty of “Bob’s Burgers” lies in its heart.

Unlike “Family Guy or “The Cleveland Show,” it doesn’t have much of an interest in referencing obscure movies from the 1980s.

Unlike the shows that populate Adult Swim, it’s interested in more than trying to be as weird as possible to catch the half-opened eye of a late-night stoner.

It’s certainly an odd show, but like classic episodes of “The Simpsons” from the ‘90s, it contains a perfect mix of oddity and sentimentality. The patriarch Bob Belcher (H. Jon Benjamin) is a hirsute short-order cook, who can only afford to employ his family. His wife Linda (John Roberts), daughters Tina (Dan Mintz) and Louise (Kristen Schaal) and son Gene (Eugene Mirman) are the sources of many of the laughs on the show.

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Unfortunately, the connection between these two characters is often difficult to believe. Audiard seems to hope the audience will accept the fact that two strangers who met one night after sharing a ride home from a nightclub formed a connection, one that carried on much later despite no contact in the months that passed.

What “Rust and Bone,” lacks in narrative, it attempts to make up for in strong performances.

Marion Cotillard’s portrayal as Stéphanie is, at times, heartwrenching. With the help of some pretty incredible special effects, Cotillard’s portrayal of an amputee learning to cope is the highlight of the film. In contrast to her often emotionless co-star, Schoenaerts, Cotillard easily steals each scene. An emotional peak of the film happens in an unexpected scene when Cotillard returns to Marineland and faces her greatest fear.

The relationships each character has are flawed in many ways.

Alain cannot take care of his son, Sam, the way he should, while his sister, Anna, is constantly cleaning up his messes. Stéphanie struggles to be at peace with herself, both after the accident and after forming a relationship with Alain.

While many situations in “Rust and Bone” are far-fetched,

Stéphanie and Alain are broken.

The new French film from director Jacques Audiard tells the story of two troubled souls who find themselves connected despite the obstacles in their lives.

Stéphanie (Marion Cotillard) is trying to adapt to life without legs after an incident with an Orca whale, while Alain (Matthias Schoenaerts) deals with being a broke father fighting to earn money. As an unlikely relationship forms between the two, each must face their demons as they fight to regain control of their lives.

The problem with “Rust and Bone,” is that it’s constantly trying to find its footing. While most of the story centers around Stéphanie’s hardships after her accident, the film does little to provide the audience with a recognizable story of inspiration or loss. Alain’s story is equally as interesting as Stéphanie’s, but at times the two seem to be too separate in scope to merge into one plot.

“Rust and Bone” tries to remind us time and time again that this is not a conventional love story.

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Husker gymnast Jessie DeZiel waves to the crowd after a dismount. DeZiel and the rest of the Husker team head to Columbus, Ohio this weekend to face the No. 19 Buckeyes. file photo by RYANN LYNN | dn

Distance runner Jessica Furlan trails a Wichita State runner at a recent indoor meet. Furlan and the rest of the Husker track team travel to Arkansas this weekend for a loaded event.

Huskers to compete in stacked tournament Razorback Invitational includes six Top 25 men’s and eight women’s teams

Gymnasts head to Ohio for weekend meet Nebraska takes on No. 19 Buckeyes this weekend in a road test Matt duren dn

jacy lewis dn The Huskers travel to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete in the Razorback Invitational this weekend. The tournament, hosted by Arkansas, starts at 1 p.m. on Friday and then again at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Florida State, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Georgia and Baylor are all in the field.

“I think it’s really important to FILE PHOTO BY BETHANY SCHMIDT | dn have our team have a good showHusker high-jumper James White clears the bar at a recent meet. ing. It will help us get an idea of Nebraska coach Dusty Jonas has high hopes for White in the next what is to come at conference and couple of meets. nationals,” distance runner Jessica Furlan said.

Six of the men’s teams are summer Olympics. She won silver ranked in the USTFCCA Top 25- onds, Regina George placed first with a jump of 6 feet, 8 inches.

