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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Ever since Sean Penn called my future profession a joke and published a 10,000 word article in Rolling Stone breaking damn near every rule in the journalism rule book, I’ve been more flustered than my mom at a Kanye West concert.

In case you missed it, Penn, Academy Award-winning actor and early front-runner for the 2016 Guy With No Clue Award, recently published a 10,000 word propaganda piece in the Rolling Stone on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel. Guzman was on the run from the Mexican government after escaping a Mexican prison earlier in 2015.

He was caught the day after the article ran. He claims to have killed at least 1,000 people. Really swell dude.

Penn’s article details the story of Penn himself getting in contact with El Chapo. Penn heralds the article as “experiential journalism” and claims he wrote it to shed light on the war on drugs in America.

It’s rambling; it’s pretentious (seriously, he starts with a quote from Montaigne), and it’s a slap in the face to anyone who’s had to work hard to get his or her byline published.

My first major problem with the entire situation is Penn dubbing himself king of “experiential journalism,” which is really just a phrase used by people who have no idea how journalism works.

“I don’t have to be the one that reports on the alleged murders or the amount of narcotics that are brought in,” Penn said in an interview with Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes on Saturday, referring to El Chapo’s alleged horrendous crimes. “I go and I spend time in the company of another human being, which everyone is. And I make an observation and try to parallel that, and try to balance that with the focus that I believe we tend to put too much emphasis on.”

OK, so he’s trying to view El Chapo as a person. Noble, I’ll give him that. That really is something we don’t do enough – view people as people.

But don’t get fooled by the moral lesson Penn is trying to sell you. If he wanted to view El Chapo as a person, he’d have to do just that: view him.

For the article, Penn sent his questions in the form of a video, a rule even incoming freshman journalism majors know not to break.

You really want us to view El Chapo as a person? Why not ask him about how he claims to have killed over 1,000 people? Why would he say

that? What kind person would do that? What’s behind that? Penn didn’t even sniff those questions. Instead, he asked El Chapo questions such as “How was your childhood?” Hard hitting.

You really want us to view El Chapo as a person, Sean? Why not write about those crimes? Penn decided to pass on that, too. Instead, Penn sent his piece to El Chapo himself to edit and censor to his liking, the cardinal sin of journalism. For someone to sit there, with a straight face, and say what he’s doing is “journalism,” then admit to letting the Mexican drug cartel edit and censor a story about the leader of a Mexican drug cartel is as absurd as Donald Trump picking Mickey Mouse as his running mate.

What Penn did isn’t innovative. It isn’t new. Hunter S. Thompson invented Gonzo journalism in the 1950s, which is essentially the same thing as what Penn was trying to do. Problem is, Hunter S. Thompson is the New England Patriots. Penn is the Cleveland Browns.

I mean are you kidding? You’re experimental? I watched DN sports editor Josh Kelly put creamer in his cup before his coffee last night. It’s something I’ve never seen. It’s unique I guess, but does that mean he’s innovative? No. It means he doesn’t know what the heck he’s doing. (Sorry, Josh.)

Penn said the goal of the article was to shed light on the war on drugs.

Admirable. Except he only mentions the “war on drugs” three times in 10,000 words. I’m sure you’re reading this now because Sean Penn’s name was in the headline. It’s fine, you can admit it. How could someone with the notoriety of Penn not think that writing a story about a man who is off the grid would make more news than what the story said in the first place?

It’s insane to me.

“Journalists who want to say that I’m not a journalist,” Penn said, “Well, I want to see a license that says that they’re a journalist.”

The license we use is one of ethics and empathy, Sean. Something you clearly lack.

-Chris Heady

Editor in Chief

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The Kiechel Fine Art gallery was established in 1986 and features three floors of artwork. The second floor is devoted entirely to Midwestern artists.

Buck Kiechel travels all over the country searching for new and unique pieces of artwork

SARAH BERGER DN Nestled on O Street, Andy Warhol’s work hangs next to Nebraska classics. For Buck Kiechel, owner of Kiechel Fine Art, the two seemed to be a perfect fit.

“When [customers] want something we bend over backwards because that’s what separates you from everyone else,” Kiechel said.

Kiechel Fine Art, located at 12th and O streets, carries a variety of artwork from Midwestern and nationally known artists. Kiechel said he is constantly traveling around the country to add new pieces to the gallery’s collection.

Prices of the artwork range from a couple hundred dollars to millions.

Kiechel’s mom, Vivian, first opened the gallery in 1986 in their family’s basement. He took over the business in 2007 and moved to the gallery’s current space in 2012.

Today, the gallery contains three levels of art on display in a sleek, modern setting with an additional level for event rentals and a rooftop sun deck. In addition to holding a large art collection, Kiechel Fine Art also hosts events such as First Fridays or artist exhibitions every month.

The space is also available for corporate rentals.

According to Kiechel, the gallery is known nationally for it’s collection of Midwestern and Nebraskan art on its second floor. Kiechel Fine

Art carries everything from Nebraskan artists such as Keith Jacobshagen, to historical artists such as Thomas Hart Benton and Andy Warhol.

“That stuff up on the second floor is kind of the bread and butter of the business,” Kiechel said. “That’s what we’re best known for nationally. We’ve kind of grown along the way, but we still have the pleasure of representing the best Nebraskan artists.”

The gallery contains several different mediums from photography to lithographs to oil paintings. Walking through the gallery clients can see smaller prints as well as an original 1940s Thomas Hart Benton painting in their original wooden frame.

Kiechel said this variety draws in a range of clients. He’s sold art to university students as well as billionaires and art museums.

“You have the thing for the billionaire, but you also have the thing for the doctor or lawyer with a good taste,” Kiechel said.

Kiechel also gets a lot of online inquiries from customers around the country about specific pieces in the gallery’s collections. Keichel said he spends around 25 percent of his time traveling to meet clients or to acquire new pieces from artists or their families.

“I bought a new Suburban in February with almost no miles on it, and now it has almost 50,000 miles on it,” Keichel said. “It’s been quite the year.”

Keichel said he has traveled everywhere from New York to California to Florida finding more pieces for the collection. He also monitors the market to see what pieces are the most valuable at the moment to keep his collection current. He wants to continue to grow the familyowned gallery for years to come.

“We bring things that are fresh to the market,” Keichel said. “That’s what keeps you relevant.”

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Photography passion leads to major Junior Lauren Farris used artistic and creative facets to find a love for the ADPR major.

