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Frankie Turek, 5, of Omaha, giggles while trying to keep a grip on his duck Sir QuacksA-Lot as he waits for the start of his heat at the 33rd annual Avoca Duck-Off duck races in Avoca, Neb., on Saturday. Over 3,000 people turned out for the event, which started in 1980 as a bar bet between two firefighters and has now evolved into a wildly successful fundraiser for the Avoca Rural Volunteer Fire Department.

HERE FOR THE PARTY Sense for ASUN considers smoke-free UNL as platform

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smoker,” Olson said.

Cast said she has had family friends die from lung cancer even after never smoking a day in their lives.

Rostine, on the other hand, is a smoker and said it’s difficult to stop when he’s surrounded by others who are smoking on campus.

“We don’t want students to feel like they’re at a huge inconvenience,” Rostine said. “If you want to smoke, you’re welcome to, but there’s an area for that.”

Finally, Sense wants to bring a sense of reform to UNL by shortening the election campaign season to four weeks. ASUN currently holds a campaign season for nearly 10 weeks, which Rostine said can be both annoying to voters and detrimental to a candidate’s grades.

Sense also hopes to remove a candidate’s party affiliation from the voting ballot.

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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted 6-2 to approve housing rate increases for the university’s four campuses next year at the first board meeting of the semester Friday.

2014-15 Housing rates will increase 4.5 percent for the 20132014 academic year. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, costs will increase $410 from an average of $9,122 to an average of $9,532, for a student living in a traditional hall with a seven-day meal plan.

UNL’s room and board rates currently exceed the $7,984 cost of tuition and fees for resident students taking a 15-credit course load.

“Our goal is we want to keep costs as low as we possibly can,” said Sue Gildersleeve, director of Housing at UNL. “However, we know we have to meet our financial obligations. We’re constantly working to do everything we can to keep our occupancy rates at the level that will keep our room and board rates at the lowest possible.”

Next year’s increase will be the smallest increase in housing rates the university has seen in 10 years, Gildersleeve said, and will bring in an additional $2.5 million in revenue. In 2008, the board approved a 5.5 percent annual increase in room and board rates for the next five years.

UNL Housing hopes to see increases in overall occupancy and the number of returning student residents over the next couple of years that will help keep rates lower, Gildersleeve said.

“Our returning students enjoy returning student discount,” she said. “If you stay in successive

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A passion for parasites UNL researcher builds student interest in field

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Anders Olson, Blake Rostine, and Sarah Cast have announced the Sense for ASUN party’s run for the ASUN Senate. Rostine will be running for president, Cast for internal vice president, and Olson for external vice president.

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new coalition has formed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to “bring sense” to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. Its name: Sense for ASUN. Blake Rostine, a junior German and political science major, will run for ASUN president under Sense and is joined by internal vice president candidate Sarah Cast, a junior actuarial science major, and external vice president candidate Anders Olson, a junior agribusiness major.

“The name came to me on a bike ride,” Rostine said. “I was going to go with the name ‘After Party,’ but I quickly decided against that. I ended up really liking the name ‘Sense’ and how many different ways it can be communicated.”

In last year’s ASUN elections, both Rostine and Cast ran as members of Party Party, which was the party that contested this year’s senate.

Sense has four platforms, including bring-

ing a sense of sustainability, a sense of community, a sense of health and a sense for reform to UNL. On sustainability, Sense wants to expand ASUN and UNL’s current sustainability programs.

To build a sense of community, Sense wants to reach out to international students by translating ASUN’s bylaws in various languages, recruiting international students to ASUN, establishing an exchange student program during breaks and creating a “Nebraska Week” during March.

“It’d be kind of like Homecoming Week,” Cast said. “We’d have various activities so students can really take pride in being a Nebraska student.”

Sense for ASUN wants to bring a sense of health to UNL by gauging students’ opinions on UNL being a smoke-free campus. In doing so, Sense would create smoking-designated areas on campus.

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UNL researchers aid U.S. Army Fitness program could lower rates of mental disorders in U.S. soldiers Cristina Woodworth DN

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Researchers in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Business Administration have partnered with the U.S. Army to evaluate a new mental fitness program that could eventually lead to lower rates of depression, suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers.

“Our goal is to see if this type of training helps soldiers to become more resilient and more psychologically stable,” said Dina Krasikova, a post-doctoral research associate.

Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) is

a long-term training program, launched in 2009, that focuses on five categories to help improve the psychological health of soldiers: physical, emotional, social, family and spiritual. The program includes a number of different components like online resilience training modules, mental wellness surveys and classroom training. CSF2 was created in response to the large number of soldiers experiencing financial, emotional and other problems after deploying in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

“There’s a lot of problems the Army is having right now,” said Pete Harms, an assistant professor of management who has been involved with the research for about three years.

“The program is designed to improve psychological resiliency and better equip soldiers to cope

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HOW TO EAT WITH CELIAC DISEASE

• Avoid products containing gluten, such as wheat, Imagine paying for dining serrye, barley and sometimes oats. vices only to find that you can’t eat what’s on the menu.

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The students had celiac disease, a digestive ailment caused by an intolerance of gluten, as well as other life-threatening allergies to food like allergies and celiac disease, accord“The most common symptoms peanuts. ing to NPR. are weight loss, abdominal bloatThe students claimed the dining If a person has celiac disease, ing, diarrhea, stomach pains,” hall services and meal plans at their they need to avoid products that Young said. “Depression could be a school did not meet contain wheat, rye, sign of celiac disease.” their needs. barely and someYoung said because many peoThe way Last month, times oats, dependple self-diagnose themselves with the Department we handle ing on the person, celiac disease, it is difficult to get of Justice’s Civil said Linda Young, an an estimate on how many people it is on a very Rights division anassociate professor of have it. Many people decide to cut nounced that the individual basis.” practice for nutrition gluten out of their diet to see if their Americans With and health sciences ailments go away or to try to be Disabilities Act Pam Edwards and a registered dihealthier, but there is no scientific applied to the stu- dining services assistant direct etician at the Unibasis for doing so, Young said. dents and Lesley versity of NebraskaPeople with celiac disease can University was reLincoln. still eat fresh meats, fruits and vegquired to give them $50,000 in damYoung said the symptoms of etables. ages as well as provide gluten and celiac disease could be almost anyallergen-free food options and offer thing.

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Students of the Beginning Chinese class offered by the Confucius Institute gathered in a circle on Sunday afternoon at Nebraska Hall. This class is offered to children from 5 to eleven years old. Their teacher, Annabelle Liu, led the students in singing some Chinese tunes.

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fitness: from 1 with the stress of the battlefield.”

Harms, Krasikova, and several other UNL researchers have been evaluating the effectiveness of CSF2 and making suggestions to the Army for improvements.

“We look at specific aspects of the program and look at if those are effective at increasing positive outcomes,” Harms said.

The researchers have looked at the mental wellness assessments every soldier is required to fill out each year, as well the number of soldiers leaving the Army each year and suicide rates among military members.

Krasikova said the results they’ve observed so far have been encouraging.

“When we compared soldiers who went through the training program, they’re a little more resilient than soldiers who did not have any training,” she said.

Soldiers who were more resilient were found to have a number of benefits in their lives, Harms said.

“Early on, we found that people who are able to maintain a positive mindset and have better coping mechanisms are more likely to be a higher rank in the military,” he said. “They were also less likely to kill themselves, less likely to use drugs and less likely to leave the Army when they have these positive mindsets.”

Although the Army and other military branches have launched similar programs in the past, CSF2 is the most comprehensive one, as every Army soldier is required to participate in some way.

Harms said there are about 2 million people taking part in the program.

“This is something that all the branches of the military are concerned with,” he said. “They take the well-being of their soldiers very seriously.”

Krasikova and Harms said more time is needed to evaluate the true effectiveness of CSF2.

“You can’t really evaluate a training program at a certain time,” Harms said. “We’ve been waiting a long time to see the effects sort of play themselves out.

You can’t declare a win yet. You have to see how significant it’s going to be.”

The UNL research team is currently working on its fourth technical report and presented some of its findings at the Academy of Management meeting in Boston last summer.

No training program is able to completely eliminate the psychological problems that are so prevalent in the military, Harms said.

“It’s not a magic bullet,” he said. “It’s not going to solve the suicide problem. It’s not going to solve the PTSD problem. These are very complex issues. Doing some online modules isn’t going to cure someone, but it might make them more aware and be more likely to seek help.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Melissa Allen DN Although the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Confucius Institute’s Chinese culture education extends only within Nebraska’s borders – from the Missouri River Valley to the Panhandle – the institute has received international recognition.

Last December, the UNL Confucius Institute received the Institute of the Year award from the Confucius Institute Conference in Beijing.

Out of the 400 institutes worldwide, UNL’s Institute was one of 24 selected schools for this award.

“It’s proof of the quality in our courses,” said Pingan Huang, associate director of the institute. “It’s a recognition of the achievement in the past, and the encouragement we SHELBY WOLFE | DN can do better in the future.”

The Confucius Institute operates Annabelle Liu, a teacher for the Confucius Institute, teaches throughout the entire state of Ne6-year-old Sylvie Kimbula the basics of speaking the Chinese braska, including Omaha, Beatrice language on Sunday afternoon in Nebraska Hall. The Confuand Scottsbluff. For noncredit classes cius Institute is an organization that offers noncredit cultural offered through the Institute, classes classes to children, and adults. range from $100 to $150 and are offered to the general public, including classes for children and retired opted by a local family. He takes Chinese painting and calligraphy people. With about 10,000 registered Chinese classes to stay connected class at Nebraska Hall on Sundays, students statewide, Huang said it’s and Skype with his foster parents agrees with Huang. crucial for students of the Chinese “They know a lot about what in China. language and culture to gain an in“We’re learning phrases, vowthey are teaching and they are well ternational perspecels and numbers,” he said. “My faqualified,” she tive for real world vorite part is saying the words and said. careers.

Just as practicing them with the teacher.”

The Chinese “Just as the U.S. the U.S. Lei Liu, an instructor of Chipainting and calis important civilizanese language and culture, teaches ligraphy class is tion in the Western is important free for Dardane, children language and culture world, China is the classes for the institute in Nebraska whose son takes a same in the Eastern civilization in the Hall.

