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Redshirt freshman Avery Moss plead no contest to charges of indecent exposure in Lancaster County Court on Monday.

Former football player banned from campus Dr. Hecker said so.”

Matthew Hecker is the dean of students for UNL. “About the only thing I can tell you is that I can’t tell you anything,” Hecker told the Daily Nebraskan on Monday night. “I can’t confirm or deny that I’ve even had contact with him.”

Hecker cited the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, which protects the privacy of student educaREECE RISTAU tion records.

DN Moss will be able to appeal in December 2014, before a four-year camEx-Husker football player Avery Moss pus ban would be imposed, according was banned from campus Monday folto the Omaha World-Herald. Moss lowing a hearing regarding him pub- told the publication he’s considering licly exposing himself in 2012. that final appeal and finishing his caMoss, who was a redshirt fresh- reer at Nebraska. man defensive end, appeared at Lan“Obviously, I don’t agree with it,” caster County Court on Monday and Moss said of the ban. “I want to come pleaded no contest to charges of inde- back to Nebraska, but everything’s up cent exposure and failing to appear for in the air. I want to stay a Husker as a previous court date. long as I can. I want In December 2012, to graduate here. But That doesn’t Moss, a psychology that’s up in the air major, exposed himseem like due to how they’re self twice to a 22-year(banning) me from it represents the old convenience store campus. If I do decide worker at the Robert university very to stay, I’ll come back E. Knoll Residential and play. But I don’t Center. He was then well.” know if I’m going to banned from entering stay a year.”

Eric Blank University of NebrasHis sentencing senior art major ka-Lincoln residence will take place on halls, according to March 28.

ESPN. Eric Blank, a senior art major, said After entering a residence hall in he disapproves of Moss’ actions.

December 2013, Moss was told the ban “That doesn’t seem like it reprewas still in effect. Monday, the ban was sents the university very well.” extended to cover the entire campus Blank said if the appeal went in until Dec. 31, 2014, according to Steve favor of Moss, he would be OK with Smith, UNL news director. him returning to play for Nebraska, as Moss couldn’t be reached Monday long as nothing like the exposure hapevening. pened again.

“It was a procedural screw-up,” As a redshirt freshman, Moss he told the Omaha World-Herald in finished last season with 36 tackles, 8 an article Monday. “It had nothing to tackles for loss and 4 and a half sacks do with me acting out again … they in 2013. He also had an interception wanted me to do something, and I return for a touchdown against Northmisinterpreted it. I thought I was alwestern, a game Nebraska won 27-24. lowed to go back into the residence Moss did not travel with the team to halls after a (sic) academic year – that’s the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1. what it seemed like at first – and afterNEWS@ ward it was presumed to be whenever DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

University Police ban Avery Moss from campus through Dec. 31 after indecent exposure charges

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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a $12.3 million for new sound and Wi-Fi systems on Friday for the football stadium. Construction for the new systems will begin in March.

Shot Kleen, assistant athletic director of HuskerVision, said the current sound system is 20 years old and isn’t doing the job when playing music or projecting speech.

The current system consists of the large speaker above the main screen in North Stadium, which is run by an also dated amplifier system. He said the sound frequencies have trouble reaching parts of the stadium farther from the speaker, so

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music and announcers’ voices sounded “muddy.”

Though still in the design stage, Kleen said the sound system will have a very sophisticated control system.

The new system, which will be installed, tested and ready to go on Aug. 1, will include new speaker technology such as a speaker ray system. Kleen said the ray system uses sound waves to control sound in certain areas of the stadium to make levels equal. The rays are pointed in a certain area of the stadium, such as South Stadium, and the sound is controlled to be louder or quieter to match other areas in the stadium.

Kelly Mosier, director of digital communications for Nebraska Athletics, said in an email that the new system will be a high-density system. This means the sys-

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tem is specialized to handle large numbers of people and the concrete the signals have to go through.

He wrote that current routers are placed near offices and entrances of gates for the ticket scanners to work. But he wrote that on gamedays, the large amount of people “bog down the network.”

“There simply isn’t enough bandwidth to accommodate 90,000 people,” he wrote.

The new systems will first be used at the season opening Husker football game on Aug. 30 against Florida Atlantic.

Kleen said the current sound system is dependent upon the weather.

Owen Joyner, freshman business administration major, said the regents’ decision to approve the update was a good idea because Memorial Stadium is a hub

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Regents support bill to keep NU president search private staff report DN The University of Nebraska Board of Regents supported a proposed bill that could block any job applications for NU president from public records.

Sen. Galen Hadley of Kearney introduced LB1018, which would also apply to personal information regarding students or prospective students, medical records and law enforcement records.

If the law is passed, the public would not know the potential candidates running for the president position.

The public should be allowed to know the candidates in order to evaluate potential candidates, said John Bender, a University of

Nebraska-Lincoln journalism pro- cloaked with absolute secrecy would feel free to go out and look fessor who specializes in media for administrators who would law. The secrecy implied in the bill could also result in administrative share that hostility,” Bender said.

“I don’t think that’s staff, who might not in the best interest of serve the best interthe university. I don’t ests of the university, think that’s in the best being elected, Bender interest of the people said. Many university of the state.” governments can apBender said this ply subjective criteria bill would undermine when selecting potenthe scholarship and retial candidates, even search the university is when these governsupposed to encourage. ments are acting out of Regent Tim Clare the best of intentions, of Lincoln said the bill Bender said. Some of milliken would help ensure that these governments the university obtains may also be hostile to the best candidates academic freedom and and leaders, potentially from toptenure. quality institutions. Clare said “Given that hostility, it’s quite journalists he has talked to have likely that a governing board

been skeptical of LB1018’s restrictions on public records searches.

However, Clare still believes that ensuring the selection of topquality leaders to provide the best education and leadership for students is the university’s duty.

Ohio State University has similar policies in place – a candidate applying for a position will not have his or her identity or information made public until they are a finalist for the position, Clare said.

He said the early disclosure of finalists may discourage potential applicants. Applicants who are named as one of four finalists for a position at NU may face stigmas from their current employers if they don’t end up earning the position, Clare said. These applicants will be publicly known to have been looking for another job

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I don’t think that’s in the best interest of the university. I don’t think that’s in the best interest of the people of the state.” john bender media law professor

while working for their current employers, and their current employers may take this information the wrong way.

Bender doesn’t see why anybody applying for a public position such as the University of Nebraska President would expect information about themselves to remain confidential. He said he understood that for some potential candidates applying to Uni-

versity of Nebraska positions, not being selected as a finalist can be embarrassing but being chosen as a finalist and not getting the job can still be prestigious.

Nebraskans should have the right to know about issues affecting their state and should be able to evaluate the people making those decisions, Bender said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Police: Sigma Nu members tampered with fire alarm Resetting alarm listed among 62 accused fire code violations; 5 cited for incident

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correction In a Jan. 26 Daily Nebraskan article titled “In 5-year period, all fee users asked for more,” University Program Council’s funding request for 2014-15 was incorrectly reported. UPC has not yet determined its funding request.

Additionally, students pay $5.50 for UPC events and $3.06 toward discounts for the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

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Colleen Fell DN Occupants inside the Sigma Nu fraternity house silenced and reset the fire alarm panel before Lincoln Fire and Rescue crews’ arrival on Jan. 19., according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department.

Police said this was in attempt to mislead first responders on the nature of the incident.

The resetting of the fire alarm panel is included in a list of 62 alleged fire code violations attributed to three members of the UNL Sigma Nu fraternity released Friday.

Police cited Ryan Anderson, 39, president of the Sigma Nu Building Association’s board of directors on suspicion of the

fire code violations. Police also cited Sigma Nu chapter president Coleman Lay, a sophomore psychology major at UNL, and house manager Kyle Regen, a sophomore construction management major at UNL. Two other Sigma Nu members – junior criminology and criminal justice major Matthew Slingwine and sophomore business administration major Brett Willms – were accused of maintaining a disorderly house.

At this time, evidence found throughout the house does not meet the state statute of hazing, which UNL has a strict policy against, police said in a news release. However, according to the investigation, the house was intentionally trashed. Police said that, through interviews, they learned members had spread wet leaves, broken bottles, paper products, detergent and other household cleaners throughout the building with the intent to require the new fraternity members to clean up the mess.

UNLPD are in the process of figuring out what caused a fire alarm to go off Jan. 19 at the fraternity’s house. Police said they aren’t sure what set off the fire

alarm, but there is evidence that it was tampered with.

When crews arrived at the house Jan. 19, they found piles of garbage and bottles of alcohol throughout the house. Juan Franco, vice chancellor for Student Affairs at UNL, said the house was “a mess.”

In addition to the reset of the fire alarm, fire investigators also found that some rooms in the house either had non-working or no smoke detectors. Inspectors also found three fire extinguishers that were discharged throughout the house, blocked exits, candles, not burning at the time, extension cords being used as permanent wiring and exposed electrical wires. They also found several doors did not close and latch for the purpose of fire and smoke separation and many sleeping room areas were missing fire escape plans.

Police said the university and fraternity may pursue further sanctions against the UNL chapter.

Repeated attempts by the Daily Nebraskan to reach Anderson for comment went unanswered. news@ dailynebraskan.com

New bill would grant veterans in-state tuition Mara Klecker DN The University of Nebraska system testified last week in support of a bill that would grant veterans in-state tuition at Nebraska state colleges and universities.

The bill, introduced by state Sen. Sue Crawford of Omaha, establishes residency tuition rates for veterans who have been honorably discharged from the military within the past two years. The veteran’s spouse and dependents would also be eligible.

Twenty states currently have similar laws, including South Dakota, Colorado and Missouri. Nebraska is one of 12 states with such legislation pending, according to the Student Veterans of America website.

Michelle Waite, assistant to the Chancellor and member of the Student Veteran Task Force at the University of NebraskaLincoln, represented the four University of Nebraska campuses in support of the bill.

Though Waite couldn’t say how many UNL students the bill would affect because the university only recently started tracking its veterans, she sees a large positive impact.

“We expect more men and women to return from Afghanistan this year, and we’d like to think this will be a tremendous draw to them,” Waite said.

Both the state of Nebraska and UNL are military friendly, Waite said, and an increase in in-state military students

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We expect more men and women to return from Afghanistan this year, and we’d like to think this will be a tremendous draw Michelle Waite

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would benefit all.

Both Crawford and Waite point to the fact that students who graduate from Nebraska colleges and universities tend to stay here. And if they leave, they often come back with their families.

That’s a benefit to Nebraska’s economy, Crawford and Waite said. It means qualified people filling positions and talent staying within state borders.

Retainment is a particular goal in Nebraska, where unemployment rates are about 3.6 percent, according to the Nebraska Department of Labor. Not having enough jobs in the state isn’t the problem – it’s not having enough talent to fill those jobs without successful recruitment and retention programs, Crawford said.

To ensure that the beneficiary veterans do stay, the bill specifies that the veteran must register to vote and get a Nebraska driver ’s license.

“It’s about recruiting and retaining our veterans, understanding that they are a key part of the workforce here,” Crawford said. “We hope that if

a veteran comes here, they can afford the education that will allow them and land a job.”

And veterans may offer skills that traditional Nebraska graduates don’t, Waite said.

“I think veterans have a certain type of experience that they bring because of their training and the situations they’ve dealt with,” Waite said.

“They can apply those skills and experience to their jobs as well.”