NICK NIENDORF DN For junior Lauren Farris, there’s rarely been a period of time in her life that didn’t involve photography.

Growing up in Mitchell, South Dakota with access to stacks and stacks of photos, the itch to capture the world found her in middle school.

“My father did a lot of photography when he was my age, and so when I expressed interest in it, he hopped on the opportunity to teach me everything he knew, which was a lot of fun,” Farris said. “I consider myself extremely lucky to have parents that encouraged me to really pursue my interest in photography from a young age.”

Farris continued her passionate pursuit of photography, citing her family’s collection of old photos as her biggest inspiration, and it became clear to her that it was becoming more and more involved in her future.

“I started to realize that photography was something I wanted to do as a career after my first senior portrait session,” Farris said. “Being able to work with a client and help them make their ideas become a reality and accurately express themselves via photography was so fulfilling.”

Soon, it was time for Farris to decide where she would go to hone her artistic skill set.

Encouraged by her brother ’s positive experience, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was toward the top of Farris’ list from the beginning.

“I toured and fell in love with the campus and Lincoln as a whole, and so it just felt like a really good fit,” she said. “Not too big, not too small and had a great sense of community.”

With her energetic enthusiasm far exceeding that of a hobbyist, Farris officially broke into the scene and started her own business under the name of Lauren Farris Photographic Art. The business is currently run out of both her hometown as well as Lincoln.

But her most memorable shoot came during a design project for a class.

“It was for a mock up gig poster, and I wanted to create a really ethereal, intimate atmosphere to mirror the style of music, so I had the idea of using smoke,” Farris said.

“I wrangled a couple of my friends and a stupid amount of grape Swishers, and we sat in an apartment, and I had them blow

COURTESY PHOTO | DN smoke at each other until I got the shot I had been really positive so far,” Farris said.

“Coming to a new place that was mostly envisioned.” unfamiliar pushed me out of my comfort Finishing with a haze-filled room, Farris zone and allowed me to branch out and start brought her idea to life. working toward who “It was just really I wanted to become fun and kind of obscure, and what I wanted to and I was so happy with I have always do.” the result,” she said. known I wanted to Wading through “Being able to experia seemingly-endless ment is one of my fasomething that fosters sea of majors, Farris vorite parts of photogcreativity” hadn’t considered adraphy.” vertising until talking However, while her to a member of her classes offered numersorority. But, the conous opportunities to LAUREN FARRIS Junior ADPR student versation left a big explore her passion, beimpact on her, and coming a Husker meant advertising and pubalso dealing with the lic relations began to struggles of being an out-of-stater, a challenge Farris desired and seem like the perfect match.

One of her ADPR classes ended up givone that helped her grow as a person as well ing Farris one of her most memorable moas a student.

“My experience as an out-of-stater has ments at UNL, which also cemented in her

mind that she had picked the perfect major.

“My class competed with other colleges to create a campaign for AT&T,” Farris said.

“We ended up making it to finals in Dallas and presenting to AT&T executives. It was such an incredible experience and solidified my choice to pursue a career in the creative side of advertising.”

Falling in love with her major was easy for Farris. Drawing from numerous artistic and creative facets, advertising fell into place perfectly for the photographer.

“I have always known I wanted to do something that fosters creativity and advertising does exactly that,” Farris said. “I love the culture of the industry, and I love that it challenges me to use photography in ways that I typically wouldn’t. It mixes strategy and problem solving with artistic processes, and I think that’s so great.”

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Sheldon’s spring exhibitions begin

A visitor of the Sheldon Museum of Art walks across the second floor of the lobby Tuesday afternoon.

CAIT WALLINGFORD DN The Sheldon’s exhibitions for the spring semester opened this week.

“In the next two weeks alone, there are several events in conjunction with the spring exhibitions,” said Ann Gradwohl, the Sheldon’s public relations and marketing manager. “These events are free, open to the public and are included in the museum’s events calendar at sheldonartmuseum.org.”

The exhibits include a variety of sculpture, tempera and oil paintings, graphite and prints.

According to the Sheldon’s website, “A Century of Sculpture at Sheldon” will feature 3-dimensional works of art that the Sheldon has obtained through gift, bequest and purchase.

“The strength of the Sheldon’s sculpture

collection is featured in ‘A Century of Sculpture at Sheldon,’” Gradwohl said, “Which includes works by Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Elie Nadelman, Helen Ramsaran and others.”

“Some Place … Not Too Far Away” is another Sheldon exhibit that opened this week.

“San Francisco artists Bruce and Jean Conner met as students here at the University of Nebraska,” Gradwohl said. “‘Some Place … Not Too Far Away’ examines the influence of the art department and its faculty on their work. Jean Conner and Marissa Vigneault, curator of the exhibition, will speak at Sheldon on March 8.”

The graphite art comes from “The Unfolding Center,” a collaborative effort of the visual artist Susan York and poet Arthur Sze. Sze first composed the poetry with York over a period of nine months and then with input from Sze, York created images to accompany the verse.

The pair will be on campus April 5 and 6.

“The installations in three of the six permanent collection galleries have also been changed,” Gradwohl said. “In one of the galleries, Mark Rothko’s masterpiece ‘Yellow Band’ has been hung with Barnett Newman’s ‘Horizon Light.’ Later this year, the Rothko work will travel to the Royal Academy of Arts in London for a major exhibition on abstract expressionism.”

Other upcoming events will exhibit students’ work from a specific UNL course as well as work by the professor.

“During the 2015 fall semester, students in a perspectives in psychology class organized an exhibition called ‘You’re Making Me Uncomfortable: Perspectives on Controversial Art,’” Gradwohl said. “The public is invited to a reception for the exhibition on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at

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5:30 p.m. The students and Jeffrey Stevens, assistant professor of psychology, will offer comments about the project.”

On Jan. 28, from noon to 12:45 p.m., Gail Kendall, who previously taught ceramics at UNL for about 25 years, will discuss the value of an object and how its value varies between maker, owner and viewer. Kendall will also offer insight into the material, tactile qualities, color and aroma of the array of vessels on view in the museum’s permanent collection.

Gradwohl said the spring exhibitions will be featured at the Sheldon’s February First Friday reception and will remain open until 7 p.m.

To find out more about the Sheldon’s events, the museum is @sheldonmuseum on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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‘Creed Chronicles: India’ disappoints With a forgettable story-line and annoying features, the latest spin-off did not meet expectations.