Chinese language world,” he said. “It’s Western world, “You can’t teach a language class during the beneficial for stusame time on without teaching the culture,” she dents to learn about China is the same said. “The more my students learn Sundays. it because those who in the Eastern the more they want to know.”

“I’d rather be know more about Liu, a lecturer from Internataking this class Chinese culture can world.” tional Education Center at Ocean than sitting and apply their internaUniversity of China in Qingdao, waiting for my tional perspectives pingan huang said the institute gives the Amerison to get out,” associate director of unl’s when they get jobs.” can people an opportunity to beconfucius institute she said. “I’ve The Institute’s come more aware of a different never enjoyed Chinese instructors language and culture. painting before, are teachers from “In China, we know more and now I like it. I feel like I’ve schools in China, who are selected about America than they know and trained in Confucius Institute learned a lot.”

Although it is just his second about us,” she said. “Now we have headquarters in Beijing. time coming to his beginner Chi- opened the door. I think people “They come with a lot of expewant to know about Chinese culnese class, Simon Stollz, a fifth rience,” he said. “Because of this, ture, and now they know where the courses we’ve been offering grader at Ruth Hill Elementary School, said he’s learned a lot of they can get it.” have been quite successful so far.” news@ Chinese through his class. OrigiIrma Dardane, a food server dailynebraskan nally from China, Stollz was adat Wok Express who is taking

UNL engineering students place 4th, 5th at IBM competition

engineering major; Sara Shinn, a senior electronics engineering major at UNL and computer science major at UNO; and Timothy Struble-Larsen, a senior electronics engineering major at UNL and engineering programs major at UNO. Elias Youngquist The team will be using its DN $2,000 prize from the competition to develop a prototype for Two University of Nebraskathe Computer & Electronics EnLincoln teams placed fourth and gineering Senior Projects Showfifth in the 2012 IBM/Institute case April 25 at the Kiewit Instiof Electrical and Electronics tute in Omaha.

Engineers Smarter Planet ChalPlacing fifth was the Geolenge Competition. UNL engigraphic Inneering students led formation the two teams as they S y s t e m This will attempted to create based Wind enable improvements for the Farm Suitworld’s technology multiple-user ability and solutions.

Planning “SEER” placed access to a single Study from fourth, a project de- appliance.”

UNL. The signed to allow sevproject hopes eral users to view to assist with Robert Boulter videos from separate senior electronics engineering understandsources at the same ing factors time. in the envi“With SEER, it would be ronment, topography and wind possible for one user to watch a that affect wind turbine’s effecBlu-Ray while a second plays a tiveness. gaming console, using the same Salman Kahrobaee and television and without it being Dingguo Lu, electrical engiseparated into two screens,” neering graduate students from said Robert Boulter, a senior UNL, led the project. The projUNL electronics engineering ect also included UNL GIS and major and team leader for the remote sensing students Tarlan project. “This will enable mul- Razzaghi, Anthony L. Nguytiple-user access to a single apRobertson and David Gibbs. pliance.”

The group will be using its The team also included $1,000 prize to keep working in Hong-Yen Hoang, an accountthe hopes of commercializing its ing major at the University of project.

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“Tripes,” a sculpture by Alexander Calder, is on display to the West of the Sheldon Museum of Art until October. The addition of the sculpture marks the 50th anniversary of the museum.

sense: from 1 dent body knows them, not because their political party handed out the cooler Koozie or had the prettier banner,” Cast said.

This year’s senate also tried to reform the election campaigning rules. A resolution to shorten the campaign duration and remove a candidate’s party from his or her name on the ballot originally passed in the Senate. But the body failed to override ASUN president and senior agricultural economics major Eric Kamler’s veto of the legislation.

Sense for ASUN plans to hold a meet-and-greet with students on City Campus and East Campus on Monday.

“We’re excited to prove that we’re worth the vote,” Rostine said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

SEER provides TV multi-viewing

other parties running for asun Engage Party:

Presidential candidate: Eric Reznicek, junior marketing and finance major Internal vp candidate: Kaitlin Coziahr, junior finance, economics and management major External vp candidate: Jeff Story, sophomore English and political science major

Revive Party:

Presidential candidate: Zach Stull, junior business administration major Internal vp candidate: Sierra Allen, junior marketing major External vp candidate: Sam Adams, junior economics and finance major

Sheldon features ‘Tripes’ sculpture staff report dn To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Sheldon Museum of Art, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s sculpture garden has acquired another resident. On Jan. 19 “Tripes,” a sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder was installed on the museum’s west side.

The statue is on loan from the Calder Foundation of New

York and will be displayed in the garden until October 2013. The 12-foot-tall painted sheet metal sculpture was previously on display in London as a part of the 2012 Olympics.

The Sheldon Art Association will be holding a debut for the artwork Feb. 1 during its First Friday reception. Admission to the museum is free. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Pam Edwards, assistant director of Dining Services at UNL, said UNL takes people with celiac disease and other dietary needs into consideration.

“The way that we handle it is on a very individualized basis,” Edwards said.

Edwards said there is a process for getting access to specially prepared meals that starts with a student contacting Dining Services.

Then, Dining Services meets with the student, and possibly the student’s parents, to discuss how to meet that student’s needs.

For a student with celiac disease, special care is taken to make sure that foods don’t cross contaminate with other foods that have gluten in them.

“As far as anything that needs to be cooked, there is a relationship that develops between the student and the dining service staff,” Edwards said. “In all of the units there is a toaster dedicated just for student with celiac disease.”

Edwards wants all students to feel welcome in the dining halls.

“It really does become a home away from home,” Edwards said.

“The way I feel is that every student that eats here should be given the same opportunities.”

Edwards emphasized that Dining Services cannot do anything to help if students don’t contact them to discuss their specific needs.

“It is so wonderful when either a student or their parents will call and let us know ahead of time,” Edwards said. “So that we can contact them and start the conversation going so that they can feel comfortable.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

regents meeting jan. 25 2013 The NU Board of Regents had its first meeting of the semester on Friday and approved several proposals: • Voted 6-2 to approve a 4.5 percent housing rate increase for the 2013-14 academic year • Voted unanimously to approve the establishment of the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln • Voted to approve the program statement and budget for a new Nebraska Veterinary Diagnostic Center at UNL

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Professor Scott Gardner, curator of the Parasitology department in Nebraska Hall, holds a heart infected with heartworms on Friday. Gardner has traveled all over the world, including to Mongolia, to study parasites.

Professor inspires with parasitology passion Mara Klecker DN

1968. Gardner was 12. The notes list the animal’s common name, sex and the location he found them (on some A corner back room on the fifth floor of pages Gardner just wrote “Here”) and a small yes-or-no checkbox to indicate Nebraska Hall is home to hundreds of thousands of parasite specimens. The if it had worms.

The inspiration for the unique fascollection – part of the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology – is the cination came from Gardner’s uncle, a well-known parasitologist who did resecond largest in the Western Hemisearch in Alaska. He remembers sendsphere, department officials say. ing parasite samples to Fairbanks for The dark wood cabinet drawers his uncle to look at. pull out to reveal boxes and boxes of Since then, Gardner’s research glass slides, most with tiny dots barely visible without magnification. Each methods have become much more adslide is carefully numbered and cata- vanced and his specimens now come from more exotic places, including loged in an online database.

Enter into the adjacent laboratory Bolivia and Mongolia. He received his Ph.D. in biology in 1988 from the and the same sense of organization University of New Mexico and has isn’t as strong. Only a few small islands of empty counter space are vis- contributed to 51 research papers and articles and received hundreds ible amid bottles of specimens, slides of thousands in and bags of organic grant funding, acmaterial set aside to be Scott is an cording to the laboexamined under the ratory’s website. microscope. extremely While conducting Scott Gardner, the research in Moncollection curator and interesting guy golia, Gardner and a University of Nebras- and his class was a field team found ka-Lincoln professor in a parasite that had the School of Biological really fun...” never before been Sciences, surveys the Cody McGregor recorded in the projects. As he walks sophomore fisheries and hosts they collected. by a student looking wildlife Now, the Manter lab through a microscope is looking to idenin the corner of the tify the distribution room, he asks, “Find anything?” He of the same parasite in Nebraska. takes off his large, cable-bar glasses One member of that team was and looks into the microscope. “Ah, Altangerel “Auggie” Tsogtsaikhan. that’s a pretty weird-looking guy,” he After studying parasitology at the Nasaid. tional University of Mongolia, he was Gardner’s passion began in childinspired by Gardner to come to UNL hood. He reaches up to a high shelf above the lab samples and shuffles this past fall to continue researching the Mongolian specimen and pursue through some books and papers, pullhis masters degree in biological sciing out a small notepad: his first field ences. He says he loves the Manter lab notes.

The young Gardner would find for all of its equipment.

“You can do all these things right dead animals – field mice, voles, sparrows and pheasants – on his family’s in this spot,” Tsogtsaikhan said. “The facility is really important. It’s perfect.”

Oregon farm, try to identify parasites Tsogtsaikhan realizes the opportuin the specimens and take notes on his nities he has here are especially imporfindings. Each page in the notepad is a tant. He was in the first grade during different entry. Most entries are dated the 1990 Democratic Revolution in

Mongolia, but believes the following instability left gaps in specialized science education.

“For me, I have a responsibility in that parasitologists are missing in several generations because of political changes in our country,” he said.

He plans on returning to Mongolia to teach parasitology. “I will be filling out some of that gap and help build up that field more,” he said.

Tsogtsaikhan says he hopes to be like Gardner when he goes into teaching. “I want to work hard and become like him,” he said pointing to Gardner’s office. “He’s the great model.”

Cody McGregor, a sophomore fisheries and wildlife major, also says Gardner is part of the reason he works in the lab four to six hours a week.

McGregor took Gardner’s zoology class and wanted to continue working with the professor for his personality as well as his professional connections.

“Scott is an extremely interesting guy, and his class was really fun because of his ridiculous, crazy stories,” McGregor said. “He’s a character.”

McGregor’s lab duties include dissecting mice to look for cysts on the liver, indicating a type of ectoparasite the lab is working to track. He also has to provide the mice himself. The three samples he is currently working on were caught in live traps he set up at his farm in Gibbon, Neb., during winter break. Once he caught them, he had to freeze them.