Arkansas at No.1, Florida at No. in the 400 meters with a time of Coach Dusty Jonas believes 53.30 seconds, Martine Borge ran 3, LSU at No. 6, Texas at No. 11, Arizona at No. 13 and Arizona a time of 2 minutes, 11.28 seconds the Husker high jumpers will do placing first in the 800 meters, in well at the meet this weekend.

State at No. 21.

“On the guy’s side we have Eight teams are ranked on the 3,000 meters Diane Robinson placed first with a James (White). I think he can just the women’s side; time of 9 minutes, about measure up against anyArkansas at No. 5, He can 19.79 seconds and body you put him against. He’s LSU at No. 6, Florright up there with the top two or Ivanique Kemp just about ida at No. 7, Arizoplaced first in the three on any given day,” coach Jona at No. 12, Texas measure up with nas said. “With the girls, there is 60 meter-hurdles at No.13, Georgia at still a little bit to be seen. I think with a time of 8 No. 16 and Baylor anyone you put we should have a pretty good minutes, 37 secat No. 17. Nebraska him up against.” showing.” onds. is ranked No. 21.

At the Adidas Classic the Arkansas domiArkansas is Dusty Jonas nated the 4x400 Huskers won 19 event titles. First coming off a secMen’s Track Coach place finishers included: Jessica meter relay and ond place finish at Furlan, Janis Leitis, Mara Griva, the distance medthe Texas A&M Triley with times of Chad Wright, Annie Jackson, angular. First place finishers were 3:36.03 and 11:33.56. Sandi Morris Mila Andric, Dapo Akinmoladun, Tarik Batchelor in the triple jump with a leap of 51-1 1/4 inches, Ca- won the pole vault with a height Mara Weekes, Tommy Brinn, Alney Tobias, Katie White, Anna leb Cross in the 60-meter hurdles of 14 feet, 1 and 3/4 inches.

Weigandt, Tess Merrill and James The University of Florida had with a time of 7.89 seconds, Kevin Eddie Lovett break a 23-year-old White. Both the men and women’s Lazas in the pole vault at 17-3.5, Thomas Squella in the 800 meters Florida record in the 55-meter Husker 4x400 relay teams placed first. hurdles with a time of 7.10 secwith a time of 1 minute, 49.81 sec“We are in a position to start onds and Cale Wallace in the 3,000 onds at the 2013 Gator Invitationdoing pretty well. The main thing al. The Gators also won 13 event meters with a time of 8 minutes, you want to see is for them to get titles in all.

21.27 seconds. out and compete against a little A possible competitor in the Arkansas’ women’s team won seven events at Texas A&M Tri- women’s high jump this week- better competition,” Jonas said. sports@ angular. Ashley Collier won the end is Arizona’s Brigetta Barrett, dailynebraskan 60 meters with a time of 7.38 sec- who won the silver medal in the

The No. 6 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team, fresh off a home victory against Michigan State, will take to the road this weekend.

The Huskers head to Columbus, Ohio, to take on the No. 19 Ohio State Buckeyes on Friday.

The meet is slated to begin at 6 p.m. in St. John Arena.

The matchup features two Top 25 teams as well as a rematch of the top two finishers in the 2012 Big Ten Championships.

The Huskers finished ahead of Ohio State to claim the conference crown a season ago.

Nebraska coach Dan Kendig said the team is ready for the matchup after a good week of practice.

“We have done what we need to do in practice this week,” Kendig said. “As a coach you always want more, but the week went well, and I think this team is ready to compete.”

Sophomore Jessie DeZiel also thought that the week went well.

“I think we are getting better

and better each week,” DeZiel by junior and returning secondsaid. “We are helping our team- team All-American Sarah Miller, mates and our confidence is gowho has already earned two ing up. We have a lot of energy Big Ten “Event Specialist of the and are ready to compete.”

Week” honors this season.

The 19th-ranked Buckeyes Miller is ranked No. 21 naare 2-1 in 2013, with their only tionally on floor and owns a high loss coming to then-No. 9 Orscore of 9.925. She is also tied for egon State.

No. 18 nationally on vault (9.875) Although the Buckeyes are and No. 24 on beam (9.842). not highly ranked, Kendig said Kendig is looking forward to his team won’t take them lightly. the battle with Ohio State.