WADE RONSPIES DN Ubisoft surprised the legions of “Assassin’s Creed” fans when it announced Climax Studios would develop a side-scrolling spin-off of the hit open-world action game.

On paper, it sounds like a great idea. Instead of a focus on large, open worlds and crazy stealth action, “Assassin’s Creed: Chronicles” would pull back and focus on platforming and puzzle solving; all while covering some historical time periods and locations that wouldn’t properly fit into the mainline “Assassin’s Creed” games.

When “Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China” came out around one year ago, it didn’t really make much of an impression. The environments weren’t that impressive, and stealth didn’t feel that important if you were decent at combat.

Neither the story nor the acting was very interesting. However, the cutscene art and the character animation were great. It offered a fun challenge – overall, I liked it.

It’s strange that I’ve found “Assassin’s

COURTESY PHOTO | DN Creed Chronicles: India” to be completely uninteresting to me. I couldn’t care any less about the plot, and the voice acting lacks any compelling elements. I can’t really tell you anything that happened – not to avoid spoilers, but because the story is so forgettable. The cutscene art is incredible, just like “Chronicles: China,” and the environments are much more colorful and livelier than its predecessor, but “Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India” never grabbed me.

Sadly, the plot and acting aren’t the only things that failed to impress. Unlike the mainline “Assassin’s Creed” games that are evolving

and slowly weeding out mechanics that fans don’t like such as tailing targets (although “Syndicate” did have a couple of these), “Chronicles: India” added the annoying feature that was thankfully absent from “Chronicles: China.”

The things that were most annoying about the mainline games are in “Chronicles: India.” It never felt like I was doing things that I wanted to do, tasks I would’ve been doing in the mainline series. It felt like a chore, only made worse with controls that felt unnatural to me. I never felt as the main character, whose name I can’t remember because of the characters being so

forgettable, was doing exactly as I wanted to. A far cry from the acrobatic parkour that is mostly easy to control in the main games.

The levels felt like puzzles, and the player is tasked with finding the best route through them without engaging in conflict. This is fine and all, but it loses the freedom I want from an “Assassin’s Creed” game. To me, “Assassin’s Creed” is now about doing as one pleases without being held back.

“Chronicles: India” felt like a step in the complete opposite direction.

I understand it’s a spin-off, but the limitations imposed on the player weigh the experience down. If I’m spotted, I want to be able to improvise or fight my way out of a hairy situation. However, in contrast to “Chronicles: China”, the combat “Chronicles: India” felt completely useless. I was better off restarting from a checkpoint than I was trying to fight or escape. As I said, it’s a puzzle game – however, it disappointed me that there were only a couple solutions to what should’ve been an open environment to allow me to approach a situation however I please.

I’m disappointed with “Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India.”

Then again, who knows? Maybe it’s just not for me, and other people would like it. However, after playing “Syndicate” my standards for anything tied to “Assassin’s Creed” have been raised tremendously. Hopefully Climax Studios learns from this to better improve its next game, “Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia.”

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Thoughts on Threads: Natural brows There’s no set style when it comes to your brows. Full can be youthful, and thin can be elegant. It’s up to you.

MAURA GILLAN DN If you were anything like me as a 13-yearold girl, you plucked and waxed your bushy eyebrows because you thought they were “manly” and “ugly.” Groomed and thin was considered pretty, and you were very conscious of it. The first time you tried waxing, you came home from the salon feeling ma-

ture, brows stinging, only to receive a heartdropping comment from your 11-year-old brother. You can’t remember it clearly now, but it was something like, “Your face looks funny.”

There were more than a few times I spent extra minutes in the bathroom staring at the mirror before going to school, trying to convince myself my face looked fine. It’s interesting how our perceptions of ourselves change with our moods. On particularly bad days, I’d look in the mirror and think my eyebrows were so out of proportion that I looked like a gorilla. From no memorable source, I came to the conclusion that my eyebrows just weren’t pretty. Incidentally, I believe this was the same year I first received a free issue of Teen Vogue.

Not so long ago, women trimmed back their eyebrows because naturally thick and dark was synonymous with unkempt. As a young girl, I felt my natural hair growth was

unsightly and needed to be maintained, so I went to lengthy measures to do so. I continued to wax my eyebrows until the age of 18, when frankly, I got lazy and didn’t want to waste the time or money anymore.

Thankfully, the tendency for women to wax their naturally bushy brows has subsided since then. Looks like my laziness paid off.

In the last year, across catwalks and movie screens, thick brows are cutting a rug and making a scene. Beautiful examples of this are the brows of models such as Cara Delevinge and actresses such as Keira Knightly. Yet the decision to let your brows grow naturally is nothing new — look at artist Frida Kahlo.

These are all women unafraid to flaunt their facial hair.

However, the point of this column is not to disgrace thin brows in the promotion of thick brows. All brows are beautiful. Full can be seen as youthful while thin could be

seen as elegant. There’s no set style and no solid definition of beauty. You can wear your eyebrows however you want: groomed, full, wild, natural. It’s completely up to you, as every style decision you make should be.

What suits you best is what you should go with.

However, here’s a handy tip: If you want fuller eyebrows that fit to the shape of your brow, find an eyeshadow that matches your natural hair color and use a brush instead of pencil. Unless, of course, you’re a fan of the light hair/dark brow look. Then feel free to use as dark a shade as you like. If you’re looking for something slightly groomed, use an eyebrow brush to smooth the hairs, then fill in with the eyeshadow. Or skip the brushing and get right to the filling, it’s your choice. The final product won’t look painted on and will look much more convincing.

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Netflix Pick: ‘The Last Five Years’

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Mitchell’s Family Soul Food Restaurant offers patrons home-cooked food

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STAFF DN Based off a real-life failed relationship, “The Last Five Years,” tells the story of Cathy, a struggling actress, and her husband, Jamie, a successful author.

Their heartbreak is lamented through songs that, although sonically theatrical, have casual lyrics and blend in well with the urban, everyday setting of the story. The story intertwines two story lines: the initial love of their relationship and the failing of their marriage. Cathy’s viewpoint of their relationship begins at the end of their relationship and ends the morning after the couple’s first night together. Jamie’s story goes in the opposite direction. The two sides intertwine in the middle during their wedding.

Jeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick star as the ill-fated lovers and both hold their own, both in terms of acting and singing. Both have Broadway backgrounds so it wasn’t hard to be convinced of their musical ability (Jordan was the lead in the original cast of “Newsies,” while Kendrick was nominated for a Tony for “High Society”).

There are better musicals and romance movies out there, but if you’re a fan of both genres, “The Last Five Years” is a satisfying watch.

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ANNIE ALBIN DN Anthony Mitchell didn’t choose to be a cook. Being the only boy in three generations of girls, he had no choice but to learn recipes from his greatgrandmother. Now he runs Mitchell’s Family Soul Food Restaurant using the same weathered recipe book she wrote.

Mitchell moved to Nebraska from Florida in 2009 when he needed a kidney transplant.

He packed up his family, sold his business and waited on the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s list.

After the transplant, Mitchell moved his family to Lincoln. He wanted to provide the best for his children and liked the Lincoln Public Schools system.

After the move, Mitchell just had to figure out what to do next.

He had always liked cooking. He grew up watching his great-grandmother make food from scratch. He knew how to do it.

“If you can roller skate, you just get on the skates and start roller skating,” Mitchell said.

“Same thing with this. If you can cook, it just rolls off the top of your head.”

Mitchell decided to go through the state’s vocational rehabilitation self-employment program.

He was going to start a restaurant.

He had to go through multiple phases before receiving funding. Mitchell had to pitch his idea

in presentations, fill out paperwork, complete an internship and then finally sell his pitch to what he calls “The Shark Tank.”

Mitchell said his pitch was simple. It involved Kool-Aid. “Kool-Aid was invented in Nebraska in Hastings. No restaurants here sell Kool-Aid. In the south, all the restaurants, gas stations, everywhere sells Kool-Aid,” Mitchell said. “I wanna sell KoolAid in my restaurant. It made sense.”

Mitchell’s pitch only took five minutes to win over the board.

“It went from zero to 100 in 60 seconds,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell then went to work on finding the perfect location for his restaurant.

That’s when he found a 137-year-old home on South Ninth Street.

The house, which had sat unused for years before Mitchell got to it, needed fixing. It also needed to get designated as a historical landmark so he could operate his carry-out restaurant there.

Mitchell went before the city council three times, requesting for it to be made historical. It finally worked.

“It took a lot of determination and imagination to get it to where it’s at now,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell’s Family Soul Food is known for its large portions, as well as for its home-cooked quality.

Whether it’s Mitchell’s macaroni and cheese, potato salad or collard greens, it’s all homemade.

Mitchell doesn’t buy food off of trucks; every-

thing he makes is from scratch. He buys ingredients from local grocery stores.

The restaurant also caters and can be found at many Lincoln events.

“We go to family learning nights and then the festivals they have at schools,” said Kerry Mitchell, Anthony’s wife. “Most of our customers weren’t the adults. It was the kids.”

For the Mitchell family, it’s not only about the home-cooked quality of the food, but the connections they can make with their customers.

“It’s amazing what this place has done. It’s amazing who comes in here. We never know who is going to walk in through this door,” Mitchell said.

When the restaurant first opened, Mitchell said seven senators and their wives came in for a meal. Since the restaurant operates as a carry-out joint, the senators sat on the floor while their wives ate on benches. They loved it.

While Mitchell was in the vocational rehabilitation program, he interned at a fast food restaurant. From his experience there, he said he saw everything that he wanted to do, done the opposite way. For Mitchell, coming into his restaurant isn’t just about buying a plate. It’s about getting homecooked food, while getting that feeling of home.

“This is where they can come and talk,” Mitchell said. “When they (customers) leave, they’re feeling a whole lot better. That’s the plan.

It’s home. It’s home.”

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‘Lowercase’ to debut at community playhouse

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ALYSSA MAE DN Relationships vs. relationships. A Relationship emphasizes the idea. A relationship emphasizes the people involved. When looking for a significant other, do we capitalize the relationship and try to find the right person to fit our idea or do we look at the actual person and de-capitalize the relationship?

“Lowercase”, a slice-of-life comedy written by local playwright Stephen Enersen, looks into the idea of decapitalizing the relationship.

The premiere production of “Lowercase,” directed by Mary Douglass, will be showing at the Lincoln Community Playhouse from Jan. 21 to Jan. 24. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 and at 2 p.m. on Jan. 24. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students.

The story follows George, a divorced businessman, who has had a history of dating women who all seem more interested in the relationship than who the relationship is with. Finally tired of the midlife dating scene and his sister ’s unrelenting meddling in his personal life, George make a highstakes bet with his sister that “hiring” a

mistress could solve all of his relationship problems. When George is still mistressless two days before he was supposed to win the bet with his sister, he hires a 30-something theatre student to play the role of his mistress, which leads to an evening of comical improvisation.

“Lowercase” is Enersen’s first play. The Nebraska playwright began his work on the play 25 years ago after hearing a story about a rich Texas man who put an ad in the paper for a mistress. After writing the first scene, Enersen forgot about “Lowercase” for 17 years until he came across the script while transferring files.

Enersen describes his play as the story of a man who is having trouble meeting the unspoken expectations of the midlife dating scene. The title is named after the mindset of the main character.

“George wants a relationship that’s all spelled with lowercase letters while the women he’s dating want a relationship that’s spelled with an uppercase letter.”

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Pro-life plate bill should be applauded

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eople like personalization. We like to customize our Facebook wall photos, dorm rooms and Twitter handles.

Though it adds a little to the price tag, some of us like decorating our cars with personalized license plates. Thanks to a recent Nebraska bill, those of us with pro-life leanings have one more plate option.

On Jan. 6, Nebraska State Sen. Tommy Garrett proposed LB768, a bill that would allow Nebraskan DMVs to sell “Choose Life” license plates. Seventyfive percent of the profits from plate sales would go to the Choose Life Pregnancy and Adoption Fund, while the remaining 25 percent would go to the DMV Cash Fund.

The Department of Health and Human Services would then distribute the money to women’s health organizations that don’t provide abortions.

According to the text of the bill, money should be given to organizations that provide “counseling, training, pregnancy testing or other material needs of pregnant women who are considering placing their children for adoption, including the provision of clothing, housing, prenatal care, food, utilities

and transportation.”

The status of the bill is pending, but if it is implemented, it can only mean good things for pregnant women, a fact that should be acknowledged by pro-choice groups.

