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Perlman: UNL will impose budget cuts to deal with 2014-15 shortfall

Chancellor will meet with university leaders early next week to discuss potential changes Layla Younis DN The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will need to trim its spend-

ing to deal with a 2014-2015 budget shortfall, Chancellor Harvey Perlman wrote in an email to staff Thursday.

Perlman said he will outline the university’s financial climate in a meeting early next week with myriad campus entities and leaders.

“The numbers are now in for second semester and while we have had a good increase in new student and distance education enrollments, total enrollment is reasonably flat,” Perlman wrote.

“At the same time, university costs continue to rise. In short, while the revenue prospects of

enrollments continue to increase are positive, our current financial situation is difficult.”

The university’s goal was to increase enrollment to 30,000 students by 2017, but in November Perlman extended the deadline to 2020, citing the need to develop necessary infrastructure.

The amount of the budget shortfall is still being determined and depends on a number of factors, said Steve Smith, UNL news director. At his September State of the University address, Perlman said the university was working to find solutions to a $3.5 million

shortfall for 2013-2014. That figure included a $2 million deficit.

“In the last couple of years I have been funding a part of the shortfall, and the cash flow issues it creates, from central campus resources and I have tried to ‘float’ the rest,” he wrote. “We have, in short, a structural budget deficit and I believe we would be better positioned in the long term if we address the deficit now.”

Perlman said the university will use a combination of budget cuts and reallocations and changes in financial policy. He declined to speak with a reporter about his

roaring in the new year

Selleck celebrates Chinese holiday photos by Tyler Meyer

specific plans.

According to the email he sent he will meet with deans and directors, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Academic Planning Committee, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the University of Nebraska Office Professionals Association and the University Association for Administrative Development.

It’s not unusual for universities to look at their budgets during this time of year, Smith said.

“This is typically the time of year when the budget becomes

clear,” Smith said.

This is the 11th time that the university has had to have budget reductions since 2002, which have amounted to a reduction of $46.7 million, Smith said.

Dealing with the budget deficit will take several months and will be worked on throughout this upcoming semester.

“My hope is we can find ways to meet our obligations without an elaborate and time-consuming search to identify specific program reductions,” Perlman said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Auntie Anne’s to join Subway Pizza Express in union food court Staff Report DN Auntie Anne’s pretzels will join Subway Pizza express in the Nebraska Union food court by early April, union officials announced Thursday.

The two restaurants recently made a corporate partnership, Nebraska Unions Director Charlie Francis said.

“When we were making plans for Subway Pizza Express, the developer asked if we would consider an Auntie Anne’s franchise down the line,” Francis said.

The pizza restaurant, which will take the place of Sbarro, will offer choose-your-own topping pizzas that cook in toaster ovens in 50 seconds. It will open by March 1.

Auntie Anne’s, a popular staple in malls nationwide, offers everything including plain salted pretzels to pretzel hot dogs to pretzel nuggets as well as beverages and dipping sauces.

“We are excited to add Auntie Anne’s to the Nebraska Union,” said Barton Development owner Steve Barton, who will manage both businesses.

“We look forward to being able to offer a whole gamut of food options to students and visitors to the Nebraska Union.”

Francis said student reaction so far has been positive.

“I know when I introduced the idea to the (Nebraska) Union Board, the students were so excited,” he said.

“I think it will add a lot to the food court. It’s a good snack item.”

Other renovations remain underway at the Nebraska Union. The Crib space will reopen by Feb. 10, and new flooring should arrive soon, Francis said.

“We appreciate the patience students, faculty, staff and the public have had in response to our ongoing renovation,” Francis said. “The feedback we have received about the redesigned areas has been very positive.”

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student voices The dining center was decorated from floor to ceiling, featuring paper lanterns, models of Chinese pagodas and desserts from other foreign countries not limited to China. Those who chose to eat dinner at Selleck were given a taste of more than just traditional Chinese food, but the nature of the celebration as well.

Auntie Anne’s is pretty good. A little too expensive. I probably wouldn’t pay for it because I’m too cheap.” nick miesbach

junior biochemistry major

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The dragons weren’t shy toward the occupants of the dining hall.

The dragons would often get very close to people to open their mouths and flutter their eyes, as if silently roaring.

The most popular attraction of Selleck’s Chinese New Year celebration was the calligraphy table. At the table, students could have their names and celebratory messages written in Chinese by volunteers who were fluent in the language.

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The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska launched Facebook page “What-to-Fix UNL” this week..

‘WTF-UNL’ Facebook page invites student campus concerns staff report DN

The Selleck Dining Center pulled out all the stops to celebrate Chinese New Year on Thursday. Six dancers controlled three dragons to perform a dragon dance to the surprise of students who watched in awe, took pictures and laughed as the dragons shuffled through the dining hall to the beat of a taiko drummer near the dining hall’s entrance.

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Students across campus can now tell officials “WTF.” “What-to-Fix UNL,” nicknamed “WTF-UNL,” is a Facebook page where students can post concerns about campus. The project was created by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. It will collaborate with campus organizations, such as the Residence Hall Association, to respond to students’ needs.

The posts vary from broken heaters to concerns about the testing center.

“We can afford a new rec and

sound system for the stadium, but no new testing centers or staff to extend the hours so we don’t have kids lined up out the door at both east and city campus, waiting to take an exam?” one student wrote.

“I booked time with an advisor a week ahead and she told me she still wouldn’t have more than 15 min to help me, handed me a sheet to pick my classes by myself, and she suggested the wrong class for my pre med obligations.”

The page was planned last semester and became operational Wednesday night. It can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ WTFUNL. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Jack Hotel when: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St.

correction An article in Thursday’s Daily Nebraskan misreported University Program Council’s request for its 2014-2015 budget.

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Women’s math conference offers opportunities for development in mathematics, the undergrads get to network with peers and Math professionals, also grad students because a lot of the conference is about getting undergrad, graduate students ready for grad school in students will discuss math.” breaking into Professionals and faculty from other universities attend male-dominated field the conference, along with plenary speakers. This year, Gigliola Staffilani from MIT and Cynthia Phillips from Sandia National Nam Tran Laboratories will be plenary DN Almost 300 students will be speakers.

The conference will include attending the 16th annual Netwo poster sessions that will braska Conference for Underfeature student research. These graduate Women in Mathematics sessions are 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Satthis weekend. urday, and 8:55 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.

The University of Nebraska– Lincoln is hosting the conference Sunday in Embassy Suites ReFriday through Sunday, with gents Ballroom A. “One my favorite parts of the poster sessions at the Embassy conference is that they get experiSuites. Students from 117 schools will be traveling from 34 states, ence presenting their research and as well as from Puerto Rico and so a lot of them might not have had a chance to speak in front of a Mexico. large group of their peers before,” Students will have the chance said Stephanie to meet other Vendetti, events women with the There’s a coordinator for the same interests in Center for Science, mathematical scilittle bit of Mathematics, and ences and those Computer Eduwho have been something for cation. “So that’s doing research everybody.” a really exciting projects will be opportunity for given opportunities to present Stephanie vendetti those giving talks center for science, but also those givtheir results. mathematics and computer “It’s just a education events coordinator ing poster presentations as well.” great networkParticipants ing opportunity will be given the and mentoring opportunity,” said Lindsay Augustyn, outreach opportunity to educate them& communications coordinator selves about life in graduate for the Center for Science, Math- school from perspectives of curematics & Computer Education. rent women graduate students “It’s bringing together women and panel discussions will be held by representatives from private

companies and the government and will talk about their careers.

“There’s a little bit of something for everybody, it’s really exciting for the undergrad students to be around such influential people in the mathematics community,” Vendetti said. “I think there are some of their heroes that are coming to speak at this and who are serving as panelists and so it’s really inspiring for these girls that are attending.”

Augustyn said they really encourage smaller universities to send students.

“Often times, even if you go to a small school as an undergrad, you might get into a large math grad school like you might get into Michigan … so it’s preparing them for that,” she said.

“That they’re going to be with a lot more people, it’s going to be a lot more competitive and how do they handle that and how do they stand out.”

While the conference is mainly concentrated on women in mathematics, Augustyn said that doesn’t mean men aren’t allowed to come.

“Men can come too, there is a male participant who is coming this year,” she said. “It’s not like they’re not allowed to come but there are a lot of universities that have a hostile environment for women in the math department and so those departments that understand that that’s happening are reaching out to us and they’re sending girls here and they’re sending grad students here and they’re trying to turn that around.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

StarTran to test extended evening service March 15 Tyler Williams dn StarTran will offer extended bus service for selected high volume nights, starting on March 15. The

StarTran advisory board unanimously approved the proposal Thursday.

“The main reason is to provide a service, and this service would save people from having to drive,” said Don Herz, board vice chairman.

The plan will extend bus service from residential areas to downtown from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The service will be based by reservations and offered by availability.

“A few days prior to that day, a phone number will be established where you can reserve your address and pick-up time,” transit manager Michael Davis said.

For now, the only definite night that service hours will be extended is March 15 – the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day – but New Year’s Eve and Halloween are on a short list for other possible dates.

Davis’s proposal aims to extend evening hours on three to four different dates a year. The Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day will be used to evaluate the usefulness and effectiveness of the extended hours.

“We’ll evaluate how it goes and if it proves successful we will look to implementing in the future,” Davis said.

Bus fare for these extended hours will be the same as for normal hours and bus passes will be

accepted.

The buses used will have a 12-person capacity. These smaller buses will shuttle people to downtown and back to the residential areas at predetermined times based on reservations. Because the reservations are based on availability, Davis recommends making a reservation as early as possible to ensure a seat.

“It will be evaluated after this one occurrence to see other times that these services might be implemented,” Herz said.

StarTran’s current bus routes between City and East campuses end service about 9:30 p.m. Other bus services in surrounding Iowa and Kansas cities also offer extended night bus service. Lincoln’s taxi services also offer special late-night services during certain dates.

Davis predicted the extended hours will be successful and something that the public both wants and needs.

“We had good feedback from the public to proceed,” Davis said.

People who want to use the latenight service to reach other areas will need to reserve a bus to take them downtown, where they can switch lines to another reserved bus.

Davis said the service is part of StarTran’s effort to keep the streets of Lincoln safe for everyone.

“We’re just excited to offer this service to the public,” Davis said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Lied Center requests budget increase At CFA meeting, Lied asks for $25,000 more to draw artists, while UPC asks for $11,100 decrease REECE RISTAU DN

The Lied Center for Performing Arts is requesting a $25,000 funding increase for 2014-2015 to secure big name performers.