“They are a very good team,” “Historically they have Kendig said. been a good floor “They finished team,” Kendig second in the Big As a coach, said. “And also a Ten last year and good home team, you always also 10th nationso this one will be ally. We have our want to do more, a battle.” hands full, but I Nebraska, think our team but the week however, will get will compete went well.” a boost in adding well.” a vaulter for this Dan kendig Ohio State, meet.

Women’s Gymnastics coach like Nebraska, is “The last meet, coming off a win we only had five in their last meet, vaulters,” Kendig notching a close win over Iowa. said. “We will have six on Friday, “I think we can take a little bit so we should be much improved. of momentum into Friday,” KenWe have to keep doing well on dig said. “I am a big fan of the bars, and overall we should be term ‘success breeds success.’ So just fine. This team will be ready we can take a little from our last to compete.” meet, but we also need to come Nebraska will start the evein here and perform well to get ning on uneven bars. The rotaa win.” tion will then go to vault, balOhio State returns eight gymance beam, and to finish off the nasts this season from a team evening, floor exercise. sports@ that finished in the top 10 nationdailynebraskan.com ally in 2012. The Buckeyes are led

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northwestern: from 10 the second half of games, he said, but it’s tough to win when you are constantly digging yourself out of a hole.

“We need to mentally be ready,” the forward said. “We got down early, and then fought back (against Illinois). We came out in the second half and they got on a run again. We have to come out ready. We can’t turn it on, turn it off. We need to be locked in the day before, the night before and the morning of. Everything needs to a little more focused and intense.”

Nebraska sits at 10-10 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten heading into Saturday. The team needs a win or two before season’s end to avoid landing at the bottom of the conference standings, and with five of its 11 remaining games against AP Top 25 opponents, opportunities against Iowa, Penn State and Northwestern on Saturday look like its best bet to get those wins.

Beyond guard Mike Peltz, who is out for the season after undergoing knee surgery, the Huskers are fully healthy. Ubel wore a sleeve on his injured elbow against Illinois on Tuesday, but looked to be his old self.

The Huskers will look to the same group of players that they have all year for points against the Wildcats. Guards Dylan Talley and Ray Gallegos will do most of the outside shooting, and it will be Ubel and freshman Shavon Shields inside for the Huskers.

Shields, who is the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Week, was largely held in check Tuesday. He scored two points before fouling out midway through the second half.

“Shavon is going to be okay,” Ubel said. “He is a good player with a high IQ. He will be fine.

Freshmen are going to have bad games; everybody does.”

Miles said he thinks Shields

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Husker wrestler Spencer Johnson fights from the mat in a recent match. His match-up will be one of the key duals this weekend against Penn State, according to Husker coach Mark Manning.

The two-time defending national champion Nittany Lions enter the dual 7-0 on the season with ranked wrestlers in eight weight classes – including the 149, 157, 174 and 184-pound classes where Nebraska’s Jake Sueflohn, Green, Kokesh and Ihnen are also ranked.

Manning said those four matches are going to go a long way toward deciding the dual.

“All these Big Ten duals are that kind of caliber,” Manning said. “Those are all matches we can win, and we expect to win.”

No. 4 Kokesh’s match against No. 3 Matt Brown of Penn State at 174 pounds represents the only match with two top-five grapplers. Kokesh said beating Brown will take mental focus.

“Just going out there with the mindset that I know I can beat this guy,” Kokesh said. “I’ve prepared for all these matches since

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Husker freshman Shavon Shields puts up a shot against Illinois on Tuesday. Shields struggled to get two points versus the Illini. will be fine as well. The coach said the freshman will play a key role in Nebraska’s success the rest

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They all have guys that are standing in the way from them to their goals. They are going to see them this weekend.”

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the beginning of the year.”

In a pair of other top 10 matchups, No. 4 Green squares off against No. 6 Dylan Alton at 157 pounds and No. 8 Ihnen faces No. 1 Ed Ruth, the defending national champion at 184 pounds.

“I’m always excited for my teammates to go out there and wrestle to stop kids,” Kokesh said. “That’s fun. You just have that competition that will push you and get you ready for March.”