Because funds will go toward organizations that help women during pregnancy, sale of the plates shouldn’t be looked down upon. The money isn’t going toward efforts to shut down organizations that provide abortions. It’s not a fundraiser to bring down Planned Parenthood. It’s a support system for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies.

License plate sales would help the very women the pro-choice movement seeks to protect. To disparage the plates is to disparage the idea of providing counseling and material needs for women with unwanted pregnancies.

Pro-choice supporters don’t like abortions any more than pro-life supporters do. It’s not like they want to force abortions on every woman with an unplanned pregnancy. Abortion is just another medical option from the pro-choice point of view. Because there are other feasible options besides abortion, the

pro-choice camp should hop on board with the idea of “Choose Life” plates that make those other options available.

Sure, the plate design would include a phrase that supports the pro-life movement, but this promotion shouldn’t mean as much as the money that’s going to help women. A vanity plate acts as a glorified bumper sticker; it’s not going to convert anyone into a pro-lifer. Pro-choicers have nothing to lose if the DMV sells them. Because of this, it makes sense for everyone, regardless of political leanings, to get behind the new plates.

Specialty fundraising plates are nothing new to Nebraska. Creighton University and the Nebraska Cattlemen Research & Education Foundation are just two non-profits for whom the DMV created plates.

It only makes sense that a pro-life group should be allowed to sell its own plates like other non-profits.

Some would argue it’s not the DMV’s role as a government institution to promote a political viewpoint. But the sale of the plates wouldn’t be an indication of government support; it’s an indication of freedom of speech. If a pro-choice group decides to create its own fundraising plate, the DMV needs to

grant its request as well.

The passing of LB768 would set the precedent for other political organizations to request custom plates, and that’s just fine with me. Want the DMV to sell gay pride plates? Neat. Want Libertarian Party plates? Why not? The plates can act as political buttons, little markers that show people what we stand for.

More importantly, it creates another avenue for us to support causes we care about. It may seem like a roundabout way to raise money, but people go for it. When given the chance to show off plates decorated with their favorite political issue, a lot of people are ready to hop on the opportunity. If the chance to personalize the backs of our cars is enough incentive to get us to donate to causes, Sen. Garrett is onto something with his plate idea.

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State should regulate for-profit schools

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ollege costs a lot. For the 2014-2015 school year, the average cost of in-state tuition at a 4-year public university was $18,943, and the average cost of out-of-state tuition was $32,762. Nonprofit private schools averaged at

$42,419.

Student debt is a national problem that’s only getting worse, and students and graduates across the country are feeling the painful repercussions.

Different types of higher education fall into different levels of cost. Community college is cheapest; public universities are next, and finally, private universities are those who demand the most money. Usually left out of the equation are for-profit schools.

Nebraska Appleseed, a non-profit organization that fights for justice pertaining to the local Nebraska area, released a report several weeks ago on for-profit schools in Nebraska. Nationally, for-profit schools have been under fire for engaging in problematic practices and questionable behaviors. Nebraska’s schools are no different.

In Nebraska, for-profit schools cost seven times more than community colleges and 2.5 times more than public universities such as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This results in students who graduate from non-profit universities having exponentially higher rates of student debt than even those graduating from “normal” colleges. Almost one-third of all student loan defaults can be attributed to for-profit schools, even though only 13 percent of all college students attend for-profit schools.

Because of the sky-high tuition, students attending for-profit schools rely on federal support through loans and grants. For-profit schools in Nebraska receive Title IV federal funds as well as money from

the Nebraska Opportunity Grant. For the 2014-2015 school year, Nebraska’s for-profit schools received $1.8 million dollars from the Nebraska Opportunity Grant. Nationally, for-profit colleges make as much as 90 percent of their profits off of federal money made through taxes. Henry Levin, director of Columbia University’s National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, said these institutions are “private enterprise[s] [that are] almost entirely publicly funded.”

Logically, higher costs should mean a higher quality of education, right? Wrong. Nebraska’s for-profit schools have much lower retention rates, graduation rates and post-graduate earnings than their non-profit school counterparts.

The rational response to this would be, “Well, these people are choosing to attend a ridiculously expensive school. It’s their fault they are paying these astronomical prices for a mediocre education.” Rational, but naïve.

In Nebraska, there is a disproportionate amount of people of color enrolling in these forprofit schools. Black students account for 5.5 percent of the student body population enrolled in public colleges and universities, while local forprofit schools report that their student bodies are 17 percent black.

It’s a disgraceful truth that minorities and veterans in America are low on the socioeconomic scale. Some have fewer opportunities or receive a subpar education in high school, leading to more barriers on the path toward a bachelor’s degree.

Community college might seem like a viable option, yet in recent years, these two-year schools have been hitting capacity, meaning that students are being turned away. Minorities and veterans

alike struggle with passing through the golden gates of higher education.

For-profit schools know this. Several released internal training documents from for-profit schools have revealed that recruiters are told to target people’s fears and insecurities when recruiting potential students. ITT Tech recruitment documents laid out a plan called “Pain Funnel and Pain Puzzle,” which encourages recruiters to “poke the pain.”

“Level 1 Pain” includes making a student relive his or her negative experiences in high school. These techniques are called pain points, and the concept is as nauseating as the name sounds.

Recruiters also tell veterans the government will cover their tuition, even when it’s not necessarily true. In cases where people aren’t able to pay, colleges such as Kaplan restrict their access to courses yet still send them the bill for thousands of dollars.

However, this is not a narrative of good vs. evil.

Not all for-profit schools are intently preying on the disadvantages of Americans. For-profit schools do offer higher education to those who would have otherwise not had access. Yet the concerning trend of schools providing consistently subpar levels of education to people specifically targeted for their disadvantages is troubling. And like anything, if these institutions go too long with too few regulations, the possibility of corruption and malpractice is too great to be worth the risk. It’s quite the quagmire.

Why are some of these schools getting away with the severe mistreatment and exploitation of their students? Because they can. Nebraska has 12 for-profit colleges. The Coordinating Commission of Postsecondary Education has the ability to put more

restrictions on these schools. However, there haven’t been any additional standards created to ensure that these schools are reliable.

There needs to be more regulation surrounding these schools, and they need to be held to higher standards. After 20 years of applying for a school license every five years, schools are granted continuous authorization, meaning they don’t need to submit data on their performances to continue running.

If that sounds sketchy to you, it’s because it is. The idea of having a school that already has little regulation have even less regulation is scary. More doors of questionable conduct can be opened, and more unsuspecting people striving for a bachelor’s degree can unknowingly walk through them straight into the waiting mouth of crippling student debt.