The Lied Center presented its budget proposal to the Committee for Fees Allocation on Thurs-

day. At the same meeting, University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s University Program Council requested an $11,100 budget decrease.

The Lied Center request of $165,000 would result in a student fee increase of 54 cents per semester. The venue will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year and plans to have more big names than usual. Pentatonix, Cirque Zuma and OK Go were

a few of the groups selected following a survey of students.

UNL students get half-price tickets for all performances at the Lied, and this is where much of the funding goes. Last year, 2,422 unique UNL users bought tickets, and a total of 5,353 student tickets were distributed, according to Lied representatives.

The current cost per student is $3.06 each semester. UNL’s cost per student is about 50 percent less than the fee at other Big Ten Conference schools, according to the Lied’s budget request.

“It’s definitely an experience

to go with your friends or student organizations to a show,” a Lied Center employee said.

UPC requested a decrease to $239,634 because it’s cutting funding for summer events. Karen Wills, UPC coordinator, is on a 10-month contract that doesn’t include June or July, according to UPC representatives.

Students will pay $5.26 per semester if the budget is approved next week.

UPC plans to focus on diverse and educational presentations for the future. Matt Heng, UPC financial manager and a senior

advertising major, said the group wants to appeal to students with an academic interest, offering the example of Maya Angelou as an option.

The council is responsible for UNL’s spring concert UNL hosts.

Past performers include Grouplove and Craig Morgan.

The National Association for Campus Activities will host its national convention in Boston in February and UPC members will attend, using excess funds from last year.

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Students plan to boost veteran organization’s visibility mara Klecker

senior advertising and public relations major Megan McCave and sophomore environmental studies major Kaylee Wheeler – will make sure the SVO’s ofWayne Jeppesen didn’t originally plan fice is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each on spending his weekdays in a small weekday. Those business hours are a office tucked away in third-floor cormarked change from past semesters, ner of a university building. He didn’t when the office was dark and locked expect after 11 years in the U.S. Army, all but maybe four hours a week. he’d be sent home and find himself sit“We’ve already had about 10 peoting at a desk with a backpack full of ple come in this semester, and some of textbooks and a cane within reach. them said they’d tried to come before It was a 60-mph wind and a but no one was here,” Wing said.

10-foot-long pole that changed JeppeThe four have long-term goals of sen’s plans. The pole blew over and making the office more of a lounge area hit the inside of his kneecap while and expanding the veteran mentorhe was doing a training exercise in ship program, which matches trained Texas. After a couple failed surgerfaculty with students with military exies, the Army sent Jeppesen home. perience. But first, the students realize, He had a hard time finding work. the SVO needs to be visible. McCave The things he knew best required said she didn’t even know the center physical tasks he could no longer existed until her senior year, which she perform. said is a testament to its invisibility.

So at 31 years old, Jeppensen “Mostly, we know we just have enrolled at the Unito try and be seen versity of Nebrasand get ourselves out The biggest ka–Lincoln in electhere,” Wheeler said. trical engineering. obstacle I That visibility “Honestly, I try extends beyond just face is relating to not to think about the student veteran it too much,” Jeppe- other students.” population, Wing sen said. “If I had said. He wants all stujust moved on foot dents and faculty on Megan McCave one direction or ancampus to know that student veteran other, it would have the university has been different. But student veterans and it is what it is and there are resources for now I’m here,” he said, gesturing them. at the cramped office on the third McCave said she hopes to help floor of the Jackie Gaughan Multi- expand the SVO’s web presence cultural Center. through her knowledge of web deBut sitting in the office is a sign and social media strategy. service in itself. Jeppesen is one of Wing plans on working with four VA work-study students who veterans after he graduates in May, will work to expand the on-campus perhaps with the VA or a non-profit visibility of the Student Veteran Orga- veterans organization. He said the nization, or SVO, and advise adminis- work-study position is a perfect optration and faculty on ways to better portunity for him to combine his serve student veterans. own experiences and his professional Together, Jeppesen and three other goals. student veterans – senior child, youth “This is an unbelievable experiand family studies major Brian Wing,

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Student veterans (clockwise from top left) Megan McCave, Brian Wing, Wayne Jeppesen and Kaylee Wheeler are working this semester to make the Student Veteran Organization more accessible. With their help, the organization’s office is now open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each weekday. ence,” Wing said. “I’m really lucky to be up here and be in a position to help in the ways I can.”

Wing is a first-generation college student who served as a naval air crewman for eight years and was deployed twice to southeast Asia.

Coming to school was a rough transition. He was used to the mentorship and camaraderie of the military.

“When you get out and start college, you are completely on your own,” Wing said. “We don’t have

the high school friends to help us, and for me, as a first-generation student, I couldn’t ask my parents.”

Wheeler had a similar experience. After three semesters at UNL, she was deployed to Afghanistan with the Navy for a year. She returned in October and this is her first semester back.

“It’s been frustrating,” Wheeler said. “I went from living with 90 guys for months to just nobody. I had to restructure my own life and

it’s hard to get others to understand where I am sitting at.”

There are people in the classrooms and walking around campus, but it’s not the same, said Wing.

“Many of us are older and in some ways, more mature,” Wing said. “I stand in line with other students waiting to enter a class and I feel different – not better, not worse, not good or bad, just different.”

At 27 years old, McCave notices the age difference as well.

“The biggest obstacle I face is relating to other students,” she said.

The professors spend class time preparing fresh-out-of-high-school students for a life after college, something McCave said is “dissociating.” She has already had life experiences.

McCave joined the Army in 2003 at 17 years old. She was stationed in Ft. Hood, Texas, and then deployed to Iraq, where she spent her 19th birthday. She was honorably discharged in 2005 for post-traumatic stress disorder, something she said she still struggles with.

Those are the feelings and experiences that student veterans can come up to the SVO office to talk about if they want.

“All of us have been there – through the frustrations of being older, through the obstacle courses that are getting benefits,” Jeppesen said. “We’ve got some varied backgrounds too, so we’ll be able to find someone who can relate.”

But the SVO office isn’t just for venting or asking for help, Jeppesen said. It’s often hard for veterans to ask for assistance, so the office can just be a place to mingle and talk about everyday things as well.

Wheeler agreed. “Just come up here,” she said. “We like it, we like talking and hanging out too.”

If the office isn’t being visited, it will be hard for the SVO to expand services and work with the university to get a larger space in the future, Wing said.

“Making that transition from soldier to student is not an easy one,” Wing said. “Becoming a soldier is much easier than turning it off. It’s a difficult road but there is so much assistance out there and we would love to help anyone we can. That’s what we are here for.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL faculty support bill to create leader for anti-trafficking efforts tyler williams dn A bill introduced in the Nebraska legislature Thursday would create a new government position to lead anti-human trafficking efforts in the state.

LB934, sponsored by Lincoln Sen. Amanda McGill, would create a coordinator of human trafficking prevention and rehabilitation within the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.

“Everybody is doing their own little thing,” said Sriyani Tidball, an anti-human trafficking advocate and advertising lecturer at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln. “There is an organization doing something and I’m doing my thing, and someone else doing their thing. We need a coordinator to bring everybody together to see results.”

The bill doesn’t seek to replace any of the current efforts to prevent human trafficking and rehabilitate its victims but to lead efforts, research and to help implement programs.

“If you had a coordinator you would have someone to help people find help,” said Bob Burton, UNL senior associate athletic director and founder of I’ve Got a Name, a non-profit organization that works with other organizations in the Lincoln area to help end human trafficking. “We know there is plenty of work to be done.”

Tidball said she’s excited

about the bill. “(The position) would give credibility and a liaison between community and government,” she said.

Burton and Tidball said human trafficking is a prevalent issue in the United States and the world. In 2001 a report by The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work estimated that between 100,000 and 300,000 children between the ages of 12 and 14 are taken into prostitution in the U.S. every year.

“This problem is statewide, and I encourage the people of Lincoln to try to address that problem,” Burton said.

Tidball and Burton said one of the major obstacles activists face is the lack of a sense of urgency and legislation on the issue.

“There is such a lack of laws, lack of law enforcement training, lack of knowledge in the community,” Tidball said. “There is such a desperate need for us to say, ‘We need to reduce demand.’ The only way to start doing that is if we all rise up and do some work.”

Tidball and Burton are trying to stamp out human trafficking by promoting awareness.

“We went and made a presentation at the state capitol to all the senators’ aides, because one of things we’re having a hard time with is convincing senators that this is a real priority,” Tidball said. “We are really talking about keeping our kids safe.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL tests 2 new technologies in classrooms Administration hopes Apple TV Bonjour, Echo 360 will improve student, faculty experiences Kelli Rollin DN The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is testing two new technologies for use in general purpose classrooms.

Information and Technology Services hopes the technologies, Apple TV Bonjour and Echo 360, will improve student and instructor experience in courses.

Faculty at UNL took the 2013 Faculty IT survey about what they thought about the current technology in classrooms. Of the 230 faculty members who took the survey, 35 said they use their personal smartphone for teaching in the classrooms. Forty-three said they use their personal laptop when teaching a class and 21 said they use their own tablet. Thirty faculty members used UNL-provided tablets and most everyone used UNL-provided laptops.

In the survey, faculty members were told to check all that applied, so some faculty may use more than one device when teaching.

Heath Tuttle, assistant director for learning and emerging technologies at ITS, said faculty members come to ITS with feedback and input about what tech-

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Juniors Jake Sueflohn and Meggie Coffey work in one of the computer labs available to students in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. nology needs need to be met in a general purpose classroom.

ITS provides service to 102 general purpose classrooms on City and East campuses, but the rest of the classrooms are supported by individual departments and colleges.

Tuttle said more instructors may be using their personal devices because it’s convenient.

“I think that as technology becomes more integrated in our lives, people want to use the same device to teach with and that’s the device that they take home,” he said.

Apple TV Bonjour allows devices to be used on a wireless network so instructors don’t have to deal with an array of tangled cords. Tuttle said faculty members said they wanted

to teach and not be “tied down” to the computer desk. He said they wanted to be able to move around when teaching.

“That was the genesis of that pilot,” Tuttle said.

Echo 360 allows video recordings of the class to be available for students to go back and review material. Tuttle said Echo 360 was a result of a combination of student and faculty feedback.