“I called my mom, and I’m like, ‘How do you feel about having dead rodents in our deep-freeze over winter break?” said McGregor, laughing.

McGregor hopes that lab experience and the opportunity to work alongside a passionate mentor such as Gardner will help him achieve his goals of working as a conservationist for national parks.

“Dr. Gardner is very passionate,” McGregor said. “That’s a great trait to have if you are going to be a parasitologist. You have to be passionate.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

years, you can pay exactly what you paid as a freshman. You can stay without experiencing an increase over the years.”

About 26 percent of the students expected to live in the traditional dorms next year will be returning students, according to board documents.

Gildersleeve said the opening of a new suite-style dorm in fall 2013, along with more learning community programs and opportunities for sorority members to live by each other in the dorms, will hopefully attract more students to on-campus housing options. A new housing employee has also been hired specifically to work with the international students in university housing.

“We are optimistic about our programs for the next few years,” Gildersleeve said. “We’re optimistic those will be fruitful and will help our occupancy levels.”

Gildersleeve said there are currently 5,823 students living in university housing, and that maximum capacity stands at about 7,000 if every room is used as a double room.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman emphasized the rate increases will impact more than just the place students live.

“This is not just about housing,” Perlman said. “This is about recruitment, retention, graduation rates, student success. We know (our programs) implicate our ability to attract students here. We know if they live closer to campus, their graduation rates are higher and their retention rates are higher.

This is a critical part of our educational system. It’s not just a place to store students while they aren’t in class.”

Several regents voiced concerns about the need for the rate increases.

“I’m not comfortable with knowing enough about this very large amount of money,” said regent Hal Daub of Omaha, who voted against the rate

increase. “I think there would be some ways to squeeze this down and tighten it.”

Regent Jim Pillen of Columbus also voted against the rate increase, saying he believes NU should be more competitive with other Big Ten universities in its housing costs.

Nebraska ranks eighth among Big Ten schools with its 2012-13 housing rates. Northwestern University has the most expensive rates at $13,329, while the University of Minnesota has the cheapest rates at $8,000, according to board documents.

Gildersleeve said it is difficult to compare housing rates among other universities because of meal plan options and different amenities like air conditioning.

“We can be successful without being completely full to the gills,” Gildersleeve said. “We do everything we can to attract students to housing and make sure they are happy when they are there.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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above: Brendon Henning, a freshman marketing major, and Steve Emmel, a junior math and physics major, compete in an intramural chess tournament held at the Campus Recreation Center on Sunday night. Henning and Emmel played in the first round of the bracket tournament and were one of the only matches to go to the full time limit of one hour. right: Steve Emmel makes his move in a chess match against Brendon Henning in the first round of the tournament. The match ended up going the full time limit and winner was determined by remaining pieces on the board and their respective points. “It was really close the whole game and I just, I don’t know, held onto material advantage (having the pieces of the greatest value on the board).” said Henning, the winner.

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UNL must lower housing costs, change rules Despite the recent cost increase in residence halls, the university is trying its best to be accommodating toward students. In fact, the 4.5 percent increase in cost is less than the 5.5 percent annual increase during the last five years. Also, the addition of apartment-style living is a much more attractive living style than typical residence hall rooms.

To attract more students to live on campus, price is definitely a major factor. With current costs, an average student living on campus pays about $1,000 per month for room and board. This price is substantially more than one who lives off campus. In the coming years, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will have to find ways to freeze, or lower, costs of residence halls to keep students on campus.

However, the recent increase of 4.5 percent compared to 5.5 percent is a step in the right direction.

Also, the apartment-style residence halls are a definite improvement in attracting students to live on campus. While sharing a bathroom with a floor of complete strangers might be considered part of the college experience, the alternative of having your own room and essentially bathroom is a much more appealing option. The apartment-style rooms still allow for meeting other students on one’s floor, but also provide a private room for students to take refuge in and find solitude.

One major downfall to rooming in the apartments on campus is living under the rules and restrictions of a dry campus. Many students want to be able to drink in their apartment without the possibility of getting in trouble for it. An option that might persuade students to live in the apartments on campus is an alternative set of rules – ordinances which would apply to someone living in any apartment complex, but are not in accordance to UNL’s dry campus policy.

We approve of what UNL is doing in regards to improving residence hall living, but there are still a few major setbacks that will have to be altered before more students will be persuaded to remain on campus.

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Greed influences athletic cheating

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s we celebrate the super athletic talents of our heroes, our growing enthusiasm and intolerance of failure – to some extent – encourages them to explore new methods in becoming the best.

Armstrong doped. Once again, he became the attention of the media. Many people started to talk about how he lied to the public and how he threatened the people who were trying to tell the truth. His integrity was challenged, including the causes of starting the LIVESTRONG foundation.

In this doping game, Armstrong seems to be the only person to blame for anything we can think of. However, in the world we are living in, there has been more than one “Armstrong” incident. The unfolding Armstrong scandal isn’t only an opportunity for us to learn about who Armstrong is, but also an opportunity to reflect on who we are.

Armstrong is just an athlete. As an ambitious person, he likes to win. To keep his super athletic performance, he used drugs. To keep his fame, he lied. We understand the competition wouldn’t be fair if some of the athletes used performance enhancing drugs while others didn’t. Sometimes we forget it takes more than just drugs to maintain super performance in the athletic field. To carry on a secret doping project for many years requires more than just one person’s effort.

Because Armstrong lied, we would like to take all of his notable achievements away, and ignore his hard work. Nobody is perfect. He isn’t honest, but he worked hard. His story was inspirational, and is also educational.

Despite the fact he doped, his career could still be a case to inspire others. When he started his career, he wasn’t famous. Back then, he didn’t have the money and resources to carry out a secret doping project. All he had then was faith in hard work and a desire not to give up. At least from the beginning, he didn’t make his way by taking drugs. He made it by competing in a relatively fair environment and by countless hours of practicing.

JIAJUN (ABE) XU As professional athletes, fame is the capital to generate wealth. Nobody knows about them unless they make it to the top. In fact, to leave an impression on others, an athlete needs to be number one, and ideally more than once. To keep their career going, they need more than just practicing. Like any regular person, they get old as well. When practicing is not enough to keep their performance levels up, they start to get creative.

Should Armstrong take all the blame? To pass all the drug tests while using drugs, there must be a big team behind him. If you look at the history of Tour de France, among the top finishers, more than a third of them “have admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs.” Armstrong wasn’t the only one, and surely he won’t be the last one. Under the huge pressure of winning, doping is and will always be an option.

In fact, we need to face the reality that humans are very creative and greedy. To keep winning in the athletic field, athletes and coaches will do everything they can. Huge doping scandals prove this repeatedly. In fact, cheating in athletic activities is easier to detect than in most other areas. We reflect much less on our own creativity to purely fulfill our greediness.

Take the obesity problem for example. It’s not a secret that fast food contributes to those overweight problems. In reality, many people just can’t refuse fast food. We want to spend less time cooking, so the faster the better. We, by nature, enjoy having food. And, the fact is we are greedy, so the more the better. With additional quantities, we want to keep the food as cheap as possible.

If you look at how much chicken we consume every day, it’s unlikely for us to wait for them to finish the natural growing cycle. We like to eat their meat at a fast food chain, not watch them grow in the farm. As a result, we use our creativity to accelerate the process. There aren’t many credited reports on how fast-growing chickens are raised. Clearly, they will hurt your appetite for chicken meat. To enhance the performance – growing more meat with less time – the chickens were doped.

Who should be blamed in this case? The humans who want to have more meat, the chicken farmers who are creative to meet their customers’ demand, or the chickens that aren’t honest about their true capacity? Depending on their backgrounds and beliefs, different people will give you different answers. Similarly in the Athlete industry, who should be blamed for doping? Armstrong is probably just that “chicken.”

It’s clear the world we live in today isn’t easy to judge. By nature, we like to describe our world in a good-or-bad model with a clear line in between. It’s easier to blame Armstrong for everything, and to describe him in a simple good-or-bad standard. As we learn more about Armstrong’s story, we should not only look at that once-celebrated athlete in a more critical way, but also look into ourselves.

Armstrong’s story isn’t a singular instance. Every day the greed and competitive natures of our society pushes us to do whatever it takes to be the best and most efficient. Armstrong was just another victim of this environment.

Jiajun “Abe” Xu is a senior Finance and Economics Major, contact him at opinion@ dailynebraska.com

Flu shot should not be avoided

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lu season is in full swing and hitting the United States hard this year.

According to the Chicago Tribune, “the flu remains at epidemic level nationwide for the third straight week, meaning that more than 7.2 percent of deaths involve influenza or pneumonia.” Forty-seven states are experiencing “widespread” flu activity. According to NBC news, hospitals and clinics have started requiring patients and employees to wear surgical masks in the facilities if they have not been vaccinated for the flu. Employees in the medical field have even been fired for not being vaccinated. This information alone should make everybody run to the nearest CVS to be vaccinated. However, that isn’t the case.

While some people are strong supporters of the flu vaccine, others need some convincing. Contrary to popular belief, the vaccine will not give you the flu, it is effective, there are alternatives to the shot and even if you have a killer immune system you should still be vaccinated.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “a flu shot cannot cause infection.” However, a lot of people still blame the flu vaccine for getting them sick.

An unknown fact about the flu vaccine: You aren’t protected against the flu virus until two weeks after being vaccinated. The virus in the vaccine is killed before it’s put into your body. Some people have mild reactions to the flu shot. Typical symptoms are a mild fever or body aches. They generally start the day of the vaccination and last one to two days. If the person’s symptoms are more prolonged or severe, it’s possible that he or she has contracted another respiratory virus.

Another reason why people refuse to get a flu vaccination is because they don’t believe that the vaccine is effective. According to CDC, “There are two factors that play an important role in determining the likelihood that influenza vaccine will protect a person: 1)

JO BALQUIER characteristics of the person being vaccinated (such as age and health), and 2) the similarity or ’match’ between the influenza viruses in the vaccine and those spreading around in the community.” The flu shot is not 100 percent effective. However, research done by CDC shows that in 2010-2011 the vaccine was 60 percent effective throughout all age groups. This percentage was even higher in previous years.