As of Dec. 28, Nebraska Appleseed has not approached any senators about the possibility of the Nebraska Legislature discussing this issue. The current legislative session started on Jan. 6. If this isn’t discussed in a public setting, action won’t be taken and the situation will either remain the same or worsen.

I stand with Nebraska Appleseed in the call for an investigation into the actions of Nebraska’s for-profit schools. When taxpayers are helping to pay for these potentially broken institutions, we are complicit in fueling the machine that’s churning out poorly educated citizens who will be drowning in student debt for the rest of their lives.

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f you’ve been on YouTube, watched TV or listened to the radio in the past month, you’ve probably noticed political ads. It feels like there’s no escape because you can’t skip them. This whole political race has seemed practically unavoidable because of the constant coverage.

Luckily, the primaries are coming to an end this year. The first caucus is in Iowa on Feb. 1. New Hampshire follows closely after.

Nebraska’s Democrats will caucus in March, and the Republican primary will be in May. The rest of the country will continue to vote on whom to nominate as a presidential candidate for each party until June.

Like many people, I’m eager for the primary season to be over and looking forward to political ads featuring only two candidates. Unfortunately, I can’t help decide who either of those two people will be.

I can’t help because I’m registered as an independent, and my home address is in Iowa where the caucus is closed, unless you change your voter registration at the polls to one of the two main parties. A closed primary means that only party members are allowed

to vote in primaries or participate in caucusing.

Eleven states have open primaries, so they allow all registered voters to take part.

There are also 11 states with closed primaries. Twenty-eight states have hybrid primaries, meaning they fall somewhere between open and closed, and each state has different rules about how it operates the primary. For example, in some states you can change your registration at the polls, or one party might allow non-party members to participate while the other doesn’t.

The ability to choose the candidates who run for president is arguably as important as voting for who gets the presidency. There’s a large number of people who aren’t allowed to participate in such a fundamental part of the political process. According to the Pew Research Center, 39 percent of Americans identify as independents in 2014, compared to the 32 percent who identified as Democrats and the 23 percent who identified as Republicans. This number is made up largely of Americans under the age of 34. Many students are included in this population that is left out. And for what?

The purpose of a closed primary is to prevent people who belong to the opposite party from nominating a weak candidate in a form of crossover voting called “raiding” or “party crashing.” This makes sense when one wants to protect the integrity of a party and the quality of its candidate(s), but it’s not a threat we should worry about.

Jonathan Nagler, a politics professor at New York University, looked at a survey of registered California voters and the 2012 As-

sembly elections in the state. He studied var- should have their voices heard at this point in the process as well. ious factors and found that though a small Voter turnout is incredibly low in primapercentage of both parties did participate in ry elections, and the majority party is typicrossover voting, the amount of “raiding” cally the one with most of the turnout. This is was so small it was barely noticeable. significant because it’s said the winner of the This is the case for two reasons. For one, voters respect the voting process; it doesn’t primary has a better chance at winning in the general election. In that case, it makes sense occur to most to tamper with an election. that both parties should want as many peoAside from that point, most voters wouldn’t know who the supposed “weakest” ple as possible to go out and vote for them.

But why would independents make a difcandidate was. This is because most voters ference if we don’t identify with either party? don’t care enough to look over mountains Most independents do lean one way or the of polling data and analyze the strengths and deficiencies of each candidate to calcu- other. We’re not nearly the wild cards the main parties might think we are. We could late who truly is the weakest link. The typiactually be votes they cal voter simply doesn’t desperately need. have enough information Voters respect the So, if raiding is to know the nuances that negligible and our will shift politics in the way voting process; it votes could potenthey want them. tially help one party This means the threat of doesn’t occur to most to or the other, why are sabotage-through-vote isn’t tamper with an election.” some primary elecone to worry about. If so, tions and caucuses barring non-party members from voting in primaries is unnecessary. It closed to independent voters?

Voting in an election of any kind is a funcan be assumed that we’ll treat the primary elections with as much respect as anyone damental right, and people shouldn’t feel pressured to identify with one of the main else.

There’s a lot to be said for voting in pri- parties to access it. Primaries should be open maries. For one thing, voters have a wider to all registered voters, party members or not. range of options than they do in the general election, and they get to throw their weight › behind the one they like the best. By doing NIKOEL HYTREK IS A JOURNALISM this, they have an opportunity to influence MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ the candidate who makes it to November.

DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @ DNOPINION. Everyone should have that opportunity.

If all registered voters can have their voices heard in the general election, all voters

Throwback: the argument for science While many students find science coursework inapplicable to their lives, its value cannot be ignored. “

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he study of science should be of more value to the average man than any other course in college.

It should give him an understanding of his environment and acquaint him with the progress that science is bringing to the world.” This is the opinion of a very intelligent business man.

With his idea, we agree. Science should be fascinating; it should open up new vistas; it should give a new understanding of environment. But, unfortunately, in many cases it does not. For many students science is sim-

ply another requirement to be removed by attending dull lectures and spending hours in laboratories peering through microscopes.

The reason for this, we think, is that the courses in science are too technical, are too little correlated with other courses or related to life, and are intended primarily for students who will take advanced work.

Our experience in taking science is not wide, and we are depending, in these comments, greatly upon the impressions of other students who have taken the various courses. The common impression, we have found, is that the courses are devoted to small matters. The student spends hours seeking some tiny plant, animal, or reaction, and when he has been successful he begins again on almost the same task. The lectures it seems, are devoted largely to those detail matters. The instructors are enthusiastic and interested in their work and their knowledge is profound.

But they have passed the stage of a general survey of the science and are devoting themselves to small matters, to research. Research,

for the qualified scientist, is apparently one of the most absorbing things in the world; but the casual student instinctively avoids this investigation into details. He wants, if he is interested in the cultural value of the course at all, to learn of the things it has accomplished, how it affects his everyday life, and how it is related to mathematics, or philosophy, or other subjects he is taking.

The hours spent memorizing formula or life cycles in detail are likely to kill his interest.

Those students who have read Sinclair Lewis’s “Arrowsmith” will probably enter their science course with more understanding and more interest; for Lewis, in some way, makes clear the work and fascination of science. Albert Edward Wiggins, in “The New Decalogue of Science” has written another book that makes the layman understand the scientist better. If students could have such interpretation as this – the relating of science to life, the making of it a live and interesting thing,--they would probably have more interest in their science courses

and do far better work. The understanding and interest in science that come to them long after they have finished their courses might be given to them while they are still performing experiments in the laboratory.