Tuttle said he used to teach at the high school and college level, as did some of his coworkers, so he can understand where faculty are coming from when they make suggestions.

ITS started testing the new technologies in fall 2013 and continue to do so in various classrooms, including some rooms in the Westbrook Music Building and

Architecture Hall. Tuttle said ITS is also working closely with the College of Education and Human Sciences with the technologies.

Linda Pickett, Earth and atmospheric sciences lecturer, teaches a Geology 101 class in the Bessey Hall auditorium, which is supported by ITS. Pickett said this spring semester is her first semester teaching at UNL, but compared to other schools she’s taught at, the technology is easy to maneuver.

She said the controls for the screen and computer are all on the teaching stand, which makes it simple to figure out. But she said Apple TV Bonjour seems like a good idea.

“It would be nice to have something to connect to wirelessly,” Pickett said.

As for Echo 360, Pickett said watching lectures could be helpful to students who miss class, but the technology could be misused.

“It would not be beneficial if a student relies on that,” she said.

“I think there should be some thought given to that myself.”

Tuttle said the goal of the faculty survey, which was the first concerning faculty technology use, is to evaluate what improvements need to be made. He said ITS is looking into getting more student perspective but it doesn’t yet know how it will gather that information.

Tuttle said ITS was glad faculty participated in the survey so it can take care of technology issues and help students and faculty be more effective learners and educators. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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I really like pretzels, so I’m super pumped about it.” hannah brenden

sophomore secondary english education major

Honestly, I can’t wait for something new. I’ve eaten at Subway three times this week.” yassir soumit

sophomore exploratory major

It’s snack food. It’ll be nice to have a little pretzel if you don’t want to stop for a sandwich or anything.”

Terrence wright junior education major

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DN quotes of the week “This is not an issue of publicity, this is an issue of educating ourselves … to talk about issues of race to understand how to communicate cross culturally because if we don’t do that here then we’re not really preparing our students for the global world.”

Amy Goodburn

Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, on “Not Here, Not Now, Not Ever” campaign

“There are no words to tell you what it feels like when four months come to a screeching halt with three plane rides and three layovers.”

Katie Nelson

Arts columnist, on studying abroad in Spain

“Although the faux laughter can be unsettling at times, and may make you look for some ghost exterminators to call, it doesn’t make us feel alone. Which can be a good thing when you find yourself forever alone bingeing on Netflix and Nutella.”

Emily Kuklinski

Opinion columnist

“My goal is to get better and better, even if it’s just like one inch … One day, I’ll be there.”

Jazmin McCoy

Freshman, long jumper and sprinter

“Is there really anything more cool than a pop culture literary reference at a kegger? Didn’t think so.”

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“(Lee Aronsohn) is the co-creator of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ the man who used to own this place. So he’s doing OK…Although how he dealt with Charlie Sheen, I don’t know.”

Larry Lorenz

Owner, Trade A Tape Comic Center

“We operate an unofficial policy that, you’re more than welcome to say whatever you’re going to say, but we’re not going to neglect the fact that there are going to be social consequences.”

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Association of Students of the University of Nebraska president

“After all, it’s better to have your boss notice your attire rather than your tired facial expression.”

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Opinion columnist

“Winning the locker room is job one. Getting your guys to believe in the charge, believe in Nebraska, be here for Nebraska. Job two is rally the troops, get the fans involved, win at home.”

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Churches shouldn’t be tax exempt

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henever I hear the word “taxes,” I immediately tune out of the conversation because it’s usually followed by either A) bad news or B) an old person going on a libertarian rampage.

But last Friday, Sen. Ernie Chambers introduced a piece of tax legislation that didn’t trigger my gag reflex. The bill, known in the Unicameral as LB675, would deny property tax exemptions to religious organizations like churches, temples, synagogues and mosques. After an extended research expedition into the exciting world of taxes, I realized that the bill is not only politically just but also makes good economic sense.

We can start with the practical reasons to support the bill. Property taxes are paid directly to local governments, so requiring churches to pay these taxes will generate more revenue for these bodies.

Even cities without a lot of religious structures could benefit from the legislation. Many local governments require additional funding from the state in order to stay afloat. More income for some cities could relieve their need for state assistance, freeing up those funds for other projects around the state.

It’s difficult to figure out exactly how much money we’re talking about. Each religious property has a different value, meaning that there’s no quick way to get an answer. According to Chambers in his defense of the bill, there are close to 3,000 church properties in Nebraska, which could represent a meaningful increase in funds.

Moreover, eliminating the religious property tax exemption removes the problem of people claiming fraudulent exemptions. A person can become an ordained minister by just paying a fee online and printing off a certificate. For example, the website for the Universal Life Church Monastery only requires a full legal name and a valid email address for someone to become an ordained minister. Because the government can’t determine what counts as a legitimate religion, people with these certificates can then use them to apply for religious tax exemptions on property and income. Though the IRS has taken steps to avoid these abuses, the possibility for fraud still exists.

Churches, not just individuals, have the

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ability to abuse this policy by claiming exemptions on properties not used for religious purposes. Last year, for example, a Tennessee appeals court denied a 2,000-member church its property tax exemption on a building that included a fitness center, gym, bookstore, cafe and indoor playground in addition to its worship space. This case presents an interesting gray area. While the building did have a religious component, something about attaching things like a gym and a bookstore violates our intuitions about why churches should have a religious exemption. I think this presents a significant problem that requires digging a little deeper into the given justifications for freeing churches of property taxes.

When speaking out against the LB675, the director of the Nebraska Catholic Conference Jim Cunningham said the exemption “is firmly grounded in meeting human needs and serving the common good.” Sen. Beau McCoy echoed this sentiment and compared churches to other groups that provide helpful public services: schools and charitable non-profits. It appears, then, that churches are currently exempt from property taxes because they serve the community by offering beneficial services.

Therefore, they deserve to be treated like other nonprofits.

However, churches actually have an easier time achieving and maintaining tax exempt status than other charitable organizations. Simply by virtue of being affiliated with a faith, they avoid many of the bureaucratic hoops that charities must jump through to prove that they are really a non-profit when they file for tax exemption. Religious organizations also differ from charities on a very basic level. While

non-profits must exist solely to provide public goods to the entire community, churches don’t.

I’m not denying the fact that many religious organizations do charitable acts for their communities, but these acts are merely fortunate byproducts of organized religion and not essential to its being in the way that it is to a non-profit.

Trust me, I can already hear what you’re thinking: “But you’re not a real Christian/Jew/ Muslim/Hindu/Buddhist/Rastafarian unless you’re serving other people!” Regardless of if this is true or not, it’s not relevant to this issue because the government only requires spiritual affiliation and not public works for churches to become exempt from paying taxes. This fundamental disconnect between the justifications given for tax exemption and the actual treatment of churches represents a governmental bias in favor of religion.

The First Amendment guarantees separation of church and state and any violation of this rule should not be taken lightly. But the issue becomes even more problematic when you consider who must carry the financial burden of religious tax exemption. All of the money that the government needs but can’t get from the church must instead be taken from taxpayers. This means that regardless of if a person practices religion or not, she must indirectly support churches by continually paying for their tax-exempt property. By not making churches pay property taxes, the government requires citizens who may be opposed to religion to fund it.

I firmly believe LB675 will help bring Nebraska’s government back in line with both the Constitution and its own stated reasoning. Even without considering the greater political implications of religious tax exemptions, the bill just makes good, pragmatic sense. Please consider calling your state representative today and expressing your support for the bill before it comes up to vote.

Kate Miller is a senior philosophy major. she also serves on the asun electoral commission. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com and follow her on Twitter @TheKateriarchy.

Color blindness doesn’t solve racism

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ace is an important topic in the current social-political climate in the United States, and anyone trying to argue against that lives in fiction.

There is still a strong culture of racial prejudice and oppression working in this country. Even though we no longer see “whites only” restrooms or the open racism that was once so prevalent, there is still a prejudicial undercurrent coursing through our society. It rears its head in wealth distribution, in the housing market and in the education system. Looking at the distribution of race across a city, even our very own Lincoln, makes it clear that there are lines dividing both wealth classes and races. That being said, it would be unlikely to come across someone who would identify themselves as a racist. I’d wager most people, especially white people, would argue they’re in fact completely against racism. Who wouldn’t? Being a racist carries a heavy stigma in the modern U.S. When asked for justification of their non-racist attitudes, people have many common arguments: “I have plenty of black friends,” “I voted for Obama” and perhaps the most compelling “I don’t look at race; I’m color blind.”

This idea of racial color blindness is not a new concept, but it has become a much more prevalent mindset in the 2000s.

In 2007, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” This is a basic definition of racial color blindness. The idea is that if you don’t acknowledge a person’s race but simply judge them on their character, then race becomes a moot point and racism is no longer a factor. This seems logical. Shouldn’t we be more concerned about a person’s actions and attitudes than with the color of their skin? The short answer is yes. But the problem with short answers is that they don’t really explain much.

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of “Racism Without Racists,” writes that in comparison to the Jim Crow era, color blindness is “racism lite.”

He contends that instead of overt racial prejudice, color blindness hides its racist nature behind a

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veneer of open-mindedness. It acts as a “get out of racism free” card that shifts blame from those who oppress to those who are being oppressed.

Instead of saying “you have to live in this area because you’re black” the rhetoric becomes “well, it’s not our fault that you can’t get a better job, a better house or a better education. Maybe you shouldn’t be so lazy.”

I’m not saying that it’s the responsibility of the dominant power (i.e. white people) to fix this problem, to save the minorities. That sounds a bit too much like “the white man’s burden” concept, which is just as terrible in its own right. It’s the responsibility of everyone to work together on this one. Eliminate the racist rhetoric and open up a dialogue. It’s not an issue of blame. We can’t spend time blaming each other for problems because all that does is create more problems and more blame. There isn’t really a single solution for the problem of racism. Everyone has prejudices. To say that racism is a “whites only” problem would be just as ignorant as claiming that racism is no longer a problem. There are racists of every creed, color, sexual orientation and gender. It’s a huge, multi-faceted problem that is spread from many sources.

Pop culture is pervaded with racist ideology.