Even if you haven’t been sick since the fifth grade, you should still be vaccinated. The seasonal flu is different each year. According to CNN.com, “Between 1976 and 2007, the flu was linked to a low of 3,000 to as many as 49,000 fatalities in the United States, with more than 200,000 hospitalizations.” The flu virus can be dangerous and isn’t subjective to whom it affects.

The flu vaccination is also important for the well-being of your job, grades and the people around you. If you are sick with the flu, you could miss work and thus lose money. You would also miss class and the possibility of your grades slipping increases. Worst case scenario, you could spread it to people with weak immune systems, such as your grandparents or your baby nephew.

While the thought of losing money and

getting your loved ones sick may make some people get vaccinated, others can’t overlook their fear of needles. A common misconception is that you can only get the flu vaccination through a shot. Luckily, this is not true. According to CDC, the vaccination also comes in the form of a nasal spray. This option is available to anybody from ages 2-49 and is just as effective as the shot.

Some people hate needles and others just hate modern medicine and vaccines. According to Time magazine, these people are often associated with the term “anti-vaccine” and believe that vaccinations can cause autism, brain damage and other ailments.

The chances of this happening are so slim that it would be silly to refuse protection against various viruses and diseases. It certainly isn’t necessary to be vaccinated for the flu. You have the right to say no. However, it is the ethical thing to do. Not only can you prevent getting sick, you can prevent spreading the germs to others.

Besides getting vaccinated, you should also practice good health habits in order to prevent contracting the flu. Wash your hands. Cover your cough. Vitamin C and lots of rest will help strengthen your immune system. Antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu are another good way to help fight against the flu.

And so the myths about the flu vaccine have been busted. Whatever your reasoning is for not getting the flu vaccine, you can’t shake the facts. The flu vaccine can’t give you the flu, it is effective, there are alternatives to being poked with a needle and even if you have a strong immune system you should still be vaccinated. Flu season lasts from October to May and generally peaks in January or February.

Early immunization is most effective, but it’s not too late to vaccinate! Good luck this flu season, and may the flu not be with you!

Jo Balquier is a Freshman Speech Pathology major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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CRAPPY ENDINGS Art exhibition contorts fairytale themes, presents magical variety of artists and methods story by emily kuklinski | art by chris rhodes

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lthough fairytales tend to be light-hearted in our popular culture, it’s no secret that the Grimm originals are more, well, grim.

For the “Twisted Fairy Tales” exhibition at Lincoln’s Lux Center for the Arts, artists present their own works to show their distorted interpretations of these classic tales.

The idea for the exhibit was thought of a year in advance, and the Lux Center reached out to a variety of artists to contribute pieces for the show. To ensure the creativity of the pieces, the only requirement was that it had to fit a folklore attitude.

“The variety is neat and many of them don’t fit with specific fairy tales or ones that we’re familiar with,” said Susan Stark-Johnson, the Lux Center gallery director. “(And yet still) there are a lot of themes they all share, like the antlers and the animals (which appear in the art).”

The opportunity, alone, to take a novel approach toward fairy tales grabbed the interest of some of the artists.

“I have been interested in fairy tales as content almost as long as I’ve been making art,” said Sarah Barnard, an artist and University

of Nebraska-Lincoln Masters of the Arts graduate. “It is exciting to me that the subject seems to be so in the collective consciousness at the moment. It seemed like a great idea to see how artists are speaking with the subject too. I couldn’t have turned down being a part of that.”

Others were attracted to showcasing their pieces alongside artists with different visions and media expertise.

“I like being in themed group shows like this and the concept of “Twisted Fairy Tales” really fits with my style of art,” said Meghan Stratman, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center graphic artist. “I also liked that the theme was broad enough to allow for a lot of freedom for the artists. I loved seeing the range of work in the show and how everyone interpreted the theme.”

Each artist had approximately a year to create or select a piece to put on display for the exhibit. Zeljka Hassler, the associate interactive art director for Nebraska marketing agency Swanson Russell, however, only had a few months to prepare.

“The greatest challenge was time,” Hassler said. “The concept I have been working on (however), fit the twisted fairy tales framework perfectly, so when I found out about

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Susan Stark-Johnson, Lincoln’s Lux Center for the Arts gallery director, talks about the “Twisted Fairy Tales” exhibition Thursday afternoon. The exhibit is featured at the center until Jan. 22.

Rex Walton leaves Crescent Moon post ‘Beasts’ rightfully called up for second Ross run Lifelong poet retires from curator role of decade-old reading series madeline christensen dn If you’re looking for Rex Walton, he just might be sipping on a cappuccino — “classic, no foam” — while reading the latest edition of Prairie Schooner and taking inspiration from his surroundings as people drift in and out of Crescent Moon Coffee.

Walton, who has been writing poetry for more than 20 years, has a love for the spoken word just as deep as the written word. Ten years ago he began Poetry at the Moon, a weekly reading series at Crescent Moon where writers gather for conversation and to listen to each one another ’s poetry.

After a decade of organizing featured poets at the coffeehouse, Walton is ready to hand over the reins.

But that doesn’t mean Poetry at the Moon hasn’t been an eyeopening experience.

“I first got interested in poetry because of the music,” Walton said. “Back in the ’60s, lyric-driven folk songs and war protest songs were pretty popular, so writing lyrics were just as important as coming up with a melody.

And even though I’m not a musician, it was the idea of good lyrics that inspired me.”

In 1983 Walton went back to the University of NebraskaLincoln to take some English and writing classes.

“It was kind of a lifesaver for me,” Walton said. “I met a lot of people, some were my age and some were not, but we all were involved in writing. And I loved the idea of people getting up and talking about their work, openly, and not just in a little group.”

At the time, there were not

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Rex Walton began the weekly Poetry at the Moon reading series 10 years ago. Since then, the Crescent Moon performances have served as a haven for veteran and fledgling writers. many weekly or monthly readings in the Lincoln area for local writers to participate in until singer/songwriter Terri Jo Jenkins opened Crescent Moon Coffee at the DelRay Ballroom.

“Of course I went there, because I go to all the coffee houses,” Walton said. “The first week or two, they had a special reading put together with a couple poets. It was about an hour and a half of reading and conversation. I went up to Terri Jo — I didn’t even know her — and I said, ‘Hey, can we start a weekly series? How about every Monday night?’ So we started Poetry at the Moon about 10 or 11 years ago, and I’ve been doing it ever since.”

Over the years, the readings have attracted hundreds of writers and poetry-lovers, and not just to listen.

“The idea with our reading is that people just don’t show up and are passively involved,” Wal-

ton said. “We invite comments, we invite questions after each person reads. It’s a conversation back and forth, not like someone is on stage, isolated with a microphone. After the featured writers every night, usually three to four people sign up for open mic, And even when that’s done people sit and talk about the readings.”

Although Poetry at the Moon has heard from some well-known poets, Walton also invites those who are just beginning to share.

“Now, I’ve heard over 500 readings just in Crescent Moon, and I’ve been to a lot of other events and seminars,” he said.

“It’s like if you hear 30 seconds of a really good band that you’ve never heard before playing their signature song. You hear them live, and you listen to them and you feel what’s happening and you watch how people react — you’ll know right away if it’s a cool group. It’s the same thing with writers. They may be ner-

vous to read out loud when they’re first starting. But it’s about the lyrics. A good poet has a good lyric presentation — it’s almost like singing.”

And reading your own work is a whole different experience for a writer, Walton said.

“It’s revealing,” he said. “Even if you don’t think it’s revealing, it’s revealing. You’ll react to your own voice coming out in a way that’s different to anyone else listening.

If you’re really being honest about it, when you read you’re letting your spirit and your body react to the words as you read them on the page and what’s been behind them when you wrote it down.“ Reading aloud can be something close to therapy for a writer, too.

“It can be very challenging to read your own work because you’ll get emotional about something in a piece that on the face of it, when you read it, it’s not an emotional subject,” Walton said.

“It’ll get you. And people will understand that, and they’ll ask you about it.”

“I think it’s always important to have something in the piece that’s at the heart of what you’re concerned about, as a person, as your own spirit at the time,” Walton added. “If you don’t put any of your own feelings into a piece, it may be good, but it won’t be something you will feel is a part of you.”

Walton said his advice to beginning writers is to look for inspiration everywhere.

“Some people say they want to bury themselves in the bedroom or the coffee shop and write, but you’ve got to do all kinds of things,” he said. “You need to find things that really get you wound up and excited. It may be sports, music, hiking…it may be nature, it may be just the act of writing. It’s about being involved in the world and paying attention and just writing everything down.”

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Oscar nominee ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ deserves attention andrew larsen The word “unique” is used so much that it’s become cliche to describe a film as such, yet it’s the one word that keeps floating around when pondering the simple beauty of “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”

So unique that it’s one of the rare times the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center has brought a film back for a second run. It had an initial limited release on June 27 and began at the Ross toward the end of summer.

“It kind of surprised me actually … Fox Searchlight made an offer to do that and I took it. It’s a great film with good Oscar buzz,” said Ross director Danny Ladely.

That a studio would request a second run of their film speaks volumes about Fox’s commitment to and belief in this film, which has accrued four nominations from the Academy.

The heart and soul of the film is provided by Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis), who incredibly enough makes her debut here. It opens with her holding various animals to her ear so she can hear their heartbeats, which immediately con-

nects the viewer to her and to the very presence of nature, another one of the main characters in the film.

Hushpuppy has her own little trailer that is filled with recollections of her mother, who fled when she was a baby. She shares land and food with her father, Wink (Dwight Henry), a stern but loving man who’s committed to turning his daughter into a survivor. Despite her protective father, Hushpuppy clings to a jersey and calls out for her mother when things go wrong, capturing the desperation and yearning a young child feels for their absentee parent.

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” doesn’t just effectively portray the parent-offspring dynamic; it wonderfully encompasses the entire existence of a child. Benh Zeitlin’s camera is always roving and following the eternally curious Hushpuppy, allowing the audience to see the surroundings from her empathetic point of view.

The film also employs beautifully simple narration by Wallis, whose combination of innocence and strength will melt the heart of even the most pessimistic viewer.

Throughout the film Zeitlin gives us beautiful shots of various particles flying through the air: fireworks, snow and boiled water vapor.