Kokesh, Green, Ihnen and Sueflohn will all possibly meet their Penn State opponents again in the conference tournament, but Sunday’s dual presents an

opportunity to get one step closer to their objectives.

“They all have guys that are standing in the way from them to reach their goals,” Manning said.

“They’re going to see them this weekend.”

And while Penn State is the second top-ranked squad the Huskers have wrestled this season – Nebraska lost to No. 1 Minnesota in November – Manning’s team enters the dual fearlessly.

“They’ve been national champs the past two years,” Manning said, “So you’ve got to go and knock them off.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman balance school and gymnastics Husker freshmen Ethan Lottman, Sammy Chamberlain find success

competing this Sunday on pom- in really well, done all the right mel horse, while Chamberlain things in and out of the gym, and will be competing on parallel bars they’ve conducted themselves in a manner that we expect,” Chmeland rings.

When asked about these fresh- ka said.

This Sunday, both Lottman men, head coach Chuck Chmelka and Chamberlain are looking to said he was “pleasantly surimprove from their last meet. For prised.” He knew they were outBecca schollaert standing in certain areas, but had Lottman, his main goal is to redn no idea they would be so good all main in control of his nerves.

“At my last meet, my confiaround. They are already backups Every team has to start somedence was really lacking. But this in other events. where, and for it to be a successChmelka has three key quali- time I’m ready to kill it,” Lottman ful team, it must continue to add ties he looks for when recruiting. said. new talent. The Huskers look to First and foremost is talent. Do Chamberlain hopes that his do that with a pair of freshman form and cleanliness of his routhey excel at the sport? Can they this weekend, Ethan tines has improved. be trained Lottman and Sammy He has been conto be the Chamberlain. stantly visualizing best? This is Being a freshman is the routines in order something difficult for the average to ensure a solid perthat all restudent, but it is even formance. cruiters more difficult being a Chmelka has obviously freshman athlete. Not some broader goals. look for. only are they balancThe best way to imH o w e v e r, ing a new environment, prove is to start from Chmelka classes and lifestyle, the weakest link, acalso looks they also have practiccording to the coach, at grades es, games or meets and which is exactly what and, most must learn a new sense LOTTMAN important- CHAMBERLAIN he thinks his team of time management. has been doing. In ly, their at“It’s really difficult,” order to ensure a solid titude.

Lottman said. “There’s about 3-5 performance, the Huskers have “If they have bad personhours where I’m not doing home- alities, we don’t want them on been treating practice like a meet. work or sleeping. It’s hard to bal“We’re trying to put presthe team. That’s not what we’re ance things, and I’ve had to sacri- about,” Chmelka said. sure on them in practice so they fice social life and sleep.” can handle pressure better at the Lottman and Chamberlain Chamberlain agreed, saying meets,” Chmelka said. have not only met these criteria, that adapting to this new lifestyle they have left Chmelka thoroughChmelka’s main goal for this was challenging. meet is to be able to cover mistakes ly impressed.

Both Lottman and Chamberbetter. He feels as though they are “They have impressed me not lain have been competing for only with their talent, academics in a place where big mistakes won’t years – 15 for Lottman and 14 for happen and that little mistakes can and personality, but they have fit Chamberlain. Lottman will be

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Husker assistant coach John Robinson talks strategy with Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka. The Huskers head to Chicago for a meet this weekend. easily be disguised to the general public as well as the judges.

Chmelka, Lottman and Chamberlain all feel that through the

hard work and strong work ethic of the team, they will be able to move up in rankings from their current No. 9 placement.

“If we can put it together, we’re better than 9th,” Chmelka said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Husker swimmer Arial Weech takes a breath in a recent meet. Weech and the rest of the Nebraska swim team square off with Illinois this weekend on the road.

Huskers expect tight score in meet with Illinois Last year’s matchup went down to the final relay, resulting in a Husker loss Matt Nathan dn This weekend, the Nebraska swimming and diving team heads to Champaign, Ill., to face the Illinois Fighting Illini. This is one of the last Husker meets of the season before the Big Ten Championships start February 20th.