It’s often cleverly hidden or spun to make it seem like a joke, but it’s there. Sarah Palin, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of all days, posted on her Facebook, “Mr. President, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and all who commit to ending any racial divide, no more playing the race card.” I’m sure it was a well-meaning post, but it certainly strikes a strange chord. It isn’t an overtly racist

post, but it’s clear that she is placing the blame upon President Obama. Stephen Colbert, the enigmatic host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” often claims he is color blind. It’s possible and indeed likely that Mr. Colbert is satirizing the idea of color blindness for the sake of his over-the-top conservative persona, but millions of people view this show. He is a TV and popculture icon. Many people likely see this as condoning the color blind mindset. In both situations the message that ignoring race stops you from being racist is made abundantly clear and is being shown as acceptable.

Even here, on campus, racism is an inescapable force. Sometimes it’s more open, such as the hateful graffiti that has popped up recently. Other times it’s subtle. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska senator last semester who made racially insensitive comments wasn’t trying to be offensive or hateful. He felt he was allowed to say what he pleased because of freedom of speech. Freedom-of-speech argument aside, the ASUN senator believed race wasn’t a factor when it came to saying certain words. By ignoring race, the senator lacked forethought and ended up looking foolish. Race is still a relevant force on campus and ignoring it will only lead to future problems.

We, as a country and as a world, cannot ignore race. How could we? Look in the mirror and you’ll see why. Race isn’t skin deep. To ignore race would be to ignore heritage. It would remove any sort of cultural identity from our world. How does that make us better as a people? I’m proud of my German and Irish heritage. Every person should be proud of their culture because that’s part of what makes us all so unique. If this country is a melting pot, then we, the people, are the ingredients. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather enjoy a stew of many flavors than one without any at all.

Jaz Schoeneck is a Junior English and Film Studies Major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com and follow him on Twitter @jaz_schoeneck.

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Megan Vokal and Leo Glass stand outside their office on Y Street. Vokal and Glass are the sole members of Clockwork Demon, a video game company.

press play Local game developer Clockwork Demon aims to create games that help gamers explore human nature story by Zach Fulciniti photo by Stacie Hecker

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eo Glass should have known he would end up making video games one day, or so he says.

Growing up on a farm in Valley, Neb., the youngest of 10 half-brothers and sisters, his early life consisted of chores and video games. His mother bought him his first game, a Coleco “Donkey Kong” Mini-Arcade, at a yard sale. He played it so much the battery acid began leaking out of the case.

“From that point, as a kid, that was my life,” Glass said. “My introverted time was always spent with games. I consumed as much of that stuff as I could.”

His best friends growing up were the people with whom he could share his video-gaming experiences. It wasn’t just a way to occupy his time; a good game was an emotional experience, one that taught him something.

The closest thing to a life-changing experience Glass ever had with gaming was when he played “Deus Ex” as a sophomore in high school.

“Everything I thought about the way action games were supposed to work, everything I thought about the way choice was supposed to work, was on its head,” he said. “If I wanted to be a total villain and do horrible things to people, the game allowed it. You might step on a rat, and you feel kinda bad because you hear that sickening crack. ‘Deus Ex’ was the first time that I thought, ‘I can impact the game world in an interesting way.’”

Megan Vokal didn’t play lots of video games as a kid. The games she did play, she played all the time.

Her favorites were simulators – more specifically, pet simulators. It wasn’t until she was a freshman in high school that gaming grew into an obsession, with the help of Nintendo consoles like the GameCube and Wii. By that point, Vokal knew she wanted to design

games for a living. But being a “naive little brat,” she had little idea of the work necessary to accomplish such a goal. The first step was to learn how to code, so she enrolled in a programming class and began learning Java.

“In the class description it said, ‘at the end of the year, you will make a game,’ which was ‘Pong,’” she said. “It was a super basic project but still a lot of fun.”

She took two more years of Java classes and went on to enroll in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jeffery S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management as a computer science major. She eventually found that her other interest, creative writing, was missing from her life. She wanted to find a career that would satisfy her interest in writing and programming.

She realized that her high school pipe dream, video games, was the combination of storytelling and computer programming she had been looking for. But it would take playing a game she had missed out on as a child before she truly realized making games was the career for her.

“I didn’t have a PS2 growing up, so I missed out on a lot of really great older games,” she said. “But a friend introduced me to ‘Shadow of the Colossus’ and it was the first time that I really saw games as what I consider to be art. That’s how someone can make a game and make it be a meaningful experience.”

Caleb Moore was also a “Nintendo kid.” Like many, he was drawn to the unique art style and individuality of Nintendo games.

And like many teens, video games were a social experience for Moore, as he began playing “Halo,” or trading Pokemon, with his friends.

He eventually realized that his true passion wasn’t gaming, but music.

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Festivals bring music fans together Music festivals offer opportunities for attendees to experience bands, embrace new ones

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Grace Solem-Pfeifer DN Armed with glitter, body paint and plenty of water, four days a year Alyssa Cody leaves home for a plot of farmland in Tennessee, the home of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

At an event that can test the endurance of even seasoned concertgoers, Cody is a veteran. She attended Bonnaroo for the first time at just 15 years old and said, for her, music festivals serve as an escape.

“Music festivals are like a different world,” said Cody, a sophomore journalism and advertising and public relations major.

“Your job, your school, everyone you know in your normal life is closed off from you at that point when you enter, and now for four days, your only goal is to have fun and listen to music.”

Cody has attended Bonnaroo four times, as well as the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago and Kansas City’s Kanrocksas.

Though they were popular long before in Europe, music festivals first made their debut in the United States less than 50 years ago. While the earliest appearances of festivals were celebrations of jazz music, it was rock music festivals – most famously the 1969 Woodstock Mu-

Two columnists plan to sample all local Chinese cuisine

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Music festivals, like the one pictured above, garner huge crowds, and creates an artistic atmosphere for musicians, artists and activists alike. Lincoln Exposed, hosted in downtown Lincoln, will be from Feb. 5 until Feb. 8. sic Festival - that provided the inspiration for modern festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals.

Tom Larson, a professor of music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has written a textbook on the history of rock and roll. He said, conceptually, these early events provided a sense of unity and identity for a restless generation.

“Rock music festivals in the early years were a celebration of the teenage nation,” Larson said.

“They were as much a statement of ‘We’ve arrived and we’re making a statement to the world’ as they were about the music.”

Since then, music festivals have diversified by genre, venue and format to embrace new genres of music, such as electronic dance music, and adapt to more urban settings. While major

music festivals continue to grow in size, there is also an increasing number of smaller local festivals.

For the past 10 years, the Lincoln Calling music festival has featured hundreds of local musicians and national acts in a number of downtown venues.

Additionally, Omaha began its own experiment with an out-

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The red neon glow of the “Imperial Palace Express” sign radiates down into a quiet Nebraska Union.

It’s 7:30 p.m., and between full-time course loads, side jobs at night and the constant hailstorm of college social life, we’re ordering yet another round of sesame chicken, crab rangoons and complimentary waters to go.

Four years, four long, grueling, not-sure-if-delicious years of Chinese food on the go, and we’ve eaten the same meal for virtually every stop. Sixteen weeks in a semester, 32 in a year, everyone from freshman to seniors has charged their NCards for what may be the fastest Chinese in town and also the scariest.

But ... what if ...

What if there’s more in this world? What more could Lincoln possibly have to offer lovers of fried rice and saucy, spiced meats

or vegetables?

We grab our food, a caloric intake fit for The Hulk, and sit down. No fortune cookies. Nearly half a decade gone, sans cookie, and just now we sense the indignation of missed appointments with fate.

Something’s not right here.

Something needs to be done.

We ask the Palace’s chefmaster if there are any tasteless cookies left. She hands us three. So much time lost and we simply forgot to ask. Good thing we got an extra one to compensate for the potential directions our lives could have gone.

The last fortune, obviously the most important, reads, “Good news of a long-awaited event will arrive soon.”

Maybe, just maybe, the sesame chicken we’ve always waited for is on its way.

The questions float through our subconscious: How many Chinese restaurants do you think Lincoln actually has? How many brands of fortune cookies are there? Where are the cheapest combo meals and the best?

Yellow Pages Online nails the business count at 35.

Picking through our darkmeat casserole, the scent of adventure begins to overtake the permeating wafts of disappoint-

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Fighting games take practice, experience to win miles rothlisberger

Video games take skill, talent that must be perfected over time, making stiff competition Fighting games are a strange case in the wonderfully macabre world of gaming.

For some, fighting games provide an experience like no other, and certainly not a sadistic one.

With the right character, the right move set, the right opponent and, most importantly, the right-finger dexterity, a simple match between two warriors can feel incredibly tense and epic. Like the Roman gladiators in the past, witnessing two avatars slinging combos left and right may be a spectacle, but actually participating in the battle can lead to a climactic rise in euphoria and even to a groan of excitement or two.

However, sad to say, almost every fighting game ever made

“Mortal Kombat,” only one dropkicks novices into a world of of many examples, shows that the horrifying pain. That same gladiparty starts the moment an innoator experience becomes a pitiful cent attack button is pressed. fight between an unarmed civilDamn those combos. ian inside an iron maiden and a Sure, any average human can lion covered in napalm. Well, not always – that’s only if one is truly pull off the punch-punch-punchkick-kick combo to mildly irritate lucky.

Take the popular 2013 fight- another player or at the very least send a fireball of some sort at the ing game “Mortal Kombat,” for enemy. On an easy difficulty in example. At face value, one sees a gory, graphic and stylized game story mode, a hapless player may actually feel satisfied after movthat never takes itself too seriousing past the weird thought that ly. The cheesy narrative doesn’t it seems like every help, either, with fighting character its straightfor- Like any in the game knows ward plot involvother how to shoot fireing a daemonic balls. superpower hopcruel game, the But all that will ing to conquer the world that pits experience will be be for naught when skilled players and the world’s greatAI alike use comest fighters in a better with time.” plex combos that tournament to literally put a less the death. Admittedly, the action seems gruesome experienced player in a corner, where they’re likely expected to enough – for god’s sake, spines are ripped out of backs, a charac- kneel in the fetal position and cry ter uses their otherwise silly-look- until the enemy builds up enough energy in the “super meter” to ing hat to saw fighters in half and pull off a grotesque move. Or even if one happens to win, their maybe they will juggle players in characters barely stand on torn the air. Or maybe, in true “Mortal legs that expose bloody muscle Kombat” fashion, they will use an fiber. Blood literally floods players’ screens. But, come on. “The array of sharp knives and weird green fire (only real evil produces brutality may only be skin deep,” one foolishly hopes to themselves green fire) to batter prey. Depends as they pick up the controller, like on the day, really.