Toward the end of the film we see sparks of fried alligator dancing in the ether as Hushpuppy discusses a very simple yet complex idea: the cycle of life. “When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me lying around in invisible pieces. When I look too hard, it goes away. And when it all goes quiet, I see they are right here. I see that I’m a little piece in a big, big universe. And that makes things right.”

Lucy Alibar and director Behn Zeitlin adapted “Beasts of the South-

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this week art & literautre NEw in gallery showings: “Growing Home” featuring Kimberly Thomas, Matel Rokke, Allen Morris and Chadric Devin Harms

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“Encounters: Photography from the Sheldon Museum of Art”

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Issara bolsters Lincoln’s Asian cuisine options Restaurant offers pricey, but delicious Asian food from Blue Orchid owners andrew larsen dn If you’re looking for something to eat in South Lincoln, you can find something on almost every corner. Chain restaurants dominate the landscape like the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. What you might not expect to find is a place like Issara. It’s a spare yet chic place Lincolnites would come to expect seeing downtown, but there it is, just a few blocks from Southwest High School.

The same owners of Blue Orchid, a staple of fine downtown Asian cuisine for years now, opened Issara in September. The first thing I noticed as I soaked in the surroundings was the music, which, much like the food, is a fusion of Asian and other various cuisines. The soundtrack was a rough mash-up of Asian-inspired elevator muzak and ambient, sleep-inducing music.

That small annoyance was mostly canceled out by the delicious meal, however.

There’s a small bar area with limited seating, but it’s memorable for its ceiling-high collection of various wines. More than 100 bottles sit, waiting for you to make a choice, depending on your taste and how much you value the contents of your wallet. There’s also a surprisingly stacked beer selection although, sadly, none on tap. I went with the Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout, which was pricey at $5.50 but also much needed to soothe my

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Becky Straub, a UNL alumna, and Yvonne Brolhorst eat at Issara, a restaurant specializing in modern Asian cuisine, on Sunday night. “The food is really good. I really like the atmosphere, it’s very tranquil and relaxing,” Straub said. seared taste buds post-meal. Plus, it’s always a nice treat when the waitress pours the beer right in front of you. It’s like extremely low-stakes Kabuki Theater.

There are a handful of Asianinspired abstract paintings adorning the walls of Issara. Unlike the tchotchkes lining every inch of restaurants like Applebees and Red Robin, the paintings of crammed Chinatownesque streets and Asian palaces add to the surroundings in a tasteful way. In the middle of the restaurant is a long

pot of greenery that shoots up into the air, adding privacy and breaking up the monotony of the space. The greenery resembles Lemon Grass, which is synonymous with Thai cuisine. These small touches help separate Issara from standard South Lincoln fare.

The lunch menu is sparse but varied enough to please just about anyone. The place is a vegetarian’s dream, with the rice dishes and the noodle dishes coming with a choice of chicken, beef, pork or tofu.

Seafood lovers may wince when they see that it’s three dollars to add shrimp or squid and four for salmon and scallops, but my companion said it was well worth adding shrimp to her sweet pineapple dish. I ordered the honey glazed pork and took the chef’s recommendation of adding a fried egg to my steamed rice, which was an excellent choice on both accounts.

The pork came in a sweet yet savory glaze that mixed beautifully with the spicy peanut dressing that

$10 - $30 came with the rice. A small portion of pickled ginger was a nice palate cleanser and made me feel like an adventurous eater, which shamefully occurs less often than a late night trip to McDonalds.

The lunch menu is a bit simpler and more moderately priced than the dinner menu, yet either way a hungry patron should expect to spend a good amount at Issara, especially if that hunger comes with a thirst for booze. Despite that, this is the type of place the people of Lincoln, especially South Lincoln, should take pride in. It’s not everyday a place like this opens up in your neighborhood, so it deserves our support. When you drive past Village Inn, Arby’s and Old Chicago and feel an emptiness inside you, head over to Issara and fill both your stomach and your soul. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

Featured work of Lynn Janese

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NEW IN FICTION: The Good House

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Taygen Schuelke, of Newell, S.D., attempts to hang on as his saddle bronc ‘Holy Smokes’ tries to throw him off during the PRCA Championship Rodeo. More than 100 cowboys and cowgirls from 18 states and one Canadian province competed for more than $22,000 in prize money.

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NEW IN NONFICTION: Francona The Red Sox Years

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The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

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Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Patrick Thorpe, Akira Himekawa publisher: Dark Horse list price: $34.99

Chad Anderson, MBA student at UNL, settles down onto his second bull of the night in the chute while his riding partner Thomas Crowfoot (left) wears Anderson’s hat and encourages him during the PRCA Championship Rodeo at the Pershing Center on Saturday.

Ruby Lee, 6, of Lincoln, slides off her sheep in style during the mutton busting at the PRCA Championship Rodeo.

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‘Witch Hunters’ laughably re-boots Grimm fairytale madeline christensen dn

hell-bent on slaying every witch who threatens their village.

A thoughtful line from Hansel at the beginning of the movie sums The best part of “Hansel & Gretel: up the mantra the orphaned siblings Witch Hunters” is the part during the credits where, if you listen closely, live by: “We learned a couple of things you can hear the Brothers Grimm while trapped in that house. One, rolling in their graves. never walk into This is a challenga house made of ing task, what with the If you listen candy. And two, if ringing noise in your you’re gonna kill ears from 90 minutes closely, a witch, set her on of automatic revolvyou can hear the fire.” ers, harpoons and This sets the questionable “witch” Brothers Grimm tone for the entire noises. movie – a cheap “Hansel & Gretel” rolling in their bloodbath as Hanis one of those movies graves.” sel and Gretel where you’re not quite slaughter creepysure if it was supposed looking witch-things (there are so to be that funny, similar to “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” or many witches in one village!) as they scurry up tree trunks and fly away “Twilight.” on their brooms.

The gist of the plot is that Hansel Add in weird witchy rituals, (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Gretel’s backstory and the fact that Arterton) had a little too much fun killing the first witch who lured them Hansel is now a diabetic from all that into her candy house, and now are candy he was forced to eat as a child,

and you’ve got magic.

Hansel and Gretel go at it with automatic weaponry, too. So even more confusing than trying to figure out what exactly the writers and director (Tommy Wirkola) were going for when making this movie, is the realization that the village people still ride horses and try to burn innocent women at the stake for witchery, yet apparently Hansel and Gretel know something they don’t know.

Once upon a time (early 2012), revamping fairy tales was kind of cool and innovative. But after “Snow White and the Huntsman,” “Red Riding Hood” and even more upcoming reimaginings like “Jack the Giant Slayer,” the only thing that tastes staler than the “Hansel & Gretel” plotline is the house made of candy that’s been sitting in the middle of the woods for God knows how long. But we all know some people will still take a bite.

If you don’t go into “Hansel & Gretel” expecting anything but a campy spoof, the movie may hold a certain lovable quality – but you won’t

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Jeremy Renner stars alongside Gemma Arterton in the title roles of the new fantasy movie, “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.”

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Luckie’s Lounge serves exceptional BBQ

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“Youth.”

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“I, Robot.” OR “Asimov was right.”

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Co-workers from ACTION International get together at the east Luckie’s Lounge & Grill location on Friday evening for happy hour. The east location was recently remodeled and an event center was added.

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LUCKIE’S LOUNGE Bar & Grill

5250 Cornhusker Hwy. $5 - $8 necessary.

In addition to a pool table and dart board, the bar is attached to a banquet hall that seats 400 people, which opens to the part of the hotel with a number of arcade games. A live band was there Jan. 25 to celebrate the restaurant’s opening, and karaoke and other events are scheduled throughout the week.

Unless you live near Luckie’s, it’s unlikely it will become your go-to

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A bartender serves a drink at Luckie’s Lounge & Grill Friday evening just before happy hour ended at 6 p.m. sports bar. Though the atmosphere is comfortable, it’s also eclectic and difficult to get a grasp on, from the range of music choices to the fact that you can smell the hotel pool chlorine from the banquet hall. Still, for those com-

ing into town from the I-80 409 exit, or those wanting delicious BBQ for cheap, Luckie’s Lounge is an exceptional local offering. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

twisted: from 5 it, I got to work.”

Pieces in the gallery vary from paintings and collages to metalworks and other multimedia structures. Each piece has a different story to tell, whether it reflects classic tales or lesser known original ones. Finding a way to sensibly place each piece in the gallery was a challenge for Stark-Johnson, but also enabled her to show off her own artistic ability.

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Sports bar offers comfortable country atmosphere, delicious BBQ

Hidden away next to Oasis Inn motel on 52nd and Cornhusker Highway is Lincoln’s best-kept BBQ secret: Luckie’s Lounge & Grill.

The sports bar opened its second location at the beginning of January and with tasty entrees at reasonable prices, it’s a welcome addition to Lincoln’s sports bars.

As a sports bar, atmosphere is very important. On Friday, Luckie’s was busy but not overly crowded or loud. High-definition televisions and neon signs line the walls, and seating includes mixes of cushioned booths, low tables and a bar. As someone who is used to centering around the downtown area, the prominence of families and older couples was a bit of a change. So was the music: after “Hell’s Bells,” “I Want You To Want Me,” and a cover of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” the rest of the playlist was decidedly country.

The four-page menu is impressively large, with food and drink specials every day of the week. These include two pulled pork sandwiches for $6 on Tuesdays, 40-cent wings on Wednesdays and $5.50 pulled pork nachos on Thursdays. Baby back ribs, BBQ baked potatoes and cowboy burgers are some of the other highlights.

I started by sharing an appetizer of 12 spicy buffalo wings (available in spicy, spicier, flaming hot, BBQ, teriyaki, spicy BBQ or naked) for $7.95, which is a standard fare for wings. The roll of paper towels that came out with them were put to good use.

For an entrée, I went with a pulled pork slaw wrap and three sides (French fries, white chili and BBQ beans), all for $7.95. The service was standard, and my plate arrived after 10 to 15 minutes. The pulled pork was excellent, wrapped in a spinach tortilla and with much more BBQ and pulled pork than coleslaw. With a rich, juicy flavor, this was stand-out. Luckie’s clearly knows barbecue.