“It’s going to be a great matchup,” Nebraska assistant coach Patrick Rowan said. “(They’re) pretty evenly matched squads. Last year in Big Ten’s, it came down to the last relay of the meet to decide who was going to finish higher in rankings.

It’s going to be tight competition, and we should have some great races.”

Nebraska sophomore swimmer Kelly Dunn (an Illinois native) is very excited about the meet this weekend. She’s ready to compete against Illinois, because they’re a good team, and she says they’ll be fired up and ready to swim.

“I’m really excited about it,” she said. “Illinois is kind of a team that we’ve always gone head to head against in conference before and duals … It’s always been really close. They’re a good team and we know they’re going to be fired up, so I think we’re going to have a good meet.

It’ll be interesting to see how we match up against each other, and I’m looking forward to it.”

Rowan says there isn’t one

we’re going to swim pretty tired. swimmer he and the Huskersare looking to beat. He says Illinois The girls have been doing that really well all season and racing has a very diverse team, including backstrokers and free-stylers. well even though they’ve been He also said his team should racing their butts off, and we’re going to do it again. Hopefully bring their best work to every that’s enough.” meet.

Dunn looks at “There’s not any this weekend’s and one swimmer that we future invites against are worried about,” he Big Ten schools as said. “We know they a chance to show have a bunch of girls that Nebraska has a on their squad. They chance to compete got a backstroker, midagainst them. dle distance free-styler “Being kind of and they got some butthe new kids on the terfliers. Really they’re block in the confera solid team across the ence, every chance board. We know we you have to comhave to bring our Apete against one of game in every event.” dunn them, you’re making Meanwhile, Kelly a statement,” Dunn Dunn has a name that said. “That’s what she is ready to swim we tried to do when we went to against: Courtney Pope. Dunn the Iowa invite when we went has been swimming against Pope against Northwestern and Iowa. for years.

This is definitely important. If “She’s a really talented swimwe want to establish ourselves mer, so I have a feeling I’ll see her in a couple of my events in conference, then we have to be this weekend,” Dunn said. “I ready to take on any one of them.

Illinois is not an exception.” look forward to it because she’s Despite being ready to race, a really cool person and a great Dunn said there is some bad swimmer.” news this weekend. Sprint freeGoing into this weekend, Rowan doesn’t want the out- styler Ariel Weech and distance come versus Illinois to affect the freestyler Katarina Sickle will not be swimming. But, this is not Northwestern Invite next week, stopping Dunn and her teamthen the Big Ten Championships.

For the team, the ultimate goal mates from being ready for a pois winning Big Ten invites. He tentially great weekend.

“We’re leaving two of our points out that his swimmers have been on empty for the last best girls home, Ariel and Kat,” she said. “The mentality of this couple of meets, but they’re doseason has just been so great. The ing a great job. energy has been so great between “Our ultimate goal is Big all of us. I think we’re both going Tens, but we’re not sacrificing to give each other a run for our anything for either of these two meets coming up,” Rowan said. money.” sports@ “We’re not changing our training dailynebraskan.com plan for any in-season meets, so

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NU tennis player Patricia Veresova swings her racquet at the Nebraska Tennis Center. The No. 17 Huskers will host the opening weekend of the ITA tournament. The weekend’s winner will head to Virginia.

Nebraska to host prestigious ITA Kickoff Josh kelly dn

and Nebraska will face Tennes- doesn’t have any players ranked see. Then on Sunday, the losers of in the ITA rankings for singles or those two matches will play in the doubles, the Huskers do have five consolation match, and the win- of their six top players from last The fifth annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kick- ners of the two Saturday matches year returning. One of those playwill face-off against each other to ers is senior Patricia Veresova. off Weekend begins on Saturday. decide who goes to Virginia next Veresova, like the rest of her team, Sixty teams will compete at 15 month. is anxious to begin play Saturday. universities to earn a spot at the Nebraska is trying not to look “We’re really excited. It’s our ITA National Women’s Team Inahead. The Huskers first time hosting,” she said. “We door Championship h a v e hope to get a lot of next month at the to take fans to come out.”