Providing the benefits to military spouses and dependents also means more qualified workers in Nebraska, Crawford said. Because of frequent relocating, military spouses often don’t have the chance to finish their education in one place. The bill would allow them to come to Nebraska and quickly finish their degree, Crawford said.

Representatives from the state college system and the community college system in Nebraska also expressed support for the bill. No one testified in opposition to the bill, which now moves on to a committee vote. news@ dailynebraskan.com

campus briefs UNL, Theatre Festival renew hosting agreement

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Thespian Festival renewed their agreement ensuring that UNL will host the annual event through 2019. The festival brings about 2,500 attendees to campus each year and is hosted by the Educational Theatre Association. High school students, teachers and artists have the option of more than 100 workshops – such as stage makeup, stage combat, set building and playwriting – as well as a handful of main stage shows performed by high-school theater groups.

UNL provides housing and dining options to festivalgoers, as well as classroom and workshop space in Temple Building, Westbrook Music Building, and the Lied Center for Performing Arts. This year’s festival is June 23-28.

Engler scholarship applications due Feb. 16

UNL students interested in entrepreneurship can apply for scholarships to the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The scholarships are awarded annually and are renewable for up to three years depending on student performance.

The Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation donated $20 million to be used over 10 years in 2010 to identify students with an drive for entrepreneurship and foster their development. Students must complete an application and a series of essay questions at engler.unl.edu/englerapplication by Feb. 16. For more information, visit engler.unl.edu.

UNL earns bronze sustainability rating

The university received a STARS Bronze rating for demonstrating commitment to sustainability from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. The honor was announced Jan. 22 after UNL completed the STARS – Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System – report, which includes data collected from academics, engagement, operations and planning and administration. About 600 higher-education institutions worldwide participate in the program.

STARS was developed by higher education for higher education, is open to all higher education institutions and the criteria is accessible to anyone. The program has provided UNL with a comprehensive set of metrics for analyzing its sustainability effort, said Matan Gill, UNL’s sustainability coordinator. For more information on STARS, AASHE membership or to get involved in campus sustainability, contact Gill at matan.gill@unl.edu.

Colorado-Boulder, UNL team up to find third lung for oxygen delivery

Research by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Colorado Boulder could provide doctors with more treatment options when a patient can’t breath. UNL’s Ben Terry, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, and CU’s Mark Borden, associate professor of mechanical engineering, collaborated to develop a new way to provide oxygen when a patient’s lungs stop functioning. Instead of pumping blood outside the body to oxygenate it, this new method circulates oxygen microbubbles through the peritoneal cavity in the patient’s abdomen to deliver oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. The study was published in the Jan. 15 edition of the journal Biomaterials, and documents success in trials of small animals with severe lung injury. Terry and Borden will start scaling the system to apply to larger organism. The paper was co-authored by UNL graduate student Nathan Legband, and support for the research came from the National Science Foundation.

Perlman outlines ‘Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever’ campaign Nam Tran Dn In November, Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the start of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever” campaign to unite students against racial intolerance at UNL. And on Thursday, Perlman outlined several proposals in a press release that the university could take to help “improve the climate on campus.”

“Our primary objective – the same one that governs most of what we do here – is to assure that every student who enters the university has access to an academic program of excellence and a fair opportunity to succeed,” Perlman said. “Recruitment of diverse students, faculty and staff is only the first step and must continue with greater intensity. Engaging with

diversity by all students is a critical component of a high quality academic program.”

Many of Perlman’s proposed ideas include increasing social and cultural activities on campus to promote interaction among UNL’s diverse student populations.

Perlman also wants the university’s administration to create an updated and more effective campus incident reporting system, which would include incidents of bias and have an appropriate recording of and response to such reports.

His proposals also include bringing a better understanding to efforts relating to diversity, having opportunities for faculty and staff to build their expertise for engaging in and facilitating discussions about diversity in curricular and co-curricular settings;

highlight requirements that each academic unit should have a plan for increasing diversity within its membership and activities; offer precedence in new student orientation programs to educate all students on the relationship of diversity to academic excellence and their future success in the world.

Perlman also said the program should also tackle common examples of speech and conduct that may be regarded by others as insensitive or disrespectful of diverse members of the community.

Eric Reznicek, president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, is organizing events within the student government that relate to the efforts of the “Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever” campaign.

One of those events include a diversity roundtable where Reznicek hopes to bring in repre-

sentatives from each multicultural group on campus to discuss their ideas the problems surrounding racial intolerance and what can be done to curb those problems.

“I think what we saw as one of the bigger problems is we’re always very much in a reactive state when it comes to any kind of cultural or social issues on campus is wait until something terrible happens and then react to fix it,” he said.

Reznicek hopes the roundtable will help educate the university community to be more prepared for racial incidents such as those that occurred during the fall.

The Office of Academic Affairs is pursuing efforts to better the understanding of diversity on campus, particularly through its First Year Experience and Transition Program. The program exists to reach out to new and current

Engaging with diversity by all students is a critical component of a high quality academic program.”

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students with general advice and offers of personal attention when needed. It also pairs students on academic probation with an academic coach.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Amy Goodburn said the first year experience and transition program staff will work with other university members to figure out how to educate students on the role diversity will play in relation to their academic success and academic excellence.

“This is not an issue of publicity, this is an issue of educating ourselves, faculty and staff as well as educating our students and figuring out where students are developed mentally to talk about issues of race to understand how to communicate cross culturally because if we don’t do that here then we’re not really preparing our students for the global world,” Goodburn said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Rec to lead 4 spring break trips brett, a senior mechanical engineering and environmental studTrips range from ies major and the leader of the Canyonlands backpacking trip in $345 to $625, students Utah. The trip leaders provide all can register through the training needed.

“We tailor the trips to the March 10 to backpack, people who go on them,” Eigbrett canoe, surf or ski said. “It’s not super hard, but it can be a little challenging. It (depends) on how the group is doing, and we can make it as easy or as melissa allen hard as people want.” dn In total, about 40 students go on the Outdoor Adventures The University of Nebraska-Linspring break trips, with group coln Recreation Center is offering sizes varying from five to 12 despring break trips that are more pending on the location. than the traditional vacation.

“It’s a good way to get out Outdoor Adventures will be and do a new activity,” Eigbrett leading four spring break trips said. “You develop a good sense this year to Utah, California and of community.”

Colorado.

Grace Andrews, a graduate The trips range political science in price from $345 student, will lead It’s different to $625 for students the California surfand include backing trip. Students from just packing and campwill benefit from taking a vacation ing in Utah’s Canthese trips because yonlands National and walking it will give them the Park, canoeing the chance for stress rearound looking at Utah River in Utah, lief, Andrews said. surfing at San Elijo buildings.”

The outdoors State Beach in Calihelp Andrews find fornia and cross Thomas blanton continuity between senior math major country skiing in recreation and poGould, Colo. Stulitical science. dents can register “Not a lot of for the trips through March 10 people see how nature can be a through the Outdoor Adventures place for developing leadership page at crec.unl.edu, at the Cam- styles,” Andrews said. “The outpus Recreation Center front desk doors provides recreation for me or at the Outdoor Adventures to get creative with combining my equipment rental desk. two passions.”

Students don’t need outdoor Thomas Blanton, a senior experience to go, said Ben Eig- mathematics major, plans to go on

spring outdoor adventure trips •Canyonlands National Park Backpacking and Camping in Utah, March 22-30, Student Price: $455 •Utah River Canoe Trip, March 21-30, Student Price: $495 •California Surfing at San Elijo State Beach, March 2130, Student Price: $625 •Cross Country Skiing Tour in Gould, Colo., March 2327, Student Price: $345 Register online at http://crec.unl.edu/outdoor/ trips_spring.shtml, the Rec front desk or Outdoor Adventures equipment rental desk. the Canyonlands backpacking trip in Utah.

“It’s different from just taking a vacation and walking around looking at buildings,” said Blanton, who has been on other Outdoor Adventures trips. “You’re in a remote area that a lot of people don’t go to. But you’re in a safe, controlled environment with topnotch leaders that know what they’re doing.”

For Rebecca Grosskurth, Outdoor Adventures gives her a chance to interact with other students in an outdoor environment, something she wants to continue after college. Grosskurth, a senior environmental studies major, will be leading the ski trip in Colorado. Students will be sleeping in a yurt, a raised canvas shelter used

by Mongolian nomads on the steppe, when they’re not skiing.

“You’re a part of the cooking

and packing,” Grosskurth said.

“We ask a lot of our participants.

But at the end of the day, that’s what makes the experience so rewarding.”

Going on an outdoor recreational trip will offer a chance to build personal growth, Andrews said.

“All our trips, we aim to build community, to have students learn more about themselves and what they can fully accomplish is they put their mind to it,” she said. “Creating those opportunities for students is really fun for us.”

Grosskurth agreed.

“Try something new, you know?” she said. “Write your own story in Nebraska. Explore with new places and make new experiences. I think that challenging yourself and building that confidence will translate with the rest of your life.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL hosts free tax prep, loan sessions Melissa Allen dn

ministration major and volunteer for the tax prep. “I like volunteering and helping out with people, especially in this situation with Tax season is back. low-income families. The fact that The University of NebraskaI’m able to help people and it’s Lincoln Center for Civic Engagement is hosting Free Community free, it makes me feel good.”

Along with filing for tax reTax Prep in the Nebraska East turns, student federal financial Union from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesaid packages are being filled out. day and Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of EduThe eighth annual tax prep cation and the Department of has been open to UNL members and the Lincoln community since Treasury are raising awareness of student-loan repayment plans Saturday, and has available to stugotten about 15 dents this year to 45 people per Most other through TurboTax. night. places have A banner on the The volunteers TurboTax tax-prepthrough Civic En- fees, but we’re aration website will gagement are stulead borrowers to dents that have absolutely free.” the Education Deundergone online partment’s website, testing through the kyla mcgregor where they can reInternal Revenue accountancy graduate ceive estimates of Service to be certheir monthly paytified in helping ments and apply others with tax refor certain plans. turns.

Craig Munier, director of the “Most other places have fees, but we’re absolutely free,” said Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid said there is a possibility Kyla McGregor, a graduate stuthat students will be automatident of professional accountancy who works in the Center for Civic cally placed in certain loan-repayment plans in the future, as proEngagement.

There are limitations on the posed by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wisc., kinds of tax return services the last April.

In the 2012-2013 school year, volunteers can handle. They canmore than 8,500 students received not help in cases with business tax returns exceeding $10,000 federal direct unsubsidized Stafford Loans, with more than $46 and they cannot handle farm tax returns. The goal of the tax prep million borrowed at UNL. In total, is to aid low-income households more than $110 million were borrowed by UNL students that year and UNL members.

“I wanted to get involved in in federal loans, according to Ofeverything that’s happening in fice of Scholarships and Financial Aid. the community,” said Maghalie Students who do not earn high Kafweko, a senior business ad-

loan repayment plans Standard: Payments are a fixed amount of at least $50 per month for up to 10 years.

Graduated: Payments are lower at first, then increase about every two years for up to 10 years.

Extended: Payments may be fixed or graduated for up to 25 years. Must have more than $30,000 borrowed.

Income-based: Maximum monthly payments will be 15 percent of discretionary income and payments change as income changes for up to 25 years.

Pay As You Earn: Maximum monthly payments will be 10 percent of discretionary income and payments change as income changes for up to 20 years.

For more information, visit studentaid.ed.gov/repayloans. salaries after graduating can be eligible for income-based or pay-asyou-earn payment plans, which fixes the payments to a student’s income of 10 to 15 percent. If students have not repaid their loans in 20 to 25 years, the outstanding balances will be forgiven, depending on the plan chosen.