Except for the crinkle-cut fries, the sides are more of a distraction than significant portions. They come in the same tiny containers as the dressing, to give an idea of the size. The white chili was more of a bean soup with a tiny piece of chicken or two, tasty as it was. Luckily, the entrée was large enough that full sides portions aren’t

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“I was kind of thinking of (the exhibit) as a trophy room,” Stark-Johnson said. “We’ve got the great fairy tale hero’s armor, and the story that surrounds him or her on the walls. So I kind of see these (art pieces) as artifacts of that character.”

The process of conceptualizing stories to go along with each artistic work, and laying out the design of how they were to be

displayed was both a long and rewarding process for the artists.

“The great challenge is to get the viewers’ attention and the reward is to see the viewer ’s eyes light up or see the light bulb click on,” said Frederick Scott, a participating artist and metalsmith said.

“Hopefully (those who come) will carry the imagery with them.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis stars as Hushpuppy, the headstrong protagonist of “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” The returned last week for a second run at the Ross Theatre. ern Wild” from Alibar’s stage production “Juicy and Delicious.” It’s hard to imagine this film as a play, because Zeitlin and cinematographer Ben Richardson do a tremendous job of capturing the essence of the fictional island the locals coined “The Bathtub.”

Zeitlin has said in various interviews that the Isle de Jean Charles in Southern Louisiana was the inspiration for the locale in the film. In the real world and in the film, the island is at the mercy of the land, slowly disappearing under an insurmountable amount of water.

There’s a visceral connection between the people and the land that comes across on screen.

Shots of crayfish crawling, catfish being punched, a robust Cajun soundtrack and booze being drunk all contribute to the local flavor that Zeitlin and Alibar dare us to not fall in love with.

Life is hard in the Bathtub, and nobody knows how hard, except the people who have actually lived through it, which is why the film is filled with non-actors.

Henry (Wink) owned and operated a bakery, Wallis (Hushpuppy) was just an average first grade student. They lend an authenticity to the film that simply couldn’t be

replicated with Hollywood actors.

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” feels like a documentary crossed with a fairy tale, and the performances are a big part of that.

Whether the film is exploring micro issues, such as the drama inherent in the relationship between a father and his 6-year-old daughter, or delving into macro concepts like surviving in an unforgiving landscape, “Beasts of the Southern Wild” tackles it all with honesty. It would have been a good film if it had just been a standard comingof-age story, but there’s a supernatural effervescence to the story that sets it apart from any film released this year.

“It’s a very unique, well-made film. It’s low budget but looks expensive, so it’s (even) better seen on the big screen,” Ladely said.

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” is an engrossing, entirely different movie-going experience. It’s films like this that make the Ross such a treasure for the city of Lincoln and UNL, so if you haven’t seen it yet, do yourself a favor and catch it before it exits for the last time on Jan. 31. andrew larsen is a senior film studies major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

walton: from 5 I think it’s always important to have something in the piece that’s at the heart of what you’re concerned about, as a person, as your own spirit at the time.”

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Above all, Walton said the most important part of writing is being honest with oneself.

“It should all come out in your work,” he said. “Even if it makes something that should just be a standard look at a winter scene feel different because while you were out walking you were racked with guilt, or sadness, or you were elated about something. It should change the way the words come out. If it’s not, you’re probably editing yourself.”

Marjorie Saiser, a Nebraska poet and author of “Lost in Seward County” and “Bones of a Very Fine Hand,” frequents Poetry at the Moon.

“Rex truly enjoys the poetry of others and generously promotes it wherever he can,” Saiser said. “He encourages writers of all ages and puts them in touch with one another. For years and years he has organized and scheduled and emceed readings in this city, providing a place for writers to gather and to be heard. He has made it his work to forge a community of writers.”

And now Walton’s work is done. The writer is looking forward to traveling, going to seminars and focusing on his own work and, although he is retiring as the organizer, Walton is planning on continuing to read at Poetry at the Moon.

“There will be a change,” Walton said. “There’s lots of people I see every month on regular basis. But change happens anyway; the idea is that sometimes you need to look at what is more of driving force in your life now compared to what it was three or four years ago.”

To Walton, change is a continual thing, and he said he expects his view on life to always change through his writing.

“There’s a book written by Robert Heinlein called ‘Stranger in a Strange Land,’” Walton said.

“Essentially, it’s about a Christlike figure that shows up in the world and they call him Stranger in a Strange Land because he didn’t live on this planet, and yet he was human being. But the world to his eyes, having never lived here, was a very strange and weird place.

“So if you step back from all your assumptions about life and about the world, you’ll find the world is indeed a very strange place to live in,” added Walton.

“The way that we interact, the way we sometimes help each other and sometimes hurt each other, and how the whole system balances or doesn’t balance.

It’s just fascinating, I don’t see how anyone could ever be bored with it. The world is a strange place, and you will always find plenty of things to write about.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU wins for 1st time in 5 years at Illinois it really showed,” Guy said. “The Eric Bertrand meet turned out the way we needed DN it to be.”

A key swimmer in competition The Nebraska swimming and divwas redshirt freshman Taryn Coling team improved its record to 11-1 lura, as she competed in all of the with a conference win against Illirecord-breaking events. She also nois on Saturday in Champaign, Ill. This was the first time the Husk- won the 100-yard freestyle with a ers have beaten the Illini in the last time of 51.03.

Other strong events for the five years. The final score was 194Huskers came from juniors Bailey 106.

Pons and Morgan Flannigan who It was also senior night for the finished first and second in the Fighting Illini.

1,000-yard freestyle.

“We were on our “We just really didn’t ‘A’ game,” Nebraska slow down at all in this assistant coach Patrick meet,” Guy said.

Rowan said. “EmoGuy also had a good tions were high on day by winning the 100the Illini side, and we yard breaststroke and just came in and had a the 100-yard butterfly, strong showing.” with times of 1:05.63 and This was the last 56.56, respectively. She dual meet of the seawas also a part of the reson for the Huskers, cord-breaking teams on and they almost acthe 200 medley and the complished their goal 400 freestyle relays.

Guy of going undefeated According to Guy, in dual matches, acthe Huskers showed a cording to junior Shannon Guy. The only loss came from lot of team spirit throughout the the San Diego State Aztecs in the meet by cheering for teammates.

If you weren’t swimming, then team’s last meet. you were cheering for someone, “It was a really good way to come back after losing the week she also said.

“This win has given more conbefore,” Guy said. “It also felt great to beat this team, since we haven’t fidence with the girls,” Rowan said. “It will really help, especially beaten them in so long.” with the tough meet coming up The Huskers won 12 out of the next week.”

16 races. Nebraska also took first, The Huskers will travel to Evansecond, and third in the 1-meter and ston, Ill., for the Northwestern Dual 3-meter dive events by senior Amy Meet Invite next weekend. Nebraska Herman, freshman Nicole Schwery, will match up against Iowa and and senior Kailey Harmon.

Northwestern. Just two weeks after “We started winning from the beginning and didn’t stop,” Guy this meet, the Big Ten Championship will take place in Minneapolis. said.

The win will really help the According to Rowan, the HuskHuskers do well in the few meets ers broke three pool records in the left in the season, Rowan said. meet in the 200-yard medley, 400“We are here to compete this yard freestyle relay and the 50-yard year, and we are going to finish freestyle. The times for those events great,” Guy said. were 1:41.63, 3:27.23 and 51.03, resports@ spectively. dailynebraskan.com “We were there to have fun, and

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Having that in the back of her mind, Weinstein knew she had to keep a focused mentality.

“I didn’t want that to happen again, so I just concentrated and learned from the past,” she said.

Weinstein’s 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win

“It’s pretty special for them to achieve such great heights so early in the season,” Jacobson said. “I’m just really happy for everyone but especially the seniors to have this opportunity in their final year at Nebraska.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Jacobson said he’s ecstatic with how the team is playing. Beating two ranked teams and moving on to a national tournament is huge, he said.

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Lehmicke, representing No. 5 singles for Nebraska, picked up the first of those wins, winning the first set 6-4 and setting up a 4-2 lead before Tennessee’s Mimi Fotopoulos retired because of sickness. Weatherbolt picked up Nebraska’s next win in a back and forth battle over Boren 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

As Nebraska dropped the next three matches, the fate of Nebraska’s hopes to go to the ITA National Indoor Team Championships rested on the shoulders of another senior – Stefanie Weinstein. Both teams lined up to watch the match unfold. Weinstein had dropped the first set 4-6, but stormed back with a 6-3 set to tie the match. With all eyes on the No. 3 singles court, Weinstein held a one game lead and a home court advantage.

“When everyone was watching me that was the best feeling having them all on my side,” Weinstein said.

Weinstein has been in this position before, she said. Last year, one of her matches was the de-

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Eric Schryver performs a routine on the pommel horse during Nebraska’s win over Illinois-Chicago on Sunday. Schryver was second for the Huskers in the pommel horse event with a score of 14.70

Home crowd boosts Nebraska’s victory Husker gymnasts perform well in first home meet of the season eric bertrand dn The ninth-ranked Nebraska men’s gymnastics team beat the University of Illinois at Chicago in the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday.

This was the first home match of the season for the Huskers. The final score was 423.30-397.50, with Nebraska on top.

The Huskers improved their total point score by two points for the second meet in a row.

“You can’t complain with a preformance like that,” junior co-captain Eric Schryver said. “But there is always room for improvement.”

The Huskers came out with a different line-up and new routines to impress the judges, according to Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka.

“With new line-ups and routines; we had more hits than misses, which is always good,” Chmelka said.

The Huskers started off struggling on the floor exercise, but quickly turned it around in the pommel horse

event with juniors Wyatt Aycock and Schryver leading the team with scores of 14.85 and 14.70, respectively.

Nebraska has been consistent on the pommel horse, and it helped the team get motivated, Chmelka said.

“We really put it all together today, and it started on the pommel horse,” Chmelka said.

There was a different feel in the competition for the Huskers because it was their first home match. There was constant cheering from not only Husker teammates, but from the stands. The crowd roared after the Huskers would hit their routines.

The entire gym was energized after junior C.J. Schaaf stuck his landing after his routine on the rings. The “Go Big Red” chant began at that point.

Playing at home allows the team to keep its same daily routines and not have to have a travel day, Schryver said. It also keeps their minds at ease during the week knowing that they’ll be playing in front of the home crowd.