Since writing the above, we have read a news story, which appears in another part of this paper relating the comments of Prof. H. G. Deming of the department of chemistry in an address at the World Forum. Part of his address we repeat: “Try to catch the scientific spirit. I am sorry that most scientific courses fail to show the scientific spirit. But try to get it some way, somewhere. It is the thing that molds the world today.”

There, expressed quite beautifully by a scientist, is what we mean.

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Chants must balance rivalry, respect

Front row fans cheer on the Huskers during their 36-28 win over Southern Miss last semester.

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hen I was a junior, the boys basketball team at my high school played a game against one of the best athletic schools in Colorado. The game was closer than it should have been, and we hung around for most of the game thanks in part to the lone senior on our team, Mitch. In the second half, Mitch fell to the ground, clearly in serious pain.

I appreciated seeing the “student leader” of the opposing team wave his arms in an attempt to quiet the section. That is, until he started the crowd in a new chant: “This is our house.” I could not believe my ears. In almost every game

I have ever been to, the common etiquette when a player goes down with an injury is to sit in respectful silence. In fact, it’s not just common etiquette, it’s the right thing to do. So, when I saw the crowd of a Catholic school taunting the opposing fans while a player lay on the ground in serious pain, I was furious. As a Catholic who nearly attended that school, I was ashamed at the lack of sportsmanship that night.

The opposing team went on to win that night, Mitch turned out to be OK after a few days, and both teams went on to have decently successful seasons. Three years later, however, I still remember that game vividly. I’m a big proponent of sportsmanship and being respectful in games. There are just some things you don’t

do as fans, and taunting the opposing team while a player is injured is surely a no-no.

This question of what goes too far is frequently debated by sports fans. For instance, here in Nebraska, the crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena has abandoned the tradition of three claps for each opposing player and has started the Husker Power chant during the announcement of the visiting team. Many see this as a sign of poor sportsmanship, especially at Nebraska, where we pride ourselves on being polite fans. But does that cross the line?

There are undoubtedly some things fan sections, especially high school student sections, should not be allowed to do. With that being said, the new guidelines posted by the Wis-

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consin Interscholastic Athletic Association are, in a word, ridiculous. This past December, the organization emailed high school students and reminded them that certain words and phrases deemed “disrespectful” were not allowed. The following chants were listed as inappropriate: “Air ball,” “You can’t do that,” “We can’t hear you” and “Scoreboard.”

If you go to a sporting event and expect to be in a verbal safe space, you came to the wrong kind of event. The competitive atmosphere created by an athletic spectacle encourages fan involvement that is presented in different cheers; some may straddle the line between offensive

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No one notices new democracies

y guess is that most people reading this article have little to no clue about what happened in the Central African Republic during winter break.

If you know what happened, I’m glad you keep up on current events happening halfway across the globe in poverty-ridden African countries, and you can stop reading if you’d like. What happened in CAR, much like what happened in Myanmar earlier in 2015, goes to show that the power of democracy has not faded, contrary to what you might hear if you listen to or read the news.

It’s hard to sum up what happened in CAR in a nutshell, but nonetheless here’s my attempt: On Dec. 13 and 14, the CAR government overwhelmingly approved a referendum that put in place a new constitution for the country, paving the way for the long-awaited democratic elections. This sounds like an obvious decision for us here in the heartland of the United States, but after years of a bloody civil war resulting in the genocide and ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of people, this constitutional referendum was groundbreaking.

Then, on Dec. 30, the country held the first round of its general election. Stores were closed, and neighborhoods shut down just so people had enough time to go vote for one of the 30 presidential candidates on the ballot for this first round (yes, I’m still talking about CAR, not the Republican primaries).

Without getting into the weeds of the elections, it’s important to both recognize and celebrate what happened in CAR, and I’m disappointed that the elections got so little news coverage. This was not an insignificant event, at least not in the broader picture of global wins for democracy. With CAR and Myanmar both establishing new democratic governments in 2015, the world has seen yet again how powerful the voices of millions can be over the brutality of a few.

And with CAR, we may now have a blueprint to deal with the Syrian issue when the Assad regime and its opposition meet face-to-face for peace negotiations in about a week’s time.

I concede that Myanmar may be a bit of an outlier because no genocide or ethnic cleansing occurred during the Saffron Revolution that took place in 2007. Regardless, the people of Myanmar demonstrated the power of democracy over tyranny, by overthrowing the military dictatorship ruling their country and replacing it with functioning democracy.

But CAR, much like Syria, went through a

deadly, multi-year civil war that resulted in the U.N. sending a large-scale peacekeeping force to the country. This is a feat in and of itself, considering that the U.N. can’t agree whether or not to send troops into Syria. But as we edge closer and closer to peace negotiations in Syria, the lessons we learned in CAR become even more important.

While the stakes in Syria are certainly much higher than that of CAR because of its potential to incite a U.S.-Russian proxy war, CAR could at least give the U.N. and NATO a few pointers on how to clean up a country after a deadly war.

CAR showed the U.N. member-states just how important it is to remain in a country after the violence ceased. It also showed how the U.N. can manage to regulate elections without picking sides, which can cause steep polarization and destabilization in already unsteady political environments. If anything, the elections in CAR should be a signal to the Chinese and the Russians that the West can be trusted not to rig a political regime change in favor of democracy.

Russia and China inserting the notion not to rig elections may sound backward to Americans, but illegal regime overthrow was largely the reason Russia and China voted against intervening in Syria in the first place. They felt as though the U.S. overstepped its authority in Libya and Côte d’Ivoire, and they may not be wrong.

I’m not here to offer a solution to the Syrian crisis, nor am I here to back Russia for the lack of intervention in Syria. I wrote this article to highlight a huge win for democracy abroad that seemed to go unnoticed by nearly every news station, newspaper and social media outlet. The Central African Republic still faces huge hurdles ahead. The country’s elections aren’t finished yet, as the second round is Jan. 31. When all is said and done, CAR could break out into another bloody war. For the moment, though, CAR just may be the ideal for our world leaders to follow when they try and piece Syria back together after five years of conflict. The people of CAR have suffered tremendously, but after living through unthinkable violence they have managed to come out on top. From a human rights point of view, CAR has been a hard fought, but promising, victory.