Most students are unaware of the other repayment plans outside of the standard plan, said Erin Wirth, program director of the Student Money Management Center.

“We definitely advocate that students look at their repayment options,” Wirth said. “They’re

if you go what: Free Community Tax Prep where: Nebraska East Union when: Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

great options for students who have financial hardships.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL online MBA ranks 6th nationwide U.S. News and World Report names online and on campus MBA programs among best in the nation Kelli Rollin DN The online Master of Business Administration program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln jumped ahead in 2014 rankings.

The program was 17th overall in the 2013 U.S. News and World Report Best Online Graduate Business Program rankings, but was rated sixth in the 2014 rankings. The upgrade in rankings, which were released Jan. 8, was the biggest move among the top 10 ranked schools. The rankings involve 172 schools nationally, including four Big Ten programs.

Indiana University Bloomington was ranked No. 1 in 2014.

The MBA program allows graduate students to pursue a de-

gree and take classes online while being anywhere in the world.

Gordie Karels, associate dean of research and graduate programs with the MBA program, said the jump in rankings was somewhat surprising.

“We should’ve ranked higher a year ago,” Karels said.

He said not a lot changed in the program from last year, so the criteria may have changed in the ranking system. The report may have been looking for something different than they have in the past.

The rankings were based on a weighted average of student engagement, admissions selectivity, peer reputation, faculty credentials and training, and student services and technology.

Karels said the MBA program staff is always trying to improve the program and student experience. He said the staff never try to focus on one aspect of the program, but constantly make improvements while looking at the big picture.

“More of what we do is about constant improvement,” he said.

Karels said the program will

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become even more established over time as experienced faculty, constant improvement and teaching methods contribute to the recognition.

Based on the fall 2013 incoming class, the online program enrolled 39 students, which had an average of five years of work experience. The average undergraduate GPA was 3.4 for enrolled students in this term.

Tyrone Fahie was in the MBA program from January 2010 to August 2011. Fahie, an enterprise project manager in the technology department at TD Ameritrade, said he took both online and inclass courses while he worked on the side.

Fahie said he actually preferred some of the online courses compared with the in-class ones because he could work at his own pace. He said the classes were very organized and well put to-

gether.

“It was a lot more intuitive than I thought it would be,” Fahie said.

He said the classes focused on a live chat or call each week and even hosted live discussion board debates.

Karels said the program is incorporating more chat rooms and discussions for online courses to get students more involved.

Staff holds regular meetings where expectations for the program are discussed and new technology training takes place.

As for the jump in rankings, Fahie said he’s also not so surprised, given his experience as a student in the program.

“Understanding and engaging with a lot of department heads, you really get to see the quality of the instructors,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

the rest is up to imagination.

He wrote that fans who may be coming to their first game might find it helpful to have an interactive map that gives them turn by turn directions to the stadium. A good Wi-Fi system would be help her troubles with connecting to the Internet. Because of the massive crowd of people and concrete building, she said she thought it was helpful in those situations.

“Even more importantly, we plan to be responsive to fans and

their needs and requests,” Mosier wrote.

Urbanek said she never thought anything omal to have trouble sending messages and loading Internet sites on her phone.

“I never thought there would be an option to better it,” Urbanek said.

Mosier wrote that the new system will be better tailored to handle the conditions, which will require more routers. He wrote

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big ten briefs northwestern announces new SafeRide application

A new smartphone application for Northwestern University’s taxi-like transportation service was introduced at Wednesday’s student government meeting. The app, called TapRide, was developed for the University of Florida, but is being designed for NU’s Evanston campus and will likely launch in early February, according to SafeRide Coordinator Bernard Foster.

Users can select pick-up and drop-off locations on a virtual map and the app alerts available drivers.

Once a driver accepts the request, TapRide alerts the user with an estimated arrival time. TapRide will be available to those with Apple and Android phones.

Minnesota, UT Austin team up to look at death penalty effects

A collaborative research project between the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas at Austin has released new data on the death penalty’s impact on a victim’s family. Researchers used family experiences from cases in Texas and compared them to that of cases in Minnesota, one of 18 states where the death penalty is not sanctioned. The victims’ family members in Minnesota showed higher levels of physical, psychological and behavior health, as well as satisfaction with the criminal justice system. Though researchers emphasize that the research is unbiased, the data may be used to suggest the death penalty does not, as an act of retribution, bring closure to families. Researchers hope to expand the study to a national scale.

Iowa researchers test windshield safety measure

Researchers at the University of Iowa are working to use projected markers to improve driving performance. Using augmented reality – the technology that adds yellow line markers to the field for televised football games – researchers superimposed yellow boxes around road signs and tested elderly driver’s performance in a driving simulator. The results showed that the augmented reality cues helped drivers to more quickly see and respond to obstacles and conditions. The researchers hope their findings can be used in future car models.

Purdue student creates motor for skateboards

A nuclear engineering student at Purdue University has developed a small, attachable motor for skateboards.

The motor can propel the skateboard 20 mph, even uphill. The invention came from the work student Joe Carabetta did at Purdue’s Artisan and Fabrication Lab, recently opened to student entrepreneurs for prototype creation. Carabetta has started taking customer orders after his online crowd sourcing netted him twice his investment goal.

michigan earns honor for collaboration with chinese partner university

The University of Michigan was presented with the Andrew Heiskell Award for international educational partnerships last week for its collaboration with a Chinese university. The University of MichiganShanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, or JI, has more than 1,000 students studying mechanical, electrical and computer engineering. JI has been a pipeline for qualified Chinese students who transfer to U-M and more than 300 U-M students have attended for study abroad experience. The JI’s joint research projects include renewable energy, sustainable transportation and biotechnology uses in both China and the United States.

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amped up: from 1 for campus revenue. He said people will be more likely to go to the stadium if they get a “state-of-theart” feel with the sound and Wi-Fi update.

“I think the sound system is definitely dates, and it’s apparent at the games,” Joyner said.

Like Kleen, Joyner said the music sounds fuzzy when it’s playing in the stadium.

Emilee Urbanek, a freshman exploratory major, said the sound system has never been great, just

average. But she said she noticed it’s harder to connect to Wi-Fi while at football games.

“It would take a long time for the messages to send or for something to load,” Urbanek said.

Mosier wrote that fans will be able to do everything in the stadium that they’ve grown accustomed to with their smartphones today with the new system. Installing a new Wi-Fi system is the first step in improving the gameday experience, Mosier wrote, but

that the system will need to adapt to the change in network requirements as more people use the WiFi throughout the game.

Urbanek said she also likes the regents’ decision to approve updates to the sound and Wi-Fi system in the stadium because it could help market UNL. She said students like to post statuses and share photos on social media during games and the updated systems will aide the hype and excitement by making

it easier to connect to social media. She said the excitement could possibly attract new students to UNL. Kleen said the new sound system will project intelligent speech and sound waves so people in the stadium can clearly hear the music and what’s going on in the game.

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NU presidential candidate names should be public The University of Nebraska is about to embark on a journey. It’s a journey that has implications not only for current and future students at the university’s four campuses but for the entire state. It’ll determine the future of our workforce. It’ll determine our future research. It’s something we pay for with our tax dollars. But it’s also a journey about which we may be completely in the dark.

If Legislative Bill 1018 is passed, the university will be allowed to keep the names of applicants for the president, vice president and campus chancellors jobs secret.

As members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln community, we cannot support this.

The DN Editorial Board urges students, faculty, staff, state senators and Nebraska citizens to speak out against this bill. Current law mandates that at least four finalists’ names be made public during searches for these positions. It needs to stay that way.

The NU Board of Regents supports the bill, saying it would encourage applicants who may be worried about reaction from their current employers.

This isn’t a good enough reason for withholding this information from the community it will so significantly impact.

NU president is an incredibly important position. It is also among the highest-paid, public jobs in the state. Why should those paying that paycheck not be kept in the loop throughout the entire process? Why should students making important decisions about their futures not be allowed to have a say? Why should faculty and staff not be able to weigh in on a job that will so greatly impact their own jobs?

Recognize the importance of not only this presidential search and its impact on you and your community but on the importance of searches to come. Know what you’re looking for in a president and make your voice heard. Hold the body conducting this search accountable. Reject LB 1018.

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his semester, I am taking a servicelearning Spanish class where the majority of the learning happens outside the classroom. Throughout the semester, each student in the class volunteers for more than 25 hours at various places in the Lincoln community.

The goal is to empower the Spanish-speaking residents of the city at places such as Everett Elementary School, with 41 percent in the English Language Learners program, and El Centro de las Americas, a resource center for Lincoln’s Spanish-speaking residents. The course goal is for students to learn Spanish in a setting more natural than a classroom while serving the community in a meaningful way. The course syllabus describes service learning as, “instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, practice active citizenship, and build bridges in the community.”

I think service learning and volunteering are things many students and members of the community benefit from. While my service-learning Spanish class is out of the ordinary in that we are challenged to think critically about why we are serving and how we can change lives, the majority of these community service projects and service opportunities often don’t teach students to identify and address the underlying issues they’re serving.

I first considered that community service doesn’t teach students to fix the problems that lead to homelessness, poverty and other issues in Ellen Condliffe Lagemann and Harry Lewis’ 2012 book “What is College For?” I thought it was untrue because I’ve done community service projects and volunteer work in the past. As soon as I began to think about those projects and work in detail, though, I quickly realized that maybe I hadn’t learned as much as I thought.

My freshman and sophomore summers of high school I went on a mission trip to Cary, Miss., which is in one of the poorest areas of the United States. While there, I learned a lot about the different people and cultures spread across the Mississippi Delta. I was there for a week serv-

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ing the people of the area, hoping to improve their lives and to make the community a better place. Though the work I did helped people who were homeless, impoverished and uneducated, it only served as an after-the-fact fix. Instead of working to prevent these struggles, I was helping people who were already victims.

The community I served in was predominately black, and I quickly learned that even though it was 2010, racism was still alive in rural Mississippi. Signs that read, “whites only” on the golf course and swimming pool stood out to me like a sore thumb. I thought that they couldn’t really be there. I asked one child whom I met about the signs. He told me they were the only obvious sign of discrimination, but whites and blacks went to separate doctors, worshiped in separate churches and often went to separate schools. He later told me the group I went on the trip with were the only white people he’d ever talked to in his entire life.

Until recently, I didn’t even think about the work I could have done to prevent problems that many service projects and volunteer programs address. In Mississippi, I saw the issues of poverty, homelessness and illiteracy – even racism.

Later, I considered what work could be done to avoid those problems before volunteers were needed to help those had already dropped out of school or were homeless.

These problems can’t be fixed in a single week-long mission trip once a summer, or even every summer during my high school and college career. Once students who are serving learn to identify and target the underlying causes of

these issues, they can begin to change the communities they serve through civic and even political means.

As Lagemann and Lewis said, “Many campuses have identified ways for students to work in soup kitchens or homeless shelters, but few teach the same students how public policies could attack the underlying problem of hunger and homelessness.” Universities may fail to connect students’ work in the community with an open dialogue in the classroom about the root causes of these problems because we often accept them as a permanent feature of society.

I don’t have the solution to homelessness, poverty or illiteracy right now. However, I expect my experiences, combined with my education in the classroom, to help me figure out ways those issues can be avoided from the beginning. Rather than just another bullet point on my college resume, I hope that the volunteer work and community service projects I’m involved in during the next four years change people’s lives for the better. College should challenge me and my peers to think of solutions to the problems facing the nation and the world today. Instead of separating my experience as a volunteer and my experience as a student, they should be combined from the beginning – extracurricular combined with the curricular in the classroom on the university level.