For a veteran or well-rounded an unaware squirrel picking up a gamer, chains of button presses land mine. “Fighting games are and stick turns pose no challenge. only different. Won’t be too diffiSomeone completely new, howevcult. Right?”

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Fighting games like “Mortal Kombat” require players to develop their mindset, reflexes and cleverness over time to become better at combat. er, has not yet developed the brain of a supercomputer or the hands of an android.

After one has flopped around as the Magikarp of the fighting world until near the end, the infamous “fatalities,” or execution moves in “Mortal Kombat” that feature winning characters tearing heads off or generally dismembering in some brutal fashion, add the cherry to the hard core sundae of bricks and teeth.

In fact, “fatalities” are the videogame world’s version of spitting.

Bastards.

Newbies have little chance on the higher difficulties on story mode for “Mortal Kombat,” let alone a micro-fraction of chance when playing against players online. However, “Mortal Kombat” doesn’t provide the only drilling experience. Different fighting games have different mechanics between each other. If a complete and utter noob finds a means of surviving “Mortal Kombat” without losing a controller or part of their sanity, games like “Soul Cal-

ibur” and “Street Fighter” will be there, waiting gleefully.

Yet, like any other cruel game, the experience will be better with time. Like with playing shooters or role-playing games, one needs to develop a mindset. It just so happens that fighting games seem to require both reflexes as well as cleverness. Yet, while fighting games have very steep learning curves for the inexperienced, the curve is never a sheer wall. Maybe a curb of stone at about 87 degrees, but that’s beside the point.

One can become better, with time and with blood. Oh, so much blood.

Eventually, in “Mortal Kombat,” once someone finally achieves that somewhat long combo to use what appears to be meat-hooks in order to temporarily carve the competition, the little moments of triumph make one feel like a real warrior. Yes, a real warrior with an opponent all cleaved in fourths at their feet, at least for a bit. Then the vicious cycle kicks in once again, either in “Mortal Kombat” or “Dead or Alive,” to teach a little humility and the hard fact that, with fighting games, there will likely always be a player much more skilled in this sick little world of masochistic games, gamers and victims alike.

Miles Rothlisberger already ripped out your spine. Get it back at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Recipe: Cranberry-Apricot Chicken Which do you

prefer: Netflix or Hulu?

A new year means a new you. And for many people, this means working on a new diet.

One of the fads of the past year has been the Paleo diet, which is modeled after the way our Neanderthal ancestors found their life sustenance.

This week’s dish of Cranberry-Apricot Chicken follows the Paleo guidelines and is extremely easy to make and even more delicious to eat.

Ingredients:

“I use both of them actually, but I guess I use Hulu more often because you can catch up on current shows better.”

• 4 (6-oz) boneless skinless chicken breast halves • 1/3 cup unsweetened dried apricots (chopped) • 3 pressed garlic cloves • 3/4 cup of thawed, frozen cranberries (or dried cranberries) • 1/3 cup red wine • 2 tablespoons of raw honey • 3 tablespoons of melted ghee (an organic butter), or coconut oil • 1 teaspoon sea salt Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Place chicken in a dish or a pan. Mix all of your ingredients together and pour the mixture over the chicken. Place in the oven until the chicken is cooked through.

Serve and enjoy!

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“I prefer Netflix because it’s a greater variety, I guess. Like Hulu is just entirely tv shows but not really what I’m interested in, so basically Netflix is just a little cheaper, and I’m more of a movie person than a tv person.” james keeler

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I think it all stems from the spirit , this sounds corny, but peace and love. Woodstock was all about art and activism, and I don’t think that’s been lost. I actually registered to vote for the first time at Bonnaroo.”

Alyssa Cody journalism, advertising/pr major

door festival with Maha in 2009.

Joel Henriksen, a producer at the Maha Music Festival, said the purpose of Maha is to establish a music niche with local concertgoers, while providing the atmosphere of larger outdoor festivals.

“Omaha has got a big enough indie culture that there are lots of indie rock lovers who dreamt of doing their own festival,” Henriksen said. “Although lineups are more and more diverse, every festival has its cliché thing.

Looking at Maha, I always try to push for hip hop because I want to be more diverse, but some of the older (producers) struggle with that because that’s not our traditional fan.”

As the largest music festivals continue to cross genre lines, Cody said she believes the format of performances encourages attendees to branch out musically.

“When you are paying that much for a ticket you want to get the most out of it,” Cody said.

“So you’ll see bunch of hard core Eminem fans swaying to Mumford and Sons. It’s just the energy there. When the stages are so close to each other, and you can go so easily, it’s a hard

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freshman, civil engineering

time keeping up your preconceptions.”

For attendees, music festivals provide an expanded and immersive concert experience, but the events also present unique opportunities for performers.

The Internet erupted earlier this year at the announcement of Outkast’s reunion for the 2014 festival circuit. Inspiring both unlikely reunions and surprising collaborations between artists, the structure of festivals provides unique exposure for participating artists.

“The coolest thing about playing (in a festival) is that you have the opportunity to play in front of a different audience, people who haven’t heard you before,” said Lucas Kellison, a Lincoln-based funk musician. “It’s more of an enthusiastic crowd than normal, because if you buy a ticket, you’re probably really excited to go out and see live music, any music.”

Kellison performs with the group LK + the Undisco Kids, and has played six times at the Lincoln Calling Festival.

Whether the event draws a crowd of 5,000 or 150,000, festivals are also a magnet for other types of artists and performers.

Lollapalooza and Bonnarooo set

up villages of booths for local artists and artisans to sell their wares. Hula hoopers and jugglers often perform in the crowd during concerts. For the first time last year, Maha included slam poetry performances as well as a comedy troupe.

“I think it all stems from the spirit, this sounds corny, but peace and love,” Cody said. “Woodstock was all about art and activism, and I don’t think that’s been lost. I actually registered to vote for the first time at Bonnaroo.”

While the atmosphere may persist, Woodstock’s spirit of “free love,” has been commodified into a massive marketing venture. In November 2011, Time Magazine estimated that music festivals are a $4.6 billion industry, with headliners earning multimillion-dollar paychecks. Larson said he remembered meeting with Michael Lang, the original organizer of Woodstock and being struck by the dramatic evolution of the festival’s purpose.

“Generally speaking, I think rock music festivals have evolved from a ‘Let’s try this and see what happens’ ethos to an opportunity to monetize the experience,” Larson said. “Lang could have cared less if he made any money at

Woodstock. He just wanted to put on a really cool concert with the best acts possible. Of course, he didn’t want to lose money, either.”

This fiscal approach to festivals continues to thrive at smaller, local levels. While Maha has grown in size and popularity, Henriksen said it relies heavily on corporate sponsors, and any losses are fronted by the shows’ original producers.

“There is no profitability factor to Maha whatsoever,” Henriksen said. “I don’t get paid a dime, and any of the money we make as profit is going right back into paying bills for next year.”

In a music industry witnessing lagging records sales, as a result of music streaming Internet downloads, music festivals are gaining a more significant role. While local and national festivals operate on drastically different scales, Kellison said the appeal of a musician, a stage and an eager audience is universal.

“Live music is live music, and that’s what unites everybody doing this,” Kellison said. “Beyond that, it’s just ice cream: There’s a lot of flavors.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“Netflix because I like the layout better and the programs they offer.

It’s easier to find things on Netflix rather than Hulu, so I guess I like it more.” carly faller

sophomore, biochemistry pre-med

“I like Netflix because I think it’s easy to access it and it provides a lot more movies.” issa alsibani

freshman, chemical engineering

“Oh I like Netflix better. I think it’s because they have no commercials and a better movie selection.”

Christian Gobel junior, political science

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Five sure ways to get kicked out of a party Alex Lucke DN

save oxygen but not enough. Make sure everyone can see the love in the air. Make them inhale compassion, exhale seventh-grade crush. Have hands all over and refuse to stop for anything. Set up camp in the middle of the kitchen so everyone that wants some chips and queso has to go through a shower of love. Let them bask in the soundtrack of smooching.

Get kicked out of the party interlocking hands with that special someone and spend the rest of the night gazing into each others lives in peace.

Fifth: Throw up on heirlooms and electronics.

For some reason, hosts usually aren’t huge fans of people that throw up everywhere. Usually, you should hang on tight to that porcelain throne and stay in for the night. In this case, pack a bucket, Lysol wipes, Advil, water and old towels. Throw all of this into a hiking backpack and convince everyone at the party you’re rustic and outdoorsy. If symptoms start surfacing during the prime of the party, feel free to let loose wherever is convenient. That new TV with the big “do not touch” sign taped to the front? Perfect. That antique vase that has been passed down from previous generations? Absolutely. This is a foolproof way to get kicked out and eliminates the possibility of getting invited back again. Fewer invites leads to more Netflix, and there’s nothing wrong with that. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

future parties with. Anonymous comments online are incredibly trendy, anonymous comments in real life are borderline impossible. People always seem to figure out who says what, especially in a face-to-face conversation. Before the party even hits midnight or the pizza makes a guest appearance, people will start to realize absolutely no one is connected to the stranger that refers to themselves as “the real life anon.” Showing up anonymous at a stranger’s party isn’t a very good idea. It’ll be short, sweet and frowned upon.

Third: Say very creepy things.

Taking advice from the wrong dating tips article is a first-class ticket to the front door with a courtesy “do not invite this person ever again” reputation that can’t be shaken off.

For example, BuzzFeed published an article on the creepiest things kids have said to their parents that included comments like “I want to peel all your skin off.” Whisper in anyone’s ear and assume the chin-on-shoulder position. Refuse to break eye contact, smile the toothiest grin anatomically possible. Recite a favorite childhood song while simultaneously trying to impersonate Morgan Freeman. Instant success.

Fourth: Be that couple. You know, that couple. That one.

Dating is fun for people in the relationship and the kind souls that are avid fans of excessive PDA. Sitting on laps saves space, making out might

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First: Take over DJ duty when you really, really shouldn’t.

For some reason those bubblegum pop (feat. Skrillex) remixes don’t go over very well. People will want to turn down for anything and everything. People will be looking for excuses to turn down. DJ Snake and Lil Jon would be incredibly disappointed. Also, be sure to include some type of variety. Everybody knows those hot new singles don’t stay hot for long, but nothing can kill a party like a song slaughtered by abusing the repeat rule. Throw in a few personal favorites and sing alongs, make everyone stop what they’re doing and mouth the words. People will appreciate your sense of community, and they’ll point out the exit as one collective unit. Impressive.