These elections matter not only to the people of CAR, but to Americans who rightfully question U.S. as well as U.N. involvement abroad. For us millennials, most of our lives we’ve seen nothing but U.S. interference in the Middle East and Africa, with often unpromising results. We’ve seen the genocides and our failure to stop them in Rwanda and Darfur. Our kids will ask us what

9/11 was like, and we’ll have to reflect on the fact our involvement in Iraq not only blatantly violated international law, but has been unsuccessful in forming a secular, stable state. The successes of CAR, Myanmar and potentially Syria if the peace talks and subsequent elections become fruitful will be reminders that while our battles might be

tough, the dream of a free and democratic world is alive and well.

The major problem I see with this is that sports are, by nature, competitive. It’s not only acceptable, but in fact desirable to have a high level of intensity in games, especially sports such as basketball and football. The actions of each individual on the court or on the field have a direct impact on the performance of the other team. These sports aren’t like golf, where an amazing day on the course by Jordan Spieth won’t stop Rory McIlroy from having an even better day. Most sports are “us versus them.”

Thus, it doesn’t make sense to simply root for your team and not against the other.

With that being said, we need to make sure

that games are still played with class and sportsmanship. It is imperative to teach athletes and fans to balance respect and passion for the game, especially in high school.

Everyone’s opinion on sportsmanship is going to differ. It’s a hard line to walk between letting the two sides take part in the competitive nature of the game and maintaining sportsmanship. However, there are four things I would mandate if I were in charge of a high school sports program. One, to be respectful while there is an injured player regardless of team; two, no direct threats to player, team or referee; three, no explicit language in chants; and four,

remember it’s just a game, and the opposing fans and players are students as well.

There’s something about humanity that appreciates a good sport. Sure, we like to see two teams go at it, and we hate it when our team loses, but we always want to see the two sides shake hands afterwards. However, while we want to keep that sportsmanship, let’s make sure to keep the essence of competition. It may be “just a game,” but it’s still a game.

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SERVER: FROM 12 and playful, but the ones listed above are almost certainly playful. Even if they are a little disrespectful, are they bad enough to warrant being banned?

The real question is where to draw the line between intense and unsportsmanlike. For the WIAA, what many see as typical fan banter is unnecessary and disrespectful. In the organization’s eyes, “any action directed at opposing teams or their spectators with the intent to taunt, disrespect, distract or entice an unsporting behavior in response [is] not acceptable sportsmanship.” In other words, the association wants ideal fans to cheer for their own teams and not against the other.

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PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Parking Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 2:30 PM at Parking and Transit Services, 625 Stadium Drive Suite A.

Meetings

Opportunities include Member Service Cashiers and Cart Attendants. Start @ $9.50 per Downtown law office looking for a office hour and up depending on work history. Apply clerk/runner. Up to 20 hours per week. Duties Alcoholics Anonymous meeting Mondays 7:30 The Newonline York Syndication Sales Corporation @ Times www.samsclub.com/careers or come include scanning, copying, running errands. p.m. at University Lutheran Chapel, 1510 ‘Q’. and useAvenue, our Hiring New Kiosk.York, N.Y. 10018 Send resume to vimapo@aol.com Open Speaker Meeting. Public Welcome.

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For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Friday, March 29, 2013

Help Wanted

Roommates 3rd female roommate needed. 3-bedroom house. Clean home, nice neighborhood in Woods Park area. 10 minute bike ride, 2 minute drive to campus. Available now. Contact Mark (402) 795-2274 or (402) 499-1847. 730 Marshall Ave. Two responsible adults looking for a roommate for our great 3bd/2ba house near Irving Middle School. Rent is $350/month plus utilities. Call John with questions: (402)450-7909.

Help Wanted

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Crossword Across 1 B.M.O.C., typically 5 Aids in keeping up with the daily grind?

14 Biblical figure believed to be buried near Basra 15 Yucca named

by Mormon settlers 16 Handel work featuring David 17 Poorly educated 18 Pleasant surprise for a buyer 20 Cretan peak 21 Have chops, say 22 Its purpose is in sight 23 Papuan port 25 Phishing string: Abbr.

26 Lee in Hollywood

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Steinbeck’s twins 29 Coiner of the phrase “global village” 38 Group that might perform 16-Across 39 Indians may participate in it 40 Frequent American flier?

41 Hill person: Abbr.

42 Pros in power: Abbr.

43 Texting qualifier 46 W. Coast setting, more often than not 48 Now, in Italy 49 “Live at the Apollo” airer 52 Key name 54 All-day sucker?

57 He played Casey Kelso on “That ’70s Show”

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7 Beach house?

8 Apply 9 Quaker offering 10 Keep in order?

11 “Mrs.” in a Paul Gallico novel title 12 City called “Knightsbridge of the North” 13 Auto suggestion?

15 “Judgment at Nuremberg” Oscar nominee 19 Like some outboard motors 24 Getting in gear 26 Noted Titanic couple 28 Nintendo’s ___ Mansion 29 Delivery people?

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47 Puts soft rock on?

35 Mountain 48 Black Bears’ 36 “Look ___ now” home 33 Bridge

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58 Cyclones’ sch.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

JUST FOR FUN

PLAN YOUR WEEKEND

Thursday Jan. 21

Friday Jan. 22

Saturday Jan. 23

Sunday Jan. 24

The Texas Tenors perform at the Lied Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.

Origami Exhibit Opening Reception from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.

Hear Nebraska’s 5th Annual Take Cover is Saturday at 6 p.m. at The Zoo Bar. $10 donation at the door.

Bottoms Up Yoga at Zipline Brewing Company’s Taproom. $15 prepayment is required.

2016 Nebraska Cigar Festival at the Pla Mor Ballroom at 7 p.m. General admission is $65.

Archery Fun Shoot at the Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center from noon to 4 p.m. $10 for adults ages 16 and up. No registration required.

One Day Bookmaking Workshop at Constellation Studios from 1-4 p.m.

Tickets are $60.

Look! at Lunchtime at the Sheldon Museum of Art from 12:15-12:30 p.m.

Free.

ART BY IMANI BROWN | DN

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PHOTO BY TYLRE MEYER | DN

A wire sculpture of a carousel by Alyssa Ross, an artist at Live Yes Studios and owner of Ross Jewelry, was on display at Tugboat Gallery last week as a part of the studio’s annual show.