I know through my service-learning Spanish class this semester I will get to impact people’s lives in various ways, but I also hope to learn how to combat the underlying issues people face every day. For right now, volunteering and serving others is a good way to address the short-term needs of people in the community. Long term, I challenge everyone in a service-learning class, volunteer program or community service program to think about the root causes of problems you work to battle. Think about what you can do to solve those problems from the beginning, instead of putting a band aid on them later.

Travis Eubanks is a freshman Speech-Language Pathology major. He can be reached at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

US needs nuclear plant alternatives

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lthough I’ve driven by the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station once or twice, I’ve never really seen it. The mysterious plant, which sits 20 miles north of Omaha (my hometown) has 580 acres of land buffering it from the rest of the world. The best glimpse of it you can get is from a nearby road – where you can see a strange complex of large concrete buildings in the distance. This isolation is pitiful at best, clearly meant to protect the plant from humanity and not the other way around.

The plant has always interested me, and it’s also been in the news recently because it came back online earlier this month after a two-anda-half-year shutdown. Curious as to why such a long shutdown was necessary, I launched into an online investigation that ultimately led me to the conclusion that the Fort Calhoun power plant – and perhaps nuclear power in general – is fundamentally unsafe and should be discontinued.

The power plant’s proximity to the city isn’t nearly as important as its proximity to the Missouri River. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, nuclear power plants are always situated near a body of water because they need the water to cool the reactor and keep the radioactive core inside safe. However, the water also poses a danger because in the event of a flood, water can knock out electrical systems and disable the cooling mechanism. This scenario is obviously a threat to nuclear reactors everywhere, and it played out in 2011 with the Fukushima plant in Japan – an event that is still being investigated.

Flooding from the Missouri River also threatened the Fort Calhoun plant in 2011.

Luckily for Omaha, the plant was prepared to protect against flooding up to 1,014 feet above sea level. The flooding in 2011 came within 8 feet of this threshold. Even more disturbing was a memo from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that said had a dam broken upstream, the flooding would have been 46 feet above the threshold.

The NRC reported that 33 other nuclear reactors are also unprepared for a flooding situation with upstream dam failure. These concerns are going to be up for review with the NRC this year. However, the really scary part is that while checking the Fort Calhoun plant foundations and struc-

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ture for flood damage, completely unrelated problems were discovered that go back five decades to the plant’s original design.

Let me say that again, the original design equations for the Fort Calhoun Nuclear power plant (on which the entire structure is based) have errors, are entirely missing or incomplete.

A report from Omaha Public Power District said “multiple discrepancies were identified between the design calculations and the design drawings for various concrete internal structures.” Specifically, some problems were found with the calculations involving the internal support beams that hold up the reactor. They discovered if a pipe broke within the plant, these beams would likely fail. This means the insides of the plant would likely collapse to the point where the emergency core cooling wouldn’t work. This would release massive amounts of radiation as a result of a runaway reaction.

However, it might not even be the only catastrophic flaw to be found. OPPD focused only on the problem with the support beams, when in fact the equations underpinning the entire plant could have errors.

This leads to the inevitable question: How could an unsafe design for a nuclear plant be approved, built and operated for 40 years?

The Fort Calhoun plant was designed in the 1960s, before the age of computers, and all the calculations and drawings had to be done by hand.

As all of us know, human errors happen, and apparently the Fort Calhoun plant was built and has operated for four decades with such errors.

But why didn’t we find out about these problem sooner? The NRC, aside from being inexplicably ignorant about them, has also been criticized for (among other oversight concerns) its handling

of leakage incidences at other plants. The NRC allows plants to fix leaks before they test for leaks, which essentially means that there are no consequences and the amount of leaked radiation is never actually known. This calls into question the organization that oversaw and approved the Fort Calhoun plant recovery and restart.

What’s worse is this scenario probably isn’t isolated to just the Fort Calhoun plant.

There are 104 commercially operated nuclear reactors in the United States, and all of them were constructed between the 1960s and 1970s. But even if all of these reactors were triple-checked for calculation errors and other concerns and repaired when necessary, and every foreseeable flood scenario was addressed, nuclear power simply isn’t safe.

As Nobel Prize-winning physicist Hannes Alfven put it, nuclear energy is only safe if a number of critical devices work properly, a number of people in key positions follow all of their instructions and there are no incidences of hijacking, sabotage, riots, guerilla activity, revolution or war in the region. Most famously, he said, “No acts of God can be permitted.” By this he means no freak accidents or natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis and floods – all things we can’t possibly control.

In the end, it’s only a matter of time before there is a serious nuclear accident in the U.S. We can’t say nuclear accidents will never happen because it just isn’t true. Even if nuclear reactors and the people running them are 100 percent accountable, there’s no way to know what “acts of God” may happen.

It’s time to start talking about replacing nuclear power entirely. Instead of spending billions of dollars repairing old nuclear power plants or building new ones, we should be spending that money on alternative options such as solar power plants or wind turbines. At the end of the day, exposing huge areas of land and population to radiation that will last for thousands of years is a far greater price to pay than the cost of building other power plants. Replacing the Fort Calhoun Plant wouldn’t be a bad place to start.

Devin Grier is a freshman biological systems engineering student. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Advertisements give away too much about film Gina Keplinger is a freshman studying English and sociology and is a slam poet. She’s written poetry since the age of 16 and currently teaches a high school class about it.

‘SHAKEN AWAKE’ Freshman Gina Keplinger finds passion in writing, performing, teaching slam poetry

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“Common misconception,” Gina Keplinger said between sips of tea. “Slam poets generally don’t wear berets or use bongo drums.”

A University of NebraskaLincoln freshman, Keplinger has been involved with slam poetry since she was 16 years old, and she has heard her fair share of misguided stereotypes.

“I think a lot of people have that idea,” she said.

Indeed, there isn’t much about Keplinger to suggest a bohemian lifestyle. She loves reading, working out and, much like many college students, she has a soft spot for Netflix – especially “Sex and the City.” Keplinger even came into her first year with a somewhat unpoetic career in mind – dentistry.

“It’s kind of weird,” she said.

“I’ve wanted to be a dentist since I was 10.”

However, now Keplinger plans to study English and sociology, hoping to pursue gender studies and creative writing, as well. The last one seems an obvious choice for her, seeing as her pen-to-page interests began at 12

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years old when she “started writing really terrible love poetry.”

Soon after, though, her knack for romanticizing preteen crushes grew into her current passion, which she continues to hone.

That passion – the poetry slam – is a rather recent development in the art form that finds its roots in the 1980s. It was first popularized by a construction worker named Mark Smith, who added compelling, theatrical aspects to poetry readings. This breed of poet includes rhythm, multiple voices and a host of other dramatic components to make his or her poems come alive.

Keplinger is drawn to this aspect of the slam world.

“You’re not supposed to be

bored by the Shakespeares or lulled to sleep,” she said. “You’re supposed to be shaken awake.”

Slam poetry is designed to be stimulating, and its prominence is spreading. Lincoln is now seeing its own up-and-coming slam scene, but it still fails to rival that of Omaha’s, Keplinger said.

She comes from Omaha, and it was there Keplinger got her start. During middle school she came upon an anthology of slam poems from Nebraska authors.

Because she was already involved with the school’s speech club, she picked out one poem in particular to read at competitions. It was poem by Dan Leaman about Walmart, and she began to win nearly every speech

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Leaman soon became one of Keplinger ’s favorite poets. Years later, as she and her mother were discussing the poetry, they looked into readings going on in Omaha. A quick web search found an upcoming show at the Omaha Healing Arts Center – referred to by its patrons as the OM Center – starring none other than Dan Leaman. She couldn’t resist attending an official slam reading any longer, especially because it was her favorite artist.

“How much more of a sign do you need?” Keplinger said.

Four months after the show, Keplinger worked up the courage to begin reading her own work, and she was hooked. She heard talk of Louder than a Bomb, a teen slam competition.

She began fielding a team from her high school and preparing content.

The competition consists of two parts. The first is single performances from the team, and the second is a group poem. Her team decided to document a recent attack at the time, where a

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lease – it risks watering down the movie once it hits theaters.

Sean This trend of overexposure has even pervaded into trailers.

Stewart Sitting in the theater earlier I found myself growing attached to a character. Then my mind flashed to the trailer I’d seen a few months ago and my attachment immediately dissipated.

The 21st century has changed Not only did I remember seeing the way we do a lot of things. the character become a villain, It has changed the way we communicate. It has changed I remembered seeing the protagonist kill him. I’ve found this the way we shop. It has even changed the way we’re movie kind of thing happening to me more and more when I see movfans. ies. It’s one of the most deflating The time period between the announcement of a new film and moviegoing feelings I’ve experiits release has grown increasing- enced.

Hollywood marketers obvily long throughout the years but especially since the dawn of the ously know what they’re doing. digital age. There are many rea- Movie attendance continues to rise despite the also rising cost sons for this phenomenon, many of which are practical – with the of admission. No doubt these increases in post-production excessive advertising techniques and digital effects added to are a factor in the numbers. Who movies after they’re actually am I to say they’re selling movies wrong when they’re obvishot, films simply take longer to make. In addition to digital ef- ously doing it so well? I can’t.

Not really. fects, many more films are shot What I can say is that as on location than in the tradisomeone who tional Hollywood sees perhaps studio system. an unhealthy If I see two Longer proamount of movduction periods, films, both ies, I’ve seen a however, work in difference. If I see favor of the pro- equally good, I’ll two films, both ducers for more usually be more equally good, I’ll than just practical usually be more reasons. With the strongly effected strongly effected advent of the In- by the one I by the one I knew ternet, it became less about beforeimperative for knew less about hand. any film hoping beforehand.”

T h a n k f u l l y, to compete to exnot everyone in pand marketing Hollywood is beyond entertainwilling to play the game. A few ment magazines, billboards and days ago director, Quentin Tartelevision. While Internet movie advertising initially came in the antino’s script for what would form of banners on the side of have been his next film was leaked in the earliest stages of its a page or just another venue to view trailers, it has come to take production. Outraged, he decidon forms ranging from pop-up ed not to make the film at all. I windows to behind the scenes don’t blame him –­ it would take at least a year and a half to make photos. and release the film, through all These are effective tools for all films but become especially of which fans and media outlets would be dissecting the film. hyped when they’re advertising About a month ago, a new a franchise such as “The Hunger Games.” Suddenly, a year be- teaser was released for the Mupfore a movie’s release, a picture pets sequel, “Muppets Most of the cast in costume can make Wanted.” The short video was headlines and waves on social essentially just a few brief clips media. Fans dying for a film to of the movie with a voiceover be released hungrily consume reading fake tweets praising the every bit of information, every film. The teaser was brilliant because it managed to display photo, every sneak peak they the very satirical type of humor can.

The problem with this kind signature of the Muppets and completely sell me on seeing it of obsessive fandom is that – though exciting before the re-

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Local comic store business doesn’t slump despite digital push maranda Loughlin DN

to the store since 1975 when Trade A Tape Comic Center opened.

This isn’t unusual.

“It’s really cool watching little From the outside, Trade A Tape Comic Center might look like any kids grow up buying comics and then grow into adults and have kids locally owned corner store.

But when stepping inside, not of their own,” John Doan, an emonly do you see its walls, racks and ployee, said. “I have established a bins of colorful comic books and lot of relationships working here.”