“We normally have a good following fan base, but it feels awesome when 99 percent of the crowd is there cheering for you,” Schryver said.

The crowd errupted into cheers late in the match when Schryver landed a routine on the high bar and stuck the landing. He scored a 14.3 for that

performance.

“The crowd was wowed by Schryver’s high bar routine,” Chmelka said.

Chmelka also said no matter who they go up against, they try to only focus on what Nebraska can do.

“We still just do what we do, even if we were playing Michigan today,” Chmelka said. “It just happened that we were going up against them.”

The Huskers had a comfortable lead throughout the competition, especially going into the final event with a 21-point lead.

With all the success, the overall feeling is that there is still room for improvement and there are still small mistakes being made that will add up.

Schryver said the mistakes are only small and it’s still early in the season, so they should be easy to fix.

The home-crowd advantage will be short-lived for the Huskers because, starting next weekend, the team will be playing on the road until they host No. 3 Oklahoma at the Devaney Center on March 3.

“Hiting the road in the Big Ten is a hard thing to do,” Chmelka said.

The Huskers will travel to Minneapolis to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday, Feb. 2. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The No. 6 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team traveled to Columbus, Ohio, Friday to take on No. 19 Ohio State and came out with its first road victory of the season.

The Huskers (2-1 overall) survived a late comeback from the Buckeyes (2-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) to pick up the win 196.150-195.975.

Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig was pleased with the overall performance of his team.

“For the most part, I was happy with the way we performed,” Kendig said. “But I am not satisfied with it. We made some mistakes that hurt us a bit, but we competed hard and came out on top.”

Nebraska needed a strong performance on the beam to close out the meet.

“Beam was the hero again tonight,” Kendig said. “They did very well, and their confidence level is up. We won this meet the hard way, and I think we are a stronger team after this meet for doing that.”

The Huskers had strong performances by upperclassmen Janelle Giblin, Brittany Skinner and Emily Wong. Giblin started the Huskers off with a strong score of 9.90 on bars, and Wong led Nebraska with an all-around score of 39.450.

Skinner, making her season debut, provided a spark to the Husker lineup, posting a score of 9.925 on vault, while also competing in exhibition on bars and beam.

“Brittany was solid tonight for us,” Kendig said. “She was battling an injury, and we were looking our for her. She had a special first meet tonight.”

Nebraska’s first rotation of the evening led them to bars, scoring a 49.025. Sophomore Jessie DeZiel started things off with a 9.80, followed by Wong adding a 9.875. Returning All-

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Janelle Giblin performs on the balance beam during a meet earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Giblin and the Huskers improved to 2-1 on the year this weekend.

American Giblin finished the routine off with a 9.90.

Ohio State, on the other hand, had trouble on bars, recording a score of 48.675.

The Huskers grew progressively stronger with each performer in the events, Giblin said.

“I thought we improved in each event as each performer went on,” Giblin said. “We trusted in each other, and in our training. We did a good job tonight, but we can’t be comfortable with where we are at.”

The second rotation of the evening moved to beam. The beam team needed a solid outing to solidify a victory for Nebraska. The Huskers delivered a clutch effort, earning a team mark of 49.025.

Performances by Wong (9.90), Lauer (9.85) and Giblin (9.825) proved to be the key in the Huskers defeat of the Buckeyes.

Consistency has been the key for the Huskers this season, as they recorded scores of

196.3, 196.7 and 196.15 in their first three meets. But improving that score each week is what Kendig will be seeking.

“Sooner or later, we have to break that 197,” Kendig said.

“We need to get there and consistently stay above. We just have to keep our confidence up and not doubt ourselves.

Ohio State posted a 49.175 on floor, but it was not enough to overcome an early deficit.

Two of the first three meets have been on the road, and this road win was important, Giblin said.

“This road win was big for us as a team,” Giblin said. “We get to go home know for some meets and have the crowd at our back.”

Nebraska will return home next weekend to kick off a twoweek home stand, beginning with Illinois at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday at 6 p.m. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Husker men, women show well against stiff competition jacy lewis dn The Nebraska track and field team competed against stiff competition at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., last Friday and Saturday. The men finished third with 70 points while the women tied for ninth, with Baylor, recording 30 points.

Nebraska won two event titles in the men’s long jump and 3,000 meter run. Nebraska coach Gary Pepin had mixed feelings about the meet.

“The women’s team had a very weak performance,” Pepin said. “On the men’s side, it was a very strong performance.”

The team racked up multiple season-bests at the meet despite going against the toughest competition it has encountered so far in the season.

“I think the meet went well, especially for the men’s team,” junior Patrick Raedler said.

Janis Leitis won the men’s long jump event title on Friday with a leap of 25-6. This personalbest places him third in the nation and secures his spot as first in the Big Ten. Raedler took second after Leitis in the event with a mark of 25-2 1/2. Nakita Pankins placed fourth with a jump of 24-3 3/4.

On the women’s side, Mara Griva placed third, jumping 19-10 1/4.

In the triple jump, Griva placed fourth with a leap of 41-3 1/4. Anna Weigandt finished sixth with a jump of 40-2 3/4 inches. Raedler placed fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 51 feet and continues to be ranked first in the Big Ten.

Veronica Grizzle placed side, London Hawk placed eighth eighth in the women’s weight with a personal record of 1:53.88.

Tommy Brinn recorded a time throw with a mark of 58 feet, 3 1/4 inches. Annie Jackson threw of 1:49.11 and finished second in 50-8 1/8 in the women’s shot put, the men’s 800 meter invitational.

He is currently ranked sixth in the placing seventh. Chad Wright also finished seventh in the men’s shot Big Ten. Pepin said he was pleased with Brinn’s performance. put with a mark of 57-9 1/2.

Leitis also ran the 400 meters In the men’s high jump, James White placed fourth with a jump and placed second with a personal record of 46.71. He is ranked of 6-10 3/4. Jillanna Scanlan and Marusa Cernjul tied for sixth first in the Big Ten and second in the nation. place at 5-7 3/4 in The Husker 4x400 the women’s high relay teams both placed jump. Olympic silseventh. The women – ver medalist, BrigetKari Heck, Mila Andric, ta Barrett, won the Williams and Weekes women’s high jump – recorded a time of with a jump of 6-3.

3:45.67, while the men Mara Weekes – Ricco Hall, McKenzie, finished seventh in Cody Rush and Levi the women’s 200 Gipson – finished with a meters, recording time of 3:15.26. a time of 24.05 secJessica Furlan finonds. Dexter McKRaedler ished sixth in the 3,000 enzie placed sixth meters invitational reon the men’s side cording a time of 9:24.76, with a time of 21.21.

Tim Thompson placed 10th in the ranking her fifth in the Big Ten. 200 meters with a time of 21.60, Trevor Vidlak won the men’s and he placed eighth in the men’s 3,000 meter event title, recording 60 meters, recording a time of a time of 8:11.58. He is currently ranked eighth in the Big Ten. 6.90.

The Huskers finished their Oladapo Akinmoladun placed fifth in the men’s 60 meter hur- first away meet against some of the most competitive teams in the dles, recording a time of 7.93 seconds. Miles Ukaoma recorded a nation.

“We competed against some of time of 8.12 seconds and placed the very best teams,” Pepin said. seventh.

“It is harder to go on the road and Jelena Andjelkovic placed third in the women’s 800 meters compete in a different environwith a time of 2:13.33. Shawnice ment. We are going to continue Williams placed fifth in the 800 to utilize various training compometers with a time of 2:17.18 nents to get better.” sports@ seconds and Morgan Woitzel findailynebraskan.com ished after Williams with a time of 2:17.24 seconds. On the men’s

wrestling: from 10 with a 10-7 decision over No. 3 Matt Brown, who led the match through most of the first period.

“Doesn’t matter – up early, down early. It’s about getting your hand raised,” Manning said. “He left a few points on the board, but Robert brings it. He wrestles like he’s been doing, he’s the best 174-pounder out there.”

Manning said the final outcome of the dual did not reflect how the

meet went, but added that his team isn’t competing for moral victories.

“We’ve got to bring the fury a little bit better,” he said. “We have to have a little bit better strategy.”

And while the nine points the Huskers put on the board were the highest total allowed by Penn State this season, Sueflohn said mistakes doomed his team.

“I think it’s good wrestling the top competition, because we can

learn from our mistakes and get better,” Sueflohn said.

Even though he wasn’t looking for a pin going into his top-15 matchup, Sueflohn wasn’t surprised when he got in position to earn the fall to provide six of the Huskers’ nine points.

“I was able to catch him on his back,” he said. “I got a nice hold on him, and then I had a pin.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The United States is without question Israel’s most important ally. Also, without question, Israel is the staunchest and most reliable friend of the United States. But there are some who believe and vigorously advocate that Israel is a burden to the United States and that, were it not for Israel, peace would prevail in the Middle East.

What are the facts?

Israel is the major strategic asset of the United States in an area of the world that is the cradle of The “Israel lobby.” There are indeed those who Islamo-fascism, which is dominated by tyrants and claim that Israel is a liability, a burden to our permeated by religious obscurantism and shows country. Professors from prestigious universities almost total disregard for human rights. During write essays in which they aver that the United the decades-long Cold War, Israel was America’s States is in thrall to the “Israel lobby.” This lobby is indispensable rampart against the inroads of the said to pull the strings of American policy. Its Soviet Union. It is now the bulwark against the supposed main promoters are AIPAC (American aggressive intentions of Iran. During Desert Storm, Israel Public Affairs Committee) and the so-called Israel provided “neo-cons,” some of invaluable intelligence, whom are indeed Jewish.