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If you’re looking for some material, you can never go wrong with a “your mom” joke. People appreciate the predictability of the classics, even if they tell you that they’re “offended because their mom just died in a fiery accident.”

Be spontaneous. Don’t overthink your jokes, make them up in the moment. If you can’t think of anything when someone asks “Why?” after you say, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”, just stare blankly at them and then walk away. Hilarious.

Confidence is key. Above all, remember that YOU are the funniest person you know. So don’t let other people steal your thunder, rockstar. If they try to tell you your jokes are sub-par, beat them mercilessly into a pulp. Violence is always the answer.

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“I still played games but I really loved the creative outlet music allowed me,” he said. “Music has a way of connecting and moving people without words and in deeper ways than words are often able to. I began to notice how connected music was with every quality entertainment experience I had.”

Although he had gone “head over heels” into music, starting his own band, he chose to pursue an electrical engineering degree at Southeast Community College in Lincoln. He took a side job working in graphic design and decided to drop out of school and pursue design full time.

After three years, Moore decided he wanted to do something more meaningful.

At the same time Glass, who had received an English degree from UNL but had been designing training experiences for fraternity organizations for several years, quit his job in Colorado and returned to Nebraska with the goal of starting his own business and making video games.

He chose to become a part of Turbine Flats, an “ideas community” of tech startups in Lincoln. It’s because of Turbine Flats that he met Vokal and Moore.

Vokal had worked several software jobs, most recently with a Lincoln company called Semcat, which happens to be headquartered at Turbine Flats. She did this all while thinking that she would have to do her time at an AAA game developer before she would have the resources

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And along comes Glass, with similarly unique ideas about what video games can be. It didn’t take long for them to realize they had a golden opportunity on their hands and Clockwork Demon was born.

“At the same time, I’m talking about the types of sounds I want and evoking feelings,” Glass said. “And the office manager of ISoft (another Turbine Flats company) says, ‘My husband does that,’ and I was kind of blown away and that’s how we found Caleb.”

As the trio struggled to get Clockwork Demon off the ground, they set their sights on a project that they eventually chose to shelf. It took tragedy striking for them to find the project that would serve to introduce them to gamers.

“In October, I got married,” said Moore. “We went on our honeymoon and had a great time. When we got back my wife and I found out that our dog of five years had passed on in his sleep while we were gone. Obviously not a fun way to start off a marriage.”

Reeling from the death of his Boston Terrier, Jackson, Moore created a

short animation and showed it to his coworkers. Glass immediately began to wonder if it could become a game, the exact kind of game that could define Clockwork Demon’s identity from the get-go.

“Our current project is exploring the gravity of human relationships through the lens of a dog,” Glass said.

“And we’re excited because there’s a secret power that pets have in your life that doesn’t get explored much.”

Glass has been consulting a dog behaviorist to ensure that their game’s playable character is as realistic as possible. After all, the whole point is to make people think about the way they interact with pets, and people, in their own lives. That concept applies to everything Clockwork Demon does and plans to do.

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But ambitions require resources, the kinds of resources that an independent startup may find hard to come by. Clockwork Demon’s greatest challenges are not creative ones; as Glass said, they have no shortage of good ideas.

Their challenges are the limitations of a three-man team, none of whom have worked in game development before. And if they want their game to sell well enough to warrant future games, they have to make themselves known.

“For most indie games, it feels like marketing and PR is something that happens throughout the game, its lifetime,” Vokal said. “Because if no one knows who you are you can’t just say, ‘here’s our teaser trailer, here’s our release date, look for us in the next six months.’ You have to have a constant dialogue so that people will actually know that you exist and will actually wanna buy your game when it comes out.”

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Following double defeat, NU takes on Jayhawks Josh Kelly DN

The No. 36 Nebraska women’s tennis team has faced defeat already two weeks into the season, and on Friday the Huskers will see if they can bounce back against Kansas.

Nebraska hosts its fourth event in a row as it will play against the visiting Jayhawks on Friday at the Nebraska Tennis Center. The Huskers are coming off back-to-back losses at the hands of No. 19 Georgia Tech and No. 18 Texas Tech.

Following the pair of defeats Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said he believes the match up against Kansas will be a weighing tool to see how his team can face adversity.

“I think we’re going to find out on Friday on how last weekend affected us or helped us,” Jacobson said. “That will show up on Friday so having the last two matches behind us will be a big difference for us.”

One of the most surreal parts of last weekend, senior Maike Zeppernick said, was seeing former assistant coach, Hayden Perez, on the other side as the coach for Texas Tech.

“It was very weird,” Zeppernick said. “Especially with me as a senior, I already knew him for five years because he recruited me early. It was kind of weird seeing him on the other side. I tried not to look over at him while I was playing.”

Perez and the visiting Red Raiders beat Nebraska 4-1 on Sunday. Zeppernick said the team needs to switch to practice mode in order to stay on track with Kansas on the slate.

“I think we just want to use

what we learned from the ITA weekend,” she said. “We want to improve on everything that we did wrong and practice hard. We hope to do better against Kansas.”

As one of the older players on the team, Zeppernick told the younger players to relax and concentrate to see the results unfold.

“You just have to focus on your game and play,” she said.

Entering the season, the Huskers were ranked in the top 25 of the ITA rankings and were able to hold on until last weekend’s losses.

Moving up the individual charts is sophomore Maggy Lehmicke, who is No. 63 in the ITA Top 125 Singles national rankings.

Lehmicke made her case after beating Texas Tech’s Kenna Kilgo, who was No. 58 in the rankings, in the singles match last Sunday.

It was also the only singles match won by a Husker that day.

For Kansas, this weekend will present the Jayhawks with their first two matches of the season with a road meeting against Nebraska on Friday followed by Liberty on Sunday at home.

Kansas is not ranked in the ITA rankings, nor do they have a player that is on the individual charts.

After last weekend Nebraska dropped down to No. 36 in the rankings as the Huskers are still one of eight Big Ten Conference teams in the top 75.

The last time the two teams squared off against each other the Huskers won 5-2 in 2011. This is the first meeting since Nebraska joined the Big Ten. After Friday’s match against Kansas the Huskers will have two weeks until their next competitions against Eastern Michigan and Illinois State. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior Maike Zeppernick defeated the Creighton Blue Jays in a doubles match with her teammate junior Izabella Zgierska 6-0.

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Junior Lizabeth Kuhlkin helped her team take third place at the Mid-Winter Invitational when she won the individual competition.

Huskers travels to showdown at Prairie View Thomas Beckmann DN The Nebraska bowling team will travel to Arlington, Texas, on Friday for a three-day competition in the Prairie View A&M. Of the 12 teams in the field, seven of them are ranked in the top 10 nationally, and eight of them are in the top 20.

The No. 6 Huskers are going into the competition after placing third at the Mid-Winter Classic in Jonesboro, Ark., on Friday.

Many of the teams Nebraska competed against in the Mid-Winter Classic return this weekend to Arlington. Nebraska will meet up with No. 1 Arkansas State, No. 3 Central Missouri, No. 4 Stephen F. Austin, No. 8 Vanderbilt and No. 10 Sam Houston State for a secondconsecutive meet. Along with these familiar opponents, No. 2 Maryland Eastern Shore and No. 17 Valparaiso will also be featured.

This means that the teams featured in this meet have won eight of the last 10 national titles, including the last three titles.

“You’re going to find that there’s some highly – very highly – ranked teams here,” Nebraska interim head coach Paul Klempa said. “It’s not a much weaker field as compared to last week, it’s about the same.”

Along with the field of topranked competitors, Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern and Jackson State will be bowling as well. Norfolk State will also be making an appearance as they represent the MidEastern Athletic Conference.

Last year, the Huskers took the overall Prairie View A&M crown.

This year, Nebraska will start the competition on Friday with five four-game baker matches. Saturday will determine individual standings, and Sunday will conclude the competition with three Baker game sets.

The meet is held at the International Training and Research

Center, which is widely used as a testing and research facility for the bowling industry. The IRTC is also the official practice facility of Team USA and the USA Olympic Jr. Gold team. Professional bowlers from all around the world also train in the IRTC. With the level of competition that will be on display in such a prestigious alley, the bowlers won’t have much room for error.

“Last tournament we had a little bit of mistake room to the right,” Nebraska junior Andrea Ruiz said.

“This tournament will be a little bit tighter, so that means our fundamentals have to be really good in order for us to get good scores.”

One thing that has been emphasized since the Mid-Winter Classic has been the spare shot percentage.

“We missed a lot of spares in Arkansas,” said Ruiz. “We were pretty ashamed of that and we want to make it better. So it’s basically our fundamentals, because this tournament is going to be really demanding for us in terms of fundamentals.”

At the end of the team’s practice, the Huskers must go through a test of their ability to pick up spares. In order to successfully end practice, the team must make it through “the gauntlet.”

“Each lane is a different spare,” Klempa said. “You start on lane one, and you have to go across to lane six. If anywhere in there you miss a spare, you go back to lane one and we call it the gauntlet.”

Each player must run the gauntlet three times in order to be finished.

“I don’t think there’s any better way to get shooting spares better than repetition on shooting them,” Klempa said.

All the experience the team has had with the gauntlet will be put to the test Friday. The meet begins at 6:30 p.m., and runs for three days. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The No. 9 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team competes in its first Big Ten Conference match up on Saturday, when the squad takes on No. 7 Minnesota and No. 8 Illinois in Minneapolis.

The Huskers’ last time out was against Air Force, where the Huskers defeated the Falcons 420.65-415.3. The rings event was the stronghold for the Huskers, as junior Robbie Kocks scored his second 15.4 of the season. Senior C.J. Schaaf competed all-around for the squad and stumbled on the floor exercise, but picked up his day on the rings, vault and parallel bars. He scored more than 14 on those three events.

The Huskers encountered struggles on the high bar event, which prevented the team from scoring into the upper 420s, Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka said.

“Truth of the matter, that’s where we would’ve been if we would’ve hit high bar,” the coach said. “A 64, you add 6 or 7 points on to that, and that’s where we should’ve been. It’s right there.”

Chmelka also said the team wasn’t sure on the line-up going into the event because of players suffering injury.

“Like Louis (Klein), for instance, he hurt his thumb on parallel bars. Nobody knows that he got hurt,” Chmelka said. “We were going to scratch him, but he still went. He hit kind of, but he was all over the place.”

With junior Josh Ungar catching the flu, the Huskers haven’t been able to let the best high bar competitors go, the coach said.