Lorenz became the owner of the vintage magazines, but you also meet Katie, Herbie and Grace – three shop on the corner in 1977 when the former owner was looking to sell. day-dreaming cats curled up and basking in the glow of the store’s The former owner, Lee Aronsohn, fluorescent lamps. They grew up in was trying to get to Los Angeles.

L o r e n z the shop, along doesn’t want with store ownto rehash the er Larry Lorenz history, but he who took over does so anyway.

Digital or print? How the business “All right when he was do you like to read I’ll tell the sto19 years old. your comics? Drop ry,” Lorenz said.

Trade A “(Aronsohn) is Tape Comic us a line @dnartsdesk the co-creator of Center is a loon Twitter.

‘Two and a Half cally owned Men,’ the man shop at 145 S. who used to 9th St. that still own this place. exists more than 30 years later, with a warm So he’s doing OK. He didn’t really like retail, and he didn’t like to inand relaxed atmosphere, its horde teract with people all that much. of vibrant comics and the faithful Although how he dealt with Charlie customers.

Lorenz knows some of the regu- Sheen, I don’t know.”

Before Lorenz could get his drivlar shoppers by name.

“Would you grab Scott’s stuff,” er’s license, he had already started Lorenz said to an employee as a collecting comic books. Some of his white-haired man approaches the favorites were “Fantastic Four,” “XMen” and “The Amazing Spidercounter. “That’ll be $75.15, Scott.”

The electronic cash register man,” but, in order to buy Trade a beeps as Lorenz rings up Scott, the Tape Comic Center, Lorenz dealt his entire stash. only customer left in the store. After “(Aronsohn) sold my collection grabbing his bag full of comics, he shuffles out. Scott has been coming a long time ago, but he’ll be getting

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Trade A Tape Comic Center owner Larry Lorenz shows off one of his comics on Sunday night. Lorenz has been running Trade A Tape since 1977. checks for the rest of his life from his TV shows,” Lorenz said. “He’ll live to be 95 and still be getting checks from them. So, that’s what he’s doing. He didn’t like Lincoln. He was kind of a snob at that time.”

At that time and as part of the forked-over collection, Lorenz had the “Fantastic Four” issue No. 1, which he paid $250 for and sold to Aronsohn for $1,000.

“It wan’t a big deal to have all

of those comic books back in 1977, but now it would be worth quite a bit,” Lorenz said. “I don’t like to think about how much they would be worth. The ‘Fantastic Four’ issue No. 1 I had would probably be

worth at least $100,000 now because it was almost in perfect condition.”

“When you’re 19, you don’t really have a lot of money, or at least I didn’t,” Lorenz said. “He was really desperate to get out, but I don’t really think that I needed to give him all of my ‘Spiderman’ and all of my ‘Avengers’ and all of my ‘X-Men’ comics.”

While places like the mall may be packed with shoppers on a Saturday, the weekends are not particularly busy at Trade A Tape Comic Center.

“Wednesday’s the day,” Lorenz said. “Wednesday is new comic book day, and that is always the best day of the week. That is where you see all of your regulars.”

On Tuesday, the store gets in all of the new episodes of the comic book series and stocks the shelves for Wednesday. Although the comics are in ahead of time, Lorenz doesn’t sell the comic books until the next day in respect to other stores. After stocking the shelves, he tapes a piece of cardboard in the front so that customers can’t sneak peeks at the new issues. Although, some comic book collectors still do.

“It’s kind of this agreement between everybody to not sell them until Wednesday so that we don’t create a competition,” Lorenz said.

“But we are the only comic book store in Lincoln around here, so I still wouldn’t have an edge.”

Some customers even try to buy the comic books on Tuesday.

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Subtle details drive narrative in Dickens biography Sean Stewart dn In 2011, actor Ralph Fiennes made his directorial debut with “Coriolanus,” a modern adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s lesserknown tragedies. Fiennes’ rendition of the more than 400-year-old play managed to be a hard-boiled, visually striking political action thriller – proving Fiennes’ ability to bring singular new vision into potentially dated texts.

With his sophomore effort, he once again returns to the British literary canon, this time in the form of a biography instead of an adaptation.

“The Invisible Woman” is based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Claire Tomalin, which chronicles the highly controversial relationship between legendary writer Charles Dickens – a married man – and a much younger woman he met at the height of his fame.

Like most successful biographical films, “The Invisible Woman” screenplay, written by Abi Morgan, draws a living portrait of Dickens.

Instead of trying to encompass his whole life, the film focuses on just one aspect. This kind of specificity enables filmmakers to truly characterize their subject without falling prey to the necessity for brevity.

2012’s “Lincoln” and 2010’s “The King’s Speech” both recently utilized the same method to great success. Small moments such as Dickens performing a reading from one of his novels flow organically with the narrative but also reach past the romance the film centers on. Fiennes’ attention to small details, such as subtly incorporating Dickens’ inspirations and writings throughout the movie, display a remarkable talent for fleshing the maximum breadth from his sources without sacrificing the intimacy of the plot.

As Dickens, Fiennes embodies a man torn between the love of the

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

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Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas

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Ralph Fiennes Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center

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Equally charismatic and frayed, he’s most convincing in scenes where he carries with him an effective look of haunted longing. Effective though he is, Fiennes often finds himself outdone by Felicity Jones, who plays his young love interest. Jones, who drew raves for 2011’s indie smash “Like Crazy,”

conveys a magnetism to Dickens that is perhaps more complex than his own.

While an aging writer’s attraction to a young, passionate woman – who is an avid fan of his – is easy to comprehend, Jones’ character’s motives are greyer. Jones is able to express alternating modes of hero-worship, naivety, humilia-

tion, attraction and love through the slightest facial movement. Her performance is so subtle that it takes on an incredibly lifelike vibrancy and lofts the film above the dangers of wooden acting in period dramas.

Camera work in “The Invisible Woman” doesn’t fail to meet the impressive script and performances in

the middle either. Fiennes and cinematographer Rob Hardy take full advantage of gorgeous location shoots.

A perfect example of the uniquely captivating work is found in the opening shot. Oceans are featured, even if passingly, in a vast proportion of movies, but the opening shot of “The Invisible Woman” succeeds in lending a fresh breathlessness to a

film cliché.

“The Invisible Woman” is a solid piece of historical filmmaking. Propelled by an especially riveting performance fromm Jones and a spoton screenplay, the film succeeds in rising above the entrapments of the Victorian period piece. Above all, the film benefits from having the perfect captain at the helm.

With “The Invisible Woman,” Fiennes proves again his remarkable ability to give renewed life to literature on film. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Action film breaks January slump with strong character development Sean Stewart DN

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Facts, testimonials clarify Reich’s economic theories ‘Inequality for All’ relies on statistics, stories from ends of spectrum to convince viewers Drew Preston DN “Inequality for All,” a comprehensive look at Robert Reich’s economic theories, pulls no surprises if you know much about its narrator.

Reich served various positions in the Ford and Carter administrations, but he’s best known as the Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. If you know anything about Clinton’s economic policies, you know the case that Reich is trying to make in this documentary.

That isn’t to say that his case isn’t a justified one. In the film, Reich does his best to explain that the solution to one of the greatest economic issues of the day – income inequality – is to invest more heavily in the middle class.

He did this in two different ways: by showing raw statistics and economic theories that backed him up in relation to carefully defined terms (he took at least a minute just to define middle class) and by showing the faces of those that are affected as a result of inaction on this issue.

His figures were comprehensive and made a compelling case on their own. One strategy that was used well in the film was the repeated paralleling of his original “inequality chart” (or the “suspension bridge chart”) to other data. He compared his original chart to things like average wages, political polarization and so on. This made his argument appear well thought-out and convincing in its own right, but it didn’t seem to be quite enough.

This alone, no matter how

strong his data, would probably not be enough to convince the average moviegoer that something needs to be done about the issue of income inequality.

A more personal touch is needed; nobody empathizes with numbers. Accordingly, people on both sides of the issue – the haves and have-nots, if you will – were interviewed, and their stories were what convinced me that something needs to be done about the growing issue of income inequality.

From the top of the economic scale, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer made the case that he has a uselessly excessive amount of money.

“I have the nicest Audi you can buy, but it’s only one Audi,” Hanauer said.

Reich said because consumer spending makes up more than 70 percent of the United States’ economy, the fact that Hanauer isn’t buying a proportionate amount to what he earns is seriously slowing the economy.

On the other side of the fence are the families who find themselves continuing to struggle, which we see when “Inequality for All” looks at the Vaclavs and the Rasmussens, two lowerclass families. Their stories are relatable to almost everyone, from increasing hours at work to decreasing checking account balances. Although the viewer can’t empathize with numbers, the viewer can empathize with them.

Stylistically, the movie looked great. The overall theme was sleek and clean looking, and the transitions were exactly what I would have wanted. Most importantly, the graphs and charts that were so central to Reich’s argument looked good and were easy to read, so that that half of his strategy was comprehendible. The director (Jacob Kornbluth) even managed to sneak a joke or two in with the camera work with the camera that was held at normal height that looked down at Reich in shots that he was in (Reich is famously short, at 4-feet-11), which I didn’t ap-

January has traditionally been a Hollywood graveyard. It’s a month where the worst of the worst movies are dumped – the kind of movies that even Hollywood comes to recognize probably shouldn’t have gotten a green light.

Hot off the Oscar bait movies that typically fall in the final quarter of the year, standards drop incredibly low in January – “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” low.

Once in a great while, however, a solid film manages to defy the January curse and emerge from the muck.

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is one of those rare exceptions.

The movie is yet another reincarnation of Tom Clancy’s CIA hero, played in past franchises by big names such as Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck. This latest reboot stars Chris Pine in the titular role and focuses on the origin of Ryan as a CIA operative.

Though the blockbuster landscape has been rife with origin stories in the past 10 or so years, here the decision to explore the character’s roots proves to be the right move. In the movie, we’re given Ryan’s story from his college and military days through his first crisis. Seeing the evolution of Ryan helps avoid his becoming too larger than life and establishes him as a more relatable kind of action hero.

While Pine delivers a characteristically solid performance, it’s the supporting cast who really push the movie beyond typical action tropes. Keira Knightley plays Ryan’s love interest, Cathy Muller. Unlike many action movie heroines, we’re actually given a real sense of who Muller is and her relationship with Ryan before all of the shooting and inevitable rescuing be-

gins. We know Ryan will have to save Muller, but unlike many movies, here we’re given a reason to care.

Kevin Costner – still owning each scene he’s in at 59 years old – has a surprisingly complex role as Ryan’s CIA mentor, Tom Harper. Harper looks in many ways like an aged Ryan, and the resemblance goes beyond appearance.

The film’s best scene features the two men rendezvousing on a park bench after Ryan has his first skirt with death.

Seeing how shaken Ryan is at being forced to kill, Harper recounts his own first time. When Ryan asks him how he got over the event, Harper said, “You don’t get over it. But if you’re lucky, you can get past it.”

This moment, juxtaposing the young operative aside what is essentially his world-weary future self embodies what makes the movie better than the average action flick. Like virtually every action movie, the characters are essentially archetypal, but unlike most action movies “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” offsets its action with moments such as the one on the park to bring its characters depth and life.

Kenneth Branagh rounds out the cast as the villain Viktor Cherevin (a great villain name). Branagh is surprisingly effective at exuding menace.