University of Virginia. care of The Huskers It’s our first The No. 17 Huskers business want to continue will host one of 15 retime hosting. their recent sucw i t h gional tournaments at b e f o r e We hope we get cess, having beaten the Nebraska Tennis they can Eastern Michigan Center – an advantage a lot of fans to t h i n k and Creighton they have never had a b o u t come out.” earlier this week. and something Coach t h e Veresova said the Hayden Perez is lookchampiPatricia veresova coaches want the ing forward to.

Husker Tennis Player onship team to be more ag“I’m super excited match gressive, especially for this weekend,” he VERESOVA a n d in doubles matches. said. “It’s a prestigious heading to Virginia.

“Veresova’s playing at a high event that we earned “We have our work level,” Perez said. from how well we did cut out for us,” Perez said. “TenAll in all, the Huskers are last year. It’s nice to have the playnessee comes first, can’t look past looking forward to this weekend’s ers sleep in their own beds.” them.” competition and how comfortable Although the Huskers are Leading Tennessee is junior it is for them to be hosting the hosting for the first time, they event. The team wants that to use have a tough road ahead of them Brynn Boren and senior Kata Szekely. Both of the Volunteers are that advantage as much as posthis weekend. They are the only team hosting an event consisting ranked in the Top 25 individu- sible. ally and are 12th in the country in “Expect us to play well,” of all ranked teams. Those teams doubles. No other team compet- Veresova said. “We hope to win include No. 18 Notre Dame, No. ing in Lincoln this weekend has both (games) to reach the indoor 22 Georgia Tech and No. 23 Tennessee. Saturday, Notre Dame a player ranked in the Top 25 in championships.” sports@ singles. will go up against Georgia Tech, dailynebraskan.com Even though Nebraska

michigan state: from 10 rebounded the taller Spartans 3938.

The Spartans (16-3, 4-2) had troubles on offense, shooting just 32 percent from the floor and had a nine minute stretch without scoring a point.

“We had good looks. I liked our fight,” Michigan State coach Suzy Merchant said. “You can’t go nine minutes on the road in the Big Ten and not get a basket.

We were getting the looks we wanted. We just couldn’t buy a bucket.”

Michigan State’s Kiana John-

son led the Spartan charge with 22 points off the bench, and Courtney Schiffauer also added 11 points, but aside from that, only one other Spartan scored more than five points.

Merchant credited guard Tear ’a Laudermill’s pressure as a factor and said that Nebraska’s switching off screens threw the Spartans off their groove. Michigan State played with three starters out with injuries: two with torn ACLs and one with an Achilles tear.

Nebraska’s offense, on the

other hand, found much success on the inside, something they’ve struggled with most of the year.

“We finally went inside a little more. We’ve been trying to all year and just hadn’t found our rhythm. Tonight I think we found it a little,” Hooper said.

The high-low look from Moore to posts Hooper, Meghan Williams (three points, three rebounds) and Emily Cady (six points, five rebounds) led to easy layups and open 3-pointers for Nebraska. Points off of turnovers also helped the Huskers out. They

We’ve been trying to all year and just hadn’t found our rhythm. Tonight I think we found it a little.”

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scored 16 points off 12 Spartan turnovers.

Hooper credits Moore’s passing ability for the easy points.

“She’s a great passer, and she sees you even when she’s not looking,” Hooper said.

But it was Hooper ’s 50 percent shooting from the floor (9-18)

that had Michigan State scratching their heads.

“We usually do pretty well on their best scorer, but Hooper’s a tough matchup,” Merchant said.

According to Hooper, her play came as a bit of relief.

“It’s about back to where it should be,” Hooper, who scored

over 20 points for the first time since Nebraska’s Dec. 20 win against Oral Roberts, said. “There are still things I need to work on but I feel like I’m where I should be now.”

Nebraska will have a bye week and won’t play until next week’s Jan. 31 road trip to Ohio State. The break is well needed, according to Hooper, who said the team needs time to rest and get healthy.