“We don’t have our top lineup in yet,” Chmelka said. “I mean, we don’t even know what our top line-up is yet. But we do know that Josh is one of the guys.”

Senior and high bar competitor Eric Schryver said not knowing the line-up for the event hindered the team’s performance.

“Up to the day before the meet, we didn’t really know who all was going to do high bar,” he said. “So when people kind of get thrown in there last minute and it’s just a little chaotic, I think people just hesitate and doubt themselves.”

The lack of exposure to the event for most of the competitors also caused the squad to struggle, Schryver said.

“It’s just experience,” he said.

“It will come as the season progresses. It’s just going to fix itself.”

The Huskers will see stiff competition from both the Gophers and Fighting Illini, as both teams put up final scores of more than 427 since the last time out.

With a score of 427.65, Minnesota put together its seasonbest meet. The squad took home four event titles in the pommel

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Junior Robbie Kocks earned a score of 15.40 on the rings event against the No. 11 Air Force Falcons in Nebraska’s home opener Saturday. The final score was 420.650-415.300, Huskers.

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horse, still rings, vault and parallel bars. The best score for the Gophers was a 15.2 on the vault from senior Zack Chase.

“They’re just real steady,”

Chmelka said. “They’ve just always been that way. Mike Burns is a great coach. They just go out there and hit most of the time, especially against us.”

Nebraska used an 11-0 run to cut the Hoosier lead to 40-39 with just under 13 minutes left in the game, then tied the game at 43-all with about nine minutes to play.

Indiana seemed to regain control with a bucket and a free throw to go up 46-43.

Enter Hawkins’ three.

Petteway took over the game after that, hitting a jumper to give Nebraska its first lead since 7-4 early in the first half. He then gave the Huskers their biggest lead of the game at 56-50 with a step-back 3-point jumper.

The closest Indiana came after

that was after sophomore guard Yogi Ferrell, who led the Hoosiers with 14 points, sunk a 3-pointer with 45 seconds to play. The Huskers made just enough free throws to close out the game, ending Indiana’s comeback.

Along with Petteway, three other Nebraska players finished with double-figure scoring.

Shields and sophomore forward Walter Pitchford tallied 11, while senior guard Ray Gallegos added 10. Nebraska also recorded only 3 turnovers in the second half after a rough first half in that department.

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Illinois is coming off an upset win over No. 3 Ohio State.

The strongest event for the Illini is the vault considering they posted a 73.45 for the event.

Freshman Chandler Eggleston took home the event crown with a 15.1 and narrowly bested his teammate sophomore Fred Hartville, who earned a 15.05.

“So they (Illini) evidently are doing pretty well,” Chmelka said. “It will be a great competition. We will have our hands full.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

basketball: from 10 It took a while for the Huskers to warm up. They committed 11 turnovers in the first half and scored just 19 points as Indiana took a 32-19 lead at the break, while out-rebounding Nebraska 20-8.

Needless to say, Miles wasn’t happy going into the locker room.

“I think he tried to break a clipboard but then realized he needed it later,” Hawkins said.

“I think there’s still paint on the wall,” Shavon Shields said, chuckling.

Whatever Miles said – or broke – it worked.

more in the second half,” Petteway said. “It was too much like Penn State in the first half.”

Nebraska travels to Michigan Wednesday in a rematch of a onepoint-Wolverine victory at Pinnacle Bank Arena earlier this season.

Nebraska will be heavy underdogs, as Michigan has yet to lose in conference play, but Thursday’s win helps, Miles said.

“We’ve established ourselves as a tough out,” Miles said. “You have to earn confidence. And there was some confidence earned tonight.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU competes in 1st away meet in higher altitude Two of the women’s teams in attendance are currently ranked No. 9 Huskers to for the indoor season including LSU at No. 8 and Arizona State at travel to New Mexico No. 22. to take on 9 teams The Huskers are coming off big wins at the Mark Colligan including No. 11 Memorial Indoor Track and Field Arizona State Meet Saturday at the indoor track.

The men’s and women’s teams combined to win 21 events for the day. The women’s team scored 196 Mike Shoro points in its victory, and the men’s DN team scored 212 in its.

Senior and four-time AllThe Huskers will travel to AlbuAmerican thrower Chad Wright querque, N.M., this weekend but won the men’s shotput with a don’t expect them to tread lightly personal-best throw of 62 feet at their first meet away from the 0.25 inches. Junior Chantal DunBob Devaney Sports Center this can won the women’s 600-meter season. event with a personal-best time of Junior jumper Devandrew 1:30.71. Her time ranked third in Johnson said the team has to be the Big Ten Conference at the time mentally prepared for the New of the meet and third all-time at Mexico Team Invitational at the the University of Nebraska.

ABQ Convention Center on SatSenior Travis Englund won the urday. men’s high jump “The competiwith a personalI’m tion doesn’t scare best jump of 6 feet any of us and we 11.75 inches, which expecting know how to comranked second in to get a little pete,” he said. the Big Ten at the There will be bit better this time of the meet. nine teams comSophomore peting at the New weekend, too.”

Paula Andrie won Mexico Team Inviwomen’s pole Johnson the tational. The Husk- devandrew vault with a jump junior long jumper ers will go against of 13 feet 3.75 inchAir Force Academy, es. It was a personal Arizona State, LSU, best that ranked New Mexico, Notre Dame, TCU, second in the Big Ten at the time UCLA and Utah State. of the meet and eighth all-time at Two of the men’s teams are Nebraska. currently ranked for the indoor Johnson finished second in season. Nebraska is ranked No. 9 the long jump to teammate Seth and Arizona State is ranked No. Wiedel with a jump of 23 feet 8.75 11. LSU dropped out of the rank- inches. He won the triple jump ings this week. They were previ- with a jump of 50 feet 6.75 inches, ously No. 25.

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The Nebraska men’s team is ranked No. 9 nationally as it heads into the New Mexico Team Invitational. No. 17 Junior long jumper Devandrew Johnson won the triple jump event with a distance of 50 feet 6.75 inches at the Mark Colligan Memorial meet. second in the Big Ten at the time and currently No. 17 in the nation.

He said he has spent the week preparing by watching film and working on his technique. Johnson said he has gotten better every week and hopes that will not change this week.

“I’m expecting to get a little bit better this weekend too,” he said, “so even if it’s by a centimeter or an inch, I’ll take it.”

Johnson said the team has a couple of adjustments to make for their its road meet of the season.

“We’re going to go out there

and test out the runway, and it’s my understanding that Albuquerque is at high altitude so we’ve got to get a little bit adjusted to that,” Johnson said concerning the mile-high elevation.

Other than that, there is not much for the team to do other

than to do what they’ve done in practice, Johnson said.

“All we have to do is go out there and do our job and get it done,” he said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Huskers return home for Big Ten face-off against Minnesota Vanessa Daves DN The No. 8 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team will be competing against the No. 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers this Saturday.

The Huskers will be hosting the meet after two weeks on the road.

“I feel like we’re doing what we need to do and we’re excited about a home meet,” coach Dan Kendig said.

The Huskers have won all three of their meets so far this season. In their first meet, they defeated Northern Illinois. After that, they hit the road and won against Alabama and Kentucky at the Ozone Collegiate Classic.

Their most recent meet resulted in their first Big Ten Conference win of the season, defeating Iowa 196.450-193.250 and got a 49 or better on all four events.

“The girls are competing well as a team,” Kendig said. “They’re taking what we do in the gym and doing a good job of using it in competition.”

Going into this week of practice, the team was focusing on minute improvements such as handstands on bars and landings on vault.

“We all realize we have room to keep working and improving,” assistant coach Heather Brink said. “We just need to stay together as a team and focus on ourselves – that’s a good starting point.”

Minnesota has won all three of its meets thus far in the season, one of which was a Big Ten win against No. 11 Illinois. The team is led by sophomore Lindsay Mable, who was recently named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week.

Mable has consistently won one or multiple events at each meet this season.

Junior Gophers Jenny Covers and Kylie Schermann have also led Minnesota with high scores in bars and vault. Senior Dusti Russel and sophomore Hanna Nordquist are top-scorers on the beam; at their last meet, they placed in the top three, following Mabel.

Senior Emily Wong, who was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week at the beginning of the season, has won the all-around title at all three of Nebraska’s meets this year. Other top-scoring Huskers include junior Jessie DeZiel and senior Jamie Schleppenbach, who are All-American athletes, like Wong.

Sophomore Hollie Blanske and freshman Ashley Lambert are also top competitors for Nebraska, both of whom tied for first place in an event with Wong at their most recent meet.

Nebraska will start off their rotation on vault and continue to

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Sophomore Denise Martin finished with a final smallbore score of 2,320 to help Nebraska beat the Air Force Falcons 4,679-4,671.

NU feels no added pressure against Kentucky teams

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In the Huskers last time out, the team earned its first Big Ten win. Junior Jessie DeZiel earned above a 9.5 on all four events and took a 38.9 total score for the meet.

We just need to stay together and focus on ourselves—that’s a good starting point.”

Heather Brink

assistant women’s gymnastics coach

bars, beam and floor. Minnesota will start on bars and proceed to vault, floor and beam.

The Nebraska coaches said they hope to see similar performances and continual improve-

ment at the meet on Saturday.

Kendig’s philosophy for coaching is “success breeds success,” and he said he believes he has seen that thus far in the season.

Brink said the athletes are do-

ing a good job of focusing on hitting their routines to the best of their ability. “(What’s important) is confidence and knowing you can perform to a certain level,” Brink said. “Confidence means a lot in gymnastics and provides a lot of motivation.”

In the following weeks, Nebraska will travel to compete against Penn State on Feb. 8 and come back home to compete against Michigan on Feb. 14. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling: from 10 said. “He is a hard working kid. I think anyone can beat anyone on any given night. I think Delgado has been beat already this year, so that shows that anyone can be beat.”

Dudley doesn’t think too highly of national rankings, however.

“Ranked opponents – they’re iffy,” Dudley said as he slowly peeled off the tape around his wrist after practice. “Sometimes you can be on the rankings for beating a certain guy, or sometimes you can be in the rankings if you are just that good. Some of

pressure against the competition this weekend.

“I really don’t feel any pressure at all since I have the team behind me just like I’m behind all of them, supporting them to do their best,” Martin said. “Everyone has been breaking their career highs this year, which pushes me to keep improving just like they have been.”