Cherevin is a somewhat dated villain (are we still fighting Russians?), but his sinister convictions are just understandable enough to make him truly scary. Though Branagh – who also directs – shines in front of the camera, it’s his work behind it that truly stands out here. He manages to balance all four complex characters effectively, keeping us invested in each, without sacrificing the brisk, heart-pounding pacing of the movie.

Based on the colon in the title, I’m betting this is the intended beginning of a franchise of films. Though I usually loathe excessive sequels,

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Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley

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this movie got me invested enough to really hope for more. “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” is intense, balanced and heartfelt – a successfully defined thriller in a Hollywood market filled with generic ones. It’s an exhilarating summer blockbuster in the frigid landscape of January, and that’s something to be thankful for. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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preciate until the end of the film.

My main problem with this film was Reich basically enforcing my own position. It’s hard to really tell if his arguments would have convinced someone who is entirely on the other side of the issue. He makes the claim that he is politically centrist and that the “field of play” for politics has shifted and that as a result everyone has good reason to agree with what he has to say. However true this is, the statement doesn’t have much weight in the current political climate.

Coming from a family of democrats, I liked the movie.

Those who see the film as a challenge to their economic worldview might have a different opinion. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Kekeli Dawes DN Figure, by Propellerhead, is the app that can make making music easy for any and everyone. Prior knowledge of musical notation isn’t required.

You can create a half-minute-long musical doodle just by dragging your fingers aimlessly across the screen in the five minutes you wait for a class to start, or meticulously craft polyrhythmic Phrygian melodies in the hour you wait for a class to end.

With Figure, there’s no need to worry about your two left feet or your tone-deafness; the app

automatically keeps you on key and in time. If you are so musically inclined, you can adjust keys, time signatures and tempos. You can even tweak the dozens of synthesizers in the app and balance the track’s levels. For the savvy portable electronic musician, you can use Figure in chorus with other iPhone music creation apps through Audiobus and jam with friends live.

Figure is really a toy that takes no time at all to learn and not much more time to master. So why waste time with nonsensical quirky games when you can create something? You’ve bought worse with a dollar. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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keplinger: from 5 woman was sexually assaulted on a bus in India. The four members took the voice of the bus itself, the attacker, the victim and a bystander.

“We gave voice to that story,” Keplinger said.

The group took first place, and came in second the year after.

After two years, Keplinger had proved a rising poet in a field filled with people a decade her senior. Her work, coupled with the fact that she started the slam team, helped earn her a spot with the Nebraska Writers Collective, which works to popularize creative composition and poetry. The group also supplies schools with teaching artists, who coach high school students for the Louder Than a Bomb competition.

Now, between her schoolwork and monthly readings at the OM Center, she coaches a group of budding freshman slam poets at Lincoln High School. While some

teaches by doing on her own any of Keplinger ’s students have hit a block many artists are familiar work she asks of students.

“I’m not going to assign you with – anxiety about the quality of their pieces – she has implement- this homework that I’m not going to do myself,” ed a new stratKeplinger said egy. Every day to her students. her kids are So now she tasked with is frequently writing one Who’s your favorite updating her bad thing, so slam poet? Hit own blog with as to get comnew work, fortable with us up on Twitter trying to imwriting conusing the hashtag prove her craft stantly. Maybe #dnartsdesk. as well as the the poems kids she coachthey produce es. are sub-par, With all of but there is always a salvageable line perfect for this on her plate, it’s hard to imagine she has time for schoolwork, a top-notch work.

“As a fellow poet, Gina always much less to enjoy herself and binge-watch “Sex and the City” pushes me to write better than my episodes. However, she still manbest poem and that’s the greatest thing you can ask from a friend ages to goof off, both with and and a fellow artist,” Mikala Rem- without poetry. She claims to be addicted to thrift shopping (she pe, a friend of Keplinger ’s, said.

In fact, Keplinger shows her wore a $20 puffy ’80s dress to sededication to helping those she nior prom) and dabbles in humor-

ous poetry as well. She once wrote about her 22-year-old theology teacher in high school, motivated by a crush.

“There’s kind of this phenomenon where a guy comes into an all-girls school, and he jumps up five points on the one-to-ten scale because there’s just a shortage of men,” Keplinger said.

All kidding aside, Keplinger hopes to take her slam career further still, looking to enter the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational , which is comparable to LTAB but at a collegiate level. One of her other favorite poets – Sierra

Demulder – has been recognized at CUPSI. DeMulder also focuses on women’s issues, gender and relationships and has proved herself from a young age. She is now nationally recognized, something that Keplinger will have a shot at later on in the year. Keplinger and her friends hope to start a CUPSI team soon, and her solo work has earned her the chance to compete nationally.

It’s rather confusing, Keplinger said, but she has “qualified to qualify to make the national team.”

There are eight spots avail-

able, and if she makes it she can go on to represent Omaha against poets from across the country. Her competition in April will decide if she makes the cut.

By this point, she’s had her share of experience in the slam world, but there’s still the touch of fear that comes with getting up on stage and performing.

“I’m always nervous,” Keplinger said. “You put your heart on the stage and walk away.

How is that not terrifying?” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

stewart: from 5 without revealing any of the actual jokes from the movie or really much of anything about the plot.

The teaser for Christopher Nolan’s (“Inception”) next film, “Interstellar,” accomplished the same thing, revealing the grand, exploratory spirit of the film and some of the gorgeous visuals without revealing much of anything about the plot.

I’ve made it a habit to only view as many advertisements as it

takes to convince me to see a film.

I challenge you to try it. Probably the No. 1 complaint I hear from people is that they knew exactly what would happen in a movie.

I’d agree. If there is one thing we look for in a movie, it’s surprise and a lack of predictability. So why do we doggedly seek out the best joke, gnarliest explosion, most tender moment outside the proper context of the story?

In a culture hellbent on dig-

ging up every reveal and consuming as much as possible as fast as possible, it’s still possible to advertise without sacrificing the integrity of a film. Much of the responsibility, though, rests with us. We have to meet in the middle.

The benefit of a little patience and restraint is the restoration of the magic of cinema, which, after all, is why we all buy our ticket. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

that made it over 100,000 copies.”

“Which in the early ‘90s there was a comic that sold over 7 million copies: X-Men,” Lorenz said.

“It’s was way different than today.”

Lately, comic books are being released online and through websites such as ComiXology and even on e-book reader stores. Comic book digitization is a threat to all stores such as Lorenz’s because the price is cheaper, he said.

“I don’t really trust them that much, but we will see what they will do,” Lorenz said. “They could mess with price points or (digital comics) could give you exclusive

content that you can’t get on paper.”

Even though digital comics might be appealing because of the cheaper prices, instant accessibility and the possibility of exclusive content, Lorenz remains as relaxed as his three cats lying on their towel beds next to the cash register, flipping their tails to leaving customers.

“I think as long a people have a choice, they will choose paper over digital,” Lorenz said. “But really they could just pull the plug on us at any time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

trade a tape: from 5 “They send out secret shoppers to try and get you to sell to them when you aren’t supposed to,” Lorenz said. “It’s only happened twice, but I am really not sure.”

About 75 customers pre-order the comic book issues to pick up on Wednesdays. Lorenz said his store’s patrons are mainly males, ages 18 to 40, but he does see women come in occasionally, too.

But for himself, after four decades, Lorenz isn’t really into comics anymore. Instead he’s more of a “film guy” who watches movies from the ’50s and ’60s despite the recent blast of super hero movies in the past decade.

“After you do something for 40 years, it’s not quite the same as when you were younger,” Lorenz said.

Doan’s interest also took hold at a young age.

“I was 5 years old in 1970,” Doan said. “My memory is being at a babysitter’s place, and she had an Uncle Scrooge comic. I read that, and I was kind of hooked from that moment on. I can’t say why it hooked me so much, but it just stuck with me.”

Though, as the years rolled on and he spent more time with the medium, Doan’s passion also wore to some degree. Specifically, he doesn’t buy comic books anymore – despite his long-held adoration.

“Working for a comic shop five days out of the week doesn’t make me want to go home and read comics or watch comic book movies,” Doan said. “I kind of leave that at work. I still like the industry, and I like the new things that are coming out. They’re still enjoyable, but I don’t buy them; I read them here.”

And Lorenz and Doan aren’t the only ones not buying comic books anymore.

“Comic circulation isn’t huge like it used to be,” Doan said. “If you look at the numbers, in December there were like four titles

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Big ten homeroom 1. Michigan (15-4 Overall, 7-0 Big Ten)

5. Minnesota (15-6, 4-4)

Without top scorer Andre Hollins on the court Sunday against Nebraska, Minnesota was already facing a deficit. The Huskers took advantage of that early on and didn’t look back in their win against the Gophers. Someone who is really emerging for them, though, is junior guard DeAndre Mathieu, who is averaging 11.8 points per game in Big Ten play and is also leading the team in assists with 4.3 per game. This week they will have it easy with Northwestern and Purdue.

In the last week, the Wolverines have had the best run out of any team in the Big Ten. They beat both Iowa and Michigan State to claim the top spot in the conference. Sophomore guard Nik Stauskas averaged 22.5 points per game in the two-game stretch against the ranked opponents. His more prominent performance came against Iowa, when he scored a career-high 26 points against the Hawkeyes.

February will be the team’s biggest test, with four games in a row against ranked squads.

6. Ohio State (16-4, 3-4)

2. Michigan State (18-2, 7-1)

The Buckeyes continue to slide down in the Big Ten Conference, and after last week’s outings, it doesn’t look like they are going to bounce back anytime soon. Ohio State was stunned on the road against Nebraska, increasing the losing streak total to four. Ohio State then beat Illinois, who is sitting toward the bottom of the Big Ten. After being down at half, the Buckeyes managed to win behind LaQuinton Ross, Lenzelle Smith Jr. and Aaron Craft. The trio scored more than 10 points apiece to give their team the win.

Give the Spartans some slack after their loss to the Wolverines. They were missing their top two rebounders, Branden Dawson and Adreian Payne, to injuries. The duo combines for 26.4 points and 16.4 rebounds per game. Even though both were out, Michigan State only lost by 5 points after a rough second half against the in-state rival. The heavy competition continues this week, as Michigan State will travel to face Iowa followed by a game at Madison Square Garden against Georgetown.

7. Indiana (13-7, 3-4)

3. Iowa (16-4, 5-2)

4. Wisconsin (17-3, 4-3)

If Wisconsin wants to stay with the pack, then the team must win these next two games against a below .500 team in Northwestern and an Ohio State team that has been slipping from the conversation as well. The plus is that both games are at home.

Wisconsin has only one home loss this season, and that came earlier this month against Michigan. The Badgers are still certainly in position to make a run.

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Nebraska was off to a great start at the beginning of both halves against Minnesota on Sunday, hitting crucial 3-pointers against the Gophers. It also helped that Terran Petteway scored a career-high 35 points at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Huskers now have an opportunity on Thursday to achieve something that they have yet to do in the Big Ten: win three out of four games. If they can do that, then chances are they could be an above .500 team this season.

When will the Fighting Illini win a game? The team doesn’t seem to get a break, as it is currently on a six-game losing streak. The next two games are at home, but they are against ranked opponents in Iowa and Wisconsin. Scoring is the biggest issue, as the Illini are 4-8 when they score 70 points or fewer, but they are 9-0 when they score more than that.

More than 70 points is definitely a target for them, as they will need to keep up with their next two opponents.