“We’ll just rest up and keep our mentality up and come back ready to go,” Hooper said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Spartans Story by Chris Heady Photos by Cara Wilwerding and Kaylee Everly

The Husker women take down the No. 25 Spartans in the paint and on defense en route to a 59-54 win.

Husker guard Lindsey Moore drives to the basket against a Michigan State defender. Moore guided the Husker offense with six assists.

Husker Jordan Hooper puts up a lay-in against the Spartans. Hooper led the charge for the Huskers Thursday with 25 points and seven rebounds.

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he Nebraska women’s basketball team dominated the paint and the defensive end of the ball as the Huskers beat No. 25 Michigan State 59-54 Thursday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Preseason All-American Jordan Hooper ended the night with 25 points and seven rebounds, and fellow preseason All-American Lindsey Moore stuffed the stat

Huskers look for second conference win After 20-point loss to Illinois on Tuesday, men’s basketball seeks to rebound Lanny Holstein DN The Nebraska men’s basketball team will be back in action Saturday with a bit of a chip of its shoulder.

The Huskers are coming off a 71-51 loss to Illinois that coach Tim Miles described as embarrassing in his post-game press conference. The coach felt like his team was prepared to get their second straight conference win coming into the game, but they didn’t play with the energy needed to beat the Fighting Illini – something Miles said has been a problem for the Huskers at home.

“I don’t know why, but we have certainly played better on the road,” the coach said. “When we are in their environment, we seem to be more focused and energetic and those sorts of things. I think we need to look at that with this group because, it appears to me, there is a stark contrast of how we are playing.”

Nebraska will get another home test Saturday when the Northwestern Wildcats come to the Bob Devaney Sports Center for a 2 p.m. tussle. Senior Brandon Ubel said the Huskers might need to change some things leading up to Saturday’s tip.

“Traditionally we have always been better at home than on

sheet with 12 points, six assists, three steels, three rebounds and a block.

“This was a big win,” Hooper said. “We needed this one.”

The Huskers (14-6, 4-3) were able to penetrate the Spartan defense, something coach Connie Yori was concerned about before the game. Nebraska scored 34 points in the paint and out

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Aggressive wrestlers ride momentum Zach Tegler DN

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Husker guard Dylan Talley looks for a teammate to pass to against Illinois on Tuesday. Talley and rest of the Huskers struggled to score in the 71-51 loss. the road, but we need to look at what each of us are individually doing,” he said. “We need to do this the night before and the day

before, and really figure out how best we can get ready.”

The beginning of the game has been Nebraska’s nemesis, accord-

ing to Ubel. The Huskers have actually fought back pretty well in

ground out a heavyweight victory against Illinois’ Chris Lopez as the Huskers won 18-15.

In the same time span, junior After the Nebraska wrestling Josh Ihnen earned two technical team defeated No. 5 Illinois on falls, sophomore Robert Kokesh Friday, Nebraska coach Mark extended his winning streak to Manning praised sophomore 20 matches and senior Ridge heavyweight Spencer Johnson Kiley entered the national rankfor being the aggressor in his victory – and he added that he ings at 141 pounds.

“At the end of those close wanted more of his wrestlers to duals, a lot of guys know what take that mindset. they have to do,” Kokesh said.

“Usually the more aggres“We’ve got to get bonus points. sive guy wins,” Manning said.

“Get your attack rate up, and That’s always a big key, in big duals especially.” you’re going The No. 13 to have a betHuskers’ recent ter chance to put Usually surge in aggrespoints on the the more siveness will board. Just really come in handy try to emphasize aggressive guy when they travel that point to our wins.” to University guys.”

Park, Penn., for Two weeks a matchup with ago, Nebraska Mark Manning No. 1 Penn State. junior 125-pound Wrestling Coach “Good opporwrestler Shawn tunity for us to Nagel pinned really make our Michigan’s Rossi Bruno to lead the Huskers to a one-point vic- mark,” Manning said. “Gives us tory against the Wolverines. an indication, in some respect, of where some of our guys are A day later, sophomore James Green defeated Northwestern’s at and what we have to do to be Jason Welch, the second-ranked a national champion.”

157-pounder in the country. wrestling: see page 8 And a week after that, Johnson