Underwood said she knows Brett Nierengarten Martin is important to the team, DN but she’s not been the only shooter competing at a high level so far The Nebraska rifle team has seven this season. wins in a row since dropping its “Denise has been a steady opening match to West Virginia presence in our lineup,” Underon Oct. 13. The Huskers have wood said. “She is consistently climbed to No. 6 in the NCAA Rione of our counting scores. Laufle rankings just in time for their ren Phillips and Rachel Martin weekend in Lexington, Ky., which have also done great in contributfeatures a match against No. 10 ing in both events.”

Murray State followed by another Freshman Lauren Phillips shot match against No. 1 Kentucky the a 583 and a 589 in smallbore and following day. rifle respectively to help NebrasCoach Stacy Underwood is not ka beat Air Force in its last comoverlooking Murray State before petition. they match up with the Wildcats.

“What has “The great thing made an impact for about our sport is We have to me this year is the that no matter the disciplined stay focused ing regimentrainopponent or the we location our goal is within ourselves. have as a team each exactly the same.” morning,” Phillips Underwood said. The rest is just said. “By working “We have to stay hype.” together and pushfocused within ouring each other to selves. The rest is Stacy Underwood train harder, we’ve rifle coach just hype.” improved team and The Wildcats individual scores.” are 8-2 on the seaFollowing this son, with their only two losses weekend, the Huskers don’t coming on back-to-back days to have much of a break as they will No. 2 Alaska-Fairbanks. As a team, travel to West Point, N.Y., where Kentucky has only shot below they take on No. 3 Army as well 4687 once in its 10 matches. The as North Carolina State on Feb. 8 Huskers season high is a 4,685. and Feb. 9. Underwood said she Underwood said the team’s win will adjust accordingly to keep streak will help against Kentucky. her team ready for competition.

“Our confidence comes from “Most of our changes in weekthe work we put in on and off the ly training are based on if we have range,” the coach said. “There has a shortened week,” Underwood been a lot of personal sacrifice to said. “This is the part of the seaensure each member is ready for son that becomes a grind so it is each weekend not just for themimportant to focus on the quality selves but to help the team.” and intensity of practice. ManagNebraska’s next competitor, ing the energy of the team is the Murray State, is 7-3 this season most important focus for me as a with wins against TCU and Jackcoach right now.” sonville State, which are both curThe Huskers trip to West Point rently ranked in the top 10. One of will be its last regular season trip, Nebraska’s top shooters this seafollowing it they will prepare for son is sophomore Denise Martin. the NCAA qualifiers and Great Martin had personal bests in both American Rifle Conference meet. the air rifle and the smallbore. sports@ Martin said she feels no added dailynebraskan.coM

No. 6 Nebraska travels to Kentucky for top-10 showdown against Kentucky, Murray State

those guys in the rankings aren’t really that great. Each and every one of our guys that I know are ranked are hard working, and their records show it.”

With only one match featuring two unranked opponents that might be the game changer in the dual come Friday. The heavyweight division will feature Nebraska’s Jensen taking on Illinois’ sophomore Christopher Lopez. Lopez holds a 6-5 record with a 3-5 dual record. Jensen has him topped with his record of 18-8 with a 6-4 dual record.

Jensen knows that it might not

It might come down to me, it might not, but you always have to be ready for that.”

Collin Jensen

redshirt freshman wrestler

come down to him but he will be prepared for it if that happens.

“I don’t know if we will start at 125 or somewhere else,” Jensen said, “so it might come down to me, it might not, but you always have to be ready for that.”

All time, the Huskers have a 3-3 record against the Fighting Illini, but last season the then No. 14 Huskers upset the then No. 5 Illinois team 18-15. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior forward Jordan Hooper reached 1,000 boards against Michigan, a game that ended with an 84-51 win for Nebraska.

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Sophomore forward Walter Pitchford tallied 11 points total in the game against the Indiana Hoosiers on Thursday night.

After a 13-point deficit coming out of the first half, the huskers came back in the second half to beat the Hoosiers in a 60-55 upset sto ry b y A n drew ward p h oto b y matt masi n

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veryone wanted freshman guard Nathan Hawkins to shoot it.

Sophomore guard Shavon Shields passed it to him. Then freshman guard Tai Webster passed it back after Hawkins quickly reversed it. The Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd of 15,333 yelled encouragement. Heck, even media members in press row whispered their approval.

But it was a slap on the knee from his coach that gave Hawkins the confidence to take the shot – a 3-pointer from the left wing. He sunk it. He tied the basketball game, catapulting a 8-0 Nebraska run that put the Huskers up for good in a 60-55 win against Indiana onThursday, a victory that improved the Huskers’ overall record to 11-9 and 3-5 for the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers are now 13-8 and 3-5 in the Big Ten. “I just told him, ‘When you get up there, step up and shoot it,’” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said.

Of course, Hawkins jumper wasn’t the only reason Nebraska knocked off its third Big Ten opponent in four tries.

The Huskers needed 53 percent second-half shooting to erase a 19-point first half, every bit of Terran Petteway’s 18 points and for Indiana to miss some shots down the stretch to pull off their first back-to-back conference win since joining the Big Ten in 2011.

But it was Hawkins – the rarely used reserve player who shoots 16 percent from behind the arc – that stepped

Freshman guard Nathan Hawkins played for the first time in two games and notched the Husker win with a 3-pointer against Indiana. up when his team needed him most.

Webster struggled from the field most of the night, sophomore guard Benny Parker missed both of his first half shots and there was no Deverell Biggs after his dismissal from the team earlier this week.

This was Hawkins’ moment and he made the best of it.

“I almost came out of my shoes when coach told me to go in,” said Hawkins, who didn’t play in the last two games. “It felt good. Not just because my moment was here, but because I was actually able to help the team out and help them win.”

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with three of her teammates who were also in double digits in Iowa’s last game, including freshman guard Ally Nebraska goes on the road once again Disterhoft with 13, junior guard Meon Saturday at 2 p.m. to go head-to- lissa Dixon with 11 and junior center Bethany Doolittle with 10. head against its Big Ten rival Iowa.

In the past three games, however, The Hawkeyes, who hold a 17-5 Iowa’s defense was the key to victory. overall and 5-3 Big Ten Conference Against the Gophers, the Big Ten’s record, are coming off a 64-56 win leading scorer, junior guard Rachel against Minnesota on Wednesday, the same night the Huskers gained anoth- Banham, was held to just 9 points.

For Nebraska, senior forward Jorer Big Ten win against Michigan with a final score of 84-51. Nebraska holds dan Hooper surpassed another record against Michigan on Wednesday. She a 14-5 overall and 4-3 Big Ten record. recently reached the 2,000-point mark, “Iowa is playing well,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “They’re hav- and after playing the Wolverines, she ing a really good season. I’m sure took 10 rebounds to reach 1,000 boards they’re going to be excited to play us. in her career.

“My last two games (before MichiIt won’t be easy. I know that.” gan) weren’t really the best, and I let Before the Michigan game, Nethat dictate my play,” braska barely scraped Hooper said in a postby with an awayI think game interview. “I game win in overtime we’ve got to just played my game. against Minnesota.

I just had to relax and The team then took become a better let it come to me intwo Big Ten losses, stead of trying to force one away and one at road team.” things.” home, against NorthAlthough junior western and Purdue Connie Yori forward Emily Cady respectively, and subwomen’s basketball coach was unable to keep sequently dropping up her double-double out of the national streak against Michirankings. gan, she did drop 12 points and make “I think we’ve got to become a better road team,” Yori said after the 6 assists during the game. Aside from Hooper and Cady, however, the rest of Michigan game. “We won at Illinois, the team stepped up to help with the but at our other two road games we have not played with the energy we win. Hooper said she hopes to continue this trend against Iowa. need to. Hopefully we can learn from “If you have everybody scoring, tonight and have it carry over.” it takes pressure off Emily, Rachel and While the Hawkeyes look to exme,” Hooper said. “It means we get tend their 3-game win streak, the more looks and it alleviates all this Huskers look to maintain their unother pressure. We can go out and play defeated all-time record, 6-0, against the way we want to and the way we Iowa. should.”

Leading for the Hawkeyes is juThe Huskers will continue with nior forward Samantha Logic, who the Big Ten road trips after the Iowa almost reached a triple-double in game as they travel to Wisconsin to the game against Minnesota with 12 take on the Badgers. points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. sports@ But Logic is sharing the spotlight dailynebraskan.com

Huskers attempt to maintain perfect record in away meets to do. If we’re not losing to people we shouldn’t lose to – or anyone No. 8 Nebraska is in at all for that matter – then we are in the right direction.”

6-away-game winning headed The Huskers have six wresstreak as it goes tlers ranked in the top 20 in the country, five of which are ranked into meet against in the top 10. The Fighting IlNo. 17 Illinois lini match the Huskers with six ranked wrestlers of their own.

Even though more than half of each team has ranked wrestlers, Austin Pistulka only three matches will have DN ranked opponents take on each other. At the 197-pound weight The road trip continues for the class senior No. 20 Caleb Kolb Nebraska wrestling squad as it will take on Illinois’ No. 4 Mario tries to stay perfect away from Gonzalez. Gonzalez was a Big Ten the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Conference champion at 197 in Riding a six-road-match winning 2012 and is a two-time qualifier streak, the No. 8 Huskers are for the NCAA tournament. Kolb looking to make it seven over No. qualified for the NCAA Champi17 Illinois. Another onships in 2013. streak on the line No. 1 junior We are for the Huskers is a James Green will 12-match winning all getting take on No. 13 Ilstreak when faclinois freshman better, this is still a ing a lower-ranked Zac Brunson. No. 9 opponent. The last young team.” freshman Tim Lamtime that happened bert arguably has was Dec. 16, 2012, the toughest match against Maryland of the night at 125 TJ Dudley at Madison Square pounds. Lambert freshman wrestler Garden. will be taking on “That means last year ’s NCAA our team is imchampion at 125 pounds, No. 3 Ilproving,” freshman TJ Dudley linois junior Jesse Delgado. said about the streaks. “We are all “Tim’s going to respond to getting better, this is still a young that well,” freshman Collin Jensen team where we got a lot of potential to grow and do what we want wrestling: see page 9

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Redshirt freshman TJ Dudley helped Nebraska picked up its 10th win of the season against the Purdue Boilermakers after beating his oppononent Tanner Lynde 5-1. Dudley now looks to help his team continue winning against the Fighting Illini on Saturday.