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Northwestern’s win against Purdue could not have come in a less dramatic fashion. Even though the team was shooting 4 for 24 beyond the arc, The Wildcats still were able to force overtime against the Boilermakers, where Northwestern came out with the win. A win this week against Wisconsin will put them at .500, which translates to progress for Chris Collins in his first year as the head coach in Evanston, Ill.

Like Ohio State, Indiana is facing difficulties. In the Hoosiers’ previous three games, they are averaging 56.3 points per game, which may be why they lost two of those matchups. Indiana needs to get some traction this week against Nebraska in Lincoln. It’s not a guarantee for them, as the Huskers are 9-1 at home this season. They’ll have to do something before they host Michigan – a team that is ready for the long haul 12. Penn State (10-10, 1-6) _ later this week.

The Nittany Lions finally 8. Purdue won their first conference game of the season after (13-7, 3-4) Out of all the team in a sloppy meeting between the conference, the them and the Huskers at Boilermakers have to home. What makes Penn be the most disapState different from last pointed with how they season’s lacking squad is played last week. Headthe duo of D.J. Newbill and ing into it, they were Tim Frazier. Newbill is averaging 17.2 points per game, riding a three-game winning streak, and then they lost to while Frazier is averaging 16.5 points per game. Both Northwestern in overtime and were later crushed by Wis- are hitting nearly 50 percent of the shots they put up. consin at home. The next part of the schedule won’t be as This week, they hope beat Ohio State while the team is forgiving, as it starts with Michigan on Thursday. Purdue in a slump. has to be aggressive defensively, and leading them should Compiled by Josh Kelly be center A.J. Hammons, who is has the most rebounds sports@dailynebraskan.com with 6.8 per game.

Iowa bounced back after the loss to Michigan by showing off talent in the road game against Northwestern. The team shot 52 percent, and center Gabriel Olaseni came off the bench and was able to get a double-double, scoring 14 points along with 10 rebounds in the 17 minutes he was in. This week Iowa hopes to break its bad habit of losing to ranked teams with an opportunity against Michigan State at home.

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try to explain it in a different way.”

McCoy also said she likes her team, which also has made the transition easier for her.

She seems to have already made an impression on her coaching staff.

“One of the best things she has is she does not get frustrated,” volunteer sprints and jumps coach Chris Slatt said. “She stays really even-keeled and never gets frustrated when she’s learning, and that’s very, very important.”

McCoy said staying positive improves her performance, as well as being able to get back up from a bad jump and learn from it.

She said she still has things to work on and needs to remember all of the things she is doing right as well.

“This week, we’re going to work a lot more on her flight landing, which we haven’t worked on

yet,” Slatt said. “We’ve just been working on the approach and taking off, setting up of the jump.

“Our goal here at the University of Nebraska is to jump well every week but be ready for the Big Ten Championships, and she’s right on schedule.”

Having the third-longest jump in the Big Ten is not the end goal for McCoy, however.

Her personal-best jump was 20-2 ¾ at the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic National Championships, and she said she would like to get back to 20 or even higher by the end of the season, hopefully by the time the Big Ten Championships roll around in the spring.

“My goal is to get better and better, even if it’s like one inch,” McCoy said. “Just keep getting better and better and one day, I’ll be there.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Perdue said this event, in preDespite senior Donovan Arndt, one of the team’s top ring vious years, has been a struggle for the team. performers, being out “The past two years with an injury, the I was here, that was our rings were still the weakest event,” Perdue Huskers’ strongest said. “I’m so proud of score. Arndt earned a those guys. Those guys 15.10 in the Huskers’ work so hard.” first meet at the Rocky Why have the Mountain Open.

Huskers improved in Chmelka said the event? when Arndt comes For Chmelka, it’s back healthy, the group simple. will be even better.

“They’re doing the “That’s going to little things right,” the be real nice,” Chmelka kocks coach said. “Everysaid. “We’re doing well thing was right there.” there.”

Chmelka also said What the ring team does well is not giving away the squad is just improving in the points in the execution column, event in general.

“Robbie Kocks, for one, has and Chmelka said when Arndt regotten so much better,” Chmelka turns to the squad, that’s an area said. “Zach Hedval has gotten where he excels.

so much better. Austin Epperson has put together a routine that he doesn’t break form on, and it just flows beautifully.”

Senior Hedval posted a 14.050 against Air Force, redshirt freshman Epperson put up a 14.4 and senior C.J. Schaaf earned a 14.25 in the event.

This squad scored a matchhigh total event score of 72.1 on the rings.

According to Kocks, the future of the rings squad is going to continue performing well for years to come.

“I know right now, we have a really solid rings squad,” Kocks said. “I was just looking at recruits for next year, and we’ve got two guys who are really strong on rings.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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McCoy won the long jump with a jump of 19-07 and finished third in the 60 meter with a time of 7.70 at the Mark Colligan Memorial indoor track and field meet on Saturday. The women’s track team scored 196 points en route to a home victory in its first scored meet of the year.

Her 19-07 jump puts her third in the Big Ten long jump rankings as of Saturday. Teammates Mollie Gribbin and Kari Heck finished second and third behind her in the long jump on Saturday, respectively. Heck was an AllAmerican honorable mention in the long jump in the 2013 outdoor season.

McCoy said the transition has been really easy to this point and that the biggest difference is the more competition.

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She said her coaching staff has made the transition from high school to college a smooth one.

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NU playing well without Moore ERIC BERTRAND

I’m going to throw a hockey story at you.

Marian Hossa was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the trade deadline in 2008. He tallied 12 goals and 14 assists in the playoffs, but the team went on to lose to the Detroit Red Wings in the Stanley Cup. The next season, Hossa was shipped out to the Red Wings. He netted 40 goals and dished out 31 assists in the regular season, but the team went on to lose to the Penguins in the Stanley Cup. Don’t worry; Hossa got the cup in 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks.

But sometimes teams can do better without big-name players.

I can start to see this happening with the Nebraska women’s basketball team.

Last season, the Huskers lost Lindsey Moore, who was drafted No. 12 overall in the WNBA draft to the Minnesota Lynx.

Moore was exceptional for the Huskers, and she helped lead the team to the Sweet 16.

But this year ’s squad is doing better.

Hear me out.

Moore did everything for the Huskers, as her game averages were 3.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 15.1 points a game. With 60 steals and 5 blocked shots, Moore also posed a tremendous threat on the defensive side of the ball.

Through 18 games this year, the squad has amounted 110 steals, with a cluster of players all close together in their steal numbers. The team leaders have 20, 20, 18, 15 and 14 steals. Because there are 10 games remaining before the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments,

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Former Husker Lindsey Moore led the Huskers in assists and steals in her senior year, but this year’s team scores more points per game and has a better field goal percentage without her.

The numbers are up in the offensive side of the game. The Huskers are shooting .434 percent from the field; last season, the team finished shooting .403 percent.

The Huskers’ 3-point percentages have increased from .313 percent to .335 percent.

Senior forward Jordan Hooper, who has been in a cold streak shooting the past few games, has led the offensive side of the ball by averaging 19.1 points per game.

Junior forward Emily Cady is

the squad could surpass last year ’s steal number of 247.

Defense is the only area of the game that the Huskers could use a little help, but not enough to say last year ’s team was better.

The Huskers’ scoring margin this year is a Big Ten leading plus12.8. They’re holding the opposition to 61.8 points a game.

Are you ready for this?

This year ’s team is scoring better than last year.

I’ll give that a minute to sink in.

putting up 14.2 point a game. The Huskers even have another player averaging double-digit points in sophomore guard Rachel Theriot (13.2).

Not only is this team scoring better, the players are ferocious on the boards.

The plus-7.1 rebounding margin, which ranks third in the Big Ten, is in large part because of Hooper, Cady and junior forward Hailie Sample. These three account for 455 of the group’s 762 rebounds.

Last season’s 1,369 total rebounds should be exceeded by the current Huskers.

All right, so the team is 3-3 in conference play this year, but I seem to recall last year ’s squad being 2-3 in the first five Big Ten games before the players hit their stride on a 10-game winning streak. Three of the next four games are against opponents with better conference records than the Huskers, but don’t be too surprised if they get some big wins.

It’s safe to say Moore was vital to the Huskers last season because she controlled the game for the team and led with authority. But her absence has forced the Huskers to step up in this way.

Theriot has paced the Huskers with poise. Cady contributes in every facet of the game. Hooper scores, rebounds and is the opposing defense’s top concern, which opens up other players. Sample gets to the boards. Junior Brandi Jeffery helps run the offense with Theriot.

All of the bench players know their roles when entering the game too. This is just a team sticking with what it’s good at in the game.

That’s why losing a player like Moore isn’t going to keep the team from success this year.

Eric Bertrand is a sophomore journalism major. You can reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Patience, faith pay off for senior shooter I’ve been secondstring shooter for a long time.”

David Stover DN Senior ReAnn Wilson earned a superb 591 for a new career-best in air rifle on Saturday with her family in attendance. Wilson also placed in the top five for the Huskers in smallbore with a 571 on Sunday to help contribute to its second victory on consecutive days against Air Force.

Wilson first started rifle when she was 10 years old. Coming from a big hunting family in Bozeman, Mont., young Wilson’s interest first piqued when she received a flier about BB gun safety. As she kept shooting and getting more competitive, she started to shoot other forms of rifle. Wilson’s favorite form is Silhouette shooting.

“It’s like different distances.

And we shoot four different types of animals and they’re just metallic cutouts,” Wilson said. “We’ll do chickens, pigs, turkeys and rams.

And it’s all outdoor and is shot with a scope.”

The passion became apparent as she turned a family hobby into a passion and pursued goals of shooting at the collegiate level.

As a junior in high school, Wilson was the 2008 Mountain state champion, and as a senior, Wilson attended the 2009 Air Rifle Junior Olympics and placed 21st out of 121 shooters. Her endeavors carried to Nebraska.

“When I was recruited, I went to a Nebraska at first on an unofficial visit my junior year,” Wilson said. “And then when I became a senior, I was interested in shooting at Murray State, or Kentucky or West Virginia — those big schools.

And then I came on an official visit to Nebraska in 2010, right before I

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Nebraska senior ReAnn Wilson shot a career-best 591 in air rifle to help the Huskers defeat Air Force on Saturday before shooting a 588 on Sunday in another victory against the Falcons. graduated, and as soon as I walked in the door I knew. I was like, ‘Wow.’ The team chemistry was good, the tradition, the history of the school, the success of the rifle team before, and this was what I want to be a part of. I just meshed so well. So I ended up choosing Nebraska, and it actually ended up being the closest school to home.”

However, the journey to where she is now has not always been smooth, and it required Wilson to remain patient and positive through the process.

Wilson leaned not only on a teammate but a friend to help get her through the waiting game. Senior Sunny Russell has been there for her teammate from the start

and has helped Wilson’s psyche.

“I’ve been second-string shooter for a long time, just not as competitive,” Wilson said. “And she was the person that just helped me through the years of being on the bench. She is my mentor in shooting, a fantastic teammate, a fantastic shooter and has helped me spiritually.”

Wilson and Russell have been close from day one and are now the lone seniors on the team.

“We came in on the same recruiting class, so we’re both seniors,” Wilson said. “And just when I met her, she turned me around as person even. Just as a teammate and a shooter. She actually brought me closer to God and

then led me in the faith and then just also in the shooting.”

Wilson’s spirituality has helped contribute to her performances.

“I guess that’s another thing Sunny did for me, was whenever I first started shooting, she said, you do this for the glory of God,” Wilson said. “She kind of changed my focus from you can shoot a good score but basically whatever you do, do with all your heart because you’re working for God, not for man.”