“Israel and the United States stand an umbrella of air cover They are said to exert an together in their fight against Islamo- for military cargo, and almost magical spell over policy makers, including fascist terrorism. These shared values will had personnel planted in the Iraqi deserts to pick the leaders of Congress and the President. Some bind Israel and the United States forever.” up downed American pilots. even say that the Iraq war Gen. George Keagan, former head of U.S. Air was promoted by this omnipotent “Israel lobby,” Force Intelligence, stated publicly that “Israel is that President Bush was flummoxed into declaring worth five CIAs,” with regard to intelligence passed war on Saddam Hussein, not in order to defend the to our country. He also stated that the yearly $3.0 United States or to promote its interests, but in billion that Israel received in military assistance order to further the interests of Israel. was worth $50 to $60 billion in intelligence, R&D Israel is indeed a major recipient of U.S. aid. savings, and Soviet weapons systems captured and Israel receives yearly $3.0 billion, all of it in transferred to the Pentagon. In contrast to our military aid – nothing in economic aid. 75% of this commitments in Korea, Japan, Germany, and other military aid must be spent with U.S. military parts, not a single American serviceperson needs to contractors, making Israel a very large customer of be stationed in Israel. Considering that the cost of those companies. one serviceperson per year – including backup and America’s staunchest ally. A good case can be infrastructure – is estimated to be about $200,000, made that aid to Israel, all of it military, should be and assuming a minimum contingent of 25,000 part of the United States defense budget, rather troops, the cost savings to the United States on that than of the aid budget because Israel is, next only score alone is on the order of $5 billion a year. perhaps to Britain, by far the most important ally of Israel effectively secures NATO’s southeastern the United States. Virtually without exception, flank. Its superb harbor, its outstanding military Israel’s government and its people agree with and installations, the air and sea lift capabilities, and support the foreign policy objectives of the United the trained manpower to maintain sophisticated States. In the United Nations, Israel’s votes equipment are readily at hand in Israel. It is the coincide with those of the United States over 90% only country that makes itself available to the of the time. The Arabs and other Moslem countries, United States in any contingency. Yes, Israel is not virtually all of them recipients of American largess, a burden, but a tremendous asset to the United almost reflexively vote against the United States in States. most instances.

Israel is indeed America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East and the indispensable defender of America’s interests in that area of the world. The people of the United States, individually and through their Congressional representatives, overwhelmingly support Israel in its seemingly unending fight against Arab aggression and Muslim terror. But that support is not only based on the great strategic value that Israel represents to the United States. It is and always has been based on shared values of liberty, democracy, and human rights. America and Israel are aligned by their shared love of peace and democracy. Israel and the United States stand together in their fight against Islamo-fascist terrorism. These shared values, these common ideals, will bind Israel and the United States forever.

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Huskers knock off 2 ranked opponents en route to first-ever ITA Kick-Off Championship in school history

Mary Weatherholt returns a shot by an opponent during the ITA Kickoff meet this weekend at the Nebraska Tennis Center. The Huskers knocked off two ranked opponents and won the meet for the first time in school history to advance to the ITA National Indoor Championships .

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ebraska made history Sunday, beating Notre Dame 4-1 to clinch the women’s tennis team’s first spot in the ITA National Indoor Team Championships in program history.

Led by a core group of seniors, the Huskers took down No. 23 Tennessee 4-3 before sealing the ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) Kick-Off Weekend over Notre Dame 4-1.

Mary Weatherholt, Nebraska’s No. 1 singles player, led the Huskers in the ITA KickOff by finishing undefeated on the weekend.

Her singles matchups included a win against No. 23 singles player Brynn Boren of Tennessee and No. 58 singles player Britney Sanders of Notre Dame.

“As a team, this was just amazing,” Weatherholt said. “There are no other words, but to share the wins with these girls and make indoors for the first time, it’s just a great feeling.”

After defeating the Volunteers on Saturday afternoon, Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said the team had confidence they could take down Notre Dame.

“In pre-game, Mary Weatherholt was talking about this is our time and they came out and played like champions,” Jacobson said.

They played like champions and were rewarded as champions of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, which is also the first time Nebraska has hosted the event. Riding a 4-3 victory over Tennessee and a 1-0 lead from doubles play, Nebraska took the singles matchups in full-force on Sunday. Senior No. 2 singles player Patricia Veresova brought Nebraska its first win in a dominating 6-0, 6-1 perfor-

Talley leads NU to second Big Ten win Nedu Izu DN It took a while, but Tim Miles has finally surpassed another conference milestone.

On Saturday, the Nebraska men’s basketball team (11-10 overall, 2-6 Big Ten) captured its first Big Ten Conference victory at home, defeating Northwestern (12-9, 3-5) 64-49 in front of a crowd of 8,874 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Senior guard Dylan Talley led the Huskers with 20 points and eight rebounds, assisting Nebraska to its first win at home since Dec. 29.

“We really need this one,” Miles said. “The fact that Northwestern went to Illinois and won, and then they beat Minnesota – that’s a quality win for us. I think it shows our guys that if we do it right and we hang in there, we can do this.”

After defeating two out of its last three ranked opponents – No. 23 Fighting Illini and No. 12 Minnesota – the Wildcats were coming into Lincoln feeling confident, according to Northwestern coach Bill Carmody.

However, his team’s confidence didn’t carry over in its game against Nebraska.

Although the Huskers began by making just one field goal in the first seven minutes of the game, the shooting blunders quickly faded when an 8-0 run assisted them to a 15-11 lead midway through the first half. A couple of points and missed rebounds later helped Northwestern decrease the lead to one.

The 15-14 score forced Miles to call a timeout and led to a furious presentation on the sidelines by the coach.

Miles was less than thrilled with his team’s inability to coral Northwestern’s missed shots off the board.

During the timeout, Miles’ tough love to his players could clearly be heard from any seat in the Devaney Center.

However, Dylan Talley said his coach’s furious display of emotions ignited his team to play better.

“We need it to get us going,” the senior said. “When he does that, it gets the team going. and we seemed to respond well to it.”

The coach’s barking seemed to provide a spark to his five players on the court, especially Talley. The guard went on to make a pair of 3-pointers in

mance, before Weatherholt and sophomore No. 5 singles player Maggy Lehmicke capped straight set victories to end the event.

“This is unbelievable,” Jacobson said.

“Sometimes you never know how they’re going to react and this is a team of seniors that wants to go out on top to play at their highest level. Mary Weatherholt is an inspiration to us all. All the seniors have been great role models for the underclassmen.”

But to play Notre Dame, Nebraska first

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No. 1 team too much for Nebraska Only two Husker wrestlers win Sunday in loss to top ranked Nittany Lions

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Husker senior guard Dylan Talley makes a move during Nebraska’s win over Northwestern on Satura row to put his team up 23-17.

Talley’s team-high 10 points and three rebounds anchored Nebraska to a 24-22 lead at halftime.

The Huskers continued their uptempo energy in the second half when a 3-point play by freshman guard Shavon Shields led the home team to a 35-28 lead.

A pair of successful shots made from downtown by senior Ray Gallegos stretched the lead to 44-33.

After coming up with zero points in the first half, Miles said he was proud to see the Salt Lake City native climb out of his slump.

“No one’s harder on themselves than Ray,” the coach said. “There’s a young guy that’s working for it and I was so happy to see that success in the second half.”

Gallegos would go on to add another 3-pointer to finish the night with 11 points.

The energy and physicality from

Nebraska was on a steady wave throughout the second half as Talley and senior forward Brandon Ubel would tack on 10 more points each to give the Huskers their largest lead, 5640, with six minutes to play.

Ubel recorded his fourth doubledouble of the season, collecting 12 rebounds and finishing second among Husker shooters with 14 points.

The upperclassmen’s leadership assisted Nebraska to a 54.2 percent shooting in the second half and a 45.1 percent showing to end the game.

However, the game wasn’t always filled with euphoria. In the final two minutes, the Huskers would go on to miss four out of 12 free throws, to drop their percentage at the foul line to 52.2 percent on the night (12-for-23).

“We should have had about 50 of those free throws,” Miles said with a laugh. “They didn’t go our way.”

But those flaws were minuscule to the bigger picture.

The win against Northwestern marks the first time Nebraska had picked up a conference victory at home since its matchup against Illinois last season (Feb. 18). And even more significant, the home conference win marks the first under the Miles era.

The coach said he was delighted that his players were able to send the “Sea of Red” home with a smile on their faces for the first time in nearly a month.

“I thought Dylan did a really nice job on both ends tonight,” Miles said. “I just felt like we were losing our focus a little bit and Dylan was in the middle of getting the guys organized and did great the whole night. It was nice to see the Devaney fans leave with a smile on their face.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

braska coach Mark Manning said.

“We’ve got to continue to believe in ourselves, and Jake’s kind of hitting that upswing.”

Penn State effectively began the dual with a 6-0 lead after Nebraska 125-pounder Eric Coufal forfeited his match.

“It is what it is,” Manning Zach Tegler said. “We have an injury. Can’t do DN anything about it.”

The top-ranked Nittany LiEven though Jake Sueflohn trailed ons never looked back, adding a Penn State’s Andrew Alton 4-1 major decision at 133 pounds and after the first period of their decision victories at 141 and 157 to 149-pound match Sunday after- bookend Sueflohn’s pin. noon, Sueflohn felt he was still in Penn State’s Bryan Pearsall control. upset No. 19 Ridge Kiley of NeAnd although No. 3 Alton en- braska 2-0 at 141 pounds, and No. tered the match undefeated this 6 Dylan Alton beat No. 4 James season, the No. 12 Nebraska sophGreen 3-1 at 157 pounds. omore did come “We knew those back to win – with matches were going to be a pin. close and that they were Even Sueflohn going to be hard-fought, didn’t expect that. and James didn’t wrestle “I wasn’t his match,” Manning thinking a pin at said. “We wrestled more any point really in (Dylan Alton’s) match. the match,” SueWe should have picked flohn said. “He the pace up a little bit was already really better and got into more tired, and I was scoring opportunities for getting stronger, ourselves. They tried to so after the first slow the match down on sueflohn period I kind of felt James and make it a one like I should win takedown match.” this match.”

The Nittany Lions did just Sueflohn’s victory, which gave that, and they expanded their lead his team its first points of the dual, with two technical falls – includwas one of few bright spots for the ing one by No. 1 Ed Ruth against No. 13 Nebraska wrestling team, NU’s No. 8 Josh Ihnen – and a maas No. 1 Penn State defeated the jor decision.

Huskers 33-9 Sunday in UniverNebraska’s only other win sity Park, Penn. of the dual came at 174 pounds, “Jake got behind early and where No. 4 Robert Kokesh moved then came back, and that’s just his winning streak to 21 matches continuing to wrestle hard. That’s a little bit of his trademark,” NeWrestling: see page 9