The transformation of Wilson’s newfound spirituality has contributed to the new mentality she carries. And with her new her experience and attitude, she was dubbed a captain.

“She’s one our captains along with Sunny,” Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said. “She has a very positive attitude. I think the big thing for her was seeing that she could do it. She is a great teammate on and off the range.”

Wilson plans on graduating this spring with a degree child, youth and family studies with minors in psychology and education, and her ultimate goal is to use what she learned in the classroom and on the range to give back to the world of rifle. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

basketball: from 10 baird gets weekly award While her teammates ran in the Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational and the Mark Colligan Memorial in Lincoln during the weekend, Nebraska freshman sprinter Kadecia Baird ran in the New Balance Games in New York City.

Baird was named the Big Ten’s female track athlete of the week Monday after she finished second in the elite division of the women’s 300 meters. Baird ran a personal-best time of

37.26 to finish second behind Bahamian Olympian Shaunae Miller’s time of 36.40. Baird was the only collegiate runner to place in the top 10 of the event.

Baird is the first freshman to be named the conference’s track or field athlete this season.

Nebraska last had the Big Ten Female Track Athlete of the Week on Jan. 23, 2012 when Ashley Miller earned the honor.

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women’s tennis: from 10 ministration at Texas Tech is being extremely proactive in eventually getting me a head coaching job.”

Perez doesn’t anticipate another meeting between Texas Tech and Nebraska any time soon, but he is open to the notion. Even though they aren’t scheduled to play each other, for a while at the very least, Jacobson was glad to see Perez during the time he was back.

“It was great seeing him,” Ja-

cobson said. “Hayden has been instrumental in the success of our program. I have nothing but the best wishes for him in his future at Texas Tech. He’s a great man, he was tremendous for our program, and I’m sure he’ll do great things at Texas Tech as well.

“He’s a friend for life and someone I have great appreciation for.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Coach Miles told me to do. He led all players with 18 points at told me not to get too crazy and the break, with 15 of them coming from behind the arc. take bad shots.”

“I told the guys, ‘We’re pickDid he fulfill the coach’s ing him up once he gets off the wishes? bus,’ and they kind of chuck“He had one or two bad shots that he took, and he made led,” Miles said. “After he had one of them,” Miles said with a big first half, they weren’t a laugh. “So I can’t get mad at chuckling.”

Smith went him even though it on to add three was a bad shot.”

He’s a more baskets The one blunder was about the machine. He from 18 feet to mark a caonly thing Pettereer-high to 29 way did wrong really is. He can points. But even against Minnesota. soar in transition his personal Unlike his preand make threes.” best played vious two home no contest to games, Petteway tim miles Petteway’s and began Sunday evemen’s basketball coach his teammate’s ning hot, zipping performance. past defenders for B e s i d e s 5 field goals and 12 points in the first half. Against scoring the most points in the game, Petteway also contribNebraska’s last two home opponents – No. 21 Michigan and uted to Nebraska’s season-high No. 17 Ohio State – the sopho- 11 3-pointers with his 4-for-6 performance, and helped tie more tallied a combined 7 firstNebraska’s season best in team half points. assists with 19.

Petteway’s performance at Smith may have won the the break was the 15th consecubattle with his 8 baskets from tive game he reached double downtown, but he didn’t win figures and the 18th time in Nethe war, which is all that matbraska’s last 19 games. ters in the end to Petteway.

“He’s a machine. He really “We were kind of down is,” Miles said. “He can soar in (after losing to Penn State on transition and make threes.”

Thursday),” he said. “But then When it came to performances beyond the arc, Pette- Coach came in with a lot of energy, and got everybody excited way and Minnesota’s Malik for practice and kind of moved Smith gave the spectators of Pinnacle Bank Arena Sunday past it. We got a great win against Minnesota.” something to remember. sports@ Although Petteway led Nedailynebraskan.com braska in the first half, Smith

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Here’s what some students thought about freshman defensive end Avery Moss’ banishment from campus.

James Doyle

“I do believe that he should be punished for making a stupid action, just like anybody else.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t look too much into it.”

senior physics/economics major

“I’m sure there are some people who are mad because he plays football, and they don’t want him banned because he plays football. But I think it’s an appropriate thing because regardless of him being a sports star or just a regular student, he shouldn’t get special treatment.

Kelsey Maher

freshman environmental studies/art major

“If he was drunk, it’s kind of understandable.

If it’s only one year, I feel it’s too long.”

Takako Hamamoto freshman accounting major

“First of all, scarring that poor clerk for life. Second of all, kind of smearing the name of Nebraska athletics, the university, himself. That was just a stupid, stupid decision made by someone who’s probably very smart but didn’t take the time to think who’d find out, things like that.”

April Kalinski

senior accounting major

“If anybody else were to do it, they’d be kicked off. It’s a little unfair he’s only banned for a year, but at the same time, it kind of speaks to maybe some of the preferential treatment that certain students might get.”

Charlie Weak

sophomore architecture major

“It’s kind of ridiculous, for a year, because that’s then kind of ruining their education and stuff. That sets him a whole year backwards. I mean, they probably could’ve had a different way of punishment; maybe you’re not allowed to play for a full season, or I mean being on probation or something.”

Yadira Bernadac

senior elementary education major

“It is a bit harsh because we don’t know the whole story and everything as of now yet.

But from what it sounds like, I think it’s a good enough call, as long as he’s able to continue with his education.”

Alyssa Bell

senior global studies major

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From 1: Moss banned from campus until December

Nebraska redshirt freshman defensive end Avery Moss punished after pleading no contest to one count of public indecency stemming from Dec. 2012

AVERY MOSS TIMELINE Moss was charged with exposing himself to a campus convenience store worker, according to ESPN. Two exposures occurred in the Knoll Residential Center.

He was banned from entering campus residence halls, Moss said.

The Huskers traveled to the Gator Bowl without Moss.

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Moss will be sentenced.

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Moss entered a residence hall on campus, according to ESPN, which triggered a one-year campus-wide ban, according to Steve Smith, the UNL news director.

December 2014

Appearing in Lancaster County Court, Moss pleaded no contest to one count of public indecency and a charge of failing to appear to a previously scheduled court hearing, according to ESPN and CBS Sports. A charge of disturbing the peace was dropped. He was banned from UNL’s campus until Dec. 31, 2014, according to Smith.

Moss will have one more chance to appeal before a four-year campus-wide ban is imposed, according to the Omaha World-Herald.

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“Robbie is so awesome on rings,” junior Grant Perdue said.

In the last match against Air Force, the lowest counted ring score came from Perdue, with a 14.

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Sophomore guard Terran Petteway fires a shot against Minnesota on Sunday. Petteway, whose previous career high was 30 points against Massachusetts on Nov. 21, had a career night as the Huskers outlasted the Golden Gophers 82-78.

PETTEWAY’S BIG NIGHT Sophomore guard Terran Petteway obliterated his season average with a career-high 35-point performance in Nebraska’s 82-78 win over Minnesota on Sunday night. Here’s how his game stacked up against his other average stats.

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“If you would’ve asked me this before the first meet, I would’ve said, ‘We have a good ring team, but we’re thin,’” Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka said.

The coach also added that this is the Huskers’ strongest event.

Junior Robbie Kocks has posted two consecutive scores of 15.4 in the event, which has led the group in its first two meets.

“Pretty consistent,” Kocks said. “Of course, I’d love to break the record of 15.5, but consistency is always good.”

Kocks also said he knows

where he can gain those points needed to break the school record.

“Basically, muscular endurance,” Kocks said. “Getting through the entire routine without fatiguing at the end. I was struggling toward the end.”

During his performance, on his final handstand, his arms bent in, Kocks also said. This caused a .3-point deduction in his score.

Kocks said although the deduction in the routine occurred, he knows it’s on himself to fix.

“It’s just one of those things I need to get perfect,” Kocks said.

Chmelka said Kocks’ success in the event comes from his ability to pull off higher level of difficulty maneuvers.

“Robbie will add a strength move, and he does it perfect. He’s

Josh Kelly DN Hayden Perez, the former Nebraska women’s tennis associate head coach, returned to the Nebraska Tennis Center on Saturday. The coach was still wearing red, but for a different school.

Perez was with the Nebraska program for eight years before taking the associate head coaching position at Texas Tech before this season. Early in his tenure at a new school, he was happy to return to Lincoln.

“It was definitely exciting to come back to the city itself,” Perez said. “My wife and I lived there for eight years, and we had two sons during that time, so it’s a very special place for us.”

Although he was able to reminisce with friends during the weekend, most of his time back was focused on the ITA Kickoff where four schools competed, including Nebraska and Texas Tech.

“In terms of tennis, I didn’t know how awkward it would be,” Perez said. “In the end, it wasn’t.

The players from Nebraska were gracious, and I was more focused on getting my players ready to play in the environment, and it helped with the familiarity that I had coming in.”

Competition began on Saturday. No. 25 Nebraska faced No. 19 Georgia Tech while No. 18 Texas Tech was up against No. 16 Vanderbilt. That was when Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson and Perez were in the same building again.

Both Nebraska and Texas Tech lost their duals to force a consolation match between the two programs, something that wasn’t expected heading into the weekend.

On Sunday morning, Jacobson’s birthday, Perez walked right up to Jacobson as soon as they saw each other. Both began to joke around before their teams began playing.

“He came in and wished me a happy birthday right off of the bat,” Jacobson said. “Then I told him why his team was warming up on my side. Just kidding of course, but he was. He said ‘I didn’t know we were warming up on his side.’ He probably did because he was here for eight years.”

After talking for a bit, the two returned to their players. The Red Raiders defeated the Huskers 4-1.

After the match, Texas Tech was in a hurry to get packed and head back to Lubbock, Texas. On his way out, coach Perez ran into more familiar faces and was able to have a quick conversation. Still adjusting to his new job, the coach was about to give someone his old phone number from Nebraska, but he - stopped himself after he started with the 402 area code.

He enjoyed his time at Nebraska, but Perez explained that the move to Texas Tech was necessary.

“There were several factors,” Perez said. “(Texas Tech coach) Todd Petty is a close friend of mine, and the area is a lot closer to family. I have two kids, and now they can see their grandparents.

It was also a career move. I had a good run at Nebraska, but the ad-

erran Petteway swished his second basket from the free-throw line with 27 seconds left against Minnesota and had no idea he was playing the game of his life.

“When the commentator told me after the game that I had my career-high, I was kind of surprised,” the sophomore guard said during his post-game interview.

Petteway put on quite the show for the Huskers’ second largest crowd of the season, scoring a career-high 35 points to aid to an 82-78 win against the Gophers in front of 15,945 fans.

The stellar performance by the first-year Husker marked the highest point total by a Big Ten shooter during conference play this season, and it is the highest total by a Nebraska player since Aleks Maric tallied 36 against Iowa State, Feb. 8, 2007.

Through many of Nebraska’s 10 wins, junior guard Deverell Biggs has made an impact with his play off the bench, including Jan. 20 when his stats helped Nebraska upset Ohio State, 68-62.

Biggs’ 9.9 points per game rank third on Nebraska’s roster, but he was nowhere to be found Sunday because of personal reasons Nebraska coach Tim Miles said.

Although Biggs’ 10.8 points per game for the Huskers during conference play is second on the club behind Petteway’s 19.7, Petteway said he wasn’t affected by his teammate’s absence.

“I just stayed within the offense,” he said. “That’s what

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Ex-NU assistant